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Sooner Parents’ funds double Senior granted More grants will be given to raise program’s impact CEDAR FLOYD

campus reporter

Eighteen academic and student affairs programs will receive almost double the amount of financial support from an organization of parents next year.

Applications for the Mini-Grant Program, established and funded by Sooner Parents, will be due to the organization for consideration by May 31, said Becky Barker, university liaison to

in the academic colleges and in the department of student affairs, Barker said.

This year, the organization’s selection community will be able to select 18 applicants to receive the grants, compared Visit the sooner parents website to the 10 projects that were funded last to download the application form.

Return to Becky Baker via email year, she said. at rreed@ou.edu or in person in This is because of the $4,000 increase oklahoma memorial union, Room in available funding, from $5,000 last 265 by 5 p.m. may 31. year to $9,000 this year, Barker said.

“We had a conversation about Sooner Parents and director of leader- whether we should do larger grants or go for a wider impact, and decided to ship development and volunteerism.

The Mini-Grant program awards impact as many programs as we could,” grants of $500 to university projects that support educational growth, both see MONEY pAGe 2

in Depth How to apply

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Fiddle filched from fine arts freshman A violin was stolen from Catlett Music Center AJINUR SETIWALDI campus reporter

An OU freshman panicked when he returned to the spot where he had left his violin in Catlett Music Center and found it missing.

After playing on the $7,000 Polishmade instrument for more than five years, the instrument had both financial and sentimental value for the student, who has requested to remain anonymous because the investigation of the theft still is in progress.

“I have traveled a lot of places with [the violin], and I’ve never forgotten

it anywhere — nothing has ever gone wrong,” the student said. “It was pretty shocking when I realized it wasn’t in its usual spot.”

Musical instruments are not often stolen from Catlett Music Center, and when they are, the thief is usually apprehended and the instrument is returned to its owner, said Larry Mallett, director of OU School of Music.

The student said he noticed his instrument missing at 9 p.m. April 9 and immediately contacted his mother.

The next morning, he went to Mallett’s office to report the incident, and Mallett called the OU Police Department, the student said. “ We wa l ke d u p a n d d ow n

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CAC seeks projects for Creativity Festival students and faculty can submit past or current research projects to be displayed at ou’s first oklahoma creativity Festival in september. members of ou’s campus Activities council are looking for research projects to display at the council’s creativity Fair 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. sept. 19 on the south oval, said psychology sophomore meghan Fitzpatrick, assistant to the vice-chair of programming for the oklahoma creativity Festival. the fair is one of the first events of cAc’s oklahoma creativity Festival, which will take place from sept. 19 through sept. 21. organizers of the event are looking for research projects that creatively tackle current global issues of sustainability, economic development and eco-conservation, Fitzpatrick said.

“We are looking for anything possible … the more creative, the better,” she said. students and faculty interested in showcasing their research can contact Fitzpatrick at meghan.s.fitzpatrick-1@ou.edu by the beginning of the fall 2013 semester, she said.

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throughout the entire music school for about an hour and half looking for it,” he said.

The student didn’t have many details about his instrument to provide to OUPD for the police report because his certificate of purchase was in Polish.

The student said his violin was purchased more than five years ago from Tomasz Zieba, a cello instructor at Oklahoma City University. The student’s mother called Zieba and left him a message explaining the incident the day after the theft.

Later that day, the suspected thief tried to sell the instrument at Oklahoma Strings, a musical instrument sale, service and rental shop in see VIOLIN pAGe 2

scholarship for young major Award given for history of science, technology and medicine major NADIA ENCHASSI

Assistant campus reporter

A history of science, technology and medicine senior has been awarded the major’s first endowed scholarship, in honor of two longtime proponents of higher education.

Elizabeth Wilcox won the Corliss E. and Esther C. Livesey Scholarship, making her the first recipient to win the award.

The history of science, technology and medicine first became an undergraduate major at OU two years ago, after being a minor for 30 years and a graduate program for over 60 years, said Stella Stuart, history of science undergraduate academic adviser. Two students have graduated with the major since, and two more students, including Wilcox, are to graduate this upcom- eLiZABeTH ing fall.

WiLCOX The Corliss E. and Esther C. Livesey Scholarship is named after the late-parents of Steven Livesey, chairman of the department of the history of science.

