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Thursday, September 28, 2006
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to 745-7475, or e-mail
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Green Club Yard Sale
No, they aren’t selling a
yard, but the sale on
Saturday, Oct. 7, will
have lots of things to
choose from. The sale
opens at 6 a.m. in front
of the Art Building
(Seventh Street).
Chorale dinner, auction
The SOSU Chorale’s
dinner and silent auction
is on Monday, Sept. 30,
at the Massey Building in
downtown Durant. The
event starts at 6:15 p.m.,
followed by dinner at 7
p.m. Tickets are $25. For
more information, call
745-2222
Domestic Violence
March
The march starts at 6:30
on Oct. 2 in the SOSU
gym parking lot. Nancy
Hulse will be guest
speaker at 7 p.m. at the
Visual & Performing Arts
Center. For more information call 745-2988.
Legislative Branch
On Oct, 2 from 5:30 to 7
p.m., President Glen D
Johnson, Professors
Bruce Johnson, Dr.
Richard Pearlstein and
Dr. Chummei Yoe will be
guest speakers in room
100 of the Russell
Building. Call 745-2731
for more information
about this and other free
informative lectures.
Brown Bag Freshman
15
Guest speaker Donna
Hale will talk to students
about what is commonly
referred to as “The
Freshman 15” at this
Oct. 4 event. Students
should bring a lunch and
meet at The Grill North
Room at 2 p.m. . Call
745-2988 for further
information.
Depression
The SOSU Counseling
Center and Health
Services will present an
education event on
depression. This takes
place on Oct. 9 at 7 p.m.
in the Montogomery
Auditorium. People may
call Student Health
Services at 745-2867.
Billie Letts returns to
SOSU
On Oct. 13,distinguished
alumni Billie Letts will be
hosting a book reading
and signing. The event,
hosted by Barnes and
Noble SOSU Bookstore
will be held from 1:30 to
3:30 in the Fine Arts
Recital Hall. For more
information or to preorder Billie Letts books,
call 745-2960.
INDEX
News..........................2
Opinion......................3
Editorial
Person on the Street
Perspectoves
Cartoon
Entertainment...................4
Reviews
Puzzle
Fashion
Lifestyles..........................5
Recipes
Fashions
Campus community..........6
Campus events
Campus community..........7
Non-traditional news
News................................8
Photo Page.......................9
Out & About
Sports.............................10
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Bidding starts today
JAMIE CARRICK/The Southeastern
Members of the Southeastern Chorale sing music from
their fall concert during a choir rehearsal. The
ensemble, directed by Dr. Stacy Weger, is having a
silent auction, dinner and concert to raise money for
the travel and operational expenses.
By KAREN MAPLE
Managing editor
The Southeastern Chorale is
raising funds to assist with
travel and operational expenses
by holding an activity where
everyone wins. Everyone, that
is, who wants good food, lively
entertainment and an opportunity to purchase valuable and
fun items.
This is the first silent auction
held by the Southeastern
Chorale. “And actually our first
fundraising event since I have
been here (5 years),” Dr. Stacy
Weger, director of choral activities said.
The idea came to him based
on a fundraiser that his brother
and sister-in-law hold each year
to support their local hospital in
Maryland.
“After consulting with them it
seemed like a plan that could
work, combining gift giving
with entertainment,” Weger
said.
The “pre-event” starts Sept.
28 and 29, where items valued
over $8000 are available for
bidding at the choral rehearsal
hall, Room 116 in the Fine Arts
Building. Bidding will be open
from 12-6 p.m.
Examples of auction items are
two separate “Diner’s Delight
packages” that include free
food and/or a sizeable savings
at eight restaurants, including
Red
Lobster,
Logan’s
Roadhouse, The Blue Door and
the Sweet Magnolia Tea Room.
The estimated values of these
packages are $90 and $125.
The Diner Delight packages
are an opportunity to take a
special someone (or someone’s) for as many as five
outings.
For those wanting a more intimate night on the town, A
“Dallas Date Night,” package
is also available. This package
includes a stay at the Westin
City Center, a bottle of wine to
enhance a romantic evening
and gift certificates at a local
restaurant, among other things.
For those who want to take
the whole family or a small
group of friends for a weekend
of fun, the “Northern California
Getaway,” might be the perfect
item to bid on. This exciting
weekend includes a wine tasting and tour, gourmet picnic
lunch, spa treatments and
rounds of golf at one of the top
three courses in the state.
See AUCTION Page 8
NYT readership program
SOUTHEASTERN STAFF
“Have you noticed the number of students who are reading
the New York Times this
week?” Dr. Shannon McCraw,
assistant professor , director of
debate and director of civil
engagement asked in a recent
mass email.
According to McCraw, the
American Democracy Project
at SOSU, the Cultural and
Scholastic Lectureship Fee
Committee, the Student Government Association, Residence Hall Association and the
Office for Residence Life,
joined together in sponsoring
the NYT Readership program
at the university.
This program is geared,
among other things, to help students develop “skills and habits
that promote values for career
preparation, responsible leadership and lifelong leaning,”
McCraw wrote.
He also pointed out that the
effort is beneficial to the academic excellence strategic goal of
Vision 2010. (An article on this
goal is featured on page one of
last weeks edition of The
Southeastern).
Dr. Paula J. Smith, associate
professor of English, said that
the delivery of the NYT is convenient for her, “but I don’t see
many students reading them,”
she said. Smith added that she
gets as much information from
her free daily subscription to
the Washington Post.
Dr. Lucretia Scoufos, chair of
the Department of
KEN JONES/The Southeastern
It has become a familiar site to see students like Ron
Richardson in the halls of the SOSU campus reading
the latest issue of the New York Times.
Communication and Theatre,
on the other hand, has noted on
numerous occasions the number of students sitting in the
hall reading and discussing
articles in the NYT.
Barbara Alkofer, associate
professor and costume designer, expressed an interest in having the NYT more accessible to
her theatre students. “I will certainly use it in my Intro to
Theatre class,” she wrote in a
recent email. She is especially
interested in the arts section
and information about
Broad-way shows.
Upon hearing of Alkofer’s
request , McCraw informed her
that as soon as additional news
racks were received, one would
be placed in the academic wing
of the VPAC.
Dr. Dave Barnes, an associate
professor in Fine Arts, said that
he believes the NYT “is one of
the best things that could be
done for students and faculty.“
Before coming to SOSU, he
taught at Penn State University
where they had a NYT Readership program. He said in a
recent email interview, “I found
it to be an invaluable asset in a
number of ways.”
Barnes said that the newspaper was almost a second text in
his humanities class. He found,
by having the NYT available
the whole educational process
is given “a cutting edge, up-todate feeling.”
He feels that using the newspaper in class “helps to instill in
students a feeling of being
members of a larger cosmopolitan world and helps to fight the
stigma of regional isolation.”
Dr. Brett Elliot, associate professor in mathematics, said as a
math teacher he would probably
not use the newspaper in his
The new logo for SOSU was unveiled Aug. 15. This
was followed by another contest for a new fight song.
Now students, staff, faculty and the public have
another opportunity to become a part of SOSU history
by designing a new mascot.
Wa n t e d :
SOSU mascot
Reward: $500
SOUTHEASTERN STAFF
Students, staff, faculty and
the community have the
opportunity to not only design
the new mascot for SOSU
sporting events and athletic
teams, but they can also win
$500 for the winning
proposal.
Southeastern has undergone
many changes in order to be
compliant with the new regulations of NCAA. This regulation requires the removal of
Native American mascots,
logos and nicknames.
During this past spring,
SOSU adopted the new sports
nickname, the Savage Storm.
This nickname reflects the
storms that are a part of life in
the southwest and the great
plains of mid-America.
In July and August competitions were open for the new
fight song at SOSU.
The winner of the Savage
Storm Fight song, Jeff Lankov
of Dallas, was announced
Aug, 28.
Lankov is a pianist and
musical director, active in
classical and popular music
styles.
The logo committee solicited ideas to incorprate the new
name of “Savage Storm” into
an athletic logo, which was
unveiled Aug. 15.
Now it is time to decide the
SOSU mascot.
According to a press release
by Dr. Raquel Hutchens, chief
of staff in the president’s
office, “Mascot submissions
should reflect the sporting
spirit of SOSU’s athletic
teams and ideally will have a
recognizable linkage
to “Savage Storm,” and its
new sports logo (see above).”
It is recommended that
competitors include a written
description and a statement
that describes how the
proposed mascot fits in with
Southeastern’s new nickname
and logo.
Mascot proposals must be
submitted as a full color picture or drawing. They may be
any entity such as an animal,
cartoon figure, a humor-evoking character or any other idea
that would have appeal to
spectators, while showing the
sporting spirit of the
university.
Submissions must also
include a name and address of
a contact person. Contact
information should include a
phone number and e-mail
address.
Submissions must be
received no later than Oct. 5 to
be eligible for consideration.
The winning mascot entry
will become the sole property
of Southeastern.
Ideas and/or figures that are
copyrighted are not eligible to
compete in the mascot
competition.
Finalist of the mascot competition will be notified by
Oct. 12. These submissions
will also receive a public
review at Southeastern’s
Homecoming Oct. 14.
The winning mascot will be
selected in December.
Submissions should be sent
to Hutchens at: Southeastern
Oklahoma State University,
1405 N. Fourth Street, Durant,
OK 74701.
Questions may be sent to
Hutchen’s e-mail address,
rhutchens@sosu.edu.
On Monday, the Honorable
Jeff Rabon, presented a
lecture about the Legislative
Branch in Room 100 in the
Russell Building.
Rabon is serving his third
and final term in the
Oklahoma Senate.
See NYT Page 2
Memorial band contest in second year
By KAREN MAPLE
Managing editor
Southeastern will host the second annual John
Parnell Memorial Marching Band Contest
Saturday at Paul Laird Field.
The event is named in honor of Parnell, a longtime band director at Durant who passed away in
July 2005 and was posthumously inducted into
the Oklahoma Bandmasters Hall of Fame in July
2006.
To the knowledge of David Christy, instructor
and band director of the SOSU band for 12
years, this is the first band competition held on
the SOSU campus.
