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Students, faculty and guests celebrat-ed National American Indian Heritage Month Thursday, Nov. 5 in the main din-ing room of the Student Center.
The guests included the Oklahoma Fancy Dancers who performed traditional Native American dances like the “Jingle Dress Dance” and the “Round Dance.”
Comanche dancer, Kevin Connywerdy, explained each of the approximately 36 tribes with governments in Oklahoma is different with its “own story to tell.”
Or as Dr. Michael Lovegrove, speaker, professor of history, and charter member of the Chickasaw Historical society, said, “Native Americans collectively have two stories.”
One story is the ugly truth how the U.S. government in the past designed its policies to drive tribes to extinction.
“Some of their people were hunted like animals,” Lovegrove said. “They had hunting season for Native peoples. Some Native groups are now extinct because of those efforts.”
The other story, however, shows the resilience of Native American peoples, Lovegrove said.
A dancer from the Muskogee nation, Leslie Deere, echoed this sentiment.
“No matter what you throw at us we survive,” Deere said.
Lovegrove commented the dancers gave “the gift of their culture” to onlookers. “They’re not required to do this,” Loveg-rove said. “They do this because they love what they do. They’re sharing and giving the gift of their culture to us.”
Lovegrove later signed copies of his book, “A Nation in Transition; Doug-las Henry Johnston and the Chickasaws, 1898-1939,” published by Chickasaw Press. It is a true story of the former gov-ernor of the Chickasaw Nation and how he led his people through the hardships the U.S. government presented.
By: Bryan MangieriFeatures Editor
RSC’s student newspaper since 1972
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The Great Issues Lec-ture Series concluded with a speech by Dr. John Carl, RSC professor of sociology, on Wednesday, Nov. 4. Carl demonstrat-ed the Paradox of Afflu-ence by explaining how different countries around the world are ranked. The speech included a Pow-erPoint with several sta-tistics.
Carl started by saying that when he was young, the world was divided into three kinds of nations: first world countries, who were the “good guys;” sec-ond world countries, who
were the “bad guys;” and third world countries, who were poor.
“This isn’t a very useful way to look at the world today,” Carl said.
He suggested dividing the countries into four sec-tions: core nations, semi-periphery nations, periph-ery nations, and external nations.
“Core nations are us,” he said. “They have strong militaries, strong econo-mies; we’ve got a lot of power.”
He explained that core nations have to interact with the rest of the world because they have exhaust-ed their natural resources.
As a result, they turn to semi-periphery nations because they have not ex-hausted their resources.
“These nations are close to the core,” he said. Carl described these countries, such as Brazil, as nations developing their militaries and economies that might eventually allow them to become core nations.
Periphery nations “have weak governments and militaries” and are similar to external nations except that they have natural re-sources. They can remain periphery nations as long as they can provide these resources, such as oil.
External nations do not
have natural resources to offer the rest of the world.
He said one way that countries can move up as world powers is to devel-op their economies. The United States is ranked as the sixth highest in gross national income, accord-ing to Carl’s PowerPoint. He pointed out that there are some countries where people live on about $100 a year.
“A lot of you have that in your pockets right now,” he added.
He finds it misleading to compare core countries with external countries be-cause core countries have things like technology
while external countries have little to no access to those things.
Carl brought up the question of what to do about the inequality. The U.S. is a part of a group that gives help to poorer countries. This also helps the country gain allies in other areas of the world.
Toni Castillo, RSC Honors Program director, believes this was a particu-larly important speech on the Paradox of Affluence because “we tend to think of ourselves as an incredi-bly affluent nation. I think statistics, particularly the kind Dr. Carl gave, make us reassess that.”
By: Adriana ValtinsonAssignment Editor
Five senators resigned Tuesday. Those senators are Levi Fisher, Kelsie Tucker, LaTasha Bruner, Tracy Cummings, and Mikah Abdul-Raheem. As Tucker resigned her position, Senator Robbie Barthel was announced as the new floor leader.
When asked why she was leaving, Senator Tuck-er announced, “I’m just not happy with the way things are going.” All of the senators resigned due to scheduling conflicts.
