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Shakespeare, law mix in new course Mock trials based on literature law ALI HAUSNER

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Katie Acone, piano pedagogy sophomore, enjoys time in Catlett Music Center playing the piano on Wednesday. Acone is one of two undergraduate students taking the piano pedagogy class. Piano pedagogy offers different areas to go into upon graduation.

Piano pedagogy program nationally renowned PAIGHTEN HARKINS

Katie Acone changed her major from zoology to piano pedagogy because she missed the experience of playing One well-hidden major at OU combines two aspects of piano all the time, she said. “I have a passion for music and art and what it means to piano into a neat package, which feeds off of the success of the nationally-renowned graduate program and grooms the next be a musician, what it means to express yourself through that medium,” Acone said. “I think it’s so important to teach generation of piano teachers. The piano pedagogy undergraduate program only has two … everyone.” To keep up with the rigorous major, Acone practices students, while the graduate program normally has about 35 students. The graduate program is known as being the No. about five to six hours a day for her solo repertoire, plays 1 program in the country, piano pedagogy professor Jane with ensembles and perform as an accompanist, she said. Acone decided she wanted to try piano pedagogy instead Magrath said. The program earned this status through the merit of the of piano performance because her current major is the professors, and it trickled down to the success of the students culmination of her three loves. “I love performing and I in the program, Magrath said. “I have a passion for music and art and love collaborative work and teaching,” she said. Magrath wrote the book what it means to be a musician, what it I love The piano pedagogy “ The Pianist’s Guide to means to express yourself through that major consists of about Standard Teaching and 70 percent music course Performance Literature,” medium.” requirements and about 30 which has become the KATIE ACONE, percent general education standard for piano teaching PIANO PEDAGOGY SOPHOMORE course requirements. literature worldwide, piano The major leaves the pedagogy professor Barbara students with three to four hours for free electives, according Fast said. The program didn’t earn its credentials overnight, Fast said. to the piano pedagogy degree sheet. Piano pedagogy is one of the alternates people take to Its national recognition is based off of the work that’s been done within the program for a little over 30 years since it first piano performance, which also is a demanding major. According to its degree sheet, music course requirements came to OU. “We try to lead. [Fast and I] are always very aware of where represent up to 65 percent of the classes. The rest are general education requirements. This degree allows seven to eight the profession is going,” Magrath said. While the graduate program is nationally ranked, the hours for free electives. Many of the students majoring in piano performance undergraduate program is relatively unknown because it’s not will decide to pursue piano pedagogy when they get their very well advertised on purpose, Magrath said. The performance standard within the major is very high, graduate degree, Magrath said. The decision to focus on piano pedagogy later on may which means that many students may audition for the program, but their playing may not guarantee them a spot. be reflective of a student’s playing level at the time of his The course work is very difficult because of the amount of or her audition or the stigma surrounding the coursework, Magrath said. coursework required, Magrath said. Another reason students may Fast and Magrath don’t advertise it for those reasons, but stray from pedagogy during the SEE PEDAGOGY PAGE 2 students seem to come to it regardless, Magrath said. Campus Reporter

William Shakespeare’s word will become law next semester in a new course that will feature a series of mockcourt cases as a major part of its curriculum. Twelve English and 12 constitutional studies undergraduates will have the opportunity to take a Presidential Dream Course called The Shakespeare Moot Court next semester. The course is based on using Shakespearian ideas to present legal arguments in mock trials. The course will pair the two groups of students together to research and argue a case to a panel of judges, but the students must disregard common law traditions and make arguments based solely off of the “Law of Shakespeare,” according to the course’s description. The class will focus on five Shakespearian plays. The students will use ideas from those plays to decide what is right in various social and ethical situations, like flag-burning, said David Anderson, English professor and one of two course instructors. The enrollment of the class was deliberately divided so half of the students bring a background in literature and the other half in law, said Andrew Porwancher, classics and letters professor and the course’s other instructor. “My primary goal for the course is for each group to appreciate that they have a lot they can learn from the other,” Porwancher said. The course is modeled after a graduate-level course composed of English and law students offered at McGill University that Paul Yachnin and Desmond Manderson created in 2002. Anderson took part in the class at McGill in 2003 and said it was the “best grad

AT A GLANCE ENGL 4013 Guest Speakers: Debora Shuger, UCLA English professor Paul Yachnin, Shakespeare scholar and English professor at McGill University Dympna Callaghan, professor of humanities at Syracuse University

class” he’s ever had. A n d e r s o n ’s m e m o r y of the course came up i n a c o nv e r s at i o n w i t h P o r w a n c h e r, a n d t h e y thought it was a great idea for a dream course at OU, Anderson said. “Shakespeare understood better than anyone that law and literature could illuminate each other,” Porwancher said. The students will spend most of the semester constructing their cases for the trials at the end of the semester, and a panel of judges will decide the cases, Anderson said. The mockcourt cases will be open to the public. Anderson said, President David Boren and Molly Shi Boren have expressed interest in sitting on the judges panel, although they have not committed. The course also will feature three speakers including Debra Shuger, UCLA English professor, and Paul Yachnin, Shakespeare scholar and English professor at McGill University, Anderson said. Both Anderson and Porwancher said they are open to teaching the course again, but for now the course will be offered only during the spring semester. Ali Hausner alihausner@ou.edu

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Katie Acone, piano pedagogy sophomore, enjoys time in Catlett Music Center playing the piano Wednesday. Acone is one of two undergraduate students taking the piano pedagogy class. Piano pedagogy offers different areas to go into upon graduation.

