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Cane’s raises bar for profits New campus restaurant outpaces competitors’ first years

OU professor juggles classes, museum work

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OU’s only pre-hispanic Mezoamericanist becomes Sam Noble curator

Despite getting a late start on the semester, the Raising Cane’s on campus has made over $50,000 during its first months on campus, which is more than other restaurants on campus during their first year.

Raising Cane’s in Adams Center has eclipsed both Burger King in Adams Center and Chickfil-A in Oklahoma Memorial Union in the amount of money made during the two restaurants’ first years of operation, according to requested documents.

Where Raising Cane’s took in $53,018.79 for the first semester, Burger King made $45,428.55 in its first year, and Chickfil-A made $25,652.67, according to requested documents.

EVAN BALDACCINI Campus Reporter

“I think [the students] have accepted us with open arms.”

CHaD aCHORD, RaISInG CanE’S FRanCHISE OWnER

However, Burger King first came to campus in 1997 and Chick-fil-A came in 1994, which has an effect on how much money the restaurants made.

“Again, 2012 money is different than 1995 money,” Dav i d A n n i s, d i re c t o r o f H o u s i n g a n d Fo o d Services, said in a requested email document.

When contacted, local franchise owner of Raising Cane’s, Chad Achord, could make no comments about financial numbers, he said.

However, he did say that he was happy with how business was going on campus.

“I think [the students] have accepted us with open arms,” Achord said.

Based on the first semester profits, students seem to be happy with having Raising Cane’s on campus and even in the building they live in.

“If it’s cold outside, I don’t really have to go anywhere else,” University College freshman James Stratford said.

The restaurant opened on campus in late October, so the first semester profits only reflect about 3 months of operation, Achord said.

In addition to selling food on campus, Raising Cane’s also has helped student groups with donations, fundraising and providing see PROFITS PAGe 2

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For Marc Levine, hanLevine’s research dling new duties as an assistant archaeology Levine is oU’s curator at the Sam Noble only pre-hispanic Museum of Natural Mezoamericanist. His research focuses on History is a balancing act, southern Mexico in where he tries to keep all the region of oaxaca in his duties in the air withthe period just before out letting them come the spanish Conquest: crashing to the ground. the 13th, 14th and “It’s kind of like a jug15th centuries. His gling act, keeping a lot of research focuses on balls in the air,” he said. the Mixtechs, which Levine is now responsiwere the rivals and ble for the various collecneighbors of the Aztecs, just before tions and for connecting the spanish arrived with members of the staff in the 15th century. like the collections manLevine visits Mexico ager, collections assisalmost every year, but tants and students who he hopes to return are working on projects to continue his field in the museum. research in the country On top of that, Levine is in the next year or so. also an assistant anthropology professor, teaching a graduate seminar this semester titled “Household Archaeology.”

Levine was hired as the assistant curator three weeks ago, he said.

OU invited four finalist candidates for two days of interviews with the museum and the Department of Anthropology.

“I often work “The interview was set up as if you were going to on nights and assume two jobs — one weekends, but in the museum and one that’s what it takes in the anthropology department,” he said. “It to achieve many was probably the most inof my professional tense interview I’ve ever had.” goals. Because The number of hours archaeology is my Levine works per week passion, it doesn’t varies, but it probably toseem like work.” tals around 55, he said.

“I often work on nights and weekends, but that’s MaRC LEVInE, aSSISTanT CuRaTOR what it takes to achieve many of my professional goals,” he said. “Because archaeology is my passion, it doesn’t seem like work.”

