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Unrest overseas strains student travel OU postpones study-abroad program in Egypt because of area conflicts CARMEN FORMAN The Oklahoma Daily

Violence in the Middle East and parts of Africa has proven problematic for OU international and exchange students. “We did have an outside provider that was running programming in Egypt that

we had listed on our website — and we did suspend that — but we didn’t have any students participating in that,” Education Abroad Director Jack Hobson said. “We just kind of removed it as an option for right now.” The university doesn’t have any students in dangerous nations in the Middle East or Africa, said Monica Sharp, International Student Services director. OU doesn’t run short-term exchange

programs with countries that have state department warnings, Sharp said. “OU does not send OU students to those countries, but they are certainly welcome to come to OU from those countries.” The university has an affiliate provider that runs a summer program in Jordan, Hobson said. This program will still take place this summer because things have been quiet in Jordan, Hobson said. “Until something changes we won’t alter

any of our plans for Jordan,” Hobson said. International students on campus from nations currently engulfed in fighting and rebellion face their own set of problems. “I think they’re all extremely concerned with the safety and status of their family members, particularly our Libyan students,” Sharp said. “Many of them have SEE PROGRAM PAGE 2

Musicians to exhibit digital works

STUDENTS BUILD FROM THE GROUND UP

Computerized compositions from students, artist will blend music and technology RACHAEL CERVENKA The Oklahoma Daily

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Landscape architecture graduate student Alex Tyler, left, and construction administration graduate student Caleb Breer, right, pass along compressed-earth blocks down a chain of volunteers Thursday in a residential section of Norman. Tyler and Breer were part of a group building a garden wall for a home under construction by Cleveland County’s Habitat for Humanity.

Students learn to build with earth Energy-efficiency research findings will go to Habitat for Humanity home built next summer CHASE COOK The Oklahoma Daily

residential section of Norman became a classroom Thursday when College of Architecture graduate students and faculty applied research and knowledge to help the community. All five divisions of the College of Architecture have started construction on a garden and retaining walls built of compressed-earth blocks. Both are being built to teach students and faculty how to handle and use the earth blocks, said Scott Williams, professor of landscape architecture. Research will be conducted on the finished walls to see how they fare against real-world elements. The research will be applied when a house made of compressed-earth blocks is built in summer 2012. The garden wall, retaining wall and CHASE COOK/THE DAILY

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Compressed-earth blocks are stacked together to make a garden wall Thursday in Norman. The blocks are created by compressing soil, a cement mixture and water.

Students make bank for scholarships Sooners collect change in piggy banks to raise cash for study abroad LANEY ELLISOR The Oklahoma Daily

College of International Studies students collected money from piggy banks Thursday to fund study-abroad scholarships. The International Affairs Society previously distributed piggy banks to international studies students and asked them to collect change, society

chairwoman Emily Ward said. The banks — part of the college’s Promote International Giving campaign — were collected at the CIS Piggy Bank Round Up from 3 to 4 p.m. Thursday outside Hester Hall. The event featured pork barbecue, piggy bank decorating and games such as ring-around-thepiggy, a candy-filled pig hunt and a pig-version of Angry Birds. “It’s going to be a fun way to not only do something important but to celebrate our new college,” said Becky Bailey, CIS

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Piggy Bank Round Up committee chairwoman. The three students who collected the most money received bronze, silver and gold pigs, said Ward, an international relations and economics sophomore. Committee members collected at least $100 before the event thanks to a donation from OU President David Boren, said Bailey, an international studies senior. By the end of the event, she said the total was over $200, and only a small portion of the donations had been counted.

All donations will go into an open account, which will then be allocated by the college, Ward said. The CIS Piggy Bank Round Up committee hopes to name one scholarship with the piggy funds. College of International Studies Dean Zach Messitte said the college will consult with Ward and Bailey on how to award the scholarship. There are always students who need extra money to study abroad, he said. “In my opinion, there’s no donation that’s too small,” Messitte said.

