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Union wing expected to reopen in 8 to 10 weeks Student leaders discuss replacement carpet after offices closed due to flood KATHLEEN EVANS The Oklahoma Daily

UOSA and Oklahoma Memorial Union officials are working together to restore the ConocoPhillips Leadership Wing after an electrical fire Sept. 9. A lamp in the foyer of the wing started the fire and was put out by sprinklers, but standing water from the sprinklers — which ran for over an hour — created water damage in

the wing. “The main damage was as a result of the water running down the steps, leaking under the foyer doors,” said UOSA Vice President Cory Lloyd who has an office in the closed part of the wing. “By the time the system was turned off, the water had reached the far south end of the wing and was standing in each office, meaning that all the carpet had to be removed.” Lloyd said they estimate the first floor and basement will be closed for eight to 10 weeks, but other student organizations on the second and third floors can still access

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offices. No one was injured in the fire, but all carpet was removed the next day. UOSA executive directors met with Vice President of Student Affairs Clarke Stroud on Friday to discuss remodeling the wing. Lloyd said they chose carpet and other furniture that will replace damaged

furnishings. “We are not quite sure what budget this comes out of,” UOSA adviser Brynn Daves said. “It depends on what all is done and how long it takes.” Union Director Laura Pontz said it was a confusing situation because the union is not really in charge of the wing, the student leaders are. The union found carpet samples, but the choices are up to UOSA. Until the new carpet and furniture arrives and the bills are paid, UOSA is trying to figure out how to conduct business as usual. “It has definitely been difficult to

get everything rolling again,” Lloyd said. “With no computers, printers, phones, etc., there is a lot of e-mailing documents to yourself so you can print them somewhere.” Though the closure of the wing makes communication difficult, Lloyd said he and UOSA President Franz Zenteno are still able to perform their jobs and work for the student body. “Whether we have an office space or not, we still have plenty of projects to be working on,” Lloyd said. — Megan Deaton contributed to this report

Panel discusses immigrants’ motivations Damaged Mexican economy, lack of farming subsidies drive immigrants to cross U.S. border in search of jobs despite risks SYDNEY MCFERRON The Oklahoma Daily

movement, a non-religious punk derivative that preaches abstinence from alcohol, drugs and promiscuous sex. He also has a half-sleeve of his favorite album, Have Heart’s “The Things We Carry.” Despite his tattoos’ positive symbolism, the permanent body art initially caused a rift between Beard and his family. He moved out of his home and supported himself during his first year of college. The differences have now been settled, but Beard, despite being proud of his ink, is still conscious of their social implications. “It’s not something I want my superiors ... Who are hiring me now and still have that old-school mind set to focus on,” Beard said. “It’s not so much the opinions of my peers who will matter, but my superiors. At my internship this summer I basically wore a suit every day. I wasn’t lying or trying to hide them, but it was a professional setting and I didn’t want them to affect it.” This is where some conflict lies: the convergence of older generations, which might view tattoos as signs of

Rather than condemn illegal immigration, a panel at the First Presbyterian Church in Norman explained to more than 20 members of the community Sunday why immigrants come in to the United States. The forum was made up of Mark Adams, a religious leader involved in the Presbyterian bi-national border ministr y, Frontera de Cristo, mixed media artist Deborah McCullough and Oklahomans Against Trafficking Humans Executive Director Mark Elam. Immigrants, especially illegal ones, are at risk of being sold into modern-day slavery because they are afraid of going to the police, Adams said. Because of this and his work on several human-trafficking cases in Norman, Elam was invited to participate in the panel. If the immigrants manage to cross the border, they are still vulnerable to being sold into human trafficking or indentured servitude. Elam started a task force in Oklahoma City with Oklahomans Against Trafficking Humans and was “overwhelmed with the magnitude of [human trafficking].” Elam said his wish is to “stop criminalizing the individual and go after the organziations [who are trafficking].” While some Americans condemn illegal immigration, many do not think of who is behind the workforce producing products for everyday life, Adams said. “Do you support illegal immigration? ... If I go to the grocery store and buy oranges, chances are I’m supporting illegal immigration,” he said. Adams said due to an economic shift caused by Mexico’s joining with NAFTA in 1994, many Mexican farms cannot compete with the mechanized and organized farms of America. Adams said the agricultural sector of Mexico has been severely damaged because the Mexican government’s focus is on the industrial sector and will not pay farmers subsidies, while the U.S. government pays farmers billions in subsidies, Adams said. Immigrants travel across the desert in 104-degree heat, the 7,000 miles of wall and the 20,000 patrol agents separating Mexico from the United States to America seeking jobs to feed their families, he said.

