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individual departments of student employees “We want to create more work opportunities suffering financial burden from being unable for students,” Shilling said. “Some students to work to discuss opporjust lost two to three hours, tunities to rectify the situawhile some may have lost more tion, according to the press than 10.” release. OU administration hopes Contact the President’s “I want to do everything to get most of the names comAction Line at 405-325-1212 possible to help those stupiled within the next few days, or actionline@ou.edu. dents find ways to work extra so it is important for students hours during the rest of the wishing to gain time to call the school year in order to recover their earnings,” Action Line, Shilling said. Boren said. Monday at Cate Center student employees After compiling the names of students who lost wages, the university will work on a caseby-case basis to compensate student workers, SEE PAY PAGE 2 university spokesman Chris Shilling said.
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New course to curb cheating Students may no longer receive automatic suspension for academic misconduct SARA GROOVER The Oklahoma Daily
Students who have committed academic misconduct may soon have the option to enroll in an informative class instead of receiving a suspension. In the spring 2010 semester, OU piloted the “Do You Understand Integrity?” course, w h i c h w a s o f f e re d t o s t u dents pending suspension due to some form of academic misconduct. The class is an opportunity to turn a bad decision into a learning opportunity, said Breea Bacon, Academic Integrity Systems assistant director. To take the class, students have to be offered the course, said Bacon, who serves as an instructor. “Often, it is in lieu of suspension, and this gives them the option to take the course and not be suspended, or they can opt to be suspended,” Bacon said. If a student opts to take the seminar, but does not complete the required assignments and community service, the student will immediately receive suspension, Bacon said. “Typically the situation is not quite worthy of suspension, but not worthy of a censure either,” Bacon said. OU previously offered a program called shelf reading as
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Emotional health at stake for freshmen Female students more likely to be stressed, according to report
psychologist Terry Pace said there really isn’t a healthy or unhealthy way of coping with stress. JIYEUN HEO Everyone has different ways of dealing The Oklahoma Daily with stress, and there simply isn’t one way A recent national survey found the emo- which always works or doesn’t, he said. tional health of college freshmen has Pace said he would suggest students start dropped in the past year. by being aware of when they are experiencThe annual survey, which is performed by ing stress. Cooperative Institutional Research Program, Good coping starts with good awareness, polled students entering four-year colleges and learning to be flexible with one’s mindand universities regardset and thoughts can help stuing their stress levels and dents deal with stress. overall emotional health. When looking at the long Students can take Only 51.9 percent of term, denying and ignoring a walk, read a book students who respondstress is the worst solution, for leisure or spend ed said their emotional Pace said. time to relax and set health was “above averA healthy activity Hofford things that stress age,” which is a 3.4 percent suggests to the OU students is drop from 2009, according to go to the Huston Huffman you out aside.” to the survey. Center several times per week. Female students were When students arrive, he sug— CRAIG HOFFORD, also less likely to report gests participating in exercise HEALTH AND EXERCISE high levels of emotional activities the center offers. SCIENCE PROFESSOR health than male stu“Besides participating in the dents, at 45.9 percent verexercising activities, students sus 59.1 percent respectively, according to can take a walk, read a book for leisure or the survey. spend time to relax and set things that stress Health and exercise science professor you out aside,” Hofford said. Craig Hofford, who teaches a senior-level Some students resort to unhealthy ways stress management course at OU, said stu- of dealing with stress, including the use of dents’ efforts to balance studying, spending harmful substances such as alcohol or totime with family and working full or part- bacco, Hofford said. Others push themselves time jobs are just some of the factors which to try to accomplish everything all at once. contribute to stress on college campuses. Health and exercise science junior Ashley Finding enough time and energy to be Fahle said even when she understands evsuccessful in all those areas can often leave erything which is expected of her on a daily students feeling overwhelmed, Hofford basis, staying on top of the demands of colsaid. lege life remains stressful. OU psychology professor and licensed Worrying about life after graduation also
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Foods to eat to help manage stress 1. Sunflower Seeds — rich in protein, fiber and vitamin B 2. Cabbage — excellent source of fiber, vitamins, minerals and beta carotene 3. Avocados — rich source of vitamins, iron, potassium and manganese 4. Almonds — excellent source of iron, potassium and magnesium 5. Wholegrain brown rice — good source of fiber and vitamins
presents also worries Fahle, she said. “One of the ways I handle stress would be baking,” Fahle said. “That is just something that I enjoy doing, and finding people who will eat everything so I don’t have to eat it all.” If stress has gotten so bad that it has led to depression, Pace said he recommends seeing a counselor to talk about problems and perhaps even taking medication. Hofford said the best ways to manage stress include having a positive attitude, doing something daily to relax, knowing when to say no and forgiving oneself for not being perfect all the time.
