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52°/36° owl.ou.edu CAMPUS BRIEFS SUPREME COURT JUSTICE HEADS TO CAMPUS Chief Justice John G. Roberts, Jr. will visit the OU College of Law today to speak with students in several classes and to deliver the Henry Family Centennial Lecture.

“This is a very significant event in the life of our college and our concluding centennial event,” Andrew Coats, dean of the College of Law, stated in a press release.

“It is believed that this is the first time in the history of Oklahoma that a JOHN sitting chief jusROBERTS tice has come into our state.”

Roberts, the 17th Chief Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court, was appointed by former president George W. Bush and has served since Sept. 29, 2005.

Roberts received his bachelors degree from Harvard College in 1976 and his law degree from Harvard Law School in 1979.

Okla. senator to propose bill to counter hate crimes law Sen. Steve Russell claims legislation is morality issue RICKY MARANON Daily Staff Writer

An Oklahoma state senator plans to offer a bill in the spring legislative session that would give the state of Oklahoma the power to opt out of federal requirements for carrying out the newly amended hate crimes law.

State Sen. Steve Russell, R-Oklahoma City, said the newly passed Matthew Shepard and James Byrd, Jr. Hate Crimes

Prevention Act, which extends hate crimes law protections to include actual or perceived gender, sexual orientation, gender identity and disability, oversteps the bounds of the federal government and hinders free speech and religious freedom.

“The federal government should not be creating a special class of people, and that is just what STEVE they did when they passed RUSSELL and signed this bill,” Russell said. “All crimes against another person have some level of hate in them, and people can be assured

that our laws that protect people against crimes such as murder are sufficient to protect everyone.”

Russell said because the government has decided to intervene on issues of morality, he is worried that religious leaders who speak out against any lifestyle could be imprisoned for their speech.

“The law is very vague to begin with,” Russell said. “Sexual orientation is a very vague word that could be extended to extremes like necrophilia.”

Russell said he is also concerned

if someone is attacked and killed for his or her sexual orientation, the suspect could pass the blame onto a religious leader who preached out against the lifestyle of the victim who was attacked.

Russell said, as a retired U.S. Army lieutenant colonel, he is upset that the new hate crimes bill was attached to a defense spending bill.

“This bill couldn’t stand on its own merits through multiple sessions of Congress, so a few activist representatives stuck it into a defense spending bill,” Russell said. “A bill supporting the troops BILL CONTINUES ON PAGE 2A

International students feast on Thanksgiving dinner

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Anoopdeep Bal, University College freshman, dines during the OU Cousins Thanksgiving dinner Monday in the union.

NORMAN POLICE TO SET UP ALCOHOL CHECKPOINTS This weekend, the Norman Police Department will set up multiple police checkpoints throughout the city in an effort to increase enforcement of drunken drivers this holiday season.

Police will use checkpoints, saturation patrols and educational tactics in order to reduce the number of intoxicated drivers.

This is the kickoff to a larger initiative that will continue through 2010. Funding for this program will come from the Oklahoma Highway Safety Office.

OU TO HOST HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS FOR GEOGRAPHY AWARENESS WEEK Approximately 60 local high school students will join the OU Department of Geography today for a hands-on opportunity to learn more about geography, and current geotechnology directly from professors and geography experts and celebrate Geography Awareness Week.

Students from AP Human Geography and AP Environmental Science classes at Norman, Moore and Southmoore High Schools will explore Geographic Information Systems (GIS) and Remote Sensing to learn how outdoor enthusiasts, politicians and emergency responders use geotechnology to answer questions and help make people’s interactions with each other and their environment safer and more rewarding.

The students will also complete an activity using Global Positioning System technology, a tool becoming widely used in commercial products such as car navigation systems. In addition to learning how to use GPS technology to map their surroundings, the participants will explore its many other uses in human geography and environmental science.

“Geotechnology has been identified as an emerging major growth industry by the U.S. Department of Labor,” said Jason Julian, assistant geography professor. “This event will introduce teens to the technologies currently being used by geographers and other scientists, show them the impact of this rapidly growing field.”

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Thien Nguyen, microbiology senior, shows his Thanksgiving turkey he created out of an apple and candies during the OU Cousins Thanksgiving dinner Monday evening in the Oklahoma Memorial Union.

Event part of OU Cousins program KATHLEEN EVANS Daily Staff Writer

Many international students experienced their first Thanksgiving Monday evening at the OU Cousins Thanksgiving dinner in the Oklahoma Memorial Union’s food court.

The three-course feast included traditional Thanksgiving foods like turkey, gravy, mashed potatoes, stuffing and pumpkin pie.

OU Cousins has hosted the event for more than five years as a way to introduce international

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Marion Capot, business and foreign languages junior, cuts out a hand-turkey Monday night in the union.

students to American culture, said Quy Nguyen, OU Cousins staff adviser and assistant director of Student Life.

Thanksgiving is one of those holidays with which everyone can identify, Nguyen said. Even though Thanksgiving is an American holiday, being thankful is something universal that everyone can come together and celebrate, he said.

Shota Nagahisa, an economics and business sophomore from Japan, said that Japan has a holiday similar to Thanksgiving in May, but it is not a feast day like the American Thanksgiving.

“The food was very, very delicious,” Nagahisa

said.

Nagahisa said this was his first traditional Thanksgiving feast. Although the experience and food were different, he still enjoyed it, citing the turkey as his favorite part.

Nagahisa attended the dinner with his OU cousin, computer science senior Eric Guinn.

Guinn said he studied abroad in Japan last year for the summer, fall and spring. He met Nagahisa at the OU Cousins pumpkin-carving event, and signed up to be his cousin because of their common interest in Japan.

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Entrepreneur shares experience with Fair Trade at lecture Business model promotes equality between producers, product vendors KARLIE TIPTON Daily Staff Writer

To promote fair trade — equal and sustainable trade among international entities — Manish Gupta, owner of Handmade Expressions, an Austinbased company, shared his experiences about being a fair trade advocate.

Gupta, an entrepreneur, presented the lecture “Fair Trade: The Power of Choice” Monday evening at the Sam Noble Oklahoma Museum of Natural History.

“I think that the work this small community is doing is exemplary,” Gupta said of Norman. “The education that they are doing here and the number of people talking about different initiatives

is an example for the entire country, so it is an honor to be here and to share my experience with this community.”

Gupta entered into the world of Fair Trade some years ago when he left his job as chemical plant manager to found his own company, Handmade Expressions, which sells jewelry, clothing and other items made by artisans in India.

“Now that I think about it, I think it was crazy,” Gupta said about quitting his job to start Handmade Expressions. “The initial stage of leaving was the inspiration that I got from meeting the artisans. I saw that they have so much talent, but they can’t make a living … and after seeing that I couldn’t let that happen.”

As a result of the efforts Gupta and his team put forth, the company has grown over the past four years.

“We are fortunately growing well,” Gupta said. “I think consumers and FAIR TRADE CONTINUES ON PAGE 2A

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Manish Gupta, one of the founders of Fair Trade, addresses questions from the audience Monday night at the Sam Noble Oklahoma Museum of Natural History.

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Bill Continued from page 1A was turned into an activist bill where, if you voted against the hate crimes act, it made you look like you were voting against the troops.”

Russell said Oklahoma can opt out of the law on the basis of the 10th Amendment of the U.S. Constitution.

“The bill gives the federal government power that was not given to them in the Constitution,” Russell said. “I am aware of the supremacy of the federal government over state governments, but the federal requirements are vague enough for us to make actions. We just have to be very careful on

Thanksgiving Continued from page 1A Although Guinn invited Nagahisa to share the Thanksgiving holiday break with him, Nagahisa said he is going to go to Las Vegas and maybe the Grand Canyon with other international students.

“It’s not the quite the traditional Thanksgiving, but it sounds fun,” Guinn said.

Verena Rath, a business and administration graduate student from Austria, also celebrated her first Thanksgiving.

Austria has a holiday similar to Thanksgiving at the end of October, Rath said.

Fair Trade Continued from page 1A businesses understand what we’re doing and are supporting what we are doing by buying sustainable products.”

Gupta believes other businesses and towns like Norman will show similar success if they follow the Fair Trade model. Fair Trade is a very sustainable business model. It is not only good quality products and doing good but for the bottom line as well,” Gupta said.

For those fighting for Fair Trade throughout Norman, hearing Gupta’s message was important.

“So far what we’ve done with regard to Fair Trade in Norman has been from the point of view of the consumer … but we don’t know the reality and what happens on the other end of this

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He said he is just looking out for everyone’s civil how we proceed.”

When asked about whether the state of liberties.

“We are trying to proOklahoma should reject tect everyone’s right to free the $5 million in federal funds that the federal gov- “The law is very vague to begin with. speech as guaranteed in the First Amendment, not ernment would give to law Sexual orientation is a very vague just those in a special, proenforcement agencies to word that could be extended to tected class,” Russell said. help prosecute hate crimes, Russell said he thought extremes like necrophilia.”

