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RESEARCHER HELPS DEVELOP BLOOD CLOT MEDICATION Apixaban reduces blood clots after joint-replacement surgeries JARED RADER The Oklahoma Daily

Deadly blood clots that form after jointreplacement surgery cause thousands of deaths each year. However, an OU researcher joined researchers around the world to discover a new medicine with the capability of preventing lethal blood clots. Gary Raskob, dean of the OU College of Public Health, served as a lead researcher on a team that included scientists from Denmark, Australia and Canada to discover the new medicine, Apixaban. Apixaban is an oral medication that could replace current preventative blood clot

treatments without increasing the risk of bleeding, Raskob said. “Joint-replacement surgery is really a surgery for the quality of life,” he said. “The last things you want are fatal complications.” Current preventative blood clot treatments include a number of uncomfortable injections as well as one oral anti-clotting medication that is hard for doctors to manage because of its side effects, said Raskob. The results showed that Apixaban was just as efficient at preventing blood clots as the current procedures and medications, according to the Web site. “This discovery is very important in terms of safety, efficacy and care,” said Raskob. The researchers published their findings Aug. 6 in the New England Journal of Medicine. The research involved more than 3,000 patients in a double-blind study,

according to the abstract of the study on the New England Journal of Medicine Web site. Raskob said funding for the research came from an academic-industry partnership between researchers and Bristol-Myers Squibb, a pharmaceutical company. Raskob said blood clots can form in the large veins of the legs after knee or hip replacement surgeries, a condition known as deep-vein thrombosis. He said this condition is dangerous because the blood clots could break free and move through the bloodstream to the lungs, causing a pulmonary embolism. Deep-vein thrombosis and pulmonary embolism are the most common causes of sudden death after joint-replacement surgery, according to the American Academy of Orthopedic Surgeons Web site. Raskob said the number of joint-

replacement surgeries will increase dramatically in the coming years, making the discovery of Apixaban timely and relevant. More than 700,000 primary total hip and knee replacements are performed each year in the U.S., and that number is expected to grow to more than 3.5 million by 2030, according to the American Academy of Orthopedic Surgeons Web site. “This could be an important advantage for patient safety and doctors and patients would have the advantage,” Raskob said. He said Apixaban is now being studied in clinical trials, and if the FDA approves the drug, patients undergoing joint-replacement surgery will have a valuable option. “I don’t want to pre-judge what the FDA might say,” Raskob said. “But so far, the results are favorable.”

CONGA DRUMS, FOLKLORE AND THE RHYTHM OF THE MUSIC

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Jahruba teaches 6-year-old twins Ryan (left) and Reed (right) Davidson rhythms to play on the Conga drum Saturday afternoon. Jahruba played and sold drums at the Dustbowl Arts Market. CHECK OUT MORE PHOTOS FROM THE FESTIVAL ON PAGE 10.

PANAM strives to preserve rich culture New president focuses on reflecting internationality NATASHA GOODELL The Oklahoma Daily

After years of being known for large social gatherings, the Pan American Association is seeking to re-establish the group’s cultural values and focus less on parties. “We aren’t just about our parties,” said Tyler Heck, international and area studies senior. “We have our cultural events, getting to know new people and just having fun together.” Heck said the parties are a great place to meet new friends but aren’t what PANAM, the largest international student organization on campus, stands for. “We don’t do as good of a job [at our parties] as I would like to incorporate

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South American themes,” Heck said. “It’s more a party atmosphere where we get together to have fun.” Diego Alvarez, management senior and president of PANAM, said they also host movie nights, bowling nights, ice-skating and other events, which are open to their members and anyone else wanting to attend. “We can be a hub for people to come and meet and share so much stuff,” Alvarez said. “I feel good about that.” Megan Powers, international and area studies senior, said an international friend from Pakistan got her involved with this organization her sophomore year. “I was hooked,” Powers said. “It was so exciting to see people from all over the world in one room.” Powers said she decided to change her major to international and area studies after being involved with PANAM. “Personally, I feel like I owe a lot of my passion and knowledge of international issues to my friends from PANAM,” Powers said. Alvarez said the parties they host throughout the year have brought them most of their popularity, but said he is hoping to bring the parties back with a more cultural aspect this year. “We want to make it more diverse,” Alvarez said. Alvarez, originally from Bolivia, said he was first introduced to the student association of PANAM about a year ago as he was visiting a friend who was an exchange student at OU.

As a result of PANAM, Alvarez said he transferred from George Mason University in Washington D.C. to OU to be involved in the association. “[As president] I was amazed to see people who were prospects of the exchange program contact us this year with a desire to be a part of PANAM,” Alvarez said. Alvarez said he assumes the parties were started because the student club was originally so small and hoped their members would socialize. “The chance to meet so many different people from so many different places really drew me,” Alvarez said. Daniel Ferrufino, civil engineering second semester exchange student from Bolivia, said he was introduced to this association from a friend in Bolivia. “It’s very complicated to be away from home,” Ferrufino said. “American culture is very different, but PANAM gives you the chance to feel like you are at home.” PANAM is for everyone, not just international students, Ferrufino said. “ We a re t r y i n g t o e n c o u ra g e American students to be apart of our association,” Ferrufino said. “I really think we have many things to offer them.” Ferrufino said Friday’s White Party, the first PANAM party of the year, had a turnout of about 600 people. He said they were expecting more American students to be in attendance. “We really want to show our culture and our points of views with the American people,” Ferrufino said.

TWO STUDENTS HIT BY CAR FRIDAY MORNING After hearing someone scream on Elm Avenue Friday morning, one OU student ran to the assistance of two others who were hit by a car. At 1:28 a.m., Matthew Carpenter, 21, was driving a red 2004 Dodge Neon northbound on Elm Avenue when he collided with Sara Lambert, 17, and Ryan Chang, 19, just south of Stubbeman Place. All three are OU students. Nursing sophomore Neelie Brown said she was walking a friend to the residence halls when the accident happened, and she approached the victims to help. “It was like second nature for me to run over there,” Brown said. Brown said she and Carpenter sat with the victims while they waited about five minutes for police to arrive. She said they did not move the bodies but talked with the victims, trying to keep them calm. “It was kind of fate I was there,” Brown said. “I used to work at a hospital, and I went to Moore-Norman Tech, so I kind of knew what to do and not to move the victims.” According to the police report, both victims suffered head trauma, and Lambert suffered external trauma. Both were transported to Norman Regional Hospital for treatment. The driver was not impaired, and alcohol was not a factor in the incident, the report stated. -Staff reports

