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Regents approve athletic-housing project Facilities will be ready to house OU’s growing student-athlete population by 2013 NICHOLAS HARRISON The Oklahoma Daily

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A rendering of Sooner Housing Center, which will be completed in 2013.

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The conceptual design of a 230,000 square foot, 362bed athletic-housing facility was approved by the OU Board of Regents on Thursday. The facility will be located on the corner of Jenkins Avenue and Lindsey Street, the former site of O’Connell’s Irish Pub & Grille, which was demolished Tuesday in preparation for the new construction. The total cost of the project is estimated at $75 million, according to the regents’ meeting agenda. The project will be funded through private donations,

athletics department capital accounts and bond proceeds. OU President David Boren said he was excited about the upcoming project. Athletic Director Joe Castiglione said he thought it might be one of the most important projects the athletics department has undertaken at the university. “It gives us the opportunity to get all of our student athletes under one roof,” Castiglione said. Currently, student-athletes are housed in three buildings — the all-male Jones and Bud Wilkinson houses, and the all-female Jefferson House. There also is a stand-alone cafeteria, Wagner Dining Hall. Some of

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Pictures, video show Rep. Stiles telling students, faculty to leave Union JARED RADER The Oklahoma Daily

A video of an incident between students, faculty and a state representative March 3 in the Oklahoma Memorial Union has been shared with The Daily. The 12-second video, which was taken on a student’s cellphone, shows Rep. Aaron Stiles, R-Norman, walking back to the union’s Molly Shi Boren Ballroom after taking pictures of students and faculty outside of the Regents Room, where the students and faculty had just attended a lecture hosted by the Women’s and Gender Studies Program’s Center for Social Justice. As Stiles walks away, students can be heard saying they had the room reserved until 9 p.m. for the event they had attended, featuring Activist-in-Residence, Shelby Knox, a nationally recognized author, who gave a lecture titled “Why Women’s History Matters.” Stiles then turns to the group to tell them they have two minutes before they need to leave. Stiles was attending an event in the ballroom presented by the Eden Clinic, a Norman crisis pregnancy center. While the video is short, it does not show any sign of a protest or disruptive behavior on behalf of the students or faculty, as Stiles claimed in a press release published March 11 on the Oklahoma House website. Pictures taken on the cellphone show Stiles taking pictures of the group. The pictures do not show any sign of a protest. Stiles characterized the student group as a “pro-abortion” group that had planned a protest in response to the “pro-life” Eden Clinic, according to the release. He said protestors were shouting, “We love abortion! We love killing babies!” In the release Stiles also called for an inquiry into campus-protest policies. Sociology professor Susan Sharp had reserved the Regents Room for an event without posting a notice of the event on the Center for Social Justice’s Facebook page, the release also stated. However, a visit to the group’s Facebook page shows a notice posted for the event March 3 at SEE FOOTAGE PAGE 2

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Senior forward Carlee Roethlisberger, left, and senior guard Danielle Robinson, right, lead the OU women’s basketball team as the players walk toward their bus Thursday outside of Lloyd Noble Center. The Sooners will face Notre Dame on Saturday in a Sweet Sixteen rematch of last year. For more women’s basketball coverage, see page 5.

Student organizations raise mercury awareness The initiative hopes to increase EPA standards on air pollutants RACHAEL CERVENKA

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The possible problems posed by mercu- that has been in a person’s body over a few ry to student health and the environment months, according to a press release issued have become the focus of two student by the Sierra Club. organizations. The Sierra Club organized this event The Sierra Club and the Alpha Kappa to promote the increase of stronger Alpha sorority helped stuEnvironmental Protection dents find out the amount Agency standards to limit of mercury in their bodies toxic air pollutants from What we are trying by taking samples of voluncoal power plants, which to do is bring teer’s hair from 11 a.m. to 2 would reduce mercury levawareness to the p.m. Thursday at a booth on els in the air and in human dangers of mercury.” bodies, Sierra Club field the South Oval. At noon they had received organizer Whitney Pearson — WHITNEY PEARSON, around 15 samples, Alpha said. SIERRA CLUB FIELD Kap p a A l p ha p re s i d e nt “What we are trying to do Jessica Walker said. ORGANIZER is bring awareness to the The hair will be sent to the dangers of mercury and University of Georgia Marine Extension what we can do to reduce the levels in the Service, and within four weeks the re- air and in our own bodies,” Pearson said. sults will be sent to the participants’ home The sorority is sponsoring the project to addresses. Mercury is excreted through hair, so a hair sample shows the amount of mercury SEE TOXINS PAGE 2

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Junior health and exercise science and pre-nursing senior Jessica Walker, left, gets her hair sampled for traces of mercury by Anthony David Salon employees Thursday afternoon on the South Oval.

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FACILITY: Housing expected to open in 2013 Continued from page 1 the facilities were built as early as 1943. The NCAA forbade blocks of rooms with more than 49 percent student athletes in university housing in 1996. The athletics department has been trying to find a way to better accommodate student-athletes for several years, Castiglione said. The student-athlete population on

Today around campus » The Institute for the American Constitutional Heritage will host a constitutional studies symposium from 10 a.m. to 9 p.m. in the Oklahoma Memorial Union’s Scholars Room. » The College of Engineering will host a discussion on technology’s role in the future of business with engineers from 1:30 to 3 p.m. in Devon Energy Hall, Room 270. » The Women’s Outreach Center will host “Climb for Komen” from 4 to 6 p.m. and 6:30 to 8 p.m. at the Huston Huffman Fitness Center. The event costs $10 and includes a T-shirt, rock climbing, food and information on breast cancer. » OU men’s tennis will compete against the University of Texas at 6 p.m. in the Headington Family Tennis Center » OU women’s tennis will compete against Texas Tech University at 6 p.m. in the Gregg Wadley Indoor Tennis Pavilion. » School of Music faculty composers Marvin Lamb and Konstantinos Karathanasis will present their original compositions from 8 to 10 p.m. in Catlett Music Center’s Pitman Recital Hall. The event is free and open to the public.

Saturday, March 26 » The Honors College will host Undergraduate Research Day from 8:30 a.m. to noon in Oklahoma Center for Continuing Education’s Thurman White Forum. » The School of Music will give a free Indian drumming workshop at 1 p.m. in Catlett Music Center’s Pitman Recital Hall. » OU softball will play the University of Nebraska at 2 p.m. in the OU Softball Complex. » OU School of Music students will perform original compositions from 8 to 10 p.m. in Catlett Music Center’s Pitman Recital Hall. » Obviously Unrehearsed Improv! will host a free improvisational comedy show at 8 p.m. in the Union’s Scholars Room.