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A musical experience featuring the digital works of computer and electroacoustic composers is coming to campus. Two recitals will take place from 6 to 8 tonight and Saturday in the Pitman Recital Hall in Catlett Music Center as part of an annual festival called inner sOUndscapes. Today’s performance will showcase composer and visiting artist Elizabeth Hoffman as she performs pieces involving computer interaction with live musicians, a video-art piece and fixed media works, said Konstantinos Karathanasis, music technology and composition professor. Hoffman is a music professor at New York University. Her areas of interest and research include electroacoustic music and computer composition, according to the NYU Department of Music website. Saturday’s performance will feature the compositions of OU students. Students performing computer compositions for this event have each completed eight semesters of music-technology coursework, Karathanasis said. Computer composition involves programming a computer to track parts of the performance such as pitch and dynamics to make it “understand” the playing of a live performer, Karanthanasis said. The computer then reacts by modifying the live sound of the performer in real time in order to create a virtual duo. Electroacoustic music is made with computers and played through speakers, electroacoustic composer Steven Eiler said. It uses the whole world of sounds as potential material. “In a way it can be difficult for new listeners because it doesn’t sound like what they call music, but with a little generosity and imagination it can be quite thrilling to hear the symphony and cacophony of everyday sounds and otherworldly sounds arranged into a work of art,” Eiler said. Students should expect to experience a very different type of music that blends traditional and abstract idioms, composer Dexter Ford said. “Some of the music made with computers is quite accessible, whereas there will also be more unfamiliar and bizarre elements — but still fun,” Ford said. Large metropolitan areas have venues that host electroacoustic music, but this type of event is rare here, Karathanasis said. “I believe that it will be a sensational experience for those people who have an open mind and the curiosity to listen to innovative music that goes beyond the limitations of catchy beats, melody and harmony,” Karathanasis said.

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Lunch-box ban feeds dietary problems One of the staples of an elementary-school education is a sandwiches cut into triangles with the crust removed, gone is dinosaur lunch box filled to the brim with food your parents the Mickey Mouse thermos full of chicken-noodle soup and packed — string cheese, peanut butter and jelly, a Capri Sun gone is the choice to eat the food you enjoy. and some fruit. Our friends who bought their lunch and obligIt is not the role of the school to protect students from the atory carton of milk would be jealous of our carefully pack- food their parents choose to pack for them. Parents should aged meal, hoping for any scrap we were willtake it upon themselves to provide a meal ing to trade. that is healthy and enjoyable for students. If Imagine every child at your school being the school sees a problem with how parents The solution is not forced to purchase the school-provided meal. pack lunches, then they should educate the banning food, but We all know the stereotypes — greasy pizza, parents, not punish the students who show rather educating fake mashed potatoes, sub-par chicken nugup with a Ziploc bag of apples and peanut students and parents butter. gets, stale hamburgers — that are associated about how to make a with school lunches, making it hard for us The new policy does allow students with to imagine students would be jumping for medical conditions or allergies requiring a healthy choice.” joy at the prospect of these alternatives. This special diet to bring their own food, but there cafeteria full of bland food has become a reality for a Chicago is no mention of how students who follow a vegan or vegetarelementary school. ian lifestyle are supposed to be fed. In fact, students who do The Little Village Academy in Chicago’s west side has not like the school’s food — for whatever reason — are left to banned all bagged lunches due to concern that students are go hungry, potentially creating an additional problem. not eating healthy meals for lunch. Gone are the homemade Also left to fend for themselves are the students on restricted

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PROGRAM: International conflict prevents grads from going home Continued from page 1 not even been able to talk to anybody from home since March 20.” International Student Services does make counseling referrals for students who want to talk to someone about events in their home countries, Sharp said. The department has been meeting with the students from the Ivory Coast and Libya frequently to discuss their concerns and plans moving forward, Sharp said. Problems do arise when international students graduate and would normally go home, Sharp said. “Most of our international students qualify for an additional period of time after they complete their degree at OU when they can remain in the U.S. and work professionally for a short period of time,”

Sharp said. International students could go home, but many of those with families don’t want to because it is safer in the U.S., Sharp said. School of Geology and Geophysics doctoral candidate and Libyan national Tarek Hodairi said in an email he was planning to graduate in May 2012. With the recent violence in Libya his plans have changed drastically, Hodairi said. Instead of going home after graduation, Hodairi said he decided to apply for political asylum in the U.S. “I decided to come to OU because I wanted to continue my study in the U.S.A. in order to get my Ph.D,” Hodairi said. “I do not regret it, but sometimes I wish I were among my family supporting and protecting them.”

