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Students take action: policy changes Engineering students that need access to lab after-hours will get it KAITLYN UNDERWOOD Campus Reporter

Approximately 150 petroleum engineering students didn’t have after-hours access to equipment required for a lab this year, but a student congress resolution should change that next semester.

After a petroleum engineering student wrote a resolution to acquire swipe-card access to an engineering facility with lab equipment required for a class, administrators will

ensure that petroleum engineering students have access next semester.

Will Berry, a petroleum engineering senior and member of OU’s Undergraduate Student Congress, wrote the resolution in November urging the university to grant Mewbourne College of Earth and Energy students access to the ExxonMobil Lawrence G. Rawl Engineering Practice Facility located across from Sarkeys Energy Center on Jenkins Avenue.

Berry said College of Engineering students can get into the facility at any time by swiping in with their student IDs, but petroleum engineering students, who are within the Mewbourne College of Earth and Energy, don’t have access

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to the facility beyond regular business hours.

Junior and senior petroleum engineering students are required to use a drilling simulator in the facility as part of an experiment for a lab class, Berry said.

Berry said the lack of access is frustrating because petroleum engineering students who have the lab class outside of normal business hours have to bang on doors and windows or call someone inside the building to open the door for them, Berry said.

Berry said two years ago petroleum engineering students could use their student IDs to open College of Engineering buildings, but they weren’t able to this year.

‘Tis the season for music, lights and joy

A man who sells newspapers around Norman recalls his experiences in town REBECCA GREEN For the Daily

Calvin Steves wears his personalized crimson and cream helmet for two reasons: Sooner spirit and protection.

Steves’ helmet can be spotted easily around Campus Corner, Main Street and neighboring areas, where he sells copies of The Norman Transcript six days a week.

“For 38 years I been selling a bunch of newspapers, and I won’t stop selling them,” Steves said.

Starting the work day at 8 a.m., Steves pulls along his customized cart of newspapers, bought for him by his good friend Mark McGuire, who can recall the first time he met Calvin 10 years ago in Othello’s Italian restaurant.

“He is a fixture of the community,” McGuire said. “Not only do I admire his work ethic, but he works harder than anyone I know, even with the obstacles he’s had to overcome.”

Steves was diagnosed with epilepsy from the age of 15, when he was hit by a motor vehicle on his bicycle. It was soon after that he first started having seizures, which is why he dons his signature helmet.

“I was coming home from Campus Corner here, and I lived down near on Boyd Street now, still do, and was coming home from Campus Corner to Boyd and this drunk knocked me right off of it,” Steves said. “They didn’t even catch him, he just drove off.”

Although Steves suffers from epilepsy, it has never deterred him from hard work, he said.

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Members of the Norman community gathered around at David A. Burr Park for the Holiday Lights Ceremony. The ceremony included Santa, a life-size Menorah, and musicians.

COURSE EVALUATIONS

Contribute to quality control at OU with class assessments Time is running out to score your professors ROSALIA JAUME Campus Reporter

After nearly four months of adhering to professors’ assessments, students have five more days to critique their instructors with class evaluations.

Students can evaluate their courses at eval.ou.edu to give feedback on this semester’s teachers, class materials and class structure until 11:59 p.m. Sunday.

These evaluations provide significant feedback to instructors, academic administrators and other

students regarding the amount learned in courses, said OU Senior Vice President and Provost Nancy Mergler.

“I feel it is part of a student’s responsibility to assist OU in constant quality improvement” Mergler said.

The university began requiring classes to provide the opportunity for student evaluations in 1972 as an OU Regents Policy, according to the OU-NC Faculty Handbook.

In spring 2009 the evaluations became solely digital, but that didn’t change the participation, Mergler said.

Last semester, students’ evaluations were made available online

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so students can see how other people have ranked their classes. These can be accessed on the Academics tab of Ozone.ou.edu under Course Evaluation Data.

Students who evaluate their classes will also be entered into a drawing for one of three iPads.

Mergler said professors will evaluate how students have responded to their teaching, and instructional faculty go even further to have annual evaluations not only of teaching but also of research and service.

