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A new interdisciplinary group has multiple events planned for this week to show how Middle Eastern history can influence the technological innovations of the future. The events, which include an art exhibit and symposium, were organized by OU’s Center for Middle Eastern Architecture and Culture, which became an official organization last semester, the center’s director Khosrow Bozorgi said. The center includes educators of architecture, history, science, film, archaeology and art. Bozorgi said he is excited for the different disciplines to collaborate for the center’s first big event this week. The center’s goal is to make students realize how Middle Eastern history can impact future technologies. “One of the research agendas for CMEAC is to understand about the technology of the past and come up with new interpretations for the use of modern time,” Bozorgi said. The center’s events this week will begin with an exhibit of drawings called “Mystical Surrealism” by Abdolhossein Pazoki, according to the event flier. The exhibit opens Tuesday, but the opening reception will at 6:30 p.m. Wednesday in Gould Hall’s Buskuhl Gallery. A symposium will be at 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Thursday and Friday in Gould Hall’s Buskuhl Gallery, according to the event flier. It will consist of four sessions, each including four 30-minute lectures and a panel discussion. The symposium’s keynote speaker is Gisue Hariri, cofounder of Hariri & Hariri Architects, who will deliver her lecture at 6:30 p.m. Thursday in Adams Hall, Room 150, according to the event flier. The symposium is free and open to the public. For a full schedule, visit the College of Architecture website.
A cool wind blew the lifeless weeds, their leaves a dull yellow as they caught the first rays of sunlight passing through the skyscrapers. Their dead roots sprang weakly from the dry soil as students pulled them from the garden. The beautifying process began as the students made way for the fresh plants, holding new life in their dirt-stained gloves. As they looked at the new garden they had created, the students wiped the sweat from their brows and smiled as they experienced the true reward of community service. Students who ordinarily might not have the chance to volunteer for their communities were given that opportunity at Sooner Service Saturday from 1 to 4 p.m. Saturday at the Myriad Botanical Gardens in Oklahoma City. Students served as members of horticulture crews, see SERVICE paGe 2
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Student activists gain momentum in their campaign for workers’ rights as they regroup and alter their plans after returning from a national activism conference in Miami, Fla. A few of the core members of OU’s Alta Gracia Coalition attended an annual United Students Against Sweatshops conference Feb. 22 to 23 at the University of Miami. Attending the conference allowed coalition members to come together in friendship, bonding over a 60-hour drive, a lunch stop in New Orleans, inside jokes and recovery from pitfalls, such as two flat tires. Though it was fun, the trip also inflamed the passions of members of the coalition and prepared them to move forward to achieve a better campus with fair working conditions for everybody, said Luke Bartz, University College freshman and coalition member. During the conference, students networked with fellow activists from across the country, listened to factory workers present their stories, celebrated the successes United Students Against Sweatshops, a national student-led activist organization achieved in the past year and learned the skills
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students from the Alta Gracia coalition attend the United students Against sweatshops conference feb. 22 to 23 at the University of miami in fla.
year’s goals. “A campaign consists of a clear demand and a clear plan to achieve that demand,” said KB Brower, the national organizer. “If you just profess some ambiguous idea of justice for workers, that’s nice, but it won’t achieve anything.” Feb. 22‑23 That kind of action-minduniversity of miami, ed tactic has caused the orFlorida ganization to obtain a long over 250 students history of achieving goals, attended and over said Tim Waters, national 60 schools were political director of United represented. Steelworkers. “When trouble first startSource: KB Brower, United Students Against Sweatshops national organizer ed in Wisconsin, when the from Memphis. labor movement was sitting in rooms trying to figure out and tactics necessary to [logistics], USAS was already construct an efficient action plan that can achieve this see COALITION paGe 3
AT A GLANCE national United students Against sweatshops conference
Students looking to gain professional experience and connections with businesses and nonprofits can attend The Oklahoma Group’s open house 7:30 to 8:30 p.m. today in Wagner Hall, Room 140. A nonprofit pro bono service organization that began at OU in 2010, The Oklahoma Group is made up of undergraduate consultants who advise central Oklahoma nonprofit organizations on effective business practices and ways to reach out to the community, said Sam Clancy, letters senior and the group’s president. The Oklahoma Group consists of three teams made up of five multidisciplinary students, Clancy said. Each team is assigned one nonprofit, with which the students work throughIN DEpTH out the semester they are Open House appointed. Clancy said some inmeet current and other potential members coming consultants have and learn about how prior experience with the oklahoma Group organizational consuloperates. tation, but most people come into the program 7:30 to 8:30 p.m. never having worked in today the field. The teams attend Boot Camp at the Wagner hall, room 140 beginning of the semesFree food provided ter to orient themselves to the nonprofit sector, then receive weekly training and tips from business and marketing professionals, along with support from their fellow team members. The consultants dedicate seven to 15 hours of work each week to research, benchmark comparisons and business recommendations that are finally presented to each team’s selected central Oklahoma-based nonprofit at the end of the semester, Clancy said. “By working with TOG, students gain professional skills, experience, and connections,” Clancy said. “The see NONPROFIT paGe 3
Two OU students were crowned first Dancing with the Stars winners L&A: union programming Board held ou’s first dancing with the stars Friday. (Page 6)
Federal budget cuts show lack of compromise. Opinion: obama and the u.s. Congress did not meet basic requirements of their jobs by failing to avoid mandatory budget cuts. (Page 4)
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Today around campus Graduation Gear-up, a time for students to order graduation gear, such as cap and gown, announcements, OU class ring and the Sooner Yearbook, kicks off from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. in Oklahoma Memorial Union’s Beaird Lounge.
