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1994 TO 2011

Boren marks milestone Boren’s term 2nd-longest in OU history

It pays to stay for university president

Infrastructure, investment highlight 16 years of former senator’s tenure as university head

Regents award Boren $500,000 in gifts for services to university

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1994 was a year of monumental change for David Boren and his wife, Molly. After 16 years in Washington, D.C., the couple decided to leave the U.S. Senate and return home to Oklahoma. It was also a year of monumental change for the University of Oklahoma, which had been facing administrative turmoil and a lack of continuity in leadership. Many believed Oklahoma-native David Boren was the answer to the university’s problems. On April 27, 1994 the OU Board of Regents unanimously approved him as OU’s 13th president. Today, Boren becomes OU’s second longestserving president, behind only George Lynn Cross, who was president for 25 years, from 1943 to 1968. Many of Boren’s friends and colleagues credit the university’s successes over the last 16 years to his vision and goals. “I think this is a time period people know is a special time,” said Joe Harroz, College of Law dean. “After he’s left, I think this time period will be known as one of the most transformational times in the history of OU.” Boren said his decision to leave Washington, D.C., was not an easy one, but he felt he could make a difference in Oklahoma, the state that selected him to serve as a Rhodes Scholar, in the Legislature, as Governor and as U.S. Senator. “Oklahoma’s given me everything in my life, and there comes a season when you want to give back in a different way,” Boren said. OU Provost Nancy Mergler was Honors Program director when Boren decided to return to Oklahoma. “To have someone of his caliber ... come and help the university was very exciting to all of us,” Mergler said. “We thought it may be scary because we knew that he would expect the very best from us and set a high standard.” From Boren’s first day as president on Nov. 17, 1994, he set out to establish students as the center of the university. “I love our students, and that’s the reason I’m here,” Boren said. “It’s central to everything. I have to deal with budgets and raising money, the Legislature and public officials, but I’m really here because I want to invest my life in the next

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OU President David Boren stands on Owen Field before the OU-Air Force football game Sept. 4. As of today, Boren is the second-longest serving president of the university.

“I love our students. I used to think I was a father figure and now I think of myself as a grandfather.” — President David Boren

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President David Boren will continue to receive yearly contributions from private donors totalling five years as incentive for his continued service to OU, according to the OU Regents’ legal counsel. Boren will receive $500,000 in gifts spread across $100,000 yearly increments, Anil Gollahalli, legal counsel to the OU Regents, said. The gift is titled the “David L. Boren Presidential Chair” and was created by the regents on June 24, 2009, as part of the OU Foundation, according to a meeting agenda. OU Regent Tom Clark was party to the creation of the Presidential Chair and characterized it as a Christmas gift. Although he contributed financially to the endeavor, Clark said he was not aware of the identities of other donors or how much had been raised. He said he was not aware $500,000 was the total to be raised, but that there were certainly donors in the state capable of contributing that sum. Catherine Bishop, vice president for public affairs, was contacted regarding the president’s acceptance of private donations through the OU foundation. “The OU Board of Regents took action in a public meeting in June 2009 to thank President Boren for his years of service to the University of Oklahoma as well as to show their appreciation for his contributions in establishing OU as a pacesetter among public higher education and to incentivize the President’s continued service,” Bishop said in an e-mail. Gollahalli emphasized the legitimacy of the arrangement, saying it

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Volunteer organization to host State of the Union watch party Students can enjoy dinner and cake while at a State of the Union watch party at 6:30 tonight in Oklahoma City. Nino’s Mexican Restaurant is hosting the event provided by the volunteer organization Change Oklahoma. Participants must pay for the dinner before the speech begins. Following dinner, the group will watch the address and cake will be provided. “It’s just a get together for people interested in what the president is going to say,” Change Oklahoma chairwoman Susan McCann said. The group also will discuss plans for a re-election campaign for President Barack Obama in Oklahoma, Cleveland County and surrounding areas. Change Oklahoma also had a State of the Union watch event last year. This is its first event of the year and the organization will continue to have events throughout the year. Students interested in attending or seeking more information can contact McCann at 405-203-7544. — Sarah Martin/The Daily

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Student organizations often don’t prioritize their websites because of the high costs of maintenance and design. Some groups choose to develop their own sites, while others turn to social networking sites to update members. OU.edu domain names are free to student organizations and most student groups develop their websites without having to hire a webmaster, said Melanee Hamilton, Web Communications associate

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vice president. “UOSA is a good example of [an organization] that just used a template,” Nick Key, OU Information Technology spokesman said. Organizations may leave their sites unchanged for long periods of time because other issues take priority, Hamilton said.

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Some organizations, like the Society of Exploration ONLINE AT OUDAILY.COM Geophysicists, spend their budget hosting activities for » Link: View of list of club members rather than active student organizations hiring a webmaster, said Oswaldo Davogustto, society president. begun working with com“We usually bring like six puter software they already or seven speakers a semester possess, Davogustto said. to talk to students, so it is betWeb content through ter for us using the money on ou.edu sites is not actively that than just paying a web- edited by OU, but left up to master to maintain a web- the organization, Hamilton site,” Davogustto said. said. Unless a problem is The society has a website, reported, organizations are but it hasn’t been updated free to update their websites since 2004. Davogustto said with content of their chooshe hopes to have it updated ing whenever necessary. by the end of the month. Some use ou.edu domain In order to update its site without hiring a webmaster, the society’s members have SEE WEB PAGE 2

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Today around campus » Tickets for the Pink and Black Ball are on sale 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. in the Union’s main lobby. » Christians on Campus are holding a free Bible study at 12:45 p.m. in the Union’s Weitzenhoffer Room. » OU Student Life will present a free seminar titled “Connecting on Campus” from 3 to 4 p.m. in Wagner Hall, Room 245.

