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Students frustrated by the lack of free shuttle parking at Lloyd No b l e C e nt e r p ro m p t e d O U President David Boren to double the spaces Wednesday afternoon.

Boren directed OU Parking Services to add 600 free spaces to the east and west sides of the Cleveland Area Rapid Transit shuttle parking lot. The area, located on the north central side of the lot, now contains about 1,200 spaces.

While students riding the bus to main campus can park for free, students who park in the southeast corner of the lot and walk to the research campus will still be required to have a permit.

Until now, students, faculty and staff members at the research campus could park in the southeast corner of the Lloyd Noble Center lot for free. Now, parking services are requiring anyone parked outside of the north central lot to have a parking permit. “I have to do this if I am going to stall parking permit prices going up for everyone,� said Doug Myers, director of parking and transportation services. “This is better for the campus.�

Myers said he needed to “increase the bottom line� for parking services, a self-supporting department that doesn’t receive any state funds. “If we get everyone to pay, we won’t have to raise rates,� said Myers.

Permit costs have remained flat for six years. Revenue collected from permits and tickets is used to maintain parking lots, garages and security, he said.

On Wednesday, parking services began ticketing cars parked outside of the designated CART area without properly warning students.

Section III of the Parking and Traffic Regulations states, “the text of all substantive changes will be published in The Oklahoma Daily on at least four successive days at least one week prior to implementation.�

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A new car rental program is now available on campus to OU faculty, staff and students to provide them with an alternative method of transportation.

OU Parking Ser vices teamed up with Enterprise Car Rental to offer the WeCar, a car-sharing, membership-based program that minimizes costs and lessens the inconvenience of public transportation, according to the program’s website. “Nowadays, one last thing you have to bring to on campus for students is a car,� said Doug Myers, director of parking services. “So the university just saw that there was a need for a car rental program like WeCar, and with the help of

the UOSA, we decided to go forward with it.�

The program began last Thursday. Since then, a b o u t 1 0 p e o p l e h av e signed up for the WeCar rentals, Myers said.

According to the WeCar website, renters need a valid driver’s license and must be 18 or older to qualify for membership.

The students who are under 21 years old will be asked for parental consent and basic insurance.

If the driver is 21 or above, WeCar provides insurance in the event any accidents occur.

The WeCar vehicles can be found in front of the Henderson-Tolson Cultural Center on designated spots with four different types of vehicles. A Toyota Prius Hybrid, Honda Civic, Ford Fu s i o n a n d q u a d - c a b Dodge Dakota.

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Four vehichles owned by the rental company Enterprise are parked Wednesday afternoon outside the Henderson-Tolson Cultural Center. Students can now rent vehicles through the WeCar program. OU is the first Oklahoma university to partner with Enterprise and only the second in the Big 12.

Texas officials approve OU license plates OU Club of Dallas campaigned to bring Sooner pride to Texas highways RICKY MARANON THE OKLAHOMA DAILY

OU themed license plates are now legal in the state of Texas.

The Texas Department of Motor Vehicles voted to approve 20 new license plate designs, one of which is an OU Boomer Sooner themed tag. “The tags will be ready this fall. We’re sometime in mid-October,� said Kim Drummond, MyaPlates public information manager.

Amy Frost, OU alumna who graduated May 2009, said she plans to be one of the first to buy one of the new license plates. “We worked really hard to get public approval for the project and show those making the decisions that there are people who want this,� Frost said.

Since a large number of OU students are from Texas and return to the state after graduation, she said she expects the license plate to be popular.

Frost said Texas fans will probably tease anyone with the new plate, but that will not

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stop her and other Sooner alumni from getting the new plate. “We’re proud of our university,� she said. “If you’re afraid of not getting the tag, then you’re afraid of getting a sticker on your car.

It’s the same concept. For the most part, people in Texas are adults and no one really takes college rivalries seriously after graduation.�

The OU Club of Dallas actively campaigned for the new tag design.

TxDMV spokeswoman Kim Sue Lia Perkes said Tuesday that the license plate had successfully completed all the necessary hurdles for it to be produced. “There have been jokes, but for the most part, this seems like something people want,� Perkes said. “We have many residents

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Oklahoma State University themed license plates have been available for sale since June. “We had to work with the school for proper licensing,� Perkes said. “After that was completed, it was on a pretty good course for approval.�

The Texas State Legislature began issuing special license plates last November in order to bring in new revenue to the state’s general fund for government operations, Drummond said. “Many people are just now noticing new plates on cars,� Drummond said. “I have a hot pink plate on my car, and some people have asked me if it was real.�

If approved, the cost of the new Texas OU Boomer Sooner license plate will be $55, and the price will increase if the tag is to be personalized. “It would be a legitimate license plate,� she said. “People would register it with the DMV and put it on their vehicle like a regular license plate.�

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Cate trades Cinnabon for pasta Cate ala Carte remodels restaurants and brings in a new dining option DANIELA MCCORMICK The Oklahoma Daily

Today around campus » The Women in Technical Studies sorority, Alpha Sigma Kappa, will host a meet and greet for interested female students at 5:30 p.m. in the Cate Center social lounge. » La Baguette Pastries and In the Raw Sushi will be provided in the morning on the South Oval as a part of Campus Activities Council Howdy Week. » Comedian Michael Palascak will perform 8 to 10 p.m. on the Union East Lawn.

Palascak is presented by the Union Programming Board as part of CAC Howdy Week. » CAC hosts “Midnight Breakfast” from 11:30 p.m. to 1:30 a.m. at Crossroads.

Friday, Aug. 27 » Eskimo Sno snow cones will be handed out noon to 2 p.m. as part of Campus Activities Council Howdy Week. » CAC will host the “Welcome Back BBQ” from noon to 2 p.m. on Walker Adams Mall. » The Union Programming Board and the CAC Concert Series presents Ben Kweller in concert from 8 to 10 p.m. on the Union East Lawn. » Free lunch will be passed out on the South Oval for Howdy Week.

Saturday, Aug. 28 » The Student Oklahoma Education Association and Student Council for Exceptional Children are hosting an open house event in the newly remodeled Collings Hall from 1 to 3 p.m. Attendees can socialize with other education students, meet faculty, learn about involvement opportunities from student organization representatives and eat free food.

» This day in OU history

Aug. 26, 1971 Ellison Hall becomes a Women’s Studies Center Ellison Hall announced its conversion to a Women’s Studies Center, following a nationwide increase in women’s studies programs.

Courses like Human Sexuality, Women in the Arts, and New Perspectives on Women were designed to help women understand their gender.

These unaccredited evening and Saturday classes only had a $1 fee to cover teaching materials.

Football begins two-a-day practices The OU football team began having two practices each day rather than three.

These new practices lasted longer than the old ones.

Football players also began practicing on Saturdays. *Source: The Oklahoma Daily archives

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Students are taking advantage of Cate ala Carte’s minor face lift that happened during the summer.

OU Food Services Director Chuck Weaver said the changes were due to OU Food Management team’s decision to replace Cate’s Cinnabon w ith Cucina

Italiana.

