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sooners to march to honor King Event also will include lecture and performances

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When: 11:45 a.m.

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Where: Campus Clock tower, oUHsC

Speech and performances: When: 12 p.m. Where: david L. Boren student Union 3rd Floor Lounge, oUHsC

Sooners are invited to participate in a silent march, lecture and cultural performances in honor of Martin Luther King, Jr. at the OU Health Sciences Center in Oklahoma City. The march will begin at 11:45 a.m. at the Campus Clock Tower at the Health Sciences Center and will proceed to the David L. Boren Student Union. “The silent march, which we have done for the past 10 years, is something that Martin Luther King Jr.’s

dream is all about, which is acting as one people, even if it’s only for a few minutes,” said Tanya Mustin, coordinator for Multicultural Student Services in Health Sciences Center Student Affairs. After the march, Judge Vicki MilesLaGrange will speak about the ways people can keep King’s dream alive in a speech titled “Celebrate: The Life I Dream Legacy.” Miles-LaGrange will deliver her speech at the Union. The Oklahoma Health Center’s MLK Gospel Choir and a dance group from Star Spencer High School in Oklahoma City will perform for participants at noon in the Third Floor Lounge.

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City takes steps to combat drought Residents urged to be conservative in water use AJINUR SETIWALDI

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Despite the City of Norman’s new mandatory water conservation policy in response to an emergency water shortage, OU is exempt from restrictions. Lake Thunderbird, the main water source for Norman, Del City and Midwest City, was 59 percent full Tuesday – 7 and a half feet below normal pool elevation, - according to the U.S. Department of Interior’s Bureau of Reclamation. If the drought continues, it may meet and exceed the historical low by the end of February, Ken Komiske, Norman’s director of utilities, said. The Central Oklahoma Master Conser vancy District is requiring the three cities to reduce water see NORMAN pAGe 2

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Jaye Pelley is a financially independent college student. She lives with two other women in an apartment and is responsible for paying all of her bills --rent, electricity and utilities in addition to her tuition. For Pelley, education sophomore, every penny matters. At times, despite having a job, she has been forced to sell her plasma for extra money. “I really don’t like doing that,” she said. But it is something she has to do, and with a new change in the amount of social security tax the government will take out of her paycheck, she is going to be more pressed to find ways to make ends meet. She and other students, faculty and staff can expect to see a change in their monthly paychecks, as well as a change in social security, as a result of a recent payroll tax rate increase. The national monthly payroll tax rate for all workers increased from 4.2 percent to 6.2 percent this year, according to a university email sent by the see TAXES pAGe 2

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$1.3 million to fund partnership between Gaylord College, South Asia New study abroad program pending DEVIN SIAOSI

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As new media takes off in South Asia, Gaylord College of Journalism and Mass Communication has received two grants to foster its relationship with the region and possibly create a new study abroad program for students. The U.S. State Department’s Bureau of Education and Cultural Affairs has provided two grants, totaling $1.3 million, to fund programs that will continue OU’s work in South Asia, said Celia Perkins, director of communication for Gaylord College. The overall goal of the programs is to gain personal, one-on-one experiences among cultures while helping each other establish media understanding of newspapers, television, radio and social media websites, Perkins said. The first grant totals nearly $1 million and will fund a partnership between OU and Pakistan’s University of Gujrat, Perkins said. This would allow entrepreneurs from overseas to visit Gaylord College to learn about mass communication in the U.S.

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16 Oklahomans including Gaylord Dean Joe Foote, Dr. elanie steyn and OU Vice President for strategic Planning and economic Development, Daniel Pullin, traveled to Dhaka, Bangladesh and visited with Nobel Peace Prize winner muhammad yunus (center).

The second grant, totaling $360,000, will fund programs such as the Study of U.S. Institutions, according to a press release. This program allows students from universities in Bangladesh, Pakistan, Sri Lanka and India to visit Oklahoma and gain field experience in multiple disciplines, journalism instructor Chris Krug said. It’s important for students to work with professionals and students from South Asia because there is a thriving global market in journalism there that’s different from

what we see in the U.S., said Dean of Gaylord College Joe Foote. In the U.S., journalism is suffering because of declining readership in newspapers and changing business models, but in South Asia, new media is thriving. Ten new television stations have emerged in Bangladesh this last year alone, and news outlets there are very active online as well, Foote said. There are far more media jobs available than the universities there can produce students to fill them. “So it’s refreshing to see the optimism and enthusiasm

of young Bangladeshis, because getting a job is the least of their worries,” Foote said. Undergraduate Gaylord students have the opportunity to gain experience working with international students and learning new media skills by working with these students, Foote said. “It provides exposure for our faculty and students of a country that’s literally halfway around the world,” Foote said. Foote said about four Gaylord students in the past see MEDIA pAGe 2

