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Students of the India Student Association celebrated the festival of Holi Sunday in Reaves Park, which takes place every spring. Participants celebrated by throwing colored powders as a symbol of equality and brotherhood.
Throwing color to show unity India Student Association celebrates festival of Holi CEDAR FLOYD
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Sunday afternoon, just as many people were getting home from Easter services, a group of students gathered to smear colors, not on hard-boiled eggs, but on each other in a different kind of spring celebration. The festival of Holi, hosted Sunday in Reaves Park by the India Student Association, takes place every spring
and is celebrated by smearing colored powders on the faces of family and friends as a symbol of equality and brotherhood, said Dhanya Dharma Rajan, president of the association and electric and computer engineering masters student. The festival is particularly prominent in northern India, where an entire city will gather in one place to dance, play with color and drink Thandai, a sweet, spiced milk beverage that is made only for the festival, she said. The festival opened by placing a
single smear of red on each person’s forehead. Then, more colors were added ceremoniously, each participant hugging another in friendship, saying “Happy Holi,” as their faces gradually became multi-colored. A few games of tag were played with the color and the people who managed to stay relatively color-free won free tickets to the upcoming India Night. Soon, however, formal games were forgotten and colors flew freely. “By putting colors on everybody, SEE HOLI PAGE 3
VIETNAMESE NIGHT
Students celebrate culture at ‘VietNite’ Student wins raffle, trip to homeland BENNETT HALL Campus Reporter
The Society of Vietnamese Students’ “VietNite” celebrated Vietnamese culture Saturday and put all event proceeds toward sending one raffle winner on an all-expenses-paid trip to Vietnam. Crowds gathered in Oklahoma Memorial Union’s Meacham Auditorium to watch a festival of songs, dances and fashion shows c e l eb rat i ng t ra d i t i o na l Vietnamese culture and then chow down on popular Vietnamese-French sandwiches, called “Bánh mì.” Vietnamese culture, particularly music, has many elements that seem to be representative of classic Chinese culture, petroleum engineering sophomore Ariel Octavianus said after the performances. At the end of the night, and after hundreds of raffle tickets had been sold to attendees, with some people even buying multiple tickets to raise their stakes, only one audience member left with fulfilled dreams of traveling to the country in southeast Asia. Her name is An Hoang,
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Winner of the Vietnamese Night competition, An Hoang, biochemistry junior from Oklahoma City Community College, performs a traditional Vietnamese dance.
and for her, it will be a journey home. A biochemistry junior who is spending this semester at Oklahoma City Community College, Hoang grew up in southern Vietnam until the age of 15, when she moved with her parents to Oklahoma City and had her first American experiences
as a high school sophomore, she said. “It was difficult being here at first because I wasn’t very good at English yet,” Hoang said. Since then, Hoang has improved her English skills and become less shy, having made many friends through being active in many
different Asian student clubs on campus and participating in the school spirit that she loves about American collegiate culture, she said. But she misses her home country. It has been two years since she last returned to see many of her family and long-time close friends, most of whom live in Ho Chi Minh City, she said. “I’ve been wanting to return very much this year and was planning on going back whether I won the raffle or not,” Hoang said. For Hoang, the most exciting thing waiting for her back home is her family and friends, but she also yearns for the beauty of the country and the wonderful food, she said. “I do plan on visiting more of my country after seeing family and friends in Ho Chi Minh,” Hoang said. “My favorite day in Vietnam is just a normal day. I want to go out to eat as much as possible and visit beautiful sites with my old friends.” Hoang said she will be busy with classes this summer and plans to book her return home for this December, just in time for Christmas. Bennett Hall benhall@ou.edu
a complicated world that he doesn’t understand completely yet. Sevigny made the move AJINUR SETIWALDI to OU after Campus Reporter working as a Ronald Sevigny left col- plumber for lege before he complet- a short time ed his freshman year. His but ultimategrades weren’t suffering. ly getting laid He didn’t miss home. He off due to the left because he had enlist- economy, he ed in the Army while he said. RONALD was in high school, and in “It was just SEVIGNY 2004, during his freshman t h e e c o n o year in college, he was de- my,” Sevigny ployed to Iraq. said. “I got cut pretty quick.” He spent a year in active Losing that job made getduty there. As t i ng by d i f f i “I just didn’t an engineer cult, but it also in the Army, want to be a gave S e vig ny he served in a the opportunity plumber the to think about unit of plumbers, electri- rest of my life. what he wanted cians and mado with his I had all that to sons near the life. Syrian border. time invested in “I just didn’t N o w , the military, so w a n t t o b e a Sevigny is plumber for the back in school I wanted to go rest of my life,” with a year’s back to school Sevigny said. worth of expe“I had all that and use my rience under time invested in his belt that the military, so benefits.” many stuI wanted to go RONALD SEVIGNY, dents can’t back to school ENVIRONMENTAL even imagand use my DESIGN JUNIOR ine and levbenefits.” el-headedBecause he ness one can get only after had attended college before, spending a year in combat. he enrolled as a transfer stuThe newfound patience dent, Sevigny said. There was helps him now as he tries to navigate OU’s campus,