Levine said he enjoys how his new job allows him to “have a foot in both worlds,” interacting with the public at the museum and students in the classroom. see MUSEUM PAGe 2

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CaMpUs Briefs GLBTQ

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Blogging community emerges

Dream Course gives jollity lessons, laughter

A blog where students can discuss GLbtQ and gender issues will be discussed in a meeting at 6 p.m. today in robertson Hall 100. the blog will be written mostly by students, said communication Ph.D. candidate sterlin Mosely, who will serve as an adviser. students need a space to discuss issues relevant to them, Mosley said. since the blog is not officially connected to oU’s Women’s and Gender studies Program, students have free space to air issues they feel are necessary to discuss. those who participate will gain blogging experience in a community blogging setting and bring greater visibility to gender and GLbtQ issues, Mosley said. students are encouraged to share creative ideas, including movie and music reviews related to women’s and gender studies and its subtopics, Mosley said. the meeting time will be used to establish the name, structure and logistics of the blog, Mosley said in an email.

Matt Ravis Campus Reporter

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A “Jollytologist” will describe the importance of laughter in the face of reality at 7:30 p.m. today in Gaylord Hall’s ethics and excellence in Journalism Auditorium.

Allen klein will offer a presentation on the power of laughter in the face of the struggles of living and dying as part of the Presidential Dream Course, “the nature of Laughter.” the lecture is free and open to the public. “it’s about learning how to laugh even through hard times,” said Angela startz the information specialist for oU’s College of Arts and sciences. klein recognizes a close connection between humor and death like a modern day Charlie Chaplin, according to the press release. He has observed a parallel between the white face of a clown and the white face of a skeleton or ghost.

Author of “the Art of Living Joyfully: How to be Happier every Day of the year” and “Learning to Laugh When you Feel Like Crying,” klein is the 2009 recipient of the Lifetime Achievement Award from the Association for Applied and therapeutic Humor and is the founder of international Mirth Month, according to the oUCAs website. the course is co-taught by film and media studies professor Andrew Horton and english professor Joanna rapf, according to the press release. “the whole dream course is a focus on laughter and the importance of humor in everyday life,” startz said.

Haley Davis Campus Reporter

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Today around campus A Peace Corps career workshop will be held from 5:30 to 7 p.m. in Oklahoma Memorial Union’s Heritage Room for students wondering how studying and working abroad can affect them.

A night of comedy with Ahmed Ahmed, world-renowned Egyptian-American comedian, sponsored by the College of

International Studies and the OU Arabic Flagship Program. He will perform in Catlett

Music Center’s Sharp Concert Hall. Contact Collin Tyler at 918-720-3254 or Mariam Edwar at 832-633-5161.

Wednesday, Feb. 6 A lunch and discussion with retired Col. Lawrence Wilkerson titled “Iran and the Middle East: Challenges for U.S. Foreign Policy” will be held from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. in Hester Hall, Room 170. To RSVP contact Donna Cline at dmcmom@ ou.edu.

A Study Skills System seminar will be held as part of the Student Success Series at 4 p.m. in Wagner Hall, Room 245. Sophia Morren from Student Life will discuss different study skills. The seminar is free.

Thursday, Feb. 7 Oklahoma College Broadcasters club will meet from 6 to 7 p.m. in Gaylord Hall’s Hall of Fame room and will feature guest speaker FOX25 anchor Mark Taylor.

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Friday’s story, “New dean of International Studies pushes for progress,” incorrectly reported the number of years Grillot has worked in her field. She has 14 years of experience at OU, but began working in her field years before that.

That story also incorrectly identified the origins of the College of International Studies. Grillot helped develop the International Programs Center into the college it is today, which includes the Department of International and Area Studies, Education Abroad and International Student Services.

In Monday’s story, “$240,000 donation creates scholarship to fund autism research,” Jon and Cathryn Withrow’s name was misspelled Winthrow.

In Monday’s story, “Professor finds success with swapping textbooks for graphic novels,” Jeremy Short’s name was incorrectly referenced as Scott.

A cutline in Monday’s story, “Cold and flu illnesses slow donations, healthy people encouraged to give blood,” incorrectly identified Shelly Wernette.

A cutline in Monday’s story, “Sooners swing into season Friday,” incorrectly listed the date the picture was taken. It was taken April 22, 2012.

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“A Night of Comedy” at OU

Fallin calls for income tax cut

Egyptian-American comedian Ahmed Ahmed will perform stand-up comedy at 7 p.m. tonight in Catlett Music Center’s Sharp Concert Hall.

