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By JUSTIN YEARWOODStaff [email protected]

Most Oklahoma State students only know about lacrosse through selected clips from “American Pie.”

Although many stu-dents’ knowledge of the game is limited, 14 women on campus are learning and teaching each other about the un-known sport.

Robin Gay is a gradu-ate student and attack midfielder who started playing lacrosse when her roommate’s profes-sor got her to try it out four years ago.

She said she has watched the team prog-ress.

“It has changed over the years,” Gray said. “We have gotten more athletic girls than in the b e g i n n i n g . I think it will grow p o s i t i v e l y because we have Tom [ K u z m i c ] , who will stick with us through thick and thin.”

K u z m i c , the head coach, has advised and coached the squad for five years.

Along with K u z m i c ’ s l e a d e r s h i p , the lacrosse club team has the ad-vantages of f l e x i b i l i t y, camaraderie, a way to keep off the freshman 15 and, most importantly, a cer-tain element of mystery not likely to be found in sports like football or baseball.

“It is different,” said Katy McTiernan, a soph-omore landscape archi-tecture major. “Since not many people play it, it is more of an intriguing sport [than most others out there].”

McTiernan, an offen-sive captain who played in high school, is one of the few members on the 14-member squad with multiple years of experi-ence under her belt.

Because most of the girls had not even picked up a lacrosse stick dur-ing high school, joining the club team has been a constant learning experi-ence for them.

“It has taught me a lot of leadership,” said Stacie Sullivan, a sopho-more psychology major

and defensive captain. “I have never played a sport before. I love getting to learn about sports, spe-cifically lacrosse.”

For the more experi-enced girls, it has be-come a rewarding expe-rience watching the new girls pick up the game.

“I like to see how the girls start,” said McTi-ernan. “How they come in and have no skill and then they turn into great lacrosse players.”

The team competes during the spring se-mester in the Central Plains Women’s Lacrosse League. The CPWLL is based out of the Mid-west and comprises 12 teams including Big 12 opponents such as Iowa State, Kansas, Nebraska, and also schools such as Arkansas and Creighton.

The Cowgirls, who have already competed

in tournaments in Fay-etteville, Ark., and Lin-coln, Neb., will host their own tournament this weekend.

The players are look-ing forward to showing off their skills without having to drive for hours on end.

“I am pretty excited,” said McTiernan. “I am really competitive and want to beat all of those teams.”

The tournament roster includes Kansas, Arkan-sas, Principia, Creighton and Nebraska along with Oklahoma State.

McTiernan and her teammates will get their shot at proving themselves on Saturday against Creighton and Sunday against Kansas.

Any students who are interested in becoming part of the women’s la-crosse club team should e-mail Sullivan at [email protected].

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Summer of love

Aft erschool program helps educate children, orphansBy STACY PETTITStaff [email protected]

After final exams, many students see three months of summer filled with op-portunities to relax and take a break from school and work.

However, although three OSU students see this summer filled with opportunities, they will do anything but relax. They will work in Africa at an after-school program with orphans who have lost their parents to AIDS.

The Tanda After-School Program in the KwaZulu-Natal region of South Af-rica focuses on educating and bringing hope for a better future to orphans and other children living below the poverty line.

Alyssa Peterson, a bio-

chemistry and molecular biology sophomore, feels passionate about going to help children in South Africa. Peterson said she wants to give back some of what she has been given.

“Some will walk for miles to have a safe place to stay, a meal to eat and a place to learn,” Peter-son said. “We’re really trying to take a different approach toward pulling these orphans out of pov-erty.”

An estimated 1.4 mil-lion children in South Af-rica were living as orphans after losing their mother, father or both parents to AIDS in 2005, according to a World Health Organi-zation fact sheet.

An estimated 50 per-cent of people in South Africa lived below the poverty line in 2000, with

an estimated 24.2 percent unemployment rate in 2007, according to a Cen-tral Intelligence Agency Web site.

Even af-ter graduat-ing from high school, peo-ple in South Africa can search for years to find a job. Peterson believes that with groups like Tanda, or-phans will be able to get the extra skills needed to find jobs after high school to support them-selves and sometimes their siblings.

Travis Tindell, a sports media sophomore, wants

to work and teach the or-phans this summer to help brighten their future.

“I’ve realized that I have a chance to be a part of something big – something that can change people’s lives,” Tindell said. “You can’t grasp the en-tirety of the situation being here. You don’t know the kind of impact you will make until you get there.”

That impact has already surprised the creators of the program. Even

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Six students will take a trip to the skies.

Outdoor Adventure has orga-nized a hang gliding trip to Camp Doris in the Wichita Wildlife Ref-uge in Lawton.

Trip leader Patrick McKenzie said the group leaves today and returns Sunday afternoon.

The trip will begin slowly with training at ground school in Camp Doris as well as a general hang glid-er orientation.

“We’ll be taking off on a hill while learning how to maneuver a hang glider,” Mckenzie said. “Later on, we’ll be towed in by a truck about 2,000 feet with an instructor then glide down. We’ll start on a hill then go up with an instructor and do high altitude.”

The group will travel with three

hang-gliding in-structors. None of the partici-pants have ever tried hang glid-ing.

One instruc-tor is from the flight school and the two others is from Outdoor Adventure.

Although it is the first time the three instructors have done a trip together, every-thing has gone off without a hitch.

“Things have been going very smoothly,” McKenzie said. “We’ve been on other trips and we’ve worked with this flight school before. Other than the weather, which we have no

control over, as long as we have a good sunny day with no rain and not too much wind we shouldn’t have any problem at all and it should be quite exciting.”

MARK NELSON/O’CollegianTaylor Beadle, a nutrition freshman; Alyssa Peterson, a biochemistry and molecular biology sophomore; and Travis Tindell, a sports media sopho-more, will head to South Africa this summer to volunteer for the after-school program they created for impoverished children. Their program allows school children to develop marketable skills in order to cope with South Africa’s rampant unemployment.

MCT DIRECTOutdoor Adventure’s fi rst hang gliding trip starts today. The trip’s par-ticipates have never been hang gliding before.

MCT DIRECTThe women’s lacrosse team (not pictured) is holding a tournament this weekend against Big 12 and regional schools.

Event gives wings to Outdoor Adventure students

Women’s lacrosse competes Saturday

SEE PETERSON PAGE 7

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“Some will walk for miles to have a safe place to stay, a meal to eat and a place to learn.”

ALYSSA PETERSONa biochemistry and molecular biology sophomore

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Courtesy photo Andy Brewer (left), Kevin Jones, Joe Selby and Doug Jones are Taddy Porter. Brewer describes the bands sound as combining classic rock and blues a la The Black Crowes and The Black Keys. The band is one of four bands still left in March Bandness Oklahoma City radio station 94.7 The Buzz’s annual contest.

Stillwater rockers Taddy Porter make a ‘Buzz’ in competitionBy TED BADOFeatures [email protected]

FRIDAY

8:30 a.m. to 9 a.m. / 9:30 a.m. to 10 a.m. — “Spring Shuffl e,” circuit workouts, O-Zone Fitness Center, Seretean Wellness Center.

3 p.m. — OSU American studies and women’s studies programs present: “Brokeback Mountain,” then at 5 p.m. join professor Eric Patterson reading from his new book that analyzes political, literary and cul-tural contexts of the fi lm. Patterson is an associate professor of American stud-ies and American literature at Hobart and William Smith Colleges; Classroom Building, Room 313.

8 p.m. — Student Union Activities Board presents: Bingo; Student Union Star-light Terrace.

SATURDAY

OSU Mom’s Day

This Is the Life— High school seniors match up with an OSU student for the weekend.

10 a.m. to 3 p.m. — The OSU Parents Association presents: Mom’s Day Craft Show; Student Union Atrium.

5:30 p.m. — Spring Sing, greek life musical numbers; Gallagher-Iba Arena.

8 p.m. —Jazz Festival con-cert; Seretean Center Con-cert Hall; $5 for students.

SUNDAY

This Is the Life— High school seniors match up with an OSU student for the weekend.

5 p.m. — The Indian Stu-dent Association presents: Masti, an academic com-petition; Student Union Theater.

To submit an event to the 2do column, send us the vital information (date,

time, place and cost) of the event. E-mail: [email protected]; phone: 405-744-6363.

The All-American Rejects alerted the music industry to the Stillwater music scene.

Stillwater-based bands Colourmusic and Kunek are two of the bands that have found national recognition in the wake of the Rejects.

In a few months, Taddy Porter could be added to that list.

Taddy Porter, with OSU geology senior Andy Brewer and OSU marketing senior Doug Jones as members, has found success after such a short time.

Just five months after the band was formed, it is in the final four of March Bandness, Okla-

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homa City radio station 94.7 The Buzz’s annual competition.

Brewer said Taddy Por-ter is “kind of a combina-tion of The Black Crowes and The Black Keys.

“I’d say we are a classic rock and blues.”

Brewer and Jones first played together at a friend’s party.

“Me and some friends of mine were going to a party, and I walk in and hear some music playing,” Brewer said. “I walk into the room where they are playing, and Doug points at me and says, ‘Do you play anything?’ and I say ‘Yep, I play guitar.’