“Although neither was fortunate enough to attend college, both appreciated the value of higher education,” Livesey said in an email. “While the income from this small gift in no way compares to the support I received from them, I hope that future students will be assisted in their own academic pursuits.”

Despite their modest means, Livesey’s parents worked and saved to fully support their two sons in pursuing undergraduate degrees, and one of their proudest moments was seeing both receive doctorates, Livesey said.

Livesey said he and his wife have tried to do the same for their son and daughter and, when the opportunity arose to extend that to other students, they thought it would be a meaningful way to honor the memory of his parents.

“Elizabeth was one of the pioneers in the major. She’s become the most visible ambassador of the program,” Livesey said.

Wilcox is working on an anthropology minor, and has associate degrees in chemistry and biology.

“I knew my chances were good, because there aren’t very many of us and I met all the requirements,” Wilcox said. “But, I also knew competition was pretty high, because my fellow majors are some of the smartest people I’ve ever met. So, I was hon“So, I was honored ored and happy to know I was ” and happy to know chosen.

Wilcox said she plans to I was chosen.” pursue a career in health law and work for the government. eliZABeth wilcoX, “I’ve always been really hiStory oF Science, concerned about protecting technology AnD meDicine human rights, particularly Senior in public health care,” Wilcox said. “Looking at science from a historical prospective has helped me see a broader view of everything in general — the whole picture.”

The scholarship provides an annual award of $1,000, Stuart said. Applications were due in early March, and this year’s Scholarship Award Committee selected Wilcox as the recipient earlier this month.

“Elizabeth has been an active student in our program ever since she declared the major, and we are very pleased to award her,” Stuart said. “We are so proud of her.”

Applicants’ criteria included being a full-time, regularly enrolled undergraduate student majoring in history of science, technology and medicine, having a minimum 3.25 GPA and having earned 15 hours of major coursework, Stuart said.

In addition, financial need and past awards, honors, leadership and community activities were also considered in selecting the recipient, Stuart said.

Boren’s budget forum needs student opinions

Opinion: tuition increases and state allocations shortfalls directly impact all ou students’ finances. (Page 4)

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Today around campus Students can discuss next year’s tuition with President David Boren during a forum at 3 p.m. in the Oklahoma Memorial Union’s Beaird Lounge.

Thursday, May 2 Musical: The musical comedy “On The Town” will be performed at 8 p.m. in the Reynold’s Performing Arts Center. Tickets are $15 for OU students, $25 for senior adults, OU faculty/staff and military and $30 for adults.

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Musical: The musical comedy “On The Town” will be performed at 8 p.m. in the Reynold’s Performing Arts Center. Tickets are $15 for OU students, $25 for senior adults, OU faculty/staff and military and $30 for adults.

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Barker said.

The organization seeks a variety of ways to impact campus. Some may be very specific to certain populations, while some might be more far-reaching, Barker said. For that reason, Sooner Parents decided it would be able to make a greater impact if it could offer even a little bit of support to a larger number of projects.

Sooner Parents has been awarding Mini-Grants since 2005 to programs like the Women’s Outreach Center’s D8 ME: Tips for Strong Relationships program, the College of Arts and Sciences Professional Networking Reception for Students, and the Student Volunteer Counsel, among others, Barker said.

“It’s only $500,” Barker said. “But we’ve been really pleased about what has been

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Molly Shi Boren greets Rebecca Light, health and exercise sophomore and her mother, Cindy Light, and grandmother, Nancy McCall, at Mom’s Day tea party April 6. Mom’s Day is among the many events Sooner Parents funds.

able to occur: equipment that’s been purchased, or a speaker that was brought in that covered by this [grant].”

Members of Sooner Parents fund the grants with the dues they pay, Baker said.

Sooner Parents also

provides funding for Mom’s Day, Dad’s Day and Big Event as well as sponsoring the Outstanding Senior awards within the academic colleges and the Outstanding Senior Man and Woman awards, she said.

“Sooner Parents serves

as extra support, providing funding that might not normally be there, and it allows parents to be involved and make an impact,” Barker said.

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Violin: Freshman is reunited with filched fiddle Continued from page 1

according to OUPD reports.

