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escaped inmates prompt school lockdowns Police capture both inmates in manhunt ARIANNA PICKARD Campus editor

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a K-9 unit officer with the Norman police Department guards the City of Norman recreation Center on monday when prisoners fled from the police.

Escaped convicts were caught in Norman yesterday after a five-hour manhunt involving more than 50 police officers and six different law enforcement agencies.

S ooners w ere aler ted after two potentially armed McClain County inmates escaped and drove to Norman, causing Norman Public Schools to be put on lockdown and the university bus service to close certain stops.

The two inmates were i d e n t i f i e d a s Ta y l o r Brotherton, 28, and Chase Clemons, 21, said McClain County Undersheriff Bill Shobe. They were both being held on charges of drug possession — Clemons since Feb. 6 and Brotherton since Jan. 31.

They escaped while working at the McClain County E x p o C e nt e r i n Pu rc e l l around 9:45 a.m., Shobe said.

They stole a county vehicle and drove to Norman, crashing the truck into a fence behind O’Reilly Auto Parts on Lindsey Street in Norman.

Clemons was caught within minutes of the crash, but Brotherton escaped and was not caught until 3:25 p.m.

At 10:30 a.m. The Oklahoma Daily was notified there were escaped convicts in Norman.

University spokesman Michael Nash said he had not yet heard about the escapees when The Daily contacted him at 10:36 a.m. He was notified minutes later by the Norman Police Department.

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Event ‘takes root’ at OU, women’s issues addressed Reproductive rights explored by those in conservative states MORGAN GEORGE Campus reporter

OU students, faculty and community members will gather this weekend to discuss various issues related to reproductive rights in conservative states at the third annual Take Root conference.

The Take Root: Red State Perspectives on Reproductive Justice Conference, held by OU’s Women’s and Gender Studies and Center for Social Justice, will take place Feb. 15-16 at the

T h u r m a n J . W h i t e “[The conference will cover] a variety discuss topics such Forum Building , acas religion and reprocording to the Take Root of topics ranging from the religious ductive health, using website. aspects of reproductive justice...to different media, reThe conference will health care and health care access.” productive policy, the feature speakers from Personhood bills in various organizations Jill irvine, direCtor oF ou’s Women’s And Gender Oklahoma and elsestudies proGrAm And the Center For soCiAl such as the National where and many more, JustiCe Advocates for Pregnant said Jill Irvine, direcWomen, Transgender tor of OU’s Women’s Resource Center of New Mexico and Oklahomans and Gender Studies Program and the Center for for Reproductive Justice, as well as members of Social Justice. the State Legislature. “[The conference will cover] a variety of topics There will be several breakout sessions to SEE WOMEN PAGE 3

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Study to assess help for disabled

Students hoaxed by OU honor society

Student calls for proactive approach MAXINE JANERKA Campus reporter

An OU graduate student is conducting a study to assess the benefits and limitations of accommodations for students who are disabled in college writing classrooms.

Tara Wood, English graduate student and Ph.D. candidate, will be conducting the study, according to an email she sent out through OU mass mail.

Her work builds on t h e re s e a rc h o f o t h e r s like Margaret Price from Sp e l m a n C o l l e g e, A my Vidali from the University of Colorado Denver and Brenda Brueggemann from Ohio State University, all of whom

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have worked in the same field, Wood said.

“I always felt like writing teachers could do a lot more to make writing classrooms more accessible, hospitable and inclusive to student writers with disabilities,” Wood said.

Most of the research done during her graduate career has been dedicated to those types of issues, she said.

The results would offer writing teachers, administrators and researchers better ideas about how to make classes more accessible to students with disabilities, said Wood, who specified the importance of the study was to focus on actual student perspectives rather than those of researchers talking about students with disabilities.

Any student who identifies as disabled, whether the disability is physical or otherwise, is welcome to participate in the study, regardless of whether that disability is registered with the Disability Resource Center, Wood said.

Students with disabilities are a rising demographic at OU and nationwide, but, despite good aims, Wood stressed simply having such students at a university isn’t enough.

“As educators, we need to start thinking about being proactive in ensuring their success,” Wood said.

The study concludes in July 2013, Wood said.

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Hundreds of students called The Daily’s newsroom Monday hoping to get a free iPad, only to find out they’d been pranked.

