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Opinion: Human trafficking relief organizations cover a wide range of ideologies. (Page 4)
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Leaders of associations will lose salary funding KAITLYN UNDERWOOD campus reporter
After months of discussion and editing, OU’s Undergraduate Student Congress passed a bill Tuesday night to cut SGA funding of the salaries for presidents of Greek councils and the Housing Center Student Association. The bill, the “Keeping Our Promise” Act of 2013, effectively cuts all student government funding of presidential salaries for the Interfraternity Council,
Multicultural Greek Council, National Pan-Hellenic Council, Panhellenic Council and Housing Center Student Association. The act comes six months after SGA passed the “Give the Money to the Students Act” in October 2012 that reduced stipends to Greek council presidents. The salary cuts in the new bill will save SGA about $13,000 that can be used for non-administrative purposes, said Sean Bender, Undergraduate Student Congress Chairman. The “Keeping Our Promise” Act does just that; it keeps SGA’s promise
to be good stewards of the student activity fees, President Joe Sangirardi said. Currently, Greek council presidents and the Housing Center Student Association President are the only student organization leaders to receive salary funding from SGA, Bender said. The bill seeks to end unfair favoritism of student organizations, Sangirardi said. SGA should not pick which umbrella organizations receive salary funding, he said. P re s i d e n t o f t h e Pa n h e l l e n i c Association Hana Johnson, President
Group is open to everyone, doesn’t believe in violence against public BENNET HALL
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Editor’s Note: Jason Byas is a former Daily columnist and current guest columnist.
Anarchists gathered Wednesday in Oklahoma Memorial Union to discuss anarchism and clear misconceptions people have about the non-political system. Students for a Stateless Society hosted a booth for “Ask
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As the posts multiply, more and more emotions pour out through the computer screen. Reaching out for advice, students type out their deepest thoughts and questions, and unlike all the other anonymous visitors, one student lays his reputation and identity on the line in the hopes that his advice will help at least one person in need. Michael Wright, mechanical engineering sophomore, is one of many frequent visitors of the new trend that is OU Confessions, a Facebook page created on Feb. 13 that allows anyone and everyone to post their deepest secrets anonymously. But Wright has not taken advantage of the anonymity this page allows — instead he writes
“We tried golf at the club, and we all were pretty good at it. So we just kept playing, and I started to like it. Since then, I haven’t stopped playing.” eDuarDo castiello, Junior GolFer
In June 2009, OU men’s golf coach Ryan Hybl arrived at the Dalhousie Golf Club in Cape Girardeau, Missouri for the Rolex Tournament of Champions. It was his first recruiting trip as the head coach at OU, and he was looking for golfers who would graduate in 2010. But the golfer who ended up catching his eye turned out to be in the class of 2009. That golfer was a young man from Guadalajara, Mexico named Eduardo Castiello, and Hybl liked what he saw enough to talk to Castiello’s parents, Jamie Castiello Chavez and Sofia Gomez Verea. Over the next few months, things didn’t quite shake out, and Hybl moved on as Castiello got lost in the shuffle. A year later, OU hosted a Texas Junior Golf Tour tournament at Jimmie Austin OU Golf Club, and when Hybl looked at the list of players, a familiar name jumped out at him again: Eduardo Castiello. Castiello was there, in Norman, playing golf at a junior tournament. Hybl was confused. Castiello had graduated; he was supposed to be in college. But he wasn’t, and Hybl wasn’t going to miss this second chance. After he learned Castiello had decided not to go to college that year and instead become a 2010 recruit, he invited Castiello’s parents to talk to him again, this time in his office. At first, Castiello was reluctant to leave his family and friends in Mexico behind to play golf in America, but his father urged him to embrace the new opportunity. “I’m pretty much here because of my dad,” Castiello said. “Because he pushed me to just keep going and try and see if I could get a scholarship.” Shortly after Castiello resurfaced at Jimmie Austin, the young man from Mexico signed up to play golf for OU. Castiello grew up like a lot of kids in Mexico do — playing soccer. One summer when he was about 10 years old, his mom told him and his brothers they should try a new sport. They chose golf. “We tried golf at the club, and we all were pretty good at it,” Castiello said. “So we just kept playing, and I started to like it. Since then, I haven’t sEE GOLF pAGE 6
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OU adopts Common App OU joins 500 institutions in comprehensive evaluation
and universities of their choosing, according to the press release. The information required in the application includes traditional criteria such as INDIA MAXWELL class rank, recommendation letters, stancampus reporter dardized testing information and personal OU will begin accepting common admis- essays, according to the press release. The sion applications in fall 2014 so new under- applications can be submitted online or in a graduate students won’t have to submit dif- print application format. ferent applications to each university they This application is also supposed to make apply for. admission a more comThe Common Application, “This simplification prehensive process, allowaka the Common App, will ing students to elaborate will improve be available for incoming more on their accomplishfreshman and transfer stu- prospective student ments and future academic dents on Aug. 1, 2013, ac- access to a college goals, according to the press cording to the March 13 education here at release. press release. The Common App conthe University of “OU’s membership withtains more than 500 instituin the Common Application tions in 47 states in the U.S., Oklahoma.” Inc. association will benefit and now OU will become michael nash, future applicants for admisone of them, according to uniVersitY spoKesman sion by simplifying the colthe press release. lege application process,” “Having just transitioned said university spokesman Michael Nash. to a holistic admissions process in 2012, OU “This simplification will improve prospec- will now be able to further the availability of tive student access to a college education a top-quality education to students across here at the University of Oklahoma.” the country,” Nash said. Students applying for undergraduate schools through the Common App will be India Maxwell able to submit one application instead of indiajanetmaxwell@yahoo.com multiple essays and forms to the colleges
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Opinion: database would facilitate student involvement in OU community. (Page 4)
University Gospel Choir incorporates Christian values into life at OU L&A: One member says that fellowship and worshiping with the choir changes things. (Page 8)
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Amount of water consumed at the University of Oklahoma from city and non-city sources and in total denoted by total gallons of water used for the calendar years of 2011 and 2012 — To see how much water OU used the last two years
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Budget documents related to Gaylord College’s Apple product testing program — To determine the cost of recent Gaylord technology initiatives.
