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GPS technology informs riders of bus location Route-tracking service provides CART riders with real-time updates via text messaging, Web browser CHASE COOK The Oklahoma Daily

Instead of waiting out in hot or cold weather, students and bus riders can use Cleveland Area Rapid Transit’s new GPS system to find out when their bus will arrive at their stop. To access the system, passengers log onto www.CARTgps.com through their computer or phone browser. Then they can select an overall view of the route and the bus’

position, or they can select a specific bus and stop to see how long until its arrival. Passengers can also text their stop number to “41411” and get the information by text. New signs are being added displaying stop numbers throughout Norman. Cody Ponder, CART planner and grant specialist, said in an e-mail the new program will help bring accurate information to passengers so they don’t have to wait outside in inclement weather. The information is generated in real time, so if the bus is delayed students will know when it happens. “This real-time bus-tracking information just reinforces our commitment to OU students and the Norman community,”

Douglas Myers, director of OU Parking and Transportation Services, said in a press release. “CARTgps.com is the latest step in meeting the needs of today’s university community.” The website is operated by Synchromatics, a company that specializes in bus tracking and route analytics, and boasts other features such as passenger counts detailing the amount of people getting on and off at particular stops. While Synchromatics operates the website, a CART dispatcher monitors it, Ponder said. The program cost $110,000 to implement and was possible through the Job Access Reverse Commute and New Freedom

federal grant. The Oklahoma Department of Transportation distributes the money, which must be used for new services. CART has received $274,000 from the grant and the GPS service cost $87,907.20, Ponder said. Adrian Elam, history senior, rides the CART buses everyday. He said he has never had a problem with their punctuality, but he is excited for the new system. “To be able to know for sure where you are at and when you need and where you need to be,” Elam said. “I think it sounds perfect.” CART’s next plan is updating www.rideCART.com to coincide with www.CARTgps. com, Ponder said.

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Gay-rights defender calls for equality Activist attorney of OU gay advocacy group recognition case tells his story TREVOR SHOFNER The Oklahoma Daily

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Students purchase items Sept. 22 from Walker Tower’s Xcetera convenience store. The store’s prices are often higher than surrounding competitors.

Xcetera prices higher due to meal point use, Housing and Food director says Prices at Xcetera set to recoup costs; allow Housing and Food Services to break even

for $3.40 or 32-ounce Powerades at $2.79. Students using cash could get these at Tornado Alley or Campus Corner Market for $4.79, $2.99 or $1.89 respectively. Annis said Xcetera is provided as a conveCHASE COOK The Oklahoma Daily nience for students with meal plans and its primary source of income is meal points. Xcetera convenience store, located in Andrew Rangitsch, chemical engineering Walker Tower, has raised prices as a direct re- sophomore, said he lives in the dorms and sult of it accepting meal points from the stu- shops at Xcetera but avoids using cash. dent meal plans. “There is no way I would spend real money “The things we can buy cheaper, like the here,” Rangitsch said. waters and soda, we have pricing that is comAnnis said Housing and Food Services deparable, and sometimes even bated whether or not the store [cheaper],” said David Annis, should take the meal points or There is no way I Housing and Food Services diaccept cash only, which would would spend real rector. “On items we can’t, the make the prices cheaper. They pricing is higher.” eventually decided against money here.” Housing and Food Services cash only or requiring cash on has been expanding students’ specific items. He said in hind— ANDREW RANGITSCH, meal plans for use at the stahe may have decided CHEMICAL ENGINEERING sight dium, Cate Center and Couch against letting the meal plan SOPHOMORE Restaurants, but these expaninto Xcetera. sions mean students are using “If you had a chance to stop up all of their points. That means prices at and look back ... I probably would have done Xcetera must be set to recoup costs or at least this differently 10 years ago,” Annis said. “But break even, Annis said. at the time, you are responding to what stu“Everything on campus is tied together,” dents are asking for. You’re trying to give them he said. “It’s important to make money at the as many options as you can.” convenience store to help support a lot of Students that don’t want to spend the extra these other operations.” These higher prices take form in gallons SEE PRICES PAGE 2 of milk priced at $6.50, small Lunchables

