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IONEERPOklahoma City Community College

• America depends on others, editorial, p. 2.• Lil’ Ninjas learn values, p. 7.• Soccer team kicks it up, p. 8.• BCM plays in b’ball tourney, p. 10.

March 21, 2005This Week

Inside

Balancing act: Ballet student Natalie Frensley, 4, walks the balance beam duringa class. Ballet classes are part of OKCCC’s College For Kids Program. They are heldWednesdays from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. and Saturdays, from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. For moreinformation contact Kathy Plummer at 681-7860.

By Mark McDevittNews Writing Student

There was good news and bad news when a num-ber of OKCCC graduates returned their graduate surveys

this year.The percentage of graduates having a problem transferring to

another college is down, but the num-ber who said OKCCC adequately pre-pared them to transfer also is down.

The annual report on transfer prepa-ration was presented to OKCCC RegentsFeb 21.

According to the returned surveys, 94percent of the students indicated theyhad no problems transferring to a four-year college, while 6 percent said theyhad some problems transferring.

Eighty-one percent said the prepara-tion to transfer was excellent or satis-factory, down from 86 percent in 2002.

OKCCC students are surveyed one yearafter completing their degrees. About1,100 surveys were mailed.

Of the 77 students who responded, 54 percent said all of theircredits transferred to their choice of four-year colleges. In 2002,68 percent of students surveyed said all their credits transferred.

Dr. Paul Sechrist, provost/vice president for Academic Affairs,said the college is analyzing the numbers.

“We are always actively involved in the assessment of our pro-grams from a quality issue,” he said.

Sechrist said zero-level classes, or pre-college level classes, maybe a factor.

They cannot be counted toward college graduation at OKCCCor elsewhere, he said.

Because more students are taking zero-level courses, moreclasses won’t transfer to other schools. That could have led tothe high numbers, Sechrist said.

Another reason students could lose credits when transferringcould be changing majors, he said.

As for these numbers, Sechrist said he’s not alarmed.“If these numbers are repeated next year, I will be more con-

cerned by it,” he said.There are a number of initiatives in place to help improve the

Grad transfersurveys shinelight on issues

See “Survey,” page 12

OKCCC enters into alliance

Photo by Ana Rodriguez

By Richard HallEditor

A new agreement betweenOKCCC and Francis Tuttle

Technology Center — the CooperativeAlliance Agreement — will soon giveconcurrent high school students anavenue by which they could more eas-ily earn an associate in applied sci-ence degree.

The agreement is set to take effectin fall 2005 and will replace the exist-

ing agreement.As it is now, high schoolers who are

concurrently enrolled in technicalcourses at Francis Tuttle do not re-ceive credit for those hours aftergraduating high school and enrollingat OKCCC until they ask for advancestanding — meaning they’re startingthe first semester of college with col-lege credits already accrued.

Dr. Paul Sechrist, provost/vice

See “Alliance,” page 12

“We arealways activelyinvolved in theassessment ofour programsfrom a quality

issue.”—Dr. Paul

SechristProvost/VicePresident of

Academic Affairs

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Editorial and OpinionEditorial

PIONEERVol. 33 No. 25

Richard Hall....................EditorChristiana Kostura....Staff WriterMatthew Caban.......Staff WriterShawn Bryant........Staff WriterJohn Savage..........Staff WriterIvo Lupov...Contributing WriterAna Rodriguez......PhotographerShanna Larson.......Ad ManagerMelissa Guice.....Online EditorRonna Austin.........Lab DirectorDaniel Lapham....Lab AssistantSue Hinton.......Faculty Adviser

The PIONEER is a publica-tion of Oklahoma City Com-munity College through theDivision of Arts and Humani-ties. It is published weeklyduring the fall and spring se-mesters and the eight-weeksummer session.

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To the editor:The departure date for the

Business Division’s trip toChina has changed.

We will now leave in thesecond half of July.

Leaving later will give stu-dents more time to arrangefor the trip as well as nearlytwo months (May 15 to July15) during the summer tosave money for the trip.

During the 13-day trip wewill travel to Beijing, Tianjin,the Great Wall, TiananmenSquare and the ForbiddenCity.

You can enroll in Macro-economics, Microeconom-

ics, International Market-ing, Business in China, In-ternational Studies and In-ternational Studies Cap-stone. You do not have to bea student to take the trip.

During the trip, we stayin premier hotels and eatthe finest cuisine. We alsowill have translators totravel with us.

The cost of the trip, in-cluding airfare, hotel, travelwithin China and mostmeals is $2,300 per person.

This trip will change yourlife. If you are interested inthe trip, contact professorsMarty Ludlum or Vijayan

Ramachandran in room2R3 of the main building.

Find more informationabout the trip at www.okccc.edu/mludlum.

I encourage all studentsto take advantage of thisopportunity.

—Marty LudlumBusiness and Economics

Professor

Date for China trip changed

Despite the hype, America is not the world’s fore-most economic power. With a deficit of more than$7 trillion and a heavy reliance on foreign oil, some-one else holds America’s power.

With the war on terror and rising gas prices,Americans feel a pinch in their pocketbooks.

There is a way to pay for our defense and takecontrol of gas prices. The solution is scaling backexpense programs from the federal budget.

Sept. 11 only furthered the trend of America’sdebt and budget problems.

Our government has three major entitlementprograms (Medicaid, Medicare and Social Security)that cost billions of dollars annually.

Because we are operating in debt, the govern-ment owes its own programs money.

Official projections say our future Social Secu-rity promises exceed projected revenues by $10.4trillion and commitments for Medicare exceed rev-enues by $62 trillion, economist Gerald J. Swansonsaid in a March 7 Tucson Citizen article.

“These gigantic unfunded liabilities increase by$1.5 trillion during each year our leaders fail toaddress them,” Swanson said.

