October 15, 2001

• Football too time consuming, editorial, p. 2.• Breast Cancer Awareness Month, p. 6.• Picture this: Photo I art, p. 7.• Muslim club plans outing, p. 10.

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Student reaction to U.S. strikes varied

IONEERPOklahoma City Community College

Takin’ care of business: Business major Suzana Ueno spends some time during her busy day to study inthe library. Several private study areas as well as rooms that will hold study groups are available in the library

Photo by Kat Mohr

By Ashley MartinStaff Writer

President George Bush’s deci-sion to move forward with the

promised retaliation against theterrorist attacks on America Sept.11 has students divided.

U.S. military air strikes target-ing the Taliban’s military campsand terrorist training facilities inAfghanistan began Oct. 7.

April Bradford, criminal justicemajor, said the United Statesmoved too quickly.

“They shouldn’t use the eye-for-an-eye [approach],” she said.

Bradford said she be-lieves the attacks couldhave been held off alittle longer, maybe amonth.

“[The U.S. gov-ernment] shouldhave kept thearmed forces onhigh alert and waitedto see if [the terrorists]were going to try andmake another move.”

Kenneth Bland, education ma-jor, disagrees and said he fully sup-

ports the attacks.“I think [America] needed

the quick strikes. Hope-fully it will bring it to

a close.“The quicker the

war, the betterthe war I think,”Bland said.

“[Fewer] peoplewill be killed,”Kim Pham, in-

ternational busi-ness and financial

advice major, said she isstill undecided about her po-

sition on the strikes.

“I’m not opposed or in favor ofthe war,” she said.

“I’m not in favor of killing the in-nocent. If bin Laden did it, then [weshould] get him,” she said.

Isabel Aguilar, elementary edu-cation major, said she believes mili-tary action was the best decision.

“I think it was the right action,”Aguilar said. “If we don’t stop themnow, it would have been worse for[America].”

Eb Larkpor, major undecided,

See “U.S.,” page 12

From full support to fear of retaliation, everyone has an opinion about Operation Enduring Freedom

See “Bioterrorism,” page 12

Bioterrorismon agendafor discussion

By Kandi WestNews Writing I Student

In the wake of the recent an-thrax death in Florida, many

Americans are gathering as muchinformation as possible aboutbioterrorism.

The OKCCC community will havea chance to ask for that informa-tion first hand when Dr. MikeCrutcher from the state health de-partment gives a presentation onbioterrorism from 11 a.m. to noonWednesday, Oct. 24, in CU1.

His speech is sponsored by theBiotechnology Club and theirsponsor Dr. Charlotte Mulvihill.

Mulvihill said Crutcher will focuson the many types of bioterrorismand how bioterrorism is affectingAmerican life since the World TradeCenter attack on Sept. 11.

“The biotech club is having thespeaker to inform themselves andother interested parties in the col-

2 • PIONEER • October 15, 2001 Editor • Mark Stack • 682-1611, ext. 7675

Editorial and Opinion

Vol. 30 No. 9Mark Stack........................Editor

Vu A. Vu..................Staff Writer

Ashley Martin........Staff Writer

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Editorial

Gridiron ruiningthat quality time

What is it about OU friggin’ football?It makes the man in my life completely unbear-

able sometimes.All events must be planned around games, be

they home games (which he attends religiously) oraway games that are televised.

Forget trying to go away for a weekend duringOU football season.

How dare I even suggest it?Sundays are almost as important as game days,

because that’s when all of the game highlights andBob Stoops’ commentary airs.

First thing Sunday morning, the TV goes on andthe highlights are watched.

Then during the day, he’s scanning all of thesports channels to get any bit of information, nomatter how many times it’s been repeated.

Then he’s on to the Internet, where instant re-plays of the best plays can be found to watch overand over again, allowing him to dissect and digestevery move.

Sunday evening rolls around.Beginning at 8 p.m. the game is replayed (a short-

ened version, thankfully), along with Bob Stoops’comments about the whole thing.

How can a man who is sane for five days a week,lose it anytime there’s a game or replay?

He’s never the same person during game day.We attended the first game of the season together,

and rain began to threaten the Sooners’ game.I’m a fan, just not a rabid fan, so I felt it would be

perfectly logical to leave if it started to rain.Boy, was I wrong.I guess this is the kind of situation where the

phrase “come hell or high water” was born.We were staying ’til the very end, no matter what.Fortunately there wasn’t a torrential downpour

until after the game was over.However, I wonder if he would have taken a light-

ening strike for the old home team?I’ve decided not to go to anymore games.Game day just puts the boyfriend in a place I

can’t reach.I guess I’ll have him back when the season ends.

—Ashley MartinStaff Writer

To the Editor:Since when did the doc-

tor have his title revoked?He may not be board cer-

tified, but he has helpedsolve more problems hereon campus than Dr. Lauraever could.

In this time of crisis, weoften look to someone forthe answers to our worries.

Dr. Vu has always givenus a straightforward an-swer to that which lies

Where has the good doctor gone?ahead of us.

Vu A. Vu, also gives usrandom thoughts to ponderupon, hence, we grow intel-lectually.

I do believe that the mo-ronic and anal jerk whomade the movement to re-move this gracious, but ac-curate title, has never readan article by the good Doc-tor.

As students, we are hereto learn, expand our minds

in many directions, andhave fun.

Vu gives us something todebate, laugh at, and shedthe occasional tear over.

He is a doctor of thoughteven without the diploma.

He is truly a hero to usall.

