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Voter registration forms due Friday The last day to mail out voter registration forms for the Nov. 2 elections is Friday. “There are no residency requirements in the state of Oklahoma, so even OU students who are from out of state are eligible to apply,” said Anette Pretty, Cleveland County Election Board secretary. “However, students have to be careful if they’re on scholarships or grants that are based on their original state of residence.” Any person who is a citizen of the United States, a resident of Oklahoma and 18 years of age or older is eligible to register. Registration forms are available at the County Election Board office at 641 E. Robinson St., Suite 200, as well as at all tag agencies, public libraries, post offices and can find the link online at OUDaily.com.

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Ordinance bans some living situations Zoning law could affect college students living in single-family neighborhoods if reported LILLY CHAPA The Oklahoma Daily

Editor’s note: The names used in this story have been changed to protect the identities of those living in violation of the law. Norman residents who live with more than two people they are not related to may want to get on their neighbors’ good sides soon. The city of Norman will begin enforcing a little-known ordinance that is inherently up to their discretion. The Three Unrelated Persons ordinance, which has been in place since 1954, limits single-family dwellings to residents who are family members, or to no more than three unrelated people living together. The City of Norman Revitalization Division

manager Linda Price said the law is in place to control traffic, noise and parking problems. “I’m sure there are hundreds of households in Norman that violate the ordinance, but if they never get complained about, there’s nothing negative about it and there’s nothing we can do,” Price said. “But we do have a number of households that we receive complaints about fairly often, and that’s when we start investigating.” Residents may fill out a complaint form if they believe the ordinance is being broken in their neighborhood. The owner or property manager of the dwelling will be contacted, and they will be asked to correct the situation within a designated time frame without being issued a citation. If a citation is issued, there will be a fine of up to $500 per day in violation.

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The Three Unrelated Persons ordinance does not allow more than three unrelated persons to occupy a singlefamily dwelling in certain zones. Violators could face fines if they are reported.

SHACK-A-THON | STUDENTS RAISE MONEY FOR CHARITY

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Free flu shots given at Goddard Health Center Starting today, students, faculty and staff can get free flu shots at the Goddard Health Center. The 2010-2011 vaccine will protect against an influenza A H3N2 virus, an influenza B virus and the 2009 H1N1 virus, otherwise known as the swine flu virus, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s website. Flu shots are free with a valid OU ID or $25 for patients without one. The clinic is open 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. today and Friday. No appointments are necessary, and patients must be 9 years old or older, according to the Goddard Health Center. Any Lab Test Now, a local medical lab testing and health care center in downtown Norman, offers the vaccine for $19.99, and Walgreens administers it for $29.99.

Jake Rupert, international and area studies junior; Myron Jacobs, human relations junior; and Trayvion Jones, communications sophmore, do their part to raise funds for Habitat For Humanity on Wednesday during Shack-A-Thon at the South Oval. members of 28 student organizations lined the lawn of the South Oval to celebrate Shack-A-Thon, making it the largest participation year in the event’s history, Shack-A-Thon chairwoman Kathryn Hamstra said. The event raised about $4,500. Delta Delta Delta and Alpha Tau Omega collected $381, which was more than any other participating group.

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School of Meteorology reflects on first 50 years this weekend Events hosted Friday, Saturday to celebrate history of program

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Fifty years ago, after seeing the need for and relevance of a meteorology program in Oklahoma, two professors from Texas A&M University made the move north to OU to found OU’s School of Meteorology. To recognize and celebrate this history of success, the School of Meteorology is holding events this weekend at the National Weather Center. Friday morning includes symposiums in the David L. Boren Auditorium covering the history of the School of Meteorology. In the afternoon, there will be a threepart historical overview of the fields of storm-chasing and tornado research, radar

meteorology and observations and numerical weather with John Lewis. The day concludes with a dinner and reception at the Embassy Suites. Jack Hayes, the director of the National Weather Service, will speak at the dinner. An open house exhibit and tours of the National Weather Center and radar facilities begin Saturday morning. After lunch in the center, attendees can spend the afternoon listening to the “Reminiscing Sessions” of individuals from the program’s past that humorously revisit the school’s history one decade at a time. Saturday wraps up with another reception, followed by a barbecue dinner.

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National Weather Center history » 1960 — Two Texas A&M professors, Walter Saucier and Yoshi Sasaki, began teaching at OU. » 1963 — The first government meteorology laboratory moved to OU under the direction of Ed Kessler. » 1969 — The meteorology program came into its own department, after previously being offered through the Engineering Physics and Civil Engineering and Environmental Science programs. » 1978 — The Cooperative Institute for Mesoscale Meteorological Studies was established after previously being funded through the Provost’s office. » 1988 — A proposal was approved for funding for an 11-year National Science Foundation Science and Technology Center. » Early ’90s — The Oklahoma Mesonet, a network connecting 115 other stations, was created. It was one of three U.S. Department of Energy sponsored sites across the world. » 2000 — The weather center became financially independent from the National Science Foundation » 2006 — The school joined the College of Atmospheric and Geographic Sciences. The school moved into the $67 million National Weather Center building, which was created after Bill Clinton’s response to the May 3, 1999, tornados.