Community must be involved in recovery of sexual assault survivors

ASSISTANT CAMPUS EDITOR contrary, neither of those events are y name may always the norm for sexual assaults. be on the What is the norm is survivors need our help to make sure they get the aid they byline on The need and to ensure these situations don’t Oklahoma happen to other people, and survivors need to feel comfortable coming forward Daily’s sexual assault series, so the men and women who commit but this project has been a these crimes face the applicable justice. Chase Cook The purpose of this project is not labor of love between a lot chaseacook@gmail.com to cast blame on anyone. We are all culpable in some way when it comes to of motivated journalists and the lack of punishment seen in sexual brave, willing sources, such as Jordan assault cases, whether it’s as a district attorney picking Ward, Jen Cox and Alicia Smith. We wanted cases we can win or someone not stopping a friend from having sex with a new acquaintance while he or she is to change the world, but if at least one drunk. We are all in this together. It isn’t possible to solve person better understands the complexity this problem by electing new judges and training police of sexual assault, I say we accomplished officers. That might help, but we all need to take a renewed approach on understanding consent and standing up for our mission. When I first started this project, I thought I would find out it was one particular person or arm of the machine that would be responsible for the lack of prison time and justice given to rape and sexual assault survivors. I also thought the only thing a survivor needs is to see his or her sexual assault attackers put behind bars. For some reason, I thought those moments would be the remedy to his or her emotional and physical damages. I was wrong. After several hours of interviews, many more phone calls and a bunch of documents and studies later, I realized this was a monster that couldn’t be solved in a single story. It isn’t a black and white issue with survivors getting the help they need and the bad guys going to jail. On the

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undergraduate degree lies in a series of debates decades ago, Fast said. Most people have the attitude that performance and honing skill should come first before teaching is brought into the equation, she said. As part of the major ’s requirements, Acone has to teach piano to a class of elementary-level children. She said she sees teaching piano as particularly i m p o r t a n t b e c a u s e i t ’s a “gateway instrument,” meaning it leads to learning other instruments. The graduate students practice pedagogy by teaching the introduction piano group classes required for both piano majors and nonmajors and work closely with the undergraduate students, Fast said. “ You have to get your performance up to speed and at a certain level, and I think our piano pedagogy program reflects that,” she said.

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both men and women who have been or may be assaulted. Because the truly tragic thing is that the impact on an individual doesn’t end after the attack is over; sometimes the most damage comes after the attack, and the attacker may not have caused the lingering damage. This struggle isn’t always visible like cuts or bruises. Broken dignity can be hard to spot. Survivors have a complicated and difficult road ahead of them, and they need the community’s help to navigate that path. Chase Cook is a journalism senior.

NEWS

Thursday, November 1, 2012 •

Guns

Oklahoma open-carry law goes in effect today Law comes after massive increase in residents seeking handgun licenses Sean Murphy

The Associated Press

OKLAHOMA CITY — With Oklahoma preparing for a much-debated new law that allows people to carry their previously concealed firearms out in the open, state officials say they’ve seen a big increase in the number of residents seeking a handgun license. Oklahoma’s open-carry law goes into effect today. It allows the estimated 141,000 Oklahomans with a license to carry a concealed firearm to also carry their weapons openly in a holster or belt. It’s not clear if the spike in handgun applications is due to the new law. But over the past year, the number of residents applying for a handgun permit has i n c re a s e d b y a b o u t 4 0 percent, said Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation spokeswoman Jessica Brown. The Republican-controlled Legislature approved the law and Republican Gov. Mary Fallin signed it earlier this year. Don Spencer, a certified

firearms instructor and t h e d e p u t y d i re c t o r o f the Oklahoma Second Amendment Association that lobbied hard for the new law, said he believes the increase in applicants is connected more to the deadly movie theater shooting in Colorado in July that left 12 people dead and dozens more injured. “ The interest in open carry is there, but when that (theater shooting) happened, my classes filled up, and I’ve heard the same thing from many other instructors,” Spencer said. W h i l e t h e s t a t e ’s increasingly conservative Legislature has been clamoring for open carry for years, the arrival of the new law is causing some consternation among law enforcement and businesses. “There certainly is some concern,” said Rogers County Sheriff Scott Walton, who was a Tulsa police officer for 27 years before being elected sheriff. “There’s a lot of unknowns, and the law enforcement profession has a lot of questions about this,

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Mobile food store in OKC to serve low-income areas Students at the OU Health Sciences Center are starting a nonprofit mobile grocery store to provide healthy food to low-income areas. The OKC Mobile Market aims to provide a sustainable source of healthy and quality foods for areas of Oklahoma City where healthy food options are scarce, according to a press release. The mobile grocery store will carry fruits, vegetables, lean meats, low fat dairy and shelf stable foods to Oklahoma City com-

and citizens have a lot of questions about it.” Walton’s biggest fear is that the required oneday training course to obtain a handgun license is inadequate to properly prepare most people for the dangers associated with carrying a gun. He also said problems could easily arise if someone inadvertently carries a gun into a school or other prohibited place. “What if a guy went into a school and forgot that he had his gun on?” Walton said. “If you want to see people get in the freak-out mode, mention gun and school in the same sentence, and we’ve all got immediate concerns.” Most police and sheriff’s departments have provided additional training to officers on the street to prepare them for the law. Each of the officers in the state’s two largest police departments — Tulsa and Oklahoma City — have received extra training. Oklahoma County Sheriff’s Lt. Dan Stow said that while officers will be prepared, it still might take a while for some people to get used to armed citizens carrying firearms in public. “It will be different and maybe a little bit of a culture

munities that are furthest from grocery stores, according to the release. The mobile food market still is undergoing research, as surveyors are looking at areas of Oklahoma City they want to target with the mobile grocery store, said Lauren Nichols, public relations co-chairwoman for the OKC Mobile Market. The OKC Mobile Market is a branch of the National Mobile Market that started in Nashville in 2011, Nichols said. The national market is a mobile grocery store that provides access to affordable, healthy food in areas with limited food options for a healthy diet, according to a press release. Arianna Pickard Campus Reporter

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Used handguns are displayed Monday, Oct. 22 at Triggers Gun Shop in Mills, Wyo. Wyoming gun sales have been strong in the past four years, mirroring national trends, and Wyoming residents applied for a record number of concealed carry permits in the past year.

