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Innovative professors create jobs MELISSA MORGAN The Oklahoma Daily

Students now have new job opportunities after two OU professors created an innovative company located right here in Oklahoma. After years of intensive projects and arduous fundamental research at Tinker Air Force Base, OU Industrial Engineering Professors Shiva Raman and Binil Starly unveiled SEAM Aero last year. The company employs a new, ground-breaking technology that uses a laser scanning arm to create three-dimensional computer designs

of obsolete aircraft parts that are still About 30 people total have alvery much needed to keep U.S. air- ONLINE AT ready been employed by SEAM crafts in flight. SEAM Aero stands for OUDAILY.COM Aero. Approximately a dozen OU Shape Engineering and Advanced students and seven OU faculty » Link: Visit Manufacturing. members are employed at the “We are introducing new technol- seamaero.com for Norman Economic Development more information Coalition’s Emerging Technology ogy to a new market,” Raman said. Even in the wake of the current on the company. Entrepreneurial center (eTec) loeconomic recession, SEAM Aero has cated near campus corner. the capability of developing an effiWorking alongside two outcient and economical method of recreating standing OU professors isn’t SEAM Aero’s missing aircraft parts while also producing only appealing factor, according to Rob jobs and generating money in Oklahoma. Boyles, industrial engineering senior. “My number one goal with SEAM Aero is to create jobs in Oklahoma,” Raman said. SEE GRANTS PAGE 2

UOSA president plans new direction DANIELA MCCORMICK The Oklahoma Daily

The Undergraduate Oklahoma Student Association president and vice president share a vision to create a positive relationship with OU students, and since their inauguration last spring, they’ve worked to reconnect with the students they represent. UOSA President Franz Zenteno said he spent the summer learning how the organization works. “For the past two years I’ve been involved in UOSA, but as a student body president, you are in charge of everything, and I’ve never had that chance before,” said Zenteno, international studies senior He said the first thing he did after being elected was met with the new leadership. “We all agreed on the importance knowing each other well because we’ll be working closely with each other,” Zenteno said. Zenteno said he came in strong with his platform and projects, but he knows that UOSA may be unaware of existing student needs. He said he wants to be close with the student body, and he thinks it’s healthy when students question UOSA. “I don’t think we have to be scared of that,” Zenteno said. “I think the better criticism we can get, the better we can be later. I think one of the mistakes that I saw in UOSA last year was whenever the student body was criticizing UOSA, UOSA closed its door.” Zenteno said the battle between student government and the student body should no longer happen. He said he no longer wants students to be disappointed in UOSA.

INVOLVEMENT Zenteno said both he and UOSA Vice President Cory Lloyd would like to attend

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UOSA President Franz Zenteno and Vice President Cory Lloyd recapped their summer agenda and talked about goals for the school year. Zenteno and Lloyd were elected in the UOSA runoff election in April. other student organizations’ meetings. He said so far he has attended freshman convocation and the International Student Umbrella organization’s first meeting. One of Zenteno’s first goals, he said, is to stop by the organizations he was able to talk to during the campaign last spring. “It’s time for us to go and say, ‘Hey guys, we’ve now got elected. What can we do for you?’” Lloyd said UOSA is not only working on UOSA-specific projects, but also working on tying UOSA goals with student organizations’ goals through feedback. Lloyd said UOSA will partner with other organizations to help improve student life and bring people together. Zenteno and L loyd said they’re also trying to update the student organization website, but they have encountered some difficulties due to an IT problem and they’re working with OU Information Technology to

make the website more userfriendly. “I think the most important thing we’re wanting to work right off the bat is to get that information up-to-date as soon as possible,” said Lloyd, advertising senior.

IMPROVING PARKING Zenteno and Lloyd said they have many projects in the works for OU’s parking and transit system. “The Sarkeys lot is now going to be swarmed with both faculty and students, not just a little bit of students and a majority of faculty,” Lloyd said. “They’ve revamped some other lots too. There have been a lot of shuttle additions, and we’re trying to work to increase the amount of signs that are placed in lots to better identify them.” Another goal of Zenteno and Lloyd is improving SAFEride

What UOSA has changed this summer: » Sarkeys Lot: Parking will now be split 50/50 between faculty and students. What projects UOSA will launch soon: » UOSA will create blog to update students on student government news » UOSA will fully update the official UOSA website and student organizations page. » Possibly UOSA will be create to SafeRide Vouchers which will allow students to call any Norman taxi service. » UOSA will increase supplies for the laptop rental service from 50 laptops to 100 laptops through sponsorships.

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Whether one is new to college or close to graduating, there is one event a student can count on the first week of fall semester with free food, music and movies: the Campus Activities Council’s Howdy Week. Serving to welcome students to OU, Howdy Week chair Ashley Zumwalt said Howdy Week is also a way for students to become acquainted with fellow students, while also enjoying free food and prizes and events. With CAC coordinating several student groups, petroleum engineering junior

Zumwalt said Howdy Week is a way for to help students ease their way back into a new school year. This year, food vendors such as In The Raw Sushi, La Baguette Pastries and Jimmy John’s Sandwiches will provide free food along the South Oval and this year’s featured entertainment is comedian Michael Palascak on Thursday and UPB Ben Kweller concert on Friday both at the Oklahoma Memorial Union’s east lawn. with Howdy Week being the first CAC event many students participate in, CAC Chair and public relations senior Valerie Hall said her big goal for this year with CAC is to help all those involved in CAC to

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take on a more leadership role within the organization. “Being a CAC event chair is unlike any other opportunity on campus,” Zumwalt said. “Personally, I have found that leading by example and allowing members of the executive committee to take ownership in the event to be the most essential things that a Chair could do.”

OU-Texas tickets to go on sale Tuesday The most valued football tickets for Sooner fans go on sale much earlier than normal this year. Tickets for OU’s annual matchup with Texas at the Cotton Bowl in Dallas go on sale at 7 a.m. Tuesday on Soonersports.com. The right to attend the game and the related fanfare of the Texas State Fair is highly prized and difficult to acquire. Students seeking tickets have traditionally had to suffer an early morning rise, overloaded servers and — in the saddest cases — “sold out” messages. Because of how student season tickets are set up, freshmen are allowed to buy tickets to OU-Texas if the upperclassmen don’t snatch them all up. Don’t hold your breath. Last year’s supply of 4,200 tickets sold out in 30 minutes, two-and-a-half hours faster than 4,000 sold in 2008.

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Vaccinations mandatory to live in dorms Oklahoma colleges require certain immunizations from students KATHLEEN EVANS The Oklahoma Daily

The state of Oklahoma requires that students have certain immunizations before attending OU and other universities for the safety of themselves and others, and these immunizations become even more important when students live closely in small-spaced dormitories. “The safety and well-being of students is an utmost concern for OU Housing and Food Services,” Lauren Royston, Housing and Food Services spokesperson, said in an e-mail statement. “Many procedures are in place to help students settle safely into their new on-campus community.” The two required immunizations are against measles, mumps and rubella (MMR) and hepatitis B, according to Oklahoma Statutes, title 70. This is applicable to all full- and part-time students at any Oklahoma college. Hepatitis B is a liver disease caused by a virus, which can lead to serious liver damage or even death, according to the Center for Disease Control.

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Today around campus » The Bizzell Memorial Library will host library orientation. Students can meet library staff members and learn how the library can facilitate their success at OU. Short tours are available at 11:30 a.m. and 2:30 p.m. in the library.

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GRANTS: Company jumped economic hurdle Continued from page 1 “It seems like a great opportunity for a brand new graduate, especially since the company is just starting up and it has had so much initial success,” Boyles said. T h e re i s a l s o a g re at need for people with backgrounds in publicity, finance, social sciences, policy, education, marketing and supply chain Raman said. “There are still so many systemic issues,” Raman said. “OU students are the heart of the company.” SEAM Aero not only provides mere employment, but it also provides students with the opportunity to work with cutting edge technology, their own OU professors and faculty, an inventive company, and

also serves as an inspirational example of a business that successfully jumped the hurtle of the economic recession. “As I understand it, since many military aircraft are having their or iginally planned operational lives extended, more and more aged parts require replacement, which makes their company extremely valuable,” Boyles said. SEAM Aero will create jobs by acting as the middle man between manufacturers and large companies. The company will supply the technical data package, or the three-dimensional model, to manufacturing companies who will spread the wealth in Oklahoma, Raman said. “We will fill the technological gaps and empower

SEAM Aero’s Mission Statement SEAM Aero applies digitally enabled next-generation technologies for the aerospace industry for delivery of high quality solutions through: • Reverse engineering • Metrology • CAD/CAM • Tooling design • Manufacturing process planning • Rapid prototyping *Source: www.seamaero.com the small guy by providing the bite to their bark,” Raman said. Companies these days create electronics that are designed to become obsolete within a few years, and while that is great for money making it’s a nightmare for our planet as all of

that waste just builds, said Jessica Radcliffe, interdisciplinary perspectives on the environment senior. “With this technology maybe we could prevent some of that stuff from building up as we could create less new stuff and just fix the old,” Radcliffe said.

Tuesday, Aug. 24 » The Bizzell Memorial Library will host OU Libraries Orientation. Students will learn how to access the library’s online resources, plus take a quick tour of Bizzell. Meet at the Information Desk located inside the west doors of Bizzell Memorial Library. Pre-registration is not required. The orientation sessions begin at 11:30 a.m. and 4:30 p.m. and last approximately 45 minutes.

Wednesday, Aug. 25 » The Bizzell Memorial Library will host OU Libraries Orientation. Students will learn how to access the library’s online resources, plus take a quick tour of Bizzell. Meet at the Information Desk located inside the west doors of Bizzell Memorial Library. Pre-registration is not required. The orientation sessions begin at 9 a.m. and 2 p.m. and last approximately 45 minutes.

This day in OU history …

»» Wednesday, Aug. 23, 1972 Editorial: Lindsey is fixed … almost The City of Norman had just finished resurfacing Lindsey Street between Berry Road and southwest 24th Street and had added a middle turning lane. The Oklahoma Daily Editorial Board thought the “mystery lane” was confusing and that Norman needed to explain to drivers how to use the lane properly.

Pruitt sets pace Sooner fans in 1972 pegged their hopes for a NCAA Football Championship on a team with “probably the nation’s leading candidate for the Heisman trophy,” and later two-time AllAmerican halfback, Greg Pruitt. While Pruitt did not win the Heisman trophy or a football championship for OU, he did make the National Football League from 1973 to 1984, was on the 1984 Super Bowlwinning Los Angeles Raiders team and was inducted into the College Hall of Fame in 1999.