Sunday, March 27 » OU women’s tennis will compete against Baylor University at 1 p.m. in the Gregg Wadley Indoor Tennis Pavilion. » OU men’s tennis will compete against Texas A&M University at 1 p.m. in the Headington Family Tennis Center. » Six graduate students from the OU School of Dance will present original choreography from 3 to 7 p.m. in the Reynolds Performing Arts Center, Room 3002. » The OU School of Music will host a Tibetan music and Indian drumming festival from 3 to 5 p.m. in Catlett Music Center’s Paul F. Sharp Concert Hall.

campus has grown from 430 when he began his tenure in 1998 to about 600 today, Castiglione said. Due to the limited space available in these facilities for student-athletes after the changes, the athletics department has only been able to provide housing to student athletes in these facilities for one year. Castiglione said he hopes to extend that period to two years. Housing student-athletes together was important to retention and

recruitment, Castiglione said. “We’ve created this culture where student-athletes are there to support other student-athletes,” Castiglione said. The building will include retail space, central dining, computer labs and study rooms and a faculty-in-residence unit. The facility is expected to be ready for occupancy in 2013. To live in the facility, students will go through the normal application process by Residence Life.

TOXINS: FOOTAGE: Boren issues no statement Continued from page 1 Collegeaged women at high risk Continued from page 1

promote the health initiative of their organization, which covers asthma and environmental sustainability, corresponding secretary Danielle Dary said. Women of child-bearing age, children and pregnant women are at greatest risk from mercury exposure, especially if they consume large amounts of fish and seafood, Pearson said. E x p o s u re t o m e rc u r y can contribute to severe birth defects, including disabilities, delayed onset of walking and talking, and cerebral palsy. Toxic mercury can also cause cancer, Pearson said. “The reason we are testing people our age is in the future, we might have children, and we need to make people aware to test their mercury levels and make sure they aren’t too high so that we don’t pass it on to our children,” Pearson said. At least 1 in 12 and as many as 1 in 6 American women of child-bearing age has mercury levels in her blood high enough to put her baby at risk, according to the press release. Coal-fired power plants are the largest source of mercur y, Pearson said. Toxic mercury goes up into the air and then it rains down into our waters and contaminates the fish, she said. “The Environmental Protection Agency can help clean up our air and water and protect our kids’ health by enacting protection for life-threatening mercury and other air pollution,” Pearson said. Similar events are taking place in more than 20 cities across the nation in March, a c c o rd i n g t o t h e p re s s release.

police said. However, OU Police Department spokesman Bruce Chan said the tapes did not reveal anything consequential and were not 10:06 a.m. A women’s and gender studies student, used in the police’s investigation. Sharp wrote a letter to The Daily published who wished to remain anonymous, was contacted by The Daily and he agreed March 10 alleging Stiles confronted her and to share the video on the condition that a group of students after the two events in none of the students’ identities would be the union ended about the same time. Stiles confronted her and a group of revealed. students standing outside The Daily tried contactthe Regents Room after the ing Stiles on Thursday. After events ended, Sharp said. sending an email at 1:17 p.m. Sharp alleged that Stiles took and calling his office at 1:23 pictures of the students, asked p.m., Stiles’ legislative assisif they were aware of OU’s tant answered a call at 3:41 student code and threatened p.m. and said Stiles had reto call the police. Sharp then ceived the email, but had left describes a moment that apthe office at that time. pears in the video, wherein Stiles had not responded to Stiles tells the group they had The Daily’s calls or email as of two minutes to leave. press time. The letter received more OU President David Boren than 60 comments online cannot issue a formal stateAaron Stiles and was shared 393 times on ment about the incident until more evidence is uncovered, university Facebook as of Thursday. Because of the threatening nature of some comments, the spokesman Chris Shilling said. “President Boren has good relationships students who shared the video did not feel with both representative Stiles and the safe releasing their identities. One of the students who witnessed the Department of Social Justice,” Shilling said. “Obviously, I think President Boren would incident said he is surprised Boren hasn’t condemn any behavior that would be det- responded to the incident. “I feel like the university as a whole, esrimental or harmful to our students.” Police denied a Norman Transcript re- pecially President Boren, should say someporter access to video recordings made by thing about the issue because Stiles himsurveillance tapes in the hallway where the self has targeted an OU faculty member incident took place, according to a March and several students,” he said. “I really feel 13 Transcript article. Access to the tapes like President Boren should come out and would require a subpoena from a judge, say where he stands on the issue.”

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Professor preparing for service overseas OU political science professor will aid U.S. Army’s transition of military responsibility to Afghanistan army ALEX EWALD The Oklahoma Daily

While adapting to Afghanistan’s climate will certainly be an adjustment for OU professor Shad Sattherthwaite, he said the biggest change he would have to make when shipping out in the fall will be missing Sooner football games. “You see how many OU fans are out there in the Army. All of us from Oklahoma would be cheering for OU … I guess unless they’re OSU fans,” Sattherthwaite said. Sattherthwaite, a Lieutenant Colonel in the U.S. Army National Guard in Oklahoma, wears a standard camouflage uniform while strolling down a long hallway in the Norman Armed Forces Reserves Center on Tecumseh Road, where his 48-man troop’s training is taking place. The center is the second largest in the state — one could go around the entire facility twice and it would be about a mile, Sattherthwaite said. Sattherthwaite will leave Oklahoma next month to train in Mississippi before deploying to Afghanistan, where he will help the country continue to improve since its government overhaul after the U.S. invasion in 2001. His Oklahoma Special Transition Team, which is broken into three, 16-man groups, will accompany the 45th Infantry Combat Brigade. It will be the political science professor’s second deployment to Afghanistan. His first took place from 2003 to 2004. Sattherthwaite joined the National Guard during college in the 1980s because he spoke French, and the program paid for his tuition. After graduation, he completed a church mission in France. In addition to teaching the troop about Middle Eastern politics and government every Friday, Satterthwaite will work as an intelligence officer gathering and analyzing information in Persian languages Dari and Pashto, the latter of which is the official government language in Afganistan. Part of Satterthwaite’s training involves learning more about Dari basic vocabulary and grammar, which he takes classes for in the mornings at the center. Team administrator Shane Iverson said everything at the center is preparation. Iverson manages the paperwork that ensures troops can make it overseas on schedule.

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OU political science professor Shad Satterthwaite prepares notes for a lesson on Middle Eastern government in a classroom at the Norman Armed Forces Reserves Center. Satterthwaite is the lieutenant colonel for a National Guard special team being deployed to Afghanistan. Satterthwaite said he will work closely with the Afghan National Army during his deployment.

