The Oklahoma Daily (Norman, Okla.), Vol. 81, No. 99, Ed. 1 Friday, January 31, 1997 Page: 1 of 12
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bank robberies across the nation.
Total costs for renovation are
Other renovations include:
ballroom is expected to open in 60
Please see UNION, page 2
saw John Doe No. 2.
nation update
Bulimia
12-15 years
1-4 percent
Anorexia
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By Marianne Kerber
The Oklahoma Daily
►Programs help OU
freshman class adjust to
university life, a
coordinator says.
The program included two courses
— freshman seminars and gateway to
Associated Press
DENVER — The man known to
the Justice Department as the
Oklahoma City bombing’s John
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Aggravation
The men's basketball
team is trying to forget
a loss to OSU. 11
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State Rep. Charles Key has
called for a legislative hearing and
county grand jury investigation to
A star is reborn
After 20 years, Star Wars
is back on the big screen.
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said
a
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main project to be completed
before the fall semester begins.
An addition that is being con-
l on the south side of the
union will be ready after next fall.
first semester in college.
“It’s not that I didn’t realize what I
was doing,” I-------------
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16-25 years
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McVeigh and Terr^ Nichols are
Alice Lanning, coordinator of Fresh-
man Programs, said courses have been
Julie Dupell
is a clinical psy-
chologist from
the Counseling
and Testing
Center at God-
dard Health
Center. Dupell
will be giving
presentations
on eating disor-
►Bulimia vs. Anorexia
At what age Percentage of stu-
Paul Hertig. also has said he
believed employees were confused.
But the government’s
announcement did little to quell
the doubts of those convinced
there is a government cover-up in
search for the “second man" with the bombing.
the man who rented the Ryder
been closed off for four or five
students to start working together years, Steele said. There are
again,” Kotake said. ..— ~-------
Debbie Steele
Assistant director, Oklahoma Memorial Union
John Doe No. 2:
One sketch,
many identities
►McVeigh’s attorney
says the government
should release his
client and start over.
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However, Badiru said he is not satis-
fied with the 1996 numbers.
“1 think 15 percent is rather large,”
he said. “And we would like to really
bring that down.”
Freshman Programs is another
Care program, which gives students effort to help students.
one-on-one access with advisers, he
probation when said. The program helps students iden- -----
tify academic resources to help their “designed as student^success courses,
standings.
OU also began assessment programs
Single Copy Free;
Additional Copies 25 cents
Percentage of fresh-
men on academic
probation or notice
►Union officials are
trying to keep
students involved in
the renovation
project.
Today
Sunny
Today it will be
warm with lots
of sunshine, zi
Friday, Jan. 31,1997
The University of Oklahoma
Norman, Okla. —Vol. 80, No. 99
1996
“We’re trying to create a place where
you can put your feet on a coffee table
Halt “slid Stuart Kotake, union rdaX.”
programming coordinator.
Current plans include an area
for student organization offices
with a full-time receptionist and an
area with copiers and fax
machines.
“We’d like to provide a space for
Although sufferers are hurting
themselves, they may not want
help or intervention, she said.
“A person can only get better
when they make the decision to,’
bers are extremely higher, she Dupell said.
For more information, call the
“There has a lot to do with the oounseling and testing branch at
Goddard at 325-2700 or call the
Since bulimia develops in the appointment desk at 3254441.
members of other clubs, he said.
The construction project is also
“We’re trying to provide a space bringing the building up to curr^n]
Debb^SteeirassiVmt^rectoTo~f entrances, re*n°yed asbestos and
the union. “Really, there’s no space
provided right now.”
Goddard flags Eating Disorders Awareness Week
►Goddard Health
Center is offering
services during
February to combat
eating disorders.
Jell Sexton — The Oklahoma Daily
Students glimpse unfinished union
Union officials are also trying to
bring student organizations back
into the union.
“We’d like to have students
meeting in the union, not Dale
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The Oklahoma Daily
THE INDEPENDENT STUDENT VOICE OF THE UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA
Freshman probation rate drops
freshman said. “I just thought I could factors, including the increasing quality
bring my grades up.” of incoming freshmen.
- -- - • j Badiru said improvements to the
academic probation or academic University College in 1989 also started
the increase in better grades.
The University College began the
Ghezal Arsala
The Oklahoma Daily
„ . Aiunrrlpru like anorexia ders through February. This ser- op; every person has different rea- iues ana tocus au oi uicu
Eating dl8° J*™’l,ke . ... availab|e every niKht sons,” Dupell said. “The reasons energy into the disorder
and bulimia, affect up t° 14 >* Wednesdays. can include family, society's values Although sufferers an
°l C° t 3*000 (^students could be According to the program, there being portrayed in the media or themselves, they may
almost 3,000 UU stuaents coura „,v,„ in«« nr trauma.” help or intervention, she t
Eating disorders affect both
genders, but in women the num-
Rhee was one of 400 freshmen put
on <______
notice after the fall semester.
However, Rhee’s case of a low grade-
point average is a trend that is decreas-
ing among OU’s freshmen.
Students are put on i
their GPAs are less than 1.69. Academ-
Annie Rhee said she “blew off her ic notice is given from 1.70 to 1.99.
Adedeji Badiru. dean of University
nai i uiuu , ■ — College, attributes the decrease in acad- for math and English in 1990. Badiru
the business and premed emic probations and notices to several said.
