Oral Roberts University Digital Showcase Oracle: ORU Student Newspaper Oral Roberts University Collection 3-12-1974 Oracle (Mar 12, 1974) Holy Spirit Research Center ORU Library Follow this and additional works at: https://digitalshowcase.oru.edu/oracle Part of the Christian Denominations and Sects Commons, Christianity Commons, and the Higher Education Commons Oral Roberts Special NCAA faces rhe Tournament Louisville Edition VOLUME 9, NUMBER 18 ORAL ROBERTS UNIVERSITY, TULSA, OKLAHOMA MARCH 12, 1974 ORU to host M¡dwest Reg¡onql Oral Robert University's Ma- Kansas University, Missouri Va[- KANSAS Star basketball game for three bee Center, an inJant of only lt/z ley champion Louisville, and in- years beginning in 1975. years, will be the site this week for dependents Oral Roberts and The regional tournament will the 1974 Midwest Regional bas- Creighton. Mqrch 14,7zO5 p.m. bring to Tulsa an army of 25O ketball tournament which leads Three independe,nts were ex- to 300 newspaper, radio, and to the NCAA major college tended bids to the Midwest Re- CREIGHTON television reporters and photog- championship. gional. Ilowever, Syracuse lost to raphers and thousands of basket- O¡al Roberts University, also Oral Roberts at Denton, Tex., Mqrch ló ball fans who will follow their a relative infant to major col- in the first round of competition. teams. lege basketball, will host the Creighfon eliminated Southrwest- I :l O p.m. It is a first for Tulsa and only event which will bring together ern conference champion, Texas, LOUtSV|tLE the second time the regionals four of the top 16 teams in from furtler tournament action, have been located in the State of Oklahoma. Mabee Center has America. be defeating it 77-61, also in Mqrch 14, 9:30 p.m. The first round is scheduled for Denton. Third ploce already rtron a reputation as one Thursday, March 14, with semi- Las Vegas matcbmakers have Mqrch Ió of the finest basketball arenas in final games at 7:O5 and 9:30 given UCLA 2-1 odds that tåe ORAI ROBERTS I l:O5 o.m. the nation. p.m. These games will be tele- seven - time defendring national Camelot Inn will be accommo- cast regionally by TVS, the in- champion will again win this dating Louisville and KU travel- dependent network which has pi- year's tournament. Kansas, Louis- The Midwest winner will meet lahoma A&M, L945 and. 1946) ing fans will be staying at Sher- oneered basketball broadcasting. ville, and Creighton were given the Mideast champion in the semi- and one from the Big Eight aton Skyline East. The Hilton The championship game will 12-1 odds, and Oral Roberts 30- finals, meaning a confrontation (Kansas, 1952). Inn will serve as headquarters be played at 1:10 p.m. Saturday, 1. with UCLA can likely be avoided It has been a busy March for for the ORU Titans and visiting March 16, following a third- Ilowever, with a home courû until the end. the Mabee Center which also press. Creighton followers will be place game at 11:05 a.m. The advantage such as the Titans willl In 35 years of national champ- hosted the Region II Junior Col- staying at Trade Winds Central. title game will be telecast by have, C.oach Ken Trickey be- ionship competition, the Midwest lege championship tournament Tickets for the tournament are NBC-TV. lieves ORU could very possibly Regional has produced three na- March 7-9. The 10,575-seat $5 per session and both Thursday The four particiPating teems win the Midwest Regionals at tional champions, two from the structure was also recently named and Saturday are expected to be will be the Big Eight champion Mabee Center. Missouri Valley Conference (Ok- as the site for the Coaches' All- sell-outs. Prayer Tower st¡ll stands; former mental patient shot An off-duty Tulsa policemen away, and Bietzel left the Tower shot and wounded a former men- saying he would blow up Mabee tal patient who reportedly threat- Center. ened first to blow up the PraYer Bietzel was intercepted in a va- Tower and then the Mabee Center cant parking lot near Mabee Cen- Friday, March 1. ter by Hodges and off-duty police John Samuel Bietzel, 36, of detective Ron Vause, who were New Philadelphi4 Ohio, was working security for the Elvis shot twice-in the shoulder and Presley concert. in the arm-by Detective Chuck Police said that when Bietzel Hodges after Bietzel rePortedlY saw he was to be stopped, he waved a briefcase he claimed con- lobbed the briefcase grenade- tained nitroglycerine. style over the officers and made Bietzel was admitted to St. an apparent move for a gun. Francis Hospital in fair condi- Hodges and Vause fired. t- tion. He suffered a