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Friday, January h. 2010
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during the toughest dreams.
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NATHANIEL BARTLETT in Immersive Music Sunday
they are only as strong as
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Were still trying to
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We don't know if we got a sit-
uation where we have ran-
dom drive-by shtmtings,
which I doubt, or if these
guys were going at it, we just
don t know vet," said Tulsa
Police C aptain Shawn King
Police say Roland ex-
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in the way of descnption of
the vehicles and no motive or
SUhper ts right now.”
In 2009, there were 7(1
murders in Tulsa; a new
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their homes in sunny South
ern (. altfornia, the members
of "The learn", three of
which are first generation
college students, sav that
they wanted to escape* the
rough streets ot ( entral I.os
Angeles, ( alif., and viewed
LU as a one* wav ticket to-
wards a better wav of life
I he proud captain of
"The learn" is Palmore, the
IM-year old C omputer Sci-
ence major from Pasadena
trepreneurial spirit, Terrill is
sure he has the right recipe
for success.
"Being a first generation
college student puts a lot of
pressure on me, because I
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tigating that call, officers
ceived another call of
shcxiting in the same area
A short distance away, in
the StNi block of East 40th
Place North, police found 21-
year-old Kendall Roland shot pected to be okay. Tulsa Po-
of our Inends on the line, and
before we hung up
agreed (hat we 1
Crediting the Black College school together, levin Jones
I xpo with sparking his inter
est in LU, Palmore says it
only tixik one hour and a six
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uating members ot his junior
auxiliary group sigma Beta,
to turn the spark into a roar
ing blaze among his crew.
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to hold each other up, just
like we did in high school, il
we were ever going to make
it through college said Pal-
more "I said to the* guys,
opin'
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doing, and lite was just really
hard, said Washington. "No
one in my family has ever
gone to college and they did-
n't like the tact that 1 had
dreams to do more with my
life Bruce called and in-
spired me that day; he told
me that we were going to go
to Oklahoma to attend
Langston University and that
don't want to lx* the first to everything was going to be
try and fail," he said "I have
and Bruce was an auxiliary my
brother from Sigma Beta One u..
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"These guys aren't just
my friends, they are mv
lamily, my brothers, and I
lice are still questioning him
about both shtxifings, but say
he isn't cooperating. "He's
(Roland) just not being coop-
erative at this time," Willing-
ham told The (tklahoma faille
Police are hxiking for two
possible suspect vehicles in
connection with the shoot-
ings They include a white
Uhevv Lumina and a smaller
white Toyota pickup truck.
We carry the rest ot our fam-
ily on our shoulders, and I am
just grateful that (axl trusted
us with this opportunity
His twin, Terrill, echexs
his sentiments. A business
management major, lerrill
MOTHER
CHARGED
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Hu* Oklahoma f.rtglf "I don’t
know if she what will hap-
pen on that, that will lx* up to
the DA's (district attorney)
office whether to investigate
that death
fl
before (he rest ot the team
members, Washington was
struggling to get his lite on
Jones says that being the track when he got a call from
Bruce Attending a local
community college and try-
ing to forge ahead with no
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available at a variety ol
human services agencies
"Any agency or ministry is
encouraged to call us if they
have clients in need,” he
adds "We will distribute as
the ability to stay widely as the supply allows
is literally a matter ot
know that I wouldn't make
it if it wasn’t tor them and
i, doing the very thing their belief in me," re
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TULSA CONVENTION CENTER Receives Prime Site Award (Contributed Photo)
accommcxiate.
The Tulsa Convention
(. enter also houses a 102.HM'
square-tcxit Exhibit Hall
g,900-seat arena, 20,000
sc|uare-hx»t Conference* Hall
7,700 square-foot Assemble
said. "Mv mother and grand
mother thought that it was a
bad idea tor us to go together
ay call between eight grad because* they thought that we
' r would distract each other I
was determined to make up tadena. Graduating a year
mv own mind and honor mv
promise* to my friends; I'm
needed glad that I did
support from his immediate their support. For Washing
tamilv, Washington says ton. i‘ •>**•
Langston University next "I'm proud ot tne raci when he receive d the call .ustains him through t e
fall The tuition is cheap; it that mv brother and I are the from Bruce, he* was beyond
offers all the majors we first in our family to attend discouraged
want to go into, and it's in college, levin Jones said
the middle of nowhere so
we don’t have to worry
about getting into any trou-
ble.' I knew that if we could
just get here, we'd be okay. I
was right "
w For IK-year-old levin
Jones, attending college
alone was never a considera-
tion. According to the biol-
ogy major who wants to
brothers with me. and I just trusted him and today
-------------- With the tour ot us holding I'm a computer science
day, Bruce called with a bunch each up other up. I know that major, and a step closer to m\
>;><• inn-, even during the toughest dn ams
ap we had all times, we will make it Impressed with their
would g<> to through,.. I want the world story. President Haysbert de-
' levin Jone# to remember me as a man cided to surprise the four
.. ...,i .,r.».t who was determined to ful- numbers of "The learn” by
..... ...„ .... g'v>ng them a signed copy of
The las? To join "The the New York Times best sell-
leam" was |9 year-old Key- ing btxik, The Pact, a
tnarian I
first person in his family to
attend college carries with it
an added responsibility- a
cross that he is mon* than
let's go ahead and attend happy to bear.