Spokespeople from the Norman chapter of Parents, about finding a way to pass -STATE SEN. STEVE RUSSELL, R-OKLAHOMA CITY Families and Friends of his law while taking the Lesbians and Gays and money, but said it would be Oklahomans for Equality both said they are still a compromise in the values of his bill.

“I understand the state could use all the money studying the proposed bill and did not want to it can get, but we can’t compromise our values for issue a statement until an actual bill was up for some quick cash,” Russell said. consideration in the state Legislature.

She said the food is very different, and she misses the bread from home the most. American bread is much sweeter and softer, she said.

Rath is a vegetarian, so she had spaghetti and broccoli instead of the usual turkey.

“It is not quite a real Thanksgiving,” Rath said.

For the break, she is planning to visit New York City with some friends, Rath said.

“I want to see everything while I am [in the United States],” Rath said.

Other than the Thanksgiving meal, attendees also made turkeys out of apples, toothpicks and gumdrops. At the end of the dinner, there was a contest to see which group made the best turkey.

Additionally, students created hand turkeys and

decorated them with the flags of their nations to give to President David Boren, Nguyen said. The turkeys are in honor of Boren’s 15th anniversary as OU president.

The Thanksgiving dinner is one of OU Cousins’ most popular events, said Brooke Allen, Spanish and French sophomore and member of the OU Cousins advisory board.

Because of the high demand, they have actually had to create a sign-up sheet to limit the event to the first 100 people, Allen said.

Boren and his wife, Molly Shi, created OU Cousins in 1996 to encourage friendship and unity between American and international students, according to the group’s Web site.

“The initial stage of leaving [his job to start Handmade Expressions] was the inspiration that I got from meeting the artisans. I saw that they have so much talent, but they can’t make a living … and after seeing that I couldn’t let that happen.”

-MANISH GUPTA, OWNER OF HANDMADE EXPRESSIONS product chain and Manish is someone who actually works with the artisans who make these products so he knows how Fair Trade is able to make a difference,” said Ajit Bhand, a post-doctorate researcher in mathematics.

Many students and faculty were also glad that Gupta weathered the cold to be in Norman.

“I am so excited that we actually have someone who started up a Fair Trade company,” said Stephanie Bates, public administration and Spanish graduate student. “To hear his end on what it means to be making a conscious effort to empower people to be self-sustainable and self-

reliant in their own communities, that’s going to be a totally different angle from what I’ve experienced.”

Gupta said he plans to continue promoting free trade through his business and, especially, through his work with educators and students.

“I think a big part of our role is to be an educator as well as a business person, so we are trying to get engaged in as many mediums as we car,” Gupta said. “Whatever it takes.”

For more information on Gupta, Fair Trade or Handmade Expression products, visit their Web site at www.handmadeexpressions.net.

CAMPUS NOTES TODAY CHRISTIANS ON CAMPUS Christians on Campus will host a Bible study at noon in the union’s Sooner Room.

CAREER SERVICES Career Services will host “How to Write a Resume for a Federal Government Job” at noon in the union’s Crimson Room.

Career Services will host walk-in hours from 1:30 to 4 p.m. in the union.

FILM AND VIDEO STUDIES Cinematographer Barry Braverman will give a free workshop on television documentaries and feature films from 6 to 9 p.m. in Gaylord Hall room 1140.

RELAY FOR LIFE OU Relay For Life will host a kickoff event from 7 to 9 p.m. in the union Ballroom.

WEDNESDAY CHRISTIANS ON CAMPUS Christians on Campus will host a Bible study at 12:30 p.m. in the union’s Frontier Room.

CAREER SERVICES Career Services will host walk-in hours from 1:30 to 4 p.m. in the union.

CAMPUS CRUSADE FOR CHRIST Campus Crusade for Christ will meet at 9 p.m. in the Oklahoma Memorial Stadium’s Santee Lounge.

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FOOD, DRINK MAKE ALL THE DIFFERENCE International students learn to test their taste buds crossing national borders BRITTNEY BROWN Daily Staff Writer

Editor’s Note: This is the second in a series of stories chronicling international students in their experiences at OU and in the United States.

It’s not unusual for an OU student to miss home cooking. Many, though, can catch up on their cravings with a weekend trip home.

Sreekkanth Mallireddy, an engineering graduate student from India, doesn’t have that luxury.

Not being able to eat a favorite dish can be a challenge for international students coming to America.

Differences in food are a definite change.

Salem Balaji, manager of Norman’s Himalayas Indian Restaurant, said Indian food is more flavorful and healthier than American food.

“Every spice we use has medicinal properties,” he said. American food is drier than Indian food because Indian food uses many ESTEBAN PULIDO/THE DAILY different sauces, Balaji said.

The buffet line at Himalayas offers Indian cuisine like Beef Korma and Chicken Tikki Masala. The restaurant Himalayas is located at 814 N. Berry Road.

Mallireddy said the first couple of months he was here, he ate a lot of Indian food. i n I n d i a . H o w e v e r, Norman to get the right things. sure what his favorite American dish is, he Restaurants like Himalayas and Balaji, who is from Mallireddy said he has to go to Oklahoma said he likes pizza. others in the Norman/ the Himalayas, said City to get the right ingredients.

Despite the challenges of living in a difOklahoma City area the Indian cuisine at “We have to go and get all the spices like ferent culture, Mallireddy still enjoys the can help internationHimalayas is authentic. twice a month,” he said. experience of coming to America. al students feel more “Most of the spices D e s p i t e t h e d i f f e re n c e s b e t w e e n “The people are really cool,” he said. “I at home. come from India,” he American and Indian food, Mallireddy said feel like it’s almost my home.”

Mallireddy said he and his said. “Not most of them, all of he likes American food, and though he isn’t friends go and eat at Indian them, really.” restaurants because they are not International students often cook CORRECTIONS able cook some of the dishes at home. their own food, but ingredients are hard to He said most Indian restaurants in come by.

In Monday’s edition of The Daily, John Roberts was incorrectly identified as an associate justice on the America are not really comparable to food Sometimes, they have to go out of

U.S. Supreme Court. He is the court’s chief justice.

POLICE REPORTS The following is a list of arrests and citations, not convictions. The information given is compiled by the Norman Police Department and the OU Police Department. All those listed are presumed innocent until proven guilty.

UNLAWFUL POSSESSION OF DRUG PARAPHERNALIA Conrad Joseph Wallis, 18, Walker Center, Saturday, also possession of marijuana Joshua Michael Adair, 19, 824 E. Boyd St., Sunday Chance Alan Wilson, 25, 1880 Barkley St., Sunday, also possession of a controlled dangerous substance within 1000 feet of a school (two counts) and possession of a controlled dangerous substance ASSAULT & BATTERY Kelly Jean Allen, 31, 1161 Rambling Oaks Drive, Saturday Sierra Desiree Hyde, 22, 1161 Rambling Oaks Drive, Saturday Zachary Graham Butts, 22, 700 Asp Ave., Sunday Barry Kendal Maupin, 27, 700 Asp Ave., Sunday

Jose Carlos Iriarte-Guardia, 19, 1601 E. Imhoff Road, Saturday Seth Perry Pringle, 19, 1601 E. Imhoff Road, Saturday Benjamin Bourns Douglas, 20, 769 Asp Ave., Saturday IMPROPER EQUIPMENT ON A CAR Truman Henry Grigsby, 22, 601 12th Ave. N.E., Saturday MUNICIPAL WARRANT Richard Lois Hunt, 35, 1313 12th Ave. N.E., Sunday Deryck Woodrow Stidham, 32, 1400 E. Alameda St., Sunday, also county warrant, driving with a suspended license and failure to carry proof of insurance DISTURBING THE PEACE Gabriel Nicholas Jonas, 21, 902 S. Pickard Ave., Saturday Laird M. Reeds, 902 S. Pickard Ave., Saturday

