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67°/46° owl.ou.edu CAMPUS BRIEF TRAIN PROVIDES MORE ROOM FOR TRAVELLING SOONER FANS Amtrak will be adding more seats to the Heartland Flyer for the OU-Texas game.

More seats were added for the high demand for travel to the football game this weekend, according to representative for Amtrak.

Dubbed the “Sooner Express,” the train travels to downtown Dallas in addition to its normal Ft. Worth destination. The return trip leaves Dallas Union Station Sunday afternoon.

Last year, about 350 people rode the Heartland Flyer during the OU-Texas weekend.

-The AP contributed to this report -Daily staff reports

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U2 concert to make parking more difficult in Norman Norman Police to temporarily close Asp Avenue for Sunday show NATASHA GOODELL Daily Staff Writer

As thousands of U2 fans pour into Norman Sunday evening, city and university officials are treating it just like any other gameday.

The Norman Police Department will handle all traffic, while OU Parking and Transit Services will sell parking in campus lots.

“Street parking should not be affected,” OUPD spokesman Lt. Bruce Chan said. “It will essentially be the same kind of restrictions as there are on gamedays.”

Kris Glenn, spokesman for OU Parking and Transportation Services, said most of the lots on the main campus will be pay lots for fans attending the concert Sunday.

Glenn said OU parking permit holders may park in those spaces at no charge.

In addition, the multipurpose lot north of the Huston Huffman Center will be reserved for housing and priority housing parking permit holders from 6 a.m. to 9 p.m. Sunday, Glenn stated in an e-mail.

Chan said OUPD will be directing, as well as coordinating traffic control, focusing on the areas that are close to campus.

Currently, the stage setup at the Oklahoma Memorial Stadium is affecting traffic flow for those on and around campus, Chan said.

North of Lindsey Street, northbound Asp

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A road closure sign blocks the Asp Avenue entrance to Oklahoma Memorial Stadium. Students will not have access to the road while the stage for the U2 concert is being built.

Avenue is closed, forcing those using the stadium parking garage to drive through the South Oval before entering the garage.

“The concert setup is affecting traffic right now,” Chan said. “A lot of construction is going on in the stadium.”

Nick Burnett, multi-disciplinary studies senior, said he hopes parking won’t be a problem for him, but said the parking lot where he lives at Summer Point Apartments, located at 12th Avenue and Boyd Street, usually gets filled up during gamedays.

Chan said Asp is closed all of this week and for the first few days of next week.

According to an e-mail from Norman Police, all traffic routes in and around campus will

return to normal Thursday.

“They have to take down the stage and put the stadium back the way it was before [U2] came,” Chan said.

Crews began setting up the stages Monday for the Black Eyed Peas and U2 concert on Sunday evening.

“The Claw,” U2’s tour stage, is one of the largest structural stages for a concert tour, according to the U2 tour Web site.

Attendance is estimated to be in the range of 50,000 to 60,000 for the concert, according to Norman police.

Lloyd Noble Center at Jenkins Avenue and Imhoff Road is the preferred parking venue for those attending the concert, Glenn said.

Women to speak, share ideas KATHLEEN EVANS Daily Staff Writer

OU Outreach is hosting its first Oklahoma Women’s Symposium, titled “The Time is Now ... Reinvent, Reinvest & Reshape Your Life,” from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. today at the Cox Convention Center in Oklahoma City.

The symposium will feature a series of speakers and presentations aimed at empowering women, according to the event Web site. The goal of the event is to allow women to share techniques and ideas on how to face obstacles in life, from work to family or both.

The OU Outreach program is part of the College of Continuing Education and the College of Liberal Studies, and gives opportunities to undergraduate and graduate students to complete degrees through online courses, independent study or concentrated classes.

Megan Cowell, program coordinator, said the concept for the event came from the idea that even in tough economic times women have to make changes.

The Outreach program decided the symposium was the best way to bring women together to share strategies on facing challenges.

Presentation topics at the symposium include living in today’s economy, remembering to include fun in one’s life and finding one’s leadership style.

As the coordinators began thinking of ideas for the symposium, they chose to represent multiple aspects with which women would have to deal, Cowell said. For the symposium, they created a schedule of topics they felt were most important to women and that women of all ages could benefit from.

The emcee and first speaker is Robin Marsh, who will engage the audience in an emotional exercise, according to the event schedule. Marsh is co-anchor of KWTV NEWS 9. She has also been nominated for an Emmy award and has received national journalism awards for her work.

OU women’s basketball coach Sherri Coale is also among the presenters and will speak about how to “live with purpose.”

Since coming to OU in 1996, Coale has led the women’s basketball team to multiple regular season and Big 12 tournament titles. She is also the president of the Women’s Basketball Coaches Association.

Cost to register for the convention was $35. More info can be found at cafe.ou.edu/women.

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STUDENT BUILDS GADGETS FOR STORM RESEARCH Junior doubles as tornado researcher in spare time LARA SAAVEDRA Daily Staff Writer

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John Leeman, meteorology and geology junior, works in his lab Wednesday afternoon in Sarkeys Energy Center. Leeman designed and built the probe behind him.

John Leeman spends hours a day in a 10foot-by-five-foot lab in Sarkeys Energy Center building probes, working on data and conducting experiments.

When not in his lab, Leeman, a meteorology and geology junior, is out in the field with his storm data-collecting equipment.

Being out in the field, in the heart of a severe storm has become second nature for Leeman, who has been collecting data from storms since before he could drive.

“It’s amazing what these storms can do,” Leeman said. “How fast things are moving, the accelerations involved, the mass of it is pretty incredible.”

Leeman said his main research interest focuses on electric field data of tornadoes.

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New program sparks interest in China Student group opposes appointment of professor among students, Norman residents applaud Harper’s strong and Political opinions of demonstrated commitment new director source to teaching excellence.”

Wright said Harper’s writof current controversy ings while he worked at political think tanks such as the RICKY MARANON Daily Staff Writer Oklahoma Council for Public Affairs and the Heritage A student group is op- Foundation are one reason posing the creation of the why the group is concerned. new Institute for American Harper wrote his reflecConstitutional Her itage tions on freedom after seeing again. the movie “The Patriot” while Oklahoma Students for a working for the Oklahoma Democratic Society opposed Council for Public Affairs. the creation of the new “My first imprescenter last spring, but sions in Paris were this time their camhow weak and paign is against Kyle tired many of the Harper, an assistant people look; unlike professor of classics Oklahomans, these and letters, whom OU aren’t a people who President David Boren want or deserve freeappointed as director dom,” Harper wrote KYLE of the center. for the Oklahoma “We are not criticiz- HARPER Council for Public ing Harper for his perAffairs in August sonal or political convictions,” 2000. said Ian Wright, a member of Harper continues to write the group, an opinion colum- about how many in the southnist for The Daily, and eco- ern and western parts of nomics and political science France admire things such as sophomore. “Nor are we ques- Robert E. Lee, the Confederacy tioning in any way his formi- and wide open spaces. dable credentials as a classics Harper was also the scholar. We consider Harper e d i t o r i n - c h i e f o f “ T h e to be an invaluable asset to the university, and we especially PROFESSOR CONTINUES ON PAGE 2

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The OU Confucius Institute is helping students learn all things Chinese with its new program, Chinese Corner.