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ZONING: Noise, parking issue main complaint Continued from page 1 “I don’t really see how it’s fair to kick people out of a house that they are legally renting, just because they are unrelated,” Sarah, an instrument music education junior, said. “How does one more person living in a house affect the ‘integrity’ of the neighborhood?” Price said the law is not designed to punish college students. When the law was written in 1954, students were required to live in the dorms. Price also said most cities have a definition of what a single family is. “The impact of having numerous unrelated people is seen through parking problems; trash and overall property maintenance; and the increased activity level that happens when more than three unrelated people and all their friends are coming and going,” Price said. Price said because the ordinance is enforced by complaints, there are many households in violation that will never get caught. “It’s very difficult for us to determine if a house is in violation of the ordinance, so enforcement is based on complaints,” Price said. “The neighbors have to be willing to testify that the household is conflicting with the character of the neighborhood.” Sarah’s roommate Lauren, an instrument music education senior, said she’s “not worried [they’ll] get caught because [they] don’t cause problems within the neighborhood.” Lauren said her neighborhood is made up of a mix of traditional families and college students, and that big parties and parking are rarely an issue. “On our street, the loudest household that causes the biggest traffic problems is not one occupied by college

Today around campus » Slogans for support will be held 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. in the Oklahoma Memorial Union food court to support breast cancer awareness this October. » A Business Etiquette class will be held 1:30 to 2 p.m. in the Union’s Governors Room. » The Assessment and Learning Center will hold Tips for Talking to Your Professor from 3 to 4 p.m. in Wagner Hall, Room 245.

Friday, Oct. 8 » The Baha’i Association will hold an Interfaith Devotional from 6 to 8 p.m. in the Union’s President’s Room. » The Union Programming Board will hold free screenings of “Eclipse” in the Union’s Meacham Auditorium at 4, 7, 10 p.m. and 12:30 a.m. The 10 p.m. showing will be preceded with a chocolate fountain and free refreshments starting at 9 p.m. » The African Christian Fellowship will host its Friday Night Fellowship from 7 to 10:15 p.m. in the Union’s Frontier Room. » As part of the Climate and Energy Week, an Eco-Week Transatlantic Climate Bridge Gala will be held 6 to 7:30 p.m. in the Union’s Heritage Room.

Sunday, Oct. 10 » The Oklahoma Educational Studies Association will hold a panel discussion 3:30 to 5 p.m. in the Union’s Beaird Lobby and Lounge. » OU Amnesty International will host a meeting 5 to 6 p.m. in the Union’s Heritage Room.

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students, but by a family with kids,” Lauren said. Price said the mayor set up an ad hoc committee to address the zoning problems after OU banned alcohol on campus. “After that, ever yone moved off campus and we had issues with rampant partying,” Price said. “For a while it created huge problems. We were getting calls every day from people angry about the parties and traffic caused by these houses, and that’s when we were urged to enforce the zoning ordinance more carefully.” Price said it has taken a while to spread the word about the ordinance, but it’s finally starting to work. Lauren said she heard a

The impact of having numerous unrelated people is seen through parking problems; trash and overall property maintenance; and the increased activity level that happens when more than three unrelated people and all their friends are coming and going.” — LINDA PRICE, NORMAN REVITALIZATION DIVISION MANAGER rumor about the ordinance, but didn’t think it was true. “Most people I’ve talked to [about the ordinance] didn’t know it existed,” Sarah said. “I don’t think my landlord knows about it, either.” Price said the law isn’t aimed at students, and she hopes that students will become more educated about the law so they won’t violate

it. There have been situations where there are no students involved, Price said. “I think it’s truly not aimed at any one group, but it’s aimed at trying to maintain the integrity of neighborhoods. In a single-family neighborhood, there’s an expectation of peace, and we’re trying to protect that.”

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Dorm to initiate movie society Cross Center residents voted to start a film festival similar to those of Walker and Cate Center’s. The committee chose “Let It Be” for the first showing. Frank Brown and Jim Krueger were both Cross Center residents and initiated the idea for the Cross society. Brown also served as the chairman for the society.

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Posters, furniture among exhibits Exhibits at the OU Museum of Art ranged from original furniture pieces to posters by famed European and American artists. James L. Henkle, former OU art professor, had been teaching for 20 years at the time of the exhibition. Henkle presented 15 pieces of furniture and his latest sculpture designs. *Source: The Oklahoma Daily archives

