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YEAR IN REVIEW 2011-2012

Students celebrate bin Laden’s death • Lockett defeats Holman in Norman City Council’s runoff election • OU football player Austin Box confirmed dead • University to cut faculty, staff retirement benefits • Dale Hall tower staff to relocate • Summer school schedule changed

OU to host largest freshman class in history • Boren pushes for mandatory sexual-assault prevention training • Apartment fire destroys 16 units, causes $2.5 million in damage • Sam Bradford Heisman statue unveiled Wednesday on campus

Ryan Broyles suffers season-ending knee injury against Texas A&M • Norman voters increase shelter funds • 5.6-magnitude quake rattles Oklahoma, puzzles experts • Professor Chad Kerksick agrees to resign for $75K • University slashes men’s basketball tickets by 70%

Student association proposes reflective speed bumps for biker safety • Mary Fallin’s executive order douses OU’s designated smoking areas • Adams Center Burger King’s spot is up for grabs • Students need more uniform teaching of U.S. Constitution, historians say

Civil rights activist Clara Luper’s funeral attracts hundreds • New OU cancer center dedicated, to open doors July 18 • 5-percent tuition increase official starting fall 2011 • OU athletic department to repay final portion of loan to university • Lights out for Norman Othello’s

OU volleyball team upsets No. 8 Texas in Norman • Packed house witnesses ‘Dracula’ opening • Smoking ban discussion dominates Staff Senate meeting • 9/11 remembered with discussion of peace • Commuter surge crowds CART • Credit score threat to OU

Softball coach Gasso named to Hall of Fame • OU professor charged with 6 sex crimes involving teens • Occupy movement establishes local division • Girl Talk concertgoers leave behind screams, confetti flurries • OSU emerges from Sooners’ shadow with Bedlam win

OU dean Zach Messitte to accept job as college president in Wisconsin • Students rally in support of gender-neutral housing policy • CAC’s Dance Marathon 2012 breaks records • OU Regents to vote on new admission requirements, campus construction projects

Harry Potter fans await final movie camped out in front of theater • Camp Crimson to have most attendees ever • Atomik Pop! comic book store to close Saturday • Summer heat breaks state records for June averages • Friends, family mourn OU students’ deaths

OU broadcaster Bob Barry Sr. dies • Broyles breaks three records in rout of Jayhawks • Scholars to be honored with memorial walk on South Oval • Fred Jones Jr. Museum of Art to debut new wing Saturday • Sooners’ 41-38 loss to Texas Tech a perfect storm

TEDxOU speakers share knowledge, advocate for change • Gender gap reflected in OU dean positions • Mike Stoops receives 3-year, $1.8M deal to coach OU defense • Editorial: OU Board of Regents, vote no on the smoking ban • OU’s Brent Venables accepts position at Clemson

Construction on new mosque near campus completed • NMF 5 attracts record-setting crowds • Tornado damage on campus limited to broken tree limbs • Students showcase cultural performances at Eve of Nations • Graduate student found dead in Adams Center

• Monday, May 7, 2012 — Year in Review

CAMPUS More online at

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| Year one comes to a close for the university’s largest freshman class | OU graduation rates at a state and university all-time high level

GENDER-NEUTRAL HOUSING

Boren to make housing decision by June Gender-Neutral Housing Coalition lead rally for proposal March 7 HILLARY MCLAIN Campus Reporter

OU President David Boren should make a decision on the gender-neutral housing proposal by June, in time for entering freshman next fall. A student-led rally in March served as the catalyst for the gender-neutral housing campaign on campus this spring, catching the attention of Boren after three years of campaigning. T h e G e n d e r- N e u t r a l Housing Coalition created the proposal to incorporate gender-neutral floors in the housing centers in which students can choose to live with others regardless of gender. Collaborating in the gender-neutral housing effort are the Students for a Democratic Society and the OU Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, Transgender and Friends. The rallying students i n t e n d e d DAVID to march to BOREN Boren’s office with the proposal but instead were met by the president himself while demonstrating on the South Oval on March 7. Boren agreed to meet with student activists and leaders involved with the campaign. T h e G e n d e r- N e u t r a l Housing Coalition met with Boren on March 26 to

“I see no reasons why I cannot reach a decision and announce it well before our students enter housing in August for the fall semester.” DAVID BOREN, UNIVERSITY PRESIDENT

propose a solution to integrate the housing option. Originally the proposal called for a freshman genderneutral living facility, but the coalition recently proposed a compromise during a May 2 meeting to make current upperclassman coed suites gender-blind and inclusive of freshman. Right now, coed suites are separated by gender. A survey of 310 students conducted by the OU Housing Center Student Association in March showed 64 percent of students either support or strongly support the establishment of a gender-neutral floor, according to Daily archives. No immediate action came from the survey, but OU Housing and Food Services will review it for potential changes next year, former association president Sarah Weiler told the Daily in April. The policy could potentially present some problems, specifically because of lack of interest in current

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Student demonstrators march past the clock tower March 7 during a rally in support of gender-neutral housing. OU President David Boren met with demonstrators and accepted a copy of their proposal before walking back to Evans Hall with the students in tow.

upperclassmen coed floors, said Dave Annis, director of OU Housing and Food Services, in March. Only the OU Board of Regents can decide to implement this kind of policy, according to Daily archives. Boren responded to the rally with a letter The Daily published March 12. In his letter, Boren said the university community must

be a role model for others by carefully deciding the best plan of action. “I see no reasons why I cannot reach a decision and announce it well before our students enter housing in August for the fall semester,” Boren said in the letter. When he makes the decision, he will publicly announce it and provide his reasons, Boren said.

UPDATE Gender-neutral housing Background: The GenderNeutral Housing Coalition gave OU President David Boren a proposal March 7 requesting student housing feature floors allowing students to live with any requested gender. What’s new: Boren and the coalition met May 2 to

discuss the proposal. The meeting featured potential compromises that could be implemented in lieu of a full gender-neutral hosing plan. What’s next: Boren said during the March 26 meeting with the coalition that nothing concrete will be decided until June.

Campus

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Campus activities Council

CAC to put on new festival for creativity Vicky Vargas to chair CAC next academic year

AT A GLANCE CAC events

Elyssa Szkirpan

FALL Howdy Week

Campus Reporter

The Campus Activities Council started the spring semester by adding another event to its calendar for next academic year. The council added the Oklahoma Creativity Festival, which will bring the group’s total events next year up to 14. The festival will highlight OU students’ creative projects. The inaugural event will be Sept. 27 to 29 with applications due a few weeks beforehand, according to the council’s website. Hu m a n re l a t i o n s s e nior Vicky Vargas will lead the council after students elected her chairwoman for next academic year in April. Vargas won against opponent John Fraser with 1,325 votes, or 61 percent. The council chair race was the only contested highprofile race of the spring 2012 elections. Other highlights from the year include the recordbreaking funds raised at Dance Marathon on March 3, according to Daily archives. The event raised more than $105,000 for the Children’s Hospital Foundation of Oklahoma. A record 1,650 people participated in the dance fundraiser. Last year, 1,100 participants raised $73,000 according to Daily archives. Students als o help e d with “Painting the Town Crimson” for the annual homecoming pep rally. Various campus organizations competed on the John Crain soccer field after spending months pomping

Oklahoma Creativity Festival Homecoming University Sing Dad’s Day SPRING Winter Welcome Week Dance Marathon College Bowl Mom’s Day Sooner Scandals High School Leadership Conference YEAR-ROUND Concert Series Film Series Speakers Bureau Kingsley Burns/The Daily

Cast members raise their arms during the Delta Gamma, Beta Theta Pi and Pi Kappa Phi act, “It’s A Wonderful Life” during dress rehearsal for Sooner Scandals 2012 on March 28. This year’s competition, sponsored by CAC, was themed “Be Careful What You Wish For.”

homecoming parade floats. Delta Delta Delta, Lambda Chi Alpha, Pi Kappa Alpha and the European Student Organization won first place in the large-group division, and the Engineers’ Club won first place in the smallgroup division for their outstanding floats, according to the council’s Homecoming page. The council also hosted its annual variety show University Sing in November, featuring all-student cast performances, in the Reynolds Performing Arts Center. Participants created a story line that followed the theme “Underdog” in a

series of five to six musical numbers, council executive member Greg Emde told The Daily in November. The comp et ition was part of Dad’s Day festivities. Other options included a Dad’s Night at O’Connell’s, campus and museum tours and a watch party for the OU versus Texas A&M football game. The council hosted a similar competition, Sooner S candals, after return ing from the winter break. Six teams were chosen in Februar y to participate in Scandals for the March 29-30 production in conjunction with the council’s

Occupy Norman

After city funds put in local bank, group shifts focus Next up: ‘Money isn’t speech’ idea PAIGHTEN HARKINS Campus Reporter

T h e O c c u p y No r m a n movement saw its biggest accomplishment April 24 when the Norman City Council voted to move its funds from a national bank to a local one. The council voted to move approximately $250 million from Bank of America to the Bank of Oklahoma, a Tulsabased institution, Occupy member Zakk Flash said. The group first talked to the council about this proposal in December, and, after 5 1/2 hours, the council reached the unanimous decision with many Occupy members in attendance, Occupy member Mary Francis said. “This is a big deal to get them to move to a new bank, and we made them do it,” Francis said. At the 43rd general assembly May 3, five members discussed the next course of action it should take. The group’s new focus is on a proposal that argues “money isn’t speech,” as determined in the 1976 Buckley v. Valeo Supreme Court decision. This decision made money constitutionally free speech, so the government could not regulate it, according to the group’s proposal. The group gave the proposal to the Norman City Council, which has had it for more than three weeks, Francis said. The Occupy Norman group still has plans, Flash said. “We will continue to fight for a revolution of values, a re-orientation toward classlessness, autonomy, selfmanagement, diversity and mutual aid,” he said. Th e g rou p f o r m e d i n late September and began

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Emma Baker (left), geology senior, and Soley Thrastardottir, flute performance doctoral student, sit during an Occupy Norman meeting Wednesday afternoon behind the Oklahoma Memorial Union.

UPDATE Occupy Norman Background: The Norman branch occupied Andrews Park in November 2011 after the national movement started in September. What’s new: The group met May 3 to focus on a campaign that “money isn’t speech.” What’s next: The group has a general assembly meeting Thursday in Oklahoma Memorial Union.

recruiting people with a meet-and-greet Oct. 7 on the South Oval. The national Occupy movement began in September in New York City to protest economic inequality, united under the slogan, “We are the 99 percent.” The Norman offshoot occupied Andrews Park for two weeks beginning Nov. 26. The group lived relatively well compared to other Occupy groups, said Grant De Lozier, political science

and geographic information science senior. “Luckily, the mayor and the police have been very friendly, and we have formed a working relationship,” De Lozier told The Daily in November. On Dec. 7, the group organized a walk from its occupy location at Andrews Park to Chase Bank on Main Street. This move prompted Scott Hellman, computer science graduate student, to transfer his money from Chase Bank into OU Federal Credit Union, a more local bank. “I had been following the movement, and I wanted to move my money, so it just gave me the motivation to do it,” Hellman told The Daily in December. On Feb. 29, the group protested against for-profit prison systems at the state Capital. The group gathered outside the offices of G4S, a global securities company that is associated with the private-prison industry in Oklahoma. The group argued that forprofit prison systems were taking jobs away from the public to save money for the prison.