“The improvements to Paul Laird Field are the
enabler that lets us do this,” Christy said.
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Bands from across the state and five bands
from Texas will compete, for a total of 25. The
event has almost doubled from last year when 14
bands competed.
Bands range in size from S&S Consolidated
(Texas) with 22 members to Sallisaw and
Charles Page High School of Sand Springs, each
with 105 members.
“This is an exciting event for the Southeastern
band program,” said Christy. “We’re pleased to
be able to host the contest and attract such a
quality group of entries.”
The event is expected to bring an estimated
2,200 to 2,300 students and 1,000 parents and
guests to the campus. It is free and open to
See BAND Page 2
Courtesy photo
Ardmore High School was one of 14 bands that competed at SOSU in the first annual John Parnell
Memorial Marching Band Contest in 2005 at Paul Laird
Field. This year’s contest will be held Saturday.
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News
Page 2
The Southeastern
Thursay, September 28, 2006
Students choose
to “charge it”
THE SOUTHEASTERN
“In 2000, a study by
Nellie Mae, the college loan
behemoth, found that 78 percent of undergraduates had
at least one credit card. A
more recent survey pegs it as
high as 85 percent,” a recent
report presented by Fox
News said.
According to Dr. Robert S.
Manning, finance professor
at the Rochester Institute of
Technology and author of
“Credit Card Nation,” as
many as 14 percent of college freshmen have at least
two credit cards, a number
that doubles among seniors.
Perhaps even more shocking is the result of a statewide survey taken by the
state of Oklahoma during
the 2002 to 2003 school
year. This survey discovered that 33 percent of
undergraduate students had
four or more bank credit
cards, two store credit cards,
at least one gas-related card
and a line of revolving credit issued by a bank.
Students who have to borrow to pay for college education and/or lower income
students show a tendency to
build up a higher credit card
debt. In a survey confined to
students who had outstanding student loans, Nellie
May found that 13 percent of
undergrads carry between
$3000 to $7000 in credit
card debt. Nine percent owe
more than $7000.
Gail Buckner, CFP told
Fox News, “It use to be,
the biggest worries parents
had when they packed off
their teenagers for college
were about sex, drugs and
wild keg parties. But in the
past ten years, another issue
has been added to that list.
Unprotected use of plastic.”
Buckner said students are
such an attractive demographic for credit card
issuers that they are willing
to take on the risk of extending credit to someone who
earns little, if any money and
may already owe a significant amount in the form of
college loans.
At one time, credit companies required co-signers, usually in the form of mom or
dad. Those days are past and
companies charge a higher
rate and fees to cover the
additional risks they chose
to take.
Fox News said “a study in
1994 estimated the discretionary income of college
students was $13 million.
Adjusting that for inflation
of three percent per year,
means the potential student
purchasing power amounts
to more than $18.5 billion
today.” A market of such
size is difficult to resist.
There are several factors
that make college students,
especially freshmen, vulnerable to credit card availability. Culturally, many people
are use to living in a society
where debt is considered
normal.
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Publication policy
■ The Southeastern student newspaper is published as a teaching
tool for students in the Department of Communication and Theatre at
Southeastern Oklahoma State University. Advertising rates and
deadlines are available upon request. Call 745-2983.
■ Opinions expressed in The Southeastern do not necessarily represent those of the student body, faculty, staff or administration of
Southeastern Oklahoma State University, nor do they reflect the policies or beliefs of the university, the Student Government Association,
the Board of Regents of Oklahoma Colleges or other regional universities. The Southeastern is a student publication with an independent
voice, not an official medium or expression of the Board of Regents
or regional universities. All sides of all issues are welcome.
■ Letters to the editor for the Opinion Page must be signed and
include a telephone number. We reserve the right to decline publishing any letter to the editor, and all letters may be edited for content,
space limitations and libel law compliance. Please hold letters to 300
words.
Fox News provides another reason on their web site.
“Gone are the days of the
stereotypical “starving student.” Teenagers heading to
campus today expect to continue to enjoy the same
lifestyle they had when mom
and dad were paying the
bills.”
Many students, especially
those on their own for the
first time, may be “blissfully
naïve about how credit operates.” A 2000 study showed
that 71 percent of students
“had no idea what interest
rate they were paying.”
Credit card companies
maintain that they are simply building customer relationships. By opening an
account for a college student, the individual is likely
to remain a loyal customer in
the years following graduation.
Adam Levin, the former
Consumer Affairs director
for the state of New Jersey
and president of the Web site
credit.com, said, “Credit
card companies began
aggressively marketing to
students several years ago
when they realized two
things.”
He said that a huge amount
of money is made by credit
card companies when balances aren’t paid in full.
Levin believes that this is
something the companies
count on because “students
See CARD Page 8
Ousey featured in gallery
By KAREN MAPLE
Managing editor
Jack Ousey, assistant professor
with the art department at SOSU,
featured 30 pieces of work for
“2x’s the Fun: A double Gallery
Event.”
This is the first show of its kind
in Denison, Texas.
The double gallery event featured Ousey and Keith Hartline.
Artplace partnered with Old
Katy Glass works to present a
joint showing that utilized both
Courtesy photo
gallery locations.
Ousey’s work is featured at
Dr. Jack Ousey stands in front of two of his pictures
Artplace and Hartline’s work is
at the art display being held at the Artplace Gallery
featured at the Old Katy Glass
in Denison, Texas. His artwork will be available for
Works. Both are located on Main
viewing at the Artplace through Sept. 30. At that
Street in Denison.
time, several of his pieces will come to SOSU for
Gallery owners Shelley Tate
the “Student and Faculty Invitational” show.
Garner and Mike Williams
designed this two-part “art experience.”
The show opened on Saturday,
In addition to his personal artistic endeavors,
Sept. 16 with an estimated 100 visitors.
Ousey shares his talents and experiences as a
Both artists, Ousey and Hartline were at the
teacher of ceramics, sculpture and design at
opening to greet and meet guests and talk to visSOSU.
itors about their art.
Ousey, a recognized award winning artist, has
Ousey said the opening went well. He said
participated in many national and international
that all of the other galleries on Main Street in
showings.
Denison were open as well.
He worked as an Oklahoma Artist in
“Most were featuring new shows with feaResidence and is affilliated with commercial
tured artists,” he added.
galleries in Oklahoma, Texas and Florida.
Through his selected displays, Ousey showHe has been showing with the Artplace
cased his artistic diversity by including his
Gallery for one year and is active in the regionnewest offering of abstracted geometrical
al art scene.
shapes painted in acrylic on canvas.
Recent shows that Ousey has participated in
He also featured works in bronze, clay, paint,
include Grayson County College (Denison),
digital media and photography.
Murray State College (Tishomingo), The
Even the popular “fish images took a new
Creative Arts Center (Bonham), and the
direction with a series of digital compositions
Goddard international showings.
printed via computer with archival inks,” a
“I seek to strike a balance between the
press release by Garner said.
dichotomy of the light and dark aspects of life.
Ousey’s work will remain at the Artplace for
I enjoy creating artworks that are inviting and
public viewing until Sept. 30.
humorous on one level, but contain an underAt that time, several selected pieces will come
current of mystery when you read between the
to Southeastern for the “Student and Faculty
lines,” Ousey said in a recent interview.
Invitational” show.
For more information about the featured
Originally from Manitoba, Canada, Ousey
artistic displays of Ousey, visit the Web site
now resides in Tishomingo where he has lived
artplacegallery.com, or call the gallery at
for a number of years.
903-327-8180.
NYT -- from page 1
class.
“Plus, I am not a big fan of the NYT,”
he wrote in a recent email interview.
“I question their integrity (see Jayson
Blair among others) I would prefer a
source that is a little less biased...”
Dr. Bob Hays, professor, Department of
Communication and Theatre, said that he
has made his students aware of the availability of the NYT and encourages them to
read it.
“I will use it from time to time in class
discussing current events and the advertising content.”.
He believes that having the NYT delivered on campus is wonderful and encourages students, faculty and staff to read a
newspaper everyday.
“I encourage everyone to read a “good”
newspaper before going to a job interview,” Hays added. “After all, most of our
discussions are about current events.”
Dr. John Love, Educational Instruction
and Leadership said that he has already
used “the report from the editorial page on
new (actually just refined) math standards
to trigger a discussion on the various entities that impact our curriculum in public
schools.”
He said he reads numerous newspapers
(including NYT online) regularly and
thinks it is “an excellent idea for newspapers to be made available to students.”
He hopes “it will ignite a habit of reading in some.
“To be informed is very important; many
would say it is a responsibility of good citizenship,” Love added.
Love finds it interesting to read different
papers and see what topics are chosen for
different pages or which topics some
papers may neglect to cover at all.
He also likes to compare how headlines
are written and show the importance of
priorities in varied newspapers.
“The NYT provides good balance in the
overall mix because it has a more national
and international perspective,” Love
ended.
Dr. Brooks Flippen, professor of history
said that as a history teacher he finds the
newspaper very helpful.
He said that he has found students are
definitely be-coming more aware and
showing more interest in current events
and world affairs.
When asked what he thought about the
NYT being delivered on campus, Flippen
said, “I think it is great, and all of the students I’ve talked to read it and think it’s
great as well. I have heard nothing negative.”
Flippen added, “The NYT is the nation’s
“newspaper of record.
“Every university library has back issues
and most of the nation’s newspapers carry
stories that first run in the Times.”
Dr. Stevenson G. Smith, John Masey
Endowed Chair and professor of accounting and finance, said that he will read the
NYT himself and would share stories
related to financial issues with his classes.
He thinks that it is “a good idea” to have
the newspaper available to the campus
family, adding, as “just a thought” that
“The Wall Street Journal provides reduced
rates for universities also.”
BAND -- from page 1
the public.
“Some of these competitions
have an admission charge, but
we want to give something
back to the parents and fans
who support these band students,” said Christy.
The contest begins at 9:15
a.m., with the finals at 7 p.m.
and an awards ceremony is
scheduled for 9:45 p.m.
The 25 bands will compete
during the day for the 10 finalist spots.