—Kara KeisterHistory andFilm major

National White CaneSafety Day recognizedTo the Editor:

Monday, Oct. 15 will becelebrated in the UnitedStates as National WhiteCane Safety Day.

The event was estab-lished by presidential proc-lamation in 1964 to in-crease public awarenessabout the meaning of thewhite cane and travel safetyneeds of people who areblind or visually impaired.

Under Oklahoma law,only blind people may carrywhite canes, or white canestipped with red, which areuniversally recognized asmobility aids for peoplewith vision impairments,

according to state Repre-sentative Jim Newport ofPonca City.

“Oklahoma law also re-quires drivers to watch forpedestrians who are visu-ally impaired and identifiedby their use of white canes,”said Newport.

“Current state law re-quires drivers to bring ve-hicles to a full stop whenapproaching within threefeet of peope who are blindin streets or intersections,”said Newport.

—Jody HarlanDepartment ofRehabilitation

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Comments and Reviews

Man runs, hides,wants to be chased

To the Editor:Recently I heard someone

suggest that the media hadnot provided substantialinformation about the re-cent terrorist attacks on theUnited States.

I take issue with thatidea. Immediately followingthe attack, I was dismayedby the vicious destructionof human life.

I started looking for an-swers to questions. Whowas responsible and why?What did the future hold?

I began to read the NewYork Times.

I have long read theTimes, so I went to theirwebsite, newyorktimes.comthe day after the attack.

What I found was trulyastounding.

The reports were objec-tive, clear, and at the heartof the issues.

I have continued readingthe Times daily and havefound that the articles havecontinued to provide accu-rate and detailed informa-tion, filled with facts,

Girls scare the crap out of me.Every time I’m around sweet ladies, I get scared

and run away.If I can’t run, I try to hide, which is difficult for a

6’5”, 240-pound man. Luckily, I’m a tad smaller thanthat. When running or hiding isn’t possible, I trymy best to ignore them.

In middle school, I loved going to my locker be-cause a girl next to my locker would always singsomething.

I’d look over after putting away my sweaty gymclothes and she’d say hi or smile at me.

I really liked her. If I remember correctly, “Hi” wasone of the few words that would come out my mouth.

When school ended for spring break, I went to mylocker to get my backpack. I was walking backwardsand talking to another classmate, trying to impressmy locker buddy, who was behind us.

I slowed down enough so that we were within ac-ceptable speaking parameters.

“You want to walk with me, Vu?” she asked. I said,“OK. I’ll walk you to the buses.”

A thousand thoughts rushed in my head. ShouldI ask her out? Will she ask me out? Does she likeme? Do I smell? Does she smell?

She told me to wait for her while she bought somecandy from the concession stand.

As she vanished into the crowd of hungry middleschoolers, I got scared. And I left for the buses.

I slumped down as far as possible in my seat soshe wouldn’t see me if she passed by. I don’t thinkshe liked me as much after spring break.

I’ve been thinking quite a bit about my fear ofwomen.

I live in a time when it’s normal for women to bethe breadwinner in the family, a time where open-ing doors for women isn’t as set in stone as it was,a time where some women are more masculine thanmen.

Another theory of mine is the fact that my sisterliked watching the “Facts of Life.” Since she wasolder, she had control of the television. However, Iam man enough to admit that, in fact, I enjoyedwatching the “Facts of Life” — mainly because ofTootie.

The facts remain, ladies. If I run away or hidefrom you, it’s my way of saying I think you’re hot.

—Vu A. VuStaff Writer

All the news that’s fit to printnames, places, events anddates –– good reporting.

For example, in the Timesissue of Sept. 16, there wasan in-depth article by vet-eran reporter Judith Miller,who has lived in the MiddleEast and recently pub-lished a book on terrorism.

In the article, she and herco-authors explore the ori-gins of terrorism and ex-plain how this attack on theWorld Trade Center was the“culmination of a decade-long holy war against theUnited States.”

In the past few weeks, theTimes has published exten-sive articles by JudithMiller on financial reper-cussions, the terrorist net-works, the Saudi Arabianposition, a profile of Osamabin Laden, experts on ter-rorism and the hunt formore terrorists in America.

There have been manyarticles written by otherreporters.

I have learned so muchmore about the MiddleEast, Islam, terrorism, Pa-

‘Serendipity’ a romantic classicHow many times can it be

said?If you love something, set

it free. If it comes back toyou, it’s yours.

If it doesn’t, it never was.For Jonathan Trager,

coming to grips with settinga beautiful woman free isn’tas easy as it seems.

Trager, played by JohnCusack in the movie “Ser-endipity,” bumps into SaraThomas, played by KateBeckinsale, while trying tobuy a pair of gloves for hisfiancé.

The two immediatelystrike up a conversation,along with an interest ineach other.

Trager falls head-over-heels for Thomas withinminutes of their first meet-ing, and wants to expandthe relationship further.

Thomas, on the otherhand, is still skepticalabout the fate that has putthem together, and wants

kistani nuclear capabilities,the courage of New Yorkers,flight security, bin Ladenfamily endowments toAmerican colleges, bio-chemical warfare –– andmost of it has come fromthe pages of this remark-able newspaper.

The extraordinary aspectof all this is that these ar-ticles were emanating fromNew York City, the placewhere 6,000 people hadjust died in the attack.

Maintaining such objec-tivity when writing aboutthe tragedy could not havebeen easy. Surely, some ofthose reporters lost friendsor relatives.

My point is this: the pro-fessionalism shown bythese journalists is some-thing we all should emu-late.

