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“We want to support what’s already being done great here at OU and find a way to unite the student body and make these things better.” “[Ezuego’s] just the most serving human that I know. In every community that he’s involved in, I think people would say the exact same thing about him.” “I would like for CAC to put a little more of a focus on smaller interactions that could make just as a big of an impression like these huge ... traditional events.”
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For Ernest Ezeug o and Madeline Grunewald, being Student Government Association president and vice president would be about giving back to the Sooner community. “OU has given me a whole lot since I’ve been here,” said Ezeugo, SGA presidential candidate and political science junior. He learned about the importance of giving back from ernest his mother - she gave up a ezeugo social life and worked full time to put Ezeugo and his siblings in college, he said. Madeline Grunewald, vice presidential candidate and political science sophomore, said she believes all OU students “have the chance to do something amazing.” Seeing her friend Ezeugo grow in the Norman community inspired her to join him. The first thing the two would like to change is increased transparenc y madeline and response in student grunewald
government, Grunewald said. They would like to know about any problems and get them fixed quickly. Additionally, they would like the mandatory training for registered student organizations to run more soundly. Ezeugo and Grunewald also would like to create “South Oval 2.0,” which would make student government representatives available on popular parts of campus, such as the South Oval, Bizzell Library, and Campus Corner, to communicate better with students, Grunewald said. Finally, Ezeugo wants to unite the student body against the increasing cost of higher education by creating a comprehensive plan with the help of administration, Ezeugo said. Ezeugo and Grunewald want to “take what’s at OU and make it even better,” Ezeugo said. “We want to support what’s already being done great here at OU and find a way to unite the student body and make these things better,” Ezeugo said.
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Strengthening the OU student body and creating an inclusive culture within SGA are what drove Jackson Lisle and Laura Shapiro to run for Student Government Association’s president and vice president, respectively. Their platform includes three main goals – to create SGA Crew, increase sustainability efforts and form a comprehensive campus Jackson Lisle calendar. SGA Crew would be an open and ongoing application process, like CAC Crew, that would allow any student to get involved in their student government at anytime, economics junior Shapiro said. “Currently, when students ask if they can join their student government, we say, ‘Wait and apply for the Executive Branch, run for a Congress seat in April, or apply for Sooner Freshman Council.’” Shapiro said. “We would like the answer to ‘Can Laura I get involved in my student Shapiro government?’ to always be ‘Yes, here’s the application.’ Increasing sustainability efforts would include moving SGA applications to an online format, essentially encouraging all other campus applications to do so as well.
“In this day and age, this should have happened already,” said Lisle, an accounting and finance sophomore. “We waste way too much paper on a daily basis, and we need to be more efficient.” The comprehensive calendar would be online for all RSO meetings and events. “The idea is to make it as easy as possible for every student to get involved in the community,” Shapiro said. “It’d be a really simple way to bring the campus together.” Shapiro said Joe Sangiardi and Rainey Sewell, current president and vice president, have been successful in making every member an essential part of SGA and that is something they will continue to do. “I know that Laura and I’s plans will strengthen the OU student body,” Lisle said. Lisle currently ser ves in the S GA Department of the Exterior. He has been involved with student government over the last two years, serving in the Undergraduate Student Congress, the Executive Branch and Campus Activities Council, he said. Shapiro currently serves as SGA Director of the Exterior. She has been involved with student government over the last two years, serving in Undergraduate Student Congress and the Executive Branch, she said. “We really have both the institutional knowledge and the experience that it takes,” Shapiro said. “ Nadia Enchassi nadia.j.enchassi-1@ou.edu
Gardner aims for diverse CAC Ajinur Setiwaldi Campus Reporter
