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Ethics concerns about OU budget ad alleviated Advertisement does not advocate for either side of State Question 744, Ethics Commission director says CHASE COOK The Oklahoma Daily

An ad paid for by OU President David Boren and designed by OU’s Public Affairs department is not in violation of the state ethics laws, the director of the Oklahoma Ethics Commission said. Marilyn Hughes, director of the commission, received the ad Tuesday and, after closer examination, determined there was no issue. “I can’t speak for the whole Ethics

Commission,” Hughes said. “After reading it closer, I see no evidence of advocating on [President Boren’s] part.” The ad appeared in The Daily on Oct. 21 and was a statement from Boren regarding OU’s budget issues and recent wage increases on campus. The ad also discussed State Question 744. Because the ad was created using public university facilities, it could have been in violation of state ethics laws if it had advocated for or against the measure, according to rule 257:10-1-3. The ad wasn’t in violation because Boren did not attempt to advocate for or against the measure, Hughes said. University spokesman Chris Shilling

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confirmed the Public Affairs department did design the ad. He defended its intentions. “The goal of the ad was to release facts regarding budget issues on campus,” Shilling said. Catherine Bishop, director of public affairs, said in an e-mail that her office prepares all annual budget ads. This particular ad was paid for by Boren personally because it was prepared at an unusual time, she said.

The Daily discovered the connection between the ad and the Public Affairs department and ran a column that raised concerns about using state-funded departments to produce partisan ads. Concerns about ethics violations began when Yes on 744 released a press release Friday, claiming that Boren and OSU President Burns Hargis may have broken Oklahoma Statute title 26, section 16-119 and rule 257:10-1-3 of the state ethics laws. They cited appearances at press conferences and advertisements in The Tulsa World and The Oklahoman as

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International students experience Career traditional American Thanksgiving coach ADVISING

Over 150 students attended the OU Cousins 15th annual feast geared towards cultural expansion JOSEPH TRUESDELL The Oklahoma Daily

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Law graduate student Chih-ming Wang and electrical engineering graduate student Chuyung Peng enjoy pumpkin and pecan pies during the OU Cousins Thanksgiving Dinner Wednesday evening in the Oklahoma Memorial Union’s Regents Room.

Over 150 OU Cousins attended the 15th annual Thanksgiving dinner Wednesday evening, many experiencing the holiday for the first time. “It’s cool to show [international students] our culture,” international studies senior Jesse Emanuel said. “As Americans, we sometimes take our culture for granted, so it’s cool that we get to teach them and at the same time be reminded of our own culture.” The event aims to demonstrate a traditional Thanksgiving occasion. “You see these things in movies back home, but it’s really different to actually live them,” said Javier Reyes, an international student from Chile. Throughout the evening, international students were served a traditional Thanksgiving dinner, courtesy of Union Catering Services. The meal consisted of a tossed salad, green beans, oldfashioned roasted turkey, cranberry sauce, mashed potatoes, gravy, rolls and butter. Dessert of pumpkin or pecan pie with whipped cream topped off the meal. The dinner was formal, but the evening served as a casual event spent with friends, learning about the common elements of Thanksgiving in America. “The event is a great exposure to a traditional Thanksgiving,” OU Cousins student director Michael Nash said. Aside from the traditional meal, students were taught other customary Thanksgiving activities, such as making hand-shaped paper turkeys. The idea for the turkeys was that students would trace their hand, add a beak and talons, then cut out the diagram and draw the flag of their home nation. After the turkeys were finished, the group planned to put them together on a card, but many students preferred to keep their turkey instead. “The American traditions are interesting,” Reyes said. Reyes and Karina Mery, an international student also from Chile, compared their Thanksgiving experience to other American customs, such as pumpkin carving and football games. There was also a contest between students for who could make the best-looking turkey from an apple, 10 toothpicks and 10 gumdrops.

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Student passes difficult language test Studying for the Japanese Language Proficiency Test is a time-consuming process

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» Link: Summary of the linguistic competence required for reach level of MEGAN DEATON the Japanese Language Proficiency Test The Oklahoma Daily » Link: The Department of Modern Becoming fluent in a foreign Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics language can sometimes seem at OU impossible. Zack Kaplan, international area studies senior, is proof it isn’t. After starting at OU in the beginner level of Japanese, he passed the highest level of the Japanese Language Proficiency Test. The test is administered by the Ministry of Education in Japan and is the most prestigious exam for non-native speakers. “During the two or so months before I took the test it wasn’t unusual for me to study and review Japanese on my own for upwards

of five hours every day in order to increase my vocabulary and reading comprehension,” Kaplan said. Jap a n e s e p ro f e s s o r Ju n k o Fujimoto said the test requires at least 900 hours of preparation. The exam has two sections, language knowledge and listening. The Level 1 test requires the use of 2,000 Kanji (Chinese characters) and 10,000 vocabulary. “It is extremely difficult to pass Level 1 JLPT,” said Japanese

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professor Shizuka Tatsuzawa. Kaplan took the exam while in the OU exchange program at Ritsumeikan University in Japan and believes the study abroad experience will be the highlight of his college experience. “I learned a lot about American culture and Japanese culture,” Kaplan said. “I also learned a lot about myself and people in general.” In the future, Kaplan plans to go into the Japan Exchange and Teaching Program to work as a translator who helps to plan the international programs in Japan. Later, he hopes to enter the State Department or to earn a doctorate degree in Japanese. “I strongly believe that it was [Kaplan] that raised the bar so high and worked so hard to achieve his own dream,” Fujimoto said.

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Zack Kaplan, international area studies senior, passed the highest level of the Japanese Language Proficiency Test. For the test, he had to know 2,000 Chinese characters and 10,000 words.

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guides students Stephen Crynes uses inventory tests, conversation to find a major fitting students’ interests EMILY HOPKINS The Oklahoma Daily

The integral goal of attending college is supposed to be prepping for a future career, but many students walk into OU with no idea where to start. That’s where Stephen Crynes, assessment center assistant director, comes in. His job description involves consulting with students to help them discover majors that fit their interests. This is the first semester for OU to have a centralized person for students to come to with major and career concerns. Crynes begins each new appointment in the same fashion, later diverging into personally specific needs with each subsequent meeting. “I start off just having a conversation with the students, which is a big part of learning about them,” Crynes said. “We talk about things like their background, interests and favorite subjects. Then I’ll have them take an inventory test.” The inventory test asks questions about such areas as daily activities, values, skills and hobbies. “It can give them a good understanding of who they are,” Crynes said. “Their values and interests might change as they grow up, but the core of who they are and how they like to operate won’t change.” After following these first steps, he also encourages students to take advantage of OU’s vast resources by digging deeper into possible majors and career fields. He encourages getting involved in pertinent campus clubs and organizations. “They have to do a bit of exploration,” Crynes said. “I suggest talking to faculty members in related departments and further talking with advisers.” Another good idea, he said, is going online and reading the descriptions of required courses for the major. “A lot of students don’t think about this, but it can really give them a good idea of what they’ll exactly be doing in that major and if it’s even what they thought it was going to be,” he said. Freshman Taylor Trevino has met with Crynes several times over the course of the semester, and says he has been a tremendous asset in helping her shape her future. SEE CONSULTANT PAGE 2

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ETHICS: Presidents have same rights as citizens Continued from page 1 violations. They planned on contacting the Oklahoma Ethics Commission to “explore what measures can be taken,” according to the press release. Hughes said Monday evening that Boren and Hargis had not violated ethics laws based on accusations raised by the Yes on 744 campaign. She provided an ethics interpretation of rule 257:10-1-3 giving the governor of Oklahoma the same free speech rights as any other citizen and implied it was the same for

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» Sexual Assault 101 will be 9 to 11 a.m. in the Union’s Presidents Room.

