Oklahoma City Community College Student Newspaper
I love animated films.
I always have and always will.
Heck, if I could choose any other career field to go into, it would be animation.
From Pixar to Studio Ghibli and many other animation studios, each has created timeless classics for all to enjoy.
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A few weeks ago, I received an email that changed my life. I learned that my wildest dreams had finally come true and someone at Chick-fil-A had finally seen the light.
I have been waiting for the birth of frosted lemonade for well over nine months.
Frosted lemonade sounds like it would be a Frosty (this doesn’t make much sense because only Wendy’s has Frostys) or a lemonade with frosting (this also wouldn’t make sense because it seems impossible) but it is neither.
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Oh my children, I tell you there’s a pox descending upon this land.
I’ve seen it with my own eyes. Screamin’ Jay Hawkins howls from the swamps of the hereafter. Jimi Hendrix turns in his grave and Joey Ramone weeps.
The spirit of rock ‘n’ roll is angry. Now is the time to repent!
We’ve let ourselves be putrefied by this pestilence long enough. Look upon this wicked thing that calls itself “hipster.”
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Education has never seen a teacher shortage like the one the nation is facing right now, said Professor Kim Pennington, at the Prospective Teachers Academy seminar put on by the University of Central Oklahoma’s College of Education and Professional Studies.
She spoke to a handful of students at the OCCC campus March 24.
Education majors attending the event expressed their concern for, and interest in, the public education community with questions about the national crisis in the teaching profession.
Pennington, who has been in public education for 20 years, lectured the audience about the hard truths and meaningful rewards of being a public educator.
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2015 graduates of the OCCC speech-language pathology assistant program will participate in a pinning ceremony 2 p.m., Saturday, May 2, in CU3, said Kathy Wheat, director of the Speech-Language Pathology Assistant program.
“This ceremony culminates in a pinning and pledge symbolizing their dedication to the field and the clients they will serve,” Wheat said.
She said the ceremony is an important and memorable event for the graduates.
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Fitness class Instructor Elizabeth Hobi said she knows this is a busy time for many students, but hopes any dancers looking to continue their dancing careers while in college will make their way to her theatrical dance class.
“This is the time of year when everyone is so busy they can’t ever come, and the class has gotten very small,” she said. “We’ve lost people to illness, or who had to get a job. That’s our challenge being a commuter school.”
Theatrical Dance is a distinct class which touches on aspects of multiple dance types used in professional theatrical dancing, Hobi said. She said the class’s difficulty is higher than beginner and even minimal experience can be helpful.
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Physics Professor Tad Thurston has done it again — concocted the winning chili recipe for the Faculty Association’s annual contest.
“He is a regular winner,” said Librarian Ann Raia, one of the coordinators for the scholarship fundraiser, referring to Thurston’s Chili Cook-Off victory.
Eleven chefs entered this year, Raia said. Business professors Charles Myrick and Michael Machiorlatti took second place, and Gerree Rollins, sister of Professor Ginnett Rollins, took third place.
Several of the contestants have been trying to knock Thurston out of the top spot for years, Raia said.
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English Professor Marybeth McCauley and her team of student editors have completed the 2015 edition of the Absolute journal.
The latest edition of the literary and art journal will be released at a reception on campus at noon, April 30, said McCauley, a faculty adviser.
This year’s edition will include 30 hand-picked submissions ranging from poetry to science fiction, McCauley said.
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Management Information Systems major Sweekar BC uses his smart phone to watch “Supernatural” on the second floor of OCCC’s Keith Leftwich Library. OCCC offers numerous locations throughout the campus for
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“The Cherry Orchard” is an early 20th-century Russian version of a dysfunctional family, said theater Professor Brent Noel.
“The family gets together for about three months, and fights happen and people fall in love, so it tends to be fairly subtle.”
Noel is directing the play comprised of an all-student cast with the exception of one former student and retired professor Richard Rouillard, all of whom have been rehearsing for almost five weeks.
“The Cherry Orchard” was written by playwright Anton Chekhov in 1904 and directed by Constantin Stanislavski,” Noel said.
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