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A public relations specialist dressed schools or universities. This provides up like a tomato to help attract stu- fresh, local produce to students and dents to the Laughing Tomato’s spe- promotes a healthier lifestyle, she cial Farmers Market at the Walker- said. “I’ve had a great opportunity workAdams Mall on Wednesday. Lauren Royston, Housing and Food ing with progressive universities like spokeswoman, showed her organic OU,” Kirby said. “The program has support by dressing up in a tomato been a great success.” This success gives students like costume. Normally, The Laughing Tomato holds a farmers’ market Ashley Sims, biochemistry junior livevery Friday, but Wednesday’s event ing in the dorms, an opportunity to was aimed at students living in the enjoy the organic goods. She said her microbiology class warned her about dorms, Royston said. Students perused The Laughing problems with processed foods, Tomato’s special farmers’ market and now she tries to avoid them. booths, choosing from foods like Wednesday’s event and The Laughing fresh vegetables, fruits, peanuts, Tomato’s weekly farmers’ market make it easier for her, she said. honey and grape juice. While the main attractions were Corporate businesses showed their support for a greener future the fruits and vegetables, the green with a myriad of recyclable prod- theme carried over into the environucts. Leadership Development and ment. Corporate companies showed Volunteerism also set up a booth al- their dedication with biodegradable lowing students to enlist in its volun- products. Coca-Cola had a sign listing the teer database. Susan Graff, Crestview Farms pres- rec yclable products, and David ident, provided vegetables from her Kamphaus, Solo’s Oklahoma market farm and passed out pamphlets with manager, provided samples of compostable and rec ylists of farms students clable cups and concan visit to buy local College is about tainers. It’s important goods. Crestview operates out of Edmond, finding yourself. It’s an s o m e t h i n g i s d o n e oon because the Okla. and has been opportunity to develop slandfills are filled with certified organic since healthy habits.” non-biodegradable 2003, she said. Buying products, Kamphaus these organic goods — DONNA DYE, said. locally is good for “I think we will have health and the state, THE LAUGHING TOMATO a mandate someday,” she said. SUPERVISOR Kamphaus said. “It’s important for “ We n e e d t o d o everyone,” Graff said. “Money stays in the state, and the something. It’s not going to be this way forever.” food travels a shorter distance.” There are related bills pending The Oklahoma Department of Agriculture, Food and Forestry facili- in the house and senate: H.R. 5584 tates the relationship between local Improving Nutrition for America’s farmers and schools with the Farm Children Act and S. 3307 Healthy, to School program. Chris Kirby, pro- Hunger-Free Kids Act of 2010. Anyone that missed out on gram administrator, said it helps connect local farmers — like Peachcrest Wednesday’s event can go to The Farms and Perennial Produce — to Laughing Tomato’s weekly farmers’

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Above: Pharmacy Freshman, Tkia Robinson decorates a pumpkin between Walker-Adams Mall at the Famer’s Market on Wednesday afternoon. Robinson said, “I’m going to put it on my desk till Halloween.” Right: Honey jarred from George’s Apiary based in Noble, OK is displayed and sold at the Farmer’s Market Wednesday afternoon in the Walker-Adams Mall. Local farmers brought their goods to campus as part of Climate and Energy Week’s activities.

market held every Friday. Not all of the goods from Wednesday will be available, but there will be plenty of healthy options, said Donna Dye, The Laughing Tomato supervisor. “College is about finding yourself,” Dye said. “It’s an opportunity to develop healthy habits.”

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Take advantage of research grants Many students may not know the scholarly articles and using the inforHonors College allows students a mation to prove your thesis. unique opportunity to gain experience The Undergraduate Research grants doing something usually reserved for are meant to create the kind of regraduate students. search more similar to what appears In addition to its Honors Research in the scholarly articles on EBSCO. Assistant Program, which is reserved Take a look at some of the titles of for honors students, the college of- previous research assignments underfers the Undergraduate Research graduate students have conducted: Opportunities Programs for all • “Single-Particle Spectroscopy” undergraduates. • “Calculation of Electron and Hole The program provides grants of up Energy Levels in Nanostructured to $500 for students Quantum Wires” who apply and are se• “History’s Legacy? lected to conduct inAnti-Japanese ... many students depth research on speSentiment in the Youth are opting to cific topics. of China” attend graduate Any student w ith Because our nation school to stave a good research idea is experiencing a recesought to apply, espesion some have called off the daunting cially those students the worst economic sitabyss that is 10 who are considering uation since the Great percent national graduate school. Depression, many stuunemployment and dents are opting to atIt ’s i m p o r t a n t t o note that even though tend graduate school to to improve their the program is funded off the daunting chances at securing stave through the Honors abyss that is 10 percent higher-paying jobs national unemployCollege, the grants aren’t reserved for only ment and to improve in the future.” honors students — any their chances at securundergraduate can ing higher-paying jobs apply. in the future. We’re not talking about an 11-page In September 2008, more sturesearch paper for your upper division dents took the Graduate Record Western civilization class — that usu- Examinations than any month for the ally requires gathering someone else’s eight previous years, according to the

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Educational Testing Service. They spend much of their time finding solutions to the problems our generation faces, such as finding alternative energy or making sure severe recessions like the one we’re in don’t happen again to ending discrimination and promoting understanding among all cultures and nations. Allowing undergraduates a taste of this experience can only help advance the research continued in graduate school. This is one example of university money well spent.

