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This WeekInside July 7, 2008

Vol. 36 No. 38

By Matt BishopEditor

As OCCC makes the conversion

to a new e-mail sys-tem, the transition iscreating issues forsome.

The conversion fromthe GroupWise e-mailsystem to the OutlookExpress e-mail systemhas affected some col-lege staff, in turn, af-fecting the studentswho e-mail them.

Judith McGee, Em-ployment Services co-ordinator, said, on av-erage, she receivesabout 100 e-mails per

Summer workoutCampus buildingsnearing completion

Health Professions Center and Arts EducationCenter will be operational in the fall

Switch to new e-mailposes issues for some

day from studentssending résumés andlooking for jobs.

“It has been a prob-lem for me lately,”McGee said, “and alsofor students who arelooking for jobs andposting résumés.”

One student had tobypass the e-mail sys-tem altogether, McGeesaid.

Instead, she posted

her résumé on theOCCC job board forMcGee to downloadand review.

McGee said, in fact,she didn’t receive anye-mails for a 3-daystretch at the end ofJune.

“It is currently af-fecting our studentemployment servicesbecause I know thereare many e-mails fromstudents I am not re-ceiving,” McGee said.

She said she hasstarted taking hardcopies of her e-mailsto her recipients oncampus due to theunreliability in her e-

mail system lately.She said many of

her e-mails also havebeen going to her junkfolder, instead of herinbox.

Career and Employ-ment Services DirectorDebra Vaughn saidshe also has hadmany problems withthe new e-mail sys-tem.

At times, she said,she hasn’t been able tosend any e-mail andisn’t always confident

that e-mails will gothrough.

Learning SupportSpecialist Mary Tur-ner said she also hasexperienced problemssuch as getting dis-connected from theOutlook system.

She said she experi-ences even more is-sues when she goesback-and-forth be-tween the two e-mailsystems.

Turner said that’swhen she has prob-

lems with sending orreceiving e-mails.

When asked aboutthe problems, ChiefTechnology OfficerJames Riha insistedthat no one makingthe switch should beexperiencing problemsduring the transition.

Further attempts tofind out why some us-ers are having issueswent unanswered.

Janice Phillips, Ex-

OCCC student Quyen Le takes advantage of the free workout equipmentoffered to students, faculty and staff in the college’s Wellness Center. Afull basketball court and Olympic-sized swimming pool also is avaialablewith an OCCC ID.

By Matt MontgomeryStaff Writer

Construction on the new Health Professions Center and the Arts Education Center are approaching completion.

The Health Professions Center is virtually completed, said FacilitiesManagement Director J.B. Messer.

“The final touches are currently being finished including, carpet in-stallations, the clean up process and the final stages of electrical wir-ing,” he said.

The Health Professions Center is expected to open for the fall 2008semester, and the Arts Education Center is approximately two monthsbehind the Health Professions Center, Messer said.

He said, although faculty and students are anticipating classes beingheld in the new buildings for the fall, “there still hasn’t been a tentativedate set for the official opening of either building.”

Health Professions Dean Jo Ann Cobble said she is eager and excitedto have such a state-of-the-art facility.

The building will have an Emergency Medical Services simulator de-signed to, “give students a more hands-on experience, working in reallife scenarios,” Cobble said.

Faculty and students in the Health Professions division said they areexcited about the new building.

“I am very excited about my new office

Photo by LaWanda LaVarnway

See “Construction,” page 12

See “e-mail,” page 12

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Vol. 36 No. 38Matt Bishop..........................EditorDillon Hart......................Staff WriterDaniel Martin................StaffWriterCameron Buchholtz......Staff WriterLeigh Anne Manwarren..... Staff WriterMatt Montgomery..........Staff WriterChris Lusk......................Staff WriterRyan Gaston............PhotographerCynthia Praefke...........Ad ManagerBrian Stansberry..........WebmasterStephen Sossamon...Online EditorRichard Hall.............Lab AssistantRonna Austin.............Lab DirectorMark Schneberger....Faculty Adviser

Sports steroiduse issue lingers

To the editor:The Oklahoma City

Mayor’s Committee on Dis-ability Concerns is seek-ing nominations forawards to outstandingmetro area citizens withdisabilities, and leaders inpromoting people with dis-abilities.

Each October during Na-tional Disability Employ-ment Awareness Month,awards for contributions tothe employment and socialadvancement of personswith disabilities are pre-sented in the following cat-egories:

George B. Lewis AdvocacyAward: recognizes a metroarea resident who risesabove his or her own dis-ability to make outstand-ing achievements and helpsothers with disabilities todo the same.

Employer of the Year:honors an Oklahoma Cityarea employer for outstand-ing achievements in en-hancing employment op-portunities for people withdisabilities.

Public Personnel Em-

ployee Award: salutes anoutstanding public agencyemployee for contributingto the removal of social,attitudinal and environ-mental barriers to peoplewith disabilities in theagency in which he or sheis employed.

Media Award: honors ex-cellence in media materialsabout people with disabili-ties produced and placedduring the year.

Special Awards: recognizeindividuals or organiza-tions that have taken spe-cial action to encourage theadvancement of people withdisabilities in the greaterOklahoma City area.

Clearing the Path Award:cites an Oklahoma Cityresidential building and itsarchitect, designer, builder,contractor and/or owner forUniversal Design in mak-ing the home accessible topeople with disabilities.

Don Davis Award: thehighest honor, gives pub-lic recognition of extraor-dinary meritorious ser-vice, which has substan-tially advanced opportu-

nities for people with dis-abilities.

For more information onthe Committee’s AwardsProgram and nominationforms are available atwww.okc.gov/council/disability_concerns.

—Pam HenryMayor’s Committee on

Diability Concerns Chair

Committe seeks nominations

Last week, in the U.S. Track and Field OlympicTrials, sprinter Tyson Gay not only qualified, butbroke the world record 100-meter dash time witha blazing 9.68 seconds.

Gay’s excitement was short lived when it wasannounced his record would not count because ofa gusty tailwind during the race.