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OU considers allowing students to elect regents OU Student Congress will consider an amendment to its constitution allowing students to vote on OU representatives to the OU Board of Regents and the Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education. The bill will also set campaign spending limits for the representatives at $1000 each as well as lay out the bylaws for their election. In other business, Congress will consider these items: • Two new emergency allocations to student organizations • A resolution regarding OSU’s student government • A resolution regarding the faculty mentor program • Ratification of the Oklahoma Student Government Constitution Undergraduate Student Congress will vote on the these issues during their 7 p.m. meeting today in Adams Hall, Room 150. Visit OUDaily.com to read the full agenda. — Chase Cook/The Daily
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Cate to host study-abroad forum Students can receive compiled information on multiple programs in different countries
» School of Music hosts a free Electric Studio concert at noon in the Fred Jones Jr. Museum of Art’s Sandy Bell Gallery.
faculty-in-residence. Colleges that will be featured include the Honors College, Price College of Business, the College of Engineering and the College of Arts and Sciences, Norton said. Specific KATHLEEN EVANS The Oklahoma Daily programs highlighted include OU in Arezzo, Summer in Santa Fe, Journey to China and Journey to Latin America. Students can learn about a wide variety of OU study Students on the panel will discuss what trip they parabroad opportunities today in a forum presented by OU ticipated in, why they chose it, how they financed it and Faculty-in-Residence. valuable experiences obtained, Norton said. The forum will highlight internaThere will also be time for a question-and-antional, domestic and special educaswer session afterwards. tion abroad programs for the sum“I’ve been hearing students talk more and mer, spring and fall semesters. more about studying abroad,” Norton said. WHAT: Study-abroad forum “Study abroad at OU is very di“They are trying to distinguish themselves. If verse and decentralized,” said you want to be competitive, you have to have an WHEN: 5:30 to 7 p.m. today Allen Hertzke, faculty-in-residence international experience.” for Cate Center. “Colleges all have OU President David Boren is a large supporter WHERE: Cate Main Social their own programs and applicaof students going abroad and expanded scholLounge tions for study abroad. It can be very arship opportunities at the beginning of the fall confusing.” 2010 semester for studying abroad, according to The forum will be a way to gather Daily archives. directors, professors, students and alumni to share study “This is a major push of Boren’s,” Norton said. “He set abroad opportunities and experiences with students in a goal ... and we are not near it yet. We’re trying to get the one place at one time, said Barbara Norton, Cate Center word out there to students.”
» Arts and sciences majors can get interviewing advice from noon to 12:30 p.m. in the Oklahoma Memorial Union’s Crimson Room.
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Today around campus » School of Art & Art History Graduate Art Exhibition called Mixed Tape will be open 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. at Fred Jones Jr. Museum of Art’s Lightwell Gallery.
» Business majors can get interviewing advice from 1 to 1:30 p.m. in the Union’s Crimson Room. » JMC majors can get interviewing advice from 3 to 3:30 p.m. in the Gaylord Hall of Fame Room. » Tim Jones will speak on taking effective notes in lectures as apart of the Student Success Series at 3 p.m. in Wagner Hall, Room 245. » Sutton Concert Series hosts the University Singers and Chamber Singers at 8 p.m. in Catlett Music Center’s Paul F. Sharp Concert Hall. » OU Study Abroad will host a forum from 5:30 to 7 p.m. in Cate Main Social Lounge to discuss studying abroad. Food and drinks will be provided. » Students will screen “The Education of Shelby Knox” and conduct a Skype discussion with Shelby Knox from 7 to 9 p.m. in Wagner Hall, Room 145. » Chi Alpha Campus Ministries will host LateNite: Dorm Edition at 9 p.m. Tuesday in Adams Tower, Tarman basement.
Wednesday, Feb. 16 » Major and Minors Fair will be at 11:30 a.m. in the Union’s Molly Shi Boren Ballroom. » Waffles will be served to students writing papers in the writing center 9 to 11 a.m. in Wagner Hall, Room 280. » The free Health and Fitness Seminar, part of Willpower Wednesdays, will take place at noon in Huston Huffman Fitness Center Conference Room. » OU Trombone Choir will present a free concert at 8 p.m. in Catlett Music Center’s Paul F. Sharp Concert Hall. » Anthony Stoops will present a free faculty concert playing the Double Bass 8 p.m. in Catlett Music Center’s Pitman Recital Hall. » Men’s basketball will host Nebraska at 8 p.m. in Lloyd Noble Center. » Softball will host St. Gregory’s at 4 p.m. at the OU Softball Complex. » Engineering majors can get interviewing advice from 3 to 3:30 p.m. in the Union’s Crimson Room.
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“Going through the pilot program last spring, I found I enjoyed being a resource for the students and working with them one-on-one and seeing the difference from punishment for academic misconduct, where students the first class to the final class in how they approached would read the numbers on the binding of books in the things,” Chesser said. “Of all of the work I’ve done with the council over the years, being a library and ensure they were in numeripeer mentor is probably the easiest cal order. way I can tell that I’ve made a differThe class is a step up from checking If anything, students ence on campus.” bookshelves, said Robin Tipps, a peer simply learned that next The program is in its third semester, educator for the seminar. time they better not get and Integrity Council Chairwoman Students may not learn from puncaught cheating. In [the Elizabeth Miracle said she wants to ishments such as shelf reading, Tipps see the seminar transform into a consaid. new course], students densed version that educates incom“If anything, students simply learned accept the seriousness of ing students as early as possible. that next time they better not get caught their academic misconduct “I hope the infractions grow fewer cheating,” Tipps said. “In [the new while learning how to and further between, thus reducing course], students accept the seriousbuild a stronger academic the enrollment in the program overness of their academic misconduct community.” all,” Miracle said. while learning how to build a stronger The council held an integrity academic community.” forum last semester to inform stuPeer educators are UOSA Integrity — ROBIN TIPPS, PEER EDUCATOR dents of the importance of integrity, Council members who volunteer to Tipps said. work with the students in between classes. The Integrity Council will be accepting membership They act as guides, giving help with assignments as well as give advice and feedback, peer educator and for- applications later this spring.be suspended, or they can opt to be suspended. mer integrity council chair Josh Chesser said.