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View of homeless narrow, ignorant This is in response to “Shack-A-Thon is an embarrassment.” First of all I would like to say that the people who run those shacks are not making fun of homeless people. The view that the author has of people in poverty is extremely narrow and pessimistic. I have met a few people who have been in and out of shelters for their life, including my own mother. To say that they would be embarrassed is just plain ignorant. If you are trying to feed your family and get a roof over your head, you are going to be happy with the often little help you can get. When you meet someone who is in poverty, most of the time they are not a “woe-is-me” sort of person. What the author fails to realize is that the people who are out there for ShackA-Thon are helping people. These people are trading in the dignity and luxuries they have grown accustomed to so someone else’s life can be better. The fact that the author depicted homeless people in such a stereotypical manner is as ignorant as his column. Do you know what is happening next month? That’s right, Thanksgiving. And some people will get to spend that holiday because people like me were willing to embarrass ourselves in front of our peers. Now if that is something questionable, let it be, but don’t tell me I am like the KKK. At least I spur on opportunity. — Kimm Johnson, University College freshman

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Gargling against the common cold It’s that time of year again. Shirts begin to hide under sweaters and pullovers. Shorts give way to sweatpants and jogging pants. And sniffles, tissues and coughs start entering classrooms. As the blazing heat of summer finally succumbs to the cold winds from the north, OU is coming down with the common cold. Now, we’ve all been told that there is no cure for the common cold, that we just have to wait it out and drink our fluids. I’d like you to take that advice with a pinch of salt. Literally. As your grandma may or may not have told you, salt-water gargling actually reduces symptoms associated with upper-respiratory tract infections — the root of

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many of the familiar symptoms of the common cold, including sore throats and congestion. In a couple weeks, the Mayo Clinic will publish its latest edition of its Book of Home Remedies, in which editor-in-chief Dr. Philip T. Hagen notes that a saline solution uses osmotic pressure to pull fluid from swelling in the throat, decreasing the severity of the infection. Five years ago, a preliminary study in the American Journal of Preventive Medicine found that

individuals who gargled three times a day over a 60day period saw a 40 percent decrease in upper-respiratory tract infections. In addition, the physical act of gargling loosens the thick mucus build-up in the throat, clearing away invading bacteria and easing congestion. A 2008 study published in BioMed Central Health Services Research reveals a second benefit of this method. The study investigated plain water-gargling as a lowcost means of fighting these infections. The results were very promising. Compared to the control group, the group of water-garglers had over a third less infections. So, if you’ve got a scratchy throat but would rather pay

for school than meds, don’t fret. Go to Crossroads. Ask for a water cup. Fill it with water, empty in a few salt packets, stir vigorously and head to the bathroom. Gargle, and spit. Total cost: the calories it took to walk to the Union. If you don’t like the idea of gargling salty water for 30 seconds a couple times a day to help kick your cough, add some flavor. Squeeze a lemon, pour in some sugar or even try it with iced-tea instead of water.

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Mr. Bruenig must wake up to his realities from the ar- wallets to pull out even a small amount of change to beneticle that should not have been put in front of any readers’ fit Habitat for Humanity or any other humanitarian effort. eyes. The time has come to realize that raising money and Times are tough for students in finances and tough for contributions for those who are truly the others around the world. unprivileged and those stricken with the To see the unheartless effort by students awful term of poverty need our support and especially those of the fraternal comWe are not harassing, more than ever. munity, who are seen to be the “privibut we are asking for The ways in which support can be given leged” by Mr. Bruenig is an example of you to change others’ are unlimited. We, as Americans, can aftrue leadership and endless love to help lives who need it ford to aid others lives and instill hope and those who need our help. a better future for those across the sea and We are not mocking when we dress to more than us who are also here at home. impress as we strive to bring in whatever ‘privileged.’” America is a nation greatly privileged contributions we can muster. We are not with a grand liberty and freedom to pursue harassing, but we are asking for you to our pursuits of making the difference in others’ lives easier change others’ lives who need it more than us who are than many other citizens in the world. “privileged.” We are strong enough and we are mighty enough Shack-A-Thon is a way to make the difference that is not through humble strength and creative minds to create embarrassing, but embracing the fact we love those and wonderful possibilities to represent a campaign that will will care for those, and that is nothing anybody should benefit society, not tear down or belittle those who we are apologize for. striving to help. It is no small thing for a member of the university com— Travis Ruddle, munity and as a student to tap into one’s pockets and political science sophomore

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“God forbid people have fun while raising money for a good cause. The heathens! P.S. I’d like to see an article that isn’t so pretentious. Its offensive that this author makes the assumption that all of the Greek community are rich. Why must you insist on reinforcing stereotypes? Articles like this create a divide between the Greek community and those who are not Greek within the OU community. Why not help contribute to OU being a less cliquey place?”

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Comments in response to Matt Bruenig’s Wednesday column “Shack-A-Thon is an embarrassment”

“Thank you for removing the wool of good intentions from our eyes. While awareness about homelessness needs to be created, there are more mature and engaging methods available. A friend of mine lived as a homeless person in Venice Beach, CA, for a weekend and photographed the whole experience. He uses the photos and stories of the people he met to convey the desperation and hopelessness he encountered. Perhaps shack a thon could be more like a realistic exhibit instead of a sideshow that fails to address the real issue. I wonder how many shack a thon participants actually know a homeless person.” — JohnnyReb

“It’s my understanding that the purpose of Shack-a-thon is to raise awareness about housing issues and substandard living conditions. Seems to me that it’s working, however tacky it may be. If the “throng of privileged kids” are impacted by participating in this event then it seems like a success to me. At least they’re trying.” — kk

“Butthurt GDI whining about something that wont change. Enjoy not changing anything, ever. The greek community is actually doing something aside from whining. If I see you on campus, I’m totally icing you. Be sure to keep a counter ice in your cargo shorts you GDI.” — fratdaddy69

