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OU awarded professorship in business journalism College of Journalism will add new courses beginning next spring BENNETT HALL Campus reporter
Students at Gaylord College of Journalism and Mass Communication will gain a new professor in the spring with an area of expertise not currently offered — business journalism. The Donald W. Reynolds National Center for Business Journalism awarded Gaylord College the visiting professorship for the spring 2014 semester, according to the website. Gaylord College has been working in recent semesters to create a business journalism program to give students a chance to write and train in the business journalism field, journalism professor John Schmeltzer said. And now Gaylord College DOnALD W. rEynOLDS has that opportunity. The new professor will open several new classes where students can follow real-life business developments in and beyond Oklahoma, which will help students gain experience in this specialization, Schmeltzer said. “We’ve had students come to us asking for specialized business journalism classes,” he said. “So, we’re meeting the needs of students, as they ask for these specializations.” The profess orship, funde d by Ar izona State University’s Donald W. Reynolds Foundation, is part of the foundation’s five-year plan to establish greater opportunities for business-specific journalistic research and reporting in schools across the country, according to the website.
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Bijan Hosseini, journalism sophomore, runs to the next challenge after building a human pyramid with his teammates as a part of the “Torch games” on Wednesday evening at reaves park.
CAC event ignites comradery Members celebrate end of semester in Torch Games HALEY DAVIS
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Campus Activities Council members spent Wednesday evening competing against each other in a series of ‘field day’ games as part of CAC’s fifth annual Torch Games. The Torch Games started in 2009 with the main idea being that the various CAC event committees come together for an afternoon of fun and socializing, said Anissa Angier, 20122013 CAC Crew chairwoman. “The Torch Games is a way of ending the year with the message that whether you’re on a CAC event committee, the public relations team or
crew, you’re an For this year’s “Torch Games is an important memtheme, the CAC opportunity to make what members were ber of the enwould usually be a large d i v i d e d i n t o tire CAC family,” Angier said. organization seem much groups to comCAC has over pete in relay smaller and tight-knit.” 500 students and races, tugs-of-war more than 14 and other compeanissa angier, large-scale events titions followed 2013 CaC CreW ChairWoMan in one year, said by a group dinVicky Vargas, former CAC chair. ner. Snow cones were also provided The event was less about competi- during the event. tion and more about community as “Torch Games is an opportunity to well as a celebration of the graduating make what would usually be a large seniors in CAC, Vargas said. organization seem much smaller and Every year the games have a dif- tight-knit,” Angier said. ferent theme, said CAC chairman Samuel Kiehl. This year’s theme was “The Hunger Games,” while last year’s Haley Davis was Harry Potter, Kiehl’s personal haley.g.davis-1@ou.edu favorite.
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Constantly working to build themselves mentally and physically inside and outside the classroom, Air Force ROTC members must commit themselves to their program while looking forward to life after college. Chris Parmer, Air Force ROTC cadet major, works two jobs in addition to balancing his duties as a recruiting squadron commander and maintenance group deputy commander with classes and involvement in multiple aviation groups. ROTC is one of the three routes
students can take to become a comThe program takes only the best, missioned officer in the Air Force, and students involved in it must unParmer said. The other options derstand their long-term commitare the Air Force ment to the program, “There’s no more Lewis said. Academy and Officer Training School, ac“They need to be ‘oops I was late cording to Air Force able to look more to an advisement than two or three ROTC’s website. ... because that’s s t e p s i n f ro n t o f O U ’s A i r Fo rc e ROTC program av- unacceptable as an them,” he said. “They eraged nearly 100 are committing to officer.” students this year, not only being in making it the biggest ROTC and college BranDon leWis, ROTC program at OU for four years … But air ForCe CaPtain compared to its sister four years after that, programs: Army ROTC, Naval ROTC they’re probably going to be in a job and Naval ROTC with Marine op- that we’re going to give them.” tion, said Air Force Captain Brandon In addition to all of Parmer’s extra Lewis, the detachment’s recruiting activities, he’s currently ranked as a flight commander. 300-level cadet, and more pressure