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» Brown bag lunch series hosted by Life After College will offer a seminar on How to Get the Job You Want from noon to 1 p.m. in the Union’s Sooner Room.

“We decided that I will start to focus on an art history major with a business minor. That way I can possibly be a museum curator or work for an art gallery,” she said. “He’s really relaxed and fun, so the process isn’t stressful at all. I’ll probably meet with him again because he’s a great resource and as a freshman I tend to go back and forth

» Career Services: How to Find an Internship will meet 1:30 to 2:30 p.m. in the Union’s Crimson Room. » Sexperts’ Peer Educator Meeting will be 5 to 7 p.m. in the Union’s Sooner Room. » Baptist Student Union Paradigm will be 8 to 10 p.m. in the Molly Shi Boren Ballroom. » The Union Programming Board is hosting Comedy Fight Night 2010 from 8 to 10 p.m. in Meacham Auditorium. » The Women’s Outreach Center is hosting Take Back the Night, an event to speak out against sexual violence, in the South Oval from 8 to 10 p.m.

Friday, Nov. 5 » Brown bag lunch series hosted by Life After College will offer a seminar on Teach for America from noon to 1:30 p.m. in the Union’s Sooner Room. » The Union Programming Board will be showing “Inception” at 4, 7, 10 and 11:50 p.m. in the Union’s Meacham Auditorium. » African Christian Fellowship will meet 7 to 10 p.m. in the Union’s Frontier Room.

university presidents. They can speak out on candidates and measures but they cannot use any state funds to do so unless it falls within the realm of their normal business routines, according to the ethics interpretation. As of Wednesday, the Oklahoma Ethics Commission had not received an official complaint from Yes on 744, Hughes said. The measure was defeated Tuesday evening by 81 points. The Yes on 744 campaign has not returned any of The Daily’s phone calls since Monday evening.

on what I want to do.” Crynes stresses that it’s not necessarily imperative to have a future career in mind, but says that gaining experience with internships and being marketable is essential. “My job is to give them all the resources they need a n d h e l p t h e m u n d e rstand what’s involved with a specific major and what they can do,” Crynes said. “Careers aren’t linear anymore. For the most part, a

student can major in anything and the career can come later.” That’s exactly the plan Eli Rhoades, microbiology junior, has decided on. He came to Crynes this year in the hopes of narrowing down his vast array of interests. “I have so many things that I would like to do and was having trouble figuring out which one to pursue,” Rhoades said. “Even when I took the inventory

test, I basically landed in the middle of the road on everything. I’ve decided on microbiology for my major, but as for my focus on what I want to do, I still haven’t figured that out.” Cr ynes had 35 meetings, with some repeats, in October alone. As advisors start sending over more and more students, Crynes said, he hopes to add a graduate assistant to help balance the expanding demand for guidance.

Non-Profit Art Organizations Receive Aid

Peruvian film festival ends today

The Norman Arts Council is providing an opportunity for nonprofit organizations around the Norman area to apply for a grant that will aid in the funding of art projects. This particular grant will help any non-profit arts organization in Norman as long as they are included as a nonprofit tax-exempt company. There is a grant preparation workshop on Thursday or Monday, that all companies wishing to apply must send a representative to attend. “At the grand orientation we give you all the guidelines for the grants and then we give you the deadlines and make sure that you know everything that you need to know to be able to apply,” said Josh Lunsford, Norman Arts Council employee. “That way, when you do apply your application has everything in it and nothing gets sent back to you and you don’t miss out on something,” he said. Applicants are allowed to apply for up to three Arts Project Grants, but cannot exceed $15,000.

The Peruvian Student Association will screen the last film in its movie festival honoring a Peruvian Nobel Prize winner today. Mario Vargas Llosa won the 2010 prize in Literature. The screening of the final film, “La Fiesta del Chivo,” will be held 6 to 8 p.m. in the Oklahoma Memorial Union’s Frontier Room. The festival started Oct. 26 and showcased four films based on Llosa’s books. Llosa isn’t scared to talk about racial, social and political aspects of Latin American culture, association President Sarita Alca said. She has read two of his books. The purpose of the movie festival is to showcase the Peruvian author as well as raise awareness on campus about the Peruvian Student Association. The festival was started because of the Peruvian author’s achievement, but Alca said they may consider doing more screenings in future years. “The movies are a good way to see Peruvian culture and get introduced to it,” Alca said. There will also be a panel discussion Tuesday about social aspects of Latin American culture and the movies that were screened.

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Third annual chili bowl raises money for Arts Alliance » This day in OU history

Nov. 4, 1981 Shepard is No. 1 QB Darrel Shepard started as OU’s second-string quarterback behind Kelly Phelps. After Phelps went down with an ankle injury, Shepard took over and rushed for over 100 yards in each of his first two games. After Shepard won two games and had been nominated for Big Eight player of the week head coach Barry Switzer said he would remain the number one quarterback. In the final five games of the season OU went 3-2. 100 gather at anti-rape rally There were 22 rapes and 11 attempted rapes reported in Norman in 1981. Uneasiness about those statistics gathered over 100 people to rally at “Take Back The Night.” Almost 30 years later, Take Back The Night is still held throughout the country. *Source: The Oklahoma Daily archives

The OU School of Art and Art History is hosting their third annual Chili Bowl fundraiser Wednesday, Nov. 17 from 11:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. in the Lightwell Gallery of the Fred Jones Jr. Museum of Art. “The chili bowl is a fundraiser used to raise money for the Arts Alliance, which pays for students to take trips or for scholarships, or anything we can to enrich our education,” said Margaret Kinkeade, School of Art and Art History student assistant and studio art senior. Homemade chilies and desserts will be served. The Chili Bowl will also feature handmade ceramic bowls for sale created by OU students and The Red Clay Faction. The bowls are one-of-akind and dishwasher and oven safe. Chili by the bowl will be available for $8. Patrons may buy chili and a ceramic bowl for $15.

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OU professor’s book published by Oxford Press Well-known press picked up new book about public policy after strict review process LAUREN CASONHAU The Oklahoma Daily

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Oklahoma Gov.-elect, Mary Fallin, left, and Oklahoma Gov. Brad Henry shake hands following a news conference Wednesday. Fallin won 60 percent of the vote Tuesday.

