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OU foots bill for Journey airfare Students going to China, Brazil, Tanzania, Turkey, Italy to be guaranteed paid airfare ARIANNA PICKARD

Assistant campus editor

Increased funding for study abroad programs will make it easier for students with financial needs to study overseas.

O U P re s i d e n t D av i d Boren recently increased the amount of money set aside to fund students travelling abroad, said Alice Kloker, director of OU Education Abroad.

This money will help students travelling with OU’s Journey programs and recipients of the Presidential International Travel Fellowship pay for their international airfare.

Because of the money

Boren has set aside to fund Education Abroad, students attending OU’s Journey programs will be guaranteed financial awards that reflect the cost of international airfare, Kloker said.

Students selected to attend OU’s Journey programs in China, Brazil and Tanzania will receive $2,000, Kloker said. Students attending OU’s Journey to Italy and Journey to Turkey programs will be given $1,500 to pay for their airfare.

Boren’s increased support of study abroad scholarships also will fund awards for the Presidential International Travel Fellowship, Kloker said.

The Presidential International Travel Fellowship is a scholarship Boren created to help students with financial needs pay international travel fees, according to the scholarship’s website.

In previous years, the scholarship paid for 75 percent of the estimated cost of international airfare for each recipient, Kloker said. Because of Boren’s increased financial support of Education Abroad, the scholarship now will cover the entire cost of international airfare.

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OU students pose in buenos aires with local villagers during a study abroad trip, Sept. 28 with professor of Spanish Grady Wray.

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Journey to Africa – Tanzania: Arusha, Zanzibar Journey to China: Xi’an, Kunming, shangri-la, Beijing

Arianna Pickard aripickard@ou.edu

Journey to Italy: Rome, Florence, Venice, Arezzo Journey to Latin America — Brazil: salvador da Bahia, Rio de Janeiro Journey to Turkey: Ankara, Antalya, cappadocia, istanbul Source: Education Abroad website

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dream Act norman will be hosting a candlelight vigil at ou to shed light on the plight of undocumented citizens. the vigil will be at 6 p.m. today in the unity Garden on the south oval. students, families and people of the community will voice their struggles, experiences and hope of being undocumented immigrants. dream Act norman is a student-lead organization for people looking for a safe haven to come out as undocumented citizens and also to find hope in their situation, said tracey Medina, dream Act state coordinator. “this event was created because there was a high school student who realized he was an undocumented and found out while filling out a college application,” Medina said.

“After he realizing he didn’t have a social security number he committed suicide. sadly, shortly after he committed suicide he received an acceptance letter. We want to help people who have lost hope. We want people to come out so we can be there for them and recognize that it is a safe haven for these undocumented students.”

Jenna Bielman Campus Reporter

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Dressed as a fireman, zoology senior Justin Wright tries to collect money on the South Oval, Monday. The men of Pi Kappa alpha will be accepting donations all week with proceeds going to help the Muscular Dystrophy association.

Students spare change to change lives Fraternity hopes to partner with firefighters ARIANNA PICKARD

Assistant campus editor

Sooners can give the boot to muscular dystrophy today by filling a firefighter’s boot with spare change to support research on the disease.

The Fill the Boot campaign, organized by OU’s Pi Kappa Alpha fraternity, began Monday and continues today from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. on the South Oval. The money raised will support the Muscular Dystrophy Association’s Oklahoma City branch.

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The fraternity chose to raise money by holding out firefighter boots to mimic an activity firefighters across the country take part in to raise money for muscular dystrophy research every year, said Conor Walsh, zoology junior and co-chairman of the event.

Members of the fraternity hope to eventually partner with the fire department to participate in the event.

Firefighters in Oklahoma City raised more than $250,000 this year with the Fill the Boot campaign, said Britni Garner, fundraising coordinator for the Muscular Dystrophy Association in Oklahoma City.

The Muscular Dystrophy Association sponsors about 300 research projects annually, according to its website. It is the world’s largest nongovernmental sponsor of research seeking the causes of, and effective treatments for, neuromuscular diseases.

The Oklahoma City chapter of the association raises about $1.6 million per year, Garner said. Of the money raised, 77 percent helps local citizens with muscular diseases, and 14 percent funds muscular dystrophy research around the country.