Wednesday, Jan. 26 » Tickets for the Pink and Black Ball are on sale 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. in the Union’s main lobby. » Latin Americanist Lunch will be noon to 1:30 p.m. in Hester Hall, Room 160. » Christians On Campus will hold a Bible study 12:30 to 1:15 p.m. in the Union’s Traditions Room. » Women’s basketball will play Texas A&M at 7 p.m. in Lloyd Noble Center. » The athletics department will offer a seminar entitled “Setting and Achieving Your Goals” from 4 to 5 p.m. in Wagner Hall, Room 245. » The OU Animal Volunteer Alliance will hold their first meeting of the semester from 7 to 8 p.m. in the Oklahoma Memorial Union, President Room.

Thursday, Jan. 27 » Young Choreographers’ Showcase begins at 8 p.m. in the Reynolds Performing Arts Center. » Tickets for the Pink and Black Ball are on sale 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. in the Union’s main lobby. » The “Welcome Back to Science and Engineering” meeting is 7:30 to 9:30 p.m. in the Union’s Beaird Lounge. The event will inform students about Alpha Sigma Kappa, Women in Technical Studies and the Triangle Fraternity. » A research librarian will be available to help students with research questions 1 to 3 p.m. in Wagner Hall, Room 280. » Gail Christenson, from the University of Texas, will give a lecture titled “The Chicxulub Structure: What an Impact!” from 3:30 to 5 p.m. in Sarkeys Energy Center, Room A235. » The Society of Portuguese Speakers will hold its first meeting of the semester 6 to 7 p.m. in the Union’s Crimson Room.

» This day in OU history

Jan. 25, 1956 Army lieutenant reports for coaching duties Eddie Crowder, OU’s All-American quarterback in 1952, was hired to replace Pete Elliott as assistant football coach at OU. Crowder, 24 at the time and a second lieutenant in the army, was released from service and reported to Oklahoma immediately. Crowder had previous coaching experience as the backfield coach for Col. Earl Blaik’s Army team. Cadets tour Florida Air Force base This day in 56 Air Force ROTC cadets returned from a three-day training tour on Palm Beach Air Force base. The group traveled to Florida under the OU Air Force ROTC long-range flight and base-visitation program. Participants had an opportunity to talk with pilots and observe actual flight procedures. In addition to the tour of the base, the cadets got to tour surrounding cities. Women named in child-trafficking case Mary Jane Dunning and Myrtle Hurd of Norman were named in a testimony regarding the operation of a maternity home in which pregnant women and their new born babies were shuttled to the Oklahoma-Texas border at night and the children were sold in interstate commerce. — Source: The Oklahoma Daily archives

names, while others link to their organization’s national chapter. A few groups are turning to Facebook in an effort to save money and easily impart information to members. The Redliners, an a cappella singing club, use Facebook to inform members of necessary information. Redliners secretary Lydia Sexton is responsible for maintaining the site. Their website is updated at the beginning of every semester and subsequent updates are made for upcoming auditions, gigs and activities, said Sexton, English literary and cultural studies junior. “We update whenever we are having auditions or gigs, or things that we want people to know about, or whenever we

GIFTS: Boren receives $100,000 annual award Continued from page 1 constituted authorized compensation voted upon by the OU Regents, that control over the contributions received from private donors rested with the OU Regents and they decide whether Boren receives these sums. The Daily has submitted an open record request seeking full disclosure of all donors and any university contracts with these donors or with any companies they own, work for, or have financial interests in. It is the policy of the university and the foundation not to disclose any information pertaining to donors, Gollahalli said. Gollahalli said many donors may not want their identities revealed to the public, and the university must respect those wishes to protect the institution’s future fund-raising

Student Congress debates emergency funds Undergraduate Student Congress will discuss emergency student organization funding and electionboard compensation tonight during its first meeting of the semester. Overall, five student organizations are asking for emergency funds, with allotments totalling $1,660. The student groups are the Black Law Student Association, the Graduate Philosophical Association, the Animation Society, the Art Museum Ambassadors and the Oklahoma Cycling Club. This is the sixth emergency allocation act since the beginning of the academic year. Congress also at discuss compensation for the spring election chair and board members. The election chair for the upcoming elections is Michael Upkong, who will be compensated $200 for his services. The board of three members, Tyler Nunley, Aaron Tyler and Carrie Miller-Deboer, will each receive $40. The meeting will occur at 7 tonight in the Oklahoma Memorial Union’s Regents Room. For more information, visit OUDaily.com. — Kathleen Evans/The Daily

capacity. Gollahalli noted the OU Regents were responsible for approving all contracts and said the president was not aware of the identities of the donors and indicated Boren had specifically instructed his staff not to tell him. Tripp Hall, vice president for development, also said Boren does not know where the donations come from. He said the OU Regents created the position to honor President Boren’s service and provide an incentive for his continued service. “A private fund-raising campaign was established to be funded by private gifts with proceeds held by the OU Foundation,” Hall said in an e-mail. “I have never divulged the names of the donors to that account and President Boren has made it very clear that he does not ever want to know those names.”

get videos from our performances I put them up,” Sexton said. Sexton said not paying for a webmaster allows the club to fund T-shirt printing and present performances at no cost to the general public. The Pro-Life Ambassadors don’t have a website because of the cost of hiring a webmaster and the amount of effort it takes to keep a website updated. “It costs to make a website look good, and if we were to have one we wouldn’t want a sub-par site,” said Jared Haines, Pro-Life Ambassadors president. Creating a website is on the group’s to-do list, but it isn’t a top priority, said Haines, philosophy and economics senior. Though the group does use Facebook, Haines said he isn’t convinced that the benefits of owning a domain name and hiring a paid webmaster outweigh the costs.

