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Visitors flood weather center for festival Event showcased center, weather organizations with balloon launches, exhibits, visit from storm chasers DEBBIE DAVIS The Oklahoma Daily

O n Saturday, hundreds of people swarmed the National Weather Center for the Sixth Annual Weather Festival. “It was fun; it was definitely an experience,”

said Kelsey Bowman, University College freshman and festival attendee. The festival was organized by OU, the School of Meteorology and the Norman Weather Chamber Committee, said Amy Buchanan, National Weather Center spokeswoman. “It kind of started out as a way to have an open house to showcase the building and the organizations,” Buchanan said. OU students volunteered to help run

the festival and some even appeared as “weather superheroes” that walked around the festival. “We got to pick what we kind of wanted, and then they assigned it,” said Megan Angstatdt, University College freshman. “I’m stoked to see how many people are excited about weather.” The event included activities and exhibits on each of the five floors of the National Weather Center.

A parking lot display featured storm chaser cars and stars from Discovery Channel’s “Storm Chasers.” In the atrium on the first floor many tables and displays were set up from a wide variety of different vendors. Exhibits ranged from merchandise to a table where the Oklahoma City Channel 5

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Vietnam veterans celebrated at event Ceremony relies on community to thank veterans as part of Year of the Vietnam Veteran SPENCER POPP The Oklahoma Daily

undreds of Oklahoma Vietnam veterans received an official thank you for their service in a ceremonial commemoration Saturday at Reaves Park, which included keynote speakers, musical performances, a 21-gun salute and an F-16 flyover. The event, Operation Oklahoma, sought to pay tribute to Vietnam veterans. It was rescheduled from the Fourth of July because of rain. Retired Maj. Gen. Toney Stricklin, Vietnam veteran and event keynote speaker, spoke how Vietnam veterans didn’t receive much of a welcome in the 1960s and 1970s on Veterans Day, and how grateful he is that has changed. “That’s different now, and we’re proud to stand among our World War II, Korean and other veterans who have served this great nation over the years,” Stricklin said. Lt. Gov. Jari Askins said she is proud Oklahoma consistently opens its arms and says thank you to the men and women who serve in all military branches. “This is important for me to be here because this is the war of my generation,” Askins said. “The opportunity to celebrate at any time the Vietnam veterans who are here, who have a chance for us to say thank you, it’s never too late to say thank you.” The City of Norman was one of three key sites for the various celebrations that were part of Operation Oklahoma and Gov. Brad Henry’s Year of the Vietnam Veteran proclamation, Mayor

Having the freedom to stand here like this, that’s thanks to all these guys right here.” — MIKE WALLACE, NORMAN RESIDENT

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Attendees at Saturday’s Operation Oklahoma listen to keynote speaker retired Maj. Gen. Toney Stricklin at Reaves Park. The formal recognition included an F-16 flyover and speeches from Gov. Brad Henry. The celebration included a display of military equipment, performances from a community choir and the “Governor’s Own” 145th Army Band. “Freedom Boxes” were collected for Stuff the Truck, a community initiative to provide deployed soldiers with care packages. Cindy Rosenthal said. “We felt very privileged to have the honor of hosting the event,” Rosenthal said. The city combined its usual Fourth of July celebration with the fundraising efforts that Operation Oklahoma did nationally in order to include some of the additional festivities, such as fireworks,

Newly elected GSS chairman plans to make meetings shorter The Graduate Student Senate elected Derrell Cox as its new chairman Sunday evening. Cox, graduate research assistant for the Center for Applied Social Research, plans to streamline meeting times and the number of meetings. He ran against former chairwoman Susan Adams-Johnson and Next Senate Nicholas Harrison, law student meeting and Daily columnist. “My goal is not to leave The Graduate business unfinished,” Cox said. Student Senate will “It’s ultimately to streamline meet 7 p.m. Sunday the operation.” in Sarkey’s Energy The preliminary official vote Center, Room A235. did not yield a majority, so a placard vote occurred between Cox and Adams-Johnson, who had the highest number of preliminary votes. Cox received 29 placard votes to Adams-Johnson’s 24, with 3 members abstaining. Cox will replace former chairman Silas DeBoer, who resigned Oct. 12, citing financial reasons. — Danny Hatch/The Daily

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Rosenthal said. Many in the city came together to ensure the event’s success. “A lot of local effort went into it with the local community choir and the extensive local volunteer effort,” Rosenthal said. “We also had just incredible efforts by our Parks and Recreations staff and crews to help get the park in good

shape and to do all of the things that they did.” Mike Wallace, resident of Norman for 17 years, said he attended the commemoration to support all veterans and to reflect on his family members who served in World War II, Korea, Vietnam and Grenada. “That’s why I am here, to

support them,” Wallace said. “Having the freedom to stand here like this, that’s thanks to all these guys right here.” Vietnam veteran Leo Perez performed a song he and his wife wrote to help the healing process SEE VETERANS PAGE 2

Competing schools join together to receive biofuel research grant $2.9 million award will help team develop ways to produce biofuels, increase oil reserve yield MEGAN DEATON The Oklahoma Daily

Rivals are teaming up in the name of scientific research. OU, Oklahoma State University and the University of Tulsa professors worked together to win a grant that will establish a new Center for Interfacial Reaction Engineering. Daniel Resasco, School of Chemical, Biological and Materials Engineering professor, directs a team that includes OU professors Jeffrey Harwell and Friederike Jentoft, Tulsa professor Sanwu Wang and OSU professor Khaled Gasem. “To receive the grant, we had first

a state competition that started last control the results of chemical reacyear in which we were selected to tions that occur at the interface, concompete at the national verting harmful chemical level,” Resasco said. “At compounds into useful that stage, we were seones.” ... we were lected among 18 states The process will have selected among numerous benefits, into receive this support 18 states to for three years.” cluding increasing oil The $2.9 million grant production. receive this from the Department “We are working on a support for three variety of Energy will aid in the of areas that inyears.” team’s development of a clude production of biofuprocess that uses nanoels from switch grass and — DANIEL RESASCO, other biomasses, productechnology to control chemical reactions betion of chemicals from celOU PROFESSOR tween oil and water. lulose and natural sugars, “Resasco’s team manufactures enhanced oil recovery, conversion of unique nanoparticles that seek out gas to liquids and upgrading of heavy and stick to the interface between oils,” Resasco said. oil and water,” Harwell said. “Small clusters of metal atoms attached to the nanoparticles are then used to SEE GRANT PAGE 2