Add on top of that, interest payments for the bud-get deficit. Interest on our debt was $317 billion in2003, Swanson said.

After Sept. 11 and other terrorist attacks, weknow this enemy is for real. If we want to protectourselves, we have to spend money.

What is more important, giving minimal retire-ment and health care benefits to a minority or pro-tecting our entire country?

It is time to say goodbye to the entitlement pro-grams or raise taxes significantly to pay for them.After you pick up your jaw consider this: the gov-ernment is here to protect you and your rights,not take care of your every need.

The other way America can help itself becomestronger is by developing its energy sources.

America produces 9.4 percent of the world’s crudeoil, according to the International Energy Agency.

However, this amount is not sufficient to meetAmerica’s energy needs. This is evident by the IEA’sfigure that America imports 25 percent of theworld’s crude oil.

It is obvious other countries control our energyneeds.

If we take the time and money to search for oil insites throughout the Gulf of Mexico and the ArcticNational Wildlife Refuge in Alaska, we could findup to 140 billion barrels of oil, or triple our na-tional reserve.

Other energy sources like nuclear and hydroelec-tricity can help America stop relying on foreign oil.

If Americans want to fix this problem they can.Or we can leave the mess for the next generation.

—Matt CabanStaff Writer

Americathe rich?

To the editor:I believe one who cri-

ticizes should also be ableto praise.

After having written a let-ter a few weeks ago criticiz-ing the Pioneer for printingfluff articles on the frontpage, I want to follow upwith praise for your recentefforts.

The past couple of frontpages have contained fac-

tual news stories relevantto the college; I thank youfor maintaining a high newsstandard.

The Pioneer has alwaysupheld a professional levelof journalistic excellence asis evidenced by the manyawards it has received overthe years. Keep up the goodwork.

—Rick Allen LippertAdjunct Professor

Effort always adds up

March 21, 2005 • PIONEER • 3

Comments and Reviews

Quote of the Week:“A cynic is a man who, when he smells flowers,

looks around for a coffin.” —H.L. Mencken

“It’s choice — not chance — that determines yourdestiny.”

—Jean Nidetch

It’s March 28, just past midnight and somewherein the metro an OKCCC student has logged ontothe college’s website to look at the summer and fallschedules. Within minutes, the student has cho-sen classes and enrolled.

Across town, a small group of students wantingto get into a competitive allied health programenroll during an enrollment watch party. They areable to enroll in hard-to-get classes before moststudents realize it’s Monday.

These are just two more success stories forstudents who use MineOnline to take care of theirschool business.

Using MineOnline is the most efficient way ofscheduling classes and conducting business re-lated to your academic career.

Once you know your major, you can plot outwhich courses to take and will be able to get thosecourses before other students.

Returning students who are in good academicstanding are able to enroll online a week beforeother students are able to enroll on campus. Thisgives you a competitive edge when trying to getcertain courses or specific times that work for you.

Imagine sitting at your computer in your paja-mas, eating your favorite cereal and enrolling inclasses.

No need to shower, dress, or drive across townonly to deal with parking hassles and long lines.

Student Development understands there are stu-dents who need assistance with their enrollment.If you have any type of hold (academic, library,international, etc.), then you must enroll on cam-pus and often with a counselor’s signature.

If you want an overload of semester hours, thenyou must enroll on campus with an appropriatesignature.

We encourage you to own as much of youreducational process as you can.

Counselors are always here, but relying on us todo things for you means subjecting yourself to linesand, sometimes, missing out on classes you need.

Now is the time to think about your futureenrollments. If you have a degree plan, look at itand decide what you want to take next. If you don’thave a plan, visit Student Development so we canhelp you get one.

Plan now and you can be one of those luckyindividuals who gets up on March 28 and enrollsfor classes for all of the upcoming entries.

And if you can’t enroll online, remember to comeby and see us beginning April 4. When it comes toplanning and enrolling, early is better than late.

—Mary TurnerStudent Development Counselor

The sequel to “Get Shor-ty,” “Be Cool,” starringJohn Travolta, was any-thing but.

Sequels are hardly worthwatching lately and if theycontinue to be this bad,they should be outlawedcomplete.

Travolta returns as ChilePalmer, a former shylock-turned-movie-producerwho wants to get into themusic business.

The script jumps fromplace to place without evensetting up the next shot.

The audience can becomelost as they try to formsense out of an hour and14 minutes of confusion.

Cedric the Entertainer’scharacter keeps switchingbetween a Harvard gradand a gangbanger.

Vince Vaughn, from “Old

School” and “Swingers,” isa pimp who thinks he isblack and the Rock is hisgay bodyguard.

Of course, we can’t for-get Andre 3000, whosecharacter runs aroundshooting everything.

Uma Thurman, from“Pulp Fiction,” is in theresomewhere, but with all the

chaos, it doesn’t matter.There are music videos

with better storylines than“Be Cool.”

This movie was a terribleidea and it would be aneven worse idea to see it.

If you want to be cool, gosee something else.

—Shawn BryantStaff Writer

To the editor:After reading the “Bush

Mean to Mother Earth” edi-torial, I was flabbergastedto learn President Bush hastaken it upon himself topersonally destroy the en-vironment.

However, after doing someresearch, I was surprisedto learn Bush was electedby the majority of Ameri-cans.

Does this mean thosepeople who voted for Bush,all 62,040,606, want to de-stroy the environment? Idon’t believe so.

The author of the edito-rial cites the Kyoto Treatymany times and said “Bushsaid the Kyoto plans, whichthe United States helpedform, are a bad idea andwill harm the economy.”

Bush is absolutely cor-rect.

According to the Chris-tian Science Monitor, “Find-ings suggest that critics ofthe treaty, including theBush administration, maybe correct when they claimthe treaty is hopelesslyflawed because it doesn’tlimit emissions from thedeveloping world.”