Students support wage dignity An oU student organization is working to ensure students know they are purchasing free trade material by petitioning president david Boren and the University Bookstore. the student organization for Fair trade is asking Boren to sign a letter outlining their plan to have the bookstore sell at least 50.1 percent Alta Gracia apparel. Alta Gracia is a dominican republic-based apparel company whose mission is to sell clothes made by workers with a “salario digno” - a wage with dignity. Alta Gracia pays its workers more than three times what other dominican apparel workers do, according to their website. the group chose the percentage because 50.1 percent of a company’s workers are needed to form a union in the dominican republic, according to member natasha Kotey, psychology senior. soFt members will meet at 12:30 p.m. Friday at evans Hall to give the letter to Boren and bookstore offi cials. soFt urges anyone concerned with the matter to write a letter and bring it to the presentation. soFt members recently visited the Alta Gracia factory in Villa Altagracia, dominican republic.

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New skill, new you CAC teaches Sooners how to solve puzzles, dress their best, fly on brooms

Today around campus Art/Landscape Exhibition reception at 6:00 p.m. at the OU School of Art & Art History. UPB Daily Event - New Semester’s Resolutions: Write down your New Semester’s Resolution (anonymously or not) and you will be entered into a drawing for the chance to win a FREE UPB shirt from 11:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. in Oklahoma Memorial Union.

Students accomplished New Year’s resolutions early by learning how to solve Rubik’s Cubes, play Quidditch and tie bow-ties at noon Wednesday on the South Oval. The “Learn a New Skill” event was part of the New Year’s theme of Campus Activities Council’s Winter Welcome Week, said Emma Hunsaker, strategic communications senior and Campus Acitivities Council chairwoman. By attempting these new skills, participants could sign up to enter a raffle with the chance to win gift baskets from Posh or Brooks Brothers, Hunsaker said. Free also food was available at the CAC booth. Evan Baldaccini Campus Reporter

Friday, Jan. 18 Women’s Gymnastics will compete against Denver at 7 p.m. at the Sam Viersen Gymnastics Center. 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. Cate restaurants are closed for Martin Luther King Jr. Day weekend. Final day to register or add a class approval of instructor. Free Popcorn: enjoy a mid-day snack and pick up from the UPB from 11:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. in Oklahoma Memorial Union. FREE Movie - Seven Psychopaths 6:00-11:45 p.m. in Oklahoma Memorial Union.

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Kendrick Piercy Civil Engineering Junior (Left) and Drew Baney Political Science Junior (Right) shows students the secrets to solving a rubix cube and tieing a bowtie at CAC’s Winter Welcome Week Learn something New activity on the South Oval on Wednesday. Along with these two activities they had how to play Quidditch.

Norman: OU not affected by conservation rules Continued from page 1 allocations from Lake Thunderbird by 10 percent because of water shortages, Komiske said. “It’s the first time the city has received a public notice to reduce water allocation,” Komiske said. OU only purchases water from Norman for drinking and internal building use, Brian Ellis, OU’s director of facilities management, said. The university spends about $390,000 per year to purchase about 207 million gallons of water from the city.

The water OU uses for landscaping and groundskeeping comes from private wells because the university stopped using drinking water from the wells when they found it contains arsenic, Ellis said. Reducing water allocation may continue and increase through the spring if the drought continues, Komiske said. The city’s mandatory Stage 2 Moderate Conservation that went into affect Monday is just one measure the city has taken to address water shortages. While City Manager Steve Lewis has asked residents to limit irrigation, OU is exempt from these restrictions

because its water comes from private wells, Ellis said. Despite being exempt, the university has and will take measures to conserve water, Ellis said. The University started replacing faucets, toilets and other appliances with energy efficient ones a few years ago and will continue to do so.

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Saturday, Jan. 19 Women’s Tennis will compete against Wichita State at noon at the Headington Family Tennis Center. Women’s Basketball will compete against Texas at 2 p.m. at the Lloyd Noble Center. Track JD Martin Invitational Duals all day at the Mosier Indoor Facility. FREE Movie - Seven Psychopaths 6:00-11:45 p.m. in Oklahoma Memorial Union.

