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UOSA executives tackle key election issues • OU parking, maintenance getting close look CLARK FOY The Oklahoma Daily

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In this April 2, 2008, file photo, UOSA Vice President Vince Winston and President Amanda Holloway share a hug together after the news of their election victory.

UOSA President Amanda Holloway and Vice President Vince Winston haven’t strayed far from the focus of their campaign promises since they took office nearly a year ago.

Parking, one of their largest promises, was among the pair’s top priorities.

“Parking was the first thing we focused on,” Holloway, advertising and marketing senior, said. “There was absolutely no accountability in the Parking Appeals Board – some people didn’t even know that they had been appointed.”

Since the discovery of the disorganized board, the pair has reorganized the Parking Appeals Board by appointing an all-new board and clearing over 300 parking appeal

requests, she said. reports are currently being looked over.

“Amanda and Vince have coordinated The Undergraduate Student Congress a lot with Parking came to Holloway Services,” said Chris and Winston and Glenn, OU Parking expressed interest in and Transportation dead week reform, Department public one of Holloway and relations director.

Winston’s platform “The Appeals Board issues, Holloway has never been said. better. They have “It was some• Increase funding for student organizations been great and very thing that we started • Push for maintenance of campus buildings receptive.” last year,” said Kurt • Establish more funding for international After tackling the Davidson, chairstudents parking dilemma, man of the Under• Decrease workload during dead week the team pushed graduate Student through their platCongress. “It is basi• Revamp university parking policy form by addressing cally said and done; building maintewe’re just waiting on nance issues. a response from the Holloway said she and Winston, pub- Faculty Senate meeting in March.” lic affairs administration and African and The dead week reform would allow African-American studies senior, inspect- more time for students to study before ed several of the older buildings on the finals.

South Oval like Dale, Kaufman and Nielsen Holloway and Winston also addressed Halls. They took an inventory of broken the amount of funding offered to interdesks, chairs and other objects and sent the reports to the OU Physical Plant where the UOSA Continues on page 2

HOLLOWAY, WINSTON’S PLATFORM

Professor finds relaxation through martial arts • Meditation, martial arts gave Burns structure

CAMPUS NEWS Kylee and Preslee Wells were recently separated at the OU Medical Center Children’s Hospital. Read an update of their status on page 2.

A former OU President died Thursday. Read his obituary on page 2.

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LEIGHANNE MANWARREN The Oklahoma Daily ociology professor Tom Burns has studied more than 10 different forms of martial arts, earning two black belts and using lessons he learned through them to lead a balanced life.

With a box of tea in hand, Burns offers some to his visitors, centers himself and takes deep, relaxing breaths between thoughts.

“Whenever I started martial arts, I quickly was introduced to other types and mediation,” Burns said. “I believe the same thing of what the [philosopher Edmund] Husserl said, in that most people are after many of the same things that people who practice mediation the world over have experienced: peace.”

A professor at OU since 2001, Burns said his interest in his courses has evolved out of the different philosophies behind martial arts and mediation.

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An OU student film club is in the process of making their own version of a Parisian film, with an OU twist. Page 3.

This week’s Dinner + Movie isn’t for the lactose intolerant. Check it out on page 8.

SPORTS The baseball team opens its season this weekend with four games against W. Illinois.

For the details, check out sports. Page 5.

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Emily Pain, sociology graduate student, and Thomas Burns, sociology professor, demonstrate Thai Chi Monday on the South Oval. Burns has trained Burns said he was a hyperactive child, and studied 11 different forms of martial arts.

so his parents enrolled him in a martial arts ter Keyoung Kim told him to start by sitting class to help him release energy.

“As I child, I got in a little trouble here or standing still and centering. Ever since, and there and my parents did not know the Burns has believed that martial arts and mediation go together. difference between karate “At first, it was excruand the other marital arts ciating, not physically but so I ended up learning the emotionally,” he said. “Over Korean Tang Su Do,” Burns time, though, I realized that said. peace comes within a perBurns enjoyed it so son instead of without.” much he decided to expand Burns now has two to other martial arts and, black belts in Hapkido and along the way, discovered The Daily profiles unique Tae Kwon Do, a red belt meditation. members of the Sooner in Sambo Jui Jitsu and is While he was learning a senior student in Tai Chi. community. other martial arts, his mas-

gave him an appreciation and interest for world religions, especially Eastern religions.

“I appreciate other world religions and I think that is because [Confucianism], Buddhism and Daoism heavily influence martial arts,” he said. “I found it really interesting how the philosophies of the and West complement each other.”

Martial arts influences sociology EastWhen Burns is not teaching, practicing In graduate school Burns began Tai Chi martial arts or meditating, he can be found Chuan, a peaceful art form that focuses as writing haikus. His current project is based much on health and spirituality as it does on Homer’s “Oedipus.” physicality.

Burns said his interest in martial arts PROFESSOR Continues on page 2 During his free time, he practices Aikido and Tai Chi with Nick Lowry at Windsong Dojo in Oklahoma City. “[Burns] was very avid in learning new martial arts and is very friendly, positive and helpful in class,” Lowry said. “I know he is very busy, but I can tell he wanted to train more than he has time for.”

Rice proposes additional aid for veterans • Veterans make up 12 percent of uninsured Americans ANNELISE RUSSELL The Oklahoma Daily State Sen. Andrew Rice, D-Oklahoma City, is sponsoring a bill aimed at covering uninsured veterans to ensure they receive

sufficient physical and mental care.

Senate Bill 59 would extend a pre-existing state-sponsored insurance plan for veterans unable to receive health coverage through Veterans Affairs.