Elections will be held Tuesday, Dec. 1, to fill the vacancies.
Dr. Kent Lashley at-tended this week’s Senate meeting to talk to the senators about budgeting for legislation.
“You may have ideas that affect the school on much larger scales,” said Dr. Lashley. “Remember,
this is a ‘recommend-ing’ body. We are in an economic down cycle, so budgets are a little tight and/or will be tighter,” he continued. “Grants always come up, so do your re-search.”
The Suggestion Box Committee received some suggestions in boxes this week, one being a “very violent letter toward sen-ate” according to Senator Shawn McCreary. Senate declined to speak on the letter’s contents.
Resolution 008 was pre-sented by Senator Mark Sauerwald and states, “a resolution pertaining to the consistent availability and easy accessibility to current grades in any given class in which students are enrolled and actively attending.” The resolu-tion was co-authored by Senator Myka Phillips and Senator Trena Byas.
“I believe it’s very im-
portant that students are aware of their grades dur-ing the [academic year] to know if [the student] needs tutoring or to drop a class to prevent a bad grade, ” Sauerwald said. This would require in-structors to post grades on a hard copy three times a semester, once a month after the 15th day of each month.
“I asked one of my teachers if she knew how to use D2L and she re-sponded ‘what’s D2L?’” Sauerwald said. This reso-lution passed.
Resolution 009, dis-cussing the establishment of healthier foods in the vending machines, Rose Café, and cafeteria, was also presented by Senator Sauerwald with co-au-thors Senator Phillips and Senator D.J. Ross.
“This is just urging the administration that they need healthier foods and
fresh vegetables,” Sauer-wald said. According to the resolution, “Many stu-dents are on campus for several hours at a time and do not have the opportu-nity to find food at places with healthier options.”
Sauerwald stated that the President’s Leader-ship Class did a video of [students] around campus asking them what they would like to see here at RSC.
“The majority of [those] interviewed wanted a healthier menu choice,” Senator Sauerwald said. “I think it is our duty to give these kids choices and help them to live a healthi-er lifestyle.”
“I’m very glad that Resolution 008 passed and as far as Resolution 009, we’re going to work on that bill and hopefully improve it so it will pass,” Sauerwald added.
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NATIVE AMERICAN STORIES- RSC celebrates Native American month Nov. 5. There were drinks and dessert provided while Kevin Connywerdy gives a speech
about the different tribes and many dances they perform. (Photo by Amber Loyd)
COUPLES DANCE- Douglas Johnston is taught a Native American dance by Leslie Deere in the couple dance during the event. Other guests were encouraged to follow the line in this dance. (Photo by Amber Loyd)
NATIVE BEAUTY- Kevin Connywerdy from Oklahoma Fancy Dancers demonstrates a festive Native American dance. The crowd was wowed by his elaborate dances steps and full traditional cos-tume. (Photo by Danetta Butler)
Native American Day
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To better understand the world, change your worldview
celebrates resilience
Amsterdam, Brussels, and ParisVisit these cities with the RSC Study Abroad Club. The eight day tour will depart May 20, 2010. Trav-elers do not need to be RSC students, to book their reservation.
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Policies Columns,commentariesandletterstotheeditorarepersonalopinionsofthewritersanddonotnecessarilyreflecttheviewsof15thStreetNewsorotherstudents,facultyoradministratorsofthecollege.Editorialsarewrittenbytheeditorialstaff. Publicationofallmaterialsisatthediscretionoftheeditor.Anyonehavingacomplaintmaycalltheeditorinchief,733-7400,ortheStudentPublicationsBoard chairperson, Towry Barnard,733-7379. 15thStreetNews,astudentnews-paper serving the RSC community,is published weekly, except schoolholidays, on Fridays during the falland spring semesters by theOfficeofStudentPublications,6420SE15,MidwestCity,OK73110. 15th StreetNews is amember ofOklahoma Collegiate Press Associa-tion,whichhasdesignatedthispapertopjuniorcollegenewspapersixyears,andAssociatedCollegiatePress,whichhasrateditAllAmerican30semesters. This publication is printed byEdmond Sun, Inc., issued by RSCandauthorizedbytheCoordinatorofStudentPublications.Costtothestatetaxpayersis$301.81for4,000copiesperissueand$56.40forspotcolor.Thispaperisrecyclable. RSC,incompliancewithTitlesVIandVIIoftheCivilRightsActof1964,asamended,ExecutiveOrder11246,asamended,TitleIXoftheEducationAmendmentsof1972,AmericanswithDisabilities Act of 1990 and otherfederallawsandregulations,doesnotdiscriminateonthebasisofrace,color,sex,age,nationalorigin,religion,dis-ability,sexualorientationorstatusasaveteraninanyofitspolicies,practicesorprocedures.Thisincludes,butisnotlimitedtoadmissions,employment,financialaidandeducationalservices.