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FESTIVAL: Storm chaser cars showcased Continued from page 1

Today around campus » A Confucius Institute Lecture will take place noon to 1:30 p.m. in the Oklahoma Memorial Union’s Frontier Room. » Ambassador Jianmin Wu will host a presentation, “China-U.S. Relationship in a Changing World” from 1:30 to 3 p.m. in the Union’s Beaird Lounge. » Student Success Series will host TestTaking Strategies from 2 to 3 p.m in the Adams Tower Housing Learning Center. » A Japanese film, “The Face of Another,” will play 7 to 9 p.m. in Meacham Auditorium.

Tuesday, Nov. 9 » Christians on Campus will host a Bible study from noon to 12:45 p.m. in the Union’s Traditions Room. » Transfer Leadership Class will be held from noon to 1 p.m. in the Union’s Presidents Room. » Student Success Series is hosting a seminar on Overcoming Procrastination from 3 to 4 p.m. Wagner Hall, Room 245.

weather reporters signed autographs to a booth displaying new iPod and iPad applications for new weather radars. The Flying Cow Café was also open for festival attendees. On the second floor of the National Weather Center, visitors toured the Storm Prediction Center and the Norman Forecast Office. At each stop, a guide informed visitors about each office and answered any questions. Also on the second floor, attendees could go outside and see radar trucks and an hourly weather balloon launching. The balloons were launched by Fox 25, KOCO-TV, KFOR-TV and Weather Friends. The third and fifth floors were dedicated to children’s activities that pertained to weather. On the fourth floor, the MERRILL JONES/THE DAILY Oklahoma Comprehensive Water Plan was on display along Doug Kennedy, National Severe Storms Laboratory physicist, with a National Weather Service flood table. Rain gauges explains how the weather balloon works before launching it and hail pads also were for sale. Saturday at the center’s Severe Weather Training Event.

GRANT: Method could benefit pharmaceuticals Continued from page 1 While the group has a range of long term goals, Har well said they have some short term goals, too. “Immediate benefits will occur in increased production of oil from existing oil reservoirs, such as those in Oklahoma, which contain

Wednesday, Nov. 10 » Pro-Life Ambassadors will host a Justice For All discussion from 8 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. in the Union’s Frontier Room. » There will be an Interfaith Coffee and Conversation from 7:30 to 9:30 p.m. in the Union’s Beaird Lobby and Lounge. » Christians on Campus will host a Bible Study from 12:30 to 1:15 p.m. in the Union’s Traditions Room. » Student Success Series will host a seminar, Research Writing II, from 4 to 5 p.m. in Wagner Hall, Room 280.

» This day in OU history

Nov. 8, 1986 OU professor chosen as state finance director Governor-elect Henry Bellmon named OU economics professor Alexander Holmes state finance director. In his recommendation, Bellmon said Oklahoma would continue to see severe budget problems due to the use of $123 million in “one-time” funds for the 1986 fiscal year. Holmes currently serves as chair of the OU department of economics. Drug that may help AIDS victims to be tested at HSC The drug azidothymidine was in the process of being approved by Food and Drug Administration for the treatment of AIDS (Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome). After approval, the drug would go to OU’s Health Sciences Center to be tested on AIDS victims. Douglas Fine, the center’s chief of infected diseases, said the drug could only be used on patients who had recovered from a rare pneumonia associated with AIDS.

Continued from page 1 of soldiers, “Welcome Home Soldier.” The music set the tone, but there also was military equipment from the war to set the mood: a humvee, a field logistical ambulance and other weaponry. Not all attendees supported the war, but were still

UOSA candidates to meet with students today on South Oval Students can talk with the 35 candidates for UOSA Student Congress representative seats from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. today on the South Oval. The meet-and-greet event is called “Best Day Ever,” and allows students to meet the candidates, said Katherine Borgerding, Congress public relations chairwoman. Tuesday and Wednesday’s elections will fill 24 open seats in 10 Congress districts. Only four of the 10 races are contested. Students can vote at elections.ou.edu starting at 10 a.m. Tuesday or visit booths in front of Dale Hall, the Oklahoma Memorial Union, the residence halls or the bus stop outside Price Hall on the South Oval. — Sydney McFerron/The Daily

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“The process could allow us to extract products that may be expensive, unstable, and difficult to separate in conventional reaction processes,” Resasco said. Both graduate and undergraduate students at OU are already helping with Resasco’s research. The grant money will be used to purchase

equipment for them to further explore the process. “Personally, I think [Resasco] is a real professor, one that not only cares about the results of the student’s research, but also as a person,” Jimmy Faria, a graduate research assistant, said. “This is a rare combination, and for me, it’s an honor to be his student.”

VETERANS: Donations to troops encouraged

» Sooner Ballroom Dance Club will meet 6:30 to 10:30 p.m. in the Union’s Scholars Room. » Sooner Servants will meet 7 to 8 p.m. in the Union’s Crimson Room.

billions of barrels of currently unrecoverable oil, and in biofuels processing, where expensive processing costs make these fuels less competitive,” Harwell said. The process also has benefits for the medical world, such as reducing the manufacturing costs for pharmaceuticals, Resasco said.

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there to show their support for those who fought. J.J. Kearns, a Navy veteran who went to Vietnam as a high school senior, said he and his wife attended because they are patriotic. “I don’t particularly support the war, but I support the troops,” Barbara Kearns said. “Since they didn’t get to do everything July Fourth, we thought it was nice they

went ahead and rescheduled close to Veterans Day.” While the event’s focus was on a war fought more than 30 years ago, some were there asking for help for those serving the U.S. Blue Star Mothers, an organization of mothers of deployed soldiers, collected donations of personal items to be put in care packages for troops.