shock for people to see that,” Stow said. “It will be an unusual visual initially, but we’ll adapt to it.” Guns still will be prohibited, concealed or not, in several places, including government buildings and public meetings, bars and taverns, schools, college campuses and professional sporting

greek life

IFC presidential candidates to debate tonight Two students running for Interfraternity Council President will square off in a debate at 7 tonight in Oklahoma Memorial Union’s Will Rogers Room. Biochemistry junior Spencer Falcon and marketing and finance

events. Businesses also can ban firearms on their property. Many high-traffic retailers such as banks, restaurants or convenience stores likely will take that course, said Roy Williams, president and CEO of the Greater Oklahoma City Chamber of Commerce. Applicants for a weapons

permit must be at least 21 and undergo a criminal background check, in addition to take the firearms training course. A little more than 24,000 Oklahomans successfully applied for a concealed-carry permit in 2011. Nearly 1,000 applicants were denied.

junior Drew Knox will field questions, elaborate on their platforms and address many of the ongoing issues in the greek system, IFC President Nick Coffey said. “They’ll also be prepared to offer ideas on how our chapters can continue to improve academically, mitigate rivalries between chapters and cultivate interfraternalism,” Coffey said. Falcon’s platform is built upon improving academic performance in fraternities and fostering the growth of smaller fraternity chapters,

Coffey said. Falcon filled several positions within his fraternity, Sigma Phi Epsilon, including intramural chair and philanthropy chair. A member of Lambda Chi Alpha, Knox seeks to improve amenities in the fraternity houses and create a better sense of interfraternalism, Coffey said. Knox is the current IFC vice president of programming. The debate is open to the public. Elyssa Szkirpan Campus Reporter

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Thursday, Nov. 1

OU Women’s Basketball vs. Oklahoma Christian | 7 p.m. at Lloyd Noble Center. FREE admission for OU students with a valid OU student I.D. Visit soonersports.com for more information.

OU Softball vs. NPF All-Stars | 6 p.m. at Marita Hynes Field. FREE admission for OU students with a valid OU student I.D. Visit soonersports.com for more information.

Greek Ally | 5:30-7:30 p.m. at the Gamma Phi Beta house. Members of the Greek community can attending this LGBTQ cultural sensitivity workshop to learn more about being an LGBTQ Ally in the Greek system. Members can register at lgbtq.ou.edu

Students’ Choice | 4 p.m. in the Fred Jones Jr. Museum of Art. Five students from the OU School of Art and Art History have each selected a favorite work of art from the James T. Bialac Collection. Each student will give a short presentation about the significance of the selected work in an informal gallery talk.

Comedy Fight Night | 7 p.m. in Meacham Auditorium. Come and watch nine student stand-up comedians duke it out for the title of funniest student on campus at the 6th annual Comedy Fight Night, hosted by Myq Kaplan from Last Comic Standing and Comedy Central. Presented by the Union Programming Board. There’s ALWAYS SOMETHING at the union, www.upb.ou.edu.

Friday, Nov. 2

FREE Movie: “The Campaign” | 6,9, and midnight in the Meacham Auditorium, Oklahoma Memorial Union. Celebrate democracy and the upcoming election with some light political comedy. Presented by the Union Programming Board and Campus Activities Council. Zombie Survival Run | Race will begin at 6 p.m. on the East Lawn of the union, sign in and on-site registration will start at 5 p.m. Decide whether to be a human or a zombie in this zombie-filled obstacle dash for survival. The winning human will receive the title of “Most Likely to Survive,” and the winning zombie, “Deadliest Zombie.” There will also be an award for best costume. Register online at http://www. ou.edu/content/upb/events/zombie5k.html. All participants will receive the official Z5K t-shirt. Presented by the Union Programming Board. There’s ALWAYS SOMETHING at the union, www.upb.ou.edu. Day of the Dead Street Festival | 6-10 p.m. on Asp Street and Felgar Street (East side of the Union). The Latino Student Association and the Hispanic American Student Association are hosting the inaugural Day of the Dead Street Festival. Admission is free and there will be food, arts and crafts, and entertainment. Costumes are encouraged. Donations will benefit the Latino American Scholarship Fund.

Friday Continued

OU Men’s Basketball vs. Washburn | 7 p.m. at Lloyd Noble Center. Visit soonersports.com for more information.

OU Wrestling vs. OCU | 7 p.m. at McCasland Field House. Student Night. 250 FREE Ice Cream cups. FREE admission for OU students with a valid OU student I.D. Visit soonersports.com for more information OU Hockey vs. Lindenwood University | 7:30 p.m. at the Blazers Ice Centre, 8000 S. I-35, Oklahoma City, OK. OU students, faculty & staff get in FREE with valid OU ID. General admission is $5 and reserved seating $10. Call the Blazers Ice Centre at (405) 631-3307 or see www.ouhockey.com for more information. Presented by Oklahoma Hockey.

Saturday, Nov Saturday Nov. 3

Zombie 5K 2012 | Race begins at 9 a.m. in front of the Oklahoma Memorial Union. Sign in and on-site registration will begin at 7:30 a.m. Runners can register online at www.upb.ou.edu through 11:59 p.m., Nov. 1 for $10 with the coupon code: FBHalloween. On-site registration will be $20. All Runners will receive the Z5K t-shirt. Trophies will be awarded to first through third place in men’s and women’s divisions and for best costume. The Zombie 5K is USATF certified. For more information, visit upb.ou.edu. Presented by the Union Programming Board. There’s ALWAYS SOMETHING at the union, www.upb.ou.edu. FREE Movie: “The Campaign” | 8 p.m. in the Meacham Auditorium, Oklahoma Memorial Union. Celebrate democracy and the upcoming election with some light political comedy. Presented by the Union Programming Board and Campus Activities Council.

OU Hockey vs. Lindenwood University | 7:30 p.m. at the Blazers Ice Centre, 8000 S. I-35, Oklahoma City, OK. OU students, faculty & staff get in FREE with valid OU ID. General admission is $5 and reserved seating $10. Call the Blazers Ice Centre at (405) 631-3307 or see www.ouhockey.com for more information. Presented by Oklahoma Hockey.

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OUR VIEW

New Oklahoma open-carry law is safe if used correctly Our View: Open carry is only dangerous if abused —

just like many other laws

AT A GLANCE Open-carry laws across U.S.

