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Cate A La Carte cut from Cate Center Event Housing and Food Services deemed program good, but unused LINDSEY RUTA Campus Editor
L ow u s a g e o f a ro o m service program lead to its termination this year, according to Housing and Food Services representatives. The Cate A La Carte program — which delivered food from Cate Center to
s t u d e n t s e l s e w h e re o n campus — is not an option for students this year. The 4-year-old program was cut in an effort to help keep rates low on students’ meal plans, said David Annis, Housing and Food Services director. Cutting the program saved H&F Services more than $50,000 a year, Annis said.
The program wasn’t generating any revenue because it was underused by students, he said, making it an added expense to H&F Services. “It was a nice service when a student needed it, but it wasn’t used that much,” he said. The program averaged $200 to $300 dollars a day, Annis said — meaning about 30 students used it daily, on Brian hawkins, Austin Bowling and rasheeda Cada, all University see CATE PAGe 2
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Offense looks to find its mojo Team still in hunt for national title, quarterback said TOBI NEIDY
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During last Saturday’s 24-19 letdown loss to Ka n s a s St at e, S o o n e r nation watched an opponent come into Oklahoma Memorial Stadium and beat the a t- t i m e s i x t h - r a n k e d Sooners. There were several areas of the Sooner performance that attributed to the loss, including three pivotal turnovers that kept points off OU’s side of the scoreboard. This week, Oklahoma gets its last idle week of the 2012 season before lumbering deeper into Big 12 conference action, and quarterbacks coach Josh Heupel said the offense needs to find its identity before going up against Texas Tech on Oct. 6. “In college football, your team’s identity and personality changes,” Heupel said. “We made some mistakes, but there were some things
we did right, and (I’m) absolutely excited to see how we’re going to keep making strides and (figure out) who we’re going to become.” One way the Sooners can complete their metamorphosis into a high-powered offense is finding players that consistently perform well on Saturdays, Heupel said. “We have to find a way to put skilled guys in position to be successful, and we have to out the guys that are going to do their job on a consistent basis and take care of the football,” he said. “We also haven’t been as consistent as we want to be in the passing game.” And the Sooners have several players on the depth chart with the potential to come together and form a well-oiled, point-scoring machine. Freshman receiver Sterling Shepard made his case for a starting position after posting 108 receiving yards and a touchdown against KSU. see FOOTBALL PAGe 5
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Freshman wide receiver Sterling Shepard (3) hurdles senior defensive back Nigel Malone (24) in a game against Kansas State on Saturday. the Sooners lost 24-19 for their first lost of the season. Shepard recorded seven receptions for 108 and a touchdown. the freshman is one of many playmakers the Sooners have on offense and said the team needs to come back strong after the loss. “When you come off a loss, you have to come back with some fire,” Shepard said.
To d a y m a r k s t h e beginning of the O k l a h o ma C re at i v i t y Fest — Campus Activity C o u n c i l ’s m u l t i - d a y celebration of creativity. Starting this afternoon with an surprise on the South Oval, the fair o f f re s h t h o u g ht a n d artistic expression will incorporate live music performances, a poetry slam, theater shows and a rave. “We wanted to display creativity in all areas of life,” said OCF Programming Chair David Postic. “This includes the visual arts, theatre, dance, music, b u s i n e s s, e d u c at i o n , technology, etc. These e v e n t s re p re s e n t t h e wide range of activities we want to present and show the diverse nature of creativity.” O CF’s list of events includes performances of “Julius Caesar”, a Next|Ed education symposium and Boomerfest – a one-night music festival to be held in Meacham Auditorium. “As we moved forward with that event and began to get more people and ideas on board, we decided to not limit this festival to student creativity, but to open it up for the whole state to enjoy,” Postic said.
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Sooner hockey team celebrates its 10th season
Book will cover theory on exemplary people
SPORTS: the ou hockey program started out as an outlet for local players and has developed into one of the top club teams in the nation. (Page 5)
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An OU philosophy professor has received two grants that will help her write a book about her new theory on what makes exemplary people admirable. Professor Linda Zagzebski will use the grants to take a paid leave of absence to write the book about her Examplarist Virtue Theory, a moral theory that discusses the relationship between people and their exemplars, people who are picked out by the emotion of admiration, she said. The grants are initially valued at $50,000 for spring 2013 and $100,000 for the following academic year; the money will be used to hire a replacement while Zagzebski is working on the book. “[A moral theory] is kind of like a map of the moral life, so it’s meant to simplify something that’s really very complicated,” Zagzebski said. The theory’s basic idea is to define basic moral concepts
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Linda Zagzebski, philosophy professor, recently has received grants for her upcoming book “exemplarist Virtue theory.” She received the grants from the templeton Foundation and Wake Forest University. Zagzebski, the author of four other books, will be taking three semesters off in order to finish the project.
