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City ordinances are not friendly toward students

sooners can expect delays, changes during game days KAITLYN UNDERWOOD Campus reporter

Sooner football fans should be prepared for some traffic delays and policy changes at Gaylord-Family Oklahoma Memorial Stadium for the first home game Saturday.

Both the Norman Police Department and the OU Athletics Department are advising fans traveling to Norman on game day to add extra travel time to their plans because of construction on Interstate-35.

Fans are encouraged to seek alternate routes to avoid the I-35 corridor in Norman entirely.

Southbound travelers should exit no further south than Exit 113 or Exit 112, Tecumseh Road, according to

a Norman Police Department press release.

Northbound travelers should use Highway 9 or Lindsey Street, according to the press release.

Norman Police and City of Norman Traffic Management have developed alternate routes for southbound traffic from these two exits to get to the stadium, according to the press release.

The police department and OU Athletics Department also have provided maps tracking the possible alternate routes, which can be accessed on soonersports.com Officers will provide traffic control assistance beginning three hours prior to kickoff, but fans are urged to arrive earlier to avoid traffic congestion, according to the press release.

There also are policy changes regarding what is and isn’t allowed in the stadium, said Pete Moris, assistant

athletics director for communications.

Among the allowed personal items are women’s purses, but they must be smaller than 10 by 10 inches, Moris said.

Clear water bottles also are permitted but they must be empty, he said.

Other allowable items include approved medical devices and family care items, such as diapers and baby formula, Moris said.

Items no longer allowed in the stadium include any and all types of backpacks, seat cushions or chair backs and merchandise bags, Moris said.

Fans not bringing items into the stadium are encouraged to take advantage of the various express lanes available, Moris said.

There also will be seat cushions and chair backs available to rent at the sooner seat customer service booth, he said.

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Nuisance policy doesn’t allow more than 3 unrelated people to live together KAITLYN UNDERWOOD Campus Reporter

Five nuisance parties were reported to the Norman Police Department over the past year, three of which resulted in arrests and citations, according to the Norman Police Department Crime Analysis Unit.

Citations for nuisance parties can be a serious offense, because racking up three nuisance party citations within a year can result in a residence being declared a “nuisance property” by the city of Norman.

Known as the nuisance house policy, it falls under Chapter 10, Article II, Section 10-203.1 of Norman’s Code of Ordinances. If a house is declared a nuisance property, the city may shut off the home’s utilities, including the water supply, making the dwelling legally “Really, it was uninhabitable. pretty much In order to receive a nuisance designed to party citation, the gathering must violate three areas of the city’s be for singleCode of Ordinances. Those areas family areas.” include 24 possible offenses, ranging from noise violations to public lINDa PRICE, intoxication to furnishing alcohol REVITalIZaTION to a minor to assault. Having a nui- MaNaGER FOR CITY OF NORMaN sance party in Norman is a criminal misdemeanor.

OU housing, such as the dorms, is excluded from the nuisance house policy, but fraternity and sorority houses are not explicitly precluded from the ordinance.

“Really, it was pretty much designed to be for single-family areas,” said Linda Price, revitalization manager for City of Norman.

No homes have been declared nuisance properties due to multiple nuisance parties since the law’s adoption in 2005, Price said.

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Student groups dig into public policy Controversial topics like the economy and healthcare are on the agenda MAX JANERKA

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Top: Students run the track in the Huston Huffman Complex during the CaC Howdy Week Night at the Huff event. above: Students compete against one another during the CaC Howdy Week Night at the Huff event in the Huston Huffman Complex.

Left: a line of students sign up for different events during the CaC Howdy Week Night at the Huff.

Sports: Tyrus Thompson looks to add to the left tackle legacy at OU. (Page 8)

Honors students created a set of discussion groups focused on public policy and economics that will start meeting this semester.

The discussion groups will operate similarly to the reading groups held in the Joe C. and Carole Kerr McClendon Honors College, said Cooper Lund, economics junior and co-founder of the group.

Each group will be made up of 10 to 12 students and two student moderators, meeting every week for about an hour, Lund said.

Also, each discussion group will have a specific topic, such as healthcare, to develop over multiple meetings, said COOper Andy Stewart, letters sophomore and LUnD co-founder.

However, this setup would not limit the group to that particular topic but would instead give them somewhere to start, Lund said.

Lund, Stewart and their friends came up with the idea last semester while taking The Politics of U.S. Economic

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designed for one family.

“We have experienced problems with additional trash, a lot of additional traffic, not Revitalization Division and Norman Police enough parking, noise, a lot more activity,” Department worked together to declare a she said.

However, Norman has multiple ordinanchome on Cruce Street a nuisance property.

That declaration was not due to parties but es that address such concerns. There are spebecause the house was a “hub of criminal ac- cific ordinances for trash, permitted parking areas and noise, all of which can be viewed tivity,” Price said.

City officials have searched for ways to on Norman’s municode website.

The reason there are overlapping ordiaddress nuisance party issues, such as with the Nuisance House Ad Hoc Committee nances is because some, such as noise, traffrom November 2004 to April 2006, which in- fic and nuisance parties, are handled by the volved members of the Norman mayor’s of- Norman Police Department, and others, fice, OU officials, including OUPD Chief Liz such as the three unrelated persons ordiWoollen and Dean of Students Clarke Stroud nance and the nuisance house policy, are handled by code compliance, a section of the and regular citizens, Price said.

That committee requested that the zon- Revitalization Division, Price said.