Trophies will be given in two
classes: small schools (classes
A and AA) and larges schools
(classes AAA, AAAA and
AAAAA).
Competition categories are
marching execution, horn line,
drum line and color guard, and
one award presented to the outstanding drum major.
Awards for first, second and
third places will be given in
each class based on preliminary performances. Finalist
trophies will be given for first
to 10th place, based solely on
performances in the finals.
Judging will be on music
ensemble and execution,
marching and visual execution,
general effect, percussion and
color guard and auxiliary.
Seven judges who know all
styles and all areas were selected to create a “balanced panel,”
said Christy.
Although many contests use
five judges, Christy said they
chose to use seven.
Each judge has a specialized
area in the contest, with two
judging playing, two judging
marching, one judging the general effect and one judging
auxiliary, such as color guard,
drum major and percussion.
Contest judges are Brian Britt
and Jeff Janhke of the
University of Oklahoma; Harry
Blake of DeSoto High School,
Texas; Mickey Owens and
Robin Owens of Richardson
Independent School District,
Texas; Matt Neal of North
Lamar High School, Paris,
Texas; and Jerry Cooper of
Oktaha High School.
In addition to the Durant
High School band, which will
perform
at
9:30
p.m.,
Southeastern’s band will perform at 4:45 p.m. as an exhibition band, “showing everybody
how it is done,” said Christy.
The contest was planned
about four months ahead, said
Christy, adding that the students have served as good
ambassadors,
and
“Judy
Hodges (secretary to the vice
president of enrollment management and marketing) was
invaluable.”
He also said that Dr. Jeff Hale
(Intercollegiate
Athletics
Programs) and the athletic
department have been crucial
to the planning and success of
the band contests.
Preliminary information was
sent out to bands in southeastern Oklahoma and northeastern
Texas in July, and the deadline
for the bands to enter was
approximately Sept. 1.
The contest is scheduled early
in the marching season to offer
early season critiques to bands
heading toward regional com-
petitions, said Christy.
Sponsors for the event
include the Choctaw Nation,
Landmark Bank and First
Texoma National Bank.
Christy said they were also
able to team up with the Durant
Band Boosters, who will have a
concession stand across the
street from the stadium. They
will also be selling T-shirts.
Montgomery Drive, behind
campus, will be blocked from
First Street to Fourth Street.
Christy said signs will be posted, but cars must be gone by
Friday afternoon.
Marching bands will warm
up in the large parking lot on
the south side of the Baptist
Student Ministries.
While he understands that
this is an inconvenience to students, Christy said they “appreciate student cooperation in
any event that brings 3,000
people to campus.”
He adds that the band competition is a fun and exciting
event and encourages the
SOSU family to attend.
Opinion
Page 3
The Southeastern
EDITORIAL
Voting counts
Voting is a privilege that is
too often taken for granted -locally, nationally and, yes,
even on the campus level.
As the American Political
Columnist, George F. Will
wrote, “Voters don’t decide
the issues, they decide who
will decide the issue.”
That’s a pretty awesome
responsibility on any level,
when you think about it.
Electing strong, responsible
and committed people to our
Student Government should
not be ignored or taken
lightly.
We are not just students.
Nor is this just a college
campus.
This is an institution of
history almost as old as the
statehood of Oklahoma.
Thousands upon thousands
of students have walked
through these doors as graduates, leaving behind a piece
of themselves in achievements.
That is something each of
us should feel compelled to
do -- to leave behind positive
changes by being a voice in
decisions, both for ourselves
and future generations.
When we elect representatives to SGA we are choosing
the people who will serve as
our liaison to the administrative offices on campus.
SGA is our voice, our
opportunity to be an intricate
part of this campus and its
future.
We do this by voting wisely
and responsibly.
For those running for office,
responsibility is even greater.
It’s not about scholarship
earnings, looking good in
review or having an extra
feather in your cap.
SGA is serious, hard work.
Let your commitment show.
Let us see what kind of
person you are and what you
can and will do.
As voters, we need to listen,
question and make the best
choices possible.
Not only do all of us need
to vote, but we should also
vote wisely.
Really, how hard is it to
take a few minutes out of
your day to walk over and
cast a ballot?
In the last election (Sept.
28), 254 people voted and 10
seats were not filled. We can
do better.
As we approach the opportunity to fill these seats in an
upcoming election, we
challenge everyone to be a
college that speaks in volume,
not in a whisper.
Remember always that
voting is not just a responsibility; it is a privilege that
decides where our tomorrows
will lead.
Person on the street
bY JOSH McMULLIN
Each week, Southeastern students, faculty, staff or workers will weigh in on an issue concerning
SOSU or the Durant community.
This week’s question is: How do you feel about the Student Union opening several months late?
Ryan
McMillan
sophmore,
health and
physical
education
“I would rather the new
Student Union building
open late and be done well
than have it open early and
be done poorly like
Shearer Hall.”
This week’s editorial, written by Karen Maple, reflects The
Southeastern staff’s collective opinion.
Justin
Lemanster
junior,
music
performance
Matt
Rizzo
sophmore,
music
education
“ They shouldn’t have set a
deadline if they knew that
they wouldn’t be able to
have the money to pay for
it. It’s unfair to charge
students for something that
they’re not using.”
Teresa
Ruebottom
senior,
sociology/
pyschology
“I was frustrated because
they told us it was going to
open on a specific date. I
think that they didn’t deliver on what they promised
to the students.”
“The fact that they don’t
have the money to finish all
the rooms and floors doesn’t
surprise me. I think that the
project could have been
planned a lot better.”
Breast Cancer Awareness Month observed at SOSU
Breast cancer is often
overlooked when people
consider different types of
cancers. However breast
cancer affects more that
217,000 people a year in the
United States alone, according
to the American Cancer
Society on their Web site, cancer.org.
Breast cancer, a cancer of
the breast tissue, is the most
common form of cancer in
females throughout the nation,
as well as the world.
It affects approximately one
out of 12 to 13 women who
reach age 90 at some stage of
their life in the Western world.
In support of the National
Breast Cancer Awareness
Lacey
Jones
Staff writer
Month (October), the Campus
Bookstore is participating in
the “Shop for a Cure”
fundraising campaign from
Sept. 25 through Nov. 1.
College bookstores across the
country participate in “Shop
for a Cure.”
The bookstores sell limited
edition breast cancer
awareness clothing and
merchandise, such as objects
displaying the pink ribbon for
breast cancer.
A percentage of the profits
are donated to the National
Breast Cancer Coalition Fund.
“Shop for a Cure,” hopes to
accomplish the awareness of
breast cancer throughout college campuses.
Due to the fact that breast
cancer is composed of identical tissues in males and
females, breast cancer can also
occur in males, although the
chance is extremely low.
There are numerous people
who are in support of breast
cancer awareness.
Some of the partners of the
National Breast Cancer
Foundation include Amy
Grant, Jason Aldean, Mercy
Me, Donny Osmond, Martina
McBride, Lee Ann Womack,
Bon Jovi, Reba McEntire and
Melissa Etheridge.
These celebrities have
donated money and
participated in concerts to
raise money for the fight
against breast cancer.
The Breast Cancer Source
Center gives United States
breast cancer facts on their
Web site, healthcentral.com.
Some examples of these
facts are: one person is
diagnosed with breast cancer
every three minutes, one person
dies of breast cancer every 14
minutes and people over the
age of 50 account for 75 percent of breast cancer cases.
Courtesy photo
The next Breast Cancer 3-Day event will be in
Philadelphia Oct. 6-8.
Perspectives
from different ends of the political spectrum
D
D
etermined
The Determined Democrat, Intuitive Independent and Resolute Republican provide readers with
their own insight regarding an issue relevant to the current political environment each week.
This week’s topic is: Legalization of marijuana
I
ntuitive
ndependent
emocrat
by Mike Davis
The bottom
line for this
issue is that the
government
should not be
in the business
of regulating
people’s perDavis
sonal lives.
Certain regulations based
on logical concern for the
citizenry as a whole are necessary for an orderly society,
but opinion itself should
never be legislated.
The government generally
accepts this view, specifically
when we look at laws
r egarding tobacco. People
a re free to chew it, smoke it,
and use it to harm themselves.
However age restrictions
on its use and purchase, as
well as labeling and warning
r egulations are in place to
keep tobacco from being
used ignorantly.
This same principle should
apply to all potentially debilitating drugs and narcotics.
As to whether marijuana is
m o re deadly than tobacco is
debatable, but the same principle should apply to marijuana as tobacco.
Laws that exist only to protect citizens from themselves
a re flawed because they take
away the fundamental natural right for individuals to
choose how to live their own
lives.
More people die of car
crashes than marijuana,
tobacco and all other drugs
combined — yet driving is
still very legal.
We know the chances we
take when we get behind the
wheel just as much as a professional skydiver knows his
chances of parachute failure.
We do things every day that
a re totally optional and dangerous, yet we do them anyway.
The government should
only intervene when a person’s action directly impacts
another individual’s right to
live the way they want to.
If somebody smokes marijuana and gets stoned in his
or her apartment it doesn’t
affect you. If somebody gets
behind the wheel of a car
after drinking it does affect
you. See the diff e rence?
Democracies are created
because we realize what is
best for society is compromise, dissent, discussion and
debate — not arbitrary decisions that impose simple
opinion on an entire population.
So, should marijuana be
legal? You bet.
People have a right to
smoke it. They just don’t
have the right to smoke it
within 25 feet of a public
building.
V
S
by Austin Lewter
b y Kat Harvey
One could
argue that if
the government legalized
the use of
marijuana the
black market
would almost
Harvey
disappear,
many crime organizations
would be crippled or seriously
weakened and there would be
an economic gain from the
factories and promotion companies that would support its
distribution.
What about mental deterioration? How about loss of bodily control of an individual? If
the general population were to
abuse it, then aren’t we facing
a much less productive society?
If it became legal for recreational use, the nation could
quite possibly reap the benefits
of both the short and long term
advantages, but it will also suffer the disadvantages as well.
Another remaining question
is: “If marijuana does become
legal, then who will define the
guidelines on how it is used?”
