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Education that inspires is a top priority for OU’s new senior vice provost, who plans to help reform the university’s general education curriculum and explore new ways to bring technology into the classroom. OU classics and letters professor Kyle Harper was named OU’s senior vice provost Jan. 1 after working closely with provost Nancy Mergler last semester on projects involving general education curriculum review. Harper needed a title that suggested his impact on general education at the campuswide level, said Nancy Mergler, senior vice president and provost of OU. “He has a real passion for curriculum,” Mergler said. This passion comes from Harper’s belief that general education needs to
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be both inspiring and in line “The idea of a general eduwith the times, Harper said. cation curriculum is that To graduate from OU, all there are some things that students are required to everyone ought to know… complete at least 40 hours There is still a core of comof general education coursmon knowledge — spread es. These classes encompass across the disciplines — five core areas of study inthat everyone OU sends out cluding natural science, huin the world with a degree manities and a senior cap- KYLE HarpEr ought to know.” stone experience, according General education classto OU’s enrollment website. es are not always seen as inspiring to “In many ways our curriculum is ac- students and can become just sometually very good, but I think that there thing to check off so that they can start are some exciting opportunities to taking classes specific to their majors, bring it into line with the 21st century Harper said. world,” Harper said. “I know because I was a student here, It has been 20 years since the gener- and it’s too easy to think of my gen-eds al education curriculum was updated, as classes I have to take,” Harper said. Harper said. Harper graduated from OU in 2001 “Over time it’s just natural that the with a bachelor’s degree in letters, acworld changes, the faculty changes, cording to his faculty page. He then atstudents change, technology chang- tended Harvard University and earned es so it’s absolutely time for us to re- a master’s and doctorate degree in hisview —to take stock and to examine tory. After graduating from Harvard ourselves and say ‘what do we do well, where could we do better,’” Harper said. see PROVOST paGe 2
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The former OU s t u d e nt a r re s t e d i n O ctober on charges of conspiring to commit an act of violence and stalking is on the preliminar y hearing track after being found mentally competent to stand trial in mid-December, said the assistant district attorney assigned to the case. Naasik Ferdous is set to have a preliminary NaasIK FErDOUs hearing conference on Jan. 22 where his attorneys will meet with the prosecution to discuss the case, said Jennifer Austin, assistant district “We need attorney, in an email. intentions of the defense are not to move yetThe known, as they are still discussing forward.” those options with Ferdous, she said. Ferdous was arrested on campus by JENNIFER the OU Police Department in October AUSTIN, after making multiple death threats ASSISTANT against OU women’s soccer goalie, DISTRICT Kelsey Devonshire. ATTORNEY OU administrators chose not to notify students of the man on campus, finding in a later review that to use the emergency communication system to warn students of the situation could have interfered with OUPD’s pursuit of the suspect. In December, a judge determined that Ferdous was mentally competent to stand trial after Elton Jenkins, Ferdous’s court-appointed defendant, filed an application to determine Ferdous’ competency — citing a see TRIAL paGe 2
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Left: Danny rossi, energy management and finance junior makes a dunk at the Huffman Fitness Center as part of the Night at the Huff during Winter Welcome Week. right: Waves Denito (left) and Daniela spade (right), meteorology seniors, work out Monday night at the Huff event.
