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student, discovLow turnout reason graduate ered this difference when for cancellation she started the Parenting ALYSSA MANNEN Campus Reporter
One of OU’s student-parent organizations — created to help support students juggling parenthood and studies — won’t be returning for reasons you might expect: Students don’t have time to participate in the group. Non-traditional students — older students, students reentering school and student parents — have different priorities than typical students. Lauran Larson, 22year-old prevention science
Student Community last fall. Larson — who has a toddler and a newborn — started the organization last year to help support other students like herself. “Parenting is difficult at times, and it is nice to know you aren’t alone,” she said in an email. The organization had a low turnout — only 10 students — which she thinks was due to the lack of funding for the organization and the busy nature of the student-parent’s life, Larson said. She decided
not to restart the organization this year because of the stresses of having two small children and going to graduate school, she said. Groups for this type of student can be difficult to sustain, said Jackie Foos, adviser for the Student Parenting Community. They had a great start-up meeting, but not many activities after that, she said. Soneldo Sta. Iglesia, computer science senior and veteran, said he also has felt the time constraints of being a non-traditional student. At 47 years old, he already had a house in southern Oklahoma City when he enrolled at OU,
Sta. Iglesia said, and because he has to commute, he has AT A GLANCE trouble getting involved on Organizations campus. for Non“Living 30 minutes away, it’s hard to get connected,” Traditional he said, so he’s not involved Students in any student organizations. “It’s hard for me to get to camStudent Veterans Association pus, and so I don’t get the full student life.” Parents Attending Law He doesn’t just miss out School on activities but on academic opportunities, such as getE-Moms and Dads ting to go to study groups Source: Student Life website and meeting up with other students to work on projects, Sta. Iglesia said. He would but he doesn’t have time like to join the student chapgiven the long commute, he ter of the Association of Computing Machines, SEE NON-TRADITIONAL PAGE 2
ARCHAEOLOGY
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A team of students from the OU Archaeological Survey excavate bison fossils and Native-American hunting tools at the Badger Hole excavation site near Woodward, Okla., during this past summer.
Sooners complete bison excavation Around 12 bison discovered during two-year excavation PAIGHTEN HARKINS Campus Reporter
This summer, a team of OU archeologists finished excavating a bison kill site that hadn’t been touched by humans in thousands of years. The site was last visited by humans in the Folsom Age — which was more than 10,000 years ago, said K.C. Carlson, field director of the excavation. The team found the skeletal remains of more than a dozen bison, some Folsom points
— weapons used to kill bison — and some of the butchering tools Paleoindians used to cut up the animals, OU archeologist Leland Bement said. “The last people to see [the bones] were the ones butchering the bison,” Carlson said. The Badger Hole kill site excavation was a continuation of the OU Archeological Survey’s project to excavate a number of bison kill sites along the Beaver River in Northwest Oklahoma, Carlson said. This was the second year the team had been excavating the site, so they knew what to expect when they were digging around in the sticky red dirt, but that
“The last people to see [the bones] were the ones butchering the bison.” K.C. CARLSON, FIELD DIRECTOR OF THE EXCAVATION
didn’t take away from the excitement of finding something, she said. “[Finding remains] is a cool feeling,” she said. “It’s always neat to see butcher marks because that’s the human element of the kills.” The exact number of remains and artifacts that were found is undetermined at this time
because the team is still analyzing its findings, Bement said. In June the team also was joined by a group of students from the nearby town of Woodward, Okla., who were participating in the Time Team America field school, Bement said. The students were led through the bone beds in the kill site and made their own spear points, according to the Time Team America website. As part of the field school, OU’s team butchered a bison using the primitive, stone tools the Paleoindians would have used, Carlson said. Having that hands-on SEE FOSSILS PAGE 2
Education Abroad develops new possibilities JENNIFER CAMACHO Campus Reporter
The university is expanding its study abroad programs this summer, including a program to a location not previously available to students, according to program coordinators. Education Abroad has added two new Journey programs to its study abroad options for students and a third will be added soon. Journey to Brazil and Journey to Tanzania are available to students for the summer of 2013. While there have been other types of abroad programs to Brazil bef o re, t h i s i s t h e f i r s t time OU students have had the opportunity to travel to Tanzania, said Alice Kloker, director of Education Abroad. “The College of International Studies felt that it was time to expand journey offerings into other regions of the world where students might not otherwise consider studying,” Kloker said in an email. Journey programs are four-week abroad programs that are designed to fill a general education requirement, Kloker said. The programs are supported by funding from President David Boren — this financial support helps offset the cost of international airfare, she said. There has been a 43 percent increase in OU students who study abroad over the last four years, according to the 2012 International Profile. SEE ABROAD PAGE 2
Zombie vs. Shark educated on music scene L&A: Two OU professors play in local punk rock band Zombie vs. Shark. (Page 5)
Sooners to face off with Runnin’ Rebels in desert Sports: OU soccer team heads to Las Vegas for a game against UNLV at 9 p.m. (Page 6)
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UOSA to help organizations advertise upcoming events Members to take steps Wednesday SARAH SMITH
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UOSA is taking steps to help student organizations get the word out about their SARAH CALLIHAN/OU DAILY upcoming events on campus, Students from InterVarsity Christian Fellowship hand out fliers to according to the president. UOSA will take those steps freshmen students Thursday in front of Dale Hall.