Updates include removing the awning, painting O’Henry’s, expanding the interior seating areas and changing the exterior seating, as well as adding additional menus and signs, Weaver said.

Weaver said he feels like students are taking advantage of the makeover and new restaurant thus far.

He said students can order entrees such as chicken Parmesan and traditional favorites like spaghetti and

meatballs from Cucina Italiana.

Students have mixed reviews about the makeover.

Chemistry and Latin sophomore Antonio Fusco said he misses Cate Main’s art.

“I’m sorry about the murals going, but I like everything else,” Fusco said.

International studies sophomore Rebecca Stevenson said she does not like the remodel.

“I preferred last year,” Stevenson said. “The fig plants were really pretty, as

were the murals.”

Though he does not go to Cate often, computer science junior Allen Smith said he’s not happy about C i n na b o n b e i n g g o n e, and noticed right away Cinnabon was gone.

“Every once in awhile, I’d go to Cinnabon because you can’t get it anywhere else on campus; it’s mildly annoying,” Smith said.

In the future, management is looking to add additional outdoor seating, Weaver said.

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PARKING: Research campus needs permits

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More info Students, faculty and staff must register online with the WeCar website and apply for membership, providing the driver’s information and paying a $35 membership fee.

WeCar contacts approved members to schedule an orientation session and then distributes a membership card that gives 24-hour access to WeCar vehicles.

“When you get those membership cards, you go online to make a reservation and begin to rent a car from the locations where WeCar vehicles are,” Myers said. “Once you are done using the car, you can simply return it to the WeCar parking spots on campus and conclude the rental.”

Myers said rental fees vary depending on the car model. Hourly rates range from $8 to $12, and daily rates are $55 to $65.

Overnight rates are from $30 to $45. Rental fees cover gasoline and mileage costs up to the first 200 miles.

Additional charges of $0.45 per mile occur after the first 200 miles. Gas cards are found in the glove compartment, according to the website.

Sadie Kiser, early childhood education junior, said she didn’t have a car during

Types of Vehicles » Toyota Prius Hybrid » Honda Civic » Ford Fusion » Dodge Dakota (quad-cab) Fees » One-time fee: $20 (waived after membership) » Membership fee: $35 Rates (fuel included) » Hourly rates: $8 to $12 » Daily rates: $55 to $65 » Overnight rates: $30 to $45 » Mileage is free for the first 200 miles, additional miles at 45 cents per mile. *Source: wecar.com

the first few months of her freshman year and that the WeCar program would be a great idea for freshmen and international students who don’t have a car.

“I think the WeCar program OU is offering seem like it is definitely a convenient way for the students who do not own a car,” said Wai Sze Wong, international business and finance sophomore.

“I personally would like to try this program since I don’t have a car at the moment.”

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Parking services failed to comply and only posted notifications on their Twitter and website.

Myers, who started his job in March, said he overlooked the regulation. “ I a p o l o g i z e,” My e r s said. “I was new and so was my marketing and PR employee.”

Around 1 p.m.

Wednesday, parking control attendants were notified to no longer ticket cars without permits in the newly opened spots.

All citations given Wednesday will be voided and warnings will be issued through Friday, he said.

Tickets will not be issued until signs are posted in the lot, designating where permits are necessary. This could happen as early as Monday.

“I’m not trying to hide anything,” Myers said. “I am here for the students and I apologize for this.”

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Tickets will be issued in all lots, except the north central CART shuttle lot from 7 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.

Monday to Friday while school is in session.

Association vice-president, said he learned about the changes this summer while working on parking initiatives. He said the student response was vital to the addition of 600 parking spots.

“Student feedback is vital to the success of anything,” said Lloyd, advertising senior. “I think it’s great students spoke up and Doug [Myers] has been great about responding to what he’s hearing.”

Additional parking control assistants were not hired to issue tickets in the Lloyd Noble Center lot, but redistributed from other lots, Myers said.

— Ricky Maranon contributed to this report.

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OU Wi-Fi users now must register devices, take quiz Quiz covers misuse of copyrighted material, has decreased total violations

Punishment for violations

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FIRST VIOLATION: The infringing machine is blocked from the OU network. Network access will not be restored to the machine until the owner of the machine reviews the copyright tutorial and retakes the quiz.

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Tried to log onto OU’s Wi-Fi network lately, only to be greeted by a registration process? Welcome to the second semester of OU IT’s newest network.

As of October 2009, OU Wi-Fi has been the official wireless network for all members of the university. This new network is to improve wireless security and performance, according to an e-mail OU IT sent out to students, faculty, and staff in January.

OU Internet users must register each of their devices with the network.

Once a semester for students and once a year for faculty and staff, OU IT requires regular re-registration to ensure that all information is up-todate and current, OU IT spokesman Nicholas Key said in an e-mail.

This registration process entails providing contact information as well as computer specifications, reading information regarding illegal downloading, and taking a copyright quiz.

“Students have to take the quiz so they are aware of the consequences of misusing the u n i v e r s i t y ’s I n t e r n e t ,”

For more info For further details regarding OU’s copyright policy, visit www.ou.edu/content/ ouit/security/copyright/ consequences.html.

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SECOND VIOLATION: The machine is again blocked from the OU network and students must again review the copyright material and retake the quiz. Additionally, the student will be charged a minimum $50 fee by the Office of Student Conduct and will charged with a Student Code violation by the Office of Student Conduct.

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THIRD VIOLATION: Consequences of a third violation are similar to those of a second violation, except the fee increases from $50 to a minimum of $200.

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chemistr y sophomore P e d r o S e b a s t i a n Ve r a said.

Misuse of the Internet includes violating copyrights by illegally downloading music via peert o -p e e r s ha r i n g . O U i s required by the Higher Education Opportunity Act to educate students about both state and federal copyright laws, Key said.

In 2008 and 2009, OU received over 1,500 copyright complaints each year. However, since the copyright quiz has been implemented and students are aware of the laws and consequences of breaking the laws, copyright complaints have decreased, Key said. So far in 2010, OU has only received 160 copyright complaints.

Some students were discouraged by the copyright quiz.

“The quiz puts into perspective that you can get caught for downloading copyrighted material such as music,” Vera said.

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realizes the importance of reviewing this copyright information on an annual basis, especially in regards to learning what sorts of information can be shared with a class or posted on a class website.

While some find the copyright quiz relevant, University College freshman Dillon Kang said he didn’t read the copyright material and went straight to the quiz.

“I already knew most of the stuff,” Kang said.

It is not suggested for those taking the quiz to skip through that information because of the copyright infringement three strike policy.

While there is a three strike policy, OU doesn’t monitor the Internet activity of any individual, Key said.

Instead, the Recording Industry Association of America and other watchdog organizations use investigative techniques and the contact the submitters of copyright violation notices.

Members of Alpha Kappa Delta Phi sorority perform during the Multicultural Greek Council “show and tell” night Wednesday in Meacham Auditorium in the Oklahoma Memorial Union.

Holmes appointed to chair position College of Medicine has plans to unite different departments KATHLEEN EVANS The Oklahoma Daily

The OU College of Medicine dean’s assistant is now chair of the Deans’ Assistant Group of the Association of American Medical Schools.