such as virtue by connecting them to exemplars of moral goodness, Zagzebski said. These exemplars are people who have been singled out through a group’s admiration, she said. Zagzebski received the two separate grants from Wake Forest University’s Character Project and the John Templeton Foundation at the beginning of the
summer. She applied for the initial grant after the Character Project issued an international call for proposals in the areas of the psychology, philosophy and theology of character, she said. Expert reviewers in the field assessed the proposals based on criteria such as how likely the research was to be successful, how
innovative the proposal was and how significant the research’s impact could be on the progress toward important questions, Character Project Director Christian Miller said in an email. “Zagzebski is internationally known as one of the leading experts in ethics, epistemology and philosophy of religion,” Miller said in an email. “Her project
was deemed to be first-rate by the expert reviewers who assessed it.” The Character Project has now given about $3 million to 28 different projects in the field of human character, Miller said. Zagzebski and other grant recipients will present their projects at the Character Project’s final conference next June. Zagzebski received her s e c o n d g r a n t f ro m t h e Templeton Foundation shortly after receiving the grant from the Character Project, she said. “ [ T h e Te m p l e t o n Foundation] knew about my theory … just from my other work and actually invited me to submit a proposal,” she said. The Templeton see THEORY PAGe 2
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Today around campus A roundtable discussion about social, historical and political contexts in India and part of the Neustadt Festival will be held from 10 to 10:50 a.m. in Oklahoma Memorial Union’s Meacham Auditorium. Susan Andrade, Sudha Bhuchar and Emily Rook-Koepsel will lead the discussion. A roundtable discussion about literary and cultural contexts in India and part of the Neustadt Festival will be held from 11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. in Oklahoma Memorial Union’s Meacham Auditorium. Benna Kamlani, Vijay Seshadri and Samrat Upadhyay will lead the discussion.
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average. The s er v ice ran from 11 a.m. to 11:30 p.m. daily with around 31 hours of labor used per day to run it — equating to 7,560 hours worth of labor on average, he said. At $8.75 an hour, labor alone was costing the program around $271 a day. Then they also have to take into account the cost of gas and wear and tear on university vehicles, said Frank Henry, director of Food Services. The decision to do away with the catering program wasn’t based on the numbers alone, H&F Services also received input from the Housing Center Student Association to discuss their options, Annis said. HCSA is a student group that works regularly with
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H&F Services to offer advice and resident opinions on possible changes, said HCSA President Allie Kallmann. Kallmann, a math and letters senior, has been a m e mb e r o f H C SA f o r four years. The student organization’s opinions
are not taken lightly in the decision-making process, she said. Kallmann said they work with H&F Services to try and keep meal plan rates low. “[Last year,] w e w ere taking a look at the proposed fee increase … it’s difficult to look at a percent increase and feel good about it,” Kallman said. H&F Services offered a series of options to try and avoid a significant increase in student rates, she said. Annis said one of those options was to close the Cate Center food options on the weekend and just have the Couch Restaurants open. HCSA members responded with a vehement no, he said. A more attractive option was cutting the room-service program. “Everyone at the HSCA general meeting felt [Cate A La Carte] was the most underused,” Kallmann said.
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Foundation, which gave birth to the Character Project, aims to encourage dialogue between scientists, philosophers and theologians and gave $66 million in grants between its founding in 1987 and 2010, according to its website. Zagzebski’s book will focus on historical narratives of exemplary people and empirical work by psychologists and neuroscientists who seek to find biological
explanations for admiration, she said. Zagzebski is the consultant for one such team of researchers. “[Researchers] have some ways of determining who the most admired people are in advance,” Zagzebski said. “I’m not sure exactly how they do that, but then they put these people in an fMRI machine, and they compare and they have them play economics games to see if there’s anything different in their brains when they play these games than ordinary people.”
Tennis Entries | 8 a.m.- 5 p.m. at the front desk of the Huston Huffman Fitness Center. Let’s play some tennis! $1 per participant and FREE for participants who live in OU housing. You can sign up for singles, doubles and mixed doubles. Event starts October 1st at Westwood Golf and Country Club.
Student Success Series: Top 10 Advisor Tips | 3:30-4:30 p.m. in Wagner Hall Room 245. Presented by University College. Making Modern: Selected Paintings, Drawings and Prints from the James T. Bialac Native American Art Collection| 4-5 p.m in the Mary Eddy and Fred Jones Auditorium. For more information, please contact Michael Bendure, mbendure@ ou.edu. Boomerfest | 8-10 p.m. in Meacham Auditorium, Oklahoma Memorial Union. Join Campus Activities Council’s Oklahoma Creativity Festival for Boomerfest, a creative student music showcase. Go to oklahomacreativityfestival.com or check out their “Like” page on Facebook for more information and a full schedule of events. University Theatre presents: Julius Caesar | 8 p.m. at the A. Max Weitzenhoffer Theatre, Fine Arts Center. Come see this classic by William Shakespeare and directed by Alissa Millar. For tickets and up-to-date information call the Fine Arts Box Office at (405) 325-4101. Masala Series Concert | 8-10 p.m. in the Sharp Concert Hall. Come check out the Sangeet Millennium Ensemble: Hindustani and Indo-Jazz Fusion. For more information, please contact the OU School of Music at (405) 325-2081.
Friday, Sept. 28
Greek Ally | 2-5 p.m. at the Chi Omega house. Join the Women’s Outreach Center and check out Greek Ally, a workshop that covers information on how to be a straight ally in the Greek community. To register, go to lgbt.ou.edu. FREE Movie: “Magic Mike” | 6, 9 p.m. and midnight in Meacham Auditorium, Oklahoma Memorial Union. Come see this movie before it comes out on DVD! Presented by the Union Programming Board and Campus Activities Council. Art After Hours | 6-9 p.m. in the Dee Dee and Jon R. Stuart Classroom, Fred Jones Jr. Museum of Art. Join Terry Allen, a multidisciplinary artist whose mixed media works often combine image and text. Bloodscrawl examines the act of tattooing the body. For more information, please contact Michael Bendure, mbendure@ou.edu.