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ARABIAN NIGHT
Arabian culture celebrated with night of festivities Many countries were represented through the various activities held AJINUR SETIWALDI Campus Reporter
Those who attended the 10th anniversary of the Arabian Cultural Night Saturday evening at Oklahoma Memorial Union got a taste of some of the food, fashion, music, dances, geography and politics of the Arab world. The Arab Student Association at OU organized the event, and the Saudi Students Association and Lebanese Student Association performed in the show, which was held to spread Arab culture at OU among the American and international students, said Kumail AlSaihati, Arab Student Association vice president and management information systems sophomore. The organization tries to represent as many countries from the Arab world as possible at the cultural night. The night features culture from Lebanon, Iraq, Saudi Arabia and Syria, but many of the other Arabian countries were represented, too, AlSaihati said. SEE ARAB PAGE 2
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TodAy Around cAMpus A film screening of “The Milk of sorrow” by director Claudia Llosa will take place at 7 p.m. in oklahoma Memorial union’s Meacham Auditorium as part of the Activism in Latin America Symposium. A Q&A and talk with Malika Alyazgi about women in Islam will be held 5 to 7 p.m. in Physical Sciences Center room 121.
TUESDAY, APRIL 2 A baseball game against Oklahoma State will take place at 6:30 p.m. at L. dale Mitchell park. OU Symphony Orchestra Concerto Winners Gala will take place at 8 p.m. in catlett Music center’s Paul F. Sharp Concert Hall, presented by School of Music and sutton concert series. Tickets are $9 for adults and $5 for students, faculty, staff and military.
WEDNESDAY, APRIL 3 A softball game against Louisiana-Lafayette will take place at 5 p.m. at Marita Hynes Field. A meeting of the OU Pre-Dental Club will take place from 6 to 7:30 p.m. in Dale Hall room 125. A softball game against Louisiana-Lafayette will take place at 7 p.m. at Marita Hynes Field. An information table called “My Jihad” will be held from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. in oklahoma Memorial union as part of ou Muslim students Association’s Islam Awareness Month.
“We try as much as possible to spread culture and break the stereotypes about the Arab world,” AlSaihati said. More than 100 people stood in line for dinner at the food court in the union as volunteers filled plates with falafel, chicken kebab, beef kebab, rice, hummus, pita bread and salad. Sweet and nutty triangles and rolls of baklava were served too. By the time the show began, Oklahoma Memorial Union’s Molly Shi Boren Ballroom was packed with people seated at round tables. After the audience sat dow n follow ing the American national anthem, Students celebrate at last year’s Arabian night. the different dialects of Arab and the laughter, hugging people under the current at one of the tables next to the stage. She said the skit and kissing that filled the al-Assad regime. T h e s k i t about Syria offered a perroom only a few moments “So often, when h i g h l i g h t e d spective that not many peothemes about ple get. ago stopped we’re looking freedom, op“They made it really pera s t h e l i g ht s at conflicts or p r e s s i o n , sonal,” Kiper said. “So often, dimmed, and p o w e r a n d when we’re looking at cona spotlight problems or violence as it flicts or problems or politishone on a man in a white political issues, told the story cal issues, we try to distance shirt with a cig- we try to distance o f a S y r i a n ourselves so we don’t really man who just feel anything. “ arette in hand. Laughter returned to the T h e m a n ourselves so we wanted to live in the white don’t really feel like a human room when the “If You were being and be an Arab” video created by shirt was an anything.” fre e, as w ell Arab Student Association OU drama stuas the oppres- was shown. The several dent. He and TONYA KIPER, o t h e r d ra ma HUMAN RELATIONS SENIOR sion he faced. dozen students’ responsAND VICE CHAIR OF THE Tonya Kiper, es ranged from ‘If I was an students were about to per- UNDERGRADUATE STUDENT human rela- Arab I would be Princess CONGRESS t i o n s s e n i o r Jasmine,’ to ‘I would own form a skit and vice chair oil companies’, to ‘I would d e m o n s t ra ting the political and so- of the undergraduate stu- drink more tea.’” After a fashion show of cial struggles of the Syrian dent congress, was sitting
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no freshmen orientation to sort out all the information about campus, programs and scholarships for him. “The whole process of it was confusion,” Sevigny said. “I was lost.” Now an environmental design junior, Sevigny said he’s starting to understand how to access information about programs and scholarships. “Every time I sit down with somebody, I would say they consider me ignorant when it comes to college,” Sevigny said. Sevigny said he had trouble finding money to cover the costs of education. “I was always a semester behind in finding out information about scholarships,” he said. While most resource services on campus don’t reach out to him until he seeks them, they make a big impact when he does seek their help, Sevigny said. “The bursar’s office is amazing,” Sevigny said. “Last Thanksgiving, I was going to be behind about $200. I contacted them, told them what happened and asked for an extension… they called back and told me they got me a scholarship to take care of it.”