Henry welcomes Fallin to governor’s office Outgoing governor Brad Henry urges Oklahomans to rally around first female governor regardless of party OKLAHOMA CITY — Just hours after being elected Oklahoma's first female governor, U.S. Rep. Mary Fallin was welcomed Wednesday at the state Capitol with outgoing Gov. Brad Henry urging Oklahomans to rally around her. Fallin, a Republican, and her staff met with the Democratic governor for about an hour to discuss the transition process. The two-term congresswoman and former lieutenant governor will be sworn into the state's highest elected office in January. "The elections are over. The campaign is over," Henry said. "The time is now for us to put aside our differences and come together, not as Republicans, Democrats or independents, but as Oklahomans, and rally around our new governor and support our new governor and help her do her job." Henry had endorsed Fallin's Democratic opponent, Lt. Gov. Jari Askins, who received less than 40 percent of the vote in Tuesday's elections. The historic night also saw Republicans sweep all eight Democratheld statewide offices on the ballot and increase their margins in the House and Senate. Fallin said her legislative focus will be on creating a more business friendly environment in Oklahoma, reducing the size of government and improving education. Besides naming her staff and preparing appointments, Fallin is required to present a

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Price College of Business students participate in service day A group of people from the Price College of Business will be cleaning, landscaping and painting at local schools Saturday as part of the inaugural Price College of Business Service Day. The Delta Sigma Pi chapter at OU’s Price College of Business held a similar service day last year and organized this year’s larger service day. “I feel that it is really important to serve the school system in Norman,” Wade Brockway, vice president of community service for Delta Sigma Pi, said. The service day will aid nine schools in the Norman Public School District and one transition house for patients of mental illness. Projects at the sites will include organizing and cleaning attics, landscaping, painting rooms or parking lots and working on designated rooms within the schools. Elementary schools that will be participating are Adams, Cleveland, Jackson, Jefferson, Kennedy, Lakeview, McKinley and Monroe, along with Irving Middle School and the Transition House, Inc. — Joseph Truesdell/The Daily

balanced budget to lawmakers when they reconvene in February. State revenues are beginning to recover after two years of sluggish collections. But Fallin and the GOP-led Legislature are expected to face a roughly $500 million shortfall in next year's budget that will require deeper cuts to state agencies. Most agencies have already seen their budgets slashed about 15 percent in recent years. "We have a lot of work to do," Fallin said. Fallin said she will announce the appointment of key staff members in the coming days. Henry said office space would be made available immediately at the Capitol to help Fallin and her staff in the transition. Askins, meanwhile, met Wednesday with her successor in the lieutenant governor's office — state Sen. Todd Lamb. Askins, a former judge and state lawmaker, said she hasn't decided what she will do when her term expires in January. "I am confident that I'll still be busy after Jan. 10," said Askins, a Duncan native. "Right now I'm focused on the lieutenant governor's office." Like many Oklahoma Democrats, Askins got caught in a red tide of voters upset with President Barack Obama and the Democrat-controlled Congress. "When you look at the races around the state, legislative and statewide, I think you see a push back to what's going on in Washington, D.C.," Askins said. "I never could convince the voters that the 'D' after my name meant Duncan."

It is not uncommon for a professor to publish a book based on his research experience, but it is uncommon for that book to be published by the prestigious Oxford University Press. Robert Cox, international and area studies professor, has a new book out this month that accomplished just that. “If Oxford takes it, then it must be good, because their review process is very grueling,” said Jos Raadschelders, international and area studies professor. The book, “Ideas and Politics in Social Science Research,” challenges various explanations for public policy and focuses on how new ideas will change the direction of a policy area, Cox said. He described just how grueling that review process can be. The first obstacle in getting any book published by a university, Cox said, is in convincing them that the book has a veritable market. “University presses are careful about the books they publish,” Cox said. “You have to convince them that there is a market for a particular edited volume.” There is also some stiff competition. “Every scholar wants to be published by a university press,” Cox said. “They have a higher standard of quality control.” He said university presses will focus more on the academic quality of the book than on its marketability, which commercial publishers focus on. As for what makes publishers such as Oxford and Cambridge so special, it’s the fact that they are more internationally based. Those presses are broader in their collections and are known in many different disciplines, whereas a press such as OU’s has a narrower focus, Cox said. “Oxford is one of the most prestigious presses, particularly in terms of his area of study,” Claire Haeg, a previous student of Cox, said about the press. “You don’t get higher than Oxford.” Even without the prestigious publisher, the book’s high caliber could be guaranteed simply based on Cox himself, colleagues said. “Bob is careful, deliberate and extremely hardworking,” said Robert Gaddie, political

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International and area studies professor Robert Cox co-edited the book “Ideas and Politics in Social Science Research.” It was released this month by the Oxford University Press. science professor. “He pushes himself, and he pushes everybody he works with. He does everything right.” In addition to publishing books, Cox has also been the co-editor of Governance, an internationally distributed academic journal, for seven years. The journal publishes articles on policy and executive politics in different countries around the world, and is published and distributed internationally four times a year. “He has influence as a co-editor of Governance,” Raadschelders said. “With his influence you can shape the direction of a study.” Despite so many outstanding achievements, Cox said what attracts him to teaching is being able to encourage future leaders. “He’s an inspiring teacher,” Raadschelders said. “He manages a good balance between writing and supporting his students.” Haeg said she can attest to that. “He was good about encouraging graduate students to network with dignitaries and offered many opportunities beyond the classroom,” Haeg said. “He’s a great mentor. He has really helped me personally.”

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Republican leadership should exercise new power with caution

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The elections are over and the results played out as they conservative view of a very deregulated market isn’t neceshave been expected for months. sarily the view of the people. The pendulum of power swung in Republicans’ favor Republicans probably shouldn’t attempt to repeal the as they picked up 64 seats in the House — gaining major- financial reform bill signed into law earlier this year. What ity control. Concerning the Senate, Republicans picked they should do is work with Democrats to identify aspects of up a handful of seats, but power still remains with the the bill that could have unintended negative consequences, Democrats. while making sure there will be no need for huge bailouts in Even though Democrats still have control of the Senate, the future. the Republican victories were huge, and Obama will have a The same approach should be made with health care. much harder time getting things done how he’d planned. Republicans support a full-scale repeal, but they need to In the midst of the Republicans’ celremember there are some aspects of the bill — ebration of their 60 House seat victories such as outlawing insurance companies from Many Republicans in Tuesday’s election, the two possible fudenying coverage to people with pre-existing tures of our nation were voiced in the many conditions — supported by the majority of got elected on the speeches and celebrations. Americans. Whatever changes Republicans simple promise of Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, seek in the law, they need to make sure the extending the Bush- popular aspects of it remain. R-Ky., said he felt the elections made it clear era tax cuts and that Americans didn’t want Republicans to Many Republicans got elected on the simple compromise and work with the Democrat promise of extending the Bush-era tax cuts and cutting spending leadership for the past two years — a point cutting spending in their attempt to reduce in their attempt to that Democrats often tried to use against the deficit. However, they have provided little reduce the deficit. Republicans. answers as to how exactly they plan to do this. Rep. Eric Cantor, R-Va., said the results However, they have They have promised to maintain spending in were a “clear mandate” for the Republican national defense and Medicare. This leaves provided little party’s agenda. very little room in cutting government spendanswers as to how Another winner had some wiser words. ing that would make any significant dent in the exactly they plan to deficit. “We make a grave mistake if we believe that tonight these results are somehow Thus, while Republicans may have garnered do this.” an embrace of the Republican Party,” said a huge win Tuesday night, they face many of Senator-elect Mark Rubio, R-Fla. the same challenges Democrats did during the 2008 elecRepublicans would be prudent to listen to Rubio’s tions. Just like the Democrats, they have a chance to prove to words. Americans they can work together to accomplish the things Exit polls reveal that people didn’t vote for Republicans people want to see done. because they necessarily like or agree with the party — Simply obstructing any progress and fighting to make in fact, these polls revealed equal unfavorability of both sure Obama doesn’t get reelected in 2012, as McConnell reparties. vealed to be his main goal last week, won’t solve the counRepublicans and Democrats alike need to closely look try’s problems. at the opinions of Americans revealed in these polls. It Solutions on the economy, health care, immigration reshows that though they are unhappy with politicians, there form can be found, but they will require compromise and, are some policies they support that haven’t always closely in some cases, a little detachment from ideology. aligned with the Republican agenda. Tuesday night, a tearful, now-House Majority Leader Voters revealed themselves to be less pessimistic than John Boehner, R-Ohio, recommended President Barack they were in 2008, and 64 percent primarily blamed Wall Obama “change course.” Street and former president George W. Bush for their curThere are definitely areas that can be worked on, but a comrent dissatisfaction with Washington, according to poll plete reversal of course would be a move in the wrong direction. analysis by CNN. This should make it pretty clear that the typically Comment on this column at OUDaily.com

