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An OU research team was awarded a four-year $1.9 million grant by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to conduct research one of the most debilitating workplace afflictions in the nation: contact dermatitis.

The Health Sciences Center team is looking at contact dermatitis, specifically irritant contact dermatitis, according to the press release.

Contact dermatitis is a condition where the skin becomes inflamed upon contact with an irritant, usually a caustic chemical. The inflammation is often painful and can require medical attention, according to the press release.

Contact dermatitis is responsible for millions of dollars in health care costs and lost productivity every year, lead research Randy Gallucci said.

According to CDC statistics, contact dermatitis makes up approximately 90 to 95 percent of all occupational skin diseases. Contact dermatitis causes the second-greatest losses in annual productivity, Gallucci said.

“Every occupation is exposed to [contact dermatitis],” Gallucci said. “Workers are exposed to chemicals all the

time, so it is really a lot more prevalent than people think.”

Gallucci, an associate professor of pharmacology and toxicology, is working with four other professors from the Department of Pharmaceutical Studies and a clinician from the Department of Dermatology.

This team will work with the CDC’s National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health and will submit their results after four years for further research.

The team hopes the grant will allow them to learn more about the genetic triggers of the condition, which will, ideally, lead to improved treatment procedures, Gallucci said.

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Pride director gives look into his plans, life Stolarik has big ideas for Pride BLAYKLEE BUCHANAN Managing Editor @blayklee

It’s like the book “Who Moved My Cheese.” That’s what Justin Stolarik said about change.

You can take a few different routes when your cheese gets moved: 1.) My cheese moved, so I need to go find it and get it CHRIS JAMES/THE DAILY back University College freshmen Amelia Schwartz, left, and Jennifer Salvo, right, dance dance during the 2.) My cheese moved; I’m Sugar Bowl halftime on Jan. 2. The Sooners upset Alabama with a 45-31 victory in the Mercedes-Benz going to wait around until it Superdome in New Orleans.

comes back 3.) The cheese moved; I’m going to go seek better cheese.

And that’s what the director of Athletic Bands is doing — seeking better cheese.

Stolarik came to OU with the vision to create a marching band that puts on a show. He made some changes in his first year, like the band’s marching style, which is now a traditional high step. He said the changes were necessary for what he wants to emphasize to the Pride and to

fans: showmanship, his better cheese for OU Athletic Bands. “ It i s ma rc h i n g b a n d — it’s not walking band. I like there to be showmanship from a physical standpoint, from musical selection standpoint, something the crowd sees. When they look at the field, they can see the lines on the field and say, ‘Whoa … that looks like something,’” Stolarik said.

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Professor uses spoons, garden hose to play music Wagner will speak at TEDxOU event KATE BERGUM

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This is the second in a series of Q&A’s leading up to OU’s third annual TEDxOU event, which will take place on Jan. 24 in Oklahoma Memorial Union. This Q&A features OU trombone professor Irvin Wagner, who will speak with the TEDx audience about the function of music in life while showing off his skills on the trombone and a few everyday items that he turns into instruments.

Q: What is your TEDxOU talk about?

A: I’m going to talk about music and how it plays a role in everyone’s life, whether they know it or not. I’ll also talk about the trombone and how it’s the oldest instrument we have in bands and orchestras. In other words, an instrument made of metal and having a slide on it, and it goes back almost a thousand years. None of the other

instruments have that.

They’ve all had some sort of evolutionary process, but not exactly the same as the trombone … I’m going to probably, in an informal way, talk about how to play the trombone a little bit. I usually take a garden hose with me and blow into it like I play my trombone and play a tune.

And the whole thing started, why they asked me, is because I also play another instrument, which are the spoons, like you eat with, and I crack them together like a rhythm …

Q: How did you get involved with the TEDxOU event?

A: I was asked by the people who organized the TED program if I would do my spoons and all that because I think there was somebody in that office who knows my spoon playing and my act, so that’s how it came about.

And then the head of it came and interviewed me, so I told him some of the things I do with the trombone, and more of the history and all that, so I think he decided

trombone with me. I always think music is a great communicator around the world and with every kind of person, across nationalities and cultures and everything. Music is an international and intercultural language, so I try to communicate that warmth to all the people who will be listening to me, both with my words and by demonstrating the playing too.