AT A GLANCE Veterans on OU’s Norman campus Fall 2011 – Spring 2013 • More than 800 students used GI Bill benefits to help pay for their education. • Approximately 550 students were serving active duty, reservists or veterans when they used their benefits. • About 300 were dependents of veterans using benefits. Source: OU Veterans Student Services
In his confusion, Sevigny easily could have succumbed to the anger he experienced growing up. He could have b e com e fr u st rate d a nd maybe even given up on college and joined the work force. However, because of something he learned from being in Iraq, he’s stuck with it. “What’s the point of getting worked up when you’re not getting shot at?” Sevigny said. From fall 2011 to the
current semester, more than 800 students at the OU Norman campus have used GI Bill benefits to help pay for their education, according to OU Veteran Student Services. Approximately 550 students were active duty, reservists or veterans when they used their benefits, according to OU Veteran Student Service. About 300 were dependents of veterans using benefits. Veteran Support Alliance is a volunteer group of faculty and staff started in March 2012 to provide support for student veterans and service members, helping them achieve academic excellence and personal success, said Jennifer Trimmer, coordinator for the group. Trimmer said the group was able to track an additional 300 students who self-identified themselves as veterans attending OU. But those students were not using any GI Bill benefits. The post-9/11 GI Bill, enacted in 2008, provided more than 555,000 American veterans with federal education benefits in 2011, according
to the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs. Veterans enrolled in public higher education institutions may be eligible for full in-state tuition and fee coverage. Sevigny said he is only eligible for 60 percent of that benefit because his full benefits require more than three years of active duty. He also gets some stipends, including about $250 for textbooks each semester. It would be nice to have an organization of student veterans at OU that helps those returning to school adjust, Sevigny said. But student veterans should seek other ways to become involved in the community, too, he said. “Get involved with some type of organization that’s gonna keep you honest and focused on what you’re trying to do here,” Sevigny said. Sevigny is trying to get involved in a new lighting and design student organization. He said he also would apply for Society of Fellows, an honorary society of students who discuss and debate political and constitutional issues.
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Continued from page 1 everyone looks the same. Both you and I are red and green and purple. It means that we are breaking out of the barrier of difference, of cast and creed, and we’re saying that all of us are the same. Equality among everyone,” Dharma Rajan said. Though the event was attended by people of various races, it was true that virtually everyone looked the same: smeared from head to foot in color and dirt. People who arrived late in their clean, white shirts were carried off by a group of three to seven people and dumped unceremoniously into a gigantic mud puddle, welcoming them to the festival. “It’s really dirty, but it’s fun and I really like the colors,” Amy Lantrip, Asian studies sophomore, said. “This is way more fun than Easter.” “By putting colors on Holi, because it fosters everybody, everyone brotherhood, also seems to foster pranking. Male memlooks the same. bers of the association reBoth you and I are peatedly snuck up behind red and green and Dharma Rajan while she was trying to give directions purple. It means to participants and dumped that we are breaking color or smashed a raw egg her hair. out of the barrier of into “If you have a best friend, a difference, of cast sister, you want to make her fun by playing pranks and creed, and we’re have on her,” Dharma Rajan said, saying that all of pausing to wash yolk out of us are the same. her hair with a hose. “Maybe it’s because I’m the presiEquality among dent, but I don’t know why they play pranks on me so everyone.” much today.” DHARMA RAJAN, Even the families eating PRESIDENT OF THE INDIA their Easter brunches on STUDENT ASSOCIATION picnic tables nearby were good-natured, despite the loud Indian music, protesting only once when airborne colors came too near their food. The association, which has been active on campus for 50 years, holds a Holi festival almost every year, but this was the first time it has made an effort to include students from a variety of national backgrounds. Normally, it would be more of a closed event, Dharma Rajan said. “We wanted to make an example of what Holi is and make people understand what it is we do,” she said. The association was awarded the title of Most Active Student Association last year and the association’s biggest event is coming up, Dharma Rajan said. India Night will be held at 7 p.m. on April 8 in Oklahoma Memorial Union’s Meacham Auditorium. Tickets are $5 for students and $10 for non-students. Cedar Floyd cedar_floyd_789@hotmail.com
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About 150 to 200 dental patients of Dr. W. Scott Harrington, who’s accused of unsanitary practices, line up outside the Tulsa Health Department North Regional Health and Wellness Center to be screened for hepatitis A and B and HIV on Saturday, in Tulsa, Okla.