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Tattoo artist Jonathan Cagle adds detail to customer Robert Erfourth’s collection of tattoos Thursday afternoon at Skinsations Tattoo and Piercing, 1428 24th Ave. SW. Erfourth has 15 tattoos, and his latest represents the “810” area code of his hometown in Michigan.

Tattoos seen as artistic expression among younger generation TREVOR SHOFNER The Oklahoma Daily

shirtless man sits on a chair; smeared across his back is a bloody composition of red and black. It’s obvious he’s in pain, though he tries to hide it as a needled device throttles his back.

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Tattoo artist Ken Burns works on an outline for a customer Wednesday afternoon at Hall of Tattoos, 328 E. Main St. in Norman.

ONLINE AT OUDAILY.COM » Video: Blue Koi, 320 E. Main St., tattoo artists discuss the changing culture of tattoos in Oklahoma » Slideshow: View photos of local tattoo artists at work » Link: Guidelines for getting a safe tattoo and for aftercare » Link: Read Senate Bill No. 806, which made tattooing legal in Oklahoma on Nov. 1, 2006.

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This is what it takes to get a tattoo — permanent body art that’s been legal in Oklahoma since 2006 when Senate Bill 806 repealed its prohibition. For 43 years, it was illegal to get tattoos in the state of Oklahoma. The bill’s major components include legalizing licensed tattoo artists and operators and establishing state licensing criteria for those artists. The bill also allowed those 18 years old and older to get tattoos. On Nov. 1, Oklahoma parlors will have been open legally for four years. However, tattoos are still controversial and create a generational divide among those who accept them as body art and those who see them as social taboos. For Flint Beard, petroleum engineering junior, tattoos are a form of personal expression that often carry a negative social connotation. “With our generation, if you don’t have a tattoo, it’s kind of weird. The majority of college students have them now, even just a small one,” said Beard, who considers there to be a generational gap. Beard has several tattoos — two large, athletic font x’s on the backs of his arms which symbolize the “Straight Edge”

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TATTOO: Body art’s stigma changing Continued from page 1

Today around campus » The Assessment and Learning Center will host a seminar on choosing a major or career at 2 p.m. in the Adams Tower Housing Learning Center. The center will also talk about pre-calculus exams for 1503/1523 at 3 p.m. and 1643 at 4 p.m. » Union Programming Board will have Mid-Day Music with artist Thomas Glenn at 11:30 a.m. in the Union’s Will Rogers Room. » There is a multicultural game night at 6 p.m. in the Union’s Sooner Room. » The Pre-Medical Professions Club will meet at 6:30 p.m. in the Union’s Weitzenhoffer Room. » Shack-a-thon will have an informational meeting at 7 p.m. in the Union’s Frontier Room.

Tuesday, Sept. 21 » The Women’s Outreach Center will register people for the Susan G. Komen Race for the Cure from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. in the Union. » Christians on Campus will host a Bible study at noon in the Union’s Traditions Room. » OU Libraries will have librarian Steve Beleu talk about websites about Native Americans at 1:30 in Bizzell Memorial Library, room 149D. » Engineering majors can learn about interviewing for engineering jobs at 1:30 p.m. in the Union’s Crimson Room. » The Assessment and Learning Center will teach students about how to take notes in lectures at 3:30 p.m. in Wagner Hall. » A panel discussion about Islam in America and the New York Community Center controversy will start at 7 p.m. in the Union’s Regents Room. » The Medical Ethics and Issues Discussion Panel will meet at 5:30 p.m. in the Union’s Heritage Room. » The Japanese Conversation Club will meet at 6 p.m. in the Union’s Frontier Room.