flesh wound Officers said when he was hit to his shoulder and a broken by gunfire, Bietzel dropped to the arm. He will be examined by ground and said, "There's no psychiatrists for possible commit- bomb in there. I'm just a psycho- ment to a mental institution. tic. I've been in a mental insti- The incident occurred at 6:30 tution." He was found to be un- p.m. about an hour before sell-out armed. crowds began flocking to Mabee Later, police reported, Bietzel Center for a concert by Elvis said he had a tape recording Presley. from God for President Roberts Collins T. Steele, ORU vice- to hear. president for special events, said Before the arrival of the police Bietzel was touring the Prayer bomb-disposal unit, another off- Tower and became abusive with duty officer, Robert Fagan, car- Mrs. Elsie Fisher, a guide-coun- ried the briefcase to a drainage selor. ditch about 100 yards north of When two campus security of- Mabee Center and opened it. ficers summoned by Mrs. Fisher Fagan, 28, a 4-year Navy arrived at the Prayer Tower, veteran who served in Vietnam 'Soul-winning Bietzel showed the briefcase, and was a specialist in naval ord- McPheeters to present Seminor' claimed it contained a bomb, and nance disposal technique, found announced he would blow up the there were no detonating devices Former drug obuser turned Christion, Cho¡les W. Mc' noon in Zoppelt Auditorium. fhe seminor will be Tower, Steele said. on the briefcase locks before op- Pheete¡s will conduct rhe "ORU Street Level Soul- free fo sludents. McPheelers heods qctive slreel ond The security officers backed ening it. winning Semino¡/' Fridoy nighl ond Soturdoy cften coffeehouse minislries in Denvel. Poge 2-THE ORACLE, Mo¡ch 12, 1974 t r¡ò,.la t\t/eft ( '-rt e.þr**I { TU.ORU ls it poss¡ble to do t.^ 1eÒCt ,i -.f ,4 ti') ') teqm up by dovid l. morkley whqt's Unlike conferences expected? most be- tween leade¡s of crosstown "There just aren't enougb hours in the day." schools, the recent "First A¡¡ual This must be the universal cry of busy people. And from now till TU-ORU Summit Conference," established a meaningful rela- mid-May, some of the busiest are O¡al Roberts University studentsí. .', tionship between Oral Roberts But it seems only natural to assume that ORU students would be Universiûy and the University of busier than most college students. I know of few colleges where stu- Tulsa. dents are expected to earn aerobic points, attend chapel, and still After a¡l extensive in,terchange of our school structures and stu- catry a full academic load. With all that is expected of whole men o dent govenments, we are ready to and women, ORU students soon become pros at cramming every activate the following ideas: minute with activity, attempting to get everything done. 1.) Reciprocal library agreement. 2.) Joint booking of concerts, lec- Yes, God's people on this campus are busy. And I imagine God tures, and movies. Himself isn't just twiddling His thumbs. 3.) Coordinated school activities such as debates, "eafhships" Just before spring break, a frustrated freshman friend who had i (workshops failed to earn his 30 ae¡obic points came to me for some possible for things like learning the basics of cars, fil- tips on how he could better manage his time. Even by limiting him- ing income tax properly, etc.), self to 5 hours of sleep each night, he didn,t have time to get and TU sponsored dances. everything done he felt he should. 4.) Joint Senate projects to coordi- So I sat down with him to explore what was taking so much of nate talent on our campuses his time. I asked him ro list all the activities .t he felt he was required fo¡ the benefit of Tulsa and do to and to estiur-ate the time required for each. surrounding communities. According to his calculations, of the 168 hours in a week, he Those in attendance at our listed 164 for activities even before he sta¡ted the week. This left first meeting were Dan Carlson, him only 4 hours for dates, concerts, plays, TV, brother-sister re- Renee Colwill, Greg Bledsoe, treats, or free time. Sue Bohling, Randy Sterns, Jim My friend is an intelligent freshman and has an average aca- Moore, and myself. demic course load. And if he doesn't have time for everything, just think how frustrating it must be to have all these required aotivities and a heavy academic load. LETTERS I'm sure a music or drama major can't possibly do all that s ex- pected and still sleep more than 3 hours a night. With all but 4 'Show hours a week preprograrnmed, ORU is probably the greatest mod- Reoder wonts Me' encore ern experiment in rcligious cloning.