To donate Donations are being accepted at: » OU’s Armory » Republic Bank lobbies » The Spirit Shop » Castleberry and Associates » Copelin’s Office Supply » Norman fire stations

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For the first time, federal scientists say they have found damage to deep sea coral and other marine life in the Gulf of Mexico from the Deepwater Horizon rig, but tests are needed to verify that the coral died from oil released in the disaster. The coral shown is colonized by a type of anemone, shown on the right side of the image, that grows on the dead branches of many species of deep water corals, and is a common natural occurrence.

Coral death due to oil leak? Discovery could prove damage to Gulf resulted from BP Deep Horizon rupture, tests needed to confirm findings

the ocean depths. Coral is essential to the Gulf because it provides a habitat for fish and other organisms such as snails and crabs, making NEW ORLEANS — For the first time, federal scientists have any large-scale death of coral a problem for many species. It found damage to deep sea coral and other marine life on the might need years, or even decades, to grow back. ocean floor several miles from the blown-out BP well — a Using a robot called Jason II, researchers found the dead strong indication that damage from the spill could be signifi- coral in an area measuring up to 130 feet by 50 feet, about cantly greater than officials had previously acknowledged. 4,600 feet under the surface. Tests are needed to verify that the coral “These kinds of coral are normally died from oil that spewed into the Gulf of beautiful, brightly colored,” Fisher said. These kinds of coral are normally “What [we] saw was a field of brown Mexico after the Deepwater Horizon rig beautiful ... What [we] saw was corals with exposed skeleton — white explosion, but the chief scientist who led the government-funded expedition said brittle stars tightly wound around the a field of brown corals with Friday he was convinced it was related. not waving their arms like they exposed skeleton — white brittle skeleton, “What we have at this point is the usually do.” stars tightly wound around the smoking gun,” said Charles Fisher, Penn Fisher described the soft and hard State University biologist who led the exskeleton, not waving their arms.” coral they found seven miles southwest pedition aboard a National Oceanic and of the well as an underwater graveyard. Atmospheric Administration research He said oil probably passed over the — CHARLES FISHER, vessel. “There is an abundance of circoral and killed it. The coral has “been PENN STATE UNIVERSITY BIOLOGIST cumstantial data that suggests that what dying for months,” he said. “What we are happened is related to the recent oil spill.” looking at is a combination of dead, gooey tissues and sediFor the government, the findings were a departure from ment. Gunk is a good word for what it is.” earlier statements. Until now, federal teams have painted relWhen coral is threatened, its first reaction is to release large atively rosy pictures about the spill’s effect on the sea and its amounts of mucus, “and anything drifting by in the water colecosystem, saying there wasn’t damage on the ocean floor. umn would get bound up in this mucus,” Cordes said. “And In early August, a federal report said that nearly 70 percent that is what this (brown) substance would be: A variety of of the 170 million gallons of oil that gushed from the well into things bound up in the mucus.” the sea had dissolved naturally, or was burned, skimmed, About 90 percent of the large coral was damaged, Fisher dispersed or captured, with almost nothing left to see. said. Most of the Gulf’s bottom is muddy, but coral colonies that pop up every once in a while are vital oases for marine life in — AP

U.S. BRIEFS

$600 billion program to make loans cheaper will help boost economy; won’t cause runaway inflation, says Fed JEKYLL ISLAND, Ga. — Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke defended the Fed’s new $600 billion program to aid the economy on Saturday, rejecting concerns that it will spur runaway inflation. Critics, including some Fed officials, fear that all the money injected into the economy could ignite inflation in the prices of bonds or commodities. Speaking to a conference on the Georgia coast, Bernanke said the new program, announced Wednesday, won’t push inflation to “super ordinary” levels. The Fed will buy $600 billion worth of government bonds in a bid to make loans

cheaper and get Americans to spend more. Doing so would help the economy and prompt companies to boost hiring, Bernanke said. The economy hasn’t been growing fast enough to reduce unemployment, which has been stuck at a high of 9.6 percent for three straight months. The Fed worries that high unemployment, lackluster wage gains and still-weak home values will weigh on consumer spending, a major drive of overall economic activity. Because companies hesitate to raise retail prices in this climate, inflation has been running at very low levels. That gives the Fed leeway to launch the new aid program, Bernanke said.

Repealing ‘don’t ask, don’t tell’ too soon could impact combat effectiveness, Marine Corps leader says SAN DIEGO — With American troops in the thick of the fighting in Afghanistan, the new commandant of the Marines Corps says now is not the time to overturn the “don’t ask, don’t tell” policy prohibiting gays from openly serving in the military. “This is not a social thing. This is combat effectiveness,” Gen. James Amos said Saturday. Last month, the Pentagon was forced to lift its ban on openly serving gays for eight days after a federal judge in California ordered the military to do so. The Justice Department has appealed, and a federal appeals court granted a temporary stay of the injunction. Amos said the policy’s repeal may have unique consequences for the Marines.

“There’s risk involved,” he said. “I’m trying to determine how to measure that risk.” The Corps is exempt from a Defense Department rule that mandates troops have private living quarters except at basic training or officer candidate schools. The Marines puts two people in each room to promote a sense of unity. “There is nothing more intimate than young men and young women — and when you talk of infantry, we’re talking our young men — laying out, sleeping alongside of one another and sharing death, fear and loss of brothers,” he said. “I don’t know what the effect of that will be on cohesion. I mean, that’s what we’re looking at. It’s unit cohesion. It’s combat effectiveness.”