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All contracts OU has with Apple within the last two years — To determine the scope, cost and profit of OU’s deals with Apple.
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Emails to/from administrators with the keywords “parking tickets,” “The Daily,” “Oklahoma Daily,” or “Joey Stipek” from the beginning of Tuesday until the time the request is sent — To monitor any administrative feedback on the issue of FErpA and parking ticket records.
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Michael Nash’s emails since March 11, 2013 — To monitor what the president’s office is communicating about with the community.
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Today around campus A performance entitled Contemporary Dance Oklahoma originally choreographed by School of Dance faculty Austin Hartel and Derrick Minter, and guest choreographer Donald McKayle, School of Dance Brackett Distinguished visiting artist will take place from 3 to 4 p.m. at Rupel J. Jones Theatre. A performance by Elizabeth Avery, piano with guest artist Quinn Patrick, MezzoSoprano will take place at 8 p.m. in the Catlett Music Center Pitman Recital Hall as part of the School of Music’s Sutton Artist Series. Tickets are $9 for adults and $5 for students.
an Anarchist Day,” providing informational pamphlets and discussion about the tenets of anarchy, including how an antiestablishment group can exist. The campus organization, open to students and non-students, started last fall and is made up of about 15 anarchists who meet weekly to discuss anti-state philosophy, said University College freshman Thomas Beierle, who assisted with the running of the booth. “There are many sects and opinions on anarchism, and we wanted people to come and ask us questions to get a dialogue going,” Beierle said. Philosophy senior Jason Byas co-founded the organization with University College freshman Grayson English, Byas said. “We try to explain to people that anarchists don’t believe in violence against the public,” Byas said. When students ask the
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(left) Wade Craig and Grayson English, university college freshmen, table in the Union about anarchy and why it would be ideal to have a “stateless society.”
group how it can organize while trying to cultivate an anti-establishment approach to society, they make the distinction that anarchy only opposes forced organization, Byas said. “This organization, and most forms of anarchy in general, believes in
voluntary organizations in which everyone is an equal moral agent,” Byas said. Byas was attracted to anarchism personally because it offered a more peaceful and voluntary society, he said. “My interests grew as it further offered a way of
breaking down not only state aggression, but also other systems of domination, like racism and sexism,” Byas said. Bennet Hall benhall@ou.edu
Friday, March 15 A baseball game against Northwestern State will take place at 6:30 p.m. at the L. Dale Mitchell Park.
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Saturday, March 16 A baseball game against Northwestern State will take place at 2 p.m. at the L. Dale Mitchell Park.
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of the Interfraternity Council Drew Knox and Allie Kallmann, president of Housing Center Student Association, were present at Tuesday’s meeting to express their opinions of the bill. “The best solution would be to reassess our role in SGA and reassess SGA’s role in the Greek community,” Johnson said. The presidents were shocked SGA wanted to cut funding completely, but Bender insisted the “Give photo provided the Money to the Students Student Government Association cut funding for leaders of stu- Act” was plenty enough dent organizations at Tuesday’s meeting. Here representatives w a r n i n g t h a t S G A w a s
considering salary cuts, he said. Johnson, Knox and Kallmann were upset SGA did not help them to identify different methods for salary funding, Knox said. “No such alternative was found, and SGA made no attempts to contact any of the Greek council presidents until one week before the bill was passed,” Knox said. Despite a tense meeting, the bill passed by majority 21-4-2. Kaitlyn Underwood kaitlyn.underwood5@gmail.com;
discuss items at a Feb. 12 meeting.
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Cultures will collide Thursday when students from about 30 different nations get together to showcase their culture in a night of dance, music and humor. The goal of The United World Cultural Night is to nurture an appreciation for global culture in students by showing them the traditional culture from other countries, Jall Cowasji, public affairs chairman for The United World, said in an email. The event will feature a fashion show exhibiting national costumes from an array of countries, a number of group and solo dances from India, Korea, Africa, Trinidad and others, interspersed with musical performances and skits that embrace stereotypes and general knowledge trivia, Cowasji said. The host for the event, The United World, is an organization that represents about 30 nations through its members but favors no specific nation or ethnic group, Cowasji said in an email. The event is a way for The United World to showcase the diversity within the group, Cowasji said. The culture night will take place at 7 p.m. March 14 in Oklahoma Memorial Union’s Meacham Auditorium. Tickets for the event are $5. Max Janerka Campus Reporter
Four OU law students are heading to Gulu, Uganda, to spend their spring break helping empower women in the area. This is the third year students from the OU College of Law have traveled to Africa with Pros for Africa, said Evelyn Holzer, director of public affairs for the OU College of Law. Previously, OU law students assisted with medical services in the area, but this year they will be helping people in the area understand legal rights. “At night, we’re going to have a domestic violence workshop,” said Kasey Stricklin, second year law student. “We’re going to teach them warning signs, how they can help their friends, how they can help themselves, things like that. That’s the kind of legally-related portion of the trip.” The students will stay at a school that helps women learn skills to “get on their feet,” Stricklin said. The students also will help paint the school and spend time in a local orphanage during the day, Stricklin said.