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Art museum reaches out to Norman residents for help locating famous Oklahoma artist’s works for exhibit The Fred Jones Jr. Museum of Art is reaching out to Norman residents for help locating pieces by a famous Oklahoma artist for a future exhibit. The museum is asking the public and owners of private collections for help finding artwork by Oscar Brousse Jacobson, a famous Oklahoma artist and former OU art faculty member. Museum curators have located about 150 of the more than 500 pieces Jacobson made, said

Mark White, the Eugene B. Adkins Chief Curator at the Fred Jones Jr. Museum of Art. White is leading the effort of recovering the pieces. Jacobson, one of the best-known artists in Oklahoma before World War II, sold much of his artwork to colleagues in Oklahoma, said White. The pieces remained in the hands of families, passed down through generations. In 1936, Jacobson started an art museum that over time became the Fred

Jones Jr. Museum of Art, according to the museum’s website. The retrospective collection will be the most comprehensive of Jacobson’s work and career to date, according to the website. Scheduled for 2015, the exhibit will celebrate the 100-year anniversary of Jacobson’s employment and involvement with OU. Morgan George Campus Reporter

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Taxes: Change will not affect tuition Continued from page 1

now and in future years. One-fifth of national social security program beneficiaries are non-elderly adults Human Resources department. under the age of 62 or children who receive Because of this change, people like Pelley, survivors’ benefits or disability insurance are feeling the effects. benefits, according to the Center on Budget “Every penny I own will go to bills at this and Policy Priorities website. point,” she said. “They didn’t renew the lower social secuThe 41 percent of employed full-time rity tax rate because, based on some projecstudents at universities like OU, according tions, in a few years there won’t be enough to the National Center for in the Social Security “I understand that money Education Statistics, are feelFund, and in that case, it won’t this could help … be a government program ing the pinch, too. This increased payroll tax but me personally, I anymore,” Franklin said. rate is back to what it was in Franklin said this uncer2010, Payroll and Employee need that money.” tainty should be a concern not Ser vices administrator just for pending senior citizens jaye pelley, education Michelle Boydstun said in but also for people at any age sophomore an email. who plan on taking advantage The change results from Congress not re- of the benefits that federal social security, a newing a temporary tax cut that was intended program with a wavering minimum age and as an economic stimulus, Boydstun said. working budget, offers. This two-percent increase is a result of an While Pelley sees the reason for the change, economy that has not yet healed, political sci- it still hurts her. ence professor Aimee Franklin said. “I understand that this could help … but “I would suspect that the reason the me personally, I need that money,” Pelley 4.2-percent rate was not renewed was be- said. cause Congress plans on building up the While some OU students, faculty and staff general discretionary monetary fund, which can expect financial changes here on campus funds programs like the military and infra- amongst many national fiscal developments structure,” Franklin said. in the past month that have culminated in Now that the social security tax rate is back Washington, tuition rates won’t be one of up, Franklin said it will mean very modest them, university spokesperson Michael Nash changes in the net monthly paychecks of stu- said. dents, faculty and staff. “While many questions still remain naFor Pelley, that means not spending money tionwide regarding new financial measures, on anything that isn’t a necessity, she said, as the University does not anticipate that these well as picking up extra shifts at work. measures will impact tuition or professor sal“I’m definitely going to have to cut back,” aries,” Nash said. Pelley said. “It’s just like every penny that I Nash said it should be noted that the uniearn, I need it.” versity will continue to monitor fiscal policy For Franklin, the tax rate is also an indica- at the national level and how it will affect stutor of the Social Security Fund’s health, both dent tuition.

media: Gaylord, Price to collaborate Continued from page 1 two years have done reporting and video work in South Asia, and he expects a few to be involved on an ongoing basis. Now that OU has fostered close ties with countries in South Asia, Foote said he hopes to create a new study abroad program and collaborate with the Price College of Business to send business and journalism students abroad. “It’s a good part of the world for OU students to learn about because it’s rising so quickly,” Foote said. “Understanding them should be valuable for anyone graduating today.” Foote said he has been associated with Bangladesh and its media for 28 years, and he returned from the country Tuesday. “We hope we’ll make a contribution in South Asia for the betterment of journalism – showing how journalism can be a positive and necessary force in a democracy,” Foote said. Arianna Pickard contributed to this story.

