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Sooners complain about smoking
Student seeks to advance group
Community frustrated with violations of smoking ban AJINUR SETIWALDI campus reporter
The OU Police Department has received 25 complaints of violations of the on-campus smoking ban, OUPD spokesman Lt. Bruce Chan said. At least one of those complaints came from the Kraettli Apartments, located south of the residence halls, and took a few months to resolve. OU physics graduate student Hemantha Maddumage contacted the Daily last semester through email and said he contacted OU Housing and Food Services and OUPD multiple times to report violations of the smoking ban in the Kraettli Apartments. “I have an infant at home and therefore [am]
very worried about secondhand smoking,” Maddumage said in the email. At first, Maddumage didn’t see the officials do anything to sort out the issue, he said Friday. Then H&F Services sent an email to everyone in the building, but the smoking continued. Maddumage said he complained to officials four to five times. The first two times the police didn’t show, he said. “They didn’t really do anything,” Maddumage said. Chan said in an email that he wasn’t familiar with Maddumage’s complaint, but whenever OUPD receives a complaint, they dispatch an officer to investigate. The university’s policy requires an initial verbal warning and reminder of the policy before officers can finally give out a citation, Chan said. “We try to be informative first,” Chan said.
It took three months to resolve the issue, Maddumage said Friday. The smoking stopped after OUPD warned the violators of the ban. “The policy was new, and the system didn’t know how to react,” Maddumage said. “It’s getting better now.”
aT a Glance What you can do if you see an area where the policy is violated enforcement is an ongoing process that involves community awareness and cooperation. certain areas on campus may need more resources to increase compliance with the ou tobacco-free policy. if you know of any, email comments to Breatheeasy@ou.edu
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One OU student is leading the charge to change a student organization after being inspired by a trip overseas. Beth Huggins, chemical and biomedical engineering senior and administrator of OU’s Global Brigades chapter, plans to change the chapter to make a bigger difference, she said. Huggins was inspired after going on trips with Global Brigades to Honduras and Ghana. “The experience totally revolutionized me and the way I thought about healthcare,” Huggins said. Global Brigades is the world’s largest student-led global health and sustainable development organization. It develops sustainable health initiatives and provides relief where there is limited access to healthcare , according to the Global Brigades website. The OU chapter works see HEALTH paGe 2
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above: Kevin Biehl (left), University College freshman, waits in line as mona Springfield (middle), an event manager at the National Weather Center, orders food from linda Upton, a Housing and food employee at the flying Cow Cafe in the National Weather Center during an event monday to promote the cafe’s new healthier food options. these options were added as part of fitter foods, an initiative of H&f Services to promote healthy dining options at OU. Below: meteorology professor ming Xue (left) orders food from Colena Gerard (right), an Housing and food employee, at the flying Cow Cafe.
L&A: destiny’s child comes back with “nuclear” and a remastered collection of its most romantic songs. (Page 6)
Road losses prepare Sooners for March Sports: ou men’s basketball team gains confidence, learns from defeat. (Page 5)
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Today around campus Sign a petition to save Sasquatch starting at 11:30 a.m. in Oklahoma Memorial Union’s food court.
Wednesday, Jan. 30 Bingo! Students can win prizes playing Bingo from 11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. in Oklahoma Memorial Union’s first floor lobby. Women’s basketball will play TCU at 7 p.m. at Lloyd Noble Center.
Thursday, Jan. 31 A free seminar, as part of the Student Success Series, titled Rising from Fall Mistakes will take place from 4 to 5 p.m. in Wagner Hall, room 245.
Friday, Feb. 1 A Free Movie: “The Perks of Being a Wallflower” will be screened at 6, 9 p.m. and midnight in Oklahoma Memorial Union’s Meacham Auditorium.
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with more than 300 other university groups around the world to deliver and implement one of the programs that benefit more than 130,000 Honduran and Panamanian community members annually, according to the Medical Brigades website. While overseas, Huggins learned that a large part of healthcare was just becoming available to the patients, which she summed up in an anecdote about a mother and her child. “I noticed that when their mother left the stroller unattended, the babies would just scream frantically, but when she came back she would just rock the stroller back and forth. All of a sudden the babies would stop crying and they would just sway with the stroller,” Huggins said. “Watching her, I realized it was that feeling of knowing that someone was there, that feeling of security and knowing that they weren’t alone that seemed to make everything okay. So when our clinic took her in for treatment, I stayed with them and rocked the stroller. I became that feeling of security.”
