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WEB-BASED WORKOUT PROGRAM LAUNCHED Crimson Fitness provides individual workout routines designed to keep people fit and healthy

Users can access these programs online at www.crimsonfitness.com or on mobile devices. The iPhone and iPod Touch offer a free Crimson Fitness application, said Brent Skoda, College Fitness spokesman. Other devices, such as the Blackberry and Android, should have one soon. One of the main features of the interactive Web site is a workout generator that allows students to get a plan based on their goals and desired plans. After entering some information, the program gives students a schedule and how-to videos for each workout. Certified trainers create each workout, so students should get the most benefits from each program, Skoda said. The videos also help students learn how to do the exercise and get better results. College Fitness is in the process of obtaining a patent for its Workout Generator system, Skoda said. He said the program also has a calorie counter where

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OU Recreational Services has teamed with an independent college fitness organization to create a new online workout program. Crimson Fitness, which became active in January, is designed to teach people about how to be fit and stay healthy, according to its Web site. “Crimson Fitness is an extremely innovative tool that makes designing an effective workout routine easy to accomplish,” said Scott Miller, assistant director of Testing and Counseling. “That workout can be taken with you in your pocket to the gym.”

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Crimson Fitness, a new online fitness program provided by OU Recreational Services and College Fitness LLC, will allow OU students and non-students access to the program online and through iPhone and iTouch devices.

Parents’ Weekend talent show to include all Twinkle Twinkle Talent Show aims to attract overlooked student talent, organizers say MICHELLE STEPHENSON Daily Staff Writer

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Paul Hatch, mechanical engineering junior, and other engineering students, work on their newest creation, Hayley, Saturday evening in the team’s newly renovated garage in Felgar Hall. The team will test the new race car until they compete in June at the International Society of American Engineers competition in California.

Sooner Racing Team accelerates toward national, world competitions OU engineering students spend past five months building racing team car; set sights on summer competitions ALEX EWALD Daily Staff Writer

These last several weeks have been everything but normal for Hayley, as she prepares for the biggest day of her short life. The Sooner Racing Team’s 2010 car, affectionately known as “Hayley,” started and ran with no problems Saturday afternoon in the team’s shop in the new ExxonMobil Lawrence G. Rawl Engineering Practice Facility. The race car, which the team of about 15 students has been building since September, will compete in Fontana, Calif., in June, and in Hockenheim, Germany, in August.

The team, which has placed in the top five in all their competitions during the last three years, is currently the No. 1 Formula Society of Automotive Engineers racing team in the U.S. and No. 8 in the world, having placed second in Virginia and fifth in California in 2009 with the race car “Karen.” Team Captain David Collins Jr., who designed the car’s frame, said he was happy with the results of Saturday’s test run. “[The car] sounds great, it starts good, the engine revs well,” said Collins, mechanical engineering senior. “You want your car to look good and look professional. If we show up and we do everything that we’re capable of doing, there’s no reason not to win the event.” “[The Germany race] the most prestigious competition at this point,” said Nic Evans, mechanical engineering junior and one of the team’s system leaders for body and aerodynamics. “[The RACING CONTINUES ON PAGE 2

Drill team brings diversity to dance Student organizes new dance team for women who may not have proper dance training TA’CHELLE JONES Daily Staff Writer

The essence of OU can be found in its student body, the sprawling campus and now in a new dance team. Dwayne Cook, modern dance performance junior, created an organization for women who may not have technical

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dance training but want to express their passion for dance. “This is a different type of dance,” said Jessica McClarty, public relations sophomore. “We are trying to bring more diversity to OU’s campus.” The idea for Essence of Oklahoma Drill team stemmed from dance teams that are housed at historically black colleges. The group is striving to become an OU sponsored dance team, said Brichette Reid, public relations sophomore. If this is successful, she said, the team

would be able to perform at sporting events along with the cheer and pom squad. As a cheerleader and dancer, Cook said he saw a void on campus that could be filled with this opportunity. “A lot of girls wanted to try out for the pom squad and it would be a downer for me to tell them that they wouldn’t be able to make it because they did not have all of the technical training,” Cook said. Dance has a long standing history in the black community and the women of DANCE CONTINUES ON PAGE 2

A new talent showcase featuring students’ individual and group talents will be held during Parents’ Weekend. The Twinkle Twinkle Talent Showcase, named in honor of this year’s Moms’ Day and Parents’ Weekend nursery rhymes theme, will take place Saturday, March 27. Zac Mabry, finance and accounting sophomore and Moms’ Day and Parents’ Weekend spokesman, said the committee came across the idea while trying to find a way for students to play a more active role in the event. “We want all sorts of things, international students who have a talent that relates to their heritage. We’re really excited to show the parents,” Mabry said. The three-to-four-minute acts are open to anyone who has a talent he or she wants to perform. The participants will compete for first, second and third place prizes. The winners will be chosen based on the crowd’s favorites. “The idea is really for students just to come out and have fun,” said Drea Segura, sophomore public relations major and a member of the Moms’ Day and Parents’ Weekend committee. “If they have a talent and they want to show it off then this is the place for them.” In the past, Parents’ Weekend has had only one talent show, Scandals, that attracts mostly Greek organizations. This year’s Twinkle Twinkle Talent Showcase will offer students a new outlet where they can perform their talents. The liaison between the two events, University College freshman Tyler Bridegan, said he is excited to see a new event during the weekend. “Students have a lot of talent that doesn’t often get showcased. This talent show will emphasize the talent of individuals versus Scandals, [which] tends to focus on a large group,” Bridegan said. “I’m extremely excited because I believe the Twinkle Twinkle Talent Showcase and the Scandals performances will benefit from each other overall.” Although Scandals and the Twinkle Twinkle Talent Showcase have overlapping times, students and parents will be able to attend both because Scandals will have two additional performances that weekend.

TWINKLE TWINKLE TALENT SHOW The Twinkle Twinkle Talent Showcase will take place from 3 to 5 p.m. Saturday, March 27 in Dale Hall, room 200. Students interested in participating in the event may pick up an application online or in the Student Life office in the Oklahoma Memorial Union. Applications are due March 5.