Previous Afghan forces trained under the former Soviet model were taught to obey their orders and their commanding officers, Sattherthwaite said. He said an Afghan soldier who wouldn’t follow this system would be seThe bottom line is, we’re not ‘PASSING THE BATON’ verely punished. As a result, Afghan solgoing to be able to come Much has changed for the U.S. and diers are eager to understand the military home until they can step Afghanistan since his last deployment, system the Americans hope to provide. Satterthwaite said. forward and manage their “With our model, we say, ‘Look, “The Afghan National Army, first of all, country, and they’re moving if a soldier has a problem with his or her is very highly thought of; they’re highly commander, they can come and see us, in that direction.” regarded, and there’s a lot of trust there,” and we can help them,’” Sattherthwaite Satterthwaite said. “They’re disciplined, said. “They say, ‘What?’ In their model, if — SHAD SATTHERTHWAITE, they’re well trained and there’s a lot of a soldier complains about a commander POLITICAL SCIENCE PROFESSOR unity there.” it just wouldn’t happen. The soldier could Colonel Joel Potts, the operations ofbe shot for saying something negative ficer for the transition team, said his troop is trying to transi- about a commanding officer.” tion its military influence over to the Afghan army. As the Afghan National Army continues to increase its Potts said the military has developed a much stronger re- numbers and professionalism, the Afghan people have lationship with the Afghan army in the last several years. He nothing but respect for those in the nation’s armed forces, likens the current dynamic to a baton-passing of sorts. Satterthwaite said. “The bottom line is, we’re not going to be able to come “[Soldiers] want to do something for their country, their home until they can step forward and manage their country, parents are proud of them … and the civilian population has and they’re moving in that direction,” Potts said. “It’s their a high opinion of them,” he said. “But what we need ... is to country, and it’s their responsibility to step up and lead their get enough of them trained, get them well equipped, and country.” we can hand over things.”

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‘THE LIFE OF LUXURY’ When deployment ends, coming home is a different story, Sattherthwaite said. “When you get back, it’s like you’re living in the life of luxury. You come home and you think, ‘Wow this is a nice bed to sleep in,’ and you have sinks with running water and toilets with running water,” Sattherthwaite said. Sattherthwaite said he will be gone as long as it takes to train the Afghan army. He said tours typically last a year, so his deployment would only keep him out of the U.S. until the troops’ work is considered satisfactory. “The most difficult thing about anything is being away from family — that’s always the hardest part,” he said. Sattherthwaite has been a political science professor at OU since 1998 and lived in Walker Center’s Faculty-inResidence apartment as his three children grew up in the midst of Sooner culture. Sattherwaite said that being overseas is just a different kind of teaching. “In a different way, it was a contribution that dealt more with national security, helping another country, you felt that what you were doing really had long term ramifications,” he said. “It’s from the same perspective that why I went into teaching — I feel that you can have a positive impact on the lives of people … and that’s what this mission is.”

The University of Oklahoma Joe C. and Carole Kerr McClendon Honors College Invites the Public to UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCH DAY Saturday, March 26, 2011 OCCE Forum Building SESSION I, 8:30-10:00 Archaeology, Conference Room B Presenters: Ryan Bulmer, Michael D. Carlock, Debra Jo Taylor, Patrick Winterrowd

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University College freshman Brett Wellman shoots at a target Thursday evening at Sgt. Everett’s Gun Range, 5626 Huettner Drive. Wellman was one of more than 40 OU students who attended the Student Firearms Association’s first meeting. The newly-formed student group had a one hour safety briefing before entering the 15-stall range. Three instructors were in the range while students practiced shooting. Group founders, mechanical engineering junior Court Hill and University College freshman Cody Poage, purchased all supplies for Thursday’s meeting out of pocket. The group welcomes all skill levels and plans to hold monthly meetings. Eventually, they hope to compete in team sports.

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Virgin pulled a fast one U.S. foreign Another nail has been struck in the coffin of open carry advocates, this time at the cost of the democratic process. While we generally disagree with the idea of openly carrying firearms, we found state Rep. Emily Virgin’s tactics in neutering a bill to be deceitful and questionable. Last Thursday, Virgin, D-Norman, controversially nullified House Bill 1647, which would have allowed anyone who has a “reasonable fear of bodily harm” to openly carry a gun, when she added one seemingly simple phrase. Her amendment added the requirement for an individual to openly carry a gun to first file an emergency protective order or already have one appointed by a district court. The problem with the amendment is most pro-open-carry representatives believed an “or” was placed in front of the phrase, making it an option instead of a requirement. Only a judge can order an emergency protective order, which greatly increases the difficulty of obtaining one. Someone couldn’t carry a gun simply because they feared getting hit by a bicycle on the sidewalk; they must first go to court and plead their case. While we appreciate the results of her actions, we cannot condone the way Virgin went about achieving her goal. Virgin’s amendment wasn’t filed until 30 minutes before the session would adjourn for the day, which happened to be the last day bill could be approved. In her defense, Rep. John Bennett, R-Sallisaw, did not file

the bill until the day before, not giving her much time to add her amendment. However, it appears to us Virgin may have purposely waited to present her amendment in order to pull a fast one on her opponents. So, not only did Virgin insert misleading language in the bill, she also didn’t even give potential opponents of the amendment half an hour to look over it. Less than 30 minutes is not an acceptable amount of time for representatives to discuss all the possible implications the amendment would have had on the bill. If Virgin’s goal was to deceive her fellow representatives, she succeeded. To add insult to injury, Bennett, the man who wrote the bill, was the one who motioned to approve the amendment. One of the great aspects of democracy is citizens elect representatives to speak out for their best interests. In order to do this, our elected officials must have time to research, discuss and review any topic they are going to be voting on. This is how a democracy works. Critics would argue that deception is a vital part of politics; but deception at the cost of the democratic process cannot be tolerated. Virgin may have believed her means justified the end result. But, when it is all said and done, our elected officials were deceived.

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Guns have no place on campus Utah’s done it. Now Texas is close to doing it. And nine other states may be right behind STAFF COLUMN N them. If the Texas Legislature chooses to pass Jelani Sims Senate Bill 354, concealed gun carry on college campuses will be legalized in the state. The possible action has caught the attention of campus shooting survivors who are now speaking out against the possible passage of the bill, according to a Tuesday Huffington Post article. Survivors of the 1966 University of Texas shooting and more current shootings, such as the at 2007 Virginia Tech shooting, find the bill to be an affront to the memories of what they went through and a stretching of the Second Amendment. I’ve had many discussions about concealed gun carry with peers since 2007, when the issue first had resonance on our own campus. Therefore, I’ve heard all the arguments that apparently outweigh the sentiments of those who survived shootings on college campuses. Those supporting concealed gun carry point out if more people have guns and a means of defending themselves, violence and crime would go down. Another point supports the idea if citizens are allowed to carry guns, any violent situation could be ended much sooner if people could defend themselves. Supporters of concealed gun carry believe a shooter with an intent to harm people will always ignore the current laws that prohibit gun carry and bring a gun on campus anyway. Therefore, citizens who are cleared to carry guns should be able to as well. Furthermore, the various laws, tests, background checks and age limits one must take to carry a gun should do well to weed out those who would use their guncarrying license for malicious ends.