DEADLINES KEEP CITY FROM STIMULUS GRANT The city of Norman will not receive a commuter rail line from the Transportation Infrastructure Generating Economic Revenue grant program. Mayor Cindy Rosenthal told city officials Thursday that the portion of the plan that involved Norman could not be completed in time for the federal grant’s deadlines. The TIGER grant required that the project be shovel-ready and completed by 2012, but the Norman portion of the system would have needed more time. Consultants for the Association of Central Oklahoma Governments said they will still seek a commuter line between Midwest City and Bricktown. That portion of the project could be completed in time to meet grant deadline requirements. - Ricky Maranon/The Daily

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OU offers different ways for students to go greek not just join and party. The [Interfraternity Council] has a lot of people, so it is hard to call each other brothers there.” For others, the expenses of organizations in the council versus those of other Greek orKATHLEEN EVANS The Oklahoma Daily ganizations were an influencing factor. “I was the first in my family to go to a major Students of all cultures are going greek dur- four-year institution,” said Zein Jivani, Delta ing the next two weeks as the Multicultural Epsilon Psi president and former Daily staff Greek Council hosts rush events. writer. “I could not afford to join an IFC frat, The council, established in 2006, is made and I wanted to take advantage of the unique up of six fraternities and opportunities greek life five sororities open to all presents.” cultures, but embrace MGC FRATERNITIES/SORORITIES Monique Gaines, the interests of a partic- The Multicultural Greek Council is a group president of Sigma ular culture. of 11 fraternities and sororities that Lambda Delta sorority, Nusaybah Khan, pres- embrace the ideals of certain cultures. Their said that dues in her soident of the council and rush begins Monday and continues through rority are about $150 a of her sorority, Delta Phi Sept. 11. For information about the council, semester. Out-of-house Omega, said the coun- e-mail sooner.mgc@gmail.com. membership fees in an cil offers students the IFC fraternity average diversity of the organi- Multicultural Greek Council sororities: $1,219 a year, accordzations, networking op- Delta Phi Omega, South Asian interest ing to IFC’s 2009 Rush portunities with alumni Phi Delta Alpha, Asian interest manual. Panhellenic and chances to develop Kappa Delta Chi, Latina interest sorority first-year costs, leadership skills. which includes some Sigma Lambda Gamma, Latina interest “We know college life one-time fees but not Alpha Kappa Delta Phi, Asian interest can be hard, and we are room and board, averhere to help in any way age $2,570 a year, acMulticultural Greek Council fraternities: we can,” said Khan, a cording to the Web site Sigma Lambda Beta, Latino interest biochemistry senior. pan.ou.edu. D e r r i c k L a m , Tau Kappa Omega, Asian interest “Just because you University College fresh- Lambda Phi Epsilon, Asian interest cannot pay to be in a man, said he found help Delta Epsilon Psi, South Asian interest big fraternity does not from the council that Beta Chi Theta, South Asian interest mean you should be other greek organiza- Omega Delta Phi, Latino interest left out of greek life,” tions did not offer. Jivani said. “I came [to OU] from California, so I did not One reason the council is less expensive know anyone here,” Lam said. “It seemed like than others may be because the organizapeople [in the council] got closer. They did tions do not have houses.

STUDENT CONDUCT’S NEW NAME REFLECTS NEW AIM The Office of Judicial Services recently announced its department name change to the Student Conduct Office. Andrea Baker, director of the Student Conduct Office, said the name change reflects a fresh approach for the office, as well as an important change that will signify a shift in emphasis. Baker said the focus of the office is student development and retention at the university.

“The Student Conduct Office plans to focus more on proactive efforts in an attempt to prevent students from ever having to respond to official charges,” she said. The office is also introducing a new mediation program to resolve disputes over conduct issues in a more informal manner. -Kali Carter/The Daily

“Not having a house strikes me as much more an advantage than a disadvantage,” Taha Usmani, president of Beta Chi Theta fraternity said. “Having a house entails relying on others to take care of household duties ... as well as hygiene issues. There are four members [of my fraternity] that own a house close to campus, so that’s usually where we go to chill.” Other than houses, members have found other places to meet, such as in the

Oklahoma Memorial Union, the Jim Thorpe Multicultural Center and the HendersonTolson Cultural Center, said Guillermo Morales, president of Omega Delta Phi and vice president of the council. Rush begins Monday and continues until Sept. 11. For information about any of the organizations within the council or about certain rush events, students can e-mail the council at sooner.mgc@gmail.com.

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Members of Alpha Kappa Delta Phi give out answers to freshmen girls playing a game Wednesday night at the Multicultural Greek Council event in Wagner Hall.

FREE ASTRONOMY AND PHYSICS LECTURE A free astronomy lecture about measuring distance in space will be held at 7 p.m. Sept. 3 in the Sam Noble Oklahoma Museum of Natural History. The lecture, presented by physics and astronomy professor Eddie Baron, will provide information about how scientists calculate astronomical distances. A stargazing session with provided telescopes will follow the lecture, weather permitting. The presentation is part of the International Year

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September 1- 3 Tuesday I.C.E. Table (OMU, 11a.m.-1p.m.) Beer Goggles & Tricycles (Walker-Adams Mall, 5-7 p.m.) Sexual Assault Prevention Workshop (Cate Main Social Lounge, 7:30-8:30 p.m.)

Wednesday I.C.E. Table (Couch Restaurants, 11a.m.-1p.m.) Self Defense Class (Cate Main Social Lounge, 7-8:30 p.m.) SafeWALK Open House (Cate Center, 8-10 p.m.) Gotcha! (You’ll know it when you see it.)

Thursday I.C.E. Table (Cate Main, 11a.m.-1p.m.) Karaoke Party (Couch Restaurants, 6-8 p.m.) SafeWALK Open House (Cate Main Hallway, 8-10 p.m.) CART Late-Night Flex Route (In front of Couch Restaurants, 10-10:30p.m.) Housing and Food Services is a department in OU’s Student Affairs. The University of Oklahoma is an equal opportunity institution. For accommodations on the basis of disability, please contact Glen Warshaw at (405) 325-2552.

Monday, August 31, 2009

Gaylord Hall completes second phase of construction Students and faculty pleased with building’s upgrades and updates KATIE ROSENTHAL The Oklahoma Daily

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Elise Heyerdahl, University College freshman, studies outside the new Gaylord Hall addition, Sunday afternoon. Phase II of construction finished during the summer.