DRIVING UNDER THE INFLUENCE Paul Edward Arebalo, 24, 200 Felgar Street, Saturday PUBLIC INTOXICATION Mason Stephen Parker, 21, 2110 W. Lindsey St., Saturday Blake Andrew Combs, 23, 700 Asp Ave., Saturday Gregory Nathan Joyner, 25, 500 Justin Frank Jescavage, 22, 775 Asp Ave., Saturday Buchanan Ave., Sunday James Anderson Roberts, 22, West Vitaly Viktorovich Semenov, 22, Frank Street, Saturday West Boyd Street, Sunday John Raymond Harris, 47, Oklahoma Dale Jay Lollar, 38, 300 W. Lindsey St., Sunday, Memorial Stadium, Saturday Christopher Ryan Mussatto, 22, Oklahoma Memorial also resisting arrest and assault and batStadium, Saturday, also assault with a deadly weapon tery of a police officer (two counts) Brandon Michael Sobczak, 25, 1400 Asp Ave., Sunday Kalub Wade Berry, 20, 1601 E. Imhoff Road, Sunday Christion Kyle Glendening, 26, 760 Asp Ave., Sunday POSSESSION OF MARIJUANA Jesse Darrell Gritts, 27, 760 Asp Ave., Sunday Jeremy Airdo, 18, Traditions Square ApartmentsTimothy Michael Moore, 26, 760 Asp Ave., Sunday West, Saturday, also trespassing Robert George Briskie, 21, Couch Center, Sunday Aaron Bradley Smith, 21, Couch Center, Sunday FIRST DEGREE BURGLARY Marcus Charles Berkowick, 30, Oklahoma Aaron Wade Kirby, 31, 303 E. Brooks St., Memorial Union, Sunday Saturday, also assault with a deadly weapon Maninder Singh Atwall, 24, Oklahoma Jeffrey Dal Stowers, 29, 303 E. Brooks St., Saturday Memorial Union, Sunday FIRE CODE VIOLATION Troy Brian Burrell, 22, 4701 Heritage Place Drive, Friday HOSTING, PERMITTING OR ALLOWING A LOUD PARTY Joshua Alexander Colbert, 19, 1111 Oak Tree Ave., Saturday Michael Edward Johnson, 19, 1111 Oak Tree Ave., Saturday Epiphany Rae Cook, 19, 2814 Shoreridge Ave., Saturday Jacob Wesley Grizzle, 24, 2814 Shoreridge Ave., Saturday Harold Edward Kessler, 19, 1601 E. Imhoff Road, Sunday MINOR IN POSSESSION OF ALCOHOL Brandtley Thomas Adams, 18, 1601 E. Imhoff Road, Saturday

OUTRAGING PUBLIC DECENCY Samuel Joseph Lanclos, 23, 700 Asp Ave., Saturday Milan Dane Riggs, 22, 700 Asp Ave., Saturday James Oliver Tate, 22, 700 Asp Ave., Saturday COUNTY WARRANT Quintin Dale Letterman, 31, North Interstate Drive West, Sunday Patricia Ann Stitch, 72, 1300 N. Interstate Drive West, Sunday Brent Thurman, 28, 615 W. Main St., Sunday FELONY DRUG CHARGES Justin Christopher Fields, 20, Traditions Square Apartments-West, Saturday, also possession of drug paraphernalia Nathan Johnn Doll, 20, Traditions Square Apartments-West, Saturday, also possession of drug paraphernalia

In Wednesday’s story, “Court rules in favor of Oklahoma Students for a Democratic Society,” the vote counts and names of the UOSA Superior Court’s opinion writers were inaccurate.

The opinion which held Matt Bruening could validly sign a petition to recall Matt Gress, UOSA Student Congress vice chairman, was written by Clint Claypole, UOSA Superior Court associate justice. The court’s vote stood 4-3 in Bruening’s favor.

Chelsea Klinglesmith, vice chief justice of the UOSA Superior Court, wrote the opinion which held valid petitions requesting changes to the structure of UOSA’s Student Congress and an automatic recall election for any elected member of the UOSA government who claims an office in an uncontested election.

The court voted 5-2 in Bruening’s favor.

$ GeoCash Contest $

Celebrate International GIS Day a day of education about geographic information systems!

Enter to win a cash prize by participating in the $GeoCash$ geocaching contest First Prize $300, Second and Third Prizes $100 each Sponsored by the Geoinformatics Program, Center for Spatial Analysis and Oklahoma NASA Space Grant Date: Tuesday, November 17th through Thursday, November 19th during the hours 8:00 am to 5:00 pm only Eligibility: Any OU undergraduate – individuals or teams (CSA/ Geoinformatics student employees not eligible) What is geocaching? It’s a high tech scavenger hunt using GPS units How to Play? Go to the Oklahoma Memorial Union and check out a GPS unit with valid student ID from 10 am to 2 pm on Tuesday, November 17th or Thursday, November 19th. You can also use your own GPS or GPS enabled cell phone (you can start and end in the vicinity of the Union) 1. Find your way to three locations on campus using the latitude / longitude coordinates and hints below Location #1 - N 35 12.436 W 97 26.571 (Hint: Under the watchful eye of our national bird) Question: What is the title of one map or poster in the display?

Location #2 - N 35 12.560 W 97 26.616 (Hint: Not up but under) Question: What website has information about the Geospatial Summer Institute?

Location #3 - N 35 12.643 W 97 26.738 (Hint: On the side that the sun rises) Question: Employment opportunities in geographic information science are expected to grow by what percentage through 2016 according to the US Department of Labor?

2. When you are near the location look around for the hidden geocache container – the containers will be clearly marked 3. Follow directions in the container to answer 3 questions. Directions for two caches require entering a nearby building to get information and answer the question - these caches can only be completed during business hours 8 am to 5 pm 4. Enter the cash prize drawing by submitting your answers on paper at our table in the Union T/TH 10-2, by email geoinfo@nwc.ou.edu , or online at http:// csa.ou.edu/geocash/ . All entries must include name, phone, email, answers and must be received by midnight Thursday November 19th. Winners will be notified Friday, November 20th.

For more information or accommodations on the basis of disability contact geoinfo@nwc.ou.edu or 325-4871

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COMMENT OF THE DAY »

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

In response to TJ Moen’s Monday column, “‘The time you enjoy wasting is not wasted time’” YOU CAN COMMENT AT OUDAILY.COM

“Good article. It’s always important to remember to slow down and enjoy the simple things in life from time to time.

And there’s no replacement for friends and loved ones - setting aside time for the ones we love, no matter how busy our schedule, is always important,

because no 4.0 GPA, no college degree and no amount of money, can ever buy that time back. As a song by 33Miles reminds us, we only have ‘one life to love.’”

-Mesocyclone

OUR VIEW

Senator wrong on hate crimes law Another one of Oklahoma’s reputable, conservative state legislators has thrown his name into the ring to see whom among them can be the most outrageously conservative.

State Sen. Steve Russell, R-Oklahoma City, said he plans to propose a bill that would make Oklahoma exempt from the recently enacted federal hate crimes law (see page 1 for details).

Russell said he thinks the law, which would provide funding to Oklahoma law enforcement agencies to investigate hate crimes, would encroach on the rights of Oklahomans to express themselves.

Russell stated in a press release, “For

example, if a minister, rabbi or imam preached to a congregation about immoral issues, and then someone took that message to an extreme and actually committed a crime, neither the minister nor the congregation could be charged themselves.”

We agree that if the above scenario took place, the minister should not be held accountable. But we wonder if this is actually a problem in Oklahoma?

Do ministers feel like they can’t fully express themselves for fear that they’ll be prosecuted? Highly unlikely.

Frankly, it seems as though Russell has misunderstood what a hate crime actually

is. And this is unfortunate because the legislation would call for Oklahoma to refuse funding for law enforcement.

Now, we do have some reservations about enhancing the punishment somebody must endure for committing a crime based on what that person was thinking at the time of the crime.

A crime is a crime, regardless why it was committed.

But that is a debate for another day.

What we are really angry about is that one of our legislators is wasting his time addressing a problem that doesn’t seem to exist.

Oklahoma has a lot of real problems,

including a preponderance of people who are uninsured, a broken education system and a need to refurbish roads and bridges.

Protecting the right for ministers to speak freely when that right is not being threatened is a massive waste of time.

We wonder why Russell is bringing this up, and we can’t help but believe it might be in an effort to get his name out there.

This is not his responsibility. His responsibility is addressing Oklahoma’s problems.

So we ask all state lawmakers to get to our state’s real problems, and then worry about addressing the ones that don’t exist.

POINT/COUNTERPOINT

Are biofuels the answer to energy crisis?

Biofuels have not been developed enough to replace fossil fuels yet.

My friends, we live in an ever shrinking world filled with unceasingly expanding industry and development. All of this expansion and growth doesn’t just happen though. It has to be run, and this requires fuel.

The ever-increasing demand for fuel and the ever-diminishing supply has led to what CARSON has become known as PAINTER the great energy crisis.

As it stands now, our country runs mostly on non-renewable resources such as oil, natural gas and coal.

While we are not in the predicament of running out of fuel sources in the near future thanks to increased exploration and mining/drilling efforts, many among us worry about the inevitable time when our planet will simply run out of these energy sources, as well as what we are going to do about it.

On top of this we must consider the environmental impact that using fuel sources such as oil and coal has on our planet.

In an effort to address these concerns, many scientists, universities and researchers have been working hard to develop new, clean and renewable forms of fuel. One of the most cited and celebrated of these developments is biofuel, a fuel source made from plants or plant material.

While the research into bioenergy offers huge potential, as it stands now, biofuels would, and are beginning to, cause more problems than they are solving. They should stay in the labs until these problems can be resolved.

For one thing, though touted as the great, clean energy source, current biofuels, such as ethanol, a fuel derived from crops like corn and sugarcane, produce just as many green house gasses as gasoline does.