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3 tornadoes tear across Arizona Storms bring damage to northern part of state; no injuries reported BELLEMONT, Ariz. — Two tornadoes touched down early Wednesday in northern Arizona, derailing 28 cars of a parked freight train, blowing semis off the highway and smashing out the windows of dozens of homes. A third touched down later, but there were no immediate reports of damage or injuries. T h e f i r s t t o r na d o h i t Bellemont around 5:30 a.m. Wednesday and the second touched down east of the small community a short time later. The third was reported along Interstate 17 just south of Flagstaff around noon. Fifteen Bellemont homes were so badly damaged that they were uninhabitable and the estimated 30 people who lived in them were evacuated. Authorities were setting up a shelter at midmorning Wednesday, said Coconino County Sheriff ’s Office spokesman Gerry Blair. No serious injuries or deaths were reported. Two

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Fed-up girlfriend calls 911 on pot-smoking boyfriend with no job LEBANON, Mo. — A 35-year-old Missouri man was charged with possessing marijuana after his girlfriend called 911 and said she was tired of him smoking pot all day instead of working. Dispatchers in the southwestern Missouri town of Lebanon got a 911 hang-up call Saturday night from a motel room. Police said officers went to the motel and were told by the woman that her boyfriend did nothing during the day but smoke marijuana. The Lebanon Daily Record reported that the man told police his girlfriend was angry because he didn’t have a job yet. He then admitted having marijuana in his car and handed over a pipe containing the illegal drug. He was issued a summons for possession and released. FELICIA FONSECA/AP

A man walks through a Bellemont, Ariz., backyard Wednesday after a tornado swept through the community west of Flagstaff. Fifteen homes were damaged so badly, the residents were evacuated. crew members were on the train when it was cast off the tracks around 6:30 a.m., said Burlington Northern-Santa Fe spokeswoman Lena Kent, but neither was hurt. The train was hauling cargo from ports in Los Angeles to the east and contained no hazardous materials. The derailed cars are blocking both main rail lines through the area, and

the railroad expects to reopen one of the lines by midnight. In the Baderville area, authorities had to pull a family out of a home where they had been trapped because of damage from the tornado. It wasn’t known whether anyone was trapped in homes in the Bellemont area, which is about 20 miles west of Flagstaff.

Severe weather is expected to continue through Wednesday, and comes a day after storms swept across the western U.S., dropping record-setting rain in northern Nevada, pounding Phoenix with hail, and dumping enough snow at the top of the Sierra to close a mountain highway pass. — AP

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Missing woman found dead outside New York police station, authorities say MOUNT VERNON, N.Y. — A pregnant, diabetic woman missing for more than a week was found dead in a car outside a New York City police station, apparently from an insulin overdose, authorities said Wednesday. The Toyota Venza may have been parked on a street near the station for several days, police said. The vehicle had dark, tinted windows that were hard to see through and the victim’s seat was reclined, the New York Police Department said. The dead woman was identified Wednesday as Gizela Andrade, 32, of Mount Vernon, who vanished Sept. 25 after an argument with her boyfriend. She was four months pregnant and was diabetic. Mount Vernon police Commissioner Carl Bell said the preliminary cause of death was an insulin overdose. Ellen Borakove, spokeswoman for the city medical examiner, said the official cause and time of death were pending further study.

There seemed to be no signs of foul play, Bell said. As a result, Andrade’s boyfriend was not considered a suspect, “but if the situation changes, obviously that may change,” he said. Bell said a Mount Vernon officer was at the police station in the Bronx on an unrelated matter Tuesday night. He was looking for a place to park when he recognized the car that Andrade was last seen driving, the commissioner said. Paramedics responded and pronounced the woman dead. “We don’t know when she got to that spot,” Bell said. The NYPD said the car had apparently been there several days. Bell said there had been no sign of Andrade since she disappeared. “From the time she left there was no further communications,” he said.