Q: Have you ever attended a TEDxOU event?

A: No, this will be my first experience with the TED experience. I’m looking forward to it a lot.

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Irvin Wagner, trombone professor, poses for a photo in his office next to a few of his trombones. Wagner will be giving a talk Jan. 24 at TEDxOU.

that would be a good way to go to put that together. But I think it’s really the spoons that they want!

the TED program before, but I’ve done lots and lots of speeches and talks to people. I always try, just like I do with my music, to Q: Do you have any expe- engross them in the whole rience giving presentations process with my speaking similar to the TEDxOU talks? about it, doing and demonA: Well, I’ve never done strating. So I’ll have my

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Q: What is the main thing you hope audience members take away from your talk?

A: That they’d be inspired by the value of music in their lives. For example, I may mention this: Even in the education field, there’s all sorts of studies out about how listening to music and musical training increases the power of the brain by manifold. I always think it’s interesting at OU because President Boren is so

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involved in National Merits, and a very large percentage of the National Merits all have musical backgrounds and even continue in musical things. So it’s a very important part of the educational process …

In a practical sense, nowadays a lot of public schools are getting rid of musical programs and stuff, because they’re trying to cut back and stress math and science. And I think that’s really a big mistake because every young person should be doing more with music, because it helps with the development of their minds and makes their math and science skills a lot better.

Q: The theme for this year’s TEDxOU talk is “Hello World.” How will your presentation relate to this topic?

A: Well, I guess that would be easy to tie mine into.

“Hello world!” It’s music.

It’s been here forever. It’s here to stay, and it’s a part of your life. “Hello World” is great!

Kate Bergum kate.c.bergum-1@ou.edu

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where he worked as assistant director of bands with Mike Leckrone, director of the Marching Band and dire ctor of Bands, and Scott Teeple, conductor of the Wind Ensemble and Concert Band. Stolarik said he received a lot of training from both men, and when the OU job came open, they encouraged him to apply.

The call came a few weeks after Stolarik’s interview in February, when he was in a meeting with the UW band staff at a restaurant working on their big spring show.

“I got a call from Norman, and Mike knew that I was going to be expecting a yes or no call soon, and so I looked at my phone, and I looked up at him, and I smiled, and he smile d, and I said, ‘I have to take this,’” Stolarik said.

It was a yes call, and with that, Stolarik finished his work at UW and moved to Norman.

But Stolarik began his music career much earlier than that. At age six, his parents enrolled him in piano lessons. He started band in fourth grade at his school in a small beach community, East Quogue, on the east side of Long Island, N.Y., where he grew up.

There, Stolarik focused on percussion under a g o o d bu t d e ma n d i ng director.

“It was pretty intense for elementary school band,” he said.

The more serious elementary school band greatly contrasted with his next band experience in middle school. Stolarik was bussed five towns away for school with a band that only had two half-hour rehearsals per week.

Luckily, he moved with his parents to Orlando during the summer after seventh grade.

“Had I not done that and stayed in New York, I probably wouldn’t have majored in music in college. The high school I would have gone to (in New York) didn’t even have a marching band,” Stolarik said.

He became involved in band again because he liked it and because it was something to get him integrated in his new school.

During high school, Stolarik was a drum major of the 420-member band, which is when he started thinking about making something more of his interest in music.

After high school, he went to University of Florida to get his bachelor’s in music education. He played percussion in the studio and played mellophone in the marching band, as well as in the basketball band.

Stolarik also played clarinet in a concert band at U. Florida.

He took up the different

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Justin Stolarik directs the Pride of Oklahoma during a rehearsal last September. The fall semester of 2013 was Stolarik’s first semester as director of the Pride.

instruments because he in small steps, but people a s k i n g t o “ R e s t o re t h e t h o u g h t , a s a t e a c h e r, don’t always see,” he said.

Pride,” the namesake of a This vision is what OU website dedicated to the it’d be best for him to be comfortable on different Regent Max Weitzenhoffer, cause. a member of the band direcinstruments.

