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Speed bumps surrounding the dorms can be safety hazards for bicyclists, especially at night when the bumps become difficult to see. the Housing Center Student association will advocate for safer bumps if enough students express concerns about it.
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A minimally invasive treatment of uterine cancer has proven equally effective to traditional methods and causes less harm to patients, according to a clinical study at the OU Health Sciences Center. The recently published study documented the recovery of 2,616 women with uterine cancer who underwent one of two treatment methods, gynecologic oncologist Dr. Joan Walker said during a press conference Tuesday at the Peggy and Charles Stephenson Cancer Center. One-third of patients were treated with laparotomies, or open surgery requiring large abdominal incisions, which had served as the traditional means of treatment, see HEALTH paGe 2
Bikers face hazardous terrain at night SARAH MARTIN Campus Reporter
OU students are advocating for clearly marked speed bumps in OU residential areas to increase bike safety. The speed bumps surrounding the dorms are easily seen during the day but become inconspicuous at night. Housing Center Student Association officers recognized this as a safety concern after a biker hit a
speed bump last semester at night, lost control of her bike and suffered a concussion, Housing Committee Chairman Aaron Wegner said. The association proposed painting the bumps with reflective paint to increase visibility at night to Darryl Overstreet, manager of OU Housing and Food Facilities, Wegner said. Housing and Food is gathering information and won’t make a decision until it considers all the factors,
Community Experience Director Ryan Trevino said. The department must consider the added cost of using reflective paint over cheaper, non-reflective street paint, association Vice President Allie Kallmann said. The visibility of the paint also is a factor in the decision. “[Overstreet] said it might not happen because there is reluctance see BIKING paGe 2
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left: Sheena Williams holds a panel of her “Happy Monday” earrings. Williams decided on the name of her store because nobody likes Mondays, but she wants to make people happy when they receive a package on Monday. the Ou student runs an online business through Etsy, selling her homemade earrings. Etsy is a website where people can sell their homemade items.
Student’s earrings become popular at festivals, on Etsy WESTLEE PARSONS Campus Reporter
Sheena Williams walked around the Wakarusa music festival with a small collection of her handmade feather earrings. She had never tried to sell her jewelry before and she nervously ventured around the festival, hoping to sell at least a few pairs. To her surprise, she sold them all. After the last pair had been purchased, girls continued to ask her where they could buy more. She had never thought of massproducing her earrings, but as soon as she got home from the festival she created Happy Monday by sheefree, her very own shop on Etsy. Etsy.com is an online marketplace where people can sell their handmade or
Bottom: Williams uses feathers to create her earrings. She sells her earrings for $10 a pair on Etsy. She said she sells more earrings at festivals than she does on Etsy, however.
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Etsy.com world with Happy Monday. She sells her colorful, handmade feather earrings for $10 a pair through her account. She said getting her products online see ETSY paGe 3
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Biking: Changes proposed for safer commuting Continued from page 1
Today around campus Majors/minors fair will be set up featuring a representative from every department on campus from 11:30 to 2:30 p.m. in the Armory. “OU in Buenos Aires” information session will take place from 5 to 7 p.m. in Old Science Hall 221 to discuss education abroad in Argentina. The women’s basketball team will play Kansas State at 7 p.m. at Lloyd Noble Center. A film screening of “Pearls on the Ocean Floor” will take place from 7 to 9:30 p.m. in Oklahoma Memorial Union’s Meacham Auditorium. The University Theatre will be putting on the play “Mary Stuart” at 8 p.m. Feb. 15, 16 and 17 in the Fine Arts Center’s Weitzenhoffer Theatre.
to make things stand out,” Kallmann said. “Except for the crosswalk at Catlett, they don’t like it being super ostentatious.” The crosswalks and speed bumps should draw enough attention to pedestrians without distracting drivers or contributing to an accident, Trevino said in an email. The association will insist speed bumps are repainted if it hears they are a priority from more students, Kallmann said. “If it is not something that a lot of people are super enthused about, then we are OK with letting Housing allocate [its] funds as [it] sees more fit,” Kallmann said. The association also is advocating replacing the crosswalk pavement with a textured pavement or paint to prevent pedestrians from slipping on wet ground in high-traffic areas. The textured pavement costs more than traditional pavement and would require construction in hightraffic areas, Kallmann said.
A Fight of Laughs will go down at Comedy Fight Night at 7 p.m. in Oklahoma Memorial Union’s Meacham Auditorium. The OU Juggling Club will practice from 8 to 10 p.m. in Huston Huffman Fitness Center 140. Students all levels of experience — inclduing no experience at all — are welcome to attend. The wrestling team will host OSU at 7 p.m. at McCasland Field House.
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The pavement already is in some areas of campus by Traditions Square and Gould Hall. The department also is considering textured paint on crosswalks as an alternative to reflective paint, but
Continued from page 1 Walker said. The remainder of the study’s participants received laparoscopies, which allow surgeons to operate through incisions generally 0.5 to 1.5 centimeters in size, Walker said. Women receiving either treatment had virtually identical survival rates, according to the results of the study, which were co-authored by Walker and published in February’s “Journal of Clinical Oncology.” “Therefore, we have the ability to recommend that laparoscopy, or minimally invasive surgery, is the preferred method for treating uterine cancer,” Walker said. Laparoscopies were known to cause less shortterm harm to patients than laparotomies, but researchers conducted a five-year follow-up period to gauge the long-term effectiveness of the newer, less invasive procedure, Walker said.