Wind-aided times are not considered official.However, the wind is not the real issue here. As

more records are broken, talk of illegal steroid usebecomes more and more common, and for goodreason.

If Gay’s record had stood, he would have beenthe forth sprinter within the past year to surpassMaurice Greene’s supposedly unbeatable recordof 9.79 seconds.

Since Greene set the record in 1999, seven dif-ferent sprinters have reached the list of top-10 fast-est times, some more than once.

Every athlete in the Top 10 set their respectivetimes after 1990. This is coincidentally the start ofthe “steroid era” in sports, when drug use becamerampant.

Many remember when Ben Johnson was strippedof his 1988 Olympic medal after testing positivefor illegal steroids.

More recently, Tim Montgomery’s record time of9.78 in 2002 was invalidated when he was pinnedin a national performance drug scandal.

Justin Gatlin ran a record time of 9.77 secondsin 2006, only to have it annulled in 2007 due to afailed drug test.

With so many recent cases of proven foul play, itis staggering to think of how many instances go byunnoticed.

Of course, it is possible the drug-testing systemis working efficiently and those who have beencaught are the only ones who have cheated.

With each year, technology and training meth-ods drastically improve.

It is worth considering the 100-meter record be-ing broken more and more frequently is just a con-sequence of the sport’s rapid advancement.

But if that is the case, then why is this particu-lar event the only one that has shown such imme-diate growth? Very few records in any sport arebroken as often as the men’s 100-meter dash. Evenother track and field events pale in comparison.

The only comparable scenario is Major LeagueBaseball’s single-season homerun record, whichhas been broken three times in the last 10 years.

But baseball is in the middle of the biggest con-troversy in sports history, especially around thehomerun record. So why do we assume track ath-letes are innocent and clean? Because as long asthe athlete is a step ahead of the authority, it isnothing more than a guessing game.

—Dillon HartStaff Writer

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Comments and Reviews

“If your actions inspire others to dream more, learnmore, do more, and become more, you are a leader,”

—John Quincy Adams

One of the goals of higher education is to help eachof you become a more well-rounded person, to de-velop skills and abilities that can transcend theclassroom and follow you into a career. In order forthis to happen you must be a willing and activeparticipant.

Some of you may be thinking that you go to classand sit quietly, so what else is there for you to do.First, you must be actively engaged. This means youhave prepared yourself outside of class so you canask and answer questions during. The thought ofactually doing this in front of people might makesome nervous, but the ability to speak in front ofpeople is a worthy skill to develop.

Employers like confidence. They like to have em-ployees who can form opinions and have ideas. Theyalso like having people who are willing to ask ques-tions rather than try to do their best without theinformation they may need to make good decisions.

Another solid skill to develop is organization. Toomany students seem to live in the moment andeither can’t, or won’t, step back to see the biggerpicture. They let projects and papers and tests slipup on them because they are never sure where theyare in time and space.

While what constitutes organization can varyfrom person to person, you must essentially de-velop a system that works for you and keeps you ontop of scheduled events. Learning to use a calendaror planner is a valuable aid to track when assign-ments are due and when you must begin workingon them in order to have them finished on time.You’ll save valuable time, and your sanity, byfinding a system that works.

Your classes should also be teaching you how tothink critically and creatively. Innovations andnew developments are brought to us by people whocan think about things differently. Instead of al-ways asking, “Why?” they have learned to ask,“Why not?” These students strive to see the rela-tionship between what they are asked to do in aparticular class and what they will be asked to doin a future profession. They want to understandthe connections between the knowledge and skillsthey acquire in one class and what they acquire intheir other classes.

Finally, you should be committed to your personalgrowth, both in and out of the classroom. Find yourpassion in life and pursue it wholeheartedly. Thatpassion will translate into everything else you do.There are people all around campus who can helpyou with all these skills and more. You just have toask. Come see us in Student Support Services. Wecare about your success.

—Mary TurnerLeanring Support Specialist

The new Pixar animatedfilm, “Wall-E,” can besummed up in two words:as expected.

This is not a bad thing.Since Disney and Pixar firstteamed up on “Toy Story,”they have done nothing butconsistently produce out-standing movies, which ap-peal to all audiences.

So it’s no surprise theworking brains behind“Cars” and “Finding Nemo”crafted such a unique,heart-warming story as“Wall-E.”

The movie is set 800 yearsin the future and focuses ona small robot, “Wall-E”whose function is to cleanup the planet.

Earth has become too pol-luted and has been desertedby the human race, whonow live on spaceships andget extremely fat.

Wall-E lives a lonely life onthe isolated planet until an-other robot, named EVE,visits in search of life forms.

Wall-E falls in robot-loveand eventually hitches a rideon EVE’s ship, traveling into

space.Wall-E and EVE team up

to salvage a healthy plantsample found on Earth andbring humans back to try torecolonize the planet.

Visually, “Wall-E” is infi-nitely impressive. The vastwasteland Earth has be-come incredible to see, notto mention the eye-openingfuturistic effects in space.

The settings and texturesare so good that sometimesit seems like the animatorsare just showing off.

Once you get past the vi-suals, there is, as expected,a touching story of a robotwho seems more humanthan any on-screen robotever, even the Tin Manfrom “The Wizard of Oz.”

Almost as soon as youmeet Wall-E, you forget hedoesn’t have a heart or abrain. You find yourselfcheering for him as if he wasyour best friend.

As you follow the littlemachine through his epicjourney, you can’t help butlearn from him and behumbled by his genuine-

ness.Those circuits and wires

come together to form ahopeless romantic, whoseonly desire in the universeis to hold somebody’s hand.

A beautiful love storymixed with a definite state-ment on society and Pixar’smost effective main charac-ter ever make “Wall-E” amovie experience thatdefinately should not bemissed.

Rating: A—Dillon Hart

Staff Writer

Pixar and Disney deliver

In her debut album, “LoveIs Dead,” Estonian-bornsinger Kerli pairs her exoticlooks and eerie vocals withready-made pop/rock formu-las to create a somewhatunique, however, overdoneblend of music.