More importantly, what demographic will be able to use it to
the fullest extent?
This is a good question since
our current scientific knowledge of this material is limited.
I agree with marijuana being
legal for research purposes
only. Once all of the effects,
side effects and benefits have
been researched it can then
be released to the public for
use at their discretion. As it
stands, current data and
research suggests marijuana
is not as entirely safe as the
advocators maintain.
Again, in my opinion, marijuana should be legal for medicinal research and scientific
study ONLY. There have been
theories on how this can be
useful, but, currently,
researchers cannot fully and
legally study its effects without
there being a big controversy.
If marijuana is legalized, I
don’t believe it should be
released to the entire population. There should be certain
restrictions, such as the ones
on cigarettes, alcohol and prescription drugs (to name a
few).
Obviously, we wouldn’t just
hand our kids some pot and
say, “Here’s your recreation for
the day. If you don’t use it all,
share it with your friends.”
I personally would not use
marijuana unless I acquired a
chronic disease where the only
— and I stress only — way to
“cure” or “alleviate” either the
disease or the symptoms was
by its use.
Even then, I would only use
marijuana in a purely medicinal fashion.
I am not endorsing the use
of marijuana.
R
R
esolute
epublican
V
S
People
have been
advocating the
legalization of
marijuana
Lewter
since it
was first outlawed in
the first half of the last
century.
There are some good
points to be made on
both sides of the argument so I am going to
throw out my opinion
and I want everyone to
know that I am not, in
any way, promoting,
justifying or endorsing
the use of marijuana.
I say it should be
legalized. Though I
claim to be a republican, I have a little libertarian in me, as well.
Therefore, government should have as
little role as possible in
our private life. A lawmaker in Washington
shouldn’t be able to tell
Willie Nelson that he
can’t toke up on his
bus — as long as he
isn’t driving and isn’t
affecting the driver.
Study after study
proves that marijuana
is not nearly as toxic as
tobacco and has less of
an affect on the body
than alcohol. Yet both
are legal and pot is not.
Beyond that, the
point is that government has no right to
tell me what I can do
with my money and my
body.
I am not trying to get
legalization on the ballot (as Colorado has on
this next election). I am
merely saying that
someone should have
the right to do what
they want in the privacy
of their own home.
You never hear about
someone getting high
and killing seven people on the road. They
hit the Jack in the Box
and go home.
I say legalize it, control it, mandate it and
tax it. Slap a 75 percent tax on it and see
how much money we
can raise to fill potholes.
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Entertainment
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The Southeastern
‘The Screams of Kitty Genovese’ receives mixed reviews
By KAREN MAPLE
Managing editor
The Screams of Kitty
Genovese, directed by Dana
Ayers, was unlike anything the
Theatre at SOSU has performed in the past.
For many people it was a real
“eye opener.”
Theatre review
I was very impressed with the
programs handed out at the
start of the show.
These provided the complete
story of “Screams” including a
reprint of a local newspaper
dated March 27, 1964.
I do wish though, that when
listing the cast, that the roles
played would have been
included.
In most cases neighbors were
introduced to the audience only
by roles - not names.
I will also say, from the start,
that I am not fond of operatic
music but I did enjoy the solos
and duets.
Jimmy (Chase Jackson) sang
a beautiful lullaby to his fussing infant (What a voice he
had)!
The upstairs neighbor,
mommy (Samantha Dougless),
had a voice that could just blow
someone away. The strength,
the tone - just beautiful all the
way around.
While I think the cast did a
wonderful job, I would have
enjoyed the show more and
identified with it better had the
neighbors been less self-centered from the start..
From my understanding Kitty
Genovese lived in middle class
area and this was definitely low
class representation
The insomniac, Frannie
(Catherine Brunet) was humorous. I enjoyed her “realness.”
The upstairs neighbor Mac
(James Fletcher) showed a
wonderful display of inner turmoil as he debated calling the
Kitty Genovese,
(Dani Daniels)
played a very
touching and difficult
role. As she walked
through the mist
(after a brutal attack
outside her home
that neighbors
ignored), her “spirit”
seemed to search
for understanding to
why her screams for
help were ignored.
A very touching
scene.
Photo courtesy of OSF
police during the attack of
Genovese.
In fact, the scene as neighbors
debated among themselves and
with each other whether to do
something
as
Genovese
screamed for help was very
well done.
I was somewhat prepared for
what was earlier (before I saw
the show) referred to me as the
“bump and grind scene” But
even then, it was a little much.
I fail to see where so much
sexual explicity had anything
to do with the message the
play was intended to send.
I can say though, that the
upstairs action got a lot more
audience attention than poor
FINDING NON SENTIRE: Mac vs. PC
by Kat Harvey
Genovese.
Dani Daniels, who played the
role of Genovese was very realistic in her terrified screams
for help.
The stabbings and rape were
well performed.
Shawn
Sturdevant who played the role
of murderer Winston Moseley
made an excellent stalker.
His expressions and behaviors
on stage were realistic and well
played.
Even the rape scene was done
in a fashion that could leave
terror in the heart of audience
members.
The pants start down, he
grabs Genovese, pulls her to
him, A scream of terror as the
lights go out.
Now that was a difficult scene
to do, but it was done with
finess and in a way that was
memorable without being overwhelming.
A difficult thing to do when
portraying rape.
It amost gave me chills at the
end as the spirit of Kitty
Genovese walked through the
fog and one saw her clothes tattered and her body covered in
blood.
I think those who performed
did an excellent job on a subject that could not have been
easy to master.
Humor-Scope
It’s not your typical Horoscope.
By Josh McMullin
Zodiacs from Zen Master Butt3rs for the
week of Sept 21-27
‘The Outsider on the Inside’
by Kat Harvey
This serial story will run throughout the semester. The next posting is Thursday, Oct. 5.
Characters:
Iiorlin -- an honest, wellrespected man of his village
who seems to have a secret
past; engaged to Rune
Fuloin -- Iiorlin’s cocky kidnapper who hates Outsiders,
maybe due to an incident
involving his younger brother
Last time on “The Outsider
on the Inside,” Iiorlin
inquired about why he was
kidnapped. Rune made her
way toward an interception
point pointed out by Shiran.
around a jacket hanging off
the back of an elegantly
furnished chair.
When the older boy
jumped out from behind the
chair, he was staring at the
face of his younger brother,
only now he and his brother
were a few years older.
“I found it!” the elder
brother exclaimed. “Next
time you want to play with
your marbles in the house,
carry them in the case I
bought you,” he
reproached.
“Yes, Fuloin,” the little
“Brother! Brother! Yo,
bro, where you at?” came a one replied, a little disappointed that his brother had
cry through the hall door.
Slowly the door opened. A scolded him so harshly.
As the older brother turned
small, four-year-old blondearound again, two years
haired boy came peeking
around it. The voice nagged had passed and he was seeing
his brother off to the same
on. “FULOIN, where are
high school he had attended
you?”
a few years prior ...
An older boy peeped
“Why am I remembering
this?” Fuloin thought.
“Why do I have to remember this now? It is his fault
Oryx had to go!”
Fuloin began to settle
down. “I have to cool off or
he will realize what is going
on. I still have him in
REMsin,” he started talking
through himself.
Fuloin and Iiorlin’s muscles relaxed.
“I am going to have to
watch my tongue more
carefully in my inquiries,”
Iiorlin thought. “He is more
dangerous than I thought.”
After about two minutes
of silence, Iiorlin spoke.
“Who was your younger
brother?”
Fuloin burst out “What do
you mean by ‘who was your
younger brother?’ Have you
already forgotten him?”
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Rune quickly mounted her
horse and gave him quick
instruction. She wanted to
reach the edge of the woods
before they did.
“I know you can make it,
boy,” she said to her horse
Akel, in reality reassuring
herself.
This is the solution for
the 9-21-06 “Original
Sudoku Puzzles.”
Check out next weeks
issue for the solution
to this weeks puzzle.
By Jamie Carrick
Countdown of the top ten A-list babies
cameraman Danny Moder.
Moses Martin, the 5month-old son of actress
Gwenth Paltrow and
musician Chris Martin, toddles in at sixth place.
In fifth place is Matilda
Rose Ledger, the lovely 10month-old daughter of
“Brokeback Mountain” stars
Heath Ledger and Michelle
Williams.
The fourth cutest baby has
to be 5-month-old Suri
Holmes-Cruise. In fact, Tom
and Katie released those pictures a month ago so Suri
could be in this countdown.
In third place, and born on
the same day and in the same
hospital as Suri, is Grier
Hammond Henchy, Brooke
Shield’s most recent contribution to the human race.
The runner-up to the title
“Cutest Celebrity Baby” is
none other than cherub-faced
Sean Preston Federline. Sean
may have competition,
though. Sutton Pearce
Federline was reportedly
born Sept. 19.
And who, you ask, will
wear the crown of “Cutest
9-8-06 solution
Original Sudoku Puzzles
by Katheryn Bell
Yes, it is
now time for
the celebrity
baby
pageant.
Who is the
cutest of
Bell
the cute?
Now, for your aesthetic
enjoyment, here is my countdown of the 10 most
adorable A-list bundles.
At No. 10, we have Barron
William Trump, Donald and
Melania Knauss Trump’s 6month-old son. Already,
Barron seems to have more
hair than his father. Thank
goodness male-pattern
baldness is maternal.
Coming in at No. 9 is 1year-old Henry Gunther
Ademola Dashtu Samuel,
Seal and Heidi Klum’s first
child together.
The eighth most appealing
Hollywood baby is, Coco
Arquette, daughter of David
Arquette and Courtney Cox.
No. 7 is a tie between
almost 2-year-olds Hazel
Patricia and Phinnaeus
Walter Moder, the offspring
of actress Julia Roberts and
“I just wanted to know
who he was. I only know
your first name and I
haven’t seen you, so how
am I supposed to know who
your brother is?” Iiorlin
said very frankly, but
rather quietly. He did not
want to provoke Fuloin any
further in his inquiries.
“You have a point,” he
began reluctantly. “His
name IS Oryx -- Oryx
Altenant.” Fuloin said quietly. It had been a while
since he had said that
name.