Gayle Holmes, assistant to Executive Dean Dr. Dewayne Andrews, will take over as chair after serving a year as chair-elect.

The group is directed toward assistants of medical college deans to “improve communication … and enable the Deans to better achieve their goals,” according to the group’s mission statement. It also plans curriculum and projects for medical colleges.

“It is quite an opportunity to advance group membership and become a vehicle for change,” Holmes said.

Holmes said she hopes to bring in more members to the group besides just assistants to medical college

deans.

“We have so many partnerships – with dentistry, allied health, and more,” Holmes said. “This could be an opportunity for other deans’ assistants.”

Responsibilities include chairing the group’s biannual meetings, deciding topics, choosing speakers and making other administrative decisions, she said.

She will also give a special presentation about a model she developed for assistants and for which she has gained national recognition, she said.

Her model focuses on bringing together the different departments of the college for a quarterly meeting, she said. Assistants to department chairs meet to network and communicate with one another.

The idea of bringing together the different departments has spread to other colleges thanks to Holmes.

She first presented it in the fall of 2008, and it is now implemented in at least three other medical colleges, she said.

“Ms. Holmes has

Gayle A. Pishkin Holmes performed in an outstanding manner at the OU College of Medicine, and we are so pleased that she is being recognized with this position and honor,” Andrews said in a statement.

Holmes became a member of the group in 2004 when she started working for the dean, she said. Her term as chair will last a year. Next year she will serve as postchair.

Holmes is an OU alumna, with a bachelor’s degree in psychology. She said she “bleeds crimson,” and has two children who have also graduated from OU.

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Bedlam football tickets not worth $125 price tag

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Milking students for all they’re worth seems to be the trend this year as colleges attempt to make up for lost state funding.

This year, a single-game student ticket for the Bedlam rivalry costs $125. That’s up $26 from $99 last year when OU hosted Bedlam.

Each Big 12 school sets its prices for home games, and last year, OU only charged students and the public $99.

We’re not sure why the game costs so much more in Stillwater.

Neither $99 nor $125 is cheap, but it doesn’t seem so bad when you consider how much non-students will have to pay.

Members of the general public only have one option for buying tickets to the OUOSU game — buy the whole OSU season.

Yes, that’s right.

The only way to get tickets to the Bedlam game without being a student is to pay $479 for the entire season.

That would be OK — if we wanted tickets to OSU games.

We know Big 12 tickets are pricey, but most conference schools offer single-game high demand tickets for about $84.17, according to The Oregonian.

Though we recognize Bedlam doesn’t provide the best in sports entertainment, we understand that people still want to ... attend this game.”

That sounds like a much better deal than $479.

Rivalries are all about the show. Two near-equal teams going head-to-head provides the best entertainment.

But Bedlam isn’t always the most exciting entertainment, despite the fanfare that surrounds it each year.

We almost always beat OSU. Just look at the record.

We beat OSU 27-0 last year, 61-41 the year before, and the overall record is 8017-7. Moreover, ESPN hasn’t even bothered to rank the

Your editorial and article on the new Lloyd Noble Center rules provide a good overview of student sentiments toward parking. However, both pieces failed to mention how the rules affect students on the research campus.

In my opinion, the parking rules have a more severe effect on those attending classes or working at the National Weather Center, Partners Place buildings or the Stephenson Research and Technology Center.

If possible, please consider the following in any future articles or correspondence.

Prior to this semester, students could park for free in the southeast corner of the Lloyd Noble Center lot and walk to class.

Thus, there is currently no CART route between the Lloyd Noble Center and the research campus. Now that the new rules are in place, we must walk almost double the original distance.

Students who walk to class or work during the winter have a greater risk of injury due to ice, and they also face a greater risk of possibly getting robbed after dark.

There are very few emergency phones in place between Lloyd Noble Center and the National Weather Center, so there is little opportunity for the students to get help.

In these cases, the university could be liable, and we could all suffer fee increases due to lawsuits.

So the parking office has found a way to make more money, but they put many research campus students at greater risk.

They may say, “buy a permit”, but the best solution is to find who created this policy and make him or her listen to the students who are affected the most by this policy.

Maybe then they will understand that parking is not just about money, but also about ensuring student safety.

America needs an easy win. If OU gets to play Utah State before facing opponents such as Texas and Alabama, then our nation needs a boost in morale before facing the gulf oil spill and financial crisis.

T h ro u g h o u t h i s t o r y , America was at its best when the elation of victory was still sweet on the tongue.

After concrete wins such as V-E Day or the fall of the Berlin Wall, America hurled itself forward, becoming a world superpower and eradicating communism as a viable ideology.

Sadly, this optimism is all but lost in our current society, not from lack of victories — America continues to excel and advance — but from a lack of decisive end.

Unlike football, where the victors need only look to the scoreboard as a cue for celebration, our current struggles lack a vision of what winning is. There are no peace treaties or clear gulfs to incite celebration, only stale headlines reminding us of our continuing problems.

Take the Iraq War as an

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games provide opportunities for families to get together and enjoy the sport.

For students, it’s a nice break from studying and the constant stress of spending money on necessary expenses like tuition, meals and housing.

Having fun with friends shouldn’t cost $125.

Even though the game will probably have a good turnout despite the price, that doesn’t mean OSU should jack the price up as much as possible thinking no one notices.

We did.

And if prices continue to rise, fewer students will be able to afford going to these games.

For $125, an Ole Miss student can buy an all-sport pass that includes every home game in every sport all year.

We think OSU, and all universities, could learn from Ole Miss.

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Cowboys this year.

What we’re trying to say is Bedlam tickets don’t deserve to be $125, and especially not $479.

OU-Texas tickets are $110 for OU students who have bought season tickets. While expensive, we understand why the price is high.

The overall record between OU and Texas, 59-405, is much more balanced than OSU’s record against OU, and we’ve actually beaten the Longhorns in the last three years.

Though we recognize Bedlam doesn’t provide the best in sports entertainment, we understand that people still want to, and probably will, attend this game.

A cynical person would tell students to forego the game and stay at home studying.

However, we understand football is about more than a bunch of padded men hitting each other and throwing around pigskin.

Traditional rivalry games such as Bedlam have been around for decades. These

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The point of FREE parking at LNC was for those faculty/staff/students that did not want to purchase a permit and ride the bus to main campus and nothing has changed in that

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example. After seven years of bloody quagmire, the last brigade of US combat troops rolled across the Kuwaiti border. In a perfect world, this would mark the end of the war, a victory for the United States.

It is no surprise then that 49,700 troops remain in Iraq as violence spikes. Although they are “peace keeping” troops by definition, how can America claim victory when men and women are still fighting?

America must find an attainable goal. Topping the Human Development Index or landing on Mars may seem trivial in times of crisis, but a regained sense of possibility helps more than all the politicians and think tanks in the world.

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As students and faculty have no doubt noticed, STAFF COLUMN MN logging into the campus wireless network is more Matt Bruenig nig obnoxious and intrusive now than it was last year.