Young Choreographers Showcase opens Thursday The OU School of Dance Young Choreographers’ Showcase will open at 8 p.m. Thursday in the Reynolds Performing Arts Center. For more than 25 years, the Young Choreographers’ Showcase has provided an opportunity for emerging talents to present original choreographic works. The 2011 program is under the guidance of showcase coordinators and School of Dance faculty members Steve Brule and Holly Schmidt and OU School of Dance Director Mary Margaret Holt. “All of our students are interested in performing, of course, but developing an interest in choreography is really taking their experience in the arts to the next step,” Holt said. About 18 students tried out for the showcase, with half being chosen. The presenting choreographers are undergraduates Adryan Moorefield, Brianna Anderson, Terra Easter, Molly Jackson, Chris Frazier, Claire Brunelli, Mario Romero and Brett Young and graduate student Kerri Lambert. The various works range greatly in style, influence and design and display the skills of 40 OU dancers. “My piece has a lot of abstracted gestural movements,” said Romero, modern dance senior. “It’s got a lot of arabesque lines and different classical elements to it with the upper body being in different positions. It would be considered modern but with a contemporary ballet flair to it.” Tickets can be retrieved from the fine arts box office in Catlett Music Center from 11:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Monday through Friday or by calling 405-325-4101. — Emily Hopkins/The Daily

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THOSE CLOSE TO THE PRESIDENT “When I was a student at OU, I didn’t know who our president was. I could tell you the name, but there wasn’t a priority at the presidential level of wanting to get to know students, wanting to be a part of the student community and building that family. That’s one thing I really appreciate about what he’s done.” — Clarke Stroud, vice president for Student Affairs

“We have had a renewed sense of purpose, vigor and excitement ... even if there’s temporary issues like budget, we have a collective purpose. He’s a phenomenal leader with vision. ... He’s full of ideas and excitement and cares so deeply about creating the next generation of articulate citizens for the state, country and world.” — Provost Nancy Mergler

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A CLOSER LOOK AT BOREN generation.” Though he wasn’t always employed as a teacher, Boren always found ways to impart knowledge to younger generations. During his years on Capitol Hill, Boren’s summer interns attended weekly lectures and discussions, met with powerful leaders and wrote papers. Harroz was one of Boren’s summer interns and said it was an invaluable experience, one PHOTO PROVIDED that helped him change from OU President David Boren and former U.S. medical school to law school. President George H.W. Bush prepare for May 1997 Since coming to OU, Boren commencement ceremonies where Bush spoke. has taught American federal government to undergraduate students. This semester marks the first time during his tenure at OU that Boren is not teaching, a sabbatical he is using to redo his lesson plans. “I don’t want to be some distant figure, I want to be part of the family and I want to be in the classroom,” Boren said. Upon his arrival, Boren said DAILY ARCHIVES he was faced with a “daunting During his first day as OU’s president on Nov. 17 1994, David challenge” due to “deterioraBoren visits with student leaders in his Evans Hall office. His DAILY ARCHIVES tion of the university over time day began with a 7:30 a.m. breakfast for administrators and President David Boren makes his first phone call as because we had not had contiended with a President’s Leadership Class dinner at Boyd OU’s 13th president Nov. 17, 1994 in his Evans Hall nuity of leadership.” House. office. He said the campus morale was low and the university felt divided. There had been diviConocoPhilips Student Leadership Wing sions amongst the OU Board of Regents and to allow all student organizations to work no one had pride in the university. He wanted together and encourage collaboration in people to believe OU was a great place. One programming. of his first initiatives was meant to highlight “There was not a sense of community at OU’s past with the addition of historic markers OU before the Borens got here ... The sense of President David Boren is well known for and photographs in campus buildings and the community is one of the most important legabeing president of OU for 16 years and for rebirth of traditions like the OU Chant, homecies he’s brought to OU,” said Clarke Stroud, being a former senator of Oklahoma, but coming and Sooner Yearbook. vice president for Student Affairs, who credits some may not know that President Boren is Another of Boren’s most notable contribuBoren with all of his success at OU. a country-music fan. tions is the transformation of the landscape One of Boren’s initial goals was to help OU and campus community. come alive intellectually by creating cen“I love American folk music because it For people to thrive and succeed it is importers of discourse such as the Honors College, expressed very deep emotions and values tant for students, faculty and staff to have beau- Writing Center and the Center for the Creation about what our country should be,” Boren tiful spaces to be proud of and feel comfortable of Economic Wealth. These programs, in adsaid. in, the Borens have said. dition to increased abilities to study abroad, President Boren is also a big fan of They transformed the landscaping, placed discussion-based book clubs and the creation benches throughout campus and added statof degree programs such as religious studcountry music. He attributes most of his ues. They restored buildings to their original ies, are reasons Boren thinks students are so love for country music to his family. architecture and have continued to build in the successful. Boren’s aunt Mae Axton wrote the song Cherokee Gothic style. Inside buildings they “I think it’s safe to say the caliber of the stu“Heartbreak Hotel” and Boren’s first cousin created conversation nooks, making it easy for dent has increased exponentially in terms of Hoyt Axton wrote “Jeremiah was a Bullfrog.” students to sit and talk and repreparedness and their level of “Country music is so much about life, stored fixtures and furniture to intellect,” said Stroud, a 1990 “I DON’T WANT TO BE their original state. graduate. and the way life really is,” said Boren. “The SOME DISTANT FIGURE, I One of the largest renovaBoren’s colleagues believe he pathos of life, but also, the sort of humor WANT TO BE PART OF THE tion projects occurred at the has taught them invaluable leadabout life. I love stories, and I love the FAMILY AND I WANT TO BE Oklahoma Memorial Union, ership skills and serves as a good IN THE CLASSROOM.” stories in country music.” which had been taken over by role model for students. — DAVID BOREN Boren also noted that country music administrative offices and was “I hope that, having watched rarely frequented by students. his leadership style, we have does an excellent job of capturing the irony Harroz said the Borens’ focus learned many, many lessons that of life. He said, “I have always felt that God on landscaping and campus beauty is a prime will sustain us into the future,” Mergler said. was an ironist because so many ironic example of the potential OU had, but hadn’t “No one of us is essential to the university. But things end up happening, and country harvested prior to 1994. the collective whole, we are never going to music sort of captures a lot of that.” “[When the Borens came] there were existing stop.” buildings with potential, and we had grass, but Although Boren has eight years to go before — Carmen Forman/The Daily they transformed it. If you look at it now, things he’ll surpass George Lynn Cross, today’s mileare flourishing,” Harroz said. “The landscaping stone encourages him to keep dreaming and impacts ... every area of the university.” executing new projects, he said. Creating a comfortable space was only one As long as he is healthy mentally and physipart of creating a community, something David cally — Boren rides his stationary bike 10 miles and Molly Boren focused on. every day and does pilates — he’ll come to “I thought we were losing our sense commu- work. nity as a country and ... the best way to create “My intention is to stay,” he said. “... I always During OU President David Boren’s first day in this is to start with the next generation,” Boren laugh and say they’ll have to carry me out office, he met with student leaders for lunch at said. someday.” the cafeteria. He stopped allowing students to self-select He has no intention of retiring soon, he said. suitemates and hallmates in the residence halls “I will know that President Boren is ready to To celebrate today’s milestone, the president and encouraged diversity. retire the morning he wakes up and doesn’t will dine with student leaders at 11:30 a.m. at “I wanted people to live with those unlike talk to me about a new project that he’s thought Couch Restaurants. themselves,” he said. up overnight,” Molly Boren said. “He still has so He established the 15,000-foot many projects he wants to accomplish.”