The treaty would force theUnited States to reduce itscarbon dioxide emissionsto 5.2 percent below ourlevels in 1990.

This would mean shut-ting down scores of coalplants in the United States,resulting in the loss of thou-sands of jobs, while coun-tries like China and Indiago unchecked.

The author also quotesBush as saying “And whenAmerica gives its word,America keeps its word.”

Are you sure Bush was

not referring to the war onterror? Last I checked, BillClinton was president whenthe treaty was written in1997, not Bush.

It isn’t Bush’s job to fol-low in the footsteps of aformer president. If Ameri-cans wanted another Clin-ton, we would have electedJohn Kerry.

—Chris AllenJournalism Major

‘Be Cool’ is one sequel too many

“Does this meanthose people who

voted for Bush,all 62,040,606,

want to destroythe environment?

I don’t believe so.”—Chris Allen

Journalism Major

Reader differs on Bush


By Matthew CabanStaff Writer

A T-shirt and a haircut transformed form-er OKCCC studentKirk Suttles into oneof America’s most in-famous terrorists.

The 2003 broadcast-ing graduate, ap-peared as TimothyMcVeigh in the docu-mentary “Days thatShook the World” onthe History ChannelFeb. 19.

The documentaryshowed how McVeighcarried out the bomb-ing of the Alfred P.Murrah Federal Build-ing, Suttles said.

He said the docu-mentary also showed

OKCCC graduate shakes the world in film

By ChristianaKostura

Staff Writer

Journalists gath-ered at the Society ofProfessional Journal-ists’ Twelfth AnnualJournalism Job andInternship Fair onFeb. 25 at the Univer-sity of Oklahoma togive advice to journal-ism students aboutthe realities of theworkplace.

Panelists offered ad-vice to students suchas to read more, havea good attitude andfind training opportu-nities.

Students also heardfrom speaker OmarGallaga, editor of¡ahora sí!, a Spanishnewspaper based inAustin, Texas.

Gallaga is an OUgraduate who helpedcreate ¡ahora si! whileworking for the Austin

how John WilkesBooth assassinatedPresident AbrahamLincoln.

The documentaryshowed a link betweenthe two men, he said.

“When McVeigh wasarrested,” Suttlessaid, “he had a T-shirtwith a picture of Lin-coln and ‘Sic SemperTyrannus [so alwaysto tyrants].’”

Suttles said thequote on McVeigh’s T-shirt was spoken byBooth when he shotLincoln.

“[For the movie] theymade a shirt exactlylike McVeigh’s shirt,”Suttles said.

“It was a very dis-tinct shirt to wear ifyou were doing some-thing and you didn’t

want to get caught.”Something more dis-

tinct were the looksSuttles received fromemployees of the Okla-homa County Jail.

“We were doing ascene at the Oklaho-ma County Jail andthere were a lot of po-lice officers who said Ilooked like [Mc-Veigh].”

One of Suttles’s for-mer professors, GwinFaulconer -Lippert,failed to see a similar-ity between McVeighand Suttles.

Faulconer-Lippertsaid Suttles neverlooked like McVeigh toher.

“Kirk Suttles was sooutstanding as a stu-dent,” she said. “Andhe was kind.”

Faulconer-Lippertsaid Suttles portrayedMcVeigh’s militaryposture extremely

well. She said Suttlesdid a great acting job.

“The irony is he hasa great voice, but theydid not give him anylines.”

Suttles said aftergraduating with anassociate’s in Journal-ism and Broadcasting,he took a break fromcollege.

He said he might re-turn to school at eitherThe University of Ok-lahoma or the Univer-sity of Central Okla-homa in the future.

Faulconer-Lippertsaid she remembersSuttles as a nice, kindperson and good fa-ther.

Suttles is marriedand has two children.

He said he doescommercial acting asa side job although itis his passion.

“It’s never work, it’sfun,” he said. “I getpaid to have fun.”

Staff Writer MatthewCaban can be reachedat [email protected].

Kirk Suttles

Journalists get in the knowwith job and internship fair

American-Statesman.He spoke about the

importance of journal-ists bringing their out-side interests intotheir jobs.

The audience alsowas given the chanceto network with edi-tors from various pa-pers.

The Oklahoman,Tulsa World, Okla-homa Gazette and As-

sociated Press weresome of the media out-lets who spoke withstudent journalists.

The OU chapter ofSPJ, the Gaylord Col-lege of Journalism andthe Oklahoma SPJ prochapter sponsored thejob fair.

Staff Writer Christi-ana Kostura can bereached at [email protected].

Omar Gallaga, editor for Austin, Texas’ ¡ahora sí!newspaper, was the keynote speaker for this year’sSociety of Professional Journalists job fair held at theUniversity of Oklahoma on Feb. 25.


College job fair takes flight


Freshman Physical Therapy Assistant students Ted Owen and Kory Bakervisit with Allison Wolfe and Jan Sullivan of Career Staff Unlimited at the OKCCCjob fair on March 2.

By Matthew HoganNews Writing

Student

Students and mem-bers of the communityfilled the college unionat what was called agreat turnout by Em-ployment Services.

Employment Ser -vices hosted theSpring Job Fair onMarch 2.

Forty-seven employ-ers used the unionand 19 health carecompanies used thedining area.

A variety of compa-nies, such as AmericaOnline, Fenton Finan-cial and many others,came looking for fu-ture employees.

The employment fair

began at 10 a.m. andshortly after, walk-ways through the un-ion were crowded.

“This is a good expe-rience for students tofind jobs easily withgreat exposure andimmediate access toemployers,” said Shei-la Aldridge, Employ-ment Services assis-tant.

Company represen-tatives brought pre-sentations, fliers andapplications.

Jeremy Brown, anAmerica Online repre-sentative, stressed theimportance of AOL’sparticipation in thefair.