It is illogical, almost insensitive, to allow handguns on campuses considering the various shootings that have happened on college and high school campuses in the past. The University of Texas had a shooting scare just last year. In light of these events, allowing concealed gun carry on campuses should be the last idea on state legislator’s minds. Knowing the student next to us in class might be carrying a gun could be comforting to some, but it will inevitably be unnerving and distracting for others. This kind of tension is not conducive to the learning environment of any university, especially for universities who have had previous shootings. Furthermore, concealed carry is not necessarily an assurance of higher levels of safety. Believing someone will inevitably be able to play hero in such a situation is somewhat naive. Just because a person has a license to carry a gun doesn’t mean they won’t abuse their privileges. Ultimately, the passage of concealed carry laws only works to bring the object that has caused so much tragedy and horror onto our campus. SB 354 ultimately leaves the decision in the hands of each individual university. My hope is if these laws continue to be passed, universities will make the best decisions for their students and continue to keep concealed handguns off college campuses. — Jelani Sims, religious studies and professional writing senior

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Controversy surrounds OU speaker Norman Finkelstein is a renowned antiearnestly believes the Israelis should not be Israeli political figure that researches prioffended by the comment. STAFF COLUMN N marily the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, as Another notable quality about Finkelstein well as the Holocaust. He will be coming is, whenever the opportunity arises, he menArmella to OU’s campus on April 26, and is spontions his parents were in the Holocaust — his Gottschalk sored by the Sooners for Peace in Palestine mother at the Majdanek concentration camp organization. and his father at Auschwitz. With an individFinkelstein’s arrival in Norman is quite controversial ual whose parents endured the Holocaust, one would think to say the least. In 2007, he was denied tenure at DePaul he would be more sympathetic when discussing the topic, University in Chicago out of the fear that his research would but that is quite the contrary. He seems to mention his parmar the image of the university. In 2008, he was denied ents in regards to understanding hatred, yet he imparts haentry into Israel. When he entered the country, he was ar- tred on Israeli Jews. rested and detained for 24 hours until I believe Finkelstein’s presence at he received a lawyer, who helped send OU will set a bad example for stuhim back to Amsterdam. His prohibidents. It shows that people who make With an individual whose tion to Israel is due to his 2006 visit to light of historical events — that are Lebanon. Israeli officials feared he was still so very near to us and impacted parents endured the dishonest when interrogated about the Holocaust, one would think he this world on an unprecedented level events that occurred in Lebanon, and — should be commended and paid would be more sympathetic was therefore denied entry into Israel mass amounts of money to come inwhen discussing the topic, but form students of his swayed beliefs. for 10 years. that is quite the contrary.” After watching some YouTube vidAlthough he is coming for a specific eos of Finkelstein, I believe I can pretty organization — meaning most of accurately speculate what will happen when he comes to those in attendance will be there out of their allegiance to campus if there are people at his presentation that are pro- the group — there will be those who go just to hear what Israel, or just anti-Finkelstein. Finkelstein has to say, and incite — hopefully erratic — deWhen he speaks, he’s very confident and persistent; he bates with him. allows no interruptions and is very fluid. His tone is relativeEveryone has the right to freedom of speech, but camly stable and stern, and it’s clear when he portrays his opin- pus officials should be more aware of how controversial ions that he truly believes they are fact. From the looks of Finkelstein’s arguments have been, and how many people it, his presentations usually become very heated and fierce he has offended with them. Who knows who he will outrage when the crowd begins to interact with him. while being at OU on April 26. Some of his opinions intertwine the Holocaust and the Israel-Palestine conflict, such as the belief that Israel uses — Armella Gottschalk, the events of the Holocaust to gain support and sympa- sociology senior thy from other countries in the current conflict. He has compared Israelis to Nazis on numerous occasions, and Comment on this column at OUDaily.com

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policy void of ethics Really? Another war, America? After all we STAFF COLUMN OLUMN did in Vietnam, in Egypt, in Kosovo, in Iraq and in Sarah Garrett arrett Afghanistan we’re really sending our military to interfere with another sovereign nation’s political crises? This is not about humanitarian concerns; if the American military’s purpose was to secure humanitarian rights for the people of the world, we would house our own homeless, feed starving people and spend our weapons research and development money on discovering a cure for AIDS. I try to give our foreign policy a fair chance before I dismiss military decisions as the totally xenophobic, wholly pursuant to political gain and profit-divining edicts that they most frequently are. Despite my refusal to presume our national character is aggressive, self-serving and unduly politicized, I am constantly bombarded with evidence supporting this conclusion. One of the many problems in our county keeping us from Despite my enjoying a decent reputation refusal to abroad is a physical and menpresume tally-healthy, educated popuour national lation. Unfortunately in times character is of war this problem drastically increases. aggressive, War is a physical contest self-serving between two or more entities and unduly involving either widespread politicized, I violence or the threat of wideam constantly spread violence and mutual political manipulation in supbombarded port one’s side — which necwith evidence essarily entails the irrefutable supporting this evil of the other side. conclusion.” Wars are generally perpetrated in response to contested political decisions, the pursuit of territory — intellectual, geographical, economic — or as response to a real or perceived threatening action or attempted action by one party or another. Ethical decisions tend to predicate the political ones in our country. This is a highly fallacious system, as many of the most hot-button “political” issues demonstrate; guns, abortion, war, gays are all permanent parts of human society that are not going away. One ought to be able to maintain ethical opposition to these phenomena, without that opposition being construed as political. General ethical opposition to this type of human interaction is perceived in our country as being a political position. This is the point at which rhetorical questions intended to defame someone you disagree with are introduced “How would you feel if it were your country? Don’t you believe in freedom?” Etc. However, opposition to the ethical concerns of war is not political, it is ethical. Is it really ethical to organize the mechanized, indiscriminate killing other people for any reason? I feel that in every circumstance it is highly unethical for one state to perpetrate violence on another in pursuit of a specific goal. This most recent U.S. lead military action in Libya reminds me of the Kosovo conflict in former Yugoslavia, modern day Serbia, during the late 1990’s. Democrat Bill Clinton was President and the United States was encouraged by the UN and NATO to intervene with military support into another nation’s civil war, perpetrated by a corrupt oppressive violent dictator. Americans argued about it for a few weeks, then we bombed the hell out of Serbia in pursuit of political gain. These actions killed plenty of people, destroyed vital infrastructure and failed to help develop economies and livelihoods in the Balkans. I can only hope the same will not happen to the Libyan people as a result of American and Allied interference with the escalation of Gaddafi’s oppression. Judging by our present military involvement in Libya, we have not learned from our involvement in one of the worst humanitarian crises’ in the last half-century: our bombing of Kosovo. — Sarah Garrett, anthropology senior

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Deja vu in Dayton

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OU women’s basketball players Morgan Hook (22), Jasmine Hartman (45), Lauren Willis (14), and Nicole Griffin (4) cheer on their team during the first half of the Oklahoma-Miami (Fla.) second-round NCAA tournment game Tuesday in Charlottesville, Va. OU won, 88-83, and will play No. 2-seeded Notre Dame on Saturday.