Today marks the beginning of State Bill 1733, or Licensed Open Carry, for Oklahomans. Roughly 142,000 citizens who hold concealed carry licenses now can openly tote their guns in public, joining 14 other states that enjoy this privilege. While guns are dangerous and caution always should be exercised when dealing with guns, a law allowing a licensed individual to openly carry his or her firearm will neither encourage nor discourage premeditated violence. Open carry does not allow all Oklahomans to openly carry a firearm. The following are parameters for the law: ·An individual still must possess a handgun license to carry a firearm — either concealed or unconcealed. ·Any person issued a handgun license from another state also may openly carry a handgun while visiting Oklahoma. ·Business owners without a handgun license may carry a firearm openly or concealed while on their business property. ·Any person without a handgun license may carry a firearm openly or concealed while on private property that is under their control The author of SB 1733, Anthony The Our View Sykes, says open carry will not only is the majority “enhance Oklahomans’ ability to opinion of exercise their Second Amendment The Daily’s rights,” but that open carry will not nine-member editorial board negatively affect Oklahoma because “gun owners are some of the most responsible people.” Gun owners with licenses may be some of the most responsible people. Thousands without handgun licenses will continue to carry, and some even may be encouraged to openly carry. How will authorities discern between a licensed gun owner and an unlicensed gun owner on the street? It seems ineffective to rely on a user to present identification upon a dangerous situation. The danger is situational. During a shootout, it could be difficult for law enforcement to identify who is a

Permissive open carry: These states permit open carry to all law-abiding citizens without a criminal record without any special permit or firearms license. The states that allow this are Montana, Idaho, Wyoming, Arizona, New Mexico, South Dakota, Vermont, West Virginia, Virginia, Alaska and Kentucky. Licensed open carry: These states allow open carry to all law-abiding citizens once they apply and are approved for a permit or firearms license. The states that require a permit or license for open carry are Utah, North Dakota, Minnesota, Iowa, Indiana, Tennessee, Georgia, Maryland, New Jersey, Oklahoma, Connecticut, Rhode Island, Hawaii and Massachusetts. Anomalous open carry: Open carry generally

is lawful, but the state itself may have other stiff restrictions that either lack preemption or do not allow unlicensed open carry inside a vehicle. These states are Washington, Oregon, Nevada, California, Colorado, Missouri, Kansas, Louisiana , Mississippi, Alabama, North Carolina, Nebraska, Wisconsin, Michigan, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Maine, Delaware and New Hampshire. Non-Permissive open carry: These states don’t allow open carry of firearms or is only lawful under very limited situations such as hunting, traveling to and from a hunting site or in self defense. These states are Texas, Washington D.C., Arkansas, Illinois, South Carolina, New York and Florida. Source: National Rifle Association

licensed gun user and who is posing a threat. Fumbling with a license during a dangerous situation can result in longer wait times for law enforcement to assess the situation and the possibility of being presented with a false I.D. Open carry can be dangerous for those willing to abuse the system — just like any law can be dangerous when abused. This law will not ignite shoot outs or, as some critics have said, send Oklahoma back to the days of the Wild West. In all actuality, it may do nothing at all — save for putting a few timid citizens on edge while waiting in line at Starbucks.

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Benefits of fracking are not worth the mounting risks Natural gas is the chamOPINION COLUMNIST pion of our needs and will cure our energy hardships. The new advancements in hydraulic fracturing or ‘fracking’ have come at no inconvenience, given the push for domestic energy. We’ve all seen the “I’m an Andrew Sartain energy voter” commerandrew.sartain@ou.edu cials praising natural gas for its ability to stimulate the economy and create jobs. So let’s take a look at this energy savior. Natural gas is not a newfound source of energy, but the methods used to obtain gas from once-inaccessible pockets of the Earth are what have sparked such excitement. Fracking essentially is the act of injecting a mix of water, sand and chemicals into the Earth at high pressure in order to crack open rock and sediment, releasing stored pockets of oil and gas. What chemicals are used in fracking? This year, for the first time, Congress released the first national inventory of about 750 chemicals used in the hydraulic fracturing process. Many of the chemicals are not dangerous, but several are. A few of the worrisome chemicals include carcinogens like benzene, diesel and naphthalene, as well as detrimental air pollutants, such as hydrochloric acid and toluene. Other harmBY THE NUMBERS ful chemicals include Numbers across lead, ethylene glycol and the U.S. 2-butoxyethanol. So where do these chemicals end up? Some of the chemicals will reactive natural-gas turn to the surface as wells in U.S. in 2009 wastewater, while others will alter from understates where gas ground, and some will rehas seeped into underground drinkingmain underground as is. water supplies The potential risks to drinking water is a major concern. Possible risks include leaks in well casings of water send down or cement breaks. Gases well returns carrying like propane, methane drilling chemicals, and ethane also could leak very high levels of salt into water systems and and naturally occuring radioactive material wells, creating health hazards. So far, only gas leaks sewage have been proven by evitreatment dence and research. The plants in three states documentary, “Gasland,” accepted gas industry illustates how hazardous wastewater and gas leaks can be when a discharged waste that particular scene shows was only partly treated families lighting their tap into rivers, lakes and streams. water on fire. The extent of the risks Source: Eco Centric blog fracking poses to human health is well-debated and difficult to validate with such a short frame of reference. But economic blowbacks have been scattered around the country. Drinking water contamination in Dimock, Pennsylvania cost more than $11 million to permanently replace residents’ contaminated drinking water with a new source. Air pollution from fracking operations in Arkansas’ Fayetteville Shale region imposed health costs estimated at $9.8 million in one year. Health costs reach $270,000 per day in Texas’ Barnett Shale region during the summer smog season. And if this boom is anything like the coal and oil booms of the past, the public could be stuck with major blowback costs like those listed above, far after the end of the boom. For example, Pennsylvania is now stuck with an estimated $5 billion in cost to clean up mining pollution from decades ago. Additionally, the fracking process can use two to five million gallons of water to frack a single well — a major concern in an era of fragile water supply. However, this could be mediated with simple practices like water recycling, and many companies are looking into such outlets.