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is placed on cadets once this level is reached, Lewis said “The 300 year is the more difficult year,” he said. The 300-level cadets have a hard time because the 200-level cadets look up to them, while the 400-level cadets look down on them, he said. The 300 year also is when cadets learn to stop making excuses, Lewis said. “There’s no more ‘oops I was late to an advisement,’ and there’s no more ‘I didn’t come to class,’ because that’s unacceptable as an officer,” he said. Being involved with ROTC is not an easy task, and it takes a lot of commitment and support, Parmer said. see ROTC pAge 2
students trudged across campus, bundled in winter gear Tuesday and Wednesday, as temperatures dropped to record lows for the dates in state history. Wednesday broke records for the coldest low temperatures in state history for April 24. Boise City, Okla. reached a low of 15 degrees, breaking the previous record by 9 degrees, said gary mcmanus, a climatologist at the Oklahoma Climatological survey. On Tuesday, six different environmental monitoring stations recorded temperatures that broke the previous all-time low of 34 degrees, mcmanus said. Also, all the records were broken in the northwest portion of the state, the lowest temperature being 31 degrees, he said. “Now it’s not going to stay that cold … but it does look like this April will finish below normal, and probably significantly below normal,” he said. so far for April, the statewide average has been 53.4 degrees, which is 4.6 degrees below normal, mcmanus said. Carter Balm for The Daily
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Today around campus Women’s tennis Big 12 Championships will take place all day at Headington Family Tennis Center.
Friday, April 26 Women’s tennis Big 12 Championships will take place all day at Headington Family Tennis Center. Men’s tennis Big 12 Championships will take place all day at Headington Family Tennis Center. A baseball game against Texas Tech will take place at 6:30 p.m. at L. Dale Mitchell Park. A softball game against Iowa State will take place at 6:30 p.m. at Marita Hynes Field. A musical titled “On the Town,” presented by University Theatre and the Weitzenhoffer School of Musical Theatre, will take place at 8 p.m. April 26, 27 and May 2-4 and at 3 p.m. April 28 and May 5 at the Reynolds Performing Arts Center. Tickets are $30 for adults; $25 for senior adults, OU faculty and staff, and military; $15 for students with ID. Purchase tickets by phone or in person at the Fine Arts box office (405) 325-4101.
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“My parents have always been there if I can’t find anyone to talk to,” he said. “They’re not talking down on me, but they’re just trying to help me out by being very supportive.” Despite all the requirements, ROTC encourages cadets to stay involved with the OU community, Lewis said. “We have our requirements, taking X amount of hours in class, doing your job and making sure you’re physically fit,” Lewis said. “If you’re doing all those things, doing well in school and not hurting your GPA, it won’t be a problem.” All cadets must learn to manage their time to successfully balance ROTC, school and their personal lives, which sometimes might seem like more work than what other students are doing, Lewis said. “The most difficult thing is seeing
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Jay Mercado, left, and Shirley Tan, third from left, and their twin sons Jorien Mercado, second from left and Jashley Mercado, both 16, of Pacifica, Calif., wait Wednesday on Capitol Hill in D.C. to meet with Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid of Nev. Shirley is undocumented and Jay is an American citizen. They have been together for 27 years and have raised Jashley and Jorien. They and other gay rights activists are lobbying Senators today pushing to change the immigration bill to allow gay Americans to sponsor visas for their same-sex partners the way straight Americans can. Democrats are treading carefully on a proposed addition to the bipartisan immigration overhaul. At the far right is Kelly Costello of Maryland.
