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ou to honor 98 graduates for perfect gPAs Number of graduates with 4.0 averages marks 51-percent increase from last year evaN BalDaCCiNi Campus Reporter
Ninety-eight students have completed their degree requirements and are graduating with perfect grade point averages this year, marking over a 50-percent increase from last year. Those 98 students are graduating with a 4.0 for the summer
2012, fall 2012 and spring 2013 terms, said Lori Stevens, associate director of the OU Graduation Office. The number of students graduating with perfect GPAs has increased from 65 last year, marking a 51 percent increase, according to The Daily’s archives. This increase is proportional to the higher number of graduates and the larger number of academically exceptional students in the incoming classes, Stevens said. President David Boren will give the students who receive a 4.0 for their entire undergraduate degree a 4.0 medallion in a smaller ceremony the week before the commencement
ceremony, she said. Andrew Belliveau, economics and international business senior graduating with a 4.0, said he used many of the on-campus programs to maintain his perfect GPA. “It gives you a good sense of accomplishment that you really grasped the material of your areas of study,” Belliveau said. He also took advantage of professors’ office hours and the study areas on campus, he said. At the commencement ceremony, the students with perfect GPAs can be recognized wearing their 4.0 medallions, Stevens said.
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Man sentenced to 177 years for sexually assaulting OU students nORMAn, Okla. (AP) — A Colorado man accused of sexually assaulting students on the OU campus over a 21-year period has been sentenced to 177 years in prison after pleading guilty to multiple charges. Robert Howard Bruce pleaded guilty Tuesday to five counts of first-degree rape, 10 counts of first-degree burglary, two counts of sexual battery and one count of forcible sodomy. Prosecutors RoBeRt accused him of attacking people on the hoWARD OU campus between 1985 and 2006. Bruce wasn’t arrested until last year BRuce after his DnA was entered into a national database. He’s also been sentenced to 156 years in prison after pleading guilty to nine rape charges in new Mexico. The Associated Press
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OU seniors look forward to future College of Arts, Sciences graduates most students KaiTlyN UNDeRWOOD Campus Reporter
A fireworks show, international flag bearers and President David Boren will herald the almost 7,500 May graduates to receive their diplomas at OU’s commencement ceremony. This semester’s ceremony will be held at 7 p.m. May 10 in Gaylord Fa m i l y - O k l a h o m a M e m o r i a l Stadium. Following commencement, students are invited to participate in their respective college’s convocation ceremony, which will take place May 11 at various times across campus and Oklahoma City. At convocation, graduates will be presented with a degree cover by their college’s dean and take photographs, according to the Graduation Office’s convocation schedule. As per usual, the College of Arts and Sciences is projected to have the largest number of graduates for the 2012-2013 academic year, said
Laurie Tinsley, assistant director to OU’s Office of Academic Records. For the past five years, the College of Arts and Sciences has conferred an average of 2,421 degrees per year, the majority of which were bachelor’s degrees, according to the OU Factbook. The Michael F. Price College of Business traditionally is the second-largest producer of graduates, with an average of 666 degrees conferred over the last five years, according to the Factbook. Rounding out the top three, the College of Engineering has granted an average of 448 degrees over the same period, according to the Factbook. However, while the arts and sciences, business and engineering colleges produced the most graduates, the major that typically has the highest entering salary post-graduation is not under any of them. Petroleum engineering graduates earning bachelor’s degrees within the Mewbourne College of Earth and Energy have earned an average
in dePTH commencement festivities 5 p.m. CART shuttle begins from Lloyd noble Center to the Oklahoma Memorial Stadium and will run for free until 11 p.m. 6:15 p.m. Pre-commencement concert by University Commencement Choir and a presentation of senior portraits taken for the Sooner 2013 OU yearbook 7 p.m. Commencement begins and will include: • A procession of international flag bearers • Commencement speaker, Fareed Zakaria, editor-at-large of TIME and a Washington Post columnist • Individual recognition of doctoral candidates • Group recognition of undergraduate and master’s candidates • Conclusion with a fireworks display
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Two Cousins underscore program goal Program awards two women for their outstanding dedication to group ideals CeDaR FlOyD
Campus Reporter
After a year of learning to be best friends, an international student and an American student culminated their friendship with barbecue, country dancing and a plentiful supply of tears. When Bora Kwon, nutrition senior, got on the bus and began the journey that would take her away from Korea and her family for the first time, she “I never thought about couldn’t stop the going to Korea, but now tears from streamI’m going to miss Bora ing down her face. Almost a year later so much we have to find at the OU Cousins a way to get together.” year-end barbecue, she faced yet angaBRieLa BORJa, eneRgY other separation, managemenT and FinanCe this time from her sOPHOmORe best friend and OU cousin Gabriela Borja, energy management and finance sophomore. The two couldn’t bear the thought of having to part, and the tears freely flowed once again. The pair received the award for best women OU Cousins, one of two sets of cousins that best exemplified the intention of the program by diving into the experience, learning from each other and erasing the boundaries between international and American students, said Ray Wolber, OU Cousins student director and human relations senior.