Students were tricked into calling the number after reading fliers posted throughout the residence halls, which stated the College of Education had ordered an excess number of iPads and would be giving the remaining tablets to the first 300 people to call the number on the flier.

They were even posted in halls that require swipe card access, something only students living in those halls have.

Members of Housing and Food Services didn’t know about the prank and were taking the fliers down as they saw them, said Amy Buchanan, Housing and Food assistant director of community experience.

The prank is credited to PE-ET, an honor society of OU’s top 10 seniors, because the society’s name was scrawled on the back of the fliers.

This wasn’t the first time the pranksters have targeted The Daily. In 2006 the group posted fake press releases announcing President David Boren’s retirement, according to Daily archives.

The group struck again in 2009 when they planted Easter eggs around campus with chocolate, a penny and The Daily’s phone number, announcing to whoever found the egg they’d won a prize and needed to call the listed number to claim it, according to Daily archives.

Paighten Harkins, Assistant Campus Editor Shelby Guskin contributed to this report.

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Parking spots for commuting students needed Opinion: Students who commute from far away should take precedent over others who live close to campus. (Page 4)

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Attend Union Programming Board’s Dance Dance with Sasquatch 11:30 to 12:30 p.m. in Oklahoma Memorial Union’s first floor lobby.

Attend a lunch and discussion with Dana Mohammed-Zadeh on Working Afghanistan: Perspectives of a Recent OU Graduate 12 to 1 p.m. in Hester Hall 170.

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Lanes heading south on i-35 were closed and traffic was diverted to Tecumseh road. The victims’ names have not been released.

WEDNESDAy, FEB. 13 Attend Union Programming Board’s Bingo event 11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. in Oklahoma Memorial Union’s first floor lobby.

Attend an information session on OU in Arezzo, the OU Italian program, Baccano and the Italian club, 5 to 7 p.m. in Hester Hall. Snacks and beverages provided.

Attend the Pre-Dental Club meeting 6 to 7:30 p.m. in Dale Hall 125.

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Campus briefs Apply

Positions available on SGA Election Board The Student Government Association is accepting applications for this semester’s Election Board until Friday.

Three applicants will be chosen to serve on the board that will organize the SGA Elections taking place April 2-3.

This year’s Election Chair nominee, Cole Jackson, was chosen by SGA president Joe Sangirardi and will meet with the Undergraduate Student Congress on Wednesday to be approved for the position, said SGA advisor George Ahmadi.

The Election Chair is in charge of studying the submitted member applications and choosing three applicants at his or her own discretion to serve on the board and organize April’s elections, Ahmadi said.

The deadline for Election Board applications is Friday Feb. 15.

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Norman police officers gather outside of Charleston Apartments on west Lindsey Street. The officers were in pursuit of Taylor Daniel Brotherton and Chase Clemons on Monday.

Continued from page 1 OU Police Department was contacted at 10:43 a.m., but refused to comment at the time regarding whether campus police had been notified about the escaped convicts.

Norman Police contacted Norman Public Schools around 10:30 a.m. requesting that they lock down two schools, said Shelly Hickman, communications director for Norman Public Schools.

Alcott Middle School, Whittier Middle School, Jackson Elementary School and Norman High School were put on lockdown first, but as the suspect was expected to be moving, the rest of Norman Public Schools were locked down, Hickman said.

OUPD sent out an alert around 11:10 a.m. informing

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students that Norman Police were pursuing a potentially armed suspect in the south central part of Norman and that no action needed to be taken at OU at the time.

Nash said OUPD had been working with Norman Police to quickly activate the alert, which was released over text, the university website, Facebook and Twitter.

OUPD was contacted at 11:30 a.m. for more information, but again refused to comment and told The Daily to contact Norman Police.

Around 11:30 a.m. OUPD sent out a second alert with the suspect’s physical description and announced he had last been seen north of Lindsey Street and east of 24th Avenue Northwest.

When contacted at 12:43 p.m., Norman Police had broken the search parameter, which stretched from Ma i n St re e t to L i n d s e y Street and about a half mile east and west, said Norman

Police Captain Tom Easley.

Though the search had been discontinued, Norman police officers were maintained at Whittier Middle School, Alcott Middle School and Jackson Elementary School, Easley said.