The album’s namesake andopening track, “Love is Dead,”closely resembles the musicof the formerly popular bandEvanescence. The instru-mentals are on the verge ofbeing rock while the vocalshave more of a gothic-popsound.

Together, the music and vo-cals form a sped-up balladabout the absence of love andhome.

Kerli comes off as whiny,and towards the end of thesong, she begins to drag onand become repetitive.

Each song, written by Kerli,seems to parallel an aspectfrom her life as a child in a

European’s debut plain, eeriesmall European village.

Her single, “Walking onAir,” describes her decisionto leave behind her child-hood home to advance hermusic career.

The song, like all the songson her CD, is a bit creepy.Kerli’s voice sounds inno-cent and childlike, but herlyrics, albeit a bit dull anduncreative, portray a grimand mature theme. ␣

“Walking on Air” is re-markably similar to the mo-tif of a Tim Burton film. Thebeat grows stronger with thesong but never snatches theattention from Kerli, who un-like many modern artists,does not need to try hard cre-ating a unique sound.

Both “The Creationist” and“I Want Nothing” have poten-tial to be pop hits, and I wouldnot be surprised if they wereto receive massive nationalradio play.

“Creep Show” is probablythe least original song of theCD. The song is a cross be-tween Avril Lavigne, Pink anda demented Fergie. The soundthat Kerli is able to create withher voice is probably the mostunique thing about the song.

Overall, the album is remi-niscent of Nelly Furtado’sdance-hook style and the soft-punk rebellion of Lavignemixed together will the imageand feel of Evanescence, butin fairness, some of Kerli’ssongs stand on their own twofeet.

Nothing about this albumstands out to me or appearsto have much lasting value,however there are a few solidpop hits which will appeal theradio masses for at least a fewmonths – until the next bigpop song hits the waves.

Rating: C—Chris LuskStaff Writer

Comments and Reviews4 • PIONEER • July 7, 2008

John Mayer is back, and this time with moresoul.

“Where the Light is,” Mayer’s much anticipatedsecond music DVD, was released July 1.

The Sony DVD, also available in Blu-ray, issome of Mayer’s best work to date.

With songs from his early Grammy winningacoustic solo days such as “Daughters,” andsongs from the John Mayer Trio, this DVD in-cludes all facets of Mayer’s music and muchmore.

He jams on crowd favorites “Gravity,” “Vul-tures” and “Waiting on the World to Change,”but also rocks out on timely classic covers JimiHendrix’s “Bold as Love” and Tom Petty’s “FreeFallin’.”

The majority of today’s music listeners mayknow John Mayer as the catchy pop singer whostarted his career with the album “Room forSquares,” an acoustic sound that captivated la-dies around the country.

“Where the Light is,” surprisingly, brings in abluesy rock side that is becoming more regularfor Mayer.

He uses complicated electric guitar licks andcatchy riffs that resemble those of Jimi Hendrixand Stevie Ray Vaughn.

I believe you will find it hard not to enjoy hisnew style and robust sound, so regardless ofyour taste in music, take a listen and decide foryourself.

Rating: A—Daniel Martin

Staff Writer

In this digital age, art-ists, such as Girl Talk,don’t even have to playany instruments to creategreat music. Some simplyuse their laptop and ahard drive full of mp3s.

Girl Talk is a mashupartist who uses onlysamples to create hissongs, changing andtweaking them to create acohesive whole.

With the release of hisnew album, “Feed the Ani-mals,” Girl Talk is push-ing the boundaries ofwhat a mashup record

can be.The mashup genre is

generally considered asimple novelty, but “Feedthe Animals” goes a longway to change that.

Current hits, hip-hop,80’s pop, 90’s alternative,70’s dance, and classicrock are all representedhere in some form or an-other.

One of Girl Talk’s big-gest strengths is how hehas the ability to grab theattention of the listenerwith nostalgia and famil-iarity. Even if the listener

is hearing Girl Talk for thefirst time, they have un-doubtedly heard many ofthe songs Girl Talk pullsfrom. The album is at itsstrongest when it com-bines rough rap verseswith a slower, more sub-dued backing.

Huey’s “Pop, Lock, &Drop It,” works perfectlywith Journey’s “Faith-fully,” and it’s strangehow well Girl Talk meshesLil ’ Wayne’s currentsmash “Lollipop” with theRed Hot Chili Peppers’“Under the Bridge.”

Though the album issplit into tracks, it’s clearit was meant as one longparty mix. Girl Talk is re-ally flaunting copyrightlaw on this album.

There are more than300 samples used, andtheir copyright holdershave cleared none ofthem. No one has yetcome after Girl Talk for

Electronic artist Girl Talk brings theparty with his fourth album release

Mayer’s DVD offersmore bluesy sound

Oklahoma author andhistorian Dee Cordry haswritten a book about lawenforcement in the late1800s.

The book preview prom-ised much more than the243-page book delivered.

The paperback titled“Alive if Possible, Dead ifNecessary” (mantra ofOklahoma United StatesMarshals of 1893) revolvesaround the deadly busi-ness of law and order priorto and immediately afterOklahoma became a state.

The introduction is aboutthe unsolved murder ofagent Luther Bishop andhints at that being the ba-sis of a story.

Instead, each chapterseems to have a differenttale, but no plot everemerges.

It is obvious by the heart-

felt dedication in the begin-ning and final paragraph inthe end of the book thatCordry has a passion forhis subject. The downfall isnot the intent, but the pre-sentation of the facts.

While it is obvious that atremendous amount of re-search went in to the writ-ing of this book, it was adifficult read.

If there is indeed a storyintended, it is buried be-neath the bodies of all thedead gun fighters on bothsides of the law.

Perhaps the author’soveruse of names, titlesand dates created a docu-mentary feel rather than astory effect.

The wordy introductionand excess use of namesand organizations makemeanings confusing, anddetract from the book.