VACCINATIONS Continued from page 1 Most children complete the vaccine by the time they reach 18 months. Measles, mumps and rubella are contagious viruses with various side effects, such as a rash, fever, swelling and runny nose, according the CDC. Children should receive the first vaccine by 15 months of age and the second by 6 years of age. Other than requiring vaccines, the Housing and Food Services also fights disease with regular cleanings by staff, hand sanitizer stations and programs by Residential Advisers on health and cleanliness, Royston said. If a student feels a roommate might have a disease or not have a vaccination, he or she can discuss his or her rooming assignment with an RA or with the Housing and Food Services office in Walker Center, Royston said. One vaccination not required of students is against meningococcal disease, but Housing and Food Services still provides information to students choosing to live on campus. “Students receive detailed information … about the meningococcal vaccine,” Royston said. “This information sheet explains what meningococcal disease is, the risks associated with [it], suggestions for who should or shouldn’t get the vaccine and where they may find more information.” Though the vaccine is not required, students must sign that they read and understood the information and that they chose to forego vaccination, Royston said. Meningococcal disease is a swelling of the brain caused by contagious bacteria, according to the World Health Organization. It is spread from person-to-person through moisture in the air. Students must provide documentation of immunizations, according to Goddard Health Center. Without documentation, students might have to do a test for immunity or receive the vaccine again.

UOSA: Plans to involve all OU students Continued from page 1 through the use of vouchers. Zenteno said a student complaint last year was the amount of time it took for a SAFEride cab to pick up a student. Lloyd said he would like to set up a system where students can use a voucher as money to pay for any Norman taxi service to take them home. This project has not been finalized, but the idea is to give provide students with more availability of cabs and to create a better SAFEride system. “It’s going to create a little more urgency for the cab companies to send their cabs to pick up the students,” Lloyd said.“It’s also going to help the students cut those wait times down because we know students like to go out. We know they leave campus and they go all around Norman, and they need to be able to get back and if they don’t have a car.” Zenteno said students will not have to worry about payment for the new system. He said funds have already been set aside for SAFEride and will be reallocated to accommodate the new system.

KEEPING STUDENTS INFORMED UOSA will write a daily blog to keep students up-todate about UOSA’s plans. Zenteno said students will be able to read information and the opinions of his representatives. Students will also be able to give feedback and opinion through comments. “This is something unique, and we’re telling you we want to be close to the average OU student,” Zenteno said. “We run this campaign with a vision.”

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Lloyd said the students should keep UOSA accountable and not be afraid to step into their office. Lloyd plans on keeping the office stocked with drinks and food so students can feel at home and be comfortable with coming in and sharing their thoughts. “We have our platform which is what we’re working on, but if there’s something that comes up throughout the year that is more important. Then you know our platform issues may need to take a backseat to work on things we can get to,” Lloyd said.

“We have the laptop check-out program we want to initiate, UOSA provides around 30 laptops students can check out for two days, and we want to increase that number to at least 100. To execute this, we will get sponsorship from companies that are in the city,” Zenteno said. Zenteno said he’s going to go to companies already in Norman and ask for laptop donations. He said these laptops would provide publicity for the company as well as laptops for OU students GOVERNMENT STRUCTURE without that resource. UOSA is made up of four branches: the executive, conUOSA-FULL TIME JOB gressional, judicial, and the Zenteno said working programming board. in UOSA is more than a full Zenteno is a part of the time job. He said he works 40 executive branch, which plus hours a week and is con- creates the bills that are sent stantly in contact with people to Congress who decides to even if he is at home. He said pass or not pass. Then the despite the long hours, he programming board that the finds UOSA to be a great way Campus Activities Council to enact a vision and leave a plays a big part in is the most legacy for the students. tangible branch for students “Coming as an interna- to see. tional student, I never exThe judiciary is a very pected to become student important part of UOSA bebody president at this uni- cause it provides a neutrality versity,” Zenteno said, “So, and stability. the reason why we run is to “If the judicial branch say thank you for that great opportunity we got getting involved in the academic life we have here.” Lloyd said working in UOSA is not only hard work, but also fun. He said he enjoys meeting new people and that he wants to be transparent about UOSA’s business.

doesn’t exist then UOSA doesn’t make sense because it’s going to be unstable,” Zenteno said. All the branches are equally important in order that UOSA can achieve its goals, he said. Zenteno said leadership conferences play a role in strengthening the UOSA structure which, in his opinion, is the strongest among the Big 12 schools. Zenteno said unlike past governments, he hopes to take all the main branch representatives to future conferences so they are up-todate on all higher education issues.

STUDENT EXPECTATIONS Some OU students-new and returning-shared their opinion about UOSA and what they expect for the new year. Sociology junior Cindy Coffin said she expects student government will accomplish its platform goals. “I expect student government to interact with all students and get students involved, greeks and nongreeks,” Coffin said. Coffin said she hopes UOSA will connect with graduates students as well. Zoology sophomore AJ Berepele said he expects UOSA to set a community example. He said he also expects to see results from Zenteno and Lloyd when it comes to involving exchange students.

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Find a place in OUr space

Campus leaders highlight the rewards and benefits of getting involved during Sunday’s Involvement Fair on the Walker-Adams Mall. Read on to learn more about different organizations and how to be a leader at OU.

SHAYNA GROVE

PRESIDENT, IMPECCABLE JUGGLERS’ ASSOCIATION

KELSEY OBERST

LIFE GROUP LEADER, ANTIOCH COMMUNITY CHURCH

LAMONT VAIN

DIRECTOR OF OPERATIONS, OKLAHOMA WEATHER LAB

EMILY SEMANDS

VICE PRESIDENT OF FINANCE, STUDENT BUSINESS ASSN.

JASMIN CHEVIS

PRESIDENT, FRENCH CLUB

AKALA COOK

PRESIDENT, THE REDLINERS

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What attracted you to this organization?

Favorite event/ project with this organization?

Importance of being involved on campus?

How to balance involvement with classes?

Importance of being a leader on campus?

I’ve always wanted to learn how to juggle, and we’re all about juggling.

We showed up to the Medieval Fair in the spring and just walked around and juggled.

School gets really hard and stressful and sometimes it’s nice to do something that’s just fun.

I just set little blocks of time aside for each organization and all my classes.

It means I’m getting out and getting to know people and promoting an activity I love.

People love you for you and accept you for who you are.

Life Groups, which are small groups where you can come and be loved on.

It’s a great way to meet people and be involved in the community.

Discipline.

It’s an awesome opportunity to reach out to others.

An opportunity for operations in meteorology. It gives me lots of hands-on experience.

We actually forecast for the Medieval Fair and let officials know about what’s heading their way.

I get to give back to the campus.

It’s very tough; just try to stay balanced. There is time for work, and there is time for play.

Doing things like this, standing out here in 100 degree weather, telling people about our organization.

I am a member of the business school, and I wanted to take more of a leadership role.

The second week of school we have Back To Business week with a cookout and other activities for freshmen.

I think you really get out of your college experience what you add into it.

I try to manage my time and plan out when I’m going to study every day.

[Knowing] I am giving something back to the university and the business college.

My love for French. I just wanted to be more involved with the French students on campus.

We are just getting started ... but I am looking forward to getting together with the French students.

Even if it’s not your major, it’s definitely good to be involved and enhance your skills.

Time management; it always works out.

It means a lot to me to be a role model. I think everyone should stand up and participate.

I did choir in high school, and I wanted something that I loved doing.

Our coffee shops. We have a gig every semester, and it’s nice to be intimate with the audience.

It helps me get involved and get to know campus.

I just use time management skills, keep a calendar and I don’t procrastinate.

A leader is someone who you know will be there for you and for your organization.

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UOSA has the right idea Dur ing convocation, U O S A P re s i d e nt F ra n z Zenteno said he wants criticism and feedback about his work as student body president. Well Mr. President, we are going to hold you to it. But we also are going to make our own promise to the student body — to keep you informed of important news within UOSA. In the past, UOSA and The Daily have not always succeeded in keeping our student body informed on student government issues. This year will be different. Student organizations should not feel disconnected from UOSA. Campaign promises should not go

unfulfilled, and students should know exactly what UOSA does. In an interview with The Daily, Zenteno and vice president Cory Lloyd presented some innovative ideas to address these issues. To help students keep up with UOSA, they will keep a blog informing students of UOSA’s progress, and students will be able to provide feedback through this blog. We encourage you to take advantage of this resource. If students provide feedback, Zenteno and Lloyd will have little room for excuse if they don’t respond to concerns. On our side, we promise constant, in-depth coverage of student government. If we

drop the ball, send a letter to the editor. We want feedback, too. On parking, Zenteno and Lloyd have original ideas. Instead of vague promises for “more parking,” they are working on initiatives to split parking more evenly between faculty and students. They’re partnering with other departments to make SafeRide more efficient. They’re hoping to involve all cab companies, increasing competition and decreasing waiting times for students. So whether you need to get somewhere in the middle of the night or find you shouldn’t be driving yourself, you shouldn’t expect a three-hour wait.

We are pleased to know Zenteno and Lloyd have already been hard at work. They spent much of their summer working to fulfill their promises to students. They met with several student organizations and worked to make their campus initiatives as cheap as possible for students. If students involve themselves in the dialogue with their student government, UOSA could have a very good year. And we look forward to fulfilling our promise to you to keep student government in check.

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Families carry their children across a flooded road Friday in Baseera, Punjab Province, Pakistan. Massive flooding in Pakistan appears to be draining support for the already-weak civilian government while boosting the powerful military.

Pakistani flooding deserves Haiti-like coverage from the American media Take a look at headlines for leading news sources in the U.S. and you’ll find stories about the serial killer recently caught in Atlanta, the soap opera-esque Kyron Horman case and the samesex marriage court proceedings in California. Big news, right? Or at least the news we in America think is big. I mean, no one cares about the flood affecting 14 million people in Pakistan. Look around the news sections of any U.S.-based news source and you’ll hardly find mention of the crises going on in other countries. If well-known Americans aren’t involved, then the news isn’t there — even in the world section. Funny enough, at least one of the top news stories for any international news service pertains to Pakistan, and has since things began getting dire. On Aug. 12, weeks after the floods began, the top story for the BBC World Service was about Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari finally visiting the affected areas of his country. Wait, top story? For the world? And yet hardly a word of the matter can be found in the U.S. Huh? This is ridiculous. Millions are approaching the brink of starvation, and we have hardly heard a word of it.

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Of course, we shouldn’t be surprised. Not only is it a story about people dying in boring ways, it’s people dying in Pakistan. A c c o r d i n g t o a Ju n e CNN poll, 78 percent of Americans reported an unfavorable view of Pakistan, likely because of its al-Qaeda presence. Pakistanis’ views toward Americans aren’t much different. A 2010 Gallup poll reported 59 percent of Pakistanis considered the U.S. an enemy. At the same time, the polls reveal declining support among Pakistanis of militant groups like alQaeda and the Taliban. What does this mean? It means American citizens have the chance to improve the average Pakistani’s public perception of the U.S., but without news organizations getting on board, how will anyone know to aid? Governments and foreign folks may contribute, but Americans are more capable of assisting than anyone. Our combined monetary power is greater than any in the rest of the world, even with the recession, depression or whatever your

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Pakistani women and children wait to be given a fresh meal Saturday at a camp for families displaced by floods run by the Pakistan Air Force in Sukkar, Sindh province, southern Pakistan.

favorite economist calls it. By overlooking the enormity of the situation and simply looking to the bottom line, the media may be sentencing thousands, even millions, to death. No one knows, so no one cares. We want to be shocked. We want a personal connection. We want information that relates to us. And besides, natural disasters are so passé now. After the Indonesian tsunamis, Hurricane Katrina and the Haitian earthquakes, we’re sick of hearing about people dying en masse. We won’t hear of it. Who can blame American media for tuning out one more disaster? It’s unprofitable. It’s sad, but Kyron Horman is only one kid who’s missing. In Pakistan, on the other hand, thousands of children

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are likely missing because of this disaster. How can we justify such a disparity in coverage? We need real news. We need broad news. We need to know what’s going on in the world. This self-centeredness will not end well if continued. It ’s no wonder we’ve begun sitting in the dust trail of other nations. Until we begin to understand that the world no longer revolves around us, we will never be able to understand how to make our way in the world of tomorrow. National media, get with the picture. — Buck Roberson, University College freshman

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Pedestrians stop Thursday to argue with Abu Rahman, right; Matt Sky, second from right; and Julia Lundy, third from right, by the site of a proposed mosque near ground zero in New York.

