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“ We h av e c ome to k now y ou , b e l ie v e i n y ou a nd lov e y ou . We k now w e w i l l m i s s y ou .”

University loses $1,044 after 87 calls to SafeRide result in no shows, records show

— P r e si de n t Dav i d B or e n

ALEX EWALD

The Oklahoma Daily

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Top left: President David Boren addresses students during commencement Friday evening at the Oklahoma Memorial Stadium. Top center: Students hold banners representing colleges across campus during Friday’s commencement ceremony. Top right: OU graduates hold their caps to their hearts while the Star Spangled Banner is played before commencement. Bottom: More than 7,200 graduates were eligible to attend Friday’s commencement ceremony, according to a press release.

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RESEARCH

Student awarded $90K to study flood prediction An OU graduate student received a $90,000 grant from the National Science Foundation to research flash flood-prediction improvements. Water resources engineering graduate student Gina Hodges will apply her experience in meteorology, hydrology and social sciences to develop better flash flood-detection methods, according to a press release. Hodges’ study will attempt to create a system to identify specific locations about to be impacted by flash floods. Hodges’ methods to improve flood detection will be applied to areas that experienced severe flooding in spring 2010, including Oklahoma and Arkansas, according to a press release. Hodges will receive $30,000 a year for three years for her research, according to a press release. — Daily Staff Reports

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Assistant dean of students to retire Cunningham cites his age as reason to leave campus position after 21 years ALYSSA GRIMLEY The Oklahoma Daily

An OU official is retiring after 21 years of service because his age is making it difficult to keep up with college students, he said. Cordell Cunningham, assistant dean of students, said he decided to retire because he doesn’t want his age to affect his job. “There was no way I was going to cheat the students from someone

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with the energy to keep up with their pace,” Cunningham said. When Cunningham came to OU, he worked as the director of Student Life in the athletic residence halls. He became an adviser for the African American Student Life program as well as the assistant dean of students, according to OU’s Student Life website. Cunningham said he doesn’t know what retired life has in store for him, but he will approach the future with a positive outlook.

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SafeRide driver Donnie French pulled up at 1:20 a.m. in front of Campus Corner’s Seven47 restaurant to pick up students who need a ride home. After 20 minutes of waiting, nobody came out of the restaurant to claim the ride, French said. Although no one received a ride, these 20 minutes cost OU $12. OU’s SafeRide program suffered $1,044 in lost revenue after 87 calls — valued at $12 each — resulted in callers not arriving at the designated pickup site, according to SafeRide phone logs from March 3 to May 1. These incidents are referred to as dead calls, SafeRide Director Brynn Daves said. This is when students call for a ride and don’t show up, Daves said. “It is unfortunate when this occurs, as it takes one taxi out of use for another SafeRide and could potentially cause lengthened wait times,” Daves said. The program pays $12 each ride to local taxicab companies Yellow Cab Company and Airport Express to pick up students — regardless of whether a ride is completed, Daves said in an email. However, the university does not pay the fee if students cancel the ride before the cab arrives. SafeRide gives students a free taxicab ride home from 10 p.m. to 3 a.m. Thursday through Sunday. Student Affairs — which sponsors the program — encourages students who call for rides to cancel if they end up not needing the service, Daves said. SafeRide has expanded its vehicle count to 20 after adding 10 new vehicles last fall, Daves said. The cost of rides increased to $12 per ride because of gas prices, and the number of dispatchers working each shift increased from two to four, Daves said.

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Festival gets groovy to raise animal-rights awareness How people treat animals says a lot about how we treat people, ONLINE AT OUDAILY.COM Groovefest coordinator says » Link: Apply to perform at a Groovefest fundraising show to be held this fall

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Music, warm weather and the lack of weekend homework drew more than 900 people Sunday to Andrews Park for a festival raising awareness for animal rights, a festival coordinator said. Groovefest is a biannual music festival highlighting issues including local homeless, poverty and hunger, festival coordinator Aimee Rook said. This year, festival organizers decided to focus on animalrights abuse. “How we treat our animals says a lot about how we treat each other,” Rook said. “And [Groovefest] is just

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trying to improve that.” Bands played while attendees danced, ate and meandered through educational booths. Started by OU students in 1986, Groovefest began as a relaxing day of music at the park, Rook said. Within a few years, the Amnesty International chapter at OU realized the growing concert series would make a great opportunity to spread awareness of human-rights abuses, Rook said. Festival organizers will host a sePHOTO PROVIDED ries of fundraising shows in the fall Festival participants entertain crowds with a juggling act during to support Groovefest 2012, accordGroovefest on Sunday evening at Andrews Park. ing to the festival’s website.