Around 1 p.m. the Cleveland Area Rapid Transit restricted bus service in the area of West Lindsey and 24th Avenue Northwest, according to the OU website.

The lockdown was lifted on Norman Public Schools around 1:15 p.m., after Norman Police said the inmate was no longer believed to be in the area of south central Norman, Hickman said.

C A R T s t o p s w e re re opened soon after the lockdown was lifted, said Vicki Holland, OU Parking and Transit spokeswoman.

Brotherton was spotted near 24th Avenue Northwest a n d B ro o k s S t re e t a n d was taken into custody by Norman Police Department

at 3:25 p.m.

Brotherton was put back in the custody of McClain County by 5:48 p.m. and was at that time being interviewed by detectives, said McC lain County Sheriff Don Hewett.

Charges have been filed against Brotherton and Clemons for escaping from a county jail and stealing a motor vehicle.

Brotherton’s bond will be raised from its original amount of $5,000, Hewett said. However, he was not sure how much it would be raised.

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Continued from page 1 ranging from the religious aspects of reproductive justice to the political aspects and to health care and health care access,” Irvine said.

There are currently people from about 10 different states registered for the conference, Irvine said.

The idea for the conference began in 2010 when a group of students from OU and Oklahoma State University went to the Civil Liberties and Public Policy conference at Hampshire College and were inspired to start a similar conference with a red state focus, according to the website.

The following year, OSU’s G e n d e r a n d W o m e n ’s Studies Department held a regional conference focusing on reproductive health, religious freedom, criminalizing reproductive and sexual health and many other issues. The conference then took on its current name and found a new home at OU. Take Root has since grown to a two-day ordeal, with 200 people in attendance at last year’s gathering and various speakers covering a wide range of topics dealing with the challenges associated with reproductive justice and struggles in a more conservative state, according to the website.

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Applications are now available for an exchange program sending U.S. undergraduate students to the U.K. The U.S.-U.K. Fulbright Commission invites students with at least two years of undergraduate study left to apply.

Students can apply to nine different programs located in different parts of the U.K., including London, Wales and Scotland, according to the program’s website . The programs run for three to six weeks over the summer.

The program will cover most of the students’ expenses, including: airfare, tuition, housing, food and even a personal allowance in some cases, according to the website.

Participants in this program can expect to “experience an exciting academic [program],” said program coordinator Valerie

Schreiner in an email.

Students will have the opportunity to explore the U.K., visiting galleries, parks, castles and islands, Schreiner said. They will develop skills, meet people and become an “ambassador for studying” in the U.K. The commission is looking for qualified applicants, specifically those with leadership and academic abilities, ambassadorial qualities and an interest in U.K. culture, according to the website.

Preference will be given to those who have little or no previous travel experience in the U.K. Applicants are also required to have a 3.5 GPA, according to the website.

The program’s application deadline is noon March 11.

Matt Ravis Campus Reporter

Forum

Professors to stir discussion on immigration reform Two professors will speak about immigration reform in an issue forum held by the Department of Political Science at 5 p.m. today in Gaylord Hall’s Hall of Fame Room.

The forum, sponsored by The Carl Albert Center and The Political Science Club, is part of the department’s Politics and Pizza event.

Political science professors Allyson Shortle and Alisa Hicklin Fryar will speak at the forum, according to the Department of Political Science website.

“Questions about who gets to live and work in America are essential,” said Glen Krutz, political science professor and associate director of

the Carl Albert Center.

“Students who have immigrated will be grappling with issues of employment when trying to find a career, but immigration makes sense when we have shortages of employees for certain jobs.”

A large portion of the forum will be a group discussion with students who attend, Krutz said.

“We hope the students will learn not only from the speakers, but from one another to the point that they can have continued dialogue on immigration as a hot button issue,” Krutz said.

Haley Davis Campus Reporter

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Amy McQueen, 28, rushes to her brother’s house Monday to help him remove his belongings after his home was destroyed by Sunday’s tornado in Hattiesburg, Miss.

Tornado tore across at least three counties HATTIESBURG, Miss.

(AP) — Jeff Revette ran from his car and lay facedown in the grass next to the red-brick wall of a church as a tornado roared toward him, with debris scattering and electrical transformers exploding. Twenty seconds later, bricks were strewn across a flattened pickup truck a mere 10 feet away amid toppled trees and power lines.