“When you change technology, you change the way you treat someone because you believe it is better for [patients’] short-term outcomes, meaning going home from the hospital quicker, having less pain, having fewer infectious complications.” Dr. Joan Walker, OU Health Sciences Center
“When you change technology, you change the way you treat someone because you believe it is better for [patients’] short-term outcomes, meaning going home from the hospital quicker, having less pain, having fewer infectious complications,” Walker said. “That’s great, but it’s not great if the patients have a higher rate of failure, … recurrences or have a lower rate of survival.” Traditional laparotomies generally are conducted through large incisions in the abdomen and result in more pain during recovery, longer hospital stays and a longer time before the return of proper bowel functions, Walker said.
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the textured paint would cost more than traditional street paint, Wegner said. OU will continue installing either textured pavement or paint in areas of high traffic and new construction, Kallmann said.
Overstreet did not respond to emails or phone calls about exact cost and implications of the changes. Students seeking to advocate for these changes can contact Kallmann at Alkallmann@ou.edu.
Health: 8,000 die from uterine cancer per year
Thursday, Feb. 16 Photography Slam will give six art students a chance to present their works to an audience that will vote for a winner. The slam begins at 6 p.m. in the Mary Eddy and Fred Jones Auditorium.
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The Housing Center Student Association is advocating for the university to repaint the speed humps surrounding the dorms with reflective paint to make the bumps safer for bicyclists. The association also wants crosswalks to be repaved with textured pavement so students don’t slip on wet ground.
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Laparoscopies, by comparison, required a median hospital stay of two days after the surgery was complete and demonstrated fewer complications due to infections at the incision, Walker said. “The first six weeks there is a marked difference in how people feel,” Walker said. Uterine cancer will affect more than 47,000 women and claim the lives of about 8,000 women in the U.S. this year, according to statistics from the National Cancer
Institute. Carolyn Zacharitz, Oklahoma resident, was diagnosed with uterine cancer shortly before deciding to participate in the Health S ciences Center study, she said at Tuesday’s press conference. “If I was able to participate in a clinical study that might help someone else down the line, I was happy to do that,” she said. T h e s t u d y ’s r e s u l t s come as a reassurance to Zacharitz, she said, because the laparoscopic procedure’s less-harmful nature, coupled with its effectiveness, has proven to be a winwin situation. “This study is very reassuring because … now I have even more confidence that the long-term results will be the same, so I’m very grateful.”
Etsy: Crafter trades jewelry for handmade art Continued from page 1 wasn’t the difficult part; it was naming the Etsy shop. “I honestly had no clue what to name it,” she said. “I didn’t want it to be another stereotypical name about feathers, such as Bird of a Feather.” She settled on Happy Monday because she was listening to “Monday Morning ” by Fleetwood Mac, and typically, people do not like Mondays. But she felt that if people had something good to wake up to, such as a package from Etsy on Monday mornings, then they would be happier throughout the day. Williams said she had never considered seriously selling her earrings before she opened the Etsy shop, but after the small successes at music festivals like Wakarusa and the Electric Forest Music Festival last summer, she decided to take the entrepreneurial plunge. “Many of the girls who looked at my earrings asked for my Etsy account, but I didn’t have one to suggest,” she said. Williams said the continued demand convinced her to invest in an online account. She said on average she sells two to three pairs of earrings a month on Etsy. com, while continuing to sell at local festivals. She actually sells more earrings at festivals than she does on Etsy, but both are great ways to share her earrings with others, Williams said. “I’ve sold over 70 pairs between the three festivals I went to,” she said. Williams said being able to sell her homemade jewelry isn’t the only plus side to her earrings. She also enjoys trading them at festivals. “A lot of people bring handmade products and so I get to trade my earrings for other people’s art,” she said.
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Honors College to host event modeled after TED Talks forums The OU Honors Student Association will host an event modeled after internationally recognized TED Talks this month. The event will take place from 6 to 8 p.m. on Feb. 23 in the Honors College facilities at 180 David L. Boren Hall, according to a press release. Speakers will include Julia Ehrhardt, Andreana GO and Do Prichard, Zakiya Shakir, Honors forum Dhara Sheth, Zack Lanier WHEN: 6-8 p.m. Feb. 23 and Evan Fry. The event is free to the WHERE: 180 David L. Boren public, and free food will Hall be provided, according to TO RSVP, contact hsa@ou.edu the release. by Friday. The event is intended to be a forum focusing on the spread of ideas and has no affiliation with the TED conferences, according to a press release. Students, faculty and staff wishing to attend the event are encouraged to contact hsa@ou.edu by Friday to provide event administrators with an idea of how many attendees to expect. Chris Miller, Assistant Campus Editor
members: Code Annotated clarified Continued from page 1
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Sheena Williams sits with the buckets of feathers and beads she uses to make her homemade earrings. Williams began selling her jewelry on Etsy under the name “Happy Monday” about a year ago.
Williams also said that by selling the earrings at the festivals, she has earned back the money for the festival tickets, plus more. Williams waits tables as her main source of income. She said that making the jewelry and selling it on Etsy is mostly just for fun. “I think it ’s neat that someone is enjoying jewelry
that I handmade by myself,” Williams said. She encourages other crafty students to show off their own work on Etsy. “If you have a creative idea of your own, do it,” Williams said. “Take pictures of [your product], describe it well, do a little research on how to price it and voila.” Williams said she enjoys
the experience of selling her own products online, from creating the earrings to seeing who buys them. “It is so fun to wake up to an email saying that someone in Hawaii has bought your product,” she said.