EARTH: Team vying for $100K grant from federal environmental agency Continued from page 1

research will show if those properties can save homeowners’ money, McManus said. Charles Graham, College of Architecture upcoming home are being built in associa- dean, said he helped develop the machines tion with Cleveland County’s Habitat for to create the compressed-earth blocks Humanity — a nonprofit organization that while he was at Texas A&M. The college assists impoverished families in buying received research money and purchased a homes, said Bill McManus, chairman of the machine to make the blocks, Graham said. Volunteers will try to finish the garden Habitat for Humanity Building Committee. The college and the organization work to- wall Saturday, Williams said. After fingether because they help the community ishing both walls during the summer, the knowledge gathered from the and learn their craft simultaneexperience will be applied to a ously, said McManus, construcfall 2011 course, McManus said. tion science professor. ONLINE AT The course will develop plans to “It’s a marriage made in heav- OUDAILY.COM build a home completely out of en,” McManus said. earth blocks, McManus said. In The department’s classes » Link: Register the spring, a team will be sent were canceled today to pro- to volunteer with vide students the opportunity Habitat for Humanity to Washington, D.C., to present the project to the Environmental to participate in volunteer work Protection Agency and vie for a using their talents and knowledge, Williams said. Building the walls $100,000 grant. If the team doesn’t get has been a great opportunity because stu- the grant, it will still complete the home, dents learn better in these environments, McManus said. “We are going to find a way to build it,” Williams said. There are 19 students in the landscape architecture department, and at McManus said. Construction on the home won’t begin least 10 helped build the wall. Students have contributed more than until summer 2012, and it will continue volunteer labor in the construction of the though fall 2012, McManus said. Once it retaining and garden walls. Landscape ar- does, the earth-block home will be built chitecture students participating in a de- next to a home constructed from traditionsign competition generated the plans for al materials by the College of Architecture. the garden wall, said Alex Tyler, landscape However, the traditional home was built architecture graduate student. Tyler said to make it as energy efficient as possible his design for the wall was selected along and has been awarded a gold energy ratwith that of Michelle Simmons. Simmons, ing under the National Green Building also a landscape architecture graduate Standard, McManus said. This means the student, wasn’t at the site Wednesday, but home is almost twice as energy efficient Tyler helped carry and lay blocks through- as ones built to Norman code, McManus said. out the day. Both homes will be outfitted with sensors So far, the volunteers have built a portion of the garden wall. The bricks are created intended to collect data regarding how the using earth, cement and water mixed and homes compare in energy efficiency and compressed together. After setting for up to other areas such as acoustics, McManus four weeks, the bricks are ready to be used said. The goal is to build the earth-block home and make it even more energy effiin a building project. The garden and retaining walls were cient than the traditional home. “We want the [earth-block] home to get chosen as projects to aid water runoff at the Habitat for Humanity home, Tyler an emerald rating,” McManus said. An emsaid. The wall will prevent flooding when it erald rating is the highest rating given to rains, and help students and faculty learn energy-efficient homes, McManus said. Students, faculty and habitat volunteers how the earth blocks respond to water, will be back at the work site Saturday. Tyler McManus said. Through the use of these bricks, students said he has enjoyed helping build the walls and faculty hope to research their energy and he will continue with the work. “It makes you feel really good,” Tyler efficiency, McManus said. The bricks have natural components that help keep said. “I can’t wait to see the finished prodhomes cool and warm, McManus said. The uct for the family.”