The $2,000 instrument was not recovered and the Oklahoma City, the student case closed, OUPD spokessaid. Joe Guevara, who had man Lt. Bruce Chan said. serviced the instrument beOUPD has a better chance fore at the store, recognized of finding instruments if the violin and called Zieba there is a serial number, as the suspect left without Chan said. When there is a sale. a serial number, OUPD The student said the next also searches the National day his mother called many Crime Information Center, of the music an FBI datashops in the base, to track “Even though Oklahoma City stolen items. my violin was metropolitan Ian Vincent, in the polices’ the assistant area s earch ing for the hands, posters manger of Big instrument.

Red Pawn, a “ T w e n t y went up because l o c a l p aw n minutes after shop, said the of the lack of Mo m g o t o f f shop posts the t h e p h o n e communication serial number between with the store of items they manager at purchase on the police Larsen Music Leadsonline, in Oklahoma department and an online inCity, the guy vestigation the School of walks in with system.

Music.” my violin and The store says his grand- Anonymous Freshman currently has father gave it more than 30 Student, to him and he musical inVictim of theft wants to get an struments in appraisal on it,” the student stock, Vincent said. said. “The store manager OUPD wasn’t ver y incalls the police and the thief volved in the recovery of was apprehended by OKC his instrument, the student police.” said.

On April 13, four days Although his violin didn’t after he noticed his violin come with a serial number was missing, the student because it was handmade and his instrument were re- in Poland, the calls the united, he said. student’s mother made to But not all musicians are music shops and Oklahoma united with their stolen City police helped appreinstruments. hend the thief and recover In May 2012, OUPD re- the violin, he said. ceived a stolen cello report, “Even though my violin

was in the polices’ hands, posters went up because of the lack of communication between the police department and the School of Music,” the student said.

The School of Music currently takes some measures to prevent theft, and students and faculty have done a good job monitoring the building, but it’s difficult to monitor all eight exits, Mallett said.

“Studying music is really an intimate thing so you get a lot of one-on-one time with the faculty,” the student said. “Professors are really aware of what kids go

through and are concerned when they see instruments out of place.”

School of Music officials are considering taking additional measures to prevent theft, such as installing cameras near exits or hiring students to monitor the halls, Mallett said.

From now on, the student said he will keep his instrument closer to him to prevent another theft.

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Egyptian villagers hold a banner in front of the 4,500-year-old “bent” pyramid, of Pharaoh Sneferu known for its oddly shaped profile, outside the village of Dahshour, 50 miles (80 Kilometers) south of Cairo, Egypt on Monday. Protesters held a rally Monday against the continued construction of a modern cemetery at the foot of Egypt’s first pyramids and its oldest temples.

Locals protesting illegal construction, looting Protesters oppose cemetery being built near one of Egypt’s oldest pyramids DAHSHOUR, Egypt (AP) — Egyptian youths protested Monday at a key historic site, demanding that authorities put a stop to looting and construction that threatens one of the nation’s oldest pyramids and burial grounds.

Illegal construction of a new cemetery has been going on for months in part of a 4,500-year-old pharaonic necropolis.

The expansion has encroached on the largely unexplored complex of Dahshour, where Pharaoh Sneferu experimented with the first smooth-sided pyramids that his son Khufu, also known as Cheops, employed at the more famous Giza Plateau nearby, when he built the Great Pyramid.

Authorities issued an order in January to remove the construction equipment, instructing the Interior Ministry’s police to implement it, but no action has been taken.

Also, a security vacuum that followed Egypt’s 2011 popular uprising has encouraged looters to step up their illegal digs, clashing with guards at the site.

On Monday, dozens of young protesters at the site about 40 kilometers (25 miles) south of Cairo held up a sign that read: “God does not bless a nation that gives up its heritage.”

“It’s the first time the local community is taking a step forward, rather than the academics. Previously, it would always appear that the academics were against the residents.”

Monica Hanna, independent archaeologist who worked at Dahshour

they insist is empty desert land to erect family tombs.

The area, designated by UNESCO as a World Heritage site, also includes the adjacent Valley Temple and the 3,800-yearold Black Pyramid of Amenemhat III. Nearby is Sneferu’s Bent Pyramid, some 700 years older, with its distinctive bent sides believed to have been caused when the builders had to correct the angle halfway through construction. Farther away is the Red Pyramid, where Sneferu’s builders got the angles right, producing the first smooth-sided pyramid, evolving from the stepped structures built by earlier dynasties.