D e sp i te t h e cha ng e s, During three of his sum- tor search committee, said Harris said she has enjoyed mers in college, Stolarik set Stolarik apart from other performing under Stolarik played with the Madison candidates. this semester.

“I felt that we could have Scouts drum corps as a tim“It’s been a year of tranpanist in the pit, something a signature band ... a signa- sition, but I’ve been very he attributes to developing ture that’s our own signature happy,” Harris said. and that’s going to take time his musical talent.

She also said Stolarik’s “My ears got really good to develop, and that’s what I openness to change makes in those summers. I think it got from him: that he want- h i m a p p r o a c h a b l e f o r was really beneficial for me,” ed to develop a band that students. was distinctly our band,” he said.

Harris thinks the more W h e n i t wa s t i m e f o r Weitzenhoffer said. theatrical shows have gotten The signature takes time the crowd’s attention, and Stolarik to student-teach in fall 2002, his semester was to develop, but Stolarik said Weitzenhoffer agrees. split between middle school the changes this year are Despite some negative and high school bands, but geared toward getting that feedback from Pride alumhe really took a liking to middle school.

Though he had originally intended to teach, It’s hard because no one trusts you yet when you’re Stolarik decided to new, but it’s one of those things where sometimes go back to you have to have a greater vision that has to move in school. He small steps, but people don’t always see.” lived at home that spr ing JUSTIN STOLARIK, DIRECTOR OF THE PRIDE and worked as a substitute teacher, but focused a lot of his time showmanship and original- ni, Weitzenhoffer said he’s on preparing for graduate ity he hopes for. seen positive reactions to Some of Stolarik’s chang- the band from OU fans. school music auditions.

H e d e c i d e d t o g o t o es were met with disdain “What I have heard and University of Texas–Austin from some Pr ide mem- what I see from people that because it was a good school bers and alumni, one Pride I deal with … the generand cheaper than his other member said. However, she al touchdown club people explained how the change … everyone feels the band option — UW. At UT, Stolarik got an as- has made the Pride’s perfor- is much more energetic,” sistantship with the march- mances livelier.

Weitzenhoffer said.

“He is more into theater ing band. He worked with Above all, Stolarik said his the band for five years and and all of our shows have main focuses are the stugot his master’s and doctor- been very theatrical,” said dents and education. ate degrees in percussion Sarah Harris, advertising ju“I like to take the oppornior and twirler for Pride. performance. tunity, whenever possible, Some OU fans were taken to expose the audience and When Stolarik graduated, he got a job as an as- aback by Stolarik’s changes my students to a wide varisistant band director at to the band’s performance ety of repertoire — some of Henderson State University this year, voicing frustration which they may have never in Arkadelphia, Ark. Then with his changing traditions previously heard or been he applied to be the assis- that had been in place for aware of,” he said. tant director of bands at UW. decades.

That is the cheese Stolarik These changes prompted is seeking.

In all of those experiences, Stolarik developed an Pride alumni and current intense appreciation for members to voice comshowmanship and original- plaints on social media and Blayklee Buchanan ity, which is what he plans to send letters to OU President blayklee@ou.edu David Boren’s action line model the Pride after.

“It’s hard because no one trusts you yet when you’re new, but it’s one of those things where sometimes you have to have a greater vision that has to move

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HUFFING, PUFFING AT E-CIG BAN Our View: Gov. Fallin should reverse e-cigarette ban

and encourage the use of tobacco alternatives.

Thank goodness deadly, heinous water vapor is now banned on Oklahoma state property, including OU’s campus. At least, that must be what the people who inexplicably support Gov. Mary Fallin’s Dec. 23 decision to forbid electronic cigarettes on state Mary property must think.

Fallin Wait, but what danger do e-cigarettes possibly pose? They are tubes that vaporize flavored liquid, typically containing nicotine, which is then inhaled by the user. There are countless flavors to choose from and the e-cigarettes are often reusable with replaceable cartridges. Unlike traditional cigarettes, e-cigarettes do not contain over 4,000 chemicals, many of which are known carcinogens, according to Medical News Today.

The recent explosion in the popularity of e-cigarettes is probably because they are much safer than normal cigarettes. We believe it is unjustifiable to ban a healthier alternative to old-fashioned cancer sticks on state property. It is yet another overstep by Oklahoma’s governor into citizens’ private lives.