Aquarius: It’s that time of year again. Start
getting ready to get in shape for a polar bear club.
Aries: This week you will feel a tremendous urge
to turn your hair into a fashionable white trash
mullet.
Cancer: Invest all your money in stocks for major
corporations like Enron.
Capricorn: Your future is uncertain. Avoid going
outdoors
Gemini: You will feel an urge to go catch live lobsters all this week. Beware the claws.
Leo:Join the Bleacher Creatures and your wildest
dreams will come true.
Libres: The goverment will probably mistake you
for an F.B.I. most wanted candidate.
Psices: You will feel an inexplicable urge to
pursue a career as a superhero.
Saggitarius: Buy a lifetime supply of Lucky
Charms cereal and enjoy their magical goodness.
Scorpio: Avoid any doors made of wood this
week.
Taurus: Don’t accept any gifts this week.
Virgo: Giant chickens from Chile will watch you
wherever you go.
Courtesy photo
Shiloh Jolie-Pitt’s picture
sold for four million dollars.
Celebrity Baby?”
That tiara goes to the only
baby on the list to have a
wax molding in the Madame
Tussauds Wax Museum in
New York. This baby’s picture sold for four million
dollars.
Only the product of a celeb
pairing so utterly and unnaturally stunning aesthetically
as Brad Pitt and Angelina
Jolie could produce an infant
this beautiful.
Let’s hear it, ladies and
gentlemen, for 4-month-old
Shiloh Nouvel Jolie-Pitt, the
cutest baby in all celebritydom.
Let the babies enjoy their
reign as the cutest in Hollywood while it lasts. It won’t
be long until a new batch of
babies come.
Soon Sutton Federline will
be seen and Angelina will
adopt another baby.
The goal of Sudoku is to place the numbers 1-9 in the empty squares, so that each
row, column and 3x3 box contains each number only once. The difficulty of the
puzzles will increase throughout the semester. This week’s difficulty is medium.
2 6 9 3 7
5
6
1 4 5 7 6
2
3
6 3 5 4 1 8
4
8
6
3
2
5
5
9 7
1
5
2
5
2
7 2
3
1
7
Lifestyles
Page 5
Former Penn State art professor joins SOSU staff
Sweets,
integrative arts
(beginning in
1997) at Penn
State University
Southeastern has added
in Scranton,
many new faculty and staff
Penn., where he
members to its ranks this
taught
school year. One new face is
Integrative Arts,
David Barnes, who was hired
Art History,
as associate professor of art
Studio Arts and
this semester.
Women’s
Barnes, who has taught for
Studies.
an estimated 30 years, has a
According to
vast amount of educational and
a press release,
teaching experiences.
he received the
Barnes graduated with a
2003 Excellence
Bachelor of Arts degree from
in Teaching
Evangel University,
Award from the
Springfield, Mo., in 1976, then
Penn State
went on to receive a Master of
University
Arts in history from Southwest
Advisory Board.
Missouri State University in
David Barnes, SOSU associate professor
Barnes has
1982 and a Master of Fine Arts
of art, critiques students’ works. Barnes,
also worked as
from the Milton Avery
who taught at Penn State University, was
assistant profesGraduate School of the Arts at
hired at Southeastern this semester.
sor of art at
Bard College, New York, in
Montana State
1986.
the American Studies
University
in
Billings,
Mont.,
Prior to working at SOSU,
Baccalaureate Degree Program
Barnes was the Coordinator of (2004) and senior instructor of and Evangel University.
By JAMIE CARRICK
News editor
Treats &
Eats
By JAY CLARK
With a delicious blend of maple syrup and cinnamon, this
steamer is sure to heat up the cold winter season.
Vermont Steamer
Ingredients:

The Southeastern
1 cup milk
1/8 cup maple syrup
1/2 tsp butter
ground cinnamon to taste
1 glass
Directions:
1) Yield one cup.
2) Pour milk into a cup and heat it in the microwave for 11 1/2 minutes on high, or until it is warm.
3) Measure out syrup and butter and stir in 1 cup of milk
until it is well mixed.
4) Sprinkle on ground cinnamon to taste, and enjoy.
For an added treat, eat powdered donuts with this steam-
If you have comments or questions about one of our
recipes, e-mail us: thesoutheastern@sosu.edu.
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The Southeastern welcomes
story ideas and articles
about activities going on
around campus and the
Durant community. E-mail
any ideas to
campuspages@gmail.com.
For more information, call
the newsroom at 745-2983.
See BARNES Page 8
el Todd
Talking the Runway with Rach
Jay’s tasty tip:
er to begin your day.
This semester, he is teaching
art appreciation, art history
and painting at Southeastern.
Barnes was born in Abilene,
Texas, and he grew up in Fort
Worth.
“I was born in North Texas
and I always knew I would
come back,” said Barnes about
deciding to interview at
SOSU. “When I interviewed, I
was impressed by the hospitality and cordiality. I felt welcomed, wanted and needed
here.”
Barnes also explained why
he chose to become an art professor.
“I can’t remember when I
didn’t have an interest in art,”
he said.
Barnes said he has worked
with various art mediums,
including sculpture, painting
and printmaking.
According to a press release,
Most people don’t have
the budget of a celebrity,
so they can’t buy all the
great designer clothing.
But, there are a few ideas you
can try if you want to achieve a
luxurious look for less.
The key is mixing those luxery
pieces with less expensive items.
There are a few items to
splurge on and there are items
you should purchase at a more
reasonable price.
One item that can amp up your
look is leather gloves.
Some are not so much, but if
you want a really good pair, they
can get a little expensive.
Find a pair in a rich, bold color
like plum with gold clasps and
this will add some style to
your winter wardrobe.
Another great piece is a
pair of equestrian boots.
They are knee-high boots
with little to no heel, like
what a person
who rides horses
might wear.
These boots
have become
very popular this
season and can
Todd
add an instant
feeling of upscale to your look.
For those who like fur, opt for a
real fur stole or scarf and it will
dress up any outfit.
A really great investment is a
fitted trench coat.
These coats are classic and
timeless, and will never go out of
style.
A good one will range anywhere from a couple hundred dollars and up.
You can wear this over anything you own and look very
chic.
A good way to have a designer
piece that won’t cost you
thousands, is to buy your favorite
designer’s sunglasses.
Christian Dior and Gucci have
a ton of cool styles from around
$150-$300. Just make sure to take
good care of them.
One more great investment is a
designer handbag.
Louis Vuitton logo bags are
timeless, as are Chanel’s quilted
purses.
These will cost quite a bit, but
you can use them no matter what
you are wearing and they will last
forever.
Louis’ “speedy” bag is around
$500 and Chanel’s quilted purses
are over $1,000. So, it just
depends how much you would
like to invest.
If you want to achieve that luxurious look, these are the pieces
to have.
Just mix and match them with
your more reasonable things and
you can get that low key look
with a little designer style.
Student Health Services Presents: Tips for Better Living
The truth about domestic violence
Provided by the Domestic Violence Council of Santa Clara (California) County
Domestic violence is an
escalating pattern of abuse
where one partner in an intimate relationship controls the
other through force, intimidation or the threat of violence.
Abuse comes in many forms:
Physical — Kicking, punching, shoving, slapping, pushing
and any other act which hurts
your body.
Sexual — Calling you vulgar
names, criticizing your body
parts or sensuality, forced or
pressured sexual acts, including rape.
Emotional — Assaults against
your self-esteem
Verbal — Name-calling,
threats, put-downs.
Psychological — Causing you
to feel as if you are “going
crazy.”
Spiritual — Attacking your
spiritual or religious beliefs.
Financial — Controlling and
manipulating you by threaten-
ing your economic status and
basic needs.
Homophobic — Threatening
to “out” you to people who do
not know your sexual orientation
Immigration — Using your
immigration status and fear of
deportation to control you.
Destructive Acts — Actual or
threatened assault of your
property or pets to scare you.
Domestic violence is one of
the nation’s best-kept secrets.
Myths and misunderstandings
abound. Knowing the facts is
an important step toward
breaking the cycle of violence.
Almost four million women
are beaten in their homes
every year by their male partners. Although the first violent
incident may not be severe,
once battering begins, it tends
to increase in severity and frequency, sometimes leading to
permanent injury or death.
What may begin as an occasional slap or shove will turn
into a push down the stairs, a
punch in the face or a kick in
the stomach.
Battering is not about anger
or losing control; it is an intentional choice focused on maintaining power and control in
the relationship. Batterers
manage not to beat their bosses or terrorize their friends
when they are angry.
The batterer is responsible
for the violence — not the victim. People are beaten for
breaking an egg yolk while
fixing breakfast, for wearing
their hair a certain way, for
dressing too nicely or not nicely enough, for cooking the
wrong meal or any other number of excuses.
These incidents do not warrant or provoke violence. Even
when you disagree, you do not
deserve to be beaten. People
who are battered do not want
to be beaten.
Violence does occur in same
sex relationships, and the
issues of power and control are
similar to those found in heterosexual relationships.
Homophobia allows us to trivialize the violence in same sex
relationships and compounds
the effects of the violence for
the victim.
Substance abuse is involved
in about half of all domestic
violence incidents. Although
drugs or alcohol may lower a
person’s self-control, they do
not cause violence. Batterers
often use drugs or alcohol as
an excuse or permission to batter and to avoid responsibility
for their abuse.
Because violence inflicted
upon a woman by her partner
is treated much differently
than violence inflicted by a
stranger, batterers are not
always arrested. Traditionally,
police were more likely to file
a report if the offender was a
stranger, rather than an intimate partner.
Battering crosses all economic, educational, ethnic,
sexual orientation, age and
racial lines in equal proportions. There is no “typical”
victim.
Batterers generally lead
“normal” lives, except for their
unwillingness to stop their violence and controlling behavior
in their intimate relationships.
Batterers do not batter because
they are crazy or mentally ill.
People stay with abusive
partners for many different
reasons, including depending
on the spouse for shelter, food
and other necessities and fearing you will be beaten more
severely for trying to leave.
It is a myth that people don’t
leave violent relationships.