Now, not only do you have to sign in and identify that the computer belongs to you, but you must also complete a quiz about Internet piracy. What you may not know is the whole registration procedure does nothing to actually prevent piracy or make those who do pirate any more accountable.

I assume that most recognize that the quiz about piracy, much like the comical alcohol education class, will do nothing to actually affect anyone’s behavior. Those who intend to pirate on the campus network will not change their mind because of an obligatory quiz.

But it’s not the quiz that is meant to deter piracy; it’s the fear of being caught that comes along with having to register your computer under your name. However, the actual implementation of the network registration makes even this deterrent basically worthless.

To understand why, it is necessary to briefly explain how network authentication technically works.

Every wireless card has a specific digital signature called a MAC address. When you first register your device with the network, the network stores your MAC address in a database along with information that identifies your computer as belonging to you.

Every other time you connect to the campus network, the network checks your MAC address against its database, and if it sees that you have registered before, it lets you use the network. Because the campus network knows your MAC address, it is able to identify you if you are pirating. Consequently, people will not pirate for fear of being caught and those who do pirate will be held accountable.

In reality, as any computersavvy person will tell you, this technique does not work. It is I am not a trivially easy to change your lawyer, but I wireless card’s MAC address have to imagine with freely available software. that this makes It is also easy to use software to intercept the packets of netholding anyone work users around you which accountable will tell you what their MAC for piracy very address is.

It does not take a computer difficult.” science major to figure out what to do next. You collect a few MAC addresses of other network users, then you choose one and change your MAC address to match it. If you try to get onto the network under this spoofed MAC address, the network will think you are using some other registered computer and let you use the network.

I am not saying I have done this before, but let’s just say a friend of mine has done this on multiple occasions.

This glaring hole in the way the network works defeats the very point of having anti-piracy measures in place.

Not only are those wishing to pirate still able to do so anonymously, they end up implicating innocent bystanders in the process.

The consequence of this is that even if you believe that very few people will go through the minor trouble of spoofing their MAC address, you still have no idea if someone who is “caught” pirating is actually doing so. It could just as easily be someone else who has taken on their MAC address to get through the network unidentified.

I am not a lawyer, but I have to imagine that this makes holding anyone accountable for piracy very difficult.

Those with the above knowledge who are caught should be able to defend themselves by saying that someone else likely impersonated their device and that they are not to blame.

In short, the network authentication is so easily bypassed that it does not deter dedicated pirates, does not make them any more accountable, and has the side-effect of leading to false accusations of the innocent.

Sadly, I imagine those in the IT department are fully aware of this flaw, but were required by those higher up to implement something that looks like it is helping to prevent piracy.

However, given how flawed the current network is in actually preventing piracy, I think it is perfectly reasonable to be annoyed when forced to waste time on a useless quiz just so we can all make-believe that it is helping.

— Matt Bruenig, philosophy senior

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campus. Some sort of device that one could propel with ones legs. Probably only two wheels would be needed and it would also be very good exercise.

Hmmm...

— johanns ... Lets make the Board of Regeants pay an extra $195. Oh wait, they probably already receive free parking. Or how about

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those free Apple Ipads they receive last spring?

— broo0111 ... Maybe someone should donate the money to build a couple of new parking garages, but I guess a parking garage is not quite so glamorous is it?

— ethios4 Try telling a student working two jobs just to afford

school that 195$ isn’t a lot.

It must be nice having 195$ to blow on a nearly worthless permit just to park at the place you’ve already spent tens of thousands just to go to.

— Grrr ...Why can’t OU offer a super cheap permit that is only valid for LNC? Say $30.

— maelzo

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Quarterback Landry Jones (12) runs during the Bedlam game Nov. 28 in Norman. The Sooners beat the Cowboys 27-0.

A recent sur vey conducted by The Oregonian revealed that a ticket to this year’s Bedlam football game in Stillwater is the most expensive single-game adult college football ticket in the nation.

The $125 ticket tops the list of pricey passes, the five most expensive all coming from the Big 12 Conference South Division.

Because each Big 12 program set its own home game prices, Oklahoma State’s athletic department was solely responsible for setting this year’s price. Tickets to last season’s Bedlam game in Norman were $99.

O U ’s a l l o t m e n t o f Bedlam tickets went on sale

Tuesday.

Because OSU does not sell any single-game tickets beyond allotments set aside for the visiting schools, students and fans who wish to purchase a ticket after OU’s supply runs out will be required to buy a full, $479 OSU season ticket.

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Finch still in recovery Freshman running back Roy Finch is still in a cast but expected to play in the season opener against Utah State, coach Bob Stoops said Wednesday.

Finch suffered a hairline fracture to his ankle last week, but the fracture is not displaced, Stoops said.

“Generally these things take 6-8 weeks, but it’s the kind of thing they could look at it after five and say he’s good,” he said.

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Freshman running back Brennan Clay and sophomore running back Jermie Calhoun will share the load in replacing senior running back Mossis Madu against Utah State, running backs coach Cale Gundy said.

Gundy said Clay’s versatility would be an asset for the team.

“He can play wide receiver almost as good as he plays tailback,” Gundy said.

Ball control has also set the two running backs apart from the rest, Gundy said.

“There are some little things I still need to work on, but that’s why they call it practice,” Calhoun said.

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Freshman wide receiver Kenny Stills is back and getting back in the swing of things in camp after suffering a groin pull, Norvell said.

He said Stills has been working hard to make up for lost time.

“He’s in here all day long watching film,” Norvell said.

Norvell said one of the things that makes Stills so good is his personal motivation.

“He puts a lot of pressure on himself,” Norvell said.

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What does it say about you as a tenured employee when you lost your job to a younger, taller, leaner, hungrier version of yourself?

It can mean many things, but what it means most is you are no longer good enough at your job. Someone’s been found who can not only do it better than you can, but better than you did.

According to Monday’s football two-deep depth chart, that’s exactly what has happened to Jimmy Stevens, the Sooners’ starting place kicker the past two seasons.

Stevens was once one of the most athletic high school specialists in the country. He runs a 4.6 40-yard dash.

Show me another college place kicker that can do that and I’ll show you a guy who is no longer his team’s place kicker.

Scout.com ranked Stevens the 11th best high school kicker in the nation.

According to Rivals.com in the fall of 2007, he was considered one of the best 30 high school football players in STAFF COLUMN UMN Oklahoma, where storied programs l i k e Tu l s a U n i o n , Je n k s, B o o k e r T. RJ Youngg Washington, Carl Albert and Ardmore produce future Heisman candidates and Super Bowl champions.

Rivals also ranked him as the 13th-best high school kicking specialist recruit in the country. He had to be to play ball at OU. Stevens came in as the man to fill the void left by Garrett Hartley, the clutch kicker who has since helped the New Orleans Saints win a Super Bowl ring.

While at OU, Hartley was named to two All-Big 12 second teams and was a Lou Groza award finalist in 2006.

After redshirting his freshman year, Stevens got the starting nod and accounted for 116 of OU’s points in the 2008 season, converting 92 of 97 point-after attempts.

