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Beebe out, OU in for Big 12 future Schools ‘handcuffed’ together, Boren says GREG FEWELL

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In a telephone meeting Thursday, the Big 12 Board of Directors unanimously accepted the resignation of former

commissioner Dan Beebe and approved former Big Eight commissioner Chuck Neinas as interim commissioner.

With Beebe, the person many critics — including OU President David Boren — blamed for the Big 12’s instability, out of the way, the nine remaining members unanimously agreed to stay.

“I have no negative personal feelings toward our previous commissioner, but I’m alarmed by the fact that in 15 months we lost three teams, and I’m aware in detail in how of some of those situations played out,” OU President David Boren said. “I don’t feel it was inevitable that we lost those three teams.”

The intention of the remaining schools in the Big 12 is to restore stability and strength to the conference, OU President David Boren said during a press conference Thursday evening.

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Engineering junior Kevin Burnett (left) receives a kiss on the cheek from French student Coralie Bécoulet. The greeting, while customary in France and many other European countries, often receives an awkward response in the United States.

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Norman residents and students can now borrow library books without leaving their homes.

The Pioneer Library System, which includes Norman, is the first in Oklahoma to offer its collection of eBooks on the Amazon Kindle and any electronic reader with the Amazon Kindle application.

Christian Potts of the Pioneer Library System said their digital collection of more than 22,000 downloadable items — including audiobooks, digital books and public domain items — is available to residents, workers, students and landowners in Cleveland, McClain and Pottawatomie counties with a virtual library card.

A virtual library card is just like a physical card; patrons sign up for the card at one of the Pioneer locations and then can access the e-book collection, Potts said.

Pioneer has had a virtual library for more than two years and there has been an increase in use each month, Potts said.

The collection was available on the Barnes and Noble Nook and a handful of other readers, but only when licensing issues with Amazon were recently worked out were patrons be able to access eBooks on their Kindle.

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“It’s definitely one of my major culture shocks,” said Alexandre Decoene, a French graduate student studying Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering.

For him, and any other French students, a couple quick kisses are the norm.

“I do two kisses to a girl, shake hands to guys I don’t know well; otherwise, I do two kisses, too,” Decoene see GREETINGS paGe a5

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Professor uses sounds to study nervous system In his lab in Richards Hall, Michael Markham snakes a long wire down a t a n k o f l o ng, c l e a r, skinny fish, called glass knifefish.

As the wire, which is connected to an amplifier, gets closer to the fish, sounds start coming from the amplifier, a musical humming of different tones.

And the fish are the composers.

Markham, CaseHooper assistant professor of zoology, works with South American knifefish to learn how parts of their nervous system, the ion channels, work.

“When you hear electric fish you usually think about the eel, but there are hundreds of species of freshwater fish that generate a very weak electric field,” Markham said.

“What they do with those fields are two things: they use it to image their world … and also communicate that way.”

The fish emit different frequencies based off of levels of dominance, Markham said. The lower the frequency, the more dominant the male is.

These frequencies combine to form the series of different tones, the music of the fish.

Fish communicate with an electric organ on their tails, Markham said.

In his lab, they cut a small

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Fraternities tussle, flex a little muscle on campus Sigma Chi fights hard against Phi Delta Theta in a game of tug-of-war on the front lawn of Alpha Tau Omega on Thursday.

Rules of discrimination policy need clarification and changes. (Page A4)

LiFE & ARTS Share concern for global warming Walk hopes to help people stop using fossil fuels. (Page B2)

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Honors College, chemistry department partner up at forums. (OUDaily.com)

The Sooner soccer team ends its nonconference play today. (Page B4)

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Big 12: Conference will seek out new members Continued from page A1

Today around campus A “Guess the Score” game will take place from 11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. in the union’s first floor lobby. Students can stop by the Union Programming Board booth to test their knowledge of OU football.

An economics seminar by Alex Rothenberg from the University of California, Berkeley will take place from 3 to 4 p.m. in Ellison Hall, Room 132.

A forum titled “How has media changed our close relationships?” will take place from 3 to 4 p.m. in Burton Hall, Room 202. The forum will discuss how new technology has changed everyday life.

Art After Hours will take place from 6 to 7 p.m. in the Fred Jones Jr. Museum of Art’s Dee Dee and Jon R. Stuart Classroom.

This event will feature twentieth century artists responding to the chaos of the world wars and other military conflicts.

A film titled “Open Score by Robert Rauschenberg” will be shown from 7 to 10 p.m. in the Fred Jones Jr. Museum of Art’s Mary Eddy and Fred Jones Auditorium. The film is the first in a series of 10 that highlight the work behind the 1966 artistic project, “9 Evenings: Theatre and Engineering.”

The play “Dracula” will be performed

by University Theatre from 8 to 10 p.m. in the Fine Arts Center’s Rupel Jones Theatre. This is the first performance of the play this year.

Saturday, Sept. 24 “Smithsonian Magazine Museum Day” will be held all day at the Fred Jones Jr. Museum of Art. Admission to the museum will be free all day.

Sooner football will take on Missouri at 7 p.m. in Oklahoma Memorial Stadium. A watch party for the game will take place in the union’s Crossroads Lounge from 7 to 10 p.m.

The play “Dracula” will be performed by University Theatre at 11 p.m. in the Fine Arts Center’s Rupel Jones Theatre.

Sunday, Sept. 25 A family day titled “Sunday in the Museum with Art: French Impressionism from the Weitzenhoffer Collection” will take place from 1:00 to 4:00 p.m. in the Fred Jones Jr. Museum of Art’s Dee Dee and Jon R. Stuart Classroom.