“The students’ course evaluations play an important role in the evaluation of faculty teaching” The deadline for evaluating classes ends Friday.

Mergler said.

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Today around campus A free hot chocolate giveaway will take place at 11:30 a.m. in the Oklahoma Memorial Union’s first floor lobby.

A production of “Becky Shaw” by Gina Gionfriddo will be presented at 8 p.m. in the Lab Theatre on the second floor of the Old Science Hall. Tickets are $5 at the door.

A performance of “Coram Boy” will take place at 8 p.m. in the Rupel J. Jones Theatre. Tickets are $22 for adults, $18 for senior adults, OU faculty and staff and military, and $14 for students. Tickets can be purchased by calling the Fine Arts box office at (405) 325-4101.

A general meeting for Union Programming Board will be held from 9 to 10 p.m. in the Oklahoma Memorial Union’s Associates Room. All students are welcome to attend.

Thursday, Dec. 5 An opportunity to guess the score of the Bedlam matchup against Oklahoma State University will take place at 11:30 a.m. in the Oklahoma Memorial Union’s first floor lobby. This will be the last “Guess the Score” of the semester and will determine the winner of either a 32” Vizio Flat Screen or a Kindle Fire HD. It’s free to play, so stop by and fill out your predictions.

A free concert from the New Horizons chamber orchestra will be held from 8 to 10 p.m. in Catlett Music Center’s Pitman Recital Hall.

A production of “Becky Shaw” by Gina Gionfriddo will be presented at 8 p.m. in the Lab Theatre on the second floor of the Old Science Hall. Tickets are $5 at the door.

A performance of “Coram Boy” will take place at 8 p.m. in the Rupel J. Jones Theatre. Tickets are $22 for adults, $18 for senior adults, OU faculty and staff and military, and $14 for students. Tickets can be purchased by calling the Fine Arts box office at (405) 325-4101.

Friday, Dec. 6 A meeting for graduate students to work on their writing will be held at 10 a.m. in Lissa and Cy Wagner Hall, Room 280. Coffee, tea and snacks will be provided.

A meet-up of health professionals will take place from 1:30 to 3:30 p.m. in Lissa and Cy Wagner Hall, Room 145 for OUHSC First Fridays. Join advisors from the OU Health Sciences Center to learn about their degree programs and for advice on getting accepted into them.

A free screening of “Mortal Instruments” will be shown at 6 p.m., 9 p.m. and midnight in the Oklahoma Memorial Union’s Meacham Auditorium.

A holiday pipes concert will be presented at 8 p.m. in Catlett Music Center’s Sharp Concert Hall.

Tickets are $9 for adults and $5 for students.

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The deans of the College of Engineering and the Mewbourne College of Earth and Energy said they weren’t aware that the students didn’t have access until Berry wrote the resolution.

“This is the first indication we’ve gotten that anybody thinks they don’t have access,” said Larry Grillot, dean of the Mewbourne College of Earth and Energy. “Right now, we think that they do have access and that they’ve always had access.”

Both colleges are checking into the issue to see if perhaps some students’ Sooner One cards were not activated, but neither the College of Engine er ing nor the Mewbourne College of Earth and Energy were aware about a lack of access, Grillot said.

Thomas Landers, dean of the College of Engineering, said he thought all engineering students have always had swipe-card access to the Engineering Practice Facility since it opened in 2010.

The College of Engineering approves students in the College of Engineering and in the Mewbourne College of Earth and Energy to have swipe-card access to the Engineering Practice Facility, Landers said. The OU One Card Office assigns access to approved students, he said.

“There have historically been some instances in which a few students needed to be added or re-added to the approved access list,” Landers said.

If the colleges find that petroleum students were left off the access list, they will be added as soon as possible, Grillot said.

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A students swipes into the Mewbourne College of Earth and Energy practice facility.

“We believe they do have access, and if we find any student who doesn’t have access who needs it we’ll give it to them,” Grillot said. “It is an electronic system, and things

don’t always work perfectly.”

As of fall 2013 there are over 3,400 students eligible to have access to the engineering practice facility, Landers said.

PEOple: ‘I’ll be selling until I can’t sell no more’ Continued from page 1 got me on two types of medication, and that helps me pretty good,” Steves said.