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around the top oHhe wall. Kotake Federal Building, which killed 168 considerable doubt. Jones said,
said. The ballroom floor has a people and injured more than 500
McVeigh is scheduled to stand
trial March 31. Nichols’ trial will
follow, but no date has been set.
The composite sketch widely
known as John Doe No. 2 was
Three die in mall accident
Three people die and six are injured when a wall
J collapses at a Houston shopping mall Thursday
ities and focus all of their time and J* morning. P
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“They should release my client and
start over."
The admission has also prompt-
ed questions from relatives of vic-
tims and those who are convinced
others were involved in the bomb-
. based on a description from Tom ing conspiracy.
Kessinger, a mechanic at Elliott’s
ages of 16 to 25, it can develop dur- Body Shop in Junction City, fan..
hl8h Kh°°1 WhAu.?oSr SV mXU interview wimesses who say they
“Amerson who suffers from posed as -Robert Kling.' the man saw John Doe No. 2.
bulimia usually has a very ener-
getic personality,” Dupell said.
“They appear to be very involved
socially, but they lack closeness in
relationships.
“A person with this disorder
may become withdrawn from activ-
who rented the truck.
In a court brief made public
Wednesday, federal prosecutors
said they have positively identified
the dark-haired, square-jawed face
circulated in the composite sketch
of John Doe No. 2 as Bunting, but
prosecutors said Bunting was not
involved in the bombing.
They based their conclusion on
an eyewitness’ description of a tat-
too below Bunting’s sleeve and a
Doe No. 2 had one face but many baseball cap with a zigzag pattern,
identities. The Justice Department had
He was the object of one of the ruled out John Doe No. 2 as a sus-
biggest investigations in American pect within two months of the
history explosion. Until Wednesday had
Attorney General Janet Reno not formally acknowledged it was
said he should be considered the Army private.
armed and dangerous. Prosecutors said Bunting rented
Calls poured in from around the a truck at the body shop the da\
country from people who said they after the truck used, in the bomb-
had seen the man in the menacing
sketch.
Some reports identified
him as Pvt. Todd
Bunting, a sol-
dier stationed at
Fort Riley, Kan.
Others thought he resem-
bled Andreas Strassmeir, 36,
who met Timothy McVeigh at a
gun show in Tulsa in 1993.
Strassmeir is accused in a civil
coi .
assisting in the April 19. 1995.
bombing but has denied involve-
ment.
Mike
roommate at
resembled the sketch. Brescia was
Offering from the disorders are many reasons why people severe loss or trauma.
Next week is National Eating develop eating disorders. These
Disorders Awareness Week. The may include a low self-esteem, a
Eatina Disorders Education and need to be in control or a preoccu-
Prevention Program at Goddard is pation with the need to please oth-
commoncontribu. society and women.' Dupell Mid.
eating disorders. tions,0 w^y eating disorders devel- <.-------------- ,
ing was rented.
Prosecutors
Kessinger,
, , , W .. mechanic at the
Oklahoma city ShoP, is pre-
n n M R S N G Pared t0 testify
” /> he was mistaken
Ffl TJ T /I T. when he said
• “"the man he
described as John Doe No. 2
was with McVeigh.
But Kessinger still insists
mpTaint filed in Oklahoma of McVeigh was John Doe No. 1.
. .. . . — Bunting previously has said he
was told by agents that witnesses
at the body shop may have been
Brescia, Strassmeir’s confused. He declared his inno-
Elohim City, also cence after his name surfaced.
- - j He could not be located for com-
indicted Thursday in a string of ment Thursday.
bank robberies across the nation. Another man who was at the
but authorities insist there is noth- shop with Bunting. Sgt. Michael
ing to link him to the bombing.
“We have some areas that have Steele said. M'Xof
Total costs for renovation are man was Josh Nichols, son ot
estimated at $10.1 million, said Ferry Nichols.
. seniors ^ haven’t seen parts of Tom thTm'bTcont'inie to
the^ame pia^wS help with Officials say that the construe- • The JaHroom - Workers tbe Ryder Stephen Jones. McVeigh’s attor-
communication. said Joe Loy, bio- tion is on schedule and sections restoredI the g 1 d truck used in the bombing ney. said Kessinger s reversal has
chemistry senior. Organizations will be opening up in intervals beams and a‘ d McVeigh and Terr^ Nichols are hurt the government s case against
could spend time getting to know starting with the ballroom. Th, b 11 E tn conSpi McVeigh.
umiiwiu io v/kj^vxvvx xw ..... c H . | nfi wpannn^-related counts in the lhe sketches by the govern-
a . t ^17. 1 aaa«aa«4Azl hnlh^aoHhe Alfred P. Murrah ment’s own admission are now in
around the top of the wall, Kotake
By Justin Martino
The Oklahoma Daily
Oklahoma Memorial Union
administrators are trying to put the
“student" back into the student
union.
Union officials hosted three
tours of the union this week for stu-
dent and campus leaders. The
tours included a progress report
on the union’s construction pro-
jects and an opportunity for stu-
dents to give suggestions.
for students between classes,” said safety codes. Workers have added
renovated stairways in the areas of structed
the buildings that are closed off. i-------
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Leonard, Christina. The Oklahoma Daily (Norman, Okla.), Vol. 81, No. 99, Ed. 1 Friday, January 31, 1997, newspaper, January 31, 1997; Norman, Oklahoma. (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc1820182/m1/1/?q=%22%22~1: accessed July 7, 2024), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Carl Albert Congressional Research and Studies Center.