Del City Library hosts events

Friday, March 11, 2005
15TH STREET
I n m a te s n e e d i n g
mental healthcare
may be rehabilitated
Bryan Trude
News Editor
Photo by KENNETH BEACHLER
The Governorʼs and Attorney Generalʼs Task Force on Mental
Health, Substance Abuse and Domestic Violence recently completed
a study which outlined an “escalating health care and public policy
crisis.”
The task force, headed by the Oklahoma Department of Mental
Health and Substance Abuse Servicesʼ director of communications,
Jeff Dismukes, presented their findings and their recommendations
to Gov. Brad Henry on Feb. 17.
The study results show that approximately $8 billion in costs to
the economy and citizens are attributed to mental health, substance
abuse and domestic violence. The costs stem from programs designed to prevent and treat these problems, as well as to incarcerate
drug and domestic violence offenders. Also, up to $5.5 billion of
that total is from premature death and lost productivity as a result
of these three problems.
The study focuses on people in Oklahomaʼs criminal justice system.
A majority of convicted inmates often are afflicted with a serious
mental illness or some form of substance abuse, often both. With
Oklahoma law stating that an arrest must be made in all instances
of domestic violence, offenders of this type are also one of the more
expanding populations in the criminal justice system.
One of the recommendations of the study focuses on identifying
non-violent offenders that suffer from addiction or mental illness
and, rather than send them to prison, send them to rehabilitation
and treatment programs. This is in contrast to standard corrections
practice.
“Itʼs an excellent idea … It has been suggested before, but the
legislature never listened,” said Arnold Waggoner, professor of
criminal justice at RSC and former director of programs for the
Oklahoma Department of Corrections.
Critics of the idea say that it would be too expensive to fund the
programs.
Dr. John Carl, RSC professor of sociology, said, “Studies show that
treatment is cheaper than incarceration, and also results in lower rates
of recidivism,” which is the rate of people who are released from
corrections performing new offenses and being re-incarcerated.
In 1992, a study by the Drug Policy Research Center and the Rand
Corporation found that “treatment is more cost-effective than law
enforcement … since it is cheaper, many more [addicts] can be
targeted for the same amount of money.”
“The people who actually study criminal justice in this state, the
lawmakers, know very well that we spend too much on incarceration, and not enough on rehabilitation,” said Carl.
Other recommendations of the task force include mandated standards of training for service employees who serve those impacted by
mental health, substance abuse and domestic violence, hiring more
professionals and paraprofessionals with the expertise to address
these issues, and to conducting further study in 2005 and 2006.
For more information about the task force and its work, contact
Dismukes by phone at 522-3908.
[email protected]
6420 SE 15th Street, Midwest City, OK 73110
Vol. XXXIV Issue 19
March 11, 2005
Del City Library hosts events
Poetry Slam, reading contests, discussion groups offered to community
Bryan Trude
News Editor
Nestled away in a small section
of the Del City Community Center, wedged between 15th Street
and I-40, sits a long-time supporter of the 15th Street News.
The Del City Library, a member of the Metropolitan Library
system, serves the community of
Del City and parts of Midwest
City. The closest metro library to
Rose State, the Del City Library
has a long history of promoting
reading and social activity, including children and seniors.
The library, which resides
in a room comparable in size
to the Main Dining Room in
the Student Center, features 10
computers for public use: four
are Internet access only, two
feature office programs such as
Microsoft Word, and two feature
both.
The remaining two are for
the sole use of children, with
Internet access as well as a wide
selection of educational games
featuring the Magic School Bus
and Arthur.
“Sometimes, when there are no
children around, and all the adult
computers are full, weʼll have
adults try to use the childrenʼs
computers,” said Fran Harbert,
the libraryʼs childrenʼs program
coordinator.
The programs, however, are
not limited to children. Elizabeth
Pressler, the young adult, adult
and senior services librarian,
organizes several programs for
the older crowd, including RSC
students.
Currently, patrons of the library
age 55 and up can enter the second annual Winter ReadFest. If
Patrons mail in a card with four
books or books-on-tape written
on it, they will be entered to win
various prizes, including gift
cards to Golden Corral, Full Circle Book Store and Wal-Mart.
The contest, being held at all
Metropolitan Library System
branches, is sponsored by the
Lifetime Readerʼs Society, a senior citizen group that promotes
reading among seniors. This
contest is free to enter, and will
be ending March 31.
Photo by JON ROLLMAN
Rose State College
NEWS
Adults and children alike enjoy a variety of programs and activities featured at the Del City
Library, located in the Del City Community Center off 15th Street.
For teens, the Del City Library Young adults are invited to share other system libraries. They
will be hosting a Science Fiction their original poetic works, their donʼt take circulation away
Discussion Group. Designed favorite poem, or just listen and from us.”
To borrow from the library,
to promote sci-fi books and to enjoy. People are also invited to
allow fans of the genre to meet bring a guitar and play a song if a person does not have to be
a resident of Del City. That
and socialize. The group is open they have written one.
to adults and teens ages 16 and
Although they do rent video- person does not even have to
up.
cassettes, the library is preparing be a resident within the Metro
The next meeting is on March to start lending out DVDs. The system. “We have a system set
17 at 7 p.m. The book that will be projected start date is October of up with the Pioneer library sysdiscussed is “Childhoodʼs End” 2005. However, considering the tem to allow people from places
by Arthur C. Clark.
libraryʼs small size, space is al- like Norman and Shawnee to
The library will also be host- ways an issue. Harbert said “Our borrow from us,” said Prince.
ing another book club for young size does hurt circulation … as “All you need to borrow is a
adults ages 12 and up. The Teen the system adds new things, library card.”
Reads group will be discussing where would we put it all?”
For more information about
Kathe Kojaʼs “Buddha Boy” on
the
library, its programs or
“Our circulation has been going
March 22 at 7 p.m.
its
borrowing
policies, call
up about three to four percent evSince April is poetry month, ery month,” said Katrina Prince, 672-1377 or contact Prince at
the library will be hosting the the library manager. “We can [email protected].