Chinese Corner is a free campus activity for anyone who is interested in Chinese language and culture.

Chinese professors help participants practice their speaking abilities, and educate them on Chinese culture every Wednesday at 4:30 p.m. in the Buchanan House in Cross Center.

The OU Confucius Institute was established in 2006 in partnership with Beijing Normal University in China.

Its mission is to promote the teaching of Chinese language and culture through partnerships with governments, corporations, and educational and research institutions, according to the OU Confucius Institute Web site.

GO ONLINE TO OUDAILY.COM TO READ THE REST OF JARED RADER’S ARTICLE ON THE CHINESE CORNER PROGRAM.

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Xin Chen, a visiting professor from Yunnan University in China, speaks Wednesday afternoon in Cross Building in Buchanan Hall during Chinese Corner.

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WHAT OU STUDENTS HAVE TO SAY ABOUT THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS.

Professor Continued from page 1 Fountainhead,” a former student publication with a conservative reputation, in the late 1990s while at OU. While editor-in-chief, he wrote some statements in April 1999’s edition Oklahoma Students for a Democratic Society have called “concerning.”

“The principles which define the rhetoric and, unfortunately, not the reality of modern conservatism are the most powerful principles in the history of mankind,” Harper wrote. “Like a religion which compromises the doctrines of ultimate damnation or salvation ... these principles — natural law, natural rights, free enterprise — lose their majesty when they are watered down.”

“Conservatives should proudly oppose the Department of Education, the Environmental Protection Agency, the National Endowment for the Arts, and other blatantly unconstitutional entities,” Harper wrote. “America is the last best hope of mankind, and conservatism is the last best hope of America.”

Oklahoma Students for a Democratic Society is sending an open letter to members of the OU faculty next week in an attempt to

Storms Continued from page 1 “What I’m looking for are discrete cell individual rotating and non-rotating super cells and then what I do is try to collect data on how strong the electric field surrounding these storms are,” he said.

“There’s been some work done on it, but not a whole lot.”

The electric field is important because that is related to the size of the tornado, Leeman said.

Aside from crunching numbers and conducting experiments, Leeman also engineers his own probes to collect data. The sensors he builds can cost thousands of dollars, and the parts can be hard to make, he said.

“The equipment that we are using you can’t buy off the shelf; you have to build it from scratch,” he said. “There’s a lot of Googling.”

Leeman discovered his love for designing and building when he

raise awareness of what they call “Harper’s help me develop the program and curricucommitment to American exceptionalism, lum, involves a wide range of scholarly and the belief that America is an ‘elect nation’ and ideological perspectives.” ... endowed with a special world mission.”

Boren said the new institute has nothing The group said their campaign intends to to do with a previously proposed institution question whether Harper is “the right person that was to be housed in the Joe C. and Carole to pioneer a constitutional institute”.

Kerr McClendon Honors College. That inHarper said all comments from the stitute was to be funded by a multi-million Institute for American Constitutional dollar endowment set up by Chesapeake Heritage should be directed to Boren, and Oil and Natural Gas Company CEO Aubrey declined to comment.

McClendon.

Boren stated in an e- Formation and development of B o r e n s a i d mail Oklahoma Students McClendon is not infor a Democratic Society the institute at OU is one of my volved in the Institute for has not contacted him top goals during the remaining American Constitutional with their concerns and years of my presidency.”

Heritage project. said the new institute is OU spokesman Jay a presidential initiative —OU PRESIDENT DAVID BOREN Doyle said the funding based off of the concerns for the new institute is listed in his book “A Letter to America.” coming from OU. “This is an interdisciplinary program, “The Institute for American Constitutional which is based on my deep concern that Heritage is not being funded from any ina large number of Americans are not well dividual private donor nor has any money informed about American history, the from Aubrey McClendon been transferred to Constitution, or our form of government,” the College of Arts and Sciences,” Doyle said.

Boren said. “The program will be interdisci- “This is a university initiative that is mainly plinary and will include many existing faculty made up of existing faculty members.” at the university. It will have no political bias.

Oklahoma Students for a Democratic A steering committee, which I have asked to Society opposed the creation of an

and his dad used to restore tractors built in the 1920s, he said.

“We built stuff all the time,” Leeman said. “We couldn’t find parts for the tractors [from] the ’20s, so we had to make them.”

Leeman’s dad received a degree in geology and helped spark his interest in science.

“I guess that’s where I got the geology part — from him,” he said.

Leeman said he is grateful for the fact that he has supportive parents encouraging him to do research.

“Without them, there is no way I could do anything that I can now,” Leeman said. “I was very lucky that I was brought up to have parents that supported whatever I wanted to do, research-wise.”

Leeman realized storm data collecting could become a long-term research interest while he was still in high school. After coming to this conclusion, he looked to expand his knowledge by taking a 3,000mile, 10-day expedition all over Colorado and Nebraska.

Leeman said his studies have played an integral part in how to develop his research and how to communicate his findings effectively.

“Weather and geology tie in so tightly,” Leeman said. “That’s why I’m double-majoring because you may have a landslide that’s a geological event ... caused by excess rain or when hurricanes come in. They leave sediments that are preserved in the geologic record and a few generations from now, someone that is in graduate school will go ... to the coast and look at sediments from Hurricane Katrina and [learn] new things about it still.”

Predicting severe storms to help people better prepare when they are directly impacted is one of the reasons Leeman does his research.

“The more we know, we can tell the public you need to be watching out for this, this is how you need to respond,” he said.

institution similar to Institute for American Constitutional Heritage in April and May because the group claimed McClendon “contributes generously to a slew of right-wing and anti-gay groups.” Sean Hughes, he president of Oklahoma Students for a Democratic Society at the time, said he was worried McClendon would have total control of the newly proposed political think tank.

Boren said the institute is in its beginning stages, and listed Harper as the interim director in a news release.

“The program will grow slowly as resources become available and initially will largely depend on existing faculty at OU,” Boren said. “Formation and development of the institute at OU is one of my top goals during the remaining years of my presidency ... My hope is that the University of Oklahoma can develop a program that will be a model for others to follow to make sure that all college graduates are prepared to meet their responsibilities as citizens.”

Boren said Harper is a distinguished scholar from Harvard University.

“He is fully committed to the goal of a politically balanced, non-partisan approach to the formation of the institute and the carrying out of its mission,” Boren said.

Leeman said he is concerned about how many people don’t know what to do in the time of a disaster.

“People don’t understand what’s going on,” he said. “They don’t understand how they should respond. Disasters don’t have to kill that many people. They do because people haven’t thought out how they are going to respond.