“We played, and it was real easy to play with him because he was good. He called me the next day and we pretty much started practicing right away.”

The two of them have

been playing together about a year, Jones said.

With Brewer on guitar and lead vocals, and Jones on drums, the band added lead guitarist and OSU alumnus Joe Selby.

Brewer met Selby through guitar lessons.

“I was taking guitar les-sons from him at DaddyO’s here in Stillwater, and af-ter a while he asked me if I wanted to jam, so we started to,” Brewer said. “He was in another band when I first met him, but eventually he was available so we asked him to join.”

Jones’ younger brother, Kevin, was added at bass to round out the four-some.

“The bass player and myself joined around the same time, five months ago,” Selby said.

The band was excited about how quickly success

came.“It’s been blowing up

pretty fast,” Jones said. “We’ve played as far away as Kansas and Dallas, and we are working on a tour for this summer, so to get this far in this competi-tion is pretty cool.”

Doug Jones said the idea to enter “March Bandness” was always in the band members’ minds.

“We had known about it before we started the band, and we were pretty much planning on enter-ing all the way back when we started the band,” he said. “We entered in Janu-ary, and here we are.”

The winner of March Bandness has multiple op-portunities available to them as part of the prize package.

“If we won, we would get $1,000 and a spot in the Dfest festival in Tulsa

and the Norman Music Festival,” Selby said. “We’d also get to open for a band on The Buzz Concert Se-ries, and get our song in a movie.”

The prizes include regu-lar airplay on The Buzz.

“I think we are guaran-teed three plays a day if we win,” Brewer said.

Selby said he was excited about the opportunity the band had, and he wanted OSU students to come to the competition and rep-resent Stillwater.

“We really want people to come and support us if they can,” Selby said. “We get 25 minutes to show what we got, and it should be good.”

The March Bandness fi-nals starts tonight at 7 at the Bricktown Ballroom in Oklahoma city, with all final four bands playing to determine the winner.

Students can see “reel” student-made short fi lms at tonight’s fi lm festival.

The Student Union Ac-tivities Board is sponsoring its fi fth annual Reel Film Festival at 7 p.m. in the Stu-dent Union Theater.

Three judges will screen 11 of the 21 entries at the festival, said Rohit Ganguli, co-chair of the movies com-mittee.

Students could enter any type of fi lm as long as it was less than 15 minutes. The fi lms include documenta-ries, shot comedy, sketches, music videos and promo-tional movies, Ganguli said.

“The purpose of SUAB is to provide entertainment to students of OSU, and the Reel Film Festival just adds a twist to that,” he said. “Students are al-lowed to create movies. Most of them are either fi lm students or students with a passion about fi lm, and this is just a good op-portunity for them to show their talent.”

A panel of judges will rate the fi lms for original-ity, creativity, uniqueness, act-ing, fl ow and continuity and whether the fi lm is pleasing to the eye. Judg-es will also rate the fi lms based on the audience’s response, Ganguli said.

Prizes for the top-three fi lms are an indie fi lmmak-er’s kit, a screenwriting kit

or Final Cut Pro, which is editing soft-ware.

A l t h o u g h any high school or col-lege student in Oklahoma could enter the festival, Ganguli said most of the competitors are from the O k l a h o m a State Univer-sity commu-nity.

Some stu-dents used fi lms they en-tered in other competitions.

Jo n a t h a n Ainley, a business junior, helped write, direct and

edit “The Donovan Johnson Story” for Tulsa’s 24-Hour Video Race competition.

Ainley, who is also a screen studies minor, made the mockumentary with friends about a fi ctional mo-tivational speaker from the ’80s. The fi ve-minute fl ick took fi rst place in the col-lege division as well as “The Viewer’s Choice Award.”

Ainley said he was ecstat-ic when he heard about the Reel Film Festival.

“There’s no entry fee and there’s almost no stipula-tions on what you can and cannot enter – that just made me really happy,” Ain-ley said. “People can really put in a fi lm that they’ve had complete creative con-trol over; it’s a pretty cool concept.”

One English screen stud-ies senior used her creative control to enter shorts she made as a part of her Wentz Research Scholarship.

Liz Tabish’s four-minute fi lms, titled “A Cinematic Interpretation of Shake-spearean Tragedies: Part Two”, combine Shake-speare’s plays, “Romeo and Juliet,” “Macbeth” and “Antony and Cleopatra” with fi lm genres to explore the montage theory in fi lm.

Tabish said the montage theory puts two separate images together to create a new meaning between the images.

“It’s a study on what hap-pens when you combine two really great structures, a great narrative and a great fi lm genre,” she said. “It ended up really showing the relevance of Shakespeare’s work in relation to current social issues and issues that have been inherent in the fi lm genres in the past 20th century.”

Tabish said although OSU doesn’t have a fi lm-making department, she

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“A fi lm is never really good unless the camera is an eye in the head of a poet.” — ORSON WELLES

Film festival to show student ‘shorts’ @the show

By EMILY HOLMANFeatures [email protected]

FRIDAY

Norman 8 p.m. — Gary Allan; River-wind Casino; $39 to $45.

Oklahoma City7 p.m. — Eisley, The Myr-iad, Vedera and The Envy Corps; The Conservatory.7 p.m. — March Bandness Finals; Bricktown Ballroom.10 p.m. — Wade Bowen; Wormy Dog Saloon. Stillwater 7:30 p.m. — Red Dirt Rangers; Mexico Joe’s; free. Tulsa 8 p.m. — Ganem; Exit 6C.

SATURDAY

Norman 8 p.m. — The Doobie Brothers; Riverwind Ca-sino; $49 to $59. Oklahoma City -8 p.m. — Leiahdorus, Tympanic Frenzy and Bone!! vs. Sokmonkey; The Conservatory.

Tulsa7 p.m. — Eisley, The Myr-iad, Vedera and The Envy Corps; Cain’s Ballroom; $16 at the door.7 p.m. — Your Final Thought; The Pinkeye.

SUNDAY

Oklahoma City7 p.m. — The Paper Chase and Engine Orchestra; The Conservatory.

Photo illustration by MICHAEL BEVERS/O’CollegianThe Reel Film Festival will showcase student-made short fi lms. The entries were open to any high school or col-lege student in Oklahoma, but mostly OSU students entered. The fi lms topics were open to most anything.

is glad the Reel Film Festival gives students a chance to make fi lms.

“It’s something to look forward to,” she said. “Our fi lm theory [depart-ment] is really great, but as far as fi lmmaking goes, the festival is an incen-tive to actually make the fi lms that you wouldn’t normally.”

One student got to-gether with her family to make a fi lm for the festi-val.

Kasandra Osborn, a business management senior, made a documen-tary about Civil War re-enactors with her dad and her husband.

The fi lm focuses on people who re-enact the Battle of Round Moun-tain, which happened in Yale, which is about 20 miles east of Stillwater. They made a full-length DVD to help educate children about the Civil War and shortened it to 13 minutes for the festi-val.

“We thought it would be fun to do an actual documentary to help children see what actu-ally happened,” she said. “It’s so much more eff ec-tive if children can come out and get a taste for what actually happened and how they actually lived.”

Osborn said although she didn’t make the fi lm for the festival, she would love to place.

“It would be fun for us to place so we could see some ramifi cation for all the work we’ve done,” she said

For more information, call SUAB at 405-744-8977.

“It’s something to look forward to. Our film theory [department] is really great, but as far as filmmaking goes, the festival is an incentive to actually make the films that you wouldn’t normally.”

LIZ TABISHa screen studies senior

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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

Dear Editor,Everybody got a good laugh when the

O’Collegian printed the April Fool’s “Boone State” story.

However, I wouldn’t laugh too quickly. The “resignation” of Sean Sutton was another step in that direction. I say “resignation” because it was forced.

Feeding the media that and expecting everybody would just swallow it is pretty de-meaning.

Everybody knows that Mike Holder is Boone’s boy, and what Boone wants, Boone gets. And to some extent I understand this.

When you donate as much as he has, you will get some things to go your way.

However, getting rid of Sean after just two years was a mistake. They did not even give him a chance to have a team full of his re-cruits.

I’m fi ne with improving Oklahoma State University. I am. I gave a little laugh and shrugged my shoulders when the OSU my family out of our house (which is still stand-ing) for the Athletic Village.

But now I’m a little upset. And rightfully so. They didn’t even give Sean a fair chance.

They started him out with the fragile pro-gram that Eddie left, and expected an instant national championship. Foolish.

They’d better make a good decision with their next hire. Or they run the risk of losing a lot of money from ticket sales.

But oh well. I’m just going to start practic-ing our soon-to-be new lyrics: “Ever you’ll fi nd us-loyal and true. To our alma mater B...S...U.” I suggest you do too.

Jason Frost, psychology junior Jason Frost, psychology junior Jason Frost

Dear Editor,I just wanted to take a moment to com-

ment on the comic strip printed in the O’Colly April 2.

I have tried immensely to prove to my friends that OSU cares not about winning games in any sport, but more about who they have in the positions of head coaches.

This illustration completes my argument. I won’t argue the fact that Sutton should have proven himself better in the time he had as head coach, but shouldn’t Mike Gundy be proving himself better as head football coach? Only one of the two have a winning record, and he has been sent packing.