The play “Dracula” will be performed by University Theatre’s at 3:00 p.m. in the Fine Arts Center’s Rupel Jones Theatre. Tickets are $14 for students; $22 for adults; and $18 for OU faculty/staff and senior adults.

Masala World Music Series: North Indian Folk Music will play from 8:00 to 10:00 p.m. in Catlett Music Center’s Sharp Concert Hall.

Monday, Sept. 26 Student Success Series: A forum navigating OU’s Colleges will take place from 2 to 3 p.m. in the Adams Tower’s housing learning center. The forum aims to guide students through academic paths available at OU. A recital hosted by the School of Music titled “Visiting Artists Michael & Mary Kirkendoll, Flute Recital” will take place from 8:00 to 10:00 p.m. at the Catlett Music Center’s Pitman Recital Hall.

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In Thursday’s page one cutline with a photo of the School of Drama’s production of “Dracula,” a character was named incorrectly. The character’s name is Mina Grant.

solidarity,” Boren said. “So, the next item that we took up was a six-year grant of rights of our television rights, tier 1 and tier 2. That was agreed to by all the institutions present.”

Boren said the six-year agreement was important because negotiations on the extension of media agreements is set to occur within five years. Going a year beyond that is a sign that all nine schools are agreeing to stay put for at least that long, he said.

He also said the grant acts as “strong handcuffs” to keep teams in the Big 12 for the simple reason that it takes away other options.

“When you’ve granted your rights, it’s very unlikely that you would ever receive an invitation from another conference because, during the term of grant of rights, anything that you’ve earned in the way of revenue does not go to any new conference that you might have joined — it goes back to the Big 12,” Boren said.

While Boren said the group had agreed not to discuss specifics on expansion, he revealed that the board decided to reactivate its expansion committee to proactively find other schools to join the

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OU athletic director Joe Castiglione and President David Boren laugh during a press conference held Thursday to announce decisions the Big 12 Board of Directors made to keep the conference together.

Big 12.

Boren said hopes to once again see 12 teams in the conference. However, quality is better than quantity, and there is no timetable for possible expansion, he said.

“If we were to rush out and get less than top-flight

members, I think that would be a mistake,” Boren said.

What the conference will look like this time next year is still a mystery, but the steps taken by the Big 12 Board of Directors speak to the members’ dedication to keeping the conference intact for the

future.

So while talks of Big 12 expansion, revenue sharing and TV networks will continue, coaches and athletic directors in the conference know where they will be and who they will be playing next season, Boren said.

FISH: Understanding human diseases next step Continued from page A1 section of the tail to study the tissue of the organ.

However, the tail is able to grow back because this is how male fish compete in the wild.

“What I can do is record in a single cell the opening and closing of ion channels to understand things like under what conditions do they open, how fast or how slow do they open and close, and also … how hormones affect the function of these channels,” Markham said.

The channels in the fish work the same as channels in the body but on a larger scale and change at a faster rate. By studying these ion channels, Markham said he wants to find what regulates them and how this could be applied to human diseases affecting ion channels, such as epilepsy.

“Evolution has changed these ion channels to make them function in new and potentially useful ways,” Markham said. “We want to discover how these channels have changed and how they’re being regulated.”

Part of the funding for his research comes from his endowed professorship position, the first in the zoology department, chairman Randall Hewes said.

The position also allows Markham to do outreach with the local community and get children and young students more interested in the sciences, he said.

“I will be using some of the resources to share the knowledge we gain in the laboratory with local schools to be able to bring students in here and show them the science and get them interested,” Markham said.

Fish were not always his specialty, Markham said.

He originally studied behavioral psychology in rats and realized he wanted to study the biology more, so he went back to school at the Florida International University and the University of Texas-Austin.

In Austin, he discovered times of day when the fish would have higher signals and was able to identify the molecular causes behind it, according to Markham’s personal website.

Markham’s move from

Austin this summer presented challenges because the intense heat stressed the fish, he said. He is in the process of setting up and building his new lab, which should be completed in

December.

Once the lab is set up he wants to work with undergraduate and graduate students at OU and start teaching neurobiology courses next fall, he said.

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Dedication does not go unnoticed Couch Cafeteria employee’s enthusiasm remains with each and every patron JAKE MORGAN Staff Reporter

No act of kindness, no matter how small, is ever wasted which is what one OU Housing and Food Services employee is proving.

Always with a smile and a sincere “It’s so nice to see you again,â€? food service employee Luann Williamson swipes ID cards daily as students enter Couch Cafeteria, also known as “When you get “the caf.â€? to know the Williamson has worked at OU for 21 years and served as a superstudents, each visor before choosing to manage and every one of the cash register. She attributes the students, you her dedication to OU to her experience with the Housing and Food always see the administration. “OU Housing and Food ‌ [is] goodness in them. so supportive of employees,â€?

It makes you feel Williamson said. “[The workers] kind and joyful are just wonderful. They are like just to be around an extended family ... such a great team to work with.� them.�

Even though swiping hundreds LUANN WILLIAMSON, of cards each day strains her hands, Williamson said she en- FOOD SERVICE EMPLOYEE joys seeing how students change throughout the years. “Each year I’ve noticed a difference in the students and how responsible they are ‌ realizing that this is the next generation,â€? Williamson said. “I see so much hope in them.â€?

Williamson’s interest in the next generation of students has not gone unnoticed.