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Biking: Changes proposed for safer commuting Continued from page 1
Today around campus Majors/minors fair will be set up featuring a representative from every department on campus from 11:30 to 2:30 p.m. in the Armory. “OU in Buenos Aires” information session will take place from 5 to 7 p.m. in Old Science Hall 221 to discuss education abroad in Argentina. The women’s basketball team will play Kansas State at 7 p.m. at Lloyd Noble Center. A film screening of “Pearls on the Ocean Floor” will take place from 7 to 9:30 p.m. in Oklahoma Memorial Union’s Meacham Auditorium. The University Theatre will be putting on the play “Mary Stuart” at 8 p.m. Feb. 15, 16 and 17 in the Fine Arts Center’s Weitzenhoffer Theatre.
to make things stand out,” Kallmann said. “Except for the crosswalk at Catlett, they don’t like it being super ostentatious.” The crosswalks and speed bumps should draw enough attention to pedestrians without distracting drivers or contributing to an accident, Trevino said in an email. The association will insist speed bumps are repainted if it hears they are a priority from more students, Kallmann said. “If it is not something that a lot of people are super enthused about, then we are OK with letting Housing allocate [its] funds as [it] sees more fit,” Kallmann said. The association also is advocating replacing the crosswalk pavement with a textured pavement or paint to prevent pedestrians from slipping on wet ground in high-traffic areas. The textured pavement costs more than traditional pavement and would require construction in hightraffic areas, Kallmann said.
A Fight of Laughs will go down at Comedy Fight Night at 7 p.m. in Oklahoma Memorial Union’s Meacham Auditorium. The OU Juggling Club will practice from 8 to 10 p.m. in Huston Huffman Fitness Center 140. Students all levels of experience — inclduing no experience at all — are welcome to attend. The wrestling team will host OSU at 7 p.m. at McCasland Field House.
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The pavement already is in some areas of campus by Traditions Square and Gould Hall. The department also is considering textured paint on crosswalks as an alternative to reflective paint, but
Continued from page 1 Walker said. The remainder of the study’s participants received laparoscopies, which allow surgeons to operate through incisions generally 0.5 to 1.5 centimeters in size, Walker said. Women receiving either treatment had virtually identical survival rates, according to the results of the study, which were co-authored by Walker and published in February’s “Journal of Clinical Oncology.” “Therefore, we have the ability to recommend that laparoscopy, or minimally invasive surgery, is the preferred method for treating uterine cancer,” Walker said. Laparoscopies were known to cause less shortterm harm to patients than laparotomies, but researchers conducted a five-year follow-up period to gauge the long-term effectiveness of the newer, less invasive procedure, Walker said.
“When you change technology, you change the way you treat someone because you believe it is better for [patients’] short-term outcomes, meaning going home from the hospital quicker, having less pain, having fewer infectious complications.” Dr. Joan Walker, OU Health Sciences Center
“When you change technology, you change the way you treat someone because you believe it is better for [patients’] short-term outcomes, meaning going home from the hospital quicker, having less pain, having fewer infectious complications,” Walker said. “That’s great, but it’s not great if the patients have a higher rate of failure, … recurrences or have a lower rate of survival.” Traditional laparotomies generally are conducted through large incisions in the abdomen and result in more pain during recovery, longer hospital stays and a longer time before the return of proper bowel functions, Walker said.
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the textured paint would cost more than traditional street paint, Wegner said. OU will continue installing either textured pavement or paint in areas of high traffic and new construction, Kallmann said.
Overstreet did not respond to emails or phone calls about exact cost and implications of the changes. Students seeking to advocate for these changes can contact Kallmann at Alkallmann@ou.edu.
Health: 8,000 die from uterine cancer per year
Thursday, Feb. 15 Photography Slam will give six art students a chance to present their works to an audience that will vote for a winner. The slam begins at 6 p.m. in the Mary Eddy and Fred Jones Auditorium.
Casey Flack/The Daily
The Housing Center Student Association is advocating for the university to repaint the speed humps surrounding the dorms with reflective paint to make the bumps safer for bicyclists. The association also wants crosswalks to be repaved with textured pavement so students don’t slip on wet ground.
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Laparoscopies, by comparison, required a median hospital stay of two days after the surgery was complete and demonstrated fewer complications due to infections at the incision, Walker said. “The first six weeks there is a marked difference in how people feel,” Walker said. Uterine cancer will affect more than 47,000 women and claim the lives of about 8,000 women in the U.S. this year, according to statistics from the National Cancer
Institute. Carolyn Zacharitz, Oklahoma resident, was diagnosed with uterine cancer shortly before deciding to participate in the Health S ciences Center study, she said at Tuesday’s press conference. “If I was able to participate in a clinical study that might help someone else down the line, I was happy to do that,” she said. T h e s t u d y ’s r e s u l t s come as a reassurance to Zacharitz, she said, because the laparoscopic procedure’s less-harmful nature, coupled with its effectiveness, has proven to be a winwin situation. “This study is very reassuring because … now I have even more confidence that the long-term results will be the same, so I’m very grateful.”