After years of construction and millions of dollars in donations, students in the Gaylord College of Journalism and Mass Communications are enjoying classes in their newly expanded academic home. Phase II of the 100,000 squarefoot building was completed this summer and features a 180-seat lecture hall, a student-run advertising and public relations agency, an additional broadcast studio and graduate student offices. The 46,000 square foot wing cost $19 million and was funded by the E.L and Thelma Gaylord Foundation, Ethics and Excellence Journalism Foundation, the Inasmuch Foundation and funds raised by President David Boren and the University, as stated on the college’s Web site. The new addition offers additional seating and meeting spaces, computer labs and classrooms. “I really liked the different

varieties of seating area throughout the wing because it allows you to find a place that’s comfortable and is set so you can easily talk to others,” said Kali Johnson, University College freshman. State of the art technology is advantageous for students and will provide them with large advantages, said John Hockett, Gaylord College assistant dean for student affairs and administration. “The new technology will give students a real world experience and the skills they need to be successful,” Hockett said. The auditorium will be used mostly for classes but also for screenings of students’ works, guest speakers and future small events, Hockett said. “We wanted the auditorium that would give justice to student productions like videos and commercials and such,” Hockett said. The Gaylord College is expanding hours along with building space. The large computer labs have extended their hours in order to accommodate more students. “I love how the computer labs are open until midnight,” said Daniel Dean, advertising senior. “Students prefer to work in the evening and late into the night.”

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TUESDAY CHRISTIANS ON CAMPUS Christians on Campus will host a Bible study at noon in the Oklahoma Memorial Union.

OUR COMMITMENT TO ACCURACY The Daily has a long-standing commitment to serve readers by providing accurate coverage and analysis. Errors are corrected as they are identified. Readers should bring errors to the attention of the editorial board for further investigation. In Friday’s edition of The Daily, a story about OU’s new diplomat in residence contained some errors. Ed Wehrli, the new diplomat in residence, is employed by the U.S. State Department, not OU, and he is a current, not former, State Department employee. His career includes 32 years of service with the State Department, 26 of which have been on overseas assignments. The Daily regrets the errors.

POLICE REPORTS The following is a list of arrests and citations, not convictions. The information is compiled from the Norman Police Department and OUPD. All people listed are innocent until proven guilty. COUNTY WARRANT Richard Kris Seals, 39, 600 E. Alameda St., Tuesday Howard Ricardo Dixon, 19, 200 S.E. 12th Ave., Thursday Patrick Littlebear, 46, West Symmes Street, Thursday James Berry Spain, 46, 1432 24th Ave. S.E., Friday Burt Jared Joslin, 32, 2600 W. Main St., Saturday Mark Carl Lamb, 36, East Lindsey Street, Saturday

John Michael Rose, 30, Silverton Circle, Saturday

Robert Darrell Yellow Eagle, 47, 225 Chalmette Drive, Saturday

PUBLIC INTOXICATION Maria Kathryn Fairchild, 47, 419 S. University Blvd., Thursday, also municipal warrant Matthew Todd Gabrels, 44, 419 S. University Blvd., Thursday, also county warrant Ashley Nicole Gebauer, 23, 1111 Oak Tree Ave., Thursday, also possession of paraphernalia Heather Jean Parker, 35, 1616 E. Alameda St., Thursday

MUNICIPAL WARRANT Nolan Omar Atkins, 24, 1911 Westbrooke Terrace, Friday Kedra Lakydra Carr, 30, 1214 Creekside Drive, Friday James O’Connor Beach, 44, 203 S. Jones Ave., Saturday Steven Wayne Tannehill, 20, 2500 Wilcox Drive, Saturday

INTERFERING WITH OFFICIAL PROCESS Kreshardra Mekellie Willhoite, 31, 824 Peppertree Court, Wednesday

TRESPASSING Maurice Edward Chaney, 41, 201 Woodcrest Drive, Friday Landers N. Jones, 42, 318 E. Hayes St., Friday

FAILURE TO CARRY A LICENSE Aaron Wayne Goddard, 22, East Lindsey Street, Friday, also aggravated driving under the influence POSSESSION OF ALCOHOL Zachary Charles Nashert, 18, West Lindsey Street, Friday Sean Lenard Smitherman, 19, 1132 Elm Ave., Friday, also unlawful use of a driver’s license DISTURBING THE PEACE Charles Ray Potts, 51, 1616 E. Alameda St., Thursday POSSESSION OF MARIJUANA Coty Ray Rush, 18, West Johnson Street, Friday

Tashina Laketa Pratt, 26, 225 Chalmette Drive, Saturday DRIVING UNDER THE INFLUENCE Donnie Gene Williams, 61, West Indian Hills Road, Wednesday Jessica Anntonnette Goletto, 24, 3100 W. Main St., Thursday Scot Hunter Perrin, 38, 443 12th Ave. N.E., Thursday Thomas Shane Webb, 19, East State Highway 9, Thursday John Lee Alexander, 27, 1719 24th Ave. S.W., Saturday Jeffrey Joseph Fischer, 24, 2200 Classen Blvd., Saturday Adam James Kelly, 22, 2400 Classen Blvd., Saturday Kaleb John Kilhoffer, 21, 2400

Classen Blvd., Saturday Brandon Lee Kolar, 18, East Constitution Street, Saturday Kaitlyn Marie Phelps, 18, 2400 Classen Blvd., Saturday Joshua Michael Pluid, 28, Classen Boulevard, Saturday Molly Lynn Rambach, 20, 2400 S. Classen Blvd., Friday Krystine Elizabeth Snow, 20, 2400 Classen Blvd., Saturday, also transporting an open bottle MOLESTING PROPERTY Robert Edward Baker, 21, 1800 Beaumont Drive, Saturday David Mason Ratliff, 20, 1800 Beaumont Drive, Saturday

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is for people to listen to facts rather than talking heads, and that goes for both sides.” -eightbitgirl

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OUR VIEW

Students would have benefitted from railway Officials from the City of Norman were working on an application for federal stimulus money that would have been used to build a commuter rail system connecting Norman to Oklahoma City. But on Thursday, Norman Mayor Cindy Rosenthal said the city would not make the application deadline (See page 1 for details). We understand city officials may have felt Norman wasn’t ready to apply for a grant like this, but we are frustrated a commuter rail system will not begin to be constructed. A system would have been extremely convenient to Norman residents and OU students, and it would have brought many benefits to Norman and Oklahoma City. Oklahoma City has many attractions and events students attend or would like to attend, and a commuter railway would have

made the trip from Norman easier, especially for students who either don’t have a car or are trying to save money on gas. Many students regularly go to Bricktown to eat, attend sporting events, take in concerts or go out for a few drinks, too. Imagine how much easier going out to a Bricktown bar for a few drinks would have been if a commuter rail service existed between Oklahoma City and Norman. Students wouldn’t have to worry about finding a designated driver if they knew they could just hop on a train to get back to Norman after a night of partying downtown. Students are also often are forced to ask their friends for a ride to the airport. A commuter railway would have alleviated this need as well.