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University Club re-opens to high turnout Club’s new features and prices draw membership MaTT Ravis
Campus Reporter
Less than a month after re-opening for renovations, OU’s University Club has 236 members and has been reserved for two future events. Since the club reopened on April 9, 175 individuals including faculty, staff and friends of the university, 46 departments, three corporations and 12 graduate students are members of The Jan Marie and Richard J. Crawford University Club, said Laura Tontz,
Oklahoma Memorial Union director. Additionally, more applications are being received every day, she said. Graduate students pay $5 a month for a membership, with no initiation fee. All other members pay $15 per month, with a $25 initiation fee, Tontz said. Since the renovation, the club has new features like a fireplace, wood floors, a bar and a wine room, according to the club website. The overall cost of the club through Jan. 31 was $2.2 million, according to requested documents. The bulk of the renovation costs were in general construction and renovation
expenses, which were $1.6 million or about 76 percent of the overall costs. Events held at the club so far include receptions and dinners, Tontz said. The most recent event, a Sunday brunch, had over 50 guests in attendance, she said. The club is open Tuesday through Friday for lunch, Wednesday through Saturday for dinner and brunch Sunday. The club has received reservations for commencement day and Mother’s Day weekend, Tontz said. Matt Ravis matt.ravis@ou.edu
OU gymnast goes from walk-on to national champion Sports: Sophomore gymnast Michael Squires won the national title on the rings this year, just one season after joining the team as a walk-on. (Page 7)
Hungry at night? Forget Norman restaurants Opinion: If you have the munchies, norman restaurants close too early. (Page 4)
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SUnDAy, MAy 5 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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Continued from page 1 starting salary higher than any other major, which is $88,873.628 over the last five academic years, according to reports from OU Career Services. The major to produce the next-highest-average-starting salary is chemical engineering, which is part of the College of Engineering. Over the last five years, graduates have earned an average of $75,992.24, according to the reports. The third-highest starting salary comes from the Price College of Business, with energy management. Over the same period, these graduates have averaged $68,912.55 per year upon entering the workforce, according to the reports. Although the College of Arts and Sciences produces the most graduates, it does not produce the largest entering salaries. Economics g ra d s f ro m t h e c o l l e g e earned the highest average starting salary, $49,871.67, over the last five years, according to the reports. Kaitlyn Underwood kaitlyn.underwood5@gmail.com
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An organization is reaching out to OU students to get involved with a project to help the Regional Food Bank provide more meals to Oklahomans. Oklahoma Students for Feeding the Hungry was created about a year ago by a small group of OU industrial and systems engineering students who wanted to use their engineering and business tools to assist the Regional Food Bank of Oklahoma to fight hunger in the state, said Hiba Baroud, a graduate research assistant for the School of Industrial and Systems Engineering. Members of the organization assist the Feeding the
Hungry project by analyzing data to predict the future demand the organization will have to meet, Baroud said. “With more data, we can have more accurate estimates, and we can use those estimates to guide them in the future with inventory,” Baroud said. Students interested in getting involved don’t have to have any experience because the members will help them learn new skills through tutorials, Baroud said. T h e R e g i o n a l Fo o d Bank is the largest private hunger-relief organization in Oklahoma, and it distributes millions of pounds of food to the 675,000 Oklahomans who suffer from hunger everyday, according its website.
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cousins: Boren honors family’s contributions Continued from page 1 “I recommend that people get a cousin and communicate with her,” Borja said. “I never thought about going to Korea, but now I’m going to miss Bora so much we have to find a way to get together.” OU Cousins began its mission of bringing international students into the OU family in 1996, and Whinery Ranch has held the annual barbecue for all of the program’s 18 years, said President David Boren, who dressed in a blue bolo tie and OU cowboy boots for the occasion. The John Arnold Band, an Oklahoma country band, also has performed each of those years, providing the almost 450 attendees with country swing music and giving them a taste of the country tradition with line dances. This year, Boren unveiled a bronze tablet memorializing Leo Whinery and his family’s contributions to the program and the international community to be hung in Oklahoma Memorial Union later this week. Whinery, a former law professor at OU, was instrumental in helping Boren and his wife Molly Shi Boren to get the OU Cousins program off the ground. He passed away in
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Students line dance at the OU Cousins annual barbecue Wednesday at the Whinery Ranch.