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beginning with the Council of Student Organizations meeting Wednesday, president Joe Sangirardi said. At the COSO meeting, they will provide information on advertising resources, as well as tips to student leaders, along with the other informative sessions and guest speakers, he said. Sangirardi and vice
president Rainey Sewell campaigned on helping organizations, especially smaller groups, improve their advertising strategy in order to help them increase student participation. UOSA also will work with student organizations to get upcoming events they have onto the events calendar, SEE UOSA PAGE 2
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“[Butchering the bison] was a really neat experience because we spend so much time in the lab looking at these butcher marks.”
TODAY AROUND CAMPUS A meet-and-greet reception will be held by the economics department from 1 to 2:30 p.m. in the Ellison Hall Courtyard. Free laser tag sessions will be held from 7 to 9 p.m. in the Molly Shi Ballroom in Oklahoma Memorial Union. An organ performance by Christopher Marks from the University of NebraskaLincoln will be held from 8 to 10 p.m. in Catlett Music Center’s Gothic Hall.
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WEDNESDAY, SEPT. 5 A Student Success Series seminar about choosing a major will be held from 2 to 3 p.m. in the Housing Learning Center of the Adams Center. A workshop over interview skills will be held from 3:30 to 4 p.m. in Oklahoma Memorial Union’s Sooner Room. An interest meeting for the Miss OU Pageant will be held from 7 to 8 p.m. in Oklahoma Memorial Union’s Scholars Room.
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experience helped Carlson understand more of what she was seeing when she was examining butcher marks. “[Butchering the bison] was a really neat experience because we spend so much time in the lab looking at these butcher marks,” she said. “To really make sense of those was really cool.” Members of the Cheyenne and Arapaho tribes who donated the bison to the team helped butcher the bison, Carlson said. The sites the team have excavated date back to right after the extinction of the mammoth at the end of the last ice age, Bement said they are important because they highlight the development of the Paleoindians’ hunting strategies, which stuck with them for the next 10,000 years. “Bison behave a lot differently than mammoths
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An archaeologist holds up a folsom point at the Badger Hole excavation site near Woodward, Okla.
do. [Paleoindians] had to hone their style of hunting,” Bement said. The Paleoindians developed a hunting strategy where they chased a herd of bison into a dead end gully.
From there, the Paleoindians for any new discoveries that would kill and butcher the are made, Carlson said. bison, Bement said. The team is finished with excavating the Badger Hole Paighten Harkins, paighten.harkins@ou.edu site for now, but they will continue to monitor the area
NON-TRADITIONAL: Scholarships target certain students Continued from page 1 said. “If you want to be a computer scientist, that’s the organization to get involved in,” he said. Sta. Iglesia has considered moving closer to OU because of the long commute, but that wouldn’t be a cost-effective choice — given that he is only planning on attending OU for two years — and the process would be such a hassle, he said.
While non-traditional students may not have as much time or different priorities than other students, OU offers advice on financial aid to help them complete their coursework. Like other students, there also are federally subsidized loans to consider as well. Larson received funding from scholarships for her undergraduate work, and she currently has Stafford loans, she said. Sta. Iglesia receives funding because of the GI Bill, he said.