immaturity or irresponsibility, and younger generations, which might be more accepting of tattoos as a popular form of artistic expression. “The human body is plain without tattoos. If you can add depth and scenery to something that’s already beautiful, it just enhances it,” said Jason Long, a body piercer working at Blue Koi Tattoos on Main Street. The reaction of the older generation is understandable: There are risks of infection if not properly done. “People getting infections and the fact that there are a lot of bad scratch artists out there really gives us a bad

BORDER: Faithbased groups network Continued from page 1 Mc Cu l l o u g h s a i d s h e w a l k s t h e s e t ra i l s w i t h members of the Tucson Samaritans carrying clean water, medical supplies, socks and food and while out there, she has found people who have been lost for days. Working the past two years doing artwork displaying the perils immigrants face, McCullough’s most notable piece is known as the “Shoe Shrine,” which illustrates how people travel the Mexican desert wearing shoes in poor condition and fall prey to thorns and blisters. Mc Cu l l o u g h s a i d s h e wants others to understand “how alone and terrifying it is to be out there.”

» The Sooner Ballroom Dance Club will give lessons at 6:30 p.m. in the Union’s Scholars Room.

Wednesday, Sept. 22 » The Women’s Outreach Program will register people for the Susan G. Komen Race for the Cure from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. in the Union. » Christians on Campus will host a Bible study at 12:30 p.m. in the Union’s Traditions Room. » OU Career Services will host a workshop on interview techniques for all JMC majors at 1:30 in the Gaylord Hall Fame Room. » OU Career Services will host a workshop on interview techniques for all Arts and Science majors at 3 p.m. in the Union’s Crimson Room. » Professor George Henderson will hold a lecture about race and the university from 5 to 7 p.m. in the Honor’s College Nancy Mergler Library. » Shack-A-Thon will have an informational meeting at 7 p.m. in the Union’s Alma Wilson Room. » The Animal Volunteer Alliance will hold a meeting from 7 to 9 p.m. in the Union’s Sooner Room. » Campus Activity’s Council’s University Sing will hold a meeting from 9:30 to 11:30 p.m. in the Union’s Heritage Room.

» This day in OU history

Sept. 20, 1982 Fire on Campus Corner brings 8 stores to the ground A fire on Campus Corner destroyed two stores and damaged six others. No one was injured. The stores affected included The Olympic Village, a sporting store, and Two’s Company, a clothing store. The fire is believed to have started in The Olympic Village. Merchants on Campus Corner helped each other out by temporarily storing the goods of damaged stores. Sophomore pushes ahead of senior on football team Sophomore Danny Bradley moved ahead of senior Rod Pegues to the No. 2 position on the OU football depth chart. While this caused an upset, Bradley saved the day in his first game when he replaced starter Kelly Phillips and ended up scoring two touchdowns.

GSS approves Parking Appeals Board members The Graduate Student Senate approved the appointment of six people to the UOSA student Parking Appeals Board Sunday night. The board reviews parking ticket appeals and decides whether they should be sustained, voided or reduced. However, due to run-off elections last spring, board members were never approved in May and have not been able to review appeals yet. “I’ve been trying to do something over summer, but I have to be appointed, so I couldn’t do anything,” said Alexandra Philbrick, chair of the parking appeals board. “I’ve been waiting to get through these 40 [backed-up appeals], and it will only take one meeting.” The Senate approved the appointments with a vote of 54-1, with eight people abstaining. The legislation will move to the Undergraduate Student Congress for another vote at Tuesday’s meeting and then to UOSA President Franz Zenteno. The GSS executive branch is writing legislation to change the board’s structure and expand it to 10 members instead of six, GSS chair Silas DeBoer said. “What’s happened in the past hasn’t worked,” Philbrick said. “It’s been crazy. We’re trying to make it all right. A board of six is inefficient, but with what’s going on in current reality, we do need to appoint six people, so that we can at least show that we do care, that we are trying.”