Teen Poetry Slam on April 13. order books or cassettes from [email protected]
Lecture warns of disease dangers
Clip art
Photo by KENNETH BEACHLER
Task force recommendations may offer drug offenders
rehabilitation instead of incarceration due to the fact that
treatement is more cost-effective than law enforcement.
The CLT program and the Southwest Center for Public Health Preparedness will be hosting a health
lecture on March 30. CLT majors do the lab work that diagnose 60-80 percent of all diseases.
Erin Waltman
Assistant Editor
The Clinical Laboratory Technology program, in conjunction
with the Southwest Center for
Public Health Preparedness,
Who’s in “The Dining Room?”
See story, page 2.
will be presenting a lecture
titled “History and Background
of Plague, Influenza and SARS
Pandemics” on March 30.
“[The CLT] is the laboratory
testing training,” said Evelyn
PTK welcomes new members.
See story, page 3.
Paxton, Medical Laboratory
Technology Phlebotomy program
director. “This profession is
called a well-kept secret because
people rarely see the technicians
running the tests [on samples] ...
and 60-80 percent of all diagnoses are made from lab work.”
This is the 12th health-oriented lecture hosted at RSC by the
CLT in the last three years. The
last lecture covered the topic of
bioterrorism and approximately
24 people attended.
The “History and Background
of Plague, Influenza and SARS
Pandemics” was chosen for
the up-coming lecture “because [the topic] is one that we
havenʼt covered before and we
need to include it,” said Paxton.
“These seminars are to keep
people up-dated on the latest
things that are going on [in the
health sciences field].”
The lectures make it possible
for health care professionals to
continue their education after
they have graduated.
“Continuing education is a
vital part of being any kind of
professional, but especially updating skills and knowledge to
keep abreast of whatʼs going on
with the health science area,”
said Paxton.
The “History and Background
see LECTURE, Page 2
Season kicks off.
See schedule, page 6.
News
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Briefly
Speaking...
Miss Black Rose State
Scholarship Pageant
The Miss Black RSC pageant has officially been
cancelled.
Project Success
RSC professors will be
available for students
needing to ask them
questions about their
degree program and academic majors. Students
will be able to talk to the
professors on March 29
from 11 a.m. until 2 p.m.
in the Student Center’s
Main Dining Room and
Raider Room. They will
also have free pizza at
12 p.m. for those who
attend.
March 11, 2005
15th Street News
Actors to perform “The Dining Room”
Bryan Trude
News Editor
The RSC Theater Department is currently performing
“The Dining Room.”
“The Dining Room,” written by A.R. Gurney, was first
produced as an off-Broadway production by Playwrights
Horizons in 1982. The RSC production, which had its
opening night on March 3, stars Gravelly Finley III,
Matt Lerma, Bradley Mitchell, A. Quinn, Laura Wrench
and Alyssa Hancock.
“Itʼs one of those plays that is like ʻif the walls could
talkʼ … every scene takes place in a dining room,” said
Brent Harding Jr., RSC theater major and stage manager
for the production.
The play, according to information cards, is “set in the
dining room of many typical well-to-do households.”
It is promoted as a contemporary look at the American
dining room.
“The play is more of a balance between [comedy and
drama],” said Renee Reeves, RSC theater professor and
director of the play. “More playwrights say that label
more accurately reflects human life.”
While the play, itself, carries the tag “contains adult
material” on the programs, that does not mean the play
is overly vulgar or lewd.
“Itʼs protocol to label all plays not specifically for
children [with that line],” said Reeves. “There is a
huge difference between something you hear live, and
something you hear on TV.”
The play itself is a collection of different scenes,
from a real estate agent with a client to a grandfatherʼs
lunch with his grandson to a womanʼs dinner party.
Some scenes can be light and comical in nature, while
others can be heavy and rueful.
The show is the second production of the semester,
the first being “Rutherford Wolf.”
The production and cast is supported by Harding,
lightboard operator Woody Lindsey, soundboard
operator Timothy Miller, box office attendant Stacy
Shoemake, and Ben Wakely on ground crew.
“In all plays, in a sense, you are eavesdropping on the
world the actors are [making on stage],” said Reeves.
The play has two showings remaining: the first will
be on March 11 in the H.B. Atkinson Theater, and the
final showing will be on March 12 in the same theater.
Both performances are at 7:30 p.m. General admission
is $3. Students and employees of RSC, as well as senior
citizens, can attend the play for no charge.
For more information, contact the theater production
crew by e-mail at [email protected].
[email protected]
Scholarships
RSC Foundation Scholarship applications are
available for summer
scholarships and fall/
academic year scholarships. The forms are
available in the division
offices, the Administration building’s
Information Desk, the
Student Services Building, the Foundation
Office, Administration
building, Room 201 or
through the RSC Web
site at www.rose.edu.
The applications and
support materials must
be submitted to the RSC
Foundation by March 31.
Pegasus Entries
Notification of acceptance for publication in
Pegasus, RSC’s student
literary and art magazine, has been delayed
until April 1. Availability of space cannot
be determined until
everything is typeset,
so while decisions have
been made, some items
are still questionable.
Both Karen Holt and Sue
Dawson-O’Brien, faculty
co-editors, want all acceptances to be mailed
at the same time. They
apologize for the delay
and will mail letters as
soon as possible.
Volunteers Needed
for Dental Hygiene
Program
Pedometer Power!
LECTURE
of Plague, Influenza and SARS
Pandemics” lecture will be given
by Dr. Michael Bronze, professor and chair of the Department
of Medicine at the University of
Oklahomaʼs College of Medicine. Bronze lectures frequently
on bioterrorism and has delivered
roughly 15 to 20 lectures in the
last few years.
“I was asked by the Southwest
Center for Public Health Preparedness to deliver this lecture,”
said Bronze. “The issue is the role
of potentially pandemic infections - like SARS, Influenza and
Plague - as potential catastrophic
infections either as naturally occurring infections or as the result
of bioterrorism.”