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OPINION

OU students bailing on SafeRide cost the university more than $1,000 in two months (see page 1)

EDITORIAL

Buyers beware of meth laws Our View: Laws to ban pseudoephedrine sales unfairly punish the general public, who use it to relieve allergies not manufacture meth.

Health report in 2008. Meth’s popularity stems from the fact it can be produced from everyday household items such as allergy medication and rock salt. Sure, limiting ace’re getting tired of state lawmakers has- cess to these might specifically decrease its use, but sling us at the medicine counter. it has done nothing to curb the country’s overall In the latest episode of the nationdrug problem. wide “war on drugs,” the City of Holdenville This means lawmakers are punishing recently announced it had banned stores consumers — most of whom buy pseuThe Our View from selling medications that contain doephedrine for allergy relief — for no real is the majority pseudoephedrine, a decongestant used reason. The existing law already is unfairly opinion of to manufacture methamphetamine, the punitive; a complete ban is ridiculous. The Daily’s Associated Press reported May 3. And it’s not only happening in five-member David Starkey, the activist responsible editorial board Oklahoma. for bringing the ordinance before the In 2009, a bill came before the California Holdenville City Council, said he hoped Legislature that would prohibit the sale of other Oklahoma cities would follow suit and join pseudoephedrine except by prescription. While it the ban, according to the article. failed, the passage of such a bill would be a burden This is completely unnecessary, and it puts a fur- to consumers, as families would have to add docther strain on Oklahoma consumers attempting to tor’s fees to already tight budgets. purchase medications they need. How far are we, as Norman citizens, willing to go? The Oklahoma Legislature already cracked down Will we sit back and allow our lawmakers to make on meth manufacturing in 2004 when it passed a us pay for the abuses of a few drug users? law requiring retailers to store the decongestant beInstead, we should encourage our City Council hind the counter and keep logs of customers who to stay clear of this bandwagon of restrictions and bought it. The law also placed a cap on the amount instead convince lawmakers to look for ways to preof the drug customers could buy. vent drug use altogether. Fund rehabilitation clinUnfortunately, the crackdown hasn’t had a noics, drug-abuse research and youth education. ticeable impact on America’s overall drug use. Illicit Let’s tackle the heart of the problem, not treat its drug use among Americans over the age of 12 actu- symptoms. ally increased 1.6 percent between 1997 and 2007, Comment on this at OUDaily.com according to a National Survey on Drug Use and

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TRACK & FIELD

SOFTBALL

Meets provide great moments

Sooners to host regionals

OU men’s baseball visits Baylor for three-game weekend series to close out regular-season competition

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

Also on OUDaily.com | TENNIS » Women to compete at NCAA Championships in Stanford, Calif. | GOLF » Sooner men advance to NCAA Regional competition

