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Increasing number of vandalism cases reported campus-wide owl.ou.edu

CAMPUS BRIEFS CHASE BANK CHAIRWOMAN TO PRESENT LECTURE The Price College of Business will host a free, public lecture given by a former OU graduate at 11 a.m. today in Meacham Auditorium.

Elaine Agather, chairwoman of Chase Bank’s Dallas Region and manager of the Private Bank at J.P. Morgan, will speak as a part of the college’s Distinguished Speaker Series. A question-and-answer session and reception will follow.

Agather joined Chemical Bank of New York in 1979, working in London, San Francisco and New York until she relocated to Dallas in 1984. After the 1986 merger of Chemical and Texas Commerce Bank, Agather was promoted to chairwoman of Texas Commerce Bank in Fort Worth in 1992 and joined the Private Bank to manage client advisory groups across the state in 1997. In 1999, she was elected chairwoman and CEO of Chase’s Dallas Region.

She graduated from OU with a bachelor’s degree in history and economics, and earned her Master’s of Business Administration from the University of Texas.

RICKY MARANON Daily Staff Writer

Multiple acts of graffiti have taken place on campus in the last month, according to OU Police reports.

Acts of graffiti were first noticed on campus Sept. 16 when symbols were found on the back of Gaylord Hall, around Cate Center and at the Asp Avenue parking garage. Additional graffiti was discovered around Richards Hall and the Carnegie Building on Sept. 18. OUPD reports note there is a link between each of the reported incidents.

The symbols spray painted are predominately red and sometimes green or silver. They appear to spell “WeRD” with an arrow pointing to the right underneath the letters.

Laura Day, language arts education sophomore, said she does not approve of the graffiti seen on Richards Hall.

“I don’t really like it,” Day said. “Maybe if it

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This example of graffiti outside Collings Hall is one of several cases reported around campus. According to the OU Police Department, vandalism has been on the rise since the semester began. was something positive and I could understand what it means, then I’d like it more.”

Day said she has seen the red symbols painted on buildings all over campus.

OU-NEBRASKA MARKS EMOTIONAL NIGHT FOR VOLLEYBALL

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Sophomore setter Brianne Barker sets the ball during Wednesday’s game against Nebraska in McCasland Field House.

SEE PAGE 7 FOR FULL COVERAGE OF THE OU-NEBRASKA VOLLEYBALL GAME.

OU hosts its first Mid-America Conference on History

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Committee members discuss variety of topics for students

OUR EARTH, NORMAN FAIR TRADE TO SCREEN MOVIE

KATHLEEN EVANS Daily Staff Writer

OUr Earth and Norman Fair Trade will host a free screening of the documentary “Behind the Swoosh: Sweatshops and Social Justice” Oct. 8 at 8 p.m. in the Oklahoma Memorial Union’s Sooner Room.

Former St. John’s University soccer coach Jim Keady stood up against athletic apparel company Nike, Inc., and its practices, a move that ultimately cost him his job. After his resignation, Keady moved to an Indonesian slum where he lived with factory workers. He documented his experiences in “Behind the Swoosh.”

Following the video, a few OU professors will sit down to answer questions and discuss Fair Trade. This event is free and open to the public.

For more information visit ourearth. ou.edu.

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OU professor named new institute director KAITLYN BIVIN Daily Staff Writer

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Program to teach U.S. Constitution from multiple perspectives

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Toyota Motor Sales USA, Inc., is issuing a recall on the floor mats in many recent models of its cars.

The car manufacturing company said in a press release that recent events have prompted Toyota to take a closer look at the potential for an accelerator pedal to get stuck in the full open position due to an unsecured or incompatible floor mat.

A stuck open accelerator pedal may result in very high vehicle speeds and make it difficult to stop the vehicle, which could cause a crash, serious injury or death.

Until Toyota develops a remedy, it is asking owners of specific Toyota and Lexus models to take out any removable driver’s floor mat and not replace it with any other floor mat.

The recall affects the following models of vehicles.

Brittany Potter, library studies graduate student, said she noticed graffiti on the road side

The Mid-America Conference on History, sponsored by the OU Department of history, begins today at the Embassy

Kyle Harper, an award-winning scholar and faculty member since 2007, was appointed director of the Institute for American Constitutional Heritage at OU during the Board of Regents’ September meeting.

The institute is a new interdisciplinary program designed to teach the U.S. Constitution to undergraduates from a multifaceted standpoint. Different departments across campus including history, political science, the department of classics and letters and the law school are coming together to try and achieve this goal.

“The goal is to put together a curriculum that will allow students to study the Constitution in a classical, philosophical and historical sense with the U.S. Revolution,” Harper said. “[As well as] address the Constitution itself as a contemporary relative document.”

According to political science professor Justin Wert, Harper is more than qualified for the job.

“President Boren’s choice of professor Kyle Harper to lead the IACH is as impressive as the creation of the institute itself,” Wert said. “Dr. Harper is not only a gifted teacher and accomplished scholar, but as an OU alum himself, he brings to the institute a built-in commitment to OU’s undergraduate education.”

Harper said teaching is the first emphasis of the program. The goal of the institute is to create a solid background in American civics and the U.S. Constitution which can be applied in any avenue of life regardless of whether a student goes to law school or chooses to pursue something different, Harper said.

“It will have an intrinsic appeal [to students pursuing law],” Harper said. “We hope that we can build a program so that any student interested in civics or politics can graduate from college with a really firm understanding of American institutions.”

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Suites Hotel.

This year marks the 31st annual conference, but it is OU’s first time to host it, said Robert Griswold, event coordinator and history department chair. It is a good way to highlight Oklahoma and the university, as people come from all over the midwest to attend the conference.

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Financial contributions decline for state political candidates Economy, campaigning cited as possible reasons for drop CAITLIN HARRISON Daily Staff Writer

Oklahoma political candidates and their supporting organizations saw a reduction in overall contributions this year, causing one candidate to drop out of the race altogether.

Colby Schwartz, R-Yukon, dropped out of the race for lieutenant governor earlier this month. He said in a statement that he had difficulties raising campaign money.

“During my past campaigns for the Oklahoma House of Representatives, my support has always come from everyday, hardworking Oklahomans,” Schwartz said in the statement. “It is these same supporters who have felt the pinch of the CANDIDATES CONTINUES ON PAGE 2

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Kyle Harper, assistant professor of classics, works in his office Wednesday afternoon in Carnegie Hall. Harper was recently named the new director for the Institute for American Constitutional Heritage program.

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Director Continued from page 1 For some students, the institute’s inception comes too late.

“I think [the institute] will be interesting,” said Jackson Eldridge, political science senior.

“I’m kind of sad that I’ll graduate before they really implement it.”

Regardless, the program is driven to provide a memorable experience for students.

“The idea is to combine things that are big ideas using some of the great texts,” Harper said. “Those are the things that students carry with them beyond college.”

The institute’s inception has come with its fair share of challenges as well.

“Filling out the faculty and putting together a curriculum in a way that makes sense for students that allows us to package some of the courses we already offer and see what courses we should offer are the two main challenges,” Harper said.

He said his sense of Sooner pride is what brought him back to the university.

“If anyone was ever Sooner-born or Soonerbred it’s me. I did my undergraduate work here and was always eager to come back,” Harper said. “I love the students here. I feel like I can relate to them having been one myself.”

Graffiti Continued from page 1 book drop and said she thought the acts were disrespectful.

“I think vandalism like the graffiti around campus is distasteful,” Potter said. “It makes it look like we don’t care about our campus.”

Potter said the university should work on cleaning up the graffiti.

The graffiti behind Gaylord Hall has been cleaned off, but remnants of silver paint remain on the electrical box of the building.

Other cases of graffiti are still visible around campus.

“We are investigating who is doing the graffiti, but we have no leads at this time,” said Lt. Bruce Chan, OUPD spokesman.

Chan said if you see anyone vandalizing a building on campus you should not confront him or her, but rather call the police and describe the person doing the act, with information regarding which direction they went when they were done vandalizing.

Candidates Continued from page 1 economic downturn the hardest, and now have less disposable income to contribute to a political campaign.”

Gary Jones, Oklahoma Republican Party chairman, said the drop in funds is attributed mainly to the slowing economy, but that things could turn around somewhat since it is still early in the election cycle.

He said political campaigns are beginning much earlier in recent years than in the past, which could be another reason there is less money now.

“People don’t even file for office until July of next year. We’ve had people actively campaigning for almost a year now,” Jones said. “When you’ve got that many candidates vying for campaign dollars, it hurts the overall effort for the party.”