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Secular universities’ effects on personal religious convictions under debate OPINION COLUMNIST To occupy an objective evolution and likely will be more prone to reject the theory viewpoint often is seen as if the professor expresses an anti-religious view. noble. Apart from the brute More relevant courses fall within the humanities, such as facts of existence, life conethics. Within these courses, a clear right or wrong answer is tains many shades of grey. A not always easily found. The primary purpose of such courskey selling point of a secular es is to challenge a student’s thinking, and the opinion of the university, for example, is it professor can serve this purpose. provides a classroom setSome people say that if professors are to express their ting in which one opinion opinion, this should be reserved until the end of the semesNathan Cranford does not reign supreme over ter. This is partially based on the claim that a professor’s nathan.a.cranford-1@ou.edu another. primary duty is to teach the course material as neutrally as This view is attractive in possible in order to give fair credit to all positions. Also, stutheory, but it is unattainable in practice. Every individual dents may not have enough intellectual respect for the procontains psychological predispositions that knowingly or fessor or knowledge of the subject to value his or her opinunknowingly will manifest themselves. Given this fact of ion beforehand. the human condition, what methodology should professors However, students should value the opinion of their proadopt when addressing controversial topics within a class- fessor for the reasons just highlighted. Without knowing the room setting? opinion beforehand, students are “Rather than wearing the illusory under the false impression the proExperience as an observer convinced me that students fessor is merely “stating the facts.” mask of objectivity, openly benefit when professors openly Others may argue if professors expressing one’s views allows express their views beforehand. express their opinion beforehand, Rather than wearing the illuthey have highjacked the course to students to recognize which sory mask of objectivity, openly own personal interest. But exalternative positions may not be their expressing one’s views allows perience has shown me most progiven full credit.” students to recognize which alfessors are capable of presenting ternative positions may not be the strongest possible arguments given full credit. of an alternative position. Adding Of course, context matters. As their own personal convictions in stated earlier, brute facts do exist about which opinion and no way changes this fact. individual impressions are irrelevant. For example, some Thus goes the catch-22. Objectivity is found in the classprofessors openly express their religious or anti-religious room by the open expression, rather than the suppression, beliefs when teaching the theory of evolution. These opin- of an individual’s views. ions are superfluous to the subject and can negatively affect the discussion. Many students already are hostile to the theory of Nathan Cranford is a philosophy senior.

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NEW YORK — Two major airports reopened, and the floor of the New York Stock Exchange came back to life Wednesday, while across the river in New Jersey, National Guardsmen rushed to rescue flood victims, and fires still raged two days after Superstorm Sandy. For the first time since the storm battered the Northeast, killing at least 61 people and inflicting billions of dollars in damage, brilliant sunshine washed over the nation’s largest city — a striking sight after days of gray skies, rain and wind. At the stock exchange, which was running on generator power, Mayor Michael Bloomberg rang the opening bell to whoops from traders on the floor. Trading resumed after the first two-day weather shutdown since the Blizzard of 1888. New York’s subway system was still down, but Gov. Andrew Cuomo said parts of it will begin running again on Thursday. He said some commuter rail service between the city and its suburbs would resume Wednesday. Kennedy and Newark Liberty airports began handling flights again just after 7 a.m. New York’s LaGuardia Airport, which suffered far worse damage and still had water on its runways, remained closed. Restoring the region to its ordinarily frenetic pace could take days, and rebuilding the hardest-hit communities and the transportation networks that link them could take considerably longer. More than 6 million homes and businesses were still without power, mostly in New York and New Jersey. Electricity was out as far west as Wisconsin and as far south as the Carolinas. The scale of the challenge

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A New York Air National Guard helicopter flies above the George Washington Bridge towards Manhattan, Wednesday in New York. Gov. Andrew Cuomo, Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, D-NY, Sen. Charles Schumer, D-NY, and local officials took the flight over the city, Nassau and Westchester counties to get an assessment of damages from superstorm Sandy.

“You see your home demolished like this; it’s tough. But nobody got hurt, and the upstairs is still livable, so we can still live upstairs and clean this out. I’m sure there’s people that had worse. I feel kind of lucky.” BARRY PREZIOSO, POINT PLEASANT, N.J. could be seen across the Hudson River in New Jersey, where National Guard trucks rolled into heavily-flooded Hoboken to deliver ready-to-eat meals and other supplies and to evacuate people from their condo highrises, brownstones and other homes. The mayor of the city of 50,000 issued an appeal for people to bring boats to City Hall to help with the evacuation. And new problems arose when firefighters were unable to reach blazes rekindled by natural gas leaks in the heavily-

hit shore town of Mantoloking. More than a dozen homes were destroyed. New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie issued an order postponing Halloween trick-or-treating until Monday, saying floodwaters, downed electrical wires, power outages and fallen trees made it too dangerous for children to go out. President Barack Obama planned to visit Atlantic City, N.J., which was directly in the storm’s path Monday night and saw part of its historic boardwalk washed away.

Outages in the state’s two largest cities, Newark and Jersey City, left traffic signals dark, resulting in fender-benders at intersections where police were not directing traffic. At one Jersey City supermarket, there were long lines to get bread and use an electrical outlet to charge cellphones. A m i d t h e d e s p a i r, t a l k of recovery was already beginning. “It’s heartbreaking after being here 37 years,” Barry Prezioso of Point Pleasant, N.J., said as he returned to his house in the beachfront community. “You see your home demolished like this; it’s tough. But nobody got hurt, and the upstairs is still livable, so we can still live upstairs and clean this out. I’m sure there’s people that had worse. I feel kind of lucky.”

