Q: I noticed some of the classrooms in the VPA have no blinds and it is difficult to focus. Will we be receiving blinds soon?

A: Blinds have been ordered and will be installed soon.

–Felix J. Aquino, Ph. D

Vice President of Academic Affairs

To the editor:

A few of the Surgical Technologist Students from Moore Norman Technology Center have adopted a community awareness project to focus attention on the need for donors to register with the “Be the Match” program run by our Oklahoma Blood Institute.

This program is busy hosting and promoting registry drives all over the state to find new and willing bone marrow donors.

The snow storms and bitterly cold temperatures that we experienced early in the semester are difficult to imagine now that the weather is warm and sunny, enrollment is under way for the summer and fall semesters, and commencement will be held in just a few weeks. Time does go on.

It also would appear that the financial meltdown we experienced over two years ago is now beginning to show signs of recovery — more jobs being created and fewer people unemployed.

However, without federal stimulus funds and a depleted state rainy day fund, the full impact of the historic downturn in the economy will now be realized here in Oklahoma as we plan for the next year’s budget, which begins on July 1, 2011.

If you’ve watched ESPN for any amount of time during the past couple of months, you know there are questions regarding the upcoming NFL season.

Will it be played on time? Will there be a season at all? Will the owners use replacement players if an agreement cannot be reached in time?

Instead of finding answers for these questions, the NFL owners and players have engaged in a full-blown media war to solve the problems.