Revette, a 43-year-old National Guard soldier who returned from a deployment to Afghanistan about a year ago, stood up unharmed. A woman who had been driving the

smashed pickup and had taken cover near him was pinned by some insulation and other debris, but she was OK after Revette lifted the wreckage off her.

“It’s just amazing,” he said.

“God is real. I am one blessed man.”

““It’s just amazing.

God is real. I am one blessed man.”

Jeff Revette, tornado survivor

The powerful twister tore a path across at least three counties, injuring more than 80 people — but residents marveled that no one died. Officials said several circumstances converged to ensure no lives were lost in what should have been a deadly storm: Sirens and TV broadcasts gave people

as much as 30 minutes of warning; the University of Southern Mississippi was emptier than usual because of Mardi Gras; and most businesses were either closed or quiet because it was a Sunday.

Forecasters were able to closely track where the storm was headed and had confirmed reports from both people on the ground and from radar, making it easier to give warning, said weather service meteorologist Chad Entremont.

The sheer scope of the damage made it difficult to do a full assessment. S ome 50 roads were closed at one point because of felled trees, downed power lines and debris.

Fraternity hosting multicultural Mardi Gras OU Cousin members can attend a Mardi Gras event In depth from 6 to 9 p.m. at the Fat Tuesday Sigma Alpha Epsilon house. event schedule Sigma Alpha Epsilon members have invited Dinner: 6 to 7:30 p.m. international students involved with OU Cousins to One-man band: 7 to a Multicultural Fat Tuesday 9 p.m. at their fraternity’s house.

There will be gumbo, shrimp and other Mardi Gras style food available followed by a one-man band, said fraternity president Ben Donnelli.

Sigma Alpha Epsilon is more involved with multicultural events than it was in the past, Donnelli said.

“We’ve been trying to do one multicultural event a semester, and this is the one we came up with,” Donnelli said.

Last semester, the fraternity organized an American barbecue and invited all of the OU Cousins, Donnelli said.

This focus on more multicultural events was inspired by a single statistic.

“I heard a statistic one time that said ‘80 percent of international students come to America and never enter an American home,’” Donnelli said. “I thought it would be really cool to invite them over and welcome them into our home.”

Evan Baldaccini Campus Reporter

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EDITORIAL

EDITORIAL

OUPD must open its mouth

We aren’t giving out iPads for Pete’s sake

Our View: Safety information should be readily

university spokesman Michael Nash who confirmed OUPD worked with Norman police.

A subsequent call to OUPD also yielded no new Escaped fugitives and police chases rattled OU on information, even though Nash had confirmed Monday. Students were glued to their cell phones as OUPD was working with Norman municipal police. the emergency system provided timely updates to a We were not able to reach Norman municipal popotentially dangerous situation so close to campus. lice until 12:45 p.m., two hours after our initial call OU did a great job informing students about to OUPD. the suspect in a series of text messages sent Information about the safety of OU stuThe Our View through the emergency response system. dents is the responsibility of OUPD, not is the majority Unfortunately, OUPD did not mimic the Norman municipal police. OUPD had acopinion of university’s quick response and did not process to this information but refused to disThe Daily’s vide any additional information to us about nine-member close it without giving a reason. editorial board the escapee or efforts to protect OU students We received the full story from Lt. Bruce until the search was already over. When a Chan at 2:45 p.m., four hours after our iniperson or situation threatens the campus, tial contact. OUPD assisted the Norman OUPD ought to be direct and forthcoming with inmunicipal police in establishing a perimeter to formation that will help students make safe deciaid in catching the suspect, Chan said. OUPD also sions. As soon as we heard about the escapee, we worked with the administration to send out the contacted OUPD to disseminate safety information emergency text messages. to students about the incident.

Because they were working with Norman municWe first contacted OUPD at 10:43 a.m., before the ipal police, OUPD had access to essential informafirst text alert was sent to students, and it was still un- tion that could impact the safety of students — even clear how close to campus the suspect was. The per- if only to confirm campus was unaffected. OUPD’s son who answered the phone laughed at us and told unwillingness to share information with OU stuus to call Norman municipal police. dents and us makes no sense. OUPD’s first responStudent safety is no laughing matter. If a situation sibility should be to students, not the Norman muis serious enough to send students updates through nicipal police. the emergency system, OUPD should have information regarding student safety.