KatieBeth Gardner decided to run for Campus Activities Council chairperson so she can help other students gain the same positive experience from their organizations as she has with hers. “I got so much out of [CAC], and I want every student to have that opportunity if they would like to,” said Gardner, multidisciplinary studies and history of science junior. Gardner currently serves katie-beth as the assistant to the chair- gardner man for Sooner Scandals, one of the events organized by CAC. She is running on a 6-point “Let’s grow together” platform, according to her campaign website. The platform includes increasing engagement with students, streamlining the CAC brand, working with all branches of SGA, simplifying the application process, sharing knowledge and developing the students with whom CAC interacts, according to the website. “I want to see our events grow,” Gardner said. “I want to make sure we’re reaching more students than ever.” CAC will be able to reach more students by growing internally and externally - the organization itself has to grow and become more cohesive, Gardner said. She plans to help CAC grow by creating a unified
application process for CAC elections and reformatting the CAC website and CAC’s social networking sites to provide more detailed information about each event, Gardner said. “We could do a better job of really making sure that each event is getting the attention it deserves,” Gardner said. Increasing engagement within the community will allow CAC to grow with the community, Gardner said. She said while she will continue longstanding traditions like the 71-year-old Sooner Scandals, she will work to create new events for target groups that feel excluded. “I would like for CAC to put a little more of a focus on smaller interactions that could make just as a big of an impression like these huge gigantic traditional events,” Gardner said. If elected, Gardner said she would work with other organizations on campus to make CAC a more inclusive organization. Gardner said she hopes that events like barbeques may bridge the divide between the international and local student communities. Her campaign team and volunteers also exemplify her dedication to inclusivity and diversity, Gardner said. “Collectively, we represent the student body really well,” Gardner said. Ajinur Setiwaldi Ajinur.U.Setiwaldi-1@ou.edu
Kiehl focuses on teamwork Shelby Guskin Campus Reporter
One candidate for CAC chairman brings with him experience and a history within the organization that has helped him grow as a person — something he wants to share with other students. Sam Kiehl, social studies education senior, has been a Sam Kiehl part of CAC since his freshman year and has served as the General Council’s secretary this year. “The cool thing about CAC is that it’s helped me find value in myself, which is weird because in no way do I consider myself someone who doesn’t have any value, but what others saw in me, I never really saw in myself until I got involved in CAC,” Kiehl said. Kiehl said he wants to strengthen CAC from the inside, create an incentive system for the CAC Crew volunteers and create liaisons from CAC Crew to the 14 CAC event-planning teams, Kiehl said. Kiehl said he wants a greater feeling of inclusivity and diversity in the organization as a whole. “We’ve started encouraging all of the
members of our executive committees that when you come to an event to not wear shirts or clothing affiliated with any other organizations,” Kiehl said. He said wearing clothing from other organizations c r e a t e s a “I’d love to continue kind of in- to broaden the reach timidation by trying to coand makes other peo- program with other ple not feel as included groups on campus in the group. — with some of He said he the multicultural also wants organizations.” to encourage more Sam Kiehl, diversity in social studies education programsenior ming for CAC. “I’d love to continue to broaden the reach by trying to co-program with other groups on campus — with some of the multicultural organizations,” Kiehl said. Shelby Guskin spguskin@gmail.com
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Students and staff demonstrated their support for the GLBTQ community Tuesday on the South Oval as they wrote messages on colorful flags and arranged them on the lawn. This week is Ally Appreciation Week, a week dedicated to thanking allies who make an effort to make OU an inclusive campus, according to the Sooner Ally website. Sooner Ally has been linking Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender students with faculty, staff members and fellow students who have been trained to better understand the GLBTQ community’s unique needs, according to their website. Each flag represents an ally, said Kasey Catlett, adult and higher education graduate
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student. “We wanted to come up with a way to show the entire university how much of an impact our allies have,” he said. Allies who wore their Sooner Ally shirt or button to the demonstration were entered into a drawing to win prizes, such as University of Oklahoma Fine Arts tickets for “She’s Not There,” the book for their next book club event and a panoramic framed photo of the stadium on game day. But the prizes weren’t the only reason students participated. Advertising senior Abby Seal used the flags to express the fight for equality in the U.S. “I wrote my name and ‘Because everyone should have equal rights,’” she said. Seal wrote a message on another flag that said, “Because religion should not be in Mark Brockway/The Daily government.” Leah Kennedy, University College freshman, places a blue flag in the ground on the south oval Russian junior Leslie Foster quoted a Tuesday, March 26. The flags represent student and faculty allies to the GLBTQ community. George Harrison song on her flag.