Jones said compared to 2005, current Oklahoma campaign funds are not that far off, but there is a much larger gap when compared to 2007 because of the extraordinary efforts that year.

Conference Continued from page 1 The conference features discussions based around a certain topic, Griswold said.

Sessions revolve around two to three papers submitted by

The state Republican Party had a bal- at the end of June. Both parties will report ance of $13,211 at the end of June, while new numbers within the next few weeks, as it had $67,306 at the same time last year, today marks the end of the quarter. according to information submitted to Henderson said if revenue shortfall the Oklahoma Ethics comes out roughly Commission. even between both “During my past campaigns Karina Henderson, parties by the 2010 spokeswoman for the for the Oklahoma House of election, it might not Democratic Party of Representatives, my support affect the election’s Oklahoma, said this has always come from everyoverall outcome. year’s revenue short“It might just be day, hardworking Oklahomans. a wash,” falls mean everyone Henderson It is these same supporters must work harder. said. “I think any fund“Everybody has been who have felt the pinch of the raising shortfall can be saying it’s been a tough economic downturn the hardmade up with hard year to raise money work.” just because the econ- est, and now have less disposJones said the omy is starting to hit able income to contribute to a Republican Party has our state,” Henderson political campaign.” done everything it said. “But everybody’s can to spend within its working really hard to —COLBY SCHWARTZ, R-YUKON limits. raise money because “Sometimes you they know next year’s may have to have a rean important year for the future of our party duced staff [and] you may have to do withand our state.” out things,” he said. “You’re supposed to The Democratic Party submitted a bal- live within your means.” ance of -$357 to the Ethics Commission

professors and graduate students and professor commentary on the papers.

The conference committee received a large variety of papers, giving the committee members a long task to arrange them in a way that made sense, Griswold said.

CONFERENCE INFORMATION What: The Mid-America History Conference Who: OU History Department When: October 1 – 3 Where: Embassy Suites Hotel, 2501 Conference Drive How much: Free Large Lectures • “Lyndon Johnson’s First Twenty-four Hours as President” Steve Gillon, resident historian of History Channel and OU professor 1 p.m. Friday • “Barack Obama and the American Political Tradition” James Kloppenberg, chair of history department at Harvard University 8 p.m. Friday

Discussion topics range from American education to the Civil War to gender issues.

Although the conference generally covers American history, there are sessions devoted to medieval and modern Europe, according to the conference’s program.

Sessions will take place all day Thursday and Friday, as well as Saturday morning.

The conference will also have two large lectures featuring guest speakers.

The first lecture, at 1 p.m.

Friday, will feature Steve Gillon, a resident historian for the History Channel and current OU professor. Gillon will discuss the issues surrounding the beginning of Lyndon Johnson’s presidency, according to the program.

Later that night, James Kloppenberg will deliver the keynote address at 8 p.m., Griswold said. Kloppenberg is

the chair of the history department at Harvard University and will speak about “Barack Obama and the Political Tradition.” “[Kloppenberg] is an intellectual historian,” Griswold said.

“He deals a lot with American social theory. Right now he is working on a mammoth book over the history of democracy with [the University of Oxford], to give you an idea of the kinds of things he studies.”

According to the conference’s Web site, the event originated at Southwest Missouri State University in 1977. The conference now rotates among five host universities.

All students can attend the conference at no charge, and it is not just for history majors, Griswold said. A full schedule and list of session topics can be found at the conference Web site, http://www.ou.edu/ midamerica2009.

THIS WEEKEND AT YOUR UNIVERSITY Thursday, Oct. 1

Miss University of Oklahoma 2010 | The Miss OU Pageant is accepting contestant applications now through Oct. 9 for the Miss OU 2010 Pageant on Oct. 20, 2009. Prospective contestants must either have completed a full semester at OU and be currently enrolled fulltime or be an Oklahoma resident and currently enrolled full-time. Visit www.ou.edu/missou for more information or email mg@Ou.edu.

Mid-Day Music | noon in the Oklahoma Memorial Union Food Court featuring Greg Wilson. Presented by the Union Programming Board.

Student Success Series: Studying for the Sciences | 6 p.m. in Dale Hall 211. Presented by University College.

Union Jazz Lounge | 8 p.m. in Beaird Lounge, Oklahoma Memorial Union. Come to the Union programming Board’s Union Jazz Lounge series and enjoy great music and free food in a relaxed atmosphere.

There’s ALWAYS SOMETHING at the union. Visit www.ou.edu/upb for more information.

Sutton Concert Series: Wind Symphony and Symphony Bands | 8 p.m. in the Paul F. Sharp Concert Hall, Catlett Music Center. Tickets are $8 for adults and $5 for students, faculty/staff and senior adults.

Please call the Box Office at (405) 325-4101 for more information.

Friday, Oct. 2 Guess-The-Score | 11:30 a.m. in the union food court. Think you know Sooner Football? Prove it at the Union Programming Board’s pre-game predictions for a chance to win great prizes. Play every Friday during football season to earn points and increase your chances of winning.

There’s ALWAYS SOMETHING at the union!

Free Movie: “The Hangover” | 4, 7, 10 p.m. and 12:30 a.m. in Meacham Auditorium, second floor of the Oklahoma Memorial Union.

See this hilarious summer comedy before it’s available on DVD! Presented by the Union Programming Board and Campus activities Council Film Series.

Fall Masquerade | 8-10 p.m. in the Oklahoma Memorial Union Courtyard. Celebrate the beginning of fall with a masquerade craft factory with mask making, pumpkin carving, caramel apple making, photo booth, free food and more! Presented by the Union Programming Board, there’s ALWAYS SOMETHING at the union. Visit www.ou.edu/upb for more information.

Intramural Update | Golf Scramble at Westwood Gold Course! For more info. visit recservices.ou.edu or call Jonathan Dewhirst, (405) 325-3053.

Organa Gala: Opening Concert | 8 p.m. in the Paul F. Sharp Concert Hall, Catlett Music Center. Tickets are $20 for adults and $10 for students, faculty/staff and senior adults. Organa Gala continues on Oct. 3 with performances at 2, 6 and 8 p.m. Please call the Box Office at (405) 3254101 for more information.

Movie Night at the Museum | 7-11 p.m. at the Sam Noble Oklahoma Museum of Natural History. Bring your pillow and a blanket for this cool family movie night in the museum’s Great Hall featuring “Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs.” Galleries open from 7 to 8:30 p.m. Movie begins at 8:30. Evening museum admission is $5 for adults, $4 for seniors ages 65 and up, $3 for children ages 6 to 17 and free for children ages 5 and under. Visit http://www.snomnh.ou.edu for more information.

Saturday, Oct. 3 Intramural Update | Tennis Tournament at Westwood Gold Course! For more information visit recservices.ou.edu or call Jonathan Dewhirst, (405) 325-3053.

2nd Annual Fall Frenzy | 6-8 p.m. in Walker-Adams Mall. Free food, games and music! Presented by Residence Life.

Women’s Volleyball: OU vs. Texas Tech | 7 p.m. at McCasland Field House. Visit soonersports.com for ticket information.

Organa Gala: Metropolis, silent film | 8 p.m. in the Paul F. Sharp Concert Hall, Catlett Music Center. Tickets are $20 for adults and $10 for students, faculty/staff and senior adults. Please call the Box Office at (405) 325-4101 for more information.

Free Concert: The Walkmen | 8 p.m. In Meacham Auditorium, Oklahoma Memorial Union. *Free admission with valid OU student ID, $10 general admission. Tickets are sold at the door, seating is first-come, first-served.

Presented by the Union Programming Board, visit www.ou.edu/upb for more events and information. There’s ALWAYS SOMETHING at the union.

Sunday, Oct. 4 Intramural Update | Tennis Tournament at Westwood Gold Course! For more information visit recservices.ou.edu or call Jonathan Dewhirst, (405) 325-3053.

Organa Gala: Closing Concert | 3 p.m. in the Paul F. Sharp Concert Hall, Catlett Music Center. Tickets are $20 for adults and $10 for students, faculty/staff and senior adults. Please call the Box Office at (405) 325-4101 for more information.

Free Film: “The Onion Movie” | 5 p.m. in Meacham Auditorium, Oklahoma Memorial Union. Presented by the Other Film Club.

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Sinking concrete causing gaps in wall in energy center KATHLEEN EVANS Daily Staff Writer

People working in OU’s Sarkeys Energy Center said the building’s basement, located on the southeast corner of Jenkins Avenue and Boyd Street, might be sinking.