The organization is currently trying to raise money for its next expedition to Honduras in May 2013, according to the Medical Brigades website. Global Brigades volunteers will spend three days in a community in order to increase the amount of time patients are able to spend with the physicians and dentists. Each patient receives a physician consultation, public health talk and prescribed medicines as necessary. In addition, children receive teeth cleaning, a fluoride treatment and vitamins necessary for proper growth and development, according to the website. The fundraising goal is $30,000 and Global Brigades currently has raised about 35 percent of that goal, according to the website. “Since Global Brigades is pretty new on the OU campus, more public outreach is really the key,” said Rob Shoup, zoology senior and a member of Medical Brigades, a branch of Global Brigades. Members of the organization have reached out to President David Boren to try and use funding for study abroad programs to help fund a service mission for the group to Ghana, Shoup said.
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Beth Huggins, engineering senior, spends time with children in Ghana, Africa. Huggins, member of CAC and Sooners Helping Sooners, recently spoke at TEDxOU.
This past summer, OU Global Brigades treated over 960 patients in Ghana with only 22 students, which means the ratio was around 43 patients per student, Huggins said. “We just put ourselves in their shoes and that makes treating them in the clinic a
much more impactful experience. We become more empathetic, loving and whole hearted after hearing their stories,” Huggins said. “We don’t just show up and give them medicine, we become their friends.”
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Large donation creates scholarship for special education majors A $1 million donation to OU has created a scholarship for students studying special education in OU’s Jeannine Rainbolt College of Education. The scholarship was created in memorial of Mary Murphy, a former college of education student, by her husband Walter Murphy, said Autumn McMahon, development associate for the college. Mary Murphy was unable to finish her studies due to Walter Murphy’s graduate-student responsibilities, McMahon said. Now Walter Murphy is providing the scholarship for special education majors to finish their degree, McMahon said. The scholarship will be an annual award, McMahon said. The application process commences around the beginning of February and the scholarships are awarded the following fall, McMahon said. This scholarship will be awarded in fall 2014, after generating funds for a year, McMahon said. Matt Ravis Campus Reporter
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Oklahoma lawmakers continue to push for laws restricting access to abortions Bills are similar to those previously overturned SEAN MURPHY Associated Press
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Despite court rulings rejecting several anti-abortion measures approved by the Oklahoma Legislature, lawmakers will continue a push for more restrictions in 2013, with bills to grant “personhood” status to fertilized human eggs and limit the ability of minors to terminate a pregnancy without parental notification. Oklahoma’s legislators already had a reputation for producing some of the most far-reaching abortion bills in the country, and now Republicans hold their largest majorities in the House and Senate since statehood and have an anti-abortion governor leading them. Just last week the anti-abortion group Americans United for Life ranked Oklahoma the No. 2 “most protective state” for its abortion laws. But while Oklahoma
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Abortion rights advocates hold signs in the middle of a anti-abortion rally on the steps of the Kansas Statehouse in Topeka, Kan., Tuesday, on the 40th anniversary of Roe v. Wade. Kansas, along with Oklahoma, has been part of a wave of states with GOPcontrolled legislatures enacting new restrictions on abortion.
lawmakers are eager to keep pushing for tougher anti-abortion laws, state courts have soundly rejected several proposed new laws as unconstitutional. I n D e c e m b e r, t h e Oklahoma Supreme Court struck two previously passed abortion laws — one
requiring women seeking abortions to have an ultrasound image placed in front of them while they hear a description of the fetus and another banning off-label use of certain abortion-inducing drugs. The state’s highest court previously rejected as unconstitutional a proposal
that would have placed a “personhood” initiative before Oklahoma votes. A Senate-passed personhood bill died in the Oklahoma House last year after Republicans voted not to hear it on the House floor amid opposition from the medical community that it would dramatically limit reproductive medicine, research and the use of certain forms of birth control. Despite the legal setbacks and the rancor the personhood bill caused within the House Republican caucus, state Rep. Mike Reynolds has filed a similar bill this year. “Is that a reason to say human life doesn’t begin at conception?” said Reynolds, R-Oklahoma City, who said he isn’t deterred by opponents in the medical community or the chamber of commerce who argue such a bill would be a setback to biomedical research. “I guess they better quit experimenting with human zygotes,” said Reynolds, who said he has another bill that would ban embryonic stem cell research in Oklahoma.