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name,” he said. “There’s a lot of horrible stuff out there.” All legal Oklahoman artists must either have two years of licensed work in another state or go through a stateapproved apprenticeship. Social implications and people’s reactions to body art are another matter. “Everyone has their own opinions about it, and some are very, very against them. But everybody’s getting tattoos these days. ... They can see the quality of the art and the fact that it’s not just bikers and criminals getting work done anymore,” said Rusty Diamond, a tattoo artist at Blue Koi Tattoos. While many young people generally accept tattoos, some still take issue with the

principle and practicality of permanently marking one’s skin. “The people are nice, but my damn, why would you want to have that thing on you? It’d be a different matter if they could come off in 10 years, but when you get to be my age it’s not the same thing,” said Bob Anderson, o w n e r o f A n d e r s o n ’s Furniture on Main Street. For some, tattoos are a cyclical trend like hairstyles, clothing and music. However, they’re a permanent fixture. “I think they’re works of art, and I have no problem with them in the work place. It’s part of our generation,” said Della Patterson, co-owner of the vintage/decorative store Stash on Main Street.

Tattoo parlors in norman Check out these tattoo parlors for local Norman inkage. Regret that impulsive tattoo? There’s a place to get them removed, too. » Blue Koi Tattoo, 320 E. Main St. » Demented Images Tattoo, 1000 S.W. 59th St. » Hall of Tattoos, 328 E. Main St. » Skinsations Tattoo Inc., 1428 24 Ave. S.W. » Southside Tattoos by Skin Ritual, 7804 S. Western Ave. » Think Ink Tattoos, 1430 W. Lindsey St. Tattoo covering and removing: » First Glance Medical Spa, 3000 S. Berry Road

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Tea party not solution for moderate voters If you create a monster, it’s only a matter of time before it and has compared herself to the female characters of Lord of turns on you. the Rings. She supports the teaching of creationism in pubSo goes the story of the tea party. lic schools, and believes America’s economy is “socialist.” The Republican party, who built up and supported this Aside from believing they are equivalents of fantasy charfringe movement for so long, claiming it represents the acters, most tea party candidates embrace similar rhetoric majority of Americans, is finally realizing just how much it of America’s increasing “socialism,” and the need to bring could hurt them. God to the forefront of politics. Some important primary elections recently have led to Political pundits have tirelessly tried to spin the tea party big gains for the tea party — and heavy losses for the GOP. as an inclusive group for the average dissatisfied American The tea party’s most recent primary winner, Christine citizen, but as O’Donnell and the rest of the tea party have O’Donnell, upset longtime Delaware House Republican, made clear, it’s not. And now Republicans and conservative Mike Castle, for the state’s U.S. Senate seat. media are paying the price for allowing this group to domiMore moderate Republicans have not endorsed her nate the political discourse. candidacy, and Republican Despite what the media strategist Karl Rove even think about the political cliDemocrats are well positioned to maintain power mate, a shift in favor of the said her win would not help when the Nov. 2 midterm elections come around Republicans in November. tea party isn’t likely, because O’Donnell is relatively because of the GOP’s propping up of the tea party. it would be a shift to the far young, inexperienced and right. This isn’t necessarily a good thing, but it’s the eager to take the power As “Daily Show” host Jon only choice moderates will have if the tea party back from the “Washington Stewart succinctly stated, elites.” moderates haven’t involved continues picking up Republican seats.” And like most tea party themselves in the politicandidates, she defaults to talking points in place of real so- cal discourse of late because they actually “had shit to do,” lutions to our country’s problems. rather than attend political rallies. She is against federal funding for, well, just about everyDemocrats are well positioned to maintain power when thing. She is against stem cell research, wants to repeal the the Nov. 2 midterm elections come around because of the new health care law and wants to increase the age above 65 GOP’s propping up of the tea party. for receiving Social Security benefits. This isn’t necessarily a good thing, but it’s the only choice But that’s not the issue Republicans have with her. It’s the moderates will have if the tea party continues picking up far-right beliefs and ideology of O’Donnell’s and the rest Republican seats. of the recent tea party winners that have Republicans so We know most Americans aren’t happy with the current worried. state of the nation and the Republican, Democrat establishYou can blame the media for unearthing extremely em- ment. It has long been a complaint by many who don’t agree barrassing clips from O’Donnell’s past, but they provide with the current state of politics that a third party doesn’t important insight for any voter who cares about what their have a greater chance at victory. representatives believe, and in what direction the tea party But the tea party is not the solution. wants to take the country. She has spoken out against masturbation and evolution, Comment on this column at OUDaily.com