Etsy: Crafter trades jewelry for handmade art Continued from page 1 wasn’t the difficult part; it was naming the Etsy shop. “I honestly had no clue what to name it,” she said. “I didn’t want it to be another stereotypical name about feathers, such as Bird of a Feather.” She settled on Happy Monday because she was listening to “Monday Morning ” by Fleetwood Mac, and typically, people do not like Mondays. But she felt that if people had something good to wake up to, such as a package from Etsy on Monday mornings, then they would be happier throughout the day. Williams said she had never considered seriously selling her earrings before she opened the Etsy shop, but after the small successes at music festivals like Wakarusa and the Electric Forest Music Festival last summer, she decided to take the entrepreneurial plunge. “Many of the girls who looked at my earrings asked for my Etsy account, but I didn’t have one to suggest,” she said. Williams said the continued demand convinced her to invest in an online account. She said on average she sells two to three pairs of earrings a month on Etsy. com, while continuing to sell at local festivals. She actually sells more earrings at festivals than she does on Etsy, but both are great ways to share her earrings with others, Williams said. “I’ve sold over 70 pairs between the three festivals I went to,” she said. Williams said being able to sell her homemade jewelry isn’t the only plus side to her earrings. She also enjoys trading them at festivals. “A lot of people bring handmade products and so I get to trade my earrings for other people’s art,” she said.
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Honors College to host event modeled after TED Talks forums The OU Honors Student Association will host an event modeled after internationally recognized TED Talks this month. The event will take place from 6 to 8 p.m. on Feb. 23 in the Honors College facilities at 180 David L. Boren Hall, according to a press release. Speakers will include Julia Ehrhardt, Andreana GO and Do Prichard, Zakiya Shakir, Honors forum Dhara Sheth, Zack Lanier WHEN: 6-8 p.m. Feb. 23 and Evan Fry. The event is free to the WHERE: 180 David L. Boren public, and free food will Hall be provided, according to TO RSVP, contact hsa@ou.edu the release. by Friday. The event is intended to be a forum focusing on the spread of ideas and has no affiliation with the TED conferences, according to a press release. Students, faculty and staff wishing to attend the event are encouraged to contact hsa@ou.edu by Friday to provide event administrators with an idea of how many attendees to expect. Chris Miller, Assistant Campus Editor
members: Code Annotated clarified Continued from page 1
Melanie Foster/The Daily
Sheena Williams sits with the buckets of feathers and beads she uses to make her homemade earrings. Williams began selling her jewelry on Etsy under the name “Happy Monday” about a year ago.
Williams also said that by selling the earrings at the festivals, she has earned back the money for the festival tickets, plus more. Williams waits tables as her main source of income. She said that making the jewelry and selling it on Etsy is mostly just for fun. “I think it ’s neat that someone is enjoying jewelry
that I handmade by myself,” Williams said. She encourages other crafty students to show off their own work on Etsy. “If you have a creative idea of your own, do it,” Williams said. “Take pictures of [your product], describe it well, do a little research on how to price it and voila.” Williams said she enjoys
the experience of selling her own products online, from creating the earrings to seeing who buys them. “It is so fun to wake up to an email saying that someone in Hawaii has bought your product,” she said.
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New standard will help education Our View: Escaping No Child Left Behind can only requirements into an easy-to-understand policy help Oklahoma’s students to excel. that will give parents, students, districts and others in the community a realistic understanding of their Have you ever wondered how a student could schools’ progress. come to OU from high school and need a remedial It will include a report card for schools’ measurecourse? It could be because the education system has ments of student growth, performance in core confailed them for years under No Child Left Behind. tent areas and the effectiveness of teachers. Oklahoma is one of 10 states that have Importantly, the alternative system sugbeen granted a waiver for many requiregested by Oklahoma gives the state room The Our View ments of No Child Left Behind, giving the to address areas neglected by No Child Left is the majority opinion of state more freedom to set accountability Behind. It includes detailed plans to address The Daily’s standards and start innovative programs. English language learners, students with disnine-member Critics have claimed these waivers, grantabilities and low-achieving students. editorial board ed by the Obama administration, are an It also takes the emphasis away from puoverreach of executive power. Some have arnitive measures without losing focus on acgued they give the federal government unprecedent- countability. It gives local districts more influence ed influence in education through requirements for over how to hold schools accountable. And it frees up any state granted a waiver. funding currently denied to low-achieving schools. But these requirements are simply to ensure all Oklahoma’s alternative system eases federal remeasures of accountability (one good thing No Child strictions, allowing for higher standards based on Left Behind provided) were not lost when the state realistic measures of student performance without became exempt. They also allow a great deal of free- losing the emphasis of accountability and data. dom for the states to decide how to implement them. This new system is a lifesaver for Oklahoma’s failFor example, the most important requirement for ing school system and struggling students — which the waivers is that states must implement “collegeearned the state the 39th ranking in math and sciand career-ready standards.” This switches the focus ence education in 2011. Its critics should get over from the arbitrary, low standards of No Child Left their wide-eyed distrust of federal power and focus Behind to a set of standards that would ensure stuon the necessary reforms this new system offers. dents are ready to enter college or join the workforce Education is an essential issue that effects evafter graduating from high school. eryone. For members of the OU community, it In adopting these standards, the state has a choice means better educated incoming classes, which will between a set of standards accepted by other states strengthen the academic environment for all stuand a set designed by the state and approved by the dents and allow us to reduce the amount of resources state’s institutions of higher education. Oklahoma used on remedial