Antiquity restoration specialist Marwa el-Zeini, who was at the protest, blamed authorities for failing to stop the cemetery construction.

Mohamed Youssef, head of antiquities for Dahshour, dismissed the protest as a media stunt.

Monica Hanna, an independent archaeologist who has worked at Dahshour, praised the local initiative.

“It’s the first time the local community is taking a step forward, rather than the academics,” Hanna said. “Previously, it would always appear that the academics were against the residents.”

Ramadan Mohammed, a 20-year old student from the nearby village of Mansheyet Dahshour, said he witnessed looting himself. He said he wanted to show that Dahshour residents were not responsible and should not to be blamed.

“I’m here to see the government’s response,” Mohammed said, with the shadow of Pharaoh Sneferu’s Bent Pyramid looming in the background. “The military was in control of the country all this past period, they should have protected the site and caught the looters. Instead, they stood there doing nothing,” he complained.

Antiquities experts warn that construction of the new cemetery also endangers the ancient complex.

Villagers say their cemeteries are full, but authorities do not give permits or land for new ones, so they grabbed what The Associated Press

United Nations

UN seeks investigation of chemical weapons claims in Syria Experts say on-site study is necessary UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Secretary-General Ban Kimoon appealed to Syria again Monday to allow experts into the country without delay or conditions to investigate allegations of chemical weapons use, saying this is a “crucial moment” to get the team on the ground.

The U.N. chief told reporters he takes seriously a recent U.S. intelligence report which indicated Syria has twice used chemical weapons and said “a credible and comprehensive inquiry” requires access to all sites where allegations have been made.

Syria wants any investigation limited to an incident near Aleppo in March, but Ban wants a broader investigation, including a The Associated Press December incident in Homs. U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon speaks at the headquarters of the Organization for the Ba n ma d e h i s ap p e a l Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) in The Hague, Netherlands, April 8. for access standing beside Swedish chemical weapons In a message marking expert Ake Sellstrom, a for- no substitute for an on-site encourage all involved to upmer U.N. chemical weapons investigation to determine if hold their responsibilities in the day, the secretary-genchemical weapons have been enabling us to properly po- eral said the allegations “of inspe ctor in used. lice these heinous weapons the use of these indiscrimiIraq who heads “I encourage Ban stressed of massive destruction.” nate and morally repugnant the team, earlier to rebefore they all involved to porters that met privateuphold their “o n -si te a cly. He praised responsibilities t i v i t i e s a r e Sellstrom and essential if his team for in enabling the United their “integrity us to properly Nations is to be and indepenable to estabdence and propolice these the facts fessionalism.” heinous weapons lish and clear up U.N. spokesof massive all the doubts m a n Ma r t i n surrounding Nesirky said destruction.” this issue.” later that Ban Ki-moon, He noted the secreSecretary General of that April 29 tar y-general the United Nations is the Day of and Sellstrom Remembrance discussed the steps that have been taken so for All Victims of Chemical far in gathering information Warfare.

“As we address these alfrom a range of sources. He said they agreed that there is legations,” Ban said, “I

weapons in Syr ia ser ve as a reminder of the continuing vital importance of the Chemical Weapons Convention.”

The convention prohibits the development, production, acquisition, stockpiling, retention, transfer or use of chemical weapons by the 188 states that have ratified it. Ban said in the past year, the total of declared chemical warfare agents that have been verifiably destroyed has risen from nearly 75 percent to close to 80 percent.

But the secretary-general said “the threat of chemical weapons persist,” noting that eight countries have not ratified the convention — Syria, North Korea, Angola, Egypt, Somalia, South Sudan, Israel and Myanmar.

“Until the convention is universal and the last stockpiles have been destroyed,” he said, “our debt to the victims of chemical warfare will remain unpaid.”

The Associated Press

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EDITORIAL

Students must have voice at president’s budget talk Our view: Go to President Boren’s budget forum.

contributes a small percentage of the total budget, is OU still a state university?

We would take this idea a step further. Because tuition accounts for the majority of Norman’s budget, it is a student university. This fact highlights the importance of student involvement in budgetary considerations. If you pay tuition, this is your university.