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NATION NEWS BRIEFS 1. TULSA, OKLAHOMA

Hearings delayed in Tulsa church sex abuse case involving minors A judge has delayed court hearings for three of five employees of a Tulsa megachurch charged with waiting two weeks to report the rape of a 13-yearold girl on church grounds. Victory Christian Center employees Paul Willemstein, Anna George and Harold “Frank” Sullivan each face one misdemeanor count of failing to report the abuse in a timely manner. They were due in court Wednesday morning, but a judge pushed their hearings to Feb. 13. Separate hearings are scheduled next week for John and Charica Daugherty — the son and daughter-in-law of the co-founder and head pastor at the 17,000-member church. The couple faces the same charges of failing to report abuse. Former church employee Chris Denman pleaded guilty to raping the 13-year-old and was sentenced to 55 years in prison.

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Former OKC community college bursar sentenced to prison A former Oklahoma City community college bursar has been sentenced to more than two years in federal prison after pleading guilty to a wire fraud charge. U.S. Attorney Sanford Coats says 49-year-old Brandi Henson of Yukon was sentenced Wednesday to 27 months in federal prison, followed by three years of supervised release. Henson was also ordered to pay restitution of more than $398,000 to the community college. Henson pleaded guilty last summer to wire fraud. Prosecutors say Henson admitted she improperly used the college’s PayPal account to post refunds and credits to her personal credit cards. Authorities allege she paid off more than $398,000 in personal credit card bills with the refunds that she posted to her personal accounts.

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Aurora: Lift gag order against officials in theater shooting case The City of Aurora has asked a judge to lift a gag order preventing officials from discussing the July attack that left 12 dead and 70 injured. In court papers filed Tuesday and made public Wednesday, an attorney for the city said officials have received several requests from police and fire departments for briefings and tips on how they managed the attack on a midnight screening of “The Dark Knight Rises.” The city also noted that it has received public records requests from media, academics and individuals around the world. Judge William Sylvester imposed a gag order three days after the shooting preventing all parties in the case form releasing information. Accused gunman James Holmes is due to be arraigned in March on 166 felony counts for the massacre. The city argued that the gag order is moot after prosecutors revealed details of their case against Holmes in a three-day hearing last week. Martha L. Fitzgerald, attorney for the city, argued that officials should at least be allowed to release recordings of 911 calls played in court last week. The Associated Press

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Leading up to President Barack Obama’s second inauguration, strong emotions are emanating from both sides of the aisle on a range of subjects in today’s highly charged political environment of Washington. There are raging battles over the national debt ceiling, taxes, spending cuts and immigration overhaul — no shortage of hot-button issues awaiting Obama and a deeply divided Congress. The president has now formally added to the list gun control, which wasn’t even a major part of his second-term agenda until last month’s deadly shooting rampage at an elementary school in Connecticut that claimed the lives of 20 children and six adults. Obama unveiled a tough package of measures Wednesday to curb what he said was “an epidemic” of gun violence. They include proposed legislation to ban the sale of certain semiautomatic rifles and high-capacity ammunition magazines and to expand background checks. He also announced a raft of 23 steps that he could take by executive action alone without requiring

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President Barack Obama hugs eight-year-old letter writer Grant Fritz during a news conference on proposals to reduce gun violence Wednesday. Obama was joined by law enforcement officials, lawmakers and children who wrote the president about gun violence.

congressional consent. The legislative part of his package drew predictable and heavy opposition from the gun lobby and Republicans and is even drawing resistance from some members of his own party. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., for instance, says that while an assault-style weapons ban might pass the Senate, he

doubts it could pass the Republican-led House. Reid said immigration tops his priority list after the upcoming fiscal fights— not gun control. The heavy sentiment in Congress against sweeping changes to gun laws runs counter to polls showing that a majority of Americans support tighter gun restrictions. A new AP-GfK poll shows that 58 percent of Americans

favor strengthening gun laws and 85 percent favor background checks for gun-show purchases. Obama acknowledges the difficulty of making headway against the ingrained gun lobby and its congressional backers. But, he said Wednesday, “If there’s even one life that can be saved, then we have an obligation to try it. And I’m going do to my part.”