Deadline approaches for 9/11 debris case settlement NEW YORK — Thousands of laborers, police officers and firefighters suing New York City over their exposure to toxic World Trade Center debris have until today to decide whether to join a legal settlement that could ultimately pay them as much as $815 million. More than 10,000 people have sued the city and a long list of companies that handled the massive cleanup of lower Manhattan after the 9/11 attacks. Their lawsuits blame the government and its contractors for failing to provide proper equipment to protect their lungs. The vast bulk of the litigation could be over today. Paul Napoli, a leader of the legal team — AP

representing most of the plaintiffs, said 90 percent of those eligible had said “yes” to the deal. An effort was made to get the rest to join on, he said. He said he and other lawyers in the firm were being besieged with questions from clients still trying to chose between taking the money, or rejecting it and taking their case to trial. “A lot of people appear to be making a last minute decision,” he said. “It’s like tax day ... there is going to be a lot of last-minute wrangling.” Under the terms of the deal, at least 95 percent of the plaintiffs must opt to participate for the settlement to become effective.

NEW YORK — The New York City Marathon brings out the stars of the running world. This year, one of them is someone who has never competed in any big-time races. Chilean miner Edison Pena is among the 45,000 people who ran in the event Sunday. The 34 year old is one of 33 miners rescued last month after spending 69 days trapped 2,300 feet underground by a cave-in. BEBETO MATTHEWS/AP An avid runner, he Rescued Chilean miner Edison jogged several miles Pena visits the Empire State every day through Building observation deck on tunnels, wearing steeltoed boots he cut down Friday in New York City. to the ankle. NYC Marathon officials heard about Pena’s subterranean training and planned to invite him as an honored guest. But he decided to run the race. Pena finished the 26.2-mile race in 5 hours and 40 minutes.

Hawaii may soon allow gay civil unions HONOLULU — Hawaii voters opened the way for same-sex civil unions to become legal next year, with an election that gave victory to a pro-gay rights gubernatorial candidate and rejected many church-backed candidates. The state House and Senate retained the Democratic majorities that approved a civil unions bill this year before it was vetoed, and Democratic Gov.-elect Neil Abercrombie has said he will sign a similar law if passed by the Legislature. The move would make Hawaii, long a battleground in the gay rights movement, the sixth state to grant essentially the same rights of marriage to same-sex couples without authorizing marriage itself. “I’m hopeful, but I would never want to call any shots until the final vote is taken,” said Majority Leader Blake Oshiro. Hawaii has figured prominently in the national gay rights movement’s efforts since the early 1990s when the state Supreme Court nearly legalized gay marriage. The 1993 ruling would have made Hawaii the first state to allow same-sex couples to wed, but it didn’t take effect until voters were given a chance to decide. They responded five years later by overwhelmingly approving the nation’s first “defense of marriage” constitutional amendment. The measure gave the Legislature the power to reserve marriage to opposite-sex couples, and it resulted in a law banning gay marriage in Hawaii but left the door open for civil unions. Five other states and the District of Columbia now permit same-sex marriage. — AP

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War with Iran would be catastrophic for U.S. Oklahoma’s Vietnam veterans were honored for their service Saturday at Reaves Park. The Vietnam War is typically remembered as a U.S. defeat and an example of how not to wage war. Government officials tried covering up the whole story, and it wasn’t until the Pentagon Papers were leaked that Americans truly began to realize the horror of the failing war. It sounds eerily similar to the current wars in Afghanistan and Iraq, and state secrets being exposed by Wikileaks. One would think after each botched war, U.S. officials wouldn’t be so quick to put our soldiers in harm’s way unless totally necessary. But it appears we’re on the verge of walking into another war that could cripple our nation. The newly elected Republican leaders support “bold” action against Iran, “not to just neutralize their nuclear program, but to sink their navy, destroy their air force and deliver a decisive blow to the Revolutionary Guard; in other words neuter that regime,” Sen. Lindsey Graham said Saturday at an International Security forum in Canada. As shocking as Graham’s hawkish comments may seem, none of it should come as a surprise. Many Republicans, and probably some Democrats, have supported the idea of striking Iran for months, if not years. In July, nearly one-third of House Republicans introduced a resolution supporting Israel’s right to use “all means necessary to confront and eliminate nuclear threats posed by Iran,” including military force. Destroying Iran’s military would give the people of Iran a chance to take back their government, said Graham, R-S.C. OU students heard similar rhetoric Thursday when Sen. Joe Lieberman, I-Conn., spoke about national security issues, including Iran. “There is an inextricable link between America’s

defenses and the defense of Americas values,” Lieberman have no plan to pay for another major war. said. “Between the spread of its values abroad and its freedom Cole notes that Iran is three times the size of Iraq, and dehere at home.” spite its pro-democracy elements, 90 percent of the populaThe idea that the U.S. can spread democracy to oppressed tion adheres to the Shiite branch of Islam, the official religion peoples is the deceitful rhetoric leaders like Lieberman and of Iran, and would push back fiercely against a U.S. invasion, Graham use to garner public support for war. resulting in incredible loss of life and even the destruction of If the U.S. were truly intent on “spreading its values,” Iran’s pro-democracy elements. why haven’t our leaders sent troops into If Iran develops a nuclear weapon, what then? Myanmar or the Democratic Republic of North Korea developed nuclear weapons, and Congo, where systematic genocide has been the U.S. didn’t strike or invade then. The idea that the occurring for years? The answer is because And even though Iran hasn’t fully comU.S. can spread democratic reform isn’t the No.1 goal. plied with the International Atomic Energy democracy to Nation building hasn’t worked for the Agency’s standards, the agency admits there is U.S. in Iraq. The U.S. was fed ideas that Iraq no evidence that Iran is seeking to build nuclear oppressed peoples would embrace American values with open weapons. is the deceitful arms once Saddam was taken out, but that Iran has aimed only at developing nuclear rhetoric leaders didn’t happen. Sectarian violence broke latency, meaning it would have the ability to like Lieberman and out, because many groups have opposing develop nuclear weapons. Iran is doing this to ideas of how their government should work. Graham use to garner serve as a deterrent against powers it sees as The result is an increasingly violent, bloody, threatening. public support for unpopular and expensive war . With many Republicans, and likely a few war.” The U.S. is doomed to the same fate if it Democrats, supporting the idea of military chooses to invade Iran. Juan Cole, Middle strikes and invasion of Iran, the new Republican East historian and commenter, notes oil prices would sky- gains in the House will likely push us closer to the possibility rocket if the U.S. engaged in any kind of war with Iran in his of war. If we want to prevent this, it will be up to citizens to let Nov. 1 post on his blog, “Informed Comment.” Additionally, their representatives know where they stand on this issue. using the cost of the Iraq war as an estimate, the U.S. would be Americans voted Republicans into power because they put at $14 trillion in debt, according to Cole’s July 24 post. wanted more jobs and economic security, not more, expenThis is important to realize in light of comments made by sive war. Rep. Eric Cantor, R-Va., on Fox News Sunday, in which he indicated Republicans would not end the Bush tax cuts. For Comment on this column at OUDaily.com the party that wants so badly to reduce the deficit, they would