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Obama submits $3.73T budget New plan removes several unpopular proposals, lowers projected savings
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WORLD NEWS BRIEFS 1. Jerusalem
Israel aims to strengthen peace agreements with Arab world Israel’s prime minister said an “earthquake� is under way in the Arab world but that he “hopes for the best.� Benjamin Netanyahu said Monday that Israel hopes to strengthen its existing peace agreements and sign new ones, but remains “prepared for any possibility,� referring to the unrest in the region including the toppling of Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak by popular protests. Israel and Egypt signed a peace agreement in 1979. The accord has been a lynchpin of regional stability for three decades. After forcing Mubarak to step down, Egypt’s ruling military council said over the weekend that it would honor the accord — easing jitters in Israel. Netanyahu spoke at a ceremony where Israel’s new military chief of staff, Lt. Gen. Banny Gantz, assumed command. ___
2. Monterrey, Mexico
Gunmen kill top police commander Gunmen ambushed and killed a top police commander and then set his car on fire in the northern Mexican border state of Nuevo Leon, authorities said Monday. Homero Salcido Trevino’s body was found Sunday night inside a smoldering car abandoned in downtown Monterrey, the state government said in a statement. Monterrey is the capital of Nuevo Leon and Mexico’s third-largest city. Salcido Trevino was the director of the state’s intelligence and security center, a job he had taken in August. He was shot at least five times, according to the statement. Local news media reported that Salcido Trevino had been kidnapped hours earlier as he left his home. Authorities would not comment on the reports. Nationwide, almost 35,000 people have been killed in drug violence since President Felipe Calderon launched a military crackdown against drug trafficking shortly after taking office in December 2006.
WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama sent Congress a $3.73 trillion budget Monday that holds out the prospect of eventually bringing deficits under control through spending cuts and tax increases. Obama called his new budget one of “tough choices and sacrifices,� but most of those cuts would be held off until after the end of his first term. Overall, Obama proposed trimming the deficits by $1.1 trillion over a decade although his changes would actually add to the deficits this year and next. He is projecting the deficit will hit an all-time high of $1.65 trillion this year and then drop sharply to $1.1 trillion in 2012, with an expected improvement in the economy and as reductions in Social Security withholding and business taxes expire. Obama’s 2012 budget would actually add $8 billion to the projected deficit for that year because the bulk of the savings he will achieve through a freeze in many
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President Barack Obama walks on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington before traveling to Baltimore on Monday. domestic programs would be devoted to increased spending in areas Obama considers priorities, such as education, clean energy and high-speed rail. “We have more work to do to live up to our promise by
repairing the damage this brutal recession has inflicted on our people,� Obama said. Republicans, who took control of the House in the November elections and picked up seats in the Senate in part because of voter — AP
Gunman on Tenn. campus apprehended Unidentified shooter puts Middle Tennessee State on alert for 45 minutes
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3. Tegucigalpa, Honduras
Commercial plane crashs kill 14 A small Honduran commercial airliner crashed Monday near the capital, killing all 14 people aboard, including a high government official and a union leader, authorities said. The Central American Airlines plane was on a routinely scheduled daily flight, airline manager Felix Pacheco said. The Let L-410 Turbolet plane was flying to the Toncontin international airport in the capital, Tegucigalpa, when it crashed Monday morning in the nearby town of Las Mesitas, about three miles south of the airport. The plane was carrying two pilots and 12 passengers, including Assistant Secretary for Public Works Rodolfo Rovelo and Jose Israel Salinas, leader of the United Workers Federation of Honduras, and former Economy Secretary Carlos Chain, Pacheco said. The government declared three days of national mourning in honor of the government officials killed. A pilot survived the crash but died on the way to a hospital, firefighters spokesman Jaime Silva said. ___
anger over the soaring deficits, called Obama’s efforts too timid. Lawmakers are set to begin debating on Tuesday $61 billion in cuts for the remaining seven months of fiscal 2011. “Presidents are elected to lead and address big challenges,� said Republican House Budget Committee Chairman Paul Ryan of Wisconsin. “The big challenge facing our economy today and our country tomorrow is the debt crisis. He’s making it worse, not better.� Obama’s deficit commission made a host of painful recommendations including raising the Social Security retirement age and curbing benefit increases, eliminating or sharply scaling back popular tax breaks, reforming a financially unsound Medicare program and almost doubling the federal tax on gasoline. Obama included none of these proposals in his new budget. The deficit panel called for savings by making these politically tough choices of $4 trillion over a decade, four-times the savings that Obama is projecting.