Some scholarships, such as the Alvin Terrell Dixon Memor ial S cholarship, the Michael Flanagan Scholarship, the Joanne Hendrick Early Childhood Endowed Scholarship, the Mewbourne College of Earth and Energy undergraduate scholarships and the Osher Reentry Scholarship Program Tuition Waiver favor students with children, single parents or older students, according to The University of Oklahoma 2013-2014 Scholarship Guide. OU also
waives the resident tuition for Oklahoma residents over age 65 who audit courses. For Sta. Iglesia, the main goal in going back to school outweighed the short-term time, social and financial challenges. “Getting a job is the biggest thing, he said. “That’s the reason you get a degree.” Alyssa Mannen, Alyssa.L.Mannen-1@ou.edu
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ABROAD: Applications due by late February
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Kloker said the growth in student participation in abroad programs, as well as the increase in customized, faculty–led programs have been some of the biggest changes she’s seen since becoming a study abroad adviser in 2007. Journey to Africa is a brand new program this year, she said. Professor Andreana Prichard proposed the program last year and received approval from the Africa Regional Advisory Committee, Kloker said. There have been other programs to Brazil, but this is the first time the Journey to Latin America has gone to Brazil, she said. Kloker said she is excited about offering these new programs to students. “Brazil and Tanzania are not necessarily countries that would be accessible to the average student without a great deal of on-site accompaniment and support,” she said. International area studies junior Hunter Brunwald will be one of the many students attending the Journey to Brazil trip in the summer of 2013. He said he is most excited about students’ opportunity to work with non-governmental organizations through the program to help alleviate poverty in certain regions of the country. “The goal of Journey programs is to introduce OU
students to world affairs through the lens of a particular country or region,” Kloker said. Education Abroad also will be adding a new Journey to Turkey program as of this summer, she said. Students have until February to apply for the Journey programs, according to the Education Abroad website. Lindsey Ruta contributed to this story.
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AT A GLANCE New Journey Programs Journey to Africa: Tanzania Journey to Latin America: Brazil Coming soon: Journey to Turkey Application deadline: Feb. 22 Source: Education Abroad website
Sangirardi said. The student government personally will apply for the calendar admission on ou.edu if the organizations keep them updated on their events, he said. All of this will be covered at the COSO meeting, Sangirardi said. Aside from the online calendar, to advertise for events via fliers, posters or chalking, student organizations must submit requests to Student Life for central campus advertising or to Residence Life for advertising South of Lindsey Street, according to the Student Life website. “I accept all campus publicity — everything gets approved as long as it follows the correct guidelines with the accommodations statement,” said Carmen Bao, assistant director of Operations and Student Organizations for Student Life, in an email. “All organizations are treated the same way with publicity regardless of their size.” Jade Pierce, advertising junior and president of the Spanish Club, said that most of the Spanish Club’s event advertising is done through their email list, which students signed up for this year during the Howdy Week Involvement Fair. “We can do chalking,” she said, “but you have to get a permit for that.” Pierce also stated that
some of the Spanish Club’s events are hard to advertise through email, like the Tomatina water-balloon fight. “It is a huge event, and we spend a lot of money and time on the event,” she said, and added that she would like help from UOSA promoting events. Students also can reach out to Housing and Food marketing team for advertising help, said Diane Brittingham, associate director of Housing and Food Services and director of Residence Life. Requests to advertise in the residence halls are accepted in the Housing and Food office, but fliers cannot be posted on the individual floors of the residence halls, according to the Housing and Food website. Brittingham, who also has experience as a previous adviser for student groups, said time is key when promoting events. “If you’ve got an event coming up in five to seven days, you really want to get it out there so people can make appropriate plans,” she said. Residence Life accepts all flier requests from registered student organizations, and usually gets back to students within 48 hours at the latest, Brittingham said.