After getting no answer from OUPD, we contacted Comment on this on OUDaily.com available to students.

The Daily got pranked. We received about a million calls Monday morning asking for a guy named Pete who was giving away free iPads to the first 300 callers.

Many students were very disappointed to hear the plain black and white flier pretending to be from the College of Education was a dirty lie.

Many of the fliers were posted in the residence halls to prey on unsuspecting freshmen eager for an iPad. The perpetrators of the precocious prank are at the bottom of the academic barrel. PE-ET, the “honors” society for top 10 seniors, has been The Daily’s nemesis for years.

In 2006, PE-ET posted fliers claiming OU President David Boren was retiring. In 2009, PE-ET scattered Easter eggs with our number offering prizes to the first callers.

It is certainly telling this prank came in the middle of a heated manhunt for an escaped convict.

We suspect PE-ET was working in coordination with the escaped prisoner to impede The Daily’s investigation.

With our phone ringing off the hook, we could not receive valuable tips about the suspect’s whereabouts.

These actions will not go unanswered.

PE-ET must be stopped.

PE-ET, watch out.

COLUMN

Commuter students are displaced by lack of campus parking OPINION COLUMNIST

I usually address national issues or recent events in the GLBTQ community, but on-campus parking is an important, but rarely discussed issue. Although commuter students pay almost $200 for a parking permit each year, the permits are useless beSarah Sullivan cause parking spots aren’t katsar313@netzero.net available.

I am a commuter student.

I live 20 minutes from campus, and I drive here and park in the garage. Each academic year I spend a little under $200 on a parking permit to ensure I can park and get to class on time without being ticketed. But even though I leave an hour before my first class starts to begin my search for a spot, I can never find one.

As I circled the top of the Asp Avenue Parking Facility last Tuesday, I realized that out of the 17 mornings I have been back at school I have found a spot three times, in either garage.

Because of this, I have resorted to either parking at the first and second floor meters of the parking garages or outside Goddard Health Center.

My permit is useless. I spent a pretty penny on a shiny red permit, and I am paying meters daily. On top of that, I have received four parking tickets for expired meters. One can only get out of class so quickly.

Prohibiting students who live so close to campus from The Asp Avenue Parking Facility has five levels. The first is reserved, second is metered parking, third is faculty and buying commuter parking passes would free up space in fourth and fifth are designated for commuter students. The parking garages.

When talking with other commuter stuElm Avenue Parking Facility has six levels – dents, I realized the lack of commuter parkthree levels for commuters, one level with Parking ing was prohibiting some students from metered parking and the rest reserved for buying permits and parking on campus. faculty and staff. strategies Some choose to park at Lloyd Noble Center Surely, I am not the only one who has The Prowler: Circles and take the bus, like Holly Holland, a medinoticed that the faculty levels are never full. the garage until they cal science senior.

Why is this? They have their own parking catch someone pulling “I bought a parking pass junior year and lots. out of a spot. it was not worth the money or time at all,” Why do faculty need places in the garages, Holland said. too? Their parking lots are far closer, directly The Blocker: Waits Other students don’t want to worry about behind Gittinger Hall, Kaufman Hall, Dale near the elevator with parking.

Hall and Copeland Hall. There is also faculty emergency lights on “I think as college students we are already parking near Goddard and on the North and and follows someone to their car. stressed out, we don’t need to stress over South Ovals. parking,”said Josh Hurt, communications Since numerous parking spaces are proThe Stalker: Spots and pre-law sophomore. vided for faculty, the faculty levels in the someone walking into We get up early to drive to campus after parking garages should be converted for the garage and follows paying a hefty amount for a parking pass. commuters. them all the way to We should not have to deal with unavailable If students live on or within a few blocks their car. parking spaces. of campus, they should not be allowed to I have been dealing with this problem for purchase a commuter parking permit. six semesters. This issue must be resolved.

Thousands of members of the Greek As a student issue, it calls for student action. community live in their sorority or fraternity houses and hundreds more live in Traditions Square East and Traditions Square West — both areas that are walking or Sarah Sullivan is an English junior. biking distance.