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Europe to help NASA return to space Agency will provide parts for new Orion space capsule

Orion in 2021. NASA’s human exploration chief, Bill Gerstenmaier, said both missions will be aimed near the moon. The exact details are being worked out; lunar fly-bys, not landings, are planned. NASA wants to ultimately use the bell-shaped Orion spacecraft to carry astronauts to asteroids and Mars. International cooperation will be crucial for such endeavors, Gerstenmaier told reporters. The United States has yet to establish a clear path forward for astronauts, 1½ years after NASA’s space shuttles stopped flying. The basic requirements for Orion spacecraft are well understood regardless of the

CAPE CANAVERAL (AP) — NASA is teaming up with the European Space Agency to get astronauts beyond Earth’s orbit. Europe will provide the propulsion and power compartment for NASA’s new Orion crew capsule, officials said Wednesday. This so-called service module will be based on Europe’s supply ship used for the International Space Station. Orion’s first trip is an unmanned mission in 2017. Any extra European parts will be incorporated in the first manned mission of

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In this March 2008 photograph from NASA, a simulated Orion crew module mock-up is being unloaded in a hangar in Langley Air Force Base in Hampton, Va. for testing.

destination, allowing work to proceed, Gerstenmaier said. “You don’t design a car to just go to the grocery store,” he told reporters. A test flight of the capsule is planned for next year; it will fly 3,600 miles away and then return.

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he gun control deenergy produced when OPINION COLUMNIST bate now is in full firing a round to autoswing after recent matically eject the spent tragedies. Unfortunately, round and re-chamber a many Americans are still less new round. This means than knowledgeable when the gun will fire one round it comes to terminology and every time you pull the details that dominate the detrigger as fast as you pull bate. It is important for everythe trigger. These fireScott Houser one involved in these debates arms do not always, but scott.a.houser-1@ou.edu to be informed so that they often use interchangeable can understand proposed magazines, which makes legislation. re-loading quick. Almost all commonly used rifles can be Automatic weapons are weapons that broken up into three categories: fire more than one round per pull of the Weapons using older technology retrigger. These weapons are hard to obquire the user to operate mechanics man- tain legally, as they require an extensive ually to eject a spent round and re-chambackground check, a lengthy waiting peber a new round. Operating mechanics riod, and often range in prices between manually greatly reduces the rate at which $15,000 and $50,000 because of a ban on the user can fire the gun. Most of these non-military automatic weapon producfirearms have non-interchangeable magtion passed in the 1980s. azines, which makes reloading a slow process. Scott Houser is an international business Semi-automatic weapons use the

Assault rifles vs. other kinds of rifles Assault rifle is a loose legal definition, which relies more on an evaluation of aesthetics than how much damage the weapon is capable of doing. Weapons that are considered assault rifles often have several of the following features:

ASSAULT RIFLE AR-15 Also known as the M16, the AR-15 is one of the most popular assault rifles in the U.S. Many of the attachments can be changed out, making classification of the weapon difficult.

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love the “Back to utterly disorienting and OPINION COLUMNIST the Future” films. terrifying confusion that One of my favorite exists in battle. It explains scenes comes from the occurrences of friendly fire second film in the trilogy. in combat. These are solIn a violent and chaotdiers, sailors, airmen and ic alternate future, the Marines who handle weapoverly strict high school ons as a profession and principal, Mr. Strickland, train constantly and exTrent Cason clad in bandoliers and haustively to move, shoot cason.trent@ou.edu body armor, chases a carand perform effectively in a load of gang members combat situation, and even down his street with a tactical shotgun these trained professionals manage to acwhile screaming “Eat lead, slackers.” I am cidentally shoot each other sometimes. amused by the comical role reversal of So what can we expect from an underthe obsessively neat, suit-clad school ad- paid educator or administrator with a few ministrator and disciplinarian becoming hours of training and a handgun when a dystopian Rambo. a battle takes place in a public school? I That scene was the first thing that hope no one expects better results than popped into my mind when I read about the U.S. military. legislation written by state Rep. Mark If one or more attackers with assault riMcCullough, R-Sapulpa, that would seek fles or high-capacity magazines entered a Oklahoma school-teachers and adminis- school with the intent of indiscriminately trators trained as armed killing students and teach“reserve police officers.” ers, no advantage is gained Some teachers would by adding a few terrified IN DEPTH carry concealed weapons education majors with pisin the school during the tols into the mix. Teachers day. Of course, there are plenwithout guns After initially chuckty of other downsides to ling at the predictability teachers carrying guns at Jan. 10 — While ushering students of Oklahoma politics, I schools. Most notably, the out of the classroom, considered every teacher attacker is relieved of the teacher Ryan Heber and principal I ever had burden of bringing a weaptalked down a student and tried to imagine them on into the school. gunman at Union High returning fire in a fireThe weapon is already School in Taft, Cali. fight. I’ve had one or two in the classroom, and for Thanks to Heber, the in all of my schooling that all a teacher knows, the incident resulted in I could, without bursting would-be killer is sitting only two injuries and no into laughter, imagine right behind him. How can deaths. drawing down on an ata teacher with a gun on hip tacker and dispensing turn his back on a room full child-saving justice. of potential attackers who Besides it being absurd to charge edu- might want to disarm him? cators with providing armed security (on Clearly, schools need to be more secure. top of educating, babysitting, doctoring, Many schools have one or two police ofetc.), there is an element of real danger in ficers on hand, but from my experience the idea. Once the round leaves the bartheir time is mostly invested in breaking rel, it can’t be directed or taken back. In a up fights, catching truants and looking for school packed full of children, there can tobacco and drugs. be no mistakes. One accidental discharge Nobody at our schools is charged solely or poorly aimed shot has the potential to with physical security, and maybe we need kill multiple children, depending on the to change that. But bringing a gun into the mass and velocity of the round. classroom is not the answer, and with any Each kind of ammunition has its own luck, McCullough’s bill will die before it properties and each is absolutely devmakes it to the House floor. astating to the human body in its own You can help by contacting your state special way. Which kind should be issued representatives and letting them know to teachers? Is it better to risk wounding how you feel about the idea of arming our multiple students per shot with a 9mm, educators. Be respectful but clear. or just absolutely killing one with a .45? Do we let the teachers decide? Or the Trent Cason is a literature and cultural state Legislature? studies senior. A common theme in talking about combat is “the fog of war.” It describes the The Oklahoma Daily is a public forum, the University of Oklahoma’s independent student voice and an entirely student-run publication.