Even so, gay rights groups, their lobbyists and grass-roots supporters are insisting the deal shouldn’t exclude bi-national, same-sex couples — about 28,500 of them, according to a 2011 study from the Williams Institute at UCLA Law. They’re ramping up a campaign to change the bill to allow gay Americans to sponsor their partners for green cards, the same way straight Americans can. Supporters trekked to the Capitol to make their case at senators’ offices on Wednesday. “Opponents will be proposing amendments that, if passed, could collapse this very fragile coalition that we’ve been able to achieve,” Sen. John McCain, an Arizona Republican, said last week at the unveiling of the bill. He said the eight senators from both parties who crafted the legislation are committed to voting against changes that could kill it. For Democrats, it’s a precarious position to be in. Democratic senators overwhelmingly support gay marriage
— all but three are now on the record voicing their support — and two dozen of them this year backed a separate bill called the Uniting American Families Act to let gays sponsor their partners independent of a comprehensive immigration overhaul. But the party’s senators are still bruised from an agonizing defeat on gun control this month. And few seem eager to inject divisive issues that might sink their best prospects for a major legislative victory this year and a potential keystone of President Barack Obama’s legacy. “Any amendment which might sink the immigration bill, I would worry about,” Sen. Carl Levin, D-Mich., said in a brief interview, adding that he had yet to decide whether an amendment for gays and lesbians would meet that yardstick.
April 25-28
Thursday, April 25 Big 12 Tennis Championships | All Day at Headington Family Tennis Center. Student Success Series | 3 p.m. in room 245, Wagner Hall. Final exams test management by John Dell, Center for Student Advancement. OU Jazz Bands Concert | 8 p.m. in Sharp Concert Hall, Catlett Music Center. Featuring gypsy jazz guitarist, Ivan Pena as well as the university’s jazz combos and the big band. Also featured are two of OU jazz director Jay Wilkinson’s new arrangements, “In My Solitude,” composed by Duke Ellington and “Plutonian Nights,” composed by Sun Ra. The evening will conclude with an intense performance of “Spain,” one of the most enjoyed tunes in all of jazz literature featuring guitarist Ivan Pena.
Friday, April 26 FREE Movie: “Silver Linings Playbook” | 6, 9, & midnight in Meacham Auditorium, Oklahoma Memorial Union. Come see Jennifer Lawrence’s Oscarwinning performance alongside Bradley Copper in one of Hollywood’s most talked about movies. Brought to you by the Union Programming Board and Campus Activities Council. Art After Hours | 6 p.m. in the Fred Jones Jr. Museum of Art. Art Responds to War: George L.K. Morris, Ralston Crawford & William Gropper. We will consider Morris’s Shipbuilding Construction and Crawford’s Plane Production, which are intellectual responses to war, along with Gropper’s Social Realist painting Prey, which is an indictment of the futility and ravages of war. Admission is free to this informal talk is free and light refreshments will be provided. OU Baseball vs. Texas Tech | 6:30 p.m. at L. Dale Mitchell Park. Friday Night Fireworks. FREE admission for OU students with a valid OU Student I.D.! OU Softball vs. Iowa State | 6:30 p.m. at Marita Hynes Field. 250 FREE popcorns and cokes. 250 FREE Stadium cups. FREE admission for OU students with a valid OU Student I.D.! On the Town | 8 p.m. in Reynolds Performing Arts Center. In what is a huge theatrical feat, audiences will have a special opportunity to see a Broadwaysize musical comedy and dance extravaganza as the University of Oklahoma Weitzenhoffer School of Musical Theatre and University Theatre present On the Town. Leonard Bernstein’s classic musical comes to port with rhythm, humor and a good wholesome dash of romance. For more information and tickets, contact the Fine Arts Box Office (405) 325-4101. Big 12 Tennis Championships | All Day at Headington Family Tennis Center. soonersports.com.