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OU architecture library adopts longer hours to support working Sooners
Honors undergraduates from all majors currently have the opportunity to be a published writer and pocket $100. The Honors Undergraduate Research Journal (THURJ) is now accepting research papers, poems and short stories for review to be published in the 2013 edition of the journal, according to Alyssa Boutelle, the THURJ review board chair and multi-disciplinary studies senior. The top submissions are chosen and published every spring, according to the THURJ page on the Honors College website. All submissions should be sent to thurj.ou@gmail.com by this Friday, Feb. 1 and will be reviewed upon submission, Boutelle said. All authors, editors and review board members of The Honors Undergraduate Research Journal are undergraduate students, according to the THURJ page. “Last year, the winning papers had topics ranging from the sociology of the ‘lone cowboy’ symbol, to crowdsourcing in journalism, to the practices of torture in ancient Rome and China,” Boutelle said. “This journal is important because it’s just for undergraduate students to show their research and their work,” Boutelle said. “It’s a great experience for the author to have experience with the publication process.” Winners will be announced no later than mid-March, will be published in the 2013 edition, will receive a free copy of THURJ and will receive $100, Boutelle said. Morgan George Campus Reporter
The OU architecture library located in the north wing of Gould Hall now offers longer weeknight hours, which took effect Jan. 22. The decision was made to better accommodate the schedules of students in the College of Architecture interior design and construction science graduate programs, both of which are aimed at working adults, said Matt Stock, fine and applied arts librarian. Weekend hours for the architecture library will remain the same, Stock said. Bennett Hall Campus Reporter
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Courage does not see gender Our View: Women in military get recognition they deserve.
Even though women casualties in Iraq and Afghanistan have made up a small part of total casualties, their sacrifices are no less significant. When you fight and die next to someone, heart About 150 women have died in both Iraq and is more important than gender. The bullets flyAfghanistan since 2001 compared to about 6,500 ing across the battlefields of Iraq and Afghanistan male deaths. do not discriminate and neither should the U.S. Some people question how the integration of military. women will affect military readiness and front-line The Defense Department announced Thursday combat operations. In a special article on cnn.com, that U.S. combat units now will be open to women, retired Lt. Gen. Jerry Boykin questioned a woman’s a historic move that has been a long time coming. ability to handle “abysmal” conditions: We applaud the decision by military command“There is routinely no privacy or ability to ers because it reflects the situation on the maintain personal hygiene for extended ground, where women are put in harm’s periods.” The Our View way every day. We are sensitive to the needs of any solis the majority Men and women serve in combat situdier on the battlefield, but the many women opinion of The Daily’s ations shoulder to shoulder, even though who are able to handle front-line conditions nine-member should be able to serve alongside men. women technically are not deployed editorial board in combat units, according to Defense Rep. Tammy Duckworth, D-Ill., who lost Secretary Leon Panetta. Gen. Martin both legs in the Iraq War, has been a strong Dempsey saw women’s service firsthand. “I supporter of the effort to include women in combat slapped the turret gunner on the leg, and I said, units. ‘Who are you?’ And she leaned down and said, “Any time that we’ve opened up our military to I’m Amanda... It’s from that point on that I realperformance-based service ... we’ve benefited as ized something had changed, and it was time to do a military. This is good for the nation,” Duckworth something about it,” Dempsey said. said. Women now will have the opportunity to serve in If women can handle having both legs blown off more than 230,000 combat positions, but will not in an explosion, they can handle anything the front be guaranteed spots. Instead, women applicants lines have to throw at them — and already are. will have to meet the same standards as men to fill available positions — standards will not be lowered Comment on this on OUDaily.com to meet any candidate’s abilities, Panetta said.
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What are your thoughts about women in combat? “I think it’s great. I know we haven’t always had the opportunity and now we do.” Dylan Jones, Marketing sophomore
“I think it’s interesting how there’s a draft requirement for males but not for females.” Byron Holzberger, Psychology Junior
“I think it’s fine. People have said that they would be a distraction but I don’t think that’s true.”