Tuesday, March 5 A workshop to look at the ProQuest Congressional database to show how students can use the resource will take place 10 to 11 a.m. and 2 to 3 p.m. in Bizzell Memorial Library Library’s Instruction Room, 149D. The ProQuest Congressional database is a resource to help people research various issues Congress discusses. A concert by OU Jazz Ensembles called “Driving Hard” will take place at 8 p.m. in Catlett Music Center Sharp Concert Hall. The concert will feature the styles of rock, swing, gospel and blues. Tickets are $9 for adults and $5 for OU students, faculty and staff and senior adults. Do you want to see your organization’s campus event here? Visit OUDaily.com/events/submit to add your entry.
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helping with the upkeep of the gardens by raking flowerbeds, pruning flowers, cutting back grasses and picking up trash, along with other work. Sooner Service Saturday is held by OU’s Office of Leadership Development and Volunteerism as an opportunity for students to contribute to the community and learn and grow from the experience, said Becky Barker, director of OU’s Office of Leadership Development and Volunteerism. “It helps students to gain an understanding of community needs and better prepare them for service in college and beyond,” Barker said. Brent Bowles, entrepreneurship and supply chain management junior, said he has been passionate about volunteering since high school. “I think leadership is service, and this is an opportunity not only to promote the university but also to help those who need it,” Bowles said. “It’s a great way to get everyone involved, including students that don’t have an affiliation with any volunteer organizations.” “I believe this is an important event because it provides students with an opportunity to serve the community together,” said Ashley Sullivan, volunteer coordinator for the Office of Leadership Development and Volunteerism. “They get a chance to know one another while also getting to know and appreciate nonprofits in our community.” This event is especially important for students who might not have the time to volunteer in a regular
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Persian literature and culture prize winner to present winning materials The winner of a nationwide competition celebrating Persian culture will present materials from her winning paper at 3 p.m. today in Hester Hall 170. Submissions for the Jafar and Shokoh Farzaneh Best Paper in Persian Literature and Culture prize were solic‑ ited nationally, and the winner will receive $1,000 and the opportunity to give a presentation at OU, said Afshin Marashi, OU Iranian studies professor. The winner of the competition is Claudia Yaghoobi, Ph.D. candidate in comparative literature from the University of California, according to the event flier. Her presentation is called “The Societal and Divine Other in Attar’s Poetry,” which is the subject of her winning paper. In her talk, Yaghoobi will explore the way the concepts and ideologies employed by Attar, a medieval, mystical Sufi poet, compare to and influence modern conceptions of inclusivity, according to a summary of her research. Administered by the OU Iranian Studies Program and the South Central Modern Language Association, this competition was held this year for the first time in an effort to highlight the history, culture and soci‑ ety of Iranian and Persian civilization in academia, Marashi said. The prize was established by a gift from Mohammad and Jalal Farzaneh to honor their parents, the prize’s namesakes. Cedar Floyd Campus Reporter
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nonprofit: Group has aided 18 organizations Continued from page 1 nonprofits gain free strategic planning that will help solve immediate problems and will allow for sustainable future organizational growth.” Sixty-eight students have participated in the group’s nonprofit efforts since its beginning in 2010, many of whom have continued with the organization as team leaders and executive committee members, Clancy said. “So far, we have consulted for 18 local nonprofit organizations – some of which include Positive Tomorrows, the YWCA of OKC, Bridges of Norman, The Oklahoma Group is t h e C i m a r ro n A l l i a n c e a n d N A I C ( N o r m a n made up of students from Addiction Information & a variety of majors and Counseling),” Clancy said. years and looks for 12 to 15
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coalition: Organization helps students’ plans Continued from page 1 out there circling the state capital,” Waters said, referring to the teachers’ strikes that happened in Wisconsin last year. One reason the organization is able to move so quickly is because it works directly with those it serves rather than behaving like a charity or rescue force. “In a charity, you’re just trying to impose your input on what you think
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people need and just give them that. It doesn’t create a sustainable way out of poverty,” said Jessica Distelhorst, health and exercise science senior and president of OU’s Student Organization for Fair Trade. “We have to meet the workers halfway.” Distelhorst and Clay Burns, economics senior and president of OU’s Alta Gracia Coalition, traveled to the Dominican Republic in January to meet with factory workers and union leaders in that area, Burns said. They plan to campaign next year to target issues faced by workers on the OU campus and attempt to resolve the estrangement between those workers and students. “Universities are supposed to be these institutions of social change, yet the campus workers are too often made to be invisible,” Brower said. The OU Alta Gracia Coalition currently contains over 25 core members and represents at least five different student organizations, Burns said. It was one of the largest groups
represented at the Miami conference. The coalition will continue to grow as it reaches out to other organizations and moves toward its goal of replacing the majority of the University Bookstore’s clothing stock with items that come, not from a sweatshop, but from a factory that pays a living wage: Alta Gracia of the Dominican Republic, Burns said. The coalition has already made a few small successes, including causing the managers of the bookstore to double its stock in Alta Gracia clothing, move the Alta Gracia display to the front of the store and better train its employees to be familiar with the brand, Burns said.