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Paramedic Betsy Redmon treats the unidentified victim of a shooting at Middle Tennessee State University in Murfreesboro, Tenn., on Monday. One person pulled out a gun and shot another in the hand during an argument in a Middle Tennessee State University classroom building.
MURFREESBORO, Tenn. — One person pulled out a gun and shot another in the hand during an argument in a Middle Tennessee State University classroom building, then tried to hide by blending in among other students before being caught, authorities said Monday. Murfreesboro Police Maj. Clyde Adkison said the suspected shooter was apprehended without incident. It was not immediately clear what the two argued about or if they were students. Neither was identified. The campus of 24,660
about 30 miles southeast of Nashville was on alert for about 45 minutes. A campus alert was issued at 12:19 p.m. telling students and staffers to stay inside buildings. A subsequent email from the university at 1 p.m. canceled the alert, saying that the suspect was in custody and that the weapon was confiscated. Hayden Harville, 19, said he went to a window at his dormitory after receiving the alert and saw SWAT teams and police outside. The suspect was unarmed when captured, but the weapon was recovered later, Adkison said. — AP
4. Quito, Ecuador
Judge fines Chevron $8 billion for jungle’s oil contamination An Ecuadorean judge ruled Monday that Chevron Corp. was responsible for oil contamination in a wide swath of Ecuador’s northern jungle and fined it at least $8 billion, the plaintiffs’ lead attorney told The Associated Press. Chevron said it would appeal and called the ruling “illegitimate and unenforceable� in a news release. The plaintiffs’ lawyer, Pablo Fajardo, called the judgment “a great step that we have made toward the crystalization of justice.� He told the AP, however, that he considered the damage award too low and was also considering an appeal. Fajardo said he had just received the 187-page ruling and needed to digest it before commenting further. Chevron has long contended that the court-appointed expert in the case was unduly influenced by the plaintiffs. The suit stems from damages sought on behalf of 30,000 people for environmental contamination and illnesses that allegedly resulted from Texaco’s operation of an oil consortium from 1972 to 1990. Chevron bought Texaco in 2001. ___
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5. Tunis, Tunisia
Tunisians pour out of country A month after massive protests ousted Tunisia’s longtime dictator, waves of Tunisians are voting with their feet, fleeing the country’s political limbo. More than 5,000 illegal immigrants have washed up on Italy’s southern islands — an unintended consequence of the “people’s revolution� that ousted autocrat Zine El Abidine Ben Ali and inspired the uprisings in Egypt and beyond. European powers cheered when Tunisia’s 74-year-old ruler fled into exile in Saudi Arabia on Jan. 14, but the fallout a month later has tempered their enthusiasm. It has also exposed a dilemma for western countries that allied with repressive leaders in North Africa seen as bulwarks against extremism, and now must build new diplomatic relationships in a still-uncertain political climate.
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Academic integrity class wake-up call for cheaters Should a shoplifter be given the death penalty for want educate students on why they made a poor decision. of a candy bar? No, that is why our legal system has varying We don’t see chain gangs hammering away at boulders levels of punishment for different categories of crimes. anymore, so why should a tedious physical activity be used OU has created a class for students accused of academic to punish students in 2011? Rehabilitation from bad behavmisconduct instead of pulling the trigger and outright ex- iors is a much better option. pelling the student. We have all had to Perhaps the university should make sign academic misconduct contracts in this a mandatory class for all incomPerhaps morally corrupt our classes and have heard countless ing freshmen. Gaylord College of students deserve to be times that cheating is wrong, and yet the Journalism and Mass Communication given a wake-up call that problem still remains. requires all of its students take a test Perhaps morally corrupt students over the OU academic misconduct both educates them on the deserve to be given a wake-up call that wrongs they have committed policy prior to being allowed into the both educates them on the wrongs they college. while still giving them an have committed while still giving them The class is not to be taken lightly opportunity to continue their and if a student in the class fails to an opportunity to continue their acaacademic careers.” demic careers. complete all of the assignments as The “Do You Understand Integrity?” well as their community service hours, class is provided as an option to students facing expulsion then they will be suspended. due to some form of academic dishonesty. Students can In extreme cases of academic misconduct — for example choose to take the class or be expelled for their cheating. stealing a test out of a teacher’s office and giving it to everyInstead of the former program for misguided students, one in the class — maybe expulsion is the best option. which had students organize the books in the library following the Dewey Decimal System, the class attempts to Comment on this column at OUDaily.com
›››› Sooner Sampler: How do you manage the stress of school, work and outside commitments? “I changed my habits. I quit drinking pop. Making lists and crossing things off helps.” ZACH STUART, INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS AND FINANCE SENIOR
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Concealed carry is not the best option Maybe you’ve been hearthe license to carry that weapon. ing about the possibility of Such a scenario could be avoided both with better acSTAFF COLUMN OLUMN guns on university campuscess to mental health care (perhaps provided by the Mental es, or maybe you haven’t. Health Ally program, scheduled to launch this spring), and Regardless of whether or not instead of easing the restrictions on gun-carry licenses, offiSarah Garrett arrett media engines have blown cials should strengthen them. But generally, wouldn’t such enough smoke about it, a mentally ill, well-armed shooter scenario be more likely to State Bill 858 (introduced by Steve Russell, R-OKC) moved occur given the higher frequency of guns on campuses, as past the Oklahoma Senate Monday into the public safety allowed by SB 858? committee, meaning that the bill is being seriously considThis legislation is a distraction from what has always been ered and debated. at stake in gun debates; cultural reactions to and attitudes SB 838 would amend the section of the constitution deal- about violence. The right to bear arms is one of our favorite ing with state gun carry laws. Currently, it