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FOOTBALL ANNOUNCER MORE THAN JUST A VOICE Man behind the mic also writes newspaper column for seniors KATHLEEN EVANS Daily Staff Writer
“It’s football time in Oklahoma!” More than 80,000 Sooners fans hear that booming pronouncement pour across Owen Field and fill Oklahoma Memorial Stadium about 30 minutes before every home-game kickoff, coming from a disembodied voice set on high. Announcer Jim Miller is the man behind that voice. “I just thought it was a fun way to start the game,” Miller said. “It took off. It’s amazing that people really identify with that. When I started the game, I thought, ‘You know, that would be a fun way to do it.’” Miller started working with the OU athletics department in 1988 after earning his master’s degree in education at Wichita State University in Kansas, he said. He originally filled in for another announcer, before becoming a full-time football announcer in 1996. Now, Miller’s voice booms out at football and
OU officials announced Wednesday that football game management staff will re-emphasize limitations on bags allowed into the stadium beginning with Saturday’s OU-Baylor football game. Prohibited items include all bags, backpacks or fanny packs, cases for binoculars, cameras or other items, and all other carry items except purses smaller than 10-by-10 inches. All purses allowed into VOICE CONTINUES ON PAGE 2 the stadium will be searched. Containers measuring 10-by-10 inches will be placed at each entry to Gaylord Family–Oklahoma Accommodations in activities, Memorial Stadium. Purses that do not fit into residence benefit disabled students the container will not be permitted in the stadium. MATTHEW MOZEK “We are adding the con- Daily Staff Writer tainers to better define the limitations for our fans and To provide all students the opportunity to parsimplify the process for ticipate in campus life, the Association of Disabled our game staff,” stated Joe Students has been working with various campus Castiglione, vice president for Intercollegiate Athletics Programs and director of Athletics, in a press release. “We encourage our fans to bring as little as possible into the stadium to not only streamline their entry, but for everyone’s comfort throughout the stadium.”
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Jim Miller, OU football game announcer, talks about his job during an interview at his home Tuesday afternoon.
Group works to involve students, improve campus accessibility groups to make events, residences and activities accessible for all students, disabled or not. The group, formed in the early 1990s, is currently focusing on making sure all disabled students can participate in everything, including greek life, said president Colin Bober, business administration junior. “A lot of students feel like there’s a division line between the disabled population and the rest,” Bober said. “One of my personal chief goals is to
CAREER MENTORING, ADVISING OFFERED TO WAR VETERANS OU is joining with a nonprofit to provide career mentoring to veterans returning from war. American Corporate Partners is a nonprofit based in New York that provides career development opportunities to veterans and the spouses of wounded veterans. ACP-selected OU employees will mentor veterans to help them succeed. ACP is currently accepting applications from veterans that have served in Iraq or Afghanistan. To apply, visit www.acp-usa.org.
AIDS WALK RAISES AWARENESS, FUNDS FOR DISEASE The AIDS Walk of Oklahoma City will be Sunday at the Myriad Botanical Gardens in Oklahoma City, according to the organization’s Web site. Registration begins at 12:30 p.m., and the walk begins at 2 p.m. AIDS Walk is approximately a one-mile walk around Bricktown to raise awareness, as well as funds. There is no fee to walk, but donations are accepted. This year, the event will also have a new 5k-run portion in the morning. Registration begins at 7 a.m., and the run starts at 8:30 a.m. The entry fee is $25 the morning of the race. For more race information, visit www.aidswalkokc.org. —Daily staff reports
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Alpha Gamma Delta sorority, one of the recipients for the Association of Disabled Students Extra Mile Award, is one of the sorority houses on campus that is handicapped accessible.