For instance, in the firstparagraph of the introduc-tion are the names of eightcharacters, with their fulltitles, a church name, a rail-road name and the wordOklahoma mentioned threetimes.

After the trite phrase “Ona cold December day in1926…” the remainder ofthe introduction page readslike a list of dates and namesof “Who’s Who” in earlyOklahoma.

There is a great deal of ex-cellent information in “Aliveif possible…” but if readerswho are looking for enter-tainment rather than a col-lection of facts, readers maywant to stick to a muchmore exciting Zane Greynovel.

Rating: C—Cynthia Praefke

Staff Writer

Paperback lacks entertainment

copyright infringement,but with his status andpopularity rising, it’s onlya matter of time.

Girl Talks use of theRadiohead method of re-leasing “Feed The Ani-mals,” in which fans cango to his website www.illegalart.com and pay whatthey want for the record.

So far only establishedartists such as Radioheadand Nine Inch Nails haveattempted this strategy,and it will be interestingto see how it works for alesser-known artist suchGirl Talk.

Rating: A-—Cameron Buchholtz

Staff Writer

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Students learn history by living itBy Megan MowreyNews Writing Student

Bill Smiley, OCCC Up-ward Bound instructor, isteaching students aboutthe Holocaust while takingteaching to a higher level.

Teaching students ninththrough 11th grade withinthe Upward Bound pro-gram, Smiley is havingthem live history ratherthan memorize facts abouta certain event.

In Smiley’s Holocausthistory class, Smiley saidstudents are learning thereligion and political back-

ground of 1,600 years ofhistory and are doing thiswith a hands-on approach.

Smiley, for example, is re-ferring to his students bynumbers rather thannames, much like how pris-oners were treated while inconcentration camps.

Upward Bound is a U.S.Department of Education-funded program to assiststudents within high schoolto acquire skills and moti-vation in education.

Students must be be-tween the ages of 13 19 andbe in grades ninth through11th, Carmela Pyle, Up-

Bill Smiley

ward Bound director, said.“Sometimes lecture has a

tendency to look downupon students,” Smileysaid.␣ “A total lecture sce-nario lends little to developcritical thinking among thestudents.␣

“To be active with stu-dents in hands-on educa-tion provides an environ-ment in which stimulusenhances learning.”

He also said studentsneed to develop criticalthinking skills and shouldbe provided an atmospherein which they can expressopinions, share, communi-

cate and relate to one an-other and with the subject.

Daniel Rendon, UpwardBound student in Smiley’sclass, finds the teachingmethods to be effective andfun at the same time.

“It is better to know aboutit rather than forget whathappened,” Rendon said.

Smiley said students arereceptive of this teachingmethod.

Through discussion ofthe Holocaust, he said stu-dents have been able to dis-cuss other historical geno-cides both past andpresent.

By Jason A. JohnsonNews Writing Student

The Oklahoma Film Insti-tute will be July 7 throughJuly 25 at OCCC.

The OFI is a three-weekcourse which focuses on istraining individuals inter-ested in the art of moviemaking, Film and Videoprofessor Gregg Mellottsaid.

“It was started in 2000,before there was an art de-partment, and it gave birthto the film and video classhere at OCCC,” Mellottsaid.

He said the first week isdedicated to pre-produc-tion, script breakdown,budgeting and locationshooting.

“It is really intense,”Mellott said.

He said week two focuseson production, cameraequipment, lighting tech-niques and sound record-ing methods.

“Boot camp” is whatMellott calls it.

He said week three fo-cuses on post-production,editing, and marketing anddistribution.

“This institution is good

OFI to pave way forfuture filmmakers

for people going on to filmschool,” Mellott said.

Individuals only wantingto focus on one aspect ofthe course may do so byattending the correspond-ing week for that section.Mellott said

“This gives students dif-ferent aspects of position-ing, directing, art directingand cameras,” Mellott said.

The classes will be 8 a.m.to 5 p.m. Monday throughFriday, over the three-weekperiod, said RochelleMosby, Arts and Humani-ties division assistant.

Mosby said the classeswill run longer on somedays, depending on thetask.

“You are not just going tobe sitting in a class andgetting lectured, you areactually going to be doingthe work,” Mosby said.

Caroline Echols, broad-cast journalism sopho-more, said, “The OFI is agood opportunity for Okla-homa, so that people inter-ested in this field will nothave to leave the state topursue film and video pro-duction.”

Tiniesha Allen, account-ing and business manage-

ment student, said, “TheOFI is an excellent programthat will put Oklahoma onthe map, and will give stu-dents the opportunity to becreative.”

Gray Fredrickson, formerOCCC professor and pro-ducer to the films “TheGodfather” and “Apoca-lypse Now,” will workclosely with Mellott duringthe institution, Mosby said.

“[Students] will be im-mersed in the subject mat-ter, and it is good to get thisexperience, and when thecourse is complete the re-sults will be a film writtenand produced by students,”Mellott said.

“[Students] will beimmersed in the

subject matter, and itis good to get this

experience, and whenthe course is

complete the resultswill be a film written

and produced bystudents.”

—Gregg MellottFilm and Video

Professor

Class withdrawdate looming

By Leigh Anne C. ManwarrenStaff Writer

The last chance to withdraw from summer semes-ter classes is July 11.

Students may either withdraw in person at Ad-missions and Records until 5 p.m. or until mid-night on MineOnline, said Alan Stringfellow, asso-ciate registrar.

“If a student doesn’t know where they are in aclass, I suggest that they get with their teachers totouch base and get clarification,” Stringfellow said.

While students are deciding whether or not theyshould drop a course, they should also think aboutthe dangers of withdrawing, he said.

A drawback from withdrawing is the possible re-duction in a student’s financial aid for future se-mesters.

“A student must have a successful completion rateof at least 66 percent of attempted credit hours toremain completely eligible for financial aid,” HaroldCase, dean of Student Financial Support Servicessaid.