It proves difficult somet i m e s w o rk i ng at n ig ht around Campus Corner after people have had a few drinks, Steves said, because they all seem to want to touch his helmet.

The clear warnings read, “Please do not hit front/back of helmet,” yet this seems to encourage them more, he said.

“Sometimes I have to get a hold of the Norman Police Department, and they straighten them out,” Steves said. “And I got friends around here, they keep an eye on me.”

His work ethic is also noticed by many around Norman, and even though he turns 50 this year, Steves doesn’t plan on quitting anytime soon, he said.

“This is all I can do, but I enjoy it,” Steves said.

That’s one thing that’s for sure — Steves does have a lot of friends. He can’t even cross the street without someone shouting, “Hey, Calvin!”

He spends a while in King Kopy on Campus Corner each day, helping load paper into the printers and helping with any customers’ needs before heading off to Brookhaven Village for a few hours.

“If I have any papers left, I’ll come back over here to Campus Corner for the night and finish my job,” he said.

The final round on his route consists of The Deli, Logan’s, Louie’s, Pickleman’s, Diamond Dawgs and Chimy’s, and then occasionally around 8 p.m. he enjoys the live music while having a quick rest in Othello’s, he said.

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people don’t even bother to he keeps, he said. acknowledge Steves talking “I always give him a dollar, to them.

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Chimy’s. “ T h e re’s Leslie said I think most nothing else for her boss once people do and asked Steves me to do. They won’t let me,” tell him to keep to s ell dr ink Steves said. coolers on the 50 cents Steves is regame days at ferring to the Chimy’s, but change.”

Department he refused, as Carrie Leslie, of Human Sooner home Chimy’s Employee Services that games are his provides him prime newspawith an income due to his per selling day where he can disability. The Norman unload sometimes over 300 Transcript does not pay him. papers, he said.

Whatever he makes in tips, With both of his parents

now deceased, it’s his way of making extra income for himself and something that keeps his mind busy. He doesn’t stop until he has sold all 100 of his papers for that day.

By almost 10 p.m., Steves sells nearly all of his papers.

Steves said some establishments don’t let him sell until past 10 p.m., when people have finished eating for the night, and other places won’t let him in at all, he said.

“They say it’s because of my seizures, but I think it’s because they don’t want me offering my business. That’s fine with me, I won’t use theirs either,” Steves said. “I’ll be selling (newspapers) until I can’t sell no more!”

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he agreement beIranian oil revenue. opinion columnist tween the ‘P5+1’ Concessions made by (the power group both sides are “limited, including the U.S., Great temporary and reversBritain, France, Germany, ible,” fitting the interim Russia and China) and Iran nature of the deal. in Geneva may mark the beIt is unquestionable ginning of the biggest power that the deal makes the shift in decades, realigning world safer, at least for the order of the Middle East now. Iran was potentially John Black and changing the way the weeks away from assertjohnblack@ou.edu U.S. exercises its power. The ing itself as an armed deal provides some hope for nuclear power that could the U.S., in an age of troubled alliances in provoke war with Israel. The challenge the Middle East, and may establish friendly lies ahead in negotiating a long-term deal relations between the U.S. and Iran over the with Iran. The biggest challenge is Iran’s coming decades. Critics of the agreement assertive “right to enrich” uranium. That abroad fear a disruption in the balance issue was ignored in the temporary deal, of Middle East’s power. Domestic critics but is something the U.S. and Iran take would rather America talk tough than to opposite and absolutist positions on. take meaningful action to prevent Iran from If the U.S. wants a long-term deal, it acquiring a nuclear weapon. will have to agree. Perhaps it should not The sanctions placed by the U.S. and admit Iran has a “right to enrich” — that Europe on Iran have had a devastating efis diplomatically dangerous language — fect on its economy. Iran is isolated from but it must allow Iran to continue to have international finance markets, and inflation a nuclear program. In return, Iran would has reached an estimated 69 percent per give the West total access to its facilities month. The Iranian economy is now in reto ensure that it is not enriching uranicession, and the rial is at a record low. The um beyond what is appropriate for an sanctions were clearly successful, as a new energy program. The West would oblige Iranian president, Hassan Rouhani, was by lifting all sanctions against Iran over elected with a mandate to negotiate a deal the next decade. That would allow time with the West. Three months after his inau- for a culture of trust and transparency to guration, and over 30 years since the U.S. develop between the two nations. Iran and Iran have had any sort of relationship, a would understand that if it were to break deal was struck. the agreement, the West would restore all But while the sanctions have had a deprevious sanctions on top of more, and sired political affect, they have not stopped would seek military action against Iran.

