PIONEER Drive Safely, Park Legally Parking, Traffic Fines Range from $5 to $50
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Oklahoma City Community College Inside August 19, 2002 This Week • Kidnappers need life without parole, p. 2. • Teen Xtreme had a great summer, p. 7. • There’s a lot to do at the library, p. 9. • Student activities planned, p. 10. PIONEER Drive safely, park legally Parking, traffic fines range from $5 to $50 By Kate Brennan Staff Writer s the Fall 2002 Race for the Closest Park- A ing Space gets under way, campus safety and security officers anticipate even more traf- fic headaches than last year. Keith Bourque, coordinator of campus safety and security, said, as in the past, security of- ficers will be out the first week, making certain everything goes smoothly, keeping everyone on campus safe, and ticketing the speeders and parking violators. “It’s gonna be tight. As far as I know, enroll- ment is up again this year,” Bourque said. One noticeable difference will be new paint recently applied to the faculty and staff park- ing areas. Bourque said it is meant to more Photo courtesy of Karen Hartline clearly differentiate the faculty and staff park- In the know: Amanda Giles and Carly Fugate sit at the news broadcasting desk at the University of ing from student parking. Central Oklahoma. The teens, from OKCCC’s Teen Xtreme summer camp, took a trip to the station to see “The staff parking has been restriped so they how a news broadcast is run. The teens got to sit behind the desk, read the teleprompter and even see what happens in the control room during a broadcast. For more on Teen Xtreme, see page 7. See “Parking,” page 12 Campus day care site of shoot-out Well-loved Moments before the shots white Lincoln Navigator, simi- By Mark Stack were fired, OKCCC security lar to one used earlier that day Editor officers Dan Pottle and James in a bank robbery. retiree dies Springer saw the Oklahoma He has been charged with City police entering the cam- numerous felonies including By Ashley Martin klahoma City police pus with their lights on. two counts of discharging a Staff Writer O arrested a man on the Springer said all OKCCC se- weapon on a police officer, pos- OKCCC campus Aug. 5, after curity on duty went to help out session of a firearm in commis- he fired five shots at them from as soon as they saw police en- sion with a felony, attempting eorge “Buster” the OKCCC Child Develop- ter the campus. to elude authorities and pos- Dunn, a retired ment Center playground. Soon after, a police officer session of the controlled sub- G employee of OKCCC, had Police jailed Timothy Joe and an Oklahoma State High- stance methamphetamine. accepted the invitation to Flippo, 32, on multiple felony way Patrol Trooper climbed the Charlotte Wood-Wilson, di- attend the all-college charges after he evaded the northeast fence of the day care rector of the Child Develop- brunch and convocation officers when they attempted playground. ment Center, said the only Aug. 13. Instead, the as- to stop him near S.W. 97th and According to the report, they damage to the center was to a sembled crowd of college Blackwelder. approached Flippo from be- portion of fence that was employees learned of his death. A report filed by the Okla- hind, and saw him lying on the knocked down during the Dunn, 63, worked as a mechanic in the homa City Police Department ground with a blue steel re- chase. She said no stray bul- Physical Plant for nearly 20 years before shows that Flippo jumped the volver lying 10 feet away. lets hit the center. retiring due to ill health. He died Monday, southeast fence of the Child Flippo did not resist being “I’m just thankful we weren’t Development Center play- placed under arrest. here at the time it happened,” ground around 9:30 p.m., then According to the report, said Wood-Wilson. See “Dunn,” page 12 fired several gunshots toward Flippo first gave chase after “I’m glad that it happened officers chasing him. police spotted him in a stolen after we were closed.” 