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In 1976, young attorney Glenn Rawdon was asked to represent Gay Activists Alliance, a student group denied official organization status by Student Congress despite fulfilling necessary requirements. Rawdon recounted the tale of the case to a group of more than 40 on Wednesday evening at the OU College of Law. “At that point I had represented murderers and rapists and robbers and everybody like that, and nobody had ever said anything to me about it,” Rawdon said. “As soon as we took on the Gay Activists Alliance case and filed a lawsuit and started getting active in the case, I suddenly started getting death threats. It’s amazing that kind of animus existed.” Rawdon and the group brought their case to the Judicial Tribunal first, which sent the case back to Student Congress with the direction to look at the application and recognize it as a student group. Again though, the Student Congress refused recognition. After being denied a third time before the Board of Regents, the group decided to file a lawsuit, first in state court and then in federal court. “Everything that the group wanted to do revolved around advocacy,” Rawdon said. “To lobby and promote the repeal of the laws and promote the self-worth of their lifestyle so that they weren’t discriminated against and that they weren’t second-class citizens ... so this gave us the crux of our argument.” The result was a five-year process that finally resulted in a ruling declaring that the denial of the group’s recognition was inconsistent with the constitutional principle of the Student Congress constitution. Tying in the tribulation and perseverance of the group’s journey, Rawdon opened the floor to questions, which led to pleas for advocacy by students and discussion of the current status of gay marriage. “It’s not a new right,” Rawdon said. “We’re not trying to extend new rights to a group that didn’t previously have them. We’re looking at rights that are supposed to be accessible to all people and making sure that happens.” The event was organized by

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Today around campus » The OK Regents Club will meet 6 to 8 p.m. in the Oklahoma Memorial Union’s Regents Room. » The Baptist Student Union’s Paradigm will meet 8 to 10 p.m. in the Union’s Meacham Auditorium.

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Members of the St. Andrew Dung Lac Catholic Church’s Lion Dance perform during Wednesday’s Autumn Moon Festival. The festival has been a Chinese and Vietnamese tradition for more than 3,000 years. To read the complete story, visit OUDaily.com.

» College Republicans will meet at 6:30 p.m. in the Union’s Governors Room. » The First-Year Alcohol Program will be held 3 to 8 p.m. in the Frontier Room of the Union.

Friday, Oct. 1 » The Mid-Autumn Festival will start 7 p.m. in the Will Rogers Room of the Union.

» Corrections 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 by e-mailing dailynews@ou.edu. » A page 3 story in Wednesday’s edition used the incorrect pronoun in reference to source Chuong Nguyen. Nguyen is a male OU graduate student.

PRICES: Meal points also donated Continued from page 1 points or dollars for convenience can take advantage of the other options Housing and Food Services has available. Couch Restaurant provides an all-you-care-to-eat buffet for $10 or 10 points. The meal points can also be used all over campus at other locations, such as Amicus Cafe in the OU Law Center, the Bookmark Cafe in Bizzell Library or the food court inside the Cate Center. Lauren Lee, Housing and Food Services marketing and public relations specialist, said students have other, philanthropic ways to use their points as well. “Some students invite their English class,” Lee

said. “Other organizations have food drives.” Earlier this year, the OU Eat-in’s Facebook page helped students donate their unused meal exchanges to feed the homeless. Lee said students that have comments or concerns can use the Kitchen Comments section of the housing website as a forum. “[If] somebody does have a question about pricing structure, or an item, or ingredients, they can use that as a very important sounding board,” Lee said. Lydia Sexton, Housing Center Student Association president and literary and cultural studies junior, said her organization is a great opportunity for students to speak out as well. “Each housing center

has a representative that is president of the Resident St u d e n t A s s o c i a t i o n ,” Sexton said. “Speak to one of [them] ... they communicate needs and issues to David Annis and the rest of the administration.” For now, Annis said it would be difficult to lower prices while meal points are accepted. “Can we find a way to lower prices and let Xcetera stand on its own?” Annis said. “Sure, we could, but that would have an impact on other services, other places. But I can’t tell you exactly what that might be.” “At some point in time it would probably be smart of us to take a look at the whole system and sort of blow it out and start over,” Annis said.

the Nor man chapter of Parents, Family and Friends of Lesbians and Gays and co-sponsored by the student groups Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, Transgender and Friends and United Students at OU Law. “This case draws significant parallels with the situation of today,” said Kay Ham of PFLAG. “When you’re in the reddest of the red states, I have to keep reminding myself that this is the situation, that this is the reality, but fortunately we have a lot of Norman citizens who absolutely believe that everyone be treated equally.” In attendance were stud e nt s f ro m G L BT F, t h e College of Law and members of the community still buzzing about Tuesday’s City Council meeting that declared October as GLBT month. “The city council resolution from last night is something that I’ve politically been aware of and concerned about because of the fact that we’re in an Oklahoma of a conservative mindset,” said Laurel Cunningham, a women and gender studies sophomore. “The work from 30 years ago that this lawyer did is still relevant because these kinds of issues still arise. We are still an criticized and marginalized group,”