A portion of the money allows children with muscular dystrophy to attend

summer camps organized by the Muscular Dystrophy Association where they can participate in normal child activities such as swimming and horseback riding, Garner said. Attending one of these camps would normally cost $800, but the money raised by the association allows children to attend for free.

Members of Pi Kappa Alpha will leave the boots in each of the Panhellenic sorority houses on campus today for people to continue dropping money into for the rest of the week, Walsh said.

Arianna Pickard aripickard@ou.edu

Is the Black Friday sales weekend good?

Opinion: columnists argue the merits of the ever-growing deal spectacular for shopping families. (Page 4)

At A GLAnce Muscular Dystrophy Muscular dystrophies are a group of disorders that cause muscle weakness and a decrease in muscle mass over time. some muscular dystrophies are not identified until a child is 3 to 6 years of age, but can be diagnosed earlier.

Source: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

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TODAY AROUND CAMPUS Reference assistance provided by OU Libraries will be available from 10 a.m. to noon in Gould Hall, Room 275 and 2 to 4 p.m. in Adams Hall, Room 110.

Brew Your Own Tea, sponsored by Union Programming Board, will be held from 11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. in Oklahoma Memorial Union’s first floor lobby.

A lecture titled “Mathematics and Imagination in Late-Medieval Physics and Astronomy,” presented by Edith Sylla of North Carolina State University, will be held at 4:30 p.m. in Zarrow Hall’s Community Room. The lecture is part of the Presidential Dream Course “Science in Medieval Culture.”

An OU Symphony Orchestra concert, part of the Sutton Concert Series, will be held from 8 to 10 p.m. in Catlett Music Center’s Sharp Conert Hall.

WEDNESDAY, NOV. 28 Reference assistance provided by OU Libraries will be available from 10 a.m. to noon in Adams Hall, Room 110 and Rawl Engineering Practice Facility’s IT lab.

Bingo, sponsored by Union Programming Board, will be held from 11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. in Oklahoma Memorial Union’s Crossroads Lounge.

A Student Success Series seminar titled “Money Management” will be held from 2 to 3 p.m. in Lissa and Cy Wagner Hall, Room 245.

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Sooners to enjoy Christmas spirit on Sunday

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The OU School of Music will host its “Christmas at OU” concert to get students and the community in the holiday spirit.

The concert will be held at 3 p.m. Sunday in Catlett Music Center’s Sharp Concert Hall.

Tickets are $9 for adults and $5 for students, faculty, staff, military members and seniors and can be purchased at the Fine Arts Box Office in the Catlett Music Center.

For tickets and information, call the Fine Arts Box Office.

The concert will feature Christmas music and songs from OU choirs, brass and percussion ensemble, and the 1931 M. P. Möller Op. 5819 pipe organ, according to a press release.

“This event is beautiful, and the music gets you in the holiday spirit,” said Sandra Bent, marketing and public relations specialist for the Weitzenhoffer Family College of Fine Arts. “The acoustics are beautiful, and students should come out to support their fellow students in perfecting their craft.”

The Catlett Music Center also will be hosting its annual Holiday Pipes Concert at 8 p.m.

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Former President Jimmy Carter visits a Habitat for Humanity project in Leogane, Haiti, Monday. The former president and former first lady were both taking an active part Monday in the construction of 100 one-room houses on about 14 acres. Families will get to live in the homes rent-free for five years and then will have to pay a modest annual rent to the government.

600 volunteers build homes for displaced families LEOGANE, Haiti — Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter on Monday urged donors to honor the billion-dollar pledges they made to help Haiti rebuild after its devastating 2010 earthquake.

Carter’s call for greater humanitarian aid to Haiti came on the first day of a weeklong effort to build 100 homes with about 600 volunteers from Habitat for Humanity.

It was the second time in the past year that Carter, 88, and his wife Rosalynn have come to help house people displaced at the epicenter of the disaster.

“We’ve seen numerous governments in Haiti; they have a very difficult time,” Carter told reporters, noting this was his 11th trip to Haiti.

“I think we should give the government of Haiti some

breathing room and give them all the support we can, even if there’s some waste of money.”