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Saturday, April 27 OU Softball vs. Iowa State | Noon at Marita Hynes Field. 250 FREE Jessica Shults posters. FREE admission for OU students with a valid OU Student I.D.! OU Baseball vs. Texas Tech | 2 p.m. at L. Dale Mitchell Park. FREE Post-Game Movie: Angels in the Outfield”. FREE admission for OU students with a valid OU Student I.D.! Sooner Idol | 7 p.m. in Meacham Auditorium, Oklahoma Memorial Union. Come see some of this campus’s most talented singers battle it out for the title of this year’s Sooner Idol. For more information, contact the Union Programming Board (405) 325-2113. On the Town | 8 p.m. in Reynolds Performing Arts Center. In what is a huge theatrical feat, audiences will have a special opportunity to see a Broadway-size musical comedy and dance extravaganza as the University of Oklahoma Weitzenhoffer School of Musical Theatre and University Theatre present On the Town. Leonard Bernstein’s classic musical comes to port with rhythm, humor and a good wholesome dash of romance. For more information and tickets, contact the Fine Arts Box Office (405) 325-4101. Big 12 Tennis Championships | All Day at Headington Family Tennis Center.
Sunday, April 28 OU Softball vs. Iowa State | Noon at Marita Hynes Field. FREE admission for OU students with a valid OU Student I.D.! OU Baseball vs. Texas Tech | 1 p.m. at L. Dale Mitchell Park. FREE admission for OU students with a valid OU Student I.D.! On the Town | 3 p.m. in Reynolds Performing Arts Center. In what is a huge theatrical feat, audiences will have a special opportunity to see a Broadway-size musical comedy and dance extravaganza as the University of Oklahoma Weitzenhoffer School of Musical Theatre and University Theatre present On the Town. Leonard Bernstein’s classic musical comes to port with rhythm, humor and a good wholesome dash of romance. For more information and tickets, contact the Fine Arts Box Office (405) 325-4101. Big 12 Tennis Championships | All Day at Headington Family Tennis Center.
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Provosts’ changes need student input Our view: Changes in curriculum should
But any increase in curriculum hours must be significantly tempered by the concerns of cost and building proficiency in writing and critical thinking student congress addresses. The Our View General education requirements form Undergraduate classes are expensive. is the majority the core of the OU undergraduate experiA three-credit-hour class costs $870 for a opinion of ence. When making changes to that curricresident and $2,034 for a non-resident, acThe Daily’s ulum, students must be represented. cording to OU estimated tuition costs. Any nine-member The Undergraduate Student Congress editorial board additional classes would add significant fiagrees. Earlier this month, the congress nancial burden to incoming students. passed a resolution calling on administraWhen establishing a new curriculum, tors to take undergraduate financial and educathe most important factor ought to be educational tional concerns into account when making any de- quality. This sentiment is echoed by the congrescisions about general education requirements. sional resolution: The Daily reported in February that the provost’s “Even when the specific information taught in a office is considering changes to the 20-year-old general education course is not directly applicacurriculum. It needs a “tune-up,” said Kyle Harper, ble to a student’s planned career, skills like critical OU senior vice provost. Harper wants to focus on thinking, clear and concise writing, and the ability the freshman experience by inspiring new students to work with unfamiliar ideas are.” to discover a path in life and prepare students for These are basic skills students will need in any the world outside OU. career. Changes in curriculum should move away We support these goals. When students enter OU from simple testing and toward teaching models in their first semesters, it is the university’s respon- that incorporate essays, group projects and presibility to provide an exciting, challenging curricu- sentations. When students graduate from OU, lum. When students are challenged from the start, they may never fill out another Scantron, but they they will be more likely to perform better in highcertainly will communicate with colleagues, write er-level classes. memos and work on team projects. incorporate students’ input into the decision process.
When making decisions on curriculum, the provost’s office must make a significant effort to involve students in the discussion. The Provost’s office should consider past course evaluations but also encourage students to comment on the curriculum through open forums, or meetings with administrators. The provost’s office and the undergraduate congress should partner in this effort. The congress could act as a clearinghouse for students’ concerns about curriculum changes. The congress and executive branch could host town hall meetings and administer surveys and online comments. The congress then could synthesize the concerns and communicate those concerns with the Provost’s office. When students’ voices are considered, the impact of the resulting curriculum changes will be increased. Administrators don’t have to sit in classes day after day — students do. Students will feel the most significant impact of any curriculum changes. Putting financial and educational concerns first will result in a curriculum that serves and inspires students through general education requirements.