Some doctors, such as CBS news chief medical correspondent Dr. Jon LaPook, warn that because e-cigarettes are not regulated by the Federal Drug Administration there is no way to know exactly what chemicals are in the water vapor.

However, many e-cigarette consumers use the device as a way to cut down on smoking, which would reduce any possible side effects that much more, according to a Medical News Today report about the health effects of e-cigarettes.

In fact, “the medical profession and scientists generally agree that e-cigarettes, if they do pose any dangers to health, are much less harmful than

tobacco smoking,” according to the Medical News Today report.

The logic behind banning traditional cigarettes on state property is that passerby should not have to inhale harmful secondhand smoke.

In fact, “approximately 700 deaths in Oklahoma each year are attributable to secondhand smoke exposure,” according to smokefreeok.org.

Other than perhaps smelling the flavored vapor, there is no solid medical basis for Fallin signing an executive order banning e-cigarettes. There is no real threat of secondhand smoke exposure because the e-cigarettes do not produce smoke, just vapor.

Perhaps Oklahomans are not so open-minded about smoking of any kind outside our college town.

However, it seems like we could all bear smelling some fruity vapor if it means more Oklahomans cut back on smoking.

Oklahoma has the 48th highest rate of smoking among the 50 The Our View states, according to a 2010 Centers is the majority for Disease Control and Prevention opinion of report.

The Daily’s Fallin should apologize to eight-member editorial board Oklahomans and reverse her executive order. Banning e-cigarettes on state property disallows anyone who lives or works on state property, including the over 30,000 students enrolled at OU, from using a popular alternative to cigarettes.

Yes, there are nicotine patches and gums, but shouldn’t adult Americans be able to choose which tobacco alternatives they want to use? Fallin should not condemn e-cigarette usage but rather applaud those Oklahomans choosing to use a healthier alternative and cutting back on their tobacco consumption.

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sorry” would suffice.

In the end, whether his statements were correct or not is not the issue. The man stated his opinion. Though the supposed facts he cited were incorrect, he has a constitutional right to say whatever he would like, and Jacqueline Schlasner the public, including his emjschlasner@gmail.com ployer, has the right to react n the past few years, negatively to it. the U.S. has seen more Robertson’s hiatus was than its fair share of cut short. A&E brought him idiotic issues given a spotback for the next season, islight because of the reacsuing a statement that mentions they received online. tioned an apology from his Over the holiday break, family and overstated how Phil Robertson, of “Duck much A&E is dedicated to Dynasty,” lived up to his equality. brand and said some racist, The frenzied, loud homophobic and just plain few who misuse the First ignorant pearls in an interAmendment have been view with GQ magazine. rewarded, both by the atAs a result, A&E made the tention they received and decision, since reversed, to by the incidental outcome, suspend Robertson for his and will remain complacent comments. in their ignorance of the A&E’s move to suspend Constitution they love to Robertson was completely refer to so much. For now, understandable. In the inthey lie in wait, anticipating terview, the “Duck Dynasty” Photo Provided the day they can rise once star made assertions rangThis 2012 photo released by A&E shows, from left, Phil Robertson, Jase Robertson, Si Robertson and Willie Robertson from the A&E series, again from their silence to ing from racist to absurd.

“Duck Dynasty.” Phil Robertson recently caused many people to review their own definitions of freedom of speech after his interview of with GQ claim oppression when the He went on about how next wealthy pseudo-celeb caused him to momentarily get kicked off his show. the Nazis, the Shintoists, uses religion as justification however, Robertson also common cry for the fans of Amendment rights were not government for a redress the Communists and the for promoting his or her own infringed. of grievances.” It does not, Muslims are murderous be- pushed his faith. As a result, low-brow politicians and ideologies and incorrect celebs who have been someThe First Amendment however, guarantee that a cause they don’t have Jesus. Robertson’s supporters beassertions. lieved his suspension was how disgraced by something literally guarantees that, in person is free from the conHe explained how pre-civil We can do better than to only a result of him stating they said in a public forum, particular, “Congress shall sequences of what they say. give this kind of argument so rights African Americans and it has to stop. Not only make no law respecting an This is an amendment were happier. And he mostly his religious beliefs. They much attention. are they quoting the wrong establishment of religion, that allows people with demonstrated the kind of re- took up arms both online text to defend religious exor prohibiting the free exideas to start movements sponse one would expect to and in the media, claiming that change nations. It get from a 63-year-old white that A&E’s move to suspend pression, but they are using ercise thereof; or abridging Jacqueline Schlasner is the star was stomping on the concept of freedom of the freedom of speech, or should never be used as a man living in the woods in a professional writing of the press; or the right of lame attempt to seek pity for graduate student.