Many leave an average of
five to seven times before they
are able to leave permanently.
You are in greater danger
from your partner’s abuse
when you leave. Only you can
decide what is best for you and
your children.
Whether you decide to
remain with your abusive partner or leave, it is important for
you to plan for your safety.
This program is sponsored
by the SOSU Counseling
Center, SOSU Student Health
Services and Durant Crisis
Control Center and is made
possible by a Cultural and
Scholastic Lectureship grant.
The MARCH against
Domestic Violence begins at
6:30 p.m. Monday, Oct. 2, in
the SOSU gym parking lot.
The program begins at 7 p.m.
in the Visual & Performing
Arts Center.
Need some extra cash?
Sodexho Campus Services is looking for some energetic people to
help with catering for the upcoming SOSU homecoming festivities.
We are looking for servers, setup/breakdown staff, and utility workers.
We offer competitive pay, and a fun fast paced work environment.
Come by the food service office in the Student Union, or call ext.
2211 for more information.
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Colleges and Technology Centers build
new basis for meeting educational goals
SOUTHEASTERN STAFF
Thanks to a new Alliance
Program with Conners State
College (CSC) and OSUOkmulgee, students can earn a
degree more quickly while gaining “hands-on” experience.
According to information provided by Kathy West, Tech Prep
Specialist
at
Muskogee
Campus,
“The
Alliance
Advantage” is one that all colleges should consider.
“The purpose of a Cooperative
Alliance is for Indian Capital
Technology Center (ICTC) students to gain college credits
while enrolled at the Tech
Center,” she said in a recent
phone interview.
According to West, obtaining
a degree in this manner can help
students gain considerable savings in working towards a
degree in Applied Sciences.
She said the fees are only $8
per college credit hour.
The program assists students
with counselors and instructors
to help them find the correct
courses each semester that will
help them reach their educational goals.
According to West, the program offers college credits for
technical courses through CSC.
This is an option for high
school students enrolled in the
ICTC.
College credit is granted by
CSC through a cooperative
enrollment alliance with ICTC.
The cooperative alliance is
open to high school and adult
students.
According to Sue Godwin,
instructional services coordinator at the technology center,
“The only cost is an $8 per credit hour fee, or $232 for 29 hours.
That’s dirt cheap,” she said.
Students enrolled in the
OSU/Okmulgee classes could
save even more.
Tuition there runs about $120
per semester hour. Godwin said
that averages out to a savings of
$3,248 per year to the student
taking 29 hours.
“It’s the cheapest college credit you can buy anywhere,” she
said.
High school students must
have a grade point average of
2.5 and/or an ACT composite of
at least 19 or PLAN test composite of 15.
Adult students simply complete the application process.
Godwin said that the program
“is good for people who want
more advanced training.”
According to West, the program is seeking expansion by
offering more degree programs
and working with other colleges
to help students reach their educational goals in a more affordable way.
Expansion from earning an
associate degree to a bachelors
program is also being looked
into by The Alliance Program.
For more information on this
program, people can call Kathy
West at 918-687-6383at extension 288.
She can also be emailed at
kathyw@ictech.com.
Non-traditonal news...
The buzz on campus this
week seemed to be whether
Today’s Non-Traditional
(TNT) is a real club.
I went down to the Student
Support Services to get my
answers.
Mary Pierce said that,
according to Student Life,
TNT is a recognized club on
campus.
There is something new,
however, that hasn’t been a
requirement before: membership fees. It only costs $10 to
join, which, in the grand
scheme of things, is not a lot.
The money will be used to
help provide snacks for
workshops and offset
advertising costs.
The reason the club is not
recognized on a national
level is because TNT has yet
to submit a constitution and
bylaws.
Carrie Mosely, president of
lot of us count on to make it
each semester.
Charlotte through
Members are not required
to attend the workshops, but
Morrow
Contributing they can be very helpful.
Speaking of workshops,
writer
there is one coming up Oct.
12 at 2 p.m. called “Money
Smarts.”
TNT, is contacting the
This workshop will focus
national chapter on
on strategies for money
suggestions for how to
management.
submit these bylaws, so TNT
Couldn’t we all use a little
can become a nationally
help with that?
recognized chapter.
There is one correction that
Because we are not nation- I would like to bring to
ally recognized yet, there will everyone’s attention from one
not be a Homecoming king
of my previous articles.
and queen in the election this
Student Support Services is
year to represent TNT. It is
there for all students.
possible in the future that the
Anyone that needs assisclub will have one.
tance should feel free to drop
It is beneficial for those
by and talk with a staff memwho are interested to become ber.
official members.
The staff is phenomenal
It matters when it comes
and can help you with any
time to apply for those everissue that confuses you.
important scholarships that a
Singer, songwriter Dave Tamkin entertains at SOSU Coffee House
mish mash while adding some bizarre
psychedelic sounds with his soupedup pedal effects unit, al la KT
Tunstall. But Tamkin was doing it
To me, Dave Tamkin is like
long before the Scottish songstress
a hot cup of espresso: short,
showed up on the music scene.
sweet and packs a punch of
His guitar skills are formidable, and
caffeine that will knock your
his vocals are just icing on the cake.
socks off.
Tamkin has a clear tenor voice that
This Chicago native’s eneris both smoky and bell-like. A voice
getic, catchy tunes will get in
that can show off when needed and hit
your blood and keep you
those high notes without busting a
buzzing all night.
capillary.
He sings about love, loss and the
Review
open road, but his songs aren’t the
same old acoustical ballads you might
It’s always an honor to have
expect. Tamkin never fails to spice
Tamkin come play at Souththings up with a little unexpected
eastern. He is the veritable
wawa or astral electronica to break up
crème de la crème of café
potential monotony.
rockers in cities all over the
Some highlights from his track list
United States.
were tunes like Tamkin’s own
Almost three years have
“Tuesday,” in which he cooks up his
passed since Tamkin last
usual one man orchestra of pedal
played for our own humble
effects, and then magically whips out
Coffee House, but in the
a harmonica from nowhere and adds a
midst of his whirlwind of
ANDREA MEDLEY /The Southeastern
nice blue grass melody to the stew.
gigs, he made a little time in
Chicago native Dave Tamkin entertained at the Coffee House
My personal favorite Tamkin song is
his busy tour schedule to
last Wednesday night.
“Fell,” a catchy, energetic song with a
come back to SOSU last
staccato beat so fast that I’m not sure
Wednesday night.
what it’s about because I couldn’t disTamkin’s not at all jaded
tinguish the lyrics.
enough to forget about the
That, or he’s got eight hands.
Other
songs
like “Lemonade” (introduced as
smaller dots on the map.
Not only does he hit a brigade of individual
I can honestly say that I’m just as impressed strings at machine gun tempo, Tamkin also con- “the depressing song played fast”) “Only
now as I was three years ago.
jures up an endless array of sonic effects from a Traffic” and “Rollercoaster Ride” are equally
infectious and may stick in your head for days.
Hence, it’s a shame that more people didn’t single instrument.
Intermixed with his own songs were some nice
show up for this diamond in the roughneck land,
His guitar definitely gets a workout because
covers
he performed of Radiohead and The
but I’ll fill you in on the action you missed.
every square inch of it is used to get the desired
One thing’s for certain: Tamkin’s got the sound, playing all up and down the neck of the Police.
However, the cover that tops all of the above
fastest hands I’ve ever seen, and I mean that in a guitar, flicking the strings with his fingernails,
was Dave’s rendition of the Jimi Hendrix staple
good way. This man sounds like four guitarists thumping on the body like a bass drum.
in one.
Tamkin then records and replays this musical “Wind Cries Mary,” during which he transBy LAUREN MACNEIL
Mixed Media Class starts October 23
in painting, jewelry making, will be drawing/sketching,
ceramics and sculpting.
technique, composition and
The mixed media course is modern trends in art.
Jack Ousey, featured on page
available to art students and
Participants will work from
2 of this edition of The
sketches and/or photographs.
Southeastern, shares his talent
Some previous drawing
even further by offering a
experience is recommended.
“Mixed Media Course” with
The cost for the mixed
SOSU Continuing Education.
media course is $55. Supplies
The class will be held on the
will also be required. A list of
following Tuesdays: Oct. 3, 10
these items will be provided
17 and 24.
when registering.
The classes will be held in
This is a course with limited
Room 118 in the Visual Arts
space availability due to the
Building. Classes will last
nature of the class. Interested
from 6-8 p.m.
parties are encouraged to
Ousey, who teaches ceramenroll early.
ics, sculpture and design at
If you have any questions
Southeastern, has experience
beginners with an introduction and or if you would like to
in teaching ages kindergarten
to the fundamentals of painting enroll, call Tonya Cunningham,
and up.
(watercolor and acrylics).
the coordinator of Continuing
Ousey also has special talents
Other experiences provided Education, at 745-2320.
SOUTHEASTERN STAFF
ANDREA MEDLEY/The Southeastern
Song writer and singer Dave Tamkin
sang a varity of song styles for guests
at Coffee House.
formed his acoustic Taylor 514 into a
Stratocaster with a push of a pedal and busted
out some classic Hendrix mojo.
At the end of the show, Dave practically gave
his CDs away for the rock bottom price of $5.
He’s released 2 albums so far: “Live in LA”
in 2003 and “Only Traffic” in 2005. Both are
great, and although “Only Traffic” doesn’t have
as much of Dave’s flashy guitar work as the
acoustic version “Live in LA”, it’s a slicker
recording with newer songs and a greater instrumental variety.
All in all, it was an excellent performance, and
I was happy that the shows have been relocated
to the old Coffee House until the Student Union
opens its doors.
Much better sound quality, not to mention free
coffee.
The next Coffee House will be at 8 p.m. Oct.
4. Be there or be square. If you are interested in
performing at Coffee House, call Zachary
Hamilton at the Office for Student Life at 7452840 or e-mail sosucoffeehouse@hotmail.com.
Credit card considerations:
■ Is a credit card something that you can really afford?
■ Missed/late payments can cause havoc on credit ratings and black marks can take at
least seven years to be removed from records.