Source: CAC website

Mom’s Day. The theme of the performances was “The Greatest Show on Earth,” and Kappa Kappa Gamma and Delta Tau Delta won best overall performance. The year came to a close with CAC’s Speaker’s Bureau on April 2, which hosted Marie Wilson, a women’s leadership and political activist and founder of The White House Project. This is an organization that works to get women more involved in all levels of politics and communiCassie McGough/The Daily ties, and its goal is to even- Volunteers from the Campus Activities Council dance with a tray of tually have a woman in the watermelon while passing it out to students as part of CAC’s Howdy Oval Office. Week festivities Aug. 22 on the Walker-Adams Mall.

• Monday, May 7, 2012 — Year in Review

Campus

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Tobacco-free campus

Smoking fines to take effect in summer Fallin’s executive order to supercede OU smoking areas

Timeline Smoking ban Sept. 12 — OU President David Boren first announces his plan to implement a campuswide tobacco ban. Sept. 29 — Boren’s Tobacco Advisory Committee meets for the first time on campus. Nov. 10 — Members of the tobacco committee participate in an open forum in the Oklahoma Memorial Union. Jan. 17 — Boren’s final recommendations to the Regents are announced. Jan. 25 — The Regents unanimously adopt Boren’s recommendations at their meeting at the OU Health Sciences Center. Feb. 6 — Gov. Mary Fallin signs an executive order banning tobacco use on state property. March 29 — A new policy, which removed the previously proposed designated smoking areas on campus, was passed by the OU regents. July 1 — The scheduled date for the tobacco ban to take effect.

Sean Lawson

Campus Reporter

OU’s Norman campus will be tobacco free this summer after an executive order by Gov. Mary Fallin negated earlier plans for designated smoking areas. The ban will go into effect July 1 in accordance with Fallin’s order, which bans the use of all tobacco products on “all properties owned, leased or contracted” by the state, including all buildings, land and vehicles owned. The order supersedes a previous tobacco ban approved by the OU Board of Regents that allowed for designated smoking areas on campus in the Dale Hall and Lloyd Noble Center parking lots, according to Daily archives. OU drafted and presented a new tobacco policy to the regents March 28 to be in compliance with Fallin’s order. Ground crews will begin re m ov i n g t h e a s h t r a y s around campus on July 1, Facilities Management Director Brian Ellis said.

Source: Daily archives

Housing

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Will Bond (left), film media junior, and Jordan Jones, advertising junior, pause for a smoke Wednesday outside Gittinger Hall. Smoking will be prohibited on campus beginning July 1. Bond and Jones said they don’t see how this legislation can feasibly be enforced, and don’t plan to quit.

“In some ways the process has gotten simpler,” Ellis said. “Instead of trying to maintain some smoking areas we can just remove all the ashtrays”. Facilities Management will also put up “no smoking” signs beginning July 1,

Ellis said. “The university is going to have some professionallooking signs made” Ellis said “but if those aren’t ready by July we’ll put up temporary ones”. OU officials plan on enforcing the ban in a similar

fashion as parking violations, university spokesman Michael Nash said. Warnings will be issued for first offenses, with $10 and $50 fines for second and third offenses, respectively, Nash said. Efforts to ban smoking on

campus began Sept. 12 when OU President David Boren announced the creation of a committee tasked with researching and drafting a tobacco ban. Boren cited the adverse health effects of smoking and the cost of cigarette butt cleanup as justification for the ban, according to Daily archives. Cigarette litter costs the university $12,000 a year to repair and repaint trash cans, benches cost about $90 each to repair. “Currently, there are 900 trash receptacles on campus and of that number approximately 100 need to be cleaned each year due to smoking for a cost of $12,000,” landscaping director Allen King said. “Also benches are being used to extinguish cigarettes. The average cost to clean a bench is three man hours or $90 per bench.” In total, cigarette litter cost the university $45,000 last year, according to Facilities Management statistics. Boren said he recognized the inconvenience a smoking ban would cause students and faculty, so the university committed to providing quitting resources, according to Daily archives.

research

Professor’s yearlong leave ends Kerksick to receive compensation, resign in June KATHLEEN EVANS

Assistant Campus Editor

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Construction on Headington Hall at the corner of Lindsey Street and Jenkins Avenue. The five-story, 220,000-square foot dorm will house 380 students, and is scheduled to be completed by fall 2013.

Headington Hall to be finished in 2013 Cost of new athletic dorm estimated at roughly $75 million, subject to change Emma Hamblen Campus Reporter

Construction crews broke ground in September to start work on a new $75 million athletic residence hall at Lindsey Street and Jenkins Avenue. Construction began Sept. 2 with a ceremony when the name of the residence center, Headington Hall, was announced, according to Daily archives. The building is named for Tim Headington, OU tennis player and 1972 alumnus. The hall will open for students in the fall of 2013, assistant athletic director Pete Morris said. It will house around 400 students (51 percent general population and 49 percent student-athletes) and also will include retail space on the first floor. Headington Hall might be one of the most important projects the athletics department has undertaken at the university, athletic director Joe Castiglione told The Daily in March. The demolition of O’Connell’s Irish Pub & Grille in March 2011, which was located at the site of the hall, marked the beginning of the construction phases, according to Daily archives. Other vacated businesses included Subway, Pad Thai, Campus Market and Pumpkin Shell Preschool. OU acquired the property in 2007 after the OU Board of Regents approved the $4.5 million purchase price from the OU Foundation at its September 2006 meeting, according to meeting minutes. The conceptual design of a 230,000 square foot, 362bed athletic-housing facility was approved by the regents March 24, 2011, according to Daily archives. The proposed construction budget is a ballpark figure and subject to change throughout the project, Morris said.

The yearlong leave of absence for an OU professor accused of improper research practices will expire in June, leading to his resignation in exchange for a $75,000 compensation. O U h e a l t h a n d e x e rc i s e s c i e n c e p ro f e s s o r Chad Kerksick started a research study for the company ThermoLife on creatine nitrate, an exercise supplement, in February 2011. In June 2011, the OU Institutional Review Board began investigating the study after complaints from graduate research assistants. The result of the investigation was an offer in September 2011 for Kerksick to resign after a yearlong leave for $75,000. The payment was in fulfillment of the rest of his contract with OU, Kerksick and his lawyer George Freeman told The Daily in January. Kerksick cannot work for another university sponsored by the OU Board of Regents but can still list OU as an employer. Employee complaints are not uncommon at OU because of its size, but only about 11 to 20 per year result

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in financial settlements, with a median settlement of $11,500, OU spokesman Michael Nash told The Daily in December. The bulk of Kerksick’s research was having informed and paid university participants take the CHAD KERKSICK supplement and then biopsying tissue samples from their leg muscles to measure effects. O U g ra d u at e s t u d e nt and Kerksick’s lab assistant Patrick Dib told The Daily he felt coerced into letting Kerksick draw samples from him, which resulted in extensive bruising. OU professor Jeff Schmidt also said he participated in a previous study and could not walk afterward because

Aug. 31, 2011: Kerksick signs settlement agreement for $75,000 December 2011: The university relieves some confidentiality agreements about investigation June 30, 2012: Kersick’s date of resignation unless he obtains full-time employment beforehand

of the pain of the samples, which he said he was not informed of. The review board found that multiple students enrolled in the studies did not meet the standards of the experiment and did not have consent forms on record, according to Daily archives. The university and Kerksick were both under confidentiality clauses following the investigation and would not talk about results. However, Kerksick was able to discuss certain points with his lawyer and The Daily in January. The review board found Kerksick had not received improper payments for his research or falsified records related to the study. Kerksick also defended his practices and said he had conducted more than 300 biopsies with only one

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formal complaint on file. These biopsies were not medical procedures, and all participants were informed of possible effects, he told The Daily in January. All biopsy and research protocols had been approved by the review board prior to beginning research. Another complaint against Kerksick was his enrollment in his own research study, which is discouraged by the review board and something a researcher should know not to do, Dib told The Daily in November. Kerksick said in January he did not know it was against the rules and did not think it wrong because he was not violating the validity of the study. He did not know which supplement he was taking, so results were not compromised by his participation, he said. The head of the exercise supplement company ThermoLife, for whom Kerksick was conducting the research, was previously convicted of dealing steroids and had been arrested for other felonies. Vice President of Research Kevin Droegemeier told the Daily in November the university does checks on potential partners and assesses the risk of doing business before approving a research project.

Campus

• Monday, May 7, 2012 — Year in Review

Regents

Final week

OU to propose new selection process to state

UPDATE Scholars Walk Background: OU President David Boren announced plans in October to construct a walkway along the east side of the South Oval to honor OU’s various excellent academic figures. What’s new: The OU Board of Regents approved a maximum $3.5 million budget for the proposal on March 29. The regents approved the conversion of the Van Vleet Oval into an automobile-free zone and the construction of a circular turnaround for buses and other traffic as an extension of Asp Avenue.

Recommendation letters, essay part of admission changes proposal Chris Miller

Assistant Campus Editor

OU administrators will address the Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education later this month to request a significant change to the university’s admission process. The state regents will consider a proposal to include essay and teacher or counselor recommendation sections for all high school students seeking fall 2014 admission. The changes also would put an end to the automatic-admission criteria tied to ACT, GPA and class rank data currently in place. The altered admissions process was already approved by the OU Board of Regents at the group’s March 29 meeting, according to Daily archives. If the state regents approve, the university will begin to circulate fall 2013 applications featuring an essay component as soon as June, said Nick Hathaway, OU executive vice president and vice president of administration and finance. The changes are a step that could help OU achieve a 75 percent graduation rate before OU President David Boren’s time in office is complete, he said, according to Daily archives. “I think it’s very important, and I think we all know test scores don’t tell the whole story of a student,” Boren said. “(The changes) will give us the ability to look at the total person more effectively, and I think it will encourage more students to apply.” Though the new applications would feature the essay component for fall 2013 applicants and the additional recommendation component for fall 2014 applicants, an exception is made in the agenda for Oklahoma residents, according to the regents’ agenda. In-state applicants will be automatically admitted until fall 2015 if they meet the current criteria, but some of those students will be expected to participate in focused gateway courses or hold regular meetings with a graduation coach, Hathaway said. OU administrators will make their presentation to the state regents at their meeting scheduled for May 24 and 25 at the State Regents Office, 655 Research Parkway, Suite 200, in Oklahoma City, Hathaway said.

What’s next: Current construction plans are projected to begin in summer 2013 when daytime traffic will be at its lowest, university spokesman Michael Nash said. There is not yet a timetable for the release of the private donor whose contribution made the construction possible, Boren told The Daily. Source: Daily archives

Integrity Council Background: The OU academic misconduct system converted to a student-run system this year with a new integrity code and student investigators.

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Aris Phylaktou, aerospace engineering student from Cyprus, studies for his finals Friday. Phlylaktou said he is proud to be a Sooner and will proudly wear his OU shirts when he returns to Cyprus. “I’m wearing the colors of my family,” he said. Finals week marks the end of a journey for exchange students like Phylaktou, many of whom will be leaving the U.S. on Saturday. Visit OUDaily.com to read the full story.