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Most kids grow up with affection for building and designing, whether with Legos or Lincoln Logs. Famed architect Bruce Goff wasn’t any different, except that he opted for a more professional approach. Goff apprenticed at a Tulsa architecture firm at just 12 years old and was commissioned to design his first project at 15. He was a true prodigy — with no formal education in architecture — who would go on to pioneer a style of design that has influence just now coming to the forefront. “I don’t feel Goff ’s impact was as important to the region as it should have been,” said Mark White, a curator at Fred Jones Jr. Museum of Art who wrote one of the chapters of the Bruce Goff catalogue. “In some ways, Goff was ahead of his time, and his legacy is still being dealt with in interesting ways. His influence is just now being realized.” “It’s taken a long time to see the significance of what it was that he was doing.” “Bruce Goff: A Creative Mind” — which debuts at the museum Saturday — displays what made Goff such an important figure in the world of architecture while exploring what made his mind tick through a series of early sketches and computer-generated, 3-D renderings of buildings that were either destroyed or never constructed. PHOTO PROVIDED White said Goff ’s work was a natural extension of the This sketch of the Bavinger House is one of the drawings by Bruce Goff on display at the Fred Jones Jr. Museum of Art. The sketch was Prairie School architecture led by Frank Lloyd Wright completed in 1950. Architect Frank Lloyd Wright advised Goff not to attend schoo to maintain his unique, progressive architecture and Louis Sullivan, an approach in which buildings are designs. Goff balanced his work with the organic and surreal, using large curves in designs for homes and studios. designed as a continuation of the landscape that surrounded them. It was Wright himself that advised Goff to not study architecture at school at the risk of losing what made Goff his private practice until his death in 1982. so special in the first place. Goff obliged, continuing to Of course, if Goff was limited by anything, it was the train through firsthand experience, and indeed, never lack of technology architects have at their disposal today, lost what was so unique about his and in using said technology, some of style. his designs that would have then been Not unlike the buildings you might impossible have been brought to life spot in a Dr. Seuss book, Goff ’s dethrough the computer renderings signs balanced an approach that on display at “Bruce Goff: A Creative was equal parts organic and surreal, Mind.” Saturday tracing large, dramatic curves into “[The exhibit] shows just how far out » Morning Symposium striking, but well-suited, homes and his imagination could extend,” White 10 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. studios. said. “His ideas were so innovative and Catlett Music Center, “It’s an architecture that looks fairso radical in some senses that the techPaul F. Sharp Concert Hall ly unusual, even to our eyes, 40 to 50 nology of the time couldn’t create what years [after] some of these buildings he was envisioning.” » Afternoon Symposium were built, but if you spend enough White said it is striking just how cap2 to 4 p.m. time with it, you realize that it is very tivating his works are, even in the time Catlett Music Center, similar to forms that exist in nature,” we live in today where seemingly evPaul F. Sharp Concert Hall White said. erything is possible. DUKE GOLDEN/THE DAILY Goff also was a pioneer of green “We’ve become so used to experi- The Ledbetter House, designed by renowned architect and former » Opening Reception architecture before the green moveencing new and unusual spaces in our OU professor Bruce Goff, is located at 701 W Brooks St. An 7 to 9 p.m. ment even really existed. Not only time period, through various things,” exhibit featuring Goff's work and sketches opens Saturday. Sandy Bell Gallery in did he design buildings that matched White said. “In the digital age, we are Fred Jones Jr. Museum of Art their environments, he utilized recyvery used to new experiences, but I cled materials from the surrounding think his spaces can still surprise us, area to bring them to life. and many of the renderings show just “I hope people realize that this incredibly experiTo register, e-mail Brigid Brink at These buildings, entirely unique how novel and interesting his uses of mental and innovative architect was largely a product bbrink@ou.edu call 405-325-0843 and innovative, and an undeniable spaces were.” of Oklahoma,” White said. “He trained here, he had an proficiency in the field eventually afWith world famous structures like incredibly avant-garde school of architecture here. It has forded him the opportunity to teach at the OU School of The Ledbetter House, 701 W. Brooks St., located just international dimensions in its significance. Architecture in 1947 — despite a lack of formal educa- blocks away from campus and The Bavinger House, 730 “For us to realize that some really exciting and importion himself — and he became the school’s chairman just 60th Ave., just miles further, students can see the won- tant things have not only been done in Oklahoma but remonths later, bringing international attention to OU’s ar- der of Goff ’s structures in person. White said he hopes late to Oklahoma ... that’s important. We tend to not give chitecture program in that short time. people will realize just how important what Goff did here ourselves a lot of credit for having anything to say on a He left OU after almost a decade and continued with is, for his sake and ours. cultural level, but in fact we have.”

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Shirley Franklin, playing Mrs. Crosby, and Lisa Fox, playing Paula McFadden, rehearse a scene from “The Goodbye Girl” Wednesday evening at the Sooner Theatre. The musical will premiere Friday.

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It’s 11:30 on a Tuesday night. Stoplights blink placidly. Main Street appears deserted, as if the plot of the latest blockbuster postapocalyptic movie has come true. But inside the Sooner Theatre, the cast and crew of “The Goodbye Girl” sings and dances into the night, ignoring the time as they plow through one of their final rehearsals. “We’ve had a much more condensed rehearsal process than some of our other shows,” director Brandon

Adams said. “There’s a line between ‘OK, these people have school and lives and need to get home,’ and, ‘This needs to be a good production.’ We have to walk that line. We’d like to take pride in the fact that this theater is one notch below professional.” Late night run-throughs aren’t the only way this musical penned by playwright Neil Simon stands out, however. Like fellow Broadway shows “Hairspray” and “ The Producers,” “ The Goodbye Girl” was a movie first, produced in 1977 starring Richard Dreyfuss. “They did the movie first, and then they contacted Marvin Hamlisch, who did a number of movies and

some musicals, such as ‘A Chorus Line,’ and they decided to try this as a musical,” Adams said about the show’s origin. Featuring the story of an actor and heartbroken single mother thrust together in one apartment, the romantic comedy went to Broadway in 1993 featuring musical theater goddess Bernadette Peters and comedy actor Martin Short. Running only 211 performances, it wasn’t the smash hit one might expect from such well-known actors or a work by Simon. Adams, who also is production director for the Sooner Theatre, maintains that any Broadway troubles the show might have had