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Community garden accessible to those curious in gardening, health
Suspect in shooting incident over stolen microphone still on the lam
Activists unite: center is searching for an activist to live on campus
Students looking to learn more about gardening are encouraged to sign up for the Garden for Healthy Sooners before spring break. The Garden for Healthy Sooners is a community garden where participants can learn how to treat the environment by designing, cultivating and harvesting a garden, according to OU’s Fitness and Recreation website. The goal is not only to encourage people to work in the garden but also to create a “healthier OU,” said Amy Davenport, director of OU Fitness and Recreation. Any extra vegetables are redistributed through the Huston Huffman Fitness Center. Last year, the Healthy Sooner Garden distributed 800 pounds of vegetables to the Norman community, including tomatoes, squash, okra and cucumbers, Davenport said. Those willing to join can sign up through the Huston Huffman Fitness Center, Davenport said.
One of the suspects involved in the shooting incident near campus last week still has not been found, police say. On March 6 a man shot twice at a car near Boyd Street and Flood Avenue after the driver stole a microphone he offered to sell him, according to Daily archives. The suspected thief drove away unharmed, but the man who fired the shots was detained soon after by Norman Police. The suspected thief has still not been found, and the shooter has not yet been charged, said Norman Police Captain Tom Easley. “We’re constrained by the law,” Easley said. “The fact is, unless we get a victim, the best that we’re going to get on the person who fired the gun is a misdemeanor offense like reckless conduct with a firearm.” The stolen microphone was valued at around $300, Easley said.
Sooners have until Friday to nominate a new activist to live on campus throughout next year’s spring and fall semesters. The Center for Social Justice is looking for someone who is “truly an activist” and puts into practice what he or she believes in, said Jill Irvine, co-director of the center and director of OU’s Women and Gender Studies Program. The center’s goal for the activist-in-residence is to help students and the Norman community understand what it is to be a true activist, Irvine said. Nominations should include the activist’s name, a brief biography and contact information, as well as which semester the activist will live on campus, Irvine said. The center’s current activist-in-residence is a whole family, the Selmons, who run the Shine Foundation, a non-profit organization serving orphans in Liberia, Irvine said.
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Students can take a look at history through the lens of documentary film-making as part of a seminar series on Thursday. The seminar is part of the Feaver-MacMinn Seminar series and will feature writer and documentary filmmaker Dayton Duncan. Those in attendance will watch a 20-minute clip from his newest documentary, The Dust Bowl, said Missy Mitchell, the special events and scholarship coordinator for the College of Liberal Studies. This year’s theme is telling history through documentaries, Mitchell said. Past seminars have focused on topics like philosophy and ethics. The seminar will focus on documentaries because of the unique way they tell stories, she said. “I think because [documentaries] can tell a story, in a way that kind of grips you. When you read it, it’s one thing, but when you see it,” she said. Duncan has worked with filmmaker Ken Burns to create several other historical documentaries like Lewis & Clark and The National Parks: America’s Best Idea, according to a press release. The seminar will begin at 4:30 p.m. on Thursday, March 14 in Sam Noble Oklahoma Museum of Natural History’s Robert S. Kerr Auditorium, Mitchell said. Paighten Harkins Assistant Campus Editor
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president Barack Obama meets with israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington on monday.
Officials offer journalists free tour of excavation the associated press
JERUSALEM (AP) — A week before President Barack Obama is set to arrive in the region, Middle East politics are already casting a cloud over the visit as Israeli and Palestinian officials plan a series of events to promote their agendas. Jerusalem city officials are offering visiting journalists a free tour of Israel’s most contentious archaeological excavation, a sprawling dig in the heart of contested east Jerusalem. Israel has also suggested that journalists could avoid going to the West Bank with Obama when he meets with Palestinian leaders. On the other side of the divide,
Palestinian officials hope to introduce the U.S. president to the family of a prisoner held by Israel. Activists say they will also greet Obama with posters and demonstrations meant to draw attention to life under Israeli military occupation. These events offer a glimpse of the political minefield Obama will have to navigate when he visits Israel and the West Bank next week, the first time he has come to the area as president. Each side will be trying to win his support for some of the most contentious issues between them. Israel will be looking for assurances that the U.S. is serious about stopping Iran’s suspect nuclear program. Obama will also be seeking to repair a strained relationship with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. While he has said he will not present any grand peace plan, Obama will
also be under pressure to convince the Palestinians that he is serious about getting peace efforts restarted — and presumably pressing Israel to make new concessions. With so much at stake, Israelis and Palestinians are hoping to capitalize on their moment in the spotlight. In a statement to reporters, Jerusalem municipal officials said they would be “taking advantage” of the visit to put the holy city’s best face forward. Crews have been pulling up weeds along the roads Obama’s motorcade will take. Decorative lights will be illuminated all night long on the ancient walls of the Old City, opposite Obama’s hotel, “to allow the president to view them from his room and for the hundreds of journalists broadcasting throughout the night to the U.S. to see the city’s beauty.”