Debate about Ground Zero mosque belittles American values In times of crisis, it is natural to rally around the flag, STAFF COLUMN OLUMN to retreat into the comfort and safety of ethnocentric Nicholass perspectives describing a Harrison n “clash of civilizations.” After the attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, in its enthusiasm to show a united front, a large portion of the public has bought into the idea that the West is at war with Islam — that it is locked in some critical death struggle over the values, cultures and lifestyles that will prevail in the world of the future. However, the West is not at war with Islam. And once you’ve rejected that flawed paradigm, the construction of an Islamic community center in Lower Manhattan doesn’t offend anyone’s sensibilities. You’re not ceding ground to the enemy or desecrating the memories of the victims. You’re supporting people coming together into larger mainstream communities where ideas are freely exchanged, rather than keeping people scattered in isolated groups where radicalism festers and grows. New York City has always been the epitome of cosmopolitanism. With as many as 800 spoken languages, it is the most linguistically diverse city in the world — the fusion of its ethnic, religious and cultural differences is a microcosm, reflecting the larger melting pot of our society as a whole. It has a large Islamic population, estimated at more than 600,000. And, between 1998 and 1999, there were 28 mosques in Queens, 27 in Brooklyn, 20 in the Bronx, 17 in Manhattan and eight in Staten Island — including one less than four blocks from Ground Zero. Feisal Abdul Rauf, the principal force behind Park 51 (aka the Ground Zero mosque), has been the Imam of one of the most progressive Islamic congregations in New York City since 1983 — with a mosque just 12 blocks away from Ground Zero. And he is simply moving from However, as a one site to another. His sermons have been noted for their soldier, I must emphasis on tolerance and reemphatically ligious freedom and their critistate I am not cism of religious extremism. risking my life When he purchased the site for Park 51 in Lower Manhattan, so that anyone Abdul Rauf was originally can tell someone Feisal looking for a place downtown else they can’t to offer a prayer opportunity for worship freely in those who work in the Financial District and only have a short this country.” lunch break. Muslims are required to pray five times a day, and members of his congregation didn’t have time to return home. So he bought a building that had stood empty and abandoned for eight years. At a time when some people would ban minarets or headscarves, Muslims and Christians in Manhattan are still trying to find a way to coexist in the shadows of Ground Zero. Feisal Abdul Rauf saw the opportunity to transform Park 51 into a center for healing and reconciliation. That’s to be commended. Opponents of Park 51 have attacked his efforts, claiming the community center was an “unnecessary provocation” and American lives would be endangered by allowing a breeding ground for extremism to be set up so close to Ground Zero. However, as a soldier, I must emphatically state I am not risking my life so that anyone can tell someone else they can’t worship freely in this country. The opponents of this community center are doing far more to endanger American lives by perpetuating the paradigm that the West is at war with Islam. Furthermore, politicians are doing a disservice to the American people by trying to exploit fears and prejudices surrounding this issue for their own personal gain. It’s time we all learned to live together and respect one other. — Nicholas Harrison, law and business graduate

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Askins, Fallin agree to two debates OKLAHOMA CITY — Campaign officials with gubernatorial candidates Jari Askins and Mary Fallin say the two have agreed to two debates this fall. U.S. Rep. Fallin is the Republican nominee while Lt. Gov. Askins won the Democratic nomination. The first debate will be Oct. 18 at the University of Central Oklahoma in Edmond and sponsored by UCO. The second is sponsored by the Tulsa Metro Chamber and will be Oct. 28 at the Oklahoma State University-Tulsa campus. Both debates will be one-hour long and start at 7 p.m. — AP

Two people being interviewed about bodies in truck, police say SHAWNEE — Authorities in Pottawatomie County say they have two people in custody and are interviewing them about a pair of bodies that were found in a pickup truck. The bodies were found Saturday in the bed of the truck that was abandoned west of Shawnee near the Pottawatomie-Oklahoma County line just southeast of Oklahoma City. The identities of the two have not been released. Sheriff Michael Booth has said a man with a backpack was seen walking away from the area and authorities were searching for him. They did not offer a detailed description of the man. It is not clear whether that man is one of the two people in custody. KOCO-TV and KWTV are reporting that the individuals were taken into custody Saturday night for questioning. — AP

Oklahoma narcotics agents arrest more than 50 people WEATHERFORD — Agents from the Oklahoma Bureau of Narcotics have arrested dozens of people allegedly involved in bringing in drugs from Mexico. OBN spokesman Mark Woodward says 40 arrest warrants were served in Weatherford and 13 in Lawton. Those arrested face a variety of drug charges. OBN Director Darrell Weaver says the arrests were the result of an investigation that took more than a year. He says agents often see drug dealers move from metro areas into smaller towns. Weatherford is about 70 miles west of Oklahoma City. Agents began raiding homes there before dawn Friday, looking for people suspected of bringing in methamphetamine, marijuana and cocaine. — AP

65-year-old woman’s fatal shooting an accident, police say DEL CITY — Del City police are investigating the apparent accidental fatal shooting of a 65-year-old woman. Officers say Marilyn Cory was killed about 7 p.m. Thursday by a stray bullet that was accidentally fired by her neighbor at the Cedar Hills Apartments. Police spokesman Jody Suit declined to release the name of the neighbor. Suit says investigators believe the shooting was an accident. — AP

Truck may be connnected to Oklahoma deputy’s shooting NORMAN — A pickup truck that authorities said may be connected to the shooting of a Pottawatomie County deputy was stopped in neighboring Cleveland County. Authorities stopped a red Chevrolet pickup Saturday afternoon northeast of Norman and took the driver into custody, but later released him. His name was not released and authorities say they now don’t believe he was involved in the deputy’s shooting. Authorities have been looking for three men in a red Chevrolet pickup since Deputy Joe Leeds was shot four times in the chest late Wednesday during a traffic stop near Pink. Leeds’ bulletproof vest stopped the bullets and he was not seriously injured. Leeds said he returned fire at the pickup and authorities say the truck stopped Saturday appeared to have bullet holes in it. — AP

Borel guides Atta Boy Roy to Remington Park win OKLAHOMA CITY — Atta Boy Roy led most of the way under jockey Calvin Borel and won the $200,000 Remington Park Sprint Cup on Saturday night. The 5-year-old Washington-bred son of Tribunal went off at 1-5 odds in the six-furlong race and didn’t disappoint, beating Wando Redd by 5½ lengths with Greeley’s Conquest third. Atta Boy Roy won in 1:09.29 on a fast track. Atta Boy Roy’s trainer, Valorie Lund, says the horse is being pointed toward the Breeders’ Cup. Borel, the winning jockey in the Kentucky Derby three of the last four years, has ridden Atta Boy Roy to two wins and two second-place finishes in four starts aboard the horse. Atta Boy Roy, which is owned by Roy Schaefer of Port Orchard, Wash., paid $2.60, $2.20 and $2.10. Wando Redd paid $8.40 and $4.20 while Greeley’s Conquest paid $3. In the $150,000 Governor’s Cup, Shadowbdancing held off Kick On by a half-length, with defending champion Going Ballistic third. Shadowdancing, a 5-year-old Floridabred son of Montbrook, went off at 2-1 odds and covered the 1 1-16 miles under jockey Eusebio Razo Jr. in 1:43.78. — AP

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Kevin Calvey, right, a candidate in Oklahoma’s 5th Congressional District’s GOP runoff election, answers a question during a forum with his opponent, James Lankford, left, Wednesday in Oklahoma City. Lankford and Calvey finished first and second in a field of seven Republican candidates in the primary.

Voters return to the polls for Republican, Democratic runoffs 5th District, State Insurance Commissioner GOP nominees to be determined Tuesday OKLAHOMA CITY — A hard-fought Republican matchup in the race for O k l a h o ma’s o n l y o p e n U.S. House seat tops the matchups in Tuesday’s primary runoff election, which also includes a GOP congressional runoff in eastern Oklahoma and a statewide runoff between two Republicans hoping to be the state’s insurance commissioner. Former four-term state Rep. Kevin Calvey, 44, faces political newcomer James Lankford, 42, for the GOP nod in the 5th District, a seat current Republican U.S. Rep. Mary Fallin is leaving to run for governor. The winner will face Democratic nominee Billy Coyle and two independents in November. The only statewide race on the ballot is a Republican contest between former Insurance Commissioner John Crawford, 78, of Oklahoma City and John Doak, 47, a former

They want a strong and competitive fight against Dan Boren, and I’m going to give it to them.” — MATT PINNELL, STATE GOP CHAIRMAN insurance agent and executive from Tulsa. The winner will meet Democratic incumbent Kim Holland in the general election. “The headlines are all going to be on the Republican races, specifically for the 5th District in Congress,” said Democratic strategist Ben Odom, a former state party official and congressional candidate. Democrats settled most of their races during the July 27 primary. Republicans in the 2nd District in eastern O k l a h o m a a l s o h av e a runoff to determine who will challenge the lone Democrat in the state’s congressional delegation. Dr. Charles Thompson, a 47-year-old veterinarian, faces 26-year-old rancher and doctoral candidate

Who’s on Tuesday’s ballot Voters head to the polls Tuesday to determine party nominees for insurance commissioner, two U.S. House races, seven state House races and one state Senate race. A list of races: REPUBLICANS » Insurance Commissioner: John Crawford, John Doak » U.S. House 2: Charles Thompson, Daniel Edmonds » U.S. House 5: James Lankford, Kevin Calvey » State Senate 44: James Davenport, Ralph Shortey » State House 27: Josh Cockroft, Richard Bennett » State House 100: Elise Hall, David Looby DEMOCRATS » State House 3: Matt Webb, James Lockhart » State House 18: Donnie Condit, Carolyn McNatt Hill » State House 21: Jerry Tomlinson, Nathan Williams » State House 66: Eli Potts, Andrew Thomas Williams » State House 86: John Auffet, William Fourkiller *Source: The Associated Press

Daniel Edmonds. The winner will face U.S. Rep. Dan Boren, who is seeking a fourth term in the district that stretches from the northeast corner of Oklahoma to the Red River border with Texas. “They want a strong and competitive fight against Dan Boren, and I’m going to give it to them,” said

Matt Pinnell, chairman of the Oklahoma Republican Party. Early voting continues from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. on Monday at county election board offices. The polls will be open Tuesday from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. — AP