Boren roots himself in country music

“The most important example in which [the Borens] have given all of us is not forgetting where you came from and preserving your roots.” — Tripp Hall, vice president for development

“He’s never been happier. This is what he loves and it’s his calling.” — Joe Harroz, College of Law dean

“Not only do we want to provide the best education to the students, we also want to send out good citizens, not only in our own country but all over the world.” — Molly Shi Boren, President Boren’s wife

“I think other than marrying my wife, it’s the best decision I ever made and certainly the most satisfying time of my life ... I don’t begrudge any year I spent in public service and the political arena but I still don’t think it compares to the satisfaction and reward of being with students.” — David Boren, OU President

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Thank you, Mr. President

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Today marks a milestone in President David Boren’s career. First off, we would like to see greater transparency in OU’s He is now the second-longest serving OU president, and his administration. As it stands, almost any information on adachievements have been nothing short of remarkable. ministrative issues must be obtained through the Open No one has done more to restore a sense of community to Records office, which won’t produce anything for students the campus than Boren. When he returned to OU in 1994 as unless documents exist pertaining specifically to the request. president, students had forgotten the many traditions and Furthermore, too many administrators refuse to comment chants we take for granted in everyday campus life. He spear- on even the most basic issues without obtaining some kind headed the renovation of campus buildof official approval. ings and landscaping, making the campus Another important issue Boren must a beautiful place to come and learn. focus on is gender-blind initiatives. For The work of a leader is Thriving student involvement in campus years, student groups such as Students for a never done, and there Democratic Society and OU Gay, Lesbian, activities and events developed as a result are a few areas that of the ConocoPhilips Student Leadership Bisexual, Transgender and Friends have we encourage Boren Wing, and initiatives such as the Center for lobbied for gender-blind housing arrangethe Creation of Economic Wealth are trainments, but a decision to implement such arto pay attention to ing students to become innovative and enrangements rests ultimately with Boren and and champion at OU trepreneurial leaders of the future. the OU Board of Regents. in the coming years.” Boren has also put OU on the map for Boren’s last remarks on gender-blind iniits study abroad programs. Because of his tiatives weren’t encouraging when he said in service in the Senate and as the longest-serving chairman of February 2010 that he didn’t see OU making any advancethe Senate Intelligence Committee, Boren brings important ments in this area simply because, “We live in the state of policymakers and intellectuals to campus, giving students in- Oklahoma.” However, Undergraduate Student Congress valuable insight into national and global politics. voted unanimously in support of such an initiative last year, None of the leaps in the quality of campus life and academ- indicating that students recognize the need for such a change ic excellence during the past 16 years could have happened on campus. without Boren, and for this we would like to say thank you. We have faith that Boren will hear the students on these However, we would be remiss not to give suggestions to issues, and we can’t wait to see what he has in store for the continue OU’s succes. The work of a leader is never done, and university next. there are a few areas that we encourage Boren to pay attention to and champion at OU in the coming years. Comment on this column at OUDaily.com

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Anonymity in modern relations Our generation must have some phobia about saying STAFF COLUMN both names aloud. This supremely useful Gerard Keiser species of noun, its fancifully derived variations spread through the continents and the centuries, is seldom heard on today’s campus; aggressively invasive strains of casualism began to alter its habitat in the 1960s, and have now made much of its former range inhospitable to it; the things must now live a dull and mostly silenced existence on Facebook pages and news channels and stacks of forms, or when speaking of President Barack Obama and other disagreeable characters. Yet the continued life of these creatures is vital if the social environment is to have the greatest possible health. By giving both names during an introduction, you give a means of identification, a label by which you can be known with some degree of certainty; with only a first name, you might be one among millions. Consider two scenarios: “Hey, do you know any Letters majors named Paul?” “You mean the guy who got arrested last year when some drunk engineers pulled off his pants?” “What? Uh, well, maybe, he’s sort of tall…” And five minutes later you think you might be talking about the same guy, but you’re not quite sure. As opposed to: “Do you know Paul Pennyfeather?” “Yeah, he’s in one of my classes. How do you know him?” Somebody could just ask for your last name; at a first introduction, however, the time when one would most likely remember to do so, it seems nosey and impolite. Instead, one is forced to either ask someone else, wait for a few meetings and then claim to not remember it, or creepily look it up on a class roster. It can come quite easily along with contact information, but not always, and we all have crowds of distant friends and vague acquaintances, whom we would nevertheless like to recognize should we see their names printed on a piece of paper somewhere. And why, in most normal social situations, would you deliberately withhold your surname in the first place from