“We’re local and it’simportant to our com-pany to give jobs tolocal employees,” hesaid.

The focus of the fairwas the students, Al-dridge said.

Students also en-joyed the fair.

“This is great,” saidAaron Domfort. “The(companies) are every-where. I’m going to ap-ply today.”

Marcie Stickney, aNorman High Schooland Norman NorthHigh School teacher,brought a group ofstudents to the jobfair.

“This is very helpfulto me,” said NormanHigh School studentNikki Curtis. “Thisgives me an idea ofwhat to expect when Igraduate.”

For more informa-tion, contact Employ-ment Services at 682-7519.


Consortium to offerassisted living training

Prof picked for outstanding performanceBy Jared McDuffey

News Writing Student

Business professor VijayRamachandran was cho-sen by his department to bethe National Institute forStaff and OrganizationalDevelopment ExcellenceAward recipient at OKCCC.

Ramachandran will at-tend the NISOD Awardsconference in Austin, May29 to June 1.

The NISOD ExcellenceAward program recognizesmore than 1,000 Excel-lence Awards recipientseach year at the annualconference, according tothe NISOD official website.

Recipients are rewardedfor being the most out-

standing faculty or staff attheir college.

Joe Ramsey, businessand technology professor,commended Ramachan-dran.

“It’s awesome. He’s aquality instructor,” Ramsey

Comedy used to fight racism

By Whitney ReadingNews Writing Student

Beginning March 7, theDowntown Consortium willoffer a Residential CareProgram.

“This program is forpeople involved in nursingcare,” Director of the Con-sortium Gary Davidsonsaid. “It’s a certificationprogram for administra-tors.”

In order to be re-certified,35 hours of classroom in-struction are required,along with 15 hours ofmedication administration.

The program is designedto teach people the rulesand regulations regardingassisted living homes andnursing homes.

“We provide classes toeducate them about how tocommunicate with the eld-erly, and how to brainstormmarketing ideas and busi-ness strategies,” Davidson

said. “We’re blessed to havehim. [His] caliber of teach-ing is top notch. He believesin pushing students tolearn and most are suc-cessful.”

Marty Ludlum, businessprofessor, said he believesRamachandran deservesthe recognition and that’swhy he was chosen to at-tend the conference.

“The conference itself isdescribed as motivationalfor faculty,” Ludlum said.“It’s not just about re-search.

“It’s about bringing newenergy to the job… a wayof restarting the fire.”

Vijay Ramachandran

Photo By Ana Rodriguez

By Ivo LupovContributing Writer

A comedic approach tothe topic of racism will betaken when Bryan “Prea-cher” Moss comes to thecollege union at 2 p.m.,Tuesday, March 29.

Moss will make the stopat OKCCC as part of his“End of Racism” comedyand lecture tour.

Moss talks to his audi-ences about racism andhow society deals with it,said Jon Horinek, StudentLife community engage-ment coordinator.

His style of approachingproblems attracts audi-

ences, Horinek said.Diane Wright of The Se-

attle Times said Moss hasa style that reminds her of1960s comedian Dick Gre-gory.

“For the past four years,

Moss has been touring thecountry, turning America’sracial divide into material,much the way comedianGregory did in the 1960s,”she said.

Moss will throw out sev-eral views for open discus-sion, Horinek said.

Moss’s website at www.comedycontact.com/mossdescribes him as being“Armed with a rare come-dic ability… Moss plays tothe hearts and minds ofcollege students all over thecountry.

“With his insight on ‘ra-cial understanding vs. ra-cial interaction’ he hasquickly become the funni-est social commentator onthe college scene today.”

Moss is being brought inas part of Student Life’sEducational Series, Hori-nek said.

The goal is to bring dy-namic speakers with inter-esting topics that can bediscussed outside ofclasses, he said.

Ramachandran said he ishappy about receiving theaward.

“It makes me feel good,your own peers selectingyou for the award,” he said.“[It] gives [me] a little bit ofhonor.”

Despite the awards andthe compliments, Rama-

chandran is modest. Hisprevious awards and cer-tificates are stowed in hisdesk, not hanging on thewalls of his office.

“I like what I’m doing,” hesaid. “It doesn’t bother meif I don’t get [awards]. Thereason I’m here is becauseof good teachers.”

Bryan “Preacher” Moss

Read The Pioneer online at www.okccc.edu/pioneer

“It’s awesome. He’s a quality instructor. We’reblessed to have him. [His] caliber of teachingis top notch. He believes in pushing students

to learn and most are successful.”—Joe Ramsey

Business and Technology Professor

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said.The program is offered

three times each year. Lastyear, the Consortium had300 students enrolled inthe program, and they areexpecting as many or morestudents to enroll this year.

The Consortium also willoffer a Forensic Sciencesclass and a FundamentalInformation Security classstarting March 21.

Davidson attributes theincrease in interest to thenew location of the Consor-tium.

Faculty and staff at theconsortium recently movedinto their new home on thefourth floor of the down-town library.

“It’s exciting moving tothe downtown library,”Davidson said. “Traffic flowis great, and we are pleasedto partner with the libraryto get the word out. We canalready see the results.”

For more informationconcerning these classes,call Davidson at 232-3382.


By Sam ScovillNews Writing Student

OKCCC first offered avia-tion management classeslast semester.

“Aviation is Oklahoma’snumber one industry,” saidLarry Grummer, aviationdirector.

The program, started byGrummer and other asso-ciates, works with Southea-stern Oklahoma State Uni-versity in Durant to offertwo-, four- and six-yearprograms at OKCCC.

A two-year degree can beearned at OKCCC.

“It is basically a special-ized business degree,”Grummer said. “You canstill get a job anywhere inthe field of aviation with atwo-year degree.”

