IONEER P Oklahoma City Community College • Reproductive cloning wrong, editorial, p. 2. • Money raised for hurricane victims, p. 7. • Flag football kicks off season, p. 8. • Pathways teams with SPA, p. 10. Sept. 26, 2005 This Week I nside Oklahoma native seeks shelter in his home state Oklahoma Blood Institute Phlebotomist Shaneeka Barber wraps the arm of Daniel Kemp after he donates blood. When asked why he donated Kemp said, “Why not? I can stand to lose a little bit of blood.” OBI collected 95 units of blood in two days at OKCCC. Helping save lives… Photo by Holly Jones Evacu-Trac gives lift to disabled Security Officer Kevin Tipton and Pathways student Jonathon Lopez demonstrate how the Evacu-Trac helps disabled people get down the stairs in case there’s an emergency and the elevators are not operable. Photo by Lee Boyd See “Katrina,” page 12 By Richard Hall Staff Writer B eing caught in a fire is a scary experi- ence, especially for those who rely on wheelchairs for mobility and stairwells for escape. Hopefully, that will never be the scenario at OKCCC. The college uses a stair- climbing device specifically designed to aid walking- disabled people down stairs during emergencies. Safety and Security Coor- dinator Keith Bourque said the college acquired three Evacu-Tracs in 1999. They can be found on the top floor of every multi-level building on campus. “There’s one on the third floor of the main building, the fourth floor of the li- brary and third floor of the Arts and Humanities build- ing,” Bourque said. He said once the Science, Engineering and Math Cen- ter is completed, another Evacu-Trac will be pur- chased for the building. Bourque said, during an alarm, campus elevators remain stationary on the first floor until the alarm shuts off, then they’re re- activated. This escape requires a trip down stairs for those on upper floors of campus buildings. The Evacu-Trac moves down stairs by gripping the edge of each step with a rubber track. Bourque said it can move down a flight of stairs just as fast as the operator can push it. Student Dusty Choate relies on his motorized chair to get from one place to another. During a false fire alarm in late August, Choate said, he became nervous be- cause he didn’t know how he was going to get down- stairs. “I was on a top floor and had no way to get down- stairs,” Choate said. “My professor said he would carry me down if he had to.” Choate said he’s relieved to know the school has three Evacu-Tracs. “I didn’t know the college had them,” he said. “Next time there’s an alarm I’ll feel safer knowing they’re here.” Safety and Security Of- ficer Kevin Tipton said the Evacu-Trac is relatively easy to operate because it’s on a reverse fail-safe brake See “Stairs,” page 9 By Matthew Caban Staff Writer O ne OKCCC graduate found himself longing for his home on the plains after riding out Hurricane Katrina in the heart of New Orleans. Film and Video graduate Shaun Earley was visiting friends when he was caught in a New Orleans apartment during the storm despite a mandatory evacuation. Earley said evacuation was almost impossible for many people within New Orleans. “Beginning Saturday there was a horrible traffic jam leading out of the city,” he said. “On the news they were saying there was no gas in New Orleans, and I couldn’t find a taxi or a rental car.” Earley said residents of New Orleans and visitors were not able to leave the city because public transportation system. “If you’re on a staircase and not squeezing the brake, the thing isn’t mov- ing,” Tipton said. “You have to release the brake to go down stairs.” Bourque said the device weighs only 35 pounds and folds up to fit in small ar- eas. When someone re- quires its assistance,
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• Reproductive cloning wrong, editorial, p. 2.• Money raised for hurricane victims, p. 7.• Flag football kicks off season, p. 8.• Pathways teams with SPA, p. 10.
Sept. 26, 2005This Week
Inside
Oklahoma nativeseeks shelter inhis home state
Oklahoma Blood Institute Phlebotomist Shaneeka Barber wraps the arm of Daniel Kempafter he donates blood. When asked why he donated Kemp said, “Why not? I can stand tolose a little bit of blood.” OBI collected 95 units of blood in two days at OKCCC.
Helping save lives…
Photo by Holly Jones
Evacu-Trac gives lift to disabled
Security Officer KevinTipton and Pathways studentJonathon Lopez demonstrate
how the Evacu-Trac helpsdisabled people get down
the stairs in case there’s anemergency and the elevators
are not operable.
Photo by Lee Boyd
See “Katrina,” page 12
By Richard HallStaff Writer
Being caught in a fireis a scary experi-
ence, especially for thosewho rely on wheelchairs formobility and stairwells forescape. Hopefully, that willnever be the scenario atOKCCC.
The college uses a stair-climbing device specificallydesigned to aid walking-disabled people down stairsduring emergencies.
Safety and Security Coor-dinator Keith Bourque saidthe college acquired threeEvacu-Tracs in 1999. Theycan be found on the topfloor of every multi-levelbuilding on campus.
“There’s one on the thirdfloor of the main building,
the fourth floor of the li-brary and third floor of theArts and Humanities build-ing,” Bourque said.
He said once the Science,Engineering and Math Cen-ter is completed, anotherEvacu-Trac will be pur-chased for the building.
Bourque said, during analarm, campus elevatorsremain stationary on thefirst floor until the alarmshuts off, then they’re re-activated.
This escape requires atrip down stairs for thoseon upper floors of campusbuildings.
The Evacu-Trac movesdown stairs by gripping theedge of each step with arubber track. Bourque saidit can move down a flightof stairs just as fast as theoperator can push it.
Student Dusty Choate
relies on his motorizedchair to get from one placeto another.
During a false fire alarmin late August, Choate said,he became nervous be-cause he didn’t know howhe was going to get down-stairs.
“I was on a top floor andhad no way to get down-stairs,” Choate said. “Myprofessor said he wouldcarry me down if he had to.”
Choate said he’s relievedto know the school hasthree Evacu-Tracs.
“I didn’t know the collegehad them,” he said. “Nexttime there’s an alarm I’llfeel safer knowing they’rehere.”