According to Rice, there are as many as 26,000 uninsured Oklahoma veterans. Coverage would be through governmentsubsidized private insurance, according to a press release from Rice’s office.

The legislation would reduce premiums so veterans would only be paying up to $51 per month for

individual coverage.

“The state will cover a larger chunk and the federal government would cover a larger chunk, and that way they would have health insurance to be able to go get counseling,” Rice said.

Harvard Science published a report in 2007 that said about 12 percent of Americans without health care are veterans, and that number has been growing since 2000.

A recent Pentagon report showed about 24 military suicides in January, more than combat injuries in Afghanistan and Iraq

combined.

“If [veterans] have health insurance, they will be able to go get counseling if they are having mental health issues, and it will help prevent suicide,” Rice said.

Veteran’s health does not just pertain to older men who served 30 years ago, but it also includes the more recent veterans studying on college campuses. To qualify, a veteran must be between 19 and 64 with an income no more than 25 percent above the federal poverty level, according to Rice.

Each Big 12 conference university offers student services for

veterans. OU currently has nine Army ROTC combat veteran students on campus, said Capt.

Patrick Olson, OU Army ROTC spokesman.

Some said the current system has worked well for them.

Information concerning health services and counseling was available upon return from active duty, OU ROTC veteran Patrick Soho said.

“We have a post-deployment briefing and counseling, not necessarily because somebody has

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OU bids fond farewell to Paul Sharp Professor Continued from page 1

• One of OU’s most influential presidents dies at age 91 Paul F. Sharp, the president who successfully guided OU through six-and-a-half of its most turbulent years, died Thursday at his home in Norman following a long illness.

He was 91.

OU President David Boren expressed his regret and that of the OU community at Sharp’s passing.

“Paul Sharp made a lasting impact on OU and higher education across the country... I really appreciated his wise counsel and advice during my service as governor and especially after I came back to the University of Oklahoma,” Boren said. “He will be greatly missed by the entire OU family.”

Born Jan. 19, 1918, in Kirksville, Mo., Paul Frederick Sharp was the son of two medical doctors. Sharp grew up in Crookston, Minn., and first came to Oklahoma to study at Phillips University in Enid. There he met Rose Anderson on the debate team. They began their 69-year marriage in 1939 after he earned his bachelor’s degree.

His graduate study at the University of Minnesota was interrupted by his World War II service in the U.S. Navy as liaison officer to the Royal Australian Navy.

He earned his Ph.D. at Minnesota, where he was an instructor of history. He was an associate professor at Iowa State University and a professor at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Sharp was president of Hiram College, chancellor of the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, and president of Drake University before coming to OU. When Sharp became OU’s ninth president in August 1971, he found a campus populated by civil rights protesters, disgruntled faculty and hostile students.

Serious funding, management and political issues threatened the university’s stability, and a crisis of confidence lingered from the controversial term of his predecessor, J.

Herbert Hollomon.

An experienced university administrator with strong academic credentials, Sharp attacked all these problems by mending fences with the public, state officials and even his own Board of Regents. He pushed hard to get increased legislative funding for higher education and was the first OU president to make private fundraising an ongoing major function of his administration.

He transformed the OU Medical Center in Oklahoma City into the OU Health Sciences Center to more accurately reflect its educational mission through the College of Medicine and six other health profession colleges.

In 1978, a minor stroke brought his presidency to an end.

After designation as president emeritus and a regents-granted semester off, he returned to the classroom as Regents Professor of history from 1978 to 1988, when he added the emeritus title to his professorship. He continued his active association with the university even in retirement, and also served several years as a distinguished professor of history at the University of Science and Arts of Oklahoma in Chickasha.

In his service activities, he did not forget his home state and the Norman community.

Nearly three decades of Oklahomans, who did not know him as OU’s president, identified him with the boards of the Sarkeys Foundation, the University of Oklahoma Foundation, the Oklahoma Foundation for Excellence, the Associates of the OU Western History Collections, Oklahoma Symphony Orchestra, Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, Oklahoma Heritage Foundation, Cleveland County YMCA and the Cleveland County Red Cross, among others.

His academic awards are almost too numerous to list. He received eight honorary doctorates, the distinguished Achievement Award from Phillips University, the Outstanding Achievement Award from the University of Minnesota and the Distinguished Service Citation from OU, OU’s highest honor at the time. His work as a historian, where he specialized in Canadian-American history, was widely

He said he wanted to write on the subject because he wanted to depict a Western subject in an Eastern form.

Burns’ appreciation of the philosophy of martial arts influenced his decision to go into sociology. “[The philosophy of meditation] is to stay balanced and centered; it is true about ourselves to the smallest of cells and it is also true of our social systems,” Burns said. “If we are not balanced or centered, our bodies become sick; so do our social systems.”

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respected, his book Whoop-up Country earning the Silver Spur Award from the Western Writers of America as 1955’s best non-fiction on the American West.

He was inducted into the Oklahoma Education Hall of Fame and named one of Oklahoma’s Living Treasures in 2003 by the Oklahoma Health Center. The Paul F. Sharp Concert Hall in OU’s Catlett Music Center is named in his honor.

His survivors include his wife; his sister, Thelma Miller, of Colorado Springs; three children, William Frederick Sharp, of Homer, N.Y., Kathryn Ann Dunlap, of Oklahoma City and Paul Trevor Sharp, of Greensboro, N.C.; seven grandchildren and seven great-grandchildren.

A private family graveside service is scheduled for Saturday. A memorial service will be held Sunday at 4 p.m. at the First Christian Church, 220 S. Webster in Norman.