OU, Irish to play to Elite Eight Sooners will compete for a third consecutive trip to regional finals

Sooner veterans, future WNBA selections fill starting lineup

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Then-junior guards Danielle Robinson and Jasmine Hartman, senior forward Amanda Thompson, senior guard Nyeshia Stevenson and senior center Abi Olajuwon started for OU — with all three seniors being WNBA draft picks.

he last time the Sooners faced a second-seeded Notre Dame team, OU was riding high. “I think this was one of those games that can really grow the sport of women’s college basketball,” Oklahoma coach Sherri Coale said after the Sooners upended the Fighting Irish, 77-72, for an Elite Eight berth. OU was on the winning end of last year’s overtime battle, so the sixth-seeded Sooners have some big shoes to fill. Just like last year, the Sooners enter Saturday afternoon’s game against the Fighting Irish as underdogs. This is the second straight year Notre Dame has been a No. 2 seed in the NCAA tournament. Last season, the Sooners were a veteran team fresh off the loss of the AllAmerican Paris twins. This year’s team still has All-American guard Danielle Robinson handling the point in her last year, but the team is relatively young. OU has the talent this year, but the Sooners have struggled to put the pieces together as a unit. The Sooners’ struggles this season were evidenced by blowout losses to Baylor and Connecticut. “It was so bad that it just didn’t seem real,” senior forward Carlee Roethlisberger said after the 86-45 loss to UConn on Feb. 14. The Sooners had an up-and-down regular season, going 4-4 on the road and 6-2 at home during conference play, but once OU hit the postseason, the team decided to wipe the slate clean, Robinson said before the Big 12 tournament. So far in this year’s Big Dance, OU has done just that. In the first round against James Madison, the Sooners overcame 22 rebounds to defeat the nation’s secondleading scorer, Dawn Evans. Then in the second round, Miami (Fla.) presented its own problems for OU, but the Sooners stalled a last-minute Hurricane rally to win, 83-78.

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Whitney Hand stuck on Sooner bench with torn knee ligament Sophomore guard Whitney Hand, who had a career-high 25 points to advance OU to the Sweet Sixteen this year, spent 2010 contributing from the confines of her seat on the bench. The senior tore her ACL in the fall, ironically, just before OU’s first matchup against Notre Dame that year.

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Senior guard Danielle Robinson passes the ball as Miami’s Shenise Johnson guards her during the second-round NCAA tournament game Tuesday in Charlottesville, Va.

Up next for OU WHAT: Oklahoma vs. Notre Dame WHEN: 1:30 p.m. Saturday WHERE: Dayton, Ohio WATCH: ESPN and ESPN3.com OU has been taking it one possession at a time, something Coale talked about after last year’s game. “We have had to play every possession all year long. We haven’t been good enough to take any off,” Coale said. One Sooner taking that to heart is sophomore guard Whitney Hand, who spent last season holding towels on the bench with an ACL tear. Talk about making up for lost time — Hand is averaging 24.5 points per game in this year’s tournament on 17-of-29 shooting from the field. This is a far cry from the mid-conference slump Hand suffered — scoring a combined 13 points against

Connecticut, Missouri and Texas A&M — that caused the team leader to question her own role on the team. “I mean, you honestly are like, ‘OK, well, what did I mess up? Well, crap, is it my fault?’” Hand said. “You start going through that.” So much for that thinking. The Sooners looked as confident as they have all season against Miami on Tuesday. Last year, Coale said that the tournament has the ability to boost a team’s confidence and teach a player a lot about herself. “As far as this stage and this tournament and what it can do for you, most of the success in life is about being confident and about believing you can do things, and the really superior part of athletics is that it can teach you that if you let it,” Coale said. “It teaches you that confidence is something you give yourself; you earn it and then you give it to yourself and then you accept it.” OU will put that confidence boost on the line against Notre Dame at 1:30 p.m. Saturday, hoping for a similar lesson learned.

Women’s basketball team exceeds expectations in postseason play OU was predicted to finish the 2009-2010 season fifth in the Big 12 Conference. With a win over Notre Dame and a Final Four berth after defeating Kentucky, OU was no less than fourth in the country.

Can you dig it? Freshman guard leads Notre Dame’s attack Last year, the major threat from the Fighting Irish was freshman guard Skyler Diggins. The rookie averaged a teamleading 13.8 points per game and set Notre Dame freshman records for steals (90) and free throws made (111).

Stevenson clinches Sooner victory with 3-pointer in final seconds With less than a minute remaining in overtime, OU and Notre Dame were still tied, 70-70. Senior guard Nyeshia Stevenson broke the tie with two frees, but Notre Dame answered. With a chance to win the game, OU swung the ball out to Stevenson on the wing who dropped a 3 with 4.4 seconds remaining, effectively sealing OU’s win. — Annelise Russell/The Daily

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Sooners strive to remain unbeaten in Big 12 play tonight

Texas Longhorns looking to exact revenge on Sooners

Oklahoma’s 18th-ranked women’s tennis team returns home to host No. 49 Texas Tech at 6 tonight at Gregg Wadley Indoor Player to watch Tennis Pavilion in a battle of Big 12 unbeatens. ALICE RADU The Sooners (11-2, 3-0) will be shooting for their eighth win » Year: over a nationally-ranked opponent this season as they look to Freshman cool the red-hot Red Raiders (12-3, 2-0). » Hometown: Texas Tech has won eight straight matches since its last loss Craiova, Feb. 13 to No. 12 Arkansas. Romania OU enters the match fresh off a perfect four-game road trip » Position: that included wins over conference members Colorado, then-No. No. 1 doubles 29 Nebraska and Iowa State. The Sooners also enter on a fivewith Ana-Maria Constantinescu match win streak of their own, the team’s longest of the season. Oklahoma head coach David Mullins said his team’s tough early-season schedule could be the difference between the two hot squads. “I think the biggest difference is we’ve definitely played the tougher schedule. We’ve been challenged week after week,” Mullins said. “I think, dealing with that pressure, we’re a little more used to it than Texas Tech is.”