Donor nations and institutions promised $4.46 billion to help Haiti after the quake. But only a little more than half of that money has been released, according to the U.N. Office of the Special Envoy for Haiti.

The reasons for the delays vary, ranging from economic problems back home to a wait-and-see approach until the Haiti’s government gets settled. President Michel Martelly took office in May 2011 but much of his first year was spent without a Cabinet because of political paralysis and infighting.

Carter and the former first lady joined in the construction of the 100 houses on about 14 acres, hammering away and measuring facades.

The Carters and fellow volunteers also built 100 homes during a visit a year ago. The

effort will result in about 250 homes in total for what organizers say will be a new community, complete with agriculture production.

St i l l va st nu mb e r s o f Haitians remain without permanent housing. About 369,000 people live in the tent and tarp settlements that sprung up after the quake, down from a peak of 1.3 million, according to the International Organization for Migration.

“There are still too many tents,” Rosalynn Carter said at a news conference.

Families help build the Habitat homes and then live in them rent-free for five years. After that, they will then pay the government about $70 a year. The homes have a small separate space that can be used as a room or closet, and each tenant receives an outdoor latrine and shower. A well is shared.

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Independence decision split in Catalonia Parties are against an independence referendum MADRID — Residents of Spain’s Catalonia region showed that they want the right to decide on possible independence but split their votes between fractious separatist parties, making that overall goal less likely than ever.

Artur Mas of the northeastern region’s ruling center-right coalition had sought an absolute majority in Sunday’s vote to get a mandate for an independence referendum that the central government says would be unconstitutional. But his Convergence and Union party lost seats while another rival, the pro-independence Republican Left of Catalonia, made big gains.

While the two parties share the goal of holding the referendum, they are far apart on almost everything else and analysts said it would be very difficult for them to form an alliance.

“They agree on the issue of the right to decide the future of the Catalan people, but on economic issues they have opposite positions,” said Carlos Berrera, a communications professor at the University of Navarra.

In power for the past two years, Convergence and Union has introduced

painful austerity cuts in Catalonia that have been vigorously opposed by Republican Left.

Catalonia, a region of 7.5 million people that includes Spain’s second-largest city of Barcelona, is one of the areas suffering the most after Spain’s real estate bust produced a four-year-old economic crisis. Spain’s economy is now in shreds and unemployment is 25 percent and rising.

Catalonia is responsible for around a fifth of Spain’s economic output and many residents complain that the central government in Madrid takes in more tax money from the region than it gives back. But now it’s the most indebted region in Spain and had to seek a €5.4 billion bailout from Madrid.

The result of Sunday’s vote was welcomed by the central Spanish government, which fiercely opposes the idea of a referendum.

Foreign Minister Jose Manuel GarciaMargallo called the outcome “a good result for Catalonia, Spain and Europe, though not for Convergence and Union.”

Deputy Prime Minister Soraya Saenz de Santamaria described the election as “a serious blow for Mas” but one that “put the priorities in order.”

“Voters want governments focusing

on the crisis and creating jobs,” she added.

In all, the ruling party lost 12 seats, going down to 50 seats in the 135-seat regional Catalonia legislature, with Republican Left coming in second with 21 seats. Five other parties split the remainder, with most of those seats going to parties opposed to independence.

Mas did not immediately outline plans Monday on how he would try to form a government. Republican Left leader Oriol Junqueras said voters issued a “mandate to hold a referendum” but he ruled out forming a coalition with Convergence and Union.

Junqueras said his party would continue to demand that Mas’ government change its austerity policies, calling for lower taxes for most and for banks and the rich to shoulder more costs. But he didn’t rule out working with Mas on specific issues.

Mas might try to seek a deal with the Republican Left only on the referendum and other issues, which falls short of building a coalition, said Jordi Matas, a political science professor at the University of Barcelona.

While the pro-referendum parties won a majority, he said the result of a hypothetical referendum is hard to predict.

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Shootout between soldiers and drug gang kills beauty queen CULIACAN — Officials say a 20-year-old state beauty queen has been killed in northern Mexico during a running gun battle between soldiers and the gang of drug traffickers she was traveling with.

The prosecutor of the drug-plagued state of Sinaloa says the body of Maria Susana Flores Gamez has been turned over to relatives for burial.