In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to the Reach Out and Read Program through the University of Oklahoma Foundation, Inc., 100 Timberdell Road, Norman, OK 73019.

Burns tries to meditate daily, sometimes sneaking in quick sessions between classes.

“Every time before class, during my 10-second walk, I do a little Quan Khi Do to get myself centered and focus my energy, allowing me to focus on the energy of the students and reflect it back to them,” he said.

Some students think Burns brings a different kind of energy to the learning environment. “[Burns] is a great professor.

Most of the time, when he walks into class, he is excited about the day and what he’s going to lecture about,” said Ashley Thompson, civil engineering junior.

Some students even hope the experience won’t end.

“I specifically asked if I could [be his graduate teaching assistant] because I wanted to take the class again,” said Emily Pain, sociology graduate student. “He has a very unique teaching style. He always comes in excited about the lectures and tells a lot of first-hand stories because he has been to so many different places.”

Burns said he always keeps his door open for students. “[Burns] always wants to chat

Among the many lessons Burns has learned, he strives to live by one that advocates accepting others as a key to peace.

“I would have to say martial arts influenced the way I think, and that’s why I tend to be anti-war,” Burns said. “At least part of that pacifism can be contributed to the ultimate goal of martial arts. I believe that even when someone is threatening you, there is a part of them who wants to connect with you and be friends with you.”

While martial arts empowers individuals, the ultimate goal is for people to use that power only when necessary, and “non-forcefully,” Burns said.

During his time as a competitor, Burns always was amazed by the sportsmanship competitors showed each other, as they bowed and shook each other’s hands after intense sparring.

He said because of the Japanese philosophy “Chautza,” meaning hospitality, he tries to connect with people, like whenever he offers a cup of tea.

“I believe we should not objectify people and understand where they are coming from on their own terms,” Burns said.

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national students. The two have been working with the International Advisory Council and have accomplished many things to help international students.

The team began working on international student issues by speaking to many different international student groups. After receiving a lot of feedback through interaction and surveys, Holloway and Winston acted on the students’ concerns.

The first thing they did was contact Career Services and

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Former OU President Paul F. Sharp

over tea and loves to talk about sociological theory,” Pain said. “He is kind of philosophical in a way.”

Kevin Waters, a Ph.D. student, attributes his decision to go back to school to a class he took from Burns years ago. “[Burns] goes above and beyond and takes it upon himself to make a difference in his students’ lives,” Waters said. “I know other professors strive to do that as well, but Tom makes it his goal to help students realize their capabilities.”

begin work on a virtual career fair for international students.

The virtual career fair is a unique online tool that allows international students to be contacted by recruiters who might not come to the OU campus to recruit, said Betty Scott, director of Career Services.

The link has been up for about a month and should be up for the rest of the spring, Scott said.

Holloway and Winston are also trying to make international students more aware

of health care plans available from Goddard and different ways to become involved with the Interfraternity Council and the Panhellenic Association.

The team is currently working with UOSA and OU officials to establish more funding for student organizations.

Funding has continually decreased over the previous years, Holloway said.

“At this point, I can say that the funding will not decrease again, despite the economy being the way it is,” Holloway said.

No final result has been reached, but she and Winston are confident they can acquire more funding for students organizations, she said.

Their campaign platform has been the pair’s main focus, but Holloway and Winston have taken on other projects like working with OU’s budget, investigating a new and more uniform advising program, acquiring $100,000 in scholarships for students looking to study abroad and the possibility of establishing a bike rental run by the university.

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The twins are starting to spend more time awake, drink from bottles and grab onto things, just as normal babies do, he said.

Stevie Stewart, the twins’ mother, has started a blog to share what she and her family are experiencing.

To read the twins’ mother’s full blog, log onto http://www.oumedicine.com/body.cfm?iD=3258

One separated twin in serious condition Twins Kylee and Preslee Wells remain at The Children’s Hospital at OU Medical Center as they recover from their recent separation surgery.

Born conjoined, Kylee and Preslee underwent surgery Jan. 19 to separate the bridge that connected their livers, said Allen Poston, director of public relations for The Children’s Hospital at OU Medical Center and former Daily staff member. The twins had very little internal connection, he said.

Kylee is in serious condition and Preslee is in fair condition three weeks after the separation surgery, Poston said. Kylee is on a ventilator and nitric oxide to ease her pulmonary hypertension, but doctors are easing off its usage, he said.

The date the twins can go home is still unknown. The goal is for Preslee and Kylee to go home with as little medical equipment as possible, Poston said. The girls might need

issues, but mostly because they want to address the soldier about the issues he might face,” Soho said.

Finding services and knowing where to go has not been complicated for OU ROTC veteran Cory Panak, he said.

“I’ve worked with the VA in Tulsa and Muskogee, and I have never had a problem getting a hold of them and talking to somebody,” Panak said.

While some cadets may not have encountered any problems with military health services, Rice said he still thinks there is a need for additional care for all Oklahoma

Bill proposed to prevent sex offenders from operating ice cream trucks Photo Courtesy of Children’s Hospital at OU Medical Center

Preslee Faith Wells (pictured), and her twin, Kylee Hope Wells, are recovering at the Children’s Hospital at OU Medical Center, after being separated on Jan. 19.

protective shirts, though, because neither of them has a sternum due to the way they were connected, he said.

“We’ll have to fabricate a sternum,” Poston said. “Skin and fat is the only thing protecting their hearts right now.”

The state Senate Appropriations Committee approved a bill that would prohibit convicted sex offenders from operating ice cream trucks.