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Joe Lieberman Day questionable Prior to Sen. Joseph Lieberman’s visit to campus last week, the student government did something unusual even by its own standards. We have come to expect the student government to generally carry out the same actions every year: breaking their own bylaws and constitution, breaking state laws and inevitably botching their own elections. But this year they actually passed a bill which declared that it was Joseph Lieberman Day on campus. Although this is probably the most progress the student government will make this year on any particular issue, the decision to declare the day Joseph Lieberman Day is a questionable one. Lieberman, I-Conn., is a very divisive political figure whose late career has been marked by failure at almost every step. His vice presidential bid in 2000 tanked; his own party, tired of his neoconservative tendencies, dumped him in 2006; and his presence in John McCain’s 2008 presidential campaign fell apart along with McCain’s presidential bid. About the only thing he does these days is carry on about how we need more war in the Middle East and how we need to step up our support of Israel’s efforts to rack up as many human rights violations they can before the world gets tired of them. With that said, it is not so much the content of his political views (which I think are pretty dodgy), but that he is a divisive political figure who makes this declaration a strange one. It is one thing to declare a day for some retired 80 year old traveling around telling his or her story. It is another thing for a government that is supposed to be representative of the student body in general to honor someone whose imperialist tendencies put him squarely against many students on campus. If we are going to just start declaring days for people who come to campus, then I think we should go through the past few years and make good on that for past speakers. Why wasn’t there a day for Doctor Drew, the titan of reality TV that our student government — in its never-ending quest for intellectual enrichment — brought to campus last year? Perhaps more plausibly, where was Bill Clinton Day when the former

president came in 2008 to stump for his wife Hillary’s STAFF COLUMN MN failed presidential bid? His message was no less divisive Matt Bruenig nig and partisan than that of the war-hungry Lieberman. On its most basic level, declaring days for active politicians who have questionable political views is something to be avoided. We should do everything we can to bring them to campus in order to discuss their ideas and have a meaningful conversation. But as part of that process, we should not sit back and glowingly praise them. They should be brought here, in the spirit of an academic environment, to engage in a critical discussion of their ideas and political opinions. Naming the day after them is entirely the opposite of that, and is an embarrassment for a campus that should make some effort at serious intellectual engagement. That is not to say that this is entirely unpredictable. After all, for the resume-builders that inhabit most of student government, the best way to further their own future career interests might be to cozy up to the powerful by honoring them and shaking their hands. But this decision was exclusionary to those students not interested in honoring divisive war-hawks, and those students interested in treating campus visitors as an opportunity to clash ideas, not swoon over. I hope that student government takes this into consideration next time such a resolution comes up, and as a side note, I would hope that it is too busy for such a waste of time to float into its agenda in the first place. — Matthew Bruenig, philosophy senior

As seen on OUDaily.com » Editor’s note: These comments are in response to The Daily’s Friday editorial, “Oklahoma becoming a laughingstock” The first amendment already establishes the separation of church and state. SQ 755 is redundant and specifically targets members of the Islamic faith. This is why Muslims are challenging the law. In a sense, the law is saying “Religious doctrine shall have no place in the courts...especially those Islams, $%#% those guys!” — okie11 Whoever wrote this is a mindless heap who has no idea what Islamic sharia law is doing in our own country. If it continues to gain ground here it will subvert our Bill of Rights; which is not the legal precedence for our rights, because our rights are given to us by nature not law or writ, by allowing things such as mutilation of a person as penalty of law. — SgtB How many of the <0.1% of Muslims making up this state would choose to be tried under Sharia law rather than American law? — sniferriple I’m really sorry to see college-educated people be scared of the perceived big bad Muslim boogeyman, and it’s about time you get educated about your own country and why there’s no reason to believe Sharia Law is even close to an issue. — eightbitgirl Misleading editorial. Oklahoma did the right thing and showed foresight and courage as well. In the UK, Sharia courts exist. There is a parallel legal system within an existing legal system. Oklahoma understands the problems and threats this poses. — Arafat

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Don’t counter hate with hate — spread love instead A few weeks ago, I was walking towards the Union STAFF COLUMN MN when I spotted a man ahead of me standing on a bench Mary and waving a Bible. I’ll admit, Stanfield I rolled my eyes a little and prepared to power-walk past whatever hellfire, brimstone and intolerance he might be preaching. But just when I got close enough to hear the man’s voice, another student stopped and did something I’m surprised I haven’t seen before: he started yelling back. It started with a simple command to get off our campus, which I’m sure most of us have wanted to yell at least once when passing by these (usually) hateful displays. But this student didn’t stop there. He proceeded to go on a profanity-littered, hate-filled tirade. How dare this preacher bring his hatred and his gospel to this campus. No one wants him here. No one wants to listen to his anger and judgment. No one needs to be saved. My first impulse was to be thankful that someone had finally expressed our joint frustration. But as the raging continued, louder and more intense than the preacher had ever been, I started thinking about hypocrisy. Ma i n l y , t h e h y p o c r i s y o f c o u n t e r i n g a h a t e -