“The sinking issue here at Sarkeys has been going on for a long time, as far as I know,” said Neil Suneson, employee for the Oklahoma Geological Survey. “Throughout the basement, I think there are places that are subsiding.”

Spaces are visible between the wall and the floor of Sarkeys’ basement. At one point within the basement’s “C” corridor, one can feel how uneven the ground is, as well as see a gap about 1 1/2 inches-wide.

“I guarantee you if you had a marble, it would roll right downhill,” Suneson said.

The dean of the Mewbourne College of Earth and Energy, Larry Grillot, said he was aware of the problem but said it was mainly cosmetic, not structural.

The spaces between the wall and the floor make the situation look bad, but, overall, the building is structurally sound, he said.

“The building itself is not shifting, just locally where the concrete is poured over the ground and isn’t anchored into the building foundation,” Grillot said. “You will see a little shifting. And sometimes it’s a big deal, but it’s not going to sink out from under

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A quarter for comparison rests against a separated wall in the basement of Sarkeys Energy Center.

In some areas, the floor is over two inches lower than the wall. you.”

Sarkeys is located on soft ground, Grillot said. To keep water from leaking into the basement, there are underground pumps to remove excess water.

Suneson said he thought a major cause of the sinking was sediment removed

during the pumping process, compromising the ground the basement floor rests on. He also said OU went with the lowest bidder when deciding which company to use for the construction of the building, which may contribute to the building’s problems.

However, the pumps have filters, so they may remove a little bit of land, but nothing significant, Grillot said. Shifting is more likely from natural swelling and shrinking of the soil.

Currently, Grillot has no plans to do anything about the shifting of the basement floor.

“Things will be done if [they need] to, if it’s making something dangerous, if a piece of equipment needs to be absolutely level,” Grillot said. “[The process to fix the floor] is fairly expensive. It’s probably more prudent to do it when you need to.”

Grillot said a four-inch gap in the student services area on the second floor of the building was repaired previously. To fix it, they had to rip up the old concrete and repour the floor to make it level again.

Sarkeys was constructed in a series of phases and completed in 1991, according to the college’s Web site. The basement houses several offices, classrooms and lab areas.

Sarkeys also recently repaired one atrium and is the process of fixing another by installing new windows and caulking leak sites, Grillot said. The atria leaked during rainstorms and exposed the library and lower levels to rain water.

All of this work is to be expected in a building with such frequent use and open access, Grillot said.

Program designed to familiarize foreigners with US culture “When a university is located in the heartland such as Oklahoma students don’t have as many opportunities to meet people from different cultures. This is one small way in which our students have an opportunity to meet and interact with these journalists to see how media differs from over here to over there.”

KAITLYN BIVIN Daily Staff Writer

When students converge on campus Friday, an interesting sight may attract attention. Norman is set to receive 18 journalists from 14 different Latin nations such as Bolivia, Brazil and Venezuela.

Sanctioned by the State Department in connection with the Gaylord College of Journalism and Mass Communication, the program started four years ago as a way to introduce foreign journalists to the United States’ government and culture, said journalism professor Charles Self. It has featured media personnel from eastern Europe, Asia and Africa among others, he said. “[The program] brings about 200 journalists from all over the world to Washington D.C., where they have briefings on U.S. government, media and culture,” Self said. “Then the State Department divides them into groups, where they go out into the country and are hosted by 11 different universities around the country.”

Self said the idea for the program is to identify the top journalists in their respective countries, and better inform them about the U.S. in order to improve the accuracy of their reporting pertaining to subjects involving the United States.

The journalists will arrive in Norman, where they will receive an introduction to government media and culture in Oklahoma spanning six days. Many of the events taking place provide a unique opportunity for students.

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TODAY CAREER SERVICES Career Services will be open to students needing help with resumes or job search strategies from 1:30 to 4 p.m. in the Union’s Career Services Lobby.

“How to Write a Resume

CHARLES SELF, JOURNALISM PROFESSOR “When a university is located in the heartland such as Oklahoma students don’t have as many opportunities to meet people from different cultures,” Self said. “This is one small way in which our students have an opportunity to meet and interact with these journalists to see how media differs from over here to over there.”

For students involved in the program it can provide lasting memories.

Journalism senior Bianca Lopez helped greet last year’s visitors and attend sessions with them.

“Getting to know the journalist group was one of the most memorable events I have ever encountered in my college years,” Lopez said in an e-mail. “It was nice showing them the city I know and having some personal stories to share with them.”

POLICE REPORTS for a Federal Government Job,” will be offered from 4 to 5 p.m. in the Regents Room of the Union.

FRIDAY CAREER SERVICES Career Services will be open to students needing help with resumes or job-searching strategies from 1:30 to 4 p.m. in the Union’s Career Services Lobby.

GERMAN CLUB German club will meet for “Ein Abend bei Royal Bavaria” at 7 p.m. at Royal Bavaria, 3401 S. Sooner Road.

The following is a list of arrests and citations, not convictions. The information is compiled from the Norman Police Department and OU Police Department.

All those listed are presumed innocent until proven guilty.

DRIVING WITH A REVOKED DRIVER’S LICENSE Anthony Montoya, 21, 900 Asp Ave., Tuesday MUNICIPAL WARRANT Abigail Ann Bonnell, 29, 500 W. Gray St., Tuesday Levi Cody Drake, 22, 2605 Ga Zump Drive, Monday, also county warrant Loyd Keith Morris, 27, 1200 E. Robinson St., also driving under a suspended license

For others like journalism professor Ray Chavez, who is hosting one of the journalists in his home, the program provides a different perspective.

“It makes me appreciate how much harder they have to work for information because for some of them they are putting their lives on the line,” Chavez said. “I admire these people.”

Chevez said students will have the opportunity to learn new and different things about the differences between Latin America and the United States in terms of benefits such as the freedom of information, which citizens often take for granted.

Regardless of the obvious differences, the journalists share a common curiosity about America.

“I think for many people the U.S. is still the most influential country in the world,” Self said. “I think people are anxious to come here and find out what America is all about.”

The program encourages student involvement by making it possible for students to attend a multitude of luncheons and discussions throughout the course of the event.

“Students are welcome to come to the events as long as they let us know,” Self said. “We are trying to get anyone involved, particularly those who speak Spanish, or are interested in Latin America.”

While educational, the event is meant to entertain as well.

“The last three years we have had the Latin American group,” Self said. “We think they are so much fun; we always have a great time with them. They really are a lively group of people.”

CAMPUS BRIEFS and failure to carry proof of insurance SECOND DEGREE BURGLARY Kyle Patrick Craig, 19, 4506 Green Field Circle, Tuesday PETTY LARCENY Jack Edward Keenan, 52, 601 12th Ave. N.E., Monday, also trespassing PUBLIC INTOXICATION Brandon Shaye Kile, 37, 226 Mimosa Drive, Monday Todd Arthur Prevost, 47, 2313 Crestmont St., Tuesday COUNTY WARRANT Jonathan M. Wilson, 39, 1916 Fillmore Ave., Tuesday

CARPOOLING A POSSIBILITY FOR OU

JIM CRAMER TO VISIT OU

The idea of installing a university-wide ridesharing program is a hot topic among many others related to making OU a “greener” campus.

While the plan is not tangible yet, students in the University of Oklahoma Student Association and OU faculty members at the Parking and Transit Office are currently studying programs from other universities and debating whether those plans would be applicable to OU, said Brandon Mikael, director of the UOSA Office of Green Initiatives.

Students would enter their names, schedules and preferred arrival and departure times into a database that would then match them with all of the different students whose information is similar, Mikael said.

Mikael is one of the primary student voices on the ride-sharing committee.

The program would not only allow students to save money on gas, but would also reduce OU’s carbon emissions and pollution while saving resources.

As of now, there are no definite plans for the program, but Mikael said the committee members are doing everything they can to make it a reality. For more information on how to get involved contact, Mikael at brandonmikael@ou.edu.

Jim Cramer will bring his own brand of mad financial advice to OU, taping a show on campus Oct. 30, according to a press release from the Price College of Business.

Tickets for the taping will be available on a firstcome, first-served basis from 10 a.m. until 2 p.m.

Oct. 13 in Pierce Hall’s Clary Lounge. If tickets remain, they will be distributed in a similar manner from 10 a.m. until 2 p.m. Oct. 14 in the first-floor lobby of Oklahoma Memorial Union.