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AT A GLANCE Linda Zagzebski Last year, professor Linda Zagzebski gave the Kaminski Lectures at the John Paul II Catholic University of Lublin in Poland. The room she lectured in was the same room where Pope John Paul II taught for 18 years. Zagzebski’s book Epistemic Authority will be published in October by Oxford University Press. Her books have been translated into Italian, Polish and Farsi.
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Oklahoma Creativity Festival: Opening Ceremony | 1:20 p.m. in the South Oval. Join Campus Activities Council’s Oklahoma Creativity Festival to kick off the inaugural with some food and fun! Go to oklahomacreativityfestival.com for a full schedule of events.
The team of researchers with whom she works has made some interesting findings on which regions of the brain are more active in especially virtuous people, or exemplars, she said. “Every culture has stories about the people they find most admirable,” she said. “[This research is] only recently … being done by neuroscientists and psychologists on exemplars.”
She said if cutting the program meant they could decrease the rate increase from 7 percent to five or six, the students felt it was a better decision to cut it than keep it. “Living on campus is part of the [college] experience, and we want to make it as affordable as possible,” Kallmann said. Neither H&F Services nor HCSA has done any kind of education to make people aware of the program due to the large turnaround of campus residents each year. Kallmann said that is one of the advantages of the turnover; a majority of the students each year are brand new to campus and aren’t aware of most of the changes that have been made.
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University Theatre presents: Julius Caesar | 8 p.m. at the A. Max Weitzenhoffer Theatre, Fine Arts Center For tickets and up-to-date information call the Fine Arts Box Office at (405) 325-4101. Sutton Artist Series: Suzanne Tirk, Clarinet | 8-10 p.m. in the Pitman Recital Hall, Catlett Music Center. Call the Fine Arts Box Office, (405) 325-4101, for more information.
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FREE Movie: “Magic Mike” | 1 p.m. in Meacham Auditorium, Oklahoma Memorial Union. Come see this movie before it comes out on DVD! Presented by the Union Programming Board and Campus Activities Council. OU Hockey vs. Texas A&M University | 4 p.m., Blazers Ice Centre, 8000 S. I-35, Oklahoma City, OK. General admission $5 and reserved seating $10. Call the Blazers Ice Centre at (405) 631-3307 or see www.ouhockey.com for more information. Presented by Oklahoma Hockey. Oklahoma Creativity Festival: Closing Ceremony | 5:30 p.m. in the Will Rogers Room, Oklahoma Memorial Union. Join Campus Activities Council’s Oklahoma Creativity Festival for their closing ceremony with student performances, awards, and more! OU Volleyball vs. West Virginia | 7 p.m. at the McCasland Field House. Come “Cheer Like a Champion.” It’s military night. Reduced ticket price for past/current Military with Valid ID. There will be 250 FREE ice cream cups and FREE admission with a valid OU I.D. Visit soonersports.com for more information. Oklahoma Creativity Festival: RAVE | 8 p.m. in the Jim Thorpe Multicultural Center. Join Campus Activities Council’s Oklahoma Creativity Festival and help them close out this year’s festival with a rave! University Theatre presents: Julius Caesar | 8 p.m. at the A. Max Weitzenhoffer Theatre, Fine Arts Center. For tickets and up-to-date information call the Fine Arts Box Office at (405) 325-4101. Women’s Rowing | All day at the head of the Oklahoma River, Oklahoma City. Visit soonersports.com for more information.
Dye Hard | 7-9 p.m. in the food court, Oklahoma Memorial Union. Yippee Ki Yay, Tie Dyers! Come to the Union Programming Board’s FREE tie-dye factory! Bring your own clothing or bedding to be tie-dyed and we will provide the rest. The first 100 OU students will receive a FREE UPB t-shirt to dye. For more information, contact Union Programming Board upb@ou.edu.
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OU Hockey vs. Texas A&M University | 7:30 p.m., Blazers Ice Centre, 8000 S. I-35, Oklahoma City, OK. General admission $5 and reserved seating $10. Call the Blazers Ice Centre at (405) 631-3307 or see www.ouhockey.com for more information. Presented by Oklahoma Hockey.
Women’s Rowing | All day at the head of the Oklahoma River, Oklahoma City. Visit soonersports.com for more information.
University Theatre presents Julius Caesar | 3 p.m. at the A. Max Weitzenhoffer Theatre, Fine Arts Center. For tickets and up-to-date information call the Fine Arts Box Office at (405) 325-4101.
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Business manager remembered for her laughter A scholarship will be given in Stacy Wehrenberg’s name starting next year LINDSEY RUTA Campus Editor
For more than 25 years, a boisterous laugh reverberated through offices in Copeland Hall. “She had just the most hilarious cackle,” said Brian Ringer, director of Student Media. “I could be in [my office] and she would just let out that cackle … often times she was laughing at herself.” Now that laughter is gone. Stacy Wehrenberg died Wednesday afternoon after battling a rare form of breast cancer for nearly two years. She served as the business manager for Student Media, and Ringer described her as everyone’s adviser. “She knew the business and was able to keep us running,” he said. “I don’t know that there’s a good analogy that I could put out there that would even explain in any sort of way what she’s meant to us [personally and professionally].”