The different diseases being
discussed are Plague, also known
as pneumonic plague; Influenza,
also known as the flu and SARS,
also known as severe acute respiratory syndrome.
According to Bronze, both
Influenza and Plague are ranked
as bioterrorism agents, although
SARS is not. The potential for
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Influenza pandemic is believed
to be very real, SARS may still
recur and Plague is always lurking as an endemic infection.
“Complicating these issues are
the very real concerns on how
to prevent pandemic infection
with these agents,” said Bronze.
“Although antibiotics will treat
Plague, there is no effective
vaccine and even with antibiotics the treated mortality is still
quite high. As the fall of 2004
witnessed, there continues to
be problems in the production
of Influenza vaccine, which is
the mainstay of prevention. To
date, there is no vaccine against
SARS and the role of antiviral
agents in treatments [of SARS]
is controversial.”
The lecture will be held at the
Tom Steed Center from 4-5 p.m.
on Wednesday, March 30. The
lecture is free and open to the
public.
For more information, call
Paxton at 733-7577 or e-mail her
at [email protected].
[email protected]
Communications
Center
The following is a list of information for those transferring to a four-year institution and need
to speak to a transfer liaison from the university they plan on attending. The dates in which the
liaisons will be at RSC are as follows:
Date
March 23
March 24
March 28
March 30
March 31
April 4
April 6
April 7
April 7
April 13
April 14
April 18
April 21
April 27
April 28
University
Time
OSU
11 a.m.
UCO
9 a.m.
OU*
10 a.m.
Newman University 10 a.m.
UCO
9 a.m.
OU*
10 a.m.
OCU
11 a.m.
UCO
9 a.m.
OU-Health Sciences 1 p.m.
OSU
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UCO
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OU*
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UCO
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OSU
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Front Foyer
SC Lobby
SD Office
SC
SC Lobby
SD Office
SC Lobby
SC Lobby
SSB, Office D
Front Foyer
SC Lobby
SD Office
SC Lobby
Front Foyer
SC Lobby
Liaison
Tasha Casey
Joel Drury
Christie Upchurch
notgiven
Joel Drury
Christie Upchurch
Sarah Morgan
Joel Drury
Dodie Sharp
Tasha Casey
Joel Drury
Christie Upchurch
Joel Drury
Tasha Casey
Joel Drury
Abbreviation Guide:
SC - Student Center
SD - Student Development
SSB - Student Services Building
*Reminder: If transferring to OU, the deadline to submit the application for admission, all
transcripts and the application processing fee is April 1.
List courtesy of the Enrollment Advisorsʼ Office.
Event
Visual Arts Series
Ebony Fashion Fair
Gospel Play
Procurement Conf. (Lobby)
Tinker Event
Gospel Play
Pippi Longstocking (childrenʼs theatre)
Finish What You Start
Rose State Live! Set-up
Creedence Clearwater Revisited
Cleo Laine/John Dankworth Benefit Concert
Tinker Federal Credit Union Meeting
THX Demo
Melody House (childrenʼs theatre)
THX Demo
Leon Redbone
Showstoppers Dance
Rose State Live! Set-up
The Oak Ridge Boys
Student Activities Banquet (Lobby)
Stage 1 Dance Competition
American Dance Awards
Slim Goodbye
Rose State Live! Hold
Odyssey
File photo
The RSC Wellness Office
is offering pedometers
for $10 each. If 10,000
steps are taken each
day for three weeks $5
will be given back. To
buy a pedometer visit
the Health and Physical Education building,
Room 103 or Room 104
or for more information,
call 733-7525.
Multiple scenes in the play, “The Dining Room,” take place around a dining room table. The play portrays comical yet serious family matters. The next two
productions will be held on March 12 and 13 at 7:00 p.m. in the H.B. AktkinsonTheatre. RSC students may attend the play at no cost.
File photo
Students planning to
graduate in 2005 from
RSC Dental Hygiene
Program are in need of
patients who will qualify
for their regional clinical
board exam. The exam
for state licensure consists of approximately
a four-hour time commitment on one of the
following dates: April
29, April 30, May 1 or
May 2. Each volunteer
must be 18 years old and
should have had their
teeth cleaned in the last
three years. There is no
cost for the cleaning. For
more information or for
those who are interested, call 733-7337.
Photos courtesy of Steve Reeves
Forms for $250 scholarships from American
Business Women’s Association are now available
in the Special Services
and Student Outreach
Office in the Student
Services Building. The
deadline is April 1. For
more information, call
733-7373.
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March 11, 2005
15th Street News
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Women celebrated during March
Devin Horst
Photographer
The RSC Republicans Club
hosted the House of Representatives Majority Leader Lance
Cargill(Harrah-R) to meet and
speak to students on Feb. 25.
The students enjoyed refreshments while Cargill discussed
his main point, volunteerism.
He encouraged students to volunteer, especially in off-election
years, due to lack of interest.
Cargill stressed how one
motivated person can make a
difference in whatever cause
they push for, he even spoke of
one such volunteer who became
very successful because her
volunteerism helped her meet
people and further understand
the workings of politics.
Representative Gary Banz
also attended along with RSC
Regent Ken Bartlet. Banz spoke
of the majority party shift in the
house from primarily Democrat
to Republican, and asked that
people stay aware of current
issues in the house. Regent
Bartlet attended on behalf on
the Rotary Club and invited everyone to join the free breakfast
hosted by them the following
day.
The Reed Center will host the
State Republican Convention
on April 16.
Women of all ages are celebrated, honored and commemorated throughout the month of March. This
year, the theme of Women’s History Month is “Women Change America.”
it takes a brave man to take
Womenʼs History.”
Women who have gone against
the grain of society and worked
to make life better for their
fellow human beings are the
ones who stand out the most in
womenʼs history.