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Private contract with U.S. could bump Oklahoma inmates, find new homes Federal contracts yield more funds, compared with state, corrections department says OKLAHOMA CITY — A private prison company that houses more than 2,000 Oklahoma inmates has warned the state that, if it gets a contract it is seeking with federal prison officials, the state could have to find new homes for its prisoners. Cor rections Corp. of America has offered to house federal inmates in two facilities now being used for Oklahoma prisoners, and a third unit owned by CCA that closed down in the spring. Five privately owned prisons now operate in Oklahoma, housing inmates under contracts with the state. CCA owns three: Cimarron Correctional Facility in Cushing, Davis Correctional Facility in Holdenville and North Fork Correctional Facility in Sayre. A fourth CCA facility, Diamondback Correctional

Facility in Watonga, closed in the spring. The other two private prisons in the state are operated by GEO Group: the Lawton Correctional Facility in Lawton and the Great Plains Correctional Facility in Hinton. Federal prison officials are seeking facilities to house low-security male inmates, mostly illegal immigrants from Mexico with a year or less to serve on their sentences. A bid request said offers

to the Federal Bureau of Prisons — the two now operating at Cushing and Holdenville and the closed unit at Watonga. If CCA gets the contract it is seeking, it could affect the placement of 1,800 medium-security prisoners at Cimarron and Davis, and 360 maximum-security inmates at Davis, corrections officials said. “There shouldn’t be any surprise when something like this happens,” said Justin Jones, state Corrections

There shouldn’t be any surprise when something like this happens. Their product is the incarceration of criminals and it’s a for-profit business.” — JUSTIN JONES, STATE CORRECTIONS DEPARTMENT DIRECTOR would be accepted from companies in New Mexico, Oklahoma, Arizona and Texas, and would require 3,000 beds. CCA officials told state prison authorities in July they intend to offer three Oklahoma-based prisons

Department director. “Their product is the incarceration of criminals and it’s a forprofit business.” Jones said federal contracts typically pay between $60 and $65 daily per prisoner, while the state pays about $42 for minimum-

security inmates up to about $57 for maximum security. CCA spokesman Steve Owen declined to comment on rates discussed with the Federal Bureau of Prisons. Jones said that, if CCA gets the federal contract it is seeking, the most challenging task for Oklahoma would be finding room for the nearly 360 maximumsecurity prisoners being held at Davis. He said some prisoners might have to be shipped out of state for the first time since the mid-1990s. “Obviously this would be a huge burden to families of those prisoners,” he said. “It would also probably cost us more.” CCA is the largest forprofit prison company in the U.S. It currently houses about 75,000 individuals in more than 60 prisons and detention centers in the country under contracts with federal, state and local agencies, according to information on the company’s website. — AP

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Blagojevich won’t rule out return to politics Ex-Illinois govenor appears on Fox News; insists he didn’t lie to FBI

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Former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich talks to the media with his wife Patti at his side Aug. 17 in Chicago. A federal jury found Blagojevich guilty of one count of lying to federal agents, and the judge said he intended to declare a mistrial on the more serious remaining 23 counts.

Army of U.S. diplomats to lead stabilizing Iraq WASHINGTON — As the White House eagerly highlights the departure of U.S. combat troops from Iraq, the small army of American diplomats left behind is embarking on a long and perilous path to keeping the volatile country from slipping back to the brink of civil war. Among the challenges are helping Iraq’s deeply divided politicians form a new government; refereeing long-simmering ArabKurd territorial disputes; advising on attracting foreign investment; pushing for improved government services; and fleshing out a blueprint for future U.S.-Iraqi relations. President Barack Obama also is banking on the diplomats to assume the duties of the U.S. military. That includes protecting U.S. personnel from attack and managing the training of Iraqi police, starting in October 2011.

The Iraq insurgency, which began shortly after U.S. troops toppled Baghdad in April 2003, is why the U.S. only now is entering the post-combat phase of stabilizing Iraq. — AP

Feds arrest 47 immigrants BOSTON — Federal officials say a three-month operation in four New England states has led to the arrest of 47 people suspected of being gang members or having ties to gangs. U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement spokesman Harold Ort said on Friday that many of the suspects had histories of violent crimes including attempted murder, car jacking, assault and battery with dangerous weapons, assault to rape and possession of firearms. — AP

CHIC AG O — For mer Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich said Sunday that he won’t rule out another run for political office if federal prosecutors fail to convict him at a second trial. Blagojevich spoke on “Fox News Sunday” less than a week after he was convicted of lying to federal agents. Jurors, however, deadlocked on 23 other more serious charges, including that he had tried to sell President Barack Obama’s old Senate seat. Fe d e r a l p r o s e c u t o r s have said they will retry Blagojevich on those charges, but the former governor insisted that he will be vindicated. “I didn’t lie to the FBI. And I’m not lying to you, and I’m not lying to the people,” Blagojevich told talk show host Chris Wallace. W h e n Wa l l a c e a s k e d

Blagojevich if he would run for office again, he answered, “If you’re asking me, do I believe that there’s a potential political comeback in the future, when I’m vindicated in this case, absolutely I do.” Blagojevich’s appearance on the talk show was part of a media blitz that began Friday when he appeared on NBC’s “Today” show.

I didn’t lie to the FBI. And I’m not lying to you, and I’m not lying to the people.” — ROD BLAGOJEVICH, EX-ILLINOIS GOVERNOR Blagojevich appeared on “Fox News Sunday” by video feed from Chicago. Wallace noted that Blagojevich originally was supposed to be in the studio in Washington with him but had stayed in Chicago to appear at a comics convention where he posed for

photographs and signed autographs. The former governor repeatedly insisted he had been involved in nothing more than “political horse trading.” As he did before his first trial, Blagojevich said he would testify and that his attorneys would call a number of prominent Democrats, including White House adviser Rahm Emmanuel and Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid. But when Wallace noted that a similar defense had been promised but not delivered during the first trial, Blagojevich backed off and stopped short of promising to testify. “I’m going to do what I did in the first trial, which is work with my lawyers and see how things unfold,” he said. A federal judge has scheduled a Thursday hearing to decide the manner and timing of a retrial.

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Supporters, opponents of NYC mosque hold rallies

Senate candidate hammers Democrat on honesty

NEW YORK — Hundreds of people on both sides of a controversy over a proposed mosque and community center near ground zero rallied near the site to make their feelings known. A crowd of demonstrators against the project stood behind police barricades three blocks from the World Trade Center site and around the corner from where the mosque would be. Brooklyn plumber Steve Ayling says the people who want to build the project are the same ones who “took down the twin towers.” Nearby, several hundred people who support the mosque chanted “Muslims are welcome here. We say no to racist fear.” The Sunday rallies coincided with an annual motorcycle ride by a group that raises money for Sept. 11 first responders.

HARTFORD, Conn. — Richard Blumenthal’s words are haunting him again. The state attorney general’s campaign for U.S. Senate is being challenged to explain his assertion that he had “never taken PAC money.” Federal records show that he has accepted $480,000 in political action committee money since he made that claim in January. Moreover, his Republican opponent Linda McMahon, points to nearly $17,000 Blumenthal received as a state legislative candidate in the 1980s — a figure Blumenthal’s campaign does not dispute. Blumenthal’s campaign insists he did not lie when he said he had never taken PAC money. His campaign says he was referring only to his 20 years as attorney general. — AP

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nuclear weapons. Iran’s agreement to allow the oversight was a rare compromise by the Islamic state over its atomic program. Western powers have cautiously accepted the deal as a way to keep spent nuclear fuel from crossing over to any military use. They say it illustrates their primary struggle: to block Iran’s drive to create material that could be used for nuclear weapons and not its pursuit of peaceful nuclear power. Iran has long declared it has a right like other nations to produce nuclear energy. The country’s nuclear chief described the startup as a “symbol of Iranian resistance and patience.”

3. Rio de Janeiro, Brazil 1. Stockholm, Sweden

Swedish officials withdraw arrest warrant for WikiLeaks founder Swedish authorities revoked a short-lived arrest warrant for the founder of WikiLeaks on Saturday, saying a rape accusation against him lacked substance. Julian Assange, who was believed to be in Sweden, remained under suspicion of a lesser crime of molestation in a separate case, prosecutors said. The nomadic 39-year-old Australian dismissed the allegations in a statement on WikiLeaks’ Twitter page, saying, “the charges are without basis and their issue at this moment is deeply disturbing.” WikiLeaks is preparing to release a fresh batch of classified U.S. documents from the Afghan war, despite warnings from the Pentagon that they could endanger American soldiers and their Afghan helpers. ___

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The reactor building of the Bushehr nuclear power plant is seen Saturday just outside the southern city of Bushehr, Iran.

Zimbabwe’s President Mugabe says Western sanctions must go

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Hotel workers leave the Intercontinental hotel after it was invaded by gunmen who took hostages Saturday in the Sao Conrado neighborhood near the Rocinha Slum in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

6. Port-au-Prince, Haiti

Gunmen invade luxury hotel in Rio de Janeiro, take hostages during shootout Gunmen engaged in a shootout with police took 30 people hostage Saturday at a luxury hotel popular with foreign tourists but within hours freed the captives and surrendered to police. The upscale, beachside neighborhood where the Intercontinental Hotel is located was transformed into a virtual war zone as the 10 suspects — armed with high-caliber rifles, grenades and pistols — exchanged fire with police in a shootout that killed a bystander as she was getting out of a taxi. Dozens of other suspects fled into a nearby slum where the shootout began. Spent casings from high-caliber weapons littered the pavement in front of the hotel and residents of the neighborhood said they were awakened by the shooting.

2. Bushehr, Iran

5. Harare, Zimbabwe

The Zimbabwe president says he won’t meet any further demands of the former opposition in a coalition government until Western sanctions called for by his longtime opponents are abolished. President Robert Mugabe spoke Friday at a meeting of his ZANU-PF party’s 150 member policymaking committee. He said that Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai had failed to meet conditions of the 18-month-old coalition deal to have sanctions against Mugabe, his loyal elite and businesses aligned to his party removed. Western nations have said Mugabe has not done enough on democratic reform to warrant the easing of travel, banking and other restrictions. Outstanding disputes have crippled the work of the coalition. Mugabe’s remarks were seen as a setback to regional mediation efforts to end the nation’s political crisis.

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The Australian Electoral Commission website said early Sunday that center-left Labor and the conservative Liberal Party-led coalition each had 71 seats, meaning neither could achieve the 76-seat majority. ___

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Haitian-born singer and presidential candidate Wyclef Jean, second left, walks surrounded by security after Haiti’s Electoral Council rejected his candidacy Friday in Port-au-Prince, Haiti.