November, but his memory permanently will be memorialized by the tablet and by his wife and sons, who have continued to support the program, Boren said. The program has grown since its founding and currently has about 1,200 active members who foster a
global community and international family, Wolber said. “We want to make the transition [into American life] easier for international students by providing them with a friend,” he said. “When you have an immediate connection you get a
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Postponement met with tears, anger INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — School districts across several states are rescheduling high-stakes tests that judge student proficiency and even determine teachers’ pay because of technical problems involving the test administrators’ computer systems. Thousands of students in Indiana, Kentucky, Minnesota and Oklahoma have been kicked offline while taking tests in recent weeks, postponing the testing schools planned for months and raising concerns about whether the glitches will affect scores. “There’s been pep rallies and spirit weeks all getting ready for this. It’s like showing up for the big game and then the basketball is deflated,” said Jason Zook, a fifth-grade teacher at Brown Intermediate Center in South Bend, Ind. Ma ny f r u s t rat e d s t u dents have been reduced to tears and administrators
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are boiling over, calling the problems “disastrous” and “unacceptable” at a time when test results count so heavily toward schools’ ratings under the federal No Child Left Behind law. In places such as Indiana, where former Gov. Mitch Daniels approved changes tying teachers’ merit pay to student test scores, the pressure is even greater. “Teachers are extremely frustrated because of the high-stakes nature of this test,” said Jeff Sherrill, principal at Emmons Elementary School in Mishawaka, Ind. “They know they’re going to be judged on this and their schools are going to be judged on this. Certainly it’s
changed the outcome of the testing, because there’s no way it’s not going to.” CTB/McGraw-Hill is the contractor in Indiana and Oklahoma and administers statewide standardized tests in eight other states. Kentucky Department of Education spokeswoman Nancy Rodriguez said its vendor, ACT Inc., reported online issues in Kentucky and Alabama. The Associated Press
OU will award five individuals with honorary degrees at the commencement ceremony on May 10. Those individuals are: Fareed Zakaria: journalist and commencement speaker Tom Boyd: philosophy and religious studies professor Susan E. Brackett: Oklahoma City prosthodontist and philanthropist Jan Marie Crawford: 1960s director of union activities at the Oklahoma Memorial Union The Honorable Ralph G. Thompson: 32-year U.S. district judge in Oklahoma The university awards individuals with honorary degrees based on their successes, OU press secretary Michael Nash said. Spring Commencement 2013 will take place at 7 p.m. Friday at Gaylord Family-Oklahoma Memorial Stadium. Staff Reports
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THUMBS UP: Another class of eager students will graduate Friday and Saturday. We are looking forward to all of the interesting mortar board decorations. (Page 1)
Editorial
Mosque vandalism shows need for outreach, peace Our view: Crimes against mosques in Oklahoma
mosques. City provide an opportunity for us to rally around Nearly all the letters specifically demean Islam Muslim community. and could fall under hate crime laws. When asked whether these actions should be Editor’s note: Imad Enchassi, imam of the Islamic Society seen as a hate crime, Enchassi said, “You can’t of Greater Oklahoma City, is the father of Nadia Enchassi, an fight hate with hate.” Enchassi does not report assistant campus editor at The Daily. incidences of hate mail to authorities because he does not want to give attention to the people Oklahoma should use understanding, outreach sending the messages or soil Oklahoma’s reputaand education to help combat crimes against reli- tion, he said. Instead, he attempts to reach out to anyone gious organizations and individuals in Oklahoma who sends him hate mail by responding City. with understanding and information The Grand Mosque of Oklahoma City The Our View about Islam. was vandalized Saturday. Someone is the majority Last year, a man sent a piece of hate painted racial slurs and satanic symbols, opinion of mail to Enchassi’s home, Enchassi said. The Daily’s according to reports by News 9 and the Instead of turning the man — who had nine-member Oklahoman. The mosque also was vanincluded his return address and phone editorial board dalized in 2012. number — over to the police, Enchassi Crimes against a religious person or orreached out to him and now they are ganization threaten American’s religious good friends. freedoms. The Oklahoma community must rally This is the best strategy for dealing with this around the Muslim community to demonstrate type of hate and ignorance directed at a religious we are a state of freedom, constitutional rights group. and tolerance. Any crime against a religious orOf course, threats and violence must be treatganization for religious reasons demands our ed seriously, and any person affected by a attention. hate crime can report it to the authorities, but Religious communities especially are vulnerEnchassi’s strategy is the perfect response for able after national events. The vandalism at the mosque in Oklahoma City likely was a reaction to hate mail, vandalism and other forms of intolerthe Boston bombings. The FBI is investigating the ance. By responding to hate with education and outreach, you can change a person’s mind, not incident as a hate crime. just his behavior. The Muslim community was especially vulYou can follow this example. Fostering an acnerable because of the Oklahoma City Memorial cepting community in Oklahoma starts with Marathon. The FBI sent officers to several you. We encourage all students to talk with other mosques close to the marathon route to protect students from all religious backgrounds. OU is the mosques, said Imad Enchassi, imam of the Islamic Society of Greater Oklahoma City, a differ- a diverse community of Christians, Muslims, Buddhists, atheists, Hindus, Jews, Sikhs and ent area mosque. Many runners might have been afraid of bomb- many others. Attend a club meeting or visit a mosque. A free ings at the marathon, but there also was a threat and tolerant Oklahoma starts with you. from backlash against Muslims. The continuing controversy surrounding the Oklahoma legislation to ban Sharia law in state courts also has generated a lot of hate mail sent to Comment on this on OUDaily.com
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Cramming for an exam the healthy way
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t is finals time once opinion Columnist again and, although many of us plan to study ahead of time, procrastination usually gets the better of us. I make a study plan and intend to adhere to it, but somewhere along the line, Sarah Sullivan I decide the majority of my sullivan.sarah313@gmail.com downtime should be spent relaxing. That leaves me — and I am sure many of you — in a stressful, caffeine-laced cram session the night before an exam. As a realist and someone who acknowledges this is the most common form of studying, I will abstain from giving you study tips that involve a week’s worth of preparation, clean eating to increase brain function and daily yoga sessions. Instead, I will offer tips tailored to college study habits.