Special effects guruenlightens students

Aviation classes soar in popularity

By Jennifer DraggNews Writing Student

Stressed out students who have an hour to de-compress can find relief through fitness classes of-fered by Recreation and Community Services.

Pilates classes are held every Tuesday and Thurs-day from noon to 12:55 p.m. during the spring se-mester. Each of the sessions lasts four weeks.

“Pilates is similar to yoga in that it is almost like aform of meditation,” said student Leigh Ellen Prucha.“At the same time Pilates is similar to weight train-ing because it helps shape your muscle. Pilates bal-ances body and mind.”

Prucha said she devotes her spare time to teach-ing Pilates outside of the college at a health facility.

“I feel like I have more energy, and at the sametime I feel relaxed and balanced,” Prucha said.

When not teaching Pilates, she also enjoys beingone of the many students in the Pilates class oncampus.

Brittany Devero is another student who commitsher time to Pilates.

“I have back problems and Pilates has really helpedcorrect it. My chiropractor recommended takingclasses and I have seen a great improvement,” De-vero said.

There is a lot of stretching and focus involved withPilates, Prucha said. There also are different levelsof classes for beginners, intermediate, and advancedlearners, she said.

The cost of the classes is $20 for students with avalid ID and $30 for non-students, for a four-weeksession of Pilates.

For more information contact Jack Perkins, coor-dinator of Community Education and Health, at 682-1611, ext. 7205.

Using mind,body, spiritat schoolBy Chase Carabajal

News Writing Studentand Ana Rodriguez

Staff Writer

About 50 students wel-comed one of Hollywood’smost experienced specialeffects directors to the col-lege on Tuesday, March 1.

John Hartigan visitedwith OKCCC’s film stu-dents on campus duringthe day and followed up onthe visit to the college witha special screening of“Catch Me If You Can,” afilm he worked on.

The film was shown atDickinson Theater at PennSquare Mall that evening.

Hartigan was the specialeffects coordinator for themovie.

The movie was followedby a question-and-answersession with Hartigan.

The movie included fa-mous actors such as TomHanks, Leonardo DiCaprioand Christopher Walken.

The 2002 film was nomi-nated for two Oscars, Wal-ken for Best Actor in a Sup-porting Role and John Wil-liams for Best Music, Origi-nal Score.

After the movie played, araffle was held. Prizes in-cluded an autographed

Special effects coordinatorJohn Hartigan fields questionsafter a special screening of"Catch Me If You Can" onTuesday, March 1.


DVD copy of the movie.Hartigan has more than

100 movie credits including“50 First Dates” (2004) and“American Beauty” (1999).

Hartigan shared adviceand stories with the audi-ence. He also spoke of thefine details of his job.

“There’s a lot more thatgoes into it than peoplesee,” Hartigan said.

A special effects man’sjob is to work invisibly tocreate reality on film, hesaid.

Hartigan discussed ingreat detail the work thatgoes into creating rain andsnow scenes in a movie.

He said for some scenesin “Catch Me if You Can,”workers had to prep theneighborhood where thefilm was shot for days.

“Hartigan is a modernmagician,” said FritzKiersch, OKCCC film pro-fessor.

Hartigan returned to thewest coast to resume workon a major motion pictureafter the event.

Aviation students alsohave the opportunity tocontinue their educationbeyond the two-year pro-gram.

Students wanting to earna bachelor’s or master’s de-gree in aviation may do sothrough the SOSU’s pro-gram after completingclasses at OKCCC.

The program currentlyhas about 15 students of-ficially enrolled at OKCCC.Attendance is expected toat least double for the 16-week fall 2005 semester.Even with increased enroll-ment, Grummer said thereis still plenty of room for in-terested students.

The curriculum includesbasic classes like Englishand mathematics. There isonly one class devoted toAviation Management persemester.

Professionals in the fieldof aviation teach theclasses.

Luther Trent, the direc-tor of several OklahomaCity airports, including WillRogers World Airport,teaches the class this se-mester.

Students and those inter-ested in the aviation pro-gram will have a chance tonetwork with others.

An aviation luncheon willbe held the week afterspring break.

Major employers of theaviation industry will at-tend. The event is open toanyone interested in avia-tion.

As of press time, no offi-cial date had been set.

For more information,visit OKCCC online atwww.okccc.edu or SOSU atwww.sosu.edu.

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The beginning of earlyregistration for May Intersession,

Summer, August Intersessionand Fall semesters

is March 28 andis ONLINE registration ONLY.

For more information,contact Admissions and Records

at 682-1611, ext. 7512



Lil’ Ninjas karate class kicks into gearBy Joseph Thomas


Many little boys dream of beingninjas, and Troy Cheatwood’s Lil’Ninjas class teaches them how.

As a part of OKCCC’s College forKids program, Lil’ Ninjas teaches3- and 4-year-olds what Cheat-wood calls “the missing link in theeducation system.”

Historically, the word “ninja” isused to describe a person who istrained in Japanese martial arts.

Lil’ Ninjas takes this one step fur-ther by using a special techniquecalled “edutainment,” which coor-dinates the excitement ofmartial arts with key lifelessons any parent wouldwant their child to know.

And parents are pleasedwith the results.

“There’s a lot more listening toMommy and Daddy,” said NakishaHoward, mother of 4-year-oldBraden. “[Braden] just got his self-control stripe this week.”

Braden has five of the eight lifeskill stripes needed to move up tohis next belt. He has been in Lil’Ninjas for three weeks and is oneof four boys in the class.

“Braden is definitely more out-going [since being in the class],”said Cheatwood, owner of TroyCheatwood’s Family Martial ArtsCenter.

“[Braden’s learning] how to be

By Tyler WoodNews Writing Student

In honor of Easter, theBaptist Collegiate Minis-tries will show the movie“The Passion of the Christ”at 12:30 and 3 p.m. March24 in the college theater.