On top of this, producing current types of biofuel such as ethanol requires huge amounts of water. It is estimated that for every one gallon of ethanol produced, up to four gallons of water is used up.

Water is already one of the planet’s most precious resources, and is scarce enough as it is in many places. Do we really want to make it harder to procure by using it to grow our crops for fuel?

Speaking of fuel crops, by using our harvests to create fuel, we will drive up their prices.

This in turn increases the cost of food, something I am sure many of us would like to avoid in these troubled economic times.

On top of this, an increase in prices of such ethanol producing crops will

lead to an increase in suppliers of these crops.

According to one study, if we continue down our current path, “bioenergy could displace 59 percent of the world’s natural forest cover” as farmers cut down the forests to plant their crops.

In Brazil, one of the world’s leading producers of biofuels, huge problems are already coming to light as the country pushes forward in its bioenergy campaign. Huge tracts of the Amazon rainforest have already been cleared as farmers rush to plant sugarcane, a crop used to produce ethanol.

This rush to produce ethanol has led to major water quality issues as agricultural runoff pollutes local water tables. It has also destroyed the habitats of many species in what is one of the world’s crucibles of biodiversity.

As farms start producing biofuels, many other crops are pushed into the frontiers, furthering deforestation and increasing environmental problems.

On top of this, working conditions on many of these farms are horrendous, and rural poverty is increasing in Brazil as a result.

Many scientists are working around the clock to develop clean and renewable fuels to keep future generations running.

While there is hope for the biofuel option, let’s not jump the gun.

We still have a long way to go before we have a finished product, and until then, let’s keep using corn for its original intended purpose, as a great side item for your upcoming Thanksgiving dinner.

Carson Painter is an international business and finance junior.

Alternative energy sources are the answer to the world’s energy crisis.

As a quasi-scientist it is of great pleasure for me to see the advancement we are making on alternative sources of fuel.

As I hope we all know, we are in great need of alternatives to fossil fuels due to the effect they are having on our global climate and our dependence on foreign oil (I mean, why do you CHRISTOPHER think we are really fightGIBBONS ing a war in Iraq? It’s definitely not because of terrorism).

My colleague Mr. Painter has described to you the numerous flaws in dealing with ethanol as a source of fuel, so I will extrapolate on the new and upcoming developments in the world of biofuels that are proving to be rather exciting and hopefully practical.

One of the first interesting biofuels that I came across rather recently was algae.

Algae is a photosynthetic organism that is very similar to land plants in harvesting energy from the sun, as well as obtaining inorganic compounds from the environment.

Craig Venter (one of the first scientists to sequence the human genome) has partnered with ExxonMobil to research different species of algae to exploit them as biofuels. So why is algae important?

According to Emil Jacobs, vice-president of research and development at ExxonMobil, “Algae consumes carbon dioxide and sunlight in the presence of water to make a kind of oil that has similar molecular structures to petroleum

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The Tesla Roadster, an electric car that can go 250 miles per charge, is an example of alternative energy in motion. The car can go to speeds of up to 130 mph.

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products we produce today. That means it could be possible to convert it into gasoline and diesel in existing refineries, transport it through existing pipelines and sell it to consumers from existing service stations.”

ExxonMobil has provided Venter’s company, Synthetic Genomics Incorporated, with $300 million in research grants to develop new ways to grow algae on large scales and find the most effective species of algae in converting CO2 and sunlight into “biofuels.”

Another interesting biofuel development method I found is a new process of artificial photosynthesis.

Scientists at the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory have begun the process of using artificial photosynthesis to reduce carbon dioxide into a viable fuel.

This process is incredibly exciting due to the fact that scientists are recreating a 2.4 billion-year-old process using inorganic compounds!

The Berkeley lab is still a long way of in developing this process. But one my favorite alternative energy sources, electric powered automobiles, are not that far from becoming mainstream.

Electric cars are on the forefront of replacing our current dependency on foreign fuels. We have made a lot of headway in research in extending the mileage of the electrical car using lithium-ion batteries (batteries that power your cell phone and laptop) and incorporating combustion engines into our cars to extend the electric powered cars mileage.

Dr. Steven Chu, U.S. secretary of Energy, has been a large advocate for research and the use of electric vehicles. He has been allotted $25 billion to distribute through loan programs to develop electric and other high-technology vehicles.

One of my favorite electric vehicle manufactures, Tesla Motors, received some benefit from the loan program, which I hope will allow them to develop more affordable cars similar to their main, higher-end model, the Tesla Roadster.

The Tesla Roadster is a magnificent piece of art that can travel up to 130 mph and run about 250 miles on one charge.

So what is the point of highlighting all these new methods of research into biofuel technology?

I believe we have been so ingrained to believing the vanguard of our new technology is fuel derived from ethanol made from corn. This has given a bad connotation to biofuel and leads us to stray away from anything categorized as such.

I hope to have provided a few specific examples of new biofuel technologies to help us learn and hopefully support the scientists who are revolutionizing the way we utilize energy in our daily transportation.

Christopher Gibbons is a botany and chemistry junior.

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« COMIC BOOKS

Read about the new comic books hitting the stands this week in Wednesday’s Life & Arts section.

Film expert to share insight in OU documentary class and workshop Cinematographer to speak about the documentary filmmaking field ASHLEY BERNTGEN Daily Staff Writer

Students will have a chance to hear from an accomplished filmmaker as Barry Braverman visits Gaylord Hall today.

Braverman will be speaking in professor Ralph Beliveau’s documentary film class at 1:30 p.m. and will conduct a workshop from 6 to 9 p.m. in Studio D in the Gaylod College of Journalism and Mass Communication.

Braverman has published his own book about shooting film and made a documentary about Wes Anderson’s film “The Darjeeling Limited.”

Beliveau, a broadcast and electronic media professor in the Gaylord College of Journalism and Mass Communication, said he is excited to see Braverman come to OU. “[He has] a real breadth of experience,” Beliveau said.

Beliveau said he expects that his documentary class will primarily be discussing the challenges that face documentary filmmakers. He said they will probably focus on issues including camera work and lighting.

He said Braverman has worked in both PHOTO PROVIDED documentary and commercial film and Documentary filmmaker Barry Braverman holds a camera. Braverman will speak to students in Gaylord Hall today about filmmaking and its challenges. has a lot to say that will be beneficial to students.

Tonight’s workshop will focus on film instrumental in Braverman’s visit to OU. work, which means he’s well versed in campus. production. Braverman will show produc“It’s a really lovely opportunity,” she She said Braverman’s variety of experi- different kinds of cinematography,” Rapf tion and lighting techniques and how to ence is what makes him a beneficial guest said. said. work in various production situations.

The class and workshop are open to all She said she is hopeful that students will speaker for OU students.

English professor Joanna Rapf was “He’s done a lot of different types of take advantage of this great resource on students.

STUDENTS LEARN THROUGH LESSONS FROM LEGENDARY OPERA SINGER The OU School of Music will welcome opera mezzo soprano Marilyn Horne to campus as a visiting faculty member this week.

Horne will be holding private lessons and masterclasses for OU voice students though Friday. The masterclasses are free and open to the public

at 7 p.m. today and Friday in Catlett Music Center’s Pitman Recital Hall.

“Ms. Horne’s masterclasses here at OU are always well attended,” said Tyrone Chambers, an alumnus of the OU School of Music. “Not only by music students, but by their friends, other OU faculty mem-

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bers who are friends with Ms. Horne, the members of the OU Musical Theatre and Opera Guild are always there and others.”

President David Boren asked Horne to become a visiting faculty member after her visit to OU to inaugurate Sharp Concert Hall during the dedication of the second phase of OU’s Catlett Music Center.

He said he realized the impact someone of her stature could have on OU’s voice and opera students.

“I would suggest bringing paper and a pencil; Ms. Horne is always throwing out names and performances that anyone can find on YouTube,” Chambers said. “If anyone is interested in opera, it is a good idea to watch and listen to other singers perform.

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» WEEZER “RADITUDE”

And the award for most appropriately named album goes to…

Boy does it seem like a long time since “Pinkerton.”

The members of Weezer went from the premier nerd-rockers on the scene to the loveable goofballs they are today.

It’s been 15 years since the release of “Weezer (Blue Album),” and things certainly have changed.

The shift seemed to coincide with the release of “Make Believe” and JOSHUA the single “Beverly Hills.”

BOYDSTON They were both undeniably Weezer, though markedly cheesier.

Frustration for the old Weezer fans began, and “Weezer (Red Album)” followed suit, as does “Raditude,” which feels like a cartooned version of their powerpop with both good and bad results.

It’s hard to deny that Weezer knows how to write catchy tunes, and though it falls bland at times in “Raditude,” nearly every song sounds as though it could, at some point, be a single.

And what helps Weezer out the most, especially when compared to its previous two albums, is that there is a sense of selfawareness to “Raditude.”

Weezer attempted to downplay the cheese-factor with those releases, but this album is completely aware of what it is, a pop album.