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Boston bombing reactions should be patriotic, not fearful
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oston was shaken Opinion Columnist April 15 when two bombs exploded near the finish line at the Boston Marathon. One suspect was killed, but in order to find the other suspect, the city was shut down April 19. Jim Diffley, vice president Alex Niblett and chief economist at IHS alexandra.g.niblett@ou.edu Global Insight, offered a rough guess of an economic loss of $250 to $333 million in the city that day, according to a report by BusinessWeek. Aside from the financial loss, the event also resulted in three deaths and hundreds injured. What wasn’t lost was the city’s spirit to recover quickly. Though it didn’t occur on the same scale as the September 11 attacks or the Murrah bombing, this event sparked many emotions. This story dominated the news, and there were a mixture of responses. Some immature people tied this event to religion, saying this is God’s way of punishing us because we slowly are taking him out of society. Others displayed their ignorance by faulting Obama and connecting it to immigration issues. While many irrational comments flooded the virtual streets of social media forums, there was another side — a
greater side of American patriotism. The quick responses and the overflow of compassion and encouragement so many people sent toward Boston was a reminder of how our nation is capable of demonstrating love for one another. In times of turmoil, I notice less fighting among citizens. People put aside their egotistical ways and attempt to lift up the hearts of those affected. My friend, Sherene Iskander, was at the Boston marathon when the bombs exploded. This was her second year volunteering at the marathon. “I was on Boylston, the same street as the explosion,” said Iskander, a Northeastern University accounting sophomore in Boston. “[My sorority sisters and I] were about 150 feet or so away from it. Needless to say, we were too close for comfort,” she said. She recalled just having walked along that sidewalk with friends a couple days prior to the event. This experience hit home for her. “Usually situations like this are so removed, but being in the city that I live in, so close to where I live, I will never walk on that sidewalk and not think about what happened,” Iskander said. It’s clear I’m not the only one who applauds the communal efforts and support for Boston. “I think it’s important that everyone came together because it shows a unified force,” Iskander said. “[The bombers] wanted to instill fear and break up our city, but Boston
has proven that we are resilient and that this will not destroy us. While terrorism tries to tear us apart, Boston has been brought together. I feel such deep sorrow for those who have been affected by this, but I know we will move forward as a city, state and country.” Pride and encouragement ran through America’s veins last week so admirably. I love to see our residents nationalize and stand strong. There may be a lot of things wrong with our country, but in a time of crisis, we are capable of uniting and bouncing back from the devastating actions of poor-intentioned people trying to harm our people and our home. Last week was a sentimental week in general. Aside from the Boston marathon bombings, the 18th anniversary of the Oklahoma City Murrah was April 19. Oklahomans may be able to best comprehend how those in Boston felt when the bombs exploded; so many were affected by and still remember the devastating, unexpected bombing from 1995. Oklahoma can relate to your pain, Boston. If you’re participating in the Oklahoma City Memorial Marathon April 28, remember to show your acknowledgment and support for the Boston bombing victims by wearing red socks to represent Boston. Alex Niblett is a journalism junior.