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A lot of things happen that do not make sense or do not seem to hold any value. They are deemed “negative” situations- and that’s just life.
For example, take a local var-sity football team who lost all of their games this season. After losing 11 seniors, it was a young team. It’s amazing what winning all the time can hide. Of course it is fun to win. It’s easy to be positive when all the chips fall your way. But what if they don’t? What to do then? In the words of Mike Ditka, “Success isn’t per-manent, and failure isn’t fatal.” Having a losing record hurts, but
it reveals things that winning can hide and provides opportunities to become sharper and stronger. It is a reminder that winning cannot define you.
Or take for instance the story of a player on a local basketball team. This young man is 17, a senior- tall, skinny, and funny. Just a few weeks ago, he col-lapsed at practice. His heart had stopped and had to be “shocked” back to life twice- once at the gym and once in the ambulance on the way to the hospital. Ini-tial reports revealed blood clots in his lungs. But within minutes of his accident, word went out
through text messages, Facebook and email, and literally people around the country were praying for this young man.
He is alive and well today.A horrible event? Yes. But it could have been so much
worse. He could have died in his sleep, or died while en route to practice (he lives quite far from the gym). But his incident hap-pened where he was able to get the help he needed quickly.
At face value, these appear to not be good, positive, fun, or enjoyable situations. But can they be dismissed? Are they re-ally negative situations?
There are two choices in every “negative” situation: the choice to complain, accuse, and blame everyone (including yourself ) and everything around you for your circumstances. Or the choice to look for the lessons and opportunities to grow as a person amidst the pain and “un-funness” of a situation.
It is easy to allow the first choice to take hold, but it will cause more pain. So when the chips are down look for the lesson.
Negativity is a matter of opinion
WHO: Students are invited to a quiet corner of the LRC to prepare for finals.
WHAT: Lose the distractions of studying for finals at home and thinking about the laundry and dishes, etc. Come to the LRC to focus on your success-ful studying or finishing that last paper during finals.
WHEN: Saturday, Dec. 12 10 am to 10 pm; Sun-day, Dec. 13 1 pm to 12 midnight; Monday, Dec. 14 7:30 am to 12 midnight
WHERE: Learning Resources Center, east build-ing on campusComputers are available during LRC hours.
WHY: To concentrate on your studies and to refresh your body; To help students reach their goals this semester.
BONUS: Pizza will be served around 8 or 9 pm in the LRC lobby.The Learning Resources Center will be closed Nov. 25-27 with the rest of the campus. The LRC will be open on Saturday, Nov. 28, from 10:00 am to 4:00 pm and Sunday, Nov. 29, from 1:00 pm to 8:00 pm. This is a great time to catch up before the finals crunch, if you are behind.
Information provided by Sharon Saulmon.
Need a Quiet Place to Study?
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Philander (verb): to flirt; to engage in casual sexual or romantic encounters; philanderer (noun): A lover; a male sweetheartSOURCE: OED
Literary Reference: “The military M.P. fled to the drawing-room to philander with Mrs. Grey.” From Vivian Grey by Benjamin Disraeli (1826-27).