The bill will require all ice cream truck vendors to obtain an operating permit through the State Department of Health and would enforce a $500 fine for operating an ice cream truck without the appropriate display of the permit. Sex offenders who refuse to abide by this law could face up to two and a half years in prison.

veterans.

“Preventing suicide and providing health coverage is what we’re trying to do, but it is just one area that is providing stress on our veterans,” Rice said.

COMMITMENT TO ACCURACY The Daily has a long-standing commitment to serve readers by providing accurate coverage and analysis. Errors are corrected as they are identified. Readers should bring errors to the attention of the editorial board for further investigation.

Oklahoma has not had a problem with sex offenders disguising themselves in ice cream trucks but the bill’s author Sen. Jay Paul Gumm, D-Durant, said high-profile cases in other states have prompted the legislation.

New dean awaits regents’ approval Rich Taylor, an Enid native and a 1972 OU alumnus who has served as interim dean of the Weitzenhoffer Family College of Fine Arts since June 2008 is expected to make the position permanent.

President Boren made the announcement Thursday and said the appointment is awaiting approval from the OU Board of Regents.

“It is an honor for me to recommend to the Board of Regents the appointment of Rich Taylor as permanent dean,” Boren said.

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Combined efforts go into ‘OU, I Love You’ You,” and directors must submit a sample of their work.

Kenny Madison, film and video studies sophomore, said he plans to submit his screenplay for the project. His screenplay is a comedy that focuses on a young man and woman who get into an argument that eventually leads to a fist fight, he said.

KATE CUNNINGHAM AND TIFFANY LEADER Madison said he hopes the finished The Oklahoma Daily product will have an effect on the community.

“My favorite art is the kind that I can The OU Student Film Production Club plans to create an OU version of “Paris, be entertained by or [thought] about,” je t’aime,” the French series of short films Madison said. “At the very least, if someone can be entertained about love. by what I do… then it’s “OU, I Love You” a success.” will focus on different Students from all types of love, including majors may participate romantic, platonic and in “OU, I Love You.” family love, said Katrina Boyd said there is no Boyd, film and video budget for the project studies professor and because participants are SFPC faculty adviser. expected to either use It will compromise sevtheir own equipment or eral five to seven-minborrow equipment from ute videos to make a the film and video stud90-minute film. ies department.

“You get to have each Jack Patchell, film of the student groups and video studies make short films, which senior and SFPC presiis very manageable,” said he hopes the Boyd said, “But then Kenny Madison, film dent, project will not only be you end up having a feature-length film which is and video studies enjoyable to audiences, but beneficial for the united by a theme.” sophomore student filmmakers.

Boyd said club coor“These videos will dinators will go through be a training ground of applications and match sorts to get [student filmmakers] experiup directors, screenplays and crews.

Participants will be judged by different ence with handling equipment and such,” criteria based on their areas of expertise. he said.

Patchell said he hopes this project will For example, screenwriters must submit a screenplay specifically for “OU, I Love inspire filmmakers at OU and in Norman.

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“At the very least, if someone can be entertained by what I do… then it’s a success.”

TODAY WOMEN’S GYMNASTICS The 11th-ranked women’s gymnastics squad is at Lloyd Noble Center, hosting Missouri, Brown and West Virginia in a quad meet at 7 p.m.

HUSTON HUFFMAN CENTER A regional badminton tournament will begin at 8:30 a.m. at the Huston Huffman Center.

Andrew Hajek, film and video studies junior, works on a script Wednesday near The Pastoral Dreamer. Hajek’s script for “OU, I Love You,” highlights the area near the statue, and he said he also plans on applying to direct for the competition.

“I have long believed there can be a local film industry here,” Patchell said.

“My goal is to stay around here and promote the idea that you can be a local artist and do well.”

SATURDAY HUSTON HUFFMAN CENTER A regional badminton tournament will begin at 8:30 a.m. at the Huston Huffman Center.

The date and location for the film’s debut is still tentative, said Virginia Duke, film and video studies sophomore and SFPC programming chair. She said they plan for an April 10 screening.

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Alameda St. and 12th Ave. SE, Monday

Names are compiled from the Norman Police Department and OUPD. The reports serve as a record of arrests, not convictions.

Those listed are innocent until proven guilty.

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OU WOMEN’S BASKETBALL OU vs. Baylor begins at 2 p.m. at the Lloyd Noble Center.

Randall Joe Barker, 44, 800 N. Berry Rd., Wednesday, also transporting open bottle

MUNICIPAL WARRANT Robert Lee Bell, 48, 922 E Lindsey St., Tuesday

Submission deadline to take part in “OU, I Love You” is 5 p.m. Feb. 27. Stop by Katrina Boyd’s office, 321 Old Science Hall.

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INTERFERENCE WITH OFFICIAL PROCESS Howard Ricardo Dixon, 19, East Lindset Street, Tuesday

PUBLIC INTOXICATION Robert William Fulton, 19, 1324 Atlanta Circle, Tuesday Tricia June Plumlee, 38, 1324 Atlanta Circle, Tuesday

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DOMESTIC ABUSE Douglas Jason Jarrell, 36, 1324 Atlanta Circle, Tuesday

GRAND LARCENY Bobby E. Olupona, 21, 3499 W Main St., Tuesday Jennifer Gayle Jones, 26, 3499 W Main St., Wednesday

PETTY LARCENY Coy Melvin Ward, 37, 3499 W Main St., Monday

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Ian Jehn - civil engineering junior