“Jim Cramer’s visit give OU students an excellent opportunity to hear one of the most prominent personalities on Wall Street,” OU president David Boren said in the release.

In addition to his current TV duties, Cramer is the author of five books, including the forthcoming “Jim Cramer’s Getting Back to Even.” He also founded American Lawyer magazine and worked as a reporter for the Tallahassee Democrat, The New Republic magazine, and the Los Angeles Herald Examiner. Cramer worked as a trader for Goldman Sachs and as a hedge fund manager. He earned his undergraduate and law degrees from Harvard, according to cnbc.com.

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Will Holland, opinion editor dailyopinion@ou.edu • phone: 325-7630 • fax: 325-6051

COMMENT OF THE DAY »

In response to Wednesday’s special section story, “Student’s death five years ago still resonates on campus”

OUR VIEW

“It is sad that after 5 years, Blake’s death can’t be mentioned with out reference to his big bro and Barrington. Both were found innocent, can’t you just let them go on living their lives with out their names being brought up every

anniversary for new batches of students to read about. This day is hard enough as it is for every one involved.”

-LM1125

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STAFF CARTOON

Volleyball team, worthy cause receive deserved publicity Wednesday night, the OU volleyball team took center stage on campus and received some wider publicity, too, as its game was featured nationally on ESPNU. The reason for the hoopla was to honor OU volleyball coach Santiago Restrepo’s son, Javier, who died of leukemia this summer.

OU’s athletic department put a lot of support behind the team and did a great job of making its game a large event, one that truly honored the memory of Coach Restrepo’s son. The event also raised money for leukemia research.

Obviously, honoring Javier and raising money to help find a cure for leukemia are both worthy goals, but we were particularly impressed by how the entire athletic department seemed to get behind the volleyball team and Coach Restrepo in support of these causes.

Head football coach Bob Stoops and women’s basketball coach Sherri Coale both showed up at the event to raise money, and on campus Wednesday, coaches from multiple sports, as well as members of the volleyball team themselves, handed out flyers promoting the event.

There is no doubt that over the past few weeks, the focus of many students has been on the football team and debating who should start this weekend’s game on the gridiron.

But Wednesday evening, at least some OU eyes were on the volleyball team.

Anh To is a finance sophomore.

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Columnist shares observations from intelligent design events Columnist Jon Malone wrote an article Tuesday attended. As secretary of the IDEA Club, the stutitled, “Students should keep an open mind about dent organization that hosted the lecture and film evolution debate.” screening, I am thrilled that so many people with This advice is applicable and profitdifferent viewpoints could converge to able to people throughout their lives, but join a discussion about intelligent deMalone urged this open-mindedness spesign – that may be the first step in attaincifically in the context of the intelligent ing the open-mindedness advocated by design events held Monday and Tuesday Malone. evenings.

Compared to similar events in the After attending both events, I want to past, the behavior of the audiences was comment on key features of the presentaalso largely commendable. When intellitions that serve to exemplify or fail to meet gent design proponent William Dembski the standard set by the grad-student col- TREVOR spoke in Meacham Auditor ium in umnist, as well as mention my perspective 2007, many audience members proved CLARK concerning the events. to be disreputable in their hostility.

The first of these took place Monday eveThankfully, that fire was not lit at the rening in Meacham auditorium. Dr. Stephen Meyer, cent events. who earned his doctorate in the History and As audience members exited the auditoriums, Philosophy of Science at Cambridge University, I was glad to hear many people comment on the lectured on the arguments for intelligent design quality of the presentations and speakers. Some that he asserts in his recent book “Signature in the left persuaded, while others considered the Cell.” events to be well orchestrated but disagreed with Dr. Meyer took questions from the audience the conclusions drawn by the intelligent design after presenting. (You might check out a Tuesday theorists. Still others believed that the events were article in The Daily if you are interested in learn- “slick” – convincing to the uneducated but either ing more about the lecture.) mistakenly incorrect or dishonest.

The Tuesday event consisted of a screening of Journalism students at OU learn that there are the recently released “Darwin’s Dilemma,” fol- more than two sides to every story, and the diverlowed by a Q & A session with Dr. Meyer and Dr. sity of attendees at these two proceedings proJonathan Wells. Dr. Wells is the author of “Icons vides empirical support for that lesson. of Evolution,” in which he details that it is no lonThis diversity also provided excellent opportuger intellectually honest to cite traditional evi- nities to interact with others in an open-minded dences of Darwinian evolution (peppered moths, fashion. Although some attendees chose to disDarwin’s finches, Haeckel’s embryo drawings, the cuss the events in small groups of people with Miller-Urey experiment, etc.) as being represen- whom they already agreed, others engaged in tative of reality. conversations with those of varying viewpoints.

The documentary, produced by the Discovery For the purposes of the IDEA Club, “Promoting Institute, argues that a period of time called “the Discussion on the Problem of Design,” the events Cambrian explosion” provides strong evidence were successes. for the existence of an intelligence active in natural history.

One of the most spectacular features of these Trevor Clark is a religious studies and professional writing events was the broad spectrum of people who sophomore.

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This letter is in response to the article published in the Sept. 25 edition of The Daily titled, “UOSA Recalls Members of Student Congress.”

I want to say I totally understand that matters pertaining to the UOSA and its constitution are sometimes complicated, and probably difficult to always report accurately. And I think the few errors in the article are understandable. But for the sake of clarity, I feel some details need to be cleaned up and clarified.

First, the headline is very misleading. It makes it sound like the UOSA has recalled members of student Congress, which is untrue. The first step of the overall recall process has indeed been completed with the submission of valid petitions, but no recall has yet taken place and all Congress members are still serving in their respective elected positions.

Second, I think the section in the news story about the invalidation of a particular signature was confusing. To clarify, a single signature on a single petition was deemed invalid because the signatory was not a member of the district the petition pertained to. The petition was nonetheless certified because the signature was beyond the threshold requirement and was not needed anyway.

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THIS LETTER IS IN RESPONSE TO THE SEPT. 24 OUR VIEW, “OFFICIAL LANGUAGE PROPOSALS DISCRIMINATE FOR NO REASON.” Dear Editor: As an immigrant from a Spanish-speaking country, I was disappointed in the recent Daily editorial claiming that official language proposals “discriminate for no reason.”

Enacting English as the official language is not about the division of our diverse society, it is about maintaining the societal expectation that immigrants are on the road to learning English. While we should always provide short-term assistance to those in need, the long-term provision of a linguistic crutch is economically and socially harmful to immigrants and to taxpayers.

If official English policies really caused people to flee, as The Oklahoma Daily suggests, we would have seen a mass exodus of immigrants from Iowa, Kansas, Idaho and Arizona, all states which have passed official English laws within the last decade. The fact that the immigrant population has grown in these states suggests that regardless of how many times official English opponents recite these claims, they remain false.

For more than 40 years, I have been a proud citizen of my adopted country, learning new languages and cultures even as I have maintained those of my birth. I remain awed by our diversity, which is why I fully agree with the 86 percent of Oklahomans who support making English the official language of the state.

Sincerely, Mauro E. Mujica Chairman of the Board U.S. English, Inc.

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Okla. mom accused of abuse has NYC record OKLAHOMA CITY — An Oklahoma mother accused of locking up her 14-yearold boy in a closet for 4½ years was previously convicted in the death of her 2-yearold child in New York, investigators said Wednesday.

Oklahoma City police Sgt. Gary Knight said detectives were able to confirm that LaRhonda McCall was arrested in New York STEVE VERN in 1995 in connection with the death of her HAMILTON daughter. At the time she went by the name LaRhonda Pressley, he said.

Bronx district attorney’s office spokesman Steven Reed said the mother pleaded guilty to second-degree manslaughter in 1996 and was sentenced to jail and probation. Investigators’ interviews with family members confirmed the conviction, Knight said. It isn’t immediately clear how much jail time she served, and further details about the case were not immediately known.

The 14-year-old boy told police his mother moved to Oklahoma after she was released from jail, and that after living with a cousin in New Jersey, he was sent to live with her more than four years ago, accordLARHONDA MARIE MCCALL ing to a police report.

McCall, 37, and her friend, Steve Hamilton, 38, have been arrested on 20

complaints each of child abuse and child neglect in the Oklahoma City case. Both remained jailed Wednesday on $400,000 bond. Neither has been formally charged, and jail officials were not sure if either has an attorney. No one answered the phone at McCall’s home Wednesday.