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These are just a couple of examples why students would have benefitted from the service. But students are not the only ones who would have benefitted. Building and maintaining the railway would create jobs, many of which may have gone to Norman or Oklahoma City residents. And a railway would attract more visitors to both cities, which would bring in additional people to eat in our restaurants and shop in our stores. We realize it may not have been possible to apply for this grant at this time, but it is a shame. And we heartily encourage Norman officials to keep working so future grants that would go toward building a commuter rail service may be within reach.

In Wednesday’s Our View, we erroneously wrote that the new Cowboy Stadium would be configured to hold “close to 100,000” people for the Sept. 5 OU football season opener. But it has since been brought to our attention that the stadium is being configured to hold 80,000 people. And only 63,252 of those tickets are not in suites or standing room only.

LETTER TO THE EDITOR

Dictionaries should be more widely used and available The dictionary is a simple tool used to help us understand words. Dictionaries should be located near any serious reader. You read, come to a word you don’t know and look it up. Simple. If you don’t look up an unknown word, you often don’t get the understanding the author intended; and then your professors will not be impressed by MAX the alternaAVERY tive understandings this might inspire. Without a dictionary I find myself more inclined to gloss over words I don’t know, choosing to divine their meaning from the context - a goal at which I do not always succeed. You would think that OU, being a place of learning, would have dictionaries readily available in all reading/study rooms, but it doesn’t. Dictionaries are not terribly common. I have yet to find a place with dictionaries “out” and ready to be used. I did find that the reference section in Bizzell Library contains a few shelves of regular dictionaries to be shared among the whole of the student population, though, sadly, it appears these dictionaries are rarely utilized. The Great Reading Room sports one dictionary: a dictionary that’s older than I am. It could be used by more than 100 students at a time, if they were to actually use it. This one dictionary is kept in the middle of a room defined by its silence. In this atmosphere it is strange to get up and move around; thus the dictionary does not receive the use it would if placed next to a single reader. Minimal availability and use of these dictionaries means we aren’t looking up words while we read. We aren’t even making this tiny effort to understand the authors we have chosen to read and in so doing, we aren’t expanding our vocabulary. We aren’t learning as college students should.

Is this laziness? Lack of training? Lack of curiosity? Or merely a lack of an honest desire for education? We need to be learning. We need to have spaces to encourage that learning. Not only do we need these spaces (something OU has done a phenomenal job of providing), but we also need the proper tools; for me and many of my friends, that means we need dictionaries where we’re studying. So what can change? In Beaird Lounge there is a bookshelf filled with books students rarely look at, fewer open, and still fewer read. This shelf is mostly used as decoration, actively furthering the facade of scholarship. Beneath the shelf there are empty drawers; if we were to fill just one drawer with dictionaries, maybe a few thesauruses, and let them be taken and used at a studier’s pleasure, there would likely be an increase in the productivity of the Beaird Lounge study crowd. Beaird Lounge is just one place where this could happen, but what about the rest of campus? If we were to place small dictionaries on tables and study spaces around campus, far more students would use them. Placing them where someone studies will do far more for their use than a hidden shelf in the library. But that’s what the university can do. What we can do is use the dictionary. Bring your own and study with it, or use the few that are available. Place it next to you while reading and you’ll be surprised how beneficial it becomes. Here’s a word every college student should know: “sesquipedalian.” It’s what every college student should be. Because of the shortage of dictionaries that strangely afflicts our campus, I’ll help you with its meaning. A sesquipedalian is a person “given to using long words.” I hope we can use it often, be guilty of it more often, and know what the words we’re reading and using mean, by looking them up. Max Avery is a political science and history senior.

THIS LETTER IS IN RESPONSE TO TARRANT CARTER’S FRIDAY COLUMN, “DRIVING UNDER THE INFLUENCE LAWS UNETHICAL AND UNNECESSARY”

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The value of a degree is in the eye of the graduate The cliché goes, “You can’t put a degree, one of those stories that crops price on a good education.” Clearly, up every so often warning you against whoever came up with that little nug- getting a master’s degree in the libget of wisdom wasn’t trying eral arts because it’s “just not very hard. worth it,” it’s usually presentAccording to the office of the ed in terms like these. Bursar, the average cost for 30 When you take this sort credit hours is about $7,500 for of thinking to its logical exan in-state student. A four-year treme, though, it stops makdegree costs around $30,000. ing sense. This is because That’s about the price of a new the question, “How much is Audi A3. my degree worth?” is nonDoes that mean they’re CHRIS sensical. More than being worth the same? nonsensical, though, it’s DEARNER I think most of us would dangerous. much rather have a four year The question that you education than a new car, and some- should be asking yourself is, “What thing about $30,000 seems a little too is my life going to be like with this low, anyway. degree?” Here’s another way to calculate it. It is a cliché to say that you can’t According to data from the US Census put a price on an education. Here Bureau, the average annual earnings you go: “You can’t put a price on an of a high school graduate are about education.” $30,400, and the average annual earnI said it. ings of a student with a Bachelor’s deThe fact that it’s a cliché, though, gree are $52,200. doesn’t make it any less true. Now that That’s a difference of just under we’re past that, let’s take a look at it. $12,000 a year. If you’d rather ask what your deThe retirement age is 65, and let’s gree is worth and think that working say you’re slow like me and don’t grad- in a lucrative field that you don’t like is uate until you’re 25, which makes a going to be worth it, you’re wrong. And lifetime earning differential of around it turns out I am not the only one who $500,000. These are, of course, average thinks this. figures – engineers are going to make “If you worship money and things,” more, liberal arts majors (like me) less. David Foster Wallace told the graduSo put a three or a seven in front of ating class of 2005 at Kenyon College, those zeroes, and you’ve still got a six- “you will never have enough, never figure sum. Which could buy you one feel you have enough.” hell of a house. If you work for money, you will So that’s it, right? never be satisfied with the amount of A degree is worth in the neighbor- money you have – nor will you be satishood of a cool half million? fied with the work you’re doing. If you But something about that still seems think that a six-figure salary will make pretty strange. When you read some- up for a job that you hate going to and thing in the paper about the value of a that takes up all of your time, you are

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distinction that people choose to drive drunk (or speed). Carter’s better examples are that we should punish driving without prescription glasses or while on the phone, apparently ignorant that in many states this is already the case. Though I occasionally take short calls when on the road, I don’t mind these laws if it means drivers are watching the road. Finally Carter quotes the ODPS statistic that in 2006 only 13.5 percent of drivers involved in fatal accidents were driving under the influence and claims that it clearly indicates that drunk drivers are not dangerous, a fallacious conclusion, since we don’t actually know how many drive drunk. According to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, in 1982 50 percent of all Oklahoma traffic fatalities were alcohol related, down sharply since the 1980s, corresponding with designated driver programs and the founding of Mothers Against Drunk Driving, suggesting that drunken driving is in decline due to awareness of its danger and the laws that Carter rails against.