Allison Nguyen, University College freshman, said Williamson’s pleasant attitude is a hallmark of the cafeteria. “There’s something really comforting about feeling welcome, especially since we are all at our home away from home,� Nguyen said. “Every time I walk into the caf, I definitely feel that warm sense of comfort.�

Emphasizing Williamson’s impact, Nguyen praised the cafeteria for the way it treats students. “This can be greatly attributed to Luann, the wonderful woman who works behind the desk in the caf, swiping our Sooner ID cards and greeting us with a genuine smile,�

Nguyen said. “The smallest gestures can make a difference in a person’s day, and knowing how much the cafeteria staff cares about its students already puts a smile on my face.�

Melanie Martin, University College freshman, agreed with

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OU Housing and Food Services employee Luann Williamson is in charge of swiping students’ IDs when they come to eat at Couch Cafeteria.

Nguyen’s glowing remarks about Williamson, wanting to reciprocate Williamson’s kindness. “She makes me want to come to the cafeteria,� Martin said. “I want to give her a piece of chocolate cake because she’s so nice.�

Even Facebook has a page dedicated to the adored employee. The page titled “WE LOVE LUANN WILLIAMSON!,� was created a few years ago and allows students to share their experiences with the “best cardswiper at Couch Restaurants.�

Williamson said she hopes she has made the cafeteria a

better place for the students. “I always hope they feel like this is their place,� Williamson said.

Her attitude toward the students is guided by her philosophy on life. “Life is awful short, and it’s what you make it. You can look at world ‌ and see all the bad in it, but when you get to know the students, each and every one of the students, you always see the goodness in them,â€? Williamson said. “It makes you feel kind and joyful just to be around them.â€?

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Local restaurant ditches Styrofoam food trays

OU ropes course sign-up ends today in Union

The beer at O’Connell’s Pub and Grille on Campus Corner won’t be the only thing getting the “green� treatment after Saturday.

The restaurant will introduce 100 percent compostable FDA-approved food trays made entirely of plant fibers to replace the previously used Styrofoam trays, according to a press release. The new plant fiber food trays should be as equally sturdy as the Styrofoam trays.

Unlike those made of Styrofoam though, the trays will decompose in 30-45 days.

O’Connell’s owner Jeff Stewart said he understands the restaurant’s responsibility as a campus landmark. “For 42 years, O’Connell’s has been a game day destination for countless Sooner fans, many of whom not only enjoy the burgers but also the camaraderie,� said Stewart. “Our game day tradition continues this year with the same great food.

We’re just making the celebrating a little more sustainable...�

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Students interested in participatGO AND DO ing in an OU sponTeam Quest sored ropes course must sign up by the Challenge end of today to be considered for the WHEN: 3 to 8 p.m.

Sept. 30 Sept. 30 event.

The course will WHERE: Oklahoma take place at Lloyd Memorial Union, Noble Center ’s Room 253 Te a m Q u e s t Challenge course PRicE: $15 and is sponsored by the Leadership Development and Volunteerism office.

The Leadership Development and Volunteerism office will accept 15 to 20 participants. Sign up is being held in the Oklahoma Memorial Union, Room 253.

The ropes course event will take place from 3 to 8 p.m. Sept. 30 at the Team Quest Challenge course.

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Continued from page A1 month now that the Kindle and Kindle app are compatible,� Potts said. “It’s very progressive and exciting.�

Normans’s collection may be wired, but OU is not there yet.

Director of Public Relations and Strategic Initiatives for

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2 types of student groups needed Our View: In the debate between student groups’ rights to free association and students’ rights not to face discrimination, OU should choose a third option.

at the University of California could not be recognized as a student organization because it did not accept members who were not Christian or were gay.

We sympathize with the wish to protect the rights Earlier this month, the OU Board of Regents of students. But we have to ask, would this decision changed the Student Activities Policy to prohibit be made if the case took place outside of higher organizations from discrimination in membership education? Are we really, as the dissenting opinion based solely on “race, color, religion, national origin, in this case claimed, arguing for “no freedom for exage, gender, sexual orientation, disability, veteran pression that offends prevailing standards of politistatus, marital status, or political belief.” cal correctness in our country’s institutions At first glance, this may seem like a laudof higher learning”?

The Our View able step to ensure equal access. But this polThis policy violates students’ rights to is the majority opinion of icy becomes problematic when applied to free association, and comes uncomfortably The Daily’s certain organizations, such as OU’s Christian close to infringing on their religious rights.

10-member Legal Society that said the new rule “creates But there’s another factor in this debate: editorial board these organizations are funded by UOSA, discrimination” against faith-based organizations, News 9 reported Sept. 12. and that money comes from student fees.

By forcing organizations to accept anyone, OU is If everyone has to pay, everyone should have ackeeping these students from associating only with cess. These groups use public space and public members of their belief system or conducting busi- funding, and so need to be open to the public. But ness in line with the tenants of their faith. Of course, what about those groups that need to operate prithe university should encourage dialogue between vately to fulfill their purpose? disparate groups, but this policy forces some groups OU should create a separate category of student to violate their very purpose. organizations: a private-group option. These groups Some, like the Christian Legal Society, were would have access to all student organization reformed to create a safe space where members with sources, but would not receive funds from student similar beliefs can support each other. Other orgamoney. nizations on campus welcome dissenting voices, The creation of this category would enable these because their purpose is to educate or advocate. But organizations to exist on campus, but would not for the rest, OU’s need to protect individual prefforce students to pay for a group they could be erence outweighs the impetus to create a free exbarred from. This would balance the rights of both change of ideas. sides, without forcing OU to choose between the two This policy was not created in a vacuum. In June vital values of equality and liberty.

2010, the Supreme Court ruled in Christian Legal Comment on this at OUDaily.com Society v. Martinez that the Christian Legal Society

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inally, decades after OPINION COLUMNIST the civil rights movement, Martin Luther King Jr. has a monument on the National Mall.

In this place where one of his speeches altered the course of American history, a memorial has been built Zachary Carrell to honor not only King, but zachary.d.carrell-1@ou.edu also the countless men and women who stood alongside him to work for a better nation and world.