CAC to make it snow as part of Winter Welcome Week activities sonic ice will transform into snowballs to be thrown at friends and foes this evening on the Walker-adams mall. campus activities council has prepared a snowball fight for students today as part of Winter Welcome Week. sonic donated 2,000 pounds of ice for cac members to
ground into snow with snow cone machines, said emma Hunsaker, chair of Winter Welcome Week and strategic communications senior. The two previous Winter Welcome Week events were canceled due to conflicts. a new years kick-off event on campus was planned for sunday, but was canceled due to conflicts
with reservations of the venue, Hunsaker said. cac also planned a Jazzercise event on the south oval for yesterday, but the event was canceled due to scheduling conflicts. Evan Baldaccini Campus Reporter
naasik Ferdous was arrested by oupd on campus oct. 17 after making multiple death threats to the goalie of the ou women’s soccer team, Kelsey devonshire. While faculty and staff were notified of Ferdous’s presence students weren’t. president david Boren held a meeting on oct. 30 to review the university’s response, ou spokesman michael nash said in an email. The meeting was called to determine whether the emergency communication system should have been used. Boren and his staff found their decision to not use the system was appropriate since it could have hindered oupd’s ability to find and arrest Ferdous, nash said. Source: OU Spokesman Michael Nash
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in a time when college affordability is crucial, ou and two other oklahoma universities were ranked in the top 100 public universities in the country for their quality of education and tuition value. The Kiplinger Best Values in public colleges ranked ou 70th in the nation, while the university of science and arts of oklahoma and osu fall at 91 and 93, according to the ranking’s website. The rankings are produced annually based on several quality measures, including admission rate, graduation rate, financial aid and room and board, according to the website. “We are pleased to be recognized in national rankings that highlight ou’s academic excellence and best value to students,” said michael nash, university spokesman. “This recognition is a true testament to the quality of our faculty, staff and students here at ou.” university of north carolina, university of Virginia and university of Florida placed at the top of the list, according to the website.
dec. 14 marked the closing of the ever-popular Wendy’s in the oklahoma memorial union, the location of which is now filled by a sandwich cart. The Wendy’s restaurant, which was owned and operated by ou Housing and Food services, will be replaced with a new dining option this fall, said amy Buchanan, ou Housing and Food services assistant director. “[Housing and Food services] decided that the timing was right to renovate the space, and to add a different option
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Wednesday, Jan. 16 Bingo! Students can play bingo and win prizes from 11:30 p.m. to 12:30 p.m. in Crossroads Lounge in the Oklahoma Memorial Union. Men’s basketball will play Texas Tech at 7 p.m. at the Lloyd Noble Center. A Pre-Dental Club Meeting will be held from 6 to 7:30 p.m. in room 125 of Dale Hall.
Friday, Jan. 17 Art Exhibition: The 99th annual School of Art & Art History Student Exhibition opening reception begins at 7 p.m. in the Fred Jones Jr. Museum of Art, followed by an awards ceremony at 8 p.m. The exhibition features art by OU School of Art and Art History students. The exhibition will remain on display until Feb. 10. Women’s Gymnastics will compete against Denver at 7 p.m. in Norman. Do you want to see your organization’s campus event here? Visit OUDaily.com/events/submit to add your entry.
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in June 2007, Harper was hired by OU as an assistant professor of classics and letters in the fall of the same year. Since fall 2007, Harper has progressed from assistant professor to an award-winning associate professor and author. In 2009, while still an associate professor, he was asked by Boren to direct OU’s Institute for the American Constitutional Heritage, a center designed to provide students an opportunity to study American constitutionalism. The 3-year-old institute has reached a point where things are running smoothly enough that he can take on other responsibilities, Harper said. Harper’s new role as senior vice provost will be in addition to his main responsibility as educator and director, according to a press release. “I’ll always teach. I’ll always want to teach. Teaching’s my passion — it’s what keeps me going. It’s the most rewarding part of my job. Period,” Harper said. In addition to assisting the provost in OU’s reform of undergraduate required courses, Harper will also be working with t h e U n i v e r s i t y ’s O n e University digital initiative, Harper said.
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history of Asperger’s syndrome and high-functioning autism, according to the application. Jenkin’s also wrote that Ferdous had always been a part of the special education program in high school, according to the application. If at the Jan. 22 conference, a date for a preliminary hearing is set, it will most likely be within 30 days of the conference, Austin said. Depending on the outcome of the conference, Austin may allow one more continuance for the defense to consult with Ferdous, she said, but that will probably be the last one. “We need to move forward,” Austin said. If Ferdous chooses to not have a preliminary hearing, the case will move to the disposition phase where Ferdous can either plead guilty and accept the plea agreement — which the prosecution has relayed but which hasn’t been accepted — or he can plead “blind” to the judge and allow the judge to determine his sentence, Austin said. He also could opt to have a jury trial and let jurors determine his guilt and punishment, Austin said. Currently, Ferdous is being held at the Cleveland County jail. His bail is set at $2 million, according to court documents.