President David Boren’s open forum is a perfect opportunity for students to voice their concerns about rising tuition costs. OU’s budget is complex.

The university receives a combination of state allocations, tuition, grants and donor contributions.

Every student should understand how these Donations and grants factors influence tuition increases. At the forum, Despite the prevalence of donor names on buildBoren likely will place most of the blame of rising ings and placards on campus, gifts and endowtuition on decreasing state allocations. State allocaments made up just 3.2 percent of its 2012 to 2013 tions are important but that’s not the whole story. budget for the Norman campus, according Understanding each piece of the funding to the Budget Office website. This number puzzle is critical to analyzing OU’s monetary The Our View does not include OU Law and the Health needs. Here is a breakdown of each piece: is the majority Sciences Center. While donations are inopinion of credibly important, they cannot make up The Daily’s State allocations for a lack of state allocations or significantly nine-member The state of Oklahoma will allocate nearly editorial board reduce tuition. $980 million dollars to higher education in OU is doing a great job of attracting grant 2013. This is a 3.7 percent increase over 2012 money from the federal government. The allocations or almost $25 million in new funding, Budget Office projects over $140 million dollars in according the Oklahoma State Regents for Higher grants in the 2013 fiscal year. Unfortunately, very litEducation website. While the number is less than tle of this grant money trickles down to the Norman the $27.8 million requested by the regents to cover campus. The Norman camfixed costs, it is a significant increase. pus expects receive $11.8 Boren likely will show that state allocations make million dollars, or 2.7 percent GO AND DO Budget Forum up a small portion — around 18 percent — of OU’s of its budget from grants and total budgetary needs. But this number includes the other contracts during 2013.

When: 3 p.m. Today every campus. For the Norman central campus, state Where: Oklahoma allocations make up 30.7 percent of the total operatMemorial Union’s During Boren’s presening budget, according to OU Budget Office reports.

Beaird Lounge tation today, be sure to pay

Tuition

close attention to what camThe state regents approved a 3 percent increase in pus his numbers apply. He OU tuition in June 2012. This was less than the state might be quick to say the OU Medical School receives 7 percent of its funding from state allocations average increase of 5.2 percent. Tuition and fees but might not mention 30 percent of the Norman make up 52.2 percent of the Norman campus’ total operating budget, according to budget office reports. campus budget comes from the state.

We will pay close attention to Boren’s presentation Although state allocations are significantly higher for the Norman campus, they still pale in comparison to and analyze his report in this space Wednesday. tuition contributions. This is Boren’s best argument.

In a letter to newsok.com, Boren suggests this disparity demonstrates privatization of OU. If the state Comment on this on OUDaily.com

COLUMN

LETTER TO THE EDITOR

Kyle Harper asks students to weigh in on curriculum I was so heartened to read your editorial of April 25 about the general education curriculum and the Undergraduate Student Congress resolution that prompted it. The support for our goals — ensuring that we have inspiring freshman experiences, enhancing the quality of our general education offerings and focusing on critical skills — means a great deal.

Moreover, I wholeheartedly agree that we must be highly sensitive to the financial impact any changes may have on students and their families. I can say that any significant expansion of general education requirements is unlikely. As the editors also suggest, course evaluations can and should KYLE play a part in our thinking, and indeed a careful review of the quantitative and qual- HARPER itative measures of excellence already has revealed opportunities for improvement. Student voices have been and will continue to be a fundamental ingredient in our thinking throughout this process, and I appreciate the thoughtful remarks of The Daily and the Congress.

Student input is always welcome, and my email address is kyleharper@ou.edu.

Kyle Harper is senior vice provost and an associate classics and letters professor.

LETTER TO THE EDITOR

OU employee asks for parking change I would like to know why I have to pay for parking. I work as a custodian and make $10 an hour. I start work at 4 a.m. and stop at 12:30 p.m.

The parking lot restrictions are enforced from 7:30 a.m. until 4:30 p.m. So I really only use the parking space for five hours a day but pay full price. It’s about $200 a year for a parking permit. That doesn’t sound like much, but it would help pay for my gas to get to work, food, Christmas presents, etc. Are special people getting free parking?

I have never worked for a company that makes employees pay to park.

Carl Kolata is a facilities attendant.