Barred from Haiti election, hip-hop star Wyclef Jean vows to stay involved

In the span of a few weeks, hip-hop star Wyclef Jean turned the world’s attention to a little-known political race in a small, impoverished Caribbean country. 4. Canberra, Australia Within a few seconds at a hastily called news conference Friday night, Jean was barred from running for president in Haiti, presumably because he didn’t meet the residency requirements. The 40-year-old singer-songwriter says he will stay involved, though in “a different role than I had anticipated it to be,” according to his Trucks rumbled into Iran’s first reactor Saturday to begin loading It could take more than a week to learn who will govern Australia statement Friday. tons of uranium fuel in a long-delayed startup touted by officials as after a cliffhanger election — the closest in nearly 50 years — and But the question is, how? both a symbol of the country’s peaceful intentions to produce nuclear the winner may have to woo the support of a handful of independent Jean said little Saturday as he attended a church service in Croix energy as well as a triumph over Western pressure to rein in its nuclear lawmakers in order to assume power. des Bouquets, the small town northeast of Port-au-Prince where he ambitions. Prime Minister Julia Gillard, Australia’s first female prime minister was born. The Russian-built Bushehr nuclear power plant will be who seized power in an internal Labor Party coup only two months ago, He was preparing to fly back to the United States, where his wife internationally supervised, including a pledge by Russia to safeguard said Saturday she will remain the nation’s caretaker leader during the and daughter live, later in the day. it against materials being diverted for any possible use in creating “anxious days ahead” as vote-counting continues.

Iran starts first nuclear plant; says intent is peaceful energy production

Australian election winner unclear after tightest vote in almost 50 years

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Bill would give OK to ‘Ne-VAH-da’ pronunciation

Doh! Upstate NY bank robber forgets to put on mask

CARSON CITY, Nev. — You know the old adage: You say to-MATE-o, I say to-MAHT-o. You say Ne-VAH-da, I punch you in the face. That may sound extreme, but many Nevadans get irritated by the mispronunciation of the state’s name. However, outgoing Assemblyman Harry Mortenson is proposing more tolerance. The Las Vegas Democrat is working on a resolution for the 2011 legislative session to make the “Ne-VAH-da” pronunciation equally acceptable. Mortenson says he’s not asking Nevadans to change. He just wants the Spanish pronunciation recognized. Nevadans have long bristled over the issue. In 1944, Reno newspapers even scolded former heavyweight boxing champion Jack Dempsey for his “East Coast” pronunciation during an appearance.

EDEN, N.Y. — Note to would-be bank robbers: when robbing a bank, be sure to put on your mask. Police said a robbery suspect had a dust mask around his neck but didn’t pull it over his face when he walked into an HSBC branch Wednesday afternoon in the town of Eden, 15 miles south of Buffalo. The bank’s surveillance video shows the man walking into the bank and handing a teller a note that police said demanded money. The video also shows a dust mask that remains hanging around the man’s neck. While handing the note to the teller, the man answers his cell phone, then grabs the note and runs out of the bank. Police speculate that the call came from the suspect’s get-away driver, alerting him that he forgot to put on his mask. The suspect remains at large.

Dad buys newspaper ad after daughter breaks curfew SOUTHLAKE, Texas — A Texas teenager who broke curfew is headed for a reluctant adventure in babysitting. Robert Rausch placed an advertisement offering his daughter’s free baby-sitting services in the community newspaper in Southlake, a wealthy suburb of Dallas-Fort Worth that is home to business leaders and professional athletes. The advertisement names Rausch’s 16-yearold-daughter and says, “Want a FREE BABYSITTER for a night out?” It explains that she is in trouble for missing her curfew and offers 30 hours of free baby-sitting. Rausch says he wanted to discipline his daughter and help others at the same time.

Pig wrestling canceled after porkers elude capture GREAT FALLS, Mont. — A pig wrestling competition at a county fair in northern Montana has been canceled after the porkers eluded fair officials trying to round them up for the event. Fair office manager Shirley Embleton says the wild pigs spend the year on a 10-mile free-range property along the Marias River, and about 30 are captured the Friday of the scheduled event. But this year, fair officials were only able to locate one boar, despite flying the river. The event was postponed until Saturday, but neither the landowner nor fair officials could locate the pigs. Embleton says next year, organizers will devise a new plan to locate and capture the animals earlier in the week.

Driver fined $100 in Virginia for having goat in trunk BEDFORD, Va. — A driver has been convicted of animal cruelty and fined $100 after Virginia authorities found a goat stuffed in the trunk of her car. Bedford County sheriff’s deputies discovered the goat bound and in the trunk during a drunken driving checkpoint in June. Fiona Ann Enderby of Washington, D.C., told police she bought the goat from a farmer to give to four passengers in her car, who are from Kenya but reside in Lynchburg in central Virginia. The goat was panting heavily and animal control officers say the temperature in the trunk was 94 degrees. The goat is now living at a Bedford County farm.

Meeting fails to end Ohio church-strip club feud WARSAW, Ohio — The leader of an Ohio church feuding with a nearby strip club says a meeting failed to bring a truce. Pastor Bill Dunfee of New Beginnings Ministries says he and Fox Hole club owner Tommy George found no common ground during their roughly twohour sit-down at a diner Wednesday night. Dunfee says he would have accepted nothing less from George than an offer to shut down his business. The pastor says church members will continue to gather outside the club on weekend nights, as they’ve done for years. George says he’ll shut down his business if Dunfee steps down from the pulpit. — AP

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Out-of-the-ordinary major stirs fascination Students studying organ performance taught wide range of skills from playing to the restoration process

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Organ performance graduate student Rachel Foster plays a pipe organ at OU’s American Organ Institute shop. Foster began playing piano at 7 years old and the organ at age 16. She said she began working at the shop after moving to Norman from Minnesota.

said she found the program much more open than most other studios from her experience. “We have such a wide range of students, and we are just exposed to so much,” she said. “There’s no catty [behavior], there’s no cutting ALEX EWALD The Oklahoma Daily remarks — everything has to be positive. It’s family. It’s total family here.” When sophomore Nolan Reilly tells people Most organ students like Partington work to his major is organ performance, he usually restore and repair pipe organs as a way to learn gets funny looks. more about their art. Restoration can take one “It’s not a very well known instrument,” to three years depending on the organ and Reilly observed. “People don’t even realize how much repair is needed. [organ performance] is a major.” Second-year organ graduate student Rachel Despite these abnormal reactions, Reilly Foster, who started working in the shop just a hasn’t stopped his pursuit to master the “king week after she moved to Norman last year of instruments,” a dream he has from Minnesota, said organs had since he was 3 or 4 years always require maintenance. old. “[Organs] get problems more I had an insane “I had an insane fascination frequently than cars do,” Foster fascination with with buttons and switches, and said. buttons and switches, Foster said most organof course, organs are completely covered in them,” he said. “It’s ists don’t learn organ repair and, of course, been sort of a lifelong dream.” organs are completely because it is simply too timeOf course, dreams change consuming. covered in them.” — in this case, Reilly’s desire to “Most parish organists end push buttons became his deup just playing malfunctioning — NOLAN REILLY, sire to create an orchestra with organs almost all the time beORGAN PERFORMANCE those buttons at his fingertips. cause they can’t afford to have SOPHOMORE “The great thing about the an organ maintenance person organ is you can evoke any sort come out,” she explained. “But of feeling you desire,” he said. if you can [repair an organ] yourself, you can After looking at different organ departments play an instrument that’s a lot nicer.” across the Midwest, Reilly, an Oklahoma City Students understanding the different facets native, said he heard great things about OU’s of the pipe organ by teaching restoration proprogram from a high school teacher. cesses — such as re-leathering, pipe cleaning “I had a lot of fun when I came down for my and voicing — has been a priority of the proaudition and ended up staying,” he said. “It’s a gram since the repair shop opened for work. lot of students that really love playing organ.” “[Students are involved] in every facet; a Tara Partington said she transferred to OU wide skill set is required in organ-building,” from Oklahoma City University this year be- said pipe organ associate professor John cause she found a better fit with the OU School Schwandt, who is also the AOI director and of Music’s organ program after her former pro- helps run the shop. “The more well versed fessor took a job at another school. they are in every aspect of [the pipe organ], the Partington also works in OU’s American more broad their perspective.” Organ Institute shop. OU is the only univerSchwandt said he believes the pipe organ’s sity with an organ restoration shop since the universal appeal as the “king of instruments” school acquired it in 2005. While the majority is because of its grandeur, particularly in the of student workers in the shop are organ stu- church. dents, there are also students from majors like “I think there’s something visceral that peoscience, math and criminal studies. ple respond to,” he said. “So I think it strikes a Partington, an organ performance junior, chord in people at a fundamental level.”

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Summing up summer

Gays deserve equal rights

OPTION A: AWESOME You went to the pool. When I say pool, I mean one of several apartment pools that donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t kick out college kids or play smooth jazz. You went on an adventurous road trip with friends that involved high-speed chases, hours of the ultimate ska mixtape and so many value-menu items that your stomach now looks like a five-piece nugget. Sleeping in, opening bottles with a lighter and knowing all the words to â&#x20AC;&#x153;Dance Yrself Cleanâ&#x20AC;? were routinely referred to as â&#x20AC;&#x153;your job.â&#x20AC;? You stumbled into a summer romance. Whether he or she was fictional or not isnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t the important part. What is important is that you were in love and oh, those summer nights.

OPTION B: BORING Yet again, you worked for your dad/ uncle/neighbor doing lawn care/babysitting/clerical work. One day you translated a â&#x20AC;&#x153;Harry Potterâ&#x20AC;? book into a flipbook on a stack of Post-it notes. The entire season of more than one TNT or FX show took up all the space in your digital video recorder. You hung out with your siblings/middle

school friends/co-workers more than once at Chiliâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s/ Frontier City/Mr. Sports Bar. All of your Facebook statuses were lies because after the first status that read, â&#x20AC;&#x153;OMG. I am dying of boredom someone text me. PLEASE!!!!!!,â&#x20AC;? you pretended to be at the World Cup. You also reorganized two to three closets that werenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t even yours.

OPTION C: BUSY For some sick reason you accepted an internship. You werenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t paid and took naps in your car with the air on. You kept your two other part-time jobs so you could pay for the gas to get to the internship. All because you â&#x20AC;&#x153;love a challenge,â&#x20AC;? aka failed a gen-ed, you enrolled in for both May and August intersession. One Saturday you drove past a snow cone stand and cried for a cool minute about your sudden loss of youth. Somehow, you managed to go on your family vacation, but spent the majority of your beach time checking your e-mail to see if your boss had noticed you hadnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t tweeted for him or her yet.