And if you are writing a pop album, the club hooks are a necessity, right? Well, no,

The Daily’s Joshua Boydston reviews two of this week’s new music releases.

and Weezer feels like the awkward nerd at the dance party when it tries to incorporate them.

Moments in “I’m Your Daddy” rely on grimy bass loops and bring nothing to the formula.

The biggest offender is “I Can’t Stop Partying” for several reasons.

First, to hear Rivers Cuomo chanting about Patron and his posse is almost embarrassing. The beat sounds better suited to Miley Cyrus than any legitimate musician. Plus, though I will admit bringing in Lil’ Wayne for a Weezer track is kind of awesome (especially with the Weezy/ Weezer wordplay), musically it just feels odd.

It’s examples like these that have Weezer at its lowest, sounding as though they are attempting to soundtrack a “National Lampoon’s” straight-to-DVD film.

Their saving grace is the aforementioned brilliant hook crafting. “(If You’re Wondering If I Want You To) I Want You To” opens up the album, and its shuttering acoustic scratches, bubbly punch exploding into a full, echo-filled chorus swells into near power-pop perfection.

“The Girl Got Hot,” though terribly named, is entertaining with its straightforward rock riff and playful theme, while “Love Is The Answer” is a unique, lovely ballad, heavy on Bollywood influences and would certainly fail in lesser hands.

It seems only appropriate to find out the album name was coined by Rainn Wilson (“The Office”). If there is anything resembling that mockumentary style in music, it would have to be Weezer.

It is practically parodying itself at this point, but having this in mind gives the band limitless freedom, and that translates to a fun, if tacky, time for all.

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Album cover from the new Weezer album, “Raditude.”

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Album cover for “Islands,” the new album release from The Mary Onettes.

THE MARY ONETTES “ISLANDS”

The best Cure music being made today The Mary Onettes have lived a short life but have already shown a stark penchant for dreary, gloomy dream-pop that is not imitation but rather authentic ‘80s New Wave, it seems.

Authencity and sincerity may be the band’s biggest strength, and the ballads sound as though they were lifted right out of the most sentimental moment of your favorite John Hughes movie.

Every song is completely ethereal; the ballads feel as though snow if drifting down outside and brings a dark mask over your eyes, leaving a flickering light of hope at the end of the tunnel.

“Islands” shivers to life with “Puzzles,” feathered up with strings and icicle

guitar pangs as a downy snyth pulses like a heartbeat with vocalist Philip Ekström dragging you in for a bit of immediacy.

The Mary Onettes take time to smile with “Dare,” like a gothic couple falling in love, murky and bleak but buzzing with obvious life. The howl and trudge of “God Knows I Had Plans” feels just as vulnerable as dangerous with helpless vocals and overwhelming choruses.

“Islands” works identically to their selftitled debut in which brilliant moments feel a bit buried in ice, a sort of continuous cry with little to break it up. Each song moves well into the next, but they tend to melt into each other as well.

However, there is little reason to tamper with these perfected ‘80s anthems, and “Islands” does New Wave as well as the best of them, despite being children when the movement was at its peak.

Joshua Boydston is a psychology sophomore.

Tuesday, November 17, 2009

« BASKETBALL Student tickets are still on sale for tonight’s men’s game at 7.

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OU back to hardwood CLARK FOY Daily Staff Writer

The men’s basketball team will take on the University of Louisiana-Monroe Warhawks at home for their second regular season game.

The Sooners (1-0) are coming off a dominant performance Saturday against Mount St. Mary’s, where the team’s freshmen showcase and other young guns ran the show.

Freshman guard Steven Pledger, a talented shooter from Virginia, quickly made a name for himself here in the south with a 21-point performance against Mount St. Mary’s on Saturday.

Freshman forward Keith “Tiny” Gallon put up 18 and grabbed 15 boards in 22 minutes, while sophomore guard and NCAA Player of the Year candidate Willie Warren had 15 on the night with 11 assists.

The starting five for Tuesday looks to be

Warren, Gallon, seniors Tony Crocker and Ryan Wright, and freshman guard Tommy Mason-Griffin. Pledger and freshman standout Andrew Fitzgerald will also see significant playing time based on their performance Saturday.

Veteran guards Tony Crocker, senior, and Cade Davis, junior, have been relatively quiet so far, so look for a potential big game for either as Crocker had two four-point plays and Davis shot 4-4 with 15 points in the Sooners’ only exhibition game.

Head coach Jeff Capel said in a press conference Saturday that he “would like to go faster,” and he would like the team to run more, in other words more of a fast break offense.

However, the Sooners’ transition defense was the subject of a lot of criticism, especially by Capel, who noted the defense would have to get better to be effective.

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Tiny Gallon, freshman forward, fights British Columbia player Kamar Burke for a rebound during the exhibition game Nov. 3. at Lloyd Noble Center.

SOONER SITDOWN WITH TINY GALLON The Daily’s Aaron Colen talked to Keith “Tiny” Gallon about what brought him to OU, his experiences so far and what he expects in the future.

BACKGROUND The OU men’s basketball team has a handful of new faces this season, with some major departures and some high profile additions. The biggest of those additions (literally and figuratively) is 6’9, 296-pound freshman forward Keith “Tiny” Gallon.

Gallon, born in Vallejo, Cali., played high school basketball at Oak Hill Academy for two years prior to coming to OU. He attended Humble High School as a freshman and Atascocita High School in Humble, Texas, as a sophomore.

He was a McDonald’s All-American and the Gatorade Virginia High School Player of the Year as a senior.

1) WHAT BROUGHT YOU TO OU? I’ve known Willie [Warren] and Tommy [Mason-Griffin] since I was in 8th grade, so it feels like I’m playing with a family. Coach Capel is probably the best coach I’ve ever seen.

2) WHAT WERE THE MAIN FACTORS IN YOUR DECISION? I saw the way they let Blake Griffin play last year. They let him have the green light button, and he was also under construction. With the way they let Blake play, I feel like I can do the same thing.

3) WHO, OUTSIDE OF YOURSELF, INFLUENCED YOUR DECISION OF WHERE TO ATTEND COLLEGE?

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Junior guard Cade Davis dribbles the ball to the basket during the Nov. 3., game against British Columbia. The Sooners closed out the game 95-53.

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My mom. My mom said to make the right choice. I had a lot of other schools on my list, but I feel like I made the right decision coming here.

4) WHAT STOOD OUT TO YOU THE FIRST TIME YOU EVER VISITED NORMAN AND THE OU CAMPUS? I’d say the people. The people in this city are really big fans. I like the fans here.

5) WHAT IS THE BIGGEST DIFFERENCE YOU HAVE NOTICED BETWEEN HIGH SCHOOL AND COLLEGE? Intensity. The level of work is up. In high school, being an All-American, I could take my time, but when you get to college, being a high school All-American doesn’t matter so I have to work a little bit harder.

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6) WHAT ARE YOUR EXPECTATIONS, BOTH FOR THIS SEASON AND THE YEARS TO COME? I have big shoes to fill, being behind Blake, so I take that as a challenge. But I just want to win. I’m really not worried about numbers and stuff like that. So if I have to come back two, three, or even four years I don’t care. I just want to win.

OTHER MEN’S BASKETBALL NOTES: On Saturday, Jeff Capel announced the signing of Cameron Clark, a 6’6, 185-pound wing man from Sherman High School in Sherman, Texas.

Clark is ranked as the 18th best high school senior in the nation by ESPN.com. Clark averaged 21 points and 7.5 rebounds a game in his senior season.

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OU UNVEILS NEW UNIFORMS Sooners laud the new uniforms designed by Nike for Saturday’s game against Texas Tech JONO GRECO Daily Staff Writer

The OU athletic department announced the football team will be wearing the Nike Inc. Pro Combat uniform Saturday in Lubbock, Texas against the Texas Tech Red Raiders.

The Sooners are one of 11 teams to showcase Nike’s new uniforms before they are officially released for the 2010 season.

OU’s jerseys will feature white shirts and pants with crimson trimming along the sides, red lettering, red numbers and white helmets.

To finish off the entire packa g e, Ni k e i s p rov i d i n g n e w cleats and gloves that have the OU logo printed all over them.

The jerseys were made to respect past Sooner football teams and jerseys and were inspired by former head coach Bud Wilkinson’s “fast break offense” teams that won national championships during the 1950s.

“It’s almost like a mix of a throwback with jerseys that are made now,” sophomore wide receiver Dejuan Miller said. “It’s a real different feel, but I like it.”

The players said they like the new jerseys and cannot wait to wear them.

“They look pretty sweet,” freshman quarterback Landry Jones said. “I’m pretty excited to wear it, though.”

The only problem that could arise with the new uniforms is

the fact Jones has become used to finding a red helmet downfield to throw to rather than the white ones the team will be wearing Saturday.

Jones said he does not think he will have trouble adjusting to the different helmets, but he has never had to throw to any color helmet outside of crimson or his high school’s color orange.