Their confidence to con-tinue their work and to doit well is an attitude that weall should consider rightnow.

—Clay Randolph Professor of English

to continue testing that fatewith games that will hope-fully bring them back to-gether.

After one of Thomas’ fategames fails to reunite them,they are separated and lostforever.

Thus, the movie begins.As time passes, we join

up with Trager and hisfiancé just weeks before hiswedding.

Trager is reminded ofThomas when he finds theglove he bought when theyfirst met.

He then wants to pursuefinding Thomas again, sohe won’t regret not ever see-ing her again.

Trager recruits his bestfriend Dean Kansky, playedby Jeremy Piven, to helphim in his quest.

Piven, who is absolutelywonderful as Kansky inthis movie, plays a NewYork Times obituary writerwho tries to explain what all

he would lose if he pursuedThomas.

Kansky soon changes histune once on the hunt forThomas.

Also brilliant in the movieis Eugene Levy, playing aBloomingdale’s salesmanwho becomes more troublethan help in their search.

Levy provides the first le-git piece of information thatmight lead them in the rightdirection.

This is a definite datemovie that won’t put theguys to sleep or cause anargument about how sappyit is.

The male roles are verystrong and humorous, giv-ing the guys somethingmeaningful to follow.

So sack up, fellas, andtreat your lady to thismovie.

Bonus points could beearned.

—Mark StackEditor

The nebulousWorld of mr. Vu

4 • PIONEER • October 15, 2001 Staff Writer • Ashley Martin • 682-1611, ext. 7675

By Amber BowieNews Writing 1 Student

“There is no such thing as an average student atOKCCC,” said Dr. John Barker, director of research.

OKCCC students are different ages, different races,and, of course, separated into two genders.

Students commute from all walks of life, havingmany different educational backgrounds.

Diversity is a broad mix of many different elements,Barker said.

OKCCC’s fall 2001 projection shows 31.1 percentof students enrolled are members of a minority group.

African-American students make up the largest mi-nority, 7.8 percent.

Students who are not United States residents con-sist of 3.5 percent, the smallest minority group oncampus.

Native Americans, at 6.8 percent; Asian-Americans,7.3 percent, and Hispanic-Americans at 5.7 percent;are the minority groups that rank in the middle.

Projections show the remaining 68.8 percent of thecampus are Caucasian students.

OKCCC students are different ages, another di-versity factor at OKCCC.

Barker said about half of students on campus aretraditional college-age students between the ages of18 and 23, with the other half being non-traditionalage students 24 or older.

Fall projections indicate 26.1 as the average age ofstudents enrolled at OKCCC.

Barker said the percentage of male and female stu-dents at OKCCC underscores the diversity of the cam-pus.

Females comprise 57.2 percent of the OKCCC stu-dent body.

All of OKCCC’s students commute. About half ofthem travel within Oklahoma City.

“About half of students at OKCCC live inside Okla-homa City proper,” Barker said. “The other half com-mute from outside of Oklahoma City’s limits.”

Norman is home to the highest number of studentsliving outside of Oklahoma City, accounting for 18percent of students enrolled, Barker said.

Kareem Caldwell, an OKCCC student who is anEdmond high school graduate, feels that he will ben-efit from attending OKCCC.

“I want to learn different things about differentpeople while here at OKCCC.”

Diverse classes, offered at various times and days,also may be one reason why OKCCC appeals to sucha variety of students, said Barker.

OKCCC offers a plethora of programs for their stu-dents.

Students can get a GED, receive an associate’sdegree, or complete credits toward transferring to auniversity, Barker said.

“Our society has a natural ability to work posi-tively with many differences,” he said. “Diversitieswork well for this country, and this sentiment trans-lates to OKCCC, “ Barker said.

“OKCCC welcomes all students, thus creating a di-verse college campus.”

OKCCC studentsanything but average

Manhattan Community Collegeto receive help from fund-raiser

Employees becoming familiarwith new information system

By Vu A. VuStaff Writer

Student clubs and orga-nizations raised about$500 during a two-daybake sale for the Boroughof Manhattan CommunityCollege scholarship fund.

Staci McPhearson, direc-tor of Student Life, saidPresident Bob Todd has agood relationship withBMCC’s president, AntonioPerez. So, McPhearsonsaid, when OKCCC waslooking to help a college inNew York, BMCC was theright choice.

Todd issued a statementregarding the college’sfund-raising efforts.

“Borough of ManhattanCommunity College is a

By Vu A. VuStaff Writer

Project Vision, the col-lege’s ongoing managementinformation system imple-mentation saga, (read:computer-system upgrade)nears the halfway point ofits two-year completiongoal. At last some employ-ees report they are becom-ing more comfortable withits use.

In July, the Finance de-partment was the first to go“live,” or active, performingits first online requisitionusing software called Col-league from Datatel, Inc.

Gary Lombard, vice presi-dent for Special Projects,said all of the componentsof the finance system areworking — primarily theonline requisitions and ac-counts payable systems.

He said, for about twoweeks after the system wasimplemented in July, em-ployees had numerousquestions about how tomake the new system dowhat it was supposed to do.

Lombard said the inquir-ies were mainly about whatsteps employees needed totake to complete a specifictask using the new com-puter software.

Three months later, hesaid, finance employees areasking fewer questions.

“Once folks got familiarwith the steps they neededto take, those types of in-quiries fell dramatically,”Lombard said.

He said there is a requi-sitions-user group in the

works where employeeswho use the online requi-sitions system can shareand discuss shortcutsthey’ve learned.

They also can shareideas, questions and dia-logue, Lombard said.