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Clueless people will remain clueless Editor’s note: This column is in response to Tucker Cross’ and Jerod Coker’s Tuesday column, “Abortion rights group antics ridiculous”

claim on which they are intellectually dishonest, right? STAFF COLUMN MN Wrong. The way Justice For All works is it provides Matt Bruenig nig I am pushed to write this article in response to those scripts for its volunteers, telling them to rehearse the who have complained about the response to the fetus carsame arguments again and nival that graced our campus this last week. Those complaining seem to completely miss the point of again. I actually had the privilege of looking at this script the response to the display put on by Women’s and Gender where they encourage people to “Trot Out the Toddler” Studies Student Association (WGSSA). Complainers seem and remind volunteers that they should avoid a common to think that the over-the-top display can be responded to mistake in the anti-abortion community of disregarding with rational argument that will somehow change minds. women. Whenever the arguments in the script are challenged, This idea is simply wrong. To see that persuasion and and volunteers are unable to respond to the challenges, do rational argument are not effective against the fetus carnival carnies, one needs to look no further than the breast you think they revise their arguments? Surprise again, the answer is no. I personally had a lengthy conversation with cancer myth. One of the panels on the Justice For All display claims a man out there who admitted at the end of the conversation that he could not think of a reason why that there is a link between abortion my argument for choice was wrong, but that and breast cancer. In addition, Justice Does it make sense to he just “felt it was wrong.” Of course, he conFor All brought out Eden Clinic, a local tinued to make the argument that he knew to sham clinic who repeats this claim. engage in arguments be flawed to every other person he could dupe The problem is that the Susan G. with someone who into talking to him. Komen foundation debunked this myth not only will remain This then raises a question: how do you long ago. In fact, every time Justice For unpersuaded no matter respond to people like this? Does it make All or Eden Clinic comes, others and sense to engage in arguments with someone I bring this to their attention, providwhat, but also will who not only will remain dissuaded no mating them studies and evidence to show continue to repeat ter what, but also will continue to repeat even them that there is simply no link beeven the factually the factually false elements of their arguments tween abortions and breast cancer, it years after they have been refuted? is scientifically disproven. false elements of To engage in an argument with people like So, surely these rational, truth-seektheir arguments years that would be as futile as engaging in arguing, anti-abortion activists will revise after they have been ments with the Westboro Baptist Church. their view upon seeing counter-eviInstead of wasting its time doing that, refuted?” dence, right? I mean, the joint article WGSSA dedicated its efforts to providing a in The Daily on Wednesday suggested that the whole group is a fount of reason and rational separate, comfortable and fun space for those who do not agree with the anti-choice display. engagement. The group had literature refuting the display panel- bySurprisingly enough, they do not. They continue persistently, despite demonstrable scientific fact to the contrary, panel available at its tables of course, but the group wisely to lie about the impacts of abortion. It is not that they are dedicated more time to having a pro-choice party, dancignorant of this; as I said before, they are given the evi- ing and playing kazoo music. Given the reluctance of those who put up the display to dence everywhere they go, including by those responding genuinely engage in an intellectually honest way, this reto the display this year once again. Why would they persist in a lie, these rational calm- sponse was right on. headed people? The answer is that they are not about having serious arguments and reaching fact-based con- — Matt Bruenig, clusions; they are about frightening people — with lies if philosophy senior necessary — into not having abortions. But surely it is just this one glaring empirically false Comment on this column at OUDaily.com

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The fact that the nation’s STAFF COLUMN MN best attempt thus far to “restore sanity” was orchestrated Jerod Coker er by a couple of comedians, Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert, is telling. The two are obviously left-of-center and beautifully illustrate an ideological divide in this nation between two groups: the sane and the insane. That is, those who would spread their message through rational, honest discourse, and those who prefer blatant untruths and hyperbole. Unfortunately, as the duo made painstakingly clear over the weekend, both our politicians and mainstream media seem to be dominated by the latter. However, the left and right are not equally insane. Those on the left tend to be timid and sane, making fun of the right; those on the right tend to be inflamed and insane, using fear, rather than rational discussion, to demonize. As one OU professor puts it, the right has an “instinct for the jugular” that the left doesn’t have. This “instinct for the jugular” necessarily brings with it a lot of hyperbole, absurd speculation and downright lies. For example, the recent tea party campaign in Alaska supporting Republican Joe Miller was riddled with negativity and untruths regarding the Republican incumbent Lisa Murkowski. And these are figures on the right attacking other figures on the right! Those on the right attack the left with such voracious ferocity that it is obvious (to sane people) that it is fabricated. Equating President Obama with Karl Marx, Stalin and Hitler (all at the same time, despite the plethora of inherent contradictions); calling him a racist; and making apocalyptic condemnations and predictions are all-too-common on Fox News, conservative radio and from right-wing politicians in general. The left, however, simply lacks this murderous instinct. There is no left-wing version of Glenn Beck to hail the coming apocalypse. Instead, we have Stewart and Colbert. The antics of the far right are so ludicrous that it takes two daily comedians to keep up with and ridicule them. There seems to be no time for anger on the left. (Although there are plenty of serious liberals who are angry.) A stimulus package too small to effectively improve the economy; a half-assed attempt to reform our health care system; another half-assed attempt to reform the abuses of the financial system; no serious attempts at equality for gays and lesbians; no serious investigations into the war crimes of the Bush administration; the list goes on and on. So where is the anger? For the most part, it doesn’t exist. In its place: laughter. For some inexplicable reason, those of us to the left would rather laugh at the psychos on the right than actually get inflamed about anything. Montages of Beck’s hypocrisy; scary, doomsday Fox News intro music; misspelled tea party protest signs — these are the things the left focuses on. This may be just as bad as the right’s apocalyptic tendencies in the first place. For example, if you know anything about Delaware tea party Senatorial candidate Christine O’Donnell, it’s that she’s a witch. Well, not really. But the left has grabbed hold of a comment she made in 1999 on Bill Maher’s “Politically Incorrect,” where she said she once “dabbled into witchcraft.” This has been scrutinized over and over by many on the left as if it were an issue. It’s not. They focus on irrelevant moments like these, making fun of the candidate’s obscure past, rather than painfully relevant moments, like when O’Donnell failed to realize that the separation of church and state was established in the First Amendment. Someone running for the Senate not knowing this fundamental American doctrine is much scarier than someone who admitted that she once dabbled in witchcraft 11 years ago. However, the left would rather make fun of the silly comments rather than point out the scarily erroneous ones. There may seem to be no problem with this. Why shouldn’t Stewart and Colbert make fun of the lunacy and hypocrisy of those they disagree with? These two men are great comedians, making people laugh and not-so-subtle serious political points at the same time. The problem, however, is that fear motivates voters infinitely more effectively than laughter. One can watch “The Daily Show,” get a few laughs and then turn the TV off and go to bed. However, those who watch Fox News and take it seriously can’t just turn off the TV. They have to get out the vote! They have to stop the Communist takeover of our racist, Muslim President! They have to keep the atheists from raping their children! It is for this reason that the serious left needs to step up and voice their concerns, that the not-so-serious left should stop solely making fun of the right and start exposing the serious ideological flaws and misconceptions. The left’s refusal to seriously take on the right, instead preferring to ridicule it, is a factor (the importance of which I am unsure) as to why the Republicans just gained 60 plus Congressional seats. — Jerod Coker, journalism senior