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Delaware Republican Senate candidate Christine O’Donnell speaks at a Sussex County Republican Committee Picnic on Sunday in Lincoln, Del. O’Donnell is endorsed by the tea party and recently upset longtime Delaware House Republican Mike Castle for the state’s U.S. Senate seat.

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Discrimination policy Housing and Food Services still doesn’t cover LGBT — learn from the Scottish On Tuesday, the Sooner Ally Program marked its third year with the first training session of the year — helping students, faculty and staff take on roles as friends, supporters and mentors for the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender community on campus at OU. However, even though this program is an admirable initiative, the institution has repeatedly failed in its mission to make everyone feel safe, supported and included on campus. More than two years after the student body overwhelmingly voted to add sexual orientation to the university’s non-discrimination clause, no progress has been made.

GSS merely readopted the university’s existing policy with the same useless stand-alone sentence that is always omitted from all university publications and enforcement processes.” The university still has the same non-discrimination clause that spells out all of the classes it is willing to afford protection to. Sexual orientation is left out. There is only one sentence in the Regents’ Handbook that declares it is “also” the institution’s policy not to discriminate on the basis of sexual orientation. However, that sentence is left out every time the nondiscrimination statement is printed on any literature. And the university has no mechanism to enforce it.

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If someone ever tried to file a complaint because they had been threatened, harassed or discriminated against, they would find there was no formal written process. The university’s equal-opportunity policy spells out all of the classes it applies to. And, once again, sexual orientation is left out. Last year, the Graduate Student Senate stalled, gutted and eventually killed the resolution proposed by Student Congress to add sexual orientation to the university’s non-discrimination clause. GSS later made a big show of passing a resolution on this issue that was “two years in the making.” However, the resolution it adopted really didn’t change anything. The Senate didn’t adopt a resolution calling for the inclusion of sexual orientation in the university’s nondiscrimination statement — as the student body had voted. Instead, GSS merely readopted the university’s existing policy with the same useless stand-alone sentence that is always omitted from all university publications and enforcement processes. The Senate added some flowery language incorporating gender identity. However, Student Congress refused to go along with something that was a shadow of the original proposal endorsed by the student body. So, copies of that resolution were never sent

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to anyone and no one ever presented the proposal to the Regents. Since the university also has never incorporated the American Association of University Professors’ Code of Professional Conduct or created any formal grievance system to handle professional misconduct, that leaves these people completely unprotected. Students are required not to discriminate on the basis of sexual orientation by the provisions of the Student Code. However, the institution continues to refuse to hold administration, faculty and staff to the same standard. There are some in UOSA who would like to focus on adopting a more inclusive non-discrimination statement. However, others seem inclined to pursue old grudges against people who have graduated — crafting archaic changes to UOSA’s internal rules and regulations. One can only hope the former will prevail over the latter. UOSA should spend some time doing what the student body called for more than two years ago — ensuring that everyone feels safe, supported and included on campus by incorporating sexual orientation into the university’s non-discrimination clause. Then, maybe, it also might look into ensuring that there is a mechanism, like an equal opportunity policy or a professional misconduct process, to ensure that it is enforced. — Nicholas Harrison, law and business graduate

