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Go to the midnight premiere of “Prometheus” at Warren Theatre, 1000 S. Telephone Road, in Moore. Check OUDaily.com for the life & arts desk’s review Monday. V OL . 9 7, I S S U E 157
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Check out 2nd Friday Circuit of Art in Norman. The event will be from 6 to 10 p.m. and will span from the downtown area to Campus Corner.
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Catch Mike Hosty Solo at 10 p.m. in The Deli, 309 White St., for a night of blues and rockabilly tunes.
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John Granger will continue his Harry Potter discussion series at 7 p.m. in Full Circle bookstore, 1900 NW Expressway, Oklahoma City.
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Othello’s acoustic summer music series will feature three musicians as part of the series. Chad Slagle will play at 6 p.m., Alli Harter at 7 p.m. and John Houser at 8 p.m. at 434 Buchanan Ave.
See staff picks, filmmaker Q&As on Page 3 RICARDO PATINO/THE DAILY
OU freshman second baseman Georgia Casey bumps Alabama’s Jazlyn Lunceford on Tuesday, June 5, at ASA Hall of Fame Stadium in Oklahoma City. The Sooners lost, 8-6.
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Analysis » baseball
Sooners lose first WCWS game
OU rallies, will face South Carolina in Super Regional
Alabama holds off late rally to force final matchup
Sooners won four games in two days to advance to the next round of play
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Sports Reporter
The Sooners are down but far from out of the Women’s College World Series. National Player of the Year Keilani Ricketts had an off night in the 8-6 loss to SEC champion Alabama on Tuesday in Oklahoma City. Five hit-by-pitches, only five strikeouts and COVER six runs given up STORY in 3.1 innings isn’t the stat line OU coach Patty Gasso usually sees from her starting pitcher. “I could see Keilani was laboring a little bit, so I wanted to get her out and get her rested,” Gasso said. “I just wanted to get her mind right.” But in Ricketts’ defense, the San Jose, Calif., native usually had the day off in the second game of a threegame series this season. “I just wasn’t giving my team momentum today,” Ricketts said. “And that’s a pitcher’s rule, is just giving your team momentum to make those outs.” After the 4-1 win over Alabama on Monday, when Ricketts finished with 13 Ks, Gasso said the team was treating this championship series like a Big 12 series because it was something the team could relate to. With only nine squads in this year’s Big 12 Conference, the teams w ere able to schedule best-of-three series in order to determine a true champion without an official conference tournament. OU bested all of the Big 12 opponents to win its ninth Big 12 title, collecting series
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OU junior pitcher Keilani Ricketts watches as the Sooners take the field during OU’s 8-6 loss to Alabama in Game 2 of the WCWS on Tuesday at Hall of Fame Stadium in Oklahoma City.
PLAYER PROFILE Brianna Turang Year: Junior Position: Outfield Hometown: Corona, Calif. Series stats: 6-for-16 with 2 RBIs so far in the WCWS. Has played in every game in Oklahoma City in either left or right field.
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determined by two wins, OU’s mishap against the Crimson Tide on Tuesday night wasn’t unfamiliar to this Sooner team. “It’s hard to beat us twice, but we know that,” Gasso said. And Gasso said she besweeps over Kansas and lieves that even though her Sooner team lost, OU actuIowa State. With six series that were ally has the advantage of
going into Game 3 because Ricketts will be rested and the OU offense is still competing well, racking up nine hits in the loss. “Right now, we have another shot,” Gasso said. “In the Big 12, we talked about how we may win the first game and not win the second, but the third game wins the series. And we have that shot tomorrow, and we’re going to fight tooth and nail. “We didn’t deserve to win that game, but we have the advantage going out tomorrow with a rested Ricketts, and we got to see (Alabama starting pitcher Jackie) Traina all night.”