Iran’s nuclear ambitions. The International The world has so much to gain from Atomic Energy Agency estimates that Iran normalized Iranian relations. Oil prices has nearly 450 pounds of 20 percent encould drop 25 percent. The American riched uranium that could be further eneconomy would gain over $25 billion in riched to weapons of 90 percent enriched exports. Iran would soon become a deuranium in a matter of weeks. The deal reveloped nation. America could use diploquires Iran to dilute that uranium to 5 permacy over militarism and use Iran to brocent enrichment, suitable for energy purker a peace deal in Syria. The U.S.’s role poses but not for weapons. The deal further in the Middle East would become more requires Iran to halt development of a pluholistic and not rest only on its Saudi and tonium reactor in Arak, which requires no Israeli allies. uranium and, when finished, could not be The hope of a nuclear-free Iran is gone. bombed without releasing a deadly amount Now the West has two options: it can be of radiation into the atmosphere, limiting a part of it or not. By seeking the former, the option of military action against Iran. the U.S. will make the world a safer and Iran will also provide the West unprecewealthier place. dented daily inspections of enrichment facilities in Natanz and Fordo with live video John Black is a University College feeds of other nuclear facilities. freshman.

In return, the West will lift $6-7 billion in sanctions and unfreeze $4.2 billion in

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ast week, the U.S maintain the current numGuest columnist made one of the ber of centrifuges, will remost historic diploduce its existing stockpile of matic agreements pertaining medium-enriched uranium, to Iran’s nuclear capabilities and will allow increased since the program was unmonitoring by the IAEA at earthed in 2002. certain nuclear sites.

On November 24, the In return, the U.S. will ease P5+1 (U.S., Russia, China, sanctions that allow Iran Sylvie Staines U.K., France, and Germany) to trade in gold and other sylvienne.staines@ou.edu reached an interim deal metals, and permit petrowith Iran which aims to curb chemical exports, giving Iran Tehran’s pursuit of a nuclear weapons capa- access to approximately $6 to $7 billion in bility by slowing uranium enrichment in re- sales. turn for an easing of certain sanctions.

Foreign policy experts have analyzed the However, many, including former U.S. possibility of a mutually agreeable enrichSecretary of State Henry Kissinger fear the ment program in the comprehensive solucurrent deal will leave Iran in the “position tion, which strays from the U.N. Security of a nuclear threshold power: a country that Council’s resolutions, which call for no encan achieve a military nuclear capability richment at all. within months of its choosing to do so.”

There is talk of a sunset clause that would The interim deal does not roll back Iran’s eventually allow Iran to be treated as any nuclear program but, rather, slows it. Instead non-nuclear weapons state, allowing them of giving up leverage and lowering the poto freely enrich uranium and seek plutonisition of the U.S. in the negotiating process, um without consequence. Strikingly, this Congress must legislate additional sanctions deal only applies to nuclear facilities that the that would result in immediate consequenc- U.S. is aware of. es should Iran default on its previous or fuIran has misconstrued the context of the ture commitments. deal’s wording. On Monday, Iranian Foreign In 2002, after significant revelations of Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif insisted its continued pursuit of a nuclear weapthat Iran has the “absolute right” to enrich on, Iran agreed to inspections by the U.N.’s uranium on its soil, ISNA news agency reInternational Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA). ported. This means that 19,000 centrifuges, Yet, the IAEA was soon unable to corroboseven tons of 3.5-5 percent enriched uranirate Iran’s assertions that its program was um, and about 196 kilograms of 20 percent strictly for peaceful means. Although enrich- enriched uranium will not only remain in ing uranium can be used for civilian nuclear their possession, but continue to be built. purposes, if enrichment reaches 90 perWhile all Americans should support the cent purity, it can be used to build nuclear diplomatic process, the ambiguity of this bombs. To our knowledge, Iran houses three interim deal and the proceedings to follow Uranium mines, three research reactors, five are concerning. Facing strong bipartisan nuclear sites, and is currently constructing a criticism, Chairman of the Senate Foreign heavy-water reactor that is used to produce Relations Committee Robert Menendez plutonium for a nuclear weapon.