The Human Resource de-partment is next to go liveon Jan. 1

Following Human Re-source, Student Services isnext on the schedule tocomplete the implementa-tion in July 2002.

Student PositionProvide instructional assistance to students

through a designed tutoring schedule.Requirements: Twelve (12) college credit hours with

GPA of 3.0 in courses directly related to tutoringassignment. Positive communication and human

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Application Deadline:October 19, 2001

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campus of approximately15,000 students and is lo-cated just a few blocks fromwhere the World TradeCenter stood,” Todd wrotein his statement.

“Classes at BMCC re-sumed on Oct. 1, and stu-dents, faculty and staff arecontinuing to regain somelevel of normalcy.

“I am very proud of thestudents at OKCCC whoare expressing their sup-port of BMCC through thisfund-raiser.”

Located just four blocksfrom the World Trade Cen-ter, it was damaged aspieces from the collapsedbuildings gnashed chunksoff of the college.

“One of the college’sbuildings received majordamage resulting from theWTC collapse,” Todd said.

“The main campus hasserved as a staging centerfor NYC Firefighters andPort Authority Police dur-ing the recovery efforts.”

Perez said that at leastone student who worked atthe World Trade Center didnot come back.

“Some of us lost lovedones,” Perez said.

“All of us have been af-fected.”

A banner, signed byOKCCC students, facultyand staff, also will be pre-sented to BMCC to hang atthe college.

Mike Jones, director ofstudent life, said this is justthe first of many eventsplanned that will raisemoney for the New Yorkcollege.

He said those will be an-nounced.

October 15, 2001 • PIONEER • 5Staff Photographer • Kathryn Mohr • 682-1611, ext. 7676

By Kandi WestNews Writing I Student

OKCCC’s student news-paper won a Media Awardfrom the Early ChildhoodAssociation of Oklahomafor the Pioneer’s coverage ofthe Child DevelopmentCenter and its programs.

Mark Stack, Pioneer edi-tor, and Vu A. Vu, Pioneerstaff writer, accepted theaward Sept. 22 at theECAO’s annual conference

Student newspaper winsstatewide media award

Poli Sci major writes a winning essayAbsolute editorsseeking submissions

By Mark StackEditor

For a political science major, Joe Will-iams said, writing doesn’t come naturally.So winning an essay contest is just icingon the cake.

For Williams, that icing tastes prettygood right about now.

Williams, 27, won the Oklahoma GlobalEducation Consortium Essay Contest andwas presented with a $100 check on Oct.4 in the Rose State student center.

Williams’ essay, which calls for betterglobal education curriculum for colleges,was presented and read during the Oct. 4ceremony.

“This is a subject that shouldn’t beslightly broached, but rather discussed indepth and detail to better prepare studentsdealing in a more globalized world andeconomy,” said Williams.

He said he used his exposure from col-lege courses that deal with global educa-tion, international relations and compara-tive politics along with classes dealing withthe workings of the global environmentand economy to help him write his essay.

“I personally feel it’s important for Ameri-cans to understand how cultures and cus-toms in the rest of the world operate,” saidWilliams.

With the U.S. economy becoming moreand more dependent on good global rela-tions with other countries to sustain itseconomy, Williams said, becoming famil-iar with international cultures is a neces-sity to help assist in those relations.

“Globalization is a great thing. I wouldlike to see the United States working withother countries and experiencing global-ization because it doesn’t exist as muchhere as I would like,” said Williams.

in Oklahoma City.Charlotte Wood-Wilson,

director of the Child Devel-opment Center, nominatedthe Pioneer.

“The Pioneer did a goodjob covering events thisyear in OKCCC’s Child De-velopment Center and in-fluencing the community tohelp get involved.”

Wood–Wilson said shewas really excited to tell thePioneer staff that their pub-lication was selected.

Vu said he had goose-bumps when the award

was given and that he feltgreat to be honored by thisaward.

Stack said he waspleased for his staff to re-ceive the award.

“It is nice to know thatsome people out there ap-preciate our work.”

The Media Award ac-knowledges outstandingmedia publicity about qual-ity care and education ofyoung children, said FayeAnn Presnal, ECAO boardmember and Awards Com-mittee chair.

Pioneer Editor Mark Stack accepts the Media Award fromthe Early Childhood Association of Oklahoma for coverage thePioneer gave to the college’s child development center.

Williams won the essay contest with noprevious writing experience. Under the en-couragement of his professor Dr. JessicaSheetz-Nguyen, he decided to give it a shot.

“I had written papers for her in the past,and she liked my style and gave me moti-vation to go for it and enter in the essaycontest,” said Williams.

Williams said he is passionate aboutworld globalization, but becoming an at-torney and practicing law is his true call-ing.

“I don’t know what field I want to prac-tice in, but it’s something I really want todo,” he said.

Although becoming a lawyer won’t hap-pen for awhile, Williams said he is con-tent with winning this award for now.

“I was so excited that someone read mywork and thought enough of it to chooseit as the winner,” said Williams.

“It’s extremely nice to be recognized likethis.”

Joe Williams

By Eric StuveNews Writing I Student

Students looking for aplace to showcase their lit-erary or artistic talentsshould consider submittingmaterial to OKCCC’s liter-ary and art magazine, Ab-solute.

The editors are lookingfor submissions from anycurrent student or facultymember. Short fiction, non-fiction, poetry, photogra-phy, and art are being ac-cepted.

Submissions may beturned in to magazine ad-viser Clay Randolph at hisoffice, located in 3E5 in theArts and Humanities Build-ing, or to the magazine edi-tor, Cathy Hume.