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EDITORIAL
Sexual misconduct training needs in-person sessions Our View: The sexual misconduct online training is
these pitfalls as much as possible. Students either have to read the material or be fairly well versed in this subject already in order to pass the quiz. And the information is presented in a way Among improvements made to the sexual misthat is likely to catch students’ attention and stand conduct policy is a mandatory online training for students. This training is an effective tool in the effort out from the flood of other digital data. Still, the digital approach can only get the univerto educate students about sexual misconduct and safety. But the addition of a few simple components sity so far. This training is great as a component of a larger initiative to educate about sexual misconduct would make the current program even better. and violence; it cannot stand alone. The training begins with short readings and situAnd it doesn’t. Students have many ational questions. These sections exopportunities to learn more about plain different kinds of sexual misconsexual misconduct by participating in GO AND DO duct, such as violence, coercion and events or initiatives on campus. Greek stalking. They also give important staOnline training students and student-athletes are tistics about the occurrence of misconWhen: By Sept. 14 given training on this topic during oriduct, a specific definition of consent entations to those programs. and resources for students. Where: ou.edu/ Even the mandatory alcohol training It includes important facts that may sexualmisconduct covers some of this information. not immediately occur to students, Given the importance of this subject such as sexual misconduct can occur for every student, this coverage is not enough. OU between people of any gender, many college-aged people have been victims, and men can be harassed, officials obviously recognize this training cannot be left to voluntary events or aimed at specific groups — assaulted or coerced just as women can. that’s why the online program is required of all. Some of the concepts covered in this section alBut research, like the 2007 Journal of American ready will be familiar or seem like common sense. College Health study, shows that in-person training But students likely will find some of these facts surprising, and some concepts they assume they know is much more effective at preventing sexual assaults. Since the resources and time for the alcohol trainare actually different. The Our View ing already exist, the sexual misconduct material This online training is the peris the majority fect tool to draw students’ attenalready included in that training could be expanded opinion of tion to these disparities and edu- into a full program to run alongside it. OU could The Daily’s package them together as necessary life skills, excate them about the facts. eight-member They will find this out quickly in pand the time allotted for the training and fully cover editorial board the final question section, which both important topics in-person with all students. An in-person training will allow for discussions tests students on the knowledge they gained from the readings. This serves to ensure among students that will encourage critical thinking about the boundaries of consent and what constistudents paid attention and to highlight where the tutes healthy sexual behavior. Not to mention it will intuitive answer is incorrect. better capture students’ interest and attention. Between that and the realistic situations preMost importantly, it will ensure students have the sented, students are unlikely to make it through the tools to recognize dangerous, coercive or exploittraining without engaging their minds. That said, online training is not always the most ef- ative behavior. Once this behavior is identified, students will feel more comfortable reporting incidents fective tool. Students are used to spending much of their time online, but not much of that time is spent and calling it out when they see it in social situations. So, while we laud administrators for designing an carefully reading and comprehending material. effective online training tool that will reach all stuStudents could approach this quiz with the same dents, we urge them to consider adding an in-perfocus as mindlessly checking their Facebook wall. And let’s face it, anyone who has taken these kinds son component. of quizzes knows it can be easy to fake it. OU’s sexual misconduct quiz is designed to avoid Comment on this on OUDaily.com effective but needs more in-person training.
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There is no statute of limitation for policy It is important for readers to be aware of a few needed clari• Resident advisers and resident directors fications to the Aug. 28 column, “Sexual misconduct policy • Registered student organization leadership not enough for OU students:” • Step In, Speak Out program The sexual misconduct policy has no statute of limitations. • Sooner Safety Week For purposes of an effective and timely investigation, report• Rape Awareness Week ing within 365 days of the incident is encouraged, but is not • Take Back the Night required. • Sexual Assault Awareness Month In addition to online training, the university, in fact, pro• Red Flag campaign vides in-person training to students. For example: • OUPD safety training • The mandatory student in-person alcohol training inThe university will continue to seek out and provide includes sexual misconduct training person sexual misconduct training to all of its students. The • Student-athletes’ and international student orientations safety of the university community is a top priority for the • Gateway courses president and university. • Fraternity and sorority presidents • All new Greek members Laura Palk, institutional equity and Title IX coordinator
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Gun control laws don’t endanger citizens Editor’s Note: This letter is in response to Monday’s guest column, “Laws only control the law-abiding.” I do not see the author making a very strong point in favor of the benefits of possessing a firearm at all times. I can see the benefits of possessing a firearm if one is trapped in a mass-shooting, such as the one in Aurora, Colo. However, the probability of finding oneself in that type of situation is rather low. What about other, more common situations? If someone makes the choice of carrying a firearm, he/ she will have to think about it in terms of risks and benefits, and think about all the situations they find themselves in throughout their everyday lives. But that’s a personal decision to make. My main doubt comes down to the distinction between criminals and law-abiding citizens. The shooters in these last incidents were law-abiding citizens up until the attack;
that’s what allowed them to get access to firearms (and sure, I agree that criminals will find a way to get a firearm no matter what). That’s one additional risk that comes with giving easy access to firearms to citizens. They can be as law-abiding as you want, there will always be a risk that they will misuse their guns. And finally, I am thinking about the Trayvon Martin case. Both Martin and George Zimmerman were law-abiding citizens at the time of the incident. Regardless of the outcomes of the case, I do not agree with you that “gun-control laws only endanger lawful citizens.” Martin, a law-abiding citizen at the time, was killed. Zimmerman, a law-abiding citizen at the time, might end up in jail for having had a gun that night.