Student congress

What’s new: This year was the council’s first year to have student advisers, instead of professors, investigating academic violations. The Integrity Council is now an organization of students assisted by faculty, staff and administrators. What’s next: The council will continue to fulfill advisory functions provided in the code in the coming academic sessions. Source: Daily archives

15% of bills passed directly impact students

UOSA executives

Congress passed 49 bills, failed three during spring

Background: Former UOSA President Hannah Morris handed over her title to current president Joe Sangirardi in March.

graph Breakdown of spring legislation Passed or failed

Pass method

CHASE COOK

Managing Editor

About 15 percent of Undergraduate Student Congress’ spring 2012 legislation directly impacted students while the remainder focused on approving appointments and making changes to the UOSA Code Annotated or Student Congress’ Bylaws or Rules of Order. The direct student impact came in the form of primary funding for UOSA and student organizations and emergency funding for student organizations that either ran out of money quickly or needed extra for an event. Student Congress distributed a total of $669,930.15 in the spring semester. Of those funds, $498,690.15, almost 75 percent, was d i s t r i b u t e d t o U O S A’s

bills passed (49)

passed by consent (52%)

bills failed (3)

passed by roll call (48%)

types of spring bills presented Appointments (35%) Administrative changes (42%) Funding (15%) resolutions (8%) Source: Congress agendas, minutes

AT A GLANCE Definitions • Consent is when a member of Student Congress motions to pass a bill by consent. If another member seconds the motion and there are no objections, the bill passes by consent, which means votes are not tallied individually. • A roll call vote is required on legislation, such as student organization emergency funding or when a motion for consent fails. The Student Congress secretary calls each representative by name, and the representatives vote vocally.

graph by James Corley/The Daily

primary organizations, such as Student Congress or the Housing Center Student Association. The remaining $171,240 was distributed to student organizations. Student Congress

chairwoman Alyssa Loveless said looking only at the legislation doesn’t tell the whole story regarding Congress’ impact. Representatives are required to spend an hour each week on constituency

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service, which includes tabling or talking with students in the representatives district, Loveless said. “Going out and talking with students is how we find out what they see is wrong

with the campus and what they want to see improved,” Loveless said. The legislation also doesn’t mention Student Congress’ Green Week campaign, Loveless said. Each spring semester Congress organizes a week of events to inform students about the impact of recycling, she said. Although only 15 percent of legislation directly impacted students by putting money in their organizations’ coffers, other legislation passed by Student Congress may have had a residual impact on students. Executive branch appointees and changes to UOSA’s Code Annotated can impact students by creating new departments and putting students in positions to create and hold events that others can attend. Undergraduate Student Congress’ first meeting for next semester will be 7 p.m. Aug. 28 in Adams Hall, Room 150.

What’s new: Morris cited the implementation of a financial aid adviser program to begin in the fall 2012 semester as one of her proudest accomplishments during her term. An increase in co-programming opportunities for student organizations and the Sodas for Sobers campaign were also important accomplishments during her term, Morris said. What’s next: Sangirardi has assumed the title of UOSA president. Sangirardi has told The Daily he hopes to downsize the UOSA executive branch by consolidating departments and eliminating unnecessary positions during his time in office. Source: Daily archives

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Opinion

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An alphabet of the issues 26 topics that stand out after two semesters of giving our opinion by The Oklahoma Daily Editorial Board

A B C Applications

The OU Board of Regents decided March 29 to change the admissions requirements from automatic admissions to a holistic application, which will include an essay and letters of recommendation. This could be a great change for OU, as it frees administrators to raise academic standards, as well as accept promising students who do not do as well on traditional measurements of potential.

BAN

On Nov. 16, President Boren announced a possible tobacco ban Nov. 16. After several closed tobacco advisory committee meetings, the regents approved a ban with designated smoking areas. Though we pushed for more areas to make the ban less about forcing students not to smoke and more about protecting non-smokers, we ended with none when Gov. Mary Fallin banned tobacco on state property.

Conference

September’s conference realignment drama left many wondering if the Big 12 was over. Moving to the Pac-12 could have meant greater revenue and academic standards, which could have increased OU’s academic performance — and raised tuition. But OU stayed in the Big 12, largely due to Boren’s guidance. The conference looks stable for now, but in the future, we urge Boren to make the best decisions for OU alone.

D E F G H DRUGS

Oklahoma suffers from serious drug problems: meth, violence from Mexican cartels and a growing prescription-drug abuse problem. Prescription painkillers killed more Oklahomans in 2010 than car accidents, and in 2011, OU football player Austin Box died of such an overdose. We endorsed House Bill 2468, which would toughen the tracking of dangerous prescriptions, but the bill is stalled.

Elections

March’s primaries were contentious. We endorsed President Barack Obama on the Democratic ticket and Mitt Romney for the Republican ticket. Unfortunately, the vast majority of counties in Oklahoma, including Cleveland, disagreed. Oklahoma supported the extreme-right Rick Santorum. Thank God the rest of the country had better sense, and Santorum has dropped from the race.

Funding

OU’s budget problems may result in heavy funding cuts to smaller programs. All departments already faced cuts, and now the director of Women’s and Gender Studies has said more decreases could cripple the program — the only one of its kind in Oklahoma. The writer of “The Vagina Monologues” has recognized how essential this program is to OU and the state. We hope the administration will as well.

GUNS

This has been an interesting year for gun control. The Trayvon Martin shooting illustrated the danger of “Stand Your Ground” laws, which deputize citizens and encourage violence in the name of selfdefense. Then, Senate Bill 1733, which would allow open carry of firearms with a permit, passed the House and Senate. This bill threatens to turn the Sooner state into a tense Wild West.

Housing

For three years, a group of students has pushed for gender-neutral housing at OU, which would allow students to choose their roommate regardless of gender. This year, the movement gained traction when Boren agreed to discuss the proposal. Students who attended the meetings said Boren is unlikely to support the full proposal, but he is considering compromises and will announce his decision soon.

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Internet

Proposed censorship laws galvanized people to fight for communication rights. These efforts resulted in the defeat of the Stop Online Piracy Act and the Protect IP Act. These bills were proposed to fight piracy and copyright infringement, but their provisions could have resulted in censorship. But the fight isn’t over: The Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act has even more censorship potential.

Joe Sangirardi

Joe Sangirardi was elected UOSA president in April. We haven’t hesitated to criticize his early lack of platforms and we were bothered by the uncontested elections, but we stand by our enthusiastic endorsement of Sangirardi. He already has taken early action to fulfill his strongest campaign promise: the consolidation of UOSA to increase efficiency. We look forward to seeing what he can accomplish next year.

Keep Arezzo

OU must keep its study abroad program in Arezzo, Italy. Some have complained that the program — particularly the current expansion into a monastery — is too expensive. But the program’s benefits outweigh the costs. The program offers a study-abroad opportunity to many students who would not otherwise be able to enjoy it, not to mention the opportunity to be sister cities with a town in Tuscany.

Legislature

Lawmakers have found plenty to focus on this session other than higher education. The string of controversial bills legislators have passed this year run from pointless to harmful, in every hot-button topic from gun rights to abortion. And in the midst of this waste, they’ve been hesitant to increase higher education funding. Considering OU’s budget woes, attention to higher education would be a much better use of time.

Military

In September, the U.S. repealed Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell, which banned service members from acknowledging or acting on their gay, lesbian or bisexual identity while in the service. Under this policy, the military lost thousands of trained personnel, hundreds of needed specialists and millions of dollars. It was long past time to wave goodbye to this discriminatory policy and let all qualified recruits serve their country.

Q R N O P Nominations

Americans may have a new way to elect nominees in presidential elections if the online national primary system from Americans Elect finds support. Americans Elect’s primary would be an online system in which the country could vote on the same day, eliminating much of the partisan antics and dog-and-pony-show of the primaries. We join Boren in urging students to take part in this more bipartisan system.

Occupy

Occupy Wall Street began in New York City on Sept. 17. In the months that followed, occupations rose up across the U.S. and in several countries in solidarity with Occupy Wall Street. Many of these occupations have since been forcibly removed from their sites, including Occupy Wall Street, in displays of excessive police force that are blatant attacks on occupiers’ freedom to assembly and protest.

Pets

Pets face a dangerous time at the end of each semester. Animal shelters near colleges see a large spike around that time, when many students leave and abandon their pets. Norman approved a $3 million bond in November to renovate and expand the aging Norman Animal Welfare Center. We hope to see this expansion continue with programs to educate students about responsibilities of pet ownership.

QUEER ISSUES

The queer community’s position at OU is improving. The Faculty Senate made steps toward extending benefits to same-sex couples. The Sooner Allies program is expanding, including the new Greek Ally program. But the major effort, genderneutral housing, has faced opposition. It likely will result in a compromise that will improve the housing situation but lack the full protection of gender-neutral housing.

Rape jokes

Rape jokes are not funny. When joking about sexual assault, you are perpetuating systems in our society that enable rapists and penalize survivors. We live in a rape culture that teaches women not to wear certain outfits or walk home alone at night and doesn’t put the same effort into teaching men not to rape. Next time you think about telling a rape joke, remember you are indirectly enabling a real rape.

S T U V W

Speed bumps

In February, the Housing Center Student Association recognized a problem with visibility in the area of campus near the dorms after a student riding her bicycle in the area at night crashed over a speed bump and suffered a concussion. We urged OU Housing and Food Services to act quickly on the HCSA proposal to paint the speed bumps with reflective paint to increase visibility, and it did.

Transparency

Transparency has been our focus. We added a page online to publish corrections and a box on the front page to catalogue our open records requests. We also demanded the tobacco advisory committee meetings and the talks with Boren and the GenderNeutral Housing Coalition be open to the public — none of which were opened — and asked the Legislature to clearly define the deadlines for filling open records requests.

Uganda

Ugandans spoke out in force about the problems facing their country in response to Invisible Children’s exploitative Kony 2012 campaign. The campaign perpetuated the “white savior” complex and dangerous colonial ideas. For students who wish to get involved in efforts to better the region, we suggested you view the Ugandans 2012 video to get the real story. You can help the real voices of this conflict go viral.

X Y Z Xenophobia

Xenophobia is a fear of foreigners or strangers. In Oklahoma, the problem is more a fear of those from outside one specific cultural view: white, straight, male-dominated, Christian. The state’s serious racial inequalities in imprisonment and pay, the constant attacks on women’s health care and rights, and the stubborn racial and gender inequalities in OU’s faculty are just a few results of this phobia.

Yom Kippur

Yom Kippur meant an extra sacrifice for some Jewish Sooners. The OU-Texas football game fell on the Jewish holiday, the restrictions of which kept those observing it from taking part in the celebrations. This has happened five times in the past and will happen again in 2014. We supported a UOSA resolution urging both universities to work with the NCAA to keep this from happening, but no action has been taken.

Zygote

State lawmakers wanted to give zygotes the full rights of personhood. The Personhood Act would have defined a person as any human creature from the moment of conception. Either this bill was merely a declaration of belief, as lawmakers claimed — an utter waste of time — or it would have endangered abortion rights, in vitro fertilization and contraception. Thank God the Senate permanently tabled the bill.

Vaginas

“The Vagina Monologues” and other sexfocused events underlined the importance of a sex-positive attitude. Healthy sexuality recognizes sex as a natural part of life. It also respects all sexual choices, from abstinence to frequent enjoyment. Healthy sexualities lead to better sex education, fewer STDs, fewer abortions, better selfimage, better relationships, gender equality and less rape and domestic violence.