COLUMN

People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals University should should use attack drones to fight off hunters offer free parking to

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eople for the The MQ-9 (the Predator B) is capable of carrying a OPINION COLUMNIST Ethical Treatment payload of 1,000 lbs. and flying a 42-hour mission. It also of Animals recently can fire a live Hellfire missile, which the Department of announced they are in the Defense claims has made “100 percent record of hits,” acmarket to purchase drones. cording to Air-Attack website.

The model of drone they Imagine all the animal lives you could save with a are eyeing is the Cinestar drone like that. Picture a couple of ignorant animal-killers Octocopter, according to a in the bush. press release.

They’re probably drunk and armed with shotguns and Micah Wormley The octocopter amounts high-powered rifles, throwing empty beer cans out of m.wormley@ou.edu to a flying, radio-controlled their SUV, poisoning the poor fish in the nearby stream. camera mount.

One of them spots a defenseless, cuddly grizzly bear.

The drone is capable of 20-minute flight times when He snatches up his disgusting weapon, when suddenly carrying a camera weighing 900g, or roughly the weight from the sky, a predator drone appears and fires a volley of fully loaded Nikon camera, according to Cinestar’s of Hellfire missiles, destroying the hunters and their murwebsite. der machines.

I expected more from It would be magnificent.

PETA. For an organization Even after rescuing the that protests a 14-year-old animals, the drone would boy selling his cow in a rafstill have the flight time fle by sending the kid vegleft to fly over slaughteran-flavored porn, or conhouses and take out office ducts a “Meat is Murder” and housing facilities. No campaign by having modanimal killer would be els lie nude and covered exempt from the drone’s in blood in supermarket wrath. butcher-style packaging, I The drones cost $4.5 expected something more million apiece; but are shocking. well worth the investIf you want to deter ment. What’s a few dollars hunters, poachers and if it means saving animal factory farmers, a flying lives? PETA must stop webcam isn’t going to cut being the prey and start it. This kind of deterrence being the predator. requires a real drone. For that, PETA should take a look at General Atomics PHOTO PROVIDED Micah Wormley is a Aeronautical Systems, Military drones are capable of carrying missiles and attacking tarprofessional writing Inc., the developer of the gets from bases thousands of miles from the target. junior.

Predator B.

hourly employees

I

am in full agreement OPINION EDITOR with the letter from Carl Kolata regarding parking for employees.

Making hourly employees pay for parking puts undue burden on individuals who, as Kolata states, already have significant Mark Brockway travel expenses. mark.d.brockway@ou.edu The university certainly incurs significant costs related to parking, not including the real estate that could be used for classroom buildings or other facilities, but hourly employees should not have to bear any of that cost.

OU should make on campus parking free for all full-time hourly employees.

I, like Kolata, have never worked at a job requiring employees to pay for parking. Professors, administrators, salary and hourly employees are charged $222 for a yearlong parking pass, according to the parking services website.

Salary employees might not be impacted by this amount but hourly employees are. Kolata must work over 20 hours to afford the parking pass he uses to work on campus.

Kolata’s other option would be to, as the parking services website suggests, take public transportation and add significant time to his morning commute. He is stuck.

Either pay the money or waste time on public transportation. Students can understand financial restraints. We have to pay for parking spots even farther away. But most of us do not come to campus for eight hours every day like Kolata. The last thing he should have to do is work 20 hours to pay for what any other employer offers for free.

Mark Brockway is a political science senior.

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TUESDAY, APRIL 30, 2013 Devote as much time and effort as you can to fulfilling your ambitious expectations in the year ahead.

Minimize frivolous get-togethers -- you’ll have plenty of time for those later.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20) -- It’s OK to be your own person, but draw the line if your needs come at the expense of someone else’s.

You don’t want to cause any undue damage.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20) -- Don’t allow yourself to be put in a position in which you’re out of your depth.

Avoid the situation by being honest about your capabilities.

CANCER (June 21-July 22) -Someone who is just as strongwilled as you might try to be the dominating force in your peer group. If you feel compelled to oppose this person, a collision is likely.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22) -- Poor results are highly likely if you have difficulty distinguishing between those who are in your corner and those who are not. Try to use your best judgment.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) -Surprisingly, you’ll be better able to handle large ideas than small ones.