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diets due to religious beliefs. If the policy is not amended to allow students of different faiths to abide by their diets, this could be considered a form of discrimination. Jewish children should not have to go without because it is pulled-pork sandwich day at the cafeteria. OU does require all incoming freshman to sign up for a meal plan, but the major difference is variety of food and having the choice to eat off campus. Elementary-aged children couldn’t and shouldn’t walk by themselves to the local Subway to pick up a “$5 Footlong,” but we have this option. The solution is not banning food, but rather educating students and parents about how to make a healthy choice. The school can attempt to force its students to eat as healthy as they can while in school, but at the end of the day parents are the ones who will be making dietary decisions for their kids come dinnertime. If students are not eating healthy at home, all the mass-produced, nutritious lunches in the world aren’t going to help them.

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James Corley, sports editor dailysports@ou.edu • phone: 405-325-3666

SOFTBALL » Ricketts, Shults named to USA Softball Collegiate Player of the Year top-25 list

GOLF » Women sign top JUCO recruit

WOMEN’S GYMNASTICS

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Rising above the pressure

Home matches last for seniors

Sooners compete for 1st national championship this weekend in Columbus

Oklahoma hosts Kansas State, Kansas in Norman finales for Constantinescu, Eckel and Kalashnikova

JAMES CORLEY The Oklahoma Daily

Despite looking a little different than last year, the Sooners are right back in the thick of competing for a national title. OU advanced to the NCAA semifinals with a win in the Norman Regional on April 2 at Lloyd Noble Center. Oklahoma’s semifinal round starts at 11 a.m. today in Columbus, Ohio. The top three finishers from each semifinal advance to the final round Saturday. The Sooners made their first appearance in the final round — the Super Six — last year with a team led by five seniors, all of whom are absent from this year’s lineup. “This is an entirely different team this year,” OU coach K.J. Kindler said at a Thursday press conference in Columbus. “We are very young.” Freshmen and sophomores compete in 18 of OU’s 24 spots, a big shift from last year that has yielded the same results because of the dedication of the returning athletes and younger gymnasts who have stepped into leadership roles, sophomore Natasha Kelley said. “That’s something that has helped us become a strong team,” Kelley said. The Sooners finished the regular season undefeated but faltered in the Big 12 Championship, falling to

JOSH HELMER The Oklahoma Daily

OU looks to beat up on its conference mates from Kansas this weekend when the Wildcats and Jayhawks come to Norman for a pair of matches at the Headington Family Tennis Center. Seniors Ana-Maria Constantinescu, Tara Eckel and Maria Kalashnikova will play their final two home matches as the 21st-ranked Oklahoma women’s tennis team plays host to No. 41 Kansas State at 5 p.m. today and unranked Kansas at noon Sunday. The Wildcats (13-5, 4-4 Big 12) enter the match after being upset at home by No. 58 Missouri, 5-2. In Big 12 action, KSU has beaten No. 7 Baylor, No. 35 Texas A&M, Iowa State and Colorado. Along with the Tigers, fellow ranked Big 12 foes Texas (No. 25), Nebraska WHAT: OU vs. Kansas St. (No. 34) and Texas Tech (No. 44) have downed the WHEN: 5 p.m. today Wildcats. WHERE: Headington Kansas State boasts Family Tennis Center one ranked singles player in freshman Petra WHAT: OU vs. Kansas Niedermayerova. The Czech Republic native WHEN: Noon Sunday has compiled a 15-3 overWHERE: Headington all singles record this seaFamily Tennis Center son and 6-2 mark against Big 12 opponents. Oklahoma counters with the nation’s 51st-ranked doubles tandem in Constantinescu and freshman Alice Radu. The pair has gone 11-6 this season. Sunday’s match against Kansas will be Senior Day for Constantinescu, Eckel and Kalashnikova. The trio will be recognized prior to the match against KU. KU (9-9, 3-5) has won three of its last four matches, including a 6-1 victory most recently against Colorado. The Jayhawks could enter Sunday’s match against OU on a three-match winning streak if they defeat Oklahoma State on Friday in Stillwater. Kansas is without a ranked singles player or doubles team. OU’s third-year coach David Mullins owns a 3-1 mark against the Jayhawks and Wildcats.