If they do and respond appropriately and they don’t let fear and everything else get hold of them, they’ll probably live through it.”

Prediction is not always accurate, he said, but the data will help researchers become better at it.

“The better we understand these phenomena, the better we can predict them,” he said. “Prediction is never going to be perfect. There are too many variables, there [are] too many little things that we can and cannot [account] for.”

When not in the field, Leeman

works alongside professor Megan Elwood-Madden in the school of geology and geophysics researching gas hydrate.

“We’re hoping to measure the rate of hydrate formation as well as the rate of gas release from gas hydrates as they decompose in the laboratory to determine if recently observed methane releases on Mars might be coming from decomposition of gas hydrate deposits below the surface,” ElwoodMadden said.

The extraction of methane from hydrates could provide an enormous energy and petroleum feedstock resource, according to the U.S. Geological Survey’s Web site.

Leeman said he plans to pursue graduate degrees in either geophysics or meteorology and to continue his research in electronic fields.

“I plan on continuing to work on the storms,” Leeman said. “This will be a life-long project because you can never get enough data.”

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JOSH WILLIAMSON SPOKE TO STUDENTS WEDNESDAY AND WILL BE BACK AGAIN TODAY. OKLAHOMA DAILY REPORTER TROY WEATHERFORD ASKED STUDENTS IN ATTENDANCE WHY THEY DECIDED TO STOP AND LISTEN OR RESPOND.

“I attend Trinity Baptist. I was trying to learn additional info with scriptural basis that supports my faith. He was helpful in that regard.”

“My friend was listening ... It didn’t really have anything to do with what was going on.”

“It’s interesting to listen to the discussion. I’m not here to make a point or anything.”

-JOHN POLITTE, UNIVERSITY COLLEGE FRESHMAN

-CARRIE CROOKS, UNIVERSITY COLLEGE FRESHMAN

“I stopped because when I came I was under the impression there was someone teaching Christianity in a way that it wasn’t ... I really do think it’s important that people understand God.”

-JONATHAN KERN, UNIVERSITY COLLEGE FRESHMAN

“The sheer enjoyment of the human condition ... The only way society develops is with conflicting opinions.”

“My friend was like ‘Hey, you got time?’ And I said ‘Yes.’” -CARLI LEWIS, VISUAL COMMUNICATION

-ELLIOT CHANDLER, ACCOUNTING JUNIOR

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FORMER POLICE OFFICER TURNED IN BY WIFE FOR CHILD PORNOGRAPHY A former OU Police officer, arrested for possession of child pornography Tuesday, was reported to law enforcement officials by his wife.

According to Cleveland County court documents Dana Ezell, the wife of former OU Police officer Travis Lee Ezell, turned the family’s computer over to Norman Police July 9.

Dana Ezell told law enforcement she found the child pornography on a computer March 3 when she was looking for recently uploaded personal photographs. Court documents state while searching for her photos, she found a folder containing multiple images of “little girls ... wearing nothing but panties.”

She said she confronted her husband about the images and, according to court documents, he told her he deleted them.

But court documents state the computer turned in to police contained “approximately 1,935 images depicting child pornography

found in an orphaned folder with multiple sub-folders ... involved prepubescent minors, the youngest being approximately eight years old.”

According to court documents, images taken from the computer were sent to Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s Cyber Smuggling Center and the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children for possible identification of the children in the images.

In 2008, a Travis L. Ezell had served 10 years with the OUPD, according to an April 18, 2008, issue of Campus Connections, OU’s faculty and staff newsletter. However, Lt. Bruce Chan, OU Police spokesman, said Ezell left OUPD earlier this year and his actions did not take place while he was on the OU Police force.

Ezell was a master police officer with OUPD, according to OUDaily.com archives.

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TODAY OU NAVY ROTC The OU Navy ROTC will run to the Cotton Bowl when OU head coach Bob Stoops hands off a football to a midshipman at 7:15 a.m. in the Armory.

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COMMENT OF THE DAY »

In response to Jon Malone’s Wednesday column, “Arguments against Oklahoma abortion law misses mark”

“‘And since when is it a bad idea to make it more difficult to get an abortion?’

I was under the impression that it was a bad idea to make it harder to receive medical treatment. But then you pointed out that left-leaning CRR said that and so now I don’t

think that anymore. Thanks Daily Columnist for your lucid arguments!”

-bruenig

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STAFF COLUMN

OUR VIEW

Truth at heart of Hertz libel lawsuit The Dow Jones Industrial Average topped 10,000 Wednesday, for the first time since October 2008, indicating what many hope is a dying recession that has caused financial strain for many investors and noninvestors alike.

One reason for this recession was a lack of reliable information available to investors about which companies were financially viable.

We hope this will serve as a lesson to investors in the future to fully investigate the companies in which they decide to invest.

This can only happen, however, if reliable information is available.

Unfortunately, one company, Hertz Global Holdings Inc., is doing its best to make this difficult.

According to an article on the

Web site for Crain’s New York Business, Hertz is suing a research firm because the firm published a report about large companies that are likely to go bankrupt in the near future.

Hertz made the list, and now the company is suing Audit Integrity Inc., the firm that made the assertion about Hertz’s potential financial downfall, for defamation and trade libel.

While we believe Hertz has the right to sue the firm if the report is inaccurate, we fear this lawsuit may act as a deterrent to other auditing firms that have information that would be extremely useful to investors.

And if what the Audit Integrity Inc. report says is true, the firm has

every right to publish its findings, whether Hertz likes it or not.

Truth should be an absolutely concrete defense against libel. And if the Audit Integrity Inc. report is true and a judge finds in favor of Hertz, our faith in the legal system would certainly waiver.

The protection of rights spelled out in the First Amendment are supposedly guaranteed to entities like Audit Integrity Inc. and newspapers such as this one.

We believe they are the bedrocks of American democracy.

So we sincerely hope the truth comes out in this case, and if it shows the Audit Integrity Inc. report is accurate, we hope the judge finds in the firm’s favor and in the favor of our constitutional rights.

STAFF COLUMN

Nobel Prize has become hollowed, political award Recently, our president was awarded the very prestigious Nobel Peace Prize. This is an award that has been, in the past, reserved only for those who went above and beyond, d e d i c at i n g t h e i r lives to making our planet a more peaceful and hosCARSON pitable place for us PAINTER all.

Alfred Nobel, the man whom the award is named for, said it should be given to someone “who shall have done the most or best work for fraternity between nations” and the “spreading of peace and congress.”

Past award winners are people like Nelson Mandela, who won it in 1993 for being a key South African figure in fighting apartheid

and discrimination in his country.

Mandela spent 27 years in prison for fighting for his beliefs and is now known as one of the most influential people in South African history.

M o t h e r Te r e s a , a R o m a n Catholic, won the Nobel Prize in 1979 for founding the Missionaries of Charity. She spent 45 years taking care of the weak, the impoverished, the sick and the dying, and she is considered to be one of the greatest humanitarians of all time.