According to the “A Night of Comedy with Ahmed Ahmed” Facebook event page, the comedian is best known as one of the founding members of The Axis of Evil Comedy Tour.

The success of the comedy show that toured America and the Middle East developed into the first American TV show that featured an all Middle Eastern cast featured on Comedy Central, according to the Facebook page.

The OU Arab Student Association will present the event, which will be sponsored by the College of International Studies and the OU Arabic Flagship Program.

“At the advice of one of the OU Arabic professors, Hossam Barakat, I contacted Ahmed Ahmed about performing…we really [felt] that the work he does in the field of Arab and cross-culture comedy is very important, very cool, and something we really wanted to bring to OU,” said Collin Tyler, public relations officer of the Arab Student Association.

Tickets for the show are $10 for general seating and $20 for VIP seating.

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Oklahoma Gov. Mary Fallin is applauded as she begins her annual State of the State address to lawmakers as the 2013 legislative session gets underway in Oklahoma City, Monday.

Cut would cost state $125 M OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Oklahoma Gov. Mary Fallin called for a modest cut to the state’s income tax rate in her State of the State address to legislators Monday, a year after they refused to embrace her plan to sharply reduce income taxes and eliminate popular deductions and exemptions.

Fallin this year is proposing a one-time cut of 0.25 percent beginning in the 2014 tax year. Her proposal would drop the rate from 5.25 percent to 5 percent for most tax filers

in Oklahoma and cost the state $125 million when fully implemented in 2015, according to the Oklahoma Tax Commission.

“This is not the last tax cut you will see from my administration,” Fallin said in her 50-minute address to House and Senate lawmakers. “I am serious about lowering taxes, and I will work to get our taxes even lower and to help us be even more competitive so that our neighbors to the north and to the south won’t be taking jobs from Oklahoma.”

Fallin’s proposal to slash the income tax drew immediate criticism from Democrats who maintain it will eliminate a critical source of

revenue for state programs.

House Democratic Leader Scott Inman said it doesn’t make sense for Fallin to promote an income tax cut in the same speech in which she enumerated hundreds of millions of dollars in needs, including repairs to the State Capitol building and more mental health funding.

“She was long on ideas, short on details,” he said.

Fallin also called for further changes to the state’s pensions that would reduce the unfunded liability of the major systems, an overhaul of the workers’ compensation system and an immediate boost in funding for repairs to the Capitol and teacher benefits.

Museum: profits: Reflect only 3 months Continued from page 1 Curator

BY THE NUMBERS Restaurant revenue cares for $25,653 collections Continued from page 1 Levine is bringing a wealth of knowledge to the museum, said Michael Ma r e s, d i r e c t o r o f t h e museum.

“Dr. Levine brings with him a wealth of experience in archaeology of Mexico and of the Great Plains,” Mares said. “His strong museum background is also important, given the need for curators to care for and study this massive collection while also contributing to our exhibits and outreach programs.”

Curating archaeological objects makes them available for researchers to study, said Elsbeth Dowd, collection manager for the museum.

“The collections don’t just sit here; we organize them, process them and prepare them for analysis.

It’s where we get a lot of our information,” Dowd said.

“The museum is not just a ‘dumping ground.’ At any one time there could be researchers to come here and study, and we facilitate access to that.”

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f re e f o o d f o r e v e n t s, Achord said.

Raising Cane’s has donated money toward Howdy Week, Campus Activities Council, Camp Cr imson and The Big Event, among other things, according to the restaurant’s contract.

Chick-fil-A’s revenue in its first year

$45,428

Burger King’s revenue in its first year

$53,019

Raising Cane’s revenue in its first semester

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Editorial

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Sexual assault victims should not be reported to authorities

What do you love about Oklahoma?

Our View: Today’s editorial is part of a two-part

on campus, according to a study published in the Journal of American College Health in 2006.

When a victim reports sexual assaults to any authority, the victim is more likely to receive medical and psychological treatment, the study reported.