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those from other teams and professionals to figure out what works. “We don’t have to start from scratch every year, and that’s a big help,” Collins said. “We’ve gotten great support from the school.” The racing team’s adviser, mechanical engineering professor Zahed Siddique, said it’s the team’s effort that has made it the No. 1 team in the country. “I think especially the students as they’re coming along the way take the responsibility, and I think the team culture has changed so the students who are a little bit senior take the time to train freshman and sophomore students,” said Siddique, who has been adviser since 2003. “So I think the culture and the environment of the team that has helped it out a lot, and the students who have been the leaders have done extremely well managing the team.” Collins said the racing team gets most of its budget from

Continues from page 1 car] is pretty fast. We drive it on a slower track — it can go zero to 60 mph in 3.3 seconds.” Collins said they break the car down into systems to make the building more manageable, one group working on the power train (the engine-related work) and the other focusing on chassis (the body work). “One person can’t design a full car; it can’t be done, especially in a one-year time line,” he said. “The way it normally works out is that there’s enough people that we can get one person on most of the systems and each person usually has to double up and take an extra system.” He said each year the team finalizes most design decisions by May, using previous designs including

sponsorships from four sources: OU, private businesses, families and alumni. Private sponsors include Schlumberger Ltd., Lucas Oil Products, Altair Engineering Inc. and Shell Oil Co. The OU College of Engineering is the team’s biggest sponsor, said Tom Landers, Engineering College dean. The college supports the racing team by providing much of team’s annual budget and use of the practice bays in the Practice Facility, which was dedicated Feb. 15 by OU President David Boren. “The College of Engineering stresses experiential learning as a core strategy,” Landers said by email. “Competitive groups like the Sooner Racing Team provide the kinds of hands-on teamwork learning experiences that are essential to the engineering profession.” Landers stated he visits the Sooner Racing Team periodically to see how things are going with the project, and has joined them

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Karen, the Sooner Racing Team 2009 car, sits on display in Felgar Hall. Karen helped put the team in the top 10 in the nation last year. at competitions in Michigan and California. The team plans to take Hayley on her first drive Sunday if the sunny weather continues, and the team will hold driver tryouts in the spring

for the competition’s four events. “We try to get everybody some drive time — that’s pretty much the reward for working on the team,” Collins said. “That’s supposed to be the fun part.”

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the drill team will be the embodiment of that Reid said. Though years of training and experience are not prerequisites for membership, rhythm, dedication and hard work are. The team is about excellence as well as diversity, McClarty said. “We don’t want to be a group of all black dancers,“ Reid said. “We want women of all races and backgrounds to be apart of this.” If the team’s goals come into fruition, this will be an historical feat at OU. The hardest part will be getting people to truly appreciate our dancing style and the importance of what we are doing, Reid said. “We are so used to dancing in our culture,” McClarty said. “We just want to share (it) with the OU community.”

users can search a nutritional database for specific foods. “[You] can even locate specific restaurants and meals near you to get a more accurate count,” Skoda said. Crimson Fitness had more than 5,500 visitors to the Web site and 500 applications downloaded after the site had been active for two weeks, said Chris Manfredini, College Fitness spokesman. Tuesday at the Huston Huffman Center, 10 students said they had not used MARCIN RUTKOWSKI / THE DAILY

The Essence of Oklahoma Drill Team pose in the Tarman Lounge of the Adams Center on Wednesday night. The new group for students who want to express their passion for dance without technical training. The group is hoping to perform at OU sports events.

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Crimson Fitness, but seven of the 10 said they had heard of the program and expressed interest in using it. “I am thinking about trying it,” said Diana Lucero, architectural engineering junior. “I would use the information on workout routines. Right now I just walk on the treadmill, but I would like to try something different.” Caitlin Ronck, University College freshman, said she just likes to run but would use the calorie counter to know how many calories she burns during exercises. To use Crimson Fitness, visitors must register with a valid e-mail address. The program is free and open to everyone.

Thursday, February 25, 2010

Low-sodium soup tastes success Grandmother’s recipe leads to millions of dollars in sales, thriving business CHINH DOAN Daily Staff Writer

Nearly two decades ago Debbie Berckefeldt had an idea: she thought people might like her grandmother’s raspberry fructose dip. Now her company in Leonard, Okla., about 30 miles south of Tulsa, Okla., employs more than 30 people, recorded $3.4 million in sales in 2008 and sells a lot more than raspberry fructose dip, according to Hoovers, a business profiling Web site. Low-sodium soup has become one of her biggest sellers. “The customers were very happy to have a soup that was low in sodium and low fat and was easy to prepare without buying all the additional ingredients,” Berckefeldt said. One of Leonard Mountain’s most popular products is the “3 Amigos” enchilada stew mix that contains 190 mg. of sodium per serving. According to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration and U.S. Department of Agriculture, an individual food that has the claim “healthy” must not exceed 480 mg. of sodium per reference amount. These low-sodium soup mixes come in a variety of flavors such as “Four Amigos” tortilla soup, “Spuds ‘N Chives” potato soup and “Hunky Chunky” vegetable stew. Besides low-sodium soup mixes and fruit and vegetable dips, Berckefeldt’s company produces more than 200 items including chili mixes, pickled olives and vegetables, nuts and pasta. Berckefeldt said her company is able to make the products with less fat and sodium because they are made with dehydrated vegetables that contain no chemicals, and the primary ingredients in the seasonings are only the basics. “The seasonings I use are the ones you would use in your own house: salt, garlic, onions, chili powder and peppers,” Berckefeldt said. Berckefeldt has enjoyed cooking and developing recipes studying foods throughout her life. She discovered that the foods people eat relate to the behaviors people exhibit. “I learned about the different kinds of food and how they react to the body and what they do to promote those behaviors,” Berckefeldt said. Although Berckefeldt creates the soup recipes, she has a physician on staff who tests all the products. She said the doctor also works as a sales person and uses the products. Ebonee Gilliard, public relations senior, is

watching her sodium intake for health reasons. She said her first taste of Berckefeldt’s “Four Amigos” tortilla soup was watery, but it seemed healthy. “I think it has potential to be a really good soup, but it’s missing a little bit of flavor,” Gilliard said. Ashlee Madison, a University of Central Oklahoma graduate student, on the other hand, said she enjoys the spices and variety of vegetables in the low-sodium soup mixes. “I like the vegetables in it, and the beans and stuff, that’s really good,” Madison said. Watching sodium content can be very important for people who are sodium sensitive and who have hypertension. Tiffany Bozarth, a dietician at Integris Weight Loss Center, said sodium could affect your blood pressure, causing swelling and edema in the tissues. Bozarth says people who are watching their sodium content also need to be constantly watching the ingredients in what they eat. “Food labels are your best friend as far as knowing what to look for,” said Bozarth. Bozarth suggested decreasing the sodium content of foods by making them from scratch, and then freezing them to prepare later. She said low-sodium soup mixes such as Leonard Mountain’s are a good idea for people on low-sodium diets because they can save time and because you are able to add fresh vegetables for fiber content.