is illegal to carry amendments — many people argue that we are safer from a gun — licensed or unlicensed — onto any college or uni- harm with sidearms than we would be if we disarmed and versity campus, except in the parking lot, military science or gave up said guns. other shooting facilities and by written presidential excepThis opinion definitely isn’t based in statistical accuracy. tion. Even the president of a university has no authority to Our country has the highest murder rate of any developed, prohibit the carrying of guns in those industrialized, “Western” country, acthree areas. cording to UN data. In terms of statisThe right to bear arms is one of tics, we fall right between Thailand, By the way, the penalty for violating the existing rule is a misdemeanor our favorite amendments; many Belarus and Ukraine on the high end, $250 slap on the wrist (the same fee, in people argue that we are safer and Moldova, Latvia and Yemen on addition to 16 hours of training, is rethe lower end. from harm with sidearms than quired to gain a gun license) and brief What does our ever-reactionary we would be if we disarmed three month suspension of one’s gun imagination have to say about these and gave up said guns.” license (Oklahoma Statute 1722). SB statistics? Nothing. We’re too busy 858 doesn’t change any of that, but pretending to be safe, carrying a liadds a subsection E, which allows any person with a con- censed and concealed pistol to class. Professors and stucealed carry gun permit to carry that gun anywhere on cam- dents need to stand up and draw the line on what’s acceptpus, except at events with security. able by protesting this bill and the senator who introduced Guns should not be allowed on college campuses. They it. Consider becoming directly involved in making sure that are unnecessary to the purpose of higher education; gain- no one in your communications class has the legal right to ing and creating specialized knowledge, learning the skill of have a derringer under his jacket. critical thinking and learning how to express one’s thoughts — Sarah Garrett, coherently in writing. Does anyone think that someone is going to come shoot anthropology senior up the place? Maybe, if he or she is suffering from a serious mental health condition, has easy access to weapons and Comment on this column on OUDaily.com
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Obama’s provisions could increase student debt President Barack Obama released his proposed budget for the upcoming year Monday. The $3.7 trillion behemoth is STAFF COLUMN MN massive and involves various efforts to shift money around, some cuts, some Matt Bruenig nig increases — the usual. Included in this budget are two provisions that are relevant to both undergraduate and graduate students at OU. The first provision is one which eliminates summer school Pell grants — federal money provided to students of low-income backgrounds. The elimination of summer Pell grants is particularly problematic because poor students are more likely to work during semesters and therefore need summer credits to stay on schedule. The inevitable rise in tuition or fees that will be coming to OU and other schools across the country will multiply the impact of these cuts. Raising costs and cutting aid is a sure way to increase the burden on the poorest students. In addition to the Pell grant change, loans taken out by graduate students will begin gaining interest as soon as they are taken out. Graduate students will not have to pay off the interest until they are out of school, but upon
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graduation, with this subsidy removed, their debt burden will be considerably higher. These two measures fly in the face of the rhetoric of educational investment. It is unclear how education is supposed to benefit from legislation that makes it less accessible to poorer students and increases the already record-high debt that students have when they leave college. When you combine these provisions with other figures relevant to college graduates, the picture becomes even grim. The percent of recent college graduates who have managed to secure full-time jobs has dropped from 83 percent in 2007 to 74 percent in 2010, and those statistics say nothing about the kind of full-time jobs these graduates are moving into (no doubt many are under-employed). So, to sum it up: the price of college is going up, the aid to pay for college is going down, debt for college students is at record levels (average debt is $24,000) and employment prospects for graduates are diminishing. Those figures basically speak for themselves. The government, and society in general, is trying to pay for this recent financial crisis on the backs of students. Instead of
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increasing taxes on the rich, the class whose risky speculation caused the problem, it is the students who must shore up the budgets of the federal and state government. This is nothing new, nor is it limited just to students. Consider attacks on Medicaid in Texas, a program which helps poor people get health care. Did poor children and public workers cause a bubble that wrecked the economy? No, but they sure will be called upon to pay for the aftermath of it. Making sure everyone but the super-rich pay for economic pitfalls is so common a strategy that every time I hear people talk about “shared sacrifice,” I cannot help but laugh. Once again, students, workers, teachers and poor people will all be asked to tighten our belts and pay more. I wish I could say I am confident that it is only these cuts that we will suffer, but I am sure slashing Pell grants and graduate student aid will be the tip of the iceberg. — Matt Bruenig, philosophy senior
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Senior guard Danielle Robinson stands out on the hardwood. There are only a handful of athletes who have donned the crimson and cream who can keep up with No. 13. Robinson’s hands are always active while she coordinates the offensive sets or gets low to smother opposing guards with man-to-man defense. Her teammates read her body language with ease, and she reciprocates their comprehension with pinpoint passes and verbal praise. Robinson is a point guard’s point guard. She sees the floor with the sort of vision that can’t be taught, can’t be learned. She is excellent at getting her teammates involved in the game. And like the great floor generals in the game today — Kobe Bryant, LeBron James, Kevin Durant — Robinson can take over the game whenever she is needed. “I think I take it to a new level on the court,” Robinson said. “I do have this competitive nature when I hit the floor — really any time I play basketball.” Fo r t h e 2 0 1 0 - 1 1 s e a s o n , s o p h o m o re g u a rd W h i t n e y Ha n d , s e n i o r guard Carlee Roethlisberger and Robinson were voted Oklahoma team captains. Robinson said she was honored, but noted the title comes with an exceptional amount of responsibility.