“Although we have separate duties, all of ing ordinance be more intensely enforced regarding the occupancy, assisted in writing us work together and call each other for asa nuisance party and nuisance property or- sistance, or to report violations that we do not have the authority to endinance and requested enforce,” Price said. forcement of those new and “Just because you Price also said the city existing ordinances, Price does not receive many comsaid. have four, five, 10 plaints about homes violatThe zoning ordinance regarding occupancy refers to bedrooms, doesn’t ing the single-family ordinance because reports deNorman’s three unrelated mean you can on neighbors calling in. persons ordinance. rent to that many pend After a neighbor reports a That ordinance, around people.” home in possible violation of since 1954, prohibits more the ordinance, code complithan three people unrelated lINDa PRICE, ance has the neighbor keep a by blood, marriage or adopREVITalIZaTION MaNaGER FOR vehicle log of the home for a tion from living together in a CITY OF NORMaN month, documenting multisingle-family dwelling. The ple people staying overnight ordinance pertains to any living unit designed for one-family, includ- on a regular basis.

“That vehicle log can then be used in ing apartments and houses, Price said.

“It’s like the house where you probably court,” Price said. “That’s enough to prove it.”

The standard process is to send a letter to grew up at with your folks,” Price said.

University housing and fraternity and the homeowner, making them aware of the sorority houses are excluded from the policy and of their possible violation of the ordinance. ordinance.

“The only reason we’re going to include The distinction of single-family housing doesn’t include a precise description of what the police is because of the big, huge parties,” Price said. exactly constitutes a single-family home.

If a home is breaking the ordinance, the “Just because you have four, five, 10 bedrooms, doesn’t mean you can rent to that additional residents must vacate the property. The revitalization division works with many people,” Price said.

The ordinance is designed to protect city people to give them time to move out, but residents from the issues that arise when it does not offer suggestions for alternative multiple unrelated people live in single fam- housing, Price said.

There are also no disclosure rules requirily homes, according to City of Norman’s ing realtors to make homeowners in Norman Revitalization Division documents.

Price explained that those issues typically aware of the three unrelated persons ordistem from too many people living in a place nance, Price said.

“When you purchase real estate, you should investigate information,” Price said.

“All of these zoning ordinances are online.”

It is possible to get exemption from the ordinance, as is the case with apartment complexes built in recent history with four-bedroom units designed specifically for student housing, such as The Edge and Crimson Park, among many others, Price said.

Those establishments go through a special zoning process with the City Council to have exemption from the single-family law, Price said.

Homeowners in Norman can also apply to have their home rezoned to seek exemption from the law, but the process isn’t always

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“Well, if you are just trying to rezone something in the middle of a single-family neighborhood, the likelihood of it happening is zero because that would be considered spot-zoning,” Price said.

However, if you live in a building built for rooming houses, but that aren’t being used for that purpose anymore, like some complexes near campus, it’s easier to get rezoned, she said.

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Groups: Start in 1 to 2 months Continued from page 1 Policy with David Ray, dean of the honors college, Lund said. They realized younger people lack knowledge about economic policy, and no meaningful discussion was happening to remedy that, Lund said.

Stewart, at the time, participated in one of the reading groups Andy and found the discusStewart sions the group had when they finished reading to be mentally stimulating, he said.

With Ray’s approval and support, as well as funding from the Honors College, they finished planning over the summer and into the first week of school, Stewart said.

The discussion groups should be active in a month or a month and a half, Lund said.

The moderators have been selected, so it’s a matter of finalizing who is in which group, he said.

The final number of groups will depend on the number of participants, so Stewart predicts there will be between six and 12 groups total, he said.

All interested students can email honorsdiscussions@ou.edu.

Today around campus A meet up for graduate students and faculty will take place from 10 a.m. to noon in Lissa and Cy Wagner Hall, Room 280.

Refreshments will be provided.

A free concert by Tom White will be held from noon to 1 p.m. for Mid Day Music in Oklahoma Memorial Union’s food court.

A release party for “The Great Gatsby” film will take place from 8 to 9 p.m. in Oklahoma Memorial Union’s Beaird Lounge before the screening in Meacham Auditorium. Students can dress in 1920s attire, drink mocktails and possibly win a soundtrack or DVD copy. The screening begins at 6 p.m. in Meacham Auditorium.

Saturday, August 31 A football game against the University of Louisiana at Monroe will kick off the season at 6p.m. at Gaylord Family-Oklahoma Memorial Stadium.

Gates open for students at 4p.m.

A deadline to register for the annual Sooner 5K ends today. The free run will be on September 21 in Norman. Contact funrun@ou.edu for more information.

Sunday, September 1 A soccer game against Texas State University will take place at noon at OU Soccer Complex and John Crain Field. Students get in free by showing their OU I.D.

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Healthy Sooners organize fun chance to run, walk for Regional Food Bank of Okla.

New president continues visibility, accessibility efforts

Registration ends Saturday for students, faculty, staff and others interested in participating an annual 5K run and mile walk race next month.

The Healthy Sooners’ 5K Fun Run will take place Sept. 21, starting outside of Oklahoma Memorial Union. Participants can walk a mile at 8 a.m. and run the 5K races at 8:30 a.m, said Amy Davenport, director of Fitness and Recreation.

Participants will receive a free T-shirt during packet pick-up, which will take place three days leading up to the race at the Huston Huffman Fitness Center, Davenport said. Those times include:

New president takes over OU’s only on-campus financial institution.

Shannon Hudzinski, who started Monday at the OU Federal Credit Union, does not have specific plans as president and chief executive officer just yet, but she strives to continue the mission of the credit union – increasing visibility and accessibility to students – particularly through technology, she said.

OU Federal Credit Union is an organization providing low-cost financial services personalized for membership, according to a press release.

The on-campus credit union is located in Oklahoma Memorial Union, and there are two other establishments in Norman.

“I think what OU Federal Credit Union can offer to students is not just a relationship for while they’re here but a lifelong relationship even after they leave,” Hudzinski said.

In her career, Hudzinski has implemented strategic growth plans to increase efficiency and productivity and created an e-service for the credit union, according to a press release.