His point total is the second-highest single-season mark put up by a kicker ,and his 97 PATs is the highest mark ever in a season.

In 2009, he was able to hit a gaudy 84.6 percent of his field goal attempts, an amazing feat considering he was

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kicking at a 66.7-percent clip in 2008. He also made his second-straight All-Big 12 Academic Team in 2009.

Stevens’ career long field goal was 42 yards. He’s hit 21 of his 27 field goal attempts and 121 of his 128 pointafter attempts.

So, with all of this going for him, why in the name of all things Crimson and Cream has the 5-foot-6, 167pound Stevens lost his starting job to a 2009 walk-on sophomore who never played a down of football in high school, yet has a career long of 47 yards, hit six of nine field goals last season and has been perfect so far in extra points?

Oh, I see.

You may think it doesn’t make a difference that Patrick O’Hara is bigger, leaner, has a stronger leg and is 100 percent in PATs, but I assure you the OU coaching staff does.

Last year, the Sooners lost huge games to Texas, BYU and Nebraska that could have easily been won by not great but just competent place kicking.

With competent place kicking, OU’s 8-5 record last season could easily have been an 11-2 record. You know the rest.

Too many games are loss or won by place kickers. Who can forget Xavier Beitia’s miss that would have likely sealed a victory for Florida State in the 2004 Orange Bowl? Even if you don’t remember it, Bobby Bowden and those FSU players sure do.

Coach Bob Stoops and his staff are making it clear right from the start: Walk-on or scholarship player, the player who gives the team the most chance to win is the one who’s going to play.

Fans have got to love that. Players have a choice: 1. Suck it up, learn from it, grow through it and fight; 2. Give up, throw a pathetic pity-party and remember better times.

But for a true Sooner, the latter isn’t even an option.

— RJ Young, journalism grad student

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Stoops comments on WR depth chart Junior Ryan Broyles, senior Cameron Kenney and freshman Kenny Stills were listed as starting receivers on Monday’s updated depth chart.

However, the coaching staff has said all week that the positions are not final and are subject to change.

“I felt this week they’ve been more competitive, a little bit better, but they need to keep improving,” coach Bob Stoops said.

When asked why the receivers were not performing up to the standards necessary to compete, Stoops had several guesses.

“It’s either inexperience, it’s either not want to, it’s either lack of talent,” Stoops said, “but we’re telling them what to do out there but they’re trying and hopefully it will keep getting better.”

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Walk-ons proud to have earned their keep CLARK FOY The Oklahoma Daily

For the majority of those starting for the Sooners football team, their stories on how they got to Norman go something like this: They excelled as a high school standout and accumulated significant interest from several colleges, eventually signing a letter of intent and accepting a scholarship to play football for OU. But for those like junior Trent Ratterree and senior Brian Lepak, the journey to making the team went a little bit differently: They walked on.

Because football teams at the college level have a limited number of scholarships they are allowed to give out per rules set by the NCAA, football hopefuls are allowed to try out and attempt to join the football team without a scholarship.

Last season, Ratterree and Lepak received significant playing time due to the injury plague that struck last year’s team. Those same walk-ons are looking at significant playing time and perhaps even starting roles this season.

“I kind of had a unique situation where I came in and I had talked with the coaches and everything,” Ratterree said. “I didn’t just show up on their doorstep unknown about. They had seen me play on tape and they told me that they thought I’d have a chance to play.”

That was three years ago.

Now entering his fourth year as a redshirt junior, the 6-foot-3, 246-pounder is listed as the starting tight end on the latest twodeep depth chart released Monday.

Ratterree saw his chance to play last season when injuries to a once-deep tight end position and the offensive line gave him a chance to show what he had.

“Honestly, it was pretty nuts,” he said. “Coming into the season I was expecting to play a little bit, just some time here and there, but coming into the season Brody (Eldridge) gets moved and Jermaine (Gresham) gets hurt the Tuesday or Wednesday before we played BYU. The next thing I know I’m starting and we’re going into that big stadium down there.”

Calling the Dallas Cowboys’ home stadium “big” is an understatement.

“Jerryworld,” as it is often referred to as after owner Jerry Jones, is one of the nicest and most expensive stadiums in the country.

Not to mention the game Ratterree started was the maiden voyage of the sparking new stadium, packed with 110,000 fans.

“I was really ner vous actually because I wasn’t mentally prepared at all and I think that showed in the way I played,” Ratterree said. “I had to push the thoughts aside that I’m some skinny country boy from Weatherford walk-on. I had to start saying, ‘I belong on this team and belong on this field.’ I just had to go out there and show what I’ve got.”

Ratterree had been looked at by a few Division I colleges while in high school but did not receive any definite offers. His decision was between walking on at OU or accepting a scholarship at a Division II college.

Family and friends, especially his parents and brother, told him he could play

as a Sooner. Despite their unfailing loyalty, Ratterree was leaning towards the Division II offer until a day when he was helping a local pastor move some things out of a truck.

“He looked at me and asked if I knew what I was going to do,” Ratterree recalled. “I told him I thought I was just going to take the scholarship to the D-II school and help my parents out. He looked at me with disbelief and he said ‘No, you belong at OU.’ “ That kind of turned me, because he had been around college football as a chaplain and stuff, and after he said that it turned me and I went to OU.” L e p a k b e ga n h i s c a reer in a different manner at Colorado State in the Mountain West Conference.

After a season there, his decision to come to OU, he said, was clear as day.

“I was really unhappy at Colorado State and my dream was to be a Sooner,” Lepak said. “I just decided one day that I couldn’t deny myself that anymore and it didn’t matter what the cost was going to be. I needed to go pursue it.”

Like Ratterree, the 6-foot4, 299-pound guard had those who supported him throughout his life. But there were also those who thought differently.

“I was leaving a scholarship at one of the Mountain West Conference schools to come walk on here,” he said.

“People thought I was being an idiot and asking me why I would ever do that. You just have to block out the naysayers and do what I knew deep down in my heart was the right thing to do—to chase after my dream like I wanted to.”

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Tight end Trent Ratterree (47) drives through the Brigham Young Cougars defenders last fall in the Cowboy Stadium in Arlington, TX. The Sooners lost 14-13.

Ratterree acknowledged is that walk-ons provide the their decision to come to there’s a particular stereo- team with many well-need- OU as “the best decision I type for walk-ons. ed assets. Depth is added to ever made.” Both noted how “You see movies like Rudy different positions on the their teammates, coaches and all those. You see ev- field and the scout team is and fans have accepted erything where he’s getting made stronger. them with wide-open arms. trashed and beat up and “If we didn’t have the Perhaps the reason everything because he goes numbers to practice and Sooner Nation feels so contoo hard, then he finally gets didn’t have the guys that nected to the two walk-ons to suit up and plays one play took it seriously and learned is because they represent a and it’s awesome,” Ratterree what they needed to do part of every OU fan from said jokingly during a phone down on the scout field, we the attending student to the interview. wouldn’t be prepared to retired alum to the 7-yearLepak also said being a win,” Lepak said. old boy that will be sitting in walk-on can carry with it a For Ratterree, being a the stands Sept. 4. negative connotation. walk-on didn’t make him “It’s definitely something, “I think the stereotype feel inferior. it’s a dream come true for of when somebody says “I never once felt like me,” Ratterree said. “I grew they’re going to be a walk- a walk-on,” he said. “The up and I’ve been in this staon is that they’re just like coaches here at OU have dium watching games since Geek Squad,” Lepak said. been wonderful and I really I was a fourth or fifth grader “That’s not true. You get respect them for sticking by and I was watching them on treated just like everybody what they told me they were TV all those years I wasn’t else does, you get the same going to do.” able to come to the games. equipment and you’re going Since they became part “It’s crazy to be on the to be practicing with every- of the team, both Ratterree other end of that and combody else.” and Lepak have enjoyed ing out of the tunnel instead But the truth of the matter their time and referred to of staring into it,” he said.