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Senior guard Danielle Robinson encourages a teammate during OU’s 71-61 win over Texas Tech on Jan. 19 in Norman. Robinson, one of the Sooners’ three captains, said she really enjoys being a leader on the Oklahoma women’s basketball team.
“I think Coach (Sherri) Coale does a great job of explaining that a captain has to lead, not only on the court but off the court as well,” Robinson said. The pressure of having 12 teammates look to her to score the winning basket at the buzzer or hit two clutch free throws to ice the game doesn’t faze Robinson, nor do the off-the-court circumstances or the pressures of
being a student-athlete. “It has its moments. But having those 12 people count on you whenever, whatever time they need you — I really enjoy it,” Robinson said. “You got to take that and run with it, and I think that’s what all three of us do.” Robinson wears the captain’s patch boldly on her uniform and understands the attributes a captain
should possess. “A captain is a person who shows up to class on time, does well academically, is in the gym before anybody else, leaves the gym after everybody else,” she said. “They’re that person that is willing to take the blame when things aren’t going well. “They lead in celebration and defeat on and off the court.”
At the center of Robinson’s description is communication, a staple on the Oklahoma bench and one Robinson said Coale has preached from the onset. “Communication is the foundation of this program,” she said. “It develops trust. And I think it’s what leads teams to championships.” — RJ Young, journalism grad student
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Bradford: Excited to learn new offensive system in St. Louis Sam Bradford was eager to spend the next few months learning every nuance of the West Coast offense that helped him win the NFL Offensive Rookie of the Year. That changed when the St. Louis Rams hired new offensive coordinator Josh McDaniels last month. “Part of me is extremely excited to be working with Sam Bradford Josh McDaniels,” Bradford said. “Looking at some of his offenses and some of his quarterbacks in the past, as a quarterback, you can’t not be excited to be in one of those offenses.” Bradford hasn’t had a lot of time to study the new offense he’ll be running and hasn’t heard from McDaniels since he was hired on Jan. 19, but knows that the new offense is more spread out than the West Coast attack he was leading. Bradford threw for 3,512 yards, 18 touchdowns and 15 interceptions in his rookie campaign. In McDaniels’ offense, Denver Broncos quarterback Kyle Orton threw for 3,653 yards and 20 touchdowns last season. “I feel very comfortable going through the process again and learning his system,” Bradford. said Comfort could be key for Bradford this upcoming season, but confidence was vital last year. “I think that’s the mindset you have to have to, especially at the quarterback position,” Bradford said. “I remember going through the process last year and the common theme was everyone wanted to talk about the quarterbacks that had been taken high and failed. ... They wanted to try and tell me that just because I was a rookie and if I played next year as a rookie that I was going to fail.” Bradford’s 76.5 passer rating was the highest by a No. 1 overall draft pick in his rookie season since Cincinnati quarterback Carson Palmer in 2004. Even as the players flew by faster than he had ever seen, he maintained that confidence. In the 2010 preseason, the games were faster than when he won the 2008 Heisman Trophy at Oklahoma. “When you lose that confidence, that makes everything seem like it’s going that much faster,” he said. “I knew that it was a process and I knew that it was going to take time.” Bradford is taking that same mentality into this upcoming season — feeling he still has something to prove. “No matter what you do the year before, there’s always going to be people saying that you aren’t going to do as well and it was a fluke,” Bradford said. “I love hearing things like that because it just gives me motivation to go out and be better than the year before.”
NFL files charges against players’ union for unfair practice WASHINGTON -- The NFL has filed an unfair labor practice charge against its players’ union. In Monday’s filing with the National Labor Relations Board, the league is asking that the union be ordered to bargain in good faith. The NFL says the union wants to avoid reaching a new collective bargaining agreement by the early March expiration of the old deal. The league says the union wants to decertify so it can file an antitrust lawsuit. The filing with the NLRB says the “union’s strategy amounts to an unlawful anticipatory refusal to bargain.” A statement e-mailed by union spokesman George Atallah says the NFL’s “claim has absolutely no merit.”