Tulsa dentist accused of spreading HIV, hepatitis TULSA, Okla. (AP) — Hundreds of patients of an Oklahoma oral surgeon accused of unsanitary practices showed up at a health clinic Saturday, looking to find out whether they were exposed to hepatitis or HIV, the virus that causes AIDS. Letters began going out Friday to 7,000 patients who had seen Dr. W. Scott Harrington during the past six years, warning them that poor hygiene at his clinics created a public health hazard. The one-page letter said how and where to seek treatment but couldn’t explain why Harrington’s allegedly unsafe practices went on for so long. Testing for hepatitis B, hepatitis C and HIV began at 10 a.m. Saturday, but many arrived early and stood through torrential downpours. The Tulsa Health Department said 420 people were tested Saturday at its North Regional Health and Wellness Center. Screenings resume Monday morning. Kari Childress, 38, showed up
at 8:30 a.m., mainly because she was Marshall came to. nervous. “It’s just really scary. It makes you “I just hope I don’t have anything,” doubt the whole system, especially said Childress, who had a tooth extract- with how good his place looked,” said ed at one of Harrington’s two clinics Marshall, 37. five months ago. “You trust and believe An instrument set reserved for use in doctors to follow the on patients with infec“It makes you rules, and that’s the scartious diseases was rusty, iest part.” doubt the whole preventing its effective Inspectors found a and the ofsystem, especially sterilization, number of problems fice autoclave — a presat t h e d o c to r ’s cl i n - with how good his surized cleaner — was ics in Tulsa and suburplace looked.” used improperly and ban Owasso, according hadn’t been certified as ORVILLE MARSHALL, to the state Dentistry effective in at least six PATIENT Board, which filed a 17years, according to the count complaint against complaint. Harrington pending an April 19 liDr. Matt Messina, a Cleveland dencense revocation hearing. According tist and a consumer adviser for the to the complaint, needles were rein- American Dental Association, said creserted into drug vials after being used ating a safe and hygienic environment on patients, expired drugs were found is “one of the fundamental requirein a medicine cabinet, and dental as- ments” before any dental procedure sistants, not the doctor, administered can be performed. sedatives to patients. “It’s not hard. It just takes effort,” he One patient, Orville Marshall, said said. he didn’t meet Harrington until after Weekly autoclave testing can be perhe had two wisdom teeth pulled about formed for less than $400 annually, acfive years ago at the Owasso clinic. cording to the website of the Autoclave A nurse inserted the IV for his anes- Testing Services of Pearl River, New thesia; Harrington was there when York.
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Cast your ballot for Ezeugo, Gardner For any election Sooners can participate in, The Daily editorial board makes its recommendations based on research into the candidates and knowledge of the primary issues at stake. Before making our endorsements for SGA positions, we had each candidate come and speak with us about their plans and answer questions from editorial board members.
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f you voted last year in the election for Student Government Association president, or especially if you have never voted before, get ready. The presidential election this year is exciting, the very role of student government in student life is at stake. This year’s election will give students a chance to vote for progress over stagnation and vision over immobility. The two candidates could hardly be more opposed. Presidential candidate Ernest Ezeugo has higher goals for student government aimed at involving the whole campus in the ERNEST effort to fight rising education costs. EZEUGO Ezeugo’s running mate, Madeline Grunewald, was just as passionate about higher education. The other candidate, Jackson Lisle, wants to improve student government by getting students involved in SGA Crew, a program allowing any student to help out with student government. Lisle’s running mate, Laura Shapiro, explained they wanted to focus on “feasible” plans they could reasonably accomplish next year. While Lisle and Shapiro want to continue the status quo, Ezeugo and Grunewald offer a grand re-imagining about what student government can do. Students no longer have the luxury of being passive. With decreasing contributions from the state government and skyrocketing tuition costs, every OU student has the responsibility to be advocates for their education. We can no longer afford to be reasonable or continue the status quo. Because Ezeugo and Grunewald are passionate about protecting student’s access to higher education, they are the best choice for president and vice president of Student Government Association. While their goals are big, Ezeugo and Grunewald hope to achieve them by reaching out to each individual student. Their passion for student involvement was clear when they spoke about their desire for student input. After each proposal Ezeugo and Grunewald made, they made a point of telling us how they would get student input in the process. Grunewald described education funding as “our issue” saying every student has the responsibility and power to create change.