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Freshman Taylor Spears performs her floor routine during NCAA Regional competition April 2 in Norman. OU advanced to the semifinal round, which starts today in Columbus, Ohio. second behind Nebraska for their first loss. However, OU recovered in the Norman Regional with a sweeping win to earn a return trip to the championships. “I was extremely excited to see how they performed at regionals, considering we are so young, because I was not sure how they would respond to that kind of pressure,” Kindler said. “It’s hard to know how they will compete when the pressure is really on.”

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The pressure certainly will be on this weekend. OU, a three-seed, must fight through No. 2 UCLA, No. 6 Michigan, No. 7 Georgia, No. 10 Arkansas and No. 11 Illinois to advance to its second consecutive Super Six. The Sooners beat Michigan on the road Feb. 26 and bested Illinois in a quad meet March 4 in Norman. “There is a lot of pressure to be here until the [final round],” Kindler said. “It’s a goal of everyone in the

tournament.” Kindler said above all she hopes the team continues to have fun and stay loose to overcome the pressure. Oklahoma’s three-seed is the highest in program history, and the Sooners are chasing their first national championship. OU is no stranger to the semifinals, though, as one of just four programs to qualify for the last eight. This also marks the Sooners’ 11th appearance.

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OU embarks on tough Texas trip Sooners to visit Baylor team ripe with talent, Texas Tech squad boasting strong record at home JOSH HELMER The Oklahoma Daily

Wins will be harder to come by for the No. 26 OU men’s tennis team this weekend on a Texas road trip to take on a pair of top-25 opponents, No. 7 Baylor at 6 p.m. tonight and No. 22 Texas Tech at noon Sunday. Last week, OU downed unranked Oklahoma State and then-No. 39 Rice in blowout fashion with identical 6-1 scores to put the Sooners on a three-match winning streak. Since dropping a home match to No. 6 Texas A&M on March 29, 5-2, for the team’s first conference setback, the Sooners (13-4, 2-1 Big 12) have put together a threematch winning streak. Overall, OU has won 11 of its past 13 matches. Baylor (16-3, 3-0) enters on an eight-match winning streak of its own. Since Feb. 12, the Bears’ only loss was to top-ranked Virginia. In order to hand Baylor its first conference defeat, the Sooners likely will need a good start in doubles play. The Bears have won 17 consecutive doubles points and are 18-of-19 overall. No. 16 Florida is the only team that WHAT: OU vs. Baylor has taken the doubles WHEN: 6 p.m. tonight point from the Bears this season. WHERE: Waco, Texas Baylor’s singles play is led by 19th-ranked John WHAT: OU vs. Texas Tech Peers. The Bears also WHEN: Noon Sunday tout four other top-100 singles players. WHERE: Lubbock, Texas In doubles, the Bears boast the nation’s fifthand 78th-ranked doubles tandems. Texas Tech (14-8, 1-3) is hungry for a Big 12 win after falling to sixth-ranked Texas A&M and No. 11 Texas in its two matches last week. The Red Raiders are tough at home, going 12-3 in Lubbock, Texas, over the past two seasons. Texas Tech has two ranked singles players, No. 20 Raony Carvalho and No. 22 Gonzalo Escobar, and a pair of ranked doubles teams, No. 14 and No. 34.

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Oklahoma hitting its stride Sooners to face tough Tigers

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Oklahoma’s steamrolling of Oklahoma State on Wednesday, 5-1, displayed the kind of intensity coach Patty Gasso has been looking for all season. Against a fierce opponent, the Sooners had timely hits coupled with aggressive pitching sequences, a combination this youthful team has struggled to put together against earlier opponents. It isn’t easy for a team to ride on the shoulders of a sophomore pitcher, but Keilani Ricketts (20-7) won’t use her youth as an excuse. “I saw a little bit of Keilani feeling like she let her team down (in a 5-2 loss to Baylor on Saturday),” Gasso said. “She will tell you she’s got a lot to learn, but she stayed ahead in the count and stayed in a zone against [OSU].” The Sooners invade Columbia, Mo., this weekend, arguably the hardest conference series to date on the Sooners’ schedule. Only Texas and Missouri sit between the Big 12’s No. 1 spot and OU. “Our destiny is in our hands,” Gasso said. “It’s not going to be easy; we’re not even expected to go (to Missouri) and do anything. So we’re going to take that underdog attitude and play our best.” Sophomore Chelsea Thomas (18-3) continues to be the difference on the