(D-NJ) and Committee Ranking Member In 2005, under the leadership of President Bob Corker (R-TN) are strongly denouncMahmoud Ahmadinejad, Iran was coning the deal, deeming it a huge blow to our demned for failing to comply with the future leverage against Iran, and calling for Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty safeguard Congress to pass additional sanctions. agreement. As a result, the U.N. Security These next months of negotiations are the Council adopted six resolutions requiring pivotal time to pass strengthened sanctions the halting of enrichment while the U.S. that would go into effect if Iran violates the and E.U. began imposing sanctions on the agreements, reinstating our lost leverage Iranian energy and financial industries. while stabilizing the U.S., our allies, and the The new interim deal signed into effect rest of the world. The threat of a nuclear Iran encompasses the “First Step” agreement, does not only threaten American national which will apply for a six-month period of interest, but global security at large. time, until a “comprehensive solution” can be reached, according to The Associated Sylvie Staines is an international security Press. For now, Iran has agreed to halt sophomore. enrichment above 5 percent purity, will

Editorial

Open Source textbooks will cost us less Our View: The Affordable College Textbook Act would save students money on textbooks.

for the sake of saving money.

Seven out of 10 undergraduates surveyed at 13 college campuses said they had not purchased one The average cost for college textbooks for the 2013- or more textbooks because the cost was too high, ac2014 school year at OU is $848 per student, accordcording to a 2011 survey released by the U.S. Public ing to OU’s website. If you plan on obtaining a four/ Interest Research Group. It’s believable. Due to the five-year education, those costs can really add up. ever-rising cost of college textbooks, more students But what if some of your books were free to use are now resorting to borrowing a friend’s book, rentand accessible to anyone with Internet access at any ing books or going through the semester without a time? Doesn’t sound too bad, right? This initiative is book at all. called open-source textbooks, and colleges across This isn’t OK. Students need to have access to afthe nation, including OU, are giving this alternafordable study materials, which is why this bill is a tive method of providing resources for students a breath of fresh air and a sign of hope for a more afglance. Not only are certain schools looking into fordable college experience. this, the general book cost issue has gained national So is this really a good idea? We think so. Resorting attention. to online textbooks saves paper, thereby A bill called the Affordable College benefiting the environment. With more The Our View Textbook Act was introduced to Congress is the majority and more students carrying laptops, smart opinion of on Nov. 14, sponsored by Sens. Dick Durbin phones and tablets across campus nowaThe Daily’s (D-Ill.) and Al Franken (D-Minn.). This bill days, online textbooks make it easier for stunine-member would stimulate more online textbook usage dents to carry and access the material. The editorial board and grant public access to these textbooks text is easy to update unlike print editions as that are easy to update. Thanks to the virtual well. And if you haven’t gotten it yet, one of platform, the online textbooks would always be up- the best things about this is, it’s free. dated, preventing students from having to buy new We do love print editions and the majority of our editions of the same book just a year or two after its editorial board would tell you we prefer print textoriginal publication. books over online textbooks. But this is an import“This bill can replicate and build in this success ant deal to consider. Not only would it be saving us and help make the cost of attending college more money every semester, but it may be the best deciaffordable,” Durbin said in a statement previously sion for students in the long haul. We are consistentreported by Huffington Post. ly diving deeper and deeper into the digital age, and Durbin’s right. If study materials become more there are no signs of turning back at this point. affordable, many people who can’t afford college Future generations will grow up with tablets, commay be able to do so. Even for the students who are puters and a plethora of other advanced technolcurrently in college, when books are too expensive, ogies. It’s not a bad time to embrace the digital age some opt to not purchase their class materials at all with open arms and let it help us like it would in this

case.