The Oklahoma baseball team punched its ticket to the Super Regionals of the 2012 NCAA Baseball Championship with a 5-2 win over Appalachian State on Monday night, winning its fourth game in two days. The Sooners now face the unenviable task of meeting back-to-back defending national champiUP NEXT ons South Carolina — the Sooners’ ouster 2010 — in the Columbia, S.C., Super at South in Regional. Carolina But the battle-tested Sooners have proven that they can hold their own When: 7 p.m. against the nation’s best. Saturday OU fell 5-4 to Appalachian State in the Watch: ESPNU Sooners first game of the Charlottesville, Va., Regional on Saturday. The Sooners knew then what it would take back-to-back doubleheaders to win the tournament. It was lose and go home, and the Sooners refused to lose. It all started in an extra-inning affair against Army on Sunday, in which the Sooners won 2-1 in 10 innings. In their second game Sunday, the Sooners eliminated host school Virginia, 5-4. On Monday, the Sooners beat Appalachian State twice, despite the pitching staff being depleted. Oklahoma’s offense went off in the first game, as senior outfielder Cody Reine and sophomore designated hitter Matt Oberste combined to drive in 10 runs. After an 0-for-5 start to the regional, Oberste went 7-for10 over the last three games, raking in six RBIs, a pair of doubles and his sixth homer of the season. In the final game of the regional, junior converted first baseman Drew Harrison took the hill in his first career start. Harrison gave up two runs on three hits in a career-best six innings. The Sooners will have a week to rest before the best-ofthree series begins at 7 p.m. Saturday.
AT A GLANCE OU in Super Regionals The Sooners will play in their third-ever super regional this weekend. The Sooners lost to Rice in the 2006 Houston
Super Regional and beat Virginia in the 2010 Charlottesville Super Regional. Source: NCAA.com
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Festival to showcase local films deadCENTER Film Festival | June 6-10 | Oklahoma City
STAFF PICKS With five days of films and shorts screening at locations across Oklahoma City, sometimes a little advice helps, so Daily staffers picked must-see films for your guiding pleasure. “MARLEY�
Directed by Kevin Macdonald When: 8:30 p.m. Wednesday Where: Chesapeake Finish Line Tower, 725 S. Lincoln Blvd., OKC
• The 2012 deadCENTER Film Festival kicks off with a free screening of “Marley,â€? a documentary about reggae legend Bob Marley and his rise to fame.
“SOMEBODY UP THERE LIKES ME�
Directed by Bob Byington When: 8:30 p.m. Thursday Where: Screen 1 at Harkins Theatres, 150 E. Reno Ave., OKC
• “Somebody Up There Likes Meâ€? is a film following the life of two best friends and the woman they both adore. Stars Nick Offerman (Ron Swanson, “Parks and Recreationâ€?) and Megan Mullally (Karen, “Will & Graceâ€?) will attend with director Bob Byington. • “Side by Sideâ€? “SIDE BY SIDEâ€? is a documentary Directed by Chris Kenneally about the changes When: 2 p.m. Friday in the film industry brought on by Where: Oklahoma City digital technology. Museum of Art, 415 Couch Producer Keanu Drive, OKC Reeves interviews industry giants, such as Danny Boyle, James Cameron, George Lucas, Christopher Nolan and Martin Scorsese. • “The Dome of Heavenâ€? is a narrative feature about a dysfunctional family with a Cherokee father and German mother filmed in and around Vici, Okla.
“THE DOME OF HEAVEN�
• “Just Crazy Enoughâ€? is a narrative feature following the lives of twins separated at birth. Star Chris Kattan and local director Lance McDaniel both will be in attendance.
“JUST CRAZY ENOUGH�
Directed by Diane Glancy When: 11:15 a.m. Saturday Where: Screen 2 at Harkins Theatres, 150 E. Reno Ave., OKC
Directed by Lance McDaniel When: 4 p.m. Saturday Where: Screen 1 at Harkins Theatres, 150 E. Reno Ave., OKC
• “The Unusual “THE UNUSUAL Calling of Charlie CALLING OF CHARLIE CHRISTMASâ€? Christmasâ€? tells Directed by Adam Hampton the tale of a socially awkward When: 6:45 p.m. Saturday school janitor finds his unusual calling Where: Screen 2 at in life — becoming Harkins Theatres, 150 E. a costumed Reno Ave., OKC vigilante to rid his small Oklahoma town of bullies.