• 7 a.m. to 7p.m., Sept. 18 • 7 a.m. to 7 p.m., Sept. 19 • 8 a.m. to noon, Sept. 20 At packet pick-up, racers are encouraged to bring two or more canned food items with an expiration date of 2014 or later to benefit the Regional Food Bank of Oklahoma, Davenport said.

Racers can register for free online at healthysooners.ouhsc.edu/events.

There is no registration available on race day, Davenport said.

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Meal plans are convenient, easy

Smoke-free policy aids in quitting Our View: As a smoke-free campus, use the

Our View: Meal plans — use them, don’t lose them.

opportunity to kick the habit.

OU’s meal plan system offers students the convenience of not having to carry cash or additional cards around campus. The ease is great, but if you don’t fully understand how it works, you may not be able to take advantage of the system.

The meal plan options are available for students and parents to check out on OU Housing & Food’s website. There are over 20 meal plans for students to choose among, ranging anywhere from six meals a week with 600 “plan points” per semester to a general bank of 275 meals per semester.

There are specific meal plans for freshmen and upperclassmen, along with the enhanced meal plans available at an additional cost. Each meal is worth $7 and each point is worth $1. Freshmen are typically required to have a meal plan their first semester, though plans are available to all enrolled students. The meal plans are great for those who live in the residence halls because, since the majority of those students do not have access to a kitchen, they can get tasty meals at the Couch Restaurants worth more than the $7 it will cost.

While the system intends to offer convenience to students living on campus, OU Housing & Food has undergone a change over the summer that many students don’t know about. The department migrated to a new Blackboard card system that prevents the cashiers at campus dining locations to provide students with their available balance of meals and points left. Cashiers can, however, tell students how many meals they have used at any given point throughout the week, thus leaving the student to do the math and figure out how many exchanges he or she has left that week, according to Assistant Director of OU Housing & Foods Amy Buchanan.

Be aware of how soon you use your meals and points, but don’t be stingy. If you don’t use your meals by midnight on Saturdays, you lose the leftover meals you hadn’t used — they don’t roll over.

We asked Buchanan what the department does with the money from unused meals, and she said all revenue that Housing & Food services generates through any area of the department is used for Housing & Foods operations and projects.

While we believe that students losing money from unused meals or points is completely unfair, the system itself is still handy to have. If you are not satisfied with your personal meal plan, remember you can change your fall meal plan to a more fitting one in between Sept. 3 to Sept. 13.

In an effort to provide students and faculty with a clean, healthy place to attend school and work, OU officially became a smoke-free campus July of last year in compliance with Gov. Mary Fallin’s ban on smoking and tobacco use among all state property in Oklahoma.

Since then, many students have taken their smoking habits elsewhere. This ban has helped make our campus air cleaner, along with our student body and faculty’s lungs.

Roughly 53,800 people die every year from secondhand smoke exposure, according to Americans for Nonsmoker’s Rights. Smokefree environments not only prevent people from inhaling secondhand smoke, they also discourage smoking habits from being picked up in the first place.

The campus’s smoke-free policy requires everyone’s cooperation in order for it to be one hundred percent effective. If you or someone you know smokes or is addicted to tobacco, do yourself a favor and try to quit the habit that is responsible for more than 440,000 deaths annually. (Information provided by Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.)

At OU, the QuitSmart program offers students an opportunity to learn more about tobacco’s health side effects and encourages smokers to quit. The program is geared to break the addiction and build a smoke-free life plan. Past classes have been held in the Goddard Health Center Seminar Room, though unfortunately due to the lack of demand, there have not been recent classes available.

Make an effort to quit and improve your health by calling Health Promotion at 405325-4611 to register for a class. If there are not enough students registering for a class, a class will not be held.

As a smoke-free campus, it only makes sense to have educational tobacco-habit-breaking classes available for students while they attempt to comply with the school policy.

Aside from asking students to take advantage of these available classes, we ask that Goddard & OU’s additional health services better advertise the existence of these classes. Students have no way of knowing this is available for them if they don’t hear about them.

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Food options around campus lack variety

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U is a wonI have a vegetarian OPINION COLUMNIST derful, infriend, and that day, clusive and our group decided tolerant environment to go off campus for for people from all dinner because it was walks of life. No mateasier for us all to go ter what your creed, to dinner together. color or orientation, Those of us who can there is a group or club eat meat could to go to for you and many of the involvement fair, Charlie Parker the dining options on but that would leave courtney.g.parker-1@ou.edu campus cater to people her alone to find her with different dietary own food. She’s our needs. We have gluten friend and we would free options, vegetarian options, halal never do that. But we also have friends, options and more — but OU has a big including myself, who rely on the problem. school’s meal plan system to eat — we While most places on campus have don’t have the money to eat out. It was decent operating hours that cater to a compromise we should not have had most students’ needs or preferences, to make. they close down when you need them Vegetarians aren’t the only ones who the most — especially for students stay- suffer. I was never told what the barbeing over the summer or during breaks. cue was made of, so I can’t say for sure Take Aug.18, for example, when all whether it was halal, kosher, or comthe dining options on campus were pliant with the Hindu belief that cows closed for the freshman photo at the are sacred and beef shouldn’t be eaten. stadium and student involvement fair. I cannot imagine that the school went They gave students the option of dining out and bought hundreds of gluten-free at the fair, but last year the food was a buns for the shindig, either. People on barbecue whose gluten content was diets, cutting out soda, or trying not to questionable, a bag of chips, and a can eat junk food are also out of luck. This is of soda. While I can subsist on this for a by far not a healthy option, despite the night, not everyone can. apparent willingness of the university

to accommodate a healthy lifestyle.