POLICE REPORTS The following is a list of arrests and citations, not convictions. The information given is compiled from the Norman and OU Police Departments. At times, the Cleveland County Sheriff’s Department and the Oklahoma City FBI will contribute to these reports. All those listed are innocent until proven guilty. DRIVING UNDER THE INFLUENCE Brandi Michelle Fulton, 29, 1300 Regent St., Tuesday, also driving with a suspended license. Hanna Armella Gottschalk, 19, Boyd Street and Asp Avenue, Friday Mumbali G. Ngwa, 27, 211 W. Boyd St., Friday Joshua Bryant Smith, 33, Boyd Street and Classen Boulevard, Friday Laura Elizabeth Hemphill, 31,

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500 S. Buchanan Ave., Sunday Tyler Rhoe Pirkley, 23, 100 W. Boyd St., Sunday Donnie Ray North, 22, 500 E. Boyd St., Sunday Jesse Cole Gay, 26, Boyd Street and Chautauqua Avenue, Sunday DRIVING UNDER SUSPENSION Anibal Mikjail M. Avila-Bruno, 21, 500 Elm Ave., Sunday Marisha Gail Erickson, 19, Boyd Street and Asp Avenue, Sunday, also no insurance WARRANT Saeed Mohammad Alyakoub, 21, 300 W. Third St., Saturday, also vehicle license violations POSSESSION OF MARIJUANA Adam Bernard Jones, 20, 1400 George Ave., Tuesday, also possession of drug paraphernalia

Jared Michael Roden, 19, 1400 Asp Ave., Monday, also possession of drug paraphernalia Avery Clear, 18, 1400 Asp Ave., Monday, also possession of drug paraphernalia MUNICIPAL WARRANT Bobby Lynn Lilies, 37, 2420 Classes Blvd., Tuesday Michael Edward Owings, 42, Southwest 24th Avenue, Tuesday PUBLIC INTOXICATION Robert Richard Tautfest, 49, Comanche Street, Tuesday Todd Curtis Coen, 19, 2900 Jenkins Ave., Saturday Aaron James Petrikin, 19, 1200 Van Vleet Oval, Saturday, also possession of marijuana, possession of drug paraphernalia, a minor in possession of alcohol and littering

CAMPUS EVENTS

TODAY FOCUS ON ARTS AND SCIENCES WEEK Mike Fogarty, OU College of Arts and Sciences Distinguished Alumni, will discuss the state of health care and his work with Oklahoma children and families at or near the poverty line at 10 a.m. in the Regents Room of the Oklahoma Memorial Union. ALPHA LAMBDA DELTA Applications are due for the Alpha Lambda Delta National Freshman Honor Society OU Chapter from 11 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. in Wagner Hall, suite 170.

Debbie Berckefeldt, 60, owner of Leonard Mountain, Inc. has seen an increase in her company’s sales since she developed low-sodium soup mixes.

CAREER SERVICES Career Services will offer a clinic in preparing for a behavioral

interview at 1 p.m. in the Weitzenhoffer Room of the union. ARTS AND SCIENCES DISTINGUISHED ALUMNI LECTURES Edward Correia, president of Correia and Associates, will join Tom Boyd, Robin Meyers and moderator Rob Griswold to discuss the future of God at 1 p.m. in the Regents Room of the union. ARTS AND SCIENCES DISTINGUISHED ALUMNI LECTURES Donald R. Baucom, a retired U.S. Air Force lieutenant colonel and 1976 doctoral graduate of OU, will present a lecture titled “Hitting a Bullet with a Bullet: Emergence of Kinetic Energy Interceptors” at 2:30 p.m. in the Regents

Room of the union. ARTS AND SCIENCES DISTINGUISHED ALUMNI LECTURES William McGrew, a 1965 zoology graduate from OU who later earned a Ph.D. from Oxford University, will present a lecture titled “Fifty Years of Chimpanzee Tool Use: What’s Left to Know?” at 4 p.m. in the Regents Room of the union. STUDENT SUCCESS SERIES Mark Walvoord will present in the Student Success Series about the topic of time management from 4 to 5 p.m. in Wagner Hall, room 245. FRIDAY ALPHA LAMBDA

DELTA Applications are due for the Alpha Lambda Delta National Freshman Honor Society OU Chapter from 2 to 5 p.m. Friday in Wagner Hall, suite 170. IDENTITY LECTURE Scott Jones, pastor of the Cathedral of Hope in Oklahoma City will present the lecture “Personal Identity: A Real World Problem, Not Just an Academic Issue” from 4 to 5 p.m. in Dale Hall Tower, room 607. WANT TO HAVE YOUR EVENT PUBLISHED? Go to OUDaily.com and scroll down to the event calendar. Click on the “Submit Event” tab underneath the calendar. All event submissions are pending approval by The Daily Editorial Board.

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Multicultural tourism is not enough Imprison the Multicultural nights are great. It gives students the opportunity to go out and for one night experience things such as Colombian, Indonesian or Taiwanese culture, as students native to that culture care to portray it to the cosmopolitan student body. This is an opportunity for many of the international students who are experiencing our culture a chance to give their time and resources to share their culture with us in a symbiotic relationship. This is a great opportunity but it has a major flaw: it’s just one night. One night is not enough to understand another culture; you won’t gain anything substantial from it. These multicultural nights are designed to inspire curiosity; to push students to want to learn more. If you want to be a tourist — to sit back and view a new culture from the comfort of our own, without stepping out of your bubble — go to these cultural nights. Eat the free dinner and then go home.

But understand this is the Taco Bell approach to cosmopolitanism. You’re in college; we expect better from you. We expect a real curiosity, a curiosity that won’t be satiated in a single night of entertainment and food. If you want to actually grow, develop as an individual and genuinely attempt to understand something new, use these multicultural nights as the impetus for something more. Make friends at the multicultural night, talk to the event organizers, go home and read about the land and culture, and if you get the opportunity, go live there — go legitimately experience the culture outside the confines of our own. We are on a campus that is pushing internationalism. It’s time for us to deliver something substantial — to take more than a tour, but something real.