“Admission is free andthere will be a question-

By Shawn BryantStaff Writer

In order to honor formermath professor, Jack Cain’smemory, a $300 memorialscholarship will be awardedin his name during thisspring semester.

Cain was fatally injuredduring a climbing accidenton Mount Shasta in North-ern California on May 28,1996.

Student eligibility for thescholarship requires:

•Current enrollment•Completion of a mini-

mum of 12 credit hours atOKCCC

•Previous completion or

aware,” he said.In 1996, Cheatwood was second

in the world in the National BlackBelt League for sparring, but he de-cided to start teaching kids whenhe noticed a need that wasn’t be-ing met.

“The education system doesn’tteach goals,” he said. “Each belt issomething for [the kids] to work to-

wards.”And Braden is al-

most there, Cheatwoodsaid. “His kicks may not be

as high as they need to be, buthe is still learning the valuablestuff.”

“You have to do what [yourparents] say when they say it,”Braden said. Even ninjas have

to answer to someone, Cheatwoodsaid.

Lil’ Ninjas martial arts class isonly one of the many programs of-fered by OKCCC’S College for Kids.

All sessions cost $65 each withSession II beginning March 26 andgoing through April 30.

Anyone interested in enrolling inclasses can contact the Recre-ations and Community Servicesoffice at 682-7860, ext. 7205.

Scholarship to honor professor’s memory

Troy Cheatwood instructs Colton Howard, 4, in the Lil’ Ninjas program March8 at Cheatwood's Family Martial Arts Center in Moore.

professor, was a colleagueand close friend of Cain’s.

“He taught me how torock climb,” Kamm said.

Kamm said Cain had agenuine concern for hisstudents and would beproud of the scholarship in

current enrollment in Math2103, Calculus and Ana-lytic Geometry I

•A minimum GPA of 3.25•Must be intent on com-

pleting an associate degreeat OKCCC

Steve Kamm, physics

his honor.“[Cain] was very, very stu-

dent centered, so anythingthat has to do with stu-dents, he would be pleasedabout,” he said.

Students interested inapplying for this scholar-

‘Passion of the Christ’ to air on campus

ship can pick up an appli-cation in the math lab.

Applications must besubmitted by 5 p.m. March21.

Senior Writer ShawnBryant can be reached [email protected].

and-answer session follow-ing each viewing,” saidMike Barnett, BCM direc-tor.

Directed and co-writtenby Mel Gibson, the film fol-lows the life of Christ in thefinal 12 hours leading upto his death, according towww.imdb.com.

“We want to show thismovie to increase aware-ness of what Easter is re-

ally about,” Barnett said.One BCM member said

the movie gave her a bettergrasp of the death of Christ.

“You hear about it all thetime but seeing it [on film]made it more real,” saidStaci Pinkerton, BCMmember.

Barnett added, “Thismovie is the most histori-cally accurate portrayal ofthe crucifixion I have seen.”

Some feel the movie isboth religious and histori-cal.

“Its not just a religiousthing,” student Allison Fos-ter said. “There are histori-cal documents that supportwhat happened.”

The movie is two hoursand seven minutes long.

For more information,contact Mike Barnett at323-0583.

“The education systemdoesn’t teach goals. Eachbelt is something for [the

kids] to work towards.”—Troy Cheatwood

Martial Arts Instructor


Sports

UPCOMING Soccer team fightsback, ties UCOCLUB SOCCER

•March 26: Club soccerstarts back up afterspring break. At 11 a.m.the University of CentralOklahoma faces RoseState College. Okla-homa State Universityplays OKCCC at 1 p.m.UCO hosts both games.The University of Okla-homa has a bye.

•April 2: At 11 a.m. theUniversity of Oklahomaplays the University ofCentral Oklahoma at 1p.m. Oklahoma StateUniversity takes on RoseState College. Bothgames are hosted byOU. OKCCC has a byethis week. •April 9: In the 11 a.m.game OKCCC plays theUniversity of Oklahoma.The 1 p.m. game fea-tures Oklahoma StateUniversity and OU in anorthside dual. Bothgames are hosted byOKCCC. Rose StateCollege has a bye.

OTHER SPORTS

•April 30: The AmericanHeart Walk is April 30. Bywalking, you can helpsave lives, includingyour loved ones.

The OKCCC chairper-son is Becky Graves.She is looking for walk-ers and money to sup-port this worthy cause.Contact her at 682-1611,ext. 7734, or e-mail [email protected].

BASKETBALL

Season Standings

Team Wins LossesBulls 7 0B.A. 6 1Suns 5 2Vultures 3 4Bulldogs 1 6Spurs 0 7

Real story is in the people, not the score


Before spring break, theOKCCC club soccer teamwas able to begin theirquest for a championship.

For their first game Feb.26, OKCCC was pittedagainst the University ofCentral Oklahoma.

Despite a 2-1 deficit latein the game, a rookie goalieand some controversialcalls, OKCCC went homewith a 2-2 tie.

The tying goal by sopho-more Beeken Lopez cameafter player/coach K.B.Yeboah beat a pair of de-fenders to make a pass.

“I was just happy to helpin the last minute,” Lopezsaid.

Eric Atakorah scoredOKCCC’s other goal.

Atakorah said he enjoyedthe game.

“It was a way to comeback, looking at what thereferees [did],” he said.

The most upsetting callfor the OKCCC team cameafter an apparent goal byfreshman Javier Carreon.

Carreon was making anindirect kick toward thegoal when the ball went di-

rectly into the net withoutfirst being touched by an-other player on his team asthe rules call for.

“I thought one of myteammates would havetouched it,” Carreon said.

Despite the tie, theOKCCC team did receivepraise from their opponent.

UCO captain Scott Has-tings said the game couldhave gone either way.

“We were fortunate tocome out with a tie.”