If we look at all the aspects of the situation, OSU Athletic Director Mike Holder made it clear that he is disappointed OSU hasn’t made it to the NCAA tournament during Sutton’s time as head coach. Understandable.

However, isn’t he upset that Gundy has a losing record and has never reached BCS Bowl Games?

Neither can seem to get a win against their Bedlam Rival, Oklahoma. Despite all this, Gundy was informed that his contract was extended while Sutton was asked to leave.

As for what I’ve seen, Sutton has been through thick and thin with his basketball team, and in a respectable way.

I will never respect Gundy’s decision to humiliate his team and OUR university on public television.

Reporters can write what they want, get over it! Still, our university feels that he is “the man” for this position.

After all this, how can Holder sleep at night saying that “This had nothing to do with my feelings toward Sean.”

I think the Athletic Department needs to understand that college students are not stu-pid. This is nothing more than politics, pe-

riod! If T. Boone Pickens and Mike Holder don’t like you, don’t hold your breath on stay-ing at OSU.

Archie MeisemanChemical Engineering Senior

Dear Editor,My letter is in regard to Stacy Pettit’s arti-

cle, “Catholic Outsiders.” My comments are in reaction to Catholics for a Free Choice.

The Rev. Crevcoure is right to note that “Catholic” FFC off ends Roman Catholics — as Dr. Hipsher remarks, “C”FFC promotes the idea that one can have “very strong” beliefs about being both Catholic and pro-choice.

The Church has been very clear on this is-sue — you can not be both. I am saddened by those who either misunderstand the Church’s teachings on contraception and abortion or are embarrassed by them.

“C”FFC mocks the moral authority of the Roman Catholic Church and simultaneously claims to be Catholic. The Church is not pluralistic on the issues of contraception and abortion, thank God.

But an important point must be made that while the Church is not pluralistic, neither is “C”FFC — it has an objective to promote its “truth” in place of the Church’s teachings.

A truly pluralist organization would remove the qualifi cation “Catholic” from its name and stop off ending the faithful by mocking their beliefs.

Furthermore, it would have been a much more balanced article if Ms. Pettit would have included more information on Dr. Hipsher’s research on Feminists for Life of America.

Mark D. PopowskiOSU graduate student

I don’t go to the movies very often — but it’s not I very often — but it’s not I because I don’t want to.

It’s because the movie theater we have in town usually doesn’t show what I want to see and the theater itself arguably isn’t in the best shape.

I had been looking forward to March’s “The Eye” — the horror movie with Jessica Alba as a blind girl — from the mo-ment I saw a trailer for it, about two months before its open-ing.

So, needless to say, I was pret-ty upset when the release date came and the Carmike Cinema 10 didn’t have it — and I had to sit through the hour-and-a-half-long waste-of-time crudbomb “Meet the Spartans.”

Likewise, I was excited about going to see “Stop Loss” from the moment the MTV movie’s poster fell out of the middle of an O’Colly issue. I was hop-ing it would shed some honest light on the military’s question-able practice of extending sol-diers’ contracts just so they can extend a deployment or have them redeploy.

I was again utterly disap-pointed to drive by the theater and not see it on the marquee. This also made me question why MTV wasted money on a full-

blown poster advertisement for a movie that wasn’t even going to be shown in a town in which it was advertised.

Conversely, when the Mi-ley Cyrus/Hannah Montana movie (I think it might have been called “The Best of Both Worlds,” but not sure about that) came out, the theater dedicated three of its 10 screens to that notorious kid-addicter. Three screens!

One might also notice that during winter months when it’s cold, at least one or two of the theaters usually don’t have a working heater, forcing the-atergoers to bring blankets or layer themselves in clothing. I believe that they also have spo-radic air conditioner problems in the summer.

Additionally, one has to won-der whether the theater fl oors are ever mopped — I know ev-ery time I get out of my seat to leave, my feet are fairly fastened to the fl oor and my shoes pro-vide me with a lovely squishing sticky sound for a day or two

after.However, from what I’ve

seen, when weekend evenings roll around the parking lot is usually fi lled to capacity, with some cars having to be parked on the grass around the pave-ment or closer to Buff alo Wild Wings. There’s also usually a decently long line to wait in to get a ticket.

This is understandable, since the theater doesn’t have any competition within 50 miles.

However, with this amount of business and what seems like a minimal staff , it would seem as though the theater would be taking in more than enough money to make needed improvements and, possibly, to upgrade.

Several times I have been tempted to use $20 in gas to drive to Oklahoma City’s Cin-emark Tinseltown or Tulsa’s AMC Southroads 20 to see a movie I actually want to watch.

Having worked in two Cin-emark theaters as a projection-ist, I know that the upkeep of a theater and its equipment and appearance can be tough, and even expensive.

But I also know that the the-ater itself usually doesn’t lose any money — especially during

the winter when people would rather be indoors, and especial-ly around holidays, when peo-ple are off work (Christmas and Thanksgiving are many movie theaters’ two busiest days of the year.)

A lovely, brand-spankin’ new 20-screen $20 million dollar Warren Theatres Cineplex opened today at 11:30 a.m. in Moore. Pictures and info can be seen at http://www.warren-theatres.com/moore.asp.

It even has a 21-and-up bal-cony and — get this — a diner/lounge! According to the Web site, the balcony patrons who pay $12 for a matinee or $18 for an evening ticket enjoy cushy imported oversized seats, full access to the lounge before and after the show and even food and drink service to their seats during the movie.

Also, the lounge has a full-service bar. Talk about an up-scale movie theater!

If you ask me, Stillwater de-served a theater like that more than Moore did. It’s about time we either got an upgrade or some big movie theater cor-poration bought one of the big plots of land available and built us a new, multimillion dollar theater. I’d be fi rst in line when it opens.

Thousands of miles away, a Thousands of miles away, a TChinese man is sitting in TChinese man is sitting in Tjail for speaking out against Tjail for speaking out against Tthe government. Hu Jia, an activist for AIDS, the environment, a free Tibet and freedom of religion, was sentenced to three and a half years on the charge of “inciting subver-sion of state.”

This comes just two weeks af-ter another activist, Yang Chunlin, was jailed for fi ve years on the same charge. Chunlin led a campaign called “We don’t want the Olym-pics, we want human rights.”

Citizens can be thrown in jail for a number of charges including sub-version, stealing state secrets, sepa-ratism and spreading rumors.

Is China really working to pre-serve human rights or simply crack-ing down on those who are dissent-ing? These cases make me believe the latter. Seven years ago, when China was bidding for the 2008 Olympics, the biggest argument it presented was that hosting the Olympics would help China de-velop human rights.

So far it has amended its consti-tution to add “The State protects and preserves human rights.” Woo-hoo. But this still doesn’t do any-thing. China must defi ne human rights and needs to actually protect them.

In July 2001, offi cials promised that there would be complete free-dom of the media. The promise has never been fulfi lled. Right now there is a news “blackout” in Tibet. Hundreds of peaceful Buddhist monks have been arrested; there is no word on when many of them will be released.

The constitution is hypocriti-cal considering that the 35th clause states that there is freedom of speech.

The Internet is consistently censored in the People’s Republic. There are even pop-up cartoons to remind Chinese not to look at “il-legal” Web sites and that they are being watched by the government.

Three years ago, Google was em-broiled in a battle with the Chinese government over its web services.

The search leviathan caved to pressure and allowed its site to be censored in China. Instead of aid-ing the Chinese people to expand their minds, Google is enabling China to hold its citizens in secular hostage. The Tiananmen Square massacre and the independence of Taiwan are forbidden topics, along with the word “democracy” in chat rooms.

The United States removed China from its top 10 list of hu-man rights violators on March 11th. The list reads as a who’s who of oppressive countries: North Korea, Myanmar, Iran, Syria, Zimbabwe, Cuba, Belarus, Uzbekistan, Eritrea and Sudan. China should remain on this list.

Its atrocities are much worse and on a larger scale than, say, Belarus. Belarus is on the list for one of the things China does- censoring and controlling the news media. One of the major reasons it has been re-moved is that the U.S. government sees China playing a crucial role in the nuclear disarmament of North Korea.

China would do well to model its protection of rights on models from the United States and other western nations. There should be comprehensive protection on civil and human rights. China would also benefi t from reducing the cen-sorship of its citizens in order to ex-pand the marketplace of ideas.

Citizens should never be afraid of their government, the govern-ment should always be afraid of its citizens.

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Student organizations camped out in makeshift buildings to raise money for Habitat for Humanity on Wednesday and Thurs-day.

“It’s easy to not see homelessness, but there are people right here in Stillwater who need help,” said Laura Cook, the event director.

Teams collected money throughout Wednesday and sent all proceeds to Stillwater Habitat for Humanity to help pro-vide affordable housing to Stillwater residents who qualify.

Shack-A-Thon raised $1,002 for Stillwater Hab-itat for Humanity over-night. The shack building teams’ efforts not only provided money, but also created student aware-ness about an issue that is easily overlooked.