Her university history Wehrenberg’s history with the university started long before she came to work at Student Media. She was the eldest daughter of Gene “Coach” Thrailkill — the renowned coach of the Pride of Oklahoma. “Her dad was infamous,” said Lori Brooks, adviser to Sooner Yearbook. “Everyone knew — the same way they would have known the football coach — who Coach Thrailkill was.” Ringer said because of Coach Thrailkill, he knew of Wehrenberg before he ever met her. “I’ve known of her for a long time because I’m from Norman,” he said. “The
Thrailkill name — with Gene running the OU band for so many years — you knew that name.” But Wehrenberg made her own mark on the university. She first was hired by Susan Sasso, then director of Student Media, in 1986. Sasso, now the associate vice president and associate dean of students for Student Affairs, said as an employee, Wehrenberg was an incredibly hard worker, but as an individual, her personality was what really left a mark. “She just had one of those personalities that you just want working with students,” Sasso said. “She kind of took every student under her wing, she saw the beauty of the student development.” Sasso said Wehrenberg’s laughter was one of her favorite qualities. “She could get tickled and just completely lose it,” she said. “Sometimes I could just hear her laughter working its way through the business office.” It was that same laughter that first attracted her husband Michael Wehrenberg to her. Michael also was hired by Sasso, and he and Stacy met through Student Media. “The thing I liked the most about Stacy was her laugh and her smile,” he said. “She was always smiling and it made me smile.” Stacy Wehrenberg spent her entire career at the university. “I think she just loved the university,” Sasso said. “Her whole family was so tied to the university that being here, being a part of it … I’m not sure she ever really thought about working some place else.”
When Ringer first became director of Student Media nearly five years ago, he said he was instantly drawn to Wehrenberg. “We used to prank each other,” he said. “We were both pretty gullible, and we just had that kind of jovial relationship.” Ringer said in the months since Wehrenberg left, it has been a struggle to keep Student Media operating but everyone stepped up to the task. Brooks said the Student Media staff was hit twofold because they were missing both a co-worker and a friend. “Stacy always had the answer,” Brooks said. “Whatever PHOTO PROVIDED it was, Stacy was the persomeone had broken their son that you asked, period.” Her Student Media heart,” she said. Her legacy career As for what Richard and While she may have come With the exception of one Wehrenberg usually talked to OU as “Coach Thrailkill’s year, when she worked for the about? Weitzenhoffer Family College “We usually talked about d a u g h t e r,” t h e l e g a c y Wehrenberg leaves behind is of Fine Arts, Wehrenberg boys,” Richard laughed. spent her entire time at the Brooks, also a former OU her own. “If there were strings to university student, rew o r k i n g “They’re losing one calls a similar be pulled, and Stacy could for Student environment help, you she would,” Brooks of their greatest M e d i a . when she was said. “And she had that kind cheerleaders, of depth on campus. I mean The re, she in school. they’re losing a ser ved not “I was one people in departments everyonly as an in- wonderful resource of those peo- where on campus know who tegral part of ple in line at Stacy is. In her role [as busifor students, the business Stacy’s desk,” ness manager] she’s worked operations s h e s a i d . with everyone on campus. they’re losing a but also as a W h a t e v e r Everyone across campus has lot of institutional “big resource for thing — their own Stacy story.” knowledge and She gave ever ything students. whether it A n n e w a s h a p p y she had to Student Media, they’re losing a Richard, or sad — it Michael Wehrenberg said. friend.” “It was her passion,” he Advertising wasn’t real adviser and SUSAN SASSO, ASSOCIATE VICE until you told said. “It was her home.” Even through her illness, for mer OU Stacy.” PRESIDENT AND ASSOCIATE Wehrenberg was able to find student, deBrooks said DEAN OF STUDENTS FOR scribed the it was the way that laughter and to always STUDENT AFFAIRS constant stuWehrenberg show concern for others, dent attenw a s s o i n - Richard said, always asking tion Wehrenberg had. vested in each student that her visitors how they and their loved ones were. “There was always a line made her so magnetic. “The conversations were of people around Stacy’s “She was so excited and desk waiting to talk to her … was cheering and laughing never about Stacy,” Brooks whether it was about a test or very angry or frustrated on said “From a hospital bed in her front room she was still they had done well on or your behalf,” she said.