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Warren determined “separate but equal” policies were unconstitutional because the policies inherently The Supreme Court is hearing arguments today to determine the con- infringe upon the rights of minority groups. When Warren’s logic is stitutionality of the federal applied to same-sex marriagDefense of Marriage Act. The The Our View act was implemented in 1996 is the majority es, the violation of a minority and defines marriage as begroup’s rights is even more opinion of apparent. Same-sex couples tween a man and a woman. The Daily’s nine-member have to pay more in taxes, are The act has prohibited samesex couples from accessing over editorial board not eligible for federal benefits and are discriminated against 1,000 federal tax and employin federal employment scenarios. If ment benefits, even if the couple was married in a state supporting same-sex one member of a same-sex couple is a federal employee, the spouse is not marriages. Also, the act mandates no eligible for health insurance and other state must recognize same-sex maremployee benefits. In 1967, the courts riages performed in other states. In invalidated state laws preventing inother words, a same-sex marriage in Massachusetts is not valid in Texas. terracial marriage — today’s decision The act is a clear violation of equal is the next step in this effort. protections provisions in the U.S. Marriage is simply a contract beConstitution. Segregating one section tween two people. Same-sex couples of the population and denying those ought to be allowed to enter into that people benefits is a dangerous praccontract. What the Supreme Court is tice. The Supreme Court should strike ruling on is not a religious ceremony down the federal Defense of Marriage or a moral judgment. Whether or not you morally agree with same-sex marAct to ensure all citizens are afforded equal protection under the law. riage, the federal government has no The most important case relating right to say which consenting adults to the scope of the Equal Protection are allowed to choose marriage. Clause of the 14th Amendment is Brown v. Board of Education. In the Comment on this on OUDaily.com 1954 decision, Chief Justice Earl
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s a child, my first back dead species, scienOpinion Columnist viewing of Jurassic tists and lay persons want Park was a mixture to know the practical beneof enchantment and terror fits of de-extinction. coupled with a longing deThose who oppose sire to turn science fiction de-extinction argue exinto reality. tinction is a natural way in Last Friday, scientists which evolution operates. gathered in Washington to Indeed, nearly 99 percent Nathan Cranford discuss the possibility of reof species have gone exmathan.a.cranford-1@ou.edu viving extinct species. This tinct during Earth’s history. is known as de-extinction. Further, many scientists However, the meeting was not centered and lay persons accuse those who wish to on whether scientists could de-extinct an- revive extinct species to be “playing God.” imals, but whether or not they should, in I can think of two objections to this line the words of “Jurassic Park”’s Ian Malcolm. of reasoning. “Jurassic Park” fans will be disappointed In regard to the former, the kind of exto know hopes for a dino-apocolypse are tinction that currently is taking place is futile — the genetic maman induced rather than terial necessary to clone environmentally induced. a dinosaur is long extirThis is based upon the Species extinct pated. However, hopes rate of current extinction from human to resurrect more recent brought about by pumpextinct species is not coming carbon into the atcauses pletely futile, National mosphere, hunting and Kouprey Geographic reported last logging — all of which are Webbed-footed coqui week. man induced. Further, no Golden coqui frog Possible candidates other era in the Earth’s Spix’s macaw for de-extinction include history has had mass exCafé marron the wooly mammoth, the tinction caused by the acdodo bird and the gastric tivities of a single species Source: gaurdian.co.uk brooding frog. as it has today. This is not There are a variety of typically how nature regupractical benefits to bringlarly operates. ing back extinct species, as well. For examIn regard to the latter, many species conple, insight into the reproductive behavior sidered for de-extinction have been wiped of the extinct gastric frog could provide out because of the activities of man. Those treatment for women who have a difficult who accuse scientists of playing God most time carrying babies. Furthermore, many hold equal accusation to those who drove of the technologies developed for animal these species to extinction in the first cloning could be used to help preserve en- place. dangered species. Too often, scientists are accused of For example, 10 years ago, scientists meaningless research. successfully cloned an extinct goat known Whereas there is a hint of validity to this as the Pyrenean ibex. By the end of the reasoning, this characterization is largely 20th century, the ibex had been wiped because of a misunderstanding regarding out completely because of over-hunting. how science operates. The de-extinction Scientists were able to inoculate bucardo’s of species is beneficial to both humaniDNA into 57 surrogate mothers, one of ty and the environment. It is a win/win which successfully gave birth to the goat. proposition. Unfortunately, due to genetic defects, the goat shortly died after delivery. Apart from the fascination with bringing Nathan Cranford is a philosophy senior.