courses. has chosen to adopt the Common Core State And for the average citizen it means an educated Standards, an education model developed and adpopulace that enters the workplace with competiopted by states based on widespread research. tive skills. Educated citizens make better workers and The standards dictate what skills a student should better voters, and they will allow Oklahoma — and have mastered in order to advance to the next grade the U.S. — to compete internationally. level and sketch out broad content areas that should Oklahoma, we’re giving you recognition for takbe addressed before a student graduates. ing the initiative to escape No Child Left Behind and The waiver also requires that the state develop and develop an effective, rigorous, clear system of educaadminister rigorous annual, statewide assessments tion. We hope you’re serious in your commitment to to measure student progress. Instead of focusing it. Because if this system is vigilantly implemented, solely on one standardized test, graduation rates and we can see Oklahoma raising from one of the worst what the application called “reactive interventions,” states in education quality to one of the best. Oklahoma will adopt a new accountability system. This system would combine state and federal Comment on this at OUDaily.com
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any insist the OPINION COLUMNIST libertarian party has its roots in the very founding of this country. Libertarians are seen as an extension of the founding fathers’ ideal of small government. The party, as we now Mark Brockway know it, has more recent mark.d.brockway@ou.edu roots. It began when Ron Paul was bitten by, and subsequently became, a zombie. Paul’s specific zombification was the result of his interactions with the libertarian Harvard Professor Robert Nozick. Nozick was Paul’s creator and, later, his master. Although the mainstream media would have you believe that zombie transformations are easy, real zombies are made through a very long process. This process requires a large amount of fresh brain matter to sustain the zombie. At Harvard, Nozick taught Paul how to consume the minds of young, college-aged males because they have the tastiest and most satisfying brains. This propensity for young male brains is reflected in Paul’s demographic numbers. These supporters provide the vast network of brain supply necessary to keep Paul alive. Edwin A. Sumcad, former deputy permanent representative to the United Nations described the condition of Paul’s followers: “... we find no brain, only emotional kicks...” After Nozick’s death in 2002, Paul needed to expand his supply of fresh brain matter and began plans to run for president. This national exposure allowed Paul to establish harvesting centers all over the U.S. Local campaign offices offer the perfect cover for quickie brain surgeries. The lucky ones die on the table while the unfortunate survivors go out the door to recruit more victims. One of these facilities has popped up in Norman. The university offers a huge supply of potential brains and the office’s proximity to the train station makes sending shipments to Paul quick and efficient. There is even a special group specifically aimed at recruiting the youngest, most supple minds for the Paul “campaign.” Many might be fooled by Paul’s background as an Obstetrician/Gynecologist. Further investigation found that
Paul was only participating in the delivery and development of babies for future harvest. Paul describes fetuses as “small” and thus not sufficient for his nutritional needs. As a doctor, Paul often gave pre-natal vitamins to assist in the development of big, juicy brains. The poor mothers of the unsuspecting infants had no idea of his true motives, or they never would have wanted their babies to have healthy brains. Paul is also fanatically pro-life. To him, abortion is an issue of “personal morality.” He sees abortion as another example of a wasteful society. So many brains flushed down the drain. After the 2012 election, Paul will have to feed his zombie powers from different sources. Obama’s health care bill is a direct threat to his future supply. If more people live longer, Paul will have less access to nourishment. During a primary debate in 2011, Paul was asked about a 30-year-old male with no health insurance, and he began to salivate uncontrollably. After being asked by the moderator, “So you would just let him die?” Paul was visibly hungry. After the question, one of Paul’s mindless supporters yelled out in favor of letting the man die, reflecting his master’s intentions. Ron Paul’s physical condition is rapidly deteriorating. He is using more and more makeup and plaster to cover parts of his rotting flesh. The quicker he fades, the more cranial sustenance he must consume to keep going. If allowed to enter the White House, Paul will harvest on a national scale. No one will be safe. He already is branching out from young males to soccer moms, mid-life crisis dads and even the senile elderly. For a zombie as powerful as Paul, simple decapitation will not work. He must be starved. Recruiters for Paul use hypnosis to lure victims into surgery centers. We must resist these efforts at all costs. If you see someone you suspect as a Paul supporter or of having libertarian leanings, run away. You might be tempted to believe libertarianism is not a problem at a public university, but you would be wrong. You might think libertarians would not accept financial aid from the government, but you would be wrong. You might think nobody in their right mind would support a candidate who would eat their brain, but you would be wrong. We must band together to fight the zombie threat. Mark Brockway is a political science junior.
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hile waiting OPINION COLUMNIST for the Sooner Express, I watched the ebb and flow of campus life. As buses went by, I read ads that haven’t changed much since I was a freshman. Two in particular stand Elizabeth Rucker out to me; they are both wordful@ou.edu ads for career services. One depicts a man running through several panels, transforming himself from a scruffy college student to a successful, employable graduate. The second features different students in each frame, but ends with a similar image of a white man in a business suit. Each time I see these ads I remember my Race, Gender and Media professor commenting on how telling they are about how we define success. Indeed, that iconic image of a young, white, professional man is not so much offensive as it is eerie: Nearly 50 years after the Equal Pay Act, a significant gendered wage gap endures. Oppressions are entangled. It is scholastic artifice to isolate gender from race, class, sexuality, ability or any other layer of identity. This column will focus on the gender and race components of the wage gap. You’ll often hear feminists and reporters say women make about 75 cents to every dollar made by men. This is true, but it also masks the