After first aid — psychological and physThe Our View OU sexual assault victim advocates are not ical — is administered, victims can be is the majority encouraged to report the assault to the porequired to report assaults to police, but state opinion of Sen. Tom Ivester, D-Elk City, is looking to lice by university counselors and victims’ The Daily’s change that with House Bill 312. The bill would nine-member advocates. require university employees to tell police University advocates must maintain editorial board about any report of sexual assault involving a confidentiality. Victims of sexual assault student, whether the student wants to pursue a should not be required to report the crime police investigation or not. to the police, but the university should adopt poliWhile we applaud Ivester’s effort, we believe forc- cies and procedures to encourage victims to make ing university advocates to report crimes would dis- the report themselves. University advocacy organisuade victims from coming forward at all. zations can act as an intermediary between students Sexual assaults are unand the police to facilitate the process of reporting a derreported and rarely crime to the police.

Contact punished at OU, The Daily It is not enough for a counselor or advocate to tell Sexual assault reported in a three-part se- the victim to go to the police — advocates must work resources ries in October. with both victims and police to make the reporting If you are the victim Only 61 reports of sexual process as accessible as possible. of an assault, assault filed with the OU This strategy combines the protection of confidenplease contact police department from tiality with the benefits of reporting a crime to the the Sexual Assault 2000 to then, we reported.

Response Team. police. If a victim does not feel safe enough to report Of those cases, not one rea crime to anyone, no care can be given. Some vic405-615-0013 sulted in jail time for any tims cannot or should not go to the police, and they offender. should not be coerced to do so. But once a victim National surveys suggest one in four female colexpresses willingness to go to police, it is the univerlege students have been victims of sexual assault sity’s responsibility to make the reporting process as at one time in their lives. If these numbers are even easy and painless as possible. remotely accurate, OU has a serious problem with The bill Ivester introduced is well intentioned, but sexual assault underreporting; we must not create threatens efforts to give needed first aid to assault policies that discourage reporting. victims. Ask Ivester to amend his bill to encourage The primary concern of any university policy or universities to adopt policies that do not threaten department tasked with victim assistance must victim confidentiality. be the health and welfare of victims seeking help from the university. Confidentiality concerns are among the top barriers to reporting sexual assaults Comment on this on OUDaily.com series on a proposed new sexual assault law. Today we examine how the law would threaten victims’ anonymity. Wednesday, we will look at the police provisions in the law.

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Recess appointments are constitutional

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n one quick swipe officials — and apparently all you have to do is have some Opinion Columnist of the pen, an guy sit around and gavel the Senate into session every appellate court three days. They “gavel in for minutes or even seconds bein D.C. decided three fore gaveling out to try to meet the definition of holding a of President Barack Congressional meeting,” according to a New York Times Obama’s intrasession rearticle. cess appointments to the The appellate court in D.C. decided the words “the” and National Labor Relations “happen” have extremely specific definitions in the constiBoard during a “pro tution, and now the practice of recess appointments would Jeff Black forma” Senate session be drastically different than before. jeffreyblack@ou.edu were unconstitutional.

“The President shall have power to fill up all vacancies In a breathtakingly that may happen during the recess of the Senate, by grantpoor decision on Jan. 25, the D.C. appeals court took a ing commissions which shall expire at the end of their next huge swing at the president’s ability to make recess apsession,” according to Article II, Section II, Clause III of the pointments. Not only has the appeals court decided intra- U.S. Constitution. session appointments are unconstitutional, they’ve also According to the appeals court, the phrase “the recess of decided most intersession appointments ever made have the Senate” means only in-between sessions of the Senate, been unconstitutional. and the phrase “that may happen during” means appointIntersession appointments have traditionally occurred ments can only be made in-between sessions if the posiwhen a president was unable to receive Senate confirmation that is up for appointment was vacated during that tion, so the president would wait for the Senate to go home intersession. for holiday or would wait for the end of a Recess appointments that are now Senate session. deemed “unconstitutional” have been Now, if the president wants to make an common practice since the mid 19th cenIntrasession intersession appointment, not only does it tury. President Andrew Johnson even apor intersession have to happen while the Senate is in bepointed a district court judge during an tween sessions, but the vacated position intrasession in 1867. appointment? must also open up in between sessions — The number of intrasession appointIntrasession: While no more waiting for the Senate to leave on ments has skyrocketed since 1947. “There Congress is in session holiday to make appointments. are over 280 recess appointments made but is in a recess, or The board cannot reach a quorum with during intrasession … by democratic and break, from meeting. just two members, so when a position republican administrations alike,” said Jay opened up, the board could not legally opCarney, White house press secretary told Intersession: Between erate. Obama had to take action to continue The Washington Times. sessions of Congress. doing the business of the people.