Holloway should ensure smooth UOSA transition There’s a reason UOSA administrations don’t have administrations will always be great at starting the ability to accomplish much during a single term: reform efforts but never finishing them. Whether at the student level or the U.S. presidency, They don’t have time. administrations shouldn’t take over withStudent administrations are notorious OUR VIEW out a considerable amount of cooperation for starting projects and initiatives that end is an editorial from the preceding administration. when their term is up. We think this probselected and debated This is the obvious reason why newly lem could be solved if the current elected by the editorial board elected presidents, as President Obama officials would work with the next to and written after a did prior to taking the presidential oath, ensure action is continued on the alreadymajority opinion is formed and approved hire transition teams to work with the initiated plans on which they agree. by the editor. Our View current administration that is on its way Amanda Holloway and Vince Winston’s is The Daily’s official out of office. administration indeed has started many opinion. of the initiatives it promised to start in its Holloway and her successor should spring 2008 campaign (see Page 1 for more select a transition team comprised of details.) underclassmen who are already involved in UOSA But starting isn’t quite good enough if reform is to take over current projects and ensure the new the goal, and if no transition efforts are made, UOSA administration will do the same.

COMMENTS OF THE DAY In response to a Feb. 19 sports column about former OU quarterback Rhett Bomar Hilarious. The whirlwind of college football? Give me a break. He was offered money to do work he didn’t do.

That’s a blatant disregard for all ethical concerns regarding amateurism - the point of playing college football. You

act like it’s some unfortunate side effect from being an NCAA athlete.

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for and comment on The Daily are of the far right Rush Limbaugh School of Conservative Studies, and it’s refreshing to read an article by a conservative that’s well-written and reasonable.

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Open minds necessary Concealed carry would in Darwin discussions deter, protect on campus

The Darwin Day events and invitation of rabid evolutionary anti-theist Richard Dawkins only serve to demonstrate the extent to which one view predominates in science. Ironically, this week marks the controversial defeat of an Oklahoma Senate bill that would legislate the validity of teaching both strengths and weaknesses of evolutionary theory. The bill was narrowly defeated in a committee, but reflects an increasingly recognized opposition to modern evolutionary theory.

The work of Ben Stein in his investigative documentary, “Expelled: No Intelligence Allowed,” adds popularity and momentum, as well as evidence, for opposition to naturalistic evolution in the battle which rages among scientists. No professor without tenure — and some even with — is above the Darwinist police, no matter the value of their contributions or the quality of their research.

Blindly, but faithfully, following an uncertain theory just because it has been widely accepted makes us no better than those who asserted throughout the Middle Ages that the earth was the center of the universe. But therein lies the problem. Because the definition of the term “science” has been commandeered and changed by the so-called intellectual establishment, it no longer is viable to question or doubt natural selection and random mutation as the only “true” explanation for origins.

When you redefine science as Darwinism, of course you’ll reject any evidence which comes in

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Be open to opposition So what is to be done about this? First, I would strongly suggest, even if you fully agree with Dawkins about evolutionary biology, that you acquire knowledge of the opposing arguments to evolutionary theory.

The first opportunity for such knowledge is tonight in the way of two academics from the Discovery Institute, a think tank in Seattle that publishes and funds intelligent design research.

Researcher Dr. John West and lawyer Casey Luskin will present on the troubling topic raised by Ben Stein – academic freedom.

Second, Ruse will debate design theorist William Dembski on Feb. 27 in the Paul F. Sharp Concert Hall in the Catlett School of Music. Dembski controversially spoke at OU in the fall of 2007. Come hear rational conversation and discussion rather than personal attacks and scare tactics. Let’s talk about what science is and means, in a historical and a present sense. The soft-spoken naturalist and biologist Charles Darwin might have even calmly discussed it himself.

Jon Malone is an English education graduate student.

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OU President David Boren, members of The Daily’s editorial board, students and faculty have come out forcefully opposed to the idea of legalizing concealed carry on campus. A large contingent supports the idea of concealed carry. However, the arguments in favor and against rely heavily on emotion rather than anything grounded in reality.

I haven’t heard a convincing argument from the anti-concealed carry side yet, and the people trying to argue for concealed carry have fallen woefully short.

More qualified than the police?

I can discharge a 10-round magazine of .45 caliber hollow-point cartridges into a target 25 yards away and achieve a grouping eight inches in diameter. I am also an honorably discharged veteran of the U.S. Army with an expert pistol rating. I would consider this to be “proficiency” when it comes to using a handgun.

The anti-concealed carry lobbyists want citizens to depend entirely on the police for protection, arguing their training makes them better at handling firearms.

While the vast majority of law enforcement handgun training in the U.S. occurs at distances closer than 15 yards, and the majority of that training at a distance JOE of seven yards or fewer, a 2008 HUNT RAND Corporation report states NYPD officers hit their actual targets at a distance of seven yards on average 37 percent of the time. Their accuracy drops off considerably at increased distances.

I recognize there is a difference between target shooting and live fire, but most concealed carry advocates would rather have the choice to defend themselves than rely on a “trained” officer with 37 percent accuracy. One go-to argument by gun control activists is that if we allow concealed carry on campus, then we are going to see a sharp increase in gun violence. This argument ignores reality and is grounded entirely in fear. People are afraid if a student receives a poor grade on an exam, he or she might react by shooting up the class.

Currently there are 11 campuses in the U.S. that allow concealed carry. These include all nine public schools in the state of Utah, Colorado State University and Blue Ridge Community College in Virginia. Concealed carry has been legal on campus at Blue Ridge since 1995, at Colorado State since 2003 and in the state of Utah since 2006.

When was the last time you read a news story about a student in Utah or at Colorado State shooting a professor for receiving a poor grade? The reality is none of the schools have experienced a single gun-related incident since legalizing concealed carry on campus.