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Austin and Norman churches fundraising for relief in Haiti Churches in Austin and Norman are using the animosity-filled Red River Rivalry to garner support for victims in Haiti. “It’s OU-Texas and Journey vs. Hill Country, how can you not get involved?” said Tim Mannin, executive pastor of Family, Youth and College of Journey Church. Journey Church in Norman and Hill Country Bible Church in Austin hope to raise $500,000 to complete the Mission of Hope hospital in Haiti. The OU-Texas theme was created as a way to get the Norman and Austin communities ready for the game and eager to help those less fortunate. Mannin said Journey Church’s desire to help began after Jeff Nees, a neurosurgeon at Norman Regional Hospital, went to Haiti after the earthquakes and returned with a mission to build a fully-functional hospital. Journey Church’s monthlong fundraising effort began on Sept. 19 and will last until Oct. 17, said Lulie DiMauro, executive assistant to Journey Church’s senior pastor. Each church is hosting separate events throughout the month to raise funds for Mission of Hope and the hospital in Haiti, Mannin said. Journey Church is also hosting a raffle to raise money. Raffle tickets are $10 and the prizes include a Toby Keith concert package, an iPad, signed OU memorabilia pieces, a 47-inch HD flat screen and $1,000, according to heartforhaiti.tv. The last day to buy a raffle ticket is Oct. 17. — Sabrina Prosser/The Daily

The Pride accepting donations for charity, competing against UT The Pride of Oklahoma is hosting a competitive fundraiser against the University of Texas band this weekend for Lou Gehrig’s disease. Tau Beta Sigma and Kappa Kappa Si, the band’s sorority and fraternity, are leading the fundraising effort. Proceeds go to the ALS Association, an organization devoted to researching Lou Gehrig’s disease, a deadly disease in which a person loses muscle control, according to its website. This is the Pride’s first year to raise money for the disease, said Alexandra Valiton, Tau Beta Sigma’s vice president and engineering junior. All OU students can participate by logging onto the Pride’s Web page and donating to the drum major Matt Sumner or the twirler Megan McGeary. By donating, students can win a dinner with either of them in costume. The band has currently raised $3,072 as of Wednesday, while Texas had raised $20,000 as of Monday. Students can donate to this cause by logging onto http://www.web.alsa.org/uofoklahoma. — Jessica Wilder/The Daily

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Cherrie Warden, OU alumna and Teach for America Teacher, interacts with students in a Los Angeles classroom. Warden’s class is participating in the OU International Programs Sooner Pen Pal Program, which pairs classrooms with international students at OU.

Alumni use technology to teach Popular video chat program Skype allows international students to help teach American students about different cultures, language MEGAN DEATON The Oklahoma Daily

Pen pals may seem like a thing of the past, but OU alumni in Teach for America are giving it a new face, literally, with Skype. The Sooner Pen Pal Program, launched in early September, allows international students at OU to teach low-income elementary and junior high students about world cultures through letters and video chats. “There is a unique ‘tangibility’ that comes with programs like Skype, that will add to the relationship between the American students and their international pen pals,” said Brooke Hammer, OU International Programs Adviser. “It is one thing to open a letter, but to be able to see these students and incorporate what they have been learning about the world and history into their exchange in a very personal way is a rare opportunity.” Cherrie Warden, an OU international area studies alumna and Teach for America teacher in inner-city Los Angeles, explained how her classroom will be paired with a different pen pal for each unit of study. When students study Asia, they will have an Asian pen pal. “It’s great for the kids because they don’t have

connections to other ethnicities and cultures outside of their neighborhood,” Warden said. “They’re getting to speak with a person born and raised in every area that we study.” The pen pals plan to hold onto tradition and continue to write letters with a pen and pad, as well. OU alumni working for the non-profit program Teach for America will have their classrooms write letters to nine of OU’s international students. Over the course of the program, each international student will receive 107 letters from young American students. The international students will reply once, and copies of their letters will be handed out to the young pen pals. Aldo Jimenez Felipe, an architecture student from Spain, is currently corresponding with a class of seven four-year-old girls. To help them learn to read and write, the girls will read Jimenez’s letters and write back. In his first letter, Felipe wants to teach his Pen Pals about Spanish language and culture. “I will be able to be part of their learning process and teach them about my country,” Felipe said. Maybe one day, they could travel to Spain to study as I have done traveling to the United States and they could be pen pals there in Spain.” The participating international students are from France, Spain, Columbia, South Korea, Italy, Turkey, and China. They will correspond with students in California, Oklahoma and Tennessee.