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in Washington and collect their paychecks. If politicians cannot come to an agreement, let’s send them home and see how quickly they come to a comproEditor’s note: Today’s editorial is the first part in a two-part series on the impacts of federal budget cuts. mise then. Unfortunately, budget cuts do little to help solve Today, we will break down what budget cuts mean the debt problem. The main drivers of the national for the country as a whole. debt, Medicare and Social Security, are exempt from How will the budget cuts be dispersed and when? the cuts. At best, the cuts will slow the rate of debt Will budget cuts lower the national debt and deficit? expansion. The national debt rose $1.275 trillion in 2012. The $85 billion gained by the cuts make up less And why didn’t politicians come to an agreement? than 7 percent of that total. Tuesday, we will look at what budget cuts mean for The most disturbing part of the budget cut legisthe OU community. lation is the lack of cooperation in governPresident Barack Obama and the U.S. ment. Automatic budget cuts were impleCongress failed the American people Friday The Our View when mandatory budget cuts went into is the majority mented to motivate lawmakers to come to a opinion of budget agreement. Cuts never were meant effect after Congress could not reach an The Daily’s to be a solution to our budget problems. agreement to avoid the cuts. Finding a comnine-member Budget cuts were threatened as part of an promise weighing the interests of the people editorial board agreement to raise the federal debt ceiling is the most basic function of any represenin the Budget Control Act of 2011. tative democracy — a function our governBoth Democrats and Republicans agree on this ment has not achieved. point. Obama called the cuts “dumb,” and House Budget cuts will have broad impacts for nearly every discretionary federal program. The cuts are in- Speaker John Boehner, R-Ohio, said, “There are betdiscriminate — they apply to programs without con- ter ways to cut spending,” according to cnn.com. We think both sides are playing politics. Obama sideration of the cuts’ impacts. and Democrats want to paint Republicans as These include military spending through the Pentagon, food and drug inspection agencies, feder- obstructionist, and Republicans want to blame Democrats for tax increases. al prisons, weather centers etc. No matter what the reason, it is clear our elected First, the cuts were made worse by pushing back the deadline in January to March 1. Instead of having representatives are playing political games with the welfare of the American people. Both sides agree the 12 months, federal agencies now have only seven cuts are bad, but their lack of cooperation prevents months to implement the cuts before Sept. 30, the them from coming up with a viable option. end of the fiscal year. This means budget cuts will The solution is clear. A combination of moderate have to be deeper; 9 percent for most programs and 13 percent for the Pentagon. Many of the largest pro- tax increases and moderate budget cuts would allow grams, like Social Security, are exempt from the cuts. lawmakers to mitigate the negative impacts of those cuts. American citizens put their trust in our elected The cuts will be rolled out over the next few officials to fulfill the functions of government. When months. Many federal employees will be subject those representatives fail in that function, we must to furloughs — forced, unpaid time off — for much stop fighting each other and fight who is really to of the seven-month period. Exactly how long furblame. loughs will be in place and who will be affected are unknown. Federal employees should not be sent home without pay while the people responsible for the cuts sit Comment on this on OUDaily.com
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ast year, a district in Southern California was awarded a $533,000 grant from the K.P. Jois Foundation to start a yoga program in its schools. The schools in the Encinitas Union District in Southern California impleSarah Sullivan mented Ashtanga yoga into katsar313@netzeo.net a biweekly physical education schedule in 2012. For a little more than thirty minutes, twice a week, the students participate in a tailored version of Ashtanga yoga. It began with half of the students and now all students have had this integrated into their weekly physical education schedule. However, the program was met with unexpected contempt when over 30 parents approached the school board claiming the yoga program was infringing on their religious beliefs. The lawyer representing the parents, Dean Broyles, says the claims are based on the fact that asking students to participate in the yoga class violates their first amendment rights because, “the poses and positions are acknowledged by Ashtanga and Hindu yoga as forms of worship and prayers to Hindu deities,” according to a report on abcnews.com. The superintendent of Encinitas Union School District, Timothy Baird responded to Broyles and the parents in a letter stating, “Yoga is a physical activity that’s completely mainstream ... it has a cultural heritage coming from India and there are people who use yoga in their religious practices ... we are creating lesson ASSOCIATED PRESS
plans in kid-friendly language that is really redesigning the program. We are not using cultural references,” according to the abcnews.com report. Everything we do comes from someone else’s cultural background. Everything has been influenced by another culture’s rituals, games, spirituality or religious beliefs. If we are to say yoga cannot be taught and practiced in schools because of its religious roots, then Christmas can no longer be discussed in school. No decorations, no parties with cookies and funny reindeer songs. Yoga allows one to open up to his or her own emotions and tensions and to break away from the hustle and bustle of today’s chaotic world. Yogis, or even those who are casual practitioners, are not always looking for enlightenment of a spiritual kind. There are many benefits of integrating yoga into the regular requirements for physical education in schools including enhanced concentration, increased flexibility, increased confidence and relaxation. Sure, yoga originated in the Hindu religion, but it is now mainstream in popular culture. The parents in the Encinitas school district and their attorney, Mr. Broyles, need to step back and think about how absurd this lawsuit is. No one is trying to indoctrinate the children into the Hindu religion, or any other religion. If religious groups were trying to indoctrinate you, after being made aware of your intolerant views, I doubt they would want your following, anyway. Sarah Sullivan is an English literary and cultural studies junior.