The memorial, which stands next to the Potomac River, is a beautiful place to reflect on how far we have come and on what else needs to be done, but this monument for one of America’s greatest figures has been marred by controversy.

King tried to put the movement he stood for above himself at all costs. He never wanted to be glorified for work he felt was something that had to be done — and so the tone of his speeches and public appearances was all about the struggle, people and goals of the movement for equal rights.

The memorial wanted to capture that essence, but the commission who put it together made a major mistake. On the main statue of the memorial, called Stone of Hope, a quote from one of his last speeches was put center stage.

Unfortunately, because of supposed space constraints, the quote was paraphrased. The original quote was taken from King’s 1968 speech “Drum Major Instinct,” which spoke of the dangers of an individual trying to be more than the cause they were working for.

King stated: “If you want to say that I was a drum major, say that I was a drum major for justice. Say that I was a drum major for peace. I was a drum major for righteousness. And all of the other shallow things will not matter.”

This quote, and ultimately his entire speech, was watered down to this inaccurate statement: “I was a drum major for justice, peace and righteousness.” This should never have happened, and it is a disgrace to King and all who struggled with him to make the U.S. a free, equal and just society. I can only hope this mistake will be swiftly corrected.

Zachary Carrel is an international studies and anthropology senior.

LETTER TO THE EDITOR

Citizens should act against injustice On the evening of Aug. 19, 1989, an off-duty police officer named Mark MacPhail was shot and killed in Savannah, Ga. MacPhail was coming to the aid of a homeless man being attacked in a fast food restaurant parking lot. The main suspect in the case was a man named Troy Davis, who was subsequently arrested and tried for the crime.

No physical evidence was found except for the bullets that killed MacPhail and the shell casings.

Davis was later tried and found guilty of murder; he was sentenced to death in 1991. The only evidence the prosecution had linking Davis to the shooting was the testimony of nine witnesses.

As the appeals process dragged on, witnesses came forward wishing to change or recant their testimonies.

All in all, seven of the nine witnesses changed their statements and some implicated another man in the shooting. Others claimed that police had coerced them into naming Davis as the gunman.

Even after the uncertainty of the testimony was established, Davis received no reprieve or pardon. Upon learning of Davis’ looming execution, groups supporting his case — such as Amnesty International and the NAACP — issued international pleas for people to ask the Georgia Board of Pardons and Paroles for clemency on Davis’ behalf. This international campaign garnered nearly one million signatures over the last two weeks.

The campaign was unsuccessful.

This Wednesday evening, many things were lost. Troy Davis lost his life, while we, the American people, lost the illusion that our government and judicial system would ensure a safer society through the enforcement of its laws.

The execution of Troy Anthony Davis was a declaration by the state of Georgia and the United States Supreme Court that it’s both just and constitutional for the state to take the life of a person, regardless of the evidence against him or her.

Consider the consequences of a society which tolerates such a gross miscarriage of justice. Your stance on the death penalty, whether it deters crime or not, does not matter. All that matters is that, in this nation that prides itself on justice and equality, the government has been allowed to kill a man based on a weak body of evidence and have the audacity to tell the American people and the people of the world that justice has been served.

I implore you to let your government know that you will not stand for such atrocities any longer. Call or write to your state senators, representatives and governor asking them to save the lives of all victims of injustice. Until that happens, we are all Troy Davis.

Paul Schaettle, OU Amnesty International president

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o, remember OPINION COLUMNIST a few months back when the PlayStation Network was super hacked and taken down for weeks? If not, let me lay it out for you: An estimated 77 million to 100 million registered Jacob Oller online players of the jacoboller@ou.edu PlayStation 3 video game system, run by industry giant Sony, had their personal information stolen and possibly distributed over the Web. Names, addresses, birthdates and even credit card information were leaked to these online troublemakers.

Data-security company The Ponemon Institute’s research estimates the “cost of a data breach involving a malicious or criminal act” was, on average, $318 per compromised account. Given the estimated amount of users whose information has been obtained by the hacker, this projection sets the potential damages as being more than $24 billion.

So that’s not good for anyone, right? Nobody enjoys having strangers look at and hand out their data.

I get enough universitywide emails and “National “Sony has now Scholarship Available NOW!” updated its Terms spam as it is, without everyone and Conditions and their favorite Nigerian prince having my email agreement — you address.

Sony has now updated know, that thing its Terms and Conditions you just scroll to agreement — you know, that the bottom of and thing you just scroll to the hit ‘I agree’ — to bottom of and hit “I agree” to include a clause that include a clause — makes players agree not to that makes players collectively sue if a security breach ever happens again. agree not to The language of the “Binding collectively sue if Individual Arbitration” states a security breach “any Dispute Resolution Proceedings, whether in arbiever happens tration or court, will be conagain.” ducted only on an individual basis and not in a class or representative action or as a named or unnamed member in a class, consolidated, representative or private attorney general action.”

This way Sony will be able to individually deal with anyone who has taken issue with the fact that everything but their Social Security number was taken from the company they trusted it with. This agreement will be presented to players the next time they log on to the PlayStation Network, and if they refuse it, access to the network will be denied. This giant corporation is making sure they don’t lose a fortune if another security breakin occurs, instead of increasing features that will protect customer data.

However, for all of you loyal Call of Duty players who would like to continue fragging 12-year olds with the intensely vulgar vocabulary, Sony does have an obscure option to allow this and not agree to the arbitration clause.