anyone who isn’t plainly unpleasant? What madness was it that reversed generations of tradition, making us think we need more knowledge and familiarity before we can be on a last-names basis with our friends, and forgetting the divine counsel to let the last be first? Two seconds is all it usually takes, five or 10 if it needs to be spelled, and the population of stalkers and serial killers is still quite low enough that an unwelcome friend request is the worst that can reasonably be expected. Accordingly, the authority of Miss Manners tells us that our behavior is really quite rude, and also displays “something sillier — a sign of eschewing grown-up manners.” If you are genuinely anxious, consider on the other hand the benefits that can come from greater name recognition. The more you spread your entire name, the greater the chance that a future interviewer could happen to remember you from an English class, which would hopefully And why, in most normal be a good thing. And these days, to sesocial situations, would renely give everybody you deliberately withhold you meet your last name your surname in the first is a bit odd, perhaps even memorable, but place from anyone who isn’t plainly unpleasant?” not in any bad way, so doing so will help you even more today than in the past. Not to say that every Jehovah’s Witness who comes to the door needs to know our last name, but you get the idea. There was a certain comic character from about a hundred years ago who added a silent “p” to his name to become “Psmith,” and did quite well off of it, becoming among the best known of his author’s inventions; our strange struggle to remain unreachable and semi-anonymous to even those we personally meet would have struck the novelist as even more laughable. — Gerard Keiser, linguistics and classical languages junior

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OU offers quality counseling clinic I was somewhat perplexed in reading Buck Roberson’s column (“OU’s mental health services lacking”) in Monday’s edition of The Daily. I agree mental health services on campus, and across the country, have been treated as unwanted foster children during the economic downturn of the past three years, and for many years prior. However, a simple search of the word “counseling” on the OU home page reveals in the first return a facility Roberson fails to mention, OU’s Counseling Psychology Clinic. As a former employee in the Jeannine Rainbolt College of Education, I can attest to the fine work and unparalleled dedication of the folks who run the clinic and work with counseling graduate students in a clinical setting. It is truly a gem on campus. The clinic does employ a pay-for-services model, however, sliding-scale payments are employed, and I personally know Lisa Frey, Ph.D., and Denise Beesley,

Ph.D., clinic directors, and I feel no hesitancy in saying these two dedicated professionals, along with the entire faculty in the program, would be able to plug individuals in need of services into the proper outlets for such. It is often easy to complain about the lack of this or the lack of that. In addition to one of the finest campusbased counseling training facilities in the country that employs a clinical setting, perhaps Roberson and others should consider volunteering to man crisis lines on campus or begin a student-led initiative to assist fellow students in addressing the need to seek the mental health care some students have trouble locating. Often times, we have to be part of the solution if we expect solutions of any kind to be presented. — Bill Moakley Director of Communications University of Oklahoma Alumni Association

I fear a world in which people are ashamed of STAFF COLUMN MN their own personalities. A world where people are Evan so afraid that the present DeFilippiss may implicate the future, that they strive to suppress the very idiosyncrasies that make them human. A world in which a single tweet or forum post can be extracted, analyzed, and appraised as an adequate reflection of one’s worth, all within a fraction of a second and without any offer of rebuttal to the accused. I fear a world not too far from our own: A world in which reputations and careers are lost because of snap judgments gleaned from online photos depicting people being human. In which people find it necessary to rigorously manicure their Facebook profiles and Internet history to protect against future accusations from employers and colleagues. At what point will this vigilant sanitization of our digital lives become standard procedure in the real world? At what point will we stop exploring, stop discovering and stop growing because we fear every false step and humiliating indiscretion will be immortalized in a Google search? At what point will we actually become the banal, meretricious caricatures of ourselves that we present online on our LinkedIn and Facebook profiles? We’ve all done Google searches of our own names, hoping that the results confirm our own optimistic selfevaluations — and often they do. But for many others, the results are less than favorable. There are hundreds of stories of people losing their careers and reputations over falsely defamatory comments found on the Internet. Teachers have been fired over Facebook images, students have been barred from internships over Myspace comments, and politicians have been demonized for insensitive tweets. Once we are embroidered with a digital scarlet letter, we are rendered calculable, judged and labeled with a single glance. There is little we can do to exonerate ourselves because the explanation is Once we are so much more complicated embroidered and less interesting than the with a digital accusation. scarlet letter, The CEO of Facebook, Mark we are rendered Zuckerberg, stated last year calculable, that he believed the age of privacy is dead and that socijudged and ety has evolved new norms of labeled with a openness. single glance.” He is right that privacy is slowly dying, but he is wrong about the cause. Social norms are changing because of technology like Facebook and Google, which have imposed their standards and technical sophistication on a largely naïve and stupefied public. Perhaps we can collectively refuse to participate in social networks and reclaim our privacy. Such a solution is slowly becoming unworkable. Not having a Facebook profile only means that you are powerless to control what information others upload about you. Refusing an online presence is simply an invitation for every indiscretion to be tagged and chronicled without repudiation, and for every defamatory comment made by others to remain uncontested and thus all the more persuasive. Insidiously, then, we are coerced into the volitional surrender of our own privacy. Facebook and Google are slowly becoming the masters of our own personas, dictating to us who we are and who we will forever be, rather than the other way around. The Internet is quickly becoming a method of control by which people are reduced to the behaviors and interests that are documented online. Our very being is slowly being mediated by the recorded habits and preferences that are stored in far-off databases and soon we will be judged for our data and not for who we are. Privacy is an essential human need. It is the lifeblood of individuality, a staple in human relationships, and it is the necessary condition for human dignity. Yet, it is slowly being dismantled by corporations who assure us that “social norms” are conveniently evolving in the direction that maximizes their profit. They insist that privacy is dead, but maintain trade secrets, patents and copyrights. I do not fear becoming the citizens of Oceania in Orwell’s “1984.” I fear a self-imposed despotism in which the beauty of human individuality is subjugated for political expediency. I fear a world in which our capacity for spontaneity, uniqueness and originality is lost in the psychotic surveillance of our own mind. I fear being so afraid of constant judgment and correction that we turn ourselves into mundane interfaces, programmed to behave according to strict norms, to respond in a calculated and strategic manner and to obey the sensitively-calibrated dictates of the future. Perhaps the world would be a much safer place if we all behaved as if our mothers were looking over our shoulders. But then we’d never grow up. — Evan DeFilippis, political science and economics junior