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fueled interpretation of the Bible with more anger and verbal violence. I would assume that those of us holding ourselves against these preachers do so because of the content of their message. And if we view ourselves as enemies of hatred and anger and intolerance, then what is it that we do support? Shouldn’t it be love and hope and acceptance? How is cursing this man, his gospel and his God — and cursing them in the most vile and vulgar language he could — doing anything to counteract his message of hate? And, really, how does that make us any better than them? And it’s not just this one student, or the others who I’m sure have done the same. Anyone who has expressed the same feelings to friends or in anonymous-feeling pixels is just as guilty of this hypocrisy. I know I’m one of them, and I want to change that. It’s natural to feel frustrated, even outraged, and I’m not saying we shouldn’t express that. But when we let that frustration grow into pointed anger, when we attack these individuals or, worse, their entire belief system, we’re doing nothing but adding to the climate of intolerance and hostility on this campus. We can’t let ourselves become part of the problem. As much as I understand the impulse and frustration that

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lead this particular student to such an exchange, I can’t help but note that I felt worse walking away from his screaming than I ever have being called a “whore” while passing a streetpreacher on the South Oval. He was louder, angrier and more vulgar than any of the visitors to our campus. And his spiteful words rang in my ears for hours after. If we’re truly interested in casting out hatred and intolerance from our campus, we have to grow up enough to react to these men with our own messages of love. If you have to say something to them, why not a simple “God loves you.” Or how about “I understand that you’re here trying to help us, and I thank you for that much, at least.” But even better, why interact with them at all? The best way to combat their vitriol is to create an atmosphere of tolerance, love and support on this campus. Instead of judging these (admittedly misguided) men, we should be looking inward to see how we can live these values ourselves every day. That’s the kind of campus I want to live in, regardless of the occasional shouting visitor. — Mary Stanfield, philosophy junior

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Parked in front of the Civic Center Music Hall in Oklahoma City is a large silver Airstream trailer that looks a lot like a baked potato on wheels. Inside the trailer is a mobile recording studio that has just one mission according to Eloise Melzer, state supervisor for StoryCorps. “We want to record the stories of everyday Americans,” Melzer said. StoryCorps is a nonprofit organization that started in 2003. The stories the organization collects are occasionally presented on National Public Radio and are archived in the Library of Congress. The process of recording the story is simple — two loved ones sit in the booth and have a conversation for 40 minutes. There are no guidelines or rules; just a human connection that happens to be documented. “We have our box of tissues

prominently placed,” Melzer said. “People cry and laugh and some points, and I have never seen my grandfather cry.” sometimes even argue a little.” For Melzer, this is what the job is all about. She describes At this stop in Oklahoma City, which began in late October, StoryCorps as more than just an oral history project — it’s there are 140 slots available — half reserved for the general also an opportunity for people to honor someone they love public and half for community by listening to them, and it is a outreach members. social service that affirms every “The goal is to have the stoThe conversations that happen in the booth voice matters and that communiries that we gather here as close ties should be celebrated. don’t happen in everyday life.” to the census data as possible,” At the end of every recordMelzer said. ing session, the conversation is — ELOISE MELZER, STORYCORPS STATE SUPERVISOR burned onto a CD and given to the Graham Brewer, a professional writing graduate student, participants. took his grandfather to record his story at StoryCorps Nov. 1. “I think I am going to make copies of it [and] give it to “Lately I have been thinking about how little I know about my cousins for Christmas; it was something really special,” my family’s history, and I thought this was a really cool op- Brewer said. portunity to have his life documented and [to] share it with StoryCorps has two mobile booths — one east of the future Brewers,” he said. Mississippi and one west of the Mississippi, as well as Their conversation was pretty basic. They talked about his three permanent booths in New York City, Atlanta and San life growing up on a farm and having a rancher for a father, Francisco. Melzer started in the San Francisco booth a year didn’tt stop there. but the dialogue didn and a half ago and joined tthe mobile tour in July. “We kept talking the whole ride home,” Brewer said. “It was “I find this work humbling humbl and an honor,” Melzer said. “I the human voice and that listening really sentimental; believe in the power of th he teared up at really is an act of love.” participated in several recording sesMelzer herself has pa her family and friends. When a pair sions with h sisters comes in, it makes her want of sis call her sister; when a mother and to ca daughter sit and talk, she feels the da need to talk to her mom. n “The conservations that happen in the booth don’t happen in everyday life,” Melzer said. “I am consistently reminded that I need to be asking the people in my life these important questions.”

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‘Shrek’ star finds animated side as Donkey The Daily spoke with Alan Mingo Jr., who portrays Donkey in “Shrek the Musical.” He previously portrayed Sebastian in “The Little Mermaid” and Tom Collins in “Rent” on Broadway. “Shrek the Musical” opens Tuesday night and runs through Sunday at Oklahoma City’s Civic Center Music Hall. —Leesa Allmond/The Daily

The Daily: How did you get started in the business of acting and singing? Was it in college or before? Alan Mingo Jr.: It was about 9th grade in high school when I realized I could do this. My junior year of high school, one of my coaches was getting me prepped for college with acting and singing. I didn’t know that Broadway was in my future. It all sort of just happened, by the grace of God. The Daily: What is your favorite part of being an actor and singer? Mingo: The whole performance as it is, beyond just loving to do it and a great artistic expression. The types of shows I was doing, I was educating and performing. While doing “Rent,” I was still young and my uncle died. It’s touching peoples’ lives. It’s fine to entertain on one side and educate on the other side. The Daily: What strange incidents have you experienced while acting? Mingo: Because it’s live, there’s always something that goes wrong. One time, I missed a cue and had to be on stage in two seconds. I was running through the stage, and everyone was in coats, and I just had a T-shirt [on]. One thing I love about live theater besides TV and movies, there is always something different because you’re dealing with [it] live.