Women’s rights

From the political bickering threatening the Violence Against Women Act to the increasingly damaging reproductive health laws making up the “War on Women,” it is a difficult time to be a woman in Oklahoma. Unfortunately, higher education isn’t immune from this discrimination. Only 21 of the 45 deans and associate deans at OU are female, despite women making up just under half the student body.

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• Monday, May 7, 2012 —Year in Review

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Instagram is not Insta-art

Trayvon case will spark reflection on race in America

he Instagram iPLife & Arts Columnist hone app is a phenomenon. It has won awards and clinched millions of users with its intuitive approach to photo sharing. Recently it was acquired by Facebook for $1 billion, further cementing its Steven Zoeller success. stevenv.zoeller@gmail.com Instagram’s owners have good reasons to be optimistic. As for me, I’m downright pessimistic about what their success says about our culture. It’s not the photo sharing function that bothers me. I think it’s great that Instagram allows users to post photos for the world to admire and critique. I only take issue with the function that allows users to artificially age their photos. For readers who’ve not used Instagram: After taking a picture with the app, you have the option to place a filter over the image. The filters vary, but most have the effect of making the photo look older than it really is by changing the light contrast and the tone of the colors. With this feature, one can give images the washed-out look of a photograph taken decades ago or of one that has been sitting in the sun for a long time. It has proven quite popular, and I’d be lying if I said I couldn’t see why. For all of us, the past holds a certain magic. It has an air of authenticity we perceive as lacking in the current era. Giving photos a nostalgic tint with Instagram makes them resemble artifacts from our childhood, from a better time when every day was a trip to the park and life was simpler. It also makes any photo into a potential piece of art. Putting a filter over an image can disguise a lack of genuine content. For example, an untouched photo of a coffee mug is unimpressive, but when a filter is placed over it, suddenly it seems noteworthy and artistically “hip.” These are undoubtedly attractive features of Instagram. But for exactly the reasons people love the app, Instagram is actually downright unhealthy.

Instagram’s most troubling aspect is that it enables us to idealize the past. The widespread intuition that Instagram relies on to peddle its filters — that the past is somehow more authentic than the present — is false. Our tendency to see the past this way is mostly a product of selective memory and hindsight bias. When users place an old timey filter over a photo, they don’t merely embrace a bygone age of sepia; they reject the current age of color. Idealizing the past tacitly admits our best days are behind us and that we are in decline. It makes past greatness seem unattainable. Paradoxically, Instagram’s filters only reinforce the idea that the present is unauthentic and bare. It’s clear to me there’s something fake about manipulating photos to be nostalgic. In the attempt to escape the perceived fakeness of the present age, we only make it even more fake than it already is. This is to say nothing of how the filter feature corrodes artistic merit. I’ve already noted filters help mask imperfections and lack of substance. The downside of this feature should already be apparent. Instagram is filled with photos that would otherwise be unremarkable without the filter function — photos of coffee mugs and other boring trinkets. It’s only a matter of time before the application of filters is recognized by users as the cheap, lazy technique it really is. Now, I bet some readers will accuse me of overanalyzing things. They will accuse me of attempting psychoanalysis or of reading too deeply into what’s clearly just a way of decorating photos. That’s fine. It’d be foolish of me to think my critique should apply to every Instagram user. However, I do think I’ve made points that require reflection. I don’t like the new trend of making pictures look artsy by applying filters, and hopefully I’ve given an account thoughtful individuals will consider. At the very least, I hope my Facebook feed is less cluttered by “art” the next time I log in. Steven Zoeller is a journalism sophomore.

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Drones can better student health

s this semester ends, there’s more cause for celebration than usual — a new day will dawn when the smoke clears. We all have reason to thank President David Boren for the smoking ban. Though most of us are legal adults, we are still but children, doomed to wander lost in the fog of our own foolishness. Our only hope is the guiding hand of our shepherd and collective father who stands watch at Boyd House. But even he is human, and thus faltered when he agreed to allow designated smoking areas. Fortunately, Gov. Mary Fallin stood firm where Boren erred, knowing evil could not be compromised with. She issued an executive order banning tobacco on all state property, effectively killing the proposed designated suicide zones. However, this does not mean the job is done. Possible enforcement issues still exist. Not everyone understands their moral duty to obey the law. I propose a modest remedy. As the Los Angeles Times reported in December, domestic law enforcement agencies have begun to realize the potential of unmanned aircraft. Drone surveillance is becoming a common tool in the fight to protect Americans from the sale and use of recreational drugs, despite the typical objections made by civil libertarians. Why not use drones to catch criminals who choose to ignore the smoking ban? A single drone could easily patrol the campus, weaving between Couch and Walker towers toward Sarkeys Energy Center and back, spotting violators along the way, who could then be ticketed. The expense might give you pause, but let’s take a second to think about what’s

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will be equipped with rubber bullets to rain order from the skies. Those specifically designated chronic smokers might be injured, but they won’t die, and more importantly, they’ll be stopped before taking another puff. Jason Byas Sometimes it just takes jason.l.byas-1@ou.edu some tough love to free people from their addictions. The drone program has really at stake. As Fallin worked well abroad, aside noted in her State of the from a few hundred civilians State address, “Healthy living is important, not just be- here and there (nothing’s cause we want Oklahomans perfect), so I don’t see any reason to expect problems. to live full and happy lives, But these are just my own but because the effects of personal suggestions. We unhealthy life choices hurt would be remiss to not even our economy, drain taxconsider alternatives, like a payer dollars and drive up “turn in a friend for a chance the cost of health care for to win a free iPad” program. everyone.” What, then, of those hard- The advantage of this route might be that it would steer ened threats to society that clear of some frivolous openly flaunt the law time lawsuits the drones might and time again? invite. Thankfully, this year has What is important is not given us another precedent the specific program we for drone use. The Global War on Terror choose, but that we take seriously Fallin’s triumphant was nearly foiled by legal technicalities when al-Qae- words and understand the da recruiter Anwar al-Awla- smoking issue must be adki’s U.S. citizenship was used dressed if we are to “move the numbers in the right by our enemies at home to direction and take control of argue that he couldn’t be our own destiny.” Few would killed without trial. deny that quitting smoking But freedom won out, and it was decided that due is truly a triumph of the will. Fallin ran as an advocate to his placement on a list of limited government. of specifically designated What she has chosen to limit global terrorists, he was an government to — an active enemy combatant, which decision-maker in the evallowed his citizenship to be safely ignored. This same ery-day lives of its subjects — is a level that I find quite rationale could hold for any U.S. citizens who found reasonable. Of course, there will be themselves on such a list. some who will echo the This might be news to you, and that’s understand- tired cries about “rights,” able. More important things “privacy” or “not being shot by rubber bullets.” Maybe I were probably going on. could take them seriously Anyway, before you get too antsy, let me assure you if more college students I’m not about to suggest un- had also whined about the repentant smokers’ blood be drone program abroad, the shed to cleanse them of their trial-free killing of al-Awlaki or the recent approval of dosins. What I am suggesting mestic surveillance drones. is that a similar list, of speOf course, they might cifically designated chronic have tried voicing those smokers, be created. concerns in between coughs When these targets are at some point, but I barely found, our Sooner Drone

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Sooner snapshots Starting at upper left corner: President David Boren speaks to students March 7 on the South Oval during a rally in support of genderneutral housing. (Kingsley Burns/The Daily) • University Sing participants perform “Revenge of the Nerds” during a Nov. 2 dress rehearsal. (Matthew Griffin/The Daily) • Other Lives leadman Jesse Tabish croons to Norman Music Festival attendees April 28. (Melodie Lettkeman/The

Daily) • Marketing senior Joshua Colbert leads a silent march March 26 to raise awareness for the death of Trayvon Martin. (Ricardo Patino/ The Daily) • Students dance at the Union Programming Board’s annual foam party Sept. 9 on top of the Union parking garage. (Astrud Reed/ The Daily) • University College freshman Cooper Elkins sits on a couch Oct. 25 during Shack-a-Thon, which raised $6,076.69 for Habitat for

Humanity. (Burns/The Daily) • Acting senior Kevin Percival applies makeup to his teeth before a Sept. 21 rehearsal of “Dracula.” (Burns/ The Daily) • A performer dances March 4 at India Night, presented by the India Student Association. (Josh Blanco/The Daily) • Dance students perform “The Sorcerer’s Apprentice” during Contemporary Dance Oklahoma on March 5 at the Rupel J. Jones Theatre. (Patino/The Daily)

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his year, University Theatre has produced a wide variety of rich and exciting entertainment. Productions from the schools of drama, music, dance and musical theater have graced the stage this year in the OU Art’s District; each bringing a different style of art to the stage. From the School of Dance’s production of the holiday favorite, “The Nutcracker,” to the School of Music’s staging of the opera classic, “Don Giovanni,” students and faculty exhibited a wide range of talents. University Theatre started the season strong with the stage-adaptation of Bram Stoker’s “Dracula” in the Rupel J. Jones Theatre. This production was particularly important for the School of Drama because donor and college namesake, Max Weitzenhoffer, won a Tony for his Broadway revival of the show in 1978, acting senior Kevin Percival said. Percival, who played Robert Renfield in the show, was nominated for the Irene

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Queen Elizabeth (acting junior Laurel Sein) reflects on her life during the play “Mary Stuart.”

Ryan Acting Scholarship competition as a result of his performance. Percival went on to win the regional competition in February and competed in the finals at the Kennedy Center American College Theater Festival in Washington, D.C., in April. Percival said he won the scholarship, beating out

nearly 30 other competitors. Members of the “Dracula” production took home other honors at the festival as well. Lighting design senior Brad Gray won first runner-up for the National Partners of the American Theatre for Design Excellence for his light design of the production, as well as third place

overall in lighting design. Scenic design senior Hana Goff won a fellowship for her scenic design of the show, according to the school’s website. Though there were many tantalizing performances to watch this season, two shows in particular really sat with me long after the curtain closed.

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The other stand out show of the year was the School of Drama’s “By the Bog of Cats.” Directed by Susan Shaughnessy for the World Literature Today DRAMA Puterbaugh Festival, “By the “Julius Caesar” (September) Bog of Cats” was an Irish ad“The Resistable Rise Arturo aptation of the classic Greek Ui” (March 2013) tale “Medea.” The cast of “By the Bog of MUSIC Cats” had the opportunity “Iphegenie en Tauride” to meet with playwright (October) Marina Carr as part of the DANCE 2012 Puterbaugh Festival. “Oklahoma Festival Ballet” Everything about this (November) show was perfectly execut“Young Choreographer’s ed; from the dialect work to Showcase” (January 2013) the minimalistic nature of “Contemporary Dance the set. Oklahoma” (April 2013) I cannot overstate how many standout perforMUSICAL THEATER mances there were in this “Avenue Q” (November) “On the Town” (April 2013) show. Acting senior Anna Fearheiley was jaw dropping as lead role of Hester “Mary Stuart” Swane. Fearheiley’s perfect In February, the School of dialect complemented her Drama produced Friedrich chilling performance. OU is lucky to have the Schiller’s classic “Mary Stuart.” Alissa Millar direct- opportunity to experience such great art on campus. ed the Elizabethan drama It was a successful year for on a minimal set in the A. Max Weitzenhoffer Theatre. University Theatre, and with next year including producThe costumes, designed tions of “Julius Caesar” and by Lloyd Cracknell, were absolutely gorgeous period “Iphegenie en Tauride,” I look forward to seeing more pieces that accented the students’ acting with grace. talent take the stage. The standout performance without a doubt Mariah Webb is a University came from acting junior Laurel Sein, who played the College freshman and the assistant life & arts editor for fiery Queen Elizabeth I. The Daily. The cast and crew of The following productions have been announced for the University Theatre’s main stage. Lab Theatre productions have not been announced yet.