A few of the same friends and I who went off campus to dine that Sunday also stayed at OU over the summer to take classes. The lack of food options was brutal. If one wanted to eat any time after six, you either had to have money to go off campus or stock your own food. Again, this might not be a problem for everyone, but some students may depend solely on the meal plans for sustenance. Being caught off-guard by the random closings that happened all throughout the summer without any warning was not okay. A good example is Father’s Day, when everything closed down without so much as a by-your-leave or a sign posted on the door. Spring break was even worse, with hardly a morsel of food to be found.

OU creates this illusion on normal weekdays that they care deeply about the dietary welfare of its students, giving options that many other campuses wouldn’t have to all different kinds of people. But when it comes right down to it, they don’t show that same care when it could be inconvenient to them.

Charlie Parker is a is a Russian and east European studies junior.

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Essam el-Erian, left, vice chairman of the Freedom and Justice party, and on his right, Muslim Brotherhood member Mohamed El-Beltagy attend the first Egyptian parliament session after the revolution that ousted former President Hosni Mubarak on Jan. 23, 2012 in Cairo, Egypt.

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gypt is dealing OPINION COLUMNIST with a coup the military is leading against the recently-elected president, Mohamed Morsi. Much of Egypt is strongly supporting the military as their dislike for Elizabeth Illerbrun the country’s leadership Elizabeth.a.illerbrun-1@ou.edu grows.

This change in power means this will be the third government in control of Egypt in the same length of time. Last year, there were protests led against the ruler Ahmed Shafiq, particularly

by Egyptian students and the media heavily focused on the revolution.

Egyptian students led protests, demonstrating the possibility students can make a difference. On campuses across the world, students are gaining experience and making connections with friends they will hopefully keep Campuses in the U.S. are filled with students who are the future decision makers. These students have the ability to speak up and, through effort, be heard and incite change. The students in Egypt saw something they disagreed with and wanted change. They chose to act on these feelings and inspired transformations within their society.

In the U.S., young people can look at these actions and learn to work toward their goals. No matter how difficult something seems, hard work and determination can change the impossible into a reality.

Students in Egypt helped to influence change and bring democracy to Egypt nearly one year ago. These changes no longer are popular with the people. The U.S. provides funding for Egypt and supports democracy.

However, Egyptians no longer are democratic.

Their military has, with the support of a majority of the people, committed a coup, taking over the government.

The military currently is killing off civilian supporters of the Muslim Brotherhood. They have removed the president from power. The military is transforming Egypt into a police state. The media is facing heavy censorship, being shut down or controlled.

Egyptians are supporting the coup, because they disagree with how the Brotherhood has acted since Morsi was put into power. Morsi was elected as the better option on the ballot, according to the Guardian. It was not because of any particular fondness for the leader and the policies he was putting in place and promising.

The Brotherhood failed to gain the support of the people of Egypt. Their policies alienated their voters and led to most people supporting the violent military coup.

There is no promise the military leadership will be any better, but it will be different. Change is wanted by the mass, and it is being provided by the military.

It is not guaranteed Egypt’s rule will improve under the new regime. While the U.S. still is providing aid to Egypt, there is no promise this will continue as the U.S. does not generally support violent military coups against democratic governments. As issues continue, the world looks on in anticipation of an end to the violence, and in curiosity as to the outcome.

Elizabeth Illerbrun is an international and area studies junior.

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FRIDAY, AUGUST 30, 2013 In the coming months, look for new hobbies to help bring you greater happiness. Spend more time with friends, children or loved ones.

A change of heart will make you aware of what you need to do to make your life more meaningful.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) -- Get together with people who share common interests. Attending an event in your community or getting together with people with past and present co-workers will lead to an opportunity.

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Fast food workers fight for fatter wallets during protests Thursday NEW YORK (AP) — Fast-food workers and supporters beat drums, blew whistles and chanted slogans Thursday on picket lines in dozens of U.S. cities, marking the largest protests yet in their quest for higher wages.

The nationwide day of demonstrations came after similar actions organized by unions and community groups over the past several months.

Workers are calling for the right to unionize without interference from employers and for pay of $15 an hour. That’s more than double the federal minimum wage of $7.25 an hour.

Thursday’s walkouts and protests reached about 60 cities, including New York, Chicago and Detroit, organizers said. But the turnout varied significantly.

Some restaurants were temporarily unable to do business because they had too few employees.

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Rachel Schaefer of Denver smokes marijuana on the official opening night of Club 64, a marijuana-specific social club, where a New Year’s Eve party was held, in Denver on Dec. 2012. According to new guidance being issued Thursday, to federal prosecutors across the country, the federal government will not make it a priority to block marijuana legalization in Colorado or Washington or close down recreational marijuana stores, so long as the stores abide by state regulations.

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WASHINGTON (AP) — A midshipman testified Wednesday that she didn’t remember being sexually assaulted by three former Navy football players after drinking, but she said one of them told her she had sex with him and another accused player.

The woman, who is now a senior at the U.S. Naval Academy, testified for more than two hours at the Washington Navy Yard at a hearing to determine whether the three midshipmen will face court-martial. She described a night of drinking in her room at the academy with a friend before going to the toga-themed party in April 2012 at an off-campus house in Annapolis, Md. “I felt like I was going to pass out,� she said, noting that she leaned against structural beams in the basement to keep from falling over.

The Associated Press generally does not identify alleged victims of sexual abuse. Midshipmen Josh Tate, Eric Graham and Tra’ves Bush are accused of sexually assaulting her.

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Alaska to vote next year on policy WASHINGTON (AP) — Despite 75 years of federal marijuana prohibition, the Justice Department said Thursday states can let people use the drug, license people to grow it and even allow adults to stroll into stores and buy it — as long as the weed is kept away from kids, the black market and federal property.

In a sweeping new policy statement prompted by pot legalization votes in Washington and Colorado last fall, the department gave the green light to states to adopt tight regulatory schemes to oversee the medical and recreational marijuana industries burgeoning across the country.