project an environment where you don’t feel like that.” With that goal in mind, the group has been focusing its effort on making greek life easy for all students, including those with disabilities, he said. “It’s important to remember everybody has their challenges,” Bober said. “Just because you have a disability, it doesn’t make you different, it just makes you unique.” To recognize and show appreciation for organizations and individuals who go the “extra mile” in making a difference for students with disabilities, Bober and the Association of Disabled Students Board of Directors established an award known as the Association of Disabled Students Extra Mile Award in January. Alpha Gamma Delta sorority recently received the award after installing a handicapped accessible ramp in the back of their house, Bober said. “While we don’t currently have any members with these types of special needs, we have members who have siblings with these types of needs, and grandparents and family who come and visit, and alumni,” said Alpha Gamma Delta president Clara Mitcham, public relations senior. “We want to be able to open our house to members of the community and so we felt that was necessary.” Mitcham said winning the award is gratifying, but helping those in need is her responsibility as a citizen. “We appreciate being recognized for it, but we really just wanted to make our house more accessible for everyone,” Mitcham said. “As a greek organization, we try to be accommodating, so I think it’s kind of an expectation, but I think it’s ACCESSIBILITY CONTINUES ON PAGE 2
Nontraditional church New campus organization seeks service attracts students to raise awareness of nuclear threats Tulsa-based church holds services for students under 30 CHARLOTTE LUNDAY Daily Staff Writer
If one were to walk into the Sooner Theatre at 9 p.m. Monday at 101 E. Main St., it would be hard to tell if the theater had been turned into a poetry slam in a coffee bar or a techno/hip-hop club. In fact, each Monday the theater morphs into neither — it instead becomes Sub30, a church service started by Tulsa-based Guts Church with the goal of keeping college students under 30 years old connected to a church, according to Elliot Blair, petroleum engineering junior and Sub30 volunteer. “It’s a college church service where we try to find the most intense, high energy atmosphere with a relevant message that is easy to apply into our everyday lives,” Blair said. “What we have is a team that comes down from Tulsa to help us out and get us started, but eventually we want to phase out and let OU students
take over. ‘We call it college run, college done,’ where Pastor Bill just comes down to speak on Monday nights.” Upbeat music plays constantly at Sub30, including music by rappers such as Kanye West, food is served after service and games are played during transitions. Sub30 makes use of social networking sites such as Twitter, Facebook and other new technologies. “The media is important because that’s where our generation is,” said Brooklyn Scheer, communications junior and Sub30 organizer. “It seems to be very effective.” Scheer said people all over the world can listen to a podcast, read sermon notes online, communicate with staff and leaders through the Web site and stay updated through Facebook and Twitter. Bill Scheer, Guts Church senior pastor and Sub30 speaker, said his personal history affects the way he formats his services. “I was a sinner, and now I’m a Christian,” Scheer said. “I don’t SERVICE CONTINUES ON PAGE 2
Group hopes to eliminate nuclear weapons in 20 years
but the OU chapter of Global Zero launched on Sept. 26, Pittman said. On Sept. 26, President Barack Obama endorsed Global Zero and their mission before the UN General Assembly RICKY MARANON Daily Staff Writer and the UN Security Council. “We are an organization that proOU students are teaming up with motes awareness,” Pittman said. “We world leaders to combat the threat of are an active organization that is just getting started on campus, and we’ve nuclear proliferation and terrorism. According to its Web site, Global gotten a lot of positive feedback and Zero is a global campaign that com- response from [OU’s International and bines high-level policy work with glob- Area Studies] students and faculty.” Because the group is a little more al public outreach to achieve a binding than 1 1/2 weeks old, agreement to elimimembers are still plannate nuclear weapons FOR MORE INFORMATION through phased and E-mail Spencer Pittman, OU Global ning events. “The group is pretty verified reductions. Zero founder, at spencer.pittman@ new so events are still “Our mission state- ou.edu or visit globalzero.org. being planned,” said ment is to have all nukes gone by 2030,” said Spencer Issac Freeman, UOSA coordinator for Pittman, Global Zero OU chapter international activism and internafounder and criminology senior. “Many tional security studies senior. Freeman said students should join people say it is impossible, but we want the group because it is a noble cause them to know that it is possible.” Pittman said he heard of Global Zero that is relevant to global affairs. “This is an easy cause to join,” while interning in Washington, D.C., Freeman said. “It is a cause that adlast summer. “Global Zero started out with four dresses a big issue currently taking employees working out of a cubicle, place in the world. The U.S. and other but now it has grown into an organiza- countries need to stand up against tion with 80 employees,” Pittman said. the spread of nuclear weapons in the According to its Web site, Global world.” Zero was founded in December 2008,
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and tore the goal posts down. The atmosphere was electric. That was the greatest game. That was the best moment.” Miller also lent his voice to the 1996 Olympics in Atlanta, announcing for the artistic gymnastics competition. Although Miller may be best known to OU fans for his voice, he actually spends much more
Living Community in Norman, which grew into a column syndicated to 400 newspapers across Continued from page 1 the country. Miller also wrote a book of the men’s basketball games. same title and has been featured “ Those two are the only on talk shows and in several pub[sports] I really like and really lications, such as Time magazine care about,” Miller said. “When and The New York Times. He also I got the football job full-time ... makes appearances on KFOR I walked away from everything Channel 4 to give advice and talk else.” about certain products. Miller also said he makes “Savvy Seniors has been it a point to stay professionthe most gratifying thing,” al in all of his announcing “It’s a great honor to be able to do and stay away from the it. I will do it as long as they will have Miller said. “I’ve been able to reach about 15 milgrowing trend of yelling me, however long that is.” lion people. I spend a ton and being disrespectful to of time on it. I take it very officials and players. The job has allowed —JIM MILLER, OU FOOTBALL GAME ANNOUNCER seriously.” The column is Miller’s Miller to participate in important events in OU’s history, time as a writer. Miller’s primary main focus, but he still wants to such as the 2000 game against job is writing a newspaper col- keep sports announcing as part Nebraska, which Miller said was umn, Savvy Senior, that provides of his life. information for senior citizens, “[Announcing the games] is a his favorite game to announce. privilege,” Miller said. “It’s a great “They were ranked [No. 1], he said. The segment began after honor to be able to do it. I will do and we were ranked [No. 3], and we won the game,” Miller said. Miller started writing the col- it as long as they will have me, “The crowd stormed the field umn for Rivermont Independent however long that is.”