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LGBT proclamation correct

Borders around some controversy not well-defined

You know our nation has made some progress in the area of gay rights when a city in Oklahoma votes in favor of a proclamation recognizing the month of October as Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender History Month. We’re pleased the Norman City Council approved the proclamation with a 7 to 1 vote Tuesday, in the face of impassioned opposition. We understand Oklahoma has a long tradition of social conservatism, and many don’t support the idea of tolerating homosexual acts. But we have faith that discrimination based on sexual orientation can be reduced with greater tolerance and understanding. On Sept. 22, a Rutgers University freshman jumped off the George Washington Bridge, killing himself, after being bullied for being gay. His name is Tyler Clementi. Because some people decided to make fun of his sexual orientation, the Clementi family lost a son. Studies have suggested that homosexual youths are four to eight times more likely to commit suicide because of intolerance and bullying. This should give pause to anyone who has discriminated someone for his or her sexual orientation.

We understand that many Norman citizens are uneasy about the proclamation. In Norman, 44 percent of residents identify as Southern Baptist, a religion that explicitly condemns the LGBT lifestyle. These statistics don’t stop members of the LGBT community from living here, and it shouldn’t. Many of them are Christians themselves. The proclamation has inspired slippery slope rhetoric that it could lead to children being “recruited into the lifestyle,” or the city openly supporting LGBT rights. Understand the proclamation is none of these. It’s simply an initiative to remind residents that the LGBT community deserve equal rights and have contributed in many positive ways to the city’s development. Whether or not you believe in the moral justification of gay marriage or the repeal of “don’t ask, don’t tell,” we can all agree, as Americans, that everyone deserves equal rights. Thank you, Norman City Council, for recognizing the accomplishments and rights of the LGBT community. Continue combating prejudice.

health care reform bill, approval will go up, because Americans are inherently optimistic.” Now, barely a month from the 2010 midterms, it has become clear that the voters did not hand the Democrats a mandate for leftist government in 2008. Republicans running explicitly against Obama’s agenda have won special elections in New Jersey, Massachusetts, and Virginia, all of which voted Democrat in 2008. According to Real Clear Politics’ aggregate of polls, the proportion of Americans who disapprove of the job Obama is doing rose from 20 percent at his inauguration to more than 50 percent now. And, contrary to Clinton’s prediction, a Sept. 20 Rasmussen poll found that 61 percent of likely voters favor repeal of Obamacare. The loudest opposition to the Obama administration comes from the tea party, which has supported insurgent Republicans running to the right of their more established opponents. The tea party has grown from a Tax Day protest in 2009 to a movement supported by 19 percent of the American population. It seeks to repeal Obamacare, cut taxes and spending and limit the federal government to the smaller role tea partiers say was envisioned by the Founding Fathers. It’s a fair characterization to say that the Democrats misinterpreted the 2008 election. They committed hubris by ramming through unpopular legislation and ignoring the will of American people. The Democrats will be punished as it’s likely that Republicans will take over the House of Representatives and certain they will gain enough Senate seats for an effective filibuster. A Republican landslide in November is likely, but the Republican Party’s response will determine the future of American politics beyond this one election. Republicans must not replicate the same mistake Democrats made in 2008 and interpret a rebuke against an unpopular president and irritation at the state of the economy as a sign that the American people have ratified the tea party’s agenda. This would be as unproductive and politically suicidal as the Democrats’ recent extremism and tuning out of the American people. Instead, both parties should give up on the dream of creating a one-party state and focus on providing popular, sensible and moderate solutions to the problems we face.