100 percent the Stacy that she was in a chair here.” Richard said the best way to honor Wehrenberg is to provide the same environment for future students that she provided for them. “There’s no way to ever fill those shoes,” Richard said. “But I think trying to make [students] feel loved and welcomed here, and know that there are people who care about them and want to hear their story. I think that is the best thing I can do to honor her.” Ringer said Student Media will memorialize Wehrenberg by giving out a scholarship in her name starting next year. Stacy never wanted attention, he said, but they wanted to find some way to honor her. “And given her love of students, helping a student in need was the best way we could honor her,” Brooks said. Stacy leaves behind a legacy of knowledge and support. “[Student Media is] losing one of their greatest cheerleaders,” Sasso said. “They’re losing a wonderful resource for students, they’re losing a lot of institutional knowledge and they’re losing a friend.” Michael Wehrenberg said the love and support for him and their 8-year-old daughter, Abby, from the Student Me dia family has b e en wonderful. “There’s going to be a void for us without her,” he said. Lindsey Ruta lruta@ou.edu
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THUMBS UP: OU philosophy professor Linda Zagzebski has recieved two prestigious grants for her work to develop a moral theory based on admiration. (Page 1)
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Qualified female moderator fixes debate gender gap Our View: The selection of the first female
decision. presidential debate moderator in 20 years shows Three New Jersey GO AND DO the power of citizens’ voices. high school students Presidential started a Change.org debate Wednesday night, Sooners had a chance to learn petition urging the When: 8-9:30 p.m. on about the 2012 presidential election from Candy commission to choose Oct. 3 Crowley, a journalist with years of experience a female moderator this Where: C-SPAN, ABC, covering campaigns. But Crowley was chosen to year. Sami Siegel, Emma CBS, FOX, NBC and speak at the President’s Associate’s Dinner for more Axelrod and Elena cable news networks than just her experience in the trenches — she Tsemberis started the Info: Go to OUDaily. will be the first female moderator of a presidential petition after learning com for the full debate in 20 years. about the exclusion of schedule of debates Presidential debates give Americans a chance women in a civics class. to see candidates in the same space answering The petition earned the same questions. They cut through some of more than 122,000 the double-speak of the campaigns and provide a signatures and inspired several public statements forum for voters to directly compare the stances of by influential women. both candidates. The commission has denied the petition Debates educate the public about the had any effect on its decision — of course, The Our View specifics of each candidate’s views that can it is expected to say as much — and that’s is the majority get lost in commercials and soundbites, OK. Crowley was chosen for her experience opinion of The Daily’s as well as influencing what issues will first and her gender second. nine-member become the focus in the last weeks before But it’s undeniable that the timing is a editorial board little too perfect to be a coincidence. the election. Within these debates, the moderator is The petition, and the high-profile charged with keeping the flow of the debates going, attention it attracted, likely reminded the steering candidates to important issues and not commission of its responsibility to avoid unfair letting them run off course. Through all of this, an bias in moderator selection. After this reminder, unbiased position is critical. Poor moderators have the commission noticed the many highly qualified proven to result in pointless debates full of nonwomen who could serve in this important position answers, hedging and fluff. and chose accordingly. As an experienced journalist known for being Crowley’s appointment is a big win for our tough on sources and for challenging insubstantial political dialogue and an even bigger win for answers, Crowley is set to do better. Given the individual activism.It demonstrates the power importance of the debates, it’s essential for the of active, concerned citizens and the way new Commission on Presidential Debates to choose the technologies amplify citizens’ voices. It proves best moderators — without concern for gender. that with the right tools, your voice can be heard Frankly, it is unacceptable that it has been 20 through the noise of the Information Age. years since the last female moderator, when Carole So make sure to watch the presidential debates Simpson moderated the 1992 debates. Jim Lehrer, this election season. But first, go to Change.org who will moderate a debate this season, has and lend your voice to the movements started by moderated 11 such debates in that time. citizens like you. If you don’t find a petition for the While it’s good news that the commission has causes you believe in, just start one yourself. corrected this exclusion, it’s even better that a grassroots movement likely contributed to the Comment on this on OUDaily.com
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The problem with quantitative easing is the exact same problem in the housing market crash of 2008: by buying risky mortgage-backed securities, the Fed is creating an artificial increase in housing and stock prices. Eventually, people will realize there is less real demand for these assets and the bubble will crash again. The Federal Reserve tries to keep annual inflation rates around 2 percent. Those within the agency claim this will not change due to quantitative easing. However, it is almost certain that the market will take this into account and adjust accordingly. The Federal Reserve does not control inflation rates; it can only print money at a rate it believes will give it the desired inflation rate. Higher inflation can be a serious problem. When the Federal Reserve prints money out of thin air, it inflates the supply of money relative to goods and causes it to lose value. This is extremely detrimental to those who hold dollar assets, especially those with savings. Another detrimental part of quantititative easing is the Federal Reserve’s continued efforts to keep interest rates at historic lows to encourage borrowing and spending to stimulate the economy. In reality, this hurts the economy in the long run by encouraging bad investments with artificially low interest rates. It also hurts people who hold dollars, such as people with savings accounts and the poor who cannot afford to diversify investments. This is because the dollar becomes less valuable when interest returns on dollars are low. The solution to the crisis we are currently recovering from is not to set the foundation for another one. If the Federal Reserve really wanted to help us out of this mess, it would keep its hands off and allow markets to liquidate bad assets instead of trying to save them in a manner that will cost us in the long run. Scott Houser is an international business senior.