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OPINION COLUMNIST ew York Mayor Michael Bloomberg held a press conference after the recent shoot-out in front of the Empire State Building, where he noted that “there are an awful lot of guns out there.” Jason Byas This might seem like jason.l.byas-1@ou.edu a bizarre non-sequitur in a city with some of the strictest gun laws in the country. But there is an unintended kernel of truth to his point: There are an awful lot of police out there, able to use their weapons completely unchecked. Reports have confirmed all nine of the innocent bystanders injured were hit by the New York Police Department, who were “shooting randomly,” one victim told The Guardian. It appears that the last shot fired by the man they were targeting was nearly an hour earlier at Hazan Imports, where he murdered his former employer. While there have been a few people using the story as a way of highlighting a systemic gun violence problem, little has been said of it in relationship to a systemic police violence problem. Even the horrifying spectacle of police injuring nine people while firing aimlessly at a single target, has failed to provoke any serious discussion about police power and its abuses. Unfortunately, this is unsurprising. When hundreds of people protested a recent outburst of killings and brutality by police in Anaheim, Calif., in July, there were some murmurs out of the respected news giants but not much more. The particular incident that sparked those protests was the death of the unarmed 25-year-old Manuel Diaz, who was shot for “avoiding arrest.” Among the protesters’ chants were “The whole system is guilty” and “Am I next?” The officers who killed Diaz were given paid leave. Even more silence followed an encounter in Tacoma, Wash., in August that is honestly excruciating to read. Lashonn White found herself inexplicably tased and arrested after contacting 911 about being attacked in her home, a local Washington TV network reported. White had used a special video phone to reach them in American Sign Language, due to being deaf since birth. In the 911 calls, her condition is mentioned multiple times. The dispatcher told her to go outside, and after she did, the police verbally asked for her to stop. When she didn’t respond to their verbal demands for obvious reasons, she was tased, handcuffed and taken into custody. Nothing was explained to White at the time of her tasing and arrest, as none of the dispatched officers spoke American Sign Language (though a neighbor yelled to the police “She’s deaf and can’t speak!”). Furthermore, she spent 60 hours bruised, bloodied and detained without an interpreter. She managed to escape her stroll through hell with no charges filed against her. An investigation is underway regarding the Tacoma Police Department’s behavior. To state the obvious, if penalized at all, those officers involved probably won’t face assault and battery charges, let alone kidnapping charges. And what will happen to the officers who shot and injured nine people right in front of the Empire State Building? Whatever happens, it seems unlikely they will be made to pay full restitution to their victims. Returning to Bloomberg’s press release, Bloomberg rightly commended the man who reported the gunman to police, saying “he saw something, he said something.” The same gratitude is not typically extended to those who “see something and say something” about police violence, especially those who get evidence. Adam Mueller of the police accountability organization copblock.org recently was put on trial for felony “wiretapping” charges due to his recording conversations while investigating a police brutality situation at a New Hampshire high school. Antonio Buehler of the Peaceful Streets Project, which films police to prevent and raise awareness of brutality, was recently arrested while filming police officers detaining an intoxicated man. Even with the risk of arrest, active citizen involvement is necessary. The abuses of power discussed in this column are far from isolated incidents, they’re just the most egregious ones of the last three months. The problems are systemic and concerted. Organized action is required to expose and address this criminal behavior.
Eric Romanov, sociology senior
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| Check out coverage of the 13th annual Boggess Artist Concert Series, which kicks off with an organ concert Friday at OU Catlett Music Center.