When concealed carry was actively debated at the state level 25 years ago, opponents argued that

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Dawkins’ visit to OU on March 6 is approaching with great fanfare, as the former Oxford biologist will herald the Darwin celebration events.

But what has made Dawkins popular is his foray into the philosophical realm in books such as “The God Delusion,” in which he purports the seeming impossibility of the supernatural realm. His public disdain for religious belief, particularly expressed in attacks on Christianity, has made Dawkins a polemic figure.

However, intellectual thought has not been without question for his philosophical motives. Noted philosopher and historian of science Michael Ruse, known for his respected work in the history and philosophy of science, will be another guest speaker for the OU Darwin 2009 Project.

Ruse, who will give a public lecture on Thursday at the Sam Noble Oklahoma Museum of Natural History, comments in his review of “The God Delusion” that “Dawkins is brazen in his ignorance of philosophy and theology [not to mention the history of science]… So long as his understanding of Christianity remains JON at a sophomoric level, Dawkins not deserve full attention.”

MALONE does Angry language and condescension will bring no clarity or resolution to the problem. Bringing Dawkins in does nothing but increase the level of tension between naturalism advocates and those who purport other theories of origins.

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Red faces and angry glances. Shouting and bulging veins all around. Stares that would bore a hole in most any wall. Condescending attacks on individual people rather than concrete responses to opposing arguments. Conspiracy theorists’ cries against any who contradict them. Sounds more like oppression and stifling of discovery than an open-university campus. So much for the “free marketplace of ideas,” eh?

The events take place throughout campus, from lectures to roundtable discussions to a very controversial guest. The table is set for those who promote a specific worldview and a specific faith to make themselves known. The perceived “scientific” community rejoices, belittling and mocking any who oppose them.

However, within these high “academic” communities grow whispers of dissension. The mathematicians crunch their numbers, churning out probabilities of origins. The biochemists continue to unlock and reveal an entire other mini-universe within the cell, with highly specified machinery and complexity beyond belief.

Even biologists note the gaping hole the fossil record shows – and yet we still cling to the man who many think made possible the “intellectuallyfulfilled atheist?” We venerate and value Charles Darwin more highly than most any other scientist, ignoring the discoveries and theories of countless theists throughout history.

a populace with concealed carry would escalate everyday disagreements into bloody shootouts. The streets were supposed to run red with the blood of citizens. This hasn’t occurred, either.

Concealed carry changes the scenario Boren recently stated the recent Childers incident might have been vastly different had students or faculty been armed with concealed carry handguns. He is right — the situation would be different.

He assumes with concealed carry there might have been shots fired and people killed. That is always a possibility. What this ignores, however, is the deterrence factor. If concealed carry was legal, it is also likely that Mr. Childers would not enter Kaufman Hall armed with the intention of committing a crime, knowing someone in the building might be armed. Not knowing for sure if your victim or someone in the vicinity is armed serves as a huge deterrence to crime. It is easier to kill when people don’t fight back.

That is the greatest thing about concealed carry — you don’t know who is carrying a sidearm!

Police officers are readily identified by criminals because they wear uniforms and openly carry pistols. However, it is very hard to identify a person carrying a concealed carry weapon. The pictures shown in recent copies of The Daily are gross misrepresentations of proper concealed carry methods. Most concealed carry weapons are carried in shoulder holsters concealed by jackets, in purses or in a pants pocket.

Concealed carry advocates simply want the option to carry a sidearm on campus.

It is true that one can obtain a concealed carry permit by simply attending a class and taking a test, but real devotees to concealed carry train extensively at the gun range to the point that they are masters of their sidearms. It is not uncommon for a concealed carry permit holder to expend a couple thousand rounds of ammunition yearly in training.

Legalizing concealed carry on campus will give experienced gun owners the option of protecting themselves. The problem with the current law is that it is grounded in fantasy. If it is against the law for a student to carry a concealed weapon on campus, only law-abiding students will leave their sidearm at home. Concealed carry laws do not make a population any less safe. In fact, there is strong evidence that concealed carry laws contribute to an safer overall environment.

The police arrived last week in a matter of minutes, but there is truth in the axiom “when seconds count, the police are only minutes away.”

Thirty-two students were executed at Virginia Tech before the police arrived — and none of the students was armed. Nineteen of the 32 were old enough to carry a concealed weapon. I would speculate most, if not all, would still be alive today if concealed carry had been legal on their campus.

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No. 2 Sooners take on No. 5 Bears on Saturday • OU plays Baylor on ‘Pack the Place Pink’ night at home ANNELISE RUSSELL The Oklahoma Daily The Big 12 women’s basketball tournament takes place in Oklahoma City this year, but this Saturday, fans in Norman get a sneak preview and a chance to see the two best teams in the Big 12.

Head coach Sherri Coale and the No. 2 Sooners are staying put this weekend to defend their undefeated conference record against the No. 5 Baylor Lady Bears.

The Sooners are fresh off a lessthan-stellar performance at Texas Tech Wednesday, where OU took control of the game and the lead in the last eight minutes.

“We’ve survived a couple of subpar performances and been good enough to win whether it be for a four-minute run in the middle of a half or to close out a game,” Coale said.

For OU to take away a home victory, senior forward Ashley Paris said the Sooners will need to come out with high intensity and maintain their aggression throughout the game.

“I think we need to learn from the Texas Tech game as far as coming out early and taking care of business and being ready to go,” Paris said.

Paris said Baylor is a tough team and the Sooners will have to bring a competitive edge to beat the Lady Bears.