Authorities say a Fort Mohave man and three runaway juveniles from Oklahoma have been arrested in northern Arizona. Mohave County Sheriff’s deputies say 23-year-old Dustin Aaron Schafer was taken into custody early Tuesday along with a 17-year-old girl, a 15-year-old boy and a 15-year-old girl. They say all the juveniles are from Norman, Okla. Authorities say the teens and Schafer were in a car that was reported stolen in Oklahoma. Deputies say Schafer allegedly had a plastic bag containing methamphetamine and was arrested on suspicion of possessing dangerous drugs. The teens were booked into the Mohave County Juvenile Detention Center on suspicion of unlawful use of means of transportation. The 15-year-old boy also had an outstanding warrant for failure to appear in court. Deputies notified the teens’ parents in Oklahoma. The Associated Press

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Ryan’s opponent accuses him of abandoning local race Rob Zerban was ready for a brawl when he decided to run for Paul Ryan’s congressional seat in southern Wisconsin. Mitt Romney changed all that when he picked Ryan as his running mate. Ryan still is running for the seat he’s held for seven terms, but the national race has consumed him. Aside from a stream of generic television ads, Ryan hasn’t campaigned for his seat since Romney tapped him. Zerban has accused Ryan of abandoning his district. Last week, the Kenosha Democrat launched a “Focus on the First” mini-campaign of volunteer works to play up that he cares about the locals. But Ryan’s absence doesn’t appear to have hurt him. Even Democrats aren’t optimistic about Zerban’s chances of winning. The Associated Press

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YUMA, Ariz. — Suspected smugglers who tried to use ramps to drive an SUV over a 14-foot-tall border fence had to abandon their plan when the Jeep became stuck on top of the barrier, authorities said Wednesday. Agents patrolling the U.S.-Mexico border near the Imperial Sand Dunes in California’s southeast corner spotted the Jeep Cherokee teetering atop the fence early Tuesday, Border Patrol spokesman Spencer Tippets said. The vehicle was perched about five miles west of the Colorado River and the Arizona state line. Two smugglers on the Mexican side of the border were trying to free the Jeep when the agents approached, Tippets said. They ran further into Mexico and escaped. The Jeep was empty, but agents said it was probably filled with contraband like bales of marijuana before it got high-centered atop the fence. The smugglers had built ramps to drive up and over the fence, something that has been tried at least once before. In April 2011, agents found a truck that had ramps

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In this photo provided by the U.S. Customs and Border Protection, a silver Jeep Cherokee that suspected smugglers were attempting to drive over the U.S.-Mexico border fence is stuck at the top of a makeshift ramp early Wednesday near Yuma, Ariz. U.S. attempted to illegally drive across the border. The two suspects fled into Mexico when the agents arrived at the scene.

built onto it and had driven up to the border fence. A pickup had driven up and over the fence, but it was spotted and its occupants were captured, Tippets said. T h e a g e n c y ’s Yu m a sector has seen a 95 percent reduction in human smuggling in recent years, freeing up agents to focus on drug smugglers. “Because of how successful we are we don’t

have all the clutter like we had in years past,” Tippets said. “Now that all the clutter is gone, we’re able to focus on things that are bigger threats.” The terrain in western Arizona and eastern California has little vegetation and is much less rugged than the land in southeastern Arizona, so smugglers have a harder time making it into the U.S. without being spotted.

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PLAYER PROFILE Morgan Hook

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The Oklahoma women’s basketball team kicks off its 2012-2013 season in a tuneup game against Oklahoma Christian at 7 tonight at Lloyd Noble Center. Although the Sooners are heavily favored and should get little resistance from the Division II Eagles, coach Sherri Coale said that her team will approach every game, exhibitions included, with a purpose. “Well, we really approach [the exhibition game] as it’s serious and it matters,” Coale said. “Obviously, it is a tune-up for ‘real’ games, but we try not to approach it that way. We try to approach it as everything is significant.” The Sooners return five starters from a season ago, including their three top scorers, junior guards Aaryn Ellenberg and Morgan Hook and senior guard Whitney Hand who scored 15.5, 10.9 and 13.3 points per game, respectively. OU also added a major recruiting class, signing All-American guard Nicole Ko r n e t, Iowa Gat o ra d e Player of the Year guard Maddie Manning and junior college All-American transfer forward Portia Durrett. Senior guard Jasmine Hartman also returns after missing all of last season with a torn ACL. Hartman, with her first game back from injury looming said she is ready to play. “I’m ready,” Hartman said.

Position: Gaurd 2011 Statistics: 10.9 points per game, 3.5 assists and 3.1 rebounds per game

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Junior point guard Morgan Hook (10) handles the ball and searches for an open teammate in a game against Texas A&M on Feb. 21. The Sooners won the game, 64-55. Hook returns to OU after being the third leading scorer last season at 10.9 points per game.

“I don’t think it gets any better than how I feel right now. I’m moving well; everyone says that I look good, Jasmine so all we can Hartman hope for is the best.” Coale said at local media day that depth would be a strength for her team and depth is something that will be on display tonight. “What we’re looking for

is balance, a lot of people scoring, everybody showing up in the stat line, making a difference when they play,” Coale said. “Rebounds, assists, hopefully not a lot of turnovers, everybody getting into the scoring column because everyone can score.” Last season, the team relied heavily on Hand and Ellenberg on offense, with the two accounting for nearly 38 percent of the team’s scoring. Coale said that level of scoring discrepancy is not what she wants or expects

against the Eagles. “If the game is over and I look up and [Hand] and [Ellenberg] each have 25 (points) and everybody else has four or five, that’s not really going to be what I needed to see,” Coale said. “I need to see production from the post, I need to see balance from at least five guys, and I expect to have more than that.” Durrett, who averaged 15.4 p oints and 7.8 rebounds per game at Walters State (Morristown, Tenn.)

Community College last season, will be a major part of the post game for the Sooners after sophomore forward Kaylon Williams ruptured her Achilles’ tendon in the second practice of the season. Durrett said that she will be a big help on the glass for the Sooners and that she will be a big rebounder for the team. Oklahoma Christian made the jump from NAIA to Division II this season and looks to make a mark in their new surroundings.