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if they need help, they need to feel confident that they can ask.” Presented twice a semester, the Association of Disabled Students Extra Mile Award is an equal opportunity award, Bober said. While the award is not a competitive award, provisions have been set in place to ensure that every student organization, Greek organization, student, or member of faculty/staff has an equal chance of being selected for the award, he said.
Continued from page 1 something that, often times, might go overlooked.” Bober said making everyone feel welcome will require a lot of hard work from students who are disabled as well as from students who are not. “I feel like everybody has an opportunity to do everything the university has to offer,” Bober said. “And
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Service Continued from page 1 have a church background, so to me this is how church should be. The approach of this church is, ‘come as you are, but hopefully, you don’t leave the way you are.’” After six weeks of services, Sub30 is attracting between 150 to 200 students. Jarred Agimudie, chemical engineering freshman, said his friend invited him to the church. “I really liked it,” Agimudie said. “It’s kind of contemporary, which I’m not really used to, but this is my second time here, so I’m coming back for it, I guess.”
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School rivalry to generate spirit for charity project Operation Red River Care to collect supplies for Afghan families JARED RADER Daily Staff Writer
Afghanistan will feel the heat of the Red River Rivalry this football season with Operation Red River Care. Operation Red River Care does not involve military action or football games, however-it is a project created by OU alumna Capt. Katie Illingworth and University of Texas alumnus Maj. Tobin Griffeth, to provide much-needed supplies for local Afghans using the spirit generated from the famous rivalry. Griffeth and Illingworth, who were deployed to Afghanistan four months ago, are fiscal and contract lawyers supporting Operation Enduring Freedom’s Combined Joint Task Force 82 in the Office of the Staff Judge Advocate at Bagram Airfield in Afghanistan. “There are a lot of issues concerning supplies that the Afghan families need,” Illingworth said. “It’s very Third World here.” Illingworth said she and Griffeth enlisted the support of family and friends back home to donate items, such as clothes, school supplies and shoes, awarding points to each university for each package sent. The two officers give the aid to Army Task Forces on the ground and chaplains of care organizations, who distribute it to villages across Afghanistan. The University of Texas is currently leading 10-2 over OU, according to Illingworth, but OU students are looking to change that. Hunter Morris, Illingworth’s brother and a member of Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity, is organizing the SAE pledge class to take the lead. “We’ve had several members step up and take leadership roles,” said Morris, entrepreneurship senior. “We’re going to start trying to put out a couple boxes a week.” Morris said all of the SAE pledge class and most members of the house will be involved. “We’re going to roll out and get as many boxes delivered as we can,” he said. Illingworth said she and Griffeth came up with the idea after chaplains told them they were having difficulty acquiring certain supplies for the local Afghans. She said Griffeth
often teased her about being an OU alumna, and then they came up with the idea to use that rivalry to generate support. “I’m a diehard Sooner fan, and our rivalry with Texas generates a lot of energy,” Illingworth said. “We thought it would be great to direct that energy to helping people here.” Samuel Huskey, associate professor of classics and letters, who taught Illingworth when she was a student at OU, said he has been spreading awareness of the project as well. Huskey said Illingworth has always been concerned with the needs of others. “This seems just a natural extension of what she does,” Huskey said. “Even in the middle of a war, she’s thinking about the PHOTO PROVIDED people who need help.” Illingworth said the situation for local Katie Illingworth, an OU alumna, and Tobin Griffeth, a University of Texas alumnus, are Afghans is very poor, with many families both serving together in the United States Air Force in Afghanastan. living in straw and mud huts. “Afghan kids will come close to the base “ESPN likes to cover stuff going on with the troops, so asking for food, and soldiers will often give out their extra maybe we can shoot out to them,” she said. meals to them,” she said. “There is a real crisis in terms of The winner of the contest will be announced Dec. 3. health care as well.” Illingworth said that Afghans are generally very thankful OPERATION RED RIVER CARE RULES for the donations, despite the negative perception many of Operation Red River Care Rules: supplies, blankets, shoes and them have of the U.S. 1. Send donations in Flat Rate basic toys. “A couple of situations of donating haven’t gone well,” Priority boxes. Each box counts Please DO NOT send batteries, Illingworth said. “But for the most part, they really are as 1 point. Please do not send women’s clothes or religious thankful.” half-full boxes just for the items. While the U.S. is divided over the war, which reached its point—they may not be counted. Donations can be sent to: eighth year Oct. 7, Illingworth said that students should get Boxes bigger than Priority count CJTF-82-OSJA involved despite their opinions. as 1 point and smaller than APO AE 09354 “There are always going to be people out there who think Sooner fans: address to Katie Priority count as ½ point. bullets and bombs aren’t the right answer,” Illingworth said. Illingworth. “This project is really an undisputable way to give and assist a 2. Donations must arrive no nation that really needs this kind of charity and aid.” later than three days prior to the She said the project was a personal endeavor between Include your name, organization Big 12 Championship game. her and Griffeth, and it is not associated with the military or and address so Illingworth and USAID. Items needed: Children’s Griffeth can send you a certifi“It’s not about the war in any way,” Huskey said. “It’s about clothes (especially for winter), cate of appreciation and let you helping people in a country who are suffering badly.” Illingworth said she and Griffeth might spread the idea to men’s and boys’ clothes, school know which team wins. other schools next football season.