The terms of service give Network users the chance to opt out of the class-action requirement and still maintain the ability to use their account, but it will require them to do something most of us haven’t done in years, if ever: Write a letter (on paper) and send it to an address using the so-called postal service. But before all you gamers have any time to opt out, you’ll need to agree to the new terms the next time you log in, or otherwise you won’t be able to get online.

To opt out, your written notification must be mailed to 6080 Center Drive, 10th Floor, Los Angeles, CA 90045, ATTN: Legal Department/Arbitration. It must include: Your name, address, PlayStation Network account number and a clear statement that you do not wish to resolve disputes with any Sony entity through arbitration.

This way, if there is ever another security problem that leads to 100 million or so accounts being compromised, you will be able to file a class action lawsuit without any need for arbitration. That’s nice if getting screwed by corporations isn’t your idea of a fun time.

Jacob Oller is a management information systems sophomore.

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greetings: Unfamiliar salutations provoke unexpected responses Continued from page A1 said.

Bu t D e c o e n e q u i c k l y found out it doesn’t work t h i s w ay i n t h e U n i t e d States.

“S everal times, when I tried to kiss girls on the cheeks, they withdrew, and I stood there like an idiot,” Decoene said. “It’s the same for guys. I never know if I have to hand shake, to high five or to fist bump. It actually depends if it’s during the day or in a party.”

Even among exchange students, how to approach others can be confusing.

“I spent the first day with a Taiwanese girl and the day after, when I saw her, I wanted to kiss her on the cheeks, but she thought I was trying to kiss her,” Decoene said.

Sidonie Monier, a French foreign language student had the same problem.

“The first week, an American guy held out his arms so I came to him and kissed him on the cheeks.

He stopped me and looked at me funny,” Monier said. “I thought about it the whole day.”

But this situation is not unique to the U.S. When Estefania Hervas Blasco, a Spanish student in Industrial Engineering, kissed hello to her host sister’s boyfriend in Finland, where e ver yone usual ly shakes hand, the situation quickly became contentious.

“She thought I was trying to steal him from her; she was really angry at me,” Hervas Blasco said.

Even among exchange students, the proper greeting is not always clear.

In a country where greeti n g s d o n ’ t i n c l u d e a ny physical contact, Nozomi Kimura, a Japanese student in economics and Hervas Blasco’s roommate, was very surprised when she gave her two kisses on the cheeks. “ It wa s t h e f i r s t t i m e someone kissed me. I was very embarrassed,” Kimura said.

Fo r H y o J o n g C h o, a Korean English education student, adaptation is the

Photos by Aubrie Hill/The Daily

Pierre Bracqumond (left) and Coralie Bécoulet greet each other with a kiss on the cheek like they would in France. The customary greeting is not often percieved the same way in the United States.

“Several times, when I tried to kiss girls on the cheeks, they withdrew, and I stood there like an idiot,” Decoene said. “It’s the same for guys. I never know if I have to hand shake, to high five or to fist bump. It actually depends if it’s during the day or in a party.”

Alexandre Decoene, graduate student from France

key.

In Korea greetings are based on age. If a person is one year older, you bow; if a person is one year younger than you, they bow, Cho said.

“Here I try to adapt to the people I greet. I do kisses to Europeans, I bow to Koreans and I shake hands of Americans,” Cho said.

But being flexible is not always easy for some American students.

“It seems that American people are not very

receptive. They don’t know you, and they don’t feel the necessity to greet you. It’s like there’s no connection between us and them,” said Andres Smith, a Venezuelan student studying electrical engineering.

Monier agreed that there is often no real connection.

“When I come to class and I say hi to everyone and they usually don’t answer, it seems a bit rude to me,” she said.

Different ways to greet also carry different levels of

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significance depending on the culture.

“When I hug someone, it’s a real sign of affection, much stronger than a kiss. Here it seems to be the contrary. I can’t get use to these meaningless hugs,” Monier said.

Even American students have experienced this when traveling abroad.

Caitlin Miles, a communications senior, went to Chile, were she discovered the kiss on the cheek and the importance of greetings.

“When I met this older woman, who was a friend of my host mother, I didn’t really greet her … because I felt uncomfortable, and she said ‘Do they not greet people in your country?’”

Miles said. “I realized I had offended her by not greeting her properly.”

Miles also lived in Turkey for 10 months and witnessed a most unusual method of

Top: Pierre Bracquemond (left) and Ben Soulié, graduate students, practice a greeting more common to the country.

Middle: Kevin Burnett, engineering junior, teaches Soulie a ‘bro hug,’ a customary greeting among close male friends that includes grasping the other participants hand and then pulling them in for a onearmed hug.

Bottom: Bracquemond (left) and Soulié, graduate students, have fun greeting each other with a chest bump.

introduction.

“Guys do this weird thing where they touch their foreheads. You know how guys do the kiss, they do the same with their forehead, sometimes shaking hands at the same time,” Miles said.

When greeting an older person, tradition wants you to take his hand, kiss it and put it to your forehead, Miles said.

“In Turkey, they think showing your affection to your male friend is a sign of brotherhood whereas in the US, even a father wouldn’t always hug his son,” Miles said.

Learning the different types of greetings is an integral part of a country’s culture. “If you can understand and adapt, it’s a first step in the country,” Miles said.

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The Sooners clash with New Mexico (4-4-2) for the last nonconference game on OUâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s schedule at 6 p.m.

Friday at Lobo Soccer Complex in Albuquerque, N.M. This eveningâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s matchup will end a road stint that had the Sooners playing two weekday games away from Norman this week. A win this weekend would give the Sooners its first true road win of the 2011 season.

The Lobos snapped a three-game losing streak after downing UC Riverside, 2-1, last weekend. Jennifer Williams leads the attack for UNM with four goals and one assist this season.