OKCCC’s game againstRose State College, sched-uled for March 5, was can-celed, said League Coordi-nator Jalal Daneshfar.

In an e-mail to the Pio-neer, Daneshfar said, “RSCrequested the cancellationof the game due to [the] factsome of their players had aconflict with the schedule.”

Daneshfar said theleague accepted RoseState’s request to resched-ule the game since it wasdone with prior notice.

Rose State captain Koor-oush Azartash said severalplayers were unavailabledue to previously sched-uled military training andinjuries.

Staf f Writer MatthewCaban can be reached [email protected].


A basketball season fullof action, joy, disappoint-ment and drama came toan end March 4.

The spring intramuralbasketball regular seasonwas full of stories of tri-umph and defeat, but twotales stuck out.

The stories of Jason Fishand Kiante Smith inter-sected during a game be-tween their respectiveteams on March 4.

Fish was the high scor-ing guard for the unde-feated Bulls and Smith wasthe last man standing forthe winless Spurs.

The Bulls 63-41 victorydoes not tell the wholestory.

For Fish, a sophomorenutritional science major, itwas preparation for a pos-sible championship andhopefully, a roster spot ona college basketball team.

“I’m trying out for JUCOs[junior colleges] thisspring,” he said.

Fish said he joined theteam because they needed

another point guard.“I just tried to push it and

keep a faster pace,” he said.Smith, on the other hand,

played for fun and to finishout a season.

“I’m doing it for fun,”Smith said. “I’m not a bas-ketball player.” Smith saidhe played football in highschool.

Despite Smith’s carefreeattitude, the Spurs suffereda setback during the sea-son.

Midway through the sea-son, the Spurs lost leadingscorer Will Keller.

Smith said Keller stopped

playing sometime duringthe season.

He said the situationworsened when other play-ers did not show up. “We’re just playing withwho [came],” Smith said. Although one man wenthome winless and the otherundefeated, for one gamethey were the same. Theywere basketball players.

Staff Writer MatthewCaban can be reached [email protected].


Nick Bolton, junior visual communications student, eyesthe ball as he participates in the intramural table tennistournament on Feb. 21, in the gym. Bolton won the Feb.21 tournament to appear in the championship. Hedefeated Chris Bales, the Feb. 25 winner, for the overallchampionship on Feb. 28.

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Got sports?Call Matt at 682-1611,

ext. 7440, with the 411


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OKCCC will host its an-nual Spring Family Carni-val from 1 to 3 p.m. on Sat-urday, March 26, in the col-lege union.

Campus clubs will spon-sor activity booths for chil-dren, said Student Life Di-rector Liz Largent. Boothswill include carnival gameslike ring toss and coloringactivities.

The Photography Clubwill take free keepsake pho-tos of kids with the EasterBunny, said club vice presi-dent Ann Lushbough.

The Gay and Lesbian Al-liance will hand out freecotton candy, said MarkSchneberger, club sponsor.

Largent said the event isopen to students, facultyand the community.

There will be a live deejayplaying music for everyoneto dance to.

Student Life will sponsoran egg hunt for the chil-dren.

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HighlightsKay Edwards Memorial Scholarship available

Applications are now being accepted for the KayEdwards Memorial Scholarship. This scholarship isawarded annually to a student taking one or more learn-ing skills courses and a student who is involved in the-ater. Students must be recommended by an instructor.Application forms are available in the Arts and Humani-ties Office and will be accepted until 5 p.m. on March 23.

Tuition Fee Waiver application availableTuition Fee Waiver applications are available. Dead-

lines for each semester are as listed: Summer 2005 dead-line April 15 by 5 p.m. Fall/Spring 2005-06 deadline April15 by 5 p.m. Fall semester only deadline April 15 by 5p.m. Spring semester 2006 only deadline November 15by 5 p.m. Students can turn applications in at the Finan-cial Aid office.To contact Financial Aid call 682-1611 ext.7525.

Photography Club to have print saleThe Photography Club will host a print sale 9 a.m. to 5

p.m., March 22 from in the main building atrium. Themoney raised will help pay for the club’s San Antonio pho-tography trip.

Student production of “Henry’s Proposal”At 7:30 p.m., March 24 in the OKCCC theater. The The-

ater Department will be performing “Henry’s Proposal”an Oklahoma adaption of “A Marriage Proposal” by AntonChekov. Admission is free.

“Passion of the Christ” screening and discusssionFree showings of the movie “The Passion of Christ” at

12:30 and 3:00 p.m. Thursday, March 24, in college the-ater. There will be a discussion following the movie. Formore information contact Allison Foster at 306-8420.

Jack Cain Memorial ScholarshipTo honor Jack Cain, a memorial scholarship of $300

will be awarded in his name during the spring semesterat 6 p.m., April 22, in the main dining area in the cafete-ria. Students must meet the following eligibility criteria:students must have completed 12 hours at OKCCC, beenrolled or completed Math 2103 Calculus and or Ana-lytic Geometry I, have a 3.5 GPA and must complete theirassociate degree at OKCCC. For more information con-tact Mike Turegun at 682-1611 ext.7340 or e-mail [email protected].

Admissions for College or NursingOKCCC will have a guest representative from OU

Health Science Center college of Nursing program 12:30to 1:20 p.m., March 24 in room 1C4. Speaker will be avail-able for questioning and will have insight to pass ontostudents about the four year Nursing Programs. For moreinformation contact Sawmon Davani at 414-5913.

Preacher Moss and the End of RacismOKCCC will be hosting Preacher Moss at 2 p.m., March

29 in CU3. Preacher Moss has been a fixture on the col-lege comedy and lecture circuit for many years. His criti-cally acclaimed “End of Racism” Comedy and Lecturetour has been hosted throughout the United States. Formore information contact Jon Horinek, Coordinator ofCommunity Engagement at 682-1611, ext.7697, or visitwww.preachermoss.com.