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TODAY OU LIBRARIES Bizzell Memorial Library will have a book sale from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. on the south side of the Neustadt wing. DEPARTMENT OF GEOGRAPHY Dick Nostrand, emeritus professor in geography, will give a lecture about “Rebuilding El Cerrito’s Schoolhouse” at 2 p.m. in Sarkeys Energy Center.
POLICE REPORTS WRITING CENTER The Writing Center will meet with international students who want to practice their English conversational skills at 3 p.m. in Wagner Hall. OU LAB THEATRE The OU Lab Theatre will perform “A Piece of My Heart” at 8 p.m. in the Old Science Hall Lab Theatre. TRANSFER STUDENT ADVISORY BOARD Applications for the the Transfer
Student Advisory Board are due by 5 p.m. in the Student Life office of the Oklahoma Memorial Union.
SATURDAY OU LAB THEATRE The OU Lab Theatre will perform “A Piece of My Heart” at 8 p.m. in the Old Science Hall Lab Theatre.
SUNDAY OU LAB THEATRE The OU Lab Theatre will perform “A Piece of My Heart” at 3 p.m. in the Old Science Hall Lab Theatre.
The following is a list of arrests and citations, not convictions. The information is compiled from the Norman Police Department and the OU Police Department. All those listed are presumed innocent until proven guilty. CLEVELAND COUNTY DISTRICT WARRANT Joseph S. Graham, 22, 1300 Jenkins Ave., Wednesday POSSESSION OF MARIJUANA Dustin Wade Barnes, 27, Webster Avenue, Tuesday Sabrina Christine Kellogg, 40, 225 Chalmette Drive, Tuesday, also possession of controlled dangerous substance and unlawful possession of drug paraphernalia Stacey Lynn Tadlock, 19, North Flood Avenue, Wednesday SECOND DEGREE BURGLARY Douglas Duane Funderburk, 25, 315 E. Duffy St., Wednesday, also county warrant
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ABORTION INFORMATION LAW UNNECESSARY AND INTRUSIVE The Oklahoma State Legislature passed a bill in April stating, beginning Nov. 1, physicians will be required to provide the state government with specific information on each abortion they perform. According to an article on the Tulsa World’s Web site, House Bill 1595 will require physicians to report: the woman’s age, marital status, education level, number of previous pregnancies, reason for the abortion, method of abortion and payment, cost of the abortion, type of medical health insurance, the nature of her relationship with the father and whether or not an ultrasound was given before the abortion was performed. The information will also be posted on a state government Web site. The information will help lawmakers know how many abortions are being performed in the state so they can possibly adjust policies and reduce the number of abortions in Oklahoma, Rep. Dan Sullivan, R-Tulsa, stated in a press release found on the Oklahoma House of Representative’s Web site.
We think this bill is completely unnecessary and will create an atmosphere of big brother government. Women should not be required to provide the government with this type of information. It could make women feel uncomfortable and possibly alter their decision to abort. Although a physician is not required to provide the woman’s name, it might not be hard for someone in a small community, which exist all over Oklahoma, to figure out who has or has not had an abortion. We also feel this law is an attempt to push the state legislature’s political agenda onto the women of Oklahoma. Physicians are not required to provide the state government with specific information on other medical procedures, so why should this one be different? There will no doubt be women who are alienated by this kind of interference into their medical and personal lives and will go out of their way and drive out of state to have the procedure. Laws aren’t typically made for conducting research. But if this kind of research truly needs to be conducted in Oklahoma,
researchers and sociologists should provide women with voluntary surveys instead of the government requiring their personal information. We can usually understand the reasoning behind a law, but we feel this law is completely unnecessary, intrusive and is being used as a political tool to limit women’s options.