Safety and Security Of-ficer Kevin Tipton said theEvacu-Trac is relativelyeasy to operate because it’son a reverse fail-safe brake
See “Stairs,” page 9
By Matthew CabanStaff Writer
One OKCCC graduate found himself longing for hishome on the plains after riding out Hurricane
Katrina in the heart of New Orleans.Film and Video graduate Shaun Earley was visiting
friends when he was caught in a New Orleans apartmentduring the storm despite a mandatory evacuation.
Earley said evacuation was almost impossible for manypeople within New Orleans.
“Beginning Saturday there was a horrible traffic jamleading out of the city,” he said.
“On the news they were saying there was no gas inNew Orleans, and I couldn’t find a taxi or a rental car.”
Earley said residents of New Orleans and visitors werenot able to leave the city because public transportation
system.“If you’re on a staircase
and not squeezing thebrake, the thing isn’t mov-ing,” Tipton said. “You haveto release the brake to godown stairs.”
Bourque said the deviceweighs only 35 pounds andfolds up to fit in small ar-eas. When someone re-quires its assistance,
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Student inspired by poemClones: wrong way
to make babiesSuppose one day a person could go into a lab
and make the perfect human being. Suppose aperson could take his or her own genes and makea copy of them. Think about the possibilities: achance for childless couples to raise a family, achance for a grieving family to replace their lostchild with another just like that child.
Sounds amazing, doesn’t it? The fact is, sinceDolly — the world’s most famous sheep — wascloned, the possibility has become real. We mustbe careful with this. This is real science. It involvesreal human beings. There are risks people takewhen they start to play God.
Ask yourself this: to what extremes will peoplego to with this new technology? If we don’t takecare, we are going to end up making babies in waysso wrong future generations could be in peril.
Cast aside for one moment the possibility thatcloning won’t work. Let’s assume it can. Cast asidefor one moment the deep religious issues cloningraises. Even if we put aside those significant as-pects, we’re still confronted with issues that makea compelling case against cloning for reproductivepurposes. Let’s consider some of them.
First, there are things that will happen as theprocess is perfected. Dolly was cloned after 276tries, according to the New Scientist magazine.People may accept a one in 276 possibility of a nor-mal sheep as a result of cloning technique in sheep,but will people accept 12 deformed human fetusesand 200 failed eggs with an unknown outcome inhuman beings?
Then, there’s the issue of interfering with the pro-cess of evolution. Diversity is good in a species. Itcontributes to the vitality and survivability of aspecies. Uniformity actually weakens a species. Thewinner of the Nobel Prize in Medicine, EricWieschaus, reminds us that “Possibly our survivalas a species depends on population diversity.” Whatabout the unique identity of the clone? A clonedbaby would be tailor-made by another human be-ing. Someone would decide in advance exactly whatthe baby would be like.
The cloned baby is different from other babieswho are born in the natural lottery of birth. Howwould the baby feel about itself, knowing it hadbeen created with particular expectations? Supposea parent clones a baby to replace a child who died.The parent may love the new child especially dearly.How would the new child feel? Can we expect thechild to be happy about the reason it was born?
Cloning is dangerous and wrong. For most of thiscentury, our world has believed in scientificprogress no matter what. Anything goes if it’s sci-entific progress. Just because we can do something,that does not mean we should. With issues as enor-mous as this, we must think carefully indeed. Hu-man cloning may well be possible, but let’s be clear:that doesn’t automatically make it right.
—Mahogany CrowderStaff Writer
To the editor:Every time I need a little
inspiration I read this.Maybe you can share thiswith other students at thecollege.
If you think you can:If you think you are
beaten, you are.If you think you dare not,
you don’t.If you like to win, and
don’t think you can,It's almost a cinch you
won’t.If you think you’re last,
you’re last.For out in the world we
find,Success begins with a
fellow’s will.
It’s all in the state of mind.Full many a race is lostEre even a step is run,And many a coward fails,Ere even his work is be-
gun.Think big and your deeds
will grow,Think small and you’ll fall
behind,Think that you can and
you will —It’s all in a state of mind.If you think you are out-
classed, you are,You’ve got to think high
and rise,You’ve got to be sure of
yourself beforeYou can even win a prize.Life’s battles don’t always
go,To the stronger or faster
man:But sooner or later, the
man who winsIs the fellow who thinks
he can!Passed along to me by
Mrs. Abernathy, my sixthgrade teacher.
—Michael LevyOKCCC Student
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At first I thought “Flight-plan” was going to be “PanicRoom” at 30,000 feet.
Needless to say, I waswrong and was actually en-tertained by the movie.
What starts as a flightacross the Atlantic turnsinto a struggle for Kyle(Jodie Foster) as shesearches for her daughterJulia (Marlene Lawston),who just happens to gomissing on a behemoth ofan airplane.
As “Flightplan” progres-ses, we’re made to believeKyle is delusional — thatshe never brought herdaughter onto the plane.
But that’s just where thestory begins.
The best thing about thismovie is that the plot isbloated with suspense. Thefilm becomes somewhat ofa who-done-it, along the
same lines as “Identity” butwithout the split personal-ity.
The acting, overall, ispretty darn good. Fosterdoes a great job acting likea worried mother and Pe-ter Sarsgaard of “The Skel-eton Key” plays a convinc-ing air marshal with a sus-picious streak.
Sean Bean, from “Troy”and “GoldenEye,” dwarfsFoster, however. He hassome big shoes to fill asCaptain Rich, the pilot whocares for all 425 pass-engers’ safety and he pullsit off really, really well.
The music, on the otherhand, might as well beomitted from the film alto-gether.
There isn’t one thingfresh about it and it didn’tget me built up for any-thing in the film, which let
me down.“Flightplan,” in a way,
also acts like a real flight— it’s slow at first, butpicks up gradually, andthen next thing you knowyou’re at your destination.
Maybe this was DirectorRobert Schwentke’s intent,along with the subtle yeteffective political under-tones. Either way, it makesthis 90-minute movie seemlike two hours.