FEATURE
Zombie vs. Shark: Educated on music scene Two members of local punk rock band teach at OU MOLLY EVANS
Life & Arts Reporter
One summer night in a Paris club several years ago, French fans of The Flaming Lips believed frontman Wayne Coyne was sitting at their neighboring table. This Wayne Coyne, with a doctorate in French History, was doing research at a Parisian archive at the time. This Wayne Coyne was actually Robert Scafe of the OU Expository Writing program and a guitarist in local punk rock group Zombie vs. Shark. Now, five years as a fourpiece band with three doctorates and two new singles, Zombie vs. Shark is well-educated in Norman’s music scene. The band’s punk roots reach back nearly five decades to Debris of Chickasha, Okla., and stretch to Denver’s The Fluid, San Francisco’s Dead Kennedys and BRONCHO of Oklahoma City, which all influenced Zombie vs. Shark’s sound. The collaboration among the Zombie vs. Shark members includes Ron Haas’ alternative-country, rock of Austin, Matt Bokovoy’s noise rock of California’s Paisley Underground and vocalist Jeremy Gragg’s pop and R&B personalization creates an American version of punk. “Punk ‘n’ roll,� Scafe called it. Zombie vs. Shark has
played Norman venues like Bill and Dee’s, the Deli and the Opolis, but it took introductory shows at Star Skate on Lindsey Street, a barn in Maysville, Okla., and Scafe’s own house before crossing the threshold to get there. During his six years at OU, Haas has taught Legacies of the 1960s, and he currently teaches Counterculture: From Jean-Jacques Rousseau to Johnny Rotten in Expository Writing. Scafe teaches Violence and the Sacred and Music, Sound and Noise. “I talk to my students about music all the time,� Haas said. “The ’60s class in particular attracts a lot of students who are into music and invested into a particular scene.� Political subtext and traditional rock ’n’ roll themes, such as alienation and introspection feed into Zombie vs. Shark’s music because everyone essentially writes songs, Scafe said. �All of our songs are either dead-on serious or social satire without anything in between,� Bokovoy said. “In punk rock music, there’s a mix of the political and emotional.� Zombie vs. Shark recorded its latest singles, “Dogs & Guns� and “Cold Machine� to accompany its 2010 debut album, “Wartime Sugar.� All three-vinyl records are selfpublished on the band’s
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(Left to right) Robert Scafe, Jeremy Gragg and Matt Bokovoy of Zombie vs. Shark perform at the Oklahoma Gazette’s Ghouls Gone Wild parade. Zombie vs. Shark are performing at 9 p.m. Saturday at the Opolis with The Costanzas and Uranium Death Crow.
l a b e l , Mo d e r n Pe a s a nt Records, which Scafe co-created with a band mate from a previous band. Trent Bell, who has operated the Norman studio for more than 15 years, supports local start-up bands like Zombie vs. Shark by helping them make great records, he said. Zombie vs. Shark is a classic, straightforward rock band willing to try new things, Bell said. “You never know who’s
going to be the new Flaming Lips or The Starlight Mints,� Bell said. “Sometimes you get so surprised, and that’s always fun and exciting for me.� In five years, the Zombie vs. Shark members have created a downtown arts and music venue, played various festivals, launched a label and kept their day jobs. The next five years might bring shows in Texas, a s o p h o m o re a l b u m a n d
an expansion of Modern Peasant Records, according to the band. “Living a normal life is the source for the music, dealing with the problems and pathos of life,â€? Bokovoy said. “So I guess it goes back to the punk rock ethos; work and play music, and get in the van ‌ and go back to your day job.â€?
