The Vista

Unique pair to graduate

Thu, 01 May 2008 04:00:00 GMT

Marva Hogg walked the stage to receive her first UCO diploma 33 years ago, and on May 10 she will do it again, except this time she will have the joy of graduating with her daughter, Mahkesha.

Hogg graduated from UCO, or Central State University as it was then called, in 1975 with her library certificate and teacher certification, but has now come back to the university to graduate with a master's.

Social Host ordinance seems to be effective in Edmond

Thu, 01 May 2008 04:00:00 GMT

Edmond Chief of Police Bob Ricks and Edmond city attorney Stephen Murdock were on campus Monday speaking to students about Edmond's Social Host ordinance.

Edmond was the first city in Oklahoma to pass a Social Host ordinance, Murdock said. It was passed to help reduce the occurrence of underage drinking and the resulting problems in Edmond.

Students to enter pageant

Thu, 01 May 2008 04:00:00 GMT

Seven UCO students will make the trek to Tulsa this summer to compete in the annual Miss Oklahoma pageant Scholarship Pageant 2008.

The Miss Oklahoma Scholarship Pageant is sponsored by The Tulsa Kiwanis Club and offers over $2,000,000 in scholarships to contestants each year.

Relay for Life goes off without hitch

Thu, 01 May 2008 04:00:00 GMT

Students gathered together last Friday at Plunkett Park to help do their part in the fight against cancer during UCO's inaugural Relay For Life.

The event was put on by the American Cancer Society as a way to help raise money and awareness for cancer research.

Holocaust survivor to speak at UCO

Thu, 01 May 2008 04:00:00 GMT

A Holocaust survivor will speak about his experience in the concentration camps during WWII at 7 p.m. May 1, in Constitution Hall. As part of the 17th annual Holocaust Remembrance Program, the Jewish Federation of Greater Oklahoma City has sponsored a tour of presentations in the state led by Eliezer Ayalon.

Acacia Fraternity to unveil new house this Saturday

Thu, 01 May 2008 04:00:00 GMT

Acacia Fraternity will be having their own homecoming this weekend, as they will unveil their brand new fraternity house with a ribbon cutting ceremony this Saturday at 1 p.m.

"The house has been a dream for years now, but has became a reality in the past two years," Reg Aldrich, said Acacia President.

Middleton tops Big Brother

Thu, 01 May 2008 04:00:00 GMT

UCO sophomore Brett Middleton was recently named as Big Brother and Big Sisters brother of the year.

Middleton received the award for the impact that he was able to have on his little brother's life.

"It was really encouraging to win this award. As a big brother it can be hard sometimes to really tell if you're making a difference or not," Middleton said.

Androidtainment

Thu, 01 May 2008 04:00:00 GMT

Last issue, time for me to really geek out. I've never made it any secret that I play Dungeons and Dragons, and the design of pen and paper RPGs have always shaped my view of how games should be played. Unfortunately, I think that many developers take only a superficial look at pen and paper RPGs when they're looking for inspiration, which is quite unfortunate.

What's the Point?

Thu, 01 May 2008 04:00:00 GMT

Should women be allowed the right to vote? That was the question that was asked on a blogging site in a Catholic forum. To clear things up, the Catholic Web site was merely posing a question, seeing who would respond and what they would say about it. Not necessarily suggesting it should be one way or the other.

At Random

Thu, 01 May 2008 04:00:00 GMT

We are all mentally counting down the days, ticking off the number of papers due and presentations to be prepared. Then of course, another week to go and it will be finals. Then summer!

It's very hard to concentrate on those looming deadlines when you have a vista of holidays to look forward to, plans to make and hours to sleep, sleep, sleep.