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With five games under their belts, Baylor, Texas A&M and Oklahoma have perfect 5-0 records in Big 12 conference action this season. But it can’t stay that way. Big 12 fans will have the opportunity to see the first unbeaten fall at 7 p.m. Wednesday when the Aggies roll into Norman. The Aggies are currently riding an 11-game win streak, posting a 17-1 record this season behind senior Danielle Adams, who is averaging just over 22 points and 8 rebounds per game this season. In order to continue occupying the nation’s top spot, No. 1 Baylor will need to take care of business in its matchup against No. 5 A&M in a tough road game this weekend. Sophomore post Brittney Griner continues to lead the Bears, averaging over 22 points per game. The Sooners will need to find that offensive rhythm they’ve been lacking in previous outings, and this time there won’t be any room for errors. The Sooners will need their playmakers — freshman guard Aaryn Ellenberg, sophomore guard Whitney Hand and senior guard Danielle Robinson — to be red hot during the next two weeks of stiff competition. The national stage is nothing intimidating for the “Big Three” in the Big 12. All three

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teams have already played in big games this season, but all three are still looking for a big-game victory. B a y l o r, w h o f e l l t o Connecticut on Nov. 16 by one point, was unable to slow UConn senior forward Maya Moore or end the Huskies’ NCAA-best win streak. The loss on the national stage has given Bears coach Kim Mulkey and her team every reason to beat every team standing between them and keeping the No. 1 ranking.

A&M’s sole loss came at the hands of then-No. 5 Duke on Dec. 6 in Durham, N.C. The Aggies limited themselves to five turnovers during the game, a seasonlow, but A&M’s shots just didn’t fall. Aggies senior Danielle Adams recorded her season-best four blocked shots and a double-double with 11 points and 12 rebounds in the game, showing that when the competition is that good, sometimes being nearperfect isn’t enough.

OU also couldn’t secure a top-10 win against thenNo. 6 Ohio State on Dec.5 in Columbus, Ohio. Ellenberg outshined the rest of the Sooner bench, collecting a career-high 34 points in the 95-84 loss. A fourth foul after tying up the game 62-all forced OU coach Sherri Coale to pull Ellenberg midway through the second half, and the Sooners couldn’t find a way to fill the hole on offense. It was the first loss of the season for OU, the first sign

that the Sooners had much to accomplish as a team if they wanted to get back to the Final Four for the third straight year. The Big 12 is top-heavy, providing an atmosphere that sets apart the best from the rest, and all three unbeatens will need to be running on all cylinders if they want to maintain their perfect conference record. And that’s something both the teams and their fans will benefit from: tough, intense women’s basketball.

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With wins over the Bears and Jets on Sunday, the Green Bay Packers and Pittsburgh Steelers punched their tickets to Arlington, Texas, for Super Bowl XLV. As a fan of a team that was eliminated earlier in the playoffs, I can’t say this result is what I would have ideally wanted. But as a fan of good football, I’d say this matchup is about as good as anyone could have asked for. Just think about it: The franchise Vince Lombardi built against the resurgence of the Steel Curtain. It’s hard to argue there are any teams in the National Football League with more prestigious histories than the Packers and Steelers. The teams combine for 11 appearances in the 44 previous Super Bowls, winning nine of those (three for Green Bay, six for Pittsburgh). But these teams’ histories go well beyond the NFLAFL merger, back to the very beginnings of professional football. “The Packers” is the oldest team name in the NFL. The team was formed in the 1920s in Green Bay. Under the direction of Lombardi, the legendary

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coach the Super Bowl trophy is named after, the Packers started winning and winning a lot, dominating the 1960s for five championships. Green Bay totaled nine NFL championships before the league merged with the American Football League, and with the Packers’ three Super Bowl wins, the team claims 12 overall championships, the most in the NFL. Whereas the Packers thrived before the merger, the Steelers blossomed

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since 2000, rivaled only by the New England Patriots (3) in dominance since the turn of the century. The most surprising thing is that these teams have never met before in the big one. With the history of dominance both teams have displayed, this game could easily become an instant classic. —James Corley, journalism senior

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Ellenberg earns 3rd Big 12 award Freshman guard Aaryn Ellenberg earned her third Big 12 Freshman Player of the Week honor this season after two dominant offensive performances last week, the conference announced Monday. Ellenberg led the Sooners on Aaryn offense in Ellenberg both games, including shooting a gamehigh 24 points against the Red Raiders and 28 points against Kansas. She averaged 26 points while connecting on 10-of-19 shots from behind the arc during OU’s two wins last week. At 5-foot-7-inches, Ellenberg also averaged four rebounds during the two games and collected six rebounds in the game against Texas Tech, one shy of her career high. Ellenberg is now tied with Baylor’s Odyssey Sims for the most Freshman of the Week honors (3) in the conference, having already received the honor on Dec. 6 and Jan. 10. The Sooners also lead the Big 12 with four freshman honors this season.

Biggest Loser comes to Norman The OU women’s basketball team has designated its Wednesday matchup against Texas A&M as Fitness Night at Lloyd Noble Center. Last week, OU coach Sherri Coale challenged News9 sportscaster Toby Rowland to run four miles in one hour with the promise that if Rowland completes the challenge, Sooner fans will be able to purchase general admission tickets for $5 (while supplies last). Rowland has enrolled the help of former The Biggest Loser winner and Oklahoma native Danny Cahill. The challenge will take place at Academy Sports and Outdoors in Norman, located at 2010 NW 24th Ave., at 9 a.m. Wednesday. Cahill will sign autographs from 5:30-6:30 p.m. Wednesday at Lloyd Noble Center before the start of the game, set for 7 p.m. that night.