Caffeine Many of us turn to coffee, Red Bull and 5-hour Energy shots to keep us awake and focused during an all-nighter. Caffeine also helps improve short-term memory by stimulating neural networks in the hippocampus, making it easy to recall information in the short term — important for test day.
Eat Breakfast Forget skipping breakfast before your exam. Breakfast is crucial to your brain function. If you normally forgo breakfast, make an exception this week. You won’t regret it. Eating breakfast improves concentration and alertness. The trick? Keep it low calorie. Pancakes and bacon, although delicious, have the opposite effect. To get the benefits of breakfast, keep it light with cereal and fruit or even trail mix. If your exam is after lunch, stop at the Pita Pit for lean protein and whole grain. Throw some avocados on there for an added brain boost.
Sleep Last, but certainly not least, is sleep. Sleep seems like a waste of time while cramming for an exam. However, a power nap does wonders for your brain. A power nap can increase energy levels, concentration, memory and creativity. The trick is to keep it between fifteen and twenty minutes — which during exam week is about all we have time for, anyway. So take a quick nap after a couple hours of studying and give your brain a quick break — you might see better results on test day.
When you find yourself stuck in a pickle next week, I hope these tips help. Of course, cramming is no substitute for planned, sit-down study sessions. Those always will be the best way to go. Peppermint Waiting until the last minute is never the best route. Although caffeine is great for short-term memory, don’t However, we will still all do it, and if that is the case, we should at least be prepared. bring a coffee or an energy drink to your exam. Instead, Turn on your coffee pots, forgo the Cheetos, and reach bring peppermints. Sorry, but gum won’t work. Sucking for the trail mix. Good luck on your exams, and have a on peppermint improves mental alertness, focus and great summer. memory. The added benefit? If you forgot to brush your teeth before rushing out the door to your exam, there is no need to Sarah Sullivan is an English, literary and cultural studies worry. Minty fresh. junior.
letter to the editor
Faculty Senate is open to dead week Contrary to the comment in the editorial section of The Daily on Friday, which indicated that the Faculty Senate was attempting to ignore the issue of “dead week;” the Faculty Senate is actually very much open to a discussion with the Student Government Association about the possible implications of instituting a “dead week” at OU. In fact, this issue was briefly discussed early last fall with SGA President Joe Sangirardi and his Executive Committee. Members from the Executive Committee of the Faculty Senate indicated that there were several issues that would need to be addressed if OU had a “dead week,” specifically dealing with the amount of classroom time needed per credit hour of academic credit as stated in the Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education policy manual. The Faculty Senate continues to be receptive to a means of establishing a “dead week” that can be implemented to the mutual satisfaction of the university community including students, faculty, administration and Board of Regents. Michael Bemben is the 2012 - 2013 Faculty Senate chairman.