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Match war with peace scholarships The University of Oklahoma has had an ROTC proreasons why this is a good idea, I will offer two. gram since 1919. For those unfamiliar, ROTC stands First, peace cadets would provide a great service to the for Reserve Officers’ Training Corps and is a program United States and the world as a whole. Like military officers which produces officers for various military branches. who help defend our country from obviously imminent inAs part of the program, students are offered scholarvasions in such conflicts as the Mexican American War, the ships in exchange for a period of military enlistment. Spanish-American War, the Philippine-American War, the In addition, students are required to take courses on Vietnam War and the most recent Iraq War, peace cadets military science to learn how to be proper soldiers could also help protect this country, but in a different way. For and how to carry out warfare. instance, peace scholars might be able to foresee and warn of On its face, the ROTC program seems like a great MATT the dangers of unnecessary wars of aggression, examples of idea. After all, the American empire won’t maintain BRUENIG which slip my mind at the moment. A large number of dediitself without a functioning military and can anyone cated peace cadets and peace workers might be able to effecelse really think of a better way to staff said military tively counterbalance the sometimes hawkish tendencies of than enticing the poor with promises of college? Of course not. the country. This would help the United States keep out of conflicts I have come across an auxiliary program that could be equally and protect the rest of the world from our frequent desires to give useful: peace scholarships. them “freedom and democracy.” Peace scholarships would be nearly identical to ROTC scholarSecond, peace scholarships give poor people not interested in ships in form, but would differ ever so slightly in content. Instead warfare an opportunity to go to college. Although it would be abof studying war, the peace cadets would study peace. Instead of surd to suggest that, on occasion, poor people pursue the military pledging years of military enlistment, the peace cadets would or ROTC because they have no other opportunities, let’s imagine pledge years of peace work. that at some point in the future there will What would a peace science program really look like? Peace “Peace scholarships exist a poor person who wants to go to cadets would study what the necessary conditions for peace but also does not want to go to give poor people not college are. Are there certain governmental structures that help foster war. This program would give that perpeace? Is peace predicated by material conditions? Does our interested in warfare son an opportunity to do that. Giving nation-state conception of the world create unnecessary hos- an opportunity to go poor people more opportunities to go to tility? Is cosmopolitanism a way out? How effective is interna- to college. “ college is always a good thing and protional law? These questions, studies on contemporary nations viding a way to do so without also requirand hostilities, and studies on the efforts of peace workers ing military service is even better. could easily form the base of the peace science program. For these reasons and others, I think it behooves the university What would the years of peace work entail? This could range and society as a whole to try to achieve parity when it comes to war from the already established Peace Corps to work for non-profit and peace. For every ROTC war scholarship that is given, a peace aid groups and anything in between. If eliminating poverty is an scholarship should also be rewarded. Peace scholarships are beneffective way to create and preserve peace, then projects aimed at eficial for the world and give poor people the opportunity to attend doing just that would easily fall into the scope of peace work. In college without also volunteering to die. short, participation in any project aimed at peace would qualify as Matt Bruenig is a philosophy junior. peace work and count towards the required service. However, the real question is: Why should peace scholarships be considered in the first place? Although there are countless COMMENT ON THIS COLUMN ONLINE AT OUDAILY.COM

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Video Vigilante After reading about a Norman resident arrested for prostitution, I decided to do a Google search regarding prostitution in Oklahoma. What I found both disgusted and offended me. What I found was the YouTube channel of Brian Bates, the self-proclaimed “Video Vigilante” of Oklahoma City. Brian Bates’ YouTube channel describes himself as having “been exposing the graphic realities of street prostitution since 1996.” In reality, what Bates ERIC M. has done for over a decade STAIB is serially harass and stalk nonviolent Oklahoma City residents. His videos, which have been featured on Maury Povich’s show and a sensationalist MSNBC documentary about crusaders of his ilk, relate his stories of harassing young women across OKC. In his videos, Bates follows and videotapes suspected prostitutes throughout their daily transactions and attempts to catch them in the act of selling their sexual services to men. Once he sees that a transaction has been settled, Bates follows the pair in his car, gives the pair sufficient time to commence with the sexual act itself, and reports them to the police. He then bursts from his car and often opens the door to the man’s car to get a quick shot of the sex act itself as evidence. Bates’ perverse stalking, which he posts online for millions to see, would never be tolerated if it were applied to any other segment of society. Indeed, it is quite likely that a man who was uploading and sharing videos of other couples engaging in sex acts without their consent would quickly find himself the target of lawsuits, or even jail time. Bates, however, is nearly beatified for his harassment of prostitutes and “johns,” their customers, as they go about their lives. A quick view of his comments will reveal that many believe he is the leader of a noble social crusade. In reality, Bates is stalking and harassing women who have a hard enough time making a life for themselves without a sanctimonious pest threatening to end their only source of income. Prostitution is a victimless transaction that does not harm Brian Bates’ person or property, and he has no business bothering them. Fining women or throwing them in jail for the exchange of sexual favors for money is a serious affront to their liberty and person. Bates’ act of following these women around then filming and reporting them is therefore plainly despicable. If Bates understood the nature of black markets and honestly cared about protecting women, or even if he only selfishly wants them off of public sidewalks, he would turn off his camera and become an advocate for the complete legalization of prostitution and bordellooperation. To understand how legalized prostitution would improve the lives of prostitutes and keep them from roaming the streets, one only needs to observe the state of Nevada, where prostitution is legal in nearly every county. Where prostitution is allowed to operate as a legitimate business, it is done in safe, reliable bordellos. Prostitutes have legitimate legal standing and are able to report and sue violent managers or clients without fear that they will expose themselves or their coworkers to imprisonment. Indeed, a 2005 report by Barbara Brents and Kathryn Hausbeck of the University of Las Vegas found Nevada bordello managers go to impressive efforts to maintain peaceful, respectful environments for their employees, with some even enforcing strict policies against obscene language. Bates is likely unaware that in his zeal for the elimination of prostitution, he and others like him have supported the exact policies that force prostitutes to sell their bodies in public areas and submit to the control of pimps. Bates is far from a noble crusader for justice. Rather, he is a voyeuristic serial stalker of vulnerable women and his work encourages policies that increase violence against women. His decade-long campaign of sexual espionage should end in his imprisonment on multiple counts of multiple charges, including stalking, harassment, voyeurism and trespassing. Eric M. Staib is an economics senior.

