Non-profit organization U.S. POSTAGE PAID Durant, Okla. Permit No. 117 2004 Campus news, campus views from Southeastern Oklahoma Volume Campus calendar ~ Do you have an item for Keithley gives $50,000 to union The Southeastem's Jones Day law firm. Jones Day Campus calendar? Include From STAFF REPORTS encompasses more than 2,200 charity dates and contact phone numbers. Fax them at least The drive to build the new lawyers with 29 locations a week in advance to 745- Student Union at SOSU worldwide and ranks among the • 7475, or e-mail us at: received a boost recently with a world's largest and most geo­ coming [email protected] $50,000 gift from Brad graphically diverse law firms. Keithley. The Global Oil ,& Gas group Carnival of Cultures represents a number of major oil SOSU celebrates cultural Keithley has been an active to SOSU and gas companies in transac­ diversity with "Carnival of member of the Student Union By JOSEPH COLLINS tions and disputes throughout Cultures, Multicultural Building Steering Committee. Staff writers Panorama" at 7 p.m. In addition, he has hosted the world. Relay For Life, the premier Saturday in the Student Student Union fundraising A love for the arts first drew fundraiser for the American Union Ballroom. All stu­ events in Dallas, Houston, Keithley to Southeastern and Cancer Society, allows every­ dents are invited to attend. Oklahoma City and New York Durant through the Oklahoma one in the community a chance For more information, call City. Shakespearean Festival. Since Camille Phelps at 745- to participate in the fight Keithley is a graduate of the then, he has become a sponsor 2684. Courtesy photo against cancer. University of Tulsa and the of the annual Glen D. Johnson Left to right are Bart Rustin, Student Union Committee According to the American Golf Classic and Southeastern Nurses' yard sale University of Virginia School of chairman; Glen D. Johnson, Southeastern president; Brad Cancer Society, teams of people Arts Gala, as well as a major The SOSU Student Law. A native of Illinois, he now camp out at a local school, park contributor to OSF, Theatre at Keithley, Student Union Building Steering Committee mem­ Nurses will be holding a lives on Lake Texoma. Keithley ber, and Richard Ayers, Southeastern director of advance­ or fairground and take turns multi-family yard sale from Southeastern and Presidential serves as the co-head of the walking or running around a 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday ment. Keithly recently donated $50,000 to the Student in front of the Hallie Global Oil & Gas Practice of the See GIFT Page 2 Union project. track or path. Each team is McKinney Building. For asked to have a representative more information, call 924- on the track at all times during 1076. NASA astronaut Spring training at SOSU the event. Sweet James to jam • For more information on The Officeim * how to get involved, call Kim for Student Kamplain, event coordinator, at Life pres­ speaks at SOSU 924-4242. ents Sweet flowed into another classroom James at 8 By RUTH SHIVAR p.m. Staff writer with a live video feed and Relays are overnight events Wednesday, April 7, in the monitors. up to 24 hours in length. Amphitheatre. The event is What does NASA plan to do "I thought it was very This year, Relay For Life will free to all students. in the future? informative," said David be at SOSU's football stadium Why do we need a space sta­ Vandiver, a senior psychology beginning at 7 p.m. Friday, Waltz lecture tion for research? What do major from Broken Bow who April 30, and continuing Dr. Robert McFadden, astronauts do when they are attended the program. through the night until 7 a.m. professor of music, pres­ not working? Dunbar, who grew up on a Saturday, May 1. ents a lecture titled 'The NASA astronaut Dr. Bonnie cattle ranch in Washington, For more information, contact Evolution of the Waltz Dunbar answered these ques­ said she decided at age 8 that Kim Kamplain, event coordina­ through the Early 20th tions and others last Tuesday she wanted to go to space. She tor, at 924-4242, Barbara Century" at 7:30 p.m. RUTH SHIVAR/The Southeastern in the Russell Building on attended the University of Bonner, luminary chair, at 924- Thursday, April 8, in the Left to right, Charles Turner and Shawn Cooper are Fine Arts Little Theatre as SOSU's campus. Washington and received her 0022, or LeaAnn Westbrook, part of the School of Arts The SOSU Honors Program, bachelor of science degree in doing blocking drills on Monday, the first day of official public relations, at 775-0992. and Sciences Lecture in conjunction with the 1971 and master of science spring football practice. For a preview of the 16 new Relay For Life is a communi- members to join the Savage team this fall, see