I don’t know anyone who has ever been in a DUI related accident, so I don’t suffer from the emotional knee-jerk reaction which Tarrant Carter says, in his opinion piece (Friday, Aug. 28), is why many support DUI laws. Carter asks if it is ethical to “punish people for possible harm to others” and says, if so, “then I hope you would be honest enough to apply that principle consistently.” He says that it is wrong to punish for possible harm caused, but if we apply his principle consistently, then (for one) we shouldn’t enforce speed limits, as people may cause only “possible harm” when going 80 miles per hour through a neighborhood. Then Carter says that if you punish people for causing “possible harm” you’ll have to punish all demographics with a dis- Gregory Maus proportionate probability of committing crimes, ignoring the Philosophy sophomore

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wrong, and you might not find it out until you are 50. Don’t think I’m saying that financial success and doing what you want are mutually exclusive. For a lot of people, they aren’t, and I’m incredibly jealous of you all. For others, collectively referred to as “liberal arts majors,” they can be. And for us, it can be a real problem. So what’s the point? Why even bother bringing up something that, once you think about it, seems so obvious and trite? The point is to think about it, and examine how you think about it. When you think about a degree as something that costs and is worth some amount of money, you are going to think about how it feels so nice to be able to buy things, about how it feels so nice to watch a bank account get bigger every two weeks and about how it feels so nice to be able to see that, five or ten years down the line, the balance will be six or seven figures. It’s seductive, it’s easy and that’s the way our rhetoric works. When sayings like “money can’t buy you happiness” are brought up, it’s easy to recognize them as being true, immediately put them on a shelf somewhere in the very back of your mind, and go back to thinking about financial security and the “value” of a degree in some sort of superficial but very easy to accept way. So don’t. Or, if you do, at least keep in mind that there are other ways to think about it, and be wary next time someone tells you such-and-such a degree isn’t worth it, and then shows you a bar graph of dollar amounts. Chris Dearner is a linguistics and English senior.

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Monday, August 31, 2009

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The gold rush was no contest for OU soccer as the team improved to 4-0 for the season over the weekend with a 3-1 win over Tulsa. Both the Oral Roberts Golden Eagles and the Tulsa Golden Hurricanes blew into Norman to take on the Sooners in their second two-game series at John Crain field. And while both opponents came up short, junior forward Whitney Palmer made OU history. Previously, the Sooners were 5-2 in the overall series coming into Sunday’s game. Tulsa jumped out to take a 1-0 lead against the Sooners with an early goal to end the shutout streak. But then it was Whitney Palmer’s turn. Palmer found the back of the net off sophomore Michelle Alexander’s assist to tie the game at the 10:43 minute mark. But Palmer wasn’t finished as Sooners continued to put the pressure on the Hurricane defense. Then again in the 37:35 minute, Sooner persistence paid off as Palmer scored the second goal of the evening to take the lead . The Sooner offense continued to pressure the Tulsa defense as the match got physical in the second half. Tulsa

player Sarah Green was issued a yellow card and with only 1:26 left to go in the half. A penalty kick was issued as Hampton was tackled in the box. Palmer took the penalty kick and turned it into a hat trick for the night, the second in OU’s history. OU’s first hat trick was recorded by Logan Womack in 2002. The Sooners topped the Oral Roberts Golden Eagles 2-0 during Friday night’s game with two goals by freshman forward Dria Hampton. Hampton was assisted by senior captain Ashley Farrand and sophomore Jordan White at the 44th minute. Sooner offense kept up the pressure as Hampton added her second goal of the night during the 82nd minute. Friday’s game was Hampton’s first multi-goal game in only her third start as Sooner. Sooner defense also played a major role in the weekend contests. Freshman goalkeeper Kelsey Devonshire continued to defend her position, amassing four saves on the night and recording her third shutout of the year. The Sooners next travel to Murfreesboro, Tennessee Sept. 4 to take on Middle Tennessee State for their first away game of the season.

Injuries will determine OU football success I like to think that I am, by nature, a relatively positive person. But today, with OU less than a week away from its seasonopening game against BYU in Arlington, Texas, I’d like to take a look at the darker side of football. Injuries. The 2009 Sooners are stacked at most positions. They return nine starters on defense and bring back many key playmakers on offense. However, at some point this season, OU will inevitably lose a player or two to injury. So, with the season opener coming at Cowboy’s Stadium Saturday, let’s take a STEVEN JONES look at which players the Sooners would least like to see wincing in pain on Jerry Jones’ 25,000-square-foot HD TV this weekend.

1. Junior quarterback Sam Bradford I guess this one is obvious. Sooner fans have been lucky to see Bradford miss just one game in his two seasons as OU’s starter, but in that game alone they saw his worth. When Bradford went out against Texas Tech his redshirt freshman season, the potent Sooner offense fell apart at the seams. Bradford’s arm strength and accuracy make average receivers look good, and good receivers look great. Maybe even more importantly, his poise and leadership set the tone for the entire offense.