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There is no food at night in Norman
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o there I was, at senior columnist 9:20 p.m. on a Friday, unable to find a place to eat in Norman. Again. I’ve had too much Blackbird Gastropub in the last couple of months, and the same goes for Trent Cason Tarahumara’s Mexican cason.trent@yahoo.com Cafe. I’m all “Fuzzy’d” out, and I usually don’t look at Diamond Dawgs seriously until I’ve been drinking for an hour or two, when a fried hot dog covered in coleslaw starts to sound amazing. What’s left? Bar food or fast food? At 9:20 p.m. on a Friday? Greek House closes at 8:30 p.m. All of the delicious Thai places and Pho Winner Vietnamese Restaurant close between 9 and 9:30 p.m. Victoria’s Pasta Shop and Gaberino’s Homestyle Italian, my favorite Italian place, also close at 9:30 p.m. What’s the deal, Norman? It’s Friday! Near the end of the spring semester, there are people on foot and driving everywhere between 8 and 10 p.m. Why wouldn’t local businesses, especially those in the area surrounding Campus Corner, want some of my money? Don’t get me wrong. I’m not knocking the few businesses that do stay open late, but they are limited in number, and frankly, I’m burned out on them. As delicious as bar food often is, it is rarely healthful, and if I’m going to be sucking back 1,000 calories worth of recreational beverages later, I’d like to balance that with something actually nutritious before I get started. The obvious reply from these businesses, I’m sure, is that foot traffic drops below the point of profitability after 9 or 9:30 p.m., and there is no desire to become another Campus Corner den of drunken deviance and deliriousness in the middle of the night. I believe there is a fix for this, especially in the case of those businesses just north of Boyd Street on Jenkins Avenue that would add a huge level of diversity to Campus Corner’s cuisine choices. That whole little nest of deliciousness there — Greek House, Pho Winner, and Thai Delight — need to take a cue from Pad Thai and stay open until 10 or 10:30 p.m. on Friday and Saturday nights. They also need to come over to the main drag on Asp Avenue between 8 and 10 p.m. to advertise they are open. Finally, that whole group needs to get liquor licensed and add drink menus. I don’t want to change these businesses or turn them into bars. I like them all and want them to do well so they stay open and profit. I also want to be able to eat their food when I’m going out. Most of the dates I can remember going on in my life have been a “pick you up at 8:30 p.m.” kind of affair, and as Friday night is so often date night, it seems crazy to me to close your restaurant when many people are just getting together to eat. Adding a wine list and a mixed drink menu only further encourages dating to occur at a particular place, and also increases the average amount of money spent by patrons, as one Long Island Iced Tea usually turns into two or three. I make this plea to all restaurants in Norman. Please, let’s make the standard closing time 10 or 10:30 p.m., and let’s get some of the profits away from the corporate restaurants over on Interstate-35 and bring them into our community. Trent Cason is an English literary and cultural studies senior.
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Arias’ case to be decided by verdict on mental stability PHOENIX (AP) — As Jodi Arias’ trial wraps up this week after four months of testimony, her fate rests in part on the testimony of expert witnesses who have offered up one clinical diagnosis after another for the small-town waitress and aspiring photographer from California to explain why she killed her lover five years ago. Post-traumatic stress, amnesia, battered woman’s syndrome and borderline personality disorder are among the conditions that various experts have offered to describe Arias, who is charged with first-degree murder in the stabbing and shooting death of Travis Alexander, 30, in his suburban Phoenix home in June 2008. The jury must also come to grips with the defendant’s ever-changing version of events. After initially denying involvement and later blaming masked intruders, she now claims she killed him in self-defense but doesn’t recall details about the slaying. Testimony continued Wednesday with defense expert Robert Geffner, a psychologist and founding president of the Family Violence and Sexual Assault Institute in San Diego. His testimony is aimed at countering a prosecution witness’ contention that Arias suffers from borderline personality disorder. The jury could get the case by the end of the week after closing arguments Thursday and Friday. Arias faces a possible death sentence if convicted
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Tens of thousands expected to participate in immigration rally
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Jodi Arias stands during her trial at Maricopa County Superior Court on April 18 in Phoenix. Arias faces a potential death sentence if convicted of first-degree murder in Travis Alexander’s June 2008 killing at his suburban Phoenix home.
of first-degre e murder. Janeen DeMarte, a state exAuthorities say she planned pert witness, testified prethe attack on Alexander in viously that Arias showed a jealous rage. Two years signs of immaturity and an after her arrest, she claimed “unstable sense of identity.” self-defense. People who suffer from borTestimony began in early derline personality disorder January, and “have a terquickly cap- “It can only help her rified feeltured heading of being l i n e s w i t h on a case that most abandoned lurid tales of would say seems to by others,” sex, lies, reshe said. l i g i o n a n d be overwhelmingly D e Ma r t e in favor of the a salacious also disrelationship counted prosecution.” that ended in defense exa blood bath. perts’ testiMARK GERAGOS, T h e c a s e LOS ANGELES-AREA CRIMINAL mony during DEFENSE LAWYER s p aw n e d a which they virtual cottold jurors tage industry for talk shows, that Arias suffered from batlegal experts and even Arias, tered woman’s syndrome, who used her notoriety to post-traumatic stress disorsell her jail artwork, as it un- der and amnesia, which exfolded like a real-life soap plains why she can’t recall opera for thousands of trial details from the day of the enthusiasts who followed killing. DeMarte said she every twist. found no evidence to supC linical psychologist port the defense experts’
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diagnoses. Geffner’s part will be to convince jurors DeMarte is wrong. It’s a move that may play well for Arias as jurors could be left with a final testimony from a defense witness before hearing closing arguments, experts said. “It can only help her on a case that most would say seems to be overwhelmingly in favor of the prosecution,” said Los Angeles-area criminal defense lawyer Mark Geragos. He said the move by prosecutor Juan Martinez to introduce the borderline personality diagnosis wasn’t needed given the entirety of the damning evidence already presented by the state. Now, Arias gets to leave the jury with yet “another emphasis on what her defense is,” Geragos said.