“This is a wonderful op-portunity for students andfaculty alike to show theirtalents,” Hume said.

“My own writing has beenhelped by reading those ofothers.”

Absolute has been pub-lished annually sinceOKCCC opened in 1972.

Copies of the 2001 issueare available in the book-store for $5.

Samples from the 2001edition are available athttp://www.okc.cc.ok.us/ah/absolute/index.html.

This year’s editors areVicky Hamm, Jessica Welpand Hume.

All writers and artistswhose works are publishedwill be invited to a celebra-tion in April.

Awards will be given tothe best entries in shortstory, poetry, and art.

The 2002 edition of Ab-solute will be available thatsame day for purchase.

Photo by Vu A. Vu

Photo by Vu A. Vu

Have a comment orquestion about aPioneer story ?Tell the editor!

editor@okc.cc.ok.us

6 • PIONEER • October 15, 2001 Online Editor • Melissa Guice • 682-1611, ext. 7676

A ccording to theAmerican CancerSociety, an esti-

mated 192,200 women willbe diagnosed with breastcancer this year, and40,200 will die from the dis-ease, making breast cancerthe second leading cause ofcancer deaths in Americanwomen.

The American Cancer So-ciety is spreading aware-ness about breast cancerand prompting women totake action by learningmore about the diseaseduring National BreastCancer Awareness Month.

The American Cancer So-ciety encourages womenand their families to use itsresources to get accurate,unbiased breast cancer in-formation and support.

women age 40 and overshould have an annualmammogram and annualclinical breast examination(CBE) by a health care pro-fessional. Women shouldalso perform monthlybreast self-examinations.

It is also recommendedthat a CBE be conductedclose to, and preferably be-fore the scheduled mam-mogram.

Women age 20 to 39 yearsold should have a CBE bya health care professionalevery three years andshould perform monthlybreast self-examinations.

For more informationcontact the American Can-cer Society’s 24-hour helpline at 1-800-ACS-2345 orvisit their web site atwww.cancer.org.

Many women putoff getting mam-

mograms. The cost of amammogram, possiblepain during the proce-dure and the fear of find-ing cancer often scarewomen from gettingregular checkups.

During National BreastCancer AwarenessMonth in October, theAmerican Cancer Soci-ety is easing women’sconcerns about mamm-ograms by educatingthem on the procedure.

•Annual mamm-ograms are covered byMedicare and Medicaidas well as most privatehealth plans. Low costmammograms are avail-able in most communi-ties.

Call the AmericanCancer Society at 1-800-ACS-2345 for informa-tion about facilities inyour area.

• The procedure re-quires that you undressabove the waist. A wrapwill be provided by thefacility for you to wear.

• A technologist will bepresent to position yourbreasts for the mammo-gram. Most technologistsare women. You andyour technologist are theonly ones present duringthe mammogram.

• The procedure takesabout 20 minutes. Theactual breast compres-sion only lasts a few sec-onds.

• There may be somediscomfort when yourbreasts are compressed,

What to expectwhen getting amammogram

but you should not feelpain.

To help lessen the dis-comfort, don’t have amammogram just beforeor during your menstrualperiod. If you experiencepain during the mammo-gram, tell the technolo-gist.

• All mammography fa-cilities are now requiredto send your results toyou within 30 days.

• If you are a womanand age 40 or over, youshould get a mammo-gram every year. If a fu-ture mammogram can’tbe scheduled while at themammography facility,request that a reminderbe sent.

Knowing what to expectcan make you more com-fortable about your mam-mogram. Now that youknow, schedule yourmammogram today. Yourhealth is too important toneglect.

This information wasgiven by the AmericanCancer Society.

The American CancerSociety is the nationwide,community-based, vol-untary health organiza-tion dedicated to elimi-nating cancer as a majorhealth problem by pre-venting cancer, savinglives, and diminishingsuffering with cancer re-search, education, advo-cacy, and service.

For additional informa-tion on breast cancer, callthe American Cancer So-ciety or visit their web siteat www.cancer.org.

October is Breast Cancer

Awareness Month

The American Cancer So-ciety is committed to sav-ing lives from breast can-cer by providing informa-tion about the disease andencouraging women to un-derstand risk factors andearly detection methods.

Mortality rates declinedsignificantly from 1990 to1997, due to the AmericanCancer Society’s researchand education programs.

The American Cancer So-ciety recommends that

More than 40,000 menand women will die frombreast cancer, the secondleading cause of death forwomen.

According to informa-tion found atwww.breastcancerinfo.com,in 1999 an estimated1,300 men would be di-agnosed with breast can-cer, and 400 would diefrom the disease.

The American Cancersociety said approxi-mately 192,200 womenwill be diagnosed withbreast cancer this year,along with 1,500 men.

Risk factors for men in-clude advanced age, a fam-ily history of breast cancerand testicular dysfunction.

Certain diseases, such asKlinefelter’s syndrome, putmales at an increased riskas well.

Males with Klinefelter’ssyndrome have an extra sexchromosome in their ge-netic make-up.

Gynecomastia, which isan enlargement of the male

breast, heart disease, andthe use of a variety of drugsto treat chronic diseasesalso put males at risk ofdeveloping male breastcancer.

More than 75 percent ofwomen diagnosed withbreast cancer are age 50and older.

Breast cancer accountsfor one out of every threecancer diagnoses in theUnited States.

The five-year survivalrate for breast cancer is 97

percent for both men andwomen whose cancerhas not spread beyondthe breast at the time ofdiagnosis.

