Oklahoma City Community College Student Newspaper
The Faculty Association is holding a Chili Cook-Off fundraiser with proceeds going toward Faculty Association Scholarships. The cook-off is Wednesday, March 4, with chili sales starting at 11 a.m. It
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The Safeland USA Awareness Course is a course designed to provide current and future oil field workers the knowledge to properly analyze hazards in their line of work.
The course takes place at OCCC’s Professional Development Institution, located at 7124 South I-35 Service Road, right next to the old Crossroads Mall. The first course is scheduled for Monday, Feb 23 from 8am to 5pm, with another taking place Monday, March 2 during the same time frame.
The course will provide training for specific encounters and situations like Confined Space training, Electrical Safety, and H2F (hydrogen sulfite gas) awareness, and is intended for workers in Oil Fields or workers who operate around wells or rigs, said PDI Account Executive John Claybon.
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QPR is a form of suicide prevention training that stands for Question, Persuade, Refer and allows the friends, parents, teachers to help those struggling with thoughts of suicide, said Janey Wheeler, OCCC counselor.
The session will be held from 12:30 p.m. until 1:30 p.m. on Thursday, Feb. 19 in the John Massey Center.
Wheeler said the sessions are not a form of treatment or therapy, but instead to train gatekeepers.
“Basically, a gatekeeper is anyone in a position to recognize a crisis and warning signs that someone may be contemplating suicide.
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The Board of Regents is moving right along with the presidential search process and is asking for students, faculty, and staff to get involved.
Open forum listening sessions will be held from 9:30 a.m. until 10:30 a.m., 12:30 p.m. until 1:30 p.m. and from 2:30 p.m. until 3:30 p.m. on Thursday, Feb. 19 in Al Snipes Board Room located on campus.
The sessions will be facilitated by Laurie Savona, operations officer for search services for the college’s search committee, the Association of Community College Trustees (ACCT).
Teresa Moisant, Board of Regents chair, said she hopes all students will attend and give input and insight regarding the characteristics a new president needs.
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ETHAN COOPER/PIONEER Physics major Jaeson Pemberton hula hoops in OCCC’s courtyard Jan 29. Pemberton said she hula hoops because it’s good for clearing the mind. “It’s good exercise and gets
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ETHAN COOPER/PIONEER Diversified Studies major Marta Seitz plays her guitar in the VPAC on Feb. 4. Seitz said she was practicing a song. “I’m learning how to play ‘Every Breath
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Members of the Black Student Association pose together for a group photo on Jan. 29 outside the Visual and Performing Arts Center. From left to right: Physical therapy major Cydney Washington, the club’s TLC Rep; liberal arts major Sherman Johnson; photography major and Club Historian Eugene Atkinson, and pre-pharmacy major and club vice president Ali Nixon. To contact the BSA, email bsa@my.occc.edu
The Black Student Association’s purpose is to provide a family environment for peers who might not have one at home, said Ali Nixon, BSA club vice president.
“We want to encourage them intellectually and in a professional manner to better conduct themselves in corporate America,” Nixon said.
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A resolution against guns on campus passed by a vote of 25 to 1 in The (Student) Leadership Council meeting on campus Jan. 29. The lone vote against the resolution was cast by the representative of the Engineering Club.
The representative of the Christ Campus Fellowship club abstained.
The representatives of 27 campus clubs that attended the meeting were asked to vote on behalf of the entire student body.
The following is a portion of the motion TLC members approved:
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Basketball players on campus will get their chance to prove they are the best shooters around during OCCC’s intramural 3-point and basketball golf competitions, said Sports Assistant Matthew Wright.
The 3-point competition is set for noon, Tuesday, Feb. 17, and has a similar format to the NBA 3-point competition, Wright said.
“They’ll have a certain amount of time to shoot however many shots from each position, and you add up all the points after that,” he said.
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Business Communications major Amadou Baraze said he misses the food and giving nature of home, but likes the environment here at OCCC.
“When you want to focus on … studying, this campus is very nice,” he said. “It’s a safe campus. There are a lot of great teachers. I really like this school.”
Baraze came to the U.S. one year ago from Niamey, Niger, a country in west Africa.
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