›››› Sooner Sampler: Have you ever received a ticket for parking in the wrong place?

“I haven’t been caught so far, but I am sure it will catch up with me at some point.”

“Yes, three times.”

LAUREN GILLINGHAM, COMMUNICATIONS SOPHOMORE

DELTA GRIER, PSYCHOLOGY SOPHOMORE

“I can distinctly remember four, but I know there probably has been around seven.”

HOLLY HOLLAND, MEDICAL SCIENCES SENIOR

“Yes, once. I was running late one day and couldn’t find any spots so I parked in one of the garages.”

“I got a ticket last semester because I forgot to put up my permit, but I disputed it.”

ALEX CAMUA, PHILOSOPHY JUNIOR

JOSH HURT, COMMUNICATIONS AND PRE-LAW SOPHOMORE

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Sooners will rely on strong pitching in 2013 OU aims for return to Omaha JONO GRECO

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The Oklahoma baseball team was two wins away from making its second trip to Omaha in three years, but the South Carolina Gamecocks ended the Sooners’ season in last year’s Super Regional round.

OU, ranked No. 19 by Baseball America and No. 15 in the USA Today/coaches’ poll, learned from its early postseason departure in preparation for the 2013 season.

“I think it showed that as close as we were to Omaha, you can’t give up,” junior pitcher said Dillon Overton, who was named a Preseason All-American. “You’ve got to keep going because we were two games away, but we just didn’t keep going and make it there.”

Coming into the 2013 season, the Sooners’ clear strength is on the mound.

Overton — a lefty who had a 6-3 record and 3.15 ERA last season and is slated as the Friday-night ace — and junior pitcher Jonathan Gray — a righty who posted an 8-4 record with a 3.16 ERA in his first season at OU — provide arguably the deadliest onetwo punch of any weekend rotation in the nation.

“It’s as good as any [two starters in college baseball], there’s no question about it,” coach Sunny Golloway said.

“I’ve never had two potential first-rounders [in the weekend rotation].”

Joining the two junior pitchers, who are team captains, in the weekend rotation will be junior transfer Billy Waltrip, a lefty from Seminole State who struck out 95 batters while boasting a 7-2 record and 1.60 ERA last season.

Waltrip, a hard-throwing lefty, was selected by the Baltimore Orioles in the 12th round last June, but decided to come to Norman because of the high praises he heard about the program, he said.

“I didn’t want to just go out there [into the pros] and just be iffy on it,” he said. “I came here because I heard coach [Jack] Giese was the best pitching coach in the country. So I wanted to come in and get completely ready, win a national championship and then go.”

Opponents’ runs may come at a premium price with these three on the mound during the weekend, but that may be the only way the Sooners win games once they play legitimate opponents.

Golloway admitted Saturday during the team’s Media Day that the offense, a squad that has been in question since scoring just one run in last year’s Super Regionals, is far from being up to par. “[The team’s hitting is] a major concern,” he said of his squad that hit just .262 last season. “We are continuing to try to get our athletes to buy into manufacturing runs. It’s all about teaching young men what they have to do and perform and coaching them up.”

The team’s batting average was the second worst in the Big 12 least season and was not good enough to crack in the top-50 team averages last year. That’s something

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Junior pitchers Dillon Overton (above) and Jonathan Gray (below) throw during games at L. Dale Mitchell Park last season. Overton and Gray anchor the Sooners’ starting rotation, which is the strength of this season’s squad. Last season, Overton went 6-2 with 126 strikeouts and Gray went 8-4 with 104 strikeouts.

the team knows it needs to improve upon if it has any chance of reaching Omaha.

Luckily for the Sooners, though, their top three hitters are returning for the 2013 campaign.

Senior left fielder Max White, senior shortstop Jack Mayfield — both of whom are team captains — and junior designated hitter and infielder Matt Oberste hit .337, .280 and .312, respectively, last season.

“Coach (Golloway) always says hitting’s a journey, you’re never going to get there,” said White, who drove in a team-high 55 runs in 2012. “You’ve got to keep working on it, keep fighting for that swing.”

Although the Big 12 has not released its coaches’ predictions poll, Golloway believes

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The OU men’s basketball team clamped down on defense and routed TCU, 7548, Monday night.