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Gundy, Bieber share connection through cell-phone ringtones STILLWATER — If their ringtones are any indication, teen pop sensation Justin Bieber and Oklahoma State football coach Mike Gundy are part of a mutual admiration society. Bieber told Radio Disney last week that he uses Gundy’s famed “Come after me! I’m a man! I’m 40!” speech as his phone ringtone. Bieber says he watched the video of the 2007 rant “and I thought it was funny, so I set it as my ringtone for everything.” Justin Bieber On Monday, Gundy’s cell phone rang during a news conference and the ringtone was Bieber’s hit, “Baby.” Gundy said he changed his ringtone on Sunday because “I figured if he was going to use my ringtone then I should start to use his ringtone.” When asked if he’s a fan of Bieber, who performed at the Grammy Awards in Los Angeles on Sunday night, Gundy quipped, “I am now.” Gundy joked that he would encourage Bieber to purchase a suite at Boone Pickens Stadium. “I would prefer that he would come and sing and perform a concert here and buy a suite,” Gundy said. “We still have some available.” Gundy’s rant came after a column about possible reasons for then-starting quarterback Bobby Reid’s demotion appeared in The Oklahoman. The coach used his entire postgame news conference after a win over Texas Tech to berate columnist Jenni Carlson. It gained national attention and became a YouTube staple. Gundy spoke Monday while addressing the hiring of new offensive coordinator Todd Monken, wide receivers coach Kasey Dunn and running backs coach Jemal Singleton. — AP
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Pictured above is New York-based indie rock band The Walkmen. The band will headline the 2011 edition of the Norman Music Festival, organizers announced Monday. The festival is scheduled to occur April 28 to 30 in downtown Norman.
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Festival organizers attract big-name act for fourth year The next time you see a Norman Music Festival organizer, be sure to STAFF COLUMN MN give him or her a pat on the back, if not a pair of thumbs-up or a great big hug if Matt Carneyy you can spare it. Attracting a big-name indie rock act to a relatively miniscule music festival in the Midwest on a shoestring budget is no easy task, but the festival crew have done it consistently since the inaugural fest in 2008. This year is no different. Monday, the festival committee announced via Wimgo that New York City indie rock all-stars, The Walkmen, will be the last act to perform on the Main Stage on April 30. It’s sure to be a triumph of enormous proportions. Now six full-length albums in, The Walkmen have cultivated an incredible relationship between singer Hamilton Leithauser’s ironclad pipes and a very loud post-punk guitar sound supplied by beautiful
Rickenbacker guitars (the sort that were very popular in 1960s rock ‘n’ roll). Sometimes this sound ambles around heartbroken, followed by a plucky bass (see “While I Shovel The Snow” from their most recent and commercially successful album, “Lisbon”) while other times they wind up with something so fist-pumpingly, head-bangingly incredible as to possibly be mistaken for “War”-era U2 (see “The Rat” from 2004’s “Bows + Arrows” and “Victory” from “Lisbon”). Those are the ones that will get however many thousand fans on Main Street jumping up and down the evening of April 30. Those sensitive of hearing ought to prepare by packing along a set of headphones; it’s gonna get loud. — Matt Carney, professional writing senior
Conor Oberst didn’t need to return to the band that made him famous; after all, he’s been making successful albums both alone and with his indie supergroup Monsters of Folk since Bright Eyes took a hiatus in 2007. But boy, is it a good thing he did. Bright Eyes’s new album, “The People’s Key,” is the band’s catchiest, most ambitious and best album yet. It picks up right where the last album, 2007’s lukewarm “Cassadaga,” should have. The album begins, ends and is interspersed with dialogue recorded by Danny Brewer, guitarist for the band Refried Icecream and personal friend of Oberst. From the opening, Brewer serves as a sort of cosmic, maundering narrator for this excellent release. The song writing has returned to more ambitious and conceptual lyrics, the best and last of which were seen on 2005’s “Digital Ash in a Digital Urn.” Despite this, infectious pop melodies and rhythms prevail, like on the first single “Shell Games” and the grungy foot-tapper “Triple Spiral.” “The People’s Key” is a must-have for any fan of Bright Eyes, Monsters of Folk or modern indie-rock in general. I’m willing to bet it will be a contender for one of the best albums of the year. — Annika Larson/The Daily MOTÖRHEAD The World is Yours (Motörhead Music) Rating: 1/2
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“Outlaw,” “I Know What You Need” and “Bye Bye Bitch Bye Bye” forming a diverse four-pack of varying styles and speed that deliver a flurry of aural blows, all the while showing the band’s talent and instrumental skill. Lemmy still sounds the same as he did back in the ’70s on “Ace of Spades.” “The Wörld is Yours” isn’t incredibly original — it’s pretty typical for Motörhead, and it may not bring in any new fans, but it serves its purpose well and makes for a good 39-minute adrenaline rush. As Lemmy puts it: “These days most things suck.” This album is not one of those things. — AJ Lansdale/The Daily JAMES BLAKE Album name (Universal Republic) Rating: 1/2