Truly, this seems like an award reserved only for the greatest of our planet’s peacemakers and humanitarians, so we should feel blessed that our nation’s most powerful figure was able to earn this award.

But did President Obama really earn his award?

Note the tense in the quote by Nobel above. He said “have done,” not will do or is thinking about doing, but “have done.”

Nominations for the most recent Nobel Peace Prize were finalized just two weeks after President Obama took office. What did the 48 year old former Illinois senator and newly elected president do to earn such a high honor before he had even warmed up the chair in the Oval Office?

The answer is absolutely nothing.

President Obama has big plans for our country, and while we might not all agree on many of his standpoints, most of us would concede that his call to curb nuclear proliferation and increase dialogue between all nations of the world are nothing but positive ambitions that would promote peace and prosperity for the entire planet.

But there is a difference between big talk and actual action, and President Obama still has a full term left to prove whether or not he can make his dreams a reality.

And though he might have earned this award in the future, by having it handed to him by his political allies in Europe now, it is nothing but a shallow and wasted award that amounts to nothing but a political pat on the back.

There were 205 other nominations this year for the Nobel Peace Prize, many whom could have used the prize grant money for their efforts around the globe. By giving it to the President of The United States, the Nobel Committee has wasted the grant on someone who hardly needed it to begin with.

The Nobel Peace Prize has become nothing but a vestige of its former self. Former winners are probably turning in their graves seeing one of their most esteemed accomplishments simply handed out like an honorary degree or child’s sports trophy.

President Obama himself said he was surprised to have been awarded the Prize, and this comes as no shock. Our only hope is that maybe he can live up to the prestige and honor that his newly acquired award once stood for.

Carson Painter is an international business and finance junior.

Alcohol has benefits when consumed in moderation We need to reevaluate the way we consume alcohol and reform our opinions about this widely available drug. In the United States we have created a stigma with drinking - a stigma that opposes the moderation in alcohol consumption your body would prefer.

Due to our conservative nature and the lack of culture in the U.S., we do not incorporate alcohol use into our daily routines enough.

Instead it is looked upon as a drug that is only used as a crutch for emoCHRISTOPHER tional stress or a facilitator of conducting irrational decisions. As children, GIBBONS we are bashed over the head countless times with the assertion that alcohol is a liquid that brings about sinful behavior, physical distress and the loss of mental capacities.

And with overconsumption this is true, but what is the case for moderation?

With moderation, there are many psychosocial benefits of drinking as stated in a piece of scientific literature by Baum-Baicker. These include stress reduction, mood enhancement, cognitive performance, reduced clinical symptoms, primarily of depression and improved functioning in the elderly, to name a few.

Moderation in alcohol is also applicable as we approach flu season. For instance, one study showed people who consume two to three drinks per day have an 85 percent greater resistance to the common cold than do abstainers.

Research has also concluded that moderate drinkers performed better than abstainers on all measures of cognitive ability. A study of men with high blood pressure found that those who average between one and six drinks per week have a 39 percent lower risk of death from cardiovascular causes than those who don’t.

Those who average one or two drinks each day were 44 percent less likely to die.

The list goes on and on.

So why am I even bringing this up? Don’t we all know that consuming in moderation can lead to great social experiences and increased physiological health?

I don’t think so.

Due to the backward nature of our country, I think most young people are incredibly uninformed about alcohol. The conservative media has influenced our policy making, which has negatively influenced the way we view alcohol.

First, we have put alcohol on a pedestal by raising the legal drinking age to 21. We have created a Holy Grail that has been idealized. This puts greater pressure on teenagers to drink more because they aren’t allowed to have alcohol.

Second, churches are a major problem in this battle for moderation. Unfortunately, we are citizens of a nation built on a foundation of churches.

When many of us were young, many of the cultural experiences we had were at church. This culture teaches us to abstain from real life experiences.

But what happens when we break out of the circle of religion? We become immersed in a world full of new opportunities that we are totally unprepared for.

Church does not teach us how to handle the pressures of our peers because it teaches us to remain ignorant and flee from all signs of danger.

Because of this, we do not let alcohol into our lives, and it does not become part of our daily culture, so we abuse it.

We use it as a shield from the real world when we realize that the church can no longer protect us. And we use it as a way of asserting toughness.

Alcohol should not be used these ways. Instead, it should be used to promote health, longevity and ultimate enjoyment.

Christopher Gibbons is a botany and chemistry junior.

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Nelson Mandela, who won a Nobel Prize in 1993, waves.

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Sooner soccer gears up for two home matches with Kansas and Missouri. Page 8A.

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Junior Forward Whitney Palmer (8) kicks the ball past USC defense during the game Sept. 20 in Norman.

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Caitlin Higgins, sophomore outside hitter, passes the ball during a home game Oct. 7 game against Iowa State.

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Sooner volleyball to battle Baylor Saturday Volleyball an option for OU fans who don’t make the drive to Dallas JAMES CORLEY Daily Staff Writer

The OU volleyball team will host No. 19 Baylor (17-2, 6-2) at noon Saturday in McCasland Field House.

The Bears are the third ranked team the Sooners have faced in a row and the fourth of the last five games.

OU has yet to defeat a ranked opponent during this season, but Baylor seems to be the most vulnerable.

The Bears’ only losses came against No. 2 Texas in Austin and a surprise upset by Texas A&M in Waco last Saturday.

Baylor struggled against the Aggies and had no room to make a big rebound against No. 7 Nebraska Wednesday.

With two consecutive losses, the Bears

come limping into Norman Saturday and the Sooners will be ready.

OU’s defense is the best in the conference in digs, led by freshman María Fernanda’s 5.1 digs per set.

Baylor is third in conference in hitting percentage, averaging .254 per match, but the Sooner defense held conference leader Texas to just .195 last weekend.

The Sooners are also finding a rhythm on offense.

Sophomore Suzy Boulavsky and juniors Francie Ekwerekwu and Sarah Freudenrich hav e c o n s i s t e nt l y punished opposing defenses by switching up attacks and ballplacement.

The game will be played in Norman during a time most people will be watching OU football, but the volleyball team could pick NEIL MCGLOHON/THE DAILY up its first win over a ranked opponent in Sophomore setter Brianne Barker sets the ball during the Oct. 7 game against Iowa State in more than two years.

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Saturday’s ‘GameDay’ routine

Big 12 defenses put on a show

Saturday mornings are usually a time of rest for most college students, or rather a chance to recover after the wild shenanigans from the night before. Most people do not peek out from under the covers until the noon hour.

There are, however, a few exceptions to this rule and, at the University of Oklahoma, college football happens to be one of them.

Even after pouring yourself into bed around 4 a.m., students at schools where football is a way of life manage to wake up at what seems like the crack ANNELISE of dawn for a day full of RUSSELL the gridiron grind.

Each person has a unique routine for game days.