— it can begin to lift your mood, change your mood. For acting, it’s not as simple as it is with music. You’re evoking an emotional response. They can see it through your text, but they all pull something away and it sparks something in their spirit. The Daily: Were you a fan of the “Shrek” movies before you were involved in the musical? Mingo: Well I never saw the musical, which I thought would have handicapped me. I love animation but never saw the Broadway show. I went into the audition while giving my take on Donkey. I had no idea what I was getting into. At first, I thought it was a handicap, but it was probably the best thing for me. The Daily: Do you have a special routine or anything when getting ready to play Donkey? Mingo: When I deal with animated characters, I have to put them in reality. It still has to be real to the situation. I almost approach it like I would portray a real person except it’s a little heightened. Specifically with Donkey, it’s more physical than I thought. You’re actually being him, compared to Eddie Murphy. I get one chance. I just add physicality to it, on top of the vocal aspect of it — adding the physical touch without going overboard.

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Stare Stare Stereo, an exhibition organized by student curators, opened Friday at the Fred Jones Jr. Museum of Art. Student curators Lauren Barnes, Sherwin Tibayan and Ken Sims created unique pieces for the show by placing two separate images together that can complement or contrast with each other differently depending on the perception of the viewer. “We were looking for connections between images, but we didn’t want to tell visitors what to see,” Sims said. Organizing the exhibit took about a year to complete. The curators, picked by professors in the School of Art, began the process by filing through the museum’s

large archival boxes. “The hardest part was choosing the images, [but] this was also the most fun,” Sims said. “The process was at times challenging, but was always exciting.” The photos needed to capture an element of architecture to compliment the Bruce Goff exhibit also currently on display at the museum. There are 10 pairings currently on display, and the images will change in the spring semester. The exhibit also features image boxes that allow viewers to move the focus on the image, resembling the camera adjustments used when taking a photograph. The pieces aim to start a discussion among viewers about their personal interpretations. “The goal is to present a

way of looking at images,” Tibayan said. “It forces you to look at both images together and each viewer has his or her own response to the images.” The title of the exhibit works as an instruction manual for viewing the show, Tibayan said. Stare at one image, and then the next to “stereo” the combination. The Stare Stare Stereo exhibit is one of the first times that the museum has allowed students to curate an entire exhibit. Stare Stare Stereo aims to reach ever yone, not just those interested in photography. “Photography is a medium that is approachable by all students from all backgrounds,” Sims said. “This show was curated by students for students.”

The Daily: Do you get The Daily: Having perWHEN: 7:30 p.m. Tuesday nervous while auditioning? formed on Broadway and through Thursday; 8 p.m. How does the auditioning been a part of traveling perFriday; 2 p.m. and 8 p.m. process go? formance, what is the main Saturday; 2 p.m. and 7 Mingo: I’ve been acting difference? Do you prefer p.m. Sunday for well over a decade. It’s one over the other? been a long time. My first Mingo: The Broadway WHERE: Civic Center show was in the early 1990s. show changes because it’s Music Hall, 201 N. Walker I get more nervous for aulive theater — they tend to be Ave., Oklahoma City ditions than I do for shows. bigger in terms of set pieces For me, you never know because they don’t move. PRICE: $20 to $60 what they’re quite looking You don’t deal with a new for. You have people behind set of dressers and supportINFO: For tickets, call a table and you don’t know ing staff. With Broadway, 1-800-869-1451 what they want. You do what houses are around 1500 to you do, and then you do a 2000 people. On the road, piece for them. I have more you could reach a bigger comfort in doing a perforaudience and also, your set mance I’ve rehearsed with for weeks. You’re has to fit in every theater, big or small. so rehearsed, you’re more confident. I still like the road, I love it. We reach a broader audience and [are] dealing with The Daily: What inspires you as an a whole new set of excitement. You have actor? to deal with teaching people a brand new Mingo: Several things. Again, you can show. You have to have a lot of patience and actually reach people. It’s like the radio little sleep.

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Historic appearance validates OU soccer program Regardless of the loss to Oklahoma State, the 2010 OU soccer team’s performance in the Big 12 Championship allowed the program to emerge from behind the shadows of a dominant conference. The Sooners, who were a 3-14-1 team in 2008, weren’t considered a threat in the Big 12 tournament, having never advanced to a final game in the program’s history. OU was 1-5 in postseason action coming into this year’s tournament. Sooner fans had to go all the way back to 2000 to remember what a postseason victory felt like. That year, the Sooners upset Texas 2-0 before falling prey to a stout A&M defense in a 1-0 loss in the semifinals. It was the first and only time the Sooners made it past the first round — until this season. OU entered its first-ever

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conference championship final after beating two ranked teams: No. 6 A&M and No. 21Texas. The stars were in line for the Sooners to bring the trophy back to Norman, but history was riding on the Cowgirls’ bench to win backto-back championships. OSU won in penalty kicks, but the Sooners don’t have much to hang their heads about. After getting past the quarterfinal stage only once before (2000), this year’s team continued to rewrite the program’s history with every minute played. The Sooners didn’t let the top-seeded Aggies, or the fact that OU had only one win in the program’s history over A&M, affect them.

This team found a way to overcome the odds to make it to Sunday’s match. And although the Cowgirls get to hoist the crystal trophy into their display cases, OU now has a good reason to hope for its own in the next few years. Nelson has given Sooner fans a reason to believe in her direction at the helm of OU soccer and its credibility against tough opponents. The Sooner bench has given Nelson a stout depth chart, and the Sooners have proven just how much a lot of heart and hard work has given them. OU, nationally known for its tradition of athletic excellence, might have just found another team to brag about, but only the members of the OU soccer program know if they are ready to accept that challenge. JEFF HUEHN/BIG 12 CONFERENCE

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Sophomore forward Caitlin Mooney (4) prepares to shoot against Oklahoma State on Sunday in the Big 12 Championship in San Antonio. The Sooners lost in penalty kicks.

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Sooners lose to Oklahoma State in penalty kick round Seniors Whitney Palmer and Lauren Alkek, with sophomore Dria Hampton, were named to the Big 12 All-Tournament Team. Previously, only one other Sooner in program history earned the honor (Bridgette Smith, 2000). —Tobi Neidy/The Daily

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OU dropped a tough match in penalty kicks to Bedlam rival Oklahoma State in the Big 12 Championship final Sunday in San Antonio. “I was proud of the way we came out and got an early goal,” coach Nicole Nelson said. “It was a great build-up and a great goal.”