racial element: White and Asian women make about 80 percent of what white men do, pulling up the average. According to the Institute for Women’s Policy Research, black women earn 62 cents and Hispanic women earn 55 cents for every dollar. Clearly, these figures match up to the racialised and gendered nature of poverty in the U.S. — the Census Bureau reports that in 2010, about 27 percent of impoverished families were black or Hispanic compared to 10 percent of non-Hispanic whites. Black and Hispanic women are disproportionately the heads of impoverished households. Race and income impact future generations because these factors impact the quality of education, health care and environment accessible to these families. What generates these disparities? Among many factors, sociologists and economists highlight persistent occupational segregation. Occupational segregation refers to the fact that women are “crowded” into occupations understood as feminine, which remain undervalued on the labour market. White men are paid more across the board, even when they work in a “feminine” field, and they tend to be more evenly distributed across occupation types. According to the U.S. Department of Labor, the top five professions for women are secretaries, registered nurses, elementary and middle school teachers, cashiers and retail salespeople. All of these fields are over 50 percent women — all but salespeople are over 70 percent. Barbara Bergmann and other economists argue that the enduring division of occupations into “men’s” and “women’s” jobs segments the labour market, allowing employers to pay women less. It’s not all statistics, though. Bergmann writes, “An etiquette of male-female interaction that has the social function of expressing and acknowledging the subordination of women to men is still in place ... That etiquette, and the traditions behind it, remain as powerful inhibitors of the integration of men and women as equals and equivalents on the job.” This argument can be extended to include race. Black and Hispanic women suffer under both race and genderbased market segmentation. Department of Labor data indicate they are crowded into the service sector at higher rates than white women and tend to receive less pay. It is worth noting that Hispanic and black men also make less than white women — but in some sectors, particularly management, they make more. And within every occupation, men make more than women of their race. One response to this disturbing trend has been to encourage women to negotiate for higher salaries and raises. Aside from missing the occupational segregation issue, this approach fails. Dr. Linda Babcock’s research adds to mounting evidence that when women ask for more money, they are often perceived as “too aggressive” and risk alienating their superiors and coworkers. It is easy to see how this would be compounded for women of color. I don’t have the space to detail the ramifications of this problem or offer practicable solutions. Too often, women are told to pull ourselves up by our bra-straps or accept defeat as a sign of our gender and/or racial inferiority. Unfortunately, Clare Boothe Luce’s observation holds true: “Because I am a woman, I must make unusual efforts to succeed. If I fail, no one will say, ‘She doesn’t have what it takes.’ They will say, ‘Women don’t have what it takes.’” Elizabeth Rucker is an International Studies and Interdisciplinary Perspectives on the Environment senior.
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On the anniversary of the 1929 St. Valentine’s Day massacre, a shootout occurred in Lloyd Noble Center — the Red River Shootout. Al Capone could’ve saved his shots because the Sooners and Longhorns were taking plenty. But Texas’ were on target. Texas defeated Oklahoma (13-12, 3-10) on Tuesday night, 69-58. On his 22nd birthday, Longhorn junior J’Clovan Brown led all scorers with 19 points. Junior two-guard Steven Pledger had what has become a typical outing for him: 18 points on 8-of-19 shooting, including 2-of-8 from 3-point range. But that line came with yet another loss — the Sooners’ fifth in a row. The Sooners don’t have time to figure out what’s gone wrong in January and the first half of February. They need to win now. Oklahoma began conference play with a record of 10-2 and has struggled to swim in the deep waters of the Big 12. Junior forward Romero Osby couldn’t summon a reason for the team’s performance with five games left to play in the regular season. “I don’t really have an explanation for it,” Osby said. “I guess we just gotta fight. We have to continue to fight and continue to get better. That’s all we can do.” Osby finished the game with 13 points and five rebounds. He, Pledger and sophomore guard Cameron Clark were the only Sooners to score in double figures. Coach Lon Kruger’s men let a 33-28 first half lead slip in the first 10 minutes of the second half and lacked the young guns to combat Texas’ firepower. A Brown 3-pointer propelled the Longhorns (17-9, 7-6) to a 38-37 lead with 14:38 left to play. Texas
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Sophomore guard Cameron Clark (21) pulls up for a jumper in the first half of OU’s matchup with Texas on Tuesday at Lloyd Noble Center. Although OU led by five at halftime, the Sooners lost, 69-58, to the Longhorns. Clark had 13 points and seven rebounds.
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became tight-fisted with the lead and refused to let it go. “Early in the second half, it seemed like there was a possession or two that kind of deflated us a bit,” Kruger said. “We couldn’t get back on top.” Oklahoma doesn’t look
the part of a tournament team. The Sooners committed 13 turnovers in the game, and many of them were converted into points by the Longhorns. “It seems like typically a result of being careless with the ball,” Kruger said. “It’s not only turnovers but turnovers that result in layups going the other way. That is a big swing the other way.” Junior point guard Sam Grooms turned the ball over a team-high three times but
also dropped 10 dimes. He was the only starter not to score in the game, shooting 0-of-7 from the field. “No disrespect to them, I don’t think it was them,” he said. “Again, like coach said, I think it was us being careless with the basketball. Just not being strong with it and making sound plays.” Next up for the Sooners, who are now on a five-game losing streak, is a matchup with Iowa State at 7 p.m. Saturday in Ames.
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The OU women’s basketball team will look to complete a sweep of the Kansas State Wildcats at 7 tonight at Lloyd Noble Center. The contest will mark the
Sooners’ third game in just five days. Oklahoma split the first two, beating Missouri on Saturday and losing to Connecticut on Monday. The Sooners beat the Wildcats, 65-57, on Jan. 17 in Manhattan, Kan. Junior guard Whitney Hand will try for her fourth straight game leading OU in scoring, most recently scoring 18 against UConn.