This weekend quarterSTAFF COLUMN MN back Landry Jones will Bryan lead the Sooners in a batHoneycutt tle more heated than the Rebel assault against the second Death Star. He faces an opponent that, not unlike the second Death Star, has “a strong defense mechanism.” In a way, Jones is our own personal Admiral Ackbar. The University of Mississippi — affectionately Ole Miss — came very close to getting their own Admiral Ackbar. The Rebel Alliance leader was one of several potential candidates to replace their 24-year old mascot Colonel Reb. The Civil War colonel (born 1979; died 2003) received his dishonorable discharge “in an effort to distance the school from Old South stereotypes.” It’s apparently controversial to remember that Mississippi fought for the Confederacy. Huntsville, Texas — not Huntsville, Ark. where it is recommended to hide your kids, wife, and husband — was recently another hub for controversy. There, The Draft Bar received media attention for its drink special, “Wetback Wednesday.” Not surprisingly, coverage spread and more citizens expressed concern for use of the racial epithet. The drink special’s name has since changed. Our educated minds can’t repel bigotry of that magnitude! Sort of. I patronized new O’Connell’s for inspiration to write this column. I ordered the following shots: Sex With An Alligator, Coked-Out Slut and a Latin Lover. A Jerod-Coker-level buzz and $15 later, I effectively toasted to bestiality, misogyny and racial stereotypes. What a Wednesday afternoon! In all seriousness, shots are notorious for having shocking or appalling names. Where do we draw the line that stigmatizes some examples racist, sexist or otherwise bigoted language but not others? At the very least, it is inconsistent that some of us will boycott The Draft Bar’s “Wetback Wednesday” but order a round of “Three Hicks and a Spick” at the bar across the street. The seemingly unrelated controversies surrounding The Draft Bar and Ole Miss’ mascot might be reduced down to issues of free speech versus the stamping out of bigotry. Those who were in favor of re-enlisting Colonel Reb preferred his idealization of southern gentry to the negative association with “Old South stereotypes.” Haven’t we done the same with our mascot? George Milburn writes in his essay “Oklahoma” that the derogatory Sooner was manipulated from its original meaning as “a kind of stinking crook” to describe one as alert, ambitious and enterprising. Talk about enterprising! The 1889 Indian Appropriations Act that enabled these “Sooners” to settle Oklahoma deprived Native Americans of territory they were previously guaranteed. Again, it is inconsistent that OU embraces the once pejorative Sooner at the same time it receives praise as a bastion of American Indian cultural studies. Should we apply the same standard to the Sooners that Ole Miss used to retire their Rebel leader? Is it bigoted to take pride in the Sooners who benefited from the displacement of American Indians? Is it unpatriotic to chant “Sooners” instead of “Brave?” These questions will emerge and recede periodically so long as we have forums available to discuss them. If these controversies are in fact reducible to free speech versus cultural sensitivity, then the ultimate conclusion is less important than the existence of intelligent debate. But it’s OU-Texas weekend, so that can wait until Monday. Have fun and be good at the OU-Texas game, Sooners. I’ll be watching it from O’Connell’s, shooting a “Romulan Cloaking Device,” and thinking how much better a time I’m having than Jerod Coker.

— Patrick O’Bryan, economics and letters sophomore

— Bryan Honeycutt, English graduate student

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Political parties must reject hubris, embrace moderation Two years ago, the Democratic Party won one of the most decisive victories in modern electoral history. President Barack Obama carried 365 out of 538 electoral votes and 53 percent of the popular vote while Democratic candidates won solid majorities in both houses of Congress. Obama had campaigned during a recession and the final months of the unpopular Bush administration, promising to “fundamentally transform” the U.S. STAFF COLUMN LUMN and enact a wide-ranging progressive agenda — a Patrick O’Bryan platform seemingly ratified by the American people. Interpreting this victory, New York Times columnist Paul Krugman claimed the election “was a clear referendum on political philosophies, and the progressive philosophy won,” disparaging the possibility that “voters will punish Democrats if they move to the left.” John Podesta, co-chair of Obama’s White House transition team agreed, declaring that the 2008 election provided Obama with a “real mandate for change.” Democratic strategist James Carville co-authored “40 More Years: How the Democrats Will Rule the Next Generation,” claiming the 2008 election was the beginning of a progressive era. The Democrats concurred with these optimistic assessments, ignoring the possibility that their victory was the result of popular disgust with Bush, frustration with the recession, and fleeting infatuation with the personality of Obama. Almost immediately, they embarked on an agenda of radical change, attempting to enact a cap and trade policy to curb carbon emissions and a sweeping reform of America’s health care industry. The first of these measures failed, but the second — in spite of the setback brought with a Republican elected to replace the late Sen. Ted Kennedy, and bipartisan congressional opposition — passed after deals bordering on bribery were cut with Sens. Ben Nelson, D-Neb, and Blanche Lincoln, D-Ark. This didn’t sit well with the American people. A CNN poll the day before Obama signed the bill showed that 56 percent of Americans believed that the bill involved the government too much with health care and 59 percent opposed its passage. Waving away these concerns, former President Bill Clinton claimed, “The minute the president signs the

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Vampire Weekend not easing pace, work ethic Indie-pop band continues non-stop tour that began in 2007 with show in Tulsa JOSHUA BOYDSTON The Oklahoma Daily