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Spring movies H

ollywood has brought us some pretty good films so far this year. Though many people consider the time between awards season and summer blockbusters to be rather quiet in the world of movies, I tend to disagree. While there may not be scores of big-budget action movies or gritty dramas in the spring, the time of year a movie is released isn’t necessarily indicative of its quality, and I’ve held movies to a high standard in 2012. Now, as the spring semester is ending and people are looking forward to the summer, I’d like to look back at a few films that have been released this semester. Visit OUDaily.com to reflect on some of the high and low points in cinema Photos provided this spring. Movies that hit theaters during the spring semester include the 3-D re-release of “Titanic” (top left), “Project X” (top center), “Dr. Seuss’ The Erin Roberts, Lorax” (top right), “The Hunger Games” (middle left) and “Mirror Mirror” (bottom). Life & Arts Reporter

AT A GLANCE The Daily’s ratings “The Woman in Black” Rating: ««« 1/2 “The Vow” Rating: « “This Means War” Rating: ««« 1/2 “Wanderlust” Rating: «« “The Lorax” Rating: ««« 1/2 “Project X” Rating: «««« “The Hunger Games” Rating: «««« “Mirror Mirror” Rating: «««« “Titanic” 3-D Rating: ««««« “Bully” Rating: «««« 1/2 “The Lucky One” Rating: «« “The Five-Year Engagement” Rating: «««

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yez, oyez ! Life & Arts Columnist Over the semester, I have brought you some of the tastiest and most affordable recipes I know. Now, in this week of war against finals, let me introduce you to a wellCoCo Courtois deserved break from the oudaily.co.co@gmail.com battlefield, la Frigousse bretonne. This medieval stew is named for the old-world phrase ‘good victuals’, which has been updated by the creation of the Grand Order of the Frigousse in 1991 in Rennes, France, one of the major cities of Brittany. A burgundy variant has it cooked with game, but this Breton version honors poultry by using not only chicken, but also duck and pigeon. But let’s not make it too complicated, shall we ? To fully enjoy this medieval feast, the Frigousse is best eaten with a good, homemade bread and Learn how to make some hippocras — a reCoCo’s recipe for freshing spiced wine. la Frigousse bretonne. Be it a French specialty, oudaily.com/life&arts a Congolese traditional dish or a medieval meal, eating homemade, healthful food should never be synonomous with high prices or backbreaking work. Sure it requires a bit more effort than going to the drivethrough, but as you start cooking more often, you’ll appreciate eating good food, and you might realize how simple it is to eat better than you have in the past. Taking your future into your hands starts with controlling what you eat by cooking it yourself.

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s I drive into my apartment complex, I am struck with the disbelief that I’ve lived in Oklahoma for four years. Wasn’t it last week when my parents tearfully dropped Laurel Dix me off in the dorm, about lausdix@ou.edu to drive three days back to Washington, leaving me all alone in the middle of the country? Between ballet rehearsals, theater projects and journalism classes, my time at OU has been brief, exhausting and wonderful. The arts community has become a second family to me, one I will be reluctant to leave. Coursework for my two majors has taught me many lessons I hope to retain in my career, but along the way, I’ve learned some intangibles that will stick with me for the rest of my life. I’d like to share the most important things I’ve taken away from college, lessons I hope will benefit from as well. Read them, sort out what’s right for you, and remember to have the time of your life. College only comes once.

It may be cliché, but college is about the people. With a hectic student schedule, sometimes it’s easy to get caught up in what you do rather than who you are. The projects become consuming. Engineers build their models, painters paint their canvases, and in spite of collaborating with others, it takes genuine effort to have real conversations throughout. Make the effort to step away from your major and spend quality time with colleagues in other fields, whether it’s having a heart-to-heart over coffee or just hanging out and watching a movie. You’ll be working with like-minded people in your career of choice, but your time with these students is limited, so open yourself up to all the creative personalities around you.

So in the midst of every taxing assignment, be sure to rest. Listen to your body. Instead of skipping classes, find out when you have breaks to breathe, and use those times (no matter how short) to take a nap or listen to relaxing music. Your work will be better for it.

Professors are people, too. Unlike a large gen-ed lecture section, classes for your major feature professors you’ll end up seeing for multiple semesters in a row. They have practically memorized a library’s worth of information on your field, and they’d be happy to share it. But more than that, these professors have stories. I hope someday I can tell my dance students the same hilarious stories my ballet professor told me, so they can feel that link to the past. School is partly about building on what others have already done and appreciating their work, not disregarding it to make room for your own cleverness. It’s important to soak in whatever your teachers have to offer. They will be more than happy to help you go over confusing material, improve a project or provide connections for a job, because they know how hard it is to get a life started in the real world.

There is no one right path to follow. You do not have to do the same things as everybody else. You do not have to resign yourself to following “the plan” on your degree sheet. From four years of experience, I can say it is far more fulfilling to pursue what you love to study, make it up as you go along and figure out the details later. I switched my second major three times and remained stubbornly determined to graduate on time, even when others were doubtful that I should have a second major at all. Along the way, there were scheduling roadblocks and administrative hurdles, but it was completely satisfying to overcome these challenges and declare that, yes, I could be a ballerina-electrician-journalist. I don’t know if anyone else understands what it’s like to run from dance class to lighting design tech while editing a review for publication, but that’s okay with me. It was my path. Some people said no, but I said “why not?” Do what you love. All of it. You know your limits, so there’s no sense in letting other people impose them upon you. Whatever path you have, know that as long as you are passionate, you will never get stuck or trapped.

Go to as many events as you can. We have it good here in college, with free events happening every weekend. In the real world, an opera ticket might cost you $50. On campus? Student tickets are $15. If opera isn’t your deal, then go to a piano recital or a softball tournament or a history lecture — whatever your interests, opportunities are all around you. Even go to things you’re not sure you’ll like. What do you have to lose? I don’t believe I’ve ever regretted attending Earning a degree in any field is a deeply consuming ena performance on a whim. It is a wonderful chance to celdeavor that requires consistent excellence, but it’s also deepebrate someone else’s passion and enrich your own studies ly satisfying. In the past four years I’ve found joy, camarade— without costing your whole paycheck. rie, pain, patience and inspiration with my fellow students. Every Sooner has taught me how to live as a better person. Don’t forget to rest. So even if the sun is setting when I drive to my apartment, I College students are a famously stressed know that it will rise again on a new adventure. group of individuals. Every major has its perpetual overachievers, but we all eventually reach that breaking point where we try to balLaurel Dix is a ballet performance and professional writing ance multiple obligations with our own interests. senior.

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• Monday, May 7, 2012 — Year in Review

Video games

Spring releases keep gamers entertained Life & Arts Columnist

Shawn Stafford shawn.a.stafford@ou.edu

or a year that started with the likes of “Deus Ex: Human Revolution” and “Skyrim,” it’s been interesting thus far for video games. It’s a magical time of year. School is coming to a close, summer is starting to show its face and every day we get closer to E3, the Electronic Entertainment Expo, where we will get a glimpse of gaming’s future. Let’s take a few steps back and look at some of the games from this semester.

Street Fighter X Tekken Released: March 6

This game has seen a lot of change since I reviewed it back in March. One change that is pretty cool for anyone who hasn’t picked it up yet is the price drop. The game was $40 at Walmart last time I checked. Good call for anyone who waited. As with any fighting game, give the community a few months, and there will be all kinds of gamechanging tricks that, pardon the redundancy, completely change the game. “Street Fighter X Tekken” has seen a growth in tech and many of the characters who seemed over used at release don’t even see the light of day. Capcom also has thrown in a handful of content updates, including new gems, costumes and colors for the color-edit mode — which was severely lacking at

recently, but it still delivers the same product: hype. Almost all the biggest releases are announced around E3. With the new “Call of Duty” trailer release, we can rest assured the flood gates have opened. The announcements that people get really excited about are the keynotes given by the Big 3: Microsoft, Sony and Nintendo. Because there’s no information on what will be announced, it’s time to speculate a little bit. Many people speculate the next Xbox will be announced in response to the Nintendo’s new Wii U. We’ll have to wait and see, but you can rest assured there will be some kind of Photo Provided teaser released the closer “Street Fighter X Tekken” is a crossover fighting game developed by Capcom. Its core gameplay is similar to that of the “Street Fighter” series. we get to the conference. While most eyes are on All sources are pointing to E3, I’m waiting in anticipation for what some of my one conclusion: This game See more online favorite publishers have in is going to get big. Video game reviews store for next year — fingers from Shawn Stafford are crossed for a new “Shin Botanicula Released: April 19 Megami Tensei” release. oudaily.com/life&arts Let’s move away from This summer is shaping the intense violence for a up to be fun for gamers. A little bit of artistic violence. lot of current games are getrelease. “Botanicula” is the release of ting a new coat of paint in With 12 new characters the year. the form of new content, on the horizon, “Street On the surface, we have which makes doing nothing Fighter X Tekken” only has a beautiful adventure; at its this summer even easier. gotten better with time, so Photo Provided core, we have an experience Be sure to watch for deals check it out. “Botanicula” is a point-and-click adventure game developed by that’s thought provoking on Xbox Live Arcade, Steam Amanita Design that follows the adventure of five botanical creatures. enough to make you draw and PlayStation Network. Sine Mora new conclusions with every It has become a recurring Released: March 21 any punches, and that is Internet and not fizzle out play through. This is a horizontal thing to have those spread after a week or so. Well, the Beyond the game play, shooter from the Xbox Live why I still recommend this out throughout the summer. game. Plus, even weeks after end-of-the-semester verthe music is amazing. The Arcade and PlayStation Also, keep an eye on the getting the game I can bare- dict is in and it looks like soundtrack has been accuNetwork that I really humble bundles — that’s a ly get anywhere on the hard- “Skullgirls” is here to stay. mulating plays at an alarm- newer thing in gaming culenjoyed. est difficulty, so it’s a good The developers proming rate in my iTunes. Being an offline game, it ture too cool to die. ised to continue working Like I said in my review of hasn’t really changed since challenge. Have a great summer evon the game, implementing this game, buy it now. its release. However, that eryone, and don’t get too new characters and features doesn’t change the quality addicted to “Diablo 3.” Skullgirls if they sold enough units E3/The future of the original game. It’s still Released: April 10 In my review, I praised initially. The game sold way Looking forward, we have a unique, time-based shootbeyond expectations, givE3 right around the corner er with the amazing art style this game for a lot of things Shawn Stafford is an ing its community a steady starting June 5. The expo and Hungarian voice-overs. and speculated if it would international and area stream of new content. has seen a lot of changes Digital Reality didn’t pull hold the interest of the studies junior.

Profiles

A look at Sooners who have seen the spotlight this spring Westlee Parsons Life & Arts Reporter

Looking back through the semester, there have been an array of students, faculty and Norman citizens who have done interesting, innovative or creative things.