“I’ve never thrown to a white helmet,” Jones said. “I don’t think it’s going to be too big of a deal.”

Head coach Bob Stoops said the team will start practicing in the white helmets later this week but will not wear the actual uniforms until game day.

Other than the new design, the uniforms feature a unique, lightweight technology that makes them 37 percent lighter when dry and 46 percent lighter when wet compared to Nike’s traditional uniforms.

Other schools that are taking part in wearing the uniforms are Clemson, Florida, Florida State, Louisiana State, Miami, Virginia Tech, Missouri, Ohio State, Texas and Texas Christian.

“TCU’s is real good, but I don’t know if they measure with our jerseys,” Miller said. “Our jerseys are pretty fresh.”

Freshman center Ben Habern said he welcomes the concept of going away from OU’s traditional crimson and cream jerseys and it should be a good experience to go down to Texas Tech wearing the new uniforms.

“It will be kind of fun to change things up with the white helmet and stuff like that,” Habern said. “It will be fun going down to Tech and doing that.”

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>> MORE UNIFORM PHOTOS LOCATED AT OUDAILY.COM. SOONER FOOTBALL PRACTICE NOTES Stoops dismisses Notre Dame rumors Head coach Bob Stoops called the rumors that he was interested in the Notre Dame head coaching job ridiculous.

It was reported yesterday in the Chicago Sun Times if Notre Dame was to fire head coach Charlie Weis at the end of the season, Stoops would be among a short list of head coaches who would be considered and interested in the position.

“That’s ridiculous,” Stoops said. “I have no idea what you’re talking about. Notre Dame does not have a job, and I haven’t spoken to any confidants about anything outside of trying to beat Texas Tech.”

Stoops said whoever wrote the story was making up information.

“That’s some guy making something up,” Stoops said. “You guys believe a confidant?

What’s that? People just make stuff up.”

Simmons returned to practice Monday Freshman center Ben Habern said senior offensive lineman Brian Simmons returned to practice Monday, but is not sure if he will play in this weekend’s matchup against the Texas Tech Red Raiders.

“We’ve got Brian Simmons coming back this week,” Habern said. “He’s taking reps, he’s running around, he’s got his knee braces on and doing lateral work. He’s still working with the trainers and everything, but it’s good to see him back in pads and helmet and running around.”

Simmons injured his right knee Oct. 10 in the third quarter of a 33-7 victory over the Baylor Bears and has neither played nor practiced since. His eventual return to the starting lineup would give the Sooners’ offensive line some depth since the line has been shaved down to seven players due to injuries.

O’Hara showed signs of good things to come, but has not been named the starter Head coach Bob Stoops said he was very impressed with sophomore kicker Patrick O’Hara’s field goal and extra point attempts Saturday against the Texas A&M Aggies, but there is an open competition for the starting position for this weekend.

“I felt the other night was a good opportunity to see what he can do, so we’ll see how it goes,” Stoops said. “[We will] see how they go through the week.”

O’Hara, a walk-on sophomore from Topeka, Kan., made his only field goal attempt from 26 yards out and was two-for-two on extra points Saturday.

–Jono Greco/The Daily

Sooner fans a drag Last season head coach Bob Stoops called out the fans before heading into the heavily-touted matchup against the then No. 2 Texas Tech Red Raiders, and the fans responded so well that Stoops gave them the game ball.

Fans cheered so loud they were left with hoarse voices for the next few days, and many have called that game the best college football game they have ever attended.

I too easily say of all of the games I’ve attended as a student, that game was my greatest college football experience.

But since that game, fan participation, especially from the student section, has been a letdown.

There seems to be no energy coming from that section, and it’s frustrating to consistently see the student section to be the last section to fill up before a game and the first JONO section to clear out at the start of the second GRECO half.

Granted the Sooners have not given the students a lot to cheer about this season, but that is no excuse for their poor support.

It’s understandable that few fans stayed for the entirety of the Idaho State and Tulsa blowouts, but leaving early during a game against a Big 12 foe shows a lack of fandom.

Baylor was the return of Heisman-winner Sam Bradford, and it was a one-possession game at the half. A lot of people left early.

Kansas State was an exciting back and forth battle, but few students were there to see it.

Saturday’s lack of support during the dismantling of Texas A&M is somewhat excusable because of OU’s record and the halftime score, but this was a game where it would have been nice to see some more support.

I understand students have other things to do on game day, like attend a Halloween party or take part in fraternity/sorority events, but the point of a football game is to root for the team rather than treat it like social event.

Unless the students start doing their job by showing up and staying for games rather than bailing out by halftime, they could, and probably should, lose their seats.

It is a plausible solution for the OU ticket office to cut back on the amount of student tickets it gives out next season, so students shouldn’t give it a reason to cut back.

The only remaining home game this season is in two weeks against the Oklahoma State Cowboys, and hopefully the combination of the game being played the morning of the Saturday following Thanksgiving does not drive students away.

I don’t think there should be a problem with filling up the section because the Sooners are playing OSU, but the students shouldn’t leave anything to chance.

That game, combined with student attendance from prior games, may determine how many student tickets the OU ticket office gives out next season, so make sure you’re there early and stay for the entire game.

Jono Greco is a journalism junior.

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NC searchers find body of missing 5-year-old girl SANFORD, N.C. — For a week, authorities feverishly searched for a 5-year-old girl across central North Carolina, only to find her body Monday off a rural road following accusations the girl’s mother offered her for sex.

The investigation into the disappearance of Shaniya Davis yielded the arrest of her mother and two other men, though one man was later released. Searchers found Shaniya dumped into the woods 30 miles from her hometown of Fayetteville. Hundreds of volunteers hoping to find her alive left the site of the search dejected, unable to bring Shaniya home to an emotional father, her 7-year-old brother and the dolls she loved to play with.

“I still feel kind of sick to my stomach,” said Angela Jackson, 27, from nearby Sanford, who has a two-month-old daughter but searched for consecutive days.

Particularly disturbing were the accusations lodged against Shaniya’s mother, 25-year-old Antoinette Davis. Police charged Davis with human trafficking and felony child abuse, saying Shaniya was offered for prostitution.

Davis was calm and quiet during a court appearance. She provided one-word answers to the judge’s questions. She requested a court-appointed attorney and did not enter a plea.

Her sister, Brenda Davis, 20, said she does not believe the charges.\ “I don’t believe she could hurt her children,” said Brenda Davis, who spoke with her sister at the jail Sunday. Davis’ aunt, Yvonne Mitchell, said the mother had two jobs and would never harm the child.

Authorities also charged Mario Andrette McNeill, 29, with kidnapping after they said

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Searchers wait to be debriefed at Benhaven fire department in Sanford, N.C., Monday after the body of 5-year-old Shaniya Nicole Davis was found. Authorities acted on a tip Sunday and searched a wide area in south-central North Carolina trying to find the 5-year-old girl reported missing by her mother, who has been charged with human trafficking and child abuse involving prostitution. surveillance footage from a Sanford hotel showed him carrying Shaniya. Authorities said McNeill admitted taking the girl, though his attorney said he will plead not guilty.

Fayetteville police spokeswoman Theresa Chance declined to talk about additional charges. She also wouldn’t comment on a cause of death or the condition of Shaniya’s body, except to say that state investigators planned to retrieve it about 100 feet off the road.

“Detectives have been running off

adrenaline to find this little girl and to bring her home alive,” Chance said. “You have a lot of people in shock right now.”

Davis reported Shaniya missing from a mobile home park Tuesday. Authorities first arrested Clarence Coe, but charges against him were dropped a day later when investigators tracked down McNeill after receiving a tip from a hotel employee.

Additional information led investigators to a search site near Sanford on Sunday.

They continued searching Monday, scouring

miles of landscape, roads, ravines and fields on four-wheelers and with helicopters.

“We were hoping that someone could carry her home,” said Syd Severe, 42, who came from Raleigh to help with the search.

“It’s just sick.”

A cluster of emergency vehicles and law enforcement gathered where Shaniya’s body was found. Authorities blocked access to the road, a rural area popular with hunters that is less than a mile from a lakeside community.

On Monday night, dozens of people attended a vigil at a Baptist church about two miles from where the body was found.

“We have kids and it just hit so close to home. It’s unbelievable how somebody can just do something that horrible to something so precious,” said organizer Crystal Godfrey, who lives a few miles from where the body was found.

Shaniya’s father, Bradley Lockhart, said he raised his daughter for several years but last month decided to let her stay with her mother. He had pleaded for her safe return.

Lockhart told The Associated Press on Saturday that he and Davis never argued about him raising Shaniya, and Cumberland County courts had no record of a custody dispute. He described his relationship with Davis as a “one-night stand” and said he did not know McNeill.

Davis struggled financially over the years, but she recently got a job and her own place, so Lockhart said he decided to give her a chance with their daughter.