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Thursday, February 25, 2010

STUDENTS RAISE $10,000 FOR HAITI AID Delta Gamma and Delta Upsilon water project to continue to raise money by selling T-shirts and wristbands in efforts to supply Haiti with clean water

international area studies senior. More than 100 people participated in the event Feb. 6 at Powers, the event organizer, said she wanted OU to join the Crossroads Mall, said Jourdan Selim-Guyton, broadcast together to help Haiti. and electronic communication senior. “Something that really struck me when I arrived [in “I’m pleased with the results and I think everyone came CASSI TONEY Oklahoma] here was how giving and open and compassion- out to support a good cause,” Selim-Guyton, the event orgaDaily Staff Writer ate people are,” Powers said. nizer, said. U-Night for Haiti included a guest speaker originally from According to the Inter-American Development Bank study OU students joined worldwide efforts and raised more Haiti, an OU graduate guest speaker whose orphanage in released Feb. 16, estimated costs for the Haiti disaster are bethan $10,000 in combined efforts to aid Haiti after the Jan. 12 Haiti was destroyed, five live bands, a signed sports memora- tween $7.2 billion and $13.2 billion. earthquake. bilia auction, a photo slideshow, an African The Chronicle of Philanthropy, a newspaper focused on Students organized numerous events and dance, a raffle and a letter-writing project to nonprofit organizations, estimated $774 million in donations fund-raisers for the Haiti relief just weeks FACTS ABOUT HAITI a Haiti mission. raised by Feb.17, $276 million coming from the American after the disaster happened. Many of the Powers said she would like to bring a Red Cross. events are finished, but some groups are still • Haiti disaster costs estimated guest speaker to OU in the future to inform raising funds. students about opportunities at relief orgaup to $13 billion as of Feb.16 The Delta Upsilon and Delta Gamma nizations after they graduate. • Estimated $10,000 raised by Water Project will sell T-shirts and wristConfections for a Cause, an online OU students as of Feb. 24 bands in front of Dale Hall today and Friday baked goods business, raised $3,000 for • Estimated $774 million in to raise money to supply clean water to the American Red Cross Haiti relief fund. donations as of Feb. 17 earthquake victims, said Conner McMakin, Founded by Michelle Sutherlin, human • $276 million raised by organizational communication junior. relations graduate student, Confections for American Red Cross McMakin, the Delta Upsilon philanthroa Cause recruited 23 volunteer bakers dopy chairman, said the project has raised apnated their time and resources to sell baked Sources: Inter-American proximately $3,000 so far. goods online for the cause, she said. Development Bank/Chronicle of “The main goal of the project is to raise “With our bakers and our sponsorships, I Philanthropy money to build clean water wells in Haiti,” think we were able to have a significant imMcMakin said. “Water is what they need the pact on the people of Haiti,” Sutherlin said. most.” Sutherlin said the group’s goal is to beThere also is an ongoing coin war between the dorm build- come a non-profit and continue raising money for local AP PHOTO ings to raise money for Haiti that ends Friday. Children eat a meal as others stand in line outside of the charities. The U-Night for Haiti event Feb. 6 raised almost $4,000 The Hearts for Haiti Walk-a-thon raised more than $700 Muncheez restaurant in Port-au-Prince, Wednesday Feb. 24, for the Red Cross Haiti Relief fund, said Megan Powers, for the Red Cross relief efforts in Haiti. 2010.

Students to attend pro-Israel event in Washington, D.C. CASEY PARVIN Daily Staff Writer

Four OU students will dive head first into Isreali foreign relations when they travel to Washington, D.C. in March for the American Israel Public Affairs Committee Policy Conference. AIPAC works to maintain a strong U.S.Israeli relationship ,and the AIPAC policy conference in the largest gathering of pro-Israel people outside of Israel, said Erik Baker, psychology and history junior. “Two-thirds of Congress will be there,” Baker said. “Tony Blair is the keynote speaker.” Baker said past speakers have included Barack Obama, Hillary Clinton and John McCain. The AIPAC Policy Conference is three days, March 21 to 23, of education on policy, Baker said. The conference encourages

people to take an active stance on furthering Israeli policy. “This is an amazing experience for students involved in politics to meet representatives from all over the country as well as past diplomats and presidents,” said Benjamin Schiller, political science senior and Sooners for Israel President. Schiller said he attended the policy conference in the past, but will forgo his opportunity this year to study for the Law School Admission Test. “The U.S. and Israel are both committed to human rights,” Schiller said. “It will be very interesting to see the second conference with the Obama administration because Obama and Israeli President Shimon Peresare are not seeing eye to eye on a few things.” Policy Conference is one of the most well-attended annual political events in Washington, D.C., Schiller said by e-mail.

“The unparalleled attendance is a testament to the strength of the partnership between the United States and Israel,” Schiller said. “Also, the strength of the relationship can be attributed to the common interest shared by both countries, including a commitment to democracy, individual liberty, and equality for both men and women.” Political science junior Grant McLoughlin is one of the four students attending the policy conference in March. “I’ve always been a proud supporter of the U.S.-Israeli relationship,” McLoughlin said. “It’s the most important three days for the U.S.-Israeli relationship because it gathers everyone who cares about that in one place.” McLoughlin said he is most excited to hear former British Prime Minister Tony Blair speak and hearing experts talk about the issues. “We’ll be going over really interesting

policy matter like the ins and outs of missile defense system, potential nuclear bombs and expert analysis,” McLoughlin said. AIPAC subsidizes the policy conference registration fee from $500 to $250 for students, Baker said. AIPAC also set up a hotel package for $250, so they entire trip will cost $500 for students, not including travel. Baker and McLoughlin said they will probably fly to Washington, D.C. Schiller, Baker and McLoughlin are all members in Sooners for Israel, which is OU’s pro-Israel voice, according to the student organization’s Web site. Sooners for Israel is not directly related to Hillel, but they do coordinate events together, Baker said. “We work with Hillel, but we are not associated with them,” Baker said. “We co-sponser the Israeli film series and host Latkes for Love together. We both broadcast a pro-Israel message.”