Treatments for menand women are thesame, and include sur-gery, chemotherapy, ra-diation, and hormonetherapy.

In the 1990s, breastcancer mortality declinedby the largest amount inmore than 40 years.

Gender and age are themost important risk fac-

tors. As age increases, sodoes the risk of developingbreast cancer.

Other risk factors forwomen include a long men-strual history, obesity aftermenopause, recent use oforal contraceptives or post-menopausal estrogens andprogestins.

Those who have no chil-dren or had their first childafter age 30, and those whoconsume alcoholic bever-ages are at higher risk aswell.

Men at risk for cancer, too

American Cancer Societylists screening guidelines

40,200 women will die from breast cancer this year

October 15, 2001 • PIONEER • 7Staff Writer • Vu A. Vu • 682-1611, ext. 7676

Photography students capture life’s moments

Above: Taken by JenniferCopeland, this black andwhite photo captures atree from inside a silo.

Students of adjunct photography professor Jai Gronemeier‘s Blackand White Photography I class exhibited the images seen here

along with 10 others last spring at Hall Gallery in Oklahoma City .“Students were required to go out and shoot images, develop their

film and print their photographs,” Gronemeier said. “They were alsotaught mounting techniques for exhibition.”

She said the photos represent the advancements made by the stu-dents in her class.

Those wanting to enroll in an OKCCC photography class or find outmore about the classes can call (405) 682-1611. Several classes andtimes are available, for both beginning and advanced photographers.

Above:SamanthaThompson shotthis picture ofher cat andtitled it “SunGazing.”

Right: “Young Firefighters,” byMichelle Wyke. The subjects in

this shot were friends of thephotographer.

8 • PIONEER • October 15, 2001 Staff Photographer • Kathryn Mohr • 682-1611, ext. 7676

Math professor travels around PolandF rancis Foster

knows first-handthat the Fulbright

exchange program can re-sult in lifelong friendships.

Foster, a math professorat OKCCC, took a trip toPoland to visit with Profes-sor Krzwsztof Nowakowski,a math professor whotaught at OKCCC duringthe 1999 school year, andhis family.

Foster visited the countrylast summer, from July 1through July 21.

It was her first trip to Po-land, one she said she hadbeen anxiously awaiting forsome time.

Nowakowski exchangedplaces with Mike Turegun,also a professor of math-ematics at OKCCC, in thefall of 1999.

In turn, Turegun taughtat the high school inPoznan, where Now-akowski’s wife, Renatateaches.

The university in Poznanwhere Nowakowski teachesdoesn’t participate in theFulbright exchange pro-

gram.Foster’s traveling com-

panion was Cecelia Sharp,a teacher from Wiley PostElementary in OklahomaCity who taught Now-akowski’s son Jed duringtheir year in Oklahoma.

Foster said the grouptook many day trips to ar-eas surrounding Poznan.

“We went to a spa thatwas about a six-hour drivefrom Poznan, which wasvery nice,” she said.

Foster said they also vis-ited the Auschwitz concen-tration camp.

“That was a memorableexperience, but it was verydepressing. It’s not some-thing I would want to visitagain,” Foster said.

As far as the culture dif-ference between Americaand Poland, Foster saidthere is no comparison.

Foster said she noticedthe difference between theschools in Poland and theschools in America.

“[In America], studentshave a lot of extra curricu-lar activities.

“In Poland, they teachjust the core subjects, noextras,” she said.

Foster said a typicalschool day for Jed wouldlast about four hours, andit would begin at varioustimes during the day.

Foster also said there area lot of reminders of WorldWar II in the scenery of Po-land.

“So much of Poland wasdestroyed in World War II.

“There was a lot of beautythere, but there was a lotof ugliness, too. A lot ofgraffiti,” she said.

Foster said she was grate-ful that she had hosts whocould speak English verywell and communicate withher.

She said the languagebarrier would have been avery difficult obstacle todeal with had she beentraveling alone.

“I thoroughly enjoyed thetrip,” Foster said.

“I didn’t have any pre-setexpectations, so I wasn’tdisappointed. It was a veryreal learning experience.”

text byashley martin

Above: Francis Foster visited the town square in Poznan during her journey throughPoland. Foster took many daytrips to areas around Poznan. Foster also visited the Auschwitz

concentration camp.

To The Left: Francis takes a break on her walk to pose for a picture next to this uniquestatue. Photos contributed by Francis Foster.

Above: Francis Foster with her traveling companionCelecia Sharp standing in front of the Konick Castle inPoland. Foster said her trip was a learning experience.

October 15, 2001 • PIONEER • 9Online Editor • Melissa Guice • 682-1611, ext. 7676

By Cathy HumeNews Writing I Student

Janice Raney, a studentorganization specialist inStudent Life, quietly retiredSept. 4 after 20 years ofhelping OKCCC studentsand their clubs.

There was no huge party,no big announcement, justa quiet last day with col-leagues and students stop-ping by to say good-bye andshare some cake.

“I’m not good at good-byes,” said Raney. “They’rehard. I still have some stuffto pick up, but I may comeback up in the dark ofnight.”

Raney had planned toleave in 2002. However, af-ter discovering she hadmiscalculated her time atthe college and could retirein 2001 instead, she made

the decision to do so.Raney had worked for

Student Life since 1981.“The office was not al-

ways called Student Life,”said Raney.