The action, welcomed by supporters of legalization, could set the stage for more states to legalize marijuana. Alaska could vote on the question next year, and a few other states plan similar votes in 2016.

The policy change e m b ra c e s w h a t Ju s t i c e Department officials called a “trust but verify� approach between the federal government and states that enact recreational drug use.

In a memo to all 94 U.S. attorneys’ offices around the country, Deputy Attorney General James Cole said the federal government expects that states and local governments authorizing “marijuana-related conduct� will implement strong and effective regulatory and enforcement systems that address the threat those state laws could pose to public health and safety. “If state enforcement efforts are not sufficiently robust ... the federal government may seek to challenge the regulatory structure itself,� the memo stated. States must ensure “that they do not undermine federal enforcement priorities,� it added.

T h e U. S. a t t o r n e y i n Colorado, John Walsh, said he will continue to focus on whether Colorado’s system has the resources and tools necessary to protect key federal public safety interests.

C o l o r a d o G o v. J o h n Hickenlooper said the state is working to improve education and prevention efforts directed at young people and on enforcement tools to prevent access to marijuana by those under age 21. Colorado also is determined to keep marijuana businesses from being fronts for criminal enterprises or other illegal activity, he said, and the state is committed to preventing the export of marijuana while also enhancing efforts to keep state roads safe from

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impaired drivers. cultivation and possession Washington Gov. Jay Inslee on federal property. also laid out guidelines for The Justice Department marijuana entrepreneurs. memo says it will take a broad “If you don’t sell this prod- view of the federal priorities. uct to children, if you keep For example, in preventing violent crime away from the distribution of marijuayour business, if you pay na to minors, enforcement your taxes and you don’t use could take place when marthis as a front for illicit activ- ijuana trafficking takes place ity, we’re going to be able to near an area associated with move forward,� Inslee said. minors, or when marijuana Under the new federal pol- is marketed in an appealing icy, the government’s top in- manner to minors or divertvestigative ed to minors. p r i o r i t i e s “If you don’t sell this Following range from the votes in product to children, C o l o r a d o preventing if you keep violent a n d the distribution of maricrime away from Washington juana to mil a s t y e a r, nors to pre- your business, if you A t t o r n e y venting sales pay your taxes and G e n e r a l revenue Holder you don’t use this Eric from going launched as a front for illicit a review of to criminal enterprises, activity, we’re going m a r i j u a n a gangs and enforcement to be able to move polic y that cartels and preventing included an forward.� the diversion examinaJAY INSLEE, of marijuation of the WASHINGTON GOVERNOR na outside of two states. states where The issue it is legal. was whether they should Other top-priority enforce- be blocked from operating ment areas include stopping marijuana markets on the state-authorized marijuana grounds that actively reguactivity from being used as lating an illegal substance a cover for trafficking other conflicts with federal drug illegal drugs and preventing law that bans it. violence and the use of fireP e t e r B e n s i n g e r, arms in the cultivation and a f o r m e r h e a d o f t h e distribution of marijuana. D r u g E n f o r c e m e n t The top areas also include Administration, said the preventing drugged driv- conflict between federal and ing, preventing marijuana state law is clear and can’t

be reconciled. Federal law is paramount, and Holder is “not only abandoning the law, he’s breaking the law.

He’s not only shirking his duty, he’s not living up to his oath of office,� Bensinger said.

S en. Chuck Grassle y, R- Iowa, ranking member of the Senate Judiciary Committee and cochairman of the Senate Caucus on International Narcotics Control, called the administration’s decision the latest example of selective law enforcement.

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Bedlam series changes everything Non-conference clash excites Sooner soccer

a positive.

Still, Bedlam is an entirely different animal and the Sooners’ first priority.

OSU holds the series lead at 17-3-3, but is not the same team that entered Bedlam ranked No. 3 in the country last year. They are projected to finish fourth in the Big 12 by league coaches behind West Virginia, Texas Tech

Ryan Gerbosi

Soccer Beat Reporter

It wouldn’t be called The Bedlam Series if it were tame.

OU coach Matt Potter understands that. Even if Friday will be only his third match against Oklahoma State.

The Sooners head to Stillwater to face the Cowgirls in a non-conference game to open Bedlam p l ay i n 2 0 1 3 a c ro s s a l l sports.

Last season, OU opened its home schedule against OSU, winning a close 1-0 mat c h a n d b e at i ng t h e Cowgirls for the third time in program history. After the excitement a year ago, Potter expects much of the same.

“It’s a rivalry game, so traditions go out the window, rankings go out the window, form goes out the window,” Potter said. “It’s just a great occasion.”

Potter said the game will bring its natural reactions out of individuals, but they try to treat Bedlam like any other game.

“Your next game is your most impor tant game,” Potter said. “We try to put in perspective and say where are we at and what do we need to do to keep going.”

“It’s a rivalry game, so traditions go out the window, rankings go out the window, form goes out the window” Matt Potter, ou soccer coach

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The soccer team prepares for its upcoming game against Oklahoma State. The non-conference Bedlam match up will will be an early test for the young Sooner soccer team.

OU is 1-1 entering the weekend after splitting a two-game trip to Knoxville, Tenn. After allowing only four shots in a 1-0 loss against Tennessee, they broke through against Kennesaw State thanks to two goals from freshman Madison Saliba.

“We’re probably biased, but [Saliba] did what we expected her to do,” Potter said.

Saliba will look to build off her two-goal effort against Oklahoma State, a team with some faces familiar to the Broken Arrow native.

“I’m actually playing

against a lot of my old teammates from my club team,” Saliba said. Her friends at OSU could see another big performance after her breakout debut, which included one unassisted goal from a corner and another from a free kick.

Saliba was surprised with not just being able to score, but the ways she got the ball in the net.

“I’m usually not even taking corner kicks, so my teammates had to cheer me on,” Saliba said.