“I tend not ... to think one
individual is better than the sum
of the whole,” said Hochtritt. “I
admire women who were active
in the founding of the modern
womenʼs movement - people
like Sojourner Truth, Elizabeth
Cady Stanton, Mary Church
Terrell and Alice Paul.”
Yelle also had a list of women
to admire including Eleanor
Roosevelt, Margaret Thatcher,
Madeline Albright, Susan B.
Anthony and Ida B. Wells.
“I can give you whole lists
of [influential women]. I canʼt
point to just one,” said Yelle.
“But I think Margaret Sangerʼs
contribution - not necessarily
[the woman] herself, but what
she did for women and birth
control - changed womenʼs
lives.”
Having a working knowledge
of history - not just womenʼs
history or American history,
but world history - helps “you
understand who you are as an
individual,” said Hochtritt.
“You have to understand your
past. It helps you to understand
how you got to where you are in
the present and, in some ways,
it helps you to better understand
where youʼre going to in the
future.”
According to Yelle, history
helps people understand where
they stand in the world today.
“You are history,” said Yelle.
“You are your heritage.”
For those people with a desire to, getting involved with
Womenʼs History Month can
be simple.
“Read books written by
women, watch movies about
women, go to the History Channel [Web site] and look up the
25 outstanding women of history,” said Yelle. “Learn about
them and what they did.”
For more information on
Womenʼs History Month, visit
the National Womenʼs History
Project Web site or call (707)
636-2909.
[email protected]
House of Representatives Majority Leader Lance Cargill
Photo by DEVIN HORST
Many may not understand
why women need a month of
recognition, but “if you look at
American history - the history
of any country - those countries
were not built by men alone,”
said Hochtritt. “Women have
made enormous contributions
to society even though theyʼve
oftentimes had to operate in
the narrow confines of what
was considered ʻacceptableʼ for
women to engage in.”
Women have made contributions in history, said Yelle.
Acknowledging these contributions allow young women and
young men to see women can
be leaders.
“When I was in grad school,
I was always interested in the
underdog ... and women are one
of those underdogs in history,”
said Yelle. “I enjoy womenʼs
history. I think it makes [women] learn so much more about
themselves and makes them
come out a stronger person. I
donʼt teach anti-male ... I just
think there are ways of celebrating womanhood that never get
exposed at all. I encourage men
to take Womenʼs History. I think
Photo by DEVIN HORST
“Women Change America”
is the theme for 2005ʼs Womenʼs History Month, a time
to honor and celebrate the
role of American women in
the transformation of culture
and history.
“I always have students
ask me, ʻWhen are we going
to have Male History?ʼ but
all history is male history,”
said Michelle Yelle, history
professor who teaches RSCʼs
Womenʼs History course.
Many history courses have
so much information to cover
that the contributions and
achievements of women often go unmentioned to focus
on the accomplishments of
men.
“Women historically have
made up 51 percent of the
American population,” said
Dr. James Hochtritt, history professor. “I suppose we
should be [honoring women]
twelve months a year, but we
tend to give all these topics
and issues their own little
month.”
Women did not get a nationally recognized month of celebration until 1987 when the
National Womenʼs History
Project petitioned Congress
to make March a month of remembrance for women who
have had an historical influence. Before that time, there
were a smattering of towns
and states that recognized
Womenʼs History Week, but
it was not a national observance. Thanks to the efforts
of the National Womenʼs
History Project, though, the
National Womenʼs History
Month Congressional Resolution was passed with strong
bipartisan support in both the
Senate and the House.
“The National Womenʼs
History Project, founded
in 1980, is a non-profit organization committed to
recognizing and celebrating
the diverse and significant
historical accomplishments
of women by providing information and educational
materials and programs,” reported the National Womenʼs
History Project Web site
(www.nwhp.org).
Photo courtesy of the U.S. Census Bureau
Erin Waltman
Assistant Editor
Republican’s Club hosts House
Majority Leader, Representative,
college Regent for discussion
Representative Gary Banz
Ceremony inducts new PTK Honor Society members
Heath Sitton
Sports Editor
Photos by KENNETH BEACHLER
New members were inducted
into the RSC Phi Theta Kappa
International Honor Society on
Saturday, March 5.
The ceremony began at 2 p.m. in
the Tom Steed Center and opened
with a welcoming speech by
professor of humanities, Sherri
Mussatto.
The keynote speaker was
Associate Vice-President of
Academic Affairs, Bill Brown.
After the keynote speech,
the ceremony began with the
induction of the following
members:
Kyle Baker
Melinda Kay Baker
Sara Bishop
Judith Denise Blankenship
Melvin Ray Bowman
Lensey Butler
Charbel Chaghouri
Jeremy Charlow
Mallory Cramer
Aileen Kelley Cunliffe
Lindsey Curtis
Mandy Elaine Dansby
Rachel Breanne Doyle
Dana Rae Dutton
Zachary Fair
Jennifer Erin Felan
Kailyn Fowler
Christine Renee Gonzales
Pedro Garci Gonzales
Leslie Goodnoh
Matthew Mark Grimm
Julia Lauren Heinken
Comelia Long Jackson
Jennifer Jacobs
Staci Renee Jarvis
Angela Rene Johnson
Christina Sharron Jordan
William Keng
Ruth Theresa Knickmeyer
Joseph James Leyland
Shelia Ray Louis
Darlena Kay Mabry
Dominic Mancello
Iris Martin
Kathern Nicole Mckenzie
Tim Miller
Heather Michelle Morrison
Kasie Nocks
Cassy Ann Phares
Stacie Rathbun
Logan Reynolds
Kerri Lacinda Rivera
Alicia Roy
Megan Nicole Shultz
Carol Shockley
Robin Smith
Ashley Nicole Sprecker
Amy Elvera Stehr
Jennifer Louise Stewart
Latisha Sutton
Sarah Swartendruber
Elisha Danielle Swinney
Katie Dawn Taylor
Amber Rachell Tomlinson
Gavin Carl Warner
Christopher Dean Wilson
Donald Wilson
Mantreece Mentrel Wilson
Lee Ann Wingenbach
The RSC chapter of PTK
recently attended the Oklahoma/
Arkansas Regional Conference
Feb. 25 and 26. The chapter
brought home two awards: the
bronze Pinnacle Award and the
Two-Star Level Award.