I tend to wake up way too early, run errands before the traffic becomes unmanageable, enjoy a light breakfast, knowing I will probably eat my weight in snack food throughout the day, and crawl back into bed for a bit of “College GameDay”.

I like to pretend I am part of the “GameDay” discussion each Saturday and argue with the panelists. Most of the time I agree, but other times I must politely disagree w ith their assessment. My roommates assume something sports-related must be on when I start talking back to the television.

While my routine is not for the late sleeper, it gets you in the mood for what should be a long day full of overtime victories and first quarter blowouts.

This Saturday, the perennial titans of the Big 12 South, OU and Texas, go head-tohead in one of the year’s most anticipated matchups, and you can bet sleeping in won’t be a part of any Sooner fan’s routine this weekend.

The Sooners and the Longhorns have traded low blows and taken cheap shots at each other for years, and this year the bickering will be no different. Tradition tells us that rankings and standings mean nothing to the rowdy crowds packed into the Cotton Bowl.

Even upon your immediate arrival in Dallas, the anticipation and excitement erupts the minute you pile out of the car.

Depending on where you are staying, the

Most of the talk around the country last season was about the powerful Big 12 offenses and the stifling SEC defenses.

In fact, much of the hype surrounding the Sooners’ fateful trip to the Orange Bowl last January was whether OU’s high-scoring offense could stand up against Florida’s unforgiving defense.

But things have changed this season. Big JAMES 12 defenses are catching CORLEY up.

Before last week ’s games, Nebraska and OU were the No. 1 and No. 2 defenses in the country. The Huskers allowed only five points per game, and the Sooners’ back-to-back shutouts catapulted them right up with Nebraska.

Nebraska (8.0 ppg) and OU (8.4 ppg) now sit at No. 2 and No. 3 behind Florida’s 6.4 points per game. Texas is No. 16 with 15 ppg, followed by Missouri (17.8) and Kansas (18.0) at 27 and 29.

Ne b r a s k a h a s a n c h o re d i t s d e fense around senior defensive tackle Ndamukong Suh. He was named Big 12 Defensive Player of Week 6 after accumulating six tackles (one for loss), one fumble-forcing sack and an interception,

heckling has already begun and predictions are tossed out like it is perfectly normal for random people to shout 45-35 through hotel lobbies.

With all this animosity and the crazy motions that the OU fan base goes through, it is no wonder College GameDay and the rest of the nation tunes in for this game year after year. OU-Texas is regarded by some as one of the top five rivalries in the world of college football.

It is a tradition that is marked by tears and triumphs.

Even with the neutral location in our opponent’s home state, you won’t catch an OU fan messing up his or her game day routine.

People will still wake up early to navigate their way through the traffic nightmare in hopes of finding a opposing fan to frazzle.

Instead of getting up and turning on the television to “College GameDay,” fans will line up front and center this weekend in Dallas when the sports world fixes its eyes on the Sooners and the Longhorns.

OU fans for many years have felt slighted by the national media, but none of that matters on Saturday.

Sooner fans will still show up in droves to stand behind the likes of Kirk Herbstreit and the “GameDay” crew to show their support for their team on one of the most well-known college football programs. During times like these it is all about exuding school pride on the national scene.

OU fans will tailgate at the Texas State Fair with a corn dog in one hand and a drink of their choice in the other.

People will walk around with their iPhones trying to get the latest line out of Las Vegas and wonder to themselves whether they should have placed that bet.

This Saturday morning will be the ultimate tailgate for one of college football’s greatest traditions, and the country will get to see this annual routine of Sooner pride and Texas loathing.

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the fourth of his career, against Missouri Thursday.

Suh is also fifth on ESPN’s expert poll for the Heisman and would be the first defensive lineman to ever take home the prestigious award. The closest any defensive lineman has ever been to the trophy was Washington’s Steve Emtman in 1991.

Of the teams ranked in the top-5 for total defense, only Oklahoma and Nebraska have faced two ranked foes. But what separates the Sooner defense from Nebraska’s was the dominating shutout of Tulsa, a team that has been among the elite offenses the last several years.

OU’s front seven have been solid this season, helping the Sooners pitch two shutouts and preserving multiple chances for OU to win against BYU and Miami.

If the Sooners want a victory in Dallas this weekend, it will be won by the defense slowing the No. 1-ranked Texas offense. The Longhorns have yet to face a ranked opponent, let alone a team with a highly-touted defense to test their scoring power.

The Big 12 now has a few defenses the rest of the nation cannot scorn. Only time will tell how they stand up to the test.

James Corley is a broadcast and electronic media junior.

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Sophomore Linebacker Travis Lewis (28) tackles a Baylor ball carrier during Saturday’s game at the Gaylord Family Oklahoma Memorial Stadium.

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Clash of the Titans: OU vs Texas The Daily’s Eric Dama analyzes some of the key components in this weekend’s game.

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KEYS TO THE GAME 1) Jordan Shipley. By now, even people who have never heard of the Red River Rivalry know that Shipley is Colt McCoy’s favorite target. This year he has 47 receptions for 583 yards and three touchdowns. If OU can somehow throw McCoy off his game by shutting down or containing the wide receiver, then the Sooners have a good shot at redeeming last year’s loss.

THEY SAID IT: – Bob Stoops on trying to cover Texas’ Jordan Shipley: “Well you have to try to. His production, not only this year but last year, he has been an excellent player for them and is always a focus for them.

We’re aware and will do the best we can to defend him, without sacrificing ourselves in other areas, that’s the point of the game.”

QUICK FACTS -- This marks the 81st consecutive year the game has taken place in Dallas.

-- Overall: Texas leads, 58-40-5.

At Dallas: Texas leads 46-365. Since the Big 12 formed in 1996, OU holds a 7-6 edge.

– This marks the 59th time that at least one of the teams has entered this game with a national ranking, the 35th time that both were ranked.

– The lower-ranked team has prevailed 16 times.

– Junior running back DeMarco Murray on playing a higher-ranked Texas team: “We don’t mind being the underdog. No matter what we’re still ranked and it’s going to be a great game. It’s OU vs. Texas, there’s always a lot of hype around this game. It’s going to be a good game.”

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THE SOONERS WILL WIN IF:

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OU can reach into its bag of tricks and somehow find a way to stop Texas’ offense, especially late in the game. This crucial point is where the games against BYU and Miami were lost.

It can protect Colt McCoy from OU’s front seven while at the same time using its front seven to exploit the Sooners’ woes on the offense line and pressure Sam Bradford like he hasn’t been before.

• Texas offense: Ranked 24th in total yards this season

•Sooner offense: OU has already allowed six sacks this season

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2) Catch the ball, then run up-field.

No one will argue the importance of Sam Bradford under center, but it won’t make a difference whose taking snaps if the receivers can’t catch the ball. Last week against Baylor the Sooners recorded an abysmal 11 dropped passes, three of which were in the end zone.

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SOONER FOOTBALL NOTEBOOK Sooners not playing the role of the college football spoiler just yet Junior running back DeMarco Murray said the team is not looking at Saturday’s OU-Texas matchup to be used as a spoiler game.

