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Activist group reborn Students for a Democratic Society, which is an historic student activist group, is reopening its chapter at OU. The society was disbanded nationwide in the early 1970s, said Ron Haas, expository writing professor. Haas will serve as the adviser to the group.

The reopening of the society was sparked by a group of students who took Haas’ class about the 1960s.

The students realized the society had opened new chapters nationwide in 2006 and wanted to reopen OU’s chapter.

“I think there is great potential here and I hope that a lot of people get involved,” Haas said. “I expect great things from our chapter.”

Sean Hughes, letters sophomore, will serve as president of the OU chapter. Hughes said he hopes the organization will give students a way to get involved and have a local and global impact.

While the 1960s group focused on protests against the Vietnam War, the current chapter will have more freedom in the topics it covers, like supporting the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender community, advocating the college student bailout and protesting the war in Iraq, Haas said.

OU’s chapter will be meeting for the first time in the next few weeks.

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SPORTS It’s a busy sports weekend in Norman with five different teams in action this weekend in the Norman area. The Daily has all the details.

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LIFE & ARTS The Daily’s Callie Kavourgias participated in a conference call with the stars of the upcoming film ‘Push.’ The film about paranormal operatives stars Chris Evans and Camilla Belle, and comes out Feb. 6. Check out our Q&A with the stars on page 9.

Chris Howard, Vice President for Leadership and Strategic Initiatives and associate professor of the Honors College, has a colorful resume that includes time as a running back for the Air Force Academy football team that upset Ohio State in 1991, a Rhodes Scholarship, degrees from Oxford and Harvard and employment with a variety of corporations and non-profit organizations.

President-in-waiting • Influential leader reflects on his life and time as a Sooner

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hris Howard, OU vice president for leadership and strategic initiatives, is bidding farewell to Oklahoma and hello to Virginia, where he will become the 24th president of Hampden-Sydney College.

Howard was chosen out of 100 candidates and “brings leadership experience in the military, business, and higher education to his new role” at the all-male university, the college’s Web site states.

Howard credits his success to his experience working with the students at OU. “I’m a better father and a better man because of the students whom I interact with,” said Howard, who will leave Oklahoma in July to take his new position.

Howard said OU students challenge him with intellectual passion and a real desire to change the world.

“These OU students have shown me great intellectual curiosity,” he said. “They’ve shown me a great deal of intelligence and a real desire to make the world a better place.”

Since 2005, Howard has served as a Honors College professor, director of the Honors College Leadership Center and deputy executive director of the International Programs Center.

Howard earned a bachelor’s degree in political science from the Air Force Academy, a master’s degree in business

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administration from Harvard Business School and a doctorate degree from Oxford University, where he studied on a Rhodes Scholarship.

He was raised in Plano, Texas, where he said he learned his greatest life lessons from his parents.

His mother was an early role model in leadership for him, he said. Howard said she not only walked the walk, but talked the talk.

“She has this amazing work ethic, not that my father doesn’t, but there is something about my mom, who was raising two sons while my dad was in Vietnam,” he said. “So, what I always saw, growing up, was someone who sacrificed for her family, served God and sacrificed for her community.”

Howard also has admired Martin Luther King Jr. and Nelson Mandela since childhood.

Since coming to OU, Howard said OU President David L. Boren has been his greatest mentor and he will miss Boren’s

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Eighteen students voted in UOSA special elections Tuesday and Wednesday, which are in jeopardy of being nullified a second time.

The UOSA supreme court will most likely invalidate the elections because the will of voters was not expressed, Raymond Rushing, UOSA election chair said.

Rushing said he would not certify the results, most likely voiding the election.

Low turnout was blamed on the school cancellations and the lack of advertising, said Rushing, human relations graduate student. UOSA planned to advertise on Tuesday.

Because the UOSA supreme court ruled the elections invalid, the rules state they must hold another election, Davidson said.

The special election was held because an error in the regular fall elections had two candidates listed on the wrong district ballots, Kurt Davidson, undergraduate student senate chair, said.

Sarah Williams and Anna Mackey were listed as running for social sciences chairs, though both applied to run for the seats in humanities, Davidson said.

“It’s no one’s fault, it’s just a massive administration issue,” Davidson said.

UOSA first noticed the problem when the candidates weren’t able to vote for themselves, Davidson said.