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In comparison with with a full refund, or until other systems, a number of shortly before the start of Housing and Food Services classes, with, understandSTAFF COLUMN policies might be considably, a substantial fee. ered unfair and dishonest. And rather than some Gerard Keiser For example, there is the pseudo-deposit, Glasgow $30 fee just to apply, intercharges a 400 pound estingly close to the $40 to (about $625) pre-payment, apply to OU itself, leading one to wonder without another charge until the end of where that money goes. October, bringing us to another point: the An OU representative told me it “is used university doesn’t force you to pay your for processing,” but surely they do not pay entire rent and tuition at the same time, a room of people to debate whether our but can spread it out a bit for you. volunteer work merits admission to the This is a help for those who might have prestigious Walker Center. trouble coming up with several thousand And for all the freshmen not living near- dollars all at once without getting a loan. by already, who of course can’t know to It is true that Glasgow cannot give evavoid it by applying during the couple of eryone who applies a room, but it makes weeks when they waive the fee, the loss of the best of things, separating out freshmen those $30 is officially inevitable. who come from too far a distance to easily Then there is the $200 “deposit” for find other arrangements, and giving them Traditions before you even know if you’re priority. They even have a free database of getting what you asked for. “Deposit” fully rooms let out by third parties for students. deserves the quotes, considering they only It is also true that this costs a good deal give you back half of it, making it a bit more more, 87.15 pounds ($136) per week being like a $100 deposit plus a $100 fee, which, standard with an exchange rate now of according to the same OU representative around $1.50 to one pound. mentioned earlier, “goes On the other hand, that toward administrative is for a safe, single room, Not to say that money costs.” throughout Christmas shouldn’t be charged — Not to say that money break, all utilities paid, shouldn’t be charged — they probably need more in the middle of an old, they probably need more compact city that has televisions for Couch televisions for Couch a fair amount of crime. Restaurants — but officials Anything like that will Restaurants — but officials should be honest should be honest and put be much more expenand put it in your rent insive in Glasgow than in it in your rent instead of stead of sneaking off with Norman. sneaking off with a few a few more dollars after On top of that, it does more dollars after we’ve we’ve committed to OU. have a small number of Next, the meal plans doubles for a lower price, committed to OU.” are far too extravagant. and all this comes with a Seeing as many are obligated to buy them, small kitchen, instead of forcing people to they ought to at least offer smaller, cheaper buy into some extravagant meal plan. plans that don’t entitle you to steak, shrimp In short, while I do not wish to say that and sushi, and give the dorms access to our Housing and Food Services office is asmore than one kitchen. tonishingly bad or anything like that — it Those who cannot afford it are already does offer a good product, even if it does allowed to opt out, but there also are those cost a lot and the office tries to hide a few of us who can but just don’t want to spend costs — it could learn something from the so much money. Scottish; their Accommodations Office is In contrast, this semester I am fortunate extremely accommodating. to be studying at the University of Glasgow, and its ideas are quite the opposite. — Gerard Keiser, Applications are entirely free; you pay linguistics and classical languages junior nothing at all until you accept its offer, in which the university tells you which set of Comment on this column at buildings you will be in. OUDaily.com After this, you have seven days to cancel

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Monday, Sept. 20, 2010 VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) - Your marvelous knack for taking the failed ideas of others and making them work is something you use all the time, so it won’t come as any surprise to anyone when you do so again. LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23) - Applying extra effort always pays off handsomely for you, so you won’t find the need to grumble should the boss throw a big project your way, which s/he is likely to do. SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 22) One of the most uncomfortable positions to be put in is to have to take directives from someone less capable than you. Before this happens, step forward and take charge. SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 23-Dec. 21) - All that it takes to prevent a matter that has been a thorn in your side from rising up again is to take care of it once and for all before it can do any more damage. Don’t tarry! CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) - If you’re in need of some socializing, don’t sit and wait on others to call. Start putting something fun together that you know your friends would want to be part of. AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 19) There are strong indicators that you could be a bit more fortunate that usual when it comes to material situations. Being results-oriented will pay off, at the end of the day.