Page 6. Series. WjBf Scholastic Lectureship Fee, degree in ceramic engineering See RELAY Page 2 the Southeastern Foundation in 1975. Easter weekend and the Southeastern Alumni She earned a doctorate in The Southeastern will not Association, presented mechanical/biomedical engi­ publish a newspaper next Dunbar, who spoke to a full neering from the University of Students make break educational Friday, April 9, due to auditorium, which over- Many non-avian species were Easter weekend. School Houston in 1983. By ROBIN PUGH as possible during the trip. will also be dismissed that Dunbar, one of only 15 per­ and JOE BARNETT Students in the class have also observed by the class, day. The Southeastem's Opportunities cent of astronauts who are Contributing writers completed the standard including many alligators, final publishing dates of the women, has logged more than ornithology course or are cur­ anoles, crabs, jellyfish, snakes, semester are April 16, April NASA offers a stu­ 1,208 hours (50 days) in While most members of the rently in ornithology. deer and wild hogs. 23 and April 30. dent flight program, a space, has been on five space SOSU community enjoyed a After six days of rain, heat, The first stop on the trip was * graduate research pro­ flights and currently serves as week away from school during mosquitoes, little sleep and the Boykin Springs Recreation gram and a CO-OP Cheerleader tryout assistant director to the NASA Spring Break, one group of stu­ cramped vans, the class Area in the Angelina National Cheerleading and mascot program for under­ dents and faculty members graduate students. For Johnson Space Center with a observed and identified 155 dif­ Forest to observe the longleaf tryouts will take place brought school info, log onto the ferent bird species in a wide pine ecosystem and manage- Saturday, April 17. For with them on NASA Web site: See NASA Page 2 variety of habitats. ment for the endangered Red- more information, call 745- their trip to 3102. www.nasa.gov (click According to Wood, cockaded Woodpecker. The on the "programs" link) the beach. the goals of this course class met with a U.S. Forest Famed pianist coming Setting out were to increase the Service biologist who gave a Pianist Zhuo Jun before dawn students' bird tour and field lecture on this Huang will per­ V on Saturday, identi­ declining habitat and how to form at 7:30 •:•::•;• March 13, 13 fication skills, observe • recover an endangered species. p.m. Monday, SOSU students new and different habi­ The next stop was the April 26, in the and faculty members tats and study habitat con­ v Anahuac National Wildlife Fine Arts Recital Hall. departed Durant for a servation methods and popula­ Refuge, which offered a wealth . • •r\V week-long field ornithology tion management techniques. Relay for Life of waterfowl and wading birds, m class trip down the Texas coast. along with many alligators. The American Cancer Each student was required to Ornithology is the scientific After an informative talk from Society will be hosting study of birds. Dr. Doug Wood, maintain a detailed list of birds Relay for Life on Friday, the refuge manager about man­ professor for the Biological identified during the trip, keep a April 30, at Paul Laird agement efforts, students drove 1 Sciences Department at SOSU, daily journal of their activities Field. Call Amy Chapman Courtesy of DAN HOKE to different parts of the refuge to at 745-3197 for more infor­ developed this course and and write two species biogra­ observe different types of marsh Astronaut Dr. Bonnie Dunbar spoke to SOSU about her focused the students on learning phies of birds assigned by mation. experience with NASA Tuesday, March 23. to identify as many bird species Wood. See BIRDS Page 2 Faculty/staff banquet The Faculty and Staff Recognition Banquet will SOSU theatre to perform children's play written by alumna be at 6 p.m. Tuesday, May 11, in the Visual and From STAFF REPORTS For more information, call the Performing Arts Center. Theatre at Southeastern Box Office at Theatre at Southeastern and the 745-2696. American Association of University Governor to speak Women are presenting "Bubbles' Big Gov. Brad Henry tion of "The Princess and the Pea," Top Adventure," written by Southeastern delivers the com­ which SOSU Theatre Director Dell alumna Ruby Quinn, next Thursday on mencement McLain said included a "terrific magic campus. address during show where students learned large scale graduation ceremonies "Bubbles' Big Top Adventure" is a illusions for the children." Saturday, May 15, at Paul Cinderella-like story about a clown try­ Laird Field. The starting ing to make a name for himself with the Last year, Quinn co-authored a musical time for commencement is world famous Circus Giganticus.