Yet, with a gripe so small,I can’t knock “Flightplan”out of the air.
The story is somethingfresh coming from a longline of tart ideas. All the el-ements of a good watchcame together nicely.
“Flightplan” is a go in mybook.
Rating: B—Richard Hall
Staff Writer
Summer is finally overand the big blockbustersare no longer in theaters.
With the holidays stillmonths away, there is anempty space at the movies.
Only one thing can fill thetime: classic movies.
About a quarter centuryago, two well-known film-makers teamed up to makesomething different.
“Raiders of the Lost Ark”was different from the filmsthat made Steven Spielbergand George Lucas famous.
It comes as no surprisethat “Raiders” was writtento be a low-budget moviewhen the hero is namedIndiana Jones.
He is an archaeology pro-fessor during the week anda treasure hunter on theweekends.
The role is played to itsfullest by Harrison Ford athis peak.
Indiana Jones is bothscholar and adventurer.
Indy, as he is known, isready to take on nature(even snakes) or villainssuch as sneaky guides.
The movie opens with a
classic chase that hasyet to be topped.
Later on, Indy facesa group of Nazis led bya French archaeolo-gist, Belloq (Paul Free-man).
Belloq leads the Na-zis on a quest acrossparts of Asia and theMiddle East to find theArk of the Covenant.
The American gov-ernment learns of theNazis’ plan and searchout Indy for help.
They are scared theNazis will use the Arkas a weapon in theduring World War II.
Indy and Belloq engage ina battle of wits whilesearching for the Ark.
Things are interestingwhen the history and sig-nificance of the Ark are re-vealed because a specialdepth is added to the story.
Other than the plot, oneof the best things is the de-velopment of Indiana Jonesas a character.
At first he takes his mis-sion to find the Ark lightly,but toward the end of the
movie he is all business.Indy finds his way with
the help of an old flameMarion (Karen Allen) andSallah (John Rhys-Davies).
In “Raiders” the action isnonstop, but it is held to-gether with a wonderfuland intelligent story.
Going to the theater isfun, but sometimes thebest movies can be seen inyour own living room.
—Matthew CabanStaff Writer
Do you have a strong desire to tell your boss to“confirm my status as the latest rodent to vacateyour increasingly leaky vessel?” According to theSociety of Human Resource Management, over halfof people currently employed share that desire.
Why do so many people want a different job? Ac-cording to Fortune magazine, 43 percent want tochange jobs to earn more money followed by dis-satisfaction with current jobs.
What causes burnout? One big cause is companydownsizing for the purpose of increasing profits byhaving each employee do two jobs and forcing work-ers to put in continual overtime to accomplish un-reasonable goals. Career Builder Website reports68 percent of workers feel burnout at work, and 45percent said their workloads are too heavy. Super-visors, working conditions, co-workers, and subor-dinates all contribute to job dissatisfaction.
Keep in mind nearly every company of any sizewill have a few workers who irritate you. There’salways the Potty Mouth who thinks dirty jokes andlewd suggestions are cute. Then there’s the Shirkerwho arrives late, leaves early and tries to dump herwork on everyone else. Include the Office Thief whosteals your ideas and sometimes your money, theGossiper, the Continual Whiner, etc. When you haveto work closely with a really obnoxious person orthe majority of your co-workers have dysfunctionalpersonalities, it’s probably time to look elsewhere.
Of course, your supervisor has the most influ-ence on job satisfaction vs. burnout. An inept su-pervisor who micromanages or passes the buck toavoid blame for poor decisions can make life mis-erable. Ditto for the manager who embarrassesemployees in public, lacks respect for self and/orothers, shows obvious favoritism, lies, manipulates,and fails to appreciate or stand up for subordinates.
To view 1,200 articles on solving problems withdifficult bosses, check out www.badbossology.com.
Sometimes burnout is simply a case of perform-ing a repetitious job with limited upward mobilityfor too long. In a tight job market, change may notbe possible without a pay cut or more education.
Often students take boring or less desirable jobsto allow them the time to attend school. Usually,students can endure with the knowledge that it willsoon end, and they can move on to something moreinteresting. Plus, a no-brainer job allows more timeand talent for classes, which will ultimately lead tomore and better choices in the job market.
Unrealistic expectations also play a part. The per-fect job, like the perfect person, doesn’t exist. Therewill always be a few tasks in any job you don’t en-joy doing.
The bottom line is there are many causes of jobdissatisfaction. When you consider the number ofhours in your life spent working, you should havea job you look forward to going to as well as a senseof accomplishment and satisfaction. Don’t settle forlong in a job that you hate.
—Linda FayCoordinator of Employment Services
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Language skills test gets upgradeBy Karissa Nall
News Writing Student
There is a lot of talk thesedays about the Test of En-glish as a Foreign Language— a test international stu-dents must take in order toattend college in the UnitedStates.
The TOEFL test is chang-ing from a grammar-basedpaper-and-pencil test, to a
computer test of listeningand speaking abilities, saidProfessor of English as aSecond Language AbraFigueroa.
“The student will hear aconversation between twopeople or a classroom-stylelecture,” Figueroa said.
“The student then willhave to verbally respondwith a conversational an-swer or a reply.”
She said the change wasprompted by a need to en-
sure that international stu-dents would be successfulin a classroom setting.
“Colleges from all over theworld have complained foryears that the TOEFL testwas not realistic for an in-ternational student learn-ing in a college classroom,”Figueroa said.
She said the impetus forchanging the test camefrom colleges worldwide.
Colleges have argued stu-dents were tested too hea-vily on grammar and writ-ing skills, but not enoughon conversational skills,she said.
“Colleges want studentsto be able to respond ver-bally and follow along in anactual college classroom,”Figueroa said.
“I am in the process ofinvestigating the newTOEFL test to see if the newtesting method will mea-sure students’ skills moreaccurately.”