2. Sophomore linebacker Travis Lewis Sophomore linebacker Austin Box is possibly the best back up on the team and would be able to fill in nicely if Lewis went down, but the Sooners are thin at linebacker, and Lewis is one of the best in the country. If Box had to step in the starting role, not only would the Sooners likely see a drop off in productivity, but OU would

The Sooner volleyball team grabbed four wins to start the season at the Mizuno Invitational Tournament over the weekend. The Sooners found success Saturday with wins over Nicholls State and Central Arkansas. The Sooners held Nicholls State to a .010 hitting percentage, and sophomore Brianne Barker continued to knotch double-doubles, contributing 24 assists and 11 digs. The only set the Sooners dropped all weekend came Saturday night against Central Arkansas, when the Sugar Bears bested OU 20-25. “After dropping that second set, we just needed to get re-energized,” Coach Santiago Restrepo said. “Central Arkansas is a very good team, and we just needed to get back to being the disciplined team we are.” The Sooners did bounce back from the set and won the next two. It was a homecoming of sorts for Houston native Suzy Boulavsky, who played in front of her family . “Suzy worked hard over the summer to get her shoulder going,” Restrepo said. “She has a lot of power and tenacity and her extra work has aided her game tremendously. She’s going to have to continue to do that for us and be a key component for us.” Besides Barker’s fantastic weekend performance, junior Sarah Freudenrich also came up big for the Sooners, averaging three kills per set after three 10 kill games. “She was solid all weekend, and we couldn’t be happier with what she’s contributed so far,” Restrepo said. “She’s very powerful and quick in the middle. We’re going to need her to do that throughout the season.” On Friday, Oklahoma swept both Houston WEEKEND BOX SCORES Baptist and host Rice University. Barker had 30 Oklahoma v. Houston Baptist: assists, 11 digs and a block 3 sets to none [25-10, 25-19, solo against Houston 25-21] Baptist, then stepped up Oklahoma v. Rice: her game against Rice to 3 sets to none [25-22, 25-11, record 34 assists, 15 digs, 25-23] four block assists, six kills Oklahoma v. Nicholls State: and a service ace. 3 sets to none [25-15, 25-14, “Brianne had an awe25-15] s o m e m a t c h ,” c o a c h Oklahoma v. Central Arkansas: Restrepo said Friday. 3 sets to 1 [25-22, 20-25, 25-8, “She distributed the ball 25-10] very well and had a brilliant game in the back row. She also served very tough. Brianne will have to continue to do that for us to be successful.” The last time the Sooners had a 4-0 start, it was Restrepo’s first season in Norman. Oklahoma has the week to rest up and prepare for another weekend tournament to prove how much they’ve improved at the Best Western Shocker Classic, hosted by Wichita State.

probably be one linebacker injury away from starting a true freshman.

3. Junior running back DeMarco Murray The Sooners have a good situation at tailback, with two 1000-yard rushers returning from last season. If Murray went down, senior Chris Brown would be ready to carry the load, but Murray has missed OU’s last two bowl games, and I don’t think it is a coincidence that in those games the Sooner offense just didn’t look the same. Murray brings an element to the offense that no one else on the roster can, and he is also the Sooners’ best return man, if the coaches choose to allow him to stay in that role.

4. Senior tackle Trent Williams Williams is OU’s lone returning starter on the offensive line, and offensive coordinator Kevin Wilson recently called Williams the best lineman he’s ever coached. He protects Bradford’s blind side, and if he were to go down it would be a huge hit to a group that many are calling OU’s weak point already.

5. Senior tight end Jermaine Gresham At the tight end spot, Gresham is OU’s most dangerous receiver, and while OU has pretty good depth at the position, there is no one on the roster that can come close to duplicating Gresham’s skill set. Without the threat of Gresham tearing up the middle, opposing defenses will be able to focus on shutting down OU’s inexperienced wide receivers. In a perfect world, no one would get hurt. However, at some point this year, OU will unfortunately lose a player or two. If the Sooners can stop the injury bug from getting one of these five guys though, they will likely be able to stay in national title contention this season. Steven Jones is a language arts education senior.

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OU FOOTBALL PICKS 2009-2010 LEADERS The Sooner football team picked its captains for the fall season last Friday. The four players accumulating the most votes were junior quarterback Sam Bradford, senior tight end Brody Eldridge, junior defensive tackle Gerald McCoy and senior linebacker Ryan Reynolds. In addition to the four captains, another rotating captain position was established due to the numerous individuals receiving many votes. Players who will be rotating are defensive end Jeremy Beal, running back Chris Brown, fullback Matt Clapp, linebackers Keenan Clayton, Auston English, Jermaine Gresham and Trent Williams. - OU Daily Staff

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Jennie Arseneault was announced as the new assistant coach for the OU women’s golf team. Arseneault is a former two-time All-ACC golfer while playing at the University of Virginia. “Virginia finished last season ranked fourth in the nation,” Arseneault said. “Playing for a program of that caliber taught me things that I can bring here to OU.” Once Arseneault moved on from Virginia, in 2008 she won the Women’s Western Golf Association Amateur Championship. She has also taken home wins at the Iowa State Women’s Amateur in 2004, 2005 and 2006. -OU Daily Staff

Byeong-Hun An, right, of South Korea shakes hands with Ben Martin of Greensboro, S.C., after Martin received his runner-up medal for the U.S. Amateur golf championship in Tulsa, Aug. 30. An, at 17-years-old, became the youngest tournament winner.

Young, Florida golfer makes history TULSA — The best amateur golfers in the U.S. keep getting younger and younger. For the second straight year, the U.S. Amateur crowned the youngest champion in its history that started in 1895. This time it was a 17-year-old Florida high-schooler emerging from a field that featured many of the top college players in the country. Byeong Hun-An defeated Clemson senior Ben Martin 7 and 5 in the 36-hole final on a brutal Sunday at Southern Hills Country Club, the site of the 2007 PGA Championship. An was 9-over par on the day, but that still put him well ahead of the struggling Martin. An, the second straight champion born in South Korea, took a 3 up lead by winning three of the last four holes in the pairing’s first of two 18hole rounds. He doubled that edge as Martin bogeyed five of the first seven holes

in the afternoon round, then closed it out after a short-lived comeback attempt by Martin the second time through the back nine. An, who turns 18 on Sept. 17, is about a month and a half younger than Danny Lee was when he broke Tiger Woods’ record last year to become the U.S. Amateur’s youngest champion. Lee was 18 years, 1 month old at the time of his victory, while Woods was seven months older than that when he won his first of three straight titles. Other past champions include Jack Nicklaus, Arnold Palmer and Phil Mickelson. Martin led at the turn in the morning round and the match was all square after Martin knocked his tee shot at No. 14 off the flagstick, then had to recover for bogey when his ball rolled all the way off the green and into a bunker. It was a sign of things to come. An won the next three holes,

following Martin’s three-putt at No. 15 by sinking a 15-foot birdie putt at the 15th. Martin then drove over the green on the par-4 17th, flubbed a chip and couldn’t recover. He briefly sliced into the lead when An made bogey to start the afternoon, but then hit over the green again and had to take a drop before settling for bogey. That started a stretch in which An won four of six holes without ever making a birdie. An moved to 6 up after 25 holes when Martin hit his tee shot into the trees left of the fairway and scrambled to hit his second shot through branches within 50 yards of the hole. He took off his hat and mishit his chip into a greenside bunker, on his way to yet another bogey. Martin won back-to-back holes at the final turn to get to 4 down, but An slammed the door by winning the next three holes — starting with a birdie at the par-3 11th. -AP