■ Look for cards with no annual fee and low interest rates (not just for six months).
■ Read the fine print. It’s likely that “fixed rates” are conditional.
■One late payment can sky rocket your interest rate.
■ Credit issues can reduce the “grace period” offered by companies.
■ Don’t surf the internet from one low-interest offer to another -- you aren’t outwitting
credit card companies, but you are hurting your credit ratings.
■Many companies charge for sending the balance of card(s) to another company.
■ Pay bills on time -- preferably in full.
■ Skipping even one payment can do serious damage to a credit rating.
■ A late payment can easily cost $25.
ATTENTION
Students, faculty & staff
On Friday, Sept. 29, parking will be blocked off on
Montgomery Drive from First to Fourth Streets. Signs will be
posted. Everyone is asked to relocate vehicles from this
parking area by Friday afternoon to allow parking availability
to school buses and vehicles visiting the SOSU campus for the
second annual John Parnell Memorial Band Contest (See page 1 for complete story).
Competing marching bands will be warming up in the large parking lot on the south side
of the Baptist Student Ministries and parking will be restricted there as well during the
event.
Band Director David Christy thanks everyone in advance for their compliance with these
requests. It will aid in the continued success of the SOSU Band Contest and will help the
nearly 3000 guests and competitors have a positive SOSU experience.
■ Never charge more than you can afford.
■ Avoid tempting cash advances. Most often there is no grace period and interest starts
accumulating the day the money is received.
■ Confine card to emergency situations.
■ Avoid the habit of charging every-day items (fast food, shampoo).
■ Avoid “reward” cards. Those tempting points quickly disappear when payments are late
and/or other conditions are not met.
■ Keep credit cards in a safe place at all times.
■ More than half a million people between the ages of 18 and 29 are victims of identity
theft.
■ When you graduate, a credit score can be even more important than your GPA.
Campus & Community
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Student-worker
time sheets
What you should
know
THE SOUTHEASTERN
Students who are awarded regular work or work study funds,
must have these awarded through
the Student Financial Aid Office.
Students are required to present
the work certification form that is
issued by the Financial Aid Office
to the hiring department.
A supervisor will sign these
forms and will record the account
that students will be paid from.
It is then the responsibility of
students to take this signed form to
Human Resources (A309) within
three working days.
Students who have not worked
or had a campus job before are
required to complete new hire
paperwork.
They must bring with them a
Social Security Card, proof of who
they are (such as a student ID &/or
drivers license). Student’s cannot
receive paychecks until all requirements have been met.
Students are paid bi-weekly. The
first pay period will cover the first
to the fifteenth of each month and
the second period covers the sixteenth to the last working day of
the month.
One-time event pay also follows
the normal payroll schedules and
the standard time sheet will be
used for one-time payments.
The payroll week is Thursday
through Wednesday.
HR publishes timesheets on their
Web site sosu.edu/hr. Time sheets
can be printed and/or maintained
in Excel format. They are also
available to students in each
departmental office that students
are hired under.
It is important that time sheets
be completed in full in order for
paperwork to be processed and
students to receive their pay
checks on time.
On the top of the form, students
must list their complete name and
the department name. The complete 13 digit account number of
the department must also be written in.
Students will mark time sheets
by placing the number “1” (one) in
each designated hour that has been
worked for each day.
Decimal points will be used to
record time worked in the following manner. For 15 minutes in an
hour period, a student should mark
.25. Thirty minutes will be noted
with a .50 mark. A .75 denotes 45
minutes and of course, a 1 (one)
indicates the student worked the
full hour.
Time sheets should be filled out
by students daily using this decimal format.
The total hours worked, rate per
hour and total amount earned
should be completed on the time
sheet form.
It is also important that students
compete the back of the form
where they are asked to provide a
brief description of the position
and/or duties that they perform.
It is the responsibility of students to monitor the award balance
and to ensure that submitted time
sheets are completed in full and
accurate.
Incomplete time sheets will be
returned and will delay students
receiving their paychecks.
If a student is working for more
than one department, it is their
responsibility to notify employees
so available funds can be divided
accordingly.
Student payroll checks are available in the Auxiliary Business
office in the Hallie McKinney
lobby. Students must present photo
identification to receive their
check. SOSU ID is preferred.
News
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Thursay, September 28, 2006
BARNES -- from page 5
“Barnes’ work has been displayed throughout the United
States in exhibitions including
the San Diego Art Institute’s
39th Annual International
Juried Art Exhibition.
A variety of Barnes’ work
will be featured in an upcoming faculty art show Friday,
Oct. 6, through Thursday, Oct.
26, at the Visual and
Performing Arts Center. The
exhibit will be open from 1-5
p.m. Monday through Friday.
Barnes’ wife, Krystall, is
also an artist and teacher. She
teaches an Art and Visual
Poetry adjunct course at
SOSU.
“She’s a wonderful watercolorist,” David Barnes said.
Her work can be viewed at
krystallbarnes.com.
Barnes also has a 9-year-old
daughter, Kestrel, whose name
comes from a type of small
falcon. She attends Durant
Intermediate School.
“I was impressed with the
schools in Durant. That’s
another reason I picked
Southeastern,” Barnes said.
Besides art, Barnes has had
AUCTION
from page 1
Other vacation opportunities
include the “Romantic Scenic
Getaway” and the “Bring ’em
Along Family Package” at the
Hotel Helix in Washington
D.C.
There is also a fishing trip
for two available.
But this list of 34 auction
items offers more than trips
and food.
There are automotive
packages, rounds of golf,
packages of several items
designed just for men and
women (each), gift packages,
theatre tickets, tennis lessons,
dance lessons and individual
items ranging in value from
$20 to several hundred dollars
each.
The auction will conclude at
the benefit dinner Sept. 30.
Incremental bids may also
be left for entry.
Weger said the idea has been
worked on for about a year.
“The execution of the plan
actually started about three
months ago,” he added.
The evening starts at 6:15
with wine and hor’deurves,
with dinner served at 7:00.
The Southeastern Chorale
will provide entertainment
featuring music from the
1930s and ’40s.
A dessert auction will also
take place after the meal.
Weger said that there were
so many special people that
helped make the event
possible.
“The businesses in Durant
and the Texoma area have
been extremely gracious in
helping us out with donated
items and services.
“Dr. Mary Craige has taken
on a huge challenge,” Weger
said.
She will be providing music
and accompanying soloists
and groups during the dinner.
“Megan Crews, our choir
president, has taken on much
of the responsibility for this
event, allowing me to continue focus on my teaching.”
He said that her main management crew has been Jayson
Riepe (coordinator), Beth
Helm, Ashley Johnson, Mark
Monteith and Clifford Cox.
Weger also said, “I always
need to thank my student
worker, Kelly Cheek for the
extra work.” He said that she
has really helped with the
event.
“My brother Hans Weger
and his company LaSalle
Hotels really came through
with our big ticket resort
packages.”
Tickets for the dinner are
only $25 and are now being
sold by Southeastern Chorale
members. People are
encouraged to call Weger,
director of choral activities at
745-2222 for further information or tickets.
experiences with music and
Native American culture.
According to a March/April
1998 article in The Penn
Stater, Barnes owns and plays
a hurdy-gurdy, a pear-shaped
musical instrument that looks
like a mandolin, but has a keyboard and wheel. This instrument was very popular during
the Renaissance.
To play the instrument, you
turn the crank at the bottom of
the instrument, which rotates a
wheel.
This vibrates the instrument’s strings, creating a
buzzing sound. Then, you tap
the keys to make a melody.
In the article in the Penn
Stater, Barnes said, “As long
as I can remember, I’ve been
attracted to Celtic music and
the dark side of human
nature.”
Barnes played his hurdygurdy in China with the
Shanghai National Orchestra
in 1988, and was awarded the
Visiting Artist Award for his
performance with the
Shanghai National Orchestra
in the People’s Republic of
China.
While Barnes lived in
Montana, he became immersed
in Native American culture.
The Big Day family, who had
become his friends, invited
him to visit their “little
church” (sweat lodge) on the
Crow Indian Reservation,
which was their main place of
prayer and meditation.
During this meeting, Barnes
talked with the family and had
a new revelation about his
calling to teach.
“For some time I had
thought of teaching as a calling rather than a mere profession but it was not until that
moment that I had any inkling
of what that calling meant,”
Barnes said. “As a teacher of
arts and humanities, I see
myself as a way maker.”
Since coming to
Southeastern, Barnes has used
all of his fine arts and life
experiences to educate and
inspire his students.
“Learning is a process which
must be driven by student
interest and need,” Barnes
said. “It is not the result at the
end of the road: it is the road
itself.”
SOSU Yearbook
The Southeastern
publications staff is looking for
contributors. Anyone who has photos
of organization activities is invited to
submit them for the yearbook. Be sure
to include information about the
photos and names of the individuals
pictured. Photos may be e-mailed to
sosu.yearbook@gmail.com. For more
information, contact Yearbook
editor Jamie Carrick at
SOSU
745-2944 or visit the
Class of
2007
newsroom in Room 203 of
the Fine Arts Building.
CARD -- from page 1
pay for anything in full.”
A national poll by the U.S.
Department of Education indicates that whatever level of
credit card debt a student has
by the end of his or her freshman year, has usually doubled
by graduation.
The Center for Economic and
Policy Research reports that
about two-thirds of the students
who attend a four year college
or university finance their edu-
cation with federal loans.
When this is added to an outstanding credit card debt, it is
no wonder that “the fastest
growing groups of bankruptcy
filers are those that have previously registered the lowest
rates, senior citizens and young
adults under 25-years-old,”
Manning found in his research.
In many cases, colleges and
universities enter a Faustian
alliance with credit card
issuers, often times signing
“exclusive licensing contracts”
that give credit card companies
permission to issue “affinity”
cards bearing the schools logo,
mascot or colors.
The post secondary schools
who do this receive a fee for
each account that is opened and
in return, credit card companies
are getting access to students.
Two-thirds of college students interviewed said they
thought these credit card offers
had been screened by their college.
Studies conducted by
Manning showed the opposite.
“Colleges are officially
screening for which credit card
company offers the sweetest
deal,” he said.