Figueroa said it’s impor-tant that students know
“Colleges from allover the world have
complained for yearsthat the TOEFL testwas not realistic for
an internationalstudent learning in acollege classroom.”
—Abra FigueroaEnglish as a SecondLanguage Professor
about the changes made tothe test.
“Many students are stillnot aware of the newTOEFL test changes,” Fig-ueroa said.
Figueroa will be teachinga January intersessionTOEFL preparatory classfrom Jan. 3 to 13 to helpstudents get ready to takethe new test.
Testing and AssessmentServices offers the test onvarious dates throughoutthe semester. The cost is$50.
For more information,contact Testing and As-sessment Services at (405)682-1611, ext. 7531, orvisit www.okccc.edu/studentdevelopment/toefl.html.
Economics profadded to roster
By Lisa KasparNews Writing Student
Business Economics Professor Guyanendra Baralbegan teaching economic courses at OKCCC this falland loves it already.
“This is a passion,” Baral said. “I love teaching, Ijust love it.”
Baral has nearly completed his doctorate in Eco-nomics from the Uni-versity of Memphis,noting he only has thedissertation to com-plete.
He’s earned two mas-ter’s degrees, one ineconomic developmentstudies from the Insti-tute of Social Studiesin the Netherlands,and the other is foreconomics from theTribhuvan Universityin Nepal.
Baral was an adjunct professor at the Universityof Memphis for the past six years and also has taughtin Nepal.
Baral said he encourages students to come see him,if they are having any problems.
Baral learned through experience the value of meet-ing with a professor for help.
“I don’t believe in learning under stress,” Baral said.Baral said he likes the diversity of students at
OKCCC.“You can find all kinds of people in one class,” he
said. “[At OKCCC] you get the feeling of a large uni-versity, but also as a community college where thefocus is on teaching.”
When he is not teaching, Baral said he likes towalk, meditate and enjoys listening to music withhis wife and 15-year-old son.
Guyanendra Baral
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English prof Nina Smithcalls OKCCC new home
By Jeremy BarrNews Writing Student
English Professor NinaSmith joined OKCCC’s full-time faculty this semester.
Arts and HumanitiesDean Susan VanSchuyversaid she’s thrilled to haveSmith aboard.
Smith taught at MountSt. Mary’s Catholic HighSchool for more than 10years.
“She has a lot of experi-ence and we’re all glad tohave her in our company,”VanSchuyver said.
Smith said she is excitedto fill one of the vacant fac-ulty positions.
“OKCCC has a nation-wide reputation, so to beselected to be a full-timeprofessor at OKCCC is spe-cial indeed,” Smith said.
VanSchuyver said shebelieves Smith will make awonderful full-time facultymember.
Smith began teaching
part-time at OKCCC a yearago because she said shewanted to be a part of alearning institution thatvalues students as much asthe academic programs inwhich those students wereinvolved.
Smith taught EnglishComposition I last summer.
One of Smith’s students,Jennifer Wright, said Smithis full of energy.
“She is talkative, compas-sionate, hands-on and al-ways walking around,”Wright said.
Wright said Smith doesn’tgo easy on her students.
“She gives enough [home-work] to teach you whatyou need to know to getthrough the next four yearsof college,” she said.
Students can’t complainwhen given an A.
“To get an A in my class,a student has to attendclass and do quality assign-ments,” Smith said.
Smith said she believeshard work pays off.
She said life requiresgood English skills. Shesaid knowing how to writecan get one ahead in schooland the work world.
Smith said her favoritecolor is blue, and her favor-ite movies are “CitizenKane” and “The Day theEarth Stood Still.”
In her spare time, shesaid, she spends time withher family and works at herfamily’s bookshop.
Nina Smith
“OKCCC has anationwide reputation,so to be selected to be
a full-time professorat OKCCC is special
indeed.”—Nina Smith
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OKCCC students hadthe opportunity to hearbeliefs on abortion fromthe chair of the Interna-tional Planned Parent-hood Council Sept. 15.
Lecturer AlexanderSanger addressed theimportance of legal abor-tion to about 100 audi-ence members.
Director of Student LifeLiz Largent explained theimportance of Sanger’svisit.
She said the morepeople know, the morestrength their argumentswill have, no matter whatside they take.
“It is important for stu-dents to hear diverseopinions,” Largent said.
Sociology ProfessorNancy Pietroforte saidshe had hopes thatpeople attending the lec-ture would more clearlyunderstand abortion, be-cause it is a contempo-rary issue.
She also said shehoped the audiencewould receive new in-sights on how they viewthis issue.
In Sanger’s speech, heraised issues such as theviews for and against re-productive freedom, le-galization and criminal-izing of abortion and
birth control methods,life and reproduction asa core value, and whatroles the governmentshould have in the livesof individuals.
Sanger said if abortionwere made illegal, abouthalf of the populationwould “feel good” be-cause they think it isimmoral and wrong, butit wouldn’t stop abortionfrom happening.
Sanger said abortionwould never go away. Hethen explained there aretwo abortion choices —safe and unsafe.
Sanger previouslyserved as president ofPlanned Parenthood ofNew York City.
Pietroforte serves on alocal committee at Plan-ned Parenthood and at-tended the Sanger lec-ture as an audiencemember.
Largent set up theevent in conjunctionwith the Sociology De-partment.
Pietroforte said shethought the lecturehelped to develop an un-derstanding of the issuesaddressed.
“The more you readand the more you hear,the more help you havein making better deci-sions,” she said.
To know more aboutSanger and his views,visit www.alexandersanger.com.
By Magen LongNews Writing Student
Texas photographerClark Crenshaw won firstplace in the photographycategory and a prestigiouspurchase award at ArtsFestival Oklahoma thismonth held at OKCCC.
Every year, OKCCC se-lects three administratorsto pick out a piece from thefestival to purchase for thecollege.
“We wanted some naturescenes for the boardroom,”said Pat Berryhill, Institu-tional Advancement execu-tive director. Berryhill wasone of the administrators
chosen this year to helpselect the piece.