There really isn’t anything about Vampire Weekend that doesn’t scream Ivy League. The band formed while the members were attending school at Columbia, lead singer Ezra Koenig pens lyrics that bind Lil’ Jon and grammar rules together and the rock band favors boat shoes and chinos instead of leather boots and denim cutoffs. But along with the preppy tag comes the impression of being children of privilege — trust fund babies who Whenever you step skate along on their parents’ successes. out on the stage and That label fell upon Vampire there are people that Weekend partly because of its have paid to see you image and partly due to its play music ... that’s a perceived quick success. It signed to XL Recordings very exciting thing.” just a year after forming in 2006, released its debut in — CHRIS TOMSON, early 2008, was the first band VAMPIRE WEEKEND to shoot a cover photo for Spin DRUMMER Magazine before even releasing an album and has played “Saturday Night Live” twice in three years. But that success wasn’t just bestowed upon the band; it was earned. The merits of its self-titled debut album are largely unquestioned, and it landed on most year-end best-of lists. Plus, the band — still an obscure indie act at that point — had toured a full year before releasing it, where the road, at one point, led to Norman and a meal at Pepe Delgado’s. “You know, it’s partly our back story; it’s how we met, how we dress,” drummer Chris Tomson said of misconceptions about the band. “When we played at the Opolis in Norman, we were touring in a mini-van, just the four of us. We did a full U.S. tour that way. “Ultimately, it doesn’t bother us. We know where we came from; we know the work and the time we put into it.” It all came out of Columbia where Tomson and Koenig had collaborated in the comedy-rap duo L’Homme Run. The two came together again — along with guitarist Rostam Batmanglij and bassist Chris Baio — and started performing the African-influenced indie-pop the band plays today.

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New York City-based Vampire Weekend is (from left to right) Rostam Batmanglij, Chris Baio, Chris Tomson and Ezra Koenig. The band performs Monday at the Brady Theater in Tulsa. After playing a series of gigs at Columbia frat houses, the thing,” he said. “The act of playing a show is enough for us.” band caught on with the college crowd and music bloggers Vampire Weekend will continue on the road until 2011, alike who were enamored with the self-dubbed “Upper West when it will take the first true break of its career. The band Side Soweto” sound. will regroup after that and look to begin a Labels started to take notice, and soon new album, Tomson said. the band was touring non-stop, which has And though some people may feel that a continued unabated since 2007 — a big career was just handed to them, the band change for a band that had been playing plans on continuing to work for what its alWHEN: 6:30 p.m. Monday off-weekends at frat parties. ready earned. “We’ve gone from being students hav“I don’t know what it was about us that WHERE: Brady Theater, ing jobs on the side to being in a band and got us noticed so quickly, but once that hap105 W. Brady St. in Tulsa having that be your full time gig, from being pened, it was up to us to work hard, play good someone who lives in one place to always shows and make good recordings,” Tomson PRICE: $32.50 to $35 being on the move,” Tomson said. “That just said. “We realize we have done most of this means touring is the main focus of our lives, stuff in somewhat of a quicker fashion [than really.” most bands]. We aren’t out to judge or listen But the roar of the crowd makes it all worth it, he said. to what other people have to say, our job is to play the shows “Whenever you step out on the stage and there are people and make the music and let other people worry about that that have paid to see you play music ... that’s a very exciting stuff.”

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Gospel choir performs for the love of singing Group that performs spiritual numbers open to all students, members say CAILEY DOUGHERTY The Oklahoma Daily

Nothing beats a passionate melody coming straight from the heart. The OU Gospel Choir understand that. The choir is open to all students and performs a variety of gospel, classical and spiritual numbers, said Willie Hill, the choir’s director. Ready to be called upon, the choir is willing to perform whenever it’s requested, in addition to its scheduled performances the second Sunday of each month at Fifth Street Missionary Baptist Church in Oklahoma City. “If they are asked to sing somewhere and they have time to, they will,” Hill said. “They will sing anywhere.” The choir performed in a gospel music festival Sept. 17 in MERRILL JONES/THE DAILY Willie Hill, OU Gospel Choir director, leads the choir at the Show Sharp Concert Hall with the Ambassador’s Concert Choir of Oklahoma City. The Ambassador’s Choir sang at the memorial ’N’ Tell Show on Saturday in Beaird Lounge in the Oklahoma service for the victims of the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building Memorial Union. The choir recently perfomed with the bombing, and later at the dedication to the Oklahoma City Ambassador’s Concert Choir of Oklahoma City.

National Monument and Memorial, where its performance was requested by President Bill Clinton. “Singing with the Ambassador’s Choir was very awesome,” said senior Edna Kay. “They have very well-developed voices.” Kay has been a member of the OU Gospel Choir for the past three years and has been singing for the past eight. She loves having Willie Hill as a director, she said. “He’s awesome, one of the best directors I’ve ever had,” Kay said. “He has the best patience.” Psychology senior A.J. Stafford said not all of the students involved in the choir are music majors. Whether a student is majoring in music or psychology, the gospel choir is welcoming. “It’s a place for everyone,” Stafford said. The choir has rehearsals at 7 p.m. every Wednesday in Adams Center, and anyone interested in joining the choir is welcome to show up to the rehearsal. The members have a great time rehearsing together and love to sing, which creates an uplifting and lively atmosphere at each rehearsal, Kay said. “I love the people here,” she said. “They’re all awesome.”