2 • PIONEER • August 19, 2002 Editor • Mark Stack • 682-1611, ext. 7675 Editorial and Opinion Editorial Lines, lines, everywhere are lines ation and, in the future, we To the editor: the students. will strive for convenient The beginning of the aca- The implementation of and quicker service. Crime breeds demic year is always an this new system and pro- Please know that we are exciting and hectic time. cedures is designed to im- constantly working to im- With the implementation prove student services. prove the way OKCCC of a new computer system However, as with many immitation serves its students and the this year, it was especially new systems, there are community. I hate copycats. One should always strive to inno- challenging for both stu- challenges. Thank you for your pa- vate, never duplicate. dents and staff. We realize this is no ex- tience, and again, my Aßs a youngster I always hated when others played This was apparent by the cuse for any inconvenience the copycat game by imitating my motions. I hate long line of students sim- this may have caused you. apologies to you. when competing companies put out copycat prod- ply trying to pay for their Your time is valuable, and —Dr. Bob Todd ucts. I hate when screenwriters copy ideas and write fees through the Bursar’s student satisfaction is a OKCCC President movies about the same thing. Office a few weeks before high priority of all faculty The thing I hate the most? Copycat criminals. classes began. and staff. There are always going to be copycat criminals, At this time, I want to of- You are guaranteed that PIONEER from people who called in phony bomb threats post fer my sincere apologies to we are addressing the situ- April 19 and Sept. 11 to the many school shootings; Vol. 31 No. 1 from the anthrax hoax after the real scare to the Mark Stack........................Editor local banks that have been robbed in the last month. Dunn remembered Ashley Martin........Staff Writer This latest epidemic of baby snatching and kid- Kate Brennan........Staff Writer napping couldn’t be more terrifying and horrendous. To the editor: When the success of stu- Kat Mohr............Photographer Understand I do not have a kid. Therefore I do not Georgie “Buster” Dunn dents depended on things Gracelynn Allen...Ad Manager understand the plight of my coworker who preaches was a man full of compas- working right, Buster never Melissa Guice.....Online Editor that no child should be left to play outside without sion and concern for oth- hesitated to give his all. Ronna Austin.........Lab Director parent supervision. ers and came to know so If longer hours were re- Sue Hinton.......Faculty Adviser I scoff at her and proclaim that children are fine many of us here at OKCCC quired, he was there. not only as coworkers, but On more than one occa- playing outside because they can handle themselves. The PIONEER is a publica- as friends. sion, he purchased tools I did. tion of Oklahoma City Com- In the maintenance de- and materials necessary to munity College through the Times have changed faster than Superman in a partment where he was complete a job with his own Division of Arts and Humani- phone booth. These days, it’s not even safe leaving employed, many of us con- money, rather than waiting ties. It is published weekly your kids in the car to go put a shopping cart away, sidered Buster a father fig- for the items to arrive. during the fall and spring se- thanks to the Texas baby snatcher. ure. Buster was special to us mesters and the eight-week It seems each and every day when I log onto He always took time to and our love for him is summer session. cnn.com, there’s certain to be a new case concern- see that we were prepared great. He was an ideal em- All opinions expressed are ing a young child being kidnapped or stolen. Most for any situation at hand, ployee, a true friend and those of the author and do not of the time girls seem to be the victim. I don’t know and always gave his total will be deeply missed buy necessarily represent those of why. I could never explain why. support, mentally and us all. the publisher. This obviously is nothing new. Kidnapping seems physically, to solving prob- —Chris Snow The PIONEER welcomes let- ters to the editor and encour- to be an ancient crime. It didn’t just pop up, and it lems. Buster was entirely Building Operations ages the use of this publica- dedicated to the mission of and Maintenance certainly won’t fade into oblivion like I wish it would, tion as a community forum. along with every sick and twisted individual who the college. Supervisor All letters must include the even thought for a moment about kidnapping a child. author’s name, address, I have two nieces, soon to be three. I wouldn’t be phone number and signature. able to get to a shotgun quickly enough if I ever However, the PIONEER will heard either had become a victim. withhold the name if the re- I cannot comprehend the pain and angst that par- quest is made in writing. The ents go through when their child has disappeared. PIONEER has the right to edit All of it for what? To be famous. One person sees all letters and submissions for the attention a certain crime can get, so they emu- length, libel and obscenity.