Eagles coach Stephanie Findley is the winningest women’s basketball coach at a four-year university in the history of the state of Oklahoma with 521. Both Coale and OU assistant coach Jan Ross attended Oklahoma Christian, and Coale played for Findley for two seasons. The Eagles were plagued by injury a season ago, with six players missing most or all of the season and finished with a record of 9-21. The Sooners have another exhibition against Henderson State at 7 p.m. Tuesday before beginning the regular season against Creighton on Nov. 10 in Omaha, Neb. The matchup against Creighton will be a big one for OU, but Coale said she is concerned about her team, and the nonconference test is far from her mind. “I haven’t even thought about Creighton yet; I probably should be, but I haven’t,” Coale said. “We’re just worried about us right now.” Kedric Kitchens kitchens_kedric@ou.edu

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Arkansas finished the year as a sixth seed in the NCAA tournament, advancing to the second round before falling just two points shy of upsetting third-seeded Texas A&M.

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The 12th-ranked OU football team isn’t letting itself get caught up in the moment of having to trudge through another practice week following a disappointing loss. This week arguably is a perfect time for the Sooners to throw in the towel after a big-game defeat and then having to head up to Ames to face an unranked Iowa State team the Sooners have a history of slapping around. But the players don’t see it that way. “Sure, the championship may be out of the picture, but there’s still a lot of Big 12 (games) left, and that’s s omething to play for,” junior wide receiver Kenny Stills said. “We’ve only lost one conference game so far, so we just have to go out and continue to play hard.”

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Junior fullback Trey Millard (33) fights off a tackle during a run against Notre Dame Saturday. The Sooners lost 13-30 with Millard rushing for just 11 yards in the game.

The mantra in Norman is simple: OU plays for national and conference championships. So when the team has to turn around and figure out how to accept the fact it doesn’t have a

shot at the crystal ball and will need help from outside forces to come out on top of the conference standings, the attitude quickly changes into protecting the “Oklahoma standard.”

“I don’t think we are going to shut it down and say, ‘Alright, let’s just call it quits the rest of the year,’ but there is some adversity coming w i t h l o s i n g ga m e s a n d coming with different goals

being out of the picture for sure,” senior quarterback Landry Jones said. “We are a prideful program, and when game day comes around, we are going to put our best guys on the field, and we are going to play hard.” The Sooners are 69-5-2 all time against Iowa State, one of the most lopsided series records in college football. After hearing last week how Notre Dame had such a stranglehold on the OU program during a handful of years before most of the current players’ parents were born, the Sooners find themselves on the winning side against this week’s opponent — one that also hasn’t beaten the Sooners in Ames since Nov. 5, 1960. But regardless of past history, the OU coaching staff said it knows that walking out of ISU’s stadium with a win won’t be a piece of cake. “(Iowa State) is playing (defensively) as well as anyone in the league,” cooffensive coordinator Josh

“We are a prideful program, and when game day comes around, we are going to put our best guys on the field, and we are going to play hard.” Landry Jones, Senior Quarterback

Heupel said. “They’re good at creating turnovers; they’re physical and fly around to the football.” And after dropping two games so far this season, the players said they understand they can’t take any upcoming opposition lightly. “ISU plays really hard, really sound, and they’re very well coached,” Stills said. “We’re going to have to go out and take this game seriously.” Tobi Neidy tneidy@gmail.com

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OU to take on professional All-Stars at home Oklahoma only college team to ever beat pros Tobi Neidy

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The Oklahoma softball program says it’s ready to validate its fall campaign. Several weeks ago, the Sooners were getting acquainted with the new freshmen, and the veterans were meeting for the first time since the 2012 Women’s College World Series. After facing six teams during the brief fall slate, OU is ready to see if it’s capable to play with some of the best players in the nation when the National Pro Fastpitch All-Stars roll into town for the matchup at 6 tonight at Marita Hynes Field. “I purposely schedule this game as our last because I want to see our progression throughout the fall,” coach Patty Gasso said. “This is really our grand finale, and we should be in a good place to win.” Last season, the Sooners knocked off the softball goliaths, 2-0.

The win was the first time in 42 games that the All-Stars fell to one of their opponents on the annual Back-to-School tour. Although p l ay i ng t h e All-Stars will give the Sooners an opportunity to perform against some Keilani of softball’s elite, Gasso Ricketts said she wants her players to concentrate on their own level of play and not get frazzled by the level of competition the newcomers will see during the game. “Our freshmen will be able to see how fast these athletes play, and that will be important for our guys to learn,” Gasso said. “We’re preparing like it’s a Big 12 team, and we know enough about the pro team that we can take the right steps to prepare for them.” This year’s NPF cast boasts several Olympians, including outfielder Caitlin Lowe and third baseman Andrea Duran. Lowe, a four-time All-

American and the 2009 WCWS Most Outstanding Player, won back-to-back national championships at Arizona (2006-2007) and was a member of the silver medal team from the 2008 Beijing Olympics. Duran was a teammate of Lowe’s in Beijing and won a pair of national championships (2003 and 2004) during her time at UCLA. But the Sooners have a weapon of their own with senior left-handed pitcher Keilani Ricketts. Ricketts was named the 2012 Honda Softball Player of the Year, 2012 USA Softball Collegiate Player of the Year and the 2012 Big 12 Player of the Year for

her accomplishments last season. The San Jose, Calif., native posted a 37-9 record, finishing with a 1.08 ERA and 457 total strikeouts last year. Ricketts also has been a member of Team USA, and after playing in games all over the world, the veteran said she knows how important a quality matchup like this can be to a team looking to play for the national championship. “Playing against this team is like the unofficial start of our season because it will show just how well we mesh and how well we can step up together against high competition,” Ricketts said. Astrud Reed/the daily

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Mid-Day Music: Union staple for years Performances begin at noon daily MOLLY EVANS