“At the time I was confused as to why I couldn’t run under social sciences,” Williams said. “But I have no hard feelings and I think everything happens for a reason.”

Williams and Mackey did not run again in the special elections because of new commitments, Williams said.

The other candidates from last semester were automatically entered in the special election, Buzz Becker, a winner from the regular fall election, said.

“This whole thing has been a headache,” Becker said. “We were told we’re going to have a special election. There was never any room for questions.”

Less than two weeks ago, Becker was told the special election had been set for the end of this week, he said.

He then received a message Monday that elections would be moved up to Tuesday and Wednesday.

Becker said with more advanced warning, campaigning would have started earlier and increased student awareness of and participation in the election.

Rushing said he thinks the special election was unfair because students did not get to campaign as much as they wanted and there was no advertising before election day.

Rushing said he knew the candidates would be angry, but hoped they understood the confusion leading to the situation.

“As long as the will of the voters is expressed, the candidates have to be patient,” Rushing said.

The date for another special election will decided by student congress, Rushing said.

Becker received an e-mail on the Jan. 18 announcing that special elections would take place on Thursday and Friday, he said. He then received another e-mail on Monday that said the elections would be on Tuesday and Wednesday.

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Friday, Jan. 30, 2009

Research team seeks feasible alternative biofuel • Wood chips, grass clippings, straw possible fuel sources KALI CARTER The Oklahoma Daily

OU researchers are digging for new fuels created from organic material that can become an alternative gasoline that could help the environment and reduce U.S. dependency on foreign oil.

There is a push for biofuel throughout the nation and the world, chemical engineering professor Lance Lobban said.

Most petroleum is located in countries that can create political problems for the United States, he said.

“Renewable fuels can be obtained from domestic sources while fossil fuels primarily come from regions which are politically unstable,” Daniel Resasco, chemical engineering professor, said in an e-mail.

Resasco, who is conducting the research with Lobban, said the goal of the research is not to replace gasoline, but to change its source from fossil fuels to renewable sources.

“We are looking for alternative sources to produce the same gasoline and diesel that we are using today,” he said.

Lobban said the biofuels will be good for the economy, because petroleum oil eventually will run out.

“Demand will exceed the ready supply and the price will shoot up with very severe economic problems,” Lobban said. “The biofuels will give us the long-term results we need.”

The School of Chemical, Biological and Materials Engineering collaborates closely with energy giant ConocoPhillips, which has led researchers to discuss the need for alternative fuels with oil companies and car manufacturers, he said.

“The companies are very concerned with any new fuel being able to fit into the existing infrastructure of our cars,” Lobban said.

The most common biofuel is ethanol, which is made from corn oil, Lobban said. Ethanol is soluble in water and has a lower energy than gasoline and diesel fuel.

If ethanol were used in cars, the mileage would be less, the

“We are trying to find a fuel that has virtually the same properties in it as gasoline and diesel fuel.”

Lance Lobban, chemical engineering professor cars would not go as far, and it could cause problems in the engine and fuel storage tanks, which is why oil companies and consumers are not anxious to put it in cars, Lobban said.

The current cars on the market aren’t designed to handle anything but petroleum gasoline, Lobban said.

“Both cars and trucks are going to need fueling structure changes, and unfortunately there are just too many significant delays in that,” he said. “It will cost a lot of money, and even if the cars could be manufactured fast enough, most people cannot afford to go out and buy a new car.”

These problems with ethanol are the main reasons why Lobban and his group of researchers are looking to use cellulosic materials, particularly switchgrass, to create biofuels.

Cellulosic materials include wood chips, grass clippings, wheat straw and corn stock left over after harvest. Lobban said cellulosic materials are also more environmentally friendly than ethanol.

Fossil fuels are continuously releasing carbon dioxide into the atmosphere without using any at the same time, Lobban said. The researchers’ hope is to switch to biofuels, which are more carbonneutral, because the plants used would create a cycle by pulling some of the carbon dioxide from the atmosphere, he said.

Lobban and his researchers are interested in using the materials as energy crops to create a more natural, renewable fuel.

“We are trying to find a fuel that has virtually the same properties in it as gasoline and diesel fuel,” Lobban said. “Our goal is to convert the cellulose to a fuel that is fungible for the gasoline we already use.”