At large schools, Manning
maintains that this relationship
between credit card companies
and post-secondary schools
generated “millions of dollars
annually.”
The
Web
site
Creditcardnation.com (which
also has an online “Debt
Zapper” calculator that shows
how long it will take to pay off
debts based on interest rates
and amounts paid), provides
additional information about
the dangers and responsibilities
of credit card use.
Photo Page
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Out & About the SOSU Campus
HENRY L. CECIL/The Southeastern
Above Brianna Costello led the Marching Band onto the field last
Saturday for the game against Texas A&M - Kingsville.
Above Right Brianna Costello showed her ability at the game against
Texas A&M Kingsville.
Right “K-9s in Flight” strutted their stuff during halftime.
Bottom Right The Bleacher Creatures from the resident halls showed
their support for our football team.
Below Student Health Services had a booth on campus to help make
people aware that flu season is approaching.
PHOTO BY DAN HOKE
Above Center Safety majors had a first hand look at a firetruck. Things are
looking up.
Left Piffaro, The Renaissance Band Performed Wednesday evening in the
Fine Arts Building.
Below Left The entire Group of The Renaissance Band in Recital.
Below Right Students get a first-hand look at the fire truck that visited the
SOSU campus.
Sports
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Sports calendar
■ To have your team’s
schedule listed in the
sports calendar each
week in The
Southeastern, call 7452983, or e-mail:
thesoutheastern@sosu.edu
FOOTBALL
Oct. 7 @ Texas A&M
Commerce
Oct. 14, 2:30 p.m. vs.
Southwestern Oklahoma
State
Oct. 21 @ University of
Central Oklahoma
Oct. 28 @ Midwestern State
Nov. 4, 2 p.m. vs.
Northeastern State
Nov. 11, 2 p.m. vs. East
Central
VOLLEYBALL
Sept. 28, 7 p.m. vs.
University of Central
Oklahoma
SOSU loses gutwrencher to TAMU - Kingsville
SOSU SPORTS INFO
The sound of a pin dropping
on the Southeastern bleachers
could be heard plainly as Texas
A&M-Kingsville completed an
unlikely comeback when
Jeremy Heatley found Ryan
Richardson for a 22-yard scoring strike with 22 seconds
remaining.
The Javelinas sealed a 31-28
win over No. 19-ranked SOSU
when Clayton Cretors intercepted Justin Pitrucha’s offering to Shawn Lawrence with
two seconds remaining.
The loss drops the Savage
Storm to 2-2 on the season and
1-2 in Lone Star Conference
play, while TAMUK improves
to 2-2 and 2-1.
The Savage Storm committed
five turnovers for the second
straight week which led to 17
Javelina points.
Southeastern retook the lead
with a pair of scores in the
fourth quarter – a 6-yard run by
Sept. 30, 2 p.m. vs.
Cameron University
Pitrucha finished the game
with 260 yards on 20-of-35
passing and two touchdowns,
but threw a career-high three
interceptions.
Cooper had his second 100yard rushing night of the season finishing with 104 yards on
20 carries with a TD.
Shawn Lawrence led the
receiving corps with 97 yards
on seven receptions and
extended his streak in 10
games in which he has at least
five receptions.
Daniel Nichols had three
At right, SOSU quarterback
catches for 56 yards and Dailey
Justin Pitrucha zings one down
added 38 yards on three recepfield.
tions.
Pitrucha threw a career-high
The Savage Storm are idle
three interceptions against
Saturday before starting LSC
TAMU Kingsville Saturday at
North Division play at Texas
Paul Laird Field.
A&M - Commerce on Oct. 7.
Kingsville plays host to West
Texas A&M next week.
Note: Texas A&M-Kingsville
up at the Southeastern 32
Sean Cooper and a 15-yard with 5:46 to play.
has won all four games in its
Pitrucha to Jimmie Dailey conBut a 43-yard punt return by before Heatley hit Richardson
series with SOSU.
nection – to take a 28-24 lead Joe Williams set the Javelinas for the game winner.
At left, senior defensive end
Brad Hill penetrates the backfield
and is looking for a sack in
Saturday’s bout against TAMU
Kingsville.
The Javelinas pulled out a victory with 22 seconds on the
clock.
The Savages dropped to 2-2 on
the season and 1-2 in the Lone
Star Conference.
It ’s foo tb all time
Oct. 10 @ Texas A&M
Commerce
At left, SOSU
President Glen D.
Johnson and Dean of
Students Liz McGraw
enjoy the pregame
alumni tailgate party
last Saturday.
At right, junior running back Sean
Cooper looks for an
opening in Saturday’s
game against TAMU
Kingsville. Cooper led
the Savage Storm with
104 yards on 20 carries.
Oct. 14, 7 p.m. vs.
Southwestern Oklahoma
State
Oct. 17, 7 p.m. vs.
Oklahoma City University
Oct. 19, 7 p.m. vs. Texas
Woman’s University
Oct. 21, 7 p.m. vs.
Midwestern State
Oct. 26 @ Cameron
University
Central Oklahoma
Cross COUNTRY
Sept. 30 @ Oklahoma State
Oct. 7 @ Oral Roberts
University
Arkansas
Courtesy photo
Oct. 21, Lone Star
Conference Championship
Nov. 4 @ Warrensburg, Mo.,
NCAA DII Regional Meet
SOFTBALL
Sep. 30
SOSU Tournament
vs. Murray, Eastern and
Northwood
Intramural
sports packets
being accepted
By AUSTIN LEWTER
Sports editor
The Department of Student
Health Services here at SOSU
sanctions and maintains many
intramural sports teams and
schedules.
Though the deadline for flag
football packets was yesterday
at 5 p.m., the office also offers
volleyball and softball (among
other sports yet to be
annouced).
Eligibility requirements are
as follows:
■ Participants must be faculty, staff or currently enrolled at
SOSU.
■ Intercollegiate players are
not eligible.
■ Staff may delegate loss for
use of ineligible player.
■ A player may only be listed on one roster of one team.
■ Any player found to be on
two rosters will be deemed
inelible for the duration of the
sports calendar.
At left, the SOSU Spirit Squad leads the Savage Storm on
the field Saturday at Paul Laird field.
Above, the Southestern Marching Band keeps fans in their
seats at halftime.
Savage Storm volleyball has busy week on the road
Franceskini leads attack against TWU
Southeastern falls to MSU 3-0
Midwestern State’s Krissa Johnson’s
22 kills led the Mustangs past
Southeastern
in a Lone Star
Conference North Division tilt last
Thursday night at D.L. Ligon
Coliseum.
The junior transfer from Wayland
Baptist hit over and around blocks for a
.528 kill percentage as the Mustangs
improved to 9-7 on the season and 1-2
in the LSC North with a 30-25, 30-27,
30-26 win.
The Savage Storm, led by senior
Olivia Franceskini’s 13 kills, fell to 9-7
on the season and 1-2 in the LSC
North.
Senior middle blocker Jennifer
Landry had 12 kills while Megan
Graham had 33 set assists to lead
SOSU. Kristen Stevens and Laura
Bienmueller had 14 digs each to pace
Southeastern’s defense.
The Savage Storm returns home for a
Junior Laura Bienmueller offers
pair matches this week beginning with up a serve in home game earlier
Central Oklahoma tonight then this season.
Cameron Saturday.
The Pioneers took
game one 30-25
before the Savage
Storm
claimed
Game 2 30-21.
Texas
Woman’s
then closed out the
match with 30-14
and 30-23 wins.
The Savage Storm
is now 9-8 on the
season and fell to 13 in the LSC North,
while
Texas
Woman’s improves
to 14-5 and evened
its division record at
2-2.
Olivia Franceskini
led the Southeastern attack with 17
kills and a .233 attack percentage,
while Laura Bienmueller had 23 digs to
pace the defense.
The Savage Storm will tip off tonight,
at home, against Central Oklahoma at 7
p.m. and will host Cameron on
Saturday at 2 p.m.
At left, SOSU
junior Kristen
Stevens looks
on
in game at
Bloomer
Sullivan
Gymnasium
earlier this season.
The Savage
Storm is 9-8 on
the season and
1-3 in the Lone
Star
Conference
North standings.
SOUTHEASTERN STAFF
SOUTHEASTERN STAFF
Southeastern was unable to sustain
momentum after leveling the match in
the second game and fell to Texas
Woman’s 3-1 last Saturday night at
Kitty Magee Arena.
SOSU golf finishes Northeastern tourney Runners post season highs
SOUTHEASTERN STAFF
Southeastern shot 323 as a
team in the final round of the
Northeastern State Men’s Golf
Classic to take 14th place
Tuesday at the par-71
Muskogee Country Club.
Sophomore Jordan Sullivan
For more informtion on intra- paced the Savage Storm by
mural sports, contact student carding an 8-over 79 to finish
health services at 745-2867.
the tournament with a 16-over
229 good for 41st overall.
Juniors Mack Hamilton and
Brett Lilljedahl finished four
strokes behind Sullivan with
freshman Boston Brittain close
behind with a 22-over 335.
Josh Hobbs had a 30-over
243.
Jamie Amoretti of St. Mary’s
(Texas) was the individual
medalist with a 3-under 210,
while
Washburn
(Kan.)
University won the overall
tournament by shooting 14over as a team with an 866.
Southeastern carded a 75over 927.
The Savage Storm return to
the links on Oct. 9-10 hosting
Texoma
Match
Play
Championship at Chickasaw
Pointe Golf Resort in Kingston.
SOUTHEASTERN STAFF
SOSU senior Candelon Burns
competed in her first meet and
aided in a eighth-place finish
Saturday at the Oklahoma
Baptist Bison Invitational.
She ran a season-best 21:18
to finish 40th in the 5-kilometer event.
Each runner posted individ-
ual best for the 2006 season.
Dana Gillespie posted a
21:26, Echo Adcock ran a
22:34 and Whitnie Lindley finished in 22:58.
Amanda Little was next at
23:26 followed by Kristen
Cargal with a 23:52 and
Heather Holdebeck ran a
24:48. Junior Stephanie Heald
finished in 25:28.