Police began their investigation Friday after the boy, malnourished and covered with scars and bruises, wandered up to a National Guard armory about a mile and a half from his home and told security guards there he escaped and needed police.

The teen told police he spent most of the last 4½ years locked inside bedroom closets at various apartments where the family lived, and never attended school or received medical attention, authorities said.

An affidavit released Wednesday said McCall and Hamilton admitted to repeatedly beating the boy and locking him in a closet for days. McCall told investigators she choked the teen at least once and used a belt, ruler and broom handle to beat him numerous times over the last three years, according to the affidavit.

Hamilton also told police he also beat the teen, identified as “B.M.,” multiple times with a belt and wire cable “when he got out of line,” and once struck him in the head with a tire jack, the affidavit said.

“Steve advised he saw B.M. locked in the closet on at least 27 different occasions,” the affidavit said.

Managers of the last two apartment complexes where the family most recently lived said they occasionally saw some

of McCall’s seven other children but never saw the teenage boy.

Karen Gilleland, manager of the Hillcrest Apartments in south Oklahoma City, said after McCall was evicted for unpaid bills in August, a hole filled with human waste was found in the wall of a closet in their apartment unit.

Gilleland said she never realized McCall had more than seven children and that whenever Gilleland had been in the apartment during the several months the family lived there, the door to the bedroom with the soiled closet was closed.

Dea Dollins, apartment manager at Grand Boulevard Town Homes where the family currently lives, said she and maintenance workers had been in the unit as recently as Friday, but the bedroom doors were closed.

“I would see, on occasion, some girls would walk in line to the laundromat and go back to the apartment,” Dollins said.

“I never saw a teenage boy.”

All seven of McCall’s minor children, including the 14-yearold boy, have been taken into custody of the Department of Human Services. McCall also has an 18-year-old daughter, who continues to live in the family’s latest apartment.

Meanwhile, First Assistant District Attorney Scott Rowland said police have not yet completed their investigation, which must be presented to prosecutors before formal charges can be filed. He said they have ten days from the date of the couple’s arrest to file a charge, and he anticipates filing this week.

—AP

Confession tape played in case of slain Ga. boy who begged killers to stop BRUNSWICK, Ga. — Jurors in a Georgia courtroom Wednesday heard a horrific videotaped confession from a man who admitted he and his adult son stripped, sexually assaulted and strangled a 6-year-old boy inside a mobile home as the child pleaded with them to stop.

“He said ‘I’m going to tell my daddy and my grandma,’ and George choked him,” 61-year-old David Edenfield said in the videotape, referring to his son, 34-yearold George Edenfield. David Edenfield later admitted helping strangle the boy.

The jailhouse interview filmed by police was shown during the first day of testimony in the trial of the elder Edenfield, who faces the death penalty if convicted of the March 2007 slaying of Christopher Michael Barrios. The boy was missing for a week before police found his naked body dumped off a road and wrapped in trash bags.

Prosecutor John B. Johnson told jurors in his opening statement that Edenfield and his son lured the boy

into their trailer across the street from the home of Christopher’s grandmother, then took turns molesting him.

“You will hear him say this from his own mouth,” Johnson said of David Edenfield. “Christopher Barrios didn’t want to be there. He said, ‘Let me go! Please don’t do this! I’m going to tell my parents!’”

David Edenfield is the first suspect to stand trial in the slaying. His son and wife, Peggy Edenfield, have also been charged with molesting and killing the boy, then hiding his body.

The jury was selected from residents some 90 miles away because of pretrial publicity, and the jurors are being sequestered in Brunswick.

Jurors later saw the first hour of the interview the elder Edenfield gave to a police detective a day after the boy’s body was found. He at first blamed his son and denied any involvement, but slowly began to describe a horrible scene.

Edenfield said he and his wife watched while his son forced the boy to have sex.

Edenfield later admitted

touching Christopher himself after Glynn County police detective Raymond Sarro showed him photographs of the boy’s dead body.

He said the child had been crying and pleading for them to stop.

Edenfield at first said he told his son to stop choking Christopher, then changed his story. He said he placed his own hands on top of his son’s while they strangled the boy.

Asked why he did that, Edenfield said, “I guess instinct.”

“You saw your opportunity, when George was choking him, to see what it felt like?” Sarro asked.

“Yes, sir.”

Defense attorney James Yancey Jr. told jurors the elder Edenfield’s confession was influenced by the police interrogators, but stopped short of telling jurors he was coerced.

Superior Court Judge Stephen Scarlett recessed court before Edenfield’s attorneys had a chance to cross-examine Sarro. The detective was to return to the witness stand Thursday.

Christopher lived in a mobile home park in the port city of

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Special Assistant District Attorney John B. Johnson, right, holds up a map of the trailer park that Michael Barrios, left, lived in when his son, Christopher Barrios, 6, was killed, during the trial of David Edenfield at the Glynn County Courthouse Wednesday in Brunswick, Georgia. Edenfield is being tried for Christopher Barrios’ murder in March 2007.

Brunswick, about 60 miles south of Savannah, where his father and grandmother had separate homes.

He would pass the Edenfields’ trailer when walking between them.

—AP

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Search on for Tenn. baby snatched by fake agent NASHVILLE, Tenn. — A newborn snatched said she still has physical signs that she gave from a Nashville home was missing and his birth recently. He described the birth as commother recovering from stab wounds she plicated but declined to elaborate. said happened when she struggled with the Police spokesman Don Aaron said inveswoman kidnapper posing as an immigration tigators were interviewing Gurrolla and her agent, authorities said Wednesday. family again about the abduction. No one, The mother, 30-year-old Maria Gurrolla, including the family, has been ruled out as a told reporters she had never seen the suspect at this point, he said. woman before she showed up at her door “There is an infant child that cannot care Tuesday evening. She said for himself who is missing the woman got a knife from “We don’t have any and time is of the essence,” the home and stabbed her said Kristin Helm, a spokesindication at this point several times. woman for the Tennessee “I need my baby back,” that this is anything but Bureau of Investigation.

Gurrolla said through an in- a stranger child abducGurrolla was in a wheelterpreter outside Vanderbilt tion. We’re not ruling out chair, covered by a blanket.

University Medical Center, Her eyes were bloody and where she was being treated anything, but we have swollen and she had a long for her wounds and a col- no reason to believe that scratch on her face. lapsed lung.

She said she feels fine the family is not being Gurrolla said she did completely truthful.” physically, but emotionally not see the woman take she “feels a bit sad because the baby because she ran of the situation right now to a neighbor’s home to get KRISTEN MUMFORD, POLICE and for what the family is help. When she returned, SPOKESPERSON going through.” her 3-year-old daughter was Police said they believe unharmed, but her son was gone. she had her baby at another hospital, and Gurrolla said the woman, she described there was a blue yard sign outside the home, as a robust white American, did not say any- saying “IT’S A BOY!” Police are also in contact thing about wanting to take the baby, who with the hospital where the baby was born. was lying on the sofa.

Police spokeswoman Kristin Mumford “She said she was an immigration officer said she doesn’t know whether the victim and she was there to arrest her,” Gurrolla said was targeted because of the sign. A sketch through the interpreter. artist is working to come up with a drawing of It was not clear if she was an immigrant, the kidnapper’s face, and police said Gurrolla but police said Gurrolla has lived in Nashville described the woman as a white woman in for at least 10 years. The cousin who acted as her 30s, approximately 5 feet, 4 inches tall, her interpreter said the family did not want to who had her blonde hair in a ponytail. discuss her legal status. Police said the baby’s “We don’t have any indication at this point father was at the home later Tuesday night. that this is anything but a stranger child abA tip to police led them to issue an Amber duction,” Mumford said. “We’re not ruling out Alert with a picture and description of a anything, but we have no reason to believe that 30-year-old woman. They found and ques- the family is not being completely truthful.” tioned that woman near Buffalo, N.Y., on Mumford said police are retracing the Wednesday, then said they did not believe mother’s activities before the attack, such as she was involved in the case. a visit to a local Wal-mart. Police released a Dr. William Dutton said Gurrolla had a pen- photo of a car that was parked near Gurrolla’s etrating chest wound and her lung had col- at the Wal-mart that later followed her down lapsed. He said she also had deep stab wounds the road, hoping to find a witness. to her neck, but was in stable condition. He —AP

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Maria Gurrolla is taken back to her hospital room after a news conference at Vanderbilt University Medical Center in Nashville, Tenn., Wednesday. Gurrolla said her newborn son was taken from her home Tuesday by a woman who stabbed Gurrolla multiple times when Gurrolla answered the door.