was not the fault of the show itself. “[The Broadway director] definitely went with, you know, a Broadway fixture and a well known comedic performer ... and I don’t think it ran particularly long [because] I think it’s really a play with music,” he said. “A lot of musicals are, ‘We’ll throw some lines in to get to the next song or dance number,’ and this show isn’t like that. “There’s a lot more meat to the script, and it may have taken a lot of people by surprise, like, ‘Wait, this isn’t what I expecting,’” Adams has made a few changes from the original Broadway production, hoping to make the show

more applicable to modern audiences. “We’ve modernized the show a bit,” he said. “We were rehearsing one scene in particular and the actor playing Elliot asks, ‘Did I happen to stumble across the only remaining pay phone in Manhattan?’ Now he’s calling from his cell phone.” While the show may not have been what Broadway audiences were anticipating, Adams is confident the masterful writing will be a draw for Norman audiences — especially fans of Simon’s other work. “His fingerprints are all over this,” he said. “The music’s great, but the reason you’d come to see this is the clever wit of Neil Simon.”

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Sooner sophomore shines in father’s band Keyboard player Michelle Blazer joins local band with marathon setlists that cover music from ’60s

the British Invasion and the influence of legends like The Beatles, Buddy Holly and Aretha Franklin. “Poor Michelle had to grow up listening to all of this music,” Steve said. COLE PRIDDY The Oklahoma Daily Unfortunately, only two days before the group’s first show, the band lost its keyA lot of students start making music to- board player acquired through Craigslist gether during college or have already been due to some misunderstanding with the playing with friends since the high school band’s intentions. garage band days, but not too many times Michelle came to her father’s rescue and does one join a ’60s cover band full of mid- fell right into place, officially completing dle-aged men and an exThe Blazer Band. country starlet. “She fit the band like a Michelle Blazer, an OU glove,” Steve said. sophomore, never planned Michelle has always had on joining a band with her a strong connection with WHO: The Blazer Band father and his friends, but music and her family, so after a falling out with some combining them has made WHEN: 2 to 4 p.m. Saturday Craigslist auditions, she befor a new experience, she came a necessary addition. said. WHERE: Tidal School The Blazer Band con“[It’s] refreshing because Vineyards, 54560 West sists of a full arrangement I have always been very shy Highway 16 in Drumright with all six members singwith music, but having this ing and playing different band that is so goofy and PRICE: Free instruments. Steve Blazer, fun and supportive has Michelle’s father, has almade me more comfortways been passionate able to share my talent with about music since his middle school years people,” she said. and his first band The Knights of Soul. The band’s popularity has only continEveryone in the band grew up with a mu- ued to grow as it has climbed from restausical background — Steve’s friends, mem- rant or patio gigs to country clubs and outbers of his church and former country sen- door stages. sation Kim Knapp. The Blazer Band’s music The shows are marathon performances is fueled the sounds of Steve’s heyday — the that usually last up to three hours. The 1960s. Steve spoke enthusiastically about group has created four or five separate

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that feeling with the 2008 Heisman Trophy winner, who helped set an NCAA scoring record and led the Sooners to 60 points in five straight games. “The guy just has it all,” Stoops said. “He doesn’t have an ounce of prima donna in him, so he’s a great locker room guy where guys want to play for him and be in the huddle with him.” Humble, yes, but with just a trace of cockiness thrown in. Ask him about exotic blitzing schemes and disguised coverages that are supposed to furrow his brow and you’ll get the equivalent of a yawn. “At the end of the day, they have to get where they’re supposed to be, they can only hide a look for so long,” he said. “If you’re a rookie or you’ve been in the league 10 years, that’s what teams do. They’re not going to line up in Cover 2 and say ‘All right, here’s what we’re playing, have fun.’” There are things he pick can improve. “As we sat there with the offensive staff, it was like we were disappointed in Sam, rookie quarterback, fourth game of his career, because it’s not perfect,” Rams coach Steve Spagnuolo said. “He’s earned that, and he put that on himself, too. He would say the exact same thing, that’s how he operates.”

ST. LOUIS — Rookies are supposed to struggle and get flustered by defensive strategies. It hasn’t happened yet with former OU quarterback Sam Bradford. After giving up 289 yards and two touchdowns to Bradford on Sunday, the Seattle Seahawks felt as if they’d faced a seasoned leader. “We got after him pretty good, we chased him around a lot,” coach Pete Carroll said. “He was able to manage and not make the big mistake with all of the heat that was on him, and he made enough good plays. “It’s very impressive that he’s able to do this this early and they’ve got be really excited about it. I’m sure they are.” Four games in, Bradford is probably the best quarterback in the NFC West on a 2-2 team that’s surprisingly tied for the division lead, thriving even though the Rams have a bargain basement batch of pass catchers. Mistakes have been so rare that four games in, the Rams find themselves surprised when the kid actually has a rookie moment. OU coach Bob Stoops remembers having