OU (5-5) is coming off a 2-1 loss to LSU last Monday, but the Sooners will be looking to bump their record above .500 after playing 10 nonconference games this year. OUâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s biggest victory in 2011 came Sept. 16, when the Sooners defeated No. 20 BYU, 2-0, in Norman.

OU has three starters with three or more goals this season, including senior defender Michelle Alexander (4), sophomore forward Amy Petrikin (4), junior forward Caitlin Mooney (4) and junior forward Dria Hampton (3).

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Sophomore forward Annalisa Hall (20) chases down a ball during OUâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s 2-0 win against BYU on Saturday.

The Sooners close out nonconference play against New Mexico in Albuquerque, N.M.

Mooney and Hampton also have combined for seven of the Soonersâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; 18 assists so far this season.

New Mexico is a shothappy team, taking 148 shots compared to their opponentâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s 87 shots so far this year. But the Lobos have only scored 13 goals, making the struggle to complete

opportunities a hardship for the team.

OU has produced 20 goals from 141 shots taken but must get off to a fast start if the Sooners want to capture the win.

Averaging two goals a game this season, the Sooners are 5-0 when scoring multiple points, including games

against University AlabamaBirmingham, Oral Roberts and Arizona in which the OU offense produced four or more goals in each win.

The Sooners also are averaging a 14-10 shot advantage over opponents this season, while the defense is holding opponents to an average 1.4 goals per game.

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hree of the most Sports Columnist powerful men at OU held a press conference Thursday to tell us the Big 12 will survive.

OU President David Boren, athletic director Joe Castiglione and football coach Bob Stoops met with James Corley reporters about 6:30 p.m. jcorley@ou.edu While it was interesting to hear conference commissioner Dan Beebe has stepped down and the Big 12 Board of Directors have reactivated the expansion committee, the biggest news was the membersâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; agreement to a grant of rights.

It turns out the nine schools â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Texas A&M still seems to be out the door the moment Baylor quits threatening a lawsuit â&#x20AC;&#x201D; basically agreed to give the conference control of TV revenue for the next six years, even if a member leaves.

So if the Mountain West somehow presented OU a deal sweet enough to entice the Sooners away from the Big 12 this year, the Big 12 would keep all the money OU would make from being on TV through 2017.

TV money is the biggest reason why college football is so profitable compared to other sports, so the nine universityâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s commitments to put their bread and butter in the hands of the conference is about as firm a vote of confidence in its continued stability as I could imagine.

Interestingly enough, though, the grant of rights will

â&#x20AC;&#x153;TV money is the biggest reason why college football is so profitable ... so the nine universityâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s commitments to put their bread and butter in the hands of the conference is about as firm a vote of confidence in its continued stability as I could imagine.â&#x20AC;? not include the Longhorn Network, Texasâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; golden calf that everyone else in the conference wants a piece of.

No, Texas will keep complete control of its $300 million pie with ESPN and wonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t have to share.

Similarly, if the Sooners launch a network of their own, they wouldnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t have to share. Now itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s only a matter of getting a lucrative enough deal, something Boren said OU could be about six months from securing, if not sooner.

Boren said the board did not discuss equal distribution of money from the top-tier TV contracts (like the Big 12â&#x20AC;&#x2122;s deal with ABC/ESPN, for instance), but he said it will be a future option to consider.

So money will be the glue holding an otherwise unstable conference together.

Funny how money â&#x20AC;&#x201D; the pursuit of which almost tore the Big 12 Conference to pieces â&#x20AC;&#x201D; turned out to be the thing that saved the conference.

At least for the next six years or so, anyway.

James Corley is a journalism senior and the sports editor for The Daily. You can follow him on Twitter at @jamesfcorley.

Sports columnist With the OU volleyball team taking the weekend off and conference play in full swing across the country, letâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s take a look at the national volleyball landscape.

The class of Division I volleyball can be found on Luke McConnell the west coast in the Pac-12 lucas.j.mc.connell-1@ou.edu this season. In this weeks AVCA coachesâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; poll, six of the top 15 teams were from the conference, including four in the top seven.

What the SEC is to college football, the Pac-12 is to volleyball, both menâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s and womenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s.

The first weekend of conference play features some great Pac-12 matchups as No. 7 UCLA plays host to No. 2 Stanford and No. 1 California on back-to-back nights.

Other conferences havenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t been slouching, either. The Big Ten has seven teams ranked in the top 25, topped by Illinois, who checks in at No. 3. The addition of Nebraska to an already deep conference has made the Big Ten the unquestioned second-best conference behind the Pac-12.

It has made for fantastic matchups that normally wouldnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t happen outside of the NCAA tournament.

Nebraska beat four-time national champion Penn State on Wednesday night in what otherwise would be a run-of-themill conference opener, except it was No. 10 versus No. 5.

The conference Nebraska left â&#x20AC;&#x201D; the Big 12 â&#x20AC;&#x201D; only has three ranked teams, but they also have three teams receiving votes, including Kansas, which is sitting as the second team outside the polls and has a win over current No. 9 Minnesota to its credit.

There are a lot of questions that will be answered as the season progresses, the biggest being whether Penn State be able to win their fifth national championship in a row.

The Nittany Lions have lost four games so far this season, their most at this point in a season since 2000, when they lost three straight games to open conference play.

However, Penn State lost five matches before the NCAA tournament and proceeded to crush the opposition in tournament, dropping only one set in six matches.

It would appear the national champion would come from the Big Ten or Pac-12, but much like the SEC in football, whoever survives will be battle-tested but worn out from playing top-25 teams almost every night.

Great teams will rise to the occasion, but those that donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t have the depth or ability to play up to the number beside their name will slowly fade away as the season progresses.

Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s shaping up to be another fantastic season of volleyball across the country. Competitively, itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s hard to find a sport in which so many conferences have intense matches every time on the court.

Even the Big 12, which may not have the rankings the other conferences do, will be very fun to watch every night because so many teams are bunched together talent-wise.

Competition is what fans are looking for, and this year, volleyball is offering an extra-large portion.

Luke McConnell is a journalism senior. You can follow him on Twitter at @lukemcconnell1.

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It wasn’t a secret within the Oklahoma State football program that Spencer’s wife, Angela, had been struggling with her health. The Cowboys knew Spencer often would leave after practice, make the 60-mile drive to Oklahoma City to see Angela in the hospital, then be back in time the next morning for coaches’ meetings.

But even knowing something was wrong didn’t brace the Cowboys for the news they received after beating Tulsa 59-33 early Sunday morning: Angela had died.

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“We knew it was really severe, but we didn’t know it was this severe,” defensive coordinator Bill Young said.

“A shock to us all. Just really a sad, sad deal.”

As No. 7 O klahoma State (3-0) prepares to visit No. 8 Texas A&M (2-0) on Saturday, Young and coach Mike Gundy have praised Spencer ’s professionalism and work ethic, saying they’ve been amazed he was able to work as hard as he has while dealing with his wife’s health situation. They also talked about Spencer’s teenage sons, Luke and

STATE SPORTS BRIEFS 1. TULSA

Former linebacker dies during boxing match in Tulsa Former Tulsa linebacker George Clinkscale, 24, died after taking part in an unsanctioned boxing match.

Clinkscale took part in the bout late Wednesday at a Tulsa-area church, according to Joe Miller, director of the Oklahoma State Athletic Commission.

Clinkscale was a linebacker for Tulsa from 2005-09.

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Wide receiver faces preliminary hearings for embezzlement case

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Oklahoma State quarterback Brandon Weeden (3) joins his teammates in singing OSU’s alma mater with fans after a 37-14 win against Arizona on Sept. 8 in Stillwater.

Abraham, and how they’ve matured.

“He has such a wonderful family, two young boys who have just unbelievable character,” Young said. “You can’t describe it. And Glenn is such a wonderful person.

Not only is he a great football coach, he’s a great man. We all have so much respect and admiration for him. For him to have to go through all this is so sad.”

Players like cornerback Devin Hedgepeth and safety Daytawion Lowe noted that through it all, Spencer kept working with them and

refused to let his personal life be a distraction. Hedgepeth said players have been texting Spencer and praying for him.

“It’s been tough on him.

I can only imagine. But that shows you what kind of guy he is. He’s been pushing through that, and when he comes out to practice, you can’t even tell his outside situation because he’s so focused on the game. He’ll still get on you.”

The offensive players took the news of Angela Spencer’s death hard, too.

“She was a sweet lady,”

quarterback Brandon Weeden said. “It’s a tough pill to swallow. He’s a heck of a dude. I would think our defense would come out and have a chip on his shoulder.

It would be a great deal to win one for him.”

Angela Spencer’s funeral was scheduled for Thursday in Georgia, where both she and her husband had roots.

Gundy said he isn’t expecting Spencer to be back with the team in time for Saturday’s game with the Aggies, but he wouldn’t be surprised if that happened.

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Suspended Tulsa wide receiver Damaris Johnson has pleaded not guilty to an embezzlement charge and faces a preliminary hearing next month.

Prosecutors say Johnson and Chamon Jones embezzled more than $2,610 worth of merchandise on two occasions from the Macy’s department store in the Tulsa Promenade Mall, where Jones works.

Johnson is free on $2,000 bond.

Tulsa coach Bill Blankenship has suspended Johnson indefinitely.

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3. OKLAHOMA CITY

State court sides with former Oklahoma football coach A state appeals court sided with former Oklahoma football coach Barry Switzer in a legal dispute over an investment in a restaurant at Lake Hefner.

The Oklahoma Court of Civil Appeals on Thursday upheld a trial court’s decision to grant summary judgment in favor of Switzer.

Former Sooners wrestling coach Stan Abel and a former school wrestler sued Switzer in 2009 for $187,000 plus damages for their involvement in the Lighthouse Restaurant LLC at Lake Hefner in Oklahoma City.

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Top: Laurel Sein, acting junior, applies makeup in the basement of the Rupel Jones Theatre before Wednesday’s rehearsal of “Dracula.” Bottom: Kevin Percival, acting senior, applies makeup to his teeth before Wednesday’s rehearsal of “Dracula.”

Designers clothe, paint a gothic cast “The most challenging part of costume design is making the connection to the audience and creating the visual image that the audience can believe and supports what the actor is doing.”

Kasey Allee-Forman, costume designer

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needle and thread can go a long way. For Kasey AlleeForeman, those items help produce intricate costumes that transform a performance into something believable for the audience.

Allee-Forman, production manager and costume designer for OU’s University Theatre, designed the costumes that will be seen in the production “Dracula,” opening today in the Rupel J. Jones Theatre.

“I think that ‘Dracula’ has such a rich history, from the Bram Stoker’s book to different plays to different movies. I tried to really be true to the original

Laurel Sein, acting junior, prepares her costume in the basement of the Rupel Jones Theatre before Wednesday’s rehearsal of “Dracula.”

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Jennifer Pearson, acting sophomore, applies makeup bruises and scratches before Wednesday’s rehearsal of “Dracula.”

Aly Lovelace, acting sophomore (left), gets help with her hairnet from Jennifer Pearson, acting sophomore, before Wednesday’s rehearsal of “Dracula.”