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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR THIS LETTER IS IN RESPONSE TO MONDAY’S NEWS STORY, “FLAVORED CIGARETTE BAN AFFECTS LOCAL STORE.” In the article, “Flavored cigarette ban affects local store,” Dillon Summers is quoted as saying, “Youth were not even the target audience,” and “I don’t see how it’s a big deal with younger people.” Maybe the big deal is that it will cost Oklahoma $1.6 billion in smoking-related diseases. Maybe it is the fact that 3,600 youth (at age 14 on average) smoke their first cigarette every day. Or maybe it’s the 400,000 deaths that will occur this year as a result of tobacco use. Are you finally ready to take off your rose-tinted glasses? The purpose of flavored cigarettes is to target youths and gain more replacement smokers. Big Tobacco has been quoted many times saying this, which proves its intention to target youth is clear. These quotes include, “The base of our business is the high school student,” or, “It’s a well-known fact that teenagers like sweet products. Honey might be considered,” and “Students are tremendously loyal.” Then again, this isn’t surprising because these are the guys who said that “Gummy Bears are as addictive as cigarettes.” Every day, the tobacco industry targets youth with various marketing techniques such as flavored cigarettes, enticing youths to use the only product, which used as intended, kills its user. It sucks knowing that thousands of preventable deaths will happen this year due to cigarettes, secondhand smoke and other tobacco products. Joshua Trope Political science sophomore Students Working Against Tobacco
THIS LETTER IS IN RESPONSE TO CAMERON MASINGALE’S TUESDAY COLUMN, “EDUCATION SYSTEM WOULD NOT BENEFIT FROM REMEDIALPACED TEACHING FOR LONGER PERIODS.” While in part I am with Cameron on his opinion to not lengthen the school year, I am a little disappointed about the rash generalizations and faulty extended analogies that he uses to construct his argument. He works from the point that “Asian” (an incredibly unspecific term) school years are shorter than those in the U.S., but “students in these countries tend to get better grades.” Cameron believes the reason to be “content.” And it very well may be; however, labeling the gap in test scores between Asia and the U.S. as a byproduct of content ignores the subtle nuances and a whole host of external factors (budgets being one) at play surrounding education policy and implementation. Cameron then moves into the analogy of a boss not allowing a worker extra hours to “figure something out.” He makes the point that since the workplace does not center on the concept of extra time for slower workers than school systems should not either. Extended analogies, such as this one, always break down. Sure, a boss would not allow extra time for slower workers; business needs to be completed in a timely manner. But, to follow Cameron’s analogy, I am not sure a boss would allow his or her workers to disappear for three months a year over the summer, three to four weeks during the winter months and one week in March. Trying to draw an analogy between the workplace and the education sphere is slippery ground; if we begin to think primary and secondary schools as capitalistic enterprises, things get down right scary. But in the end, I appreciate Cameron’s position. I appreciate that people are thinking critically about political policy, especially when it deals with our schools. I just ask for more nuanced and thoughtful opinions instead of rushed generalizations.
oZONE student portal misses mark with minimal pluses Our long and arduous wait finally came to an end Sept. 28 — with much fanfare, OU IT unveiled its newest creation, the oZONE online “portal.” I think we’re all still celebrating. I mean, how could we not? Just watch the video released by OU interviewing students prior to the release of oZONE, available on the home page of the “portal.” One girl goes so far as to say HENRY she is “psyched” about the MARTIN impending release of this magnificent Web site, while the others look as if they can barely contain their ecstasy. They explain how much simpler and more enjoyable our lives will be with this new technology. No longer will we have to log in to every OU Web site we go to! Finally we can enroll in our classes 24/7! At long last, we no longer have to spend hour after frustrating hour trying to find information about financial aid! Unfortunately for oZONE, the only real problem that the vast majority of us had with any of OU’s Web sites was that Enroll somehow seemed to manage to be down literally every time we really needed it. Thankfully, that problem has been fixed by the ‘portal.’ Enroll was too inconsistent. oZONE solves that — it is completely unusable regardless of when you log on! If you haven’t tried the enrollment
portion of the new site yet, prepare to be amazed. The last time I used a site so spectacularly impossible to navigate, my mom was screaming at me to get off the Internet because she had to make a phone call. Because of this, I could not be more thankful that I only have to enroll in one class for next semester before I graduate. Searching for the class using the exact title failed to return any results. The only way that I could find the one class I needed was to scroll through the entire spring 2010 list of history offerings. But hey, at least we can all find the page now because it’s in the ‘portal!’ I never could remember if the site that you enrolled on was called “Enroll” or “Learn” or “Craigslist.” The other features of the site are redundant at the absolute best. It adds no new content, but does provide convenient links to highly soughtafter pages like the OU Student Code and Faculty Handbook. For those of you who used to spend hours trying to get to that stuff, your prayers have finally been answered. And now we are finally plugged into the “OU Community!” We are invited to relax with some blog called “Unwind.” I checked it out. Featured was a post which claimed that the Backstreet Boys’ latest album isn’t worth our money. Clearly they have
no credibility. There really isn’t a whole lot else to see. I’ll concede that being automatically logged in to every site at once is better than not, but how difficult is it to enter login information? Plus, I rarely go to every OU site at once. Typically I just check my e-mail, or if I need to use Enroll or Learn I will go to those places. Only very rarely do I use three or four of the sites in one sitting, so the time saved from logging in is completely negligible. I can’t figure out why it was necessary to spend an undoubtedly large amount of time and money to essentially compile a bunch of links and put them on a single page. And any positive enjoyed by the new site is completely negated by the truly abominable new Enroll interface. How anyone could possibly take a look at that system and find it worth a dime is beyond me. The only problem with the old Enroll site was that it was unable to be accessed during many times students wanted to use it. Unlike the new one, though, when it was up it actually made sense. The layout was clear and easy to navigate. Unless large changes can be made with the enrollment interface quickly, the oZONE system creates far more problems than it is worth.