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e are witnessor achieve equality. editor in chief ing history. It is not the end of the We are fight. In many ways, it is just lucky enough to be alive a beginning. and politically conscious But, building on the back as the highest court in the of past successes and deland debates the rights of cades of activism, marriage thousands of oppressed equality could be the victory Americans. that tips the scales and gets Mary Stanfield Moments like this one the momentum flowing in stanfieldm@ou.edu are a flash point. They the direction of equality. draw lines in the sand and provide rallySo for those of you “not really following points around which people gather to ing politics” or staying neutral, know that show their support. They allow people to it’s time to get involved. You’ll want to tell “come out” for equality. grandchildren or nieces and nephews So while wearing red and changing where you stood and what you did in this your profile picture to an equality symbol debate. Don’t disappoint them. doesn’t affect the Supreme Court’s deciFor the supporters, if you’re serious sions — much less help fix real problems about your support, if you really stand befacing the queer community — it visually hind that equality symbol, you need to do symbolizes the breadth of support for more than like a picture or post a status. We equality and gets the community talking. need people in the trenches. Our lives deStill, it is essential that we remember pend on it. marriage does not define the movement Don’t be a witness to history — make it for GLBTQ rights. It is not even the most happen. pressing issue facing the community And to those still standing in the way of when many are without reliable shelter, the rights of their fellow citizens: Get out of jobs or health care. the way, because you’re on the wrong side Even if the Supreme Court’s decision of history. is the best case scenario — an explicit protection of the constitutional right to Mary Stanfield is a philosophy senior. marriage — it will not solve oppression
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n March 5, of spying in connection to Opinion Columnist with the silent the conspiracy. The two movement of Americans were workhis lips, “I don’t want to ing at the U.S. Embassy in die. Please don’t let me Caracas. die,” were the words choThe White House dissen in the last moments missed any claims of conof life by the infamous spiracy and showed little Venezuelan President, remorse for the president’s Andrew Sartain Hugo Chavez. death. andrew.sartain@ou.edu Much like the life of However, the relationChavez, controversy surship between Chavez and rounds his death. The claims may seem the U.S. has remained rocky at best for crazy at first glance, but like most things some time. that are complex — they deserve a ratioSo it is no surprise the U.S. would be nal look into their validity. relieved at the change in power to take A life steeped in controversy and explace in Venezuela; especially considering tremity, Chavez left behind vast numVenezuela is one of the most prominent oil bers of both loyalists and opponents. exporters in South America. Although a massive heart attack was the Oil exports from Venezuela have been official cause of death, Chavez was batheavily allocated to China in recent tling an unspecified form of cancer in history. his pelvic region, which likely brought General Jose Ornella, who spent the last on or induced the heart attack. two years with Chavez, as well as in the There have been many claims of high- President’s final moments, corroborated tech assassinations in global politics the claims by Maduro when he told The over recent years and the grandiose pos- Associated Press, “I think it