The photograph by Cren-shaw, purchased for thecollege’s boardroom, nextto the President’s office, isa digitally-transferred pic-ture of the Grand Tetonson a canvas stretched overa wood frame.
The Grand Teton Rangeis a mountain range lo-cated in northwesternWyoming, protected by TheGrand Teton NationalPark.
Crenshaw said all hiswork is completed in thisstyle to give it that “paintedpicture look.” Crenshaw iswell known for his uniquetechnique and naturescenes.
A resident of Dallas,Crenshaw is an “avidoutdoorsman” according tohis website, www.clarkcrenshawphotography.com.
Crenshaw has won nu-merous local and interna-tional awards for his work.
There were nine total cat-egories to compete in at the27th annual Arts FestivalOklahoma. The judgespicked places first throughthird for each category.
There also was a Best ofShow chosen, 10 Best Dis-plays picked out and fiveEqual Merits recognized.First through third place ineach category along withthe Best in Show weregiven cash prizes toppingout at $300.
By Tina MorlockNews Writing Student
Examining modern pro-life and pro-choice argu-ments, Alexander Sanger,chair of the InternationalPlanned Parenthood Coun-cil, lectured Sept. 15 on re-productive freedom to acrowded room of faculty,staff and students.␣
“Why should there be re-productive freedom?”Sanger asked the audi-ence.␣
He told the group he be-lieves the religious andfeminist arguments pre-sented today about abor-tion and birth control arenot enough for society tomove forward on these is-sues.␣
“I’m suggesting it’s timeto take a whole new look atthis issue,” Sanger said. ␣
He recommended throw-ing out the old religious andfeminist arguments com-monly used in debates be-cause they no longer haverelevance.␣
“Human reproduction isthe most important thingwe do,” Sanger said.␣
He said his book, “Be-yond Choice: ReproductiveFreedom in the 21st Cen-tury,” provides a new per-spective on the battle overreproduction rights, andattempts to push the de-bate toward biology and thereality regarding the dan-gers of pregnancy. ␣
Sanger cited a 2004 ExitPoll found on www.CNN.com. In this poll, 21 per-cent of Americans feel abor-tion should always be ille-gal, 34 percent would likeit made mostly legal, 26percent would like to makeit mostly illegal and 16 per-cent want abortion alwaysillegal.␣ ␣
He said the numbershaven’t changed in 30years because the argu-ments haven’t changed.␣
“All the arguing has beento absolutely no effect,”Sanger said.␣
Sanger’s grandmother,Margaret Sanger, is famousfor having started a move-ment for reproductive free-dom during a time whenthe only birth control avail-able to women was absti-nence.␣ ␣
Sanger said his book pro-vides a new perspective on
one of the most controver-sial issues society faces to-day.␣
“We need to understandmen and women as biologi-cal beings,” he said.␣
Another one of the issuesSanger discussed was themortality rate of pregnantwomen today. He said halfa million women die eachyear from pregnancy, andnearly 40 percent of preg-nant women suffer fromserious complications.␣
“Natural selection favorswomen who control theirchild bearing,” he said.␣
Sanger also factored pa-ternity into his arguments.␣
Sanger claimed that menhave historically restrictedwomen’s sexual freedombecause they couldn’t becertain they were the fa-thers of the children theywere raising.
In order to increase thechances that men will actlike fathers, Sangersaid,␣ society needs to workwith men to assure themthat they are raising theirown children.
For more information onreproductive freedom, visitSanger’s website at www.alexandersanger.com.
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Cancer claims employee
OKCCC raises almost $3,000 for Katrina victims
By Christiana KosturaEditor
Paul Chapman, 66, for-mer OKCCC Physical Plantbuilding maintenance andoperations supervisor, diedat his Oklahoma City homeSept. 17. He was fighting abattle with lung cancer.
Chapman had been em-ployed at the college for 11years when he retired in2001. He returned to workpart-time in 2002, then leftagain early this year due tohealth problems.
Gary Phillips, PhysicalPlant building and campusServices supervisor, saidChapman was a good manwho brought out the goodin people.
He also brought manyyears of experience to thecollege.
“He worked in the physi-cal plant at several pris-ons,” Phillips said.
Steve Duncan, Physical
Plant material control su-pervisor, agreed with Phil-lips. “I recall what a gentledisposition he had.”
Duncan said Chapmanenjoyed bluegrass musicand driving a Model A Fordhe had restored.
“[Chapman] was just agood, calm, kind guy,”Duncan said. “He never lost
his cool.”Survivors include Chap-
man’s wife, Phyllis, his sonSteven and daughter Paula.
His funeral was heldSept. 21 at Wesley UnitedMethodist Church in ElReno.
Paul Chapman, inset, and far right, dressed in ’70s garb atthe college’s 25th anniversary party, died Sept. 17 at his home.Chapman, who worked in the college’s physical plant for about14 years, is remembered as having a “gentle disposition.”
Photos courtesyOKCCC Public Relations
By Richard HallStaff Writer
OKCCC students and faculty have somethingto smile about — the final total shows theyraised $2,851 to help Hurricane Katrina vic-tims.
Student Life Community Engagement Coor-dinator Jon Horinek helped organize the reliefeffort.
“The American Red Cross will appreciate themoney we collected,” he said.
“I’m pleased with the amount of money thatwas raised.”
Horinek said it was a worthwhile effort. “Thisjust shows that people care a lot about theircommunity and neighbors.”
A small competition between several campusdepartments seemed to bring out the best inpeople.
The Social Sciences department raised morethan $700, the highest amount of money raisedby a single department.
Acting Social Sciences Dean Cecelia Yodersaid she was proud of the effort. “I had no ideaor expectation of what we’d be able to collect,”she said.
Yoder said many professors asked their stu-dents to donate, and that contributed a lot tothe money that was earned.
The Pioneer office came in second,collecting more than $300.