Henry Martin is a history senior.
J. Michael Rifenburg English graduate student Beth Pearcy is an architecture junior.
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OU attempts to rebound against Baylor ERIC DAMA Daily Staff Writer
Game Essentials:
What: Baylor (3-1, 0-0 Big 12) vs. No. 19 OU (2-2, 0-0 Big 12) When: Saturday, 2:30 p.m. Location: Norman, Okla. Venue: Gaylord-Family Oklahoma Memorial Stadium TV: ABC
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– OU has won all previous 18 meetings with Baylor, including 10 in Norman. – OU is 7-6 in Big 12 conference openers, and 7-3 under Stoops. – OU is 28-5 all-time against teams currently in the ACC conference.
Key Matchup:
OU’s passing offense vs. Baylor’s pass defense. The Sooners’ receiving corps took a big hit when it was announced sophomore wide receiver Ryan Broyles will be out two to four weeks because of a shoulder injury suffered last week against Miami. The Bears enter Saturday’s game with the No. 19 pass defense in the country, giving up only 166 yards in the air per game. Redshirt freshman quarterback Landry Jones will need solid performances from receivers Brandon Caleb and Cameron Kenney to make up for the loss of Broyles, who has by far been OU’s leading receiver this season. However, Baylor itself may not be putting up too many points Saturday, as the Bears look to be down to their thirdstring quarterback (freshman Nick Florence), and starting running back Jay Finley has missed the last two games.
Players to Watch:
OU: Junior running back DeMarco Murray. Murray is OU’s leading rush this year and is averaging 5.4 yards per carry. On the ground he has gained 299 yards and rushed for three touchdowns. He also has 109 receiving yards and one touchdown reception. Junior defensive back Jeremy Beal. With six sacks in four games, Beal has a shot at the OU season record of 14.
Baylor: Sophomore wide receiver Kendall Wright. Capable of playing both running back and wide receiver, Wright led the team in all receiving categories as a freshman
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Junior running back DeMarco Murray runs the ball into the end zone for a touchdown during the Sooner’s game against the Tulsa Golden Hurricane Sept.19. Murray is the leading rusher for the Sooners so far this season with 299 yards and three touchdowns. last year. This year he is averaging 13.4 yards a catch and has two touchdowns. Senior linebacker Joe Pawelek. The San Antonio native is the nation’s leading active career tackler (313). So far this year he has recorded 39 tackles, 2.5 sacks and one interception.
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– Head coach Bob Stoops on Baylor: “When you look at their team, in every category statistically, they are better. They’ve improved, they are playing really good defense overall. Even working through the quarterback injuries, like we have had to, they have still managed to be very productive offensively.” – Offense coordinator Kevin Wilson on the offensive’s play this season: “We’ve been battling. We’ve been close. We’ve been disappointed twice in two close games. As much
Soccer takes on the Big 12 North this weekend TOBI NEIDY Daily Staff Writer
OU soccer continues Big 12 action on the road this weekend to face the Iowa State Cyclones at 7 p.m. tonight in Ames, Iowa. The Sooners (6-6-1,1-3) will wrap up the weekend travel against the Nebraska Cornhuskers at 1 p.m. Sunday. The Cyclones are 6-3-4,1-2 after wins against Oklahoma State (2-1) and Northern Iowa (1-0). Iowa State also leads the all-time series against the Sooners, 8-3-2. The Sooners remain winless (0-6-1) in Ames. Sunday’s matchup against Nebraska will feature the top two goal scorers in the country. Nebraska’s Morgan Marlborough and OU’s Whitney Palmer will be the key players to watch in the contest. Palmer is currently tied for second on OU’s all time scoring list with 26 goals and ranks second on the Sooner’s single- season scoring list with 12 goals, which is currently second in the nation. The Huskers are 7-2-3 for the season, including a 1-1-1 record in Big 12 play. The Huskers are also coming off a pair of wins last weekend against Oklahoma State (2-0) and Wisconsin-Green Bay (3-1). A win this weekend will break OU’s four game road losing LUKE ATKINSON/THE DAILY streak. OU will be back home next weekend to face Kansas at Forward Whitney Palmer (12) handles the ball during the Sooner 7 p.m. Oct. 16 and Missouri at 1 p.m. Oct. 18. women’s soccer game against USC Sept. 20.