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High-density housing great for Campus Corner
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he Council Senior Columnist Community Planning and Transportation Committee has released a report on the proposed building of high-density apartment buildings in several key areas of Norman. Most Trent Cason relevant for OU students cason.trent@yahoo.com is the proposal to build on Campus Corner, but the committee also focuses on Main Street. I think this is a brilliant idea, and so do many Norman residents, according to survey data. The apartments will provide housing above businesses already on Campus Corner. This is exciting for several reasons. The low-density apartment complexes around campus right now take up a huge amount of space and, with one or two exceptions, make for quite a hike to class in the morning. Putting multiple-story housing on Campus Corner is a move I feel should have been made long ago. The flimsy, two story wooden apartment complexes that blanket areas like Norman and Oklahoma City are just awful to live in. The walls are often thin, the floors are often thinner, and it can be a half-mile walk from your front door to the leasing office. Going up five stories is a great idea as long as the architecture isn’t bland. Nobody wants a wall of brick blocking out the sun unless that brick façade is more pleasant to
provide lasting work. look at than the tree tops and sky it is replacing. There are Plumbing is already an issue for Norman, and adding already examples of the kind of building that would look good on Campus Corner all over campus, and I hope if the such high-density housing probably is going to require some expansion of the city’s sewage capacity. If they built committee decides to go ahead with planning and construction, they stick with the pre-established theme of OU’s five-story buildings on Campus Corner filled with people, and everyone flushed at once, the results iconic red brick. could be devastating to the system. Living above the hubbub of Campus In order to keep Campus Corner from Corner would be really nice. It would inAT A GLANCE becoming a garbage pile, new systems likecrease the number of pedestrians and High-density ly would have to be put in place for keeping hopefully decrease the number of cars on housing things clean. Weekly pickup would only be the road around campus. It also could do a an option if the city added lots of dumplot to lower the incidences of drinking and What: Apartments, driving, as much of the drinking that hapsters or if each building had a place for several stories high, pens seems to be taking place on Campus processing and compacting its own trash. above a business. Corner, anyway. Maybe pickup schedules would have to be Where: Campus Corner There are certainly issues to be dealt revised to prevent the buildup of trash in dumpsters, which of course don’t do much with before such a project can begin. When: After planning for making the area look or smell very nice. Besides aesthetic choices that need to approval, apartments There are several obstacles in the way, be made, there are the issues of parking, could be built quickly. but I for one am very excited at the prosplumbing and garbage. pect of adding height and housing to Parking is already a problem on Campus Campus Corner. Pulling people back into Corner, and the addition of high-density the immediate campus area from outlying residence buildings wouldn’t be much apartment complexes will help to build a stronger campus help. There is a lot of wasted space just north of Campus community and give students and faculty alike something Corner on Asp Avenue, and there is more just east of to be proud of. Jenkins Avenue that could come in handy. Maybe underground parking is being considered, which would extend the capacity of available spaces without paving everything Trent Cason is an English literary and cultural studies in sight. Expanding parking space is expensive, but in an economy where “jobs” is the keyword, this certainly would senior.
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Jones’ extra season hurt his draft stock JEFF LATZKE
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NORMAN, Okla. (AP) — Matt Barkley stayed in school. Landry Jones stuck around. When the NFL draft kicks off Thursday night, the question of whether they made a mistake will be answered. Some of college football’s highest-profile quarterbacks will find out if an extra year in school cost them millions of dollars. If Barkle y, Jones and Arkansas’ Tyler Wilson drop far, it goes against the NFL’s conventional wisdom that another year in school is almost always a good idea. But they’re considered rare exceptions to the rule by some. “Staying in school has never hurt anybody because it makes them much better players, and especially the quarterbacks,” said NFL draft consultant Gil Brandt, a former general manager of the Dallas Cowboys. The latest standout quarterback at Southern California, Barkley was considered in the same class as Andrew Luck and Robert Griffin III, the top two picks in last year’s draft who went on to sensational rookie seasons and playoff appearances. He returned to USC with national championship expectations and the preseason No. 1 ranking, but the Trojans went bust with a 7-6 record. And Barkley got hurt. Jones, who flashed tremendous potential soon after replacing No. 1 pick Sam Bradford at Oklahoma, never solidified himself as
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Former quarterback Landry Jones scrambles to his right during OU’s game against Kansas State on Sept. 22 at Oklahoma Memorial Stadium. Jones fumbled and threw an interception as the he Sooners suffered their first loss of the season by a margin of 24-19.