Men’s tennis adds 1 for 2011 OU men’s tennis coach John Roddick has added Laurentiu Gavrila to his 2011 squad, the team announced Friday. Gavrila is a Romanian national champion and has had good success on international tennis circuits. He also brings with him a career-high Association of Tennis Professionals singles ranking of 888. “We believe Laurentiu will have a chance to be an impact player from the moment he arrives on campus,” Roddick said. — Daily staff reports

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types of teas and bottled drinks. The store chain, the shop has a personal atmosphere also has a variety of pastries like cookies, that all three enjoy. It makes it seem like cupcakes and its signature whoopie pies. she is baking for friends and family, Barnett “Something we have that a lot of peo- said. ple don’t know we have is breakfast items,” “Norman has always been known for its Harrison said, “I think people think community around the university we’re mainly a cupcake shop.” and being behind it,” Chappell Not only does the shop offer said. “It’s fun to be a part of that drinks and sweets, but it also and give something back to has amenities, including free those people who have been HOURS: 7 a.m. to 8 p.m. Wi-Fi, plenty of outlets for here.” Tuesday to Thursday, laptop users, a large table An example of the store’s 7 a.m. to 10 p.m. Friday, that can be used for meetsense of intimacy is the ings and plenty of couches kitchen’s glass window, 9 a.m. to 10 p.m. Saturday and tables for the working which allows guests to see Closed Sunday and Monday college student. everything. This encourPeople can even sit at the ages a connection with LOCATION: 331 White St. bar and watch their handBarnett and allows her to on Campus Corner crafted drink being made. come to the forefront. There are board games and a In a fast-paced environment photo booth in the back that prints with patrons coming and going, out two copies of the photo: one to Crimson and Whipped Cream is a keep and one to put on a magnetic wall. place for the people — owned by Oklahoma “We see people all the time come in and locals. look at the wall and see their friends’ picThe store loves being connected with its tures and then run back and post their own,” customers, Chappell said. Chappell said. “That’s a lot of fun to see.” “We’re always open to suggestions. If Chappell, Barnett and Harrison all agreed there’s something people want to see, we’ll that interacting with people is their favorite do our best to make it happen if at all posaspect of running the shop. Unlike a large sible,” Chappell said.

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ew businesses continue to pop up on Campus Corner, but Crimson and Whipped Cream sticks out among the rest. Locals Johnny Chappell, Ashleigh Barnett and Sean Harrison opened the doors of Crimson and Whipped Cream in July 2010. What makes the shop special is that it’s not just a cupcake shop; it is a full bakery and full-service espresso bar, Chappell said. Barnett said the idea for the bakery came from Barnett while she studied at a culinary and pastry school in New York. After working at a bakery, she decided she wanted to open her own shop. New York was too expensive, so she moved back home and contacted her long time friend, Johnny Chappell. Barnett’s specialized knowledge is a key ingredient in the shop’s individuality. “One thing that sets us apart is our pastries are made by a professionally trained pastry

chef, which you don’t see anywhere else,” said Chappell, manager and head barista. Since her return, Chappell, Barnett and her cousin, Harrison, have opened up the bakery and started the never-ending process that is maintaining a small business. They hope to grow with the community and adapt to the ever-changing environment, he said. “There are always things we can change and that’ll happen for years. If you don’t change with your surroundings, you’ll get left behind,” Chappell said. “Some of these changes include a patio that will open up in the spring.” Barnett also will expand to cooking pies along with the other pastries. Crimson and Whipped Cream carries traditional coffee shop items like mochas and lattes. The coffee is even locally roasted, Chappell said. For non-coffee drinkers, there are different

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Four weeks after reporting to Forrest City Federal Facility to serve an 11-month sentence on dr ugs and weapons charges, T.I.’s latest LP entitled “No Mercy” was released in stores Dec. 7. “No Mercy” includes an all-star lineup of collaborating artists who add charisma and attitude to this 20song deluxe version of T.I.’s album. The album is merely an extension of his previous two albums “T.I. vs. T.I.P.”

and “Paper Trail.” The deluxe version of “No Mercy” is T.I.’s seventh studio-produced album. It includes five bonus tracks and features artists Chris Brown, Christina Aguilera, Eminem, Kanye West, Kid Cudi, Rick Ross and Trey Songz. In “No Mercy,” T.I. stuck to his style of examining the romance of the gangsta mentality and the reality of living the life of a hustler and drug dealer. His lyrics are charged with the selfish lyrics that have propelled rap to its iconic status today. Tracks like “Welcome

to the World” and “I Can’t Help it” have a baseline that inspires the kind of club atmosphere T.I. fans have grown accustomed to hearing. Other tracks like “How Life Changed” and “Get Back Up” show the contrite psyche of an artist in turmoil. “Get Back Up” featuring Chris Brown explores the thoughtful side of T.I. — a self-proclaimed hard, drug dealer. He comes off as apologetic for “the wrong he’s done,” though he never fully explains what these “wrongs” were. However, on the next track called “I Can’t Help

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It,” T.I. — in no small way — contradicts “Get Back Up.” These contradictions have become a staple of T.I.’s music. His conscience is having a crisis, to be sure. T.I.’s contradictions in his music do not add to his mystique. They contribute

to the small-minded nature of T.I. “No Mercy,” is full of flashes of unkempt genius in need of organization. Later in the album T.I. proves that not all artists should be paired with him on his albums. Eminem concisely roasts T.I. in “That’s All She Wrote,” while T.I.’s collaboration with The-Dream on the album’s title track “No Mercy” begs to be ridiculed. Among the few highlights of the album is“Ya Hear Me,” the title song from the movie “Takers.” The song is included on the deluxe version of “No Mercy.” The fact that a track from an official

soundtrack is included among the track list further displays the hodgepodge nature of the album. The effort by T.I. to expand his talent as an artist and storyteller is lacking, but he manages to give his audience the kind of album they expect from him. The popcorn style of rap T.I. has become famous for will continue to gain him great popularity. If he continues to stunt his talent and remain satisfied with his status as a midlevel entertainer, this may be as good as it gets for T.I. — RJ Young/The Daily

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Norman Queer Alliance cultivates community People of all sexualities, genders come together to socialize, be politically active

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Norman Queer Alliance members socialize during a group meeting. The alliance exists to create a community for queer, gender-queer and queer-friendly people to meet, alliance organizer Madeline Ambrose said.