It is asinine to call the president’s actions He made four recess appointments on unconstitutional.

Jan. 4, but the Republican minority claims His appointments were being blocked it wasn’t in recess, even though Senate members were still and Republicans moved to hold a “pro forma” session that out on a quite lengthy holiday. was disabling a government entity from doing the peoples’ If you are saying to yourself, “Well gosh, that sure sounds business. like a recess to me,” according to Congress, you’re wrong.

White House Counsel Kathryn Ruemmler put it best.

In order to block Obama from performing his con“Can the Senate, through form, render a constitutional stitutional duty of filling “up all vacancies,” the Senate power of the executive obsolete? Our view is that the anRepublican minority decided to have a “pro forma” swer to that question is clearly no,” Ruemmler told the New session.

York Times.

A “pro forma” session’s purpose is to block recess appointments. The Senate has no official docket or agenda Jeff Black is a broadcasting junior.

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letter we got from a Michigan seventh-grader has us thinking about what we love about Oklahoma. Alli is working on a school project about U.S. states and she is writing about Oklahoma.

Alli needs to know what we love about our state history, sports — anything we think makes Oklahoma special.

It sounds like Alli needs our help. Let’s all share with Alli what we think makes Oklahoma so great.

To us, the best thing about Oklahoma is the people who live here. We might not have ocean beaches, but our friends have the laid back attitude of surfers. We might not have towering mountains, but we are adventurous like climbers. And OU might not be in the Ivy League, but we are in a league all our own.

Oklahomans are generous and caring. We welcome visitors and newcomers with open arms and open kitchens.

And, of course, we love the Sooners. Fans all over the state cheer when OU wins and cry when OU loses.

Oklahoma doesn’t have a professional football team because we don’t need one — we have Sooner football.

We hope this answers some of Alli’s questions about our amazing state.

Maybe in a couple of years when Alli looks at colleges, she might join us here in the Sooner nation.

We would love to have her as part of the OU community.

If you are reading this and want to share what you love about Oklahoma, please email dailyopinion@ou.edu and we will forward your messages to Alli.

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U.S. must end aid to North Koreans

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verybody’s favorOpinion Columnist ite international non-conformist is at it again. Recently North Korea announced it is taking a more aggressive approach to foreign policy by continuing to test nuclear weapons Scott Houser and long range rockets as scott.a.houser-1@ou.edu part of its action against “the sworn enemy of the Korean people.” This is hardly newsworthy, as it has happened numerous times since North Korea’s withdrawal from the Treaty of the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons in 2003.

So what is the U.S. to do? Ideally, absolutely nothing.

If countries were celebrities, North Korea would be 2010 Charlie Sheen — dysfunctional, delusional and really interesting to follow. North Korea’s repressive communist government and its complete control of information more often finds itself the butt of jokes than in serious conversations, and rightly so.

The country is not sustainable. North Korea relies heavily on foreign food aid from several countries, including China, its closest ally, and for no good reason, the U.S. Past negotiations for food and other forms of aid from the U.S. have worked as an extortion racket. North Korea promises to stop developing nuclear weapons and the U.S. gives aid as an incentive. Then, North Korea resumes developing nuclear weapons and the process starts over again. Extortion is usually the powerful extorting money from the weak, but thanks to leadership in Washington, North Korea is somehow extorting us.