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Sophomore ace Keilani Ricketts prepares to pitch during OU’s 5-1 win over Oklahoma State on Wednesday in Norman.

mound for the Tigers, limiting opponents to a conference-low .147 batting average. Her .70 ERA through 25 games also leads the Big 12. Missouri has lost only one conference game this season — against Baylor last week. Strength of schedule will be factor for OU as the team tries to win another tough road matchup, and Gasso believes her team is poised to seize this opportunity to move up the rankings. “We’ve beat Arizona and Washington on the road,” Gasso said. “We know how

to win big games away from Norman. These kids know what it takes.” If the Sooners sweep this weekend’s games, they will be able to see the light at the end of a very tough conference tunnel. If they drop both games, the defending Big 12 champs more than likely will have to concede the crown, and that’s one toy the Sooners don’t want to share at the Big 12 playground. — Tobi Neidy, public relations senior

The No. 15 OU softball team travels this weekend to the toughest place in the Big 12 this season to get a win. The Sooners face No. 9 Missouri (33-5, 7-1 Big 12) on Saturday and Sunday in Columbia, Mo. The Tigers will be looking to maintain the nation’s longest home winning streak (30) against OU, which is looking to improve its conference standings. Oklahoma leads the overall series 49-37. The Sooners won their last two outings in Columbia, 6-2 and 4-2, in 2009. Last year, the Tigers advanced to the Women’s College World Series and finished with a school-record 51 wins. Missouri returns 17 of 22 players from that team. Sophomore Chelsea Thomas, a fury on the mound for the Tigers, leads the conference in ERA (.70) and holds batters to .147. OU will look to its sophomore ace, Keilani Ricketts, to keep the Sooners in the game against an explosive Missouri offense. Ricketts averages over 11 strikeouts per game and moved into third on OU’s all-time career strikeout list with 11 strikeouts against Oklahoma State on Wednesday. — Tobi Neidy/The Daily

ALSO THIS WEEKEND TODAY

SATURDAY

» Men’s Gymnastics — NCAA Team Championships 6 p.m. in Columbus, Ohio

» Men’s Gymnastics — NCAA Individual Championships 6 p.m. in Columbus, Ohio

» OU football — Red-White Game 2 p.m. at Oklahoma Memorial Stadium in Norman

» OU baseball vs. Oklahoma State 7:05 p.m. at Bricktown Ballpark in Oklahoma City

» Men’s golf — Aggie Invitational Opening round all day in Bryan, Texas

» OU baseball vs. Oklahoma State 7:35 p.m. at ONEOK Field in Tulsa

SUNDAY » OU baseball vs. Oklahoma State 4:05 p.m. at Bricktown Ballpark in Oklahoma City » Men’s golf — Aggie Invitational Final round all day in Bryan, Texas

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ARIES (March 21-April 19) -- If you attempt to flatter someone in hopes of securing a favor, it is likely to have the opposite effect. You’ll have a better chance of getting what you want if you’re up-front and honest.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23) -- It’s not how elaborate your excuses are for not doing the things you should, it’s how honest you are about why you can’t do them. Put more energy in production and less into fashioning your alibi.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20) -- The present cycle you’re in won’t hurt you if you’re willing to work for what you want. However, you could be severely disappointed if you think you can cash in without putting forth some effort.

SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 22) -- You should take extra care in dealing with a friend, especially if your pal is on the sensitive side. If you’re not careful, he or she could easily misinterpret your intentions and end up with hurt feelings.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20) -- Chances are you will be able to acquire exactly what you want, ahead of everybody else. Once you get it, however, it isn’t going to be anything like you thought it would be.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 23-Dec. 21) -- Be careful you don’t overreach yourself in going up against a veteran who knows how to win, in a competitive situation where your work is concerned.