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Sooners take to road against strong North teams OU looking for pair of key wins over Iowa State, Missouri

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While football fans head south to the Cotton Bowl this weekend, OU soccer prepares to improve its conference standing by traveling north to face the Iowa State Cyclones at 6:30 p.m. Friday in Ames, Iowa, and finishing the road trip against the Missouri Tigers at 1 p.m. Sunday in Columbia, Mo. The Sooners are 5-4-1 overall, 1-1 in conference action, following a loss to Texas Tech on Friday and a win over Baylor on Sunday in Norman.

A LOOK AT IOWA STATE OU defeated the Cyclones 1-0 on Oct. 9, 2009, in Ames, Iowa — the only road win for the Sooners last season. The Cyclones lead the all-time series between the Sooners 8-4-2, 6-1-1 in Ames. The Cyclones (6-3-2, 1-0 Big 12) won their conference opener against the Kansas Jayhawks in a 2-0 shutout Sunday at home. A pair of freshmen, Jessica Stewart and Emily Goldstein, scored Iowa State’s goals, assisted by another freshman, Jennifer Dominguez, both times. The Cyclones have a balanced offensive attack, including nine current players with goals scored and five players with assists registered this season. The team is led on offense

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by Goldstein with three goals and two assists. The freshman midfielder also has 16 shots on goal for the season and earned Newcomer of the Week conference honors Aug. 24.

A LOOK AT MISSOURI T h e M i s s o u r i Ti g e r s (3-4-2, 1-0 Big 12) face Oklahoma State on Friday before hosting the Sooners on Sunday afternoon. Last season, the Sooners fell to Missouri 1-0 in double overtime in Norman. It was the third consecutive meeting against the Tigers where OU was shut out. The Tigers own an 8-4-1 overall series record over the Sooners. The Tigers registered a 4-1 come-from-behind win against Kansas in their conference opener Friday. KU’s Kaitlyn Cunningham scored at the 10:02 mark of the first half, but that was the only time the Jayhawks found the back of the net. Missouri responded with

Tennis teams hit the road for weekend tournaments The OU tennis teams continue competition this weekend in two tournaments. Senior Ana-Maria Constantinescu, ranked No. 69 nationally, will represent the women’s team at the ITA All-American Championship in Pacific Palisades, Calif. The Romanian native won last year’s ITA Central Region championship in both singles and doubles. The men’s team, who travel to the ITA All-American Championship in Tulsa, also will be led by a player

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Sophomore forward Dria Hampton (9) closes in on the goal during the OU-Rice match Sept. 12. The Sooners won 1-0.

four consecutive goals — three in the second half — by four Tiger players. The Tigers continue to have a potent offensive front, with six players on the roster scoring multiple goals this season. Missouri is led by Alysha Bonnick, the senior forward who has started all nine games and scored five goals with one registered assist. The North Gower, Ontario, native also

from Romania. Senior Ionut Beleleu, ranked No. 33 nationally, finished in the top 16 at last year’s ITA AllAmerican Championship in the men’s division. Beleleu will be joined by sophomore Costin Paval — named ITA Central Region’s “Player to Watch” — sophomore Lawrence Formentera, sophomore Jacob Straus, freshman John Warden, freshman Tsvetan Mihov and redshirt freshman Ryan Proctor. The men start competition Saturday and run through Oct. 10. Constantinescu’s tournament also begins Saturday and runs through Oct. 8. — Jenni Cochran/The Daily

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has 16 shots on goal. Freshman midfielder Dominique Richardson and senior midfielder Krista Kruse also remain at the top of the scoring threat list for the Tigers with three goals and one assist each. A win over one or both teams this weekend would put the Sooners in a good position to advance to the postseason Big 12 Conference tournament.

Sooner player to watch KELSEY KRAFT Position: Junior forward Hometown: Rancho Santa Margarita, Calif.

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Senior running back Mossis Madu (17) hurdles Florida State cornerback Greg Reid (5) during the OU-Florida football game Sept. 11 at Oklahoma Memorial Stadium in Norman. The Sooners defeated the Seminoles, 47-17.