Prosecutor Marco Antonio Higuera said Monday that Flores Gamez was traveling in one of the vehicles that engaged soldiers in an hours-long chase and shootout on Saturday.

Her body was found lying next to an assault rifle.

She was voted the 2012 Woman of Sinaloa in a beauty pageant in February.

In 2008, another Mexican beauty queen was detained on suspicion of drug and weapons violations but was later released.

The Associated Press

2. LOnDOn

British government selects Canadian to govern Bank of England LONDON — The British government has chosen the head of Canada’s central bank to become governor of the Bank of England effective July 1.

Treasury chief George Osborne announced the surprise choice of Mark Carney to the House of Commons on Monday.

The new governor will be responsible for supervising the U.K.’s banking industry as well as setting the country’s main interest rate. It is the first time someone who isn’t British has been selected to lead the U.K.’s monetary authority.

Carney will succeed the current governor, Mervyn King, when his term ends next year. The Canadian had been speculated as a possible choice but was not considered a front-runner.

The Associated Press

3. BrUSSeLS

European Union official: Greece debt deal has been reached BRUSSELS — A European Union official tells The Associated Press that a deal has been reached under which Greece’s debt would be reduced to 124 percent of GDP by 2020.

The original goal had been 120 percent of GDP. The agreement would pave the way for indebted Greece to receive the next installment of its muchneeded bailout loans.

Mario Draghi, President of the European Central Bank, welcomed the agreement.

“It will certainly reduce the uncertainty and strengthen confidence in Europe and in Greece,” Draghi said.

The Associated Press

C A I R O — E g y p t ’s President Mohammed Morsi struck an uncompromising stand Monday over his seizure of near absolute powers, refusing in a meeting with top judicial authorities to rescind a package of constitutional amendments that placed his edicts above oversight by the courts.

Morsi’s supporters, meanwhile, canceled a massive rally planned for today to compete with a demonstration by his opponents, citing the need to “defuse tension” at a time when anger over the president’s moves is mounting, according to a spokesHussein tALLAL/AP PHoto man for the president’s Egyptians stand on police vehicles during the funeral of Gaber Salah, who was killed in clashes Muslim Brotherhood. with security forces in Cairo, Egypt, Monday. Thousands of Egyptians on Monday gathered into The opposition rally was Cairo’s Tahrir Square to attend the funeral of Salah. going ahead as scheduled at Cairo’s Tahrir square, Shura council. an amendment to his constitutional birthplace of the uprising that toppled The Shura Council does not have declaration.”

Hosni Mubarak’s regime nearly two lawmaking authorities but, in the abIn Washington, U.S. Secretary of State years ago. sence of the more powerful lower Hillary Rodham Clinton spoke Monday The meeting between Morsi and chamber, the People’s Assembly, it is by telephone with Egyptian Foreign members of the Supreme Judiciary the only popularly elected body where Minister Mohammed Kamel Amr to Council was a bid to resolve a four-day the Brotherhood and other Islamists “register American concerns about crisis that has plunged the country into have a majority. The People’s Assembly Egypt’s political situation,” according a new round of turmoil, with clashes was dissolved by a court ruling in June. to spokeswoman Victoria Nuland. between the two sides that have left The judiciary has pushed back, callClinton stressed that the U.S. wantone protester dead and hundreds ing the decrees a power grab and an ed to “see the constitutional process wounded. “assault” on the branch’s indepen- move forward in a way that does not Morsi, according to a presidential dence. Judges and prosecutors stayed overly concentrate power in one set statement, told the judges that while away from many courts in Cairo and of hands, that ensures that rule of law, the constitutional declaration he anelsewhere on Sunday and Monday. checks and balances, protection of the nounced Thursday grants him immuA spokesman, Yasser Ali, said Morsi rights of all groups in Egypt are upheld,” nity from any oversight, he intended told the judges that he acted within his Nuland said. to restrict that to what it described as rights as the nation’s sole source of legMorsi’s aides have repeatedly em“sovereignty issues.” islation, assuring them that the decrees phasized that the president has no inThe vaguely worded statement did were temporary and did not in any way tention of amending his decrees, meannot define those issues, but they were infringe on the judiciary. ing the near absolute powers they give widely interpreted to cover declaration Two prominent rights lawyers — him will stand. Morsi also issued a law of war, imposition of martial law, breakGamal Eid and Ahmed Ragheb — dis- to “protect the revolution” that rights ing diplomatic relations with a foreign missed Ali’s remarks. activists maintain is effectively a decnation or dismissing a Cabinet.