Lisle and Shapiro were also concerned about student involvement, but they talked more about what students could do for student government, instead of what student government could do for students. To their credit, Lisle and Shapiro had an interesting plan for a mentorship program for freshman and also want to improve student government’s website. We have no doubt they could accomplish these goals and be effective leaders for student government, but students face big challenges and student government needs big goals to meet those challenges. The first goal Ezeugo and Grunewald have to meet these challenges is educating students about where their money goes and where it comes from. They want to inform students directly about events that affect OU’s funding and hold discussions and encourage students to lobby for increased higher education funding. They want to help students help themselves. Ezeugo and Grunewald also want to increase revenue to the Sooner Heritage scholarship aimed at students with financial need. They are also concerned about student government transparency. Ezeugo talked about improving the website so every student would know exactly when meetings were. He also wanted to do a “South Oval Office” where he would go out on the south oval and get feedback on student government initiative directly from students. We like Ezeugo and Grunewald’s specific plans, but what gets us exited is their ideas for the future. What we have already heard from candidates are simple platforms, what we need is a platform with a vision. Ezeugo and Grunewald have that vision. MADELINE Lisle and Shapiro might be the GRUNEWALD best candidates to make student government better, but Ezeugo and Grunewald are better for the campus as a whole. For all those who have ever asked, “what does student government even do?” or shrugged off an election as unimportant, this is your chance. A vote for Ezeugo and Grunewald is a vote for a different kind of student government — one that takes an active role in transforming campus culture and sparking student engagement in issues that directly affect our lives.
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ecause of her involvement with OU and continuing support of efforts to include women in government positions, Cindy Rosenthal is clearly the best candidate for mayor of the City of Norman. As Director of the Carl Albert Congressional Research and Studies Center, Rosenthal is in tune with the needs of students. She heads up the National Education for Women’s Leadership program that encourages women to enter public service. CINDY She is a frequent presence on ROSENTHAL campus and is available to students through the women’s program. She frequently speaks at important student events and makes herself available to hear student concerns. No other candidate is as engaged on OU’s campus. Her long list of credentials includes many local and national organizations as well as awards from the Journal Record and the American Society for Public Administration. She is Norman’s first female mayor elected by popular vote. But our endorsement is not without reservations. Rosenthal has come under scrutiny several times, most recently earlier in March,
for suspected violations of the Open Meetings Act, according to reports on the Freedom Of Information Oklahoma website. Though it is unclear exactly what these incidents entailed or whether she has done anything wrong, transparency concerns must always be taken seriously. We expect — and you should as well — any leader of Norman to be fully committed to information access and accountability. Rosenthal signed the Freedom Of Information open government pledge, and if elected, we call on her to reaffirm this commitment to open government by allowing access to all meetings and discussion. Rosenthal’s opponents, instead of making reasonable arguments against her candidacy, have resorted to fabrications about her policies on local businesses. We found no evidence for these claims, and some of the businesses have come forward to disprove them. This kind of mudslinging seems like the cheap tactics of desperate opponents. We have few qualms about endorsing Rosenthal as Mayor, especially for students. Her unique position at the university makes her the best candidate for students, the university and Norman.
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e are lucky to have two well-qualified students running for Campus Activities Council chairperson this semester. Both candidates, KatieBeth Gardner and Sam Kiehl, have significant experience with the council. But Gardner’s detailed platform, diverse experience and innovative ideas make her the right choice. It was clear from Gardner’s presentation she took the responsibility handling student activity fees very seriously. She talked about how we all paid activity fees, and we should all get something out of it. This kind of attitude is important in any candidate running for a student government position. The most important theme of Gardner’s platform is her plan to engage with the OU community. She has the skills necessary to communicate directly with campus organizations and students to involve more students in campus events. One of her top platforms was her online initiative. Gardner wants to simplify the council’s application process by putting it online, a move she says would increase the number KATIEBETH of applications the council receives. GARDNER She also wants to center the council’s focus by having one Facebook and twitter account for all council events and still give each event its own page on the council’s website. Considering how good Gardner’s campaign website looks, we have no doubt she can accomplish this goal. Gardner also has a great idea to use the council to give back to student organizations. She would offer the council’s planning expertise to student organizations wanting to hold a fundraiser or drum up support for their events. We think this idea in particular has the potential to make every student organization more effective. Smaller or new organizations often lack the experience or membership to accomplish everything they want to. Gardner’s plan to give direct assistance to organizations is an incredible step in the right direction in solving this problem for marginal organizations. Campus Activities Council would be in good hands next year with whomever you choose to vote for. This is the kind of choice we hope students have in every election. Gardner simply is the better of two great candidates.
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AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 19) -- Friends are likely to talk to you about all kinds of things, imparting information that they wouldn’t reveal to others. What you learn will be useful and then some.