RSC students participated in
sessions “designed to help students prepare for college transfer,
improve chapter programs, plan
and attend a Relay for Life for
the American Cancer Society and
attain Five-Star chapter status,
as well as a keynote seminar on
ethical leadership.”
PTK is the two-year college
equivalent to Phi Beta Kappa
and has over 1,200 chapters
in the United States and other
countries.
Membership into PTK is by
invitation only.
To be invited into PTK, students
must have completed 12 hours
of course work and have a
cumulative grade point average
of 3.5 or higher.
Those who qualify will be
notified through invitations to join.
The activities of members range
from on-campus meetings to offcampus meetings of the regional
and national organizations.
For more information, contact
Sherri Mussatto at 733-7503.
[email protected]
* Information provided by
Sharon Smith
The Phi Theta Kappa Honor Society inducts new members. The induction, held on March 5,
recognized and encouraged RSC students’ achievements.
Voices
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March 11, 2005
15th Street News
Counselors seem to emulate CapitalOne actors
Darcy Delaney
Editor in Chief
I was recently accepted to The
University of Oklahoma and will
be attending classes there in the
Fall of 2005. While transferring
to a four-year university from a
two-year college is intimidating,
I welcome the challenge.
Although I will miss
many of my professors,
colleagues and boss, I am
looking forward to a change of
pace and environment.
While in the process of transferring, I began to become annoyed with the counselors here
and the help or lack of help they
gave me.
I suppose when they said it
was not their job to help me
understand the graduation processes, they were being honest. I
guess they might also have been
telling the truth when they said
they could not help me with the
process of transferring. But, is
that not their job?
After making several trips to
the counselorsʼ offices over the
years, I have come to realize there
is very little help to come out of
that office.
I do have to admit, however, I
have been assisted four times in
known that, right? They are who
the OU counselors said I should
have asked.
It is really upsetting to wait in
line for almost an hour to speak to
someone who is paid to help you
and before you can even ask your
question they are telling you they
cannot help you. It is like
that CapitolOne commercial
with David Spade, where all
he says is “no.”
“Can you pull my transcript up
on the computer to help me fill out
my application?”
“Um, no.”
Well RSC counselors, thanks
for the great memories, but I will
be just fine without your help.
All I have to say is this: Thank
goodness I no longer have to deal
with them. I called OU and on
the first call they answered all my
questions. I am happy I will soon
be attending an institution where
their counselors actually do their
jobs.
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that office, once by a female and
three more times, by three male
counselors.
When I began attending RSC,
I enrolled as a journalism major.
The counselors told me all my
classes would transfer. However,
before I applied to OU, after taking every journalism class here,
they told me none of my journalism classes would transfer.
I have now received a letter
from OU saying they accepted my
classes and that I will begin as a
junior. Our counselors should have
Counseling Tip No. 8
The Office of Special Services and Student Outreach
offers a helpful counseling tip each week for those in
need of advice.
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Editor,
I have been noticing
some things around campus lately and haven’t
really seen it addressed
too much in the school
paper. This is in regards
to some of the behavior
I have witnessed around
campus in the classes
from other students. I
find it extremely ironic
that the students themselves will profess to
others outside of the
campus circle that they
chose to pursue a higher
education for a variety
of reasons, yet some of
these same students will
sit in a class and carry
on conversations with
students sitting right
beside them even while
the teacher is trying to
conduct a lesson. Now
call me old (I am a 32
year old sophomore) but
even back when I was
in high school, students
didn’t carry on side con-
versations, attention was
paid to the lesson and
what the teacher had to
say. Of course when I was
in school that was back
before all the political correctness took over and the
only thing I can assume
is that in the years I have
been out of school, it has
become taboo for teachers to correct their students for exhibiting this
type of behavior for fear
of “lowering their self-esteem” or some other type
of PC hype. All I am asking is for those students
out there (you know who
you are) who act like they
don’t want to be there,
then fine, you don’t have
to attend class, but when
you do, have respect for
your classmates and the
teacher as well, because
some of us are actually
there to learn something.
Thank you.
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beach in San Diego. The sand feels soft and
comfortable and the surfers are really friendly. Itʼs
really great.” Andrea Grill, paralegal major
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“I would go to South Padre Island because
you are still in the [United States], but close
enough to go to Mexico.” Rob McDowell,
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break and
why?”
“I would love to go to Jamaica because I think
that it would be an exciting and adventurous
trip. Plus, I always wondered what it would
be like to go and visit a place like Jamaica.”
Evelyn Taylor, biology major
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Opinion
March 11, 2005
15th Street News
Page 5
Columnist picks century’s Top 10 albums
Heath Sitton
Sports Editor
In reviewing an issue of the
paper from January, I realized
that my list of 10 albums was
somewhat outdated. It suddenly
dawned on me that there were
no albums listed from the 21st
century.
While older music is very dear
to my heart, I did not mean to be
a “music snob.” There are many
contemporary albums that I
love, I just was unable to fit them
on my list. So, without further
ado, here is a list of my favorite
albums from this century:
Queens of the Stone Age
Songs for the Deaf
The best aspect of this album
is that it is an album, not just
a bunch of songs on a disc.
Everything flows together in a
sequence and it is hard to beat
Dave Grohl playing drums!
Local H
Here Comes the Zoo
Local H... what can I say? Every
album is good, although I think
this might be my favorite Local
H album. The highlight of this album is Josh Homme from Queens
of the Stone Age playing guitar.
life in a way. It made me realize
that there were still people out
there who were making good
music.
The Vines
Highly Evolved
This is a great album. It sounds
like a perfect blend of The Beatles
and Nirvana. I definitely loved
this album when it came out and
I definitely like it more than their
latest album.