Sooners look to hurdle Longhorns Both teams enter 105th game with different strengths and weaknesses, showcase young talent CLARK FOY The Oklahoma Daily

After almost a week of preparation, promotion and talk, the Sooners will travel to Dallas Saturday for the Red River Rivalry against the University of Texas Longhorns. This year’s matchup between No. 8 OU and No. 21 Texas marks the 105th time the schools meet on the gridiron, the 82nd consecutive time the two have met in Dallas. OU enters this weekend’s game 4-0 after three-straight wins at home and its most recent victory on the road over Cincinnati, 31-29. The Sooners held a double-digit lead for the majority of the game before giving up 17 points in the fourth quarter and allowing the Bearcats to close the gap before junior wide receiver Ryan Broyles recovered an onside kick to put the game away. Texas enters 3-1 after a loss in Austin to the UCLA Bruins 34-12. The defenses were solid on both parts for the first half, but the Bruins came out of halftime with a stout running game to stun the Longhorns at home.

Any football fan can identify the Red River Rivalry as one of the biggest games of the year in college football, and it’s not hard to understand why. Since the Big 12 was formed in 1996, just one other team — Texas A&M in 1997 and 1998 — has represented the South in the conference championship game. There have been a few years, most recently 2008, where the loser of the OU-Texas game represented the South, but such occasions are rare. This season offers up a few younger players who are looking to make names for themselves as the focus of this rivalry for the future. Both teams feature two sophomore quarterbacks: OU’s Landry Jones and Texas’ Garrett Gilbert. Both were highly touted out of high school, and both saw time when the starters went down, Jones considerably earlier than Gilbert. Wide receiver is another position where two young talents are emerging for both teams. OU’s Kenny Stills and UT’s Mike Davis are both true freshmen, and both are their team’s second most productive receivers statistically. Davis even leads the Longhorns in receiving touchdowns and receptions. Texas leads the Sooners in the series 59-40-5, including the last two meetings. The Sooners have won six times in the new millennium.

Jaz Reynolds has been suspended indefinitely because of comments he made on his Twitter account. The sophomore wide receiver made two posts Tuesday concerning the shooter at the University of Texas at Austin. After it was reported the shooter took his own life, Reynolds tweeted “Hey everyone in Austin, tx.......kill yourself #evillaugh.” It was followed up by another post that said “Everyone in austin, tx disregard that last tweet....y’all will mess around n do it lmao.” Coach Bob Stoops suspended the Houston native and called his remarks insensitive. “Our rivalry with Texas will not come at the expense of dignity and respect,” Stoops said. “We have great concern for what happened in Austin and I am incredibly disappointed that someone connected with our team would react so callously.“ Stoops said the staff took swift action to illustrate how seriously they view the matter. Reynolds has not played this season and also was suspended for the Air Force game due to academic reasons.

Warren Theatre to premiere OU football history film Oct. 11 The first part of the new “History of Oklahoma Football” DVD will be premiered Oct. 11 at the Warren Theatre in Moore. Tickets are $8, and are on sale now at warrentheatres.com or at the theater box offices. The DVD is available for pre-order from SoonerSports.com for $19.99. — Daily staff reports

The Daily’s sports desk’s OU-Texas score predictions

What to watch for in rivalry game THE RUNNING GAME

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Historically, the team that won the battle of rushing yards in the Red River Rivalry was the team that came out on top. In the Bob Stoops/Mack Brown era, the team that racked up the most rushing yards is 10-0. The Sooners are averaging 120 yard per game on the ground, but have given up 177 per game. While that average may be slightly misleading because of the Air Force game, the Sooners’ defense has shown some weakness in stopping the run up the middle.

Those guys would be, primarily, the other receivers not named Ryan Broyles. The junior wide receiver has racked up about three times as many receptions and yards as the next receiver. The Longhorns have a formidable secondary, and it would benefit the Sooners greatly to have multiple reliable targets. What OU needs is competition bred from consistency across the board, not from the struggles of those involved. A competent

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passing game will keep the Longhorns from loading up too much to stuff the always crucial running game.

THE QB MATCHUP Texas sophomore quarterback Garrett Gilbert is entering his first Red River Rivalry game. Jones holds the advantage as this will be his second. Gilbert has had a less than stellar year, with only four touchdowns to go along with four interceptions this season. All four of his picks have come in the last two games, three

against Texas Tech and one in last week’s loss to UCLA. Jones’ statistics are better, but he hasn’t been the epitome of consistency this year either. The quarterback who doesn’t make the big mistakes in Saturday’s game will give his team a huge advantage. Jones’ two interceptions against the Longhorns last year were huge factors in the Sooners’ loss. Jones will need to avoid those to be successful.

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