Dance-related archivist Tara Davis received the Dance Heritage Coalition Fellowship earlier this semester. She is part of the Master in Library Sciences program and works in the Ballet Russes Archive in the School of Dance. She will be arranging, processing, surveying and scanTara ning dance-related records. Davis also found out she Davis will be attending the Dance Critics Association in New York City in June and the Society of American Archivist conference in San Diego in August. She leaves for Washington, D.C., on May 28. As Davis begins her travels this summer, she said there are nerves, but mostly excitement. “I am definitely nervous — this will be the most traveling I’ve done in such a short of amount of time — but I’m also incredibly excited about all of it,” Davis said. However, at the moment, Davis said she is focusing on wrapping up the semester. She said she has started to research some of the history of the collections she will be working with this summer.

forever,” Zuniga said. The end of her term is this semester, and as a final piece to her time at OU, she will give a performance with activist/poet Andrea Gibson at 7 p.m. May 27 in Oklahoma Memorial Union’s Meacham Auditorium, she said. The performance is to raise awareness about gender-neutral housing and the women and gender studies program that has struggled with funding this year.

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Commencement Shuttle!

Makeup artist

Monét Olorunnisomo created a makeup business in order to supplement her income while she’s in college. Olorunnisomo said she was first approached about being a makeup artist last year and has done projects, such as Vintage Mahogani and Delta Sigma Theta’s “Fashion Goes Red,” which was a charity fashion show to raise money for heart health awareness. With prom season wrapping up, she is going to be working with another artist on bridal Monét shows, makeup workshops Olorunnisomo and other events this summer, she said. Olorunnisomo is setting up a makeup blog that will feature articles, reviews of product and videos — it will be available at the end of the summer, she said. She said her favorite thing about her business is when she gets the opportunity to give make-overs to people who never wear Activist-in-residence makeup so they can see the better side of Lauren Zuniga is OU’s Center For Social themselves. Justice’s Activist-in-Residence this semester. Online jeweler Zuniga was noticed for her political poetry and has become Sheena Williams started an Etsy shop to increasingly popular with sell her handmade jewelry her poem, “To the Oklahoma after she successfully began Lawmakers,” that addresses selling them at music festithe Personhood Bill and how vals. Williams’ shop, Happy it affects women. Monday, is where she sells her Zuniga has finished her secfeather earrings for $10. Lauren ond book of poetry through Williams said she has been Write Bloody Publishing called making a lot more products Zuniga “The Smell of Good Mud,” Sheena lately, adding feathered hair which will be available Saturday, she said. Williams clips with her earrings. “[The book] is mostly about living in a house “I am putting a temporary named Clementine with six queer/feminist hold on my Etsy shop to help stock up for my artists and my two kids, as well as, various pets summer of festival,” Williams said. and wildlife,” Zuniga said. She said she participated in the Dust Bowl She said her more well-known, political Arts Market during Norman Music Festival. poems and poems about Oklahoma also are This summer, she said she will sell her earpresent in the book. rings and hair clips at Backwoods Bash in “I wish I could stay Activist-in-Residence Prue, Okla., and Wakarusa in Ozark, Ark.

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Scenes to remember

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Top: Nina Grant (acting junior Laurel Sein) dances with Dracula in the Rupel Jones Theatre. “Dracula” opened Sept. 23 and ran through Oct. 2. School of Drama namesake, Max Weitzenhoffer, won a Tony Award for his Broadway revival of “Dracula” in 1978. Right: Forrest Kline, lead singer of Hellogoodbye, performs April 20 as part of the Union Programming Board’s concert series on the East Lawn at Oklahoma Memorial Union. The band’s albums include “Zombies! Aliens! Vampires! Dinosaurs!” and “Would it Kill You?”

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The Jeannine Rainbolt College of Education would like to congratulate all of our graduating students. We wish you the best of luck!

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Top: Jeremy Eoff drama sophomore plays Count Bellievre kisses the hand of Laurel Sein drama junior playing Queen Elizabeth in “Mary Stuart.” The production ran from Feb. 10 to Feb. 19. Right: John Gourley, lead singer of Portugal. The Man, serenades attendees of Norman Music Festival on April 28. The band headlined the fifth festival, which closed off half of Main Street to accommodate stages, including the Main Stage, which stretched across the street and hosted Portugal. The Man, Other Lives, Rainbows Are Free, Modern Rock Diaries and more. Melodie Lettkeman/The Daily

Afraid of losing her daughter, Josie — played by Jennifer Pearson — Hester, played by Anna Fearheiley, murders her. Hearing Hester’s mournful cry, the Catwoman, played by Chandler Ryan (left), rushes to her side. “By the Bog of Cats” was part of the Puterbaugh Festival. Marina Carr, the play’s author, was selected as this year’s Puterbaugh Fellow. Ty Johnson/The Daily

Puzzles

â&#x20AC;˘ Monday, May 7, 2012 â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Year in Review

Universal Crossword

Edited by Timothy E. Parker May 7, 2012

Edited by Timothy E. Parker May 8, 2012

Edited by Timothy E. Parker May 9, 2012

ACROSS 1 The first or last one can be a doozy 5 Washington transit system (with â&#x20AC;&#x153;theâ&#x20AC;?) 10 â&#x20AC;&#x153;___ you were here!â&#x20AC;? 14 Fairy-tale bear 15 Archerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s weapon 16 Jodie in a 1999 epic set in Asia 17 X or Y line on a graph 18 Complex decorative pattern 19 Cookout in Honolulu 20 â&#x20AC;&#x153;Hollywood Squaresâ&#x20AC;? basis 22 Blouse accompanier, often 23 ___ Beta Kappa 24 Babble 26 Anglerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s hooks 30 Multicolored cat 32 Zionistâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s homeland 34 â&#x20AC;&#x153;Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve got a mule, her name is ___â&#x20AC;? 35 They may be tipped in acknowledgment 39 Sit-down occasion 40 Anti-knock additive 42 Repeat what you heard 43 Actor Giamatti

44 Astonishment 45 Spanish wine 47 Letting off the throttle (with â&#x20AC;&#x153;upâ&#x20AC;?) 50 Vegetable spreads 51 Mapped out 54 Roman greeting 56 Native Hawkeye 57 North Sea catch of the day 63 Perjuring witness 64 Change pants? 65 â&#x20AC;&#x153;American ___â&#x20AC;? 66 ___ the Red (Norse explorer) 67 Allow to enter 68 Playoff disappointment 69 A brother of Abel 70 â&#x20AC;&#x153;Saying it ___ thing, doing ...â&#x20AC;? 71 Support for a backyard tire DOWN 1 Bit of marital friction, e.g. 2 Airport/hotel connection 3 â&#x20AC;&#x153;War and Peace,â&#x20AC;? e.g. 4 Bygone days 5 Fire starter 6 Titillating 7 Quartet when oneâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s out sick 8 Employ a therapeutic technique 9 Have liabilities 10 Thing taught in obedience

11 12 13 21 22 25 26 27 28 29 31 33 36 37

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school Alaska native â&#x20AC;&#x153;Grrr!â&#x20AC;? is one ___ cuisine Vaulted church wing Biological pocket Small streams Ribbonlike fabric Aboard an ocean liner German Mrs. Podiatristâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s concern Disturbingly pale Apartment renterâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s agreement Ten square chains â&#x20AC;&#x153;Cominâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; ___ the Ryeâ&#x20AC;? (Robert Burns poem) Asian restaurant sauces Plays with oneâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s thumbs, in a

way 46 Groundbreaking farmer 48 ___ Arbor, Mich. 49 Knuckled under 51 Laundry accumulations 52 Department and river of France 53 Anticipate 55 â&#x20AC;&#x153;From the Earth to the Moonâ&#x20AC;? author Jules 58 ___ von Bismarck 59 Delta accumulation 60 Sneaker output 61 Blow, as a game 62 â&#x20AC;&#x153;Can I get you anything ___?â&#x20AC;? 64 â&#x20AC;&#x153;Float like a butterflyâ&#x20AC;? boxer

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FOOT REGIMENT By Alice Walker

5/7

ACROSS 1 Escalator part 5 Certain dreadlocked Jamaican, briefly 10 Adult male deer 14 Nehemiah follows it 15 ___ Island (former immigration checkpoint) 16 Melt ingredient, often 17 Balcony feature 18 Raccoon relative 19 Came down from oneâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s high horse? 20 Display happiness, in a way 23 Cone-shaped tent 24 Increased, as prices 25 Express discontent 28 Yodelersâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; milieu 30 Word with â&#x20AC;&#x153;codeâ&#x20AC;? or â&#x20AC;&#x153;restrictedâ&#x20AC;? 31 A boss, occasionally 33 CEO candidate 36 Make round, as dough 40 Not merely -er 41 Simpleton 42 Tissue additive, perhaps 43 Start, as a savings account 44 â&#x20AC;&#x153;Empty handâ&#x20AC;? fighting skill, literally

46 Be head over heels about 49 â&#x20AC;&#x153;Airtightâ&#x20AC;? story 51 Providing particulars 57 Shipwreck locale 58 â&#x20AC;&#x153;Eyesâ&#x20AC;? in many emoticons 59 â&#x20AC;&#x153;Puss in Bootsâ&#x20AC;? villain 60 Cast a creepy glance 61 Apathetic 62 Word at the top of an application 63 Whirl of water 64 Walk leisurely 65 Significant time periods DOWN 1 Balkan Wars participant 2 Former Winter Palace resident (Var.) 3 Great Lake 4 Spacious and grand 5 â&#x20AC;&#x153;Eye of newt and toe of frogâ&#x20AC;? context 6 Not with another 7 Chalkboard material 8 Ballplayer Fuentes or one of the musical Jacksons 9 Minor in geography? 10 By-the-book purchase 11 Blooming bulb 12 Like a doddering old woman

13 Like some exclusive communities 21 Guy thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a doll 22 Old Toyota model 25 ___, medium or well done 26 A son of Aphrodite 27 Attack, as with eggs 28 A bit pretentious 29 â&#x20AC;&#x153;Anna Kareninaâ&#x20AC;? author Tolstoy 31 Wild Huckleberry? 32 Wet-yourwhistle stop 33 ___ fide (in bad faith) 34 Clean, as with paper towels 35 On the less breezy side, at sea 37 Let off the hook? 38 Cherry or

pizza creation 39 Choir voice 43 Bad tempered 44 Bean type or shape 45 He played Tessio in â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Godfatherâ&#x20AC;? 46 Gazellelike 47 Administered medicine 48 Lubricated 49 Strongmanâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s reference? 50 Not quite ready for the tooth fairy 52 Long-range warhead carrier, briefly 53 â&#x20AC;&#x153;___ contendereâ&#x20AC;? (no contest plea) 54 Bacteria culture medium 55 ___ la Douce (Shirley MacLaine role) 56 Alternatives to Levis

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WORD OF DIVISION By Milton J. Ruff

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Universal Crossword

Edited by Timothy E. Parker May 10, 2012

Edited by Timothy E. Parker May 11, 2012

ACROSS 1 Six-Day War hero Moshe 6 Bit of shut-eye 9 Love very much 14 Lagoon formation 15 â&#x20AC;&#x153;Now ___ seen everything!â&#x20AC;? 16 Missouri, Arkansas or Ohio, e.g. 17 Slackerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s motto 19 At piqueâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s peak? 20 â&#x20AC;&#x153;Bad call!â&#x20AC;? 21 â&#x20AC;&#x153;Dead Poets Societyâ&#x20AC;? director 22 Many a delivery 23 Watson of the Harry Potter movies 25 Budweiser horse 30 Boxerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s measurement 32 â&#x20AC;&#x2122;60s-â&#x20AC;&#x2122;70s space missions 33 Classic Aretha Franklin song 37 Tidbit for 60-Across 38 Memorable fast-food ad question 42 â&#x20AC;&#x153;Just as I suspected!â&#x20AC;? 43 Annulled, as a legal order 44 Prim and proper 47 Authoritative proclamation 51 Shirley MacLaine film title word 55 Olden days 56 Was a consumer? 57 Adult tadpole