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to students openly with an objective point of view. “I first became interested in OU Confessions when I started seeing an entire range of comments - all things that most people wouldn’t say in public,” Wright said. “Most posters that I saw just wanted to complain about their lives, but there were a few genuine people sharing their true emotions, and that caught my attention.” This isn’t the first situation where Wright has used his objective perspective to give others wholesome advice. “In high school, I was able to distance myself from situations between friends and judge them very objectively in order to give people the best advice I could give,” Wright said. His honesty and point of view displayed through his many comments on the page caught the attention of fellow students. “Most of the time, I receive a lot of nice responses to my comments, and one person actually contacted me through Facebook after I gave them advice to thank me,” Wright said. Wright said he also has received some explicitly negative feedback about his comments from his fellow students, despite his good intentions. “I think any kind of “It doesn’t bother me,” filter would defeat Wright said. “I’ve only reone actually. The rest the site’s purpose.” ceived were entirely positive.” Because of the explicit michael WriGht, content in some of the posts, mechanical enGineerinG sophomore Wright said he has questioned whether the university’s reputation has been affected by it. “I think the OU reputation has been affected in a negative way, but I think a lot of students have benefited from the site and being able to have a voice, even if it’s anonymous,” Wright said. He said he initially thought the creators of the site should implement a filtering system to prevent the inappropriate posts from being published, but he realized that the complete honesty of the posts is what makes them confessions. “I think any kind of filter would defeat the site’s purpose,” Wright said. Wright said he also has wondered whether the page should be deactivated based on its negative effects to the university’s reputation. “If OU runs it, I don’t think it should continue to exist just because of the detriment it’s doing to its reputation,” he said. “But if it is student created, I think it could be beneficial.” Latin senior Anthony Vogt, who also comments under his real name, said his opinion is mixed about the site. “Many confessions are ridiculous, over-the-top and absurd,” Vogt said. “The genuine confessions, on the other hand, can be interesting. A reader can figure out what may or may not be genuine.” Vogt said lots of pages of this sort exist already for many other universities. “I doubt the university’s reputation will take a serious hit,” he said. OU Confessions isn’t the only Facebook page of its kind. OU Compliments is a social project that aims to spread joy to the OU community, according to its page. There, students also can post anonymously, but instead of confessions, it allows students to recognize others in a positive way by tagging their names within the post. “On OU Confessions, people can be themselves even when they’re scared to be, but on OU Compliments, people are more themselves and say things that they would in real life,” Wright said.
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Florida’s lieutenant governor has resigned because of her ties to an internet cafe company that is now under federal investigation. Jennifer Carroll’s resignation was announced Wednesday, one day after she gave her resignation letter to Gov. rick scott. His chief of staff, Adam Hollingsworth, says her resignation was spurred by an investigation into the Allied veterans of the World, which was once represented by Carroll. Officials from that nonprofit internet cafe company were recently arrested on racketeering charges. The owner was arrested Tuesday in connection to allegations that he made $290 million after supplying illegal gambling software in Florida and claiming the games’ proceeds would benefit a veterans group. Authorities also interviewed Carroll. Carroll’s ties to the company were questioned when she was in the Legislature when she proposed a bill that would benefit internet cafes.
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Chemist accused of tampering evidence, faking test results A single justice of the state’s highest court is set to hear from prosecutors who are challenging the way lower courts are handling thousands of drug convictions now in jeopardy because of alleged misconduct by a state chemist. Justice margot Botsford has scheduled a hearing Wednesday morning, when she will also hear from defense attorneys and the American Civil Liberties Union of massachusetts. Chemist Annie dookhan has been accused of faking test results and tampering with evidence in drug cases.
Vatican elects Jorge Bergolio as pope the associated press
VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis is the first ever from the Americas, an austere Jesuit intellectual who modernized Argentina’s conservative Catholic church. Known until Wednesday as Jorge Bergoglio, the 76-year-old is known as a humble man who denied himself the luxuries that previous Buenos Aires cardinals enjoyed. He came close to becoming pope last time, reportedly gaining the second-highest vote total in several rounds of voting before he bowed out of the running in the conclave that elected Pope Benedict XVI. Groups of supporters waved Argentine flags in St. Peter’s Square as Francis, wearing simple white robes, made his first public appearance as pope. “Ladies and Gentlemen, good evening,” he said before making a reference to his roots in Latin America, which accounts for about 40 percent of the world’s Roman Catholics . Bergoglio often rode the bus to work, cooked his own meals and regularly visited the slums that ring Argentina’s capital. He considers social outreach, rather than doctrinal battles, to be the essential business of the church. He accused fellow church leaders of hypocrisy and forgetting that Jesus Christ bathed lepers and ate with prostitutes. “Jesus teaches us another way: Go out. Go out and share your testimony, go out and interact with your brothers, go out and share, go out and ask. Become the Word in body as well as spirit,” Bergoglio told Argentina’s priests last year. Bergoglio’s legacy as cardinal includes his efforts to repair the reputation of a church that lost many followers by failing to openly challenge Argentina’s
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pope francis waves to the crowd from the central balcony of st. peter’s Basilica at the Vatican, Wednesday. Cardinal Jorge Bergoglio, who chose the name of francis is the 266th pontiff of the roman Catholic Church.
murderous 1976-83 dictator- concept of Catholicism, “this ship. He also worked to re- Church of ‘come inside so cover the church’s traditional we make decisions and anpolitical influence in soci- nouncements between ourety, but his outspoken crit- selves and those who don’t icism of President Cristina come in, don’t belong,” to Kirchner couldn’t stop her the Pharisees of Christ’s time from imposing socially lib- — people who congratulate eral measures that are anath- themselves while condemnema to the church, from gay ing all others. marriage and This sort of a d o p t i o n t o “It’s a very curious pastoral work, free contracepaimed at capthing: When tives for all. ing more bishops meet, tur “In our ecsouls and clesiastical re- he always wants building the gion there are to sit in the back flock, was an priests who essential skill don’t baptize rows. This sense for any relithe children of gious leader of humility is single mothin the mode r s b e c a u s e very well seen in ern era, said they weren’t Bergoglio’s auRome.” conceived in thorized biogJorGe BerGoGlio the sanctity rapher, Sergio of marriage,” Rubin. Bergoglio told his priests. But Bergoglio himself felt “These are today’s hypo- most comfortable taking a crites. Those who clericalize very low profile, and his perthe Church. Those who sep- sonal style was the antithearate the people of God from sis of Vatican splendor. “It’s salvation. And this poor girl a very curious thing: When who, rather than returning bishops meet, he always the child to sender, had the wants to sit in the back rows. courage to carry it into the This sense of humility is very world, must wander from well seen in Rome,” Rubin parish to parish so that it’s said before the 2013 conbaptized!” clave to choose Benedict’s Bergoglio compared this successor.