Louisiana and making a liv- his First Amendment rights, speech incorrectly. namely freedom of speech.

Since A&E is not the people peaceably to asa mistake a person has made ing selling duck calls.

This has become a Congress, Robertson’s First semble, and to petition the when a well-publicized “I’m Throughout the interview,

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Arguments will erupt if you aren’t willing to compromise and work alongside the people you care about.

Sticking close to home and pursuing education and self-improvement will bring the highest returns. Love will conquer all.

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ARIES (March 21-April 19) -- Avoid temptation. Overspending or excessive behavior will cause stress and worry. Concentrate on what you can do for others and how you can better build relationships with important people.

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GEMINI (May 21-June 20) -- Keep talking until you get your point across. Your ideas are good, and your ability to bring about change will enable you to make a difference.

CANCER (June 21-July 22) -- Control your emotions and protect your relationships with others. Anger is the enemy, and common sense your ally. Build a solid base and choose quality over quantity.

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VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) -Network, share your thoughts and show your strengths. Speak from the heart and present what you have to offer with clarity and persistence.

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LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23) -- You’ll be criticized if you don’t finish what you start. Take a stance, even if you don’t feel prepared. Decisive action will help you overcome a stalemate.

SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 22) -Complete anything that has been left undone. An unusual change at home will turn out to be a creative and fruitful choice. Follow the path less traveled.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 23-Dec. 21) -- You may be anxious to make a financial move, but proceed with caution. Revisit what’s happened in the past and make adjustments to avoid making the same mistake twice.

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Tony Beaulieu, life & arts editor Luke Reynolds, assistant editor dailyent@ou.edu • phone: 405-325-3666 oudaily.com/life&arts • Twitter: @OUDailyArts

new music tuesday

Sharon Jones keeps it funky in 2014 with fiery new album life & arts columnist

Keaton Bell kildebell@ou.edu

W

hen contemporary artists’ whole craft is to recreate the work and or feel of a past era, the results can be a bit mixed.

Performers such as Michael Buble and Harry Connick Jr. have built their careers off their attempts to be 21st century versions of crooners like Frank Sinatra or Dean Martin. But listening to their music, it never seems like more than just an act to recreate a bygone era.

All the more reason to be thankful for performers such as Sharon Jones & The Dap Kings. Ever since their debut disc, “Dap Dippin’ with Sharon Jones and the Dap Kings,” was released in 2002, Jones and her crew have sounded like something straight out of the 70’s funk scene. This is partly attributable to the fact that they shun modern digital recording methods in favor of using traditional analog recording equipment.

On their newest release, “Give The People What They Want,” Jones and her crew are in their finest form. Opening tracks “Retreat!” and “Stranger To My Happiness” are crackling pieces of Motown that really power through on the strength of Jones’ signature scratchy vocals.

Borrowing from a number of popular 1960s and 1970s soul/funk music tropes, the albums covers

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Sharon Jones and the Dap Kings’ “Give the People What They Want,” is a funky, soulful throwback that doesn’t feel derivative.

everything from doo-wop girl-groups—“Get Up and Get Out”—to funky dance numbers—“Now I See.” Jones and her crew are a prime example of the revivalist movement of music, in this case trying to capture the true essence of funk/ soul music without trying to simply imitate it. And looking at “Give The People What They Want,” they definitely achieve that, for better or worse.

The only problem being, five albums in, their whole reinvigoration of the funk genre is not as fresh as it seemed in the beginning of their career. With their first few albums, Sharon Jones & The Dap Kings made what was old seem suddenly new and fresh again.