Miss something you really wanted to see? Don’t worry — several of the festival’s films have second showings Sunday. Visit OUDaily.com for showtimes and more info.
FILMMAKER Q&A
OU grad presents cinema life ‘Cinema Six’ to be screened at OKC film festival Friday JAMES CORLEY Managing Editor
A film by an OU alumnus called “Cinema Six� will be screened at this year’s deadCENTER Film Festival in Oklahoma City. Mark Potts, who graduated from OU in December 2010, said he and co-director Cole Selix used to work at an Edmond movie theater in high school and based PHOTO PROVIDED “Cinema Six� MARK Gabe (played by co-writer/co-director Mark Potts) reels up a projector during “Cinema Six,� which on their expewill be screened at 6:15 p.m. Friday and 12:45 p.m. Sunday at deadCENTER Film Festival in Oklahoma riences work- POTTS City. Potts is an OU graduate and based the film on his experiences working in a movie theater. ing there. The film features some of the directors’ friends from home. We were never really Oklahoma or Texas, and both scared to leave, but we were also play roles in the film. GO AND SEE nervous about leaving for With three months until Read the full Q-and-A with “Cinema Six� college. But every customer production and a limited Mark Potts. interaction (except Cole’s budget, they found a theater WHEN: 6:15 p.m. Friday, oudaily.com/life&arts angry man) is based off in Lockhart, Texas, willing 12:45 p.m. Sunday real experiences, and to give them free reign for a nearly every moment in the weren’t wanting to help or week for only $700. WHERE: Screen 2 at theater having to do with they cost way too much. P o t t s a n d S e l i x h av e Harkins Theatres, 150 E. Reno Ave., OKC the job is real. This theater fit every criteria screened several films at the we needed. festival, including “S&6M The Daily: How did you Lawn Care� last year. — but it’s a lot more intense find the theater in Lockhart The Daily: What was the that allowed you free reign when there is money and best/funniest moment The Daily: What were to film the project? jobs on the line. during the filming of the challenges unique to Potts: Two of our three “Cinema Six?� making “Cinema Six� as producers, Don Swaynos The Daily: How much of Potts: Best and funniest opposed to your previous and Kelly Williams, found the movie is based your was watching “Big projects? it. We were looking for an actual experiences while Momma’s House 3� at Potts: There was a lot older theater, something working at the theater? midnight with the cast and more pressure. Before, it found in a small town. We Potts: A lot of it is. Some crew after a 10-hour day was just my student loan tried for a long time to find of the more dramatic and much alcohol and beer money and extra work a theater in Oklahoma, but moments are fiction but present. That was a magical money I had. This time, it rooted in fact. For example, nothing worked. We found and offensive 90 minutes. was investors and peoples’ small theaters, but they had the main characters don’t jobs and money and stress gone digital (we needed want to leave the theater Brent Stenstrom and more stress. It was still film projectors) or they because it’s their second contributed to this report. fun — don’t get me wrong
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Film to give audience ‘Shitty’ experience Norman band featured in music documentary MARIAH WEBB
Life & Arts Editor
The Daily: What was your inspiration for this film? Poppe: I got a phone call asking me to film a punkrock concert in Norman of this band called Shitty/ Awesome. It sounded like more fun than sitting at home and watching “Desperate Housewives,� so I went. It was so crazy at that concert, I started filming one song for the band and didn’t want to stop. It was like a scene from a movie. There were fireworks, there were beer cans flying around me, people were ripping their shirts off like the Incredible Hulk. I think my camera still smells like beer from that night.
