The Oklahoma Daily (Norman, Okla.), Vol. 85, No. 139, Ed. 1 Thursday, April 18, 2002 Page: 3 of 12
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A queer-identified Muslim
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Faisal Alam, 24. is the founder
and director of Al-1 atiha, an
international organization dedi
cated to gay, lesbian, bisexual
and transgendered Muslims and
their friends.
Alam said the organization
strives to create a dialogue with
its brothers and sisters of other
faiths.
“Rhetoric that is used in
Muslim communities to con
demn homosexuality is almost
identical to the attitudes that
most denominations of
Christianity and Judaism had
before, which some still contin-
ue to have today." Alam said.
Ute panel discussion will
include Paula Sophia Schonauer,
a transgendered Episcopal dea-
con, and Joseph Meinhart, a for-
mer Catholic priest. Hie pan
elists will discuss sc\u,tlil\ issues
in modem religions and will take
questions from the audience at 6
p.m. intheCrimsonRoomol
Oklahoma Memorial Union.
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"Many of our graduates are
being attracted by the need in
north Texas," Buckner said.
"There are other hot spots
around the nation."
Jess Trevino, pharmacy stu-
dent, said that there are higher
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said that a graduate of orte ol the
nation's «3 pl tarmacy sci i< x >ls can
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$70,000 and $80,000, or as much
as $80,000 in states like (lalifomia.
where (here is a bigger need.
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sion," said Edward Spencer,
(ilBI I (xilitical coordinator.
Alam speaks internationally,
bi it has never come to OU beft ire.
"Oklahoma isaheasih,’reli-
gious area," said Spencer. "A lot ot
(xxiple on campus have strong
religious Ix’liels. Some of them
an1 trying to balance their non-
heterosexual sexuality with their
religions. Both of these things are
important parts of themselves."
/Mam started theAl-Fatiha
foundation in 1997 as an Internet
discussion group. Hie group's
membership grew quickly and
Al-Eatiha fonnally organized in
(Jctober 1998 in Boston, Mass. Al-
I atiha. which means"Ihe
(Jpening," provides a safe space
and limini fort <1 Bl 1 Muslims to
address issues of common con-
cern and share experiences. Ihe
group now numliers over 2,000.
"We are finally bringing a
voice and a face to a community
that has thus far remained
almost invisible,” Alam said. “ Ihe
1.(1BIQ Muslim community con-
tinues to face discrimination and
is ostracized from both the larger
1GBI community and from the
mainstream Muslim community.
(aven this double oppression,
one can only begin to imagine
the many complex challenges
facing I.(IBTQ Muslims today."
1 he discussion is open to all
students and faculty
"We hope that this discussion
will help people become more
accepting of themselves once
they realize that they don't have
to lx* heterosexual to be reli-
gious," said GLBTF administra-
tive co-chairman Ryan Stallard.
Graduating OU pharmacy
students are receiving at least
three job offers each and have
the choice ol where they want to
go and how much they want to
get paid.
Sixty students will graduate
from OU's College of Phannacy
in May.
Carl K. Buckner, dean of Oil 's
College of Pharmacy, said there
is a higher demand for pharma-
cists now and a greater shortage
than there has ever been in the
past, he said. 1 his demand
allows graduates to pick and
choose where they want to go
and what kind of salaries they
want to make, he said.
"T hey're getting all types of
offers that they never got in the
past," Buckner said.
The demand for pharmacists
is being fueled by the aging pop-
ulation, Buckner said. Baby
Ixiomers are coming of age and
requiring more medications.
“As we get older, we take more
drugs," Buckner said.
To meet some of the need for
more pharmacists, OU is starting
a new pharmacy' program at
()U-Tulsa, Buckner said. I he
program will have 40 students
and start in August.
Currently the I lealth Sciences
Center pharmacy program has
about 300 students and lakes six
years to complete.
.Autumn I Jay. pharmacy stu-
dent, will graduate in May and said
she has already had more than five
where the demand is greater.
I revino said that if he w as gradu-
ating this year he could expect to
make a starting salary of about
$82,000 in the Oklahoma City
area. Now he works as an intern
in the west Norman Wal-Mart
pharmacy and said they treat
him very’ well.
“An intern is capable, pretty
much, by law to do almost
everything a pharmacist does,"
Trevino said.
Interns are the pharmacy’s
I he Eckerd Pharmacy Student biggest help, he said. I le said he
loan Program providesS2.000
per school year to help with die
company's employees' tuition
costs, according to the Eckerd
Web site.
"If you work for us full time,
one year of the loan is canceled
for each year of service," the Web
site says.
Walgreens oilers a similar
program ol up to SI ,5(X) a year
for up to four years of pharmacy'
school.
“Ihe scholarship is pure grant
if. after graduation, the rec ipient
remains with Walgreens and is
employed on a full-time basis for
the same number of years for
which the scholarship was award-
ed," according toWaigreens.com.
Walgreens' Web site also lists
the locations in which the com-
pany currently has pharmacist
positions available. From Oregon
to Mary land and many states in
can get the hours he wants and
days off easily.
Besides the high salaries and
open job market, pharmacy is
the many areas that a pharmacist
can work in, Buckner said.
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I Jay said that with all of the
different types of pharmacy’ jobs,
a person can find one that fits
their personality type.
Buckner said that pharma-
cists play a key role in managing
prescription errors. With a short-
age of pharmacists, errors could
go up. OU is trying to fill the need
hy expanding to Tulsa, he said.
OU's College of Pharmacy
was the first professional pro-
gram at OU and was begun in
1893. The first OU graduates
were pharmacy students.
"We have a pretty long tradi-
tion at OU," Buckner said.
Ihe demand for pharmacists
w ill not be short-lived. Buckner
said. With many different fields
to choose from, Buckner said the
College of Pharmacy is trying to
encourage students to get jobs in
community pharmacies.
Day said the demand for
pharmacists will continue for
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Johnson, Jennifer. The Oklahoma Daily (Norman, Okla.), Vol. 85, No. 139, Ed. 1 Thursday, April 18, 2002, newspaper, April 18, 2002; Norman, Oklahoma. (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc1811250/m1/3/: accessed June 10, 2024), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Carl Albert Congressional Research and Studies Center.