Thursday morning, the chapter gave awards to the organizations for their shacks. Brothers Under Christ and Sigma Phi Lambda raised the most money, $256. Beta Theta Pi’s shack won the “Most Livable” award and the Campus Girl Scouts won the “Most Creative” award for their shack made of plastic bottles.

Cook said she hopes that Shack-A-Thon can become a tradition on campus and that the OSU community can contin-ue to contribute to this cause.

“We’re looking forward to next year already,” she

said. “And hopefully we will continue to have more participants and shacks.”

For the competition, 21 teams, consisting mostly of members from campus organizations, worked from 8 a.m. to 10 a.m. Wednesday constructing homes for the night.

“Our shack is pretty structurally sound,” said Michael Vison, a member of the Pi Kappa Phi and Delta Delta Delta team, “We raised it up off of the ground to keep us dry, we also have tarps in case it rains.”

Shack-A-Thon allows students to experience what it would be like to be homeless and have to provide their own shelter. Teams were only allowed to use materials that were found in dumpsters or that people wanted to give away.

Teams were only al-

lowed $20 to buy sup-plies, such as nails, for their shack.

To remain in the com-petition, at least one member from each team was have to stay at the shack at all times.

“Never in my life have I been so aware of the weather,” said Cameron Liner, a member of the Baptist Collegiate Minis-try team.

Rain was already pour-ing down on the Shack-A-Thon participants late Wednesday afternoon and into the night.

“Homeless people are still homeless when it’s raining, we’re staying here,” Liner said.

Cook said he believed that when night fell and the rain continued to pour the team members would have their most vivid glimpse of home-lessness.

“It will kick in when they’re trying to go to sleep, they’re not going home,” Cook said.

Each shack was required to have a homelessness statistic on display. The statistic from the Baptist Collegiate Ministry shack said, “On any given night, there are 1.35 million homeless children in the United States.”

The contest partici-pants had the oppor-tunity to participate in various activities on the lawn during the event. There was a disc jockey, a movie projector and free pizza for the participants. Teams members also kept themselves occupied by playing card games, foot-ball and skateboarding.

Anyone interested in joining the OSU Habi-tat for Humanity chapter should e-mail [email protected].

OSU Habitat event brings poverty home

ZACH GRAYZACH GRAYZACH GRAY/O’Collegian/O’Collegian/O’Collegian/O’CollegianThe participating organizations could use only $20 for supplies for their makeshift homes during Shack-A-Thon. GThon. GThon. irl Scouts used plastic bottles for their shack.

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After a rainy night cut Bed-lam short, the Cowgirls have been preparing for a new Big 12 opponent.

The Cowgirls (18-17, 2-2 Big 12) will travel to Austin, Tex-as, this weekend to face off against the Texas Longhorns. The fi rst game will be Satur-day at 1 p.m., with the second on Sunday at 12 p.m.

On Wednesday night, the Cowgirls took the fi eld against OU despite the rain. OSU found itself down 2-0 in the bottom of the second inning when the rain picked up.

Offi cials called a rain delay, and the tarp was pulled over the infi eld. After nearly a 40-minute delay, Cowgirl coach

Rich Wieligman and OU coach Patty Gasso decided to call the game.

The coaches agreed Thurs-day to continue the game Tuesday at 6:30 p.m. at Cow-girl Stadium.

Although the team was disappointed about not be-ing able to fi nish the game, Wieligman said he is not wor-ried that the setback will have any negative impact on the team’s play this weekend.

“We didn’t lose,” Wielig-man said. “We were down, but I don’t think there should be any problem with them getting ready to play.”

The Longhorns are 18-13-2, including 4-2 in Big 12 play with sweeps of Nebraska and Iowa State. Senior outfi elder Kim Kaye said the team is aware of the challenge of

playing two games in Austin.“They’re a solid program

all around,” Kaye said. “They always come with it, and their fans are pretty crazy.”

The Longhorns feature solid pitching, including se-nior Meagan Denny, who has a 13-4 record and a 1.63 ERA, with 179 strike outs in 115 2/3 innings.

Texas also boasts a team total of 34 home runs, third in the Big 12, including three batters with fi ve or more.

“Texas has two pretty hard throwing girls in the circle,” Wieligman said. “They’ve got some good powerful hitters, some home run type hitters.”

The Cowgirls have faced one issue most of the sea-son—playing poor defense.Recently, however, the team has had solid defensive out-

ings against Baylor and North Texas.

In the fi rst inning against OU, the Cowgirls gave up two runs, but OU left two runners stranded. Wieligman said it will take continued strong de-fensive performances to win tough conference matchups.

“We’ve got to go down there and pitch well and keep the ball in the yard and play good defense like we have been,” Wieligman said.

In order for the Cowgirls to get victories against the strong pitching and hard hit-ting of the Longhorns, Kaye said it will take an entire team eff ort.

“It will take staying within ourselves, going out there and playing the game like we can, focusing on the process, and getting it done,” Kaye said.

ANTHONY FERNANDEZ/O’CollegianSecond baseman Tyrone Hambley throws during the Cowboys’ 19-10 victory against Missouri State on March 11. The Cowboys hit the road for a three-game series against Missouri this weekend.

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MICHAEL BEVERS/O’CollegianFirst baseman Heather Kim makes a play.The Cowgirls, rained out of their most recent game, head to Texas this weekend for a two-game set against the Longhorns.

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The only thing predict-able about spring baseball in Oklahoma is that the weather is always unpre-dictable.

After practicing in 80 degrees and sunshine last week, the Cowboys saw a diff erent climate for their last practice before travel-ing to play No. 4 Missouri this weekend. Despite the 55-degree temperature and steady rain toward the end, coach Frank Anderson said he thought it was still a suc-cessful practice.

“[The weather] is not al-ways gonna be exactly the way you want it,” Anderson said. “I don’t really mind the rain as much as this cold. I just hate the bitter cold. If we can get away from play-ing in 40-degree weather, I’ll do just about anything to get away from playing in that stuff .”

Sophomore pitcher Tyler Lyons wasn’t as optimistic as Anderson, saying if play-ing in cold, wet weather was good practice, he didn’t think it was worth it.

“I personally would rather it just be sunny all the time,” Lyons said. “I’m not a very big fan of the cold weather,

especially in baseball, and cold weather and rain don’t mix very well.”

He was quick to point out that his confi dence in his team was part of the reason for his line of thinking.

“I don’t think it will aff ect us either way,” Lyons said.

Today’s game is at 6:30 p.m., Saturday’s is at 4 p.m. and Sunday’s is at 1 p.m. Re-gardless of the forecast, the weather may not be No. 23 OSU’s biggest problem go-ing into this weekend’s se-ries.

The Cowboys (18-8, 4-5 Big 12) swept No. 6 Arizona at home in a two-game series last week but then dropped two out of three at Kansas State over the weekend.

Lyons said he didn’t think the problem was playing away from home or that the Big 12 could be underrat-ed, just that the Cowboys weren’t ready to play.

“We came off of the Arizona weekend and we felt pretty good about our-selves,” Lyons said. “I don’t think it’s that we over-looked anybody or anything like that, I feel like we just really didn’t play that well. It’s going to happen from time to time.”

OSU will face a possible No. 1 draft pick today in

Aaron Crow. He is 6-0 and leads the Tigers (21-6, 4-2) with a 0.84 earned run aver-age. Anderson said he com-pares well to the pitching OSU saw with Arizona.

“[Missouri] probably has about as good or better

pitching as anybody in the country,” Anderson said. “They haven’t given up a run in conference in two games, and we’re gonna have our hands full. Arm-wise and ve-locity-wise, they [Missouri’s and Arizona’s pitchers] are

pretty similar.”The Cowboys have

one advantage going into Friday’s game—Missouri has lost four of its past six games. Lyons said this series is important for the Cow-boys, but it is not do or die.

“We’ve just gotta go up there and hopefully re-bound from that K-State series,” Lyons said. “I think we all felt like that was a pretty disappointing week-end, so this is a big weekend for us.”

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Cowgirl tennis team hosts pair of Big 12 matches this weekendBy BEN SMITHSports [email protected]

Cowgirl tennis coach Ju-lius Lubicz-Majewski knew his team was at a disadvan-tage with only fi ve healthy players on the roster.

“Unfortunately, we’re not like football where you have 80 players,” Lubicz-Majew-ski said. “We have eight players.

“Hopefully everybody

will stay healthy now, and we won’t have any more problems.”

The Cowgirls got a boost when senior Jessica Collins joined the team in time to compete at Kansas State on March 28.

With the addition of Col-lins, the Cowgirls (6-7, 0-4 Big 12) will not have to for-feit any points for not hav-ing enough players.

Collins joins freshman Maryna Tkachenko at No.

3 doubles and will play No. 6 singles when the Cowgirls face Nebraska (13-3, 2-3) on Saturday and Iowa State (4-8, 0-5) on Sunday at the De-Bois Ten-nis Com-plex.

Oklahoma State had to forfeit at No. 3 doubles and at No. 6 singles for three straight matches before adding Collins. Collins ad-

mitted that conditioning has been the most diffi cult part.

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South Africa. “I haven’t played in about a year, so I do have to concentrate a lot harder.

“I love the team and it

just helps to have that sixth player on the court.”

The eff ect Collins had in joining the team is clear.