Raney regularly attendedStudent Leadership re-treats for club officerssponsored at the end ofeach summer by StudentLife. This year’s retreat,held at Lake Murray StateLodge, was Raney’s lastouting with OKCCC stu-dents, but she didn’t let on.As usual, she was quick tomake sure all the studentswere having fun and thatany special needs they hadwere being accommodated.

When one student, whouses a wheelchair, was un-able to play miniature golfor go on a boat ride aroundthe lake, Raney rented hera movie to watch so shecould have a good timewhile other students were

gone.“One of the best things

about Janice was her dedi-cation to students and stu-dents’ success,” said StaciMcPhearson, director ofStudent Life.

“She put the students be-fore everyone. So, she willbe greatly missed for thatreason,” McPhearson said.

Raney’s dedication wasevident when talking toOKCCC students aroundcampus.

Meredith Dunkeson,Abilities Galore secretary,credited Raney with teach-ing her how to be a goodclub officer, which led toDunkeson being namedclub member of the year afew years back.

“I would take her my min-utes and she would makesure they were correct,”said Dunkeson.

Renee Albathei, presidentof Parents as Single Stu-

dents, said Raneyhad been a greathelp in gettingPASS back on itsfeet this year afterthe club almostfaded out lastyear.

Josh Hansen,president of Abili-ties Galore, appre-ciated the way shehandled his Stu-dent Activity Re-quest Forms.

“She was alwaysthere to get mySARFs approved,”said Hansen.“Even when I waslate putting them in.”

Raney’s plans for the fu-ture include traveling, vol-unteer work, visiting withelderly relatives and doingher favorite thing — garagesale shopping.

By Amy SaxonNews Writing I Student

Is it “there” or “their”?“Affect” or “effect”? “It’s” or“its”? If you don’t know,who you gonna call?

The CommunicationsLab, located on the secondfloor of the Arts and Hu-manities building, is theplace to find help. But stu-dents can now use thesame services electroni-cally.

Proofreading and re-search assistance are twoof the services of the Com-munications Lab that arenow available to distanceeducation and telecoursestudents.

Electronic Communica-tion Help Online, or ECHO,provides assistance fornontraditional studentsthat normally would not beavailable to them.

Students can now takeadvantage of the ECHOprogram by logging on the

coaches proofread andcomment on weaknesses inthe student’s writing.

It usually takes 48 hoursfor a writing coach to re-spond.

Other features on thewebsite are word of the day,instructional handouts andonline references.

Merz hopes eventually toopen up the ECHO pro-gram for all students.

At this time, many stu-dents are not taking advan-tage of the programs capa-bilities.

“They aren’t aware ofwhat they can do with it,”Merz said.

How to Submit a Paper on ECHO:1.Go to www.okc.cc.ok.us2. Under Academics, click on Distance

Education3. Under Student Resources, click on

Communications lab4. Click on ECHO and submit paper that

has been typed as a “word” document

OKCCC website atwww.okc.cc.ok.us

In June, Communica-tions Lab Supervisor MaryAnn Merz implemented theECHO program to provideonline support systems forstudents.

“The college is obligatedto provide the same sup-port services for distanceeducation as we do for stu-dents on campus,” Merzsaid.

“We do this though Elec-tronic CommunicationHelp Online.”

Distance Education andtelecourse students areable to have ECHO writing

By Chad HullingsNews Writing I Student

The construction that has been changing the faceof the library is almost complete. The library wasopened October 22, 1996 with plans to open the thirdand fourth floors at a later date.

However, funding ran low and the college was notable to complete the library, said Rachel Butler, ref-erence librarian.

The OKCCC Board of Regents recently approvedover $7 million to complete the library and remodelthe first floor of the main building, said BrandiJohnson Richardson, assistant to the vice presidentof Business and Finance.

The third floor is a new computer lab and the fourthis a training center for small business one-day work-shops.

Other changes that have been added are the newcomputer classrooms on the first and second floors.A new entrance was added to the main floor, whichis closer to the parking lot on the north side of thelibrary.

Some students have wondered what happened tothe computer labs in the main building.

“I was wondering if we had any at all,” said stu-dent Tara Taylor.

As more people have learned the library floors areopen, the library has seen an increase in the traffic,said Butler.

Library getsneeded facelift

Term-paper help availablefor students online or offline

Student Life employee retires quietly

File photo

Those who work in Stu-dent Life and elsewhere oncampus say they will missJanice Raney.

“She has a good spirit,”said McPhearson. “We willall miss her.”

Janice Raney

10 • PIONEER • October 15, 2001 Staff Writer • Ashley Martin • 682-1611, ext. 7675

Responsibilities of an engineer Engineering Club will host a guest speaker from Seagate

about the “Challenges and Responsibilities of an Engineer”at 12:30 Wednesday, Oct. 17, in room 1C5 of the mainbuilding. Free cookies and punch will be served.

Audition for “Everyman” Auditions for the play “Everyman” will take place from

6:30 to 9 p.m. Monday and Tuesday, Oct. 15 through 16,in the college theater. Director Ruth Charnay is looking for16 individuals to fill roles of varying sizes. The play will beperformed Dec. 4 through 7. Scenes will be available tocheck out in the Arts and Humanities office. For moreinformation, check the Drama Club board or call Charnayat 682-1611, ext. 7246.

There’s still time to graduate It’s not too late to apply for Fall 2001 graduation. The

deadline of Sept. 7 has been extended. Pick up anapplication in the Admissions and Records office,Information Center or the Graduation office. Make anappointment with the graduation officer and bring theapplication to the appointment. Students can apply untilthe last week of fall classes.