The U.S. must realize North Korea is absolutely nonthreatening. If the U.S. could go toe to toe with the Soviet Union, a country with thousands of nuclear weapons, we shouldn’t be scared of a country that possesses maybe two.

There isn’t a reason to provide North Korea with aid, no reason whatsoever. Giving aid to third world countries only helps legitimize oppressive governments.

More often than not, dictators use food aid to control their people rather than to feed them.

However, North Korea is by no means wrong to develop nuclear weapons. In fact, given the ever-present involvement of the U.S. with countries without nuclear weapons, I’d say it’s a smart move. For the most part, countries with nuclear capabilities tend to be left free of unwanted U.S. military involvement. After seeing what happened to Iraq, it is only natural countries like Iran are looking to develop nuclear weapons.

The U.S. needs to respect North Korea’s sovereignty.

It is a country’s right to develop weapons it feels are required to maintain sovereignty against foreign threats. At the same time, we need to stop sending aid, which only serves to legitimize Kim Jong-un’s tyrannical regime.

In other words, foreign policy is a lot better and cheaper when you just do nothing.

Scott Houser is an international business senior.

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You could be very lucky in the year ahead where your personal relationships are concerned. It looks like you will have more friends than ever, and they’ll all be willing to help you out.

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ARIES (March 21-April 19) -Certain knowledge you recently acquired can be used constructively on a current project. You can not only better your own lot in life, but improve things for associates as well.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20) -Take the reins, because your leadership abilities can be a critical factor in revitalizing a joint endeavor that has been going downhill. Your new direction can produce success.

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Frightened Rabbit’s folk lyricism strikes chord LIFE & ARTS COLUMNIST

“Dead Now” features some of the most thoughtful lyrics on the album. I mean, “I’m dead now/ Can you hear the relief/ As life’s belligerent symphony’s finally cease,” is pure poetry. If you are looking for Shannon Borden lyrics to make you feel like shannonborden@ou.edu sunshine, this album is not for you. If you identify with rightened Rabbit lyrics about losing yourself began breaking and struggling back to norArtist: Frightened away from its folk mality, “Pedestrian Verse” Rabbit sound with its 2010 album, will strike a chord.

Released: Today “The Winter Of Mixed “Pedestrian Verse” is Drinks.” The Scottish quinfar from what “The Winter tet completely dropped Of Mixed Drinks” was. It the electronic aspects of its and catchy chorus. It’s the gets better the more you previous album and seems most mainstream song on listen to it, but it is still not to have made its way back the album but still retains an album I would go out to its folk roots in its new the band’s raw, folk-rock of my way to hear. It didn’t percussion-heavy fourth style. This is the only track make me feel as cool as I felt album, “Pedestrian Verse.” on the album I found myself when my brother put “The “Pedestrian Verse” is singing along.

Modern Leper” on my iPod lacking in crescendo, both Lyricism certainly is in high school. It’s a solid ART PROVIDED within the songs themalbum, but I don’t see it From left to right: Frightened Rabbit’s Billy Kennedy, Andy Monaghan, Scott Hutchison, Gordon where this album excels. selves and the album as a “If you call your album going beyond the fan base Skene and Grant Hutchison. whole. Most of the songs are ‘Pedestrian Verse,’ you can’t Frightened Rabbit already repetitive and don’t build of Man,” begins with a piano song but still manages not much more harsh. settle for any old lyric,” has. up to anything more than solo and ethereal vocals, to achieve anything special.

The single, “The singer Scott Hutchison said a nearly identical second soon to be joined by perIt doesn’t do the best job of Woodpile,” stood out in a press release. Despite verse, making the melodies cussion reminiscent of trib- setting the tone for the rest among a sea of monotoupbeat melodies, the lyrics Shannon Borden is a public generally unmemorable. al drumming. This song has of the album, as the songs nous tracks. The slow bass are dark and complex, often relations sophomore.

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Art major or not, any OU student is eligible to sell their handmade artwork at the Student Art Gallery in Oklahoma Memorial Union.