will be 50 years sibilities of weaponized diseases, name- before they declassify a document [that] I ly cancer. think (will show) the hand of the enemy is Chavez was well aware of these posinvolved;” although he did not specify the sibilities and addressed them several U.S. as that enemy. times in the last few years. Though it may be unlikely in modern In 2011, Chavez stated publicly, times, it is not impossible to weaponize “Would it be so strange that they (in the disease for the use of assassination — neiU.S.) have invented the technology to ther is it impossible to expose an enemy spread cancer, and we won’t know about leader to such disease remotely. it for 50 years?” Alexander Litvinenko, a former Russian Fidel Castro of Cuba, a known vicsecret service officer, was assassinated tim of countless failed assassination with polonium-210 poisoning in 2006. attempts during the 20th century and Assassinations are not limited to guns or good friend of Chavez was documented bombs, leaders are under constant threat advising Chavez, “Chavez, take care. of assassinations from a myriad of causes. These people have developed techCover-ups do not have to be sustained, nology. You are very careless. Take care just discredited long enough to render the what you eat, what they give you to evidence indifferent; a feat present in hiseat...a little needle and they inject you tory time and time again. with I don’t know what.” So I urge you to do your own investigaClearly Latin American leaders have tions regarding the validity of such assassisteadily grown wary of enemy agendas nation claims. in their countries and unlikely coinDon’t dive into darkness, but don’t stop cidences have spurred deep distrust looking either. Darkness makes things internationally. harder to see, but it does not bring about Perhaps the most intriguing detail fol- blindness. The ability to see is chosen by lowing the death of Chavez was the deci- one does the seeing. sion made by his heir, Interim President Nicolas Maduro, who accused the U.S. of being responsible in a conspiracy to as- Andrew Sartain is an interdisciplinary sassinate Chavez. Maduro expelled two perspectives on the environment and American military members on grounds nonprofit management senior.
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TAURUS (April 20-May 20) -- The only sure way to achieve success is to roll up your sleeves and do everything yourself. Depending on others to get things done might produce mediocre results. GEMINI (May 21-June 20) -- It behooves you to be democratic and bow to the will of the majority. If you’re too demanding, you can expect some serious trouble to arise. CANCER (June 21-July 22) -- Trying to bluff your way through a serious assignment isn’t likely to work. To be on the safe side, play it straight and get help if you need to. LEO (July 23-Aug. 22) -- Be extremely careful that you don’t get hot under the collar should a discussion get intense. There’s nothing to gain from losing your cool. VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) -- What works for someone else won’t necessarily do so for you, especially when it comes to your financial
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AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 19) -Watch your temper and don’t blow things out of proportion. You could create problems for some innocent people. PISCES (Feb. 20-March 20) -Regardless how rosy a financial presentation appears, it would be best to check things out for yourself before investing in it. It could be all talk and no substance.
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OU’s 14th-ranked baseball team faced off against the Oral Roberts Golden Eagles on Tuesday night at Jake L. Johnson Stadium in Tulsa.