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as anything it’s been our execution, our planning, and our preparation that’s gotten us where we are. We’re close. We need to plug it in, do it the right way, and roll out in a strong way.” – Sophomore defensive back Sam Proctor: “We have to play all four quarters. Sometimes we come out and might play three good quarters but if you have a letdown in the fourth quarter, that’s what people are going to remember. They’re not going to remember the first two interceptions or the tackles. Our inconsistency is about finishing the game all four quarters.” – Freshman offensive lineman Ben Habern on having two losses by one point: “We feel like a couple things just didn’t go our way and if they did we would have won the game. So that’s difficult but at the same time it’s our fault. We didn’t play to our best ability and we have to take that into factor against Baylor and Texas and the teams to come.”
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‘A PIECE OF MY HEART’ STUDENT CAST SHINES History gets a lot more personal in the quietly moving “A Piece of My Heart,” now on stage at OU Lab Theatre through Sunday. Led by a talented sextet of actresses, this ensemble drama sheds light on an undeser vingly obscure corner of a major event DUSTY in America’s hisSOMERS tory — women who ser ved in Vietnam. More than 265,000 women served in the Vietnam War, according to the Vietnam Women’s Memorial Foundation, and “A Piece of My Heart” asks us to imagine just six of them. The play, written by Shirley Lauro, is based on a book by Keith Walker that recounts the true-life tales of women Vietnam veterans. Presented mostly in rapidly intersecting monologues, “A Piece of My Heart” paints a vivid picture of women not necessarily united by proximity, but by common experience — a piece of each her heart will not only be connected to her time in Vietnam, but also to others in some way. Each filled with at least a small slice of idealism, three military nurses (musical theater senior Marisha Castle, drama junior Jessie Downs, drama sophomore Anna Fearheiley), an officer (drama sophomore Candace Chéri Jordan),
a Red Cross volunteer (drama senior Mary Black) and a folk singer (drama senior Lindsey Newell) are all plunged into the horrors of war. Their lives are changed by what they witness and their shattered expectations. Some fall for men they end up losing, and some find themselves disrespected and violated by men, either sexually or intellectually. (The revolving door of male roles is filled by drama senior Jonathan Hooks-Abadom and drama junior Ross Johnson.) The return home to the United States turns out to be even more difficult in some ways, as each has to come to grips with how she’s been fundamentally changed by war. At Wednesday night’s opening performance, the show’s palpable tension was undermined by a first act filled with sloppy execution. The rapid-fire nature of the show, with characters jumping in quickly one after another, resulted in actors stepping on other actors’ lines and lighting that couldn’t seem to keep pace. Fortunately, things felt much more assured in the second act with a more stable sense of blocking and less chaos. Even through the first act difficulties, the small ensemble shined with each actress pulling equal weight in a cast with some OU theater heavyweights. I expected good things from the naturally affable Downs and the talented Black and Newell, all of whom have excelled in various
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A scene from “A Piece of My Heart,” a theater production that focuses on the lives of six women in the Vietnam War. productions, but the rest of the cast kept up just fine. Castle, normally found in musical comedies, showed some serious dramatic chops as an impassioned anti-war hippie, and sophomores Fearheiley and Jordan showed us what we have to look forward to in the future of OU theater with their
steady performances. Directed by Lou Antonio, an OU alum with experience with heavyweights like Elia Kazan and Elizabeth Taylor, “A Piece of My Heart” effectively uses stark, minimalist imagery and the confidence of its cast to create an involving production.
“A Piece of My Heart” is on stage at OU Lab Theatre in Beatrice Carr Wallace Old Science Hall. Performances are 8 p.m. tonight and Saturday, and 3 p.m. on Sunday. Tickets are $8 for adults, $6 for students. Dusty Somers is a journalism senior.