The players and coaches are treating the game like every other week.

“We’re looking at this game and preparing for this game just like we’ve prepared for Baylor, BYU or anyone like that,” Murray said.

“We have a lot to play for still. Our season isn’t over. We still have a lot of our goals to achieve.”

People outside the locker room can understand why the No. 20 Sooners could be considered spoilers heading into the game since a Texas loss could end the No. 3 Longhorns’ national championship run.

Broyles neither cleared nor ruled out for OUTexas this weekend in Dallas Head coach Bob Stoops said sophomore wide receiver Ryan Broyles participated in practice this week, but has not been given the go-ahead to play Saturday. Broyles missed the game against Baylor with a broken shoulder blade.

OU soccer staying in Norman Sooner soccer takes on the Big 12 North in two home games over the long weekend TOBI NEIDY Daily Staff Writer

OU soccer returns home this weekend for two more Big 12 conference games.

The Sooners [7-7-1,2-4] are set to take on the Kansas Jayhawks at 7 p.m. Friday. The Jayhawks are 9-5-1 for the season, 1-4 in Big 12 play, after beating Texas Tech [3-2] and dropping to Colorado [0-1] last weekend.

The Sooners return after winning the first road game of the season against Iowa State Friday.

Freshman Dria Hampton scored the w inning goal in the OU (7-7) v. Kansas (9-5-1) 65th minute of the 7 p.m. contest. Playing on Friday the road has been difNorman ficult for the young Sooner team, but the OU v. Missouri (8-4-3) 1-0 shutout against the 1 p.m.

Cyclones has given a Sunday new confidence to the Norman team.

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“It boosted us just to know we can go and beat them on their field,” junior forward Whitney Palmer said.

The Sooners continue Big 12 action at 1 p.m. Sunday against the Missouri Tiger. The Tigers [8-4-3,3-0-2] are coming off a pair of Big 12 wins last weekend against Colorado [1-0,OT] and Texas Tech [2-1].

The Sooners will play three of the last four games of the season at John Crain field.

With the Big 12 tournament around the corner, wins this weekend will certainly help the Sooners advance in the post season.

“Of course we’re looking for wins this weekend,” Coach Nelson said, “and a lot of teams have two wins [in Big 12 play], which makes it more competitive.”

The top eight teams in the conference will move on to the Big 12 tournament. OU is currently ranked eighth in the standings.

The tournament is single-elimination and first round action begins Nov. 4 in San Antonio. But the Sooners are 6-2 at home this season, and hoping home field advantage will help them in these last couple of games.

“We don’t want people beating us on our field,” Palmer said. “So it gives us confidence to play here at home.”

The Sooners have one more away game next weekend against OSU in Stillwater before finishing the season against Baylor Oct. 30 at home.

“He practiced again today,” Stoops said. “He still feels good, so nothing’s changed.”

Offensive coordinator Kevin Wilson said the question remaining concerns Broyles’ range of motion and pain tolerance in his left shoulder.

Stoops said he might announce Friday whether Broyles will play because he wants to wait and make sure Broyles is ready.

OU’s defense cannot pinpoint Shipley Senior linebacker Keenan Clayton said even though a focus for the defense is to know where Texas senior wide receiver Jordan Shipley is at all times, the defense cannot afford to pinpoint just him. “[The Longhorns] have 10 other guys on scholarship just like we are, and do what they do, so we can’t just pinpoint one guy,” Clayton said. “We worry about Jordan Shipley, but what’s [senior quarterback] Colt McCoy going to do? What about [junior running back Vondrell] McGee and those guys?”

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In last year’s 45-35 loss to Texas, OU’s defense allowed Shipley to catch 11 passes for 112 yards and a touchdown. He also returned a 96-yard kickoff for a momentum-changing touchdown.

Defensive backs coach Bobby Jack Wright said McCoy has a lot of other options, such as wide receivers sophomore Dan Buckner and junior James Kirkendoll, that can give the Sooners’ secondary some problems.

“McCoy has got him a good stable of wide receivers besides Shipley,” Wright said.

Sooner defense must shut down Texas’ passing game over the middle Sophomore linebacker Travis Lewis attributes some of last year’s loss to the No. 3 Longhorns to the inability to defend passes over the middle, and that has to change in Saturday’s game if the No. 20 Sooners want to have a chance of winning.

“It did hurt us [last year],” Lewis said. “They attacked that middle of the defense, and we gave up some plays. Hopefully we’ll do a better job this year.”

OU’s interior pass defense has been the subject of criticism in the team’s two losses, but Lewis believes the linebackers have improved in that aspect of their game.

“I think we’ve made a lot of improvement, but that just has to do a lot with [the fact] we’re a year older, a year more experienced and we know what’s coming more,” Lewis said. “That all goes to our coaches. They set up great game plans for us, and we go out there and execute most of the time.”

Key to the game defensively is execution Defensive coordinator Brent Venables said OU’s defense must be able to execute and tackle better than it has the past few weeks.

“We’ve got to tackle well, and play well short in space,” Venables said. “The middle of the field is always important, but the outside perimeter is every bit as important as well.”

The team’s tackling has not been up to par recently, and Texas’ running backs and wide receivers may run all over the Sooners’ defense if it cannot make the easy tackle.

Defending Texas’ special teams game Special teams coordinator Chris Wilson said OU’s special teams unit has a lot on its plate this weekend facing Longhorns wide receivers/kick returners senior Jordan Shipley and freshman D.J. Monroe returning kickoffs and punts.

“We’ve got a challenge,” Wilson said. “Obviously when you’ve got guys with that kind of ability it’s a threat. We made it a point of emphasis, and we’re looking forward to it.”

The Sooners’ kickoff and punt coverage has improved this season from last season, but the Longhorns have racked up 779 return yards on 31 kickoffs and punts in five games. Texas has also brought back five kickoffs and punts for touchdowns.

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Jacob Abello’s “Nothing But Gold” album release party will take place at 9 p.m. at Brothers, 563 Buchanan Ave. in Norman.

CONCERT ▲ Mike Hosty will perform solo at 11 p.m. Sunday at the Deli, 309 White St. in Norman.

W ill.i.am will perform Saturday at SKYYBAR, 7 Mickey Mantle Drive in Oklahoma City.

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BIG BAND TAKES BIG STAGE IN NORMAN Fans of all ages anticipate Sunday’s U2 concert JOSHUA BOYDSTON Daily Staff Writer

The Cotton Bowl might be taking place this weekend, but it’s music that could be the talk of the town Monday after the sounds of U2 fill the OU campus Sunday.

“I’m totally pumped about the concert and even more excited that it will be within walking distance of my room,” said Kurt Cockran, political science and religious studies sophomore.

“Seeing the semi-trucks transport parts of the stage down the Van Vleet Oval just gives me chills.”

Madeline Dilner, mathematics sophomore, said she is also excited for the opportunity.