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Freshman year greets every new arrival on the OU campus a little differently. oved Whether you moved here from the otherr side of Boyd Streett or the other side off st the country, this first w week presents new challenges and experiences that shape the next few months of freshman life.

As with all new chapters in life, expectations are met, unmet and occasionally exceeded.

Five freshman students shared their expectations and apprehensions on move-in day with The Daily and later, their reflections and realizations after their first few days of college life.

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1. Stephanie Currie of Shawnee Interested in: Pharmacy Expectations: “I am a little apprehensive about classes because my high school classes were super easy and I didn’t really have to do anything. I am kind of worried about the work

4. Ariel Pasley of Edmond Interested in: No clue yet Expectations: “It is interesting to be on campus.

It is a new experience and there are a lot of people here. I am pretty nervous about finding my classes.”

Expectations: “I am a little anxious about being here. It is a lot bigger and definitely more people than what I am used to, but I am ready to get things going. I can’t wait to start rush this weekend.”

Expectations: “I am mostly just nervous about living in a new place. I have never moved before, so it’s a big deal. I am kind of nervous about making friends because I don’t really have any friends from my high school coming here.”

Realizations: “Rush went really well and I found a fraternity that I really liked. I met a lot of new people and went on tours and got involved. My classes so far have been mediocre and don’t seem too difficult.”

Realizations: “I am surprised at how nice the dorms [are]. It does feel different having to walk far away to get food or go to class and adjusting to sharing a room with someone. I went potluck and my roommate is great. We have been hanging out a lot.”

5. Brea Brashier of Norman Interested in: International Area Studies Expectations:“I have been waiting to come to OU since I was a little

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The Texas-raised musician has played professionally since he was 12 years old.

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Realizations: “Classes feel different from high school because I am not at school 24/7. I think my professors have the same attitude as my high school teachers. I do think studying and writing essays will be challenging.”

3. Catherine Cunningham of Kingwood, Texas Interested in: No clue yet

Realizations: “My classes are different, but I like them.

I felt like a college student when I went to my lecture with over 100 people. My [resident adviser] took me on a tour so I could find all of my classes.”

Folds and Ben Lee (The Ben Tour), collaborated with Guster and signed to ATO Records, which has released his past four albums.

In 2006, during a performance at Austin City Limits, Kweller attempted to stop a nosebleed with a tampon, but was forced to leave the stage when it painfully expanded.

Kweller’s latest album, “Changing Horses,” was released in 2009.

Norman’s alternative act Early Beat also performs.

load, but I will be fine.”

2. Dalton D Barnes of McAlester Inte Interested in: Political science

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kid. I really am Sooner born and Sooner bred. I am excited about meeting people and getting to be a part of the community.”

Realizations: “Living on the

international floor has allowed me to meet so many new people from so many new cultures. I get to see different people coming together and create one big family.”

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Skating Polly leading ‘grrrl’ punk wave ANNIKA LARSON The Oklahoma Daily

Peyton Suitor and Kelli Mayo are cooler than you.

They sport asymmetrical haircuts and oversized band T-shirts, and they’ve played charades with Kimya Dawson.

But the real reason these girls are so totally excellent is that they’re 15 and 10 years old, and they play in a rock band (a good one).

Suitor, 15, and Mayo, 10, formed their band Skating Polly on Halloween 2009 after an impromptu jam session.

“I kind of was playing, just messing around, and I told Peyton to give me a beat on the drums,” Mayo said. “After that, we decided we should be a band.”

Both girls sing and play drums, piano and guitar (although Mayo plays a guitar/bass combination called a basitar). They are essentially self-taught on their instruments, and learning more every day.

Suitor was proud to report she recently learned how to play barre chords (a type of guitar chord where one or more fingers are used to press down multiple strings across the fingerboard) and has written two songs with them.

The girls write all their own music, though they have different methods and styles.

“Whenever I write songs, I get a song stuck in my head and I just change lyrics to it,” Suitor said. “But then I change it to my own tune.”

Like when she came up with a piano melody that sounded too much like Beethoven and showed it to Kelli’s dad, David.

They ended up calling it “Sunlight Piñata.” While she calls Kelli’s songs more childlike — citing the difference in age and vocabulary — she classifies her lyrics as a bit darker than her bandmate’s.

“Instead of love songs, I write hate songs,” Suitor said. “Like, ‘I hate you and I’m gonna sing a song about it.’ They’re not about anybody actually; I’m just good at writing those kind of songs.”

A 10-year-old writing full-length songs is impressive enough, but Mayo said she actually wrote her first song at age 2.

“I have a recording of me and Kelli,” David Mayo said. “We saw one of the ‘Harry Potter’ movies, and she wrote a song called ‘Harry Potter, Your Parents Are Dead.’”

“My friends know that I’m in a band, but they can’t ever listen to us because their parents don’t like me.”

— PEYTON SUITOR, SKATING POLLY DRUMMER

At this point in the interview, Mayo started singing her first composition, and the girls erupted in giggles, which happened many times throughout the conversation.

They have a strong friendship rooted in their love for making the kind of music they want to listen to: a youthful brand

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of riot “grrrl” punk. Not exactly what you might expect from, well, kids.

“It’s kind of shocking to most people, I think,” Kelli said.

“They don’t know if we’re any good at playing our instruments, it’s just kind of weird to them.”

They like Nirvana, The Beatles, Hole and Neutral Milk Hotel. They have correspondence with Kelly Ogden of The Dollyrots and the support of X’s Exene Cervenka and Dandy Warhols’ Zia McCabe.

They’ve opened for Feel Spectres, recorded with Depth & Current’s Chris Harris and seen some great groups live.

Thanks to a lot of ambition, talent and some very cool parents, Skating Polly’s two members have had the opportunity to be a part of a musical landscape before even learning to drive.

It’s a part of their lives that eludes their peers for the most part though.

“My friends know that I’m in a band, but they can’t ever listen to us because their parents don’t like me,” Suitor said.

Kelli said she sometimes faces hostility or outright disbelief.

“Some people know that I’m in a band, and they think that I think I’m all that, and then they’re just mean to me,” Kelli said, laughing. “Some people try not to believe me ... and then they tell other kids that I’m faking it.”