Killer of Florida nine-year-old dies of natural causes TALL AHASSEE, Fla. — John Evander Couey, a convicted sex offender awaiting execution for kidnapping, raping and burying 9-year-old Jessica Lunsford alive, died of natural causes Wednesday.

Couey, 51, had been ill for some time and died at a Jacksonville hospital where he had been since Aug. 12, said Department of Corrections spokeswoman Gretl Plessinger.

“It was not a surprise,” she said, but declined to provide specifics because prison officials had not yet received a report from the hospital.

Jessica’s grandmother, Ruth Lunsford, 77, said in a telephone interview that she could not feel bad about Couey’s death. “ He mu rd e re d my g ra n d daughter. He didn’t show any mercy to my granddaughter,” she

said. “God took control of it. He took him out of this world. ... I’m not crying, honey. If my legs and feet would hold up, I’d go out and shout all over Citrus County.”

Citrus County Sheriff Jeffrey Dawsey, who oversaw the investigation, said his first reaction to Couey’s death was one of disappointment.

“I really wanted the state of Florida to put John Couey to death,” Dawsey said. “I wanted to be there to look into his eyes when they administered the serum.

“I guess this is nature taking its course,” he said. “And I’m satisfied with that.”

The 2005 crime prompted many states to pass laws named for Jessica that impose restrictions on sex offenders, including registration requirements. Florida’s version bans them and others convicted of serious crimes from

AP PHOTO

In this undated family photo provided by the Citrus County (Fla.) Sheriff’s Department, Jessica Marie Lunsford is shown. school grounds.

Couey took Jessica from her bedroom to his nearby trailer in February 2005, triggering a massive search. The third-grader’s body was found about three weeks later in a grave in Couey’s yard,

only about 150 yards from her home.

Her body was found under a foot of dirt wrapped in two garbage bags. She had poked holes through the bags with her fingers, although her hands were bound with wire. She was still clutching her favorite stuffed animal, a purple dolphin.

Couey died just over a month before the Florida Supreme Court was scheduled to hear his automatic appeal. He had an IQ of 78, slightly above the level generally considered mentally disabled, but the judge rejected an argument by his lawyer that he could not be legally executed.

Couey’s 2007 trial was moved to Miami because of publicity about the case, and he spent much of it drawing in coloring books. He looked straight ahead as Circuit Judge Ric Howard told him he

should be executed.

Jessica’s father, Mark Lunsford, teared up then as he listened to the judge read a detailed history of the case. Outside court, he had a message for Couey: “Skip all these appeals. Take your punishment.

Stand up and be a man.”

Couey confessed to the crime, but his confession was thrown out because he did not have a lawyer present. Jail guards and investigators testified he repeatedly admitted details of the slaying but said he hadn’t meant to kill the girl.

Prosecutors also introduced overwhelming physical evidence, including fingerprints and DNA. Couey previously had been convicted of exposing himself to a 5-year-old girl in 1991. His criminal record also included 24 burglary arrests and carrying a concealed weapon.

—AP

Marine spared prison time for killing an unarmed detainee CAMP PENDLETON, Calif. — A Marine was spared prison time Wednesday for killing an unarmed Iraqi detainee during a battle to recapture the city of Fallujah, ending a case that proved troublesome for the government because there were no bodies and no relatives complaining of lost loved ones.

A military judge reduced Sgt. Jermaine’s Nelson’s rank from sergeant to lance corporal, but ruled out a bad conduct discharge.

The sentencing came after Nelson pleaded guilty Tuesday to dereliction of duty after the government dropped a murder charge as part of a plea agreement.

During the two-day court-martial, a court for the first time heard Nelson’s taped confession from March 2007 — a grisly account that his squad leader, Sgt. Jose Luis Nazario, beat unarmed detainees in a house, killed two of them by shooting them in the forehead and ordered squad members to kill two others.

Four Iraqis died in the house.

Nelson, 28, apologized before he was sentenced, telling the judge he had failed the Marines by following Nazario’s orders and ignoring his training. He said he should

have left the house and asked superiors for help when he disagreed with his squad leader.

“I gave in to the peer pressure and now I have to live with it for the rest of my life,” Nelson said in an unsworn statement. “It’s like I slapped my own family in the face.”

The judge, Navy Capt. Keith Allred, sentenced Nelson to 150 days in prison, but the plea deal ruled out incarceration. The judge didn’t know terms of the agreement until after announcing his sentence.

Under the agreement, Nelson got the less severe punishment and remains eligible for an honorable discharge.

“I just wanted everybody to hear my side of the story and that’s exactly what happened,” Nelson told reporters after the sentencing.

Nazario’s lawyer, Kevin McDermott, said his client strongly disagreed with Nelson’s account.

“We are surprised and disappointed to say the least,” McDermott said in a statement. “Obviously Nelson was intimidated and worn down by the government. In exchange for apparently choreographed

testimony in support of the government’s theory about what happened in a room in Fallujah five years ago during brutal house-to-house fighting, Nelson was given a deal.”

Nelson was the only remaining defendant in a case that resulted in two legal defeats for the government. Nazario was acquitted last year in federal court in Riverside, Calif., on counts that included voluntary manslaughter. He was beyond the reach of a court-martial because he had completed his military obligations.

Nelson’s squadmate, Sgt. Ryan Weemer, was acquitted by a military jury of murder and dereliction of duty in April.

In his 2007 confession to a Naval Criminal Investigative Service investigator, Nelson said he entered the Fallujah home to find a man standing against a wall and three men hiding under a staircase. He ordered them to lie face down on the floor.

Nazario and Weemer entered the home and a search turned up “about four” AK-47 guns.

—AP

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VOLLEYBALL LOSES A CLOSE ONE AT HOME JAMES CORLEY Daily Staff Writer

It’s been almost two years since the Oklahoma volleyball team beat a ranked opponent in Norman, but they came close Wednesday night.

The Sooners (10-4, 3-2) took No. 10 Nebraska to five sets, but the Huskers squeezed out a win. [25-17, 24-26, 15-25, 27-25, 10-15] The last time the Sooners beat a ranked opponent at home was against No. 14 Kansas State on Oct. 19, 2007.

The Nebraska Cornhuskers (10-4, 3-2) haven’t quite met expectations this season, falling from their preseason rank of No. 3.

The Huskers lost Jordan Larson, two-time Big 12 Defensive Player of the Year and 2008 Big 12 Player of the Year, and two other key players from last year’s squad and have struggled to replace them.

Nebraska also entered Wednesday’s contest against Oklahoma after back-to-back losses to Texas A&M and No. 2 Texas.

A crowd of 2,046, second largest of all time at McCasland Field House, came out to support the Sooners and honor OU coach Santiago Restrepo’s son, Javi, who lost a battle with leukemia July 31.

The University of Oklahoma collected money and donations for leukemia research at the Children’s Hospital of the OU Medical Center at the game Wednesday.

“I’m so happy that everybody came,” sophomore Brianne Barker said. “The money we raised is going to save lives and that’s what matters.

The Sooners came out strong, defending well against Nebraska’s hitters to take a 5-1 early lead in the first set.

After a timeout, Nebraska fought to within one at 10-9, but Oklahoma responded with a 6-1 rally to build a 16-10 lead and force Nebraska to take another timeout.

Oklahoma continued to attack the Huskers, who struggled to defend or find consistency on offense.

OU’s defense held Nebraska to a .075 attack percentage, helping the Sooners grab a commanding 25-17 opening set win.

Nebraska took a quick 4-1 lead in the second set, but OU responded to tie the game 11-11. The set had five more ties until Nebraska took a 22-20 lead.

Nebraska had a chance to finish the Sooners with a 24-22 lead. But just as they have several times this season, the Huskers made a few crucial mistakes on set point and allowed the Sooners to tie 24-24.

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Sophomore outside hitter Caitlin Higgins passes the ball Wednesday during a game against Nebraska.

Nebraska closed the set 26-24, but the Sooners showed their unwillingness to go down easily.

In the third set, Nebraska returned to the high level of play that has helped them to a .945 all-time winning percentage in conference matches (427-25). The Huskers cruised to a 25-15 set win with 18 kills, no errors and a .474 attack percentage.

“After that set, we told ourselves it really doesn’t matter, the match isn’t over,” sophomore Suzy Boulavsky said. “Start over the next match 0-0, and that’s what we did.”