Bergoglio’s influence seemed to stop at the presidential palace door after Nestor Kirchner and then his wife, Cristina Fernandez, took over the Argentina’s government. His outspoken criticism couldn’t prevent Argentina from becoming the Latin American country to legalize gay marriage, or stop Fernandez from promoting free contraception and artificial insemination. His church had no say when the Argentine Supreme Court expanded access to legal abortions in rape cases, and when Bergoglio argued that gay adoptions discriminate against children, Fernandez compared his tone to “medieval times and the Inquisition.” This kind of demonization is unfair, says Rubin, who obtained an extremely rare interview of Bergoglio for his biography, the “The Jesuit.” “Is Bergoglio a progressive — a liberation theologist even? No. He’s no thirdworld priest. Does he criticize the International Monetary Fund, and neoliberalism? Yes. Does he spend a great deal of time in the slums? Yes,” Rubin said.
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THUMBS UP: Michael Wright leaves encouraging comments on the OU Confessions Facebook page for people going through tough situations and challenges. (Page 1)
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Making records available online engages students Our view: Online records are a simple way to
an online database, it would allow students to instreamline the process of requesting records and teract with school information. make it more accessible to students. Even though many of these records are available online in different places, placing them online in The Oklahoma state government is taking steps one location would make them easier to access to improve transparency and disperse records to and save the Open Records Office from directing citizens through data.ok.gov. The website offers inquiries to the applicable department. a centralized database for records pertaining to We believe such an online database would save payroll and budgets. time by eliminating the need for repeat requests. The website does not include every document Two students who request the same record would available under the Open Records Act, but it does not need two copies. The second student could contain many of the most common and useful re- look up the record online after it had been fulfilled cords for citizens to access. the first time. The state website holds 326 individMore importantly, students would be The Our View ual records about Oklahoma and links is the majority encouraged to engage in their OU comopinion of to thousands of records from across the munity. If a student wanted to know how The Daily’s country through explore.data.gov, a webmuch a new building addition costs or nine-member site that brings together state and nationhow much an athletic coach makes, that editorial board al data in an easy-to-understand format information would be easily available. using charts and graphs. We realize it would be costly and diffiThe OU Open Records Office should adopt a cult to place all available records online at once, similar strategy. so we are proposing a piecemeal strategy for The office could post requested records online placing records online incrementally as they are and create a centralized database for those rerequested. cords. An open records website similar to data. OU has dozens of programs geared toward stuok.gov would enable OU students to access indent civic engagement and this database would formation about the university quickly and be an easy way to increase student engagement in efficiently. the OU community. In February alone, the OU Open Records Office received more than 20 requests. If, when fulfilling these requests, the office could post the records to Comment on this on OUDaily.com
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Parking services responds to ticket records concerns In response to the March 12 article in The Oklahoma Daily “Access Denied,” I wanted to reiterate our department’s commitment to transparency. In response to numerous Daily requests, the university has provided information on locations of tickets given and statistics regarding the numbers of tickets issued. Additionally, the university has provided to The Daily and will continue to provide information related to any non-student ticket recipient, including faculty, staff or university guests to whom the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act does not apply. In fact, we have already provided parking ticket information about President Boren and other university officials. Additionally, I would like to clarify the university’s position regarding access to parking ticket information. Unlike those tickets referenced in the article issued by the city, the university’s ticketing system is an administrative — not criminal — function. In contrast to law enforcement records that may be disclosed, administrative records “directly related to a student” that “are maintained by an educational agency or institution” may not be disclosed under FERPA. Unlike law enforcement records, the Department of Education has not specifically exempted parking information from the language of the federal regulations. I have spoken with Boren regarding the matter, he is sympathetic to the concept of disclosing the names of students receiving tickets, but the university is bound to comply with current federal guidance. Should that guidance change, the university will adopt policies that include the disclosure of student information alongside that already available for faculty, staff and others. Douglas W. Myers is the director of Parking and Transportation Services.
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e have all heard Opinion COlumnist the saying, “if it is too good to be true, it probably is.” Lately, news coverage about an HIV-cured child has me believing, “it’s too good to be true.” Though doctors have reportedly found a cure for Sarah Sullivan infant HIV that worked on katsar313@netzero.net one child, a remedy to cure HIV will not solve HIV. Regular testing and safe sex practices are vital to prevent life-threatening conditions like cancer and AIDS. If doctors found a cure to HIV in babies, we can expect scientists to manipulate this treatment to cure HIV in adults. HIV will no longer be a crippling disease, but a treatable ailment. Although this is a huge, positive leap, we may also be opening the door for people of all genders and sexualities to be less vigilant about safe sex. Doctors in Mississippi claim to have cured a two and a
half year old girl of HIV. The child’s mother was unaware she was HIV positive. Though the newborn tested HIV-positive after being treated with AIDS drugs within 30 hours of birth, doctors continued treatment until she was 18 months old and the levels of the HIV virus eventually dropped so low that later tests started to read HIV-negative. Though there were still traces of the virus, none were found to be capable of multiplying. The only other known case of cured HIV was with man in Berlin. Timothy Ray Brown, received a stem cell transplant from a donor with a gene mutation which allowed him to produce white blood cells insusceptible to the virus. More than 33 million people worldwide are living with HIV and 330,000 children are infected with HIV, worldwide. There is no doubt a cure for HIV is necessary. However, with a cure, will come the need for more education about safe sex practices. Diseases like chlamydia, gonorrhea and syphilis may seem less terrifying if participants know they can
completely rid them from their bodies without long term effects. Even if you contract HIV and seek a cure, the virus can wreak havoc on one’s immune system. Those with HIV are more likely to develop cancers like Kaposi’s sarcoma, lymphoma, cervical cancer and cancer of the rectum, according to the Honor Society of Nursing on ShareCare. com. HIV can affect the brain, kidneys, heart and other organs. We must also consider that some people, like the mother of the little girl, are not even aware they have HIV until it has turned in AIDS. That, we do not have a cure for. It is imperative for sex education programs, doctors and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to stress that safe sex practices and regular testing is essential, regardless if there is a cure for HIV. If we do not accept the responsibility that will come with the freedom from a once life-shattering affliction, we will be no better off. Sarah Sullivan is an professional writing junior.