POOLAW EXHIBIT TO BE ON DISPLAY AT THE JACOBSON HOUSE NATIVE ARTS CENTER As the doors to the Jacobson House Native Arts Center open at 6 p.m. Friday, attendees will find themselves immersed in a world of Native American culture. The works of Native American artist Thomas Poolaw and the photography of his grandfather, Horace Poolaw, will be on display at the exhibit, located at 609 Chautauqua Ave. “Horace Poolaw is considered the first Native American photographer,” said Yvonne Tiger, graduate student of Native American
‘TOY STORY 3-D’ REVIEW I’m not much for buying into obvious marketing strategies, but how cynical can you be when it comes to delightful talking toys that simply want to be a kid’s best friend? The “Toy Story 3-D” double feature’s two-week engagement is a smart piece of advanced advertising to keep raising excitement for the upcoming “Toy Story 3,” to be released in summer 2010 and will also be featured in 3-D. For the price of one ticket, you get to see both “Toy Story” and “Toy Story 2,” both shining gems in Pixar’s impressive oeuvre, and the 3-D facelift both films have been treated to allows for a whole new perspective. I’m less than enthusiastic about the wave of 3-D madness sweeping Hollywood these days — I get it; 3-D surcharges are a nice boon for financially struggling studios — but the immersive atmosphere created in both “Toy Story” films showed new details I hadn’t ever noticed watching the movies in theaters as a kid, or the many subsequent VHS viewings. Environments look fresh, detailed backgrounds are much more noticeable and character animation reveals never-before-seen details — I never realized Buzz Lightyear’s wings were translucent before. Pixar has made leaps in progress in regards to its animation capabilities since “Toy Story,” its first featurelength film, came out almost 15 years ago, but reminded of my first time seeing it, I was in awe all over again. The double feature is only in theaters one more week, and even with several excellent new options in theaters, “Toy Story” is the best bet out of them all. -Dusty Somers/The Daily
Studies and curator of the Poolaw exhibit. “His work is important to Native Americans on a historical, spiritual and inspirational level.” Tiger chose to base the exhibit on the Poolaws, an exit requirement for her graduate program, after a history class in which her professor had Thomas Poolaw come as a guest speaker. Poolaw, an OU alumnus, began painting at an early age. Inspired by his grandfather, Poolaw continued to pursue a career in paint-
ing. Today, Poolaw has had his art exhibited all around the world. He currently has works displayed in the Fred Jones Jr. Museum of Art, the Southern Plains Indian Museum, and the Smithsonian’s National Museum of the American Indian collection. The Poolaw exhibit at the Jacobson House Native Arts Center will run from Oct. 9 through Nov. 19. -Jordyn Giddens/The Daily
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Friday, Oct. 9, 2009 LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23) -Don’t pretend that serious issues will rectify themselves without you taking the appropriate action to eliminate them. Be realistic about those things that are severely affecting your personal interests. SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 22) -- Expect severe feelings of remorse if you overindulge a friend or a family member who takes advantage of your generosity. Be thoughtful with others, but not stupid. SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 23-Dec. 21) -- Lady Luck won’t be anywhere around, so when it comes to competitive situations, you’ll be on your own. You can only count on common sense and persistence. CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) -- Being peeved at someone isn’t reason enough to reject a good idea that comes from him or her. If you go against your best interests, you will only hurt yourself AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 19) -- It’s up to you as to how prudent and firm you want to be when dealing with another, but remember, if you are too generous, the larger slice of out-of-pocket expenses will fall on you. PISCES (Feb. 20-March 20) -- Difficulty in making a major decision will be due to an inclination on your part to overemphasize the pros and cons. Indecision will leave you dead in the water.
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Great Lake Swimmers pose for a photo. The folk band will play tonight in Norman. We all feel a little lost at sea from time to time with school, but tonight the earthy, acoustic folk music of Great Lake Swimmers might help you grab some footing when they drift into town. The CAC Concert Series, Norman Arts Council, Union Programming Board and Neptunz Ltd. will present Great Lake Swimmers with The Wooden Birds tonight JOSHUA in Meacham Auditorium BOYDSTON in the Oklahoma Memorial Union, free of charge. Doors will open at 7:30 p.m. with the show beginning at 8. Great Lake Swimmers is one of the premiere folk-rock groups strumming today. Hailing from Canada, the band has taken the natural, scenic surrounding they grew up in and found a way to translate it into lush acoustic melodies. GLS has found a whole new level of success following the release of their newest album, “Lost Channels,” including the opportunity to play for Bob Boilen’s Tiny Desk on NPR, being interviewed by Brian Williams and having “Lost Channels” short-listed for the Polaris Music Prize, an award given out to the best album recorded by a Canadian artist each year. The Wooden Birds is more of an upstart band, though its leader, Andrew Kenny, is well-known for his mellow indie tunes with his previous band, American Analog Set, and projects with Ben Gibbard and Broken Social
Scene. Its debut album, “Magnolia,” was released to critical praise for its stripped-down beauty and simplicity. The two bands find parallels beyond their similarly crafted folk melodies. The song-writing process for both bands involved building around the solo material of their GLS and Wooden Birds respective leaders, Tony Dekker and Kenny. The simple approach works, Kenny believes it might be too simple. “I’m a fan first. So when I write, I just try to make music that I like. It should be more complicated than thisbut it isn’t,” Kenny said. And the simple approach seems to lead to a more personal touch with the songs as well, as he is inspired by what he knows. “[My inspirations] are mostly the people I meet. I like writing about people. I don’t follow politics and nobody wants to hear songs about food or buildings,” Kenny said. Both bands certainly seem to be in tune with the natural, personal world around them, and the songs definitely benefit from that quality of connectedness. The sound of the music comes off as warm and immediate for a wonderful escape from the bleak, misty weather that we’ve been shrouded in all week. If you are looking for a brief escape from a world of fluttering book pages, crammed note sheets and cold silence, you should saunter over to Meacham Auditorium to fill your ears with some natural, lovely acoustic melodies courtesy of Great Lake Swimmers and the Wooden Birds for just the boost you need to get through another week. Joshua Boydston is a psychology sophomore.
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