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or many students, OPINION COLUMNIST college is one of the first places after high school students can claim their individuality and independence. While it is great to turn to the next chapter of Alex Niblett our book and experience alexandra.g.niblett@ou.edu college, it is equally important to do some exploring during this time of our lives. It is definitely beneficial to expand our borders and see more of the world we live in, whether one chooses to explore another state or travel to another country. Amy Coppedge, University College junior, found a way to expand her horizons by participating in the Disney College Program in the spring of 2012. Coppedge said students should not go through their college years “not knowing about the outside world.” “You need to know more about what goes on in the world, and GO AND DO experiences like this Disney program can give you a better info. meeting perspective,” Coppedge said. When: 10:30-11:30 I also participated a.m. and 3-4 p.m. on in the Disney College Oct. 18 Program, during the spring and summer of Where: Boomer Room 2012. When I decided of the Union to apply in the fall of Info: Go to OUDaily. 2011, I remember feeling com to learn more curious, excited and about the Disney nervous. Before I knew it, College Program I was scheduled to leave for Orlando. Leaving OU was a strange feeling; it almost felt like I was leaving home again — and in a sense, I was. During the Disney College Program, I worked in Magic Kingdom at the Plaza Restaurant as a hostess. My job consisted of working under pressure with heavy guest interaction while I sat guests, assisted and guided them throughout Magic Kingdom, and created magical moments. I have never worked so much in my life, but it was awesome. I was able to take online classes through OU, as well as the “Interactive Learning Program” and “Marketing You” classes through Disney University. I was a full-time student while working an average of 45-50 hours a week but still managed to have time for fun. I was able to meet people from around the world, creating some of the best friendships I have today. Brittany Burge, human relations junior, also participated on the Disney College Program last spring and believes this program gives college students the chance to get a glimpse of the big picture while “working full time, balancing relationships, free time and sometimes even school all while living on [our] own.” It’s important for students to take a semester and study abroad or do participate in something like the Disney College Program. By leaving some place you’ve become comfortable with, you can give yourself the chance to go on an unforgettable adventure that will provide you with a new perspective and appreciation for what you have and for what’s out there. Allison Moorhead, communications senior, participated in the Disney College Program in the fall of 2009. Moorhead said she feels students can sit in a class all day but never fully understand the path “from learn to apply.” “The Disney College Program gives you that, with integrated learning in a fun environment with a little bit of magic along the way,” Moorhead said. “I have learned to follow my dreams, make memories and go above and beyond,” Moorhead said. “Disney is truly an experience of a lifetime.” Working for Disney not only will look fantastic on your resume but will teach you life lessons you can’t learn in the classroom. This opportunity is open to all students of all years. It’s an experience of a lifetime, and a decision you won’t regret — so why not add a little magic to your college years?
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uppose that I was OPINION COLUMNIST a very rich and very evil man. Now suppose that I was just appointed head of the U.S. Federal Reserve. Naturally, I would use this newfound power to help my rich allies and hurt Scott Houser scott.a.houser-1@ou.edu those that I hate the most: the poor. What policy could I possibly implement to achieve my dastardly goals? In order to further cut the real living wages of the poor, this policy would need to weaken the buying power of the dollar. At the same time, this policy would need to artificially drive up prices of assets commonly owned by wealthy people such as stocks and real-estate. Fortunately for my plans, I know exactly what policy to use. It’s called “quantitative easing.” Unfortunately for the country, it is exactly what the Federal Reserve is doing right now. Do I think Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernake is an evil man? The short answer is “no.” There is an axiom in philosophy that says “do not attribute to malice that which can be equally attributed to stupidity.” Recently, Bernake announced that the Federal Reserve will begin an indefinite policy of quantitative easing to the tune of $40 billion a month. This means that the federal reserve, the nation’s central banking agency, will each month create $40 billion to purchase mortgage-based financial assets from troubled banks. The idea behind this policy is that by buying mortgagebased assets, the Federal Reserve is relieving banks of these risky assets while simultaneously driving up demand for similar assets. This means stock and real estate prices will be driven up, which is good for investors and the economy. It has worked in the short run.
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When the OU hockey team swept Arkansas last weekend, the program officially began its 10th season of play. This season, the team is a top contender in the American Collegiate Hockey Association (ACHA), but the program has come a long way in the past 10 years. General Manager Larry Donovan founded the program for players from the Oklahoma City and Tulsa areas. “All our [local] kids, when they got a little older, were moving away,” Donovan said. “That was our initial thing was to start a program where our kids locally have a place to play hockey other than going to play juniors someplace else.” Donovan said he knew he wanted to start a program, but the biggest decision was whether to start a college team or a junior league team in Oklahoma City. “ We p l ay e d [ A C H A ] Division II [that first season], and we were very competitive,” Donovan said. “Starting was hard, but once we got the ball rolling, it wasn’t that hard. It just kind of snowballed.” From the start, Donovan knew what he wanted from the program. “We try to follow the same tradition as [OU]: w i n championships, be competitive, win games,” Donovan said. “That’s what we try to emulate. Every year we’ve gotten a little better; we’ve gotten a little more competitive; we play the [toughest] schedule in our division. Those are our goals, and we’re there; now we just have to do the last thing and win a championship.” In t h e 1 0 ye a r s s i n c e Donovan started the program, he has watched his team continue an upward climb to become an elite team in the ACHA year after year.