Skating Polly’s appeal may be lost on a few fifth graders and concerned parents, but its members certainly don’t care. They refuse to accept mainstream mediocrity — except for “Karma Chameleon” by Culture Club, which Suitor deemed her “favorite ’80s pop crap.”

She added that her friends at school try to get her into the music they like, but she simply can’t like it.

She can’t like it because she, along with Kelli, is not the kind of pubescent girl who cries along with Taylor Swift or dances to Lady Gaga.

They are the girls who go to New York City, stay in the Chelsea Hotel where Sid killed Nancy and break a table while they’re there. They are the girls who dream of playing Austin City Limits, and love being in control of their band and themselves.

They are too cool for anything less.

Garry

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Homeless man arrested after Ore. fire burns homes

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John Thiry seen running from fire outside city limits, police say ASHL AND, Ore. — Families looked for valuables, pets and mementoes Wednesday in the ashes of 11 homes destroyed by a fast-moving wildfire while a homeless man accused of starting the blaze sat in jail.

John Thiry, 40, was arrested at 3 a.m. under a freeway ramp and arraigned on 10 counts of reckless endangerment and 14 counts of reckless burning, police said.

Homeless living within Ashland, Ore., is a problem and a concern, said Gary Jones as he helped his daughter, Lisa, look through the blackened rubble that used to be her home.

“Who wants to be homeless? But by the same token, you can’t have camping in the middle of summer out there and lighting the place on fire,” Jones said.

Ashland police Detective Sgt. Jim Alderman said other people at a homeless

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Not much is left Wednesday in a neighborhood where 11 homes were destroyed in a fast-moving wildfire Tuesday in Ashland, Ore. A homeless man has been accused of starting the fire. camp along Interstate 5 just outside the city limits saw Thiry running from the initial fire.

The fire burned an abandoned barn where homeless people sleep, and the embers blew across the freeway, touching off the blaze that raced through

Man charged in NY shooting deaths of 4 BUFFALO, N.Y. — A man has been charged with murder in a shooting outside a New York restaurant that killed four people, including a Texas man celebrating his first wedding anniversary.

A news release from Buffalo Mayor Byron Brown said Riccardo McCray has been charged with four counts of second-degree murder. McCray is expected to be arraigned Thursday.

McCray surrendered Wednesday at a TV studio. He was accompanied by community activist Darnell Jackson, who said McCray told him he did not kill anyone and did not

a subdivision, Alderman said.

The fire on the outskirts of Ashland, ignited the 11 homes on one side of the same street one after the other, setting off explosions Tuesday afternoon.

“It was just inferno — black smoke, RV, things

know why police were looking for him.

About 200 people were on a sidewalk outside a downtown Buffalo restaurant early Aug. 14 when a gunman opened fire and killed a man from Austin, Texas, and three others.

Marines faults Navy in Calif. crash that killed 9 SAN DIEGO — The Marine Corps is blaming a Navy air traffic controller for not preventing the collision of a Coast Guard plane and a Marine helicopter that killed nine people off the Southern California coast last year.

blowing up, gas tanks, tires,” neighborhood resident Cindy Walker said.

“Propane tanks, I don’t know. It sounded like bombs going off. Like tornadoes of black smoke coming out of garages and backyards.”

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The Marine Corps says in a report released Wednesday that the controller’s failure to alert the pilots of each other’s presence directly contributed to the October crash. It also faulted the controller’s decision to give higher priority to a Navy flight exercise in the area.

The Marine’s report also says the Coast Guard crew didn’t fully understand flight rules and that the collision could have been avoided if it used night-vision goggles.

The report comes one day after the Navy and Coast Guard released their findings. The Navy insisted the pilots are responsible for their own safety under flight rules that govern the area.

— AP

The top U.N. envoy in Congo says peacekeeping patrols were not informed that mass rapes were taking place, and the United Nations is now working to improve communications.

Roger Meece, U.N. special representative, said the reported rapes of at least 154 Congolese women — which peacekeepers didn’t learn about for nearly two weeks — showed the force’s actions to protect civilians were insufficient.

He said Wednesday that one idea being pursued is to have local villages report to the U.N.’s base at Kibua every day and to assume there is a problem and send a patrol if they don’t. ___

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Drug cartel suspected in massacre A Mexican drug cartel massacred 72 Central and South American migrants within 100 miles of the U.S. border, according to an Ecuadorean survivor who escaped and stumbled wounded to a highway checkpoint where he alerted marines, officials said Wednesday.

The marines fought the cartel gunmen at a ranch in the northern state of Tamaulipas on Tuesday, a battle that left one marine and three suspects dead. They found the bodies of 58 men and 14 women in a room, some piled on top of each other.

Authorities believe the migrants were from Honduras, El Salvador, Brazil and Ecuador. ___

3. Chisinau, Moldova

3 arrested in uranium smuggling plot Two former policemen and another person were arrested in Moldova on suspicion of trying to sell four pounds of uranium on the black market, authorities said Wednesday.

Officials identified the material as uranium-238 and said it had a value of $11.35 million.

Uranium-238 can be enriched into the fissile material of nuclear warheads, but the processes is complex and need much more of the material than the amount reported seized.

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MISC. FOR SALE FALL OPENING, Aug 19, 9-4, the place to shop every Thursday, 9-4, First Presbyterian Thrift Shop, 404 Toberman, end of Park St, in First Presbyterian parking lot, 1 blk N of Boyd. Low cost clothing for everyone, OU items, kitchen items, books, and more!

TICKETS WANTED I NEED OU SEASON TICKETS & OU/TEXAS TICKETS! ALL LOCATIONS! 364-7524

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WRITING TUTORS WANTED!!!

Available positions in the OU Athletics Department!!! Junior, Senior, Graduate, and Post-graduate applicants only!!! Hiring for Fall 2010. Call 325-8376 Service Coordinator needed for apartment complex housing the physically disabled and elderly. Qualified applicant must have bachelor’s degree in social work, psychology, or counseling, or 3-5 years work experience; 30 hours/week, benefits. Send resume to willpath@coxinet.net or fax to 579-4577.

Gymnastics Instructors for pre-school girls and boys classes, tumbling and cheerleading, P/T, flex sched. Bart Conner Gymnastics, 447-7500.

Bartending! Up to $300/day. No exp nec.

Training provided. 1-800-965-6520 x133.

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(Cost = Days x # lines x $/line)

Foreign students welcomed JIM HOLMES INSURANCE, 321-4664

10-14 days.........$1.15/line 15-19 days.........$1.00/line 20-29 days........$ .90/line 30+ days ........ $ .85/line

1 day ..................$4.25/line 2 days ................$2.50/line 3-4 days.............$2.00/line 5-9 days.............$1.50/line

Classified Display, Classified Card Ad or Game Sponsorship

Contact an Acct Executive for details at 325-2521.

2 col (3.25 in) x 2 inches Sudoku ..............$760/month Boggle ...............$760/month Horoscope ........$760/month

Financial BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES Your own successful business selling Safe, Healthy Performance Sports Drinks!