Down two sets to one, the Sooners took a giant 11-3 lead in the fourth set. Oklahoma blocked and attacked well, forcing Nebraska to fight for every point.

Nebraska managed only a .065 attack percentage and committed 12 errors. The Huskers gradually cut OU’s

lead away to a 17-17 tie and kept the set close, but the Sooners hung on to win 27-25 and force a final deciding fifth set.

Nebraska stayed in control to win the set 15-10 and the match 3-2.

Barker was dominant on defense for the Sooners, notching 25 digs and 42 assists.

“I always think that defense is the key to volleyball, that defense is the key to winning,” Barker said “I put a lot of pressure on myself to do well on defense.”

Boulavsky tied with Caitlin Higgins for 14 kills and added four block assists.

“I’m never satisfied with a loss, but we went down hard,” Boulavsky said. “We played probably the best volleyball this team has ever played.”

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OU football focuses on Miami quarterback JAMES ROTH Daily Staff Writer

The feel-good story this year in college football is about Miami Hurricanes’ quarterback Jacory Harris.

He has led the Hurricanes to a 2-1 record with wins over ranked opponents Florida State and Georgia Tech. Harris has been relatively untouched until last week’s loss to Virginia Tech.

With OU going on the road to Miami this week, the Sooners will have to find a way to get pressure on Harris if they want a chance to beat the Hurricanes Saturday.

The Sooners’ defense has been one of the top defenses in college football for the past couple of years, and this year is no different. The Sooners have held their last two opponents scoreless and have a swagger about them that is hard to deny.

The defense starts with the four linemen up front, and they will be tested when they face the equally impressive Miami Hurricanes offensive line, a line that has let Harris only be sacked four times in three games.

“It is going to be a real test for everybody,” said Brent Venables, OU defensive coordinator. “It’s the best line and best quarterback we have seen up to this point.”

The Sooners are coming off their bye week where they were able to rest and recover and were even able to watch the Hurricanes play against Virginia Tech last Saturday. In that game Virginia Tech was able to pressure Harris and sack him three times.

The Sooners will have to add on to the positives that Virginia Tech was able to force Harris out of his comfort zone. Still, Harris is also known for his running ability and the Sooners secondary will have to be on their toes if the linemen are able to generate pressure and force Harris out of the pocket.

“He is a passing quarterback who likes to scramble,” defensive tackle Adrian Taylor said. “He is very patient, but he can use his feet to extend the play.”

The Sooners will need another big game out of junior defensive end Jeremy Beal. In the Sooners’ last game against Tulsa Beal had three sacks and a forced fumble; this type of play is going to be a crucial key to the game against Miami. If Beal can

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Junior defensive tackle Adrian Taylor (86) attempts to break through the line in order to tackle BYU quarterback Max Hall during the game Sept. 5 in Arlington, Texas. generate pressure on the outside and force Harris to step up in the pocket it gives players like junior defensive tackle Gerald McCoy a very good chance to sack him.

“We have good guys across the board. They can’t just double one guy, and having good players at every position allows us a lot of one-on-ones,” said Chris Wilson,OU defensive ends coach. “Especially Jeremy, he does a lot on and off the line of scrimmage.”

It is simple – pressure Harris just like Virginia Tech and the Sooners have a stronger chance of winning even with a

mediocre game from the offense, which could happen given that it might be Sam Bradford’s first game back from his shoulder injury or it could be back-up quarterback Landry Jones’ first true away game.

Regardless of the offensive play, if Harris has time in the pocket he could break down our secondary because of smart decision-making and his playmaking ability. The Sooners offense and defense must step up Saturday to continue this momentum that has carried the Sooners back into the top ten.

OU hockey provides an option for Sooner sports fans

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OU forward Mark Tylka skates away from a North Dakota State forward during a game on Oct. 3 2008 at the Blazers Ice Centre.

ANDREW DUTCHER Daily Staff Writer

With an elite football program, two top basketball teams, and even a national champion gymnastics team, OU is in an era of

unparalleled athletic success. However, another top-five team hopes to also garner support: the OU hockey team.

Junior forward Shawn Hayden is aware of the difficulty of getting big crowds to see

club teams, especially one in Oklahoma City.

However, Hayden said he hopes the combination of a raucous environment and competitive hockey will do just that.

“Our goal every year is to win the national championship,” Hayden said.

OU hockey competes in the top division of the American Collegiate Hockey Association.

Last season OU finished 37-3 and earned a bid to the national tournament, which features the top 16 teams. OU advanced to the quarterfinals before a loss to Illinois in double overtime.

Hayden hopes the success last year will encourage attendance.

“Last year we probably had around 300500 people at every game,” Hayden said. “Our stadium holds around 1200, it would be awesome to have a packed house like programs up north.”

The club plays their home games at Blazers Ice Centre in Oklahoma City, a far drive for students. Forward Kenny Deines said the reason for low attendance can be attributed to a lack of tradition.

“We would love to have the support that some of the teams we play have,” Deines said. “But we understand because hockey is more popular up there and those teams have built tradition for a long time. Our program has only been around for six years.”

On the weeks leading up to home games, OU hockey players pass out flyers around the dorms and the Huston Huffman Center inviting students to home games. Deines believes that if students attend at least one game, they

will see the trip was worth it.

“Every friend of mine that I have brought out to a game has loved the atmosphere and how much fun it is,” Deines said.

Junior goalie Ryan Merkow is a new addition to the squad. Last year, he saw from a fans perspective how attendance can help bolster team performance. He believes a good crowd is dependent on students showing up for games.

Hayden said the games especially appeal to fraternities.

“The games are on Friday and Saturday Night and usually end around 9 p.m.,” Hayden said. “You can come out and tailgate before the game, have a great time, and then get out early enough to go to the bars or wherever.”

OU returns all three captains from last year and with the help of a few new faces, looks to compete at the same level. Last weekend OU played Lindenwood, the defending national champions, but fell short in both games.

Hayden said the experience will help them for the future.

“We had a rough weekend playing Lindenville, but they are the defending national champs so we learned what it takes to beat the best,” Hayden said.

OU plays games nearly every Friday and Saturday; however, the next home game is not until Nov. 5. While the wait may be long, the opponent is well worth the delay. The Sooners will face off against Oakland, the winner of the national championship three years ago.

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THE DAILY’S NATASHA GOODELL ASKED STUDENTS WHICH QUARTERBACK THEY WOULD RATHER SEE START IN SATURDAY’S OU-MIAMI FOOTBALL GAME: SAM BRADFORD OR LANDRY JONES?

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“I think he’s more experienced. Landry is really great and he’s proven himself, but I want to see Bradford play.”

-ABBY CASTRO, UNIVERSITY COLLEGE FRESHMAN

“It has been cool seeing the progress he’s making. And since he’ll be here more of the time I’m here than Bradford would be, I want to see him play.”

-BRADY KIRK, UNIVERSITY COLLEGE FRESHMAN

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“Probably Landry because our pledge class for BYX theme this year is “mustache mafia,” unless Bradford decided to grow a mustache.”

-AUSTIN CONWELL, INTERNATIONAL AND AREA STUDIES SOPHOMORE

“Landry because Bradford is still recovering. What if something were to happen to him again?”

“I went to high school with Bradford so I want to see him play.”

-MATTHEW NICEK, ACCOUNTING SOPHOMORE

“Bradford is OU’s quarterback.”

-JASON REZAI, UNIVERSITY COLLEGE FRESHMAN

“I think Landry should start because I want to save Bradford for OU-Texas.”

-JASMINE SHUMAKER, UNIVERSITY COLLEGE FRESHMAN

-SANTHOSH THOMAS, UNIVERSITY COLLEGE FRESHMAN

Small sports shine in absence of Sooner football There hasn’t been too much going on in OU football over the last week.

The only news has been daily Sam Bradford injury updates, in-depth and overdone analysis of this weekend’s game against Miami, and the recent revelation that tight e n d Je r ma i n e G re s ha m w i l l enter the NFL Draft despite being injured this season, which shouldn’t be much of a surprise to anyone.

If you’re anything like me, AARON then this repetitive news cycle is COLEN mind-numbingly boring.

I don’t see any need to keep reporting that Bob Stoops doesn’t know if

Bradford is ready to play. Wake me when someone has an answer.

So I have been looking elsewhere for my OU sports news fix, and fortunately, this has been a good week to do so.

I’ll admit to being one of those people who doesn’t share the same passion for sports such as volleyball, softball, and soccer as I do for basketball or football.