Oct. 16 - OU women’s soccer goalie, Kelsey Devonshire, files a protective order against Naasik Ferdous. Oct. 17 - Naasik Ferdous is arrested by OUPD. Oct. 26 - OU gymnast Sara Stone files a protective order against Naasik Ferdous. Oct. 30 - Ferdous’s first preliminary hearing conference is held. Oct. 30 - OU President David Boren holds a meeting to determine whether the university appropriately responded to Ferdous being on campus. Nov. 2 – The defense files a competency application for a judge to determine if Ferdous is mentally competent to stand trial, citing a medical history of Asperger’s syndrome. Dec. 12 – A judge finds Ferdous is mentally competent to stand trial. Dec. 18 – Ferdous’s second preliminary hearing conference is held. Jan. 22 – Ferdous’s third preliminary hearing will be held.
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friends newsfeed. I was shocked to find out that not only has Facebook put a price on communication between users, but it also has put a price tag on messaging Facebook founder and CEO, Mark Zuckerberg. This is where it gets really absurd. It’ll cost you $100 to message Zuckerberg — that’s right, $100, and this doesn’t even guarantee he’ll read your message. All it will do is make sure your little message doesn’t get placed in his other (junk) folder. So even after you foolishly throw away a hundred bucks, you still won’t get Zuckerberg to “like” you. The proposed messaging fee affects several aspects of the site used daily and certainly will be a burden on Sooner sports fans.
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oon, Facebook users may find themselves having to pay to get a message out to someone not on their friends list. In what appears to be yet another ridiculous attempt to generate revenue for Facebook, the social network is testing a new add-on to their messaging system its charges users. Facebook can and should make money for itself, but not at the expense of the average user. On Dec. 20, Newsroom. fb.com was updated with a post letting users know that it is testing out yet another way to turn a profit from its product. Some users soon will have to pay a fee of $1 to message other users not on their friends list. Facebook claims this new messaging system is to cut down on the amount of fraudulent messages, known as spam, from reaching the everyday user, but this is just another attempt in a long line of schemes to rescue its IPO, which has had a lackluster performance since it went public last May. While this update to the Facebook messaging system may curb spam, it also puts a price on open communication between average Facebook users. In the past, Facebook has attempted to make revenue off of its users by adding paid features, such as “promote,” which allows users to pay a fee to have their post placed higher up on their
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If you ever check the “football tickets” section of OU’s student Facebook, you may know that quite often when you want to buy a ticket to a game you may have to message the seller in order to get a price. I would hazard a guess that most people don’t in fact know the seller, so it’s entirely possible that users would have to pay a Facebook “ticket tax” in order to buy a football ticket or stop using the OU ticket section all together. To be fair, I think this is a pretty interesting way to combat the spam messages that wind up in my message box far too often, and according to Facebook, “Several commentators and researchers have noted that imposing a financial cost on the sender may be the most
effective way to discourage unwanted messages and facilitate delivery of messages that are relevant and useful.” Though they don’t cite where any of this information comes from in their article. Facebook understandably has to find a way to generate money, but the last several attempts at doing so have left users feeling sore and used. Facebook should be profiting off its mobile platform and impose usage fees on large companies, but the everyday user shouldn’t fall victim to ridiculous user fees, or Facebook may find many of its users flocking back to Myspace or Friendster. Jeff Black is a broadcasting junior.