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Traditional rivals OU, Nebraska on collision course If OU and Nebraska don’t make the Big 12 Championship game this December, it will be more than a decade before the teams meet again, barring a bowl game matchup. OU athletic director Joe Castiglione said the Sooners and Cornhuskers are looking at a possible home-and-away series in 2020 and 2021, with the latter being the 50th anniversary of the “Game of the Century.” Still, 10 years without OU-Nebraska doesn’t sound like college football at all. The teams have adjusted to life without the other since the formation of the Big 12, only playing twice every four years. It wasn’t often, but they still played. Next season will be the first time in 90 years OU and Nebraska aren’t in the same conference. Starting in the Missouri Valley Conference in 1920, the teams stuck

together through the move to the Big Six, the STAFF COLUMN LUMN expansion to the Big Eight and the final transition to the Big 12. orley But with Nebraska leaving for the Big Ten at James Corley the end of the season, the traditional rivalry of the two teams will end abruptly, closing the book on what has been one of the most prominent rivalries in college football. The OU-Nebraska game used to almost practically be a play-in game for the national championship. In 18 different matchups, both teams brought top-10 rankings with a pair of No. 1-No. 2 games (1971, 1987). In 12 of those games — OU seven times, Nebraska five times— the winner went on to win the national championship. The Big Reds had the most consistently competitive

rivalry in the last 50 years. Recently, though — especially since joining the Big 12 — much of the focus for both schools has shifted from the once-great rivalry. OU has the Red River Rivalry. Nebraska has been seeking a consistent North Division foe. Although it will be sad to see the Huskers go, it’s quite fitting that No. 6 OU (5-0) and No. 7 Nebraska (4-0) seem to be on a collision course to meet at Jerry World for the last conference championship in the Huskers’ last year with the Sooners. —James Corley, journalism senior

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Sooner volleyball sweeps K-State The OU volleyball team beat Kansas State in straight sets (-22, -23, -21) Wednesday in Manhattan, Kan. The Sooners had not swept a team since Colorado on Sept. 15. The Sooners, though playing well over that stretch, struggled with putting matches away. Wednesday, however, they did not have that problem. OU pulled away in the third set to finish off the Wildcats and earn a valuable conference road win. Junior hitter Caitlin Higgins led OU with 12 kills and 15 digs. Freshman middle blocker Sallie McLaurin led the Sooners at the net with five blocks. With the win, OU moves to 12-5 on the year and 4-2 in the Big 12. — Greg Fewell/The Daily

Women’s golf finish 2nd again

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Sophomore pitcher Keilani Ricketts (10) pitches the ball toward home plate during the OU-Northwestern Oklahoma State game Sept. 23, 2009. The Sooners won 18-2. OU hosts Seminole State tonight and hopes to stay undefeated for the fall season.

Team seeks to continue perfection Sooner softball, 5-0, looks to maintain winning streak, defend perfect fall season tonight TOBI NEIDY The Oklahoma Daily

OU softball prepares to defend the team’s six-game winning streak for the 2010 fall season with a home matchup at 6 tonight against Seminole State at the OU Softball Complex. The Sooners have outscored their opponents 75-5 during this season’s games. The team won all five of its games as the hosts of the OU Fall Festival on Sept. 24 to 26. After downing Rose State and St. Gregory’s by a combined score of 24-3 in the first two games, the Sooners topped Wichita State in a 3-1 defensive battle. OU closed out the tournament with 19-1 and 10-0 wins over Odessa and North Central Texas, respectively. The OU pitching staff continues to dominate in the pitching circle. Sophomore starter Michelle Gascoigne allowed just one hit against North Central Texas, and junior Kirsten Allen matched the effort in relief pitching.

Seminole State earned the fourth spot in the nation for junior colleges last year after losing a 4-2 decision to Wallace State-Hanceville in the National Junior College Athletic Association National Tournament. The Sooners wrap up their fall schedule with a highly touted matchup against USA’s National Professional Fastpitch team, which features former Sooner All-Americans Amber Flores and Samantha Ricketts. The matchup begins at 7:30 p.m. Oct. 15 at the OU Softball Complex.

Sooner player to watch JESSICA SHULTS Hometown: Valencia, Calif. Year: Sophomore Position: Catcher

The sophomore catcher has stepped up big time for the Sooners at the plate and continues to be a leader in practice.

The OU women’s golf team brought home another second-place finish Tuesday at the Johnie Imes Invitational in Columbia, Mo. After the first two rounds, the Sooners sat in third place with a team score of 588 (+12). OU finished strong in the last round to jump up to second place, the Sooners’ third straight top-three finish. “The girls played solid again,” coach Veronique Drouin said. “We saw a lot of improvement and a lot of effort. They fought all the way to the end.” Senior Ellen Mueller led the Sooners with a career-best performance, shooting a 69 (-2). Mueller tied for third place with Oklahoma State’s Courtney McKim. Freshmen Chirapat Jao-Javanil and Anne-Catherine Tanguay tied for 15th with a three-round total of 223 (+5). The Sooners wrap up their fall schedule Monday in Tulsa for the Dale McNamara Tournament. — Jenni Cochran/The Daily

Box, Finch eyeing return next week OU football coach Bob Stoops expects junior linebacker Austin Box and freshman running back Roy Finch to practice this week and possibly play for the No. 6 Sooners in their next game against Iowa State. Both players are practicing again after missing the first five games of the season for Oklahoma (5-0, 1-0 Big 12), Stoops said Tuesday. Box, who was expected to start at middle linebacker, has been out after a back injury flared up in the preseason. Finch has been sidelined by a hairline fracture in his ankle. Stoops says he isn’t sure how either one will be integrated into positions that are already filled by others, and their roles against Iowa State depend on how they progress during the next two weeks of practice. — AP

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