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t is understandable stuin industrialized counOpinion Columnist dent organizations like tries, according to the US InterVarsity Christian Department of State’s June Fellowship and OU Freedom 2012 Trafficking in Persons Movement want to host and Report. support organizations like These numbers and the International Justice Mission, fact that Oklahoma is a a non-profit organization major stop for traffickers in that fights human traffickthe U.S., according to the Micah Wormley ing worldwide, and support Associated Press, should m.wormley@ou.edu events like Justice Week. be enough for any Sooner However, we should be seto want to get involved in lective with which organizations we prothe fight against forced labor and human mote, and we should educate ourselves trafficking. about every organization fighting human International Justice Mission has 15 trafficking. offices worldwide and has rescued 2,400 Human trafficking is pervasive interindividuals from slavery since 1997, Toscas nationally with estimates for worldwide said in her presentation. victims at about 20.9 million, according to Charity Navigator, a service that allows a 2012 report by the International Labour members to evaluate and compare charOffice. The number could be as high as 27 ities based on financial performance and million, according to a presentation on accountability, gives the charity a score of Tuesday by Jaclyn Toscas, a college stu61.05 out of 70 overall. dent mobilization program manager for However, there are some drawbacks to International Justice Mission. supporting International Justice Mission. It is also disturbingly common in the It is a Christian organization, and while U.S., with an estimated 1.5 million victims that may not hinder their direct goal,
it may scare away potential supporters who do not share their specific religious affiliation. Also, it does not differentiate between legitimate, voluntary sex workers and those being sexually exploited and sold, often “rescuing” sex workers against their will, according to an article on Mother Jones. This may be why its estimates of trafficked persons are on the higher end of the scale. This leaves action. If you agree with both the cause and the organization, by all means join the Stand for Freedom event on the South Oval Thursday. Students will stand from 6:27 a.m. Thursday to 12:27 a.m. Friday. The time represents the group’s estimate of trafficking victims. If you only agree with the cause and not the organization, reach out to other organizations, evaluate them, organize and demonstrate. More immediately, I encourage people who fall into the latter category to find a time during the Stand for Freedom event to sit with those who stand.
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By the numbers Victims by region Europe and North America: 1.5 million Northern Asia: 1.6 million Southeast Asia: 11.7 million Africa: 3.7 million Central and South America: 1.8 million
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golf: Castiello blazes path for other Mexican golfers to play in America Continued from page 1 Castiello excelled at the sport in an area where its popularity is low but still growing thanks to the success of retired LPGA golfer Lorena Ochoa. In Mexico, it was easy for him to feel like one of the best. It was the same group of golfers competing at every tournament together, so if someone was good, he or she knew he or she could win every time they played. Leaving that group of competitors to come play in the U.S. was an important experience for Castiello, and something he urges all young golfers in Mexico to do. Instead of competing against the same 40-or-so golfers in every tournament, there are 1,000 more to consider, and it’s much harder to know what to expect at every tournament, Castiello said. “In Mexico, you feel like you’re the best,” he said. “And you get out of Mexico, and you’re like, ‘well, I don’t know what to expect now in this tournament because I don’t know what’s out of Mexico.’” Castiello experienced playing golf and living in America while he attended the International Junior Golf Academy in Hilton Head Island, South Carolina in 2006. He spent his whole ninth grade year at the academy, and the time he spent there helped make the transition to Norman easier, especially adjusting to the language barrier. “I went there mainly just to learn English,” Castiello said. “But I just didn’t want to not play golf for a year.” The decision to leave his hometown of Guadalajara to live in the U.S. was not an easy one. It finally came down to choosing between starting a career in Mexico or going to school and playing golf in America. He chose to move and at least try it. Schools in Washington, New Orleans and San Antonio all attempted to court Castiello, but he landed on OU because of the connection he felt with Hybl and because OU “just felt like it was the right place,” he said. He moved here with the idea of trying it out for the first semester, and if he didn’t like it, he would go
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Junior Eduardo Castiello watches the flight of his ball at Jimmie Austin OU Golf Club. The Guadalajara, Mexico native joined the Sooners in 2010. His lowest score at OU came in March 2011 at the Desert Shootout in Goodyear, Ariz. when he shot a 206 and finished fourth.