Pop Culture Reference: “I know it’s illegal in Pennsyl-vania, but it’s for charity, and I consider myself a great phi-landerer.” ~ Michael Scott, “The Office”
Our Usage: Unlike Michael, we refuse to use the word philanderer incorrectly. If we did that would be a malaprop-ism, which is a noun meaning “the ludicrous misuse of a word, especially by confusion with one of similar sound.” Anyway, back to the subject at hand: Some of us aspire to be great philanderers, but that is quite archaic and we aren’t English noblemen, who must resort to consorting with the maids.
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Cost:Students under 23: $2,381.00Adult Supplement over 23: $2,686.00Planning/Information Meet-ing: 6 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 19 in Humanities Building, Room 211.For more information, contact Sandy Keneda:[email protected] or eftours.com (Trip Number 7028240).
Information and Paris photos provided by Sandy Keneda.
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Oral Tobacco AwarenessTheWellnessCenterwillpres-entaninformativesessionontherisksoforaltobaccouse1–2p.m.Tuesday,Nov.17inHPE115.Thesessionisfreetoat-
tendandopentoeveryone.ThiseventcomplementsTheGreatAmericanSmokeoutThursday,Nov.19topromotethenation-wideefforttostopsmokingfor
oneday.
Thanksgiving BasketsTheCyberSecurityClubhaspartneredwithSIFEandNTSOtobringmealstoOklahomansinneed.Theyintendtocreateatleast16ThanksgivingBasketsforYouthServicesofOklahomaCity.NonperishablefooditemsmaybedroppedoffintheBusi-nessbuilding,Room131orwhentheroomisunoccupiedinadonationboxoutsideofthedoor.Cashwillalsobeacceptedandbeusedtopurchaseitemsforthebaskets.DonationswillbeacceptedthroughFriday,
Nov.20.FormoreinformationcontactVirginiaVanBurkleoatVirginia-vanburkleo@stu.rose.eduorEileenDeweyatedew-
ey@rose.edu.YouthServicesofOklahomaCityprovidesaidtohighschoolstudents,throughnofaultof
theirown,wholiveontheirownwithoutanyfinancialoremo-tionalhelpfromtheirparents.Theyprovidefood,toiletries,counseling,lifeskillseducationandemergencyfinancialas-
sistancetohelpthemcompletetheirhighschooleducation.
H1N1 InformationTheOklahomaStateHealthDepartmentissponsoringa
questionandanswerlineforper-sonsconcernedabouttheH1N1influenza.Formoreinformationregardingtheillnesscall1-866-
278-7134.
Calling all elvesTheRSCAdoptedSchools
needyourhelp!Monetarydona-tionsarebeingsoughttoraisefundsforeachstudentattend-ingtheannualAdoptedSchoolChristmasPartytoreceiveagiftandschoolsupplies.Forsomeofthesestudents,thesewillbetheonlygiftstheyreceive.Donationsarepreferredinanamountbetween$10-$20,butanyamountwillbeaccepted
andappreciated.PleaseconsidermakingadonationbyTuesday,Nov.24toanyof“Santa’slittle
helpers”listedbelow:SueHolmes,Administration
building,Room203JoyCherry,Businessbuilding,
Room105MalinaBrywczynski,Communi-
cationsCenter,Room133MaryScott,ChildDevelopment
Center,Room100AprilSmithee,ScienceandMathbuilding,Room109
JulieLesko-Bishop,FineArtsbuilding,Room110
LindaHall,HealthandEnviron-mentalSciencesbuilding,Room
208KathyKatus,Humanitiesbuild-
ing,Room109JudyHartsburg,LRC,Room
117MindyMoman,Maintenance
buildingCindyFreeman,Profession
TrainingandEducationCenter,Room140
PamJones,SocialSciencesbuilding,Room108
MichelleNutter,StudentSer-vicesbuilding,Room208
EarlineCottet,StudentCenterlobby
VickieGregory,WellnessCenter,Room117
The Military Spouse Career Advancement Account (My-CAA) is a scholarship program that provides $6,000 for educa-
tion, training, licensing, or certi-fication for military spouses. The program can help military spous-es find portable career fields that can be used to find employment that will allow the student to move to new locations as his or her military spouse does.