Big 12 track meets aren’t glamorous. STAFF COLUMN Track and field doesn’t Annelise attract thousands of peoRussell ple, so those who come are the dedicated few. It’s hard to be a fair-weather track fan aside from the Olympics. You won’t find Kim Kardashian sitting trackside, hoping to snag an errant shot put. But you will find athletes, grandparents, coaches — and my dad and me. Since I was in high school, my dad and I have been going to Big 12 or NCAA track meets hosted by OU. It became a May ritual — if we were in town, we went to the track for a day or two. And we have witnessed some great moments. Olympic gold medalist Jeremy Warner — while he was still at Baylor — broke a world record, only to be disqualified for a lane violation. Former Sooner Will Claye clinched a Big 12 title on his final attempt with a record-breaking triple jump. And this year, OU junior Mookie Salaam ran the secondfastest time in the world in the 200 meters this year. They are the moments that likely won’t make the headlines — even in The Daily or the local paper — but for the fans watching that day, it’s just about as good as it gets. This year at the Big 12 Championships, there were many events that won’t be remembered except by those who rose in unison Sunday as athletes cleared the final turn or approached the last hurdle. For example, in the women’s 400 meters, Texas A&M senior Jessica Beard entered the meet having swept the title for outdoor and indoor for the past three years. She was on her way to a fourth year when freshman Diamond Dixon of Kansas pulled off an upset. The women’s 100-meter hurdles had its own drama when Aggie senior and 2009 champion Gabby Mayo dropped out of contention by falling through the final hurdle. In the men’s 5,000 meters, Oklahoma State’s Colby Lowe and Colorado’s Joe Bossard — who also won at 10,000 meters — were in a heated battle for Big 12 honors until the final lap, when the yellow flag went up. Lowe was disqualified for impeding the runner, allowing OU’s George Alex to finish third. Hard work and sheer luck were in full effect Sunday, but the season isn’t over yet. NCAA Championships loom, and for many — like OU’s Salaam and the entire Texas A&M team — these races will be long forgotten in favor of NCAA gold medals. But for some — like my dad and me — the Big 12 Championships are as good as it gets until next year. — Annelise Russell, journalism senior

Team rewarded for tough regular schedule with opening round in Norman TOBI NEIDY

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The road through the 2011 regular season was a treacherous journey for the Oklahoma softball team, who touted one of the toughest schedules in the nation. OU’s reward for playing 23 ranked opponents was a No. 9 ranking and home-field advantage for regional action, which starts Friday. “We’re very excited to be hosting,” OU coach Patty Gasso said. “I think we were shown some respect for the tough schedule we played.” OU played 11 consecutive games against top-25 teams and survived well enough to be granted one of 16 regional hosting spots for the 2011 NCAA postseason. “We‘ve been in the tough environments with large crow ds and teams that weren‘t afraid to take the big swings,” Gasso said. “There’s nothing these guys haven’t seen.” In order to advance to the Super Regional round, OU will need to best Regional opponents Tulsa, Missouri State and Iona in the doubleelimination format. This year marks the 18th consecutive season OU has advanced to the field of 64, including every season with Gasso at the helm. Of those 18 appearances, the Sooners made it to the Women’s College World Series five times, most recently in 2004. Senior Chana’e Jones said this year’s team wants to get back there. “It’s all about getting to the

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Senior third baseman Dani Dobbs throws a fielded ball in a game earlier this season. The Sooners host NCAA regional action this weekend at Marita Hynes Field in Norman.

If you go WHAT: OU vs. Iona WHEN: 7:30 p.m. Friday WHERE: Marita Hynes Field, Norman World Series,” Jones said. “It’s my last year, and I want to go out with a bang.” But getting through regional action is easier said than done. Last season, the Sooners watched a 1-0 series lead over the defending

c h a m p i o n Wa s h i n g t o n Huskies slip away with consecutive shut-out losses. This season, the Sooner offense had trouble stringing together timely hits with the pitching performances from sophomore Keilani Ricketts. “This is going to be good test,” Ricketts said. “We’ve faced Tulsa before, but this weekend is about starting strong and finishing strong.” The Sooners are riding a three-game win streak after sweeping Iowa State and North Texas to end the regular season. The team also has had

seven days to regroup and heal late injuries. The Sooners are 11 years removed from the program’s first national championship. And the current team may not have all the pieces in place like it did in 2000, but Gasso’s consistency in getting to the postseason proves she has the strength to keep fighting for her teams to make it to the top. “I’ve seen this team mature a lot throughout the season,” Gasso said. “With the intensity of the big games like Texas, I feel like they’re going to handle this well.”