home and start again in became really good friends. He’s a really nice guy.” Mexico. Senior Will Kropp also It was a tough adjustment at first, but his teammates was there when Castiello helped ease his transition first arrived. Kropp said if and turned it into a good ex- Castiello had a hard time perience. Senior Abraham adjusting, he did a good job Ancer, in particular, helped hiding it. “I think always coming Castiello at the beginning. Ancer was born in Texas, from a different country, it’s but grew up in Mexico — tough to adjust, but I mean Ed makes where his f a m i l y w a s “He’s just a beautiful friends with from — beguy. I mean he’s a people prett y e a s i l y ,” fore moving great kid.” Kropp said. back to Texas Kropp prior to high ryan hybl, is proof of s c h o o l . He ou golf coach that too: He met Castiello lives with a few times while growing up playing Castiello in a house off campus and said he is a great golf in Mexico. “We weren’t really close roommate. “(Castiello) always does friends, but I played, I don’t know, probably five big like to have a good time, no tournaments against him,” matter what it is,” he said. Ancer said. “I knew who he “Whether it’s golf or just sitwas since we were 10, 12, or ting on the couch, it doesn’t really matter. He always so.” The previous connection seems to make things fun.” After two and a half years, between the two golfers made for a quick friend- Castiello said he loves it ship when they ended up in here in Norman. The emphasis OU places on athletOklahoma together. “It was like if we had ics and the southern hosknown each other all our pitality of the people here l i ve s,” A n c e r s a i d , “ We played big roles in easing
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his transition from Mexico. “Everything here is just really nice,” he said. “They’re really nice here in Oklahoma.” Castiello is a junior now, and his impact on the team has gone far beyond his results on the course. Castiello choosing to come to OU seemed to open up the doors for other golfers from Mexico to join him here, Hybl said. “If Eduardo wasn’t here,
I w ou l d n ’ t have g o tte n Abe (Ancer),” he said. “If I didn’t have Eduardo and Abe, I wouldn’t have Eloy G onzalez, who’s on my team right now.” “And I think we’re going to have some more. So it’s weird how Eduardo has created this opportunity for me to be able to go [recruit in Mexico].” It wasn’t easy for Castiello to leave home to live in a different country and go
to s chool there, but he made the adjustment successfully, and the people who know him are glad he did. Kropp said living with Castiello gives him a different perspective on things, and he’s a great teammate in all situations. There were so many opportunities for Castiello not to be here: He could have stuck with soccer; he could have decided to stay in Mexico; he could have gone to college right away instead of waiting a year; he could have to a different junior golf tournament than the one at Jimmie Austin. But he didn’t. And he’s here now. So it doesn’t seem surprising that OU “felt right” to him. T h e y o u n g ma n f ro m Mexico is happy in Oklahoma. “He’s just a beautiful guy,” Hybl said. “I mean he’s a great kid.” Dillon Hollingsworth Dillon.J.Hollingsworth-1@ou.edu
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inston Churchill. Frank it truly your own. When you wear a pre-tied tie, it’s symmetrical Sinatra. Karl Lagerfeld. and too exact-looking, which really drains the character from it. TIE TYING TIPS Fred Astaire. Bill Nye. Style is not about being perfect but expressing yourself, so go tie Orville Redenbacher. 1980s Steve it yourself. • Practice makes perfect Unlike the long tie, the bow tie is Jobs. These great men of fame and Now that we’re past that, let’s move on to the actual bow ties. difficult to tie by sight. You will need to influence share a stylistic bond There are several styles to choose from, and they all can be worn feel your way through part of it. that transcends the ages: the bow at any sort of occasion where a bow tie is acceptable. There’s tie. Despite the ease of following your standard shape, which is what most people think of. There’s • Tying bow ties is tough to understand the norm and wearing a long tie, also the slim-line, which has narrower wings. You can find this Buck Roberson because the most difficult part they chose to reject conformity and one often, as well, as it avoids being too conspicuous. It tends to buckroberson@ou.edu requires you to sort of jam a folded proudly display the neck butterfly. flatter slender men, but anyone can get away with it. A bit less piece of cloth through an indistinct You, too, can join this figurative common is the butterfly style, with particularly wide wings. This loop. fraternity and become part of the bourgeoning masses beginning one can be more difficult to pull off, as you typically need a fairly • Make sure your tie fits your neck. to affect the bow tie. We are fortunate to find ourselves at its rebroad frame to look good in it. Finally, you have the diamond tip Adjust its length if it doesn’t. turn to the mainstream, so why not? or batwing bow tie, which has ends that are pointed rather than The bow tie has ridden in on two contrasting trends and with squared off. This is a personal favorite of mine. It is somewhat • The bow tie has four wings. The two divergent looks in mind. As part of geek chic, it combines asymmetrical when tied, which adds visual interest. looped one in front tightens the knot the association of bow ties with the stereotypical look of nerds, You shouldn’t wear the same bow ties all the time. Black bow itself, and the looped one in the back backed by geek culture icons like Doctor Who. ties are the most common color you’ll find, but they’re formal adjusts how closely it sits to your neck. In a rather different direction, the bow tie has played a promand are worn best with tuxedoes. If you want to wear a bow tie in • If you can’t seem to get the knot inent role in the revival of gentlemanly fashion. At one point, a more casual situation, try adding color or — better yet — a patdown, try learning a couple of knots it was a common part of the dapper gent’s wardrobe, so it now tern. Stripes and dots are both nice options, but don’t be afraid for your long tie before trying again. functions as something of a playful throwback. to be bold. It’s a bow tie, which is a bit brash already. In fact, you This will help you become more Because of these two trends, we’ve begun to see bow ties make don’t even have to stay with the same old material. If you want accustomed to how to work with cloth a significant comeback from their multi-decade slump in poputo wear a bow tie during the day, try cotton rather than silk. They around your neck. larity. In fact, you can’t go to an event that’s even vaguely formal really look quite charming, and they can have some nice textures without seeing at least one or two. Heck, you even can see them you can’t usually get with silk. around campus sometimes, and not just on the collars of the proBow ties are still a bit mysterious after their time out of fashion, fessors. There’s no questioning it anymore — bow ties are cool. but they aren’t difficult once you start to get into them. Start wearing one occasionally, if Unfortunately, people know very little about bow ties. Everyone has some idea, but not for the trendiness, then for the company. Churchill and Nye would be proud. there’s more to it than meets the eye. Allow me to straighten things out. Firstly, tie your own dang tie. I’ve seen a lot of guys walking around in pre-tied ties, which is misguided. “Don’t trust a man who doesn’t tie his own tie. He’s trying to take credit for something he didn’t do,” professor Ralph Doty of the classics department once Buck Roberson is a classical languages junior. told me. If you’re going to cash in on a trend, at least commit the time it takes to learn. Besides, you’ll get loads of credit for it. Part of the charm of the bow tie is its individuality. Each time you tie it, the knot comes out differently. This variation and touch of imperfection humanizes it and makes