Only 22 years old, few outside of the U.K. had heard of James Blake before he released a trio of EPs in 2010 — “The Bells Sketch,” “CMYK” and “Klavierwerke” — that left music bloggers and dubstep fans feverish at their keyboards. As a dubstep artist, Blake makes all the right moves, or doesn’t depending on how you look at it. His composition lends restraint to dubstep without eschewing the genre’s lexicon of descriptors; cavernous, melancholy and wobble. Blake’s lyric writing, like his arrangement, is as impressive an exercise in restraint. A voice as soulful and melodic as Blake’s is nonexistent in the world of laptop musicians. In a sub-genre that limits singing, a talent like his is impossible to ignore. Blake’s unique voice may just be what dubstep needs to push into the mainstream. With any underground movement in music there are sure to be those reluctant of such a forc but there’s no taking back “Limit To Your Love,” which peaked at No. 39 on the U.K. album chart nearly a month ago. With a record finally available to the American listening audience, James Blake might just become the first dubstep artist to escape the dank London underground. —Matt Carney/The Daily
For a band that’s been going since 1975, Motörhead still rocks harder than most of what passes for “rock music” these days. “The World is Yours” stays with the band’s tried and true formula: loud, aggressive and quick. It’s not revolutionary, but it’s worked for 20 albums and it’s still doing the trick. Anchored by vocalist Lemmy Kilmister’s trademark growls, Motörhead barrels through this album the way it always does it, true to its roots from the rise of British punk in the mid-70s. It’s not quirky or necessarily hip, but that’s not what they’re going for. “The Wörld is Yours” kicks off functionally, but unremarkably, getting stronger with “Get Back In Line” and “Devils In My Head,” pairing a strong speed with wellwritten lyrics and vigorous Have any music news? An instrumentals. The album’s heaviest album suggestion for our moments come at its end, writers? Questions? E-mail with “Brotherhood of Man,” us at dailyent@ou.edu.
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Singing Valentines echo across OU From fundraisers to food with friends, Valentine’s Day is all about the love
Lena Zielinski carries a rose as she walks to class Monday. COLLIN SIMS/THE DAILY
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The School of Art and Art History hosted Art from the Heart at the Fred Jones Jr. Museum of Art. For $15, patrons could eat lunch and choose a student-made piece of art.
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Members of Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia fraternity delieved singing Valentines on campus Monday to raise money for their philanthropy, Mills Music Mission.
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Information studies senior Andrew Cao sings with brothers in the Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia fraternity Monday outside Buchanan Hall.
Student organizations use love-filled day to raise money for nonprofits, philanthropies on campus
Information studies senior Andrew Cao hugs girlfriend Susan Moring, entrepreneurship junior, after dedicating two songs to her and singing with his brothers in the Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia fraternity Monday outside Buchanan Hall. The fraternity raised money for their philanthropy, Mills Music Mission, by dedicating singing Valentines. REINA LYONS/ THE DAILY
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Vocal music education senior Eric Hamilton sings with members of Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia fraternity Monday in Buchanan Hall during a singing Valentine delivery.
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Members of the Nonprofit Student Leadership Student Organization promote the Central Oklahoma Heart Walk with the Kiss Drop table on the South Oval Monday afternoon. By donating, students were able to win door prizes to places like Hey Day and Crimson & Whipped Cream Bakery.
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Canadian pop singer Justin Bieber is pictured in a still from his new movie, “Justin Bieber: Never Say Never.” The movie about the 16-year-old performer was released nationwide Friday.
Bieber fever melts the coldest of hearts “Justin Bieber: Never Say Never” tells the story of 16year-old Canadian turned teen sensation, Justin Bieber. With much debate about whether all of his recent acclaim is worthy or just fed by endless radio play and a perfect heartthrob package, the movie sends a message that would even leave Bieber naysayers with a soft spot for the hard-working star. What begins as a montage of videos from YouTube leads to Bieber’s discovery in the film and ultimately, makes him the superstar he is among youth today. The documentary counts down the 10 days to his final performance: a sold out concert in Madison Square Garden, an iconic arena where legends like U2 and The Rolling Stones have performed. Viewers are let in to Bieber’s intimate settings, revealing his ordinary upbringing in a small home in an even
prevalent. Included are many clips of girls in different parts of the U.S. loudly confessing their love for Bieber, from wanting to be his first wife, to nonstop dancing at concerts on his tours, to crying. It becomes clear that Bieber owes much of his success to his loyal fan base that has truly blown up in the past few years. While the film still may not make it to the list of 2011’s top movies for those who haven’t been struck by the Bieber fever, it does do a great job of honing in on the millions of girls that already sing his songs and obsess about his life. But who knows how many more girls he may have just won over with his spectacular dance moves — or the hair.
smaller town. The audience learns that his mother and grandparents have played a significant role in his life and have been there to support him every step of the way. With images of Bieber’s baby pictures to home videos of him playing the drums to his singing on the streets, the audience can see his stages of musicality. A transition within the film occurs as viewers are shown Bieber’s breakthrough into the recording industry as they follow him to meetings with record labels that signed widely famous singers such as Pink and Avril Lavigne. The movie flips from his concert performances to interviews with his family, managers, vocal coaches, Usher and even Miley Cyrus. An overwhelming majority of Bieber’s fan base are young girls in their tween years, so naturally, the documentary largely focuses on making that aspect most
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