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ADVISERS DITCH OZONE DUE TO SYSTEM GLITCHES Academic advisers

OZONE TROUBLES TIMETABLE return to old mainframe •June 2005: A team is created to find a solution to remove student information stored on the university mainframe system that was launched in 1968 •August 2009: Students have trouble receiving financial aid due to a glitch in the oZONE conversion •September 28, 2009: oZONE student portal is launched •September 30, 2009: A Facebook group entitled “I Hate oZONE” is created, and gains almost 2,000 members in two months. •October 2009: Students encounter problems enrolling for classes through oZONE •December 3, 2009: An oZONE help forum is hosted; less than 15 students show up •January 2010: More than 4,600 refund checks were prematurely issued from the bursar office due to a glitch in oZONE

bridge after oZONE fails to correlate with other program LILLY CHAPA Contributing Writer

Academic advisers at OU have taken a step back in technology after a glitch in the new oZONE system forced advisers to not be able to rely on computers. Advisers discovered in early December that oZONE, a new Web-based program used for keeping a student’s financial and academic records, was not correlating with Degree Navigator, another program that allows students to create and keep track of their degree plans. The bridge program to connect the two Web sites is not transferring information correctly; Degree Navigator does not have the student’s spring 2010 enrollment information and other degree requirements. “The information

from oZONE is not linking to Degree Navigator because the ‘bridge’ between the two programs isn’t working,” said Kathy Sawyer, Gaylord College academic adviser. “We can’t see students’ spring enrollment on Degree Navigator, making it very hard to advise students.” Sawyer said the glitch was not expected. “With any new system there are glitches,” Sawyer said. “We started to figure it out when we enrolled students for December intercession and their classes weren’t showing up on Degree Navigator.” B r e c k Tu r k i n g t o n , Enrollment Services and Academic Records director, said they continued to use the older, mainframe bridge through the end of the fall semester in order to minimize the effects of switching bridges while advisers determined academic status. However, he said, they were close to finishing the new bridge, which they planned on using for the spring semester. “Over the break, we

also completed the last of our conversion of records from student permanent record files [to oZONE],” Turkington said. “This increase to the database caused more errors to appear in the new bridge data being passed to [Degree Navigator].” “We are talking to the coordinators of Degree Navigator, who are working night and day to try to fix the bridge,” Sawyer said. “They said it might be fixed by spring break, but I’m not holding my breath.” Sawyer said the changes they have made to the advising program are a step back in technology. “We have to start advising using two different programs, and there is a lot of prep work that goes into each advising appointment,” Sawyer said. “At the appointment, we will help the student figure out their schedule for the next semester, and fill out a hard copy of their advisement that they can take with them. This is similar to how we advised students before we started

using Degree Navigator. We are definitely taking a step back.” Sawyer said advising with two different programs and making hard copies will slow down the process and increase the risk of error. “It’s doable but difficult,” Sawyer said. “Time will definitely be an issue.” Sawyer said another setback of the failing program is that students must be advised in person. Many colleges at OU require mandatory in-person advising, but Gaylord College allows seniors and study abroad students to be advised more efficiently over e-mail. “For fall 2009, we advised 1,400 students in Gaylord College, and most of those who took advantage of e-mail advising were study abroad students or seniors who have already received detailed planning,” Sawyer said. “Obviously, we still have to advise study abroad students over e-mail, but everyone else must be advised in person.”

Geoff Roughface, broadcast and electronic media junior, said he doesn’t think the new advising changes will make m u c h o f a d i f f e re n c e in the overall advising process. “ I f o u n d t hat b e i n g advised face to face was about the same as being a d v i s e d ove r e - ma i l ,” Roughface said. “The advising program is already really scatterbrained, so [the new changes] probably won’t make much of a difference in the quality of advisement.” Sawyer said the advisers are trying to be as prepared and accommodating as possible for students as the time to be advised for fall 2010 approaches. “There are three advisers and 1,400 students, so hopefully students will understand and can be patient,” Sawyer said. “We’re coping the best we can. If everyone is patient, the changes we’ve made will work smoothly.”

GAYLORD CEO TO PRESENT LEADERSHIP LECTURE C o l i n R e e d , c h a i rman and CEO of Gaylord Entertainment Company, will speak today at Meacham Auditorium in the Oklahoma Memorial Union. The lecture is scheduled for 9:30 a.m., and will be followed by a question-and-answer session and reception. Reed will lecture about leadership principles and factors for success in a difficult economy, according to the Price College of Business Web site.

This lecture is presented by the Price College of Business Distinguished Speaker Series, a program that brings top-level business executives to speak at OU, the Web site stated. Reed, who has overseen the strategic reorganization through Gaylord Entertainment Company’s Gaylord Hotels and Grand Ole Opry brands, has repositioned the company for future growth, according to the Web site.

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Student Success Series: Time Management | 4 p.m. in Wagner Hall 245. Presented by University College. Revisiting the New Deal: Government Patronage and the Fine Arts | new exhibition on display now through May 9 in the Fred Jones Jr. Museum of Art. Visit www.ou.edu/fjjma for more information “As Seen on TV” Game Show | 7 p.m. in Meacham Auditorium. Come and play the Union Programming Board’s interactive game show for a chance to win all of your favorite “As Seen on TV,” products like the Shamwow, the George Formman Grill, PedEgg, Shake Weight, Slap Chop and the Magic Bullet! Contestants will be students we pull from the audience so don’t miss out! There’s ALWAYS SOMETHING at the union, www.ou.edu/upb.

Friday, Feb. 26 Intramural Update | Co-ed 4x4 volleyball tournament begins today! For more information visit recservices. ou.edu or call Jonathan Dewhirst, (405) 325-3053.

Art After Hours: Stuart Davis and the American Scene | 6 p.m. in the Dee Dee and Jon R. Stuart Classroom, Fred Jones Jr. Museum of Art. Sponsored by Arvest Bank. Visit www.ou.edu/fjjma for more information. Men’s Tennis: OU vs. Minnesota | 6 p.m. at the Gregg Wadley Indoor Tennis Pavilion. Visit soonersports.com for ticket information..

Saturday, Feb. 27 Men’s Basketball: OU vs. Baylor | 12:30 p.m. at the Lloyd Noble Center. Visit soonersports.com for ticket information. Men’s Gymnastics: OU vs. Minnesota | 7 p.m. at the McCasland Field House. Visit soonersports.com for ticket information.