ave you ever Opinion Columnist wondered whether a friend has seen a movie you plan to watch? Until recently, you couldn’t answer that question without asking your friend directly, because of a law Micah Wormley enacted in the 1980s to m.wormley@ou.edu protect citizens from companies releasing that kind of information to third parties. But Cold War era fears have no place in an environment where large numbers of people already consistently detail components of their personal lives and media consumption habits for the better. In 1987, Supreme Court hopeful Robert Bork’s video tape rental history was published in the Washington City Paper by a freelance writer against Bork’s will. This led to the creation of the 1988 Video Privacy Protection Act that protects citizens from businesses disclosing video tape rental history to third parties and requires that: “[any] disclosure does not identify the title, description, or subject matter of any video tapes or other audio visual material; however, the subject matter of such materials may be disclosed if the disclosure is for the exclusive use of marketing goods and services directly to the consumer...” Thursday, President Barack Obama signed HR 6671, the Video Privacy Protection Act Amendments Act, which allows businesses like Netflix to publish user histories to services like Facebook on a case-by-case basis with consumer consent. CNNMoney reports the bill passed in the House of Representatives in December 2011, but it did not pass the Senate until language that should ease some fears was included in the bill. The final version of the amendment to the bill includes a requirement for companies to allow customers to either opt-in or not disclose these histories. But not everyone is convinced. In response, much of the lobbying for the bill questioned how terms forged in the age of the VHS applied to the age of streaming content. If we aren’t worried about media files that are published on our behalf, surely we are worried about publishing our location. Locations we most frequent should be disclosed to very few, right? The nearly 30 million people worldwide who use Foursquare disagree. According to Foursquare’s website, users created over 3 billion check-ins as of this month. Foursquare allows its users to share their location with each other on its service, but many other social media websites also ask to access your location. We digital natives tend to share details of our lives once kept private. We exchange privacy for the ability to know more about the individuals in our lives. We shouldn’t fear this. Sharing our viewing details can enhance the process of picking out a movie to watch with friends. Support this connectivity by utilizing upcoming opportunities to share your viewing history. Micah Wormley is a professional writing junior.
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The First Amendment rights of students at Florida A&M Univesity were abruptly taken away last Tuesday. Administrators shut down the student newspaper for one month of unpaid training in reaction to a mistake published in the newspaper over a year ago. You might recall the incident at Florida A&M in November 2011 when band member Robert Champion was beaten to death by band mates on a bus returning from a football game as part of a hazing ritual. In a story about the death published two months after the incident, the campus newspaper, The Famuan, ran a story incorrectly stating Keon Hollis had been suspended for being a suspect in the assault in early 2012. On Dec. 3, 2011, Hollis filed a libel lawsuit against the university and the paper. Contact It is beyond question that the Ann Kimbrough Famuan made a mistake, but removing the speech and press libsjgc@famu.edu erties of student journalists injures the newspaper and the FAMU student body. Students lose their voice on campus when the newspaper is shut down. This case is simple. If the administration wanted to encourage training, the staff at the Famuan should be paid and the training held before the start of the semester. The lack of compensation and the timing of the lawsuit suggest the shut down is a punishment for the Hollis error, which occurred when most of the current Famuan staff were not part of the paper. If you agree please contact Ann Kimbrough, dean of the School of Journalism and urge her to reinstate the paper.
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It looks like you could make two valuable friends in the year ahead who will prove to be helpful, each in their independent areas of expertise. There’s a chance the first pal will be instrumental in leading you to the second one.
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OU takes winning ways on the road No. 16 Sooners bring six-game streak to Ames to face No. 24 Iowa State Dillon Phillips Sports Editor
The No. 16 OU women’s basketball team hits the road with its six-game winning streak in tow to face off against the No. 24 Cyclones at 7 tonight at Hilton Coliseum. Since losing to Vanderbilt, 76-63, on Dec. 16 at Lloyd Noble Center, OU has won six straight — including four conference wins, locking them in a tie with No. 1 Baylor atop the Big 12. The Sooners have averaged a 12-point margin of victory during the streak, and junior guard Aaryn Ellenberg has averaged 23 points per game — five points more than her season average. Ellenberg leads the team in scoring, steals and minutes and ranks second in the Big 12 in scoring behind the 2012 Wade Trophy winner and reigning AP Player of the Year, Baylor senior center PLAYER PROFILE Brittney Griner. Aaryn Ellenberg The Sooners are 14-2 and have won 13 of their last 14, Year: with their only other loss Junior coming to No. 14 UCLA, 8680, on Nov. 14 at Lloyd Noble Position: Center. Guard But Iowa State is only the Statistics: second ranked opponent Averaging the Sooners have played 18.5 points per game this season, and OU hasn’t this season while beaten the Cyclones in Ames shooting 47 percent since Jan. 9, 2008. from three-point range. The game also comes just 11 days before OU is slated to take on top-ranked Baylor at 11 a.m. on Jan. 26 at the Ferrell Center in Waco. astrud reed/the daily Last season, the Sooners lost to Iowa State, 77-71, in Ames Junior guard Morgan Hook (left) defends Texas Tech senior guard Monique Smalls (right) on the perimeter during the Sooners’ 65-55 despite receiving double-digit scoring efforts from five playvictory Saturday at Lloyd Noble Center. Hook scored seven points and dished five assists in the win. ers: Ellenberg, senior guard Whitney Hand, junior guard Morgan Hook, sophomore forward Kaylon Williams and junior center Nicole Griffin. AT A GLANCE A breakdown of Oklahoma’s six-game winning streak during the break Ellenberg led the Sooners in scoring in that game with 19 while adding three assists and a steal. But it just wasn’t OU’s Dec. 20: vs. UC Riverside, 70-46 Wednesday: at TCU, 85-79* night, as Iowa State’s then-senior guard Lauren Mansfield led all scorers with 22 points, and the Cyclones shot an imDec. 29: vs. Cal State Northridge, 79-57 Saturday: vs. Texas Tech, 65-55* pressive 52 percent from beyond the arc. OU is 4-2 against Iowa State in the two teams’ last six Jan. 2: vs. West Virginia, 71-68* *Denotes conference games meetings. Jan. 5: at Texas, 78-70*
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> Construction of the new bus transfer station will continue through Spring Break. We apologize for any inconvenience.