The Horned Frogs (10-14, 1-10 Big 12) could not get anything going in the first half and started the game with an especially atrocious stretch of offense, shooting 16.7 percent in the first.

They failed to score for the first 8:08 of the contest and didn’t convert a field goal for the first 11:50.

“Good start to the ballgame defensively,” coach Lon Kruger said. “I thought our guys really came out pretty sharp, pretty focused.

A lot of different guys making good plays for each other.”

The Sooners (16-7, 7-4 Big 12) had a good game just two days after their emotional 72-66 victory over then-No. 5 Kansas.

“Coming off of the emotional win on Saturday, it was interesting to see how we would bounce back,” Kruger said. “They handled that very well as they’ve done mostly all season.”

OU was led by senior forward Romero Osby, who continued to be the driving force of the team’s success.

Osby scored 11 points and added seven rebounds, and he also was very active on the defensive end.

“We were trying to step our defensive intensity up,” Osby said. “They beat Kansas. They are a really good team. We just tried to take them out of their stuff, and they missed shots.”

H o w e v e r, w h i l e t h e Sooners coasted to victory, the game wasn’t all good.

Freshman guard Buddy Hield, a Sooner starter, left the game in the second half

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rAPID RECAP OU 75, TCU 48 The Oklahoma men’s basketball team rode its defense to a 75-48 rout of TCU on Monday night at LLoyd Noble Center.

Key stat: TCU shot a dismal 16.7 percent from the field in the first half. Less than a week after holding Kansas to 13 first half points, the Horned Frogs only managed 11 themselves. They didn’t score a point for the first 8:08 of the game and failed to convert a field goal for the first 11:50.

Key performer: Senior forward Romero Osby continued his strong play this season, finishing with 11 points and seven rebounds. He grabbed all seven boards in the first half and only played sparingly in the second.

Key opponent: Sophomore forward Devonta Abron was the lone bright spot for TCU. He scored 12 points and pulled down nine rebounds. sue ogrocki/the associated press

Freshman guard Buddy Hield limps off the floor during OU’s 75-48 win against TCU on Monday night at Lloyd Noble Center. Hield fractured the fifth metatarsal in his right foot.

with what turned out to be a fractured fifth metatarsal in his right foot.

Hield is expected to miss between four to six weeks.

“Buddy is a terrific guy,” junior for ward Amath M’Baye said. “We all love him to death. He does such a great job of giving us energy, and we are definitely going to miss him.

“But know ing Buddy, from the court or the bench, he’s still going to be giving us the same production, energy-wise.”

Hield’s injury left a dark cloud over the game, as the players appeared noticeably despondent after the severity of the injury came to light.

However, the game was still a good w in for the

Sooners as they continue to look toward an NCAA tournament berth.

“You can cut it any way you want,” TCU coach Trent Johnson said. “They just gave us a good old-fashioned ass-whooping, excuse my language.”

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What it means: The Sooners push their Big 12 record to 7-4, keeping them in the NCAA tournament conversation.

Next up for the Sooners: OU travels to Stillwater to take on No. 17 Oklahoma State at 12:30 Saturday afternoon at Gallagher-Iba Arena.

Patton leaves OU, accepts job at Indiana OU coach Bob Stoops confirmed in a press release Monday the departure of assistant coach James Patton, who left after seven seasons with the Sooners.

Patton, who was the offensive line coach at Oklahoma, accepted a job as the recruiting coordinator, assistant defensive line coach and special teams coordinator on former OU offensive coordinator Kevin Wilson’s staff at Indiana.

“We appreciate the contributions that James made to our program over the past seven seasons,” Stoops said in the release. “He was a valued member of a staff that helped us win five Big 12 championships. We wish James and his family the best in this opportunity with Kevin Wilson at Indiana.”

Patton previously coached under Wilson at Miami of Ohio for six seasons and at Northwestern for three before joining Wilson on the Sooners’ staff in 2006.

“Our family has enjoyed a tremendous experience at the University of Oklahoma,” Patton said in the same release. “It has truly been a pleasure to work with Joe Castiglione, Coach Stoops and the entire football staff, as well as the many talented student-athletes that I was privileged to coach at OU. I’m excited about this new challenge at Indiana, and am extremely grateful for being afforded a chance to work with Oklahoma Football the past seven years.”