Even in a practice match with freshman JoAnne Karaitiana, she brought en-ergy and playful banter.

The Cowgirls’ match Wednesday with Tulsa was postponed a week because of inclement weather.

Their match with Ne-braska is scheduled for 11 a.m. but could change, giv-

en Oklahoma springtime weather.

The Cowgirls will play Iowa State at 10 a.m. on Sunday.

“Hopefully it’s going to be nice because none of us really like it when it’s windy,” No. 1 singles player Iryna Tkachenko said. “We are pumped up and we are looking forward to a good weekend.

“It’s going to be a tough match, defi nitely.”

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new program, its center in South Africa opened last month, volunteers at the after-school program have already seen about 200 high school students traveling to the program to learn about agricul-ture, art, computer tech-nology, counseling and construction, Peterson said.

Volunteers and work-ers for the program don’t plan to run the program for a long time.

Peterson said in a few years, the program will

change over to the locals of KwaZulu-Natal after the program has stabi-lized.

“They are the only ones that can get themselves out of this,” she said. “We can’t keep going on with these Band-Aid so-lutions. We have to start by addressing the under-lying social and economic issues and work up from there.”

In order for the three volunteers from OSU to begin their work from July through August at the Tanda ASP, they need to raise $5000 to cover airfare. They plan to raise the money through dona-

tions, fundraising, sell-ing T-shirts and a benefit concert, Peterson said.

Taylor Beadle, a fresh-man at OSU, is ready to raise the funds and meet the kids she will be teaching and befriending in South Africa.

“I’m ready to give back and help them get an education,” she said. “They’re just kids –they don’t get to decide how their lives are right now.”

For more informa-tion on donations or on a summer 2009 trip to South Africa, e-mail Alyssa Peterson at [email protected].

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Having no experience hasn’t dampened the spirits of participants.

“I saw fl yers around the Colvin and it was something I wanted to do,” Travis Da-vidson, a fi nance graduate student said. “I love the adrenaline of sports.”

Davidson said he was looking forward to the trip.

“I’m really excited about it.” he said. “My adrenaline is already going up and I haven’t even done it, yet.”

He said he was confi dent hang gliding would be safe.

“These are established professional guys,” David-son said.

The trip costs $265 for students and $285 for non-

students, according to the Outdoor Adventure Web site. The Hang Gliding trip is just the latest in a series of outdoor programs that Outdoor Adventure has or-ganized.

“I wish I had heard about it earlier so I could have joined,” Adlet Dalmatov, an aerospace engineering sophomore, said. “It sounds like a lot of fun for a cheap price.”

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The African American Student Association elections were post-poned Thursday night because of confusion about suspending SGA constitutional bylaws on elections.

“It appeared that there was con-fusion tonight because it (Afro-Am) was under the belief that one could suspend the constitution, which you can’t,” Justin Biassou, SGA Senate chairman, said. “You can only sus-pend bylaws, and they tried to sus-pend the constitution which can’t be done.”

During the Big 12 Conference on Black Student Government, the members voted on a proposal to speed up elections. Afro-Am presi-dential candidate and SGA senator, David Brydie, propsed to suspend Article 3, Section 3.1 General Offic-es to expedite officer elections for the 2008-2009 academic year.

The members and participating faculty, including vice president for Institutional Diversity, Dr. Cor-nell Thomas and former adviser for Afro-Am, Tiffany Nixon, disagree on the rules concerning what were thought to be bylaws.

After a 10-minute discussion and clarification on Article 3 in the SGA constitution, elections were sched-uled for Thursday, April 3.

“I was ready to vote, but if we’re in violation, what can we do?” said

Danielle Goodwin, a medical tech-nology sophomore.

President Ty Scyffore opened the floor for nominations, and confu-sion spread through the audience. Nixon stood up and said the proce-dures were incorrect.

Thomas asked the adviser, Phil-lip Birdine, whether he was going to allow the improper election to proceed, a brief discussion was held to gear the meeting in the right di-rection.

Article 3 Section 3.1 in the con-stitution cannot be suspended, so elections were postponed until the five remaining business days that nominees have to turn in applica-tions.

“I think it was great because we did the right thing according to the constitution and Robert’s Rules of Order, which states how to run con-gressional meetings,” Brydie said.

Those who already turned in ap-plications prepared speeches for the elections.

“I came ready and prepared, but what’s fair is fair and if elected, I want it to be the right way,” said presidential candidate Karesha Sol-omon.

Sycffore said he was ready for the elections and to announce of the new leaders, which will have to wait another week.

“I feel if we’re going to do it, we must do it right,” Scyffore said. “I just hate that certain people have bad intentions.”

By KRISTIN MASONContributing [email protected]

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WASHINGTON — Barack Obama raked in $40 million in March, leaving Hillary Rodham Clinton and her $20 million in the fund-raising dust and stuffi ng his campaign treasury so he can outspend her in the crucial Pennsylvania primary.

His haul in donations also buttressed his argument to Democratic superdelegates that he has built a vast net-work of donors and volun-teers that they wouldn’t want to lose if they denied him the nomination.

Obama has attracted near-ly 1.3 million donors, largely through the Internet.

He raised $131 million in just the fi rst three months of this year compared to $70 million for Clinton. Republi-can John McCain’s campaign has not revealed his March fundraising, but he has been far behind the Democrats, raising less than $23 million

in January and February.Obama’s campaign man-

ager, David Plouff e, claimed a double benefi t from the Il-linois senator’s fundraising. “Many of our contributors are volunteering for the cam-paign, making our campaign the largest grass-roots army in recent political history,” he said.

Zimbabwe election resultslead to police raids

HARARE, Zimbabwe — Ransacked offi ces of and detained foreign journalists Thursday were an ominous sign that President Robert Mugabe might turn to intim-idation and violence to stave off an electoral threat to his 28-year rule.

Earlier, Mugabe apparently launched his campaign for an expected run-off presidential ballot even before the offi cial results of Saturday’s election were announced, with state media portraying the oppo-sition as divided and Britain-

controlled.Five days after the vote, the

Zimbabwe Electoral Com-mission still had not released results on presidential elec-tion despite increasing inter-national pressure, including from former U.N. chief Kofi Annan, who recently medi-ated an end to Kenya’s post-election violence.

The opposition party Movement for Democratic Change, already asserted its leader, Morgan Tsvangirai, won the presidency outright, but said it was prepared to compete in any run-off .

The police raids came a day after offi cial results showed Mugabe’s party had lost control of parliament’s 210-member lower house. The election commission was slow on the 60 elected seats in the Senate, releas-ing the fi rst returns Thurs-day that gave fi ve seats each to the opposition and ruling party.

Iraq to continue fi ghting gangs

BAGHDAD — Iraq’s prime minister pledged Thursday to expand his crackdown on Shiite militias to Baghdad, despite a mixed performance so far against militants in the southern city of Basra.

The U.S. ambassador, meanwhile, said that despite a “boatload” of problems with the Basra operation, he was encouraged that the Shi-ite-led government was fi -nally confronting extremists

regardless of their religious affi liation.

Iraqi forces launched a major operation March 25 to rid Basra of Shiite militias and criminal gangs that had eff ectively ruled the city of 2 million people since 2005. But the off ensive stalled in the face of fi erce resistance from the militiamen and an uprising across the Shiite south spearheaded by the Mahdi Army of anti-Ameri-can cleric Muqtada al-Sadr.

Fighting eased Sunday when al-Sadr ordered his fi ghters to stand down under a deal brokered in Iran.

Nevertheless, Prime Min-ister Nouri al-Maliki, himself a Shiite, insisted that the campaign to reclaim Basra was on track and that he would soon go after “crimi-nal gangs” in Baghdad and elsewhere.

NATO supports Bush missile defense systems

BUCHAREST, Roma-nia — NATO allies gave President Bush strong sup-port Thursday for a missile defense system in Europe and urged Moscow to drop its angry opposition to the program. The unanimous decision strengthened Bush’s hand for weekend talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin.

Secretary of State Con-doleezza Rice said it was “a breakthrough document on missile defense for the alli-ance.” At Bush’s fi rst NATO summit in 2001, “perhaps

only two allies gave even lukewarm support for the notion of missile defense,” Rice said.

This was Bush’s fi nal meet-ing with members of the 26-nation alliance, and White House offi cials described it as a day of freewheeling talks in which leaders and their foreign ministers got off script and gathered in crowds to debate the word-ing of a statement. “It doesn’t happen in NATO meetings a lot,” said Bush’s national se-curity adviser, Stephen Had-ley.

He said a group of leaders — “men in suits” — gathered around German Chancellor Angela Merkel to talk about putting former Soviet repub-lics Ukraine and Georgia on a path toward NATO mem-bership, a step she opposes. Moscow heatedly opposes any further eastward expan-sion of the alliance.

Summit leaders refused to grant the two countries a membership plan now, but said they would look at the issue again in December and they empowered their for-eign ministers to decide it. The Balkan nations of Alba-nia and Croatia were invited to join the alliance. Macedo-nia was turned aside at the insistence of Greece, which says the country’s name im-plies a territorial claim to a northern region of Greece, also called Macedonia.