Oklahoma’s 30th-ranked men’s tennis team opens Big 12 play this weekend, hosting No. 4 Texas at 6 tonight and No. 6 Texas Player to watch A&M at 1 p.m. Sunday at the Headington Family Tennis Center. IONUT BELELEU “Obviously, the big rivalry with Texas will be exciting, and I » Year: think we are going to have a good crowd out,” OU coach John Senior Roddick said. » Hometown: The Sooners (9-3) have won seven of their last eight matches Zalau, with the only defeat in that stretch coming against now topRomania ranked Virginia, 5-2. » Position: Texas (13-4) enters the match fresh off a 7-0 shutout of St. No. 1 doubles Edwards following the Longhorns’ 5-2 loss to Virginia. with Costin Paval The Longhorns will be looking for a bit of revenge against the Sooners. Last year, Oklahoma bounced Texas from the 2010 NCAA Tournament by knocking off the Longhorns in the Round of 16. “Hopefully we can go out and play the kind of tennis I know we’re capable of and play good matches,” Roddick said. “We’ve been pretty focused in practice, and I expect us to be able to go out and execute come Friday and Sunday.”

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Sooners open Big 12 play Team hosts Nebraska to kick off gruling conference schedule

Game 1

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OU softball (26-8) opens up conference action against No. 14 Nebraska at 2 p.m. Saturday at Marita Hynes Field. The Cornhuskers will be the 10th matchup for the Sooners against a ranked team this season. After posting a 4-2 record in the Judi Garman Classic last weekend, the Sooners dropped a midweek contest to Tulsa, 1-0, on Wednesday. OU’s offense was quiet at the plate, collecting just two hits during the game. But there are plenty of bats in the Sooner lineup with the capability to make noise at any time. Sophomore Jessica Shults continues to lead the conference in home runs (16), just four shy of the Sooners’ career record holders Lisa Carey (2000) and Lynette Velazquez (1999). Shults also leads the conference with 51 RBIs. Freshman center fielder Destinee Martinez leads the conference in hits (48), collecting 1.41 hits per game for the Sooners. Freshman Brittany Williams also continues to up her on-base percentage, leading the Big 12 by averaging one walk per game (34). NU is second in the Big 12 with a collective .354 batting average and 283 hits, including 32 homers during non-conference action.

WHAT: OU vs. Nebraska WHEN: 2 p.m. Saturday WHERE: Marita Hynes Field, Norman

Team hopes to repeat near-historic success against top-tier opponents in 19-team Laredo tournament

Game 2

Oklahoma’s 26th-ranked men’s golf team travels to Laredo, Texas, to compete in this weekend’s 2011 Border Olympics hosted by the University of Houston. The 19-team, 54-hole tournament takes place Friday and Saturday at the 7,125-yard, par-72 Laredo Country Club. OU enters the tournament fresh off its first win of the season, a 22s t ro k e v i c t o r y a t l a s t WHAT: Border Olympics week’s Desert Shootout in Golf Tournament Goodyear, Ariz. Fueled by sophomore WHEN: Friday and Abraham Ancer’s historic Saturday performance, the Sooners came within one stroke WHERE: Laredo, Texas of tying the lowest tournament score in school history. Ancer shot a program-record 54-hole total of 195 (-21), besting the previous mark set by Anthony Kim in 2005 by eight strokes. On the final day of the Desert Shootout, Ancer and junior teammate Will Kropp each carded an OU individual-round-record-tying 63, matching scores posted by former Sooners Todd Hamilton (1986-87) and Jim Begwin (1983-84). The Sooners also registered a record-low of 270 strokes in the second round. “We’d like to keep our good momentum going in the right direction this week at the Border Olympics,” OU coach Ryan Hybl said. Three other top-50 teams join Oklahoma in the field: No. 18 Arkansas, No. 28 Indiana and No. 37 North Texas. The rest of the field consists of Baylor, Houston, Lamar, Rice, Texas State, University of Texas-Arlington, University of Texas-San Antonio, Kansas, Kansas State, Air Force, Liberty, New Mexico State, Toledo, Washington State and Wichita State. Oklahoma, who finished in second place at last year’s tournament, is looking to dethrone the defending champions, Texas State, and take home the title from the 60th Border Olympics. “We’re looking forward to getting back on the road again and playing against some good competition,” Hybl said.

WHAT: OU vs. Nebraska WHEN: noon Sunday WHERE: Marita Hynes Field, Norman

Next week WHAT: OU vs. Central Arkansas WHEN: noon Sunday WHERE: Marita Hynes Field, Norman

Player to watch JESSICA SHULTS

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Sophomore catcher Jessica Shults (left) and sophomore pitcher Michelle Gascoigne (right) meet at the mound during a game earlier this season. OU opens conference play Saturday.

» Year: Sophomore » Position: Catcher » Hometown: Benicia, Calif. » Season stats: 16 home runs, 51 RBIs

Player to watch Freshman Taylor Edwards continues to lead the team on offense with a .437 batting average, .931 slugging percentage and 12 homers. Edwards’ 43 RBIs is thirdmost in the Big 12. N e b r a s k a’s A s h l e y Hagemann leads the conference in wins on the mound

with an 18-2 record through 23 games. B o t h Ha g e m a n n a n d Sooner sophomore pitcher Keilani Ricketts (14-4) are tied with 23 appearances to lead the Big 12. The second matchup against Nebraska will take place at noon Sunday.

KEILANI RICKETTS » Year: Sophomore » Position: Pitcher » Hometown: San Jose, Calif. » Season stats: 14-4 record, 23 appearances

BASEBALL

Oklahoma seeks to end recent slide against Missouri OU baseball heads to Columbia, Mo., to battle the Missouri Tigers in a three-game set. The Sooners look to bounce back after losing four-of-five to ranked teams over the break, five of their last six overall. Oklahoma was swept in two games at Arizona State and lost two-of-three to Texas A&M in Norman, bringing their record to 17-5 and causing a five-spot slide in the rankings from second to No. 7. This weekend will be a crucial series for the Sooners as they look to get over .500 in conference play. Missouri is 11-11 and has yet to play in-conference this season. The Tigers have yet to play a top-25 team this season.