Established in 1999 by Molly Shi Boren, the gallery sells handcrafted art pieces, such as paintings, jewelry, knitted scarves, ceramics and more. The gallery will sell almost anything made or fabricated by hand, said Jessica Tankersley, a fine arts senior and the gallery’s student director.

The galler y is a place where students are able to expose their talents to fellow students and the community. It is more than just a gallery to look at student artwork; it is a place where things are for sale and can be purchased, said Katelynn Knick, a studio art sophomore and gallery employee.

“We’re here and actually do sell stuff every day,” Tankersley said.

Even employees sell their work at the gallery, like Knick, who sells a variety of pieces, such as knitted head wraps, scarves, paintings and drawings.

“I always feel really special when something of mine sells,” Knick said. “I really

When: 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., Monday through Friday Where: Oklahoma Memorial Union’s first floor

love it when I’m working at the art gallery and someone buys something of mine— that way I get to meet the customer and talk to them.”

To sell artwork at the gallery, students have to bring their art to the gallery when it’s open and fill out paperwork. Their piece or pieces are then looked over by the gallery’s employees, and they decide whether or not to sell, Tankersley said. “ We s e l l a l m o s t a n y thing that students make,” Tankersley said.

Students pick the price at which to sell their artwork.

When a piece is sold, the gallery takes a 20 percent commission for the costs of renting the gallery. The business office then processes the transaction and sends a check to the student in the mail, Tankersley said.

The gallery mostly sells to OU students and employees; however, it is open to the public, and members of the community make purchases.

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“Don’t be afraid to try and put your artwork on display. You never know when someone might want to buy it.”

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Many customers return often to see the new art students bring, Tankersley said.

“Your purchases are benefiting fellow students,” Tankersley said.

The gallery is operated and maintained by three students. Tankersley said she oversees the gallery and acts as a liaison between the gallery and the business office.

The gallery is located on the Oklahoma Memorial

Union’s first floor next to Starbucks. The gallery is open 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday.

“Don’t be afraid to try and put your artwork on display,” Knick said. “You never know when someone might want to buy it.”

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f you are like me and enjoy watching quality movies at the movie theaters you have noticed the same problem I have noticed for years. Why is it that after New Years, no Oscarworthy movies come out Brent Stenstrom in theaters? b33d5@live.com There are two obvious reasons as to why studios stay away from January or February release dates. Either studios want to release their movies when people have more free time during the holiday season, or they want them to premiere closer to the Oscars so their films are fresh on the minds of the nominations committee and, ultimately, the Oscar voters.

Seriously, let’s take this year’s nominations for best picture at the Oscars. Of the nine movies nominated for the most coveted award, two of the nominees weren’t widely distributed throughout the U.S. — “Amour” and “Beasts of the Southern Wild” — and of the other seven movies, “Argo” had the earliest distribution date, Oct. 12.

The remaining six movies didn’t hit theaters until at least November, leaving the impression moviegoers should only care about movies coming out at the end of the year if they want to see a serious Oscar contender.

However, I see a serious problem with this trend.

Prominent Hollywood studios make their big blockbusters year after year. With each passing year, the spectacle gets bigger, and the storylines become less thought-provoking.

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KLAHOMA CITY assistant sports editor — The Dallas Mavericks and the Oklahoma City Thunder are on two different paths this season.

The Thunder is contending for another chance at an NBA title. The Mavericks are outJono Greco side the playoff picture and on jonogreco13@gmail.com their way toward a lottery pick.

But no matter how well or poorly these two teams are playing, they create an atmosphere that feels like a lateround playoff game.

The Mavericks and Thunder are quickly becoming rivals.

Yes, becoming; they’re not rivals yet.

For people who believe these teams already are rivals because it’s a Texas-versus-Oklahoma thing: that doesn’t cut it.

Just because these two teams are separated by only a few hours along Interstate-35 does not make them rivals.

They were no more rivals when the Thunder moved to Oklahoma City than they were when the Thunder called Seattle home.