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Why pay for concerts and music when the university provides them for free? Campus Activities Council and Union Programming Board offer free movie showings and concerts to students throughout the semester. CAC and UPB show movies that have left theaters but have not been released on DVD to students at Oklahoma Memorial Union at no cost. The film series orders movies through a website called swank.com, said Seth Hafer, UPB Film Series chairman and film and media studies junior, in an email. When the film series members decide which movies to bring to campus, they take into account the film’s release date and the date it will be available on DVD, a process that ensures they select a film that is not available anywhere else. Sometimes films even premiere on campus, Hafer said. The Film Series premiered three films last semester. “It is very likely we’ll have some premieres this semester, but we can’t say for sure GO AND DO right now,” Hafer said. Seven “Seven Psychopaths” will be the first showing of the Psychopaths semester. UPB’s website contains a complete list of this When: 6, 9 and midnight Jan. 18 semester’s film showings and times. Where: Meachum “We hope everyone takes Auditorium advantage of this free oppor tunity,” said Patr ick Price: Free McSweeney, UPB president and political science and public relations senior. “These are all quality movies and are a great way to spend a Friday night on campus.” The Concert Series is another popular activity for students on campus. Although UPB currently has not confirmed any bands for this semester, the bands that will play depend on which bands contact the Concert Series or are bands Concert Series members show interest in, said Leesa Allmond, Concert Series chairwoman and advertising senior. Finding bands can be difficult because ideal bands often either are not touring at the time or are out of the Concert Series’ price range. “We are working a lot with other great campus organizations to bring a bigger name on campus this semester,” Allmond said. Ali Hausner alihausner@ou.edu

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The School of Art and Art History is preparing for its annual student art exhibition Friday. The 99th Annual School of Art & Art History Student Exhibition is returning to the Fred Jones Jr. Museum of Art to feature works of art created by some of the school’s students. Starting in late November, students interested in the exhibition entered up to three pieces of their artwork to guest judge Tony Tiger to be showcased in the exhibition, said art museum ambassador Jessica Farling. Someone who isn’t affiliated with OU, such as Tiger, is invited each year to ensure the artwork selected is completely unbiased. “The selection process is nerve wracking,” said Alex Art provided Healey, a studio art and art history senior and repeated All artwork shown will be featured in the 99th Annual School of Art see Art page 7