OU has plenty of new faces that haven’t broken out like Saliba yet, but Coach Potter is excited with

PLAYER PROFILE Madison Saliba Year: Freshman Position: Defender/ Forward Statistics: 2 goals against Tenessee

the direction his team is headed.

“As long as we keep learning, the early signs are good, and the potential is good,” Potter said of his young

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The Sooners had 14 players make their collegiate debut last weekend. Potter acknowledged there would be some tough times after the high turnover, despite their early successes. “[The Tennessee game] speaks to how well we played, but it’s also going to show us the growing pains,” Potter said.

After playing the Cowgirls, OU will return to Norman to face Texas State in a Sunday afternoon game. The Sooners are 1-0 in their only meeting with the Bobcats and hope to open the home schedule on

and Baylor.

With an ele ctr ic O SU crowd expected, Potter expects anything and everything from Bedlam.

“Lots of energy, lots of enthusiasm,” Potter said.

“Players doing characteristic things, players doing uncharacteristic things.

“It’s just a great occasion, and with Oklahoma State at home, they will be the aggressor.”

It is Bedlam, after all.

Ryan Gerbosi rgerbosi@ou.edu

Volleyball

Sooners look to open season on road Oklahoma will open the season away from home in Kalamazoo, Mich.

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Volleyball Beat Reporter

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Redshirt freshman Trevor Knight drops back to pass the ball during the Sooners’ annual Red-White spring game. After being announced the starter last week, Knight will look to have a positive first showing in front of Sooner fans.

Oklahoma excited for Louisiana-Monroe Football team ready to open season Julia Nelson Sports Editor

Going into Saturday’s season opener against Louisiana-Monroe, two main questions stand before the Sooners — how will redshirt freshman, Trevor Knight, fare in his quarterback debut, and has the defense improved from last season?

Football season has been a long time coming. For players, the kickoff may mean the opportunity to hit someone who’s not wearing a red helmet, but for fans, Saturday means some eagerly awaited answers.

Since Knight was given the starting nod last week, a buzz has surrounded the football team. Coaches have raved about Knight’s

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abilities during practice, but remains a big uncertainty for upon putting a young player the Sooners, too. in front of demanding fans The unit struggled last and under the bright lights, season and returns very few things will change a little bit. with actual playing experiIt’s hard to know exactly ence. Defensive coordinator how he and the entire team Mike Stoops was supposed will respond come game to be the defensive savior time. last season. It “ Yo u t h i n k “I just want to see looks like this you know what season, he’ll you’ve got all the us get back to that g e t a n o t h time,” co-offenchampionship er shot to try sive coordinaagain. swagger.” tor Josh Heupel “I just want said, “but when to see us get aaron colvin, the lights come senior defensive back back to that on, and you get championhit in the mouth, ship swagger,” and you have to distribute senior defensive back Aaron the ball in front of 85,000 Colvin said. and it doesn’t go well, how Louisiana-Monroe might do you respond? Certainly be the perfect opponent to you’re going to find those help the Sooners regain their things out with all the guys, “championship swagger.” and the quarterback as well.”

ULM is not the creampuff, While Knight remains the non-conference opponent biggest question mark on the many coaches hope for. It’s a offense, the entire defense team that beat Arkansas and

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took Auburn into overtime last season.

Part of what helps them be successful is the two-quarterback system they employ.

“It makes it hard, especially on any type of defense that goes against option quarterbacks like that,” senior linebacker Corey Nelson said.

But even though ULM preformed well last season, the defense feels confident that they can handle it.

“We are ready for them,” Nelson said. “We don’t take any team lightly, especially Louisiana-Monroe.

They had a great season last year. They had great games against Auburn and those other SEC teams. They play well, and we are looking forward to them. It’s going to be a very good game.”

The adrenaline created from the buzz of the home crowd is a simple reason student-athlete would choose competing in front of their loyal fans instead of traveling to a foreign athletics venue.

The OU volleyball team is competing in Kalamazoo, Mich., at the Holiday Inn West Invitational this weekend, and contrary to popular belief, the fact they are so far from home does not seem to matter one bit.

“I definitely think road trips are actually better than being here, just because you are away from your friends, kind of the whole social media thing,” senior middle blocker and team captain Sallie McLaurin said. “Whenever we’re getting ready for the game, you don’t have those distractions.

The road games are easier to focus.”

The Sooners open their 2013 campaign Friday against the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee at 4 p.m.

Two more matches highlight the trip for OU as they face Northwestern University on Saturday at 9 a.m., before closing out the tournament against the host Broncos at 6 p.m. the same day.

The coaching staff is interested to gauge the competitive level of the team against these three opponents.

“We are trying to see where we are at,” coach Santiago Restrepo said. “We look good in practices but that is playing against the second unit. When we play it’s not meaningful and doesn’t count in the win-loss columns. It is now more pressure packed and that’s why you play the sport.”

For the players, the daily grind of going up against their teammates has become repetitive and they are looking forward to getting the taste of game action.

“I think our first few tournaments will be really good competition and they’re going to tell us a lot about what we need to work on,” sophomore setter Julia Doyle said. “Yes, after pre-season definitely I am ready to play, now that we’re done practicing all the time. It’ll be exciting to finally get into season.”

The team hopes to build off its accomplishments this season. However, they are hoping to start 2013 off right by focusing on a few main goals, beginning with this tournament.

“We’re really working on the beginning of the match, of getting started really fast. I definitely want to see this weekend us getting after it at the very first point.”

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Sooners never tire of Thompson Lofty expectations follow the offensive lineman’s position Joe Mussatto

Assistant Sports Editor

Come Saturday night, most will be focusing on the play of Trevor Knight, others will be critiquing the defense, but few will be concentrating on the play of Tyrus Thompson — few know the magnitude of the role Thompson will play.