Journalism Professor Sue Hintonsaid the amount raised shows thatthe stories of suffering hit homewith the college. “It touchedthe hearts of those whofeel lucky to be on dryground,” she said. “Itwas a great gestureby the students andfaculty.”
Hinton said shefeels money is some-thing many peoplecan give. “It allowsus to do somethingfrom where we are,”she said.
The Child Develop-ment Center and LabSchool came in thirdwith $196.
Lab school Recep-tionist Anita Carsonsaid she’s pleasedwith the outcome ofthe relief effort.
“We didn’t expectto earn this much.”
Some students weresurprised to learn of the
relief effort outcome.“It’s great to see people giving,” said fresh-
man Tracy Gray.Sophomore David Franks said he gave allhe could every time he passed a donation
jug, which sat in the college union,bookstore and in front of the Office
of Student Life.“I did what I could and I’m
glad others did, too.”Hinton said students’ ef-
forts speak well of them.“Students dug deep in their
pockets to offer what they coulddespite struggling with high gasand textbook costs,” she said.
Hinton said she thinkspeople felt more encouraged todonate because the tragedy hit
close to home.“Emotions are more engaged
when you feel like it’s going onin your backyard,” she said.
Along with the other depart-ments, the Arts and Humanitiesdepartment collected $171.55,the Business department col-lected $70 and the Math de-partment collected $40.Staff Writer Richard Hall can
Former OKCCC studentKevin Durant will be ar-raigned Sept. 28 on felonycharges for taking clandes-tine photos of a female stu-dent on campus.
Durant, 26, was bannedfrom campus after the Aug.31 incident where he used asmall digital camera to takepictures up a female stu-dent’s skirt.
He also had failed to regis-ter as a sex offender with the college, stemming froma 2003 conviction of second degree rape.
Durant had prior misdemeanor charges broughtagainst him in 2001 when he peered under a doorto watch a woman change clothes at a retail storein Penn Square Mall. Those charges were later dis-missed.
•Sept. 27: Volleyball continueswith a game between Dynastyand the Boomers at 6 p.m. in thegym on the first floor of the mainbuilding. The second game pitsthe Untouchables against Dy-nasty at 7 p.m. For more in-formation, contact CommunityEducation and Health SpecialistEric Watson at (405) 682-1611,ext. 7786.
•Oct. 1: The OKCCC soccerteam plays the Oklahoma StateUniversity Japan team at noon.OKCCC plays OSU at 2:30 p.m.Sunday, Oct. 2. Both games willbe hosted by the University ofOklahoma.
•Nov. 4: Deadline for registrationfor 2006 youth basketballleagues. Free basketball deve-lopment clinics will be held Oct.21 to 22. For more information,contact Community Educationand Health Specialist EricWatson at (405) 682-1611, ext.7786.
Little things count inflag football opener
By Matthew CabanStaff Writer
The little things determined a lotin the Raiders’ 8-6 victory againstthe Chiefs. It was the seasonopener for both OKCCC intramu-ral flag football teams.
Speed was the name of the gameas both teams tried to out run andout gun each other.
Both teams started slow on of-fense as many players slipped onthe field.
Raiders’ player Chico Dam-breville said players were stum-bling because they were not wear-ing cleats.
After the initial gridlock, momen-tum moved in favor of the Raiders.
While in possession of the ball, aChiefs’ player threw into a crowdonly to see the Raiders intercept
the pass.Play stopped after an intercep-
tion and the defense took posses-sion of the ball from where theycaught it, said Eric Watson, com-munity health and education spe-cialist.
The Raiders wasted little timetaking advantage of the opportu-nity to score.
Quickly after getting the ball, theteam handed the reins to ArtChansombat.
Chansombat found a teammaterunning toward the end zone andpassed the ball to him.
Following the touchdown,Chansombat took a handoff andsprinted past a pair of defendersfor a two-point conversion.
This gave the Raiders an 8-0 leadover the Chiefs.
Chansombat was a constant hin-drance to the Chiefs’ defensethroughout the game.
At one point in the game Chiefs’player Andrew Salous instructedhis teammates not to test Chan-sombat’s running.
“Don’t rush that dude,” Saloussaid. “He’s juking [dodging] everyone of you.”
In flag football it is common fora quarterback to hand off the ballto another player, Dambrevillesaid. This gives the second playerthe option of passing the ball orrunning with the ball, which iscalled scrambling.
Shortly after the Raiders madethe first score, the Chiefs pumpedout a little offense of their own.
Salous took up the role of quar-terback and helped the team roarback into the game.
He threw a long pass over themiddle to Michael Urrutia whocaught the ball in stride and out-ran his defenders for a touchdown.
The Chiefs were not able to addto their score after a pass fell shortduring their two-point conversion.
The score was Raiders, 8, Chiefs,6 after the failed conversion.
The rest of the game was definedby defensive stops and missed op-portunities.
For the Raiders, a missed oppor-tunity came when Dambreville beathis defender but Chansombatoverthrew the ball.
Midway through the second half,
Chansombat tried to take advan-tage of his scrambling ability as hewas rushed and then scrambledinto the end zone.
As he crossed the line, a Chiefsplayer grabbed one of Chan-sombat’s flags.
Initially, the play was called atouchdown but was quickly over-ruled. Then, the ball was given tothe Chiefs.
Tempers flared on both sides af-ter the play.
Chansombat later said he wasglad the incident was resolved andno fights took place.
After the stop the Chiefs contin-ued to fight back to no avail.
The team came close to scoringas they entered Raiders territorywith a minute left in the game.
The Chiefs tried a variety ofpasses including a long strike to
Douglas Kelly learns the Tai Ji Chaun and Ba Gua Zhang techniquesfrom Trey Bishop. Bishop’s class is taught at noon every Monday andWednesday outside of the library between parking lots A and B at nocharge. For more information, contact Bishop at (405) 682-1611, ext. 7619.
Mitchell Nelson on the left sideline.Although Nelson caught the ball
within a few yards of the end zone,he fell out of bounds prior to thecatch, making the pass incomplete.