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ast Wednesday, legOpinion columnist islators signed into action a bill that allows the government to ignore the debt ceiling for the next three months. If you didn’t know this, don’t feel bad. It seems that people, the media and even poliScott Houser ticians (for now), are done scott.a.houser-1@ou.edu dealing with the drama of another potential debt ceiling crisis. For those who are unaware, the debt ceiling is a limit on how much the U.S. can borrow to fund federal spending. These limits are passed in an attempt to mitigate high future levels of deficit spending. However, the limit really only serves to create meaningless controversy before it is inevitably raised to prevent immediate and possibly severe economic problems. The issue is fairly simple. The U.S. federal government currently spends more money than it takes in through taxes. A large majority of these expenditures include military spending, entitlement programs such as Social Security, Medicaid and Medicare. In order to finance this spending, the government needs to borrow money. In order to borrow money, the government sells securities such as bonds to investors. Many of these investors are private citizens, as well as foreign governments, most
prominently China. Legislators know that borrowing too much can be dangerous, so they put a limit on how much they can borrow. This is the debt ceiling. If a country borrows too much and is unable to pay off its debts it can go into default and economic collapse. At what point a default is unavoidable is uncertain, but it is very well possible that we are already there, and the government is doing next to nothing to solve the problem. With higher and higher national debt, the U.S. economy and dollar become increasingly risky in the eyes of businesses and investors. Should the U.S. ultimately default, any business or investment tied to the dollar will lose value on an unprecedented scale. If the U.S. wants to fix this mess, there is really only one option. This, however, is unlikely to happen, because neither side really seems willing to give up either. Instead of kicking the can down a long but not endless road, legislators need to take the debt ceiling seriously and drastically cut unsustainable spending. This includes the military spending Republicans are constantly pushing for and entitlement programs Democrats are so fond of. Both sides are entirely unsustainable in current economic conditions.
Molly Swan, Psychology Junior
“Women have already been in combat for years now and I’m glad we are acknowledging it.” Zach Eldredge, Physics Junior
“I don’t think there’s any problem with it.” Kelly barksdale, German and international studies junior
Scott Houser is an international business senior.
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ne-hundred and Considering the TSA reOpinion columnist seventy four fuses to release any inforRapidscan mamation on how many terror chines, the controversial attacks they have stopped, full-body scanners the this move will win over Transportation Security many a passenger. Administration is currently Security at airports is operating, will be removed necessary, don’t get me this June. wrong. However, I do think Jeff Black Congress gave the TSA security could be improved jeffreyblack@ou.edu until June 1 to install new without frightening every software on the 174 body man, woman and child that scanners so they would reveal less of a enters an airport. traveler’s body. Israel successfully implemented a sysFortunately for concerned travelers, the tem that works — they ask questions, lots makers of the body scanners, OSI systems of questions. Inc., informed officials at the TSA that they “They’ll ask you so many wildly unprewould be unable to write new software to dictable questions so quickly, you couldn’t meet the demands of Congress and the possibly invent a fake story and keep it all American people. straight. Don’t even try. They’re highly The TSA will now rely more heavily on trained and experienced, and they catch new L-3 Communications’ millimeter everyone who tries to pull something over wave scanning machines that identify on them,” said Michael J. Totten, a New problem areas on a nondescript human York Post correspondent. outline with a yellow box. The security officials at Israeli airports
are trained to observe body language and to use answers given during interviews to determine who is a threat. The Israeli plan focuses far more on action than the size of toothpaste in someone’s baggage. Critics of the Israeli plan say it goes too far. Israeli security has been known to request access to your private email account. If you refuse, you will be “swiftly expelled from the country,” said Josef Federman, a Huffington Post reporter. Though the Israeli plan is far from perfect, and though the TSA has taken a step in the right direction by getting rid of the backscatter X-ray machines, there are still some things the TSA could take into consideration. For one, they could learn to identify potential threats by placing more emphasis on observing body language instead of having such a fascination with everyone’s luggage and underwear. Jeff Black is a broadcasting junior.