a top-of-the-draft quarterback. Wilson struggled t h r o u g h a d i s a p p o i n ting final year with the Razorbacks as coach Bobby Petrino’s messy exit preceded a 4-8 season. Even in these cases, Brandt isn’t convinced damage was done by the trio of seniors. “They stayed. Did it make them better players? I think it did,” Brandt argued. “Did it get them drafted higher? I think they probably got drafted about the same as they would have had they not stayed in school.” We’ll see later this week. None of them has fallen off the draft board entirely, but instead it’s Geno Smith from West Virginia and E.J. Manuel from Florida State
who will be attending opening night at Radio City Music Hall. Syracuse’s Ryan Nassib has also surged toward the top of some analysts’ rankings of top QBs. Brandt said he ne ver considered Jones anything higher than a second- or third-round pick after the 2011 season, and he doesn’t think Wilson was seen as a franchise quarterback at the time, either. To him, the big anomaly is Barkley. If Barkley does drop, it will be an aberration in the eyes of Brandt, who said he regularly encourages players to stay in college. NFL Network draft analyst Mike Mayock is still a believer that most players are better off returning to college. “If you get a first-round
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“I think his sophomore year might have been his best year and I think his decision-making has been somewhat questionable.” Mike mayock, nfl network draft analyst
grade from the NFL Advisory Committee, you probably should go. If you can’t help yourself in any way, shape or form, you should probably go. If you’re a running back, you might go,” Mayock said. “But for the most part, you ought to listen and see if you can improve your draft stock by staying another year.” In this year’s draft class,
count Alabama linemen D.J. Fluker and Chance Warmack among players who’ve dramatically improved their status by taking more time to improve. “I’m not a big believer of what a lot of agents are telling players — underclassmen — now, which is, ‘Hey, all that matters is the second contract. Let’s just get out there,’” Mayock said. “The flaw in that thinking is assuming that you’re going to get to a second contract. ... If you’re out of the league in two years, that doesn’t do you any good, that second contract conversation,” he added. Jones finished his career with the third-most yards passing in FBS history, but with plenty of questions
whether he got better during his time at Oklahoma. Jon Gruden, the Super Bowlwinning coach who’s now a “Monday Night Football” analyst, has suggested Jones got bored after so much success early on in college. “I think his sophomore year might have been his best year and I think his decision-making has been somewhat questionable,” Mayock said. “At this point, I’ve got Landry Jones in my fourth round. That’s a kid that as a sophomore I thought had a lot of upside and then I thought he just kind of settled in and did not grow anymore.” Jones still was harboring hopes of being the No. 1 overall pick at his pro day last month, although he acknowledged even then that it was unlikely — particularly after the Kansas City Chiefs acquired Alex Smith. “I don’t really know where I’m sitting,” he said, noting he avoids projections where he might get picked. “This is a long process for guys, but at draft day, you’ll figure out where you’re going.” Like Barkley, Jones — who got married to Sooners basketball player Whitney Hand last July — and Wilson have expressed no regrets about staying in school no matter what their draft fate may be. “You hear speculation, but I think I’m in a pretty good position,” Wilson said. “I’m happy that I’m in the spot that I’m in, and any chance you’re going to get to play at the next level is a tremendous opportunity. Hopefully you’re picked early, but we’ll see.”