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MEDIEVAL TIMES By Morgan Coffey

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• Thursday, May 19, 2011

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LIFE&ARTS

Just because Oprah is retiring from her TV show doesn’t mean she’ll disappear from the public eye, The Daily’s RJ Young writes

James Corley, campus life editor dailyent@ou.edu • phone: 405-325-5189

Johnny Depp as Captain Jack Sparrow in “Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides”

‘Pirates’ to kick off blockbuster-movie season Action flicks, comedies and comic-book movies to dominate the silver screen over the summer

The Hangover, Part II (May 26)

JAMES CORLEY

The Oklahoma Daily

f the end of the year is known for Oscar-contending dramas starring high-profile actors, the summer is known for action-packed blockbusters and bellybusting comedies. This summer’s releases shouldn’t disappoint moviegoers. Romantic comedies packed with former and current Saturday Night Live cast members will complement comicbook movies and long-anticipated sequels. The opening of “Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides” on Friday officially kicks off the summer movie season. Regardless of your thoughts on the second and third movies, the franchise is taking a much-needed change in direction from the laughable acting and ridiculous storylines of Orlando Bloom and Keira Knightley’s characters. With Johnny Depp reprising the role of the lovable Captain Jack Sparrow, what could go wrong? Penélope Cruz joins the fun, and Oscar-nominated Geoffrey Rush reprises his role as Captain Barbossa. Throw in the famous pirate Blackbeard and some craziness about mermaids, and you’ve got yourself a movie. Here’s a few more movies to look for this summer.

Starring: Ed Helms, Ken Jeong, Zach Galifianakis

After the rousing success of the first film, it was only a matter of time until a sequel was made. Whether you can suspend belief that something as insane would happen again to the trio of characters, the crazy antics promise to be more than enough to entertain.

Captain America (July 22) Cars 2 (June 24)

Starring: Chris Evans, Hugo Weaving, Tommy Lee Jones

Starring: Owen Wilson, Larry the Cable Guy, Eddie Izzard

In what is likely the final stand-alone Marvel film before the hyped “Avengers” release, the last — and arguably most important — member of the Avengers will defend Wo r l d Wa r I I- e ra America. In wake of Osama bin Laden’s death, expect a highly patriotic experience.

Anything Pixar has ever made is gold at the box office, and “Cars 2” should be no different. In stark contrast to the first movie’s open portrayal of NASCAR and dirt-track racing, the second tackles IndyCar and international open-wheel racing styles. For optimal success, it should avoid another terrible song cover by Rascal Flatts.

Green Lantern (June 17) Other notable summer releases

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Starring: Ryan Reynolds, Blake Lively, Peter Sarsgaard

» Kung Fu Panda: The Kaboom of Doom — May 27

In the comic-book movie arms race, DC still lags far behind Marvel. “Green Lantern” seems to rely heavily on computer-generated sequences and the witty one-liners of Ryan Reynolds, so if you enjoyed “Avatar” or don’t mind shallow storytelling, this movie is probably for you.

» X-Men: First Class — June 3 » Super 8 — June 10 » Bad Teacher — June 24 » Transformers: Dark of the Moon — July 1 » Larry Crowne — July 1

This year, plan a vacation in Oklahoma. From cityscapes to country lakes, there’s something for everyone. Check out these events…

» Horrible Bosses — July 8 » Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Part II — July 15

MAY 28-29 EDMOND JAZZ & BLUES FESTIVAL Stephenson Park, Edmond

MAY 27-29 BOLEY RODEO & BBQ FESTIVAL Rodeo Grounds, Boley

JUNE 4 CHISHOLM TRAIL ROUND-UP CRAWFISH FESTIVAL 1101 Garth Brooks Blvd., Yukon

www.edmondjazzandblues.org

www.okcastle.com

PORK PRODUCTION SITE MANAGER OPPORTUNITY

The Maschhoffs, a leader in pork production, is looking for a full time Breedto-Wean Site Manager for our farm near Minco, OK. Responsibilities: • Oversee the care, welfare, and daily management of a sow farm • Ensure good production through the development and implementation of standard operating procedures Requirements: • A high school diploma or GED; BS in Animal Science preferred • 1 year swine production experience supervising 8+ employees • Work on hard surfaces; Withstand dust, odor and noise The Maschhoffs offers competitive wages and exceptional bene�ts.

Apply online at www.TheMaschhoffsJobs.com Search for requisition #3741

MAY 21-22 THE OKLAHOMA RENAISSANCE FESTIVAL 3400 West Fern Mountain Rd. Muskogee

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