Baylor is currently ranked No. 2 in the Big 12 behind the Sooners and its only conference losses were to OU and a nailbiter to Texas.

In their last game, the Sooners were unable to stop the Lady Raiders from getting to the rim and were unable to block many shots.

Sophomore guard Danielle Robinson

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Sophomore guard Danielle Robinson (13) drives past junior guard Alison Lacey (4) in a game against Iowa State on Feb. 11. The Sooners beat the Cyclones 58-49. The Sooners take on No. 5 Baylor at 2 p.m. on Saturday. OU beat the Bears 56-51 Jan. 28 in Waco. said that defense is the key to beating a quality team like the Lady Bears.

“I think it comes down to our defense really,” Robinson said. “We played pretty good defense in Waco, but we just didn’t convert on the offensive end; I just think we need to bring that offensive character back.”

This weekend’s match-up is the 3rd annual Pack the Place Pink Day and all 12,000 seats will be covered with a pink shirt. The Sooner team will also be sport-

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ing the pink on their special jerseys.

Saturday’s game is already sold out and Coale said she couldn’t be happier with the great fan support.

“It makes me really proud of my fan base,” Coale said. “I think the Lloyd Noble Center has become a place where women’s basketball teams don’t like to come play.”

For big games like Baylor, even more important than the sold-out games is the increased student attendance.

“Specifically the last two or three home games we’ve had, I’ve been thrilled that section W-6 has had people in it, cause that’s our student section,” Coale said.

“For the longest time we had the arena filled and we could see all the chairs, and for the last two or three games that section has been full.”

The Sooners are set to tip-off against the Lady Bears in front of a packed house at 2 p.m. on Saturday at Lloyd Noble Center.

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Sooners start season this afternoon JONO GRECO The Oklahoma Daily In sports, looking at the past is not always the wisest decision. Baseball head coach Sunny Golloway nevertheless said the way the 2008 season ended will fuel a quick start for the 2009 season that begins at 3 p.m. today against the Western Illinois Leathernecks.

“It is very apparent with the way we finished last year and the fact that we returned almost all of those players from that team that we’re extremely optimistic in getting started this year,” Golloway said.

The No. 16 Sooners are returning 21 players and added 14 more to round out the 2009 opening day roster.

“We’ve added some, I think, instrumental parts and key elements that are really going to help our team this year,” Golloway said.

“That experience of how we finished strong last year should really pay off for us.”

The big sticks in OU’s lineup include sophomore outfielder Casey Johnson and junior first baseman Aaron Baker.

Johnson was one of two freshmen to start the 2008 season on opening day and hit .346 with four home runs during his first collegiate season.

Baker led OU in home runs in 2008 and spent the summer in the Cape Cod League playing for Warhem Gatemen. He hit four home runs and drove in 25 runs, which was

top-10 in the league.

“Last year, we really learned a lot from our struggles and I think we’re prepared to make a run for it this year,” Baker said.

The 2008 offseason brought more than new recruits. The Sooners received a new practice facility – which includes an indoor batting area and a regulation size infield – and are in the process of building a new scoreboard that is expected to be completed on March 1.

The scoreboard will include a 36-foot wide and 21-foot tall LED video display, will have normal features of a regular baseball scoreboard and will show the speed of each pitch.

“We’re in [the indoor batting facility] all the time,” junior shortstop Bryant Hernandez said. “The infield has been able to help out our practices a lot and we’re getting a lot more done.”

Golloway said that the coaching staff has had to limit the players from overworking themselves in their newest “toy” during the offseason. “[The players] have literally been in there working so hard that we were worried [about] a couple of our guys getting hurt and just fatiguing themselves,” Golloway said.

OU opens its 2009 season at L. Dale Mitchell Park in a four-game series Friday at 3 p.m. against the Leathernecks.

The series will continue Saturday at noon in a double-header and will conclude Sunday at 1 p.m.

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The Sooner Theatre, which has been operating since 1929, is celebrating its 80th anniversary this year. The theater has recently under-gone renovations, converting it from a movie theater into a performing arts center.

Sooner Theatre still going strong at 80 CLAIRE DOUTHITT The Oklahoma Daily The historic Sooner Theatre celebrates its 80th anniversary this month, and unlike many of its counterparts continues to entertain Norman with its performances.

Sooner Theatre has brought a sense of community to Norman, as well as access to plays, musicals, concerts and many more cultural performances. Thanks to the pioneering efforts of local citizens, the Sooner Theatre is better than ever.

In February 1929, Sooner Theatre was built as a movie theater under the supervision of architect Harold Gimeno. Costing over $200,000 to build, the theater boasted imported tile, a ladies’ lounge and other accommodations. The first film played at Sooner Theater was “Alias Jimmy Valentine,” starring William Haines and Lionel Barrymore.

With advances in the film industry came the close of the Sooner Theatre as a cinema. Not able to compete with larger theaters and multiplexes, the theater closed its doors in 1975. For a short while, the fate of the theater seemed

doomed. After 46years as a movie theater, it was unlikely the Sooner Theatre would open again.

Fortunately, a group of Norman citizens recognized the Sooner Theater as a vital piece of Norman’s history. This devoted group fought to keep the theater open.

It was purchased by the City of Norman and leased back to the group as Sooner Theatre, Inc., at the rate of one dollar per year.

By 1982, Sooner Theatre had been restored and was reopened as a community performing arts center. It was registered nationally and state-wide as a historic site.

Today, Sooner Theatre is busy keeping up with the entertainment needs of the city of Norman. Lisa O’Donnell, theater house operations manager, said there is something for everyone inside the historic building.