Eid said they were designed to keep laration of emergency laws designed The statement did not touch on the “Morsi above the law,” while Ragheb to combat poorly defined threats to the protection from oversight Morsi has exsaid they amounted to “playing with nation or to public order. tended to two bodies dominated by his words.”

Opposition activists have denounced Brotherhood and other Islamists: The “This is not what Egyptians are Morsi’s decrees as a blatant power 100-member panel tasked with draftobjecting to and protesting about,” grab, and refused to enter a dialogue ing a new constitution and parliament’s Ragheb said. “If the president wanted with the president before the edicts are mostly toothless lower chamber, or the to resolve the crisis, there should be rescinded.

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THUMBS UP: OU will make it easier for students to study abroad through the journey programs by providing scholarships to every student to help cover airfare. (Page 1)

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Is the ever-growing sales weekend good for us? column

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Black Friday brings family fun Shopping distracts from family

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lack Friday is not Walmart associate gave us opinion columnist the nightmare the go, a mini adrenaline some paint it to rush ran through us as we be. It’s crazy, fun and — tried to grab movies over if you know what you’re one another. doing — the source of It was honestly fun, not some fantastic deals. a frightening mob of rabid I’ve been Black Friday consumers. shopping almost every And I was so excited Alex Niblett year since I was a little when I successfully got alexandra.g.niblett@ou.edu girl. all eight of the Harry It’s a day I always look Potter movies for a total of forward to when Thanksgiving break rolls $20.72 before tax. around.

There’s no harm in getting good deals.

Yes, some people argue Black Friday I was able to find practical items, such as is a pathetic way for Americans to durable, attractive dinnerware for just greedily go out to purchase pointless $4.99. stuff just after reminiscing on what Speaking from a college student’s they’re thankful for, but that’s not a fair perspective, deals like those offered on perspective.

Black Friday can really help conserve On Thanksgiving, my family and I limited funds. always acknowledge what we’re thankful Saving money is a positive thing, but for, and we aren’t hypocrites just because even more important is the fact that Black we want to go out and have a good time Friday helps stimulate the economy each finding deals later that evening or the year. next day.

For you, the shopper, it’s several hours Black Friday is a good thing; its sales of an exciting rush while trying to find provide some of the best bargains one great deals. can find.

For the business sector, its a sign of In my eyes, each year is a new challenge bounty or struggle to come. to find the best possible deals on items I Some people think Black Friday is would actually enjoy and use, and when I ridiculous and overrated, but if you do, I feel accomplished. haven’t experienced a day or night of This year, Black Friday sales began as Black Friday shopping, you have little early as 8 p.m. Thanksgiving Day. My room to criticize this American retail family and I decided to tackle the crowd tradition. together, while still enjoying the family As long as you’re thankful for the things holiday. you have and aren’t blinded by senseless We decided to start at Walmart, where purchases, Black Friday can simply be a certain DVDs were going to be available fun time that’s easy on your wallet. to our anxious fingertips right at 8 p.m.

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hat was “must-haves.” If they don’t opinion columnist your best get the “must-have” before Christmas? everyone else, their kids or How many will base spouse or friends will go their answer on which gifts without. Surely, if they don’t they received that year and have a “must-have,” they will how many will base their be heartbroken and envious answer on with whom they of others who do have it. So spent that best Christmas? if Timmy doesn’t get his new Trent Cason For me, it would have to game, Christmas is ruined. cason.trent@yahoo.com be the last Christmas my This, of course, is in direct grandma was well enough opposition to the moral of to spend at home with us. Everyone else every single Christmas movie I’ve ever been was off to bed, and she and I sat by the forced to watch. The first to come to mind is fireplace in my parent’s living room, “How the Grinch Stole Christmas,” one of the sneaking a cigarette in the warmth of the only holiday stories I enjoy. Remember what house. It’s a memory burned into my happens? The Grinch assumes the holiday is mind — the sound of the fire, our soft just about gifts, and so in order to ruin it, he conversation, the shadows thrown on the steals all of the gifts. In the end (spoiler alert) wall behind her. I remember every line on he realizes what matters most to the people her face, every mannerism. of Whoville is having each other around.