Tens of thousands are expected to rally in dozens of cities from New York to Bozeman, Mont., on Wednesday in what has become an annual cry for easing the nation’s immigration laws. The rallies carry a special sense of urgency this year, two weeks after a bipartisan group of senators introduced a bill that would bring many of the estimated 11 million living in the U.S. illegally out of the shadows. The May Day crowds are not expected to approach the massive demonstrations of 2006 and 2007, during the last serious attempt to introduce major changes to the U.S. immigration system. Social media and text messaging have emerged as indispensable tools since then, and advocates are focusing their efforts on getting supporters to call and write members of Congress.
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New York church walls swept with famous iconography art A Serbian Orthodox church in upstate New York is among the latest sanctuaries to be gilded with the work of one of the most well-known American painters of iconography. The Rev. Theodore Jurewicz (JUHR-uh-wits) is still practicing an art form that has its roots in the Roman Empire. At St. Stephen Serbian Orthodox Church in Lackawanna, his religious scenes sweep across the interior walls. There is a huge rendering of the face of Jesus Christ. There are saints with gilded halos, winged angels and calligraphy to tell the ancient stories that are elemental to the Orthodox faith. Jurewicz has been painting icons for about 40 years, working from his home church in Erie, Pa., and traveling to other churches. He says he became interested in holy art as a child.
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Bartholomew Granger, left, enters court for the start of his trial April 22 in Galveston, Texas. The Houston man who admitted shooting his daughter outside a Texas courthouse was convicted Tuesday of capital murder for the death of a 79-year-old bystander. Granger said he was angry with his daughter for testifying against him in a sex assault case.
Shooter delays own trial with tirade toward judge Convict admits to killing his daughter, but not bystander GALVESTON, Texas (AP) — The start of the trial penalty phase for a Houston man convicted of killing a 79-year-old bystander during a shooting rampage outside a courthouse was delayed Wednesday by his angry outbursts. “Where’s the American justice for me!” Bartholomew Granger shouted in a Galveston courtroom a day after jurors convicted him of capital murder in a shooting in which he has admitted his daughter was the intended target. Minnie Ray Sebolt, a Deweyville woman who was escorting a relative to court, was killed. During a 15-minute tirade Wednesday, Granger addressed the judge, using obscenities. The punishment phase of the trial was about to begin, and jurors were to hear testimony to decide whether Granger should get the death penalty or be sent to prison for life with no chance of parole. Granger, testifying in his own defense, had admitted that he opened fire on his daughter outside the downtown Beaumont courthouse but insisted he did not kill
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Sebolt. Granger said he shot his daughter for testifying against him in a sexual assault trial. Granger’s daughter and her mother were injured, and the daughter, now 22, spent three months in a coma. Granger told the judge Wednesday that his daughter, the alleged victim in the sexual assault case, “got what she deserved,” repeatedly using epithets to refer to her. “She’s the one who should be dead!” he yelled. “Not the old lady, her!” Granger also shouted: “Give me liberty or give me ... death. I want it. I’d rather be dead than be in ... custody. You are demons.” His attorneys asked for a delay in the punishment phase. Judge Bob Wortham refused but sent jurors home for the day. One of the questions jurors must decide in determining Granger’s sentence is whether he would be a future danger. Wortham had said the punishment phase of the trial could last into next week. Granger’s outburst came as his lawyers asked Wortham to reconsider the defendant’s mental competency, saying Granger had been unable to control himself Wednesday. Granger earlier was ruled competent to stand trial.