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BROADWAY HIT COMES TO OU ‘On the Town’ follows three sailors on evening of shore leave in 1940s Aaron Cotney
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O U ’s W e i t z e n h o f f e r On the Town School of Musical Theatre When: 8 p.m. Friday and University Theatre will and Saturday, 3 p.m. present “On the Town,” a Sunday, 8 p.m. May 1940s-themed musical ap2-4 and 3 p.m. May 5 propriate for all audiences. “On the Town” was first Where: Reynolds performed as a Broadway Performing Arts Center musical in 1944 with mul560 Parrington Oval tiple revivals on Broadway Price: $30 for adults, and the West End London, $25 for senior adults, according to a press remilitary and OU faculty lease dated March 29. It was and staff and $15 for adapted as a musical film in students 1949 by MGM. “The story concerns Info: Tickets may be three American sailors on purchased from the OU a 24-hour shore leave in Fine Arts Box Office New York City,” director or by calling 405-3254101 Lyn Cramer said. “Each of the three sailors becomes enamored of a particular woman — and of the city enormous cast. itself.” “With a cast of 47 and a For those who are familiar creative team and crew largwith the film “On the Town,” er than that, this massive the musical’s stage produc- show is seldom attempted tion could not be more dif- by any professional theater, ferent, Cramer said. let alone a college or univer“The audience can expect sity,” Cramer said. a refreshing night of theater, The theatre department very funny jokes and a very had a hard time choreofast pace,” said graphing what Cory Lingner, goes on behind musical thethe scenes a t e r s e n i o r, because of who will play the immense the role of number of Gabey. “There props and peois a message With a cast of 47 ple needed to to live your life and a creative perform “O n and try to gatht h e T o w n ,” team and crew said Rebecca er as much as you can in one larger than that, Ashton, musiday.” cal theater sethis massive In addition nior, who will t o m u l t i p l e show is seldom play the role of vocal perforattempted by Claire de Loon. mances, “On “The back the Town” fea- any professional stage can hardt u r e s a l i v e , theater, let alone ly accompany full-piece all our cosa college or orchestra. tumes and mauniversity.” “It’s the bigterials,” Ashton gest orchestra said. Lyn Cramer, I’ve ever per“On the director of “On The formed with Town” is difTown” in a musical,” ferent from Lingner said. other musicals Not only does “On the OU has performed because Town” feature a large or- there are students from chestra, but it also boasts an dance and theater and even
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(Above and bottom left) Musical theater senior Alie Walsh and musical theater junior Jacob Chancellor perform the roles of Hildy and Chip from “On The Town” Wednesday night. The first performance will be at 8 p.m. Friday at Reynolds Performing Arts Center.
an opera major, Ashton said. “The (Leonard) Bernstein score is one of ultimate challenges for any musician, whether singer or instrumentalist,” Cramer said. “It is a daunting task, and when done well, it is a delight for both the performer and, most especially, for the audience. The dynamic force of the score will have the audience on the edge of their seats.”
Both Lingner and Ashton said Cramer has done a fantastic job putting her own spin on the musical while maintaining its originality. “I’ve had a great time preparing for [‘On the Town’],” Ashton said. “It is going to be a really good show.” Aaron Cotney aaron_cotney@yahoo.com
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Musical theater sophomore Audra Bryant performs the role of Ivy from “On The Town” Wednesday night. The first performance will be at 8 p.m. Friday at Reynolds Performing Arts Center.
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Recipe only for serious peanut butter lovers life & arts columnist
Jessica Murphy jessica.z.murphy-1@ou.edu
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his recipe had me just at the name when I found it on The Recipe Critic. I mean chocolate and peanut butter? It’s possibly the best combination ever. So I gave it a try and found it to be really easy to make and dangerously delicious.
What you’ll need: • 3/4 cup creamy peanut butter • 1/3 cup vegetable oil • 1 cup brown sugar • 1/4 cup milk • 2 teaspoons vanilla • 1 cup all purpose flour • 1/2 teaspoon salt • 1/2 teaspoon baking powder • 1/4 cup peanuts • 1/2 cup chocolate chips (you can use ¼ to melt and drizzle on top)
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These chocolate chip peanut butter blondies are perfect for any true lover of peanut butter.
Preheat the oven to 350 degrees and grease an 8-inch-by-8-inch pan. I also put some parchment paper in the bottom and greased that, as well.
Cook for 22-25 minutes. The sides should be slightly brown and the top soft.
Mix together the peanut butter, oil and sugar. Add in the milk and vanilla and mix well.
Let them cool, then cut and drizzle some melted chocolate chips on the top!
Add the flour, salt and baking powder, which will create a thick dough.
Spread mixture in the pan and sprinkle in your peanuts and chocolate chips, pressing them in slightly.
They were super addicting. But, be warned. They are extremely peanut buttery. These are definitely for true peanut butter lovers only. Jessica Murphy is a public relations sophomore.