Carter supports ObamaWASHINGTON —

Former President Carter wouldn’t quite say it, but he left little doubt this week about who he’d like to see in the White House next year. Speaking to local report-ers Wednesday on a trip to Nigeria, the former Demo-cratic president noted that Barack Obama had won his home state of Georgia and his hometown of Plains.

“My children and their spouses are pro-Obama. My grandchildren are also pro-Obama,” he said at a news conference, according to the Nigerian newspaper This Day. “As a superdelegate, I would not disclose who I am rooting for, but I leave you to make that guess.”

Carter’s spokeswoman confi rmed the remarks.

Asked about the com-ments, Hillary Rodham Clinton’s communications director, Howard Wolfson, said: “Both Senator Clinton and President Clinton have a great deal of respect for President Carter and have enjoyed their relationship with him over the years. And, obviously, he is free to make whatever decision he thinks is appropriate.”

Asked if there was con-cern that Carter would be regarded as particularly in-fl uential, Wolfson said Cart-er is “clearly a distinguished former leader of our party and is a superdelegate. And I’m sure that people will be interested in the choice that he makes. But no, nothing beyond that.”

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1. Custodial/AptCleaning/Housekeeping - Pay rateis $6.25/hour.2. Electrical/Maintenance Shops -Pay rate is $8.00/hour.3 Truck Service - Pay rate is$7.00/hour.

Interested applicants can viewpositions, fill out, and printapplication forms at the on-line website (http://www.pp.okstate.edu/personnel) or make application atPhysical Plant Services, Room 111Physical Plant AdministrationBuilding (Hall of Fame & WillisStreets). Applicants that areemployed will need to provide aSocial Security Card, a photo ID,and a Work Clearance form (ifrequired).

OSU IS AN AA/EEO EMPLOYERCOMMITTED TOMULTICULTURAL DIVERSITY.

***SUMMER JOB***THE COWBOYCalling Program is looking forextroverted, goal driven; self-disciplined students that would like tocommit to 12 hours a week pleasecontact Heather Briggs at 385-5107to request job information andapplication.

Alliance Maintenance needs peoplefor one time job cleaning after OSUFootball game April 12. Shift will start11 PM. $11.00/hr. Many positions areavailable! Duties are physical. Ifinterested, please apply at WorkforceOklahoma, 711 E. Krayler.

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LABORERS NEEDED: F/T or P/T.Apply at 509 North Monroe. Call 405-707-0171 for more info.

NOW ACCEPTING APPLICATIONSfor a secretary/receptionist position.Part-time school year, full-timesummer. Apply at Stillwater Transfer,2005 E. 6th.

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PART-TIME WORK AT funeral homein exchange for living quarters.Answer phones, assist funeraldirector/embalmer. Rotating scheduleincludes nights, weekends, andholidays. Apply at 610 S. Duncan St.

PCYS IS ACCEPTING applicationsfor a PT youth guidance specialist,w/shift flexibility. Must work with at-risk youth, pass OSBI check, be atleast 21, non-smoker. Apply at 2224West 12th Stillwater, EEO.

SALES AND DELIVERY Full or PartTime. Apply in person at FurnitureShowcase, 424 S. Main (corner of 5thand Main).

Seasonal help to work in store atLake Carl Blackwell, $6.55/hr40hrs/wk, Must be able to worknights & weekends apply at Lake CarlBlackwell at the store.

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YMCA IS NOW hiring Summer Campstaff. 204 S. Duck

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Accepting applications fornumerous seasonal position

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All resumes must be received byApril 11, 2008. Please call (405)780-

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1522 HANSON CIRCLE: Large 3-bedroom, 2.5-bath house. W/Dhookups. 377-8740.

1624 W. 7TH, close to campus, 4-bedroom, 2-bath, all majorappliances, w/d hookups. 377-8740.

1706 ARROWHEAD: 3-BEDROOM,1-bath, w/d included, 1-block fromcampus. 377-8740.

2, 3 & 4 bedroom homes for rent. Allvery clean. Call 743-7915.

2-bedroom 1-bath CH/A, w/dhookups, deck & fenced yard.(405)372-8862.

2-BEDROOM-DUPLEX, CLOSE TOcampus.. 377-2136, 762-1771.

215 W. ELM: 2-bedroom, 2-bath, 1-block from Eskimo Joes. CH/A, W/Dhookups. 377-8740.

227 S. DUCK: The Garth House: 3-bedroom, 1.5-bath, w/d hookups.377-8740.

2306 N. PARK: 3-bedroom, 1.5-bath,CH/A, dishwasher, refrigerator,range, washer/dryer, 2-car garage.No pets. Available June 1st.$855/month, $855/deposit. 747-0264.

3 BEDROOM, CH/A, $840/month,623 N. Duncan or 922 S. Stanley,Call 377-0815.3-4 Bedroom, CH/A, $1000/month,802 S. Monroe, Call 377-08154 Bedroom, 2 Bathroom, 2 LivingAreas, CH/A, $1200/month, 801 W.8th, Call 377-0815.

3 OR MORE BEDROOMSHOUSES/APARTMENTS. CLOSETO CAMPUS. AMSCO #405-372-6462.

3-BEDROOM, 2-BATH, CH/A, w/dhookups, patio, fenced yard.Available June 1st. 372-8862.

317 S. DUNCAN. 3-bedroom, 1-bath,small pets ok, w/d hookups. 377-8740.

5 BED/ 2 Bath CH/A Pets welcomed,$1450/mo, 923 S. Duncan 405-743-9303

505 REDLANDS, 2600 sq.ft., 5-bedroom, 1 & 3/4 bath, all kitchenappliances, living room, large recroom, garage w/opener, deck. Call880-2785.

618.5 W. 3RD. Efficiency house, 1-block from campus. 377-8740.

5424 W. 7TH: 3/2 very nice, 2-cargarage, fireplace, country clubaccess. No Deposit. $800/month,available June 1st. 405-612-7734 or785-243-8738.

6 BED/ 3 Bath, PetsWelcomed,$1500/mo, 221 E. 11th405-743-9303

801 W. 4TH: Large 3-bedroom, 1-bath, 1 block from the Strip. 377-8740.

842 W. MOORE, 3-bedroom, 1-bath,small pets accepted. Close tocampus, w/d hookups. 377-8740.

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AVAILABLE JUNE 1ST, nice 2-bedroom, 1-bath, $650/month. 413W. Maple. Also, Nice 4 bedroom 21/2 bath. Available June 1st 706 S.Kings $1300/mo. Call 405-314-6238

CLOSE TO CAMPUS, 209.5 S. Duck.2-bedroom house. $450/month. 405-640-1552.

DEVIN PLACE DUPLEXES near19th & Sangre. Large 3-bedroom, 2-bath, 2-car garage.1375-sq.ft. Ideal for roommates.$975/month, $500/deposit.Photos at devinplace.com405-269-6327, 405-377-5900,evenings & weekends 405-377-0805.

E. 6th 2/Bd 1/ Bath (713)462-8754

EXCEPTIONAL 2,3,4 & 5-BEDROOM HOUSES, close tocampus. All appliances includingwasher/dryer. Call Rob 405-762-9500.

FOR LEASE: 4-bedroom, ski-lodgetype houses across from BoomerLake. Includes major appliances.372-5265.

HOUSE AND ACREAGE for rent.3/bd 1/bath 2/car garage. Up to 160acres. 1 mi. off hwy, 20 mi. fromStillwater. Good pastures, House builtnew in 2005, $750/mo. Pasture rentnegotiable. Call 405-742-8099

LAKEVIEW RIDGE: NICE 3-bedroom, 2-bath houses, all majorappliances, 2-car garage. 377-8740.

NEWLY CONSTRUCTEDDUPLEXES : 1650 sq. ft. 3-bedroom,2-bath, 2-car garage w/opener.Kitchen appliances, many amenities.No pets. 880-2785.

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SHALAMAR DUPLEXES. VERY nice,large 2-bedroom, 2-bath, 2-cargarage. All major appliances. w/dhookups. 377-8740

VERY NICE 3-BEDROOM, 1.5-bath,off campus, CH/A, w/d hookup. Nopets. 372-1438-Days, 372-1814-evenings.

018 - Apartments For Rent1 & 2 bedrooms available June 1st &Aug. 1st. $400-$500/mo deposits$250 Some newly remodeled. Will begoing fast! Tower Park Apartments(405)624-5411

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1-BEDROOM DUPLEX: 219 N.Husband. $275/month. Refrigerator,cook stove. Century 21 GlobalRealtors. 624-2626.

113.5 N. WEST. 1-bedroomapartment across the street fromJoes. 377-8740.

2 AND 1 BEDROOMApartments, Studios,

Townhouses and Houses!Great Selection-Best Value

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2 bed, 1 bath, country setting, verynice, $600/mo. 3 miles from OSU.405-334-2868

2-BEDROOM DUPLEX:REFRIGERATOR, cookstove,$395/month. 612 B, North Husband.Century 21 Global Realtors. 624-2626.

2-BEDROOM, 1-BATH,WASHER/DRYER, $450-$580/month. 405 S. Hester. 405-880-2440.