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hen the Sooners took the floor at Allen Fieldhouse on Saturday to play the No. 3 Jayhawks, it had been 20 years since OU last beat Kansas in Lawrence. After a 67-54 loss — a game in which OU remained within striking distance throughout — the Sooners guaranteed the winless streak would last at least one more year. But there’s another drought plaguing the Sooners that’s more pressing than a two-decade slump on the road against a powerhouse program — one OU might actually end this seaon — and that’s three straight seasons without an NCAA tournament appearance. Despite the sting of defeat, the Sooners remained positive and gained confidence from standing toe-to-toe with one of the nation’s best. “We were just able to go in there and hang in there and play pretty good basketball,” junior forward Amath M’Baye said. “It just gave us a little bit of confidence of about what to expect, and especially about them coming back to our house in a couple of weeks.” M’Baye, along with senior forward Romero Osby, led the Sooners in scoring the past two weekends with 12 points each. But OU still lost both games. The Sooners’ road losses the last two weekends — the Kansas loss and last Saturday’s 69-60 defeat at the hands of then-No. 16 Kansas State — were competitive contests for all 40 minutes. Win or lose, they were integral in giving the team experience against tournament-tier teams in hostile environments. “We got to learn from them a little bit — kind of learn from Kansas State,
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learn from Kansas,” Osby said. “They’re real physical, and you know, when you’re a top team like that you got to be physical, and I think that’s something we can take away from it.” OU has yet to beat a ranked team this season, but other than a 25-point loss to No. 7 Gonzaga in November, the Sooners average margin of defeat is 6.5 points. If fate would’ve been in OU’s favor and a few shots would’ve rattled in instead of out, the Sooners could very well be a one- or twoloss team. The Sooners are just scratching the surface, and
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n 2005, the world received some damaging news: our beloved Destiny’s Child was breaking apart to pursue solo endeavors. In the pain of a broken heart, some of us let emotions take over. It seems that our prayers have been answered. Beyoncé, Michelle and Kelly have reunited to release a compilation album of their best selections of slower hits called “Love Songs,” which features a new single, “Nuclear.” “Music World Entertainment/Columbia Records/Legacy Recordings will release Destiny’s Child — ‘Love Songs,’ a new career-spanning collection of the most sensual and romantic recordings from the best-selling vocal group,” according to the group’s website. Now, if you’re hoping to hear some of the upbeat, bass-thumping hits like “Jumpin’ Jumpin’” or “Lose My Breath,” this probably would not be the collection for you. Some of the tracks featured on the album are the classics “T-Shirt,” “Emotion” and “Cater 2 U.” The album also features, what I feel is a hidden gem, the “Say My Name” remix by top hip hop producer Timbaland. As an avid Destiny’s Child
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fan, I was so thrilled to hear that the group was going to release new music. I expected to be taken back to a time when I was somewhat carefree, but to my surprise after listening to “Nuclear” I was still in my same spot with plenty of worries. “Nuclear” samples from a track by the late Lyn Collins, “Think (About It),” which was produced by James Brown in the 1970s, but you may recognize the track from another hit considering that it has been sampled by more than 500 different recordings throughout the years. In the chorus, the ladies put on their most sultry voices and sing out, “It’s nuclear/We’re two here/ There’s nowhere left to run/ Why run? Why would you
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Although the SongWriters Association of Norman usually sets aside Tuesday nights for open mic night, this evening they’ll hold an open jam session from 7 to 11 p.m. at O’Connell’s Irish Pub & Grille. Since June 2009, the Norman Arts Council has been hosting the SongWriters Association of Norman, which brings together local musicians who share a passion for composing original music, according to the association’s website. The members meet for an open mic session every Tuesday evening except for the GO AND DO last week of the month when members meet at Open Jam Night Michelangelo’s Coffee When: 7 p.m. tonight and Wine Bar, the Pink Elephant Cafe and Tres Where: O’Connell’s Cantina, or O’Connell’s to Irish Pub & Grille share their latest songs. Unlike open mic night, Price: Free other members of the association will play along with each songwriter at the open jam session, according to the association’s website. “Anybody can come in and play,” said Richard “Daddy” Love, a local folk and blues singer who was among the original founders of the association. “The only criterion is that you have to play your original songs. No cover. Your level doesn’t matter. Wherever you are, we will try to get you to the next stage. You can learn all the skills, from writing, performing, using the equipment and recording.” Love said while the association has a number of semi-professionals who have been playing music for most of their lives, other members are beginners seeking mentorship and venues to play at. “I like to encourage young people to be active,” says John Madison, who has been singing folk music for more than 60 years. “There are lots of people who want to sing but who are embarSEE MORE ONLINE rassed to do so and don’t know where to go, so this Visit OUDaily.com for the complete story is a big help to them. It gives them a venue to oudaily.com/news/la perform.”
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