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MOVIE REVIEW
‘Lawless:’ Career-making gangster film for Shia LaBeouf LIFE & ARTS COLUMNIST
Brent Stenstrom Brent.E.Stenstrom@ou.edu
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fter leaving the theater, the only thing you will think of is how brilliant the acting is and how impressive the different scenes are. The world of “Lawless� takes place in the midst of Prohibition during the 1930s in Virginia. Prohibition has created a die-hard, cutthroat business out of making moonshine and bootlegging it out of the state. Since Prohibition started, the low-end bootleggers are getting pushed out of the picture by the big boys in Chicago or New York City, but there is one
family who doesn’t give into the pressure. The Bondurant boys — Jack (Shia LaBeouf), Forrest (Tom Hardy) and Howard ( Ja s o n C l a rk e ) — h av e been successfully making moonshine and bootlegging in Franklin County, Va., for years, until one day, a big-shot “special� deputy, Charlie Rakes, (Guy Pearce) comes into town from Chicago to bust all the local moonshiners so his boss can reap the benefits. The Bondurant boys are legends for being indestructible and are put to the test as they try to sell as much moonshine as they can without the sinister Rakes catching them or finding their stills. “Lawless� is based on “The Wettest County in the World,� a 2008 novel by Matt Bondurant, a descendant of the main characters. Director John Hillcoat directed a
similar movie in 2005, called “The Proposition,� which chronicled a band of brothers fighting back against the law as well. But “Lawless� easily outdoes Hillcoat’s former film. LaBeouf’s character, Jack, is the youngest of the three Bondurant boys, but his role in this movie is a career maker. After his performance in this movie, I have a feeling LaBeouf is going to be the next Leonardo Dicaprio. Fresh off his work as Bane
in “The Dark Knight Rises,� Hardy plays the eldest of the Bondurant brothers and plays the leadership role very well. As the oldest, Hardy does a ruthless job making sure anyone who crosses his family does not walk away without knowing the Bondurants run Franklin County. What really shocked me about this movie was the setting. When I think of Virginia, I don’t think of the rolling hills and rural
roads with swampy lands, but the landscape footage in “Lawless� makes the film feel more realistic. The 1930s setting is portrayed perfectly with its vintage signage and visible gas pumps. The towns are somewhat tranquil until the sawed-off shotguns, Thompson machine guns and brass knuckles combine to make a cocktail of death that leaves the citizens cleaning up after brutal shootouts.
“Lawless� is a movie that holds nothing back, and for that reason, there is a lot of violence that adds to the situation. If you don’t mind the violence, then this is the movie for you, because it is beautifully shot and has outstanding acting with a plot that will drive you crazy until you find out what happens next. Brent Stenstrom is a broadcast and electronic media junior.
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SPORTS
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Football
Sooners to open 2012 season in El Paso Team says it isn’t underestimating UTEP’s game Tobi Neidy
Sports Reporter
The OU football team will open its season away from Norman for just the third time under coach Bob Stoops when it faces UTEP at 9:30 p.m. Saturday in El Paso, Texas. History dictates that this season opener should be a cakewalk for the Sooners, who own a 2-0 series record over the Miners, including a convincing 55-14 victory in 2000 en route to OU’s seventh national title that season. But this year’s team says it isn’t relying on past performances to predict the outcome of Saturday’s game. “We’re definitely not taking UTEP lightly at all,” senior punter and captain Tress Way said. “We know they can play.” O n e f a c t o r Wa y s a i d changed the attitude of this year’s team was going through the humility process of losing multiple games last season. “We know we can win Big 12 championships, the national championships or a BCS game,” Way said. “But in order to (get to those games) we have to be great in practice and be detailed and precise in everything that we do.” The Sooners return a combined 24 players with 339 career starts that finished with 10-3 overall record last season. Senior quarterback Landry Jones — who has 37 career starts — passed up the NFL to come back for his final tour in an OU uniform after finishing with 4,463 yards and 29
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Junior running back Brennan Clay (right) stiff arms an Iowa defender (left) in the Insight Bowl against Iowa on Dec. 30 in Phoenix. The Sooners won the game, 31-14. The OU football team kicks off this season against UTEP at 9:30 p.m. Saturday in El Paso, Texas.