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Playing the piano, guitar or bass during the lunch hour could buy you six slices of cheese pizza at Sbarro, eight chicken sandwiches from Chik-fil-A or 13 sides of apples and peanut butter at The Laughing Tomato. However, the $25 paycheck isn’t the reason some Mid-Day Music performers pick up their instruments for an audience. Geography junior Dillon Gourd first heard about the program last spring from Atiba Williams, a music composition senior. Before last semester, Gourd hadn’t had formal music lessons for a couple of years or a musical outlet to display his signature genres and styles. Gourd takes to the piano with a Chicago blues and classic rock appreciation and coordinates a spontaneous set list according to the particular mood of Oklahoma Memorial Union, he said. Gourd has performed tracks like “Do It Again” by Steely Dan, “You Never Give Me Your Money” by The Beatles and “New York State of Mind” by Billy Joel. “They do pay us, but it’s more fun than anything,” Gourd said. “I get to see friends at the Union. I get claps from random people I don’t know.” In order to get the paying gig, musicians must audition before the program’s newest director, Matthew Nash. “They must first be a student here at OU,” Nash said. “Then they will be given a very informal audition, where they will play roughly three songs to prove they are a proficient musician.” Williams achieved that proficiency as a child in Trinidad and Tobago playing a Caribbean instrument called the steel pan. Williams had his first public performance 2 years old and played professionally until he began studying composition, first at a program in Italy, then at OU, he said. Throughout his music career and education, Williams has gained proficiency in the viola, guitar, bass, piano and even the Native American flute, which he acquired during his time at OU, he said. “I had been kind of touted around like sort of a wonder child, whatever that means,” Williams said. “I stopped doing music professionally to study, which is weird because people normally do it the other way around.” Williams performs the piano during Mid-Day Music three to four times a month,

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Dillon Gourd, geography junior, plays piano in the Oklahoma Memorial Union as a part Mid-Day Music on Sept. 20. Musicians get paid $25 to play for the noon to 1 lunch hour. The performances have happened Monday through Friday for several years and includes guitarists, pianists and players of other instruments.

he said. The schedule, which is coordinated at the end of each month according to students’ schedules, allows for flexibility and a variety of musicians, Nash said. The program is designed to p rov i d e ba ckg rou n d music from noon until 1 for students, Nash said. And, with most students ignoring the music, Williams said he incorporates five minutes of composition practice and improvisation into his set list. “I make up a song on the spot and try to have a form and come up with motifs,” Williams said. Williams sang during performances last year when he started the program, but a lack of equipment this year has shifted his focus from entertainment to piano and composition practice, he said. That focus is revealed in his typical set list that ranges from old standards like his audition piece, “My Funny Valentine” to “Ordinary People” by John Legend and an upbeat closer like

Coldplay’s “Clocks.” Williams plays in the OU jazz band, steel band and at gigs around Oklahoma City and Norman. A staple Union program for several years, Mid-Day Music features music majors and students who play an instrument as a hobby, Nash said. Nash contacted presidents of OU musical organizations, which brought in several candidates for the program that holds three to five performances each week, he said. “ This year, we have many piano players performing, as well as a guitarist and national champion mandolin player that play together,” Nash said. Molly Evans, mollyevans@ou.edu

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Open your mind to new music, dubstep Life & Arts Columnist

AT A GLANCE Dubstep lingo Basshead: An avid listener of dubstep

Brent Stenstrom brent.e.stenstrom@ou.edu

usic is a great way to widen your horizons and sample new sounds, and listening to new genres of music led me to listen to dubstep, cue drop. Country music and top 40 reign supreme in Oklahoma, but isn’t there room for more than just one genre. Growing up listening to the radio and popular music, I thought I had a pretty good grasp of the array of music I liked, but looking back on my formative teenage years, I had been suckered into the trap of listening to commercial music on radio and

Bass drop: a pause in the percussion, usually in silence, followed by an intensity in the music Electronic dance music: music created usually for a nightclub or dance-based environment Source: weheartpop.com

television. Later in high school, I hung around people who only listened to country music. Although I didn’t understand country music at first, I slowly started to listen to more country music and understood why people enjoy listening to Blake Shelton or

Carrie Underwood. Now, I listen to dubstep and all genres of electric dance music. Dubstep is so vast and ranges from fast-paced dance music to the dirtiest bass dropping bangers. Lately, I’ve gotten a lot of flack from people who view dubstep as a negative thing. Either they do not understand the purpose of the music or they just think of it as a musical fad like boy bands, grunge or disco. I suggest for these people to do the same thing I did with country music; try it, if you like it, awesome, but if you don’t, at least you tried and aren’t judging it based on a five or 10 second sound bite from a Skrillex track. Chances are, your favorite musical act or performer has a dubstep or electronic dance music remix to one of their songs. From Radiohead a n d B o n Ive r t o Ad e l e, all have dubstep remixes

“It’s not love for music, it’s passion, and it goes beyond liking and beyond hobby, it’s about a way of living ... music is essential for my life.” Armin Van Buuren, disc jockey

available on popular websites, such as YouTube or SoundCloud. With Electronic dance music, or EDM, remixes from your favorite performers, it almost would be hypocritical to not listen to the remix version of their song. For instance, the song “Lights” by Ellie Goulding has a dubstep remix done by EDM legend, Bassnectar. The electronic beats infused with Goulding’s lyrics make you feel inspired and alive. The build up (part of a dubstep song that happens before the drop) makes you fill with anticipation for the drop (when the music stops momentarily then comes

back with a heavier bass drop), which is the best part of a dubstep track or remix. The feeling you get when a good drop hits is like a feeling of euphoria, or a pure rush of adrenaline. Nothing else can beat that feeling, because in that very moment you feel invincible, and anything you do is just an electronic cherry on top of a delicious EDM sundae. Popular trance disc jockey Armin Van Buuren once said in an interview: “It’s not love for music, it’s a passion, and it goes beyond liking, and beyond a hobby, it’s about a way of living … music is essential for my life.” Music lovers of any genre,

whether it’s gospel or folk music, can agree with Van Buuren’s quote. Without music, the world would be a monotonous mess with no vibrancy or passion. If you have not been persuaded to at least sample dubstep because of this column, then I’m sorry. But you will have plenty of time to listen because dubstep will be around for the long haul, right there next to your country and top 40 favorites.

Brent Stenstrom is a broadcast and electronic media junior.

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