Any student in an inOPINION COLUMNIST troduction to astronomy course recognizes the strangeness of particle physics. From the wave-particle duality of light, to the mysterious constituents of dark matter, particle physics has Nathan Cranford repeatedly demonstrated nathan.a.cranford-1@ou.edu that we live in a fascinating universe. The most promising experiment devised to shed light into particles physics is the Large Hadron Collider, which was temporarily shut down last weekend. The collider is a $13.25 billion tunnel used to smash particles together at near-light speeds located in Geneva, Switzerland, at the European Organization for Nuclear Research, according to an article on Forbes. com. The collider will resume operations by 2015 running at even greater energies, according to an article on huffingtonpost.com. With such a large operation underway, many people have questioned whether the collider is worth funding. Science is a social institution and its relationship to the general public is known to have its tensions, especially within the Midwest. Many Americans think the answer is no. This is most noted in Texas, where a Superconducting Super Collider was under construction in 1993. Unfortunately, the House of Representatives decided to cancel the operation after $1 billion had already been spent on the Texas collider. Since then, the U.S. is no longer at the forefront of this most exciting field. So what do physicists hope to achieve with the Geneva collider? It is well known physicists announced last July 4 that the IN DEPTH collider has almost certainly Large Hadron detected the long-sought Collider Higgs Boson. The Higgs Boson is the When: Under particle that allows particles, construction for ten and ultimately us, to exist. years from 1998 to The discovery of the Higgs 2008 Boson would confirm the Where: Near Geneva, existence of the Higgs field, Switzerland according to a video on scientificamerican.com. Price: $13.25 billion The Higgs field acts as an invisible condensate, like Info: The Collider was water, that effects how partibuilt by the European cles interact in the medium Organization for Nuclear Research, of space. also called CERN After the initial big bang, massless particles pervaded Source: cern.ch the universe at light speed. Shortly after, the Higgs field condensed out, allowing particles to slow down and posses mass. The discovery of the Higgs Boson was the primary motivation for constructing the collider, as it is the last particle to complete the Standard Model of particle physics, according to another article on scientificamerican.com. Sounds interesting, but laypersons are not amateur physicists, and want to know the practical benefits of what their dollars are funding. The difficulty with this reasoning is it ignores how the nature of science operates. Albert Einstein did not anticipate his theories of relativity would play a prominent role in GPS satellites and smart phones. The discovery of quantum mechanics, perhaps the most esoteric of the sciences, would ultimately give rise to conductors and computers. Virtually all of electricity can be traced to research conducted in the 19th century that was thought to have little, if any, practical benefit. Many of the machines found in hospitals such as MRI’s are based upon principles of physics discovered by physicists who had no interest in medicine. In order to properly do science, even the most abstract subjects need and deserve funding. So what is in store for the collider in 2014? With higher energies, the collider can look for more precise properties regarding the Higgs Boson including the imbalance between matter and anti-matter and its relationship to dark energy — a mysterious repulsive force that increases with distances that comprises 71 percent of the universe. At higher energies, the collider could detect dark matter, extra dimensions and whether gravity has a particle, according to an article on cnn.com. Understanding the basic nature of the world is an exercise of both intrinsic and practical benefit. The collider is a step toward advancing an understanding of the universe and our place within it. Nathan Cranford is a philosophy senior.