Withdrawing from a course will not affect astudent’s GPA in a negative way, Stringfellow said.Instead of getting a D or an F, a student’s tran-script will have a W.

Students can still withdraw from classes after-wards in rare cases. Stringfellow said there are twoways to withdraw after the deadline.

“Students are able to take advantage of a regentguideline that allows students to withdraw up untilthe last day of the term if they are currently pass-ing,” he said.

This requires a signature from the instructor in-dicating that the student is passing the course.

The other is through petitioning to the Registrar’soffice if a student proves an unusual circumstancehappened during the semester that has caused theneed for a withdrawal from class.

Staff Writer Leigh Anne C. Manwarren can bereached at photog@occc.edu.

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Miss Oklahoma to take on nationBy Matt BishopEditor

OCCC’s Brooke Singletary, Miss Oklahoma United States 2008, preparesto compete in the Miss United States Pageant being held July 18 in LasVegas.

“I consider myself a very blessed person,” she said.“The most rewarding thing about doing pageants is getting involved with

the community.”Along with preparing for the pageant, Singletary she said is going to be

working with the Big Brothers Big Sisters Organization, where she takesdifferent kids out for a day of fun, she said.

Singletary said she loves being a mentor.“It is really important for the kids to have somebody in their life to look

up to,” she said.While being a mentor,

Singletary said she has beentraining hard for the past six-months for the swimsuit com-petition with strict dieting,cardio, lifting weights and drink-ing a lot of water.

“The physical fitness, showsdiscipline and determination,”Singletary said. “It shows you’rewilling to work hard for whatyou want.”

Singletary also has held thecrown of Miss Oklahoma Ameri-can Queen 2006, and won nu-merous awards such as Missphotogenic, Top-15 Miss Okla-homa Teen USA 2005 2006 and Miss Oklahoma USA Top 15 2007.

The Miss United States pageant consists of three parts: evening gown,interview and swimsuit Singletary said.

The field will be narrowed down to 15, where the contestants will do thethree categories over again, she said.

When narrowed to the top five, the judges will select a winner based onthe interview category.

Singletary said her favorite part of the competition is the interview.She said it’s exciting when meeting the judges and enjoys telling stories

about her life.Singletary is a broadcast journalism major who plans to graduate in the

spring of 2009.Mass Media Communications Professor Gwin Faulconer-Lippert had

Singletary in a class. She said she is very proud of everything Singletaryhas accomplished and knows more is to come.

“Seeing focused and dedicated young women accomplish so much andspeak out about today’s issues and answers is most refreshing,” Faulconer-Lippert said.

“Brooke demonstrates that it is the journey that develops her uniquebeauty, character and accomplishments. She is one young woman whohas already won.”

She plans on attending the University of Central Oklahoma and hopesto get an internship at a local news-station, Singletary said.

Singletary also said someday she would like to have her own televisionshow someday to help people and discuss topics that concern major is-sues in the world,

One thing she wishes she could change in the United States is helpingpeople have a healthier lifestyle that cause health problems such as dia-betes and heart-attacks.

“I think that we need to educate people in school. [To] educate themabout healthier foods because so many kids are having health problems,”she said.

Singletary’s status in the pageant can be tracked atwww.OKunitedstatespageants.com

Editor Matt Bishop can be reached at editor@occc.edu.

Brooke Singletary, Miss Oklahoma United States 2008 and OCCC student,will contend for a new crown at the Miss United States Pageant July 18 inLas Vegas. Singletary said she enjoys being a mentor to young girls.

She said she plans to attend the University of Central Oklahoma onceshe graduates from OCCC.

“Seeing focused and dedicatedyoung women accomplish so

much and speak out abouttoday’s issues and answers is

most refreshing, Brooke demon-strates that it is the journey that

develops her unique beauty,character and accomplishments.

She is one young woman whohas already won.”

—Gwin Faulconer-LippertBroadcast Journalism Professor

July 7, 2008 • PIONEER • 7

Students who need helplearning another languageare encouraged to watchtelevision in the World Lan-guages and Cultures Centeron the second floor of themain building in room 2J4.

The lab now is offering aWinTv program, which canbe viewed on all the lab’scomputers. WinTv is a satel-lite television program thatlets students watch anythingfrom news to game shows, tosoap operas from countriesaround the world in sevendifferent languages, includ-ing Russian, Arabic andJapanese.

The lab also has pur -chased a 42-inch plasmascreen television, and hascollected more than 100 for-eign films in 14 different lan-guages since December2007.

While students cannotcheck the films out of the lab,they are available to watchthere.

“I love the language lab, itreally helps a lot,” OCCCsophomore Tiffany Lunowsaid. Lunow visits about three times aweek to watch Spanish films in the lab.

Lab supervisor Tonya Kymes saidmany students have been using thelab. She said foreign language classeshave been encouraged to visit on aweekly basis.

“We want our students to gain a bet-ter conversational glimpse of the lan-guages they’re learning,” Kymes said.

She said, by combining WinTv andthe foreign film collection with the lab’slanguage-learning software, TheRosetta Stone, students are gettingmore help than before with their lan-guage.

“I couldn’t survive without this lab.Everyone here is so helpful and avail-able,” student Thuy Nguyen said.

Nguyen said she constantly visits thelab for many reasons, but mainly be-cause of the open computer access.

She said she also appreciates thereadily available help from the lab staffand the focus she gets from studyingin the lab.

The lab is open 9 a.m. to 5:30 p.m.Mondays, Tuesdays and Thursdays; 9a.m. to 7 p.m. Wednesdays and 9 a.m.to 1 p.m. Fridays.

Television brings world to students

The World Languages and Cultures Center, located on the second floor of the Main Building, is one of OCCC’s newest on-campus labs. The lab has a number of resources that give students insight into cultures from around the world.

Above: Lab director Chiaki Troutman oversees much of the day-in-day-out business the World Languages and Cultures Center sees.Kymes said, since introducing the new television feature that allowsstudents to watch programs in various languages, she has seen anincrease in student visits to the lab. She also said she encouragesforeign language classes to visit on a weekly basis, since thetechnology in the lab could potentially help students in those classes.