Radiohead
The Flaming Lips
Hail to the Thief
This album reminds me a great Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots
deal of “The Bends”-era Radio- The Flaming Lips are not capable
head. In my opinion I would of making a bad album. Much like
The Beatles,
say that “We Suck
every thing
Young Blood” is
they come out
the best song on
The Music with is amazthis album.
Stand
ing. They are
Probot
from OklahoThis is Dave
ma and they
Grohlʼs contribution to heavy won a Grammy for a song on this
metal. It features heavy metal gi- album. My favorite Flaming Lips
ants such as King Diamond and album is “Transmissions from
the Satellite Heart,” but it did not
Lemmy from Motorhead.
come out this century.
Toadies
Hell Below/Stars Above
Burning Brides
The Toadies are pure unbridled Leave No Ashes
rock ʻnʼ roll. This is an amazing I really cannot decide if I like
album with good riffs and catchy this one better than their debut
album. As far as musicality, song
hooks.
structure and recording quality,
The White Stripes
this album is superior. But, if you
want pure passionate anger, check
White Blood Cells
I bought this album when it first out their first album “Fall of the
came out. This album changed my Plastic Empire.”
Well, these are my favorite
albums so far this century. I really am anticipating the March
22 release of the Queens of the
Stone Age new album “Lullabies
to Paralyze,” I am quite sure it
would be on this list. All of the
aforementioned albums are taking rock music in the direction it
should be heading. I encourage
you all to check out these albums
and other albums released by these
artists.
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for pick up and would have to
return the next day.
These events made me really
want to turn into a loud, obnoxious pain and chew out a few
people in the store.
At the urging of my wife,
however, I waited one
extra day and got my
furniture the next day.
Lucky for me they
gave me a questionnaire
to fill out regarding my
thoughts on customer service.
This is actually what I am arguing
with myself about this week.
The reason we bought from
this store in the first place was
price. They had a nearly unbeatable price on the furniture we
bought. It seems that the price
was low only as a trade-off. By
this I mean; sure I saved money,
but I really paid for it in lack of
service and communication.
I think that if I pay for an
item, I should have every
right to pick it up when
it comes in. The store
should have notified me
immediately, but failed
to. And, after waiting
in line, they should let
me pick up the item that
night, even if it was 15
minutes late.
It has been my understanding
through personal experience, that
when you make a major purchase
(although furniture is not as
costly as a car or house) you not
only buy a product, but you buy
service as well.
My experience with car dealers
is actually quite similar to my
experience at this store. It seems
that while the money was in my
pocket, people were groveling
at my feet. As soon as the deal
was done, however, I was left to
get things done on my own, and
at a pace that the store felt was
appropriate.
They are very busy, I admit, but
with such a large volume I think
that a little more time and effort
should be invested in keeping
those who help pay their salaries
happy.
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yond belief. Reflecting on it now,
however, I think that I should
have been more patient.
As you have read, I received a
very good price on my purchase.
I also said that it seemed that
the price was a trade-off for
service. I might have been
somewhat correct there,
but I am blaming all the
wrong people.
Like car dealers, the
people running around
in this furniture store
worked on commission,
and therefore gave as much interest as their job demanded. After
getting money from my purchase,
they are not paid to do much else.
In the same situation, I must say
I would act the same way.
If I were going to complain
to somebody, I should have
taken the time to direct it toward
someone who is paid to listen to
and try to resolve the problems
of people like me. I did not do
that, so I should just relax a
little and enjoy my new
entertainment center.
For me to say they
should spend more
money on more employees is a little off. I have no
idea how much they spend. It
would appear that not enough
is spent, but I have no way of
knowing how they handle the
employees and their salaries.
I might have just been caught
in an unlucky chain of events that
caused me to experience a much
longer wait than most experience.
When I got the furniture home it
smelled freshly stained. I believe
that it did not exist prior to me
ordering it.
On top of that, it was made in
China, so the eight to 12 week
wait I was initially given is very
understandable.
As I said, the store had an extremely large volume of customers and products. If I did not want
to deal with a wait or a little bit
of miscommunication, I should
have taken my money elsewhere.
I would have paid more and
maybe been serviced better.
Otherwise, I should just keep
my stinking mouth closed and
watch more TV.
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with a proud young man and Henderson), it is dislike at first
a prejudiced young lady, both word. Without meaning to, Darcy
dealing with family and friends insults Lalita, India and everything
on their path to love. However, not Westernized. However, much
with true Bollywood flair, the like Austenʼs novel, the moral
traditional
of this story
story is
is that first
taken out
impressions
Popcorn
of the book,
Perspective a r e o f t e n
given a
wrong and
make-over
that people
with bright
can change
colors, songs and dancing and and mature if pride and prejudice
kicked out into the world in a can be kept out of the way.
delightful romping film that had
The cast is perfect for such a
me tapping my feet and smiling light-hearted film. Each character
like an idiot.
corresponds nicely to the original
When Lalita Bakshi (Aishwarya Austen characters and it is easy to
Rai) meets Will Darcy (Martin see parallels between this movie
and the novel.
I would recommend this movie
to anyone, with this warning:
Drop your pretensions before
you go see this. Anyone who
walks into the theatre thinking
they are too “cool” to enjoy
some light-hearted, silly, songand-dance fun is guaranteed to
not enjoy the movie. True, the
song-and-dance numbers can be
a little silly at times - in the true
Bollywood style - but overall, it is
hard not to get into and enjoy the
entire journey of the movie from
Amritsar to Goa, from London
to Beverly Hills, from enemies
to unwilling lovers.
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Local H
Whatever Happened to P.J.
Soles?
This is Local Hʼs latest album. It
is very greasy. “California Songs”
will make you think. The girl on
the cover has very nice legs as
well.
Customer service vs. patience
Daniel Cunning
Assignment Editor
Recent events have tried my
patience in a manner I have
never experienced before. In
short, after purchasing a piece
of furniture from a business
in OKC, I waited through
eight of the 12 weeks they
said it would take to come
in. After receiving no phone
calls during this wait, I called
them only to find out that my
furniture had actually arrived
a few days before.