One bag or two: Paintball club’s Jake Birdwell, sophomore business student, andDerek Mason, sophomore automotive technician major, serve cotton candy to raise money forthe Kansas State University paintball tournament on March 12.


Baptist Club hits the woodBy Tyler Wood


Fellowship and a trickplay highlighted the week-end for the Baptist Colle-giate Ministry’s GoldenMonkeys Basketball teams.

University of CentralOklahoma hosted an an-nual basketball tourna-ment for the state’s Baptiststudent organizations onMarch 4 and 5.

The OKCCC chapter ofthe BCM sponsored men’sand women’s teams thatcompeted in the doubleelimination tournament.

The highlight of the tour-nament came during theCarl Albert State Collegegame, when OKCCC’s Rob-ert Cantu placed the ballbetween his legs and fakeda shot, sending the oppos-ing team in the air.

Cantu then passed theball to an open team mem-ber who shot and scored.

“I was just trying tochange things up a bit,”Cantu said.

The women’s team losttheir first game to the Uni-versity of Science and Artsof Oklahoma in Chickasha22-18.

“Since we never had apractice, we did prettywell,” said Allison Foster,OKCCC BCM player.

The women’s eliminationcame at the hands of theSouthwestern OklahomaState University in Wea-therford.

Down 19-4 at the half,the Golden Monkeys foughtback to end the game witha score of 33-12.

“We didn’t come out to besuper competitive,” Fostersaid.

“ We came out to have funand we did that.”

The men’s team won theirfirst game against WesternOklahoma State College inAltus with 22-18.

The win put the teamagainst Northeastern Okla-homa Agriculture and Me-chanical College in Miami,Okla.

The Golden Monkeystrailed by 10 at the half butbattled back to lose 38-33.

“We started off really slowbut got it together and didwell,” said Cantu.

The men then playedCASC and lost, sendingthem home early.

As in the previous game,the OKCCC men startedslow, being down by 16 atthe break, but the teamfought back only to lose by12.

Both teams cited lack ofpractice as an area thatcould have been improved.

“A couple more practices,a few plays and more orga-nization [would havehelped],” said David Gray,member OKCCC’s men’steam.

“We did pretty well con-sidering we just came to-gether,” said Shasta Ray-mond, current UCO stu-dent who played forOKCCC.

Mike Barnett, director ofBCM, was still pleased withhis teams efforts.

“We had a goal to havesome good fellowship andcompete with the otherschools and we did that,”Barnett said.

Does your club or organization have news to share with students?If so, call John at 682-1611, ext. 7675, or e-mail him at [email protected]


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transfer experience, includ-ing the course equivalencyproject, the 2+2 transferarticulation project and

“Survey,”Cont. from page 1

Graduates return transfer surveys for college evaluationenhanced transfer studentsupport.

The course equivalencyproject is aimed at makingsure classes students taketransfer to a four-year col-lege.

The 2+2 transfer articu-lation project deals more

president for Academic Af-fairs, said for students par-ticipating under the new al-liance, those college cred-its would be counted imme-diately upon acceptanceinto OKCCC, without firstasking for advance stand-ing.

He said the agreementwill allow OKCCC to trackthose concurrent highschool students participat-ing in the alliance by in-cluding them in OKCCCrecords, even before theyattend here.

“This allows [the college]to provide proper advise-ment and other studentservices as these students[begin and] complete a de-gree program at OKCCC.”

Sechrist said the newagreement also will raisethe quality of technical edu-cation the students receiveby giving them a head starton that education.

In turn, he said, studentswill be better prepared to

succeed when they gradu-ate college and enter a tech-nical profession.

“The associate in appliedscience degree is consid-ered a technical degree,”Sechrist said. “It is a degreethat is considered as prepa-ration for an entry-levelposition in a technical pro-fession.”

Sechrist said such pro-fessions include registerednurse, automotive servicetechnician, micro-com-

OKCCC, Francis Tuttle Technology Center enter into cooperative agreement

with ensuring that stu-dents’ degree programs willtransfer to a four-year col-lege.

The enhanced transferstudent support is anOKCCC program that it isstill in the developmentstages.

“Alliance,”Cont. from page 1

Its purpose would be totry and take a group ofOKCCC students to a four-year college and give theman “orientation experience,”Sechrist said.

OKCCC collects graduatesurvey information everyyear.

Graduating students canexpect to receive a surveyin the mail 12 months af-ter graduation.

They are asked to returnthe survey in order for thecollege to improve its pro-grams for future students,Sechrist said.

puter technician, physicaltherapist technician, respi-ratory care technician,graphics communicationspecialist and many others.

“Technical degrees areoften in demand and resultin employment in profes-sional areas that command

Student artist to cover all genres at showBy Molly McMurry


An artist in sight andsound, Josh Heilaman willdisplay two sides of theworld of art at an upcom-ing show.

Heilaman, Visual Artssophomore, will hold an artshow at 8 p.m. Saturday,March 26 at Book Beat,9136 S. Walker Ave., Okla-homa City.

Featured at the show willbe a number of art worksHeilaman has created overthe past few months.

His artwork is a combi-nation of paintings, draw-ings and mixed media.Heilaman combines medi-ums to create textureswithin his work.

Art professor CarolynFarris describes Heila-man’s work as “autobio-graphical in a way.

“He offers a great senseof humility to mankind,”

Farris said.She said Heilaman’s work

is whimsical and childlike.He uses “visual elements aspure expression of feelingand meaning.”

“The college should defi-nitely be proud to haveJosh as a student,” Farrissaid.

Heilaman’s band Esth-ing, also will performthroughout the evening,playing instrumental musicwith an electronic twist,Heilaman said.

Shown are two pieces by artstudent Josh Heilaman:

“Eastern Star,” (above) and“Untitled,” (right).

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