T h e Wi l d c at s a re l e d by junior guard Brittany Chambers, who averages 15.3 points and six rebounds a game. OU sophomore Aar yn Ellenberg has struggled lately with shooting efficiency, specifically from beyond the arc. Ellenberg has shot just 4-of19 (21 percent) from deep in the last five games — something that needs to change for
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the Sooners to be successful, OU coach Sherri Coale said. “We’ve got to get that 3 element back in her offense,” she said. “We just have to. It’s such a piece of our identity.”
hen West SPORTS COLUMNIST Virginia finalized its move to the Big 12 on Tuesday morning, the conference wasted no time releasing a football schedule for next season. Like last season, the Greg Fewell 2012 slate will feature greg_f@ou.edu a 10-team, nine-game, round-robin schedule. In short, everybody plays everybody. While the format is the same as last season’s, the 2012 schedule will hold some noticeable changes for the Sooners. For starters, the annual Bedlam matchup with instate rival Oklahoma State has returned to Thanksgiving weekend after serving as the conference’s championship game on Dec. 3 last season. With Bedlam being pushed back to Nov. 24, the same weekend the game was played on for years prior to the departure of Nebraska and Colorado, Oklahoma’s only conference game in December will be played against the TCU Horned Frogs. Of all the Sooners’ conference foes, the Horned Frogs have the third-best record against Oklahoma. OU currently leads the all-time series against TCU, 7-4. However, in recent history the series is even closer. Since 1996, the two teams have met four times, with TCU claiming victories in two of those contests. The other new kid in the conference, West Virginia, may prove to be one of the toughest games on the schedule for Oklahoma next season. For starters, the Mountaineers have no fear of the Sooners. The shortlived series between these two teams is dead even at 2-2. Though the teams have only played four times total, the most recent occurrence is still undoubtedly on the minds of most Sooner fans. West Virginia absolutely dominated the Sooners for a full 60 minutes on one of college football’s biggest stages. The Sooners were the heavy favorites going into the Fiesta Bowl in 2008. Oklahoma had AT A GLANCE one of the nation’s Big 12 schedule most exciting running backs in freshman The Big 12 released its Demarco Murray and 2012 football schedule a future Heisman winTuesday. Oklahoma still ner in quarterback Sam has three non-conference Bradford. West Virginia games to announce. was in the process of trying to find a coach after Sept. 22 vs. Kansas State Oct. 6 at Texas Tech Rich Rodriguez left the Oct. 13 vs. Texas* team for Michigan shortOct. 20 vs. Kansas ly before the week of the Nov. 3 at Iowa State game. Nov. 10 vs. Baylor None of that matNov. 17 at West Virginia tered, though. Bradford Nov. 24 vs. Oklahoma State was held to 242 yards, Dec. 1 at TCU two touchdowns and an interception, and West *at the Cotton Bowl in Dallas Dates in bold are in Norman Virginia compiled 525 total yards to beat the Sooners, 48-28. Oklahoma’s first shot at redemption since that night in Glendale, Ariz. won’t be easy, though. The Sooners travel the week before Bedlam to Morgantown, W.V., one of the toughest, loudest stadiums in the nation to take on an athletic Mountaineer team not accustomed to losing at home. That will undoubtedly be a key game on the schedule for Oklahoma. However, the key game every season is played during the second weekend of October. No change there, as the Sooners once again will meet the Texas Longhorns at the Cotton Bowl on Oct. 13 during the Texas State Fair. Texas is the only team in the Big 12 that holds a series advantage over Oklahoma. The Longhorns are currently up, 59-42-5, over the Sooners. With the first conference game not scheduled until Sept. 22 against Kansas State in Norman, OU still has some flexibility with its non-conference schedule. The first three weeks of the schedule remain wide open. However, Notre Dame already has been confirmed as one of the teams OU will be facing in 2012. That is sure to be one of the marquee early-season matchups in 2012. The team’s strength of schedule appears to be perfect for a championship run in the BCS. Now, Oklahoma just has to do what it takes to win the games. Greg Fewell is a journalism senior and the sports editor for The Daily. You can follow him on Twitter at @gregfewell.
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VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) -- Be on your best behavior, because social involvements are likely to have a significant effect on your reputation at this point in time. If you’re a guest, don’t overstay your welcome.
PISCES (Feb. 20-March 20) -- If you haven’t been getting the type of mileage you thought you would from your budget, examine it to find out why. Don’t ignore petty expenditures -- they could be the problem.
LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23) -- If what you do for others doesn’t come from the goodness of your heart, people will quickly pick up on it and suspect you of an ulterior motive. You’ll be in bad odor, to say the least.
ARIES (March 21-April 19) -- The world isn’t going to open up any obvious paths for you to follow; you’ll be the one who decides what you want and where you want to go. Put forth the necessary effort yourself.
SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 22) -- Even if your intention is to be helpful, others will take any unsolicited suggestions you make as criticism of their work. Show an appreciation for their efforts instead, and keep your nitpicks to yourself.
TAURUS (April 20-May 20) -Forbidden fruit might beckon you, but that does not mean you have to respond. Even if the situation entices you, the results would turn out to be disastrous.
SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 23-Dec. 21) -- With an eye to the future, manage your resources as prudently as possible. If you fail to do so and instead spend your funds on wasteful items, you’ll experience problems sooner rather than later.