In the end, I did get the furniture I paid for so long ago ...
but not before I stood in line
for 20 minutes only to be told
that I was 15 minutes too late
Left
Daniel Cunning
Assignment Editor
I am sure most people are not
only aware of, but also accepting to the fact that Wal-Mart is
a busy place and will likely be
somewhat slow in getting you
out with your purchases.
While it might be extremely
annoying to always wait in
line at Wal-Mart, there are
days when nearly every register had someone working
on it. This makes it a bit easier
for me to wait in line, knowing
that the store is trying to get
people in and out.
A recent furniture purchase
I made was extremely slow
throughout the whole process.
At times, I was frustrated be-
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Brain
Brain
Bollywood meets Hollywood: “Bride & Prejudice” amazing
Erin Waltman
Assistant Editor
This week, I am stepping
back from the normal American
cinema to focus on the world of
Bollywood and the film “Bride
& Prejudice.”
“Bollywood” refers to the
tradition of Hindi-speaking
cinema and is based in Bombay.
It has wide popularity - not just
in India but all over the world
- and now American audiences
can be treated to a small sample
of Bollywood in the film “Bride
& Prejudice.”
The movie is based on Jane
Austenʼs classic novel “Pride
& Prejudice.” Both stories deal
Rose-Colored Glasses
Aries March 21-April 19… While watching an episode
of “The Twilight Zone” this weekend, you will realize something so terrifying that you will likely be shocked into a state
of mummy-like comatose rigor and will stay in this position
for a period of no less than seven years. Then you will jam a
cookie in your eye.
H
Taurus April 20-May 20… After dunking your head
in a vat of mildewing lard stew, you began to ponder the greater
meaning of life. Then you passed out from the noxious odors
and were rushed to the hospital in an ambulance.
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Gemini May 21-June 21… While shoving latex gloves
in your ears last week, you were pleasantly surprised to find
a latex sock in the mix. Make special use of this rare find by
filling it with butter and smacking your grandma with it.
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Cancer June 22-July 22… Shortly after returning
from an expedition to the Australian Outback, you contracted
a terrible disease and now quite eerily resemble Bea Arthur.
Leo July 23-August 22… Not long after your mom
discovers your shrine to Oprah Winfrey, you will be facing
the toughest decision of your life: Quit mooching off of your
parents and get a real job, or face the fact that Oprah is not only
boring, but is probably also a kleptomaniac.
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Virgo August 23-September 22… After schooling your
bed-ridden grandmother at a game of one-on-one basketball,
you began to feel guilty. Not because you are 50 years younger
or because she is bedridden, but because while you were talking smack to her after the game, you remembered you were
supposed to be watching “MacGyver.”
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Libra September 23-October 23… Zoinks! This week
you will be pleasantly surprised to find that you have sprouted
an eleventh and most delightfully handsome toe. You should
immediately have this toe surgically removed, bronzed, and
then surgically reattached. Also, you have terrible breath.
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Scorpio October 24-November 21… This week, you
will successfully remove your nose and reattach it upside down.
To celebrate, squirt hair gel and green ketchup into your ears.
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Sagittarius November 22-December 21… Shortly
after having your cranium surgically removed and replaced
with a licorice-flavored candy, you realized how vain your attempt at beauty was. Sadly, when asked about the possibility of
reversal, the surgeon will simply reply, “Sorry ʻbout yer noggin,
olʼ chum! It was so delicious that I turned 50 cartwheels and
dirtied my knickers!”
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Capricorn December 22-January 19… To give people
a real scare this week, staple a picture of Larry King to your
face. Then, go to the local deli and scream at everyone, “Oogah
oogah boogah boogah! I like to munch on raw meat products
with my super-white and oversized dentures!”
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Aquarius January 20-February 18… “To feast, or to
fast?” This dietary question has plagued you recently, and this
week you will finally realize to disregard the query altogether
and instead jam a few raw eggs up your nose.
s
Pisces February 19-March 20… Your life will take a
tragic turn for the worse this week when you find, after extensive research of your family tree, that you are indeed a distant
relative of Bob Saget. Lame.
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by Erin Waltman
Comic
Corner
Sports/Health
Page 6
March 11, 2005
15th Street News
Wellness
National Nutrition Month
Employee
By Heath Sitton
encourages health awareness
Q: How long have you been an
employee at RSC?
A: Seven years.
Q: Do you eat any particular foods
to stay healthy?
A: I have learned to downsize my
portions, drink more water, eat
less fried foods and drink milk.
Q: Are you married and/or do you
have children?
A: Yes. We have two children and
one granddaughter.
Q: When did you start working out?
A: October 2003
Q: How often do you work out?
A: I try to workout everyday.
Q: What is your normal workout
routine?
A: I walk around campus on my
break.
Q: Do you listen to any particular
type of music when you work out?
A: No.
Q: What is your favorite type of
music?
A: Christian music and golden
oldies.
Q: Do you like The Beatles?
A: Yes. They are a part of my
era.
Meet the
Players
By Heath Sitton
Photo by KENNETH BEACHLER
Twenty-one year old Patrick Shutnump was raised in
Yukon, Okla.
He is a sophomore in his
second season for the Raiders’ baseball team. He first
started playing when he was
4 years old. His favorite
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food is salad with chicken
Raiders’ Baseball
breast. His pre-game routine consists of getting taped up and thinking about what
he has to do to help his team.
Shutnump was signed in January of 2004 when he called
the coach and was told he could play. He is still weighing
out his options as to where he will go after he has completed his education at RSC. He is looking forward to coaching college baseball and lives by the statement “discipline
equals success; success equals opportunity.”
Photo by KENNETH BEACHLER
Twenty-one year old Ricky
Kirby was raised in Mustang,
Okla. Kirby, a sophomore,
is in the 2005 season for the
Raiders’ baseball team.