“Other than being proud, it’s nice when you go in a rink and you represent the University of Oklahoma, and everybody knows who you are, no matter where you go in the country,” Donovan said. “Even when we go to Canada, they know who [OU] is. They know about the football team, about the school and about our competitive hockey program.” Not only has Donovan served as founder and general manager, but he also was the Sooners’ head coach from 2006 to 2008 with a record of 74-22-1, still the best record for a coach in program history. Current head coach Peter Arvanitis first started as an assistant to Donovan when he was coaching. “When I came in, I was Lar r y’s assistant at the time,” Arvanitis said. “It was basically in the infancy of the program. I think it was like the fourth year or so. There were still steps to make, but it was a very well-run program.” After one season as D o n o v a n ’s a s s i s t a n t , A r v a n i t i s m ov e d o n t o professional coaching with the now-defunct Oklahoma City Blazers of the Central Hockey League, a team on which he played for seven seasons. “After [being an assistant coach at OU], I was fortunate enough to go be an assistant at the pro l e v e l ,” Arvanitis said. ”Then [I] saw how a team is run at a professional level; you get to pick up a lot of little things you basically take for granted because other people are doing it.” After taking a few years off from hockey, Arvanitis returned before the start of last season to be the OU coach. “I’ve learned some stuff along the way of how I think a program should be run, and I think we’ve done a good job as a staff of trying to do it,” Arvanitis said. “Are we there yet? No, we’re not. But we’re on the right way to getting where we want to get.” Arvanitis’ assistant, Austin Miller, played for OU for four seasons before moving
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behind the bench last season. “When I was [playing] here, I was like, ‘Why aren’t we doing this, why aren’t we doing that?’” Miller said. “Now, I see how hard it is and how much effort it takes to do things the right way and build a program, and it’s something that so far I’ve enjoyed doing.” Miller believes OU has made a name for itself during its short existence. “I think compared to a lot of programs in the last 10 years, we’ve made some big steps,” Miller said. “A lot of programs in our league have been around for a lot longer than we have, and we’ve definitely made a statement as far as the way to run things.” It’s one thing to be a good club hockey team, but that’s not the ideology within the OU hockey program. “We’re trying to build a program that is comparable to [an NCAA] D-I program, not comparable to your average club program,” Miller said. “To do so, you’ve got to make changes throughout the years, and I think since the first year I got here [as a player], those changes have been in little steps along the way. Right now, I think we’re moving in the right direction.” For Donovan, the program has been personally special. “It went by ver y fast,” Donovan said. “I can’t believe it’s 10 years already. The first three or four years, my son Matthew used to do the stick stuff, and he was young. Just having him on the road trips
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and when we’d go on bus trips, he’d be sleeping under the chairs, so those are good memories.” Matt Donovan is now a top player in the American Hockey League, the feeder league to the NHL. Last season, Matt became the first-ever player born and raised in Oklahoma to play in the NHL when he was called up to the New York Islanders in late April. Aside from the personal m e m o r i e s , D o n o v a n ’s favorite memories of the last 10 years are the big games OU plays. “Beating Penn State [a powerhouse program in the ACHA before making the move to NCAA D-I this season] the first time we played them was huge; that was awesome,” Donovan said. “Going to Penn State last year, awesome. Now they’re an NCAA Division I team, we’re going to go play them again, and I think we’ll be very competitive.” Oklahoma hockey has come a long way in its first 10 years, but the team continues to grow and improve every season.
“We try to follow the same tradition as [OU]: win championships, be competitive, win games.” Larry Donovan OU Hockey General manager
With 15 new players added to this season’s roster from last year, the program looks to make its 10th season one to remember. “Obviously, we’re here to win championships,” Arvanitis said. “We’re not here to be a number-nine or 10 team; that’s not our goal. We told the players, ‘If you think you’re going to come to this program to be average, this [isn’t] the place for you.’ We have a great school, we have a great arena, and I think the program reflects that and the players that we get reflect that.” Carter Baum carterbaum@ou.edu
The local standout from Heritage Hall was named OU’s player of the game following his first collegiate start. Junior wide receiver Kenny Stills picked up where he left off last year and already is averaging about 100 receiving yards per game, including a whopping 13.7 yards per catch. For OU’s running game, it looked like the Sooners would be able to utilize their run game and disrupt the pass rush better with the return of senior running back Dominique Whaley. As the starter through the first three outings, Whaley has 168 rushing yards, averaging 5.6 yards a carry, enough to be third on OU’s total offense list this season. But then, junior running back Damien Williams exploded for 156 yards and five touchdowns on the ground against Florida A&M, giving OU another offensive weapon in its arsenal. But, even with these potential playmakers, the team failed to convert and put points on the board against a quality KSU defense, causing more criticism than congratulations. Tobi Neidy tneidy@gmail.com
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Five bands win chance to play at CAC’s Boomerfest Shannon Borden and Colby Frederick Life & Arts Reporters
Campus Activities Council’s first Oklahoma Creativity Festival kicks off today with the Boomerfest music festival. The line-up includes: Dare We Say, Pioneers, B i g Ju g D o u g , T h e Waymires, The Fuzz and Patrick Vaughn and The Frontiersmen.
Big Jug Doug Jacob Bradshaw will be performing double duty at the inaugural Boomerfest as both DJ Big Jug Doug and as the drummer for fellow competitors The Fuzz. The sophomore advertising major grew up as a musician in Tulsa and started playing drums at his local church at a young age. Bradshaw began his disc jockey career on New Year’s Day 2010. “I was planning a party and was also needing a DJ, but DJs were too expensive, so I thought of the idea of becoming one myself,” he said. He eventually adopted his current stage name, Big Jug Doug. The name comes from a nickname he had in high school based off his middle name, Douglas. The dubstep-loving DJ
said he gets his inspiration from other DJs and artists like Pretty Lights, Diplo, M83, Big Gigantic, Feed Me, Griz and Lecrae. However, he also likes to add in some classic bands, he said, for an old-meetsnew sound. Shannon Borden, shannonborden@ou.edu
The Waymires The Waymires consists of Jon Reynolds (guitar and lead vocals), Ian Elkin (bass) and Bradley Taylor (drums) and will perform at 8 tonight in the Oklahoma Memorial Union’s Meacham Auditorium. “The Facebook
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The Fuzz (left), The Waymires (bottom) and Big Jug Doug (right) will perform at the Boomerfest music festival for students tonight. Boomerfest is part of Campus Activities Council’s inagural Oklahoma Creativity Festival.