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OU happy to leave triple-option offense behind Sooners ready to move on from ‘unique’ challenge, preparing for Cincinnati CLARK FOY The Oklahoma Daily

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Freshman wide receiver Kenny Stills (4) jumps for a pass during Saturday’s game against the Air Force Academy at Oklahoma Memorial Stadium. The Sooners defeated the Falcons 27-24.

Among all the questions and answers being thrown around after the OU-Air Force football game, players and coaches agreed on how glad they are to not see an offense like Air Force’s on a regular basis. The Falcons entered the game leading the nation in rushing yards per game with 423. OU allowed 351 yards on the day and 5.6 yards per carry, a feat no Sooner opponent had accomplished since West Virginia in the 2008 Fiesta Bowl win over OU. Although OU’s defense only allowed three points in the first half, it allowed 21 in the second half. “I don’t care about the yards, I just don’t like the sloppiness,” defensive coordinator Brent Venables said. “Yards don’t matter, winning does. You have to play four quarters, and we got sloppy. You have to stay disciplined and you have to execute.” Venables said the team’s tackling worsened as they allowed Air Force to fight back within three points. After allowing just 120 yards rushing in the first half, the Sooners gave up 140 in the third

quarter and 91 in the fourth. Despite the yard total in the third, Air Force only scored seven points in the quarter. The Falcons’ late surge is what made the game close, with Air Force scoring two quick touchdowns in the fourth quarter. Redshirt freshman linebacker Tom Wort said the defense should have executed better in the second half. “We were slipping off tackles that we should have made,” Wort said. “It was just little things like that and as the game goes on and they keep on doing the same thing over and over. As soon as they catch you slacking they’ll expose you.” The triple-option offense saw its heyday from the early ’70s to the late ’80s, when former OU coach Barry Switzer used formidable wishbone offenses to lead the Sooners to three national titles. While some teams still feature an option-based offense, Venables said earlier in the week that Air Force’s tripleoption attack is unique. Redshirt junior linebacker Travis Lewis said facing the Falcons’ offense is challenging, and he doesn’t want to play a team that runs anything like it again. “A lot of players on our team have never seen this offense before, and we had one week to prepare, so it’s

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tough,” Lewis said. Coaches and players said all week that they felt uncomfortable preparing for such a unique offense in a short amount of time. Most players said they were just glad to get the win. “You know, we did enough to get the win,” Wort said. “We aren’t going to blow every team up by 40 points. “We’re going to have tough wins and this was definitely a tough game and a tough win and we’re happy about it and now we’re just going to go focus on Cincinnati.”

Sooners not dwelling on negatives after close call Coaches, players credit Falcons for disciplined attack; look forward AARON COLEN The Oklahoma Daily

The sentiment among players and coaches after the OU football team’s 2 7 - 2 4 v i c t o r y ov e r A i r Force on Saturday was that a win is a win, and all the Sooners will be happy to quickly move on. “A win’s always a win for us,” freshman wide receiver Kenny Stills said. “That’s the way we’re going to look at it. “O b v i o u s l y w e h a v e areas for improvement, and that’s what we’re going to look at on film and take into next week.” The reason the Sooners can be so quick to move on may also be the reason they’ll spend less time reviewing film of the game against the Falcons, redshirt junior linebacker Travis Lewis said. “It’s not like teams can

watch this film and say ‘Oh, we’re going to put up 300 rushing yards on Oklahoma,’” Lewis said. “A lot of players on our team have never seen this offense before, and we had one week to prepare.” In the same way other teams can’t figure out OU from watching that game, neither will OU be able to analyze much of the film for its own improvement. The S ooners gave up significant yardage to the inside running game of Air Force, but Lewis said even that isn’t something to be concerned about in the future. “They were just blocking it different sometimes,” Lewis said. “I think in the first half they kind of schemed us, and then in the second half they ran it differently.” One thing the team can take from the game, however, is that poor tackling cannot continue if the team hopes to succeed, coach Bob Stoops said.