PLAYER PROFILE Trey Metoyer Year: Freshman Position: Receiver 2010 Statistics: Caught 108 passes for 1,540 yards and 23 touchdowns
touchdowns a year ago. The senior quarterback — who already owns OU’s career passing yards (12,379), touchdown passes (93) and
pass completion (1,021) records — needs just four wins to pass Steve Davis (1973-75) as OU’s winningest QB. And Stoops said he’s already seen a better Jones in this year’s fall camp. “[Jones] is throwing the ball really well, really accurately,” Stoops said. “I think it’s getting there quicker and he’s more mobile.” To compliment Jones’ progress, junior wide receiver Kenny Stills, who capped off his sophomore season with 849 yards and eight touchdowns, will combine with two incoming WRs — senior Penn State transfer Justin Brown and freshman
Trey Metoyer — to be the go-to receiving hands this fall following the graduation of NCAA receptions leader Ryan Broyles. OU’s running game also gets a boost with the return of senior running back Dominique Whaley, who finished with 627 yards and nine touchdowns before exiting last season with an ankle injury. While it’s still to be determined whether or not Whaley is back to his “pre-injury self,” Stoops is confident that the Sooners will have their star back ready to play. “Only Whaley and the Good Lord knows if he’s 100
percent or not, but he sure looks it to me in all the sessions we’ve been in,” Stoops said. On the other side of the ball, OU’s defense will be anchored by seniors, defensive tackle David King, defensive tackle Casey Walker, defensive tackle Jamarkus McFarland and defensive end R.J. Washington, who account for a combined 112 appearances and 30 starts. With King moving inside to the tackle position, sophomore defensive end Chuka Ndulue earned a spot on the starting lineup this season, after playing in seven games as a red-shirt freshman in
2011. And with that type of seasoned talent returning to the field for the Sooners, UTEP coach Mike Price sees Saturday’s matchup as an opportunity for his own program to go up against one of the nation’s best teams. “It’s a chance of a lifetime for us to play a great OU team,” Price said. “This team has no weaknesses, and they’ve got the guys with attitude who like to hit.” UTEP returns 43 letter winners and 13 starters from the team that finished with a 5-7 overall record that finished 2-6 in Conference USA action last season. Senior Nick Lamaison returns for his final season as Miners’ starting quarterback after completing 58 percent of his passes for 1,718 yards and 12 touchdowns last season. UTEP’s offense primarily relied on its running game a year ago but will need a player like sophomore running back Nathan Jeffery — who finished with 166 yards last season as a true freshman — to replace a trio of graduated backs that accounted for 1,634 yards. But King said OU’s defense will be prepared for whatever type of offense the Miners bring to the field. “They like to run the ball and their quarterback is pretty good too,” King said. “I think [Lamaison] said he wants to outdo Landry (Jones). “So we have to come out and make sure that doesn’t happen.” Tobi Neidy tneidy@gmail.com
Soccer
OU soccer team to play first away game of season Sooners focus on offense in practice, defender says Ross Stracke Sports Reporter
After tying a swift Vanderbilt squad, the OU soccer team will try to gain momentum going into Big 12 play with a pair of wins, beginning with their game 9 p.m. Friday at UNLV. In the past two Friday games, the Sooners got off to sluggish starts, coming out slow against Nicholls State and Nebraska. Coach Matt Potter said the team is not shying away from that but rather taking the problem head on. “The first thing is to acknowledge we didn’t start necessarily the way we are capable of,” Potter said. “Once we’ve done that, we have to figure out what is it and how we can work at it
and that’s what we’ve been committed to.” Another problem the Sooners aren’t shying away from is their struggle with offense in the game against Va n d e r b i l t , w h e r e t h e Commodores controlled possession for most of the g a m e. Ju n i o r d e f e n d e r Kathryn Watson said that is the focal point of practice this week. “We’ve been w orking in practice on our attackers keeping their width and keeping small passes in the midfield to help them succeed as they go forward,” Watson said. However, Oklahoma’s strength so far this season has been their consistent defense, which has saved them multiple times already. Watson attributes their success on the defensive end to the great team chemistry off the field. “We all get along really
well off the field so it makes it easy on the field,” Watson said. The game marks the first road trip of the season for the Sooners and Potter ’s first journey back to the west coast Zoe since leaving Dickson Wa s h i n g t o n State for Oklahoma. Potter said this plays to him and his staff’s advantage. “We have a little bit more familiarity within our staff of knowing UNLV having played them there,” Potter said. “UNLV has two players that spring to mind who have great pedigree, but no one person is going to win
or lose the game. It’s going to take a collective effort on our part.” Another worry for the Sooners could be the off-field distractions that come with playing in Las Vegas. Junior midfielder Zoe Dickson says this is not the case for the poised Sooner squad. “This team is good about going on the road and staying focused,” Dickson said. “There are less distractions on the road. You don’t have astrud reed/the daily the crowd behind you, but you aren’t dealing with Senior forward Renae Cuellar kicks a ball in a game in Norman earlier school or worrying about this season. The Sooners play their first road game tonight in Las Vegas. who’s at the game. You are just focused on the game and the opponent.” Ross Stracke ross.stracke@ou.edu
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