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Confessions of an aspiring drama queen Editor’s note: The College of Fine Arts recently held a campus wide casting call for a production of the music of Andrew Lloyd Webber. The Daily’s Janna Gentry auditioned for a slot and wrote about the soaring highs and crushing lows associated with open auditions. I think I first learned OU was having auditions for a production of Andrew Lloyd Webber songs via sidewalk chalk. I have a habit of attempting to read every single new sidewalk chalk proclamation each week, and that week Andrew Lloyd Webber especially caught my eye. I actually called my mom after I read it because I have a love of all things Andrew Lloyd Webber, especially the music he wrote for “Evita.” The excitement died down after I received lukewarm reception from my mother (apparently “Evita” isn’t as moving to some as it is to me), and I sent my Broadway aspirations to the back of the bus where they belonged. Ironically, at a recent Life & Arts meeting, my editor asked the staff if one of us would like to try out for the production and chronicle our experience, prefacing his question with, “Now this may take some guts.” The question was met with some snickers, so when I volunteered to audition, I left out the fact that I was considering to audition even before the meeting. My Broadway hopes weren’t produced in a vacuum. I was a member of my high school

choir (Hobart, Okla., popuJanna lation 4,000), Gentry but even before that I honestly loved musicals. When my peers were talking about the newest Christina Aguilera CD, I was obsessed with the soundtracks of “Evita” and “The Phantom of the Opera.” I distinctly remember my sixth grade teacher having us write down lyrics to our favorite song at the moment, and I wrote the lyrics to “You Must Love Me,” a song from “Evita.” Sadly, I didn’t pursue my interest in musical theater, partially because of the lack of a program in my tiny southwestern Oklahoma town and partially because I desperately wanted to be a cool kid, of which the “theater kids” were not. My interest in musical theater has been revived since being at OU. Since I have been a Life & Arts writer this semester, I have interviewed a lot of people involved with OU theater, and have been thoroughly impressed with their kindness, warmth and talent. This exposure to the theater community has prompted me on more than one occasion to declare that in another life, I would be a theater major. So auditioning for a spot to sing in a production of Andrew Lloyd Webber music was my moment to redeem myself of my childhood STAFF COLUMN OLUMN

fears and insecurities, dust off my rusty high sing and then get the hell out of there. school vocal chords and pursue my love of I felt so naked, like I needed to be holdBroadway. ing something or at least have a jacket on — My roommate accompanied me to pick something to protect me from the omnipomy music for the occasion. As she remi- tent gaze of the judges. I did muscle through nisced about her days as a middle school my nervousness and belt the song out as well French horn player, I chose a piece of music as I could, and the judges seemed to enjoy that would be the ultimate sign of my re- my performance. After I was done singing, demption — “You Must Love Me,” the very I left the room as quickly as possible and piece that I had written the lyrbreathed a sigh of relief. ics to nine years earlier in a sixth The next week, I went to check So auditioning grade English class. the board where I had signed up for a spot to sing for the auditions to see if I had The day of the audition, I practiced a little to give me more conin a production made the next cut. As my eyes fidence, but I could have recited the list, I didn’t find of Andrew Lloyd scanned the words to the song backwards. my name. I was genuinely disWebber music My audition was in the evening, appointed. The only time I had and I arrived a little early so I was my moment ever competed in a vocal comcould mentally prepare myself petition was in high school, and to redeem for the task at hand. clearly OU was a much bigger myself...” I was the only student waiting pond with much more talented to audition, and my already raw fish. nerves exploded as I walked into the vocal I’m glad I did it, though. It oddly reacroom and there were two male judges sitting quainted me with a younger, more chronibehind a table at one end, an accompanist cally nervous and insecure middle school behind a piano on the other end and a huge version of myself. It was a roller-coaster of expanse of space in between them in which emotion: Excitement, nervousness, relief I was supposed to fill with my talent (or lack and disappointment. Now I just need to start thereof). searching for a new “back-up career.” It was not a pleasant experience, and I haven’t been that nervous since high school. The judges tried to be nice and make small — Janna Gentry, talk with me, but all I wanted to do was just English junior

Custom cast, written Pinocchio musical debuts Friday Broadway writers Brian Hill and Neil Bartram wrote, composed production for students based on original adventures of the Italian puppet CARMEN FORMAN The Oklahoma Daily

The beloved wooden boy from the days of Italian childrens’ stories and classic Disney movie is making a comeback in the form of OU’s musical theater program. My nose isn’t growing, so take my word that Pinocchio is being made into musical, which debuts Friday in the Weitzenhoffer Theatre. “The Adventures of Pinocchio” is an original musical written and adapted specifically for a small group of OU’s musical theater majors. Broadway writers Brian Hill and

Neil Bartram are the masterminds behind the production. be performed. Hill wrote and directed, while Bartram composed songs This Pinocchio is not quite like the one people may and wrote lyrics. remember from the Disney movie. The Musical theater senior Skyler Adams, who Pinocchio in this musical is much more selfplays Pinocchio, said being the first to apish and self-involved than the Disney characproach a new work is exciting. ter is, said Bartram, who calls the character “[It’s] a blast to work on brand new materi“a brat.” WHEN: 8:15 p.m. Friday al that changes from day to day,” Adams said. The musical chronicles Pinocchio’s jourand Saturday “We are the first ones to tell this story.” ney from “selfish young boy to a young man,” WHERE: Weitzenhoffer Bartram and Hill met for the first time in Bartram said. Theatre, 563 Elm Ave. Chicago and have been working together “The Adventures of Pinocchio” is based on COST: Free ever since. The pair came to OU after being the book of the same name written by Carlo asked by professor of musical theater Paul Collodi — the original Pinocchio tale. Christman. “[It’s] getting back to the basic Italian story, After debuting “The Adventures of Pinocchio” at OU, and taking something so iconic and changing it up,” said Bartram and Hill will then take the musical to Chicago to musical theater senior Ryan Wood, who plays Geppetto.