I’ll be damned if I can tell you what I got I know, corny. And as a non-religious, as a gift that year. Probably a sweater or a winter-hating, Christmas-music-loathing watch, long tossed into the trash by now. bah-humbugger, it’s pretty ironic for me to But the memory of having a quiet smoke be calling anyone a Grinch. But consider that by the fire with her is with me always. life has a way of throwing curve-balls, like I can’t help but think about it when drunk drivers, work-related accidents and Black Friday rolls around a little crazier heart attacks. Not everyone sitting around than it was the year before. This year, Black you this year is guaranteed to be there next Friday shoppers spent over $11 billion on year, and as time goes on this distressing a bunch of stuff. On sweaters and watches truth will assert itself again and again. and video game consoles that are by their So, go ahead. Stand in line and hope you very definition temporary things, out of get to the register before they run out of style and outdone by next fall.

Timmy’s video game. But we have to stop I understand wanting to get a good deal. with the rabid consumerism that makes the Of course I want to get the best stuff I can presents the primary focus. Make it instead for the least amount of money. about enjoying the time you have with the But that isn’t what Black Friday is about. people who make home what it is. Because Based on watching people trample in the end, a memory is all you’ll have left. and maim each other over the years, it appears that Black Friday exists to get Trent Cason is a literature and cultural people to compete for a limited number studies senior. of things, which they have been told are

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AT A GLANCE 2012 OU defense The Sooners are 48th in the nation in points against, giving up 24.8 points per game. In the last three games, OU has given up 44 points per game and 564 yards per game.

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he fireworks, both figurative and literal, from OU’s 51-49 win against Oklahoma State helped conceal the Sooners’ recent defensive concerns in a cloak of postgame excitement.

For the second week in a row, OU came from behind in the waning seconds to steal a victory from a conference foe, but for the third week in a row, the Sooners defense looked as if it were held together by rubber bands and paper clips.

Take a gander at the box scores from the Sooners’ last three games, and you’ll see some staggering numbers allowed by OU’s defense.

During the last three games, the Sooners have given up nearly 1,700 yards of total offense — an average of 564 yards per game, including a school-record 778 yards allowed against West Virginia. OU is also allowing an average of 44 points per game and over 200 yards rushing.

Compare that to an equally sour stretch last season — 43 points and 561 yards per game in OU’s three losses to Texas Tech, Baylor and Oklahoma State — and one begins to wonder why no one is clamoring for Mike Stoops’ job

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in a crowd of mediocre defenses.

It all starts up front, and this is the worst front seven Bob Stoops has ever had.

There’s only one player from the defensive line and linebacker units that’s played consistently at a high level — senior defensive lineman David King — and he went down against Oklahoma State with an ankle injury that may keep him out of the season finale against TCU. So what are the Sooners to do? Scoop up some junior college guys and plug them in right away (the temporary fix) or focus on astrud reed/the daily recruiting and developing Junior linebacker Tom Wort (21) wraps up Oklahoma State junior quarterback Clint Chelf (10) in the backfield for a sack in a game raw talent (the long-term against Oklahoma State on Saturday. The Sooners defense gave up 490 total yards, including 201 on the ground. solution)?

Probably a little bit of both.

But it’s apparent the when “Fire Venables!” was most. different this season, and have the talent of past Sooners have to do somethe rallying cry of many And althey were. But fans were teams. thing to improve their defans last season. though the expecting a return to form.

Where are the Tommie fense if they want to return The answer: The Sooners Sooners And they were expecting it Harrises, the Gerald to contending for national keep finding ways to win. have yet to to come overnight.

McCoys, the Teddy titles.

Unlike last year, when OU lose due to So who is to blame?

Lehmans, the Rocky lost all three of its defensive a defensive Stoops? Venables? The Calmuses? They’re nomeltdowns, the Sooners breakdown, other defensive coaches? where to be found.

David Dillon Phillips is a have won all three this year. there’s no None of the above.