OPTION D: LIFE-CHANGING

Finally. After an arduous journey, America finally took an enormous step in the right direction for gay rights. While we were all on summer vacation, a judge in California ruled that the statewide ban on same-sex marriage was unconstitutional and discriminatory. I n c a s e y o u â&#x20AC;&#x2122;v e b e e n under a large rock, the state of California has been dealing with the aftermath of Proposition 8 â&#x20AC;&#x201D; a constitutional amendment passed in November 2008, which kept marriage between a man and a woman. â&#x20AC;&#x153;For the familyâ&#x20AC;? and â&#x20AC;&#x153;traditional valuesâ&#x20AC;? supporters have tried to push gay individuals into a second-classcitizen world. A world in which gay weddings erode the â&#x20AC;&#x153;sanctity of marriage.â&#x20AC;? To them, people like me

need to be called â&#x20AC;&#x153;homosexualsâ&#x20AC;? in that pious tone. We are abominations in need of a cure. Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re more than that. Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re more than â&#x20AC;&#x153;discodancing queensâ&#x20AC;? and â&#x20AC;&#x153;sexcrazed freaks.â&#x20AC;? Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re somebodyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s son or daughter. Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re somebodyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s husband, wife or lover. Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re Americans. But most importantly: Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re people, people who deserve the same rights. The par t that bothers me the most about all of this is that the people who throw their â&#x20AC;&#x153;traditional family valuesâ&#x20AC;? in my face are using the Bible to defend themselves. The Bible. A book written thousands of years ago. The same book that forbids men to associate with women on their periods, to shave, to wear cotton/polyester

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blend clothing and many more everyday 21st century normalcies. We canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t live in a country where people stand up every day and profess â&#x20AC;&#x153;freedom for allâ&#x20AC;? when we take our laws from a religious book. Thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s not freedom for all, thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s freedom for the religious. Believing that people of the same sex shouldnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t marry and believing that people of the same sex shouldnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t have the right to marry are two different things. Maybe one day equality will make its way across the map and, yes, even to Oklahoma. If so, maybe we can all together say: Finally. â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Bryan Dugan, journalism junior

During the last part of May and all of June, you helped women and children in developing nations learn how to start their own small businesses and blogged your brains out about it. You took some time to really figure out who you are while on your strict raw diet and P90X regimen. Every day you called someone from your past to ask for forgiveness and reconciliation â&#x20AC;&#x201D; too bad you put yourself in everyoneâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s phone as â&#x20AC;&#x153;answer for a good time.â&#x20AC;? In a moment of desperate need of connection to the spirit, you shaved your head and burned all of your clothing that wasnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t homemade. Happy back-to-school shopping to you, compadre. â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Caitlin Turner, letters senior

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Monday, August 23, 2010 • B3

Graffiti artist looks to overcome art form’s negative stereotypes Oklahoma City business owner sprays his art on building walls, T-shirts

from the ceiling and spray cans fill the empty table as Gilpin finishes up his latest piece. Tree & Leaf is also the only supplier of graffiti specific art supplies in the state. LEESA ALLMOND The Oklahoma Daily Graffiti was not Gilpin’s first trade or art; he started with drawing cartoons and had an interest in sculpture and ceramics during college. His father and grandfather were both graphic designers so his influence of fonts and letter styles has been with him since birth. He also attributes classical graphic design, when it was not “commercial art,” the evolution of graffiti and screen-printing as huge influences. Gilpin did his first piece of graffiti his sophomore year of high school without knowing any other graffiti artists. He calls his first pieces “terrible.” “Not until three or four years ago did I actually start meeting other graffiti artists,” Gilpin said. “My technique, style and ability have gotten better at an exponential rate since I met other artists and watched people paint.” Gilpin is paid for his graffiti work someStill, Gilpin feels that graffiti continues to have a negative reputation, even if it is done times, even though he said, “Commission graffiti isn’t the most enjoyable, but somelegally. Many people see graffiti in rap videos and times you’ve got to pay the bills.” He has done graffiti on many gang documentaries, and this church youth rooms, offices, contributes to this mind-set, he When graffiti is not houses, skateboards, hats and said. shirts and has also done grafIn addition to creating graffiti threatening and fiti for backdrops of the Baptist art, Gilpin, 24, from Oklahoma in a safe location, General Convention and the City, is also a screen printer. people are very U.S. Conference of Mayors. He’s the owner of Tree & Leaf open to the idea.” Gilpin feels that graffiti art is Clothing and The Arbor Arts becoming more accepted by collective, both located on NW the general culture, he said. Expressway in Oklahoma City. — DUSTY GILPIN, Like all things, graffiti has He is passionate about his OKLAHOMA CITY acquired positive and negascreen-printing business but GRAFFITI ARTIST tive stereotypes, he said. that does not keep him away The negative mind-set will change as soon from what he considers the truest artistic exas the ambiguity is taken out of graffiti, he pression: graffiti. If you walk into Tree & Leaf or The Arbor, said. “Every time I’ve done a live paint demonthis is no surprise. The walls are filled with his graffiti work stration I’ve been overwhelmed with the posand his T-shirt designs have a raw, almost itive feedback,” Gilpin said, “When graffiti is street-like feel to them. The bright, neon- not threatening and in a safe location, people colored graffiti in the Arbor hangs in panels are very open to the idea.”

usty Gilpin is a graffiti artist who abides by the law. Even so, he doesn’t think that illegal graffiti is a problem. In fact, it’s just the opposite. “Graffiti in its truest form is done illegally,” he said.

LEESA ALLMOND/THE DAILY

Top: Graffiti artist Dusty Gilpin works on a project in his Oklahoma City workspace. Gilpin has been painting graffiti since high school. Right: Graffiti panels hang in Tree & Leaf.

Dusty Gilpin and Tree & Leaf Clothing Tree & Leaf Clothing sponsors almost all of the graffiti art exhibitions in Oklahoma. For more information about local graffiti art shows, exhibitions and live paintings, visit www. treeandleafclothing.com

LEESA ALLMOND/THE DAILY

T-shirts hang on the walls for sale in Tree & Leaf Clothing. Oklahoma City-based artist Dusty Gilpin owns and operates the local clothing store, which also sells graffiti supplies.

LEESA ALLMOND/THE DAILY

Graffiti artist Dusty Gilpin puts the finishing touches on a graffiti mural in his Oklahoma City workspace. Gilpin also runs a screen-printing business and owns a clothing store in Oklahoma City.

Photographer to lecture on the exploration of the American West

Art museum to screen documentary on Works by lithographer on display Spanish architect Antonio Gaudi Cornet OU’s Lightwell Gallery will feature work by Arizona-based

Known for his photographs of U.S. Geological Survey sites, photographer Mark Klett will speak on re-exploring the West 7 p.m. Thursday at the Mary Eddy and Fred Jones Auditorium in the Fred Jones Jr. Museum of Art. The lecture is free and open to the public, and will be followed by a reception in the museum’s Sandy Bell Gallery.

The Fred Jones Jr. Museum of Art will screen “Antonio Gaudi,” a documentary about the famed architect at 7 p.m. Friday at the Mary Eddy and Fred Jones Auditorium in the Fred Jones Jr. Museum of Art. The 1984 film directed by Hiroshi Teshigahara focuses on Gaudi’s bizarre and organic style of architecture.

contemporary lithographer and mixed media artist Kathryn Polk today through Sept. 10. Polk’s Series “The Non-Indigenous Woman” and other selected works will be displayed. The Lightwell Gallery is open 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday and located on the second floor of the Fred Jones Center, 520 Parrington Oval.

— Daily Staff Reports

B4 • Monday, August 23, 2010

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TEAM USA

Kevin Durant leads US to 86-85 win over Spain Oklahoma City Thunder forward Durant scores 25 points for Team USA

DAVID RICHARD/AP

St. Louis Rams quarterback Sam Bradford passes in the first quarter of a preseason NFL football game against the Cleveland Browns on Saturday in Cleveland.

Bradford may start for Rams Heisman Trophy winner to start, in place of A.J. Feeley ST. LOUIS — Sam Bradford could take over as the St. Louis Rams’ starting quarterback in the next preseason game, although the promotion would be by default. A.J. Feeley injured his thumb and elbow in the first quarter when he hit a defensive player’s helmet on the follow through of a throw in a 19-17 victory at Cleveland on Saturday night, and was scheduled to undergo an MRI exam. The Rams have a short week, playing again Thursday night at New England. “Obviously, this goes without saying, if Feeley can’t work during the week, Sam would be the guy,” coach Steve Spagnuolo said Sunday. “We’ll have to see where A.J. is. It’s hard to tell.” Spagnuolo said Feeley had a “tingling sensation” up his arm after the throw. X-rays on the elbow were negative. Bradford, the No. 1 NFL draft pick, was the backup the first two preseason games for a team that went 1-15 last season. He didn’t have a scintillating game against the Browns, going 6-14 for only 24 yards in driving rain. “I think I’ve played one game like this, maybe,” Bradford said. “You have to realize that you probably can’t make all the throws that you usually can, especially for someone who throws down the field.” Spagnuolo judged Bradford’s play as “a little bit up and down,” while noting a few dropped passes didn’t help his statistics. He also faulted the rookie for being too careful with the center snap at times, just as in the preseason opener. At Oklahoma, Bradford took the vast majority of his snaps from the shotgun formation. “We really preach to the quarterbacks, especially Sam, to make sure you get the snap,” Spagnuolo said. “Sometimes when you do that, you’re overly conscious about getting the ball. Sam will be fine, he’ll bounce back.” Bradford said he was being careful because the ball was wet. “Considering the circumstances, it was a positive that we didn’t have any balls on the ground,” Bradford added. Feeley was 5-6 for 45 yards and threw a touchdown after he was hurt. — AP

SPORTS BRIEFS

Alabama No. 1 in AP preseason poll for first time since Bear’s time NEW YORK — Alabama will start this season where it ended last season. The Crimson Tide is on top. Coach Nick Saban has the Tide rolling the way Bear Bryant did in his day, first in The Associated Press preseason poll for the first time since 1978. Alabama received 54 of 60 first-place votes from the media panel and 1,491 points to easily outdistance second-ranked Ohio State in the Top 25 released Saturday. The Buckeyes, who have been ranked no lower than 11th in the last eight preseason polls, received three first-place votes. Boise State is third, its best preseason ranking, following another undefeated season. Underdogs no more, the Broncos even received one first-place vote. — AP

Kicker Moreland to miss season Coach Bob Stoops doesn’t expect kickoff specialist Matt Moreland to be with the football team this season due to academic issues. Stoops said after practice Friday that Moreland’s academic situation hadn’t been resolved and the senior likely wouldn’t be kicking for the Sooners. Moreland was the kicker for all 81 of the Sooners’ kickoffs last season and recorded six touchbacks. On average, opponents started drives on the 26-yard line. Kansas State’s Brandon Banks was responsible for the only kickoff return touchdown against OU in 2009. The Sooners, who struggled with placekicking last season, have Patrick O’Hara, Jimmy Stevens and Michael Hunnicutt competing to be the team’s kicker. Punter Tress Way also could handle kickoffs. — AP

MADRID — Syracuse coach Jim Boeheim called for a switch to his trademark “Orange” 2-3 zone with the United States clinging to a one-point lead. Kevin Durant did the rest, blocking shots by Ricky Rubio and Rudy Fernandez in the final seconds in the Americans’ 86-85 victory over Spain on Sunday in a warmup game for the world championships. “Jim Boeheim said, ’Let’s go orange,’” U.S. head coach Mike Krzyzewski said. “So we did. It was his suggestion and our guys did a good job with that.” Durant led the United States with 25 points. The decision to go to the zone defense for the last play caught Spain off-guard after Derrick Rose put the Americans ahead with two free throws. “I just wanted to cover as much ground as I could and help my teammates,” said Durant, who also had 10 rebounds. “I just didn’t want to foul on a 3-pointer so I stayed down and, luckily, game over.” The U.S. rallied after Spain — 13 points behind after three quarters — took a onepoint lead on Juan Carlos Navarro’s three-point play

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U.S. Kevin Durant dunks during a friendly basketball game against Spain in Madrid on Sunday.