“I should’ve never let her go over there,” he said Saturday night. A friend at Lockhart’s home Monday afternoon said Lockhart did not want to speak with reporters.

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Soldier mom refuses deployment to care for infant SAVANNAH, Ga. — An Army cook and single mom may face criminal charges after she skipped her deployment flight to Afghanistan because, she said, no one was available to care for her infant son while she was overseas.

Spc. Alexis Hutchinson, 21, claims she had no choice but to refuse deployment orders because the only family she had to care for her 10-month-old son — her mother — was overwhelmed by the task, already caring for three other relatives with health problems.

Her civilian attorney, Rai Sue Sussman, said Monday that one of Hutchinson’s superiors told her she would have to deploy anyway and place the child in foster care.

“For her it was like, ‘I couldn’t abandon my child,’” Sussman said. “She was really afraid of what would happen, that if she showed up they would send her to Afghanistan anyway and put her son with child protective services.

Hutchinson, who is from Oakland, Calif., remained confined Monday to the boundaries of Hunter Army Airfield in Savannah, 10 days after military police arrested her for

“This is an infant, and they require 24-hour care.

It was very, very stressful, just too much for me to deal with.”

ANGELIQUE HUGHES, MOTHER OF ALEXIS HUTCHINSON skipping her unit’s flight. No charges have been filed, but a spokesman for the Army post said commanders were investigating.

Kevin Larson, a spokesman for Hunter Army Airfield, said he didn’t know what Hutchinson was told by her commanders, but he said the Army would not deploy a single parent who had nobody to care for his or her child.

“I don’t know what transpired and the investigation will get to the bottom of it,” Larson said. “If she would have come to the deployment terminal with her child, there’s no question she would not have been deployed.”

Hutchinson’s son, Kamani, was placed into custody

CAMPUS BRIEFS OU PROFESSORS TO HOLD FORUMS FOR GREEK CHAPTERS Six faculty forums including a brief presentation, Q&A and refreshments will begin at 6:30 p.m. tonight at various greek houses as part of the Greek Community Forums.

Communication professor John Banas will discuss “Failed Friendships and Broken Marriages: The Importance of Conflict Communication” at the Chi Omega house, 820 Chautauqua Ave. Interim Honors College dean David Ray will discuss “Seven Ways to Get the Most From Your OU Education” at the Alpha Tau Omega house, 1100 College Ave. Classics professor J. Rufus Fears will discuss “Do You Want to Change the World?” at the Delta Delta Delta house, 1611 College Ave. Health and exercise science professor E. Laurette Taylor will discuss “Sleep Yourself to Better Grades & Health: No Kidding!” at the Alpha Chi Omega house, 1115 College Ave. Engineering professor Jerry D. Holmes will discuss “On Your Life’s Journey, When You Come to a Fork in the Road, Take It” at the Sigma Alpha Epsilon house, 730 College Ave. Classics professor Kyle Harper will discuss “From Ancient Greece to Guantanamo Bay: A Brief History of Human Rights” at the Alpha Gamma Delta house, 930 Chautauqua Ave.

ISRAELI SCHOLAR TO LECTURE ON ANTI-SEMITISM AND THE MIDDLE EAST CONFLICT Robert S. Wistrich, director of the Vidal Sassoon International Center for the Study of Anti-Semitism at Hebrew University in Jerusalem, will present a free public lecture on “Anti-Semitism and the Middle East Conflict” at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, in the Sam Noble Oklahoma Museum of Natural History’s Great Hall. Wistrich is an internationally acclaimed scholar of anti-Semitism and of the Holocaust.

“Professor Wistrich’s subject is critically important today when radical Islam violently targets the United States, Israel and Jews everywhere,” Stephen H. Norwood, OU history professor, stated in a press release. “The increasing support for anti-Semitism on the contemporary campus is truly alarming.”

The lecture is sponsored by the OU department of history, with support from the president’s office.

COLLEGE OF ARCHITECTURE TO HOLD HALL’S TOPPING-OUT CEREMONY The OU College of Architecture will host Gould Hall’s topping-out ceremony – that the maximum height of a building’s structure has been reached in its construction – at 11:30 a.m. Thursday.

A small evergreen tree signifying growth a broom, signifying a ‘clean sweep’ with no injuries during the construction, and an American flag showing that the structure was built in America with American labor, will be placed at the top of the structure.

Guests will be able to view the Gould Hall construction through a designated observation area. As part of the topping-out ceremony tradition, those attending may sign a beam to be placed in the building. Brief remarks will be given by Charles Graham, dean of the OU college of architecture, Flintco representatives and a representative

of OU Architectural and Engineering Services.

LONG-TIME ACTIVIST TO SPEAK AT CENTER OF SOCIAL JUSTICE LAUNCH Charlotte Bunch, an activist, author and organizer in the women’s, civil and human rights movements for four decades, will speak at 5 p.m. Thursday at the launch of the newly established Center for Social Justice in the union’s Beaird Lounge.

The Center is a new program established in the Women’s and Gender Studies Program of the OU College of Arts and Sciences.

The Center for Social Justice was formed to inspire, educate and engage students in social justice issues and to respond to the urgent need to prepare students for pressing local and global challenges.

“The idea of a center came from students,” Jill Irvine, OU Women’s and Gender Studies director, stated in a press release. “Students came to the program after seeing films about the working conditions in sweatshops, or after having read about the systematic rape of women in the Democratic republic of Congo. They wanted to take it to another level. The center offers them a way to bring these issues to the campus and community.”

For more information about the event, the Center for Social Justice or the OU Women’s and Gender Studies Program, please contact the program at 325-3481 or go to wgs.ou.edu.

GAYLORD STUDENTS TO TEACH BANGLADESHI JOURNALISTS OVER BREAK Journalism and mass communication students Alex Page and Hailey Branson will travel to Bangladesh over the winter break to help train Bangladeshi journalists. The students will work with Gaylord College faculty from Jan. 4 to 11 in Dhaka.

The faculty and students will be training young video journalists from South Asia as part of a U.S. State Department training program run by OU’s Gaylord College of Journalism and Mass Communication.

“Alex and Hailey will set a great example and empower a generation of women there to build broader skill sets and assume greater degrees of leadership. I’m proud that so many highly qualified Gaylord students competed to be a part of this exciting, very important international training mission,” said Joe Foote, Gaylord College dean.

Page and Branson will travel with four veteran journalists: Ken Fischer, broadcast journalism professor; Elanie Steyn, journalism professor; Bob Dickey, news director for the award-winning student newscast, OU Nightly; and veteran CNN and NBC foreign correspondent Mike Boettcher, who is serving as a visiting professor at Gaylord College for the 2009-2010 academic year.

These workshops are part of a six-year project at OU funded by the Citizen Exchange Program of the U.S. State Department. Nearly 200 South Asian journalists have been trained in Norman and their home countries. The current project includes journalists from Bangladesh, Nepal and Pakistan. Each student will also have an opportunity to do a video project of his or her own while there and will use new tools to report back to Oklahoma.

–Daily staff reports

overnight with a daycare provider on the Army post after she was arrested and jailed briefly, Larson said. Hutchinson’s mother picked up the child a week ago and took him back to her home in California.

Hutchinson, who’s assigned to the 3rd Combat Aviation Brigade of the Army’s 3rd Infantry Division, joined the Army in 2007 and had no previous deployments, Sussman said.

She said Hutchinson is no longer in a relationship with the father.

The Army requires all single-parent soldiers to submit a care plan for dependent children before they can deploy to a combat zone.

Hutchinson had such a plan — her mother, Angelique Hughes, had agreed to care for the boy. Hughes said Monday she kept the boy for about two weeks in October before deciding she couldn’t keep him for a full year.

Hughes said she’s already having to care for her ailing mother and sister, as well as a daughter with special needs.

She also runs a daycare center at her home, keeping about 14 children during the day.

“This is an infant, and they require 24-hour care,” Hughes said. “It was very, very stressful, just too much for me to deal with.”

Hughes said she returned Kamani to his mother in Georgia a few days before her scheduled deployment Nov. 5.

She said they told her daughter’s commanders they needed more time to find another family member or close friend to help Hughes care for the boy, but Hutchinson was ordered to deploy on schedule.

Larson, the Army post spokesman, said officials planned to keep Hutchinson in Georgia as investigators gathered facts about the case.

—AP

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Nichols Hills doctor arrested Devon Energy for death of 9-year-old son to sell Gulf of NICHOLS HILLS, Okla. — A doctor was jailed on a murder complaint Monday after officers found his 9-year-old son fatally wounded and the child’s mother suffering from injuries incurred while trying to defend the boy, police said.

Police Chief Richard Mask said the STEPHEN first officers on the scene took a knife WOLF away from Stephen Wolf, 51. Mask said the child died soon after police arrived.

The mother, Mary Wolf, was treated for puncture wounds to her hands and mouth.

Mask said investigators are trying to determine what prompted the attack.

Mary Wolf pounded on her neighbor’s door for help.