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exhibitionist. The works that will be on display include photography, When: Friday ceramics, paintings and multimedia works, Farling said. Where: Fred Jones Jr. This year’s show will have Musem of Art larger scales of work and Price: Free more film pieces than last year. There are larger paintings and drawings, and unlike last year, some visual communication students en- visitors, Bendure said. tered their work, Farling said. Work to prepare the mu“ I t w i l l b e a v e r y seum for the show began in well-rounded exhibition,� early January, Farling said. said Michael Bendure, di- The walls within the murector of communication for seum are moveable and Fred Jones Jr. Museum of Art. were adjusted to the room Though the pieces are on to work better for the show. display, the artists have to Afterward, the lighting was briefly explain set up and the their piece to “This show truly l ab e l s f o r t h e the judges, exhibit were captures the Healey said. completed. Students “This show spirit of young participating truly captures art students...� t h e s p i r i t o f in the exhibition have the young art stuMichael bendure, opportunity fred Jones Jr. Musem dents and really to w in mulhelps illustrate of Art director of communication tiple awards, their progress to such as cash their professionprizes or the al development top award, the T.G. Mays as artists,� Bendure said. Purchase Award, Farling This annual exhibition is said. The T.G. Mays Purchase a great opportunity for stuAward is offered to one stu- dents to get their artwork dent, whose artwork be- out there. Tiger, Joe Andoe, comes part of the museum’s Sterling Gates, Sam Seig, permanent collection. Michele Mikesell and John The prizes are offered Fincher all have participatby the museum, School of ed in the show before and Art and Art History and the have become famous artists, Norman Arts Council. There Farling said. are 13 prizes that are awardAll are welcome to attend ed to students, Farling said. the exhibition, which will However, students aren’t have a reception beginning at involved with the show just 7 p.m., followed by an awards for the prizes but more for ceremony at 8 p.m. the experience and chance “I love going to the opento showcase their work. ing� Healey said. “It’s a fun “It’s a prize in itself to have social event for the entire art your work hanging in a gal- community.� lery,� Healey said. The event is free. Those who work for the museum enjoy hosting the exhibition each year and feel Tess Thomson that the exhibition is going to tthomson@ou.edu be very visually appealing for

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The OU men’s basketball team improved its conference record to 3-0 with an 18-point win against Texas Tech last night.

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fter starting last season with a 10-2 record, the OU men’s basketball team went 5-13 during conference play to end the year at .500. In 2013, the Sooners have flipped the script — kicking off this season’s conference schedule with back-to-back wins after losing their first three conference games a year ago. So what’s the difference between now and then? Well, first off, the Sooners have played West Virginia and Oklahoma State, as opposed to last year, when they played Missouri and Kansas — which finished the season ranked No. 5 and No. 3, respectively. Not to say the Mountaineers and Cowboys are pushovers — West Virginia beat Texas in Austin and took No. 16 Kansas State down to the wire before losing, 65-64, and OSU beat then-No. 6 North Carolina State earlier this season — but don’t expect them to be in the top-five at season’s end. A more manageable schedule isn’t the only thing responsible for the Sooners’ leap forward, though. OU has more athleticism, more depth and, simply put, more talent than last year’s

team. The strength of this Sooners squad is its athletic frontcourt, which is made up of junior forward Amath M’Baye and senior forward Romero Osby. M’Baye and Osby have emerged as versatile swing men — averaging a combined 23.5 points and 12.1 rebounds per game — and lead a team that likes to get out and run in transition. Last season’s leading scorer, senior guard Steven Pledger, has had his role on offense relegated to that of a jump shooter because of the influx of new talent, especially at the guard position. Despite freshman guard Buddy Hield proving to be OU’s most dynamic scorer, Pledger, the two-guard from Chesapeake, Va. still leads the team in minutes and is second on the team in scoring with 11.5 points per game. Hield, who was a fourstar recruit and the 17thranked guard in the nation in 2012 by Rivals.com, leads an electric class of freshmen guards with 8.9 points per game, including a season-high 17-point outing against Texas-Arlington on Nov. 16. The other two frosh guards — four-star Je’lon Hornbeak and three-star Isaiah Cousins — both have received significant playing time, as well. Hornbeak averages 6.2 points, 1.9 assists and 22.9 minutes per game, and Cousins averages 2.7 points, 1.6 assists and 17.7 minutes. The Sooners also boast a solid supporting cast led by