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JULIA NELSON
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By all means, Michael Squires should not be standing where he is today: on top of a podium. The sophomore walkon gymnast from Edmond, Okla., made OU’s roster a little more than a year ago. Today, he holds the national title on rings. “It’s really a pretty amazing story to have somebody that comes in as a walk-on hoping to make the team in any position and two years later be a national champion,” coach Mark Williams said. “I don’t know that it’s ever happened in gymnastics.” Squires’ journey from walk-on to national champion wasn’t easy. Making the roster is one thing, but being the best in the country is another. Williams remembers his wife asking about Squires one day, and he told her Squires probably wouldn’t even make the team, Williams said. Squires eventually proved his coach wrong and competed in a few meets toward the end of the season. O n c e s u m m e r ro l l e d around, he took it one step farther and commuted from Edmond to Norman just to get more time in the gym, Squires said. “Last summer, I came in and just dedicated myself to doing conditioning all the time,” he said. “I just wanted to be a lot stronger and get
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Oklahoma’s men’s and women’s tennis teams receive NCAA tournament bids Both OU’s tennis teams were selected for postseason play at the 2013 Men’s and Women’s NCAA Championships. The men, who are hosting one of the 16 regionals, earned an automatic bid after winning the Big 12 Championship last weekend. They received a No. 14 seed and will face Wichita State at 2 p.m. on May 10 at Headington Family Tennis Center. “Wichita State beat a very good Drake team in its conference finals,” coach John Roddick said in a news release on Tuesday. “Wichita State, Auburn and NC State all have very good teams and it will be a tough weekend of tennis.” The winner will meet the winner of North Carolina State and Auburn at 2 p.m. Saturday with a chance to advance to the NCAA Division I Tennis Championships at Khan Outdoor Tennis Complex/ Atkins Tennis Center in Urbana, Ill. The women are headed to Athens, Ga., for a rematch against Arizona State at 9 a.m. on May 10 at Dan Magill Tennis Complex. “It’s our main goal to make it to the tournament, and we worked so hard for that and I’m happy we made it,” OU junior Hermon Brhane said. The winner will face either Georgia or Winthrop on Saturday. Staff Reports
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Sophomore gymnast Michael Squires performs his set on the rings during a men’s gymnastics meet on Feb. 22 at McCasland Field House in Norman. Squires won the rings with a score of 15.450, and the Sooners defeated the Air Force Academy 440.300-420-050.
my start level higher.” Williams attributes Squires’ progression to a strong work ethic inside the gym. Without it, he wouldn’t be in this position, Williams said. “It’s very difficult to get good on rings in a short period of time,” he said. “It’s so strength related, and it’s not very easy to go from a set like he had last year to what he did this year, in terms of difficulty. “It’s a testament to his work ethic and willing to be coached. You know, having a dream and setting out to
“I knew [my routine at the NCAA Gymnastics Championship] was an awesome set. I knew coming off, after I stuck the set, that it was going to be really hard to beat me.” michael squires, sophomore gymnast
make it a reality.” Things really started to come together for Squires at the Sooners’ first home meet this season against Minnesota. He scored a career-high 16.000. “That was really exciting,” Squires said. “It was the best
set throughout the year I had done. So it was just me breaking the barrier and proving to myself that I can do this routine really well.” That confidence proved to be monumental as the season progressed. He may not have reached the 16.000
mark again, but knowing what a great routine felt like left him feeling good when he stuck his dismount in event finals, Squires said. “I knew it was an awesome set,” he said. “I knew coming off, after I stuck the set, that it was going to be really hard to beat me. I definitely wasn’t cocky about it. If someone else had a great set, then more power to them. But I knew that I did the best I could have done, so I was just really happy about that.” All in all, though, Squires said it still hasn’t hit him yet — that the season’s done; it’s
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over; he won. “It hasn’t really sunk in yet,” Squires said. “I still feel like I’m working harder to upgrade my set now. I won, but I’m just looking forward to next year to come back and win it again.” For now, Squires will keep working to improve and build on his already strong season, he said. He hopes to win another national title when he competes at the U.S. Gymnastics Championships (formerly the Visa Championships) in August. Despite his success, the titles don’t mean nearly as much as the journey, Squires said. Proving people wrong might be a better reward. “Telling someone they can’t do something and watching them come back and prove you wrong is definitely the best feeling this year,” Squires said. “I’d probably say it’s better than winning.”
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hey say you can judge a man by his shoes, and I tend to think this is fairly accurate. The outfit is important, of course, but shoes are really what tie everything together, like a good rug. Most of the time, it doesn’t take a lot of knowledge or effort to do a decent job of choosing your shoes, but situations that call for dress shoes take some amount of familiarity with the topic to choose the appropriate shoe style and color. Although this is by no means comprehensive, here is a simple guide to “the what and how” of dress shoes.