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saturday, nov. 6 Intramural Update | Pickleball Tournament. For more information, visit recservices.ou.edu or call Jonathan Dewhirst, (405) 325-3053. Contemporary Dance Oklahoma | 8 p.m. in the Rupel Jones Theatre. Tickets are $22 for adults, $17 for seniors and OU faculty/staff and $14 for students. Contact the Fine Arts Box Office for details, (405) 3254101. Hearts & Hammers Ball | 8 p.m.-midnight in the Molly Shi Boren Ballroom, Oklahoma Memorial Union. Come to the Hearts & Hammers Ball, benefiting the Cleveland County Habitat for Humanity, and enjoy live music from the Jonbear Fourtet, DJ, dancing, food, auction and more. We will also have the OU/A&M game! Tickets are $12 in advance through ticketstrom.com and $15 at the door. Tables of 10 can be purchased by student groups and university departments for the discounted rate of $200, email mg@ou.edu for details. Presented by the Union Programming Board and the OU Chapter of Habitat for Humanity.

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Intramural Update | Table Tennis Tournament. For more information, visit recservices.ou.edu or call Jonathan Dewhirst, (405) 325-3053. Graphics Workshop | Hosted by the OU Student Chapter of the American Society of Landscape Architects and featuring Shannon Gordon from Ochsner Hare & Hare in Kansas City, The workshop will focus on hand rendering but will include new iPad and iPhone techniques. Please contact Chad Deaton (chad.a.deaton@ou.edu) for registration and more information. Contemporary Dance Oklahoma | 3 p.m. in the Rupel Jones Theatre. Tickets are $22 for adults, $17 for seniors and OU faculty/ staff and $14 for students. Contact the Fine Arts Box Office for details, (405) 325-4101. This University in compliance with all applicable federal and state laws and regulations does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, sex, age, religion, disability, political beliefs, or status as a veteran in any of its policies, practices or procedures. This includes but is not limited to admissions, employment, financial aid and educational services. For accommodations on the basis of disability, please contact the sponsoring department of any program or event.

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Norman arts experiences a decade of progression, enrichment An increase in non-profits and quality venues promotes development of art within the community. BY MATT CARNEY Editor’s Note: This is the second of a two-part series about the expansion of Norman’s arts community during the last 10 years. The first part about Gray Owl Coffee shop ran in Wednesday’s issue and can be found online at OUDaily.com.

orman’s arts have come a long way in 10 short years. Once the furniture district, downtown Norman is now home base for artists, boasting multiple galleries that feature work by locals. Opolis replaced the plethora of dive bars and boasts big indie names. The National and Vampire Weekend are among those who’ve shook the giant cat portraits adorning its walls. Gray Owl Coffee serves as a communal hub for creative types and counter-culturalists who use the shop as an open community space for discussion and artistic exhibition. In the past 10 years, non-profit organizations that promote the arts have flourished by more than 50 percent, said Stephanie Royse, former Norman Arts Council executive director. Then, there’s Norman Music Festival. Organizers estimate that last spring’s two-day extravaganza in the arts district attracted more than 100,000 in foot traffic to shop the Dustbowl Market and take in more than a hundred bands for free. Norman wasn’t like this a decade ago. Campus Corner was ugly and the arts district nonexistent. Norman more culturally resembled Stillwater than Austin. Now it’s somewhere in between with a positive outlook for the future. “People with good ideas, if they’re really motivated, I think they can make things happen here,” said Mike Beavers, Gray Owl Coffee shop owner. ❖❖❖❖❖ Five years ago, the furniture district located in downtown Norman officially became the city’s arts district. Mayor Cindy Rosenthal was representing Ward Four at the time, which covers downtown, as well as Campus Corner and the city’s historic regional neighborhoods. “It just seemed like a natural step to take,” she said, citing the development of galleries and venues along the east side of Main Street. “The arts can be an important economic engine for revitalization and redevelopment and job growth within a community.” Norman Arts Council board member Larry Walker said Main Street became a site for convergence. “What you’re seeing is an influx not only of non-profit organizations, but [businesses like] Gray Owl and Opolis going on downtown…it really is becoming a hub for the arts,” he said. In 2007, Rosenthal and the Norman Arts Council formed the Public Arts Board as a cooperative public-private initiative to display public art throughout the community. Walker has been active with the Council since the 1970s and was named chairman of the Board. In September they erected Indian Grass, a 16-ton steel structure at the roundabout intersection of Main Street, Acres Street and Carter Avenue. It’s the first piece of public art in Norman they’ve commissioned. The Board took inventory of all local art, gave presentations to AT A civic groups throughout town and has developed long-range master GLANCE plans for the Council’s Board of Norman Arts Council: Directors. “It’s been a busy three years,” Founded in 1976, it works to connect Walker said. The Council and city govern- members of the ment have built a friendly city for arts community and people who see more than just an promote their work. empty canvas hanging on the wall, and Rosenthal knows the building Public Arts Board: blocks. Founded in 2007, the “We have talent who are here in PAB works to enrich the first place,” she said, also men- the community by tioning the presence of the OU art displaying attractive school. “The city has, over a long art. period of time, partnered with local entities to make sure there are outlets and venues for the arts.” The Sooner Theatre, Firehouse Arts Center and Santa Fe Depot are all prime examples. “We’ve got a business community that is very generous and supportive of the arts and has recognized that the arts are part of the economic equation in terms of attracting other businesses but also that the arts employ people,” she said. “We’ve got a business community that really gets it.” ❖❖❖❖❖ In 1999, Campus Corner had yet to mature into the bustling mini-tropolis it is now, full of boutiques, restaurants, coffee shops and quality bars all boasting art exhibitions of some form or another. Back then it was nothing short of desolate. “It’s just night and day different,” former Norman Arts Council president and former OU student Jonathan Fowler said of the Boyd Street of his college experience. “I couldn’t tell you a single coffee shop that was on Campus Corner back then. It was definitely more of a bar atmosphere… Socially there wasn’t a whole lot to do.”