WOMEN’S GOLF

OU to preview Big 12 foes in desert tourney The 20th-ranked Oklahoma women’s golf team travels west to participate in the 18-team MountainView Collegiate on Friday and Saturday at the par-72 MountainView Golf Course in Tucson, Ariz. OU is coming off a thirdplace finish at the UNLV Spring Invitational, the team’s fifth top-three finish of the season. OU’s performance in the tournament rewrote the Oklahoma women’s golf history books, setting program records for 18-, 36- and 54-hole scores. “We are excited to get back into tournament mode,” OU coach Veronique Drouin said. “We’re coming off of an incredible performance and have been practicing on our short game quite a bit to improve even more.” Drouin said the tournament, loaded with eight Big 12 opponents, will give the Sooners an idea of where they stand in preparation for the Big 12 Championship. The MountainView Collegiate kicks off at 9:30 a.m. Friday with two rounds of golf. The tournament’s final round will be played Saturday. Live stats are available at Golfstat.com. — Josh Helmer/The Daily

OU senior righty Michael Rocha will start the series Friday. In five starts this season, he has five wins with a 0.93 ERA. In his last start against Texas A&M, Rocha struck out 13 in a shutout victory. Senior Bobby Shore and junior Burch Smith will round out the weekend. Shore is 2-1 with a 5.79 ERA in seven appearances, and Smith is 2-2 with a 4.05 ERA. Lefty Rob Zastryzny will start for Missouri on Friday, bringing in a 2-1 record and a 3.38 ERA. Senior outfielder Jonah Schmidt has been the leader on offense for the Tigers, hitting .316 and driving in 14 runs for Mizzou. — Ryan Gerbosi/The Daily

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OU one of four teams to compete for $50,000 grand prize for redesigned Washington area ALYSSA DUDEK The Oklahoma Daily

A group of OU students has advanced to one of four spots in the final round of one of the largest urban design competitions in the country. OU’s team began working on their design for the Urban Land Institute Gerald D. Hines Student Urban Design Competition over winter break. The competition began January 16. Brandon Coates, architecture senior and team leader, said the team started with a clear vision of the work they hoped to accomplish. “We set a baseline of making our entry better than the last two winners,” Coates said. This is the first year an OU team has competed in the competition. Team members said the idea was brought to them by professor of architecture and planning industry and current team faculty adviser Blair Humphreys. Humphreys REINA LYONS/THE DAILY came to OU from MIT and won the competition two years Urban Design Team member John Postic, senior architecture ago. Humphreys sought out Coates, and the team grew to major, looks at plans for a team project Wednesday evening at include regional and city planning master’s student Ben the Arch on Main building. The Urban Design Team placed in the Trantham, architecture senior Jordan Maxwell, business top four of a national competition recently. administration master’s student Christopher Maupin and architecture senior John Postic. The team also includes another faculty adviser, architecture professor Hans Butzer. will have to rely not only on their project’s visual appeal, but The contest required 153 teams from across the U.S. and also an oral presentation. Canada to redesign an existing section of The project also challenged team memthe Mount Baker area of Washington in a bers to hone their skills in areas not specifiway that showcases cultural diversity. The project has to be cally addressed by their fields of study, Postic Postic said the redesigned area is the appealing in a matter said. most diverse zip code in America. “There’s not a lot of architecture that’s of seconds. Unless it Team members said they worked to crebeen done on this project. The goal is urban catches the judges’ ate a very pedestrian-friendly area while design,” Postic said. eyes in about three still appeasing traffic concerns. To accomThe competition also is sponsored by modate local businesses, they installed a seconds, you’re out.” Hines Development. community center around existing tree The competition employs 12 top designcanopies and a park alongside new retail ers, bankers, developers and more profes— BRANDON COATES, and business centers. sionals from around the nation as judges. ARCHITECTURE SENIOR Postic said his team sought to reach out Perhaps as important as this jury are the and invite people with architecture and city leaders in Washington who also will see urban space with their design, called Rainier Boulevard. these plans, team members said. The beauty and atmosphere the trees create give value to The team received $10,000 after becoming competition the businesses in the area, Maupin said. finalists, which they will split. The winning team will receive “With all of the unique things in this site, how do you put $50,000 to split, with $5,000 of the money allocated to the a price on trees? How many cents per square foot do these winning team’s school. trees make? It’s unquantifiable,” said Maupin, who was in Coates and Postic said the team has had an outpouring of charge of the financial and business aspects of the project. support from the OU community. The team had to prepare for the competition around hecTeam members said the Dean of the College of tic schedules. Architecture has made frequent visits to check their prog“We did all of this while we still had school, jobs and fami- ress. Professors and administrators have been on hand to lies,” Trantham said. answer their questions and discuss ideas with them, they Coates said the team focused their work on grabbing judg- said. es’ attention from the moment they first saw their design. The team has a week left to correct mistakes, make en“The project has to be appealing in a matter of seconds,” hancements and meet new guidelines for the final step of Coates said. “Unless it catches the judges’ eyes in about the competition. The final round will take place March 31, three seconds, you’re out.” and the winner will be decided that day. Coates said as the team approaches the final round they

The OU Board of Regents met Thursday in Norman to discuss improvements to the Oklahoma Memorial Stadium and approve other agenda items. Its next meeting is May 12 and 13 in Norman.

CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS The regents authorized a request for a $75 million bond issue. President David Boren said the request would cover a variety of projects and must be submitted to the Oklahoma state Legislature for approval before the bonds are actually issued. Construction of Four Partners Place, a new office building on the OU Research Campus, was also approved. Vice President for Administration and Finance Nick Hathaway said the early stages of the next office building, Five Partners Place, was already underway. The regents also approved a $2 million renovation to Dale Hall, Room 201, a $3.3 million renovation of McCasland Field House, a $410,000 expansion of the Oklahoma Memorial Stadium and a $2.5 million purchase of new studio and control room broadcasting equipment at the stadium.

APPOINTMENTS John Bell was elected chairman, Leslie Rainbolt-Forbes was elected vice chairman and Chris Purcell was re-elected as executive secretary. Bell was appointed to the regents by Governor Brad Henry in 2005. Rainbolt-Forbes was appointed by Henry in 2006. Purcell has served as executive secretary since 1992.

OTHER ACTIONS In other business, the regents established a committee to manage the faculty and staff retirement plans, amended the university’s policy of fundraising and solicitation and approved the student activity fee budget. Vice President of Student Affairs Clarke Stroud said there was only about $12,000 available in new funds and the student activity fee committee recommended allocating the entire sum to UOSA.