As a general rule, you should avoid loafers for any occasion where you would wear a tie, but there are a few exceptions. Certain tassel loafers are dressy enough for a suit and tie, but only those molded not to be boxy. Additionally, bit loafers are typically dressy enough to wear on formal occasions. You can recognize them by the metal decoration on the top of the shoe, modeled on a horse’s bit. Other There are a couple of other styles I should touch upon in case you encounter them. Dress boots are an excellent choice if you want more support or just a bit more variety. They should basically look like a dress shoe that has been constructed a bit more solidly and goes higher on the foot. Monk straps are fastened by one or two buckles and have received much attention the past couple of years. These look quite nice in almost any situation except black-tie events, and I would recommend getting a pair if you are looking to spice up your shoe collection. At the most formal end of the spectrum are Belgian slippers, opera pumps and Prince Albert slippers. Although they are technically different types of shoes, they are all foreign to this part of the country. They are somewhat effeminate looking, but they are the most refined shoes you can wear with a tuxedo. I won’t go into any details, but if you see a man wearing what appear to be fancy women’s slippers, know he probably is way richer and more cultured than just about anyone you have ever met in your entire life.
Oxfords The oxford is your archetypical dress shoe. In fact, by some American definitions, the oxford is simply any sort of formal dress shoe. I personally don’t agree, and instead will refer to the British classification of dress shoes, which I find to be more helpful. According to our lovely Brits, the oxford is a laced formal shoe with the lacing tab sewn under the lower portion of the shoe. This is called “closed lacing” and gives the shoe a smooth, refined look. The oxford is appropriate for business wear to black-tie events. These are the shoes you should reach for to go to the most formal of occasions in particular. Every man should own at least one pair of oxfords, preferably in black for evening events. Derbies The derby is the other side of the lacedshoe coin. Rather than having the lacing tab sewn under the vamp, derbies have it sewn on top. This makes for a somewhat coarser profile, making it unsuitable for the most formal of occasions. However, the derby is an excellent shoe for most other occasions, depending on the overall styling of the shoe. Choose sleeker ones for more formal occasions and chunkier derbies for more casual ones. Brogues Although these are not actually a separate form of shoe entirely, brogues deserve to be addressed individually. They are shoes that have a certain characteristic pattern of holes drilled in the leather. They can come in oxford or derby lacing and are middleof-the-road in terms of dress shoes. I think a nice pair of brogues should be the second or third pair of dress shoes a man should buy, as they usually can go with a wide range of outfits. Never wear them with a tuxedo, however. Loafers Loafers come in a wide range of styles, but ultimately the one characteristic they have in common is that they are slip-ons. In most situations, they are the epitome of dressy-casual. Tassel, Venetian and penny loafers all fit this description.
Color The last thing I would like to address is color. I wouldn’t bother, except for the fact that most American men seem to have the impression that dress shoes should only be black. This couldn’t be further from the truth. Black is nice, but variety is a good thing. Brown is an underrated choice, and I would suggest owning at least one pair of brown shoes for day wear in particular. Brown looks so much better in the sunlight than black does. Tan is another excellent choice, and it is actually fashion-forward. Tan has the advantage of going with just about any outfit, and in fact, they even look good with jeans. I have a pair of tan shoes, and I wear them more than any other dress shoes I own. The last main color I would like to mention is oxblood, which is a rich, dark red. You often will hear it referred to as cordovan, but that’s a misnomer, as cordovan actually is a form of leather that often comes in oxblood. I rarely see it around, which is a shame, as it goes with a wide range of outfits. It goes especially well with gray, so if you happen to wear gray trousers on anything close to a regular basis, check out some oxblood-colored shoes. Buck Roberson is a classical languages junior.
May 2-5 Thursday, May 2 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 m usical 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.
Friday, May 3 Film: Notorious, Directed by Alfred Hitchcock | 6 p.m. in the Fred Jones Jr. Museum of Art. Following the conviction of her German father for treason against the United States, a woman is approached by a government agent who asks her to spy on a group of her father’s Nazi friends operating out of Rio de Janeiro.
Saturday, May 4 FREE Movie: “Warm Bodies” | 2 & 5 p.m. in Meacham Auditorium, Oklahoma Memorial Union. Come see this comic twist on the zombie apocalypse! Brought to you by the Union Programming Board and Campus Activities Council. 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.
Sunday, May 5
Beautiful Beasts Public Gallery Talk | 7-9 p.m. at the Sam Noble Museum of Natural History. Free admission. Thomas Shahan will discuss the artwork on display.
School of Art and Art History Senior Capstone Exhibition Opening | 2 p.m. in the Lightwell Gallery. The Senior Capstone Exhibition features the work of graduating Seniors from all visual art programs offered at the School of Art & Art History. Work from students studying Studio Art and Media Art will be on display in the Lightwell Gallery on the second floor of the School of Art & Art History and Visual Communication students will exhibit their work on the first floor in room 103. Free to the public.
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.
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.
FREE Movie: “Warm Bodies” | 6, 9, & midnight in Meacham Auditorium, Oklahoma Memorial Union. Come see this comic twist on the zombie apocalypse! Brought to you by the Union Programming Board and Campus Activities Council.
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