A film about a local band made by a local filmmaker will be screened Friday at deadCENTER Film Festival in Oklahoma City. “The Shittiest Movie Ever Made,� by Oklahoma State grad Nathan Poppe, is about Norman punk-rock group Shitty/Awesome. It is Poppe’s second submission to the festival after screening a local music documentary, “Black Canyon’s Crossroads for the Restless,� last year. “I had such a good time The Daily: What got you that it inspired me to enter started making films? again,� Poppe said.
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Poppe: I was a journalism student at OSU. I didn’t think I would ever film. I was afraid NATHAN of cameras POPPE because they are so expensive. Then my friends and I started a music show. Since then, I think I have been a part of at least 200 music videos. There is a lot of musical talent in Oklahoma. You may not realize it, but it’s true. It really inspired me. The Daily: As an Oklahoman filmmaker, how do you think the festival is important for other local filmmakers? Poppe: I think
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Student’s death due to trauma, official says Casey Cooke was climbing down ladder at Evans Hall before she was found dead Sam Higgins
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The death of an OU student has been determined to be an accident due to blunt force trauma, according to the state medical examiner’s office. Casey Cooke, 22, died of blunt force trauma to the head and chest, said Amy Elliott, chief administrative officer. A toxicology report of Cooke’s body is still pending and may take between two and four months, Elliott said. The senior’s body was found at 2:23 a.m. Sunday outside the east side of Evans Hall, according to the OUPD report. Emergency crews responded and performed CPR on Cooke, but she was pronounced dead at the CASEY scene. OUPD has not released any further information. COOKE Cooke’s uncle, Don Cooke, said she had taken off her shoes and put them in her purse so she would have better traction climbing down the Evans Hall ladder. She apparently slipped on the way down, he said. Just before the accident, Cooke was on Evans Hall talking on the phone with two of her friends, her roommate Alex Pettigrew said. Cooke told her friends she had to go because she thought the police were coming. Pettigrew said she was not on the phone with Cooke at the time. Cooke was an ambitious and hard-working person who also was very laid back, Pettigrew said. Cooke was a member of the Pi Beta Phi sorority. “She was very approachable and likeable,” Pettigrew said. Lots of college seniors go on top of Evans Hall and other campus buildings, Pettigrew said. “We’ve all taken classes in these buildings for the past four years and this is just a completely different view,” Pettigrew said. “It is dangerous. I can see why she should have not been doing that — and no one else should have been doing that either — but I don’t think she or anyone else saw that as a risk because a lot of people were doing it.” The university, which released a statement Monday morning, did not have further comments, OU spokesman Michael Nash said. Cooke, the 2008 valedictorian of Edmond North High School, recently earned a bachelor’s degree in zoology and was finishing up another bachelor’s in Spanish this fall.
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University College dean resigns to teach again A college dean of 10 years recently resigned in order to return to his original passion for teaching. University College Dean Douglas Gaffin left his position as dean after 10 years to focus on teaching courses. Associate Dean Nicole Campbell will serve as interim dean. Gaffin said he has complete confidence in his successor. Campbell, an expert in student retention research, is absolutely the right person, Gaffin said. Gaffin said he is appreciative of his time as dean and is thankful to OU President David Boren for the opportunity. “[Being dean] was such a privilege. It’s changed my life,” Gaffin said. Wesley Wehde, The Daily
Initiative director to quit, work in public relations Sheryl Lovelady, director of the Women’s Leadership Initiative, will resign to work for a Tulsa-based public relations firm in Oklahoma City. She said she will continue to be involved in the program after she leaves for her new position. The initiative’s mission is to address the under-representation of women in politics and public service in Oklahoma, Lovelady said. It also is part of the Carl Albert Congressional Research and Studies Center at OU, which is directed by Norman Mayor Cindy Rosenthal. Rosenthal said the program will continue to excel with the help of Lovelady. “She gave us great exposure, and we will continue to build on that,” Rosenthal said. Rosenthal said no decisions have been made yet about Lovelady’s replacement. Kendra Whitman, The Daily
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