According to the “Frequently
Asked Questions” section of the Web site, spouses who will be enrolled in classes within 90 days of joining qualify for the pro-gram. In order to be eligible, the student must be the spouse of an Active Duty member of the Department of Defense or fed-erally activated members of the
National Guard and Reserve C o m p o n e n t s . Active members of the military or students who are legally separated from his or her military spouse are not eligible.
Military spouses are to make a Career and Training
Plan that pro-vides his or
her infor-m a t i o n
such as the chosen career field and the name of the school he or she is attending.
Jenny Goldshlager explained, “Basically, the student needs to describe what it would take for them to reach their goal. At [RSC], students would normally list our college name and ad-dress, the name of the degree program, and a list of required courses (including any prerequi-sites) to obtain that degree. The goal for students is to work to-ward a career that is portable and would be able to be moved when their military spouses transfer to new locations. This is what the students would need to stress in their degree plan.”
For more information visit www.militaryonesource.com/MOS/FindInformation/Cate-gory/MilitarySpouseCareerAd-vancementAccounts.aspx.
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Gerry Sheppard will have worked as the Office Manager of the Physical Plant for 20 years next month. She says that the Physical Plant is cus-tomer-oriented and provides important supplies for the school. As Office Manager, she oversees the purchasing of the supplies for the depart-ment.
Sheppard enjoys being busy and the environment of the campus as a whole, but her favorite part of her job is the people. Her job allows her to work with people campus-wide. “You become like a small family,” she says. “It’s people who keep you here. There are a lot of good people here.”
Kim Greil, Inventory Spe-cialist and colleague of Shep-pard, said Sheppard is very straightforward and doesn’t sugarcoat anything. “She tells it like it is,” Greil said. “That’s why people respect her.”
Age: 69Hometown: Haileyville, Okla.Spouse: Gwynne, deceasedKids: Todd, Tracy, Treca and 7 grandchildrenHeroes: “My mother and pa-ternal grandmother”Most life changing book ever read: “Bible”Favorite Food: “Everything at Thanksgiving”Drink you would recom-mend to someone having a bad day: “A tall glass of iced tea”Favorite dessert: “Clive Thunder from Down Under”
Proudest mo-ment: “Birth of Children”What’s the last song you listened too? “’Taxes’ by Ray Stevens”Most desirable place to visit: “The homes of my children and grandchildren”Where in the world would you like to be stranded? “On my own hill with friends and family.”One adjective a loved one would use to describe you: “Giving”Phobias: “Spiders and mice”What kind of tipper are you? “Great”Would you rather be loved
or respected? “If you’re re-spected, love usually follows.”Would you prefer to be scratched by a cat or bitten by a dog? “I’m not a cat per-son.”Would you prefer to end hunger or hatred? “If people didn’t hate they would share more readily what they have.”
SpotlightSpotlightGerry SheppardPhysical Plant Office Manager
By: Adriana ValtinsonAssignment Editor
Gerry Sheppard (Photo by Danetta Butler)
By: Adriana ValtinsonAssignment Editor
Career on the move?
(Photo illustration by Brian Allen)
Military spouse scholarship available to those who qualify
Big Red uses rhymes to give back
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Fiddler on the RoofThetheaterdepartmentwillpresent“FiddlerontheRoof”7:30p.m.Friday,Nov.13–14and2p.m.Sunday,Nov.15inthePerformingArtsTheater.Ticketswillbe$10forthegen-eralpublic,$5fornonRSCstu-dentsandfreetoseniors,RSCfaculty,staff,andstudents.Call733-7976forticketsandmore
information.
Cheerleading ClinicTheCheerleadingClubwillhostaclinicforchildrenages5-1110a.m.–3p.m.Saturday,Nov.21.ThechildrenwillthenperformattheHolidayLight-ingCeremonyTuesday,Dec.1.Thecostis$35perchild.
Allproceedswillhelpsendtheclubtothenationalcompetition.ParticipationformscanbefilledoutordeliveredtotheOfficeofLeadershipintheStudentSer-vicesBuilding,Room105.Formoreinformation,contactAlexFunstonat822-6627orTowry
Barnardat733-7379.