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LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23) -- Unless you’re extremely careful, it could be

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SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 22) -- Those with whom you’re involved won’t like it one bit if you take them or what they do for granted. Things could get volatile, so be extra careful.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 23-Dec. 21) -- Assignments you neglect early on will return to haunt you. Don’t delude yourself about the urgency of certain matters.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) -- Overly complex arrangements are destined to fail, so do your best to keep all of your involvements with friends as low-key and uncomplicated as possible.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 19) -- It won’t do anyone any good to compare the achievements of an outsider against your family. You could be prejudiced against nonfamily members.

PISCES (Feb. 20-March 20) -- A surefire way to have others come down hard on you is to find fault with their thinking. Don’t be the one to introduce controversy into a relationship.

ARIES (March 21-April 19) -- Be extra careful and prudent in your commercial affairs or in the handling of financial funds, whether yours or someone else’s. If your judgment is off, a loss is probable.

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rior to the New Orleans series two weekends ago, coach Sunny Golloway said he had a win number in mind that could lead to the program’s first regular season Big 12 title.

At the time, the No. 12 Sooners (33-11, 10-5 Big 12) had 15 games remaining on their schedule once they had played the Privateers, whom OU easily swept. And of those 15 games, the eightyear Oklahoma skipper put that win number at around 10, which puts his team at winning every series without sweeping any series from here on out.

“We’re a very realistic bunch; it’s baseball,” Golloway said. “You set yourself up for failure when you go, ‘We’re going to sweep this weekend.’ You’re goal’s got to be two out of three.”

Since hitting that 15-games-remaining mark, the Sooners have gone 2-1 and have had one game — against No. 14 Arkansas — rained out. That canceled game will be replaced with a home game against a lesser-quality opponent than the Razorbacks, but the team has not been announced yet.

Of the 12 games remaining, 10 of them will be played

College World Series in 2010, was expected to challenge the Sooners for the Big 12 crown. But the Horned Frogs are struggling to get back to .500 and are only ahead of Texas Tech and Texas for last place in the conference.

West Virginia, whom OU plays this weekend in Charleston, W. Va., struggled early on but has won backto-back series in Big 12 play to climb up to tied for third and within striking distance for the regular season conference title with a 9-6 Big 12 record.

The Big 12 will not get many representatives in the NCAA Tournament.

There may be three teams at most, and that’s only if a surprise team wins the Big 12 Tournament — like Missouri did last year to sneak into the postseason.

So these last 12 games are astrud reed/the daily huge for the Sooners.

If Golloway’s club does Junior pitcher Jonathan Gray fires a strike to the plate for strikeout number two of three in the top of the first inning against Texas Tech not hit the magic number he in OU’s 6-2 win Saturday in Norman. Gray added two additional strikeouts in the top of the second inning for five consecutive. presented a couple weeks away from L. Dale Mitchell ago or surpass it by the way “We’re a very realistic bunch; it’s baseball. conference.

Park, starting against Dallas The Big 12 is down this has been playing on You set yourself up for failure when you go, year, which is why winning Baylor Baptist at 6:30. weekends, then the Big 12 ‘We’re going to sweep this weekend.’ You’re the conference may not be trophy once again will go Although this game does not count toward the as persuasive to the selection home with another program. goal’s got to be two out of three.”

Sooners’ Big 12 record, it is committee as it may have “11-4, 10-5 and we’ll be a big one in terms of possibeen a season ago. Winning in really good shape going sunny golloway, ou coach bly improving their RPI and this conference definitely into the Big 12 tournament maintaining any momenis not as flashy as it was five and be happy with the rethem a national seed. those eight national seeds tum gained during the last years ago when the Texas sults of the regular season,” The difference between a should be distributed among Longhorns were making six games where they’ve Golloway said. “But you national seed and a host bid the SEC, ACC and Pac 12 gone 5-1. routine runs at Omaha. never know what other peoprobably with one or two By winning the Big 12, the is the top eight teams have Part of the reason why the ple in the league are going the ability to host both the teams from other conferSooners should be guarBig 12 is down is because to do.” regional and super regional ences sneaking in there. The Texas has been struggling, anteed one of the 16 host rounds, granted they win other high-quality programs and the two teams who are positions for the NCAA and conference champions Tournament, although their their round, while the botmaking their debuts in the Jono Greco is a journalism tom eight rankings will host should get the final eight record, ranking throughout conference — TCU and West graduate student and only a regional round. host bids. the year, RPI and how other Virginia — are not making assistant sports editor.