Teresa 850-8668

Crossword ........$515/month

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Help Wanted ads in The Oklahoma Daily are not to separate as to gender. Advertisers may not discriminate in employment ads based on race, color, religion or gender unless such qualifying factors are essential to a given position.

TUTORS WANTED!!!

Available positions in the OU Athletics Department!!! Junior, Senior, Graduate, and Post-graduate applicants only!!! MATH - All Levels!!! Hiring for Fall 2010. Call 325-0554 for more info!!!

Wanted Childcare Provider for M-W 2pm to 11:30pm. Add. days sometimes. Ideal for students. $100/week. Call Teresa at 517-0601 OFFICE WORK West Norman - handle files, misc clerical.

Flexible hrs: 10-15/wk.

Call Lorin 1-3pm, Mon-Sat - 310-6125

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Norman Medical Office needs PT help Send resume to dr.dpm@hotmail.com

Quotations anytime

HELP WANTED Special Instructor I: After School Instructor Parks and Recreation Experience working with children. $7.50 per hour. Work Period: 2:30pm - 6:00pm, Mon thru Fri, September thru May. Selected applicant must pass physical, drug screen and background investigation.

Application Deadline: Open Recruitment.

Obtain application at: 201-C West Gray, Human Resources Dept., City of Norman 366-5482 Web: www.normanok.gov EOE/AA

Hey College Students!!!

Need extra spending/clothes/dating $$?

How about averaging $1000-$3000/mo in our public relations/advertising crew!

Work 2-3.5 hrs M-F, between 4p-9p Great resume job for business/marketing/advertising/drama majors!

Call Mike 321-8273

Xbox 360 has launched a revolutionary new platform, Kinect, and we’re looking for campus ambassadors to promote it!

Apply now at http://www.repnation.com/ xbox

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HELP WANTED Belmar Golf Club is looking for full and part-time cooks and servers. Experience preferred, but will train. All shifts available, will work around school schedule. Apply Tues-Fri 1pm-5pm 1025 E Indian Hills rd.

(405) 364-0111 TUTORS WANTED!!!

Available positions in the OU Athletics Department!!! Junior, Senior, Graduate, and Post-graduate applicants only!!! ALL SUBJECTS - SOC, PSY, CHEM, GEOG, GEOL, METR, COMM, ZOO, ACCT, FIN, PHIL, ANTH, PHYS!!! Hiring for Fall 2010. Call 325-8376 for more info!!!

MISAL OF INDIA BISTRO Now accepting applications for waitstaff.

Apply in person at 580 Ed Noble Pkwy, across from Barnes & Noble, 579-5600.

J Housing Rentals APTS. FURNISHED Take over lease at University Greens! $339/month. 10 month lease: 4BD, 2BA! Call 918-948-2130 if interested!

APTS. UNFURNISHED 2 bd/1 ba - One block from campus corner starting @ $475 per month. Student discount available! 361-2896

RENT NOW / $99 DEP! 1 & 2 BED Start @ $445-$595 6 Months Free @ Steel Gym! No App Fee! Pets Welcome!

Models open 8a-8p Everyday!

Elite Properties 360-6624 or www.elite2900.com Prices Reduced Saratoga Springs $99 DEPOSIT / 6 Month Free Fitness 2 BEDS SMALL NOW $490 2 BEDS LARGE NOW $500 Pets Welcome! Large Floor Plans!

Models Open 8a-8p Everyday!

360-6624 or www.elite2900.com

CONDOS UNFURNISHED 3 BD 3 BA CONDO for rent, great location, close to campus, located at THE EDGE condominiums. For more info contact Scott @ 661-331-2585

HOUSES UNFURNISHED 131 1/2 W Hayes - 1 bd/1ba, W/D, ref, microwave - $375/mo, $350 dep, no pets, ref. req. - 550-7069 Tired of tickets?? Walk to class!!! 3/1.5/2, patio, $900. Call 329-4119, 2044016.

Walk to Campus!!!

Brick Houses West of OU 1 Bd Apt, CH/A, Stove, Fridge 3 bd/2 ba/2 Car Garage, Wood Floors, CH/A, DW, W/D, Deck, Lawn Maintained “Bob” Mister Robert 321-1818

700 E Brooks, 2 bdrm apt, bills paid, hardwood floors, window air, w/d, 3 blks to OU; Other units available. Smoke-free, 1 year lease, 1 month’s rent for security deposit, application fee (ret’d if you rent from us). Call 360-3850, leave msg.

ROOMS FURNISHED NEAR OU, privacy, $260, bills paid includes cable, neat, clean, parking. Prefer male student. Call 329-0143.

Immediate/Great part time opportunity: Health Supplement Store, Moore, OK. Will work with your school hours, fax resume to 794-9602 or email to doorwaytohealth2@att.net.

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Thursday, Aug. 26, 2010 VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) - A particular change you’ve been trying to fight off might happen without your approval. However, once it’s operational, you’ll appreciate its value and what it’s doing for you.

PISCES (Feb. 20-March 20) - You’re likely to discover that something in which you’ve been involved for a while has a much larger profit margin than you realized. Happily, your yields will turn out to be quite large.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23) - You’re likely to be far luckier in partnership situations than anything you do strictly for yourself. Embrace every associate who wants in, as long as they can make a contribution.

ARIES (March 21-April 19) Things will go better if you’re the one who is in charge of an important endeavor that includes several people. Don’t let anyone who truly isn’t up to the task call the shots.

SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 22) - The assistance you require to accomplish something special will be there for you, but you may have to ask for it. Others who want to repay you for past deeds want to help.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 23-Dec. 21) - Keep yourself open to adjustments or changes that might pop up or need to be made, and you’ll have a successful operation going for you. Unexpected benefits could ensue.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) - Dame Fortune is likely to be looking out for you, especially in materially related situations.

It looks like it will be OK to be optimistic, as well as a bit bold in certain circumstances.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 19) - It might start out to be a ho-hum day, but things will quickly change when something really good happens to you. It’ll put you in a happy frame of mind that will make you joyful for the rest of the day.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20) - It’s a sound strategy to confine confidential information only to those who are involved with the matter. If you tip your hand to someone who personally wants you to fail, you may not like the results.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20) Everything should go rather well for you in terms of group affairs, mostly because some of your old pals will be included. They won’t hesitate to look out for you, and you’ll do the same for them.

CANCER (June 21-July 22) Don’t waste your time and energy on insignificant objectives. It’s a period where you should be elevating your sights and aiming for a large, meaningful target you know you can reach.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22) - Important knowledge you recently acquired could be applied in ways that would benefit not only you, but also others with whom you’re involved.

Use this vital dope in as many ways as you can.

ACROSS 1 Florida seaport 6 Full of anticipation 10 It might be a lot 14 Opaque gems 15 ___ Raton, Fla. 16 Quick haircut 17 Home with at least two sets of stairs 20 Mans the helm 21 Clean dirty money 22 Pain relief choice 25 Diminutive 26 Scratch target 30 Thailand’s continent 32 Harem 35 Most meanspirited 41 Desert during a crisis 43 Ants, archaically 44 Beat in a debate 45 Eight-track, e.g.

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