OU got off to a quick start in the program’s first championship appearance with freshman forward Annalisa Hall scoring just over a minute into the contest. After falling to OSU 1-0 on Aug. 22 and 2-0 on Oct. 29, OU led for over 67 minutes Sunday with the first goal against OSU’s goalkeeper Adrianna Franch in three games this season. The Sooner defense spent most of the second half battling shots from the defending conference champions, leading to a miscue by sophomore goalkeeper Kelsey Devonshire

that left the net wide open for OSU. The score by OSU junior forward Kyndall Treadwell was the first goal allowed by Devonshire during the tournament. In the 80th minute, sophomore forward Dria Hampton had a chance to put the Sooners back in the lead, but Franch made a diving save to force overtime. After two extra periods couldn’t decide a winner, the teams went to penalty kicks. It was a save by Franch against OU junior midfielder Jordan White

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in the third pairing that gave the Cowgirls the edge the team needed. OSU junior forward Krista Lopez sent the game-winning shot past Devonshire to give the Cowgirls their second conference win and an automatic bid to the NCAA tournament. “You have to commend Oklahoma State for a great fight and congratulate them on the win,” Nelson said. The Sooners await the NCAA selection at 3:30 p.m. today to see if their 12-7-3 record is enough to earn the team a spot in the field of 64.

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Old issues still haunting OU

Sooner offense stopped short

There are plenty of similarities between this STAFF COLUMN LUMN OU football team and last season’s. Aaron Colen olen The Sooners started off the season 6-0. Not all of the wins were pretty, but they were wins nonetheless. However, as those games went by, coaches and players expressed consistent concerns, including tackling, kicking and the ability of the team to win on the road. They hoped those areas would improve this season from last season, and that improvement would continue as the season went on. But in both of OU’s losses, it seemed to fail in those three aspects. This season, OU has gone undefeated in Norman, winning by an average of 25 points per game in five games. In two neutral-site games, the Sooners are 2-0, beating Cincinnati by two points and Texas by eight. On the road, things get worse. OU is 0-2, giving up 34.5 points per game and losing by 11.5 points per game. The road woes the team was so focused on overcoming still haunt the Sooners. The other high-profile problem OU has dealt with the past few years is kicking. All season, kicking duties have been divided between junior Jimmy Stevens and sophomore Patrick O’Hara, yet neither is consistent. In the loss to Missouri, Stevens missed a 30-yard field goal. Saturday against Texas A&M, though O’Hara made a 45-yard field goal in the third quarter, he shanked a 36-yarder in the fourth. The search for stability continues. The Sooners’ poor tackling also is not to be overlooked. While it may not have received as much attention as the other two issues, it is just as — if not more — detrimental to OU’s success. Against A&M, OU repeatedly missed tackles that turned no-gainers into big plays and big plays into touchdowns. Even if all those problems remained, OU could have won had they taken advantage of scoring opportunities. Sophomore quarterback Landry Jones overthrew wideopen freshman receiver Kenny Stills on what would have been a sure touchdown. On a fake field goal, junior tight end James Hanna let a perfectly thrown touchdown pass bounce right off his hands. And that’s not to mention the three times OU was unable to score on the goal line. No one seems to know the reason why OU is such a different team on the road. But until the team figures it out, multiple-loss seasons will be the rule rather than the exception for this group of Sooners. —Aaron Colen, journalism senior

Missed opportunities plagued team in loss to Texas A&M on the road CLARK FOY The Oklahoma Daily

In the Sooners’ 33-19 loss Saturday at Texas A&M, a lack of execution was apparent from the first OU snap. The wild snap sailed past sophomore quarterback Landry Jones through the back of the end zone, resulting in a safety. After just 11 seconds, the Aggies were already enjoying a 2-0 lead. “We started off the game in a horrible way,” coach Bob Stoops said. “Within three minutes, we were down 9-0.” After driving all the way to the Aggies’ 32-yard line and being forced into a fourth down, a fake field goal pass from fourth-string senior quarterback John Nimmo bounced off the hands of junior tight end James Hanna for what would have been a touchdown. “I felt like we prepared well,” true freshman wide receiver Trey Franks said. “We just couldn’t connect on that one big play. I feel like we were still in it and could have come back. We just didn’t finish it in the end.” The numbers were not heavily in favor of either team in the end, but missed opportunities do not appear on the stat sheet. OU found itself inside the five yard line three times, and three times the Aggie defense stuffed the Sooner rushing attack on four straight downs. In every case, the Sooners stuck with running senior DeMarco Murray between the tackles.

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OU freshman fullback Trey Millard (33) is stopped just short of the end zone on fourth down during the fourth quarter Saturday in at Kyle Field College Station, Texas. Texas A&M won 33-19. Offensive coordinator Kevin Wilson said he considered changing up the goalline play-calling a couple of times but stuck with the run. “When it was that close, the comment was, ‘Hey, it’s only six inches,’ or ‘It’s only a foot,’” he said. Three trips inside the five yard line yielded zero points and three failed fourth-down attempts. “I thought we could slam it in, and we didn’t,” Wilson said. “It was some bad choices and bad calls on my part. We left a lot of points out there.” But the missed opportunities don’t end there. Kenny Stills had it made in

the first half when a corner blew his coverage and left the true freshman receiver streaking down the field alone. But Jones overthrew him. Instead of a certain touchdown, OU was forced to punt a few plays later. That — with the fake field goal drop and the three goalline goose eggs — makes five times the Sooners could have gotten points but failed to do so because of a lack of execution. “We’ve got to look at what we’re doing and put our guys in better places, because the plays we did didn’t work, so that’s our fault as coaches,” Wilson said.

By the numbers

221

Career catches for Ryan Broyles, tying Mark Clayton’s record

136

Yards receiving for A&M’s Ryan Swope from eight catches

Straight true road games OU has lost, dating back to Nov. 7, 2009, in Lincoln, Neb.

First-half points for OU, the first time the Sooners failed to score in the first two quarters since Oct. 20, 2007, in Ames, Iowa