To be fair, OKC does not have any legitimate rivals yet.

The team only has called Oklahoma City home since 2008, so it and the fan base have not had enough time to develop a true rivalry with anyone.

The fans have had enough time to hate teams, though.

The Lakers knocked out the Thunder in its first playoff appearance, drawing the ire of OKC’s passionate fans — but let’s be honest, what fan base other than the Lakers’ doesn’t like to hate them? The Heat are on everybody’s hit-list, especially the Thunder fans’ after last season’s NBA Finals.

For now, though, these teams — as well as Dallas — are just opponents.

But the Thunder and Mavericks are well on their way to developing a rivalry.

Sure, the two teams’ history is an exciting one that has laid the groundwork for a rivalry — each team has defeated the other in a playoff series before advancing to the NBA Finals — but what’s been happening on the court this season is the proof why the Mavericks will be the Thunder’s first legitimate rival.

Dallas and Oklahoma City had playoff-esque matchups in their first two meetings, with the Thunder taking both games in overtime by a combined nine points.

The games were hard-fought, exciting and reminiscent of the 2011 Western Conference Finals, and everyone who paid to go to the games got more than his or her money’s worth.

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Dallas Mavericks’ guard O.J. Mayo (32) looks to pass against the Suns on Friday in Phoenix. The Mavericks won, 109-99.

But Monday night’s matchup was a little different. The Thunder showed Dallas who exactly was the better team, decidedly defeating the Mavericks, 112-91, marking Oklahoma City’s 10th win in 11 games in the series since the 2011 Western Conference Finals.

In the second quarter, the Thunder outpaced the Mavericks, 39-22, noticeably frustrating multiple Dallas players, which led to players on both teams allowing their emotions get the best of them.

Oklahoma City center Kendrick Perkins was called for a technical foul in the second quarter after getting into it with Dallas forward Jae Crowder and guard O.J. Mayo.

If there’s no fight, there’s no rivalry. These two teams definitely have been getting chippy with each other.

While the Thunder may dominate this series for the next few years — there’s little reason for it not to considering the direction the two franchises seem to be heading — one thing is for sure: this blossoming rivalry should be a fun one with heated moments in the near future.

Jono Greco is a journalism graduate student and assistant sports editor. You can follow him on Twitter at @ jonogreco13.

ith National Signing Day just a day away, I’d like to take a moment to look at how this sports holiday of veritable athlete worship came to be.

Every signing day, ESPN and its myriad of sister networks cover college football recruiting as intensely and completely as any political election I’ve ever seen.

They send out reporters in the field. They bring pundits into the studio. They get coaches and players on the phone. They show live feeds of players’ announcements.

They assault their viewers with an army of talking heads, and they do it all day long just to see where some high school kids choose to play college football.

Excuse me for thinking it’s a tad bit ridiculous.

High school players didn’t used to announce their future plans in front of television cameras, reporters and their school’s entire student body. They didn’t play for the camera while they pulled hats from a bag like lottery numbers from a hopper, and fans didn’t hold their collective breath in hopes of seeing their teams’ hat emerge from

among the others.

Thirty years ago, only the nation’s finest players received significant media coverage of their recruitment. We’re talking oncein-a-lifetime athletes. The Jim Browns, Earl Campbells, Herschel Walkers and Marcus Duprees of the football world were the only ones to make a blip on the national radar. And even then, the signing of their letters of intent wasn’t broadcast live for the world to see.

But fast forward to 2013, and it seems like every high school football player from here to North Dakota who has plans of playing college ball gets his own announcement party — camera crew and cheering section included.

When you think about it, it’s absolutely asinine. When you consider the age of the kids being thrust into the limelight, it’s unbelievable.

And when you realize how few live up to their blue chip billings, it becomes insane.

But it’s just another byproduct of our country’s idolization of athletes.

Now I’ll admit I’m guilty of it myself. I have about a dozen jerseys of professional athletes — active and retired — I wear with pride, and I live vicariously through the successes and failures of a few different sports teams.

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