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hile Matt Costa’s name may not bring instant recognition, most have heard his work; the piano riff from his song “Mr. Pitiful” was featured prominently on an Apple commercial from 2009. At the time, Costa’s music was ideal for this sort of use. His melodies, whether on the piano or guitar, were undeniably catchy but also usually pretty simple.

For his last album, 2010’s “Mobile Chateau,” the Huntington Beach, Calif., singer-songwriter seemed intent on going a slightly different direction, and he continues the trend with today’s release of “Matt Costa.”

In just a few years, Costa has gone from a Jack Johnson-esque stress-free surfer sound to an almost psychedelic, slightly disconcerting vibe where, this time around, I found myself mentally comparing him to Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros.

He kicks off his new LP with an old standby of a title, “Loving You,” with a deceptively calm opening followed by a persistent piano beat. It would remind me of his old stuff if not for the affected vocals and orchestration, but it starts off the album as a good indication of what’s to come. Costa certainly hasn’t forgotten his roots; the

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second track’s title, “Early November,” sounds a lot like his earlier “Cold December” and showcases his undying penchant for storytelling.

Not everything on “Matt Costa” entirely works. His “Eyes for You” seems like an attempt at romance, but the guy’s voice has been too affected to make it sound anything but weird. And with his tracks “Laura Lee” and “Ophelia,” Costa appears to be singing to multiple women on the same album

with, in my opinion, only marginal success.

It’s when the tempo picks up and the themes move away from the commonplace I tend to like this album best. “Shotgun,” complete with handclaps and tight harmonies, probably is my favorite track . His song “Silver Sea” has a distinctly nautical feel. It makes me want to go listen to “Yellow Submarine,” but the song draws influences from many sources. It’s Costa’s attempt

at sounding folksy and authentic, and he pulls it off surprisingly well.

It’s during “Good Times” when Costa sounds most like the aforementioned Edward Sharpe both lyrically and musically — although vocally, Costa lacks the same range. The song is a study in contrast, as an upbeat Costa sings, “Those good times are coming/ good times are coming to an end.”

To me, “Matt Costa” represents an inversion of Costa’s earlier work; while his first albums were a loose collection of songs, a few of them quite catchy, “Matt Costa” is best experienced as a whole. Costa here appears to be setting a mood and paying homage to the ‘60s and ‘70s. He has taken his inherently chill California musicality and given it meaning and context.

While this may make for fewer Apple commercials, it also makes for more interesting music.

After graduating from OU in 1996 with a degree in film and video studies, Patrick Kearney did not see working on blockbuster films and Oscar nominations in his future.

The Oklahoma native said he accompanied his brother, OU alumnus and attorney David Kearney, for a deposition in Los Angeles. Patrick Kearney said he was bitten by the Hollywood bug instantly. Two weeks later, he was packed up and moved out to Los Angeles and has lived and worked there ever since.

“That trip got me so fired up because I saw so many opportunities,” Kearney said.

After the move, Kearney said he began working as a Walt Disney Imagineer, creating visual effects for 3-D rides at the well-known theme park.

He then landed a job at Rhythm & Hues Studios, a visual effects studio in Los Angeles that, according to a press release, did work for several Oscar-nominated films such as “Django Unchained,” “Life of Pi” and “Snow White and the Huntsman.”

Kearney said he has worked on many notable films and television shows, such as “The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe,” “Spider-man 3,” “Speed Racer,” “Deadwood” and Oscar-nominated “Life of Pi.” “Each experience has been unique,” Kearney said.

“I’ve never worked on anything I regret.”

Kearney was one of two digital producers of “Life of Pi.” His role as a digital producer, he said, is to oversee a large amount of artists and animators — “Life of Pi” had over 1,000 artists according to the press release — keep on track with a schedule and come up with creative solutions to various problems that arise.

“I’m very much a manager, but there is a lot of creativity in the management of projects like this,” Kearney said.

Kearney and visual effects supervisor Bill Westenhofer had to work together to set priorities. Westenhofer’s role was to figure out how to create aspects of the film — like the tiger, SEE MORE ONLINE zebra, water extensions Visit OUDaily.com — Westenhofer said in an for the complete story email. oudaily.com/news/ae

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