The neighbor called 911, and Mary Wolf then went back to

her house and called 911 herself.

Stephen Wolf, 51, was booked into Oklahoma County Jail. A booking photo showed him with a bloody gash on his forehead that he apparently sustained when he banged against a cabinet as an officer disarmed him, Mask said.

He was being held without bond, and jail officials said they don’t know if he has an attorney yet.

A telephone answering service employee said the office Wolf shares with other physicians was closed Monday.

Investigators think the boy was attacked in his room soon before the first 911 call, Mask said.

The child was a third grader at Christ the King Catholic School, about two blocks from the Wolf home.

Earlier this year, a police sergeant shot and killed a suspected burglar in Nichols Hills, an area of large, stately homes adjacent to Oklahoma City.

—AP

OKC leaders tout MAPS proposal, even in recession OKLAHOMA CITY — The first “Our city’s history shows that safety purposes, but union officials Metropolitan Area Projects pro- people are willing to invest in said last week that that wasn’t good p o s a l t ra n s f o r m e d d ow nt ow n economic development in tough enough.

Oklahoma City, paying for the con- times,” Cornett said.

“This MAPS proposal costs too struction of a new arena in which “Look at 1993 ... In MAPS 1, we much money for too many unan NBA team now plays, a baseball were seeking a solution to kind needed projects at a time when too stadium and a canal that helped of a desperate economic climate. many people are concerned about convert an aging warehouse district In MAPS for Kids, we were seek- their own jobs, not a pie-in-the-sky into an entertaining a solution to a promise of new jobs that might be ment destination. “Our city’s history shows sense of despera- created if MAPS 3 passes,” said Phil The success of tion in our inner- Sipe, the president of International t h a t M A P S p r o - that people are willing to city school district. Association of Fire Fighters Local posal, approved in invest in economic We’re not desper- 157.

1993, and a MAPS development in tough ate now. The quesAdded Fraternal Order of Police for Kids proposal, t i o n i s , a r e o u r Lodge 123 President Gil Hensley: approved in 2001 times.” citizens going to “The citizens of Oklahoma City to improve local respond to try and have worked too hard and love s c h o o l s, ha s l e d MAYOR MICK CORNETT push this city in their community too much to give city leaders to the same direction a blank check to a bunch of politiforge ahead with a we’re going, and cians in these uncertain economic MAPS 3 proposal that, like the oth- continue to invest?” times.” ers, would be funded by a tempoHay s, w h o s e t o w n o f a b o u t Opponents have created a Web rary one-cent sales tax that would 60,000 successfully pushed a simi- site to coalesce their efforts. last for almost eight years. lar initiative to pay for construcWhen voters consider the proBut how MAPS 3 might fare is tion of a senior cenposal, they’ll have uncertain, considering the eco- ter, said other towns “The recession and to weigh the positive nomic climate. Mayor Mick Cornett look with envy on momentum genertight budgets work has made the speaking rounds — what Oklahoma City ated by past MAPS he joined North Little Rock, Ark., has been able to ac- against the proposal. successes against the Mayor Patrick Henry Hays at a lun- complish through It will be interesting current economic cheon on Monday touting the pro- the previous MAPS climate, said Russell posal — and a blitz of television ads initiatives. He said to see how those two Evans, an Oklahoma is expected to start within days. local leaders have forces offset each State University reMAPS 3 is facing vocal opposi- credibility because other in the election.” search economist tion, most notably from local po- “you’ve got a history and the director of lice and fire unions who say the of delivering what RUSSELL EVANS, AN O S U ’s C e n t e r f o r proposal is not specific enough, as you promise you’ll Applied Economic OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY Research. well as from City Councilman Brian d e l i v e r ” w i t h t h e Walters, who said those against the money generated by RESEARCH ECONOMIST “The track record proposal “want the city to do better the sales tax, which a n d t h e i d e a t hat than this.” has been in place you don’t have to The $777 million proposal, to since voters approved the first sell it as a new tax, most of those be voted on Dec. 8, includes a new MAPS proposal. things work in MAPS’ favor,” Evans downtown convention center, a 70The local fire and police unions said. “The recession and tight budacre downtown park, a downtown initially criticized MAPS 3 because gets work against the proposal. It streetcar system, bicycle trails, it did not specifically include will be interesting to see how those sidewalks, senior centers through- money for public safety. Since then, two forces offset each other in the out the city and improvements Cornett has said tax money related election.” along the Oklahoma River. to MAPS 3 could be used for public —AP

STATE BRIEFS OKLA. PREACHER, ARK. LAWYER CONVICTED IN TAX CASE TULSA — An Oklahoma preacher and an Arkansas lawyer accused of conspiring to conceal the preacher’s income from tax authorities have been convicted in federal court.

Lindsey Springer of Kellyville, Okla., and Oscar Stilley of Fort Smith, Ark., were charged in a March 10 indictment in U.S. District Court in Tulsa with conspiring to defraud the United States. Their convictions were announced today by the U.S. attorney’s office.

Federal prosecutors say Springer deposited hundreds of thousands of dollars into a trust fund set up by Stilley to hold money for his legal clients.

The indictment says hundreds of thousands of dollars was deposited into the fund by Springer in an effort to conceal his income. According to the indictment, Springer used the name Bondage Breakers Ministry to solicit and receive money.

CANADIAN COUNTY COMMISSIONER DIES IN PICKUP CRASH OKLAHOMA CITY — A 46-year-old Canadian County commissioner from Calumet has died in a one-vehicle rollover crash on a gravel road.

The Oklahoma Highway Patrol says Grant Hedrick died at the scene of the accident on a rural county road, which happened about 8:10 a.m. on Monday.

Troopers say Hedrick’s pickup left the roadway to the right for an unknown reason. After Hedrick corrected across the roadway to the left, the pickup hit an embankment and went airborne.

Troopers say the pickup rolled an unknown amount of times and that Hedrick, who was not wearing a seat belt, was ejected.

Phil Carson, another Canadian County commissioner, says county workers learned of the accident not long after Hedrick failed to show up for a commission meeting. Hedrick had been a commissioner for 11 years.

MAN STRUCK, KILLED WHILE HELPING ACCIDENT VICTIMS JAY, Okla. — A 63-year-old Jay man was killed when he was hit by a car while helping victims of another auto accident.

The Oklahoma Highway Patrol says Peter Holland died in the collision about 12:15 p.m. Sunday on State Highway 20 about 15 miles northeast of Jay. Troopers say Holland was standing just off the roadway when another car went off the roadway in a curve and hit him before crashing into a fence. The driver of the car was not injured.

—AP

Mexico assets OKL AHOMA CIT Y — internally generated funds,” Independent oil and gas pro- he said in a statement. ducer Devon Energy Corp.

Devon Energy is expected said Monday it will divest its to emerge with a stronger Gulf of Mexico and interna- balance sheet and one of the tional assets. lowest cost structures in its Devon expects the divesti- peer group, Nichols said. tures will create after-tax proThe company is active ceeds of $4.5 billion to $7.5 in the Gulf of Mexico and billion. The company plans elsewhere internationally to use the proceeds to invest and in the United States and in its U.S. and Canadian port- Canada, but “pursuing all of folio and retire debt. these projects in the future Shares advanced in after- would not allow us to optinoon trading. mize any of them,” Nichols The sales will add double- said in the conference call. digit percentage “The reposiearnings, cash “Following the tioned Devon flow, production divestitures, will not be bound and reserves beby long-term ginning in 2011, Devon will be project c ycles President John uniquely poand can quickly Richels told in- sitioned to redeploy capital vestor analysts as appropriate, on a conference deliver high based on cash call. flow and project organic growth Devon Energy on a sustainable performance,” will spend behe said. “When tween $200 mil- basis, funded the dust settles, lion and $275 entirely with the repositioned million for the Devon will reorganization, internally generemerge as a selfwith $175 million ated funds.” funding explorato $225 million tion and producin 2009 and the CEO J. LARRY NICHOLS tion company remainder next with high rates of year, he said. growth.”

Following disThe company cussions with rating agen- expects to begin divesting the cies, Devon Energy does not properties in the first quarter expect any ratings changes of 2010 and will complete the as a result of its divestiture, divestitures throughout next Richels said. year.

In addition, the reposiDevon’s Gulf of Mexico tioning of Devon Energy’s and international properties assets will maintain a “very represent about 7 percent of similar reserve and produc- its companywide proved retion balance” between oil serves of 2.8 billion barrels of and natural gas, he said. oil equivalent. Oil and natuCEO J. Larry Nichols said ral gas liquids are expected to the company does not be- account for about 43 percent lieve the value of the assets of Devon’s estimated proved are adequately reflected in reserves by the end of 2009.

Devon’s stock price.

The company’s balance “Following the divesti- between liquids and natural tures, Devon will be uniquely gas will change only slightly positioned to deliver high or- as a result of the divestiture, ganic growth on a sustainable Devon said. basis, funded entirely with —AP

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