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Choir unites students Student-led gospel choir performs in residence halls
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Guest artist to jazz up series A professor from Texas Tech University will perform with an OU faculty member
Graham Dudley Life & Arts Reporter
Every Wednesday at 8 p.m., human relations junior Mashaela Stripling drives to Adams Center for an evening of friends and fellowship in Tarman Tower’s lobby. Passersby will pause for a glance and sometimes stop and listen to the sweet voices of the University Gospel Choir, but the choir’s 15 members aren’t doing it for the attention. The choir’s purpose is to incorporate Christian principles into life at OU through ministerial duties and singing, according to the OU student organization’s website. For the last three years, Stripling has been living that out. Stripling has been involved with the choir since she arrived on campus, she said. She and fellow choir member, industrial engineering junior Opal Pierce, are the choir’s longest-running memb ers save for choir director Ryan Marsh, she said. Marsh, a mechanical engineering senior, has been involved off and on with the choir since around 2007, Stripling said. Last spring when the choir’s former director was preparing to graduate, the group stopped meeting for the semester. Stripling helped convince Marsh to come back and direct the group this year, and the results have been fantastic, she said. The group has seen an increase in new members and a renewed enthusiasm.
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From left: Blair Tillman, University College freshman, Mashaela Stripling, human relations junior, Rachel Bartlett, meteorology junior, and Drucilla Head-Rials, University College freshman, practice Wednesday night for an upcoming concert with University Gospel Choir.
Blair Tillman, University College freshman, is one of these new choir members. She has been singing with the University Gospel Choir since November. Tillman took choir in high school and was a leader in Fellowship of Christian Athletes, but this is her first gospel choir experience. So far, she loves it, she said. The beginning of the year was a little unorganized, but things have been going very well since Marsh stepped in, Tillman said. Marsh usually chooses contemporary music by Kim Burrell, Kirk Franklin and others, which Tillman enjoys, she said. The choir did a Christmas show with the University of Central Oklahoma and Oklahoma City University, and since then has been asked to per for m three m o r e t i m e s, i n c l u d i n g once Sunday night at the Community Lighthouse Church of the Pentecostal
Ministries Inc. in Oklahoma City. Sunday night’s performance was Tillman’s fav o r i t e s o f a r, s h e s a i d . University College freshman Madison Ward recently joined the choir, Tillman said, and Ward got her own solo at the concert. “She killed it. It was a good night. She really became part of the choir,” Tillman said. Many of the choir’s new members joined to make friends, to feel fellowship and to sing praise, Tillman said. For Stripling, after three years in the choir, the connection is a little more personal. Stripling’s father passed away in December 2011, and having her friend Pierce and the choir around helped a lot, she said. “ Ju s t k n o w i n g t h a t I had my church family and my choir family here
— everyone being here for me and supporting me — and being able to express myself in song, that was important,” Stripling said. She is glad for the new class of choir members who will be here to carry on the music when she’s gone, Stripling said. The University Gospel Choir’s next big event is its free spring concert at 7 p.m. April 20 in Oklahoma Me m o r i a l U n i o n ’s Me a c h a m Au d i t o r i u m, Stripling said. OCU and UCO will likely be down for the event as well, Stripling said. Everyone is welcome to attend. “Fellowship with choir members changes things — it does something,” Stripling said. “We have fun and sing and praise God through song.” Graham Dudley graham.dudley4@gmail.com
The light-hearted and jazz influenced works of two living composers will be performed at the “Living Song” recital today. “Living Song” is presented by the Sutton Artist Series, which features an OU faculty member and a guest artist. Elizabeth Avery, a professor and vocal coach, will play the piano with mezzo-soprano Quinn Patrick Ankrum, professor of voice at Texas Tech University. Professors Valerie Watts, flute, and Jonathan Ruck, cello, will play as well, Avery said. The concert is comprised of works by composers John Harbison and Jake Heggie, and is a blend of art song and vocal chamber music. Avery and Patrick have been working independently, with each other and with the composers in preparation for this concert, Patrick said. “I’m looking forward to exposing the audience to these composers and these works,” Avery said. “The songs really fascinate me as well.” The concert will be divided into two parts, with the first half consisting of two works by Harbison, and the second half comprised of two works by Heggie, Avery said. “The music is quite eclectic in nature,” Patrick said. This is not the first time Avery and Patrick have worked together. The two did their doctorates together, are long time collaborators and have done a number of performances with each other. The two have even been collaborating on a piece together for the past five years, Patrick said. “Living Song” is part of a bigger project they are working on. In the future, Patrick hopes to do recitals to open audiences’ eyes to art song, she said. “A song is a living thing on many levels,” Patrick said. But at the moment, the two are focused on this concert and the chance to collaborate with fellow musicians and give people a chance to escape from reality through their music, Patrick said. “My favorite part of performing is the communication and trying to reach people’s souls and emotions,” Avery said. The concert will be at 8 p.m. Thursday in Catlett Music Center’s Morris R. Pitman Recital Hall. Tickets are $9 for adults and $5 for students, senior adults, OU faculty and staff and military. “I encourage people to attend and try something new,” Patrick said. “They’ll likely enjoy themselves.” Tess Thomson tthomson@ou.edu
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