Left: A student visits the World Languages and Cultures Centerto use one of the number of computers available to watchtelevision programs on. The network is satellite-based, so thecomputers are able to receive television feeds from variousparticipating countries and stations. The lab also has a 42-inchplasma television, and has collected more than 100 foreign films in14 different languages since December 2007.

Text by Adam HawbakerPhotos by LaWanda LaVarnway

A bit of info...The World Languages and CulturesCenter has...• A 42-inch plasma screen television• More than 100 foreign films in 14languages• Computers with access to foreigntelevision programs

8 • PIONEER • July 7, 2008

Sports

UPCOMING

OCCCINTRAMURALS

EVENTS

July 7-11: OCCC will hold twowrestling camps for teens atthe Wellness Center gym. Thecamp is for ages 12 and 14.One session will be from 8a.m. to noon, and the other willbe from 1 to 4 p.m. The costis $65. For more information,call Recreation and SportsSpecialist Eric Watson at 405-682-1611, ext. 7786.

July 7-11: OCCC will hold girlsvolleyball camps at the Well-ness Center gym. The youthcamp for ages 9 to 11 will befrom 8 a.m. to noon. The teencamp for ages 12 to 14 willbe held from 1 to 4 p.m. Thecost for the camp is $65. Formore information, call Recre-ation and Sports SpecialistEric Watson at 405-682-1611,ext. 7786.

July 14-19: OCCC will hold FitKids Camp at the WellnessCenter gym. The youth campfor ages 9 to 11 will be from 8a.m. to noon. The teen campfor ages 12 to 14 will be heldfrom 1 to 4 p.m. The cost forthe camp is $65. For more in-formation, call Recreation andSports Specialist Eric Watsonat 405-682-1611, ext. 7786

July 21-25: OCCC will holdcoed basketball camps at theWellness Center gym. Theyouth camp for ages 9 to 11will be from 8 a.m. to noonand the teen camp for ages 12to 14 will be held from 1 to 4p.m. The cost for the campsis $65. For more information,call Recreation and SportsSpecialist Eric Watson at 405-682-1611, ext. 7786.

Do you have a great sportsstory you would like to

share over the summer?Contact Daniel Martin at405-682-1611, ext. 7440,

or e-mailStaffWriter2@occc.edu

By Daniel MartinStaff Writer

The Oklahoma City Angels, an all-women semi-pro basketball team,made a surprise visit to the WellnessCenter gym, June 27 in support ofthe youth girls basketball camp of-fered June 23 through June 27.

Four members of the Angels cameto the camp, a continuation of thesummer sports programs at OCCC,to instruct, inspire and help furtherdevelop the campers’ skills.

Recreation and Sports SpecialistEric Watson said he contacted theteam’s head coach, John Davis, aboutthe invitation and couldn’t have beenhappier with the results.

“We’re more than happy to come outand support basketball camps allover the city,” Davis said. “It’s greatto see the kids excitement and howquickly they learn.”

He said the team helped with ballhandling and shooting drills. Playerssigned autographs and they evenplayed a couple games of “gotcha”with the campers.

Angels starting center ViolaBeybeyah said working with childrenis one of her favorite parts about play-ing with the Angles.

“Kids are my passion along withbasketball, Beybeyah said. “It’s just

what I love to do.”She said she remembered play-

ing basketball at that age and be-ing heavily influenced by collegeplayers and professionals like herself.

Basketball camp head coach BenBerry said the visit was great forthe kids, and the Angels comingout really helped polish up whatthe girls had been learning allweek.

“It was great to see girls thatdidn’t know how to shoot or dribbleon Monday, dribbling with their leftand right hands and swishing bas-kets on Friday,” Berry said.

“It was good exposure for the girlsto be able to work with profession-als for the afternoon,” he said, “Itshowed them discipline and howto have a good work ethic.”

General Manager and Owner ofthe Oklahoma City Angels, ClaudeStuart, said the team loves doingevents like this, and the team of-ten visits churches and other bas-ketball camps around the city.

He said the Angels play charityexhibition games during the fall atsurrounding colleges and univer-sities, and during the spring theteam plays charity games at mili-tary bases like Altus and Tinker.

All profits from home games and

donations from away games go di-rectly to the Children’s MiracleNetwork, he said.

“We’re all about helping childrenand playing basketball,” Stuartsaid, “and lots of times they seemto go hand-in-hand.”

Since the team was put togetherin early January, the Women’sBlue Chip Basketball League hasgrown tremendously, Stuart said.

Currently, the team’s record is 2-1 and their next home game is July5 at Woodson gym versus theircross-town rival the Oklahoma CityOn Point Hoopsters.

With five games left in the regu-lar season, Stuart said the team isgetting ready for the playoffs,which will be held in Memphis,Tenn., toward the end of summer.

For more information about theOklahoma City Angels, contactClaude Stuart at 405-722-0075 orOklahomaangelsbasketball@yahoo.com

Staff Writer Daniel Martin can bereached at StaffWriter2@occc.edu.

OKC Angels inspire B-ball campers

The Oklahoma City Angles head coach John Davis (back right), General Manager and Owner Claude Stuart (backleft) and four star players pose for a picture on June 27 in the Wellness Center gym after their workout with a group ofgirl’s basketball campers.

Photo by Eric Watson

“Kids are my passionalong with basketball. It’s

just what I love to do.”–Viola Beybeyah,

Oklahoma City Angel’s Center

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By Katie KennedyNews Writing Student

OCCC’s English Depart-ment has increased thesections of MulticulturalEnglish Composition Iclasses being offered thisfall from one to five sec-tions.

The Multicultural Englishclasses are designed spe-cifically for students whospeak English as their sec-ond language, according tothe course cataloge.

For the past few years,English professor MaryPunches has taught theone section offered.

With the growing successof the class and the in-creasing diversity ofOCCC’s student popula-tion, Punches said, theneed to expand the Multi-cultural English programgrew.