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When you see a guy all dressed up, w h a t ’s t h e f i r s t t h i n g y o u n o t i c e ? H i s t i e . They’re frivolous, decorative and perhaps the most critical part to get right in a man’s wardrobe. You can get away with little mistakes in everything else, but if you screw up with your tie, everyone knows it. The main problem with ties is there are so many details that are important to get right. First, you have to pick the correct tie out of literally thousands of possibilities, only a few of which will be passable for any particular occasion and outfit. Then, you need to get the dang thing tied well with the right knot and with the right length. Sometimes, it’s a real pain to get it all right. However, it’s totally possible. You just need to know what choices to make. If you break down the process and think about the different possibilities, details and combinations, you can come out looking seriously well-dressed. Before you even start thinking about patterns or colors, you need to figure out what type of tie to wear. First, make sure it’s one that you have to tie yourself. Clip-ons and pretied ties are easy to spot and look silly, so avoid those. You’re a man, so learn how. Anyway, the options for real ties include the standard angle-tipped tie, the knit tie and the bow tie. I really wouldn’t advise trying out the bow tie or the knit tie until you get the hang of your regular tie, so let’s move forward with that. There are a number of materials you can find for ties. Most formal ties are silk or polyester. I would suggest choosing silk because it looks nicer and will last longer. One of my favorite ties is polyester and it looked so nice new, but after a few wears it started to degrade. Trust me: investing in a silk tie is worth it. Alternatively, in a less formal situation, you can go with a wool or cotton tie. They have a nice texture and add variety to your wardrobe. As you might expect, wools work better in the cooler months and cottons look decidedly better in warmer months. After choosing a material, we get to the fun stuff: patterns. Aside from ties for extremely formal events, there aren’t any hard and fast rules on patterns; however, a good rule of thumb is that for more formal occasions you should wear ties with more restrained color and pattern. Solids are always a good bet, and stripes are a close second in usefulness. Probably three-fourths of the ties you’ll see around will be either solid or striped, so you could probably get away with having nothing but these two patterns. But where’s the fun in that? If you want to get adventurous, paisley is an excellent choice. Do note you have to be careful in matching paisley, though. It’s a complicated pattern, so choose one with a color scheme that matches the rest of your outfit. A somewhat safer bet is the foulard tie, which has a small, geometric pattern, such as squares, circles or simple flowers. I don’t see them often on campus, which is a shame. They look refined and have just enough visual detail to look interesting. Assuming you’ve chosen your tie, now you need t o t i e i t. Fi r st, you n e e d t o c h o o s e t h e r ig ht k n o t. Now, I’m sure you’ve heard you choose the size of the knot to the collar — the wider the collar, the wider the knot. Baloney. The only knot you need to know is the four-inhand knot. Learn it and learn it well. It’s a bit asymmetrical and not too large, which makes for some visual interest. I would also suggest learning the half-Windsor and perhaps the Pratt, but don’t depend on those. They are more useful if you have a particularly uncooperative tie or some oddity to your collar. A final knot that I suggest you learn and then immediately forget is the full Windsor. It’s large, absurd and just looks like a lump of cloth, not a knot. I’ve seen only a couple of instances where a full Windsor looked nice, and those were with a wide tie in a broad space. Large men with large ties, you have my permission; but do tie it tightly. The execution of wearing a tie is often where the most blatantmistakes are made. First off, make sure the tip of your tie hits your belt buckle. Think of it this way—you want it to be as low as possible without any chance of pissing on it in the bathroom. Additionally, you need to tighten your tie right. I can’t count the number of guys I’ve seen waltzing around with their ties half-done. It’s not hard. Just pull on the front blade and adjust it a bit. You’ll look way better with a tight knot. Now, while doing that last bit of tightening, try and pinch together where your tie comes out at the knot. You’ll