CANCER (June 21-July 22) -- Be on guard if a usually gruff associate is suddenly nice to you. It won’t take much to figure out that he or she wants something extreme from you. LEO (July 23-Aug. 22) -- Resist going shopping if you really shouldn’t be spending any more money on nonessentials, as your willpower is at low ebb. Wait until all your old bills are paid, so you don’t go further in debt. VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) -- When negotiating with another, find the middle ground no matter how long it takes. Whatever agreement you form, it must be fair and benefit each party equally.

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his may be the era of iPods and STAFF COLUMN N digital music, but that hasn’t stopped A.J. Lansdalee vinyl records from still being produced. Appealing to a demand by music aficionados and dedicated fans, records have made a comeback in the last few years, a comeback exemplified and celebrated by Record Store Day. Record Store Day, described by record stores as “the one day that all of the independently owned record stores come together with artists to celebrate the art of music,” is the third Saturday in April of each year; in this case — this Saturday. This year’s Record Store Day is sure to be interesting as Ozzy Osbourne is the Record Store Day ambassador, in conjunction with a vinyl release of his 1981 album “Diary Of A Madman.” Guestroom Records Another interesting will hold its fourth annual release is a vinyl version Record Store Day on of the “Tron: Legacy” Saturday. soundtrack. Composed The stores will sell music by Daft Punk, this album that is rare and hard to find, brings to mind the aesand will have close to 320 thetics of the Tron unititles available that day only. verse, with the album itDoors open at 11 a.m. self resembling the circuSaturday. lar chips that the characters wore on their backs — Margo Basse/The Daily in the movie. Other releases of note include an early edition of the Gorillaz’ new album, “The Fall,” and releases by Lady Gaga, Nirvana, Queen, Rise Against, The Grateful Dead, Rush, Bob Dylan, The Flaming Lips and many, many others. Locally, Record Store Day’s festivities can be celebrated at Guestroom Records, 125 E. Main St. If you’ve got a gramophone player, it’s worth heading over to pick up some new albums. It’s not a bad way to spend a Saturday.

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Rock band Eisley will play a free concert sponsored by the Union Programming Board and Campus Activities Council at 7 tonight in the Oklahoma Memorial Union’s Meacham Auditorium. Made up of four siblings — Chauntelle, Sherri, Stacy and Weston DuPree — and their cousin Garron DuPree, the band is most known for the songs “Invasion” and “Ambulance,” from 2007’s “Combinations” and 2011’s “The Valley,” respectively. Along with Eisley, Christie Dupree and Gum also will perform.

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Stepping out as a full-fledger cusser I’m officially coming out of the closet — the cussing closet, that is. I have been experiSTAFF COLUMN LUMN menting with cussing for a while now, ever Janna since I came to college, and I think it is time Gentry that people know the truth. I grew up in an extremely conservative home where I can remember my father saying a total of two cuss words my entire life. I didn’t have the energy or bravery to challenge my conservative values either. The times I did try to venture out and utter a cuss word or two, people would cause a scene, and I would leap back into the safety of my good-girl persona. My freshman year of college I attended a private Christian school and my desire to fit in with my surroundings ensured that I definitely didn’t cuss there. This was problematic, because the transition to college seemed only to exacerbate my desire to cuss. I was having all kinds of issues and I was angry, damn it! My sophomore year I transferred to OU, where I discovered multitudes of people who were seemingly immune to the shock value of curse words, and it was liberating. I began to experiment with a word or two, mostly focusing on the “mild” curse words — words that are only uttered by old people and

aren’t even considered bad in other countries. The use of these words became more and more frequent, and before I knew it, every time I encountered some exasperating issue I would let one slip. F-bombs were reserved for occasions when I was engaged in some passionate discussion, and they were never aimed at anyone. I never even said an F-bomb jokingly. It was uncharted territory, until spring break. It was the end of spring break when I got into an argument with my brother, and I could feel the F-bombs welling up inside of me and making their way to my mouth. And then I said it. I actually said it twice, and it felt so good. Later when things had smoothed over, my brother teased me about it, and I knew that dropping those F-bombs had solidified what my family had suspected about me for a while: I was a full-fledged cusser. So there it is. I’m a cusser, and although I have retained many of the values that my “good-girl” persona in high school had, being cuss-free is one value I gladly shed. — Janna Gentry, English sophomore

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