Language Arts Depart-ment Director CherylStanford said the classeshave the same require-ments, textbooks and as-signments as the regularEnglish Composition Iclasses.

They also are taught inEnglish.

Aside from the smallerclass size of the multicul-tural classes, the main dif-ference in these classes isthe intensive training theteachers go through towork with students whohave diverse ethnic back-grounds, Stanford said.

The Multicultural English

Composition I classes fillthe general education re-quirement for EnglishComposition I and aretransferable to colleges anduniversities in the area, shesaid.

These classes are openfor any students who speakEnglish as their second lan-guage whether they areAmerican citizens or not,Stanford said.

To accommodate the in-crease in sections, one full-time and three adjunct fac-ulty members have beenhired.

Punches will continue toteach one section in the fall.

English Professor MarkSchneberger will beginteaching sections of Multi-cultural English Composi-tion I and II in spring 2009.

Schneberger recentlywas the lead professor indeveloping a multiculturalwriting program for His-panic and Somali studentswhile teaching at a Minne-sota college.

As a part of OCCC’sAchieving the Dream initia-tive, the English depart-ment has been developingthis class for the past twoyears.

Stanford said Writing Co-ordinator Kim Jamesonhas attended many confer-ences with professors fromall over the nation in orderto learn from other collegesand universities that havealready been teaching simi-lar classes.

“A large number of ourfull-time and adjunct fac-ulty have been takingclasses in learning to howto better meet the needs ofour multicultural studentsin all our class in the Lan-guage Arts Department,”Stanford said.

The English departmentwill get approval from theOCCC Curriculum Com-mittee in Fall 2008 for theMulticultural English Com-position II classes, she said.

Multicultural classes to growfrom one to five in the fall

By Dorathea MaynardNews Writing Student

Students are being encouraged to request booksto be added to the library’s book collection.

Barbara King, Library Services director, said stu-dents can use an online form to request books forthe library’s collection.

“This is a way to make sure the Library has mate-rials to meet student needs,” King said.

According to the library website, “Books or maga-zine purchase requests may be made by any librarypatron.”

To request an addition to the library collection,students can use any computer with Internet ac-cess. Once at the library’s web page,www. occc.edu/library, they can click on the Library Request Formslink, King said.

Then, scroll down to the Book or Magazine Pur-chase Requests link, choose the appropriate formand fill it out, King said.

After a form is submitted, the librarians look at itfor purchase consideration and decide if the re-quested book is appropriate for the collection.

“We generally are able to purchase the requests,”King said.

The library’s budget allows for the purchase ofrecommended books, King said.

To better aid the library personnel, King said, stu-dents should fill in all the information they knowabout the desired book.

“The length of time to fill a request varies on theavailability of the materials being purchased,” Kingsaid.

Students can check back at the library’s websiteor ask the librarians if the book is available.

Student Tenesha M. Alvarez said she knew aboutthe form but had never used it.

She said she was told about it in a library orienta-tion her English Composition I teacher arranged forclass in a previous semester.

Area resident Steven M. Judge said he didn’t knowabout the request form although he was a studentat OCCC from 2003 to 2005.

Judge said, during his time as an OCCC student,“I only checked out one book here.” He said it wasa chemistry book he used to study.

“It would be great if they had those [pharmacol-ogy] books here,” he said. “Unfortunately, a lot ofthe books you have here I’ve all ready read,” Judgesaid, referring to the pharmacy section.

Library takingliterary requests

“A large number of our full-time and adjunctfaculty have been taking classes in learning to

how to better meet the needs of ourmulticultural students in all our class in the

Language Arts Department.”—Cheryl Stanford

Language Arts Department Director

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OCCC’s Child Development Center and Lab School hasspots available for the Reservation Room. The Reserva-tion Room provides child care from 5:15 p.m. to 8:15 p.m.,with evenings available depending on children’s needs.Cost for the summer semester is $10 per evening per child,plus a $15 activity fee for each child. For more informa-tion, call the CDCLS at 405-682-7561.

Classes offered in summerCommunity Outreach and Education will offer a variety

of summer non-credit classes. Classes include: ComputerBasics, Microsoft Office, dance classes, sign language,Spanish, ESL and voice overs. For more information, call405-682-7859.

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Clubs offer benefits notavailable in classroomBy Cameron BuchholtzStaff Writer

Often times, college can be an intimi-dating place for students, and it can diffi-cult for them to find their own identity.

Student clubs and organizations are away for students to get involved and findtheir place on campus.

Clubs also benefit students in ways thatclasses cannot.

“Club members, especially those who be-come officers, become involved in campuslife, get to know their professors outsidethe classroom, and meet various collegeofficials,” Physics professor Steven Kammsaid.

Taking part in clubs help students gainvaluable skills that aren’t necessarilytaught in a classroom, said business pro-fessor Marty Ludlum.

“They get to plan, organize, budget timeand money, make decisions, buildconsensus, etc., all are skills which areneeded in the workforce,”Ludlum said.

Another important aspect of studentclubs is the leadership opportunities,Ludlum said.

“In the clubs, students get to exercisetheir leadership skills, which almost neverhappens in class,” Ludlumsaid.

Networking is yet another benefit to tak-ing part in clubs, said Kamm.

“Students get to know the faculty, whichhelps when you need letters ofrecommendation, etc.,” Ludlum said.

“Students get to exercise theirleadership skills, which almost

never happens in class.” — Marty Ludlum

Professor of Business

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“They also get to know more students,which mean more friends and more studypartners.”

Ludlum said that by simply being moreactive on campus, students are moreaware of opportunities such as transferscholarships.

Club involvement can also open up em-ployment opportunities, which is why stu-dents should keep track of their activitieswith a Student Activities & RecognitionTranscript (S.T.A.R.T.).

According to the Student Life website,S.T.A.R.T. can be used to maintain an ac-curate record of on and off campus ac-tivities and awards, which are earned dur-ing a student’s college experience.