In fact, I rarely think about the former three when the latter are going on.

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soccer team defeating 13th-ranked Texas A&M Sunday.

That team has all the makings of what I would call an interesting sports team.

It is the midst of an exciting turnaround season, it has a dynamic star player, and it just pulled off a major upset, beating a team that the program has never before defeated. As a fan of sports, I appreciate that.

OU volleyball is in the middle of a strong season, having started off 10-3, 3-1 in conference play.

I, like any true Sooner should be, am interested in a team with a chance to battle for a conference title and bragging rights.

Finally, OU softball started its fall

season one week ago, and it’s won all six games so far.

Granted, its competition hasn’t been the best, but the Sooners showcased their star from last season senior Amber Flores, who has homered in five straight games, and an upcoming star, freshman Keilani Ricketts, who threw a perfect game over the weekend, and also hit a grand slam.

OU football will be back on the front page within a few days, but even though it will be getting the most of my attention this season I will remember to keep up with the smaller, but just as interesting sports.

Aaron Colen is a journalism senior.

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OKLAHOMA ROCKERS COME HOME ASHLEY BERNTGEN Daily Staff Writer

Oklahomans can rock out with Kings of Leon Saturday when the band performs at the Ford Center in Oklahoma City.

The concert marks a sort of homecoming for the rock band. Two of its members, drummer Nathan Followill and bassist Matthew Followill, were born in Oklahoma City.

While the band has been playing in Oklahoma for years, it has typically played at smaller venues.

After the success of the band’s most recent album, “Only By the Night,” it embarked on a tour that slated itto play arenas in North America.

Anthropology senior Ford Tate started listening to Kings of Leon in the summer of 2007 when his friend introduced him to the band’s albums, “Youth and Young Manhood” and “Aha Shake Heartbreak.”

“I fell in love,” Tate said. “I thought it was really cool how ‘drum-sy’ the music was.”

While Tate is admittedly not a huge fan of the band’s most recent work, he is still looking forward to attending the

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concert Saturday night, he said.

“I’m hoping they’ll play some of their older stuff,” Tate said.

Norman resident Cindy Boscarelli has been a long-time fan of Kings of Leon and the concert Saturday will be her sixth time seeing the band live.

Boscarelli considers her favorite show to be her first one at the Diamond Ballroom because the venue wasn’t that big and the band sounded great.

Despite her preference for a smaller, more personal show, Boscarelli is still excited for the show.

“Whether or not they have Grammys, they’re still my favorite,” Boscarelli said.

Although the band is playing at a new, much larger venue than it has in years past, fans are still excited to see it live.

The concert will also serve as an opportunity for a large Oklahoma venue to welcome a band with Oklahoma roots.

Tim Linville, director of sales and marketing for the Ford Center, was positive about the band coming.

“We are always excited to have Oklahoma artists play in [the] Ford Center,” Linville said. “We are very proud to be part of Oklahoma’s music scene and it is fitting to have artists with Oklahoma roots as part of a very special night for both [the] Ford Center and the people of Oklahoma City.”

Doors open at 8 p.m. Saturday at the Ford Center, 100 W Reno St in Oklahoma City.

WIND SYMPHONY AND SYMPHONY BANDS TO PERFORM TONIGHT The Wind Symphony and Symphony Bands will perform at 8 p.m. tonight in Sharp Concert Hall.

The performance will be a mixture of traditional and new music with a special piece, “Ecstatic Waters,” composed by Steven Bryant.

Conductor of the Wind Symphony William Wakefield said this performance is a

mixture of traditional and ne w music which should not only comfort the audience with familiar sounds, but dazzle it with things they have probably never heard before.

What makes this concert so special is the piece “Ecstatic Waters,” which will be the centerpiece of the evening, Wakefield said.

“It pulls you into another dimension, almost like being under water,” Wakefield said.

“Ecstatic Waters” is the longest piece of the night at 22 minutes, and is also the newest. It is mainly performed by Mark Billy, principal clarinet player for the symphony.

Billy said he hopes the audience is as excited about

the performance as everyone in the symphony is.

Ashley West, music education sophomore and symphony band percussionist, said she hopes the audience enjoys the music as much as she enjoys playing it.

“I love the feeling of sharing great music with a great audience,” West said.

Old legends meet new flavors at Iron Starr BBQ Normanites can indulge in new tastes and history today as Campus Corner welcomes its newest restaurant.

I r o n Starr Urban BBQ, 574 S. University St., will not LARON only give CHAPMAN Norman residents a place to eat food akin to home cooking, but will also provide a wealth of history.

The infamous female o u t l aw My ra May b e l l e Shirley, better known as “Belle Starr,” married a Cherokee I n d i a n named Sam Starr in present-day Oklahoma.

During her years as an outlaw, she was accused of stagecoach robbery, horse thiever y and harboring known criminals. She met an untimely death after being shot off her horse in what remains an unsolved murder.

Drawing from this interesting historical legend, the restaurant cleverly found its name.

Iron Starr Urban BBQ is the second restaurant of its kind to enter the state of Oklahoma and will be located in what was once the Harold’s Store Outlet.

The restaurant is part of The Good Egg Dining Group,

co-founded by restaurant owners Keith and Heather Paul and known for its appealing and groundbreaking cuisines including restaurants such as Cheever’s Café, Market C and Red Prime Steak.

So what is on the menu, you ask? For starters, the restaurant features Mama’s Deviled Eggs, sure to taste better than your own mother’s.

For a great weekday lunch, customers should try one of the restaurant’s best-sellers, the beef tenderloin wedge salad, which includes firegrilled slices of beef tenderloin, a creamy blue cheese and a specialty house dressing.

If you are not in the mood for a salad, try the restaurant’s most requested sandwich, the BBQ club, which features smoked sliced turkey breast, chopped brisket, crisp bacon and jack and cheddar cheeses. Add a side of their specialty macaroni and cheese to complete the perfect entrée.

If you still have room for dessert, compliment the perfect entrée with the perfect dessert — warm and sweet double chocolate bread pudding.

So if you want to try something new and old, journey down to Campus Corner and indulge in all that Iron Starr Urban BBQ has to offer.

Laron Chapman is a film and video studies sophomore.

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Thursday, Oct. 1, 2009 LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23) -- Unless you treat your assignments or responsibilities with seriousness, your efficacy will be substantially reduced.

Certain things can be handled lightly, but not your work.

SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 22) -- No one is trying to deprive you of having a little fun, but it is important to spend more time accomplishing something substantial than relaxing or playing. Keep things in perspective.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 23-Dec. 21) -- A show of envy doesn’t become you. It doesn’t matter that you believe an undeserving person gets all the breaks. It hurts you, not him or her.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) -- Stop fantasizing about those big ideas, and start taking positive action with regard to something constructive that can make a difference. Begin small, and let it grow.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 19) -- Unless you are on your toes, you could end up buying the pitch instead of analyzing the product. Your usual instincts for spotting a bargain are likely to be inoperative at this time.

PISCES (Feb. 20-March 20) -Be candid, especially with those deemed to be important in your life. Playing games to hide something will arouse suspicion and create disunity.

ARIES (March 21-April 19) -Analyze the reason for singling out and helping one acquaintance over another. Usually, the only reason you seek out one person in particular is to satisfy an ulterior motive.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20) -- Budget your day wisely, and don’t waste precious time on insignificant interests or activities. A lack of scheduling could severely limit your productivity and effectiveness.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20) -Friends or associates will notice if you don’t honor your word, so be on guard. Your standing in the eyes of peers could be a bit fragile.

CANCER (June 21-July 22) -Take plenty of time to schedule and map out a course of action.

Vagueness will mean the loss of precious time, while poor judgment will bring about the dissolution of your plans.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22) -- If you get careless or let down your guard, you and your commercial involvements could get sidetracked. Don’t open the door for someone to take advantage of you.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) -Generally, you’re careful about forming an alliance or partnership with a total stranger; however, a conniver who plans to use you for his or her purposes might pull a fast one.

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Looking to beat the weekend norm? The Daily’s Life & Arts staff put together a list of things happening this weekend.

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The 13th annual Midway Jam will feature seven bands at 9 p.m. Sunday at Bob Midway Grocery, 601 W. Eufaula St. in Norman.

▲ CONCERT The Whiskey Trio will perform at 9 p.m. Friday at Othello’s, 434 Buchanan Ave. in Norman.

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Poison the Well will perform at 6 p.m. tonight at the Conservatory, 8911 N. Western Ave. in Oklahoma City.

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