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two starters from last season, senior forward Andrew Fitzgerald and junior guard Cameron Clark, both of whom have contributed valuable minutes and veteran leadership off the bench. Take all that into consideration, and the Sooners appear to be poised to contend for the field of 64. In order to make its first tournament since 2009, OU will have to navigate a tough conference schedule highlighted by road trips to No. 16 Kansas State on Saturday

and No. 4 Kansas next weekend. There’s no question OU is much improved from last season, when it took the Sooners five games to get to two conference wins, but is OU good enough to return to the big dance? I think so. Dillon Phillips is a journalism junior and sports editor. You can follow him on Twitter at @ DillonPhillips_

or those fans clamoring to see someone new in the Super Bowl, the NFC is giving you what you want. Sorry about the AFC. Yep, same old, same old is ahead, with the New England Patriots hosting the Baltimore Ravens for the second straight conference championship game Sunday. With a similar result, too. The Patriots have never lost an AFC title game at home (4-0, three of those in those 12 seasons). They certainly came close last January when Lee Evans couldn’t hold onto a pass in the end zone in the final moment that would have sent the Ravens to their second Super Bowl “Of the remaining and first since the 2000 four teams, the season, when they won it all. 49ers are the New England will move most balanced. the ball on Baltimore (126) and could resort to run- They have the best ning it more often than in defense by far.” the past. Not only is Stevan Ridley a 1,000-yard rusher, something very rare for the Patriots, but the Ravens aren’t nearly as stout as they once were at stopping the run. Where the Ravens could prosper is in a revitalized pass rush. Terrell Suggs finally is approaching his top defensive player status of 2011 after returning from a partially torn Achilles tendon. Paul Kruger already is a dynamic sack guy. But in the end, New England’s offense will be too persistent, too sharp and too deep for Baltimore to stop. Had the Falcons kept the rout going against Seattle in last Sunday’s divisional round, the spread here would be different. But Atlanta (14-3) nearly blew it, raising questions among the odds makers about how good the Falcons really are. Of the remaining four teams, the 49ers are the most balanced. They have the best defense by far; only Seattle’s unit really challenged them among all the playoff qualifiers. Atlanta will struggle to run against Patrick Willis, Justin Smith, NaVorro Bowman and Co. Second-year QB Colin Kaepernick has added a dynamic dimension with his strong arm, escapability and overall athletic skills. Michael Crabtree has developed into a dependable receiver with big-play abilities. Add that to Frank Gore’s running, and Atlanta’s D will be overmatched.

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Thursday, Jan. 17 Winter Welcome Week: Help Others More Day | Welcome back everyone! From 9-11 a.m. there will be food giveaways in the South Oval, noon-2 p.m. there will be more food giveaways as well as a volunteer fair on the south oval, and the night finishes at the Huston Huffman Center with a basketball and dodgeball tournament that benefits Soonerthon from 7-9 p.m. For more information, go to cac.ou.edu.

Friday, Jan. 18 Winter Welcome Week: Make it Happen Day | Noon-2 p.m. on the South Oval. There will be food giveaways and promotion for several Friday night and weekend events. For more information, go to cac.ou.edu. FREE MOVIE “Seven Psychopaths” | 6, 9, and midnight at Meacham Auditorium, Oklahoma Memorial. Come check out the first free movie of the semester. Brought to you by the Union Programming Board and Campus Activities Council. Opening of the 99th Annual School of Art & Art History | 7-9 p.m. at the Nancy Johnston Records Gallery. This competitive juried show is held each spring and highlights the diverse works of art created by art and art history students from the University of Oklahoma. For more information, please contact Michael Bendure, mbendure@ou.edu Women’s Gymnastics vs. Denver | 7 p.m. in McCasland Fieldhouse. Come support the OU Women’s Gymnastics team as they take on Denver. For more information, visit soonersports.com.

Saturday, Jan. 19 OU Women’s Tennis vs. Wichita State | Noon in the Greg Wadley Indoor Tennis Pavillion. Come check out the OU Women’s Tennis season opener. For more information, visit soonersports.com. FREE MOVIE “Seven Psychopaths” | 2 p.m. at Meacham Auditorium, Oklahoma Memorial. Come check out the first free movie of the semester. Brought to you by the Union Programming Board and Campus Activities Council. OU Women’s Basketball vs. Texas | 2 p.m. in the Lloyd Noble Center. Come cheer for the OU Women’s Basketball team as they take on Texas at home. For more information, visit soonersports.com. OU Track | All day at the Mosier Indoor Track Facility. Come watch your OU track team at the J.D. Martin Individual Duals. For more information, visit soonersports.com.

Sunday, Jan. 20

OU Wrestling vs. West Virginia | 2 p.m. at the McCasland Field House. Come cheer on the OU Wresting team as they take on West Virginia. For more information, visit soonersports.com.

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