PROPOSED BOND ISSUE • Sooner Housing Center $40,000,000 • Zarrow Hall $7,000,000 • Hester Hall renovations $6,000,000 • Facilities Management renovations and repairs $4,200,000 • Fine Arts Center renovations $4,000,000 • Facilities Management acquisition at 705 East Lindsey St. $3,800,000 • Devon Energy Hall clean room $3,000,000 • Oklahoma Memorial Union renovations $3,000,000 • Physical Sciences Center lecture hall $2,000,000 • Cate 1 renovation for faculty offices and Honors College $2,000,000 —Nicholas Harrison/The Daily

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relative 12 More-thanhealthy sense of self 13 Make hems 18 Puppy talk 19 Totally absorbed 23 Carve with acid 24 Oneperson performances 25 Raise a glass to 28 Mouse target 29 Ump relative 32 Kins’ partners 34 What platypuses lay 35 And others, brieﬂy 36 German river 38 De-wrinkle 39 Yelled 40 ___ of Man 41 Young lice 42 Have

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Sooners search for creative cash flow From working as a bus driver to modeling nude, students look for new income CONOR O’BRIEN The Oklahoma Daily

hile dozens of students roll out of bed every day to go to their jobs, some are getting creative in their moneymaking endeavors. Tyler Baxter, international and area studies junior, works for his money, but not in a conventional way. On any given weekday, Baxter wakes up hours before his friends and roommates to drive a school bus full of kids from their homes to their scholastic destinations as a certified bus driver. “I was actually home-schooled,” Baxter said. “So, I never rode a public school bus. It’s a new experience for me in general.” Baxter has only been working full -time for a couple of weeks, but he’s already received his commercial driver’s license. “Compared to working at Jimmy John’s or something like that, this is really good pay,” Baxter said. “It goes really well with the school schedule, too.” Baxter said he heard about the job from friends who had become bus drivers. The job has taught Baxter quite a few things already, he said. “It’s definitely a lesson in keeping my cool,” he said. “I don’t think it’s any crazier than people who wait tables. I mean it is, but in a different way. It’s easier than it looks from the outside. Sometimes you wonder, ‘I’m going to be up hours before my friends so I can do this job. Am I wasting away my youth right now?” However, Baxter said he believes these lessons will transfer to other occupational situations he will face later in his career. While Baxter is driving kids in his yellow bus, University College freshman Mark Schrameck-Hawkins

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Norman Public School System bus driver Tyler Baxter poses with his bus. Tyler has been working as a driver for three weeks and says he enjoys his job.

has found a way to sit around for four hours a week and make $60. Twice a week Hawkins goes to CSL Plasma to donate plasma. “I can just sit there, do homework, listen to music,” Hawkins said. “It takes two hours, so that’s good time to get my homework done that I normally wouldn’t have. I think of it as supplemental money that I don’t feel bad about spending.” Hawkins did note there are some potential health risks if you’re not careful.

“One day I got really sick because I went running the same day, and then I got the flu afterward,” Hawkins said. “The whole process kind of knocks your immune system down.” Overall, Hawkins said he recommends donating plasma for some extra cash. “Sixty bucks for four hours? That’s a lot higher than minimum wage,” he said. Psychology sophomore Emily Keepers said she has different motivations behind her new temporary

source of income. Keepers recently applied to become a nude model for a life drawing class in the OU School of Art. She will make $15 for every hour class, if she is accepted. Keepers heard about the job from several art majors and, further, heard complaints about the typical models the class usual brings in. “Most of the people that the class draws are really old,” Keepers said. “They recently had a 70-year-old man. I just wanted to change the scenery a bit, give them something

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different to look at.” Keepers said she tells people about her plans because she wants to see their reaction. “They’re usually surprised to hear what I’m doing,” Keepers said. “They say they wouldn’t have the guts to do it.” While she said she’s not worried about the job right now, she does acknowledge she’ll be nervous when it comes time. “I’m not looking forward to holding still for an hour, either,” Keepers said.

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Students to receive awards for best of art The OU School of Art and Art History will host its 97th Annual Student Art Exhibition from April 1 to 15 at the National Weather Center. A free public reception will be held from 7 to 10 p.m. April 2 at the National Weather Center with an awards announcement at 8 p.m. The show features works of art created by OU art and art history students. Multiple awards are presented, including the T. G. Mays Purchase Award, offered to a student whose work will become a part of the Fred Jones Jr. Museum of Art’s permanent collection. “Our incredible student work will have a wonderful setting in such a spectacular building,” said Mary Jo Watson, School of Art and Art History director. A list of students whose work will be in the exhibition can be found at the School of Art and Art History website. — Sydney Allen/The Daily

Students await coming storm season OU tornado chasers stay safe, travel far for twisters

and dangerous things out there,” Squitieri said. “I don’t know of OU students behaving that way, though.” “Punching the core” is a phrase that storm SYDNEY ALLEN The Oklahoma Daily chasers often toss around while pursuing tornadoes. It involves driving through the intense With spring comes tornado season, a time band of rain and hail that often surrounds torof year longed for by select members of the nadoes. Dangers include losing your windNorman community. shield to hail or possibly driving into the path While Norman resides in the center of of the storm. Tornado Alley, an area with a propensity for “It can be very tempting to break a few road twisters, those who chase laws to catch up with a storm thunderstorms hoping to or outrace a storm’s core to “On my chases, the catch a tornado are usually get south of it or chase at willing to travel far beyond night,” said Gagne. “I generalthoughts in the back Oklahoma. ly chase safely but I’ve found of my mind were to “The farthest I have travstay at a safe distance myself in unsafe situations eled has been about 200 through tactical mistakes at all times and don’t miles,” University College and bad road networks.” put anyone in danger.” freshman Addison Alford Danger also lies in the fact said. “I would travel 300-plus there is no official training — ADDISON ALFORD, if I had time.” for those who wish to storm Knowledge of routes out chase. UNIVERSITY COLLEGE of the path of an oncoming Chuck Doswell, who reFRESHMAN funnel are elements novice ceived a master’s and docchasers lack, meteorology graduate student toral degree in meteorology from OU, advises D.J. Gagne said. chasers to go in cities and to accompany a vet“Getting close to a storm without a viable eran chaser at first. escape route can lead to a chaser being caught The OU students agree. in the hail core of the storm or worse,” Gagne “The best way to learn to successfully said. chase—and safely at that—is to shadow a more As a result, the chasers try to make a con- experienced chaser,” Squitieri said. scious effort to be safe, Alford said. While pursuing storms might seem far more “On my chases, the thoughts in the back of educational than performing physics equamy mind were to stay at a safe distance at all tions in a classroom, student chasers believe times and don’t put anyone in danger,” Alford being a student is still their first priority. said. “[The media] glorify chasing just as they Not everyone is so safe, however, meteorol- glorify anything else,” Squitieri said. “It’s all ogy junior Brian Squitieri said. about the ratings, and nothing gets ratings in “Some [chasers] do unimaginably stupid Oklahoma like up-close tornado footage.”

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