On this newest release, they manage to pull off their feat of recreating the past without appearing stale or imitative. The only

question is, from here, how far can you go when your musical goal is to recreate the sounds of the past?

But if that sounds cynical, it is hard to complain too much about recreating the past when Jones and her crew make it sound so funky and addicting, especially on the album’s latter half. Jones truly shines on tracks such as “Long Time, Wrong Time” and “Get Up And Get Out,” which don’t

just shed a light onto the musical past but into Jones’ present, with lyrics about taking ownership over her romantic choices.

And even music fans not particularly keen on soul music can appreciate the album’s scorching “People Don’t Get What They Want.” A protest song against social inequality, its vicious guitar line and blaring horns compliment Jones’ fiery vocals. This one

track alone sums up what Sharon Jones And The Dap Kings’ whole act is about: recreating the past while breathing passionate new life into it.

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Keaton Bell is a University College freshman.

life

Spring semester brings news ways to get involved Student groups offer chances to get involved Sarah Pitts

Life & Arts Reporter

The change of classes and routines that come with the new semester at OU will open up new involvement opportunities for students this spring.

Different campus clubs and organizations are welcoming new members to help work on future campus projects.

Campus Activities Council applications are c u r re nt l y av a i l a b l e f o r Vice Chair, CAC Crew and Executive Committee positions for events and activities next fall. This is an opportunity to get involved with CAC Oklahoma Creativity Festival, CAC Homecoming

More Info Where to go to get involved Campus Activities Council: cac.ou.edu Union Programming Board: ou.edu/upb Student Film Production Club: cas. ou.edu/film-club

“Just because it’s spring semester doesn’t mean that there isn’t still time to get integrated into a club that could potentially love.”

Britni harris, OU Student film production club president

and CAC University Sing according to the CAC website.

There are also plenty of activities to participate in this semester, such as Winter Welcome Week, CAC College Bowl, Soonerthon, CAC Mom’s Day and CAC Sooner Scandals. The council is also planning on having an open house similar to the one in the fall to help new students get involved, said public relations chair KatieBeth Gardner.

“This is the easiest way to get involved in CAC and encourages students to utilize their talents and skills in a setting outside of the classroom while having a great time making new friends and memories,” Gardner said.

The Union Programming Board is also welcoming to new members this semester.

Meetings are at 9 p.m. every

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Students pass outside the Oklahoma Memorial Union Monday afternoon. Many campus organizations call the Union home, including the Union Programming Board.

other week to talk about upcoming events and volunteer opportunities. The best way to get involved is to come to a meeting or look at the UPB website, said UPB President Amber Elkins.

Students can be as involved as little or as much as they want, Elkins said.

T h e S t u d e n t F i l m Production Club is also planning a busy semester that will include hosting a 24-Hour Film Blitz, making a club commercial, producing a script chosen from a screenwriting competition and hosting the annual Red Bud Film Festival.

“Just because it’s spring semester doesn’t mean that there isn’t still time to get

integrated into a club that you could potentially love,” SFP C President Br itni Harris said. Harris encourages interested students to attend meetings for more information.

Opportunities are opening up around campus, and now is the time to explore and get involved. These are only a few of the options students have to get involved with organizations

this year. A more comprehensive list of students groups can be found on the Student Life website.

Sara Pitts s.elizabethpitts@ou.edu

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SPORTS

Julia Nelson, sports editor Joe Mussatto, assistant editor dailysports@ou.edu • phone: 405-325-3666 oudaily.com/sports • Twitter: @OUDailySports

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Men’s Basketball Men’s Basketball

Sooners reach AP ranking for the first time since 2009 The OU men’s basketball team is ranked in the AP Top 25 after an upset of the then-No. 8 Iowa State Cyclones on Saturday. This is the first time the program has been ranked since 2009.

OU is currently tied at No. 25 with UCLA, with each team receiving 103 points.

Currently, OU is still unranked in the USA Today Coaches Poll, but only three teams separate OU and a ranking in both polls.

The Sooners will travel to Manhattan, Kan. to take on Kansas State Tuesday night, and will travel to Waco, Texas to take on the 12th-ranked Baylor Bears this weekend. The games will be televised Lon on ESPN 2 and ESPN, respectively.