Offensive linemen often get caught in the background of football games, you know they’re out there, but only subconsciously.

It’s unfortunate. Linemen work in the trenches and make football the game it is.

But Thompson isn’t any lineman. When the junior takes the field with the rest of the Sooner offense, he’ll line up at left tackle.

That’s right, Thompson will be in charge of protecting Knight’s blind side. The redshirt freshman quarterback will be playing in his first career game, and it will be Thompson’s job to impede a hard-hitting defender off the edge.

As if that pressure isn’t enough to occupy Thompson’s mind, the Pflugerville, Texas native will be lining up in the exact spot as former Oklahoma offensive tackles that now play on Sundays.

Trent Williams, a Pro Bowler with the Washington Redskins, was an All-American at OU and was drafted fourth overall in the 2010 NFL Draft.

Today, he is widely considered one of the league’s top offensive tackles.

Wa n t a m o re re c e n t example?

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Junior offensive lineman Tyrus Thompson plays in the annual Red-White spring game last year. This year, Tyrus looks to fill the big shoes of the great left tackles before him. Former Sooners Lane Johnson and Trent Williams both played left tackle and were drafted into the NFL. Thompson is focused on his time at Oklahoma and tries to not focus on the NFL at the moment.

Landry Jones’ blind side a year ago from the left tackle position, and he did it well.

Well enough to get picked fourth overall in this year’s draft by the Philadelphia Eagles.

Despite the lofty expectations the position entails, Thompson is keeping his mind on the present, that’s really his only option. He’s just a junior, and for now, the league can wait.

“You know I’m just focused on my time here right now, do the best I can here and when that time comes, that time comes,” Thompson said of the next level. “Just taking it day by day.”

Luckily for him, it won’t be Thompson’s first go-round at the position. The lineman

“I’m not so much focused on the NFL right now. I’m focused on here at Oklahoma, us winning a national chamouonship, winning all our games” Tyrus thompson, junior offensive lineman

made two starts on the left side in 2012. He’ll also have the comfort of playing alongside a veteran line that also features senior center Gabe Ikard —a preseason All-American.

“With all the people being back, everyone knows their assignments,” Thompson said during fall camp. “It’s not like you got new guys in there just trying to figure out the plays as we go, it’s guys that are experienced and it just looks really good right

now from an O-line standpoint but still a lot of work to do.”

A number of starters return on the line, but coach Bill Bedenbaugh is in his first year at Oklahoma as offensive line coach after being hired away from West Virginia’s staff during the offseason. “Intense” is the No. 1 word players use to describe the coach, and if the line is improved this season, Bedenbaugh deserves much of the credit.

The first thing he did was to encourage his lineman to beef up, and many took to his advice. Thompson gained 12 pounds in the offseason, and is listed at 320 on OU’s official roster.

“They let us put on weight this year, to get bigger, better for drive blocking, but not so much weight to where we can’t pass block and still move at the pace we want to move at,” the lineman said.

And when Thompson isn’t dropping back to protect his quarterback, he said the added weight would come in handy to do what he loves.

“It’s important to every lineman to run the ball.

That’s what offensive lineman wants to do. No lineman wants to sit back

and take a blow from a D-lineman. We want to do the attacking,” he said.

Whether it’s run or pass blocking, Thompson will be working out of the most crucial position on the offensive line. And if the big man is successful this year for OU, a big paycheck may await him.

But before potentially playing on Sundays, there is some unfinished business the lineman wants completed.

“I am not so much focused on the NFL right now,” he said. “I’m focused on here at Oklahoma, us winning a national championship, winning all our games.”

Joe Mussatto jmussatto@ou.edu

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LIFE&ARTS

OUDaily.com ›› Have you seen the new art exhibit in Bizzell Memorial Library yet? Find out more about it online.

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Megan Deaton, life & arts editor Tony Beaulieu, assistant editor dailyent@ou.edu • phone: 405-325-3666 oudaily.com/life&arts • Twitter: @OUDailyArts

local music

Local hip-hop band to play at OPOLIS Friday Luke Reynolds Life & Arts Reporter ADDverse Effects, the band known for its unique take on hip-hop led by singer Josh Rehanek, will be performing from 8 p.m. to 2 a.m.

Friday at OPOLIS Bar and mini-venue. Tickets are $8 and the show (as all shows at Opolis are) is for 21 and up only.

ADDverse Effects has been together since December, and I had the opportunity to sit down and have a chat with the band about how it came to be, where they like to perform and where Rehanek got the stage name “Fiji.”

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ADDverse Effects will perform Friday at OPOLIS bar and mini-venue.

(Fayetteville, Ark.), Oilhouse (Tulsa, Okla.), & REGG (Norman).

Obviously, though, the opportunity to share this show What is the story behind with Josh is huge. Dude is doing big things for hip-hop your stage name “Fiji?” in this area right now, and I was born in Suva, Fiji. we’re stoked to rock with I was adopted and moved to him. This will be arguably our biggest show in Norman the U.S. at a very young age.

When I moved to Oklahoma since [Norman Music Festival]. around the age of 6, one of my first friends, Josh Give me the back-story Graham, nicknamed me Fiji. on how you all came to be a Guess it stuck. band and what you all like to think of yourselves as.

What are you most looking forward to about I was doing guest spots performing at OPOLIS? with local bands (Saucy Gentlemens Club, Captain Man, OPOLIS shows Comfy, Deli All-Star Jams) are always high energy. and one night Boyd was at The crowd is beautiful a show and dug what I was and always shows a ton of laying down. He approached love. We’ve sold out every me, and we put together a show we’ve had there and short set with Boyd on Bass, have been able to bring in Nooch on drums, and Steve some great acts to open inSchaben on guitar to open cluding Cadillac Jackson

for Bread & Butter in July 2012. We rehearsed for two nights, went on and straight killed it. Shit went over like gangbusters.