59 Armchair quarterbackâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s room, perhaps 60 What 25-Across is 63 Some mystery stories 65 â&#x20AC;&#x153;For Sale by ___â&#x20AC;? 66 Successor to the Pan-American Union 67 ___ Hawkins Day 68 No rest for them 69 Number of hits that ruins a perfect game 70 Adult wannabes DOWN 1 â&#x20AC;&#x153;Mork & Mindyâ&#x20AC;? co-star Pam 2 Feeling comfy 3 One cello virtuoso 4 Vestry vestment 5 Sweetâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;___ (sugar substitute) 6 â&#x20AC;&#x153;Nothing,â&#x20AC;? in legal phrases 7 Animation legend Tex 8 â&#x20AC;&#x153;As ___ your instructionsâ&#x20AC;? 9 Light musical piece 10 Dress with a tight bodice 11 Eggs, to a biologist 12 Abbr. after some generalsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; names 13 Byronâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s â&#x20AC;&#x153;beforeâ&#x20AC;? 18 Gumshoe, for short 22 Group of seven 24 A bit of land 26 Russian country home

27 Healing houseplant 28 Where to find a couple of heels 29 Suffix for â&#x20AC;&#x153;fastâ&#x20AC;? or â&#x20AC;&#x153;slowâ&#x20AC;? 31 Feminine pronoun 34 Like some reprimands or thunderstorms 35 Creation of King David 36 â&#x20AC;&#x153;And that sort of thingâ&#x20AC;? (Abbr.) 38 Question not asked in this puzzleâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s theme words 39 â&#x20AC;&#x153;Cool ___ Lukeâ&#x20AC;? 40 Akeelahâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s spelling contest 41 â&#x20AC;&#x153;Electric Avenueâ&#x20AC;? singer Grant 42 21, for many new drinkers 45 â&#x20AC;&#x153;Coming up

nextâ&#x20AC;? ad 46 Greasy spoon, e.g. 48 Potassium ___ (photography compound ) 49 Hardly a brainiac 50 Grammar topics 52 ___ Hunt (Tom Cruiseâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s â&#x20AC;&#x153;Mission: Impossibleâ&#x20AC;? role) 53 â&#x20AC;&#x153;Hang â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Em Highâ&#x20AC;? prop 54 Abraham Lincolnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s boy 58 â&#x20AC;&#x153;Bunniesâ&#x20AC;? under the bed 60 Question not asked in this puzzleâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s theme words 61 Be shy, poker pot-wise 62 Virus innards, briefly 63 Charm with flowers and candy 64 â&#x20AC;&#x153;Fat chance, laddie!â&#x20AC;?

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ASK AWAY By Rob Lee

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ACROSS 1 â&#x20AC;&#x153;Atlas Shruggedâ&#x20AC;? hero 5 Cash-free transaction 9 Sheets of cotton 14 Mongoliaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s continent 15 Responsive, as a ship (Var.) 16 Oahu â&#x20AC;&#x153;howdy-doâ&#x20AC;? 17 Popular Easter dish 18 Like guys who finish last? 19 Defame in print 20 New baby, to any parent 23 Comes to a close 24 A finished movie is in here 25 River mouth deposits 28 First aid ointment 30 â&#x20AC;&#x153;Kiss my gritsâ&#x20AC;? utterer of TV fame 33 Writer George or T.S. 34 Fitzgerald of jazz 35 Type of sandwich or soda 36 Ruby Red beverage 39 Exposes to the public 40 Only cardinal point not in a U.S. state name 41 Chat room participants 42 Worrisome

letters to send 43 Act the gossip 44 Course before dessert 45 Bandâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s engagement 46 â&#x20AC;&#x153;___ bigger and better things!â&#x20AC;? 47 Dessert choice 54 Yuletide number 55 South African settler 56 ___ mater 57 Beef designation 58 Boast about oneâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s accomplishments 59 Rise up on the hind legs 60 Supplemented 61 Miniature whirlpool 62 Candied tubers DOWN 1 Big party 2 â&#x20AC;&#x153;Hurry up!â&#x20AC;? acronym 3 Awkward gait 4 Impolite places for elbows 5 Ecclesiastical councils 6 Street urchins 7 Big name in petroleum 8 Hammer end 9 Type of wood, apple or pear 10 Not from this world 11 Kunta Kinteâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s â&#x20AC;&#x153;givenâ&#x20AC;? name, in â&#x20AC;&#x153;Rootsâ&#x20AC;?

12 Biblical second person 13 Bando of baseball or Mineo of film 21 Descended on the motherâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s side 22 Brilliance of performance 25 â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Dancing Classâ&#x20AC;? painter Edgar 26 â&#x20AC;&#x153;The river,â&#x20AC;? in Mexico 27 Fact falsifiers 28 Display embarrassment, in a way 29 Came to land 30 Frequent-___ miles 31 Filthy money? 32 At the high end of the scale? 34 Chapters of history 35 Commonly used or practiced 37 Fake, as an

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injury 38 Rulers after a revolution, sometimes 43 Used a vintage phone 44 Get-up-andgo 45 Treasurehoarding dwarf 46 Mountain nymph of Greek myth 47 Poet of old 48 Too dry for farming 49 Calais clergyman 50 What a mamaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s boy needs to cut? 51 â&#x20AC;&#x153;Guilty,â&#x20AC;? for one 52 Holy man, for Muslims 53 Wet behind the ___ 54 Number cruncher of April

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47 Like a pretentious museumgoer 50 Jamie ___ Curtis of â&#x20AC;&#x153;Halloweenâ&#x20AC;? 51 â&#x20AC;&#x153;___ said all along ...â&#x20AC;? 52 Layers of dark green eggs 53 ___ Bator (capital of Mongolia) 54 Ken Keseyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s communal group 57 ___-K (before kindergarten) 58 Add oneâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s two cents 59 Sharp-eyed bird of prey 60 Leaky radiatorâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s sound 61 â&#x20AC;&#x153;___ directedâ&#x20AC;? 62 Cheesemaking by-products DOWN 1 College studentsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; choices 2 Ethically challenged 3 Principal source of lead 4 Venus de ___ 5 â&#x20AC;&#x153;... a rose by ___ other name ...â&#x20AC;? 6 â&#x20AC;&#x153;Cottaâ&#x20AC;? or â&#x20AC;&#x153;firmaâ&#x20AC;? starter 7 Troublesome (Var.) 8 The ten in a sawbuck 9 252 gallons 10 Way to be exalted or regarded 11 Ghostly figure

12 You may have it for the basking 13 Have chants encounters? 18 Acquire 19 Slip among chips? 24 Use FedEx 25 Grassy forest area 27 Variety of pea or bean 28 Barneyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s buddy, in cartoondom 31 In an appropriate way 32 â&#x20AC;&#x153;... slithy toves did ___ and gimbleâ&#x20AC;? (â&#x20AC;&#x153;Jabberwockyâ&#x20AC;?) 33 â&#x20AC;&#x153;___ making myself clear?â&#x20AC;? 34 Tune-up recipient 35 Starts by shortcircuiting 36 â&#x20AC;&#x153;___ humble opinion ...â&#x20AC;?

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37 Some new car drivers 39 Eradicates, with â&#x20AC;&#x153;outâ&#x20AC;? 40 â&#x20AC;&#x153;Car 54, Where ___?â&#x20AC;? 42 Accuse tentatively 43 Almost but not quite 44 Eyesight and hearing 46 TV recording device 47 Appliance brand name 48 Early alphabet characters 49 â&#x20AC;&#x153;How naughty of you!â&#x20AC;? 52 ___-Lackawanna Railroad 53 Sundance Film Festival state 55 Letters at the end of some letters 56 Hem, but not haw

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JOY RIDE By Edna Staples

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RIPE FOR THE PICKING By Joyce Manning

5/11

ACROSS 1 Lava below the surface 6 Brush target 11 Twenty-third Greek letter 14 At full speed, on the briny 15 Cause of many yawns 16 Member of Attilaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s horde 17 â&#x20AC;&#x153;Ho, ho, hoâ&#x20AC;? fellow 20 Hydrox rival 21 Acts human 22 John Wayne oater 23 Participated in a marathon 24 Time at the hotel 25 Sticky substance in wheat 26 More than just trim, as prices 28 Ointment denizen? 29 Unreturnable serve 30 River between two Great Lakes 34 â&#x20AC;&#x153;... ___ what you can do for your countryâ&#x20AC;? 35 Comfortable compromise 37 Cut (off), as branches 38 Neptuneâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s spear 39 Prepare for company, as a table 40 It may be after ginger 41 Bewails 45 Gaudy and cheap

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Instructions: Fill in the grid so that every row, every column and every 3x3 box contains the digits 1 through 9. That means that no number is repeated in any row, column or box.

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Monday- Very Easy Tuesday-Easy Wednesday- Easy Thursday- Medium Friday - Hard

Instructions: Fill in the grid so that every row, every column and every 3x3 box contains the digits 1 through 9. That means that no number is repeated in any row, column or box.

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Monday- Very Easy Tuesday-Easy Wednesday- Easy Thursday- Medium Friday - Hard

Instructions: Fill in the grid so that every row, every column and every 3x3 box contains the digits 1 through 9. That means that no number is repeated in any row, column or box.

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| GYMNASTICS: Men’s, women’s teams look back on seasons’ successes, shortcomings | SOFTBALL: Sooners positioned for NCAA postseason

FOOTBALL

Injuries unravel Sooners’ title run Team struggles without Whaley, Broyles in games

GRAPH Statistics for 2011 season Sooners

JAMES CORLEY Night Editor

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When wide receiver Ryan Broyles and linebacker Travis Lewis decided to return for their senior seasons, it looked like the stars were aligned for OU’s eighth national championship. The pieces star ted to fall into place. Walk-on sensation running back Dominique Whaley asserted himself as an unstoppable threat. OU won in stunning fashion against Florida State on the road. The Sooners blew out Texas with steadfast defense. Then it started to unravel. The Sooners stumbled at home against Texas Tech. Whaley’s ankle gave out against Kansas State. Broyles went down just before the toughest stretch of OU’s schedule. The Sooners lost to Baylor for the first time ever and suffered their worst loss to Bedlam rival Oklahoma State in the series’ history. In the span of about a month, OU went from potentially sealing up a title bid to booking the Insight Bowl. The Sooners finished with 10 wins, but the tragedies outweighed the triumphs. With defensive coordinators Mike Stoops back at OU and Brent Venables gone for Clemson, the Sooners will look a little different moving forward. There’s always next year.

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GYMNASTS OF THE YEAR

JAKE DALTON

MEGAN FERGUSON

The junior U.S. Olympic team member earned All-American honors in six events this season with the Sooners and capped off his year with individual national championships on parallel bars and the all-around.

The senior capped off her Sooner career as one of the most decorated women’s gymnasts in school history. The seven-time All-American finished as the NCAA runner-up on balance beam and ninth on floor.