Kruger Under previous head coach Jeff Capel, the program was a mess of violations and underperformance. Under the watch of coach Lon Kruger, the program is a contender in the Big 12 and runs one of the most exciting offenses in the country.

Ryan Gerbosi

Women’s gymnastics

Oklahoma gets No. 1 ranking following its first meet

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Freshman guard Isaiah Cousins guards Kansas State’s top player, Rodney McGruder, in OU’s 52-50 loss in Norman last season. Cousins finished the game with 6 points, 2 assists and 1 steal. The Sooners’ defense held McGruder to 7 points and forced Kansas State to commit 10 turnovers.

Newly-ranked Sooners to take on Kansas State OU will travel to play defenseminded Wildcats Ryan Gerbosi

Men’s Basketball Reporter @RyanGerbosi

After an upset against high-scoring and previously unbeaten Iowa State on Saturday, OU will face a different challenge against Kansas State.

The No. 25 Sooners are ranked for the first time since 2009 after the big win against No. 8 Iowa State, hitting the road to face the Wildcats and the top-ranked defense in the Big 12.

Kansas State (12-4, 2-1) has allowed just 59.8 points per game this season thanks to a slow, deliberate tempo.

But Oklahoma (13-3, 2-1) is the epitome of high-energy offense, scoring a leaguehigh 87 points per game.

“They’ve hung their hat on doing a terrific job defensively,” OU coach Lon Kruger said of Kansas State, his alma mater. “Their offensive possessions can be a little longer and patient so it’s a different style than we’ve seen.”

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hasn’t seen much slowpaced play and Kansas State will look to keep the pace down with OU, but that shouldn’t stop what his players are trying to do on the offensive side.

“They know we want to go, so they’ll encourage them to frustrate us a little bit more,” Kruger said. “We’ve got to be disciplined and stay with longer possessions defensively but when we do get it we still want to do the same thing offensively.”

Kansas State has struggled on offense, scoring a conference-low 67.2 per game, but Buddy Hield, a sophomore guard for OU, said the Sooners need to “lock up” defense to beat the Wildcats. “ Teams who have not been producing very often have produced on offense [against OU] because we’ve allowed them to,” Hield said.

“They’re more physical than us so we need to go in there and compete.”

The Sooners’ defense has started to light up in recent games, producing some key stops late in games against Texas and Iowa State. “ We h a d s o m e g o o d stretches in the second half,” Hield said. “I think we’re

The OU women’s gymnastics team rose from No. 3 to No. 1 in the national rankings this weekend after their first meet of the season.

The Sooners were helped by a 197.700 score in their meet against the Georgia Gym Dogs on Friday night, the nation’s highest overall score throughout the weekend.

LSU earned the No. 2 spot with a 197.200, followed by Alabama and Florida. The Sooners will face all three schools this season.

OU took the nation’s top score on three of the four events, and came in at No. 3 on uneven bars. The team benefited from outstanding individual performances and had 16 individual rankings, more than any other school.

Madison Mooring, Taylor Spears and Rebecca Clark are tied for the nation’s No. 1 spot on balance beam after posting identical 9.925 scores on Friday night.

Sophomore Haley Scaman also tied the No. 2 ranking for floor and vault with 9.95 routines on both.

The Sooners look to uphold their ranking at 6:45 p.m. on Friday against conference foe Iowa State here in Norman.

Graham Dudley

AT A GLANCE Men’s Basketball •The No. 25 Sooners will play Kansas State at 6 p.m. tonight in Manhattan, Kan. •The game is televised on ESPN 2 Source: Soonersports.com

getting better as a group. We have guys that can guard, we just need the effort to guard.”

By being active on defense, Hield said the team is getting back to its roots and what it does best.

“We’re so athletic and we don’t even use it,” Hield said.

“We’re getting back to our old selves and doing what we want to do and stop trying to try things.”

Getting back to their old selves might be the key for Oklahoma, who finally cracked the AP Poll after upsetting Iowa State. After the trip to Manhattan, Kan., the Sooners have their biggest test yet on the road against Baylor on Saturday.

Ryan Gerbosi rgerbosi@ou.edu

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