with 27 seconds left. “It was one of those games that was a learning experience for us and I think we made key plays down the stretch,” Durant said. “We also played as a team and stuck through tough times.” Navarro scored 20 points in the first game between the teams since the Americans won the 2008 Olympic final. It was the first loss in nine games for Spain, the defending world champion. The

TEAM USA

Shock finish first Tulsa season with win TULSA — After a frustrating first season in Tulsa after the franchise relocated from Detroit, the Shock had a reason to celebrate heading into the offseason. Tiffany Jackson scored 17 points, former Olympic sprinter Marion Jones finished her rookie season with a career-high 14 points and the Shock snapped a six-game losing streak Saturday night by beating the Chicago Sky 84-71. The Shock lost 25 of their last 27 games before finishing their first season in Tulsa with a victory that made them 6-28. “Everybody wants to win their last one, and the fact that we finally gave all these fans the chance to celebrate with us ... it couldn’t really get better than that,” Jones said. “Except that we would have won and now be going to the playoffs. But that’ll come.” Jones made her first career start and helped the Shock build an early lead, then made a fast-break layup at the end of the third

world championships begin Saturday in Turkey. Spain took the lead for the first time with 90 seconds to play. Rubio’s stutter step into the lane drew attention and allowed the teen point guard to feed Felipe Reyes for a layup and an 82-80 lead. But Durant answered, scoring a one-handed shot that put the U.S. up 84-82 with 33 seconds to play. “We made one more play than they did and that’s why

we won,” Krzyzewski said. Rose finished with 13 points, and Lamar Odom had 12 points and nine rebounds for the United States, 3-0 on its exhibition tour. “I thought ’I’ve got to hit them,’” Rose said about his winning free throws. “Over here, people are going to remember me for this.” The U.S. travels to Athens on Monday to play Greece. — AP

quarter to put Tulsa up 57-56. Ivory Latta and Shanna Crossley had tiebreaking 3-pointers to put Tulsa back ahead in the fourth quarter, and the Shock finished the game on a 20-7 spurt. “We play hard every night and we’re much better than our record,” Robinson said. “To see the fruits of our labor really, really felt good — especially the last game of the season.” Sylvia Fowles had 16 points to lead Chicago, which finished last in the Eastern Conference at 14-20. Jia Perkins scored 14 and Misty Bass added 12 points for the Sky. “We kept it a close game, and when you’re on somebody else’s home court, you can’t depend on other people to make game decisions for you,” Perkins said. “I think we kind of shot ourselves in the foot by not trying to take a lead and build on it.” Crossley finished with 17 points for the Shock, who got a standing ovation from their home crowd. Only three teams in WNBA history have won fewer than six games in a season. “It hasn’t been the greatest of seasons, but you can see what there is to come,” coach Nolan Richardson said. — AP

SPORTS

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Monday, August 23, 2010 • B5

COLUMN

Sooners preseason ranking too optimistic

CORIE WILKINSON/DAILY O’COLLEGIAN

Midfielder Sage Coralli (10) dribbles the ball away from defenders at the Bedlam matchup Friday in Stillwater. The Cowgirls won 1 - 0.

Sooners lose to rivals in Stillwater Team will learn from Bedlam game in future matches, head coach Nicole Nelson says TOBI NEIDY The Oklahoma Daily

Oklahoma State forward Kyndall Treadwell’s goal in the 10th minute was enough to down the Sooners in the first non-conference matchup of the Bedlam series Friday night in Stillwater. OU suffered the 1-0 shutout loss while OSU improved its overall series record to 13-2-1 over the Sooners. “It’s a team that if we go after them more in the first quarter we might score a goal,” Sooner head coach Nicole Nelson said. “It was off our mistakes that they scored that goal.” Both teams battled through the heat and tight defenses during the first quarter of the game. The Cowgirls held an 11-6 shot advantage before halftime, but the Sooners cranked up the intensity as the quarter wound down. In the second quarter, the Sooners saw four corner kicks compared to just one in the first. Even though lightening threatened to end the game, OU stepped up in the quarter, according to Nelson. “That’s the 19th team in the country and our girls came out here on the first game of the season in a Bedlam game and played well,” Nelson said. “We’re going to take from this and learn from it.” Sooner sophomore forward Dria Hampton took a corner kick in the 87th minute but could not connect. Forwards Caitlin Mooney and Whitney Palmer also saw chances on goal during the game, but couldn’t find a way to score. The Sooners will have to fix their inability to come together on offense in order to compete against later opponents. The Sooners will face the Tulsa Golden Hurricane in their second away game of the season at 7:35 p.m. Friday in Tulsa.

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at Missouri State

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vs. Rice

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at USC

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at UC Santa Barbara

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vs. Baylor

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at Iowa State

6:30 p.m.

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at Missouri

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Oct. 8

vs. Francis Marion

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at Kansas

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vs. Nebraska

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vs. Colorado

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at Texas A&M

7:30 p.m.

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at Texas

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vs. Oklahoma State

7:00 p.m.

The AP and USA Today top-25 college football polls have the University of Oklahoma ranked as the seventh (AP) and eighth (USA Today) best college football team in the country for the 2010 season. A mere preseason rankSTAFF COLUMN OLUMN ing? Maybe. Maybe not. When you consider the R.J. Sooners are coming off a Young 2009 season that yielded an 8-5 record that includes three losses in conferences play, it may be more of tip of the cap to Bob Stoops and the job that he, offensive coordinator Kevin Wilson and defensive coordinator Brent Venables have done over the years. Since Stoops promoted his old Kansas State homie, Venables, to fill brother Mike’s vacated spot in 2004, the Sooners have won four Big 12 Championships, snagged four BCS bowl bids and produced some of the nastiest defensive talents to ever roam the grass at Memorial Stadium. Venables’ coaching has given birth to the NFL careers of Antonio Perkins, Curtis Lofton, Dusty Dvoracek, and more recently, Dominique Franks and Gerald McCoy. He and Stoops have made a living recruiting the best talent in the country and making it better—like picked in the first round of the NFL draft better, like Heisman Trophy finalist better. But this 2010 defensive unit will be led by middle linebacker Tom Wort, who has yet to see significant playing time at the position because of a previous ACL injury. Wort redshirted in 2009 after sustaining the season-ending injury, but was one of the top recruits in the country in 2008 and ranked as high as No. 14 in Rivals.com’s Texas Top 100 and the No. 3 prep school linebacker in the nation according to ESPN.com. As The Daily’s Clark Foy has pointed out, now that Austin Box has gone down with a back injury, Venables will have to cultivate another one of his linebacker prospects into the virtuoso that Box is. With Florida State less than a month away, Venables is going to have earn all $260,000 the Sooners are paying him. On the offensive side of the rock, Stoops and offensive coordinator Kevin Wilson will have to make the most of a widereceiving corps that, with the exception of Ryan Broyles, is greener than any turnip leaf I’ve ever seen and as experienced on the field as a newly admitted freshman is to an OU classroom. Other than Broyles, the four projected starters at wide receiver—Dejuan Miller, Brandon Caleb, Jaz Reynolds and Cameron Kenney—combined for a total of 97 catches in 2009. In comparison, Ryan Broyles, caught 89 of the balls slung in his direction in that same space of time. Going into the first game of the season ranked seventh in the country with so many questions still to be answered in the way of intangibles, maturation and youth does not correlate. And grateful as Sooner Nation should be that the high and mighty sportswriters and Division-1 coaches have seen fit to recognize the ability of Stoops, Venables and Wilson, to “coach ‘em up,” don’t be surprised if this ranking shifts closer to No. 25 than No. 1 in the coming weeks and months. —RJ Young, journalism grad student

NEXT THREE GAMES: » 8/27 at Tulsa 7:35 p.m. » 8/29 vs Stephen F. Austin 7 p.m. » 9/05 vs. Colorado College 1 p.m.

— soonersports.com

BIG 12 FOOTBALL

B6 • Monday, August 23, 2010

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BIG 12 FOOTBALL TBALL | THE DAILY’S DAILY S 2010 CONFERENCE CONFERE PREVIEW

Big 12 eyes final football season with 12 teams Final year highlighted by unproven players, new head coaches before Nebraska, Colorado leave JAMES CORLEY THE OKLAHOMA DAILY

Only 14 years after it began, the Big 12 Conference as we’ve known it ends after this season. In 1996, back when conference realignment wasn’t the fashionable thing to do, the Big Eight broke decades of tradition to join with four Texas schools and form a new power conference. Now that Nebraska is leaving for the Big Ten and Colorado is splitting for the Pac10, the Big 12 will have to undergo another

transformation and possibly invite new members. But that’s next year’s problem. 2010 is the last year all 12 members will compete as they have the last 14 years. 2010 is the last shred of certainty before a wall of uncertainty. 2010 is the calm before a storm of changes sweeps through Big 12 country. Most importantly, 2010 is the last chance the conference has to surprise us. Although the list of favorites to win the divisions and the conference generally consist of the “usual suspects,” players like Baylor’s Robert Griffin and Iowa State’s Alexander Robinson threaten to break the mold. For the five teams that have never made the Big 12 championship game as is, 2010 is their last chance to be surprising.

Newcomers Tommy Tuberville and Turner Gill will try their hands at coaching Texas Tech and Kansas this year, hired to make drastically different headlines than their predecessors. Several big names have left for the NFL and little-known players must step up to fill the gaps. The Big 12 accounted for five of the first six picks in last year’s NFL draft, three of those from OU alone. The shoes of players like Sam Bradford, Ndamukong Suh, Gerald McCoy, Trent Williams and Russell Okung are big ones to fill. This final chapter promises many exciting story lines, new faces, key matchups and familiar stars.