“I'm proud ot the fact
that mv brother and I are the
first in our 1
STEPHON TURRENTINE. 49. may be using an alias and he
is about 5 teet 9 tan with only a right arm He went missing
on Dec 16, 2009 at about 9 00 p m from his mother s home,
Francis Guillory in Morns. OK heading on Hwy 52 towards
Grayson OK He was last seen wearing a white t shirt, blue
jeans a brown tweed hoodie and white tennis shoes It
anyone has any information regarding his whereabouts
please call (918) 733-2018 or contact Morns Okmulgee
Ijgniyetta or Tulsa Police Departments __
living Arts <>f lulsa present* Nathaniel H.irtktt in
"Immersive Mush " Sunday, January 17. 2010 at * 00p m
The concert is a blend ot electronics and the
marimba; sound is manipulated by sp*ak«*r placement
surrounding the audience The concert is held at I ivmg
ArtSpace, 307 I Brady, lulsa
I he audience will literally be* helping sc ulpt the*
music Bartlett s performance* seamlessly meld hi* tne
octave acou*tic marimba with electronic* a powerful
custom computer, and an eight-channel cube ot loud
speakers With the* audience positioned in the* center of
the cuboid loudspeaker array, a three-dimensional
soundfield can bv protected into the* audience space to
tally immersing the listeners
In Bartlett * music, the positioning and movement ot
sounds in physical space which result* in kinetic audio
*culpturc**, is a central musical parameter
the marimba is a musical instrument in the percus
sion family Keys or bars (usually made ot wexxi) are
struck with mallets to prcxluce musical tone * I he ke\*
are arranged as those of a piano, with the* accidental*
raised vertically and overlapping the natural kev* to aid
the performer both vi*uallv and physic alk I he mod* m
marimba wa* developed by Japanese, American and
Carman builder* based on the Mexican and Guatemalan
traditional marimba
Bio: Nathaniel Bartlett was born tn I97K in Madi*on
Wisconsin. He holds degrees from the I astman Schcxd ot
Music (Rochester, NY), the Royal Academe ot Music
(London), the University ot Wisconsin Madi*on and
has studied privately with marimbist Leigh Howard
Stevens Bartlett has performed all aero** the* I S • from
Maine to California, Minnesota to Texa* in a wide va-
riety of venues art galleries, museums, concert halls,
dance spaces, warehouses, lott* multi-purpose art
spaces, universities and college**, etc In 2(Kln, Bartlett *
debut solo album wa* released on Albany Record*
This recording, a hybrid multi channel super audio
C D entitled Precipice, contains new and recent music
bv living American composers, including work* he n
cently commissioned Audio sample* from thi* recording
are available on Bartlett s website www.nathaniel
bartlettcom.
Living Arts ot lulsa is a non-profit art* organization
which i* dedicated to it* mission ot presenting and dr
veloping contemporary art in lulsa
,.I* I-, vc-rti Kry mg book, I he Pact,
Washington of Al- poignant tale of three young
Graduating a year blac k men from Newark, N|
who made an agreement to
support one another through
medical school
Much like the young
men of The Pact, members of
I.U's "The Team" know that
January 17 2010 at 8pm at Living ArtSpace 307 F Brad/
it is that support that
un- |
familiar and sometimes scary
| H territory that goes along with
"When I was in high pursuing one's dreams.
school mv mother would al-
ways say that I would onlv
make it as tar as community
college As much as I wanted
to prove her wrong, there I
was,---.a —
that I sanl that I'd never be marked Washington.
J
become a heart transplant says it is his dream to return
surgeon, he had always envi- to his old neighborhcxxi after
sioned going to college with he graduates and start a
his twin Separation just was- string ol restaurant* With a
n't an option tor the duo who love for ctxiking and an en-
tised to make the grueling 90-
minute round trip trek from
the* gang infested streets ot
Central Los Angeles to
Pasadena to attend Blair I B
Magnet School.
"I knew that I was going
to college with mv brother,
he* has the right recipe
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