â&#x20AC;&#x153;Thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s high schoolers and 70-year-old people who come,â&#x20AC;? Ambrose said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s trans members and gender-queer members and lesbian and gay and people that I have no idea what they are because we donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t ask questions.â&#x20AC;? Ambrose said the allianceâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s independence from nonprofit groups and OU is important to the creation of its quarterly magazine, a product that Ambrose said is collectively created, designed and edited. It also is completely uncensored. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I think itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s kind of clear when you look at our â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;zine and stuff,â&#x20AC;? Ambrose said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The people who are contributing a lot to our group have a different agenda of just wanting to be like, â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Look at me, Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m queer; this is how I have sex, and weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re gonna fucking talk about it.â&#x20AC;&#x2122; In your face â&#x20AC;&#x201D; I feel like thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s the majority of the group,â&#x20AC;? she said. But not everybody likes what

the alliance is about, she said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Some lesbian and gay people probably pick up our â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;zines and think weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re gross, and Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m comfortable taking that risk,â&#x20AC;? Ambrose said. Jonathan Contreras is a member of the alliance who worked on the July 2010 edition of the magazine. He said he appreciates the creative freedom the magazine provides him. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I really like having an avenue to express myself,â&#x20AC;? Contreras said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;And the fact that the alliance is open to all members of the community, not just students, is important as well.â&#x20AC;? Although the group is accepting and open of everyone, Ambrose said there are many opinions within it. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re not all on the same page,â&#x20AC;? Ambrose said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I think thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s also what makes it a cool group ... Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s really clear just from meetings that everyone kind of has different passions and different opinions

How to join For more information about the Norman Queer Alliance, contact the group by e-mailing normanqueeralliance@gmail.com.

about things, and weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re all open to that.â&#x20AC;? In the months ahead, the alliance plans to hold a Womenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s and Queer Performance Art Show showcasing musicians and poets from Novemberâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s event. There will be a new magazine released in March. Long term, Ambrose hopes to meet the needs of the Norman LGBT community. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I just want us to provide support and continue to meet the needs of queer people in Norman and be open enough of a group to have people tell us what those needs are,â&#x20AC;? Ambrose said.

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because I had come to understand what queer meant, and I started identifying as queer, and I definitely wanted to meet other people who identified that way.â&#x20AC;? ANNIKA LARSON The Oklahoma Daily Ambrose characterized the word queer as an umbrella term that can In the world of iPhones and mean lesbian, gay, bisexual or Facebook, one Norman group is transgender but with more flexipersonalizing activism by cultivat- bility in the fluidity of sexuality and ing real-life connections. gender. The Norman Queer Alliance â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s kind of up to interpretation was founded by Joseph Bonnell in for whoever claims that identity,â&#x20AC;? early 2009 with the first post on its she said. Wordpress blog announcing, â&#x20AC;&#x153;We When Bonnell moved out of are a group of lesbians, gays, bi- Norman, Ambrose took over his sexuals, trans-people and straight role as organizer of the alliance. folk that like to get together and She said her job consists of making potluck, talk about gender speci- sure the group stays active. fication, homosexuality and [in] For the Norman Queer Alliance, general just having fun.â&#x20AC;? that means having a monthly planSince then, the alliance has cre- ning meeting at a coffee shop, putated a space for queer, gender- ting out a quarterly magazine and queer and queer-friendly people putting on whatever events memto socialize, plan and discuss, alli- bers want. ance organizer Madeline Ambrose This past Halloween, the group said. Simply having contact with a hosted a party after a screening of community is important, Ambrose â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Rocky Horror Picture Show.â&#x20AC;? said. In November, the alliance had â&#x20AC;&#x153;To have that kind of commu- its second annual Womenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s and nity is a basic need,â&#x20AC;? Ambrose said. Queer Art Show at Sonder Music. â&#x20AC;&#x153;You need a community, and you The groupâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s events mostly are need like-minded people to have centered around social interacany kind of social status. The per- tion, Ambrose said. sonal is political.â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x153;Making things kind of inforAmbrose said meeting as a com- mal is really beneficial to how our munity is a type of activism. group runs and beneficial to the â&#x20AC;&#x153;Being social and just being able members participating because to meet other people we can basically do who are queer is actualwhatever we want,â&#x20AC;? ly political and is a kind I just want us to Ambrose said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;You of activism that I think provide support do what you can do, Norman and Oklahoma you come to things and continue to that you can.â&#x20AC;? needs,â&#x20AC;? she said. meet the needs Ambrose identifies She described the of queer people planning meetings as one of the allianceâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s main organizers, alas unpredictable in Norman.â&#x20AC;? though the group does due to the infornot have an official himal structure of the â&#x20AC;&#x201D; MADELINE erarchal structure. She group. AMBROSE, said she attended the â&#x20AC;&#x153;There might be ORGANIZER first meeting, a gathersomeone whoâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s reing at the duck pond, in ally talkative and spring 2009. wants to talk, or maybe we just â&#x20AC;&#x153;I got involved because I saw the think of one hang-out thing to do first flier that said â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Are you queer? that month because people are Do you wanna meet other queers?â&#x20AC;&#x2122;â&#x20AC;? busy,â&#x20AC;? Ambrose said. Ambrose said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I just knew immeDiversity of membership is andiately that I wanted to be involved other unique facet of the alliance.