“I’ve been a huge fan of U2 for about six years now,” Dilner said. “I bought their ‘Best of ’80s and ’90s CD back in high school and fell in love. I haven’t been to many concerts really, so I’m psyched to see U2.”

For some older fans, the 360˚ Tour is just a reminder of how much things have changed for U2 over the years.

“I’m a big fan of U2 up to and including ‘Achtung Baby,’ but everything about them these days is ridiculously bloated,” said Chris Harris, a musician and producer based in Norman.

“I still think that they’re a great rock band though.”

Qu e nt i n B o m ga rd n e r, o rganizer for the Norman Music Festival, also has mixed feelings about the band.

“I loved early U2 through [its] mid-career, somewhere around ‘Zooropa,’” Bomgardner said.

“Musically, they lost me after that, but never my respect.”

At the end of the day, many believe U2’s effect on music and individuals is immeasurable.

“U2 in the ’80s and early ’90s was certainly influential in

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Bono holding a champagne glass aside U2 bandmates The Edge, Adam Charles Clayton and Lawrence Mullen Jr. The band will perform Oct. 18 at the Oklahoma Memorial Stadium in Norman. The Black Eyed Peas will open for U2. getting me into music that was outside the mainstream, and they are also partially responsible for turning me on to leftist politics as a young man,” Harris said.

Equally stirring is how U2 erupted from just another alternative rock band into arguably one of the biggest on the globe.

“They have true alt[ernative]

roots and came up in an era, and from a genre, that really should not have spawned global stadium rock gods for the ages, which is what they are,” Bomgardner said.

Not only is U2 one of the biggest bands in the world, its lead singer is also simply one of the most recognizable figures on the globe.

“People in Afr ica know three Westerners no matter what village they’re from: Tupac, Obama and Bono,” Bomgardner said.

“He’s one of two living legends, even to t h e m o s t o b s c u re continent.”

EVENT DETAILS Black Eyed Peas and U2 7 p.m.

Oct. 18 Oklahoma Memorial Stadium, 180 W. Brooks St. in Norman

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Meth-scourged Mo. towns crack down on drug makers UNION, Mo. — The meth problem in Union has gotten so bad that someone with a drug habit stole the light shades outside Marilyn Roark’s house. She got them back, but they were unusable.

“They had made them into bongs for the meth,” she said.

Another time, Bob Barton Jr., working as a carpenter on a homebuilding project, couldn’t find his boss. “I came around the house and there he was, with a lighter and aluminum foil and a straw, smoking meth,” Barton said.

In small Midwestern towns in the middle of meth country, folks are frustrated with the failure of many measures to control the scourge: putting cold medicines with the key methamphetamine ingredient pseudoephedrine behind pharmacy counters, requiring customers to show IDs, and limiting the number of cold pills someone can buy.

So some communities are taking bolder steps.

This week, Union became the second U.S. town to pass a law requiring prescriptions for cold and allergy medications like Sudafed, Claritin D and Aleve Cold & Sinus that contain pseudoephedrine.

Washington, Mo., another methcursed town nearby, passed its own such law back in June.

They and other towns are trying to keep up with meth cooks who deftly exploit loopholes in the law or shift to the simpler new “shakeand-bake” method of production that requires only a small amount of the decongestant.

Union Mayor Mike Livengood

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Pharmacist Les Logan holds up common cold medicines at Rinderer’s drug store containing pseudoephedrine, in Union, Mo. The small eastern Missouri town is now forcing consumers to get a doctor’s prescription for the common over-the-counter cold medicines, which contain a key ingredient used in the making of meth. said he would prefer a statewide prescription-only law. “But they don’t seem like they want to address it,” he said. “We figured at the grass-roots level we’d start at the bottom and work our way up, and maybe they’ll realize we’re serious about this issue.”

The new law’s critics include the Missouri Medical Association, Missouri Retailers Association and the Missouri Pharmac y

Association. Many in the pharmacy industry say such laws will make it more difficult and expensive for those who are sick to get relief.

Some residents of Union, with a population of about 8,000, aren’t happy either.

“It’s going to be a hardship for people who use the medicines,” said retiree John Wittrock, fighting a case of the sniffles. “I mean, I need it right now.”

“Meth is definitely a problem,” he added, but meth makers “can just go to the next town to get what they need.”

Washington and Union, six miles apart, are fast-growing towns in a scenic part of the state about 50 miles from St. Louis. A growing number of suburbanites are moving to the area in search of small-town life that is still near enough to the amenities of a metropolitan area.

Drug Enforcement Administration statistics show that Missouri annually has far more meth lab incidents — arrests, dump sites and seizures — than any other state. Last year, there were nearly 1,500 — more than twice as many as in Indiana, the No. 2 state.

Through July 31, Missouri already had 966 meth lab incidents this year. For many years, Franklin County — home to Union and Washington — has been at or near the top of the list. The mayor cited three meth crimes in Union just last week.

Five years ago, Oklahoma became the first state to put medications containing pseudoephedrine behind pharmacy counters and to require people who want to buy it to show photo identification and sign for the medicine. More than 20 other states and the federal government followed suit.

In 2006, Oregon became the first and only state with a statewide prescription-for-pseudoephedrine law. It has been a huge success, said Craig Prins, executive director of Oregon’s Criminal Justice Commission. Before the law, Oregon had about 400 meth lab incidents annually, Prins said. Last year, it had 20.

“Meth is still our No. 1 problem because it’s still smuggled in,” Prins said. “There’s no question it still fuels crime in Oregon. But in the past, cops spent a lot of their time in cleanup suits, cleaning up meth sites. Now, they’re concentrating on going after the criminals.”

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STATE BRIEFS EDMOND POLICE INVESTIGATING DEATH EDMOND — Edmond police have arrested a man on a felony murder complaint in connection with the death of a 2-year-old boy.

Lieutenant Tom Custer said Wednesday that 24-year-old Rico Antwoine Berry was taken into custody after officers interviewed him about events leading to the death of Jolen Babakhani.

Berry was babysitting Jolen on Tuesday while the child’s mother was at school when Custer says Berry “laid his hand” on the boy.

The pair put the child in a car to take him to the hospital but spotted two officers on another call at the apartment complex.

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to revive Jolen but were unsuccessful.

He says officers noticed bruising on the child’s neck and head.

HIGH COURT REJECTS CHAIRMAN’S APPEAL OKLAHOMA CITY — The U.S. Supreme Court has rejected the Citizen Potawatomi Nation chairman’s appeal of a decision regarding taxes on his salary.

The high court declined without comment on Tuesday to hear the case of John Barrett. He couldn’t be reached for comment Wednesday.

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Barrett paid about $23,000 in taxes and penalties and then sued the Internal Revenue Service for a refund.

The lawsuit was rejected by a federal court and by the 10th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals.

YOUNG WOMAN ARRESTED IN STABBING SAPULPA — Authorities say a young Sapulpa woman has been arrested and detained after allegedly stabbing a classmate with a pencil.