He started playing when he
was 4 years old. His favorite
food is McDonald’s, because
#10 Ricky Kirby
the team stops there after
Raiders’ Baseball
away games. His pre-game
routine consists of praying with the team and then praying
for everyone else alone. He is weighing out his options as
to where he will go after completing his education at RSC.
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March is National Nutrition Month, a campaign that encourages consumption of healthier foods. Helen
Peters, Crystal Berdinne and Amber Braswell, nursing majors, indulge in a snack of wheat Triscuits.
Reynolds advised “For fruits and
vegetables, include more dark
green and bright orange and
yellow [items]. In the milk and
cheese group, choose the lower
fats. In the meat group, [try] lean
meat and meat substitutes. At
the top of the Pyramid, use [all
items] sparingly.”
It may be harder to fit healthy,
nutritious food into the day,
however. As a culture on the go,
Americans eat out more often
rather than cooking a meal at
home. It is not hard, though, to
avoid the fattening foods offered
by many fast food places.
go, like tuna packets. But you
have to plan ahead.”
It is good to remember that
the Food Guide Pyramid does
include sugar and snacks. Brown
suggested that people could eat
the things they want, as long as
it is in moderation.
“If you like sausage or M&MʼS,
thatʼs fine - as long as you use
them sparingly, like 10 percent of
your diet,” said Brown. “If youʼre
on a 2,000 calorie diet, then only
150 to 200 calories should come
from the sausage, which would
be like one or two sausage links,
or half a package of M&MʼS. You
“We have snacks all the time
[in the Wellness office],” said
Brown. “We have celery cut
up and grapes ... stuff that we
can take in Baggies that doesnʼt
necessarily have to be stored in
a refrigerator. There are a lot of
healthy foods for people on the
can have it every day, but thatʼs
all you can have - you canʼt have
sausage every meal or M&MʼS
every meal.”
Many people believe cutting
something from their diet will
help them lose weight, but
Reynolds advised against it.
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32 Mine find
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42 Make over
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“Each nutrient plays an
important role in our diets.
Carbohydrates provide glucose
to feed the brain and nervous
system. Fats give us energy
for physical work. Proteins
are needed to build, repair and
maintain body tissue. Vitamins
act as helpers to release energy
from carbohydrates, fats
and proteins. Minerals help
regulate,” said Reynolds. “To
cut a whole food group from
your diet may seem to work
for a short period of time, but
it is not a life change. To lose
weight and keep it off, you must
make a life change. A healthy
life change could be following
the Pyramid, making healthy
choices in each group and
exercising. The key is to burn
more calories than you eat.”
For those who would like
to get involved with National
Nutrition Month, Brown urges
them to rent “Supersize Me,”
the documentary of a man who
ate nothing but McDonaldʼs for
a month.
“Also, get involved with
your kidsʼ school and find out
what theyʼre serving to kids in
the cafeteria, because a lot of
the foods are not healthy for
kids,” said Brown. “Even if you
donʼt have kids, contact a local
school and just be curious.”
For more information on
National Nutrition Month, visit
their Web site or call (312)
899-0040.
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1 Eyeglasses, informally
2 Spartan serf
3 Follow
4 Cubic meter
5 Play producer
6 Bones of upper arms
7 Jai __
8 Successful swings
9 Type of curl
10 Brought under control
11 Wallach of “The Magnificent
Seven”
12 PC key
13 Bread buy
21 Bohemian
22 Group of gnus
25 Bridge expert
26 Wear away
27 Mexicali mister
29 Play the coquette
30 Fond du __, WI
31 Old English letter
33 Hymn of praise
34 “Dallas” matriarch
35 Adjudicated
36 Classic car
38 Period
40 Sci-fi Doctor
41 Males of the species
44 Bangkok guy
45 Appear
48 Conceive
49 “Children of a __ God”
51 Arena happening
53 Did modeling
54 Smoothly agreeable
55 Actress Georgia
56 Make amends
58 Mature
59 Legal wrong
60 Bryce Canyon location
61 UFO crew members
62 Harden
63 Comprehend
Answers for last weeks
crossword
Q: What is your motivation for
working out?
A: I have lost 47 pounds and want
to keep it off.
Q: What do you do at RSC?
A: I am Coordinator of the Reference Services in the Library.
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Photo by KENNETH BEACHLER
Jeanie Cavett
March is National Nutrition
Month, an annually sponsored
campaign that emphasizes
nutrition education and
information.
During the month of March, the
American Dietetic Association
hopes to raise awareness of
informed food choices and
developing sound eating and
physical activity habits.
To understand National
Nutrition Month, one must first
have a working knowledge
of what ʻnutritionʼ is, a term
that is often heard but rarely
explained.
“Nutrition is the science of
food and how the body uses
it in health and disease,” said
Liz Brown, Wellness Program
coordinator.
Making sure to eat a balanced
diet of foods from the Food
Guide Pyramid will increase
the chances of living a more
nutritious life.
“The Food Guide Pyramid
is a way to be sure that youʼre
getting the foods you need for
health,” said Pam Reynolds,
health sciences and nutrition
professor.
According to the Food Guide
Pyramid, carbohydrates should
account for approximately 55-60
percent of total caloric intake,
protein should account for 10-12
percent and fats should count for
12-30 percent.
“Revisions are made to [the
Pyramid] as more information is
learned. The Food and Nutrition
Board of the National Academy of
Sciences sets out the guidelines,
so they change as we learn more
information and as society
changes with different problems,
like the obesity problem,” said
Brown.
Eating the correct amount of
servings from each piece of the
Pyramid in no way encourages
people to overeat since “the
serving sizes are small,” Brown
said. “People overestimate their
servings. Three ounces of chicken
or meat is [equivalent to] a deck
of cards or an audiocassette tape.
When most people eat chicken or
meat, itʼs going to be probably
like four or five servings.”
The selection of items to partake
of within each food group is also
important.
“In the bread and cereal group,
include whole grains more often,”
Photo by JON ROLLMAN
Erin Waltman
Assistant Editor