Urrutia said this play and oth-ers were an example of his team’sneed for better communication.
On the next play Salous threwan interception to Chansombat,which all but ended the game.
The Raiders held onto the ball forthe final 15 seconds to seal the win.
Flag football games are played at6 and 7 p.m. on Mondays and Fri-days at the field used for overflowparking near parking lot C on thenorth side of campus. For more in-formation, contact Watson at (405)682-1611, ext. 7786.
Bourque said, a Safety and Secu-rity officer unfolds it, has the per-son sit in the sling and straps theperson in at the legs and chest.
He said the device is then pusheddown stairs by the operator to anarea of refuge. “If someone needshelp getting down stairs,” Bourquesaid, “they wait at the stairwell andcontact Safety and Security with thecall box.
“We then send someone up andhelp them down.”
Despite the Evacu-Trac’s helpful-ness, Bourque said it does have itslimits.
“Its weight limit is 360 pounds,”he said.
Tipton and Bourque both saidthey’ve never had to use the deviceduring an emergency.
“We train on it,” Bourque said,“but there’s no special certificationto operate it.”
At noon on Monday, Sept. 26 in CU2, Student Life willpresent another segment of the Brown Bag Lunch Se-ries. Learn the basics on how to manage your time andprioritize your life. Cooperative Technical Education Co-ordinator Alexa Marshlan will host the workshop. All stu-dents who attend any segment of the series will be en-tered into a drawing for an iPod Shuffle.
Biology/Ecology club to offer free lunchThe Biology/Ecology club’s next meeting will be from 3
to 4 p.m. Oct. 3, in room 1C4 (across from the ScienceLab). The meeting will include free drinks and pizza, andofficers will be elected. Come join a fun group. For moreinformation contact Christiana Kostura at (405) 330-4227or e-mail [email protected].
Wal-Mart gift certificate drawingAll students who uploaded a résumé in September to
the college central jobs board at www.collegecentral.com/okccc will be eligible to win a $50 gift certificate. For moreinformation, contact Coordinator of Employment ServicesLinda Fay at (405) 682-1611, ext. 7683.
Annual Job FairStudent Life welcomes students, alumni and commu-
nity to a job fair from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Wednesday, Sept.28, in the college union. For more information, contactCoordinator of Employment Services Linda Fay at (405)682-1611, ext. 7683.
Tai Ji Chuan and Ba Gua ZhangCome and practice the Chinese martial arts of Tai Ji
Chuan and Ba Gua Zhang between classes this fall. Theactivity is held at noon on Mondays and Wednesdays.For more information about the location and lesson timesor questions about the practice, call UNIX System Ad-ministrator Trey Bishop at (405) 682-1611, ext. 7619, ore-mail [email protected].
College DemocratsThe College Democrats club will be electing officers
during their next meeting from 12:30 to 1:30 p.m., Sept.29, in room 3K3. For more information, contact Club Presi-dent Royce Liston at (405) 631-8604.
and dances for children at 7 p.m., Sept. 30, in room CU3.All children must have an adult present. Tickets for theshow are $1 and can be purchased at the Student Lifeoffice. Only 350 seats are available for this presentation.For more information, contact Student Life Director LizLargent at (405) 682-1611, ext. 7596.
Oklahoma Holocaust Remembrance ExhibitionA free exhibition is offered to the public every
Wednesday, Thursday, and Saturday 11 a.m. to 4 p.m.;Friday 11 a.m. to 8 p.m. and Sunday 1 to 4 p.m. indowntown Oklahoma City at Artspace, located at 1 N.E.3rd Street. The exhibit ends Saturday, Oct. 23. The Officeof Student Life will take a group on Sept. 29. Call (405)682-1611, ext. 7596 to register. For more informationabout the exhibit, visit www.okholocaustexhibition.org.
Highlights are due by 5 p.m. each Tuesdayfor inclusion in the next issue.
Performing artists join forces,act up with Pathways students
By John SavageStaff Writer
The Society of PerformingArts will be taking a newpathway in their club thissemester.
The club has joined withthe Pathways Middle Col-lege High School studentsto perform a one-act play.
“A lot of the Pathwaysstudents came up to meand asked if they could beinvolved,” said Club Presi-dent Valerie Jobe.
The school doesn’t pro-vide art classes or dramaclasses for the Pathwaysstudents, she said.
This will be the first timethe Pathways students willbe involved with the SPA.
“I think it will be great,”said Theater ProfessorRuth Charnay.
“We know the Pathwaysstudents will want to be in-volved with us.”
SPA members are glad
about the collaboration.“I look forward to becom-
ing more involved and I’mexcited about helping thePathways students,” saidJessica Ball, club member.
Pathways students havenot been involved with adrama club before, and SPAmembers said they canhelp them learn some act-ing techniques.
“We want to teach themhow to walk across thestage, how to put on a cos-tume and portray someoneelse,” Jobe said.
The SPA plans to set upthree workshops to teachthe Pathways studentssome theater basics suchas costumes, make-up andblocking.
Jobe said workshops willbe set up at a later date inthe semester.
Students are welcome tohelp with the one-act playeven if they are not involvedwith the club directly.
“If you’re good at drawing,then come draw the public
relations posters for us,”Jobe said. “All help will beappreciated.”
The cast is scheduled toinclude 10 parts the Path-ways students can auditionfor.
Pathway students alsowill be involved in selectingthe play they will perform.
“I don’t want to just givethem anything. I want themto have choices and voicetheir concerns,” Jobe said.
The one-act play will beheld at OKCCC in the the-ater in December. The ac-tual date will be announcedat a later time.
For more information,contact Charnay at (405)682-1611, ext. 7596, orcontact Jobe at (405) 229-9641.
Zarah Williams, officer-at-large for the Health Professions Club, hands out pizza at theclub’s first meeting. The club voted on new officers, future speakers and services the clubcan perform for the community. The club will host guest speaker Susan Tucker from theUniversity of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center at 12:50 p.m., Sept. 26.