OU MEN’S GYMNASTIS SETS THE CALENDAR OU announced this season’s schedule for the men’s gymnastics team over the weekend. Included in the new schedule are three home meets at Howard McCasland Field House. The Sooners open their season with a home meet against Texas Jan. 30. Five of the teams the Sooners will face this year were participants in the 2009 NCAA Championships. - OU Daily Staff

2010 OU MEN’S GYMNASTICS SCHEDULE Sat, Jan. 16 Rocky Mountain Open Colorado Springs, Colo. Sat, Jan. 23 Iowa Iowa City, Iowa. 7 p.m. Sat, Jan. 30 TEXAS NORMAN 7 p.m. Thur, Feb. 4-6 Winter Cup Las Vegas, Nev. 7 p.m. Sat, Feb. 13 NEBRASKA NORMAN TBA Sat, Feb. 20 Michigan Ann Arbor, Mich. 7 p.m. Sat, Feb. 27 MINNESOTA NORMAN 7 p.m. Sun, March 7 Nebraska Lincoln, Neb. 2 p.m. Sat, March 13 Ohio State Columbus, Ohio 4 p.m. Sat, March 20 Penn State State College, Penn. 7 p.m. Sat, April 3 MPSF CONFERENCE MEET NORMAN 7 p.m. Thur, April 15 NCAA Qualifiers West Point, N.Y. 7 p.m. Fri, April 16 NCAA Championships West Point, N.Y. 7 p.m. Sat, April 17 NCAA Championships West Point, N.Y. 7 p.m.

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Whitney Houston releases her comeback album, “I Look to You,“ this week. See what The Daily’s Life & Arts staff thinks about it in tomorrow’s paper.

OTHERS’ SECRETS BRING BETTER START TO WEEK ON POSTSECRET.COM Take heed, all ye young, wide-eyed freshmen: this whole “Hey, I’m in college now” business doesn’t have to be as scary as it may seem. I’ll take the liberty of assuming the class of 2013 didn’t lose any of its members during the first week of classes; h o w e v e r, a large portion of you are undoubtedly exLUNDEN periencing a ENGLAND certain degree of angst concerning the trials that lay ahead. Fortunately for you, though some of us (I won’t name names) have been fixtures on the Norman campus longer than it would take to fly to Saturn on a spaceSegway, and have therefore had sufficient time to overcome the initial fears associated with college. Now, it stands as common knowledge that Monday is the hardest (read: “most despised”) day of the week. God’s buddies penned it in the Bible,

and the fact was further cemented in the movie “Office Space” with the meant-to-enrage line “Looks like somebody has a case of the Mondays.” Don’t lose heart, though, for Monday no longer has to be the bane of one’s existence. Enter PostSecret.com, the shining beacon reminding us that other

people’s lives suck even harder than our own. At the start of each week, PostSecret creator Frank Warren selects and posts to his site the darkest, or most bizarre, of secrets, hopes and dreams mailed in by the anonymous and neurotic masses. Their confessions hold the power to provoke a full range of human emotions, as well as the potential to teach us something about ourselves. Vastly gaining in

popularity since its inception in 2005, the confessional-style Web site has spawned four books, with its fifth, “Confessions on Life, Death, and God,” set to be released on Oct. 6. So, when the deadline for that dreaded first freshman English paper creeps up on you, OU’s newest family members, remember to check up on the poor bastards who have a penchant for sharing their mostly dysfunctional lives with the webenabled world. Quell those fears of intimidating, possibly demonic professors, and of the imminent “freshman 15”—for PostSecret teaches us, if nothing else, that life could be much worse. With this lesson in hand, Monday loses its element of dismay, freeing students to carry on with more important issues, such as barley-pop pong, and where to find cheap tacos at two in the morning, for these are the life lessons that truly matter most.

Lunden England is a film and video studies senior.

OTHER SITES THAT’LL MAKE MONDAY LOOK SWEETER FMYLIFE Think it’s bad that you’ve yet to study for tomorrow’s chemistry quiz? Big deal, say the users of Fmylife.com. For a quick reminder that you truly have little to grumble about, check out the daily blunders and mishaps that are unfolding in the lives of the poor souls around you, but be warned: keep your visit short, lest the “f”-ed take your more desirable life down with them. YOUTUBE Sure, one can argue that the video powerhouse YouTube is old news these days, but has it not loved us unconditionally and provided for our needs since day one? When Monday rolls around and you see the grueling week ahead, feel comforted that you can fall back on YouTube favorites like “Grape lady falls,” “Janice it hurts,” or any Chris Crocker video to remind yourself of just how lucky you really are. TFLN: TEXTS FROM LAST NIGHT What’s floating through the airwaves and not intended for you to ever read? Why, it’s the ramblings of your fellow texters, of course. The need to feel excluded is no more, however, thanks to the minds behind textsfromlastnight.com. Feel free to peruse the private conversations and remarks which have followed hazy nights of youthful debauchery, all of which would not be possible without the recipients who have been thoughtful enough to pass the hilarity on to the rest of the world.

Western classic, “Lonesome Dove,” strikes chord with student Step out of back-to-school miniseries and suck down this 800 plus page behemoth. And how couldn’t you when you’re entering a world where gunfights start at the drop of a hat, a world of liquor and saloons, cattle and plains, whores and cowboys, Indians and settlers, all making and breakKYLE ing their destinies WEST on a frontier we Oklahomans take for granted in our air conditioning and highways. Step out of the ordinary and visit the frontier as it once was –wild and dangerous, a place where men died as suddenly as a Texas dust storm.

Enter a world of love and heartbreak, where problems aren’t easily solved. Meet characters that will make you laugh, smile, and cry. This is “Lonesome Dove,” Larry McMurtry’s western masterpiece, and it will not disappoint. “Lonesome Dove” is a fictional South Texan town situated on the Rio Grande. It is home of good guys Woodrow Call, the solemn, silent captain, the witty Augustus McCrae, the easygoing Joshua Deets, whose stories course across a western landscape more lush than any I’ve ever read. Meet gambler and ladies man Jake Spoon, and meet Lorena, the whore with a heart for San Francisco. Meet the young Newt as he comes of age on the western plains, as he learns about friendship, loss, and wetting his carrot (almost).