Excellence in Teaching AwardsNominationsarebeingsoughtfromstudentsfortheExcellenceinTeachingAwards.Studentsmaynominateanyprofessor,currentorformer,thatmeetstheeligibilityrequirementsandhasnotwontheawardinthelastfiveyears.Tonominateaprofessor,studentsmusttypeaone-pageexplanationontherea-sonsthestudentbelievesquali-fiestheirprofessortoreceivetheaward.NominationformsmaybepickeduporsubmittedNov.1–Nov.30intheAcademicAffairsOfficeintheFineArts
Building,Room100.Afterasec-ondnominationperiodpassesinMarch,acommitteewillevaluateallentriesandsupportinginfor-mationtodecidewhichfacultymemberwillreceivetheaward.
People around campus may know him as James Jones, music engineering major, but the local hip-hop community knows him better as Big Red. Re-cently, Jones landed a spot on “South Coast Compila-tion Vol. One,” an effort re-leased on Loaded Records, a label based out of New Orleans.
His style reflects old-school rap beats, but his rhymes add a modern twist.
Jones said ultimately, he became a musician because it expresses how he feels.
“I find [music is] some-thing I’m good at,” Jones said. “As a kid, I used to sing, but as I got older, my voice changed.”
Jones said he also wrote
poetry in his youth, a per-sonality trait he shared with his sister. He still does the same, but sets it to mu-sic.
Jones said the need to be recognized drives his ca-reer, but he realizes with recognition comes certain responsibility. He said he finds it important to stand up as a role model in the community. He counts graduating from high school at Guthrie’s Job Corps and enrolling in college at RSC as achieve-ments.
“I just want to be a good person in my community,” Jones said.
In the end, Jones said he wants his career to “pave the path” for other hip-hop acts. Jones said he doesn’t care if he makes it himself, he just wants to see hip-
hop and R&B “na-tionalized.”
“It needs to be. They have every other cul-ture of mu-sic,” Jones said. “They don’t re-ally stand b e h i n d hip-hop…Everybody has a story to tell. No matter if it’s through rock, rap or hip-hop. Everybody has a story to tell, and that’s how some people control their tempers, control their lifestyles.
That’s all music is. It’s a feeling. It’s a lifestyle.”
By: Bryan MangieriFeatures Editor
(Photo by Brian Allen)
“Treadmill-athoners” logged more than 2,000 miles at RSC. Treadmill marathon runners and walkers, 105 of them, finished what they started at RSC’s first “treadmill-athon,” laying down a total of 2,751 miles, said Well-ness Center Director Chris Le-land.
“I am really excited about the numbers,” Leland said. “Almost a third of the people that signed up finished, and more than half of those finished before me.”
Leland himself logged the 26.2 miles required to finish the “marathon”, which was run entirely on the RSC Wellness Center’s treadmills. The miles
had to be finished before the end of October. All who com-pleted the treadmill-athon were awarded T-shirts. Additionally, those who completed before Le-land (38 women and 17 men) were put into a drawing for the grand prize, a Polar heart moni-tor watch, Leland said.
The winner of the Women’s Grand Prize Watch was RSC student Amanda Wyatt. The winner of the Men’s Grand Prize Watch was RSC employee Ter-rance Grayson. Information provided by
Ben Fenwick.
Wellness Center director Chris Leland awards student Amanda Wyatt the prize for finishing the Wellness Center treadmill marathon. She won a Polar heart
monitor watch. (Photo provided)
Wellness Center director awards employee Terrance Grayson a Polar heart moni-tor watch, his prize for winning the college’s treadmill marathon in October.
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Information provided by Loma Brannon
The Department of Veterans Affairs has made funds available for Veteran students who are still awaiting their education benefit
claim to be processed. Eligable veterans can recieve up to a $3000 advance, which will be recouped from future benefits payments. If you are a student who applied for one of VA’s education programs
and have not yet you recieved your monthly benefit payment for the fall 2009 term, you can request a one-time advance payment at your
local VA Regional Office or through VA’s Web site, www.va.gov or see Loma Brannon in the Student Services Building ext. 6281.
Are you waiting for you VA Education Benefits?
Treadmill-athon results