“Sooner Theatre provides a variety of professional quality entertainment for all ages, whether it be concerts, plays, musicals and much more. We even have a wedding being held here next month,” O’Donnell said.

Shane Pruitt, microbiology sophomore, was involved in two pro-

ductions last year, “Little Orphan Annie” and “Scrooge,” a musical based on the classic Charles Dickens novel, “A Christmas Carol.” Pruitt commends the highcaliber atmosphere and the talent of everyone involved.

“I meet all sorts of people that I wouldn’t normally meet, we are all just in our own world, and people from the community, whether they are doctors, lawyers, what have you, all come together to put on a great show,” Pruitt said.

Besides meeting new people, Pruitt adds, “It gave me a hobby.”

In the summer of 2003, Sooner Theatre opened a musical theater camp for kids, and after several summers of phenomenal growth, “The Studio of Sooner Theatre” began offering year-round classes.

Children and young adults are now able to take classes in acting, dance, set design, production and more from a staff of trained actors and working professionals.

After six years, “The Studio” continues to develop and O’Donnell said they offer classes for about 200 kids of all ages, ranging from preschool through high school.

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ensemble groups –classes in the performing arts – often perform at civic events and local schools.

The musical theater camp is still offered in the summer, and at the close of the season the campers put on a production for the public.

O’Donnell, who has worked for the theater since September says that the upcoming Blue Note Records show is attracting a huge amount of attention.

“We are getting ticket orders form Kansas and Texas, as well as the Tulsa area,” O’Donnell said.

Upcoming performances include Blue Note Records 70th Anniversary Tour on March 18.

This tribute to legendary Blue Note Records features the music of John Coltrane, Thelonious Monk and Miles Davis.

In May, Sooner Theatre will debut “Jekyll and Hyde,” a musical based on the classic by Robert Louis Stevenson.

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CANCER (June 21-July 22) -- Be careful that you don’t inadvertently take all the credit for something others had a hand in bringing about, even a small one. Leave lots of room on center stage for others to take some bows, too.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22) -- You could mistakenly delegate a critical assignment to someone who has questionable abilities just because the person says he or she can do it. This individual’s standards will produce the result, not yours.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) -- Trespassing down forbidden paths with regard to a romantic entanglement will cause not only a headache but a great deal of heartache for all parties involved.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23) -- In order to placate another, you might agree to do something you know is wrong. It would be easier to say “no” in the first place than it will be to get out of the trouble you cause.

SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 22) -Unless you are strongly motivated to accomplish something big, your industriousness could be at low ebb. Don’t undertake anything unless your heart is in it.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 23-Dec. 21) -- You can go either way when it comes to handling your finances. You could either get great mileage out of your dollars or spend them wildly. Watch out, because the latter may be true.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) -- If your heart isn’t in the job at hand, you might be lax about how you handle things, expecting others to fill in the gaps you leave behind. Sadly, they won’t, and you’ll have to do things all over again.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 19) -- Every once in a while, you allow emotions to control your thinking, and this could be one of those times. If your feelings trump good judgment, you will make a very poor decision.

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Life & Arts

Friday, Feb. 20, 2009

BEER of theWEEK

dinner + movie

‘Milk’ and Ice Cream Are you into political movies and delicious ice cream? Then you’re in luck with this week’s Dinner + Movie.

“Milk” Focus Features Gus Van Sant’s Best Picture nominee, “Milk”, stars Sean Penn as Harvey Milk, the first openly gay man to be elected to office in the United States.

The film is based on true events and follows Milk attempting to get elected. It highlights his battle against Proposition 6, a bill that would have allowed employers to fire any homosexual workers and their supporters.

Penn shines as Milk in a performance that merited an Oscar nomination for Best Actor. He is backed by strong performances from James Franco, Scott Smith and Josh Brolin.

The Oscar nominated film certainly lives up to it’s billing, making you wish there were more movies like it that tell a story and send a clear, vibrant message to the audience.

“Milk” is playing at the OKC Museum of Art and Cinemark Tinseltown USA.

Tradition aids flavor This week’s “Beer of the Week” isn’t necessarily one that you can drink a flat-bed truck full of or one that you have to obtain a special curator’s license from the Smithsonian to experience. It will be a beer BRAND that’s more or RACKLEY less readily available and won’t taste like an evergreen tree as it goes down your throat.

So this week I got my hands on a very rare, vintage bottle of Pabst Blue Ribbon from the establishing

year of 1844.

Just kidding.

Anyway, this week if you’d like to try something new in the avenue of overseas beer, I have something that’d be right down your alley.

The beer is Spaten Optimator.

This beer isn’t necessarily the cheapest, but it isn’t the most expensive either. The strong flavor hits you like a supersonic fist to the mouth. It’s easily one of the most flavorful beers on the market and Spaten’s been brewing this stuff since 1327.

It’s been around that long for a reason.

Give it a try.

Coldstone Creamery 216 Johnny Bench Dr, OKC If you’re looking for a quick sweet fix, Coldstone Creamery has milkshakes that are quick and easy to eat. Not to mention scrumptious.

For a long-lasting treat, go for the waffle cones. You can get several kinds of wacky flavors such as birthday cake, peppermint and bubblegum.

If you are adventurous, you may want to try something different, like a banana split or sprinkled dip cone, or add some flair like raspberry cheesecake, strawberries or several types of candy.

For those trying to watch their figure, they have non-fat frozen yogurt and fresh-fruit smoothies.

Prices on most items are under $10.

– BRAND RACKLEY IS A JOURNALISM SENIOR.

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