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Stomp teams give ‘All or Nothing’ for trophy Kansas team takes home Golden Boot CEDAR FLOYD
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Energy was high in the McCasland Field House on Saturday night as students and members of the community gathered to celebrate the tradition of stomp dance both on the stage and in the aisles. The 31st annual Stompdown competition’s first prize for the men’s category went to the Kansas State University’s Phi Beta Sigma, earning them $1,500 and a Golden Boot trophy. Second prize went to OU’s Alpha Phi Alpha Inc., last year’s winners, earning them $750. OU’s Delta Sigma Theta won the women’s category first prize of a golden boot trophy and $1,500 by default, but they also won the Most Motivated Boot trophy, awarded by the Marine Corp. The Deltas used a “Prison Break” theme and included an extra, humorous character in their act: Officer Otis. O U ’s B l a c k S t u d e n t Association and the National Pan-Hellenic Council hosted the competition, which featured six stomp teams and two guest dance
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Members of Kansas State University’s Phi Beta Sigma perform on stage at the 31st annual Stompdown competition. The Sigma’s took home the first prize of $1,500 and the Golden Boot trophy on Saturday night.
performances. The men’s team category included Kansas State University’s Phi Beta Sigma and OU’s Alpha Phi Alpha and Phi Beta Sigma Inc. The women’s category had only one team, OU’s Delta Sigma Theta. The remaining two stomp teams, KIPP Middle School and the Brothers of Stomp from Star Spencer High School were not eligible for the competition. All three men’s teams
incorporated themed videos based on popular movies into their performances. The KSU Sigmas used a parody “Saw 14” theme, the Alphas used a “007” theme and the OU Sigmas used a “Taken” theme. Blair Chamberlain said preparing for the Stompdown, which required multiple practices a week for several hours at a time, was a great way to become closer with her sisters.
“We work really well together — all of our different personalities come together really nicely,” said Chamberlain, elementary education senior and Delta Sigma Theta’s Officer Otis. “It’s a lot of hard work, but we all get to be creative and bring our ideas together and spend a lot of time together, so I think [it really unites us].” It was the coed team from KIPP Middle School, however, that won the crowd
favorite award with their f l i p s, s tu nt s a n d s ha r p performance. “I loved KIPP middle school,” public relations sophomore Bola Ibidapo said. “They were so clean and so precise. They were just really fun and cute to watch.” This year’s theme for the Stompdown was “All or Nothing,” which reflected the organizers dedication to making the event the best it could possibly be, said Joshua Colbert, co-chairman of Stompdown 2013 and member of the Black Student Association. “Our staff and our planning committee really gave their all,” said Colbert, a marketing senior. “We considered all the things we’ve heard about past shows, past critiques we’ve received and tweaked those things, adjusted so we could make an overall great product.” Final numbers for the amount of money raised by the event were not available at press time, but at least 1,500 people attended the event. It was a smaller crowd than last year’s because of the timing of the event, Colbert said. Many of those in attendance were members of the
Black Student Association, a greek organization or both. At least nine fraternities and sororities were represented in the audience, as shown by their enthusiastic participation in a pre-show roll call. More than just a chance for these organizations to come together, Stompdown 2013 was a chance to celebrate the cultural significance of stomp dance, Colbert said. “When it comes to rhythm and music, that’s something black people can really come together and enjoy,” Ibidapo said. “It relates back to the times of slavery — music allowed people to come together and experience something.” Colbert echoed this sentiment. “Stomping is rooted back in Africa, back in the days of slavery when they were in the mines,” he said. “This was the way they communicated, and we evolved it into a way of entertainment. It’s a celebration of culture, baby.” The celebration continued after the show with an all night after-par ty in Oklahoma Memorial Union’s Molly Shi Boren Ballroom. Cedar Floyd cedar_floyd_789@hotmail.com
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‘Ultimate Ninja Storm 3’ highlights boss fights, animation LIFE & ARTS COLUMNIST
AT A GLANCE ‘Naruto Shippuden: Ultimate Ninja Storm 3’
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“Naruto Shippuden: Ultimate Ninja Storm 3” is the latest installment to the Storm game series based off the Naruto manga. This game starts where Storm 2 left off. Naruto and company enter war in the ninja world as they combat the threat of the evil rogue group, Akatsuki, and its leader, Madara Uchiha. “Storm 3” emphasizes story more than nearly anything else, with the campaign staying surprisingly close to the source material.