214 WEST 5TH. 1-bedroom, all billspaid. 377-8740.

215.5 WEST ELM #2. 1 bedroomapartment, all bills paid. 377-8740.

220 S. WEST, Apt. B: 3-bedroom, 1-bath, water/sewer/gas paid. 1 blockfrom campus. 377-8740.

4-BEDROOM, 4-BATHAPARTMENT, fully furnished.$310/person. Lease ends July 2009.First months rent free! 580-532-5202.

409.5 S. DUNCAN, 1-bedroomapartment w/carport, available midJuly. 377-8740.

BLAKELY DUPLEXES: NICE 2-bedroom, 1-bath, all major appliancesincluding washer/dryer. 377-8740.

COWBOYAPARTMENTS

PRE-LEASE FOR NEXT SEMESTER811 W. HIGHPOINT2-bedroom flat for rent.Washer/Dryer/Dishwasher,Free High Speed Internet, 2block from Boomer LakeWalking Trail, 811 W.Highpoint, $550.00/Month.

501 S. HESTER2-bedroom flat for rent,washer/dryer, free high speedinternet, very close to campus,501 S. Hester by Mazzio’sPizza, $535.00/month, call405-612-9522.

Call 405-612-9522

NICE 2-BEDROOM APARTMENTavailable now. 306 S. Ramsey, closeto campus. $475/month. 405-372-1796.

NICHOLS HOUSE TOWNHOMES.Nice, recently remodeled 2-bedroom,1-bath, all major appliances includingwasher/dryer. 377-8740.

NOW LEASING EFFICIENCIES, 3-bedroom apartments, 4-bedroomtownhouses. Access to OSU Transit.Call now for move-in specials. 405-372-7395.

ORANGE DOOR APARTMENTS:Large 2-bedroom, 1-bath apartments.All major appliances, water/sewerpaid. 2-blocks from Gallagher Iba.377-8740.

PRELEASING SPECIAL! 1&2bedroom apartments and 2&3bedroom townhomes. Leasing officelocated at 2325 W. 7th. BenchmarkProperty Management. 372-1796

SHORT PROPERTIES HAS availablefor June & August very nice 1 & 2bedroom unfurnished apartments.Close to campus CH/A, reservedparking, no pets. 372-1438-days,372-1814-evenings.

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019 - Houses For SaleHOMES FOR SALE or lease 2 and 3bedrooms, 0% interest, easy financeterms, Low down payments, minutesfrom campus. Call #405-413-8050www.aboutarc.com

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ROUND PEN, INDOORARENA, outdoor lightedarena, acres to ride on. 372-2291.

STONE LEDGE RANCH: horseboarding, new, close. 405-372-2687after 7p.m.www.stoneledgeranch.com

039 - Mobile Home Space

PARK WESTMOBILE HOME PARK

MOVE IN SPECIAL5% Rent Discount on 70’ or

shorter. Pool, Club Room, StormShelter & commons area. Only 5

minutes from campus.2700 W. Lakeview

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405-334-2467110 - Student Notices

GARAGE SALE!!! April 4th & 5th, 6a.m.-2 p.m. All proceeds go toAmerican Cancer Society. BetaHouse, 1207 West UniversityAvenue, Stillwater OK. 74074

200 - Society Squares

CONGRATULATIONSLAUREN TITSWORTH

on recieving the MulticulturalLeadership Scholarship! Fromthe women of Alpha Delta Pi

Sorority.

CONGRATULATIONS TOHART Dubberstein for beingthis month's "GAMMA PHI

GUY!" Our chapter appreciatesall of your dedication to SpringSing and admires your positive

attitude!

Congrats! -Gamma Phi Beta

JOIN US FOR worship this

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CONGRATULATIONS!

2008 OKLAHOMA State University Outstanding

Seniors

Heather BeemMatthew Beier

Matt CarterWhitney Danker

Nicholas EschnerEbonie HillTravis Jett

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Matthew StinerAspen Wilds

Kelsey Jackson-WilliamsAaron Wilson

WHITEOUT 2008BUY a shirt. Help a student.Purchase a T-shirt for $10 at

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Wear it with pride on April 11.All proceeds go to a student

scholarship fund.Get your organization involved.

The Student Foundation willprovide Hideaway pizza for the

group with the most participation. Visit

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DEAR FACULTY AND Staff, The Institute for Teaching andLearning Excellence (ITLE) at

Oklahoma State University cordially invites you to register

for the 2008 Conference on Advancing Strategies for Teaching and Learning

Excellence (CASTLE). For therelevance of this kind of

conference to faculty teachingand student learning, see afour-minute video developedby students at Kansas State:

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ITLE proudly hosts the inaugural statewide

conference8:30a.m. – 3:00 p.m., Friday, April 4, 2008

Breakfast and Lunch Provided

Some of the features include:· Course redesign forlower division classes that

encourages collaborative andhands-on learning

environment· Faculty from OklahomaState, Penn State, and North

Carolina State will demonstrate three models:

Model 1: Using Technologiesto Transform Academic

SystemsModel 2: Student-Centered

Activities for Large EnrollmentUndergraduate Programs

(SCALE-UP)Model 3: Engineering Students for the 21st

Century—A NSF Project forStudent Development

· A showcase of aligningeffective teaching with

research and grant seeking.

· OSU Provost and Senior Vice President Dr.Marlene Strathe will give

opening remarks.

· Registration is free forOSU faculty and staff in all

campuses. A nominal fee of$50 is charged for others.

To view details of the agenda,speakers’ information, and registration, please go to:

http://itle.okstate.edu/index.php?option=com_content&task=

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Please register early to ensureyour seat to participant in the

conference. Questions?Please contact Dr. Hong Lin,

Conference Chair andManager of Faculty

Development, ITLE, [email protected] or at

405-744-1000.

GOOD LUCK ADEEPI andAGR Spring Sing!

From the women of AlphaDelta Pi Sorority

GREATER GRADS CAREER FAIR

Tuesday, April 8th, Noon-4:30p.m. at the Cox Convention

Center, OKC. For more information visit

GreaterGrads.com

LOOKING FOR A FEWSPECIAL DEDICATED OSUWOMEN! Cowboy Basketball

SPURS applications nowavailable! Pick yours up today in

Basketball Office 4th floorAthletic center Deadline to apply

is April 8th!

MOM’S DAY CRAFT FAIRSponsored by

OSU Parents Assoc.Sat. April, 5

10 AM to 3 PMStudent Union Atrium

Free Parking!

SGA EXECUTIVE APPLICATIONS are now

available at 060 SU or online atwww.osusga.com.

Applications are due Wednesday, April 9th by 5:00

PM in the SGA Office (040SU). If you have any

questions, please feel free tocontact emilee.lehenbauer@

okstate.edu. Don't miss out ona great opportunity to get

involved in SGA!

VARSITY REVUE 2009Executive

Director Applications are out at 060 SU.

Applications Due Friday, April 11, 2008 at 060

SU by 4:30pm.


NTSO WOULD LIKE to thankthe following student groups for

their participation and assistance with

Kids on Kampus:

International Student Org.Ag Ambassadors

Early Childhood EducationClub

A&S Student CouncilFood Science Club

Alpha ZetaAlpha Epsilon Delta

OSUGS & AWGNASA

Wildlife SocietyPhi Alpha Delta

Pre-Vet ClubHES Ambassadors

Collegiate FFAAlpha Phi Omega

Sailing ClubArmy Blades

Tau Beta SigmaPsychology Club

OSU Botanical SocietyPlant & Soil Science GSA

Art ClubKappa Kappa Iota

Physical Education ClubPhi Delta Theta

Delta Epsilon PsiStudent Athlete Advisory

CouncilMeeting Professionals Int'l

Zeta Phi BetaHospitality Days

Lambda Chi AlphaKamm Leadership House

Pi Beta PhiSUABSGA

OCSASOEA

Jeff SweedenWayne Prater

OSU COLORGUARD AUDITIONS

When:Saturday, April 5th.10am - 4pm

Where: SCPA Rm108Who: Anyone interested in

becoming a member.Flags will be provided. No

experience necessary.For more info please contactthe band office at 744-6135.

SPRING SING TICKETS are onsale now! Tickets are $10 prior

to Saturday and $12 at the door.They can be purchased at the

Hub or Chi-O clock. Spring Singis Saturday, April 5 at 5:30.


TULSA, Okla. (AP) — The nation’s largest tobac-co company is limiting the amount of premium-brand cigarettes it sells to some tribal smoke shops, a move that may force the Mus-cogee (Creek) Nation to enter a tobacco com-pact with the state.

Philip Morris USA’s contract policy is reduc-ing the amount of cigarettes it sells to retailers, who in turn sell those cigarettes to other retail-ers.

Creek Nation smoke shops do not have a to-bacco compact with the state and sell low-tax cigarettes shipped to them by Cherokee and Osage stores along the Oklahoma border.

The low-tax cigarettes come with a 6-cent tax stamp and are meant to be sold along the Oklahoma border so the stores can compete against states with a lower tax rate.

No n t r i b a l stores must purchase ciga-rettes with a $1.03 tax stamp.

Dana John-son, tax com-m i s s i o n e r for the tribe, said when the Philip Morris USA contract requ i rement became active at the end of March, some smoke shops licensed by the Creek Nation started running

low on premium-brand cig-arettes such as Marlboro.