Park at Lloyd Noble Center and ride CART to campus. Parking on the north side of LNC is free to shuttle riders. LNC Shuttle hours of operation: 7 a.m. to 9 p.m. Mondays to Thursdays; 7 a.m. to 6 p.m. Fridays ( 5- to 10-minute service until 6 p.m.; 20-minute service from 6 to 9 p.m. Mondays to Thursdays).
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LIFE&ARTS
You can now view students’ artwork dating from the 1940s in the Bizzell Memorial Library’s Loveridge Information Center.
Emma Hamblen, life & arts editor Megan Deaton, assistant editor dailyent@ou.edu • phone: 405-325-3666 oudaily.com/life&arts • Twitter: @OUDailyArts
NEW MUSIC TUESDAY
Finding a Bowie for every decade LIFE & ARTS ASSISTANT EDITOR
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ew Music Tuesday is usually designated for album releases that actually premier on Tuesday, but the return of David Bowie is notable enough to create an exception. From his infamous role as a goblin king in “Labyrinth,” to his worldwide fame as a glam rock god, Bowie has proven that he can do it all and will continue to do so forever.
After a decade of relative silence, Bowie released his single “Where Are We Now?” as a gift to the world on his 66th birthday. The track is just a precursor to his full album titled “The Next Day,” which will be released March 12 in the U.S. Times may have changed, but Bowie stays the same. The single sounds as if Bowie recorded it in the ’80s and then forgot to release it until now. Is that a synthesizer I hear? Bowie’s familiar voice moves at an almost painfully slow pace through the mournful track. While his past work, such as “Let’s Dance,” actually inspires dancing, “Where Are We Now?” is more likely to send you spiraling into a pensive yet musical depression.
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SPOTIFY For the full David Bowie experience, check out our playlist with this QR code WHAT IS THIS? This is a QR code, which is readable by a QR scanner on your camera-phone or smartphone.
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1. Download a QR reader app. There are several you can use but a few that we’ve tried are the KaywaReader and QRReader.
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KaDeWe/Just walking the dead.” The words represent Bowie’s time spent in Berlin, which was around the time that he released his album “Heroes.” Even the album artwork for the single reminisces upon those days. The photo is almost an exact copy of the “Heroes” artwork but with a giant white box over Bowie’s face. The single, album artwork and the accompanying music video obviously point toward the fact that even the seemingly immortal Bowie must actually grow old. With a room full of old junk and black and white shots of a grungy, dark city, the video truly conveys the depressing tone in the song. Of course, it wouldn’t be a
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Bowie music video without a distinct element of plain weirdness. A depiction of Bowie’s face singing on top of a stuffed monkey adds the perfect touch. My verdict? The music video is solely useful for entertainment value, because it’s incredibly hard to take monkey-Bowie seriously. If you want to appreciate “Where Are We Now?” you’re better off listening to the song sans video.
Megan Deaton is a journalism and international studies junior and assistant life & arts editor.
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