It was a tough team and a tough game, but we got the victory so we move on. We’re not going to sulk like we did after Utah State.”

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“We tackled fairly well in the first half, but in the second half I thought we definitely missed too many tackles,” Stoops said. Defensive coordinator Brent Venables gave credit to Air Force for how it ran its offense, but also said defensive technique issues contributed to the Falcons’ success in the run game, especially in the second half. Venables said defenders made initial contact too high, straying from fundamental form tackling to arm tackling. “We didn’t seem as sure of ourselves in the second half,” Venables said. “It’s just about technique and trust and not doing too much.

“ We t a l k e d a l l w e e k about matching their precision when it comes to technique and fumbles and execution.” Lewis said the Sooners will apply the lesson they learned after the season opener against Utah State: Don’t dwell on the negative aspects of the game. “It was a tough team and a tough game, but we got the victor y, so we move on,” Lewis said. “ We ’ r e n o t g o i n g t o sulk like we did after Utah State.”

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Screw the happily ever after — it’s all about » Link: Visit “A Fairytale Beginning” the once upon a time. So goes the concept of “A Fairytale They took a break from talking for a short Beginning,” a blog by an OU and Gaylord period, but Whitney decided to reconnect College graduate with the pen name of and e-mail Cayden one day. “Whitney.” Soon, she was on a plane to London to see The blog chronicles Whitney’s relationship him and find out where their relationship with “Cayden,” a guy from London that she would go. met at a bar in New York. “Most relationships break down because “Fairytale Beginning” started small — just people can’t be honest or open about their another Blogspot page in a sea of thousands feelings, but I think the distance has helped — but has rapidly gained interest, culminating in that aspect, because we’re able to talk in an award for best sex and relationships blog more than a conventional couple probably from Cosmopolitan UK earlier this month. It would,” Cayden said. “Our relationship is was the only blog from the United States to re- exactly how you read it in the blog; it’s that PHOTO PROVIDED ceive a nomination. good.” “Whitney,” the author of blog “A Fairytale Beginning,” kisses her boyfriend, “Cayden.” The blog Whitney took to Twitter Now, between the actual re- chronicles their relationship and features pseudonyms and photos with faces cropped or obscured. Whenever I talked to to try to garner nominalationship and writing about tions for the award, she people about how I met it on the blog, “A Fairytale said. Beginning” is starting to take Cayden, [they would] “I retweeted it and then over her life, Whitney said. always say, ‘Holy crap, more and more people She writes for an hour every it’s like a movie!’” told me they nominated night, spends another hour me,” Whitney said. “The reading and responding to Cosmo UK website said readers’ e-mails and another — WHITNEY, “A FAIRYTALE they received more than hour on Twitter — all while BEGINNING” AUTHOR 15,000 nominations.” she works full time as a magaHer meeting with boyfriend Cayden zine editor in Dallas. seemed to have literary potential from the One of the traits that makes the blog beginning. unique is that Whitney posts pictures, but “Whenever I talked to people about how I censors most of the faces, so it remains anonmet Cayden, [they would] always say, ‘Holy ymous and up to the reader’s interpretation. crap, it’s like a movie!’ or ‘Aw, that’s like a Whitney is not the only writer who conbook,’” Whitney said. tributes to the blog; she posts stories by some But after they met at the bar that night, of her readers and Cayden writes in his own Whitney assumed that Cayden was not going section. to be a long-term part of her life. Whitney works to balance the romantic “Sparks were flying at the bar, which led to a fantasy with all the juicy parts. rooftop chat until the sun came up,” Whitney A recent, especially detailed post comes said. “[Then,] he went back to London the with a disclaimer: “Mom, dad, coworkers ... next day.” [this entry is] maybe not for you. Seriously. The two started exchanging multiple e- Stop reading.” mails a day. Because they did not have a phys“Some people want all the gushy details, ical aspect to their relationship, they were and some people are offended by that kind forced to get to know one another at a deeper of thing,” Whitney said. “So I have to find a level through the e-mails, Cayden said. happy medium.”

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