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First opened in 1929, Sooner Theatre is now owned by the City of Norman, which leases it to The Sooner Theatre, Inc. for $1 each year. The non-profit organization uses the venue to host concerts, plays, workshops and other events that promote arts in the community. A 1970s economic push in the west side of Norman re- the unique relationship between OU athletics and Norman sulted in the construction of ‘Restaurant Row’ on Ed Noble arts. Parkway. Before 2000 students would spend free time there ❖❖❖❖❖ instead of around campus or Campus Corner, Fowler said. “That was the big thing,” he said. “That’s where people soIt’s hard to pinpoint what people really mean when they cialized, even the college kids.” say the arts improve a community’s quality of life. The beautification for Campus Corner started almost 30 “It’s an exchange of thoughts and ideas that just makes life years ago, Rosenthal said. a little deeper, and maybe expands your own perceptions “You have to go back to the late 80s and early 90s when the and makes you look at the world in a little different way,” first discussions started,” Rosenthal said. “These projects said Royse, who currently works as the marketing director don’t happen overnight, for the Sooner Theatre. “It they really have a long life.” takes you out of your uniRosenthal said there were verse and gives you more a lot of empty storefronts. opportunities for thoughts “It looked shabby, and and experiences.” it was under-producing in The arts also foster traditerms of economic activtion and fill community elity,” she said. ders with nostalgia and the youth with hope. Local businesses and the “We have people who city agreed to institute a tax come in who remember — CINDY ROSENTHAL, NORMAN MAYOR & OU PROFESSOR increment finance (TIF) on being ushers and projecthe district, which — along tionists,” Royse said. “The w ith some capital imtheatre’s 81 years old, so you provement projects on city know these people are probstreets — successfully paid for an attractive street lighting ably at or around that age as well, maybe a little older.” system, and improvements to the streets. The TIF scooped Places like the Sooner Theatre are the outlets and venues extra revenue in expansion that coincided with the thunder- in a community that enrich life and even stimulate ecoous financial boom of a Sooner National Championship- nomic development. They’re open and conducive to the winning season in 2000. exchange of ideas. “You saw a lot more investment in the faces of the buildWalker said such spaces are typically rare to come by. ings [on Campus Corner],” Fowler said. “We’ve had them off and on, but there are more now than A more attractive, prosperous place helped to foster start- there have been,” he said. up local businesses connected with the arts, like Café Plaid Norman is a city rich with opportunity for this idea exand Victoria’s Pasta Shop which display work by local paint- change that’s so necessary for a functioning, dynamic deers and host meetings for non-profit organizations under mocracy. Wonderful things happen thanks to the fortunate the Council umbrella. surplus of creative venues and the people who feel so pas“Something totally on the opposite spectrum of arts al- sionately about sharing them. Here, people can make things lowed the arts to be what it is today,” Fowler said, pointing out happen.

The arts can be an important economic engine for revitalization and redevelopment and job growth within a community.”

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SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 22) - It’s always smart to be an attentive listener, because you never know when someone will say something that will resonate with you in a very valuable way. Keep an ear out!

TAURUS (April 20-May 20) - If you want to be truly effective, instead of depending solely on yourself, team up with another who is gifted with what you lack. Select the right partner and you’ll have a dynamite team.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 23-Dec. 21) - Personal information an associate shares with you will likely serve in strengthening your relationship with this individual. This person senses you won’t betray his/her confidence in you.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20) - You possess more than your share of gifts, but you’ll be remarkably equipped for handling challenging situations that have high reward potential. Don’t be reluctant to take on a new responsibility.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) - One of your more outstanding assets is your ability to improve upon things that are already in existence. You might apply your skills toward three different projects others have going for them.

CANCER (June 21-July 22) Some good news is trying to break through for you, so keep all your lines of communication open and respond to them all. You wouldn’t want to miss what could be most important.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 19) - Intensify your efforts both financially and where your career is concerned. You can focus your thinking in both of these realms simultaneously and be extremely successful with each.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22) - If you get a hunch about something possessing much greater potential than anybody thought, don’t ignore it. Check it out and follow through on what could be quite promising.

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er’s device 50 Roll-___ (some deodorants) 51 Where lovers can be seen k-i-s-s-i-n-g 53 You can see it on Big Ben’s face 55 Watch from the bleachers 59 Strength of spirit 63 Ejected magma 64 Not the sharpest knife in the drawer 66 European auto 67 Funny “dame” 68 She married Charles in 1981 69 English noble 70 Wormer in “Animal House,” for one 71 “Get out of here!” DOWN 1 Gullible dupes 2 Give off 3 Mineral that forms in sheets 4 Braided linen tape 5 Three-dimensional figures 6 Split at the seams 7 Female germ cell 8 Did surgery with a beam 9 Make certain 10 Exact

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Inking their names in the history books OU wins 1-0 in first round against Texas Longhorns

Postseason success comes back around 10 years later

Sophomore scores 7th goal as a Sooner; provides first-half momentum

Team earns spot in Big 12 Championship semifinals for first time in a decade

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OU soccer collected the program’s second postseason win after downing the No. 5 Texas Longhorns 1-0 on Wednesday in San Antonio. The Sooners are now 2-5 in postseason appearances, including a 2-0 shutout win against the Longhorns in 2000. The Sooners led off the first half with an early 1-0 lead courtesy of sophomore forward Caitlin Mooney’s goal in the 31st minute. The goal, assisted by senior for ward Whitney Palmer, was the seventh for Mooney this season. UT junior midfielder Kylie Doniak collected early momentum for the Longhorns with a header in the eighth minute that went wide. She later forced OU sophomore goalkeeper Kelsey Devonshire to make a save in the 17th minute. Doniak also took the first corner kick of the game in the 18th minute for the Longhorns. But it was Mooney’s shot, coming at the 30:59 minute mark, gave the Sooners something good to look forward to going into halftime. OU is 10-2-1 when scoring first this season but only

CAITLIN MOONEY

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Coach of the Year similarities

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» Transfered from Maryland in 2009 1-5-0 when opponents are the first to strike. The Sooners made adjustments and jumped out with three quick shots in the second half by freshman forward Annalisa Hall, sophomore forward Dria Hampton and Palmer in the 50th, 51st and 53rd minutes, respectively. The Longhorns continued a stout offensive stance, forcing Devonshire make crucial saves on a header NATE BILLINGS/THE OKLAHOMAN/AP from Texas freshman deOU’s Lauren Alkek (6) and Oklahoma State’s Krista Lopez (2) fender Nina Pedersen in collide during the Bedlam game Friday at John Crain Field. the 49th minute and a shot from Texas senior forward Kirsten Birkhold in the 57th minute. The Longhorns ended the game with a 14-11 shot A trio of Sooners were honored Monday for their efforts advantage and a 5-2 corcontributing to OU’s success this season. ner kick edge while forcing Coach Nicole Nelson collected Co-Coach of the Year honors, Devonshire to make seven senior forward Whitney Palmer was named to the All-Big 12 second saves on the day. team and sophomore forward Caitlin Mooney earned Big 12 The win brings the overNewcomer team accolades. all record between the Red In her third season at the helm of the Sooners, Nelson River rivals to 7-8-1. transformed a three-win 2008 team into a postseason contender This season, the Sooners with an overall regular season finish of 10-7-2 this year. Nelson also collected the team’s shares the award with Oklahoma State’s Colin Carmichael. first road victory against the Palmer’s award marks her fourth consecutive All-Big 12 honor, Longhorns, a 2-1 doubleand Mooney — a Maryland transfer — contributed to the Sooner overtime win on Oct. 24. offense with seven goals during her first season. The Sooners will play the winner of the No. 1 Texas —Tobi Neidy/The Daily A&M/No.8 Colorado game at 5:30 p.m. Friday.