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the top. This completed the trifecta of being ranked No. 1 in each of the two major college softball polls and the RPI ratings. Joe Mussatto The Shockers were No. Softball Beat Writer 164 in the RPI. The No. 1 Oklahoma softWichita State’s lack of ball team will look to stay success can be attributed unbeaten away from Marita partly to the team’s deficient Hynes Field as it travels hitting. north to take on Wichita The Shockers are batting State in a double-header just .239 as a team, ranking beginning at 3 p.m. today. in the bottom third of colThe Sooners (28-2) are a lege softball. Their team perfect 20-0 when playing home run total sits at 10 away from home. The top- — OU sophomore Lauren ranked team will try to ex- Chamberlain has 16. tend the streak versus the Oklahoma pitchers will Shockers (12-15). look to overwhelm Historically, OU Shocker hitters in has had its way with Wednesday’s pair Wichita State in past of games. The OU meetings — leadpitching staff, led ing the overall seby seniors Keilani ries 39-7. This year’s Ricketts and Shocker team has Michelle Gascoigne, struggled through michelle has an ERA of 0.85, the early part of the gascoigne leading the nation. season, but a win Ricketts and over Oklahoma sigGascoigne each nificantly would improve h o l d i m p re s s i v e N C A A the team’s resume. marks. Ricketts has a naBeating the Sooners will tion-best 12 shutouts, while not come easy. Gascoigne has the lowest In t h e f i rst R PI ra n k- ERA in the country, 0.64. ings of the season released Oklahoma suffered a setTuesday, OU was situated at back last weekend but has
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been rolling through its competition lately. The Sooners have run-ruled 12 opponents this season, and the numbers lend to believe more could be coming Wednesday. Nevertheless, Coach Patty Gasso said no matter who the opponent is, her team always has a target on its back. Knocking off the top-ranked Sooners has been done only twice all season; Wichita State will want to add to that mark. Joe Mussatto jmussatto@ou.edu
An interview with befallen and disgraced former Penn sports columnist State defensive coordinator Jerry Sandusky aired Monday on a ratings-desperate “Today Show.” I’m not going to use this column to discuss the content of the interview or the situation in Penn State that unfolded last year. The jury is, quite literally, out on the subject of Sandusky and Penn State’s innocence or guilt in the matter. The media has exhausted the subject, and there has not been a sportswriter who hasn’t chimed in with his or her two Tony Beaulieu cents. This column has to do with something Joe Paterno anthonybeaulieu78@gmail.com wrote 23 years ago which illuminates the circumstances of the Penn State scandal and relates to former OU head coach Barry Switzer. Don’t worry, I’ll explain. I’ve been reading Barry Switzer’s “Bootlegger’s Boy,” “[Switzer’s book] a sports memoir/exposé in the fashion of Jim Bouton’s brings into sharp seminal “Ball Four.” The 1990 paperback version features a page and a half foreword by the late Joe Paterno. Paterno focus this society’s mentions in the short but meaty passage his antagonism of Barry Switzer, and by the same measure, his admiration obsession with for Switzer. winning and its Paterno writes briefly but densely about the power fickle and fragile struggle at the time in college athletics between the control of institutions and the control of the coaching staff adulation of over athletic teams. The things he mentions about the winners, which can power of college athletics and the pressures players and turn so quickly into coaches feel under the money behemoth of the NCAA are particularly enlightening. And while he says nothing scorn.” remarkable to those familiar with the corrupting power of money and big business on sports, his statements gain an excerpt from joe added significance in the aftermath of the Penn State paterno’s foreword in scandal that rocked American sports and dominated “bootlegger’s boy” media coverage of college football last year. In 1990, Barry Switzer had just resigned as head coach of the Sooners in light of allegations that he ignored players’ drug use and that he had gambled on games. Joe Paterno seemingly identifies with Switzer’s position, as a man facing the same pressures and ethical dilemmas. He writes that the story of Barry Switzer “is the story of a tough man determined to overcome all odds and who at times gives way to self-serving rationalization to support the rightness of many of his actions” — a rationalization which no doubt proved to be dangerous grounds for those choosing to use it. Paterno knew full well how money and control affected a program, a team and a man. He writes of the sometimes questionable ethical decisions of “individuals caught up in the exhilarations that surrounds great athletes, great teams, and being number one.” Finally, Paterno seemingly predicts his own fall from grace in the public eye in a single sentence: “[Switzer’s book] brings into sharp focus this society’s obsession with winning and its fickle and fragile adulation of winners, which can turn so quickly into scorn.” Yet the fall of Paterno had nothing to do with his wins or losses on the football field; his failure was of a different sort. The foreword is fascinating and insightful in light of the horrible events that transpired at Penn State. And while it seems a light indictment of Barry Switzer for succumbing to the corrupting pressures of “big-time intercollegiate athletics,” we now know that Joe Paterno was not immune to succumbing to the same faults. Tony Beaulieu is a film and media studies junior and sports columnist for The Daily.