“Lonesome Dove” is full of its baddies, too, like the evil Blue Duck, a Comanche whose pillage, rape and plunder stops for no one, and the Sluggs, a bad trio of brothers who kill people in ways that would make even Hitler wince. Be charmed by minor characters such as cook Po Campo, the singing Irish O’Brien brothers and fiery Dish Bogget, who has the misfortune of falling in love with a woman who doesn’t care one bit for him. Even if the western genre induces you into automatic vomit mode, read “Lonesome Dove.” Even if you’ve never read a book more than 200 pages, read “Lonesome Dove.” Even if you don’t read books, period, read “Lonesome Dove.” It didn’t win a Pulitzer Prize for being vomit-inducing, I promise you.

“Lonesome Dove” is the most memorable western ever written (and I’m not the only one who says that), not because of its genre, but because of its characters. Why do you think I spent most of this review talking about them? Like any good book, characters drive the story with the same determination they drive their cattle over a thousand miles from South Texas to Montana. I won’t reveal any more plot details to whet your appetite further, because I don’t have to. Larry McMurtry’s characters will do that for me. The spell they cast today is just as powerful as when the book was first published in 1985. I recommend it without reservation.

Kyle West is a professional writing senior.

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ACROSS 1 Safecracking crook 5 ___-date (modern) 9 ___ and proper 13 Something in the air 14 Young or Diamond 15 Bird found in marshes 16 â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Exotic Tangelo from Jamaicaâ&#x20AC;? 17 Famous bed-tester 19 Change the meaning of 21 Quail clusters 22 â&#x20AC;&#x153;God bless us, ___ one!â&#x20AC;? 23 â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Love You ___â&#x20AC;? (Jackson 5 hit) 24 Boated without a motor 26 Part-time reporter 30 Black cattle breed 31 Kinski of film 32 Yoko of music 33 Cars from South Korea 34 Transmission components 35 Certain female voice 36 Winter hrs. in Florida 37 Left on the grill too long 38 Went no further 39 Young tree 41 Tots may

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be made from them 42 â&#x20AC;&#x153;Three up, three downâ&#x20AC;? results 43 Cellistâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s purchase 44 Type of cat or rabbit 47 Achieved expertise in 50 Avoids oneâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s assigned duties 52 Ballerinaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s attire 53 Geometry class calculations 54 Away from gusts 55 Worrierâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s word 56 South African money 57 â&#x20AC;&#x153;Bye bye, ___ American Pie â&#x20AC;Śâ&#x20AC;? 58 Liquefy DOWN 1 Word with â&#x20AC;&#x153;moveâ&#x20AC;? or â&#x20AC;&#x153;majestyâ&#x20AC;? 2 Advance gradually 3 Landmark bridge 4 Dire 5 Remove a belt from 6 Garden perennial 7 Shower square 8 Tiresome 9 Demonstrated 10 A long one may have several legs 11 Like a

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â&#x20AC;&#x153;Tool Academyâ&#x20AC;? returns for better or worse â&#x20AC;&#x153;Tool Academy,â&#x20AC;? a gem of smallscreen achievement, premiered its second season last night on VH1. For those of you who missed it, or are unaware of the show for that matter, let me catch you up. Basically, 12 guys are told they are competing to be crowned the â&#x20AC;&#x153;international party kingâ&#x20AC;? spokesman JOSHUA for HER enerBOYDSTON gy drink, upon which the winner will go on a round-the-world trip with smoking hot models and bank 100K. Instead, these morons quickly realize they are actually on â&#x20AC;&#x153;Tool Academy,â&#x20AC;? where they are matched with their significant others from home and undergo training to reform their toolish ways. Instead, the tools get drunk, yell, throw armchairs and punch walls while all sorts of other â&#x20AC;&#x153;douche-yâ&#x20AC;? shenanigans ensue. So, what exactly is it that makes these guys such tools? Well, think of every possible bad quality a man can possess and apply about 85 percent of those to each contestant. VH1 makes sure to display a wide range of diversity too! You see, you have the short tool, the playa tool, the naked tool and so on. The tools boast of their countless affairs on their girlfriends, endlessly insult and demean them, but for some reason the girls stand by their tools. After a long day of half-hearted attempts at counseling and a loosely tiedin challenge, the couples make their way to the unsurprisingly fully-stocked liquor cabinet. The tool proceeds to drink into a belligerent stupor; limitless chest bumps, air humps and fist pumps follow. Oh, and donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t worry, these guys dress to impress. They basically act as

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PISCES (Feb. 20-March 20) -If you donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t prejudge someone you meet for the first time by how this person looks or where he or she comes from, you might be pleasantly surprised by how much you like this individual.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23) -- Make yielding a profit a principal priority, and stay with it until you do. You have a betterthan-normal chance of making more than usual on something everyone else is missing.

ARIES (March 21-April 19) -- You know best how to contend with unexpected occurrences, and you are likely to prove just how good you are at doing so. Challenges get your juices flowing.

SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 22) -- Donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t be hesitant to make a snap decision when a situation calls for it. You can rely on the fact that you possess the basic requirements to do so at a momentâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s notice in an intelligent manner.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20) -- There is a good chance that a long-lost friend or colleague will be contacting you. Getting in touch could be more than a whim, and this person will have an interesting reason for doing so.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 23Dec. 21) -- This could be an especially good day for financial dealings, so be alert for ways to make a profit or add to your holdings. Your ingenuity should spot something good.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20) -- Donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t hesitate to make some pertinent changes that could make a big improvement in an ongoing project. The adjustment could be just what you need to maximize your advantages.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) -- This is not the time to beat around the bush with regard to an involvement or arrangement that could provide greater advantages in life. He who hesitates is lost.

CANCER (June 21-July 22) -- Your best asset is spotting and using the skills and talents of others. Everyone has something to give, but doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t always know how to put it into practice. Youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll show them how.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 19) -- This is one of those days when using altruistic methods rather than self-serving ones will yield the greatest returns. Analyze things from the other guyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s perspective before swinging into action.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22) -- Difficult tasks wonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t cause you to buckle under. On the contrary, they will stimulate you to use your ingenuity and inventiveness. Greater success comes from freeing yourself from unproductive methods.

Monday, August 31, 2009

Dustbowl Arts Market »

Over 60 artists crowded Buchanan Avenue on Saturday selling their work at the first Dustbowl Arts Market

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Jahruba plays the conga drum Saturday afternoon. Jahruba, a professional musician, also told folktales.

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Sarah Wittrock, advertising junior, looks through a rack of handmade skirts.

A festival goer looks at bottlecap necklaces at one of the art booths.

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Margaret Kinkeade paints the finishing details on a block set Saturday afternoon.

Rick Fry paints a landscape Saturday at the Dust Bowl Arts Festival. The Norman artist was selling oil paintings and watercolors of wildlife.

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