Money saved could mean more football games you could afford to attend, could be some of your rent money, groceries, and/or even less loans weighing on your shoulders.

Some schools have already begun using this system, including one of the University of Illinois’s School of Earth, Society and Environment department. A few of the school’s campus professors combined material and created an online introductory textbook called, “Sustainability: A Comprehensive Foundation.” It is free for anyone to download, and anyone can copy, distribute or transmit it. It’s compatible with any electronic reader and is saving students money.

Here at OU, Sociology Professor Kelly Damphousse has also adopted the money-saving concept in his classes, according to a previous Daily article written in the spring. He uses an Introductory Sociology book provided by Openstax, a nonprofit organization that offers free online textbooks peer-reviewed and collectively written by educators in those fields. While Damphousse has already begun using an affordable alternative for students, more introductory classes on campus should as well.

Adopting free online textbooks does not mean you have to say goodbye to print editions forever. Print editions are available for those who are interested in purchasing them, so if that’s your fancy and you can afford it, the opportunity is there. The bill won’t be the solution to cheapening book costs, but it’s a step in the right direction.

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Play explores life after college problems “Becky Shaw” shows a blind date gone terribly wrong and the following fiasco Briana Hall

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A student led production of the play “Becky Shaw” is an effort to give students a humorous taste of the struggles of life after college.

The show will be held at 8 p.m. every night from Wednesday through Sat u rd ay i n t h e G i l s o n Studio Theatre, which is in the basement of the Old Science Hall. Tickets are $5 at the door, and doors open at 7:30 p.m. for audience members to find seating.

The director of the production, an English writing senior Brynne Frauenhoffer, said she chose the film as one of her favorites a few years ago because of its combination of humor with serious and relevant issues.

“It’s witty, it’s full of banter,” Frauenhoffer said. “The playwright explores a lot of themes in depth and covers a lot of ground.”

Frauenhoffer said the play’s humorous plot is based off of a set of traumatic blind dates.

“The basic premise is a blind date that goes as bad as a blind date could ever go,” Frauenhoffer said. “It sends the lives of these four young adults in their midthirties, it has a catastrophic effect on all of their lives.”

Though the show focuses on the lives of four characters in their mid-thirties, Frauenhoffer said that the problems they face are surprisingly easy for college

students to relate to and are definitely a result of the kinds of decisions that we make now. “‘Becky Shaw’ takes place later in life than in college, but it’s very much the aftermath of the decisions you make while in college,” Frauenhoffer said. “This is a preview of 15 years down the road.”

Connor Bourland, an acting and pre-law junior, who plays the part of “Andrew” in the show, said he believes the plot is relatable for viewers.

“I think the characters in this play are so unique,” Bourland said. “We often try to place blame on people in our lives when, in reality, we are all fallible and there is plenty of fault to go around.

This play depicts just that.”

He said the real-life facets of the characters are the most interesting and challenging parts of the production.

“You can’t try to place blame or fault for anything that happens in this play on one specific character (as easy as it might be) because these are just people who are doing the best they can to be who they are,” Bourland said.

Blake Lee, an acting sophomore in the play, agreed that the problems that characters face in the play are very relatable for audience members.

“I expect people to laugh at the sticky situations that

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these characters are putting themselves in,” Lee said.

“They’re going to have a hard time choosing which side to take and what truth to believe.”

His favorite part of the show though, Lee said, was how witty the script is.

“I personally love this show and the playwright because she writes such witty banter, and the fun thing about it is that there’s often a huge miscommunication and sometimes they meet together and it’s a really beautiful moment,” Lee said.

Frauenhoffer, who said she chose the cast back in August and only started rehearsals in mid-October,

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was pleasantly surprised with how well the cast interacted with each other.

Lee agreed, noting that the chemistry between the actors is good for getting past emotional hurdles,

and that some of his favorite memories of the rehearsal process are from times when problems in the play connected with problems that the actors have in their everyday lives.

“The cast has really great chemistry so that was really great for comedic timing and the pacing of the show,” Lee said. “One of the most important things in the play is about family, and that made it easier for our cast to be vulnerable.”