Outside of a solid secKing journalism junior and And despite the horrific question Let’s face it: OU isn’t ondary, this is a middleassistant sports editor for statistical performance of Mike Stoops’ first season that good defensively. In of-road defense in a The Daily. the defense during its last back in Norman has been fact, at most positions, it is conference known for its three outings, it made the a disappointment. Things downright bad. This year’s less-than-stellar defensive Follow him on Twitter at @DillonPhillips_. stops when it needed them were supposed to be Sooner squad just doesn’t play. The Sooners are lost

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OU quarterback, wide receiver honored by conference after big win

Three Sooners earn postseason accolades from Big 12 conference

Junior forward M’Baye named Rookie of the Week following tournament

Senior quarterback Landry Jones and junior wide receiver Jalen Saunders each earned Big 12 honors, the conference announced Wednesday.

Jones was named the Big 12’s Offensive Player of the Week, while Saunders tabbed his first-career punt return for a touchdown to earn Special Teams Player of the Week honors.

Jones was 46-of-71 in pass attempts for 500 yards and three touchdowns in the win over Oklahoma State on Saturday. With the performance, Jones became the first player in Sooner history to put together consecutive 500yard passing games after passing for 554 yards in the win against West Virginia two weeks ago.

Saunders finished the game against OSU with 89 return yards on three attempts. With Saunders’ 81-yard touchdown against the Cowboys, OU became the only Big 12 team that has two punt return touchdowns during the 2012 season.

Three Oklahoma volleyball players earned postseason Big 12 conference honors, the conference announced Monday. Junior middle blocker Sallie McLaurin was named to the All-Big 12 first team, while freshman setter Julia Doyle and freshman middle blocker Kierra Holst were named to the All-Freshman team.

McLaurin led the Sooners in six categories on both offense and defense during the regular season. This is McLaurin’s fifth postseason award after being named the 2011 Defensive Player of the Year and All-Big 12 honorable mention last season and being named Big 12 Freshman of the Year and Big 12 All-Freshman team in 2010.

Doyle was a three-time conference Rookie of the Week selection, matching a Sooner record set by McLaurin. Doyle led the team with 1,025 assists and was the only freshman to start and play in all of OU’s 31 matches this season.

Holst led all Sooner freshmen with 205 kills and 72 total blocks.

Junior forward Amath M’Baye was named Big 12 Rookie of the Week after averaging 10.7 points and five rebounds through last weekend’s three games to help lead Oklahoma basketball to a 2-1 performance during the Old Spice Classic in Orlando.

During the final outing of the weekend, M’Baye finished with a game-high 19 points AMATH and six rebounds to help lead OU to sevenM’BAYE point win over West Virginia.

The Wyoming transfer is tied for second on the team in shooting (10.2 points per game) and is also the secondbest rebounder for the Sooners, averaging 6.6 boards per game. This is M’Baye’s and the Sooners’ first conference award of the 2012 season.

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Instagram: A way to one-up people A Life & Arts Columnist

t the risk of everyone telling me how much of a hipster I am, I’m going to admit it: I love Instagram.

I love taking a picture of a mundane cup of Emily Hopkins coffee and a magazine, ehopkins@ou.edu loading it onto Instagram and looking like I live in a vintage, alternate reality, where even my beverage and reading material are cooler than yours.

Instagram gets a lot of hate for being “pretentious” or “dumb” (see The Rich Kids of Instagram), but really, the people who hate on it are pretentious and dumb.

Instagram is a photo-sharing app that makes your photos instantly look more fascinating than they actually are. I’m sorry, but what’s dumb about that?

People do that in real life all the time — say, do or wear something that makes them seem 10 times more interesting. Now those people have spruced-up photos to match their improved personalities.

Other people say Instagram, whose filters turn even the most awful cat photo into a better-lit awful cat photo, makes people think they actually could be photographers. This is on the same level with declaring I think I could be a professional chef because I know how to microwave a frozen mac n’ cheese dinner. Whoever believes this is dumber than the people who use Instagram supposedly are.

Now it’s not all good, of course. When I get 18 pictures in my feed of a slightly different looking plant at a slightly different looking angle, I want to throw my phone at the wall and curse the Instagram gods for making me look at something boring for more than 90 seconds. That’s where the art of Instagram following comes in.

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