2010 OU FOOTBALL SCHEDULE Sept. 4 Sept. 11 Sept. 18 Sept. 25 Oct. 2 Oct. 16 Oct. 23 Oct. 30 Nov. 6 Nov. 13 Nov. 20 Nov. 27

Utah State Florida State Air Force Cincinnati Texas Iowa State Missouri Colorado Texas A&M Texas Tech Baylor Oklahoma State

Norman Norman Norman Cincinnati, Ohio Dallas Norman Columbia, Mo. Norman College Station, Texas Norman Waco, Texas Stillwater

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After near split, Big 12 Conference remains (partly) intact In case you weren’t around a phone, computer, TV, magazine, newspaper or people in general this summer, the national landscape of college conferences was somewhat altered, but not near as much as predicted. At one point in June, many people thought the Big 12 Conference would be no more. Rumors started about one or two schools then, like a landslide, talks about a mega conference forming between the Pac -10 and members from the Big 12 occurred. Once this came about, rumors concerning other conferences adding schools followed. First, rumors flared that Nebraska and Missouri were invited to join the Big Ten. This was partly true, Nebraska had been invited, but Missouri had not. The

fun was just beginning. Nebraska will be the only other After these rumors, it was later team to leave and it will join the reported the Pac-10 Conference Big Ten after the 2010-2011 year. intended to extend invitations to A media official from the six Big 12 schools: Texas, Texas University of Nebraska declined to A&M, Texas Tech, OU, Oklahoma answer questions about why the State and Colorado. school decided to leave the Big 12 Another speculation was that and join the Big Ten. OU, Texas and Texas A&M were However on Huskers.com, invited to join the SEC. After many Nebraska Athletic Director Tom meetings amongst the Big 12 uniOsborne said, “This is the right versities and Big 12 officials, things move at the right time. This is a started lining up. rare opportunity Colorado was that may not have A sigh of relief came been an option for the first team to announce it would ... when the rest of the us in the future. It’s leave the Big 12, and the right thing to do schools decided to many thought othfor Nebraska.” stay in the Big 12.” ers would follow. After Nebraska Officially, the and Colorado Buffs will head to the Pac-10 after made their announcements, Big the 2011-2012 school year, how12 Commissioner Dan Beebe did ever, many believe Colorado will some serious work to convince the push to leave after this year. remaining 10 universities in the

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Joseph Truesdell

conference to stay put. Many meetings occurred and Beebe had three fighting points: • the advantage of maintaining regional rivalries; • not adding lengthy travel burdens for student-athletes; • and the main point of the future television deal, which will increase revenue. A sigh of relief came from alumni, fans, faculty and students when the rest of the schools decided to stay in the Big 12. After the departure of Colorado and Nebraska, scheduling for OU will be one of the major things

effected. Rather than playing Big 12 North teams once a year in basketball, OU will now play each Big 12 team twice a year, once at home and once on the road. One negative effect is that we will have to give up a non-conference game in football to have at least one game against each league member. As for future plans impacting the Big 12, Associate Athletics Director Kenny Mossman said, “There seems to be consensus that the 10-team membership is the path to follow at this time, but the Big 12 office and the member schools will monitor circumstances on a regional and national level to see if other opportunities are there to explore.” — Joseph Truesdell, journalism sophomore

BIG 12 FOOTBALL

The Oklahoma Daily | OUDaily.com

Monday, August 23, 2010 â&#x20AC;˘ B7

BIG 12 FOOTBALL | THE DAILYâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;S 2010 CONFERENCE PREVIEW The Dailyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Clark Foy examines the Big 12 football teams and makes predictions as to how each will fare in the conferenceâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s final season with 12 members.

Projected championship game

vs OKLAHOMA SOONERS The Sooners suffered the worst injury situation Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve ever seen last season and their â&#x20AC;&#x153;national championship or bustâ&#x20AC;? season went 8-5 in what seemed like a heartbeat. This yearâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s schedule features a couple of tough games at Missouri and at Texas A&M, and, due to the questions at the defensive tackles, corners and quarterback, OU will most likely suffer at least one loss this season, potentially two. But I am taking the experience of Jones in one of those games, leaving the Sooners with one loss at Texas A&M because of Kyle Field and the 12th Man. Prediction: 11-1

TEXAS LONGHORNS Longhorns are still waking up with nightmares of last seasonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s national championship that went to shambles when Colt McCoy went down in the first half, leaving true-freshman Garrett Gilbert quarterback, only to lose to Alabama 21-37. Even though they lost four of their top five tacklers form last season, donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t count Texas and their defense out this coming season because their recruiting is just too good to put them farther down than second in the Big 12 South. However, their inexperience on offense should yield a couple of road losses; one early at Texas Tech and later in the season at Nebraska. And yes, I have them losing the Red River Rivalry to OU. Prediction: 9-3

TEXAS A&M AGGIES Last season, head coach Mike Sherman played a schoolrecord 18 true-freshmen over the course of the season. This year, he is returning 16 starters and his Aggies are definitely going to improve on their 6-7 record last season. Look for A&M to surprise next season and challenge Texas for number two in the Big 12 South. I have A&M as the lone victor over the Sooners because of Jerrod Johnson and the home crowd at Kyle Field. Prediction: 9-3

TEXAS TECH RED RAIDERS Mike Leach is gone, but former Auburn head coach Tommy Tuberville is in Lubbock and is a solid head coach. The Red Raiders return 14 starters including eight on offense. Senior Taylor Potts has been named the starter at quarterback. The offensive line returns just two starters and could pose a problem, but two of the new starters are 350-pounders. The defense should be modest as they return their two top tacklers from last season, but Tech returns just four sacks from last season and could have problems getting to the quarterback. Prediction: 8-4

BAYLOR BEARS More often than not, the Bears contend not only in the South, but in the entire Big 12 for worst team in the conference. Not this year. With talented sophomore Robert Griffin back at quarterback after missing nine games last season due to injury, the Bears have a better chance. Thanks to the home-friendly schedule, the return of Griffin and several key defensive players, Baylor could be looking at their first bowl-berth since 1994 if the team stays healthy. Prediction: 6-6

2010 is looking to be the Cowboysâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; worst season in quite some time. Head coach Mike Gundy has his work cut out for him after losing quarterback Zac Robinson. In short, the Cowboys will start off with an easy schedule and their record wonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t look too shabby until dropping their last seven games of the season and missing a bowl berth along with finishing last in the Big 12 South. Prediction: 3-9

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NEBRASKA CORNHUSKERS Bo Pelini and the Huskers are back on the scene this year without punishing defensive tackle Ndamukong Suh, taken second overall in the NFL draft by the Detroit Lions. The Huskers return nine starts from last yearâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s struggling offense and a modest six starters on the defense. With a more experienced offense, Peliniâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s usual stout defense and an easy schedule, Nebraska looks to be a lock to play in the Big 12 Championship game for the North. Prediction: 12-0

MISSOURI TIGERS Gary Pinkel took over this formerly unknown program in 2001 and has since led the Tigers to six winning seasons. 2010 looks to be more of the same with eight starters on each side of the ball. Mizzou will have a solid year behind Gabbert and Co., but the Tigers donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t face an easy Big 12 schedule with games at Texas Tech, at Nebraska, at Texas A&M and OU at home. Prediction: 8-4

COLORADO BUFFALOES In his fifth year at Colorado, head coach Dan Hawkins is 69-44 with four straight losing seasons. Somehow Hawkins has held on to his job as head coach after rumors last year that he would be out of a job come the end of the season. His job has been made a bit easier though as Colorado returns 17 starters, 10 of those on offense. With a vastly improved team and a potent offense, Colorado could upset some teams in 2010. But again, those are upsets, and the odds say those both will be losses. Prediction: 6-6

KANSAS STATE WILDCATS The Prince era is over and the Bill Snyder era is beginning â&#x20AC;&#x201D; again. Snyder was a formidable coach for the Wildcats from 19892005, including an upset of OU in the 2003 Big 12 Championship, and returns to save the floundering program. The team looks solid, but I question the Wildcatsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; ability to return to Snyderâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s level of expectation. Because of this, the Wildcats could be considered for a bowl, but I see them falling just short. Prediction: 5-7

KANSAS JAYHAWKS Todd Reesing is gone. So is Dezmon Briscoe and Kerry Meier. With the top two receivers gone, sophomore quarterbacks Kale Pick looks to have his work cut out with him. Although they have a stout line and average defense, I canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t get over a first-year starter at quarterback, a running back who led the team last season with 577 yards and an offense that lacks even one play-maker. Prediction: 4-8

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12 key games 1. OU vs Texas, Oct. 2 (Dallas) 2. OU at Texas A&M, Nov. 6 3. Texas at Nebraska, Oct. 16 4. OU at Missouri, Oct. 23 5. Missouri at Nebraska, Oct. 30 6. OSU at Texas, Nov. 13 7. OU at OSU, Nov. 27 8. Texas A&M at Texas, Nov. 25 9. Kansas at Nebraska, Nov. 13 10. OSU at Texas Tech, Oct. 16 11. Colorado at Nebraska, Nov. 26 12. OU vs Texas Tech, Nov. 13

12 players to watch 1. Ryan Broyles, WR, Oklahoma 2. Daniel Thomas, RB, Kansas State 3. Jerrod Johnson, QB, Texas A&M 4. Jared Crick, DT, Nebraska 5. Travis Lewis, LB, Oklahoma 6. Prince Amukamara, CB, Nebraska 7. Robert Griffin III, QB, Baylor 8. DeMarco Murray, RB, Oklahoma 9. Von Miller, LB, Texas A&M 10. Aaron Williams CB, Texas 11. Blaine Gabbert, QB, Missouri 12. Alexander Robinson, RB, Iowa State

12 top freshmen 1. Kenny Stills, WR, Oklahoma 2. Jordan Hicks, OLB, Texas 3. Blake Bell, QB, Oklahoma 4. Reggie Wilson, DE, Texas 5. Scotty Young, QB, Texas Tech 6. Jackson Jeffcoat, DE, Texas 7. Corey Nelson, LB, Oklahoma 8. Mike Davis, WR, Texas 9. Jake Matthews, OL, Texas A&M 10. Tyler Gabbert, QB, Missouri 11. Cedric Ogbuehi, OL, Texas A&M 12. Eric Humphrey, DT, Oklahoma

12 story lines 1. Who goes undefeated? 2. Landry Jones in charge 3. Nebraskaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s last year in the Big 12 4. Bill Snyder back at Kansas State 5. Turner Gill back in Lincoln, this time as a Jayhawk 6. Tommy Tubervilleâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Texas Tech 2.0 7. Robert Griffin healthy again for Baylor 8. Oklahoma State without Dez or Z-Rob 9. Texas rebuilding 10. Texas A&Mâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s potential as a giant killer 11. Everyone forgets Iowa State... Again 12. Who will replace Mike Leech for humorous quips?

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Monday, Aug. 23, 2010 VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) - Much progress and many accomplishments can be achieved when you work shoulder to shoulder with others. Collectively you’ll be able to come up with numerous bright ideas that’ll really work.

PISCES (Feb. 20-March 20) - Try to work in an environment where you’ll be able to be your own person, because that’s when you’ll be the most effective. You’ll be less potent working in close proximity with others.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23) - A rare opportunity could arise, giving you a chance to make a friend out of someone within your field who, up until now, has been a mere acquaintance. Each will have much to other the other.

ARIES (March 21-April 19) Experiencing a compelling drive to broaden the base from which you get ideas, you are likely to want to mingle with as many different types of people as you can. It should be an interesting day.

SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 22) With your natural-born tenacity, this can be a day full of possibility and potential. If you have the desire and the will, you’ll be able to get a lot done.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20) - If you can, be less fixed in your outlook when it comes to setting your ambitions or objective, and you’ll discover multiple ways to fulfill them.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 23-Dec. 21) - Certain ideas you come up with could be ingenious and progressive, as well as logical. You merely have to direct your mental efforts to projects that require original thinking.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20) - Your fertile imagination is one of your best assets, so don’t hesitate to explore all of the many unusual ideas you may come up with. Something great could come out of more than one of them.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) - Being able to make the most out of what you have at hand could be an exciting experience. Instead of feeling shortchanged, you’ll take what you have and turn it into something powerful.

CANCER (June 21-July 22) There will be no hesitation on your part to help work on ways for someone else to get what s/ he wants. You’ll consider that your time, talent and effort will be well spent.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 19) Associates will appreciate you being in charge because you’ll have a way of managing things in a way that will be best for everybody concerned, without upsetting anyone.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22) - Real progress can start to be made when and if you put yourself in the other guy/gal’s shoes, because that’s when you’ll finally get a real understanding of that individual’s thinking and needs.

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