The Waymires formed in know about it.” 2010 after the three band members worked together Colby Frederick, Colby.M.Frederick-1@ou.edu in a shoe store. Despite each member’s individual backgrounds and musical styles, the band plays rock See more online music. Visit OUDaily.com “We want to bring a higher for the complete story appreciation to rock and live competition was not only a music, but also to expand music in general,” Taylor oudaily.com/l&a good opportunity to involve our fan base,” said Reynolds, said. “There’s lots of talent our established fans with our an OU graduate. here, and we want people to
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On Wednesday, OU’s School of Drama dedicated a plaque in honor of actress Peggy Dow Helmerich. L a s t y e a r, t h e O U School of Drama changed its name to the Peggy Dow Helmerich School of Drama. At the plaque dedication ceremony, students and faculty gathered to celebrate her and the significance of her friendship with OU. “What a day to celebrate … to have her name attached to this school.” said OU President David Boren. C o n s i d e r i n g O U ’s school of drama is the second-oldest in the nation, Boren said he felt whoever’s name was to be associated with it was an important question to raise “because of the values of the person who bears that name.” “OU is not only one of the best drama schools, but the best supported.” said Rich Taylor, dean of the Weitzenhoffer Family College of Fine Arts. Before the ceremony, 46 drama students were awarded a scholarship. “ T h i s i s a transformational day… [Peggy’s support] is a game changer.” Taylor said. T o m H u s t o n O r r, the school of drama director, explained that OU’s relationship with Helmerich began in 2004
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Patrick Vaughn and his bandmates have known one another since growing up in Yukon, Okla., but their first live show together will be at Boomerfest on Thursday as Patrick Vaughn and the Frontiersmen. Pa t r i c k t h e f i l m a n d media studies senior said he’s excited to be part of the inaugural year of Boomerfest and to be involved in something that he hopes will be a lasting tradition. “I promoted it on Facebook heavily, so it was good to see that all of my statuses, emails and messages paid off,” Vaughn said. “I really appreciate everyone who liked my video and made this possible.” Vaughn described the band’s sound as “Bob Dylan’s grandson who sounds like Bruce Springsteen with all the angst of Bright Eyes.” “Mix in some hopeless romanticism and lead guitar riffs and that sounds like our music – very singer/ s ong wr iter Amer icana, heartland rock,” he said. People can tell the band is obviously having a good time when they perform, band member Kyler Selby said. “We’re all a little goofy, and so when we get together, especially on a stage, that shows,” the sophomore linguistics major said. “We just like to have fun, so playing music is one of the ways we do that.”
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From left to right, Kyler Selby, Ryan Moore, Patrick Vaughn and Gam Hafner of Patrick Vaughn and the Frontiersmen grew up together in Yukon, Okla., but will put on their first live show at Boomerfest on Thursday.
The band will be playing songs off its self-titled EP that was released on the Frontiersmen’s Facebook page and on Reverbernation. com. “My favorite song from my EP is probably “Grace Written Again,” he said. “I like it because it’s really fun to play live and I can always go to a different place when I play it. It’s very significant of my life and the transitions I made personally when I moved from Yukon to Norman. If you listen close, its an autobiography really.” Vaughn said Selby wanted to do something productive over the summer, so they just sat down and wrote and recorded the EP.
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While making the EP, Selby said Vaughn invited him to play together in Boomerfest if he made the cut. “So of course, I said yes, and now we’re here, actually doing it,” Selby said. “We’ve all b e en playing music together here and there for a while now, so we have a chemistry going that feels
good and hopefully sounds good, too.” Though the EP was just released, Vaughn said he’s already writing new songs and plans to release a 10 or 12-song LP by January or February, recorded in a similar do-it-yourself fashion. “Personally, I’m excited to hear my peers play,” he said. “Boomerfest definitely has a lot of variety of sounds, and looking at the Facebook page, I think the student body has already gotten behind Boomerfest.” Emily Hopkins, ehopkins@ou.edu
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when the school of drama put on the play “Harvey.” After searching for a surviving actor from the original film, they found Helmerich, who lived in Tulsa. Helmerich made her film debut in in 1949 in the movie, ”Undertow.” In “Harvey,” she played Miss Kelly, alongside fellow cast member Jimmy Stewart. Throughout her acting career, she appeared in eight feature films. After she met her husband, the two moved to Tulsa. A c c o rd i n g t o a p re s s release, Helmerich is a civic l e a d e r a n d c o m mu n i t y volunteer. The Helmerichs’ support also has been d i s b u r s e d t o t h e Tu l s a campus as well. At the ceremony, Helmerich expressed gratitude in officially being part of the OU family. Peering down into the crowd of her scholarship recipients she said, “It’s more of an honor to see your smiling faces than to be a three-year starlet.” Erica Laub, ericalaub@ou.edu
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