GEMINI (May 21-June 20) -- There is nothing more valuable than your reputation, and once it’s gone it’s usually gone forever. If someone tries to pin something on you, defend yourself with everything you’ve got. CANCER (June 21-July 22) -- An alliance of convenience is likely to be tested. If what binds this union isn’t tough enough, and it probably isn’t,
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Fashion essentials for fickle weather or a lightweight scarf. If the Fifth option weather warms up, you can If you need a happy comtoss the blazer over your promise between the blazer or shoulder or over your arm and lack thereof, try layering with still look trendy. the chiffon blouse. Layering is a cute and easy trick. The Second option key is making sure your colIf you’re feeling a little ors match. It’s easier to layer if more feminine, swap out the Dusti Gasparovic the dress and blouse are solid dustikristine@gmail.com graphic T-shirt for the chiffon colors. blouse. Add a chunky, colorful necklace with this ensemble, he weather is warmSixth option ing up — well sort of. and you’re ready to go. Again, Floral patterns and stripes if the weather warms up as Oklahoma weather are always flattering on a the day goes on, or one class can be pretty unpredictable, dresses or scarfs that flow. is a little toasty, you always but spring is not far out of Floral and stripes can be reach. Thick winter jackets are can slip the blazer off and paired together, in fact I recstill have a super stylish and too warm, but shorts are too ommend it, as long as the trendy outfit. cool, so what to do? color schemes compliment Luckily, you can dress for each other. The great thing Third option almost any type of weather about a cotton dress is you A cotton dress always is with five essential articles of can put a T-shirt over it, and good to have on hand because suddenly the dress becomes a clothing: there are many ways to wear 1. Light-weight blazer shirt and skirt combo. it. You can pair the dress with 2. Cotton dress in a floral, a blazer and add a vibrant striped, or spring color If you have to be frugal with necklace, wide cinched belt 3. Graphic T-shirt your bank account right now, and ballet flats. For a breezy 4. Chiffon pastel, springI suggest you go for the blazer day, throw on some tights and before anything else. A lightcolored blouse 5. Skinny pants, in black or a boots. weight blazer is a girl’s best bright, fun color friend. It adds to the versatility Fourth option These pieces can be mixed of many outfits. A blazer alAnother creative way to and matched to create mulways adds a touch of sophistitiple outfits for the unpredict- shake up your wardrobe cation. “The blazer is a jacket able transition weather we’re would be to lose the blazer and [that] women stole from boys add a lightweight spring colhaving. and then wore it better,� Garcia ored scarf with the dress, tights said. First option and boots. Coral, yellow, aqua, The challenge of changing For a cool, casual day, pair turquoise and orange are pow- weather can make choosing skinny jeans with a graphic erful, fun spring colors that from your wardrobe a trial, but T-shirt and blazer. This casual you can’t go wrong with. if you have the right pieces, it look is easy to put together “Project Runway� judge can be easy and fun. It’s actuand looks great, especially on Nina Garcia said turquoise ally the best time for creating the days you hate everything is a color you can’t go wrong fun, new outfits with your old in your closet. with in an edition of “The One clothes because you can comWear a graphic tee that Hundred.� bine your fall wardrobe with means something to you. You “Turquoise is one of those your spring wardrobe. wouldn’t want to represent stones that you will often hear a band you don’t know anyis ‘back,’ but as far as I’m conthing about. Spice this outfit cerned, it never really goes Dusti Gasparovic is a up with a long chain necklace away,� Garcia said. University College freshman.
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The OU School of Art and Art History celebrated Valentine’s Day with an annual fundraiser. The school hosted the Second Annual Art from the Heart event Tuesday in the Lightwell Gallery at the Fred Jones Jr. Museum of Art. The fundraiser gave attendees the opportunity to browse student art while enjoying a homemade lunch of grilled cheese and soups. The event is one of two fundraisers the college hosts each year; the other being the chili cook-off in the fall. Mary Jo Watson, director of the School of Art and Art History, said proceeds from the student art sales help fund opportunities, such as study abroad programs, for the students in the school. Studying abroad is an integral part of an art student’s education, she said. “As a student of art, it is important to have the opportunity to see the actual work of an artist you are studying,” Watson said. “If you are writing about da Vinci, you should see his actual works.” Wa t s o n s a i d s h e w a s pleased with the turnout for this year’s event. The event
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Katelynn Knick (left) and Harleee Dickerson, University College freshmen, enjoy soup and grilled cheese at the Art from the Heart event on Tuesday. Participants paid $15 for a piece of artwork and all-you-can-eat soup and could purchase student art to help fund study abroad programs and scholarships.
was steadily busy from its start at 11:30 a.m., she said. The room was abuzz with people of all ages including family, students, faculty and alumni. Shelia Buckley, an OU alumna, said she read about the event in the paper and couldn’t resist coming. “My husband and I collect
art and particularly like to support student art,” she said. Buckley purchased a sculpture that called to her from across the room, she said. Many students attended the event to see if their work attracted interest. Laura Reese, art senior
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This just in: Comedy Fight Night is going to be in tents! It’s a joke because it is actually going to be in the Oklahoma Memorial Union’s Meacham Auditorium and intense, not in actual tents. Don’t worry, I won’t quit my day job. On Thursday there will be a battle of whit in the Meacham Auditorium for the title of “campus funniest” at the annual Comedy Fight Night. Matthew Farley, a political science and English writing senior, is the event coordinator. Farley said he is no stranger to the comedy event. “I actually participated in Comedy Fight Night two years ago, and now I’m running it,” Farley said. He said the event is an important opportunity on campus because it provides students an outlet to polish their stand-up routines. Farley said another advantage of the fight night is the fact that it appeals to a variety of students and acts. The comedy competition isn’t open to just anyone. Farley said about 30 students auditioned to be considered for the battle, and judges selected nine for the competition. Farley said there are three judges critiquing Thursday’s competition. The judges are looking for the quality of work, energy and humor from the student comedians, he said. “It is all original work,” he said. Farley said the Union Programming Board was excited to be able to bring a well-known comedian to host this year’s fight night. “The show will be hosted by Jared Logan,” Farley said. “He was in our budget, available and he was in Comedy Central’s Live at Gotham, which is awesome.” The show starts at 7 p.m. and is absolutely free. So, if you need a little comedic relief from a Valentine’s Day tragedy or a calculus test or you just want to laugh, go support your Sooner comedians in Meacham Auditorium on Thursday.
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