Rating: 7.5/10 Release date: March 5, 2013 Company: Namco Bandai Games
While “Storm 3” does include side missions, the game focuses so much on the main story no effort is given to interest players. For the most part, players will be doing one of three
things: watching cutscenes, partaking in standard fights or experiencing intense boss fights. Boss fights are certainly a highlight for “Storm 3.” With impressive stylistic 3-D animation and intense action, these sequences paint the series in a whole new way and will make many wish anime could be this good all the time. Never before has a punch to the face looked so epic. While players may have to deal with lengthy cutscenes and occasional moving from point A to point B, it all becomes worth it for the fights. Campaign mode may be fun, but the game’s online and offline free-battle modes are where “Storm 3” really thrives. Here players can choose any of the game’s more than 80 characters and fight it out. Core
gameplay is simple to learn, but is a bit more complex than it seems. The characters have their own individual combos and two special moves. These special moves take up “chakra,” the game’s energy bar, but reward the player with extreme damage and hardcore, context-sensitive cutscenes. The game also has a substitution bar that allows players to avoid damage
and appear behind their opponents to counterattack. This may seem to give an unfair advantage, but the bar limits the number of times a player can “substitute.” Good players will quickly learn to take advantage of the substitution bar, catching their opponents at the right time to hit them with their best moves. This element helps keep fighting fast paced and makes each
fight unique. “Ultimate Ninja Storm 3” is a game made for fans, but that doesn’t make it exclusive to them. With stylish boss battles and engaging versus combat, “Storm 3” is a game good for any anime lover looking for something new. Kaylan Aksel is a film and media studies junior.
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Sooners’ season ends in Oklahoma City OU falls to Lady Vols in regional round of tourney DEMETRIUS KEARNEY Sports Reporter
The Sooners fought hard but failed to reduce the gap, losing to the Tennessee Lady Volunteers on Sunday at Chesapeake Energy Arena, 74-59. The Lady Volunteers established their presence e a r l y , u l t i mat e l y p roving to be too much for the Sooners, who struggled to find their shot offensively and failed to contain the Volunteers’ offensive attack. Despite the loss, coach Sherri Coale was proud of how hard her players fought for 40 minutes, despite being down by more than 20 points for the duration of the game. “I am incredibly proud of our basketball team,” she said. “Even though we didn’t win the game, I could not be more proud of a group of kids. The final five minutes of the game, they just fought with a passion and spirit that defines our program.” The S o oners came to Chesapeake Energy Arena eager to play, but unfor tunately for OU, the Volunteers displayed the same intensity. From the opening tip, the Volunteers attacked the Sooners head on, forcing them to be both efficient on offense and physical on defense. For the first five minutes of the first half, the Sooners did just that. However, as the game
RAPID RECAP OU 59, UT 74 Key stat: 30.7 — The Sooners had an off afternoon, shooting an abysmal 30.7 percent from the field. Key performer: Senior forward Joanna McFarland went out with a bang, recording a double-double of 14 points and 16 rebounds. Key opponent: Tennessee senior guard Kamiko Williams played an excellent game, recording 15 points, seven rebounds, four assists and three steals to help lead her team to victory.
progressed, the Volunteers’ speed, physicality and offensive consistency began to overpower the Sooners. Things only got worse after junior guard Morgan Hook went down with a concussion midway through the first half. Coach Coale commented on the resiliency of her players following the loss of Hook. “To lose Morgan in the first nine minutes of the game, a kid that plays 40 minutes for us, to survive and keep fighting depicts the character of this team,” she said. The Sooners leading scorer, junior guard Aaryn Ellenberg, str uggled to find a rhythm offensively, unlike her two previous
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OU assistant coach Jan Ross attends to junior guard Morgan Hook after a nasty fall in the first half of OU’s 74-59 loss to Tennessee at Chesapeake Energy Arena. Hook sat out for the rest of Sunday’s Sweet 16 matchup with concussion-like symptoms.
performances where she managed to come alive in the second half, Ellenberg couldn’t get her shots to fall, especially behind the arc, where she’s done the majority of her damage. Ellenberg attributed her offensive struggles to being too excited. “I think I just rushed it a little bit,” Ellenberg said. “I was a little excited about being out there, and they just weren’t falling.”
However, the two bright spots offensively for the Sooners came from senior forward Joanna McFarland and sophomore guard Sharane Campbell, who both played extremely well and kept the Sooners alive. Campbell, who averaged 17 points during the last two games, led the team in scoring. She had 22 points and 6 rebounds, doing everything in her power to keep the Sooners in the game.
“You can’t stop shooting because the ball’s not going in,” Campbell said. “You got to keep trying. That’s what we did.” McFarland continued to display why she is the heart and soul of the team, giving the Volunteers everything she had. She had been an absolute beast for the Sooners in the tournament, playing extremely physical basketball, recording 14 points and 16 rebounds.