Bioterrorism discussed Dr. Mike Crutcher, from the Oklahoma State Health

Department, will speak about bioterrorism from 11 a.m. tonoon, Wednesday, Oct. 24, in college union room 1.

MAPS for Kids Sherry Rice Rhodes, executive director of the Oklahoma

City Public Schools Foundation, will be on campus from12:30 to 1:20 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 25, in college unionroom 1 to speak about the MAPS for Kids plan. Peoplecan bring their own lunches. Cookies and tea will beprovided. MAPS for Kids will be voted on Nov. 13.

Dance to the beat of a different drummer? The South YMCA of Greater Oklahoma City and

Volunteer in Service to America, VISTA, are looking forvolunteers to help during its after-school program. One-on-one tutoring takes place at assigned elementary schoolsin southwest Oklahoma City. Tutors work only one hour ortwo hours a week with the same student. Educationalgrants and passes to YMCAs are available. Letters ofrecommendation are also available. For more informationabout the program, contact Donna at 681-6636.

Students called to active military duty Several members of the student body have been called

to active military duty within the last few weeks. OKCCC,in unison with other state institutions and in compliancewith State Regents Policy, intends to fully support its citizensoldiers by offering several options to those who must leaveearly. Students who are called to duty can contact the officeof Admissions and Records at 682-1611, ext. 7512 todetermine which option best fits their needs.

Nursing class sponsors coat driveNursing Process III class members will have a coat drive

during the month of October for clients at Griffin MemorialHospital. Coats, sweaters or jackets that are no longerbeing used may be brought to the nursing office in theHTC area of the main building and placed in the collectionbox. Contact Kelli Capps at 794-1808 for more information.

Highlights are due by 5 p.m. each Tuesday.

Highlights

Muslim club plansbowling, pizza trip

We got cookies: Students Phuong Vu and Tram Hoang from the International StudentsClub held a fund-raiser Oct. 9. ISC and several other clubs sold cupcakes and assorted can-dies. All proceeds will go to the Borough of Manhattan Community College.

Photo by Kat Mohr

By Vu A. VuStaff Writer

Yaser Dorri pulled out aquote from the Holy Quran,the book of Islam.

“(To you believers) andhold fast, all of you togetherto the rope of God, and benot divided among your-selves, and remember,God’s blessing on you foryou were enemies one toanother, so that, by hisgrace, you became breth-ren.” In other words, peopleshould put their differencesaside, which is the philoso-phy of Dorri’s club.

Dorri, who startedOKCCC’s Muslim StudentCommunity, said his orga-

nization was different fromother student Islamic clubsin that his would acceptpeople of all faiths, not justIslam, and that his clubwould focus on the learn-ing of different religions,not just Islam.

Seven people attendedthe club’s second meetingof the school year on Oct.8, twice the attendancethan their first meeting.

“The problem is that wedidn’t know the best timefor students,” Dorri saidabout attendance that waslower than hoped for.

“We expected that. Ittakes time,” he said.

At the club’s next twomeetings, they hope to fi-nalize the constitution andhold officer elections.

Their next meeting will befrom noon to 12:50 MondayOct. 15, in room CU8.

The location of the Oct.22 meeting is unknown,but students can check thefliers which will be on thestudent clubs and organi-zations bulletin boardsaround the college. Theclub plans to have a bowl-ing and pizza trip.

Students wishing to gocan meet at the college at 3p.m. Saturday, Oct. 20.

The Muslim StudentCommunity can be con-tacted via e-mail atmuslim_student_c@hotmail.com for more informationabout future meetings andevents.

“All people are wel-comed,” Dorri said.

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Studentsquestionair strikes

“U.S.,”Cont. from page 1

feels very strongly aboutthe situation in Afghani-stan.

“Basically, if [U.S. mili-tary] can go there and findbin Laden and the rest ofthe people in his crew, andcan eliminate them in onestrike, that’s fine with me.

“But as far as bombingand killing innocent people,and I don’t know if they are,that’s going to lead to [theterrorists] retaliatingagainst the U.S.

“I think we’ve had enoughof that. People are stillgrieving over what has al-ready happened,” Larkporsaid. “Honestly, I’m a littlescared.”

Ralph Oliphant, multime-dia major, agrees.

“I don’t think they shouldbomb them because theycould kill innocent peoplein the process of findingone man.

“It will result in retalia-tion,” he said.

Strikes continued as ofOct. 11, with news reportsof U.S. ground action to fol-low at any time.

Should the U.S. be attacking Afghanistan?

“I think it wasthe right action.If we don’t stop

them now, itwould have been

worse for[America].”—Isabel Aguilar

ElementaryEducation major

Isabel Aguilar

“Basically, if [U.S.military] can go thereand find bin Laden andthe rest of the people inhis crew, and caneliminate them in onestrike, that’s fine withme.”

—Eb LarkporUndecided

Kenneth Bland

“I think [America]needed the quickstrikes. Hopefully itwill bring it to aclose. The quickerthe war, the betterthe war I think.”

—Kenneth BlandEducation major

April Bradford

“[The U.S. government]should have kept thearmed forces on highalert and waited to see if[the terrorists] weregoing to try and makeanother move.”

—April BradfordCriminal Justice major

Eb Larkpor

“I’m notopposed or in

favor of the war.I’m not in favor

of killing theinnocent. If bin

Laden did it,then [we should]

get him.”—Kim Phaminternational

business andfinancial advice

major

Kim Pham

Bioterrorismto be topicof discussion

“Bioterrorism,”Cont. from page 1

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lege community,” she said.Mulvihill said she wants

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