Two actors will produce all the sound effects, an abundance of characters and more as they perform a live radio show of “It’s A Wonderful Life” at 7 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 9, in the Bruce Owen Theater.

The radio play is just like the nostalgic performances of the 1940s, said Lemuel Bardeguez, Cultural Programs director.

Bardeguez said the play is not a traditional performance with many costumes and actors. The main attraction, he said, is two people portraying over 40 different characters.

The next documentary project for Professor Greg Mellott and his film and video students will begin shooting next spring.

It will be based on the book “The Grand Energy Transition” by Robert A. Hefner III.

Hefner is a lifetime natural gas explorer, and the documentary will be about his life and his book.

More than 100 people on campus stopped their day-to-day activities on Veterans Day to honor those who have served in the nation’s armed forces.

“We as Americans chose this day as a time to honor those men and women who gave their lives to protect this nation when those who hate freedom would destroy our God-given rights to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness,” said keynote speaker William Brown.

For those who need a place to eat on Thanksgiving, several area organizations are offering free dinners. Some of those are:   City Rescue Mission located at 800 W. California

OCCC’s campus, labs, and offices will be closed Wednesday, Nov. 23, Thursday, Nov. 24, and Friday, Nov. 25, in observance of Thanksgiving, said Cordell Jordan, Media Relations coordinator. The campus

The College Democrats recently met to discuss ideas and future goals concerning health care and what the newly-enacted Affordable Care Act means to students.

Club President Kenneth Meador said according to the Center of Disease Control, the U.S. houses 46 to 50 million people who don’t have any type of health care coverage, which is 15 to 20 percent of the entire population.

He said a 2005 study showed more than 50 percent of all bankruptcies are the result of expensive health care or from people losing health care altogether because of unemployment.

The College Democrats met at 11 a.m. Nov. 15 in CU1 to converse about the recent ideas and future goals concerning health care and what it means to students.

Club President Kenneth Meador said, as of current standing, the United States houses 46 to 50 million people that do not have any type of coverage, which is 15 to 20 percent of the population.

“I do not care if this means an immediate rise to the cost of healthcare,” Meador said. “I care if adults and children get the coverage they need.”

One of William Shakespeare’s most popular comedies will be performed on campus Nov. 18 through 20 in the Bruce Owen Theater.

“A Midsummer Night’s Dream” features a play within a play, which will challenge the student actors by having two plays involved in one, said Director Brent Noel.

The enchanted forest where most of the action takes place houses the magical fairies. It is here that love potions and mistaken identities provide much of the humor in the play.

The performance will include many unique costumes, including a donkey’s headdress and fancy fairy outfits.

In addition, the set for the play has been designed to resemble Shakespeare’s Globe Theater in London in the 17th century, Noel said.

The play portrays the events surrounding the marriage of the Duke of Athens, Theseus, played by Rick Beavers, and the Queen of the Amazons, Hippolyta, played by Sarah Wilson.

Reference Librarian Rachel Butler assumed the position of acting director of Library Services earlier this month.

Butler is filling in for Director Barbara King while she takes an open-ended leave of absence.

Butler has been at OCCC for 21 years, having taken the position as reference librarian in 1989, right out of library school, she said.

OCCC will send Accounting professor Ron Summers to the Universidad Tecnológica de Hermosillo, in Sonora, Mexico, for 10 days in January as part of a faculty exchange program.

“The Faculty Exchange is when we swap a professor for another professor in Mexico,” Summers said.

Summers said when he goes to Mexico a few of the things he will share with UTH is the college’s grading system, and how OCCC teaches.

The professor from Mexico will visit OCCC in the spring of 2011.

The professors stay with one another as part of the exchange, Summers said.