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costume: Students create ‘Dracula’ fantastic facade with designer’s help Continued from page 1 book but make it accessible to a modern audience,” said Allee-Foreman, commenting on that costumes she designed.

Allee-Foreman has been a costume designer for theatre and movies in the past, but she particularly loves to focus her time to the stage.

“I do particularly love theatre because of the great literature you get to work with, there’s so much meat to the work to inspire you and come up with your design,” says Allee-Foreman.

The costumes in this production of “Dracula” are pieces of artwork.

With so many elements the outfits, including the fangs that are molded to the actors’ teeth, the different eye contacts and the dramatic makeup many of the characters

apply, Allee-Foreman had to think of every detail to create the illusion of this tale.

“We usually try to have four to six weeks of design time which is when the designers talk with director and finalizing things before we ever start building anything,” AlleeForeman said. “We have school of drama students in all the areas and we kept some students on staff during the summer to help build the show.”

Allee-Foreman said the production certainly has it’s own delights and uniqueness but this is true of every production.

With the use of fake blood Allee-Forman had to create and try around five different blood solutions to get the correct color and consistency.

The final product was a mixture of a laundry detergent base and cake mix food coloring. She said it was also

challenging to hide the blood in the costume and make it bleed onto the fabric during the right cue.

“The most challenging part of costume design is making the connection to the audience and creating the visual image that the audience can believe and supports what the actor is doing,” Allee-Forman said.

Allee-Foreman said the task of composing the faces of each character with makeup is left up to each actor.

The students are responsible every night for putting on the finishing touches that make each character come alive.

“For the most part the actors do their own makeup. We have a wardrobe crew which helps with getting costumes ready and actors getting into them, but for the most part we expect our actors to do their own makeup,” she said.

Laurel Sein, acting junior,

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Laurel Sein, acting junior, is fitted with a rubber hose and bottle of fake blood Wednesday. The blood tube is hidden in her choker, and spills blood down her chest when she is bitten by “Dracula.”

also helped create the costumes. This was her first time working in costume design.

“Just seeing the progression of the design and seeing them

on stage. The whole process “I do want to do acting but honestly was really incred- I would like to get a foot in evible,” Sein said. erything,” Sein said. “It just Sein is also playing the role opens up my options.” of Mina Grant in “Dracula.”

entertainment briefs green life

Walk encourages eco-friendly life OU students and residents all across Norman will come together to participate in the “Moving Sooners Walk,” an event being held to spread the concern of global warming and to promote the declination of the burning of fossil fuels.

This 2.1 mile walk will begin Saturday morning from 10 a.m. until noon.

It starts at Boyd Street and Jenkins Avenue, in front of the OU’s Sarkeys Energy Center, and will move toward OU’s National Weather Center.

Mov i ng Pla n e t st ate s that we need to move away from fossil fuels in order to help curb the continuous

warming, the melting of the Arctic ice and the rise of our oceans, according to their website.

This event is free and open to the pubic. People are encouraged to use bikes, walk or any device that somehow avoids the necessary usage of transportation and fossil fuels.

According to the event’s website, this event is put on to bring awareness to the citizens of Norman that our continuously warming atmosphere is a major concern, and the first step in slowing down this process is teaching others about the dangers.

Refreshments will be provided at the end of the walk.

Students and guests can hear speeches and poetry at the end of the walk.

Alex Niblett, Life & Arts Reporter

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Weekend of fine culture ahead Friday marks an eventful night in the OU college of fine arts.

Open to the public, the Fred Jones Jr. Museum of Art will be hosting Art After Hours, starting at 6 p.m.

Art After Hours in a monthly program, and this semester it is designed to give students a taste of modern and contemporary art.

To n i g h t ’s t h e m e i s “Absurdity, Humor and the Attack on Tradition: Arman & Yasumasa Morimura”.

Curator Mark White will discuss how 20th century artists use humor to question tradition, as well as featuring some of the artists who used that technique.

Following Art After Hours, stick around for the featured film “Open Score by Robert Rauschenberg” at 7 p.m., also in the Fred Jones Jr. Museum of Art. The film features a recording of Robert Rauschenberg’s filmed performance as well as interviews with the artist and colleagues.

The film compliments the art exhibit that is to open Sept.

30 at Fred Jones Jr. Museum of Art to students and will be shown through Dec. 30.

Because the exhibition will display only printed works of Rauschenberg, the film gives insight to another side of the artist’s life, college of fine arts director of education Susan Baley said. “[The film] brings together a lot of disciplines,” Baley said, “it’s not a typical film… [and will] appeal to a lot of

different people.”

Both events are open to the public, and all are encouraged to attend.

Brooke Buckmaster, Life & Arts Reporter

Community

Arts Council hosts legal vandalism Norman Arts Council and Norman Public Arts Board will come together to create a new art project Sunday.

“Cre8 n’Sk8” is an all-day event beginning at 9:30 a.m. and ending at 7 p.m. The event will provide people of all ages with a fun time by participating in the huge graffiti project.

“This event is a way to get the community involved in a public project and we decided to do that with graffiti

in the skate park,” Norman Arts Council Director Erinn Gavaghan said.

The skate ramps and outer walls of Andrews Park at the Blake Baldwin Skate Park will be decorated with graffitistyle contemporary street art, done by volunteers and various graffiti artists, according to a press release.

Artist Andy Jacobs will lead the project, joined by artists Mark Vass, Derek Vosten, Erik McCullough, Dylan Bradway, John Babbitt, Dusty Gilpin, Eric Baker, Todd Renshaw and Jesse Williams.

DJ Timmy B. Project coordinators will provide music while people work together to decorate the Skate Park.

All students and residents of Norman are invited to participate in the local art event.

Alex Niblett, Life & Arts Reporter