get a little bit of a crease, and make sure that stays when you finish tightening the knot. This is a dimple. It adds a surprising amount of character to your tie. No longer is it just a flat field of fabric—now it has dimension. One of the primary reasons the four-in-hand knot is so great is because it often can make for an excellent dimple. This finishing touch will do a surprising amount for your look, even if you’re already good with ties. The last bit of advice I want to share is something I picked up only recently myself. Ever have a hard time convincing your tie to stay up to the top of your collar? Or perhaps your tie keeps showing in the back. You can fix both these problems with an easy little trick when tightening your tie so that it will sit close to your neck. Rather than adjusting it in place, pull it out perpendicular to your body and adjust it. Your tie will sit so much better. Ties are hard, I know. But, with a bit of know-how and forethought, you can get the hang of that crazy bit of cloth in no time. Style is within your grasp.
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Elvie Ellis (left) and Jacqueline Bello perform their routine to “Ease on Down the Road” during the 2013 Dancing with the Stars event on Friday.
Sooners pick their favorites in OU’s Dancing with the Stars KANDICE LAWSON
hard work and long hours into this, and I know it will Union Programming look great,” McSweeney Board hosted OU’s first said. “This is our first time Dancing With the Stars on hosting the event, and Friday. we’re hoping that it bePublic relations junior comes a big tradition that Jacqueline Bello and vocal we can do here.” music education senior Bello, from Belgium, put They’ve all put a Elvie Ellis were crowned lots of time into her perforthe winners. mance, she said. lot of hard work David Postic, business “We learned about the and long hours into management senior who event in the fall, we picked this, and I know it was originally going to out our song in November partner with University and started discussing will look great. This College freshman Jessie Le ideas,” Bello said. “Once we is our first time in the performance, said got back from Christmas Dancing with the Stars was break, we put the whole hosting the event, a free event, but money was thing together.” and we’re hoping raised for the winner’s choBello, who partnered that it becomes a sen non-profit through $1 with Ellis, came up with a ballots purchased by audi- routine to “Ease on Down big tradition that we ence members so that they the Road,” the classic song can do here.” could vote for their favorfeatured in the Broadway ite team. The event raised musical “The Wiz.” PATRICK MCSWEENEY, $500. Ellis, who crowned UPB PRESIDENT Hosted by Clarke Stroud, homecoming king in vice president for student October, was very pleased affairs and dean of stuwith the outcome. the real reward was giving dents, Dancing with the “I threw in my two cents, back. Stars kicked off the month like maybe if I threw in a The pair chose Loveof March. Students flocked kick here or there it would works, an after-school outin to see fellow classmates look good, but Jacqueline reach program for at-risk and friends perform in the choreographed the whole children, as their non-profit show. thing,” Ellis said. “She’s organization, Ellis said. The contestants conamazing. She had me work“The best part was being sisted of nine students on ing hard.” able to perform and having campus who are heavily inAll of Bello and Ellis’ fun, but also being able to volved and well known by work paid off when they give back and it being for a the student body and nine won first place. Runnergood cause,” Ellis said. students who’ve received ups were Angel Ochoa training in various dance and Vicky Vargas, and areas. The pairs performed crowd favorites were Kelly Kandice Lawson routines from different Damphousse and Whitney kandice.l.lawson-1@ou.edu genres of dance, which they Nelms. drew from a hat, Stroud Ellis and Bello may have said. taken home the title, but UPB President Patrick McSweeney said he was excited about putting on the The University of Oklahoma event. University Theatre and School of Music “They’ve all put a lot of
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OUDaily.com ›› The top-ranked OU women’s gymnastics team picked up another win Friday to remain unbeaten. The Sooners own a perfect 16-0 record.