Trio receives Big 12 conference honors

B y b e a t i n g Te x a s o n Wednesday, OU accomplished a feat that only one other S ooner team had done in the program’s history: advancing to the semifinal round in the Big 12 Championship. The 2000 Sooner team beat the Longhorns 2-0 to collect the program’s firstever postseason win. As the underdogs against the No. 3 seed, the then-No. 6 Sooners improved to 10-81 that season and went on to lose to No. 2 Texas A&M in the semifinals. The Aggies advanced after previously downing Colorado 3-1. Fast forward to this week and the Sooners find themselves in a similar situation. The Sooners beat Texas for the second time to advance to Friday’s semifinals. After beating Colorado in penalty kicks Wednesday, No. 1 seed Texas A&M will be waiting for the Sooners in the semis once again. The Sooners lost to the Aggies last month in double overtime. The last time the Sooners even made it to the postseason was 2006, when the team was sent home early after a 2-1 loss to in-state

RANDY EVANS In 2000, OU coach Randy Evans was named Big 12 Coach of the Year. Evans helped the Sooners improve from a 4-13-1 record in 1999 to a 10-9-1 record in 2000 and a trip to the postseason. Evans’ Sooners beat Texas in the opening round but fell to Texas A&M in the semifinals. NICOLE NELSON Current coach Nicole Nelson was named Co-Coach of the Year (sharing with Oklahoma State’s Colin Carmichael) on Monday. Nelson helped OU improve from a 3-14-1 record in 2009 to an 11-7-2 record in 2010 and a trip to the postseason. Nelson’s Sooners beat Texas in the opening round Wednesday and are set to face Texas A&M in the semifinals Friday. —Tobi Neidy/The Daily

rival Oklahoma State. OU has never advanced to the finals, but this Sooners’ team may have just what it takes to keep rewriting program history and solidify their legacy forever.

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Nelson returning to school he ‘spurned’

Though almost perfect at home, team struggles in front of opposing fans CLARK FOY The Oklahoma Daily

OU’s story has been a tale of two teams over the past few seasons. At home, the Sooners have been nearly unstoppable. In his career at OU, coach Bob Stoops has lost just two games at home. M o s t av e r a g e t e a m s knock that out in a season. Most good teams do so in a couple. Take Mack Brown and Te x a s, f o r e x a m p l e. I n just a few weeks this season, they’ve lost at home to UCLA, Iowa State and Baylor. E v e n l a s t y e a r, t h e Sooners managed to stay perfect at home since 2005. Away games are a much different story. “It’s one of those things that have haunted us since last year all the way up till our last road game against Missouri,” junior wide receiver Ryan Broyles said. OU saw its first loss of the season against the Missouri Tigers a few weeks ago in Columbia, Mo. While the Sooners have dominated at home, they’ve managed to struggle in every game away from home this season. Games against Cincinnati, Texas and Missouri featured an OU team that struggled late. While it managed to hang on in its first two road games, the Sooners fell to the Tigers after giving up 16 points and holding the ball for less than three minutes in the fourth quarter. “We have a very young team, and I think everybody feels comfortable at home,” junior linebacker Travis Lewis said. “But when we

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Freshman linebacker Corey Nelson (25) covers a kickoff during the OU-Colorado game Saturday night in the Oklahoma Memorial Stadium. The Sooners beat the Buffaloes 43-10.

go on the road, I don’t want despite a stagnant second to say that we play with the half. “We’re losing something same fire because we prepare great, we have great on the way, and we need to practices. And I feel like find that,” Lewis said. “Not we’re more fired up on the that we play horrible; even the Missouri road.” game was Despite Everybody has 20-21 in the poor late play, fourth quarOU led in all us circled on the and we three games schedule. They want ter, were up. So away from to make a name i t ’s m a i n l y home this for themselves for finishing that season. fourth quarWhile Cincy beating us, and we ter and havwas the first understand that.” ing that right team to score mindset and with an early — JUNIOR WIDE RECEIVER taking it on field goal, RYAN BROYLES the road.” the Sooners With anbounced back with a touchdown and never other year of experience, s o p h o m o re quarterback looked back. T h e y c a m e o u t f i r i n g Landry Jones said he feels a g a i n s t Te x a s, s c o r i n g like he learned a lot in the 14 points in the opening trials of the road struggle last minutes and led the game season.

“We can’t just go in there and be loose with the ball, and I can’t be kind of iffy on my reads,” Jones said. “I have to be locked in and know where I’m going with the ball and not turn the ball over.” The Sooners head to College Station, Texas, this weekend to play an Aggie team that historically has been deadly at home but has faltered twice at Kyle Field this season, losing to Arkansas and Missouri. But past losses or not, OU knows it needs to be on top of its game, Broyles said. “We have a chip on our shoulder, and we have to play our game,” Broyles said. “Everybody has us circled on the schedule. They want to make a name for themselves for beating us, and we understand that.”

Last spring, then-high school senior Corey Nelson seemed to be a lock to attend Texas A&M, having been committed to the Aggies for seven months before switching his commitment to OU late in the recruiting process. Of course, the late change infuriated Aggie fans, prompting a flurry of online criticism of Nelson for what was perceived as his betrayal. The criticism wasn’t limited to anonymous message board attacks, however. Nelson said he received personal messages on Facebook berating his decision. Even the Texas A&M student newspaper, The Battalion, published an editorial by the sports editor that was a letter to Nelson calling the linebacker “spoiled” and said he exemplified “all that is wrong with college football recruiting.” I’m not going to be a homer and say I wouldn’t be somewhat disappointed if the shoe was on the other foot and Nelson had spurned OU on signing day in favor of Texas A&M or some other school. But at the end of the day, Nelson had to do what any other recruit has to do: make the best decision for himself, because he is the one who has to live with the consequences of what he choose. The Battalion’s “friendly letter” to Nelson said he was the poster boy for what was wrong with recruiting; I disagree with that. What’s wrong is a system that expects 18-year-old high school kids to universally handle the scrutiny and pressure of being publicly recruited, of having their every move analyzed, of being made into pseudo-celebrities without being indecisive. I can’t imagine the pressure. The only commitment deadline I had was the enrollment deadline of the school. I was afforded the freedom to change my mind whenever I wanted, and I would say most of Nelson’s critics enjoyed the same freedom. To call Nelson, or any recruit who changes his mind, a back-stabber is to insinuate Nelson wanted to hurt Texas A&M for some malicious reason. More likely, he just got caught up in a high-pressure process that has savvy coaches coming to kids’ homes and putting a tried-and-true sales pitch on impressionable teenagers. If anything, I’m surprised last-minute changes in commitment don’t happen more often. When Nelson takes the field Saturday in College Station, Texas, he will surely hear it from the fans who thought for so long the linebacker would be suiting up for the Aggies this season. And that’s fine. But hopefully those same fans can appreciate the fact that none of these players are making decisions for our pleasure. It’s only a game for us, but to these players the decision of where to play it is life changing. — Aaron Colen, journalism senior