Bourland said the cast itself is a family.

“With such a small cast, you can’t help but feel like your cast is a family and that is exactly what w e

are,” Bourland said. “We were very fortunate to have meshed very well as a cast and it is apparent through our performance.”

Frauenhoffer described the cast as “enthusiastic.”

“They all, everyday, brought this load of joy to the show that made the most of it,” Frauenhoffer said. “And of course they enjoy acting, but they also enjoyed being in the room together and working with each other and finding new things together.”

One thing the director was eager to note was the ability of the play to connect with all types of people, not just those who are interested in theatre.

“We’re really eager to reach as wide of an audience as possible,” Frauenhoffer said. “We want the story to reach as many groups as possible on campus and off campus as well.”

Lee, likewise, is excited for audience members to see the show.

“It’s a black comedy so it’s a comedy that makes you want to squirm in your seat and laugh at the same time.”

Bourland said students should take a break from the week and allow for a little laughter.

“It’s a great reprieve from the stresses of finals studying,” Bourland said. “That’s what a play is for — a brief break from our own problems to watch how other people deal with theirs.”

Briana Hall briana.hall@ou.edu

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Following an 80-52 route over Creighton on Sunday, the No. 17 Sooners take o n We s t e r n I l l i n o i s o n Wednesday night.

The two teams have met just one time prior to Wednesday’s meeting. Back in 2010, Oklahoma routed Western Illinois 84-43.

Oklahoma guard Sharane Campbell paced the Sooners (5-2) with a career-high 25 points with a win over the Bluejays. Aaryn Ellenberg recorded a double-double with 13 points and 10 rebounds.

Campbell is usually not called on to be the go-to weapon on offense, but the Sooners are loaded with depth and often call on that.

Head coach Sherri Coale recognizes that depth and realizes how important it will be for them this season.

“I think it’s good that you have a lot of weapons. If some aren’t firing on a given night, you have somewhere else to go with that,” Coale said. “But I think the other piece of that is it doesn’t allow teams to cheat on you defensively. If you can always put five guys on the floor who are capable scorers, then it keeps defenses honest.”

However, Western Illinois is a much different team and will bring different obstacles to the Sooners; some they have seen before, and

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some they have not.

“We think they might play a zone, and we haven’t really seen that very much.

We haven’t really worked on it much in practices, so I think them just trying to slow down our tempo and the way we want to play is just their overall goal,” senior guard Morgan Hook said. “We can’t let that affect us. We still have to play our up-tempo game.”

Scoring in the paint has

“It now is our redemption card. We have to play well. And it’s not just a game where we need to play well and feel good about it, we did that against Louisville already. It’s a game we need to play well and win. ” SHERRI COALE, WOMEN’S BASKETBALL COACH

been the Sooners’ Achilles’ heel this season, averaging 38.4 points per game in the paint, for 45 percent of their scoring. With post

players like Nicole Griffin and Kaylon Williams averaging double-digit scores, Oklahoma has recorded at least 26 points in the paint

in each of their games this season.

Expect the low-post scoring to continue, as Western Illinois does not have the height to keep up with the likes of Griffin and Williams.

Despite that, the Leathernecks do have four players that average double-digit scoring, led by sophomore forward Ashley Luke (17.4 PPG).

In its last game, Western Illinois squeaked out an

87-85 overtime win over Saint Louis. Luke tallied a team-high 23 points, helping the Leathernecks snap a three-game losing streak.

Western Illinois will be Oklahoma’s final tune-up before hosting No. 2 ranked Duke on Dec. 8. Because of the loss to UCLA, Coale knows the importance of the game.

“It’s huge, especially considering the egg we laid at UCLA,” the coach said. “It now is our redemption card.

We have to play well. And it’s not just a game where we need to play well and feel good about it, we did that against Louisville already.

It’s a game we need to play well and win.”

St a r i n g g u a rd Ni c o l e Kornet is expected to play Wednesday after suffering a hyper-extended right knee in the loss to UCLA, according to Coale.

Tipoff is at 6:30 p.m. at the Lloyd Noble Center.

Carson Williams carson.williams@ou.edu

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