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The Oklahoma men’s basketball team got some serious payback for their 83-64 loss to Iowa State earlier in the season, setting an NCAA record for most free throws made without a miss on the way to a 86-69 victory. The Sooners (19-9, 10-6 Big 12) looked like a completely different team than the one that lost to Iowa State earlier in the year. They controlled the game from the tip. OU never trailed in the game and the only time it was tied was at 2-2. “ We d i d n ’ t p l a y w e l l today, and Oklahoma played great,” Iowa State coach Fred Hoiberg said. “Give Lon [Kruger] and the players a lot of credit. They are playing at a very high level.” The Sooners’ high level of play was evident on offense, defense and especially at the free throw line. OU’s 34 makes without a miss tied the NCAA record previously set by UC Irvine in 1981 and tied by Samford in 1990. “This has been a good free throw shooting team,” coach Lon Kruger said. “They start making them and, like anything else, momentum builds and guys start going up there expecting to make them.” Not only did OU have a great night from the line, but it also got a big boost from its seniors on Senior Night; the
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Senior forward Romero Osby gets an open slam dunk during the first half of OU’s 86-69 win over Iowa State on Saturday in Norman. Osby led the Sooners with 22 points and nine rebounds.
four of them who played all scored in double digits. Senior guard Sam Grooms and senior forward Romero Osby continued their strong play down the stretch this season. Grooms scored 19 points, (4-4 from the free throw line), and also had six assists while Osby scored a team-high 22 points, (10-10 from the free throw line), to go along with nine rebounds, three assists and two blocks. Much of the Sooners’ success in the game could be attributed to much better defense than the last time the teams met, especially against the Cyclone’s best player,
shooting. The team was happy to reAT A GLANCE turn to its winning ways after OU’s free suffering an overtime loss in throws its last game to Texas, 92-86. “It was a frustrating trip on The Sooners tied the way back because in our an NCAA-record 34 minds, we missed a great opmakes without a miss portunity,” Osby said. “We against Iowa State. knew that we had to come Source: SoonerSports.com back and bounce back from that and we were glad we had an opportunity two days later, and we didn’t have to senior guard Will Clyburn. In the last meeting be- wait a week like some sports tween the teams, Clyburn lit would.” the Sooners up for 19 points and five rebounds. In this game, he had much more Garrett Holt garrett.holt@ou.edu modest numbers, only scoring six points on 1-for-5
Against Kansas on Saturday night, the Sooners looked like a team poised to make a deep postseason run. The Sooners came out energized and determined to win, playing with passion and an unbreakable focus despite Kansas’ best efforts at making a comeback late in the second half. The win against Kansas meant much more than just another conference victory — the Sooners honored four seniors on Senior Night and two played key roles in defeating Kansas. Senior guard Jasmine Hartman made her first start of the season a memorable one. In front of her family on Senior Night, she immediately set the tone for the Sooners, grabbing a steal within the first 30 seconds of the game to put the Sooners on the board first. She would go on to score a career-high 18 points JASMINE HARTMAN and help lead the Sooners to victory. Hartman wasn’t alone. Senior forward Joanna McFarland played an outstanding game as well. She recorded her 10th double-double in conference play which is second behind the Big 12’s leader, Baylor senior center Brittney Griner. McFarland’s physicality and effort has been the fuel that ignites the fire. The Sooners will be relying on her physical presence when they face Texas Tech at 7 p.m. Monday at United Spirit Arena in Lubbock. McFarland expects a physical game and knows teams will do whatever it takes to win. “Every game in the Big 12 is physical,” she said. “At this point in the season its expected, teams are just fighting that much harder to get the win.” The Red Raiders (21-8, 11-6) are currently third in the Big 12 and are coming off a loss to Kansas State. The Sooners hope to carry their momentum into Lubbock and hand the Red Raiders their second consecutive loss to end the season.
