Oklahoma City Community College Student Newspaper
Summer is fast approaching. Along with almost everything else in my life, my summer plans are exceptionally full of procrastination.
Should I get lost on a cruise? Get burried in the sand on some overly crowded beach? Become a rotten vegetable with unlimited Netflix?
No matter which I pick, none can be quite on par with my last summer. New foods, new places, new friends and new types of fun can make any summer top the lists.
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Backpacks are an essential part of a college student’s life. They help you carry all the stuff you need, are always with you and make your life easier. They’re basically your best friend.
I carried the same backpack for years. One day, I realized it was falling apart and began to panic. I then went on a quest to find a new best friend.
After much searching and careful research, I determined I did not want to just buy a backpack from just any store. Sure, the colorful, cheap backpacks are great for a semester, but they aren’t suitable for the long-haul.
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To the Editor:
There are few films that continue to evoke the same sense of wonder and enchantment in me now as they did when I was a child.
However, when the vagabond Molly Grue in the 1982 classic, “The Last Unicorn,” beholds the titular creature for the first time and cries in despair, “Where have you been?” a chill never fails to run up my spine, nor an answering tightness to form in my throat.
“Where were you when I was new? When I was one of those innocent young maidens you always come to? How dare you! How dare you come to me now, when I am this?”
There is a part within all of us, I believe, that will always be waiting for the magic that ran like an undercurrent through the most beloved stories of our childhood.
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Most people, when tested, will reveal themselves to be devoutly populist, meaning they form their values from what’s perceived to be a prevailing sentiment of the majority around them. This creates an interesting phenomenon — bystander apathy.
One sees something that seems entirely out of place, but seeing multiple people around who aren’t reacting to it, the individual refuses to react as well.
I think of it in terms of the 8th grade dance. Everyone wants to dance. The gymnasium is decorated and basketball courts are transformed to dance floors. Music is playing, everyone is dressed up and we’ve been secretly practicing our moves. The boys are all bunched up on one side, girls on the other and nobody is dancing.
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The Testing Center is a busy place, said Director Linda Little, giving about 70,000 tests a year.
The center has begun closing every week from 8 to 10 a.m. on Thursdays to allow for routine maintenance and staff training, Little said.
The Testing Center uses a total of 137 computers which require software updates and general maintenance, Little said.
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OCCC landed an almost perfect score in a recent internal audit.
On Monday, March 9, the OCCC Board of Regents voted unanimously to accept the report generated from that audit which turned up positive results in five separate arenas of college functions, according to Dwayne Tate, who represented the auditing firm of Crawford and Associates.
Tate provided an overview of the auditing process and said the focus was first a claims audit, “which is statutorily required to be audited annually.”
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(Tuesday, March 31, 2015): An unidentified woman was transported to a nearby hospital after she crashed into a short brick retaining wall outside of the VPAC theater earlier this morning.
A stretch of skid marks over a campus sidewalk trails into torn ground, toward the now damaged brick wall just outside the main theater entrance after the woman’s Chevy Malibu crashed into it headlong.
The car’s driver was transported by EMSA to Integris Southwest Hospital with undisclosed injuries according to Campus Police Chief James Fitzpatrick .
The front of the vehicle was badly damaged and the air bag deployed.
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A room full of journalism students at OCCC heard the college president give his thoughts on leadership and success during an informal talk on March 5 .
Paul Sechrist said luck can play a part .
“Success has to do a lot with being in the right place at the right time,” he said .
Sechrist reflected on his own journey beginning as a junior high school teacher, to then becoming a college professor .
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On graduation night, honors students walk across the stage wearing a gold stole over their black robes. Two students who have earned the right to wear those stoles say the extra effort is worth it.
Both Lisa Shaw, a pre-law sophomore at OCCC, and Sarah Landon, a liberal arts and Spanish major who graduated OCCC in the spring of 2014, agree the honors program has challenged them to find that extra drive within themselves.
They said the honors program not only gives students an opportunity to expand their knowledge in the classroom but also provides a plethora of benefits beyond graduation that otherwise would not be available to them.
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