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Left: Junior running back Dominique Whaley darts through the line against Missouri on Sept. 24 in Norman. The walk-on went from unknown to well-known right from the season’s start, when he scored four touchdowns against Tulsa in OU’s opener, and was on pace to break records before a fractured ankle against Kansas State halted his season Oct. 29 in Manhattan, Kan.

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512.3 Above: Senior wide receiver Ryan Broyles keels over in pain after tearing an ACL against Texas A&M on Nov. 5 at Oklahoma Memorial Stadium. The injury sidelined the Norman native for the remainder of his OU career, but he was the first Sooner picked in the 2012 NFL Draft (54th overall by the Detroit Lions, second round).

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BY THE NUMBERS 2011 football season

10-3

Record for the 2011 Sooners, including 6-3 in the Big 12

Weeks spent as No. 1; OU was preseason No. 1 and spent eight weeks in the top 5

55-17

Result of OU-Texas game; Sooners scored 3 defensive TDs

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Career catches for WR Ryan Broyles, setting a new NCAA record

Touchdown passes thrown by QB Landry Jones in four games after Broyles’ injury; he had 28 before losing Broyles Points the Sooners lost by to Oklahoma State, OU’s most lopsided Bedlam defeat in the rivalry’s history

551

Total offensive yards by Baylor QB Robert Griffin III during OU’s 45-38 loss to the Bears, its first loss to Baylor in 21 total meetings

BASKETBALL PLAYERS OF THE YEAR

ROMERO OSBY During a transition period between former coach Jeff Capel and Lon Kruger’s first year in Norman, Osby seized a leadership role on the team. He led the team in rebounds and blocks, and he was second in scoring.

WHITNEY HAND Without Danielle Robinson and after a couple of injuries, Hand was the only team captain still healthy this season. She led the team in rebounds, assists and minutes played, bringing experience to a young squad.

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• Monday, May 7, 2012 — Year in Review

SportsRoundup Volleyball

Seniors impart legacy of striving for more With the addition of women’s basketball star Carlee Roethlisberger to a veteran senior class, the Sooners had high hopes for the season. Oklahoma ultimately fell short of its goals, losing in the first round of the NCAA tournament to in-state foe Tulsa. Seniors Brianne Barker, S u z y B o u l a v s k y , Ky l i e Cowan, Caitlin Higgins and Roethlisberger leave behind a legacy of striving for more that has pulled the Sooners up to being an elite contender in the Big 12 Conference and the nation. Kingsley Burns/The Daily Coach Santiago Restrepo Freshman outside hitter Tara Dunn (12) fires a shot over Longhorn has recruited a stable of defenders during OU’s upset victory against No. 8 Texas on Sept. 28. players capable of carrying on Oklahoma’s recent success, including freshman Season Record Postseason outside hitter Tara Dunn The Sooners lost to Tulsa in and sophomore middle the opening round of the NCAA tournament. blocker Sallie McLaurin. Daily staff reports

21-12

Soccer

Coach Nelson leaves Sooners on their way up The Sooners were unable to match their success from a year ago, failing to reach the Big 12 championship game after a loss to Bedlam rival Oklahoma State in the quarterfinals, after struggling to fill the hole left by school scoring leader Whitney Palmer. After the season, coach Nicole Nelson announced she was leaving the team. OU named Matt Potter as her replacement a few weeks later. Nelson took the Sooners to new heights during her tenure in Norman, including OU’s first appearance in the Marcin Rutkowski/The Daily Big 12 championship game Junior forward Caitlin Mooney (left) drives upfield during OU’s 3-0 loss and the team’s first televised to OSU on Sept. 30. The Sooners lost to OSU in the Big 12 tournament. contest. The young Oklahoma squad showed promise reSeason Record Postseason sponding to adversity this The Sooners lost to Oklahoma season, but it still has some State in the Big 12 tournament quarterfinals. growing to do. Daily staff reports

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On behalf of the Joe C. and Carole Kerr McClendon Honors College, Dean David Ray, Associate Dean Rich Hamerla, and Melanie Wright, Director of Honors Curriculum, wish to acknowledge the accomplishments of the following students who won or were named finalists for nationally competitive scholarships in 2011-2012. We congratulate them on their outstanding achievements.

Alexander Anand

Fulbright English Teaching Assistant, Russia

Nick Coffey

Truman Scholar Finalist

Kimberlee Davies Fulbright Scholar, Malawi

Evan DeFilippis

Truman Scholar Marshall Scholar Finalist Rhodes Scholar Finalist

Jay Kumar

Wrestling

Truman Scholar Finalist

Team finishes 13th in coach Cody’s 1st year

Adrian Lucy

Under first-year coach Mark Cody, the Sooners finished 13th in the NCAA. S o p h o m o re s Ke n d r i c Maple and Nick Lester finished fourth and eighth, respectively, to become the 264th and 265th AllAmericans for the OU wrestling program. The Sooners had several individuals post impressive seasons, including Maple and Lester, but OU struggled against elite competition as a team, losing to Bedlam rival Oklahoma State twice and getting upset by Missouri. Astrud Reed/The Daily D e s p i t e t h e e v e nt u a l Senior Jordan Keller (top), 133 pounds, gets into position to roll his results, Cody is leaving opponent to his back during a duel against Missouri on Nov. 18. his mark on the scrappy Oklahoma team packed full of young talent by preachSeason Record Postseason ing unyielding hard work, The Sooners finished third in tenacity and fight. the Big 12 tournament and 13th in the NCAA tournament. Daily staff reports

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Women’s Tennis

Huet, Ritchie to compete in championship Although the women’s tennis team was eliminated in the second round of the Big 12 tournament to miss the postseason, the Sooners still will be represented. OU doubles tandem senior Marie-Pier Huet and sophomore Whitney Ritchie were chosen as one of 32 pairs to compete in the NC A A Women’s Tennis Championships from May 23-28 in Athens, Ga. The pair (16-6) is ranked No. 40 in the country. Huet and Ritchie won the ITA Central Region doubles c ha mp i o n s h i p a n d a d Erika Philbrick/The Daily vanced to the round of Sophomore Mia Lancaster serves the ball during a doubles match 16 at the National Indoor against Arkansas-Little Rock on Jan. 21 in Norman. Championships in the fall. They also won their final doubles match of the seaSeason Record Postseason son, topping Baylor’s 13thThe Sooners lost to Baylor in ranked pair of Ema Burgic the second round of the Big 12 tournament. and Nina Secerbegovic. Daily staff reports

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Goldwater Scholar

Alexander Mann

Goldwater Scholar Honorable Mention

Dana Mohammad-Zadeh Mitchell Scholar Finalist Marshall Scholar Finalist Rhodes Scholar Finalist

Bradley Perry

NSF Research Fellowship

Joaquin Resasco NSF Research Fellowship

Jake Rupert

Fulbright Scholar, Germany

Austin Slaymaker Marshall Scholar Finalist Rhodes Scholar Finalist

Nathan Thomas Goldwater Scholar

Kara Underwood

Fulbright English Teaching Assistant, Malaysia

Becky Wood Udall Scholar

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Year in Review — Monday, May 7, 2012 •

CONFERENCE REALIGNMENT

Oklahoma stays in reformed Big 12 Conference loses four, gains two in member shuffle

AT A GLANCE Realignment rumors After Texas A&M announced its intention to leave for the SEC, rumors surfaced of a fourschool move to the Pac-12 that included OU, Oklahoma State, Texas and Texas Tech. The remaining members of the Big 12 would then have had

TIM FRENCH

Campus Reporter

The Big 12 Conference survived a tumultuous conference realignment situation in 2011. Barely. The conference, already unstable from Colorado and Nebraska’s June departures, was shaken again when the Southeastern Conference extended an official invitation for membership to Texas A&M in August. The Aggies quickly expressed their intentions to leave, which would drop Big 12 membership to just nine schools. Movement rumors swirled around multiple teams — including OU — for months, and the Pac-12 emerged as the most-spoken-of potential destination for the Sooners amid the uncertain future of the Big 12. Baylor struck back, threatening litigation if the Aggies tried to jump to the SEC and the Big 12 crumbled. Several other schools jumped in with the Bears in an attempt to salvage what was left of the conference. The Big 12 sought to retain

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OU athletic director Joe Castiglione (left) and President David Boren laugh during a press conference Sept. 22 announcing the university’s decision to stay in the Big 12 Conference but ask for reforms, including a new commissioner. OU flirted with the thought of leaving the Big 12 in the fall.

stability by inviting Notre Dame and Arkansas, but both schools declined. With A&M’s move blocked and the rest of the conference waiting on Oklahoma or Texas to make a move, OU President David Boren was thrust into the limelight of conference realignment when the Board of Regents gave him the reins to the

university’s future Sept. 5. The schools threatening to negate A&M’s move said they would drop the potential lawsuit if OU reaffirmed its commitment to the Big 12 and ended all talks with other suitors. “Very important to us as we consider the most important step for us to take is long-term stability for the

university within a conference framework,” Boren said. “Obviously, we do not want to continue to have these kinds of situations where our membership in a conference is still undecided, has to be revisited every year.” Though Boren stayed quiet about his dealings, he did make clear that the Sooners wouldn’t be going anywhere

without Oklahoma State. “Whatever we do, we’re going to do it together,” he said. “I think that’s very good news for the state of Oklahoma.” The Big 12 was given new life Sept. 20, when the Pac-12 announced it would no longer seek other teams to expand its conference. With the most promising moving option off the table, Boren said OU would stay, but only a “reformed” version of the Big 12. Three days later, the conference ousted commissioner Dan Beebe and announced expansion plans. Down four teams with at least two publicly declined invites, the Big 12 looked eastward for expansion possibilities. In October, the Big 12 coaxed Texas Christian to renege on joining the Big East Conference and added the

to join a smaller conference like the Big East. Rumors of Oklahoma and Texas joining the SEC quickly were squashed because of OU and OSU’s insistence of sticking together in a future conference move or staying in the Big 12.

Horned Frogs to the fold. The conference also added West Virginia after a legal battle over a settlement amount the Mountaineers owed the Big East for leaving. With 10 schools again, conference members have said future expansion isn’t out of the question but that they’re done for now. Even though the conference seemed to have stabilized, Missouri said it wasn’t through looking for other options. The SEC, in need of another team to balance its addition of Texas A&M, stepped up to the plate and invited the Tigers as well. The initial refor ming wrapped up Friday, when the conference officially announced Stanford athletic director Bob Bowlsby as its new commissioner. Night editor James Corley contributed to this report.

TIMELINE Big 12 survives shrinking membership, threat of disbandment during conference realignment shifts in past year June: Colorado and Nebraska leave Big 12 Conference for the Pac-12 and Big Ten, respectively. Aug. 31: Texas A&M announces its intentions to leave the Big 12 for the Southeastern Conference.

Sept. 5: The OU Board of Regents puts the final decision for OU’s future conference in President David Boren’s hands. Sept. 7: Baylor leads coalition of remaining Big 12 members that announces it will block Texas A&M’s move to the SEC.

Oct. 10: TCU reverses its decision to join the Big East and joins the Big 12 Conference.

Nov. 6: Missouri announces its intentions to leave for the SEC. Oct. 28: The Big 12 invites West Virginia, which starts a legal battle with the Big East about the settlement.

Feb. 14: West Virginia settles legal dispute with Big East and is cleared to join the Big 12 in July.

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