Witnesses told police that the 18-year-old was sitting in class at Bartlett Academy when she stood up with a pencil in her hand and stabbed a young man in the throat on Monday. The academy is an alternative school.

Sapulpa police officer David Womeldorff says the victim had a laceration on the left side of his throat, but he wasn’t bleeding when he was interviewed by police.

The woman was taken into custody for assault and battery with a sharp or dangerous weapon with intent to injure.

—AP

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Social networking blog Mashable and The free application, released in the other sites have been voicing outrage about last week, was still available Wednesday the application. Mashable’s headline about morning. the application said, “Alienate your female PepsiCo probably won’t take the appli- customers? Pepsi has an app for that.” cation down immediately, so the chatter The article, and other criticisms, promptcan continue, said Kevin Dugan, director of ed the Amp brand to apologize on its Twitter marketing at Empower Media Marketing in page. It said the application, which is feaCincinnati. tured prominently on Amp’s Web site, tries to

show the “humorous lengths guys go 2 pick up women.”

But it ignited a firestorm when it included the tag “pepsifail” on its apology this week.

Twitter users use tags to mark their posts and track conversations.

The apology was also broadcast on PepsiCo’s Pepsi and Mountain Dew soda brand pages on Twitter, further linking the Amp situation to the entire company.

The application is certainly aiming for Amp’s target audience of males in their 20s and 30s, said John Sicher, editor and publisher of trade publication Beverage Digest.

“PepsiCo as a company has a culture that’s respectful of women,” he said, noting its CEO is a woman. “It’s attempting to be edgy and humorous with this app and nothing more.”

The brouhaha generated new downloads on Wednesday and hundreds of new comments from users of the program, negative, positive and neutral.

“This is a great app for men, horrible app for women,” wrote one user, who gave it a top rating of five stars. “Only download this app if you have been around the block a few times with different types of women.”

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The “Amp up before you score” iPhone application is shown in New York Wednesday. PepsiCo Inc. is facing criticism for the app that promises to help men “score” with two dozen stereotypes of women by giving users pickup lines and a scoreboard to keep track of their conquests.

Dow Jones industrial average closes above 10,000 for first time in a year NEW YORK — When the Dow Jones industrial average first passed 10,000, traders tossed commemorative caps and uncorked champagne. This time around, the feeling was more like relief.

The best-known barometer of the stock market entered five-figure territory again Wednesday, the most visible sign yet that investors believe the economy is clawing its way back from the worst downturn since the Depression.

The milestone caps a stunning 53 percent comeback for the Dow since early March, when stocks were at their lowest levels in more than a decade.

“It’s almost like an announcement that the bear market is over,” said Arthur Hogan, chief market analyst at Jefferies & Co. in Boston.

“That is an eye-opener — ‘Hey, you know what, things must be getting better because the Dow is over 10,000.’”

Cheers went up briefly when the Dow eclipsed the milestone in the early afternoon, during a daylong rally driven by encouraging earnings reports from Intel Corp. and JPMorgan Chase & Co. The average closed at 10,015.86, up 144.80 points.

It was the first time the Dow had touched 10,000 since October 2008, that time on the way down.

“I think there were times when we were in the deep part of the trough there back in the springtime when it felt like we’d never get back to this level,” said Bernie McSherry, senior vice president of strategic initiatives at Cuttone & Co. Ethan Harris, head of North America economics at Bank of America Merrill Lynch, described it as a “relief rally that the world is not coming to an end.”

The mood was far from the euphoria of March 1999, when the Dow surpassed 10,000 for the first time. The Internet then was driving extraordinary gains in productivity, and serious people debated whether there was such a thing as a boom without end.

“If this is a bubble,” The Wall Street Journal marveled on its front page, “it sure is hard to pop.”

It did pop, of course. And then came the lost decade.

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Specialists Michael Scavone, left, and Michael Sollitto react as the Dow Jones industrial average crosses 10,000, on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange Wednesday.

The Dow peaked at 14,164.53 in October 2007, then lost more than half its value after the financial meltdown last fall. At its low point, the average stood at 6,547.05.

On Wednesday, the Dow rose 144.80, or 1.5 percent, to 10,015.86, its biggest gain since Aug. 21 and highest close since Oct. 3 last year.

Broader indexes also climbed to 2009 highs. The Standard & Poor’s 500 index rose 18.83, or 1.8 percent, to 1,092.02. The index, the basis of many mutual funds, is up 61.4 percent from a 12-year low in March.

The Nasdaq composite index rose 32.34, or 1.5 percent, to 2,172.23. It’s up 71.2 percent since March.

So where does the market go from here?

Some market watchers see 10,000 as an illusion because there are still lingering threats to an economic recovery — rising unemployment, weak consumer spending and a battered housing market.

The investors who have driven stocks higher since March are the pros: hedge funds and institutions whose furious selling hastened the collapse of the market in the first place.

And red flags are showing up in the technical charts that professional investors use as they make their trading decisions.

“The market by all technical indicators is completely overbought, just like back in March it was completely oversold,” said Rich Hughes, co-president of Portfolio Management Consultants in Los Angeles.

A recovering stock market soothes the psyche as people watch their portfolios and 401(k) retirement accounts being replenished. And if people start spending again, that may persuade more investors, including some reluctant pros, to go back into the market.

“Psychology plays a huge role in investing, so when you’re trying to overcome the huge levels of panic and fear that we’ve seen over the last year, psychology shouldn’t be discounted,” said Carl Beck, a partner at Harris Financial Group.

Many investors, especially individuals, are afraid they’ll put money into the market only to watch it disappear if stocks plunge again.

It’s happened before: In 1975, stocks rose 53 percent in less than four months after a recession. Then they lost 11 percent before climbing again in early 1976.

If stocks follow historical patterns, they could be nearing their peak. Assuming the recession technically ended this summer, as many economists believe, the Dow’s surge since March puts it near where past rebounds have started to fade.

On top of that, there are still plenty of problems that could trip up the market.

Companies posted better-than-expected earnings in the second quarter, but mostly because of cost-cutting, not the sales increases needed to keep growing.

Earnings reports from chip maker Intel Corp. and banker JPMorgan Chase & Co. gave the Dow its final push past 10,000.

Financial stocks have posted the biggest gains since the rally began, but they were also among the most decimated. JPMorgan is up 197 percent and Bank of America Corp. is up 492 percent.

Intel also beat analysts’ estimates, reporting a smaller-than-expected drop in profits and sales after the market closed Tuesday.

Intel rose 34 cents, or 1.7 percent, to $20.83.

Individual investors remain cautious.

In August, they put $11 into bond funds for every dollar they put into stock funds, according to the Investment Company Institute, the mutual fund trade group.

If the market can hold Wednesday’s milestone, investors should grow even more confident.

“It wouldn’t surprise me if it made Joe Main Street more comfortable,” said David Kelson, portfolio manager of Talon Asset Management in Chicago.

—AP

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