Despite being down by more than 20 points, her drive and attitude never changed. “We did everything right execution-wise,” McFarland said. “We got open shots. They just weren’t falling. It just wasn’t our night shooting.” Demetrius Kearney demetrius.v.kearney-1@ou.edu
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Sooners sweep shorthanded Rice squad for 13th win
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Sooner fans can complain all they want about how the No. 14 Oklahoma baseball team’s series against Kansas ended, but the controversial conclusion to Saturday’s finale was not the reason why the Sooners lost the game. Despite being down by two runs, OU (25-5, 5-1 Big 12) had some momentum going into the bottom of the ninth with a runner on first and no outs when sophomore pinch hitter Colt Bickerstaff hit a slow roller to second. Kansas second baseman Justin Protacio could not get a handle on the ball, putting the tying run on base. But wait a second. Third base umpire Tom Svehla called interference on Oklahoma freshman pinch runner Justin Burba, resulting in a double play. Freshman left fielder Hunter Haley grounded out three pitches later to end the game. Kansas won, 10-8, giving them a .500 record in conference play. “(I) can’t explain it; never seen it,” coach Sunny Golloway said following the game from which he was ejected. Unless on the field, no one got a clear view of what happened exactly during the play. From watching the replay, Burba was running
The No. 11 OU men’s tennis team cruised to its 13th win of the season Sunday, sweeping Rice, 5-0. “We went out and did what we were supposed to do,” coach John Roddick said. “We played pretty well and made quick work of it, so it was a pretty good effort as far as being focused when it’s easy to lose focus in those situations sometimes.” Before the match even started, the Sooners had the upper hand. The Owls did not bring enough players to compete, resulting in two forfeited matches — one BY THE NUMBERS match in doubles and one OU against Rice in singles. The Sooners only needThe Sooners ed one win to earn the dourecord bles point. Senior Lawrence against Rice, as they Formentera and junior swept the Owls Nick Papac secured the point when they downed The score Rice sophomore Leif Berger of Sunday’s only doubles match, and Rice freshman Gustavo which the Sooners won Gonzalez 8-2. With a quick 2-0 lead, The number partially due to forfeits, OU of games the did not drop a set as they 11th-ranked Sooners seized the next three points have won this season up for grabs and ended Source:SoonerSports.com the match in less than two hours. Freshman Leonard Stakhovsky won his match when he beat Rice senior Dylan Tozier 6-0, 6-1, making the lead 3-0. Within minutes, fellow freshman Axel Llamas sealed the team win, dropping Gonzalez 6-1, 6-1. ITA No. 61, sophomore Dane Webb, closed out his match by beating Rice senior Peter Frank 6-1, 6-1. “It’s always good to win every match,” Webb said. “We won every match against San Diego, and that was a good effort, too. A weekend without any losses is always a positive.” Senior Costin Paval, ranked No. 30 by the ITA, was able to rest during the singles portion because of one of the forfeits. Roddick’s squad took care of business after playing two teams ranked outside the ITA top-50 this weekend. The level of competition definitely will rise next weekend when the Sooners open conference play. The team hosts No. 17 Texas at 5:30 p.m. Friday and No. 36 TCU at 1 p.m. Sunday at Headington Family Tennis Pavilion.
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Senior shortstop Jack Mayfield makes the throw to first on a slow infield grounder against Kansas on Friday at L. Dale Mitchell Park. The Sooners won, 2-1, on a walk-off sacrifice fly in the 10th inning.
within the baseline when Protacio tried fielding the ball, and the two touched, resulting in a missed ground ball. Whoever initiated contact can be up for debate, but the umpires ruled Burba made intentional contact. Golloway thought differently. “Well, you’ve got to avoid contact with the defender,” he said. “I saw the highlight, and we avoided contact.” But the ruling on the field was that Rule 8-5-d was violated, according to a statement made by the umpire crew after the game. According to the NCAA Baseball 2013 and 2014 Rule Book, Rule 8-5-d states: “The runner interferes intentionally with a throw or thrown ball, or interferes with a fielder who is
attempting to field a batted ball. If a double play is likely, and the runner intentionally interferes with the fielder who is attempting to field the ball, both runner and batter-runner shall be declared out.” The main thing to keep in mind when reading the rule in context to what happened is the phrase “if a double play is likely.” Although the ball was hit to second base, the grounder probably would not have resulted in a double play considering how slow the ball was rolling and how fast Bickerstaff is. Even if Protacio fielded the ball cleanly, him turning a double play would have been very unlikely. But the judgment call resulted in two outs rather than what looked like just
one out when the ball was put into play. Although controversial and a key to the game, the Sooners had a lot of other factors to blame in the loss. First, OU dug itself into a hole in the first inning when freshman pitcher Corey Copping and junior pitcher Ethan Carnes combined to allow seven runs, all of which were earned. Although the Sooners came back to take the lead in the fifth with a seven-spot of their own, this fact cannot be lost in the ninth-inning drama.
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