“By using the S.T.A.R.T. system, OCCCstudents are able to more easily prove theyhave the necessary skills to be successfulin college and beyond,” according to theS.T.A.R.T. website.

Students can access S.T.A.R.T. throughthe Student Life homepage.

Interested students can visit the Stu-dent Life homepage for a list of clubs andhow to get involved.

Staff Writer Cameron Buchholtz can bereached at StaffWriter1@occc.edu.

Abel Mendoza, Nursing sophomore and member of Pi Theta Kappa works in the Student Lifeoffice.The office is working on the calendar for upcoming events this fall.

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By Matthew SikesNews Writing Student

Entry 12, the Main Building entry from parking lot Gwas closed Sunday, June 11, to complete a college ini-tiative of sidewalk codes.

“The college wanted an anti-slip surface for its side-walk entries,” said Chris Snow, Facilities Managementassistant director.

A specialty coating, Belzona, was applied to the side-walk ramp to ensure a slip resistant surface, Snow said.Snow said the project would take about three weeks tocomplete.

The college contracted with Fine Specialty Coating towork on the projects.

Snow said the project will help create safer sidewalksfor students and faculty members, particularly duringthe winter months.

“We’ve had incidents in the past with people slipping,”Snow said.

Other entries also will be closed this summer to betreated. Entries 14, 22 and 24 will receive the sameBelzona sidewalk coating as applied to entry 12.However, Snow said, only one entry will be closed at atime.

Snow said all the sidewalk projects should be com-pleted and invoiced by the end of July.

The total cost of the entry 12 project is about $18,000.The total cost of all the sidewalk projects will be about$45,000, Snow said.

By Stephen SossamonStaff Writer

Security officer William Busby no-ticed a car at entry 6 with a brokenpassenger window June 23, accordingto a campus crime report.

Dispatch was contacted and OCCCChief Technology Officer James Riha,came outside and said the car was his,according to the report.

Science and Mathematics Dean MaxSimmons said, while returning fromlunch, he saw the ground crew mow-ing in the area.

Simmons said the next thing he sawwas the window busted out.

Riha filled out claims forms, given tohim by the grounds crew, to have thewindow fixed, according to the crimereport.

Also on June 23, security officerBrandon Wheeler, while on routinepatrol, noticed something he said hethought was a silhouette through thewindow of the new Arts Education Cen-ter, according to the crime report.

Wheeler turned his vehicle aroundand shined his spotlight into the build-ing through the new dock area, accord-ing to the crime report.

Wheeler said, while spotlighting thebuilding, he saw a white male, in thewindow, run in front of the spotlightwestbound toward Regents Boulevard.

At about 9:30 p.m., Wheeler called fora back-up and gave dispatch the de-scription of the person, according to thecrime report.

The suspect is a white male, about 5’8”to 5’10,” 160 to 180 pounds, and waswearing a light-colored T-shirt, accord-ing to the crime report.

“We haven’t identified the subject yet,”Wheeler said. “But, we did the buildingsearch and nothing was damaged.”

After security officer Kevin Tipton ar-rived on the scene, he and Wheeler per-formed a full building sweep, accordingto the report.

After a complete room-by-roomsearch, the suspect was never located,according to the report.

There also were two incidents of fireextinguisher discharges on the sameday.

Security officer Jacob Roby investi-gated a fire extinguisher discharge inthe area of 1P1A, in the Main Building,according to an incident report.

Roby said the extinguisher had beendischarged onto the wall and the floor.

Around 5 p.m., Roby received anothercall to the area of 3K2 of the Main Build-ing, about a discharged fire extin-guisher, but found out it had been dis-charged in the area of 3M6, accordingto the crime report.

Staff Writer Stephen Sossamon can bereached at onlineeditor@occc.edu.

ecutive Administrative As-sistant to the President,said problems experiencedwith Outlook are very lim-ited.

“When there are prob-lems [with Outlook], help isreadily available,” she said.

Paige Landrith, SeniorExecutive Secretary to thePresident, said those hav-ing problems should callAmanda Little at 405-682-1611, ext. 7135, or JoeyWare at ext. 7476.

The new Outlook systemmay take time to adjust to,she said, because it is new.

“It’s as easy [as Group-Wise] when you get used to

furniture and the buildingas a whole,” said SherriGivens, Human PatientSimulator coordinator.

Freshman nursing stu-dent Alexis Robertson saidshe, too, is anxious for theconstruction to be over.

Cobble attributes thespeedy construction effortson the new building to Fa-cilities Management.

“Facilities Managementhas done a fantastic job toensure everything in ournew building is perfect,”Cobble said.

She said an open houseand dedication ceremoniesare set for October.

As for the Arts EducationCenter, Messer said, con-struction has been delayedsomewhat “Because of this

year’s heavy rainfall.“The rains have hindered

the schedule for the ArtsEducation Center by abouta month or two,” Messersaid.

Arts and Humanities fac-ulty and administrationsaid they are very enthusi-astic about their new build-ing.

Acting Dean Ruth Char-nay said the prospect ofhaving a new building isexciting.

The new building featuresa 5,000-square-foot filmand production studio anda new choir classroom with100 seats, Charnay said.

“We are well prepared tomake a smooth transitioninto the building after thesemester begins,” she said.

Staff Writer Matt Mont-gomery can be reached atStaffWriter3@occc.edu.

Rain has slightly set backArts Center construction

Switch to new e-mail almost complete

Entries gettingno-skid facelifts

Broken window, suspiciousperson tops crime list

it,” Phillips said.“Once we learned how to

do it, we started sailing.”Mike Reeves, Student

Computer Center supervi-sor, said he has not heardof students in his lab hav-ing any problems accessingtheir college e-mail ac-counts.

He said he also is confi-

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dent the new e-mail systemwill work out fine.

The transition fromGroupWise should be com-pleted by December, if notsooner, Riha said.

For troubleshooting Out-look e-mail problems, callRiha at 405-682-7864.

Editor Matt Bishop can bereached at editor@occc.edu.

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