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OU drops first game in home opener AT A GLANCE OU’s 17-0 start to 2013
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The top-ranked OU softball team kicked off its season by reeling off 17-straight wins. During the winning streak, the Sooners outscored opponents by an aggregate score of 120-17, which included 11 shutouts.
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Chilly temperatures did not keep Sooner fans away from Marita Hynes Field to support the No. 1 Oklahoma softball team during the home-opening weekend. After three straight weekends on the West Coast, the Sooners (18-1) were able to play in the friendly confines of their Norman home. T h e O U f a i t h f u l w i tnessed the Sooners win three of four games during the three-day span. “It was an awesome feeling to see all the support we have,” senior catcher Jessica Shults said. “There’s nothing better for these guys than to play in a stadium full of people, whether it’s home or even away,” coach Patty Gasso said. The lone loss of the weekend – and the season – came in game two of the double-header Saturday against No. 25 Nebraska, 1-0. The streak of 17 consecutive victories ended, but marked the second-best start in Oklahoma history. Senior pitcher Michelle Gascoigne started the game for OU and allowed only one run on two hits to the Cornhusker lineup. The lone score proved to be all Nebraska (13-5) needed to upset the top-ranked Sooners squad. “It definitely stung a little bit, but it taught us a lot of things,” Shults said. “It taught us that anybody can beat us on any given day, and we have to come out with our best stuff every day.” “This team believed they
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Senior pitcher Keilani Ricketts threw six innings and struck out eight batters during Saturday’s 10-3 win against Nebraska. The San Jose, Calif., native improved her record to a perfect 9-0 this season.
could go 65-0,” Gasso said. “There’s not a team in the country that’s going to go undefeated, and if there w e re i t w ou l d b e t h e s e guys.” Oklahoma managed seven hits in the contest but was unable to generate run support for Gascoigne, stranding 10 base runners. Scoring was not a problem in the previous matchup.
In game one of the twogame set, runs came easily for the Sooners. OU defeated the Cornhuskers, 10-3, after breaking the game open with seven runs in the fifth inning. The four-game weekend also included two wins over a scrappy Houston squad. The Cougars (10-7) ultimately dropped both games to OU — 6-0, 4-1.
Oklahoma’s pitching duo of Gascoigne and senior Keilani Ricketts combined to allow only four runs over the course of four games. Nevertheless, it was clear that Ricketts did not have her usual command. “She was a little bit off this weekend,” Gasso said. “She tries too hard sometimes to be on her game.” Ricketts and the whole
O k l a h o ma s q u a d a p p e a r e d t o h av e b e e n pressing too hard in a quest to remain perfect. There were, however, many bright spots – including junior Brittany Williams. Williams shone through during the home opening weekend. She collected four RBI and was reliable in the outfield. Before Sunday’s matchup, she came in hitting .341 and now has 13 RBI on the season. “I’m pretty confident at the plate right now,” Williams said. “I’m trying to find my pitch and not swinging at the pitcher’s pitch.” The Sooners will be home again next weekend and Gasso expects another large crowd of Oklahoma supporters. “I think people are recognizing what we did last year, and what we’re capable of doing this seas on,” she said. “ The y don’t want to miss it.”
OU loses first game of season in series Jono Greco
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It wasn’t pretty baseball at L. Dale Mitchell Park this weekend, but the No. 18 Oklahoma baseball team took two-of-three from visiting Pepperdine. The Sooners (11-1) claimed the series finale, 8-1, Sunday after taking the opener, 10-7, Friday and dropping Saturday’s game, 7-2. Following Saturday’s loss — the team’s first of the year after jumping out to a 10game win streak — coach Sunny Golloway said he would learn a lot about what his team was made of by the way it bounced back Sunday. What his team showed him was something that all teams want to know early on in the season. “I learned that we have a lot of character,” Golloway said. “I would have been disappointed had we not come back and responded at home and won the series.” “[I] definitely felt like I had better stuff than when I did in my first start,” said redshirt freshman pitcher Adam Choplick, who is returning from two Tommy John surgeries. “I was calm, in control. I still need to improve.”
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