As college baseball has But don’t expect OU to get the best first impressions. teams around the country been playing out this season, a national seed if it wins the are playing should not give TCU, who went to the

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Check out the life & arts desk’s most anticipated album releases of the summer.

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inals are upon us, and with the added stress they bring, we have to have something to look forward to for the approaching summer. I have a few films in mind for this summer I recommend seeing if you have the chance.

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TV finally has produced something the over-21 crowd can laughingly relate to.

“Girl Code” premiered April 23, revealing some of the funniest, darkest, best and not-so-flattering secrets about women in their 20s.

The show is broken up into segments where a cast of 14 women and five men discuss how women act and the rules women sometimes unknowingly follow — also known as the girl code. The cast includes comedians and actors.

In the roommate segment of the show, cast members pointed out that some roommates are great, some are just tolerable and some are the worst kinds of crazy to live with.

When a girl wants a roommate, she has to interview other girls, cast member Jeff Dye said. When a guy wants a roommate all he says is, “You’ve got $400, right?”

“If your roommate leaves notes everywhere, you start leaving notes about her notes because she is being stupid,” cast member Nicole Byer said.

In the “#Isthatweird?” segment of the show, the cast makes fun of those embarrassing things most women are guilty of saying but

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probably won’t admit to.

“I have already named all three of my children … and I don’t even have a boyfriend yet,” said cast member Shalyah Evans. “Is that weird?”

When it comes to having a crush and doing weird things around him or her, the cast gave some advice as they shared their most embarrassing moments.

“I think that crushes are great and that they make the world go round … Otherwise, Taylor Swift would not have a career,” cast member Alice Wetterlund said.

If there is one universal thing about “Girl Code,” it’s that no girl wants to be “that girl,” even if they are that girl and just don’t know it.

According to cast member Esther Ku, the best way to stay out of trouble when you are drinking is to just not leave the house … it’s just safer.

“If your drink has some ridiculous name like Sex on the Beach, I’m going to

the other side of the bar and drinking with the guy who’s bald with gray hair on the sides,” cast member Jessimae Peluso said.

I never knew a bunch of random people talking about girls could be such pure gold. The best thing about this show is that regardless of the topic, we have all been there or at least witnessed the things strictly girls go through.

Just because the show is literally all about girls doesn’t mean guys won’t love it. Boys: If you tune in, you may learn a few things.

In fact, this show just might educate you on all the things about women you have ever wondered about.

Erica Laub is a film and media studies junior.

“The Internship” Shawn Levy’s bromedy, “The Internship,” which comes out June 7, has the potential to be the best movie of the summer. Levy has had a long-standing career making comedies along with other movies, but his most notable movies include “The Night at the Museum” series, and recently “Real Steel.”

If you have been living under a rock since Owen Wilson and Vince Vaughn’s “Wedding Crashers” hit theaters almost a decade ago, then “The Internship” will give you a second chance at seeing these two actors as they prove why they are one of funniest comedic duos in Hollywood.

The film follows Nick (Wilson) and Billy (Vaughn) as they try to catch up to the Internet age and get jobs at Google after they’re laid off because of their previous company’s failure to stay up-to-date with technology.

Along the way, Nick and Billy deliver what look to be some cheesy, yet hysterical one-liners as they try to fit in with their 20-something fellow interns and fight for the chance to work for Google.

“The Hangover Part III” Your favorite band of idiots is back as they embark on another adventure of destruction and debauchery only director Todd Phillips (“Old School”) and the crew from “The Hangover” can produce. Back for its final installment of the trilogy, “The Hangover Part III” has all the usual suspects ready to cause more mayhem.

“The Hangover Part III” follows Phil (Bradley Cooper), Alan (Zach Galifianakis), Doug (Justin Bartha) and Stu (Ed Helms) as they hit the road, but this time there is neither a wedding nor a bachelor party involved. Instead, the film appears to be a mix of scenes wherein the “wolfpack” finds itself in precarious situations, allowing the audience to laugh at the pack’s foolish, yet entertaining actions.

You won’t have to wait too long for this one, because it hits theaters in mere weeks with a May 24 release date.

Brent Stenstrom is a film and media studies junior.

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