“It will aff ect our supply,” Johnson said Wednesday.

“My shops are resourceful; it won’t put them out of business, but it will have an eff ect on sales.”

Philip Morris USA is the nation’s largest tobacco company, making up more than 50 percent of the retail cigarette market share.

Johnson told the Creek Nation’s National Council in March that the policy Philip Morris would make it diffi cult for the tribe to continue to buy premium-brand cigarettes with the 6-cent tax stamp from other tribal stores.

“The only way we can get around what (Philip Morris) ... is doing is to enter into a compact with the state so we can buy directly from the wholesalers,” Johnson said.

The National Council will likely be presented a compact for approval at its April meeting; then the compact would be sent to the Governor’s Offi ce, Johnson said.

Tobacco company reduces sales

“It will affect our supply, my shops are resourceful; it won’t put them out of business, but it will have an effect on sales.”

DANA JOHNSONtax commissioner for the tribe

The Daily O’CollegianPage 12 Friday, April 4, 2008 The Daily O’CollegianSpace on this page paid for and content written and prepared by the OSU Communications

Vol. 19 No.26 April 4, 2008

News from OSU Communications

http://osu.okstate.edu/news

OSU will be conducting a test of its re-verse 9-1-1 system next week.

Sign up for CodeRed Alert, the univer-sity’s emergency alert system, by going to: osu.okstate.edu/emergencyalert

Distinguished teachers, Oklahoma first lady headline Celebration of Teaching

Oklahoma Teacher of the Year Stephanie Canada and National Teacher of the Year Andrea Peterson are the featured speakers for the 18th annual Celebration of Teaching. Oklahoma first lady and former teacher Kim Henry also will attend the April 7 event

hosted by OSU’s College of Education.Peterson, a music teacher at Monte Cristo Elementary

School in Granite Falls, Wash., will present the keynote address at 9 a.m. in the Student Union Little Theater. Her speech, “Learning, Exploring, Interacting, Serving – Con-nections that Matter,” is open to the public.

Canada, a physical education teacher at Will Rogers Elementary in Shawnee, will deliver an invitation-only luncheon address, “Education and the American Dream,” following an introduction by Henry.

The Celebration of Teaching is an opportunity for many of the state’s outstanding classroom teachers and their students to meet the National and State Teach-ers of the Year, former Oklahoma Teachers of the Year and others uniquely dedicated to education. The event includes a display of posters by first semester teacher preparation students as well as breakout sessions designed to demonstrate creative teaching techniques or introduce college life.

Also during the celebration, the 2008 Eskimo Joe’s Teacher Shirt will be officially unveiled. Since OSU’s College of Edu-cation partnered with Eskimo Joe’s last year to create the first teacher T-shirt, a percentage of proceeds from sales have gone to support future teacher scholarships in the college as well as the Stillwater Public Education Foundation. The college already has

received sufficient funds to endow a future teacher scholarship that will be awarded for the 2008-09 academic year.

The Celebration of Teaching is sponsored by the OSU College of Education, Education Outreach, COE Associates and the Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education Minority Teacher Recruitment Center.

Ready for LaunchOklahoma State University has

been awarded a $22 million grant to manage NASA’s Interdisciplinary Na-tional Science Project Incorporating Research and Education Experience, also known as INSPIRE.

INSPIRE will be run by the OSU Col-lege of Education’s Aviation and Space Education Program. Steve Marks is the coordinator of the program and an-swered some ques-t ions about the NASA project.

Q: What is INSPIRE? A: INSPIRE stands for Interdis-

ciplinary National Science Project Incorporating Research and Education Experience. It is a project of NASA’s designed for students who are in grades 9-12 or in their freshman year of college. INSPIRE provides resources to encourage and reinforce students’ aspirations to pursue science, technol-ogy, engineering and mathematics, or STEM, education and careers. The program provides participants a rich online community, as well as oppor-tunities to compete and participate in NASA/STEM Experiences

Q: Why was OSU chosen to administer this program?

A: OSU was selected due to our previous experience and knowledge of NASA K-12 Educational Pro-grams. Over the last 37 years, OSU has implemented several NASA Edu-cational Projects that have enhanced K-12 education across the United States, while benefiting OSU faculty, students and staff.

Q: What role will faculty and students play?

A: Faculty will play a role in implementing the On-Line commu-nity for the INSPIRE Students and parents. Involvement of the OSU faculty will ensure a high quality edu-cational experience. Hopefully, in the future, OSU students will have some interaction with grades 9-12 INSPIRE students to motivate them to pursue science, technology, engineering, and mathematics careers.

ANDREA PETERSON

STEPHANIE CANADA

OSU students raised tens of thousands of dollars for charitable causes this past year. Creatively applying their energy and talents in service of others, student organizations and, particularly, sororities and fraternities set new records for philanthropy, exemplifying giving at OSU.

In March, Kappa Delta sorority raised more than $37,000 during its 25th annual Shamrock event. The fundraiser included a men’s slow-pitch softball tournament and a letter-writing campaign.

Nearly $30,000 was presented to the Still-water Domestic Violence Center to help sus-tain programs facing budget cuts, and more than $7,000 was donated to the Kappa Delta’s national Shamrock project that to date has raised more than $6 million for Prevent Child Abuse America.

Each fall, the men of Sigma Phi Ep-silon raise money to help Ray Murphy, a paralyzed former OSU All-American wrestler and Sig Ep alumnus. Murphy’s

yearly medical expenses are more than $80,000, and this fall SigEp mem-bers collected more than $35,000 at a home football game.

The members of Chi Omega each year unite the Greek community for “Chi Omega Wish Week,” and in 2007-08 raised more than $12,000 to grant the wish of a Stillwater child.

Gamma Phi Beta raised $8,000 for the RISE School of Stillwater annual Crescent Clas-sic Volleyball Tournament and Pancake Palooza.

More than 200 people took part in “In Like a Lion,” Alpha Delta Pi’s annual 5K race to benefit the Ronald McDonald

House, helping raise $3,950. Also, 45,800 pop tabs were collected and donated to the Ronald McDonald House through the Pop Tab War competition on campus.

During “Phi Mu’s Phinest” annual male pageant, the women of Phi Mu raised more than $3,000 dollars for the Children’s Miracle Network and made 500 towel animals to donate to children in Stillwater.

Through various fundraising events, Delta Epsilon Psi/Eta Colony raised $2,000 to aid in the support of finding cures for juvenile diabetes.

Stillwater Domestic Violence Center, Oklahoma Children’s Cancer Association and Coaches vs. Cancer also are among the philanthropies OSU student groups aided this year. But philanthropic fundraising repre-sents only part of the charitable acts performed by students, according to Ival Gregory, manager of Fraternity and Sorority Affairs.

“Something we do is track commu-nity service hours for considerations such as the Troxel Award for the most outstanding fraternity on campus,” Gregory said. “Community service that was reported and verified was over 16,600 hours, and that’s just 13 organizations.”

“Farm House, for example, has just 55 members, but they performed almost 5,200 hours of community service this past year,” he said. “That kind of enthusiasm for service is contagious.”

Although it originated in the Greek com-munity, OSU Up til Dawn has expanded to include many campus student organizations, according to executive director Megan Porter, a public relations and Spanish junior.

The collegiate marketing fundraiser for St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital involves many of the nation’s largest universities. In 2001, OSU became the first school in the Big 12 Conference to participate, and this year student participation and revenues generated were both all-time highs.

“Approximately 550 students got involved in our letter-writing campaigns, about 200 more than last year,” Porter said. “We raised $35,000 last year, and this year we’ve significantly increased our revenue with $56,000 so far.

“The executive board has worked very hard to generate awareness, but our success this year is also due to the fact that involvement in Up til Dawn has grown out from the Greek com-munity to include most of the larger student groups on campus.”

Student organizations set the bar in philanthropyATTENTION

Kappa Delta Shamrock chairs Lindsay Rother, second from left, and Christa Towns, far right, present Brenda Gill and Ralph Lindsey of the Stillwater Domestic Violence Center with a $20,000 check. The SDVC received nearly $30,000 from the March event, and more than $7,000 was raised for Prevent Child Abuse America.

Members of Alpha Tau Omega and other participants jump on trampolines for the annual “Jump for Life” fundraiser benefitting St. Jude Children’s Hospital. The fraternity has been nationally recognized for its community service and philanthropy the past five years.

SAC lunchHosted by the OSU Staff Advisory Council, the annual Staff Ap-preciation Day Picnic was held in the Stu-dent Union Ballroom yesterday due to rain. The picnic is a time for staff to gather and relax with friends and the university family. It also serves as a thank you to the many hard working women and men who make up the OSU staff.

STEVE MARKS

Established at OSU in 2005 with a $3 million gift from the AT&T Foundation, AT&T transfer scholarships have been awarded to more than 1,000 students, including Joyce Blewett, who is pictured with AT&T Oklahoma President Don Cain. Blewett, a single mother of four from Yale, will complete a bachelor’s in accounting in December and plans to attend graduate school. Read her story, and others detailing the impact of giving at OSU, by visiting the OSU Foun-dation website, www.osugiving.com.

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