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aroline Eubanks, in “Caroline in the City”, blogs about her adventures while traveling all around the world. For those of us without the time (or money) to just hop on a plane and see Austria, Thailand, Italy, Ireland and more, her pictures and writings offer a great escape. She started her blog after a breakup during her junior year in college, Eubanks said in an email. At first she used it to write about her life in college, but as she began to travel more the blog became more focused on that, she said. After she graduated, she took a working holiday to Australia for a year, where she worked as a bartender for six months before traveling the rest of the time, Eubanks said. “I’ve heard so many stories about people entering the workforce and then wanting to leave for a big trip, but why take a job you’re going to hate in the first place?” Eubanks said. One post worth reading is “Photo Essay: The Great Ocean Road” that features gorgeous pictures of the ocean and the beach for those that didn’t get to go to Destin, Fla. for spring break. It also lists
(as if I needed another reason). And of course, I loved “My Favorite Eats of 2012,” featuring mouth watering pictures of food and desserts from all over the country and beyond. Other links on the site include her “Life List,” which is like her bucket list, a link to all her Google+ photo albums from her amazing adventures, her store and even packing suggestions. I enjoyed reading her adventures, travel suggestions and incredible pictures, but I hope she will include more Asian and non-EuART PROVIDED ropean countries in her fuCaroline Eubanks’ blog, “Caroline in the City,” features a post ture travels. titled “Photo Essay: The Great Ocean Road,” with a photo of the Eubanks said her favorite Cape Otway Light Station. thing about blogging and traveling abroad is connecting with people. She good places to eat, stay learning to surf, visiting loves talking about travel and visit in places like Port every state and territory and inspiring others to take Campbell and London in Australia and bungee their own working holiday, Bridge. jumping. but her least favorite things If you need inspiration to In “Photo Friday: Bath, include the costs and visas go abroad, or maybe more England,” Eubanks posts needed to travel, she said. reasons to help convince pictures of the Royal “I want college students your parents to let you go, Crescent, the Bath Abbey to read my blog because I check out “5 Reasons I’m and the Jane Austen was there not so long ago,” Leaving the Country to Centre, a must see for Eubanks said. Travel” that features her any Jane Austen lovers. reasoning for taking a non- “Photo Essay: Christmas in traditional route by living London” and “Photo Essay: abroad. Or read “24 Things Porto Street Art” fueled my Jessica Murphy is a public to Do Before Turning 24,” desire to get on a plane and relations sophomore. which includes things like go on my own adventures
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ear up, boys and girls, because Thursday “G.I. Joe: Retaliation” finally hits theaters across America in both 3-D and standard 2-D. The second installment of the “G.I. Joe” franchise was Brent Stenstrom set to come out last sumbrent.e.stenstrom-1@ou.edu mer, but after Paramount Pictures executives thought they could maximize their profits by making a 3-D version of the film, the film’s release date was pushed back nearly a year. “G.I. Joe: Retaliation” starts off with the G.I. Joes patrolling their camp when all of a sudden they are under attack by helicopters, and so starts the run-of-the-mill Hollywood action movie. The G.I. Joes go on to figure out they had been targeted for eradication, and for the rest of the movie the soldiers are out to stop the president before he destroys the world one major city at a time. Directed by Jon Chu (“Step Up 3D”), “G.I. Joe: Retaliation” has not made the best first impression because Chu’s most known movies are “Step Up 2: The Streets” and “Justin Bieber: Never Say Never.” Neither movie is remotely close to an action movie, but Chu has some big shoes to fill with his biggest budget and highest profile cast yet. Some people genuinely like big budget Hollywood action movies like this one. “G.I. Joe: Retaliation” stars Channing Tatum, who is probably one of the most attractive young actors out there right now. The movie definitely has its fair share of computer-generated imagery (CGI) action scenes. This demonstrates the argument that Hollywood big booms and computer-generated scenes are only skin deep. And after audience members leave the theaters they won’t have anything to say about the movie except how hot the actor or actress was or how cool the visual effects were. This is exactly what the big studios in Hollywood want from their audiences. And who can blame them? They’ve found a method for making and distributing movies that works for them.
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