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Thursday, February 25, 2010

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WOMEN’S BASKETBALL LOSES TO NEBRASKA Sooners fall to 0-2 against undefeated teams after losing to Nebraska ANNELISE RUSSELL Daily Staff Writer

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Danielle Robinson, junior guard, tries to get past Nebraska players during the Sooner women’s basketball game on Wednesday evening in on Lloyd Noble Center. OU lost 80-64. gave the Sooners their first lead since the second half. Neither team was going to fade in the final minutes, but Nebraska still found a way to create separation going up by seven with two minutes left. “Kelsey Griffin and Cory Montgomery took over, it’s easy, that’s exactly what happened,” Coale said. A Cornhusker lay-up and three-point play was the tide turner, Griffin said. The Cornhuskers were too much for OU in the end and the Sooners were forced to resort to fouling that amounted to no help. “You just got to give them credit, they just made plays,” Coale said.

OU’s Olajuwon finished with 16 points. Thompson and Robinson added another 15. Thompson said the loss was just about not playing an entire game. “I don’t think we fought for the full 40 minutes as a team,” Thompson said. Nebraska’s Griffin led the game in scoring with 30 points, and Montgomery rained three’s on OU to total 24 points. With the win, Nebraska clinched the Big 12 regular season title. It had been 22 years since the Cornhuskers won a conference championship. Next up for OU is a match-up against Texas Saturday in Austin.

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The Sooners are 0-2 against undefeated schools in 2010. No. 11 OU women’s basketball was another victim of No. 3 Nebraska on Wednesday night in a 80-64 barn-burner at home. The final score was not indicative to battle that consumed Lloyd Noble for two hours. After a Sooner won tip-off, OU took an 8-6 lead before the first timeout. More notable in the first four minutes, senior center Abi Olajuwon picked up two fouls. “We kind of lost our edge and our aggression when she got those two fouls,” head coach Sherri Coale said. OU held on to a marginal lead until 13:50 when the Cornhuskers took the 12-10 lead. From there the Sooners would trade baskets with Nebraska until 9:43 when Nebraska standout Kelsey Griffin put the Cornhuskers ahead 21-16. With 5:25 left, the Cornhuskers widened the gap to nine on another bucket by Griffin putting them up 27-18. During this time, the Sooners struggled to knock down shots, despite good looks. “We just missed a bunch of layups and free throws, and you just cant shoot yourself in the foot that way,” Coale said. The Sooners narrowed the lead heading into the locker room, but still remained down 33-29 at the half. Nebraska’s Griffin proved why she is arguably the best in the conference with 16 first half points, while OU’s Olajuwon and junior guard Danielle Robinson both totaled nine points. The Cornhuskers came out of the locker room ready to play and the Sooners allowed the Big 12 North team to establish a 43-34 lead at 13:34. Suddenly, it was like the winds changed, and OU went on an 8-2 run to close 45-42 and forcing a timeout. As quickly as OU climbed back into the game, that is exactly how fast they fell back down 52-42 with just over 11 minutes remaining. The first three finally went down for the Sooners at 8:43 in the first half by senior guard Nyeshia Stevenson. And the Sooners put together another run that closed lead again 52-51, forcing another timeout. Senior forward Amanda Thompson was a leader in the second half, spurring the Sooner run on both ends of the floor. At 6:38 in the game, sophomore guard Jasmine Hartman

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Lindsey Vandever, senior catcher, prepares to swing at the ball during the Sooner women’s softball game against St. Gregory’s on Feb. 17. OU won 9-1 in five innings.

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OU softball heads to Calif. for five-game tournament TOBI NEIDY Daily Staff Writer

Arizona. Action will continue at 8p.m. Friday against Oregon State before the Sooners The OU softball team (8-1) travels wrap up the tournament against Hawaii this weekend to Cathedral City, Calif. to at 12:30 p.m. Saturday. face five teams. The The Sooners are comSooners will face San ing off a dominant trip Diego State at 5:30 PLAYER TO WATCH to the Louisville Slugger p.m. and Pacific at 8 Desert Classic in Las Freshman pitcher Keilani p.m. today. Vegas where OU outThe No. 12 Sooners Ricketts scored its opponents will open action at 3 40-6 with two run-rule p.m. Friday against Ricketts was recently named victories. Senior inthe No. 1-ranked Big 12 Pitcher of the Week and fielder Amber Flores Washington Huskies. USA Softball Player of the Week earned Big 12 Player of The Huskies are 7-1 after her performances in Las the Week honors for her for the season, falling Vegas. performance during the to Utah State 7-4 in Ricketts pitched 19 innings tournament, leading the Campbell Cartier last weekend with an ERA of the Sooners with a .573 Classic last week0.37. batting average. Flores end. The Sooners added three more home are 2-8 against No.1 runs at the tournament teams. The last time in her search of the home the Sooners beat the nation's top team run record set by Samantha Ricketts last was 2004 against then No. 1-ranked year.

Freshman pitcher Keilani Ricketts also earned Big 12 Pitcher of the Week and USA Softball's National Player of the Week honors for her performance on the mound. Ricketts recorded three wins, threw two shut outs and posted a .37 earned run average for the week. Ricketts also recorded 22 strikeouts and only seven walks through 19 innings pitched. This was first time this season OU players earned both Big 12 Weekly honors at once. The Sooners return to the friendly confines of the OU Softball Complex at 6 p.m. March 3 to take on the Tulsa Golden Hurricanes.

THREE IS THE KEY Three will be the magic number for OU this weekend:

How many runs Flores needs to tie the career home run record. Flores hit her 43rd, 44th and 45th home runs in the Louisville Slugger Classic. Ricketts set the record during the 2009 season with 48.

How many wins Gasso needs to get her 900th win of all time. Currently, Gasso is 897298-2 since she began her career in 1991 at Long Beach City College.

How many wins OU needs to get to it’s 1,300th victory. The Sooners all-time record is 1,297-690-2 (.652).

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Thursday, Feb. 25, 2010 PISCES (Feb. 20-March 20) -- There’s a good chance you could meet someone who will turn out to be a good friend down the line. Be friendly to all, and use your insights regarding relationships.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) -You have the ability at this time to arouse an interest in things that are important to you, and by doing so automatically gain the support of others. Use this gift to your advantage.

ARIES (March 21-April 19) -- If you’re working against time, don’t hesitate to be more assertive than usual with regard to finalizing a matter of importance. Acting on impulse might be an option as well.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23) -- A lot of people might talk about grandiose plans to improve their lots in life, but you’re the one who actually knows how to pull them off. The perfect time is now so don’t sit on your thoughts.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20) -- Because of a strong desire to acquire things for loved ones, you will be powerfully motivated to figure out a plan as to how to get them. Your strategy will be great. CANCER (June 21-July 22) -- Doing things that are either planned or impromptu will work out wonderfully for you. In fact, you could get more done than usual and actually do a better job with each. LEO (July 23-Aug. 22) -- Substantial strides can be made in developing your goals, providing others don’t influence your thinking. If anyone can put together a good plan, it’s you. Follow your thoughts. Previous Answers

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Thursday, February 25, 2010

WEEKEND » UPDATE 1.