Photo by Holly Jones
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“Katrina,”Cont. from page 1
Hurricane experience leaves Okie ready to return home
Louisiana resident finds Oklahoma home
had ceased.“Everything was shut
down Saturday and Sun-day, before the hurricanehit,” he said.
Earley said he was one ofthose who could not leave.
“It angers me whenpeople ask me why I didn’tleave,” he said.
“People died trying toleave.”
The storm itself wasunique, Earley said.
He said Hurricane Ka-trina slammed into the GulfCoast as it made landfallalong the Louisiana coastin the early hours of Aug.29. “It hit around 2 a.m.and lasted until about 2p.m.,” Earley said.
“There were extremelyhigh winds and all of thecar alarms went off.
“Even the toi-let water wasspinning.”
Earley saidhe was affectedby the stormwhen the windchanged into avacuum ofsorts.
“Two times,the wind be-came a vacuumand it pulled atmy lungs.”
Following the storm,people began to come out-side to find the streets cov-ered in glass, Earley said.
“When people walked onit, it sounded like popcorn.”
Earley said the brokenglass played a role later inthe week after the leveesbroke and flooding began.
He said the glass cutthose who waded throughfloodwaters, including him.Eventually, he had to usehigh proof vodka to clean
his wounds,Earley said.
Although foodand other ne-cessities were inshort supply,Earley said hedid not seemuch looting.
“People tookwet T-shirts andshoes that wereruined so theywould have
something to wear.“I call that foraging.”Earley said he was upset
to see how the situation inNew Orleans was beingportrayed in the media.
“Although it was saidpeople would be shot forlooting, no one was shot forit downtown.”
Earley said he decided toleave the city on Aug. 31.
The worst part of the tripcame when his groupreached Interstate 10, hesaid.
By Christiana KosturaEditor
Ross Montalbano, a 24-year-old premed major,moved to Norman after los-ing most of his belongingsduring Hurricane Katrina.
Montalbano lived in Mc-Comb, La., a town about100 miles from New Or-leans. “I left there with mygirlfriend, my 8-month-oldson and a few clothes,”Montalbano said.
One week after the hur-ricane hit Louisiana, Mont-albano returned to hishome. The roof of his renthouse suffered great dam-age and many of hisfamily’s belongings weredestroyed by rainwater.
He said he was lucky thatboth his and his girlfriend’scars were still in runningcondition. “We couldn’t staythere,” he said.
So, Montalbano said, hesought out help on theInternet. There, he foundan advertisement from an
Oklahoma family.The Clinton family of
Norman was looking to helpa family displaced by thehurricane, he said.
After receiving gas moneyto get to Oklahoma, Mont-albano packed what hecould and left Louisiana.
“The leaving part was re-ally scary,” he said. “I didn’tknow what to expect.
“The Clintons are allow-ing us to stay in their guesthouse as long as we needto,” he said.
“They also gave us somemoney to help open achecking account.”
Montalbano said he waseager to enroll in schooland continue his educa-tion. He had attendedDelgado Community Col-lege in New Orleans beforetransferring to Southeast-ern University in Ham-mond, La.
Montalbano said hethought of enrolling at theUniversity of Oklahoma asa freshman, but decided toattend Fast Track coursesat OKCCC instead.
Ross Montalbano
Counselors at OKCCCsuggested he would havean easier time with FastTrack courses, rather thantrying to catch up in a 16-week class.
Montalbano is an Armyveteran so his tuition ispaid through the govern-ment, he said. He alsoplayed soccer for the U.S.team until a knee injuryprevented him from playinganymore.
He said many organiza-tions are providing assis-tance to his family.
Montalbano said the Sal-vation Army has providedhis family with clothing.
“I was surprised at theselection,” he said.
“You could tell a lot ofcollege students donated[clothes].”
Many of the clothes werestyles he would buy him-self, Montalbano said. Hesaid his girlfriend is stilllooking for some clothes.
“She wears a size three.”The American Red Cross
also provided Montalbanowith a $900 gift card to
Wal-Mart, he said.“That’s helped with dia-
pers and formula,” he said.Montalbano said he is
grateful for everybody’sgenerosity. “We have beenable to find a lot of help inOklahoma.”
The one thing he has hadno luck with is locating hisfather. Montalbano said hehas had no contact with hisfather since the hurricane.
“He lives in Mississippi,”he said. “The eye passedright over where his houseis.” He said his father wasunable to leave due to a citygas shortage created byfolks preparing to evacuate.
“He got stranded becauseall the gas stations ran outof gas,” Montalbano said.
He said he has been ableto contact several otherfamily members, but nofriends.
While he waits for word,he is trying to get his lifeback on track.
He said he plans to moveinto an apartment in Nor-man within the week withhis 19-year-old girlfriend,
Amy O’Flynn and their sonLogan Montalbano.
He needs just one thingso he can support thatplan. “I need a job morethan anything,” the carpen-ter and truck driver said.“It’s what I’ve needed sinceday one.”
He said he has no plansto return to Louisiana. “Iplan on staying in Okla-homa,” he said. “It’s a beau-tiful, clean state.”
“We got there at 4 p.m. tofind that the bridge hadcollapsed and there werethousands of people.
“I saw a mother lyingdown on the highway withher kids and I don’t knowif she was alive.”
Earley said he saw manypeople lying lifeless nearthe highway and at theSuperdome.
“There was no life to a lotof people there,” he said.
Earley said the hurricaneand its aftermath affectedthe entire city of New Or-leans.
“This catastrophe af-fected all races and all gen-ders.”
Earley said the onlyemergency response he sawwas from the people of NewOrleans, some NationalGuardsmen he met and anArmy Ranger who pickedup his group.
“Slow isn’t the word touse for the response,” hesaid.
“I would call the responseminimal.”
Earley said he did notmeet anyone who wanted tobe in New Orleans afterHurricane Katrina hit.