Steve moved to Denver soon after and Nooch was busy touring with John Fullbright, but Boyd and I knew we had something special, so we decided to recruit some musicians and continue the project. Benja was already homies with Boyd, so he came on immediately, followed by John and finally Michael.

We had our first show last December and have been killing it ever since.

look at Jarod as the 6th member of ADDverse Effects and most recently our manager.

Our relationship with Blackwatch has been an incredible blessing in trying to make a career out of ADDverse Effects. They’ve plugged us in to the local music scene and our Blackwatch Live Set has garnered some larger attention.

We have been working on a deal with a local group of investors who has pulled their collective resources to form an independent record label On Tap Records. If everything goes well that deal should be done sometime next month.

Tell me a little bit about your recording contract with Does it feel different Blackwatch and how did that performing for a home affect the band? crowd rather than for a crowd in OKC? Jarod Evans is a really big fan of ours and pursued Of course, we love perproducing our album from forming for our home crowd the moment he heard us. We in Norman and everyone

always shows so much love and energy, which translates into our live shows. We’ve been working on getting around the region and getting some more exposure.

We’ve played shows in Fayetteville, Tulsa and OKC. We opened for Afroman in Tulsa at the beginning of this month, and that really boosted our following up there.

We crave performing for different crowds and welcome the opportunity to continue to gain new fans. We are able to win over nearly every crowd we play for.

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Life&Arts

• Friday, August 30, 2013

film review

art

Museum says ‘au revoir’ to director Ghislain d’Humières said goodbye to the Fred Jones Jr. Museum of Art life & arts editor

GO AND DO Gatsby Lounge When: 8 p.m. to 9 p.m.

Where: Oklahoma Memorial Union’s Beaird Lounge

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t one point in my life, I thought seeing Robert Redford in a white suit as Jay Gatsby could never be topped. After seeing Leonardo DiCaprio (“Inception�) play the same role, I realized I’ve never been so wrong.

DiCaprio certainly shone in Baz Luhrmann’s adaptation of “The Great Gatsby,� but there were other elements of the film that had me wishing for the 1974 Francis Ford Coppola screenplay of the legendary novel. If you’re going to take on a Fitzgerald classic, you better be ready for some heavy criticism from devoted fans.

For those of you who are unfamiliar with the story, “The Great Gatsby� is about an ambitious young man, Jay Gatsby, who falls in love with the effervescent Daisy, (Carey Mulligan, “Drive�).

Narrated by Daisy’s cousin Nick Carraway, (Tobey Maguire, “Spiderman�), the story is one of intense love and overpowering obsession. Even though Daisy is married to Tom Buchanan (Joel Edgerton, “Warrior�), Gatsby spends his life acquiring riches and working to impress Daisy. However, such strong obsessions

“Gatsby� screening Rating: 3 out of 5 stars When: Showings begin at 6 p.m.

Where: Oklahoma Memorial Union’s Meacham Auditorium Price: Free

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“The Great Gatsby� will show in the Oklahoma Memorial Union today.

always tend to lead toward one thing — disaster.

The cinematic grandeur of the film was admittedly impressive. Anyone who has seen “Moulin Rouge� knows that Luhrmann has a flair for the bizarre but executes it in a way that keeps who wholly entranced.

Luhrmann certainly does a good job creating a world of rich colors and ethereal scenes. Each scene is a psychedelic show of whirling shades of color so resonant that even watching the film without any sound would be a treat — but that would be a huge mistake as the

soundtrack itself is incredibly interesting.

I must admit, my feelings over Luhrmann’s choice of modern music set over the 20s-era story were conflicted at first. As an obsessive Lana Del Rey fan, I enjoyed the soundtrack on its own, and once I heard the track “Young and Beautiful,� laid over scenes of Gatsby and Daisy reveling in their forbidden love, I realized it was an excellent choice. I knew Luhrmann would have a hard time beating the original film version of the novel, so the alternative soundtrack was one way he set his

version apart.

But not all is well in the Luhrmann-created world of “The Great Gatsby.� There’s a very thin line between tasteful avant-garde and just plain weird, and Luhrmann may have crossed the line one too many times. The scenes in a film should be able to tell the story themselves, without over-narration or blatant explanation of the storyline.

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Frank Lawler

Life & Arts reporter

It was an emotional night at the Fred Jones Jr. Museum of Art when close to 100 people stopped by to say farewell to the former art director of Fred Jones, Ghislain d’Humières.

Prominent figures attended such as President David Boren, Mayor Cindy Rosenthal and the new interim art director, Mark White.

Event attendees only had wonderful things to say about d’Humières, who is leaving for another job opportunity at the Speed Art Museum in Louisville, Ky. D i r e c t o r o f Communication, Michael Bendure, stated the staff has “mixed emotionsâ€? about d’Humières’ departure. “The staff is very sad to see him leave, yet are also very happy for his next job opportunity at the Speed Art Museum,â€? Bendure said.

A n o t h e r e m p l oy e e, Joyce Cummins, spoke about the former director. “Ghislain was an interesting and dynamic director,â€? Cummins said. kyle phillips/the transcript Boren’s speech about Norman Mayor Cindy Rosenthal d’Humières seemed heartgreets Ghislain D’Humières felt and showed how close during his reception for the he must have been to the departing director of the Fred departing director.

Jones Museum of Art. “We’re going to miss him, and he’s always welcome back here to the family,� Boren said, coming close to tears.

When it was the parting art director’s turn to talk, he cracked numerous jokes about his French accent before he began his passionate valediction.

He valued his tenure here and said he knows OU is a very special place. “My heart is Okie and will always stay Okie,â€? d’Humières said.

D’Humières reminded the audience that, with the help of Boren and the athletic department, the Fred Jones Jr. Museum of Art is free to the public.

Frank Lawler frankharrison@ou.edu

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