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AROUND NORMAN Get rowdy to the noise of The Non and garage rockin’ The Boom Bang at 10 p.m. Friday when they invade Opolis, 113 N. Crawford Ave.

ON CAMPUS Be a part of the interactive “As Seen On TV” game show being hosted at 7 tonight in Meacham Auditorium for a chance to win items like the Shamwow or Shake Weight.

IN OKC Go with friends or family to the “Anti.Gravity.Material.Light.” AT HOME exhibit from noon to 4 p.m. this Watch Saturday Night Live — with Saturday for a hands-on experi- host and musical guest Jennifer ence at Oklahoma City Museum of Lopez — at 10:30 on NBC. Art, 415 Couch Dr.

IN OKC Party with Hush Hush Commotion as it celebrates its third anniversary with Eden Sharmaine and Coney Island at 8 Friday night at The Conservatory, 8911 N. Western Ave.

IN OKC Laugh out loud at Gabriel Inglesias when his “Fluffy Shop Tour” rolls through at 8 p.m. Thursday at Rose State College, 6420 S.E. 15th St.

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Thursday, February 25, 2010

Storied composer crosses over to the dark side BRITNEE BRYLES Contributing Writer

identify with this new form of music. Eduard Hanslick, Dvorak’s biggest critic after the crossover, actually liked Dvorak’s work when Antonin Dvorak was the Darth Vader of he was composing absolute music. 19th century composers, according to new “The music always suffers when a detailed research by an OU music professor. program destroys the freedom of the com“Dvorak was only about 60 years old when poser as well as the listener,” Hanslick wrote he crossed over,” said Sanna Pederson, asso- after Dvorak’s crossover. ciate professor of musicology. “He decided Through Hanslick’s harsh criticism, he he was going to be a person who did the tra- single handedly killed Dvorak’s “Wild Dove” ditional stuff and the program stuff. He was piece as well as other program pieces from setting out to become the God of all music.” Dvorak, Pederson said. Pederson presented her research findPederson has found Dvorak was so seings Feb. 17 as a part of the Norton Lecture verely criticized from Hanslick that his proSeries. Pederson’s lecture titled “Putting gram music failed to become Dvorak in his place at the popular. end of the 19th century,” foNORTON LECTURE SERIES Music professors at The cused on Dvorak’s crossover OU School of Music have to the ‘dark side’ after critics March 10 — Bruce Boggs, been conducting their own Romance Languages bashed his new variation of research for the past two music. years. The Norton Lecture March 31 — Ken Stephenson, “Brahms has been the Series is a tool the school Music Therapy, composer most known for uses so professors can dishis music being absolute, but play their work. April 14 — Zoe Sherihian, through my findings, Brahms “This series gives us a Ethnomusicology. was not nearly as absolute as great opportunity to share I thought he was,” Pederson our research,” Pederson said. “Instead, it was Dvorak said. “Often we work in isolawho was the most absolute.” tion and our colleagues don’t know what we The term absolute is defined as a piece are doing. Everyone is always so busy we freof music being 100 percent pure music. The quently don’t know each other’s research.” counterpart of this term is programmatic, Most of the people attending the lecture which is when music follows a pattern or has series are graduate students and professors. a series of themes, said music education stu- Many undergraduate students will not atdent Matt McCoy. tend the lectures because they have not been Dvorak, known for his work such as widely advertised for them. “New World Symphony,” “American String “Maybe y there is some preconception p p Quartet” and “Cello Concerto in B Minor,” people have about crossed over from being absolute ute to being classical composprogrammatic. ers,” Pederson n “Not only was program music usic looked said. “I hope this down upon by critics, but program am music in research opens general died,” Pederson said. “After After World their minds so War I there was a huge backlash against pro- that they can gram music and people wanted d nothing to listen to the do with romanticism.” music with After Dvorak crossed over to program new ears.” music he used a series of elements lements to

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FIND YOUR PASSION, SUCCESS Motivational speaker and OU student has a few hints to making your time in college more fruitful GEORGIA BASORE Daily Staff Writer

The moment hangs on you like a 100 pound dumbbell strung around your neck. Although you’re holding them open with every ounce of your strength, your eyes are closing as the lecturing voice drowns in and out of coherence. You gaze up at the clock in hopes that the dragging moment will soon end, only to find there is 40 minutes left in class. Then the thought enters your mind: “Why am I here?” This question is pondered too often on college campuses. And whether we acknowledge it or not, college is a time when we all will make crucial decisions that will affect our life’s course. E.J. Carrion, public relations junior, has developed a series of blogs, Web sites and literature to not only help college students bear the ups and

downs of the collegiate experience, but choose their lives’ purpose and actually make their goals a reality. Succeeding in life is a steep subject. So, where should you start? According to Carrion, it all centers on finding your passion. “If you look at all the successful people in the world from Lil’ Wayne, Albert Einstein, to Michael Jordan, they’re actually weird people. But it’s because they’re obsessed with their craft.” It seems logical that choosing the right major is a primary element in finding such a craft. Majors, however, can yield unnecessary pressure that steers students astray. “Majors are a major problem,” said Carrion. “When we were younger we were allowed to play soccer, tee ball, all these sports. And even though we would shoot the ball in the wrong basket, kick the ball in the wrong goal or sit down and play in the grass because we didn’t know any better, we were allowed to p playy the ggame … identifying your passion is a time where you n nee e d tto o play the game of life.”

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E.J. Carrion, a motivational speaker and public relations junior, has a few tips for success as a student.

So, whether you’re not sure of your life’s direction or are simply bored to tears in class, Carrion said, “create a why statement … college is an endurance race [and] when you’re tired, you need to refuel yourself … generate a purpose in college and why you do the things you do.” E.J. Carrion will release his book ‘Ignite Your Dreams: How to Build and Accelerate Your Life as a Top-Notch Student’ for online purchase next month. For more in information now visit his Web site: www.studentaccelerator.c www.studentaccelerator.com or his blog at www.accel www.acceleratortips.com.

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