Fossil fuels will continue to be a major source of energy for many years, but biofuels will grow in importance in the overall energy landscape, Resasco said.

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Howard Continued from page 1 leadership.

“He is one of the most capable leaders in civil society, broadly-defined, that I’ve ever interacted with,” Howard said.

Colleague Daniel Pullin, vice president for technology and development, said through e-mail that Howard is a remarkable leader and a role model to his students.

“Dr. Howard’s ability to stoke our students’ ambitions is impressive,” Pullin said.

“He challenges them to grow professionally and personally throughout their lives.”

CORRECTION The Daily misreported on the details of hot water shortages in some rooms of Adams Center’s Muldrow Tower. According to Dave Annis, Housing and Food Services director, residents can get hot water after running the faucet for about 30 minutes.

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Robert Con Davis-Undiano, dean of the Honors College, said no project or task is ever too daunting or too involved for Howard.

“Chris revels in the hard work required to advance good projects and never shrinks from difficulty,” Davis said. “This is the core of being a happy warrior.”

Howard said his goals are more focused on his students than the positions he earns.

“Within the rubric of leadership, my goal is to accelerate the leadership odyssey of all my students,” he said.

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• Three snow days could cause problems with midterms, finals ASHLEIGH WOODALL The Oklahoma Daily With the winter weather finally clearing up, teachers are forced to rewrite lesson plans and try to catch students up on what they missed.

The university was closed Monday afternoon, Tuesday and Wednesday due to the storm. Some classes may see a drastic change in scheduling, particularly with exams.

“In general, for day classes that meet

several times a week, we ask instructors to add a little bit of time to all other course meetings in order to cover the appropriate amount of material,” Vice President and Provost Nancy Mergler said in an e-mail.

Individual instructors will decide how to handle the missed material.

Timothy Murphy, who teaches American literature, dropped an entire week of reading and discussion, made some readings optional and even postponed the midterm.

For classes with lab sessions, finals may have to be moved into the actual finals week rather than the week before as usual, Mergler said.

The hardest part for students will be getting refocused on academics and adjusting back to regular school days,

she said.

Adriana Knight, University College freshman, said she thinks the hardest adjustment will be keeping up with teachers trying to compensate for lost time.

Knight still has not been to her ballroom dancing class, which meets Monday afternoons. In her classes that reconvened Thursday, instructors tried to rush through the information they missed, she said.

However, OU academic administrators have not reported problems with coursework, and Mergler said their main goal during the closure was to keep students safe.

“It is just human nature to enjoy a bit of unscheduled vacation, and there were some great basketball games to enjoy,” Mergler said in an e-mail.

Students hold candlelight vigil for equality “We’re here for all types of • Vigil postponed two days because of severe winter weather equality... Human equals JAMIE BIRDWELL The Oklahoma Daily A group of students stood outside Cate Center and held a chilly candlelight vigil for equality Thursday night.

Ken Sims, graduate student, started organizing the event on Jan. 10, he said. He made an event page on Facebook and sent e-mail invitations.

The vigil was scheduled for Tuesday, National Equality Day, but was postponed until Thursday because of the winter storm, Sims said.

“We’re here for all types of equality,” Sims said. “This is a great opportunity to express issues of race, sex or sexual orientation. Human equals human. We’re all the same.”

The Facebook event page said more than 150 people were attending, but due to cold weather the group was smaller, Sims said.

“Although small, we delivered the message well,” said Clarice Diers, acting sophomore. “And we’re in the cold, that shows dedication.”

The group held candles and signs with equal signs drawn on them, encouraging the cars driving by to honk for its

human. We’re all the same.”

Ken Sims, graduate student

cause.

The students said they were unhappy with the state of equality in the United States.

“Minorities don’t have the same advantages,” said Schuyler Crabtree, public relations junior. “It’s the same situation for gay rights and women’s rights.”

The students said they hope OU will take notice of their vigil, and hope it will be the first of many.

“I hope that we can do more events like this,” Diers said.

“Maybe this can be a tradition. We’re all having fun and happy to be here.”

Nijim Dabbour, managing editor dailynews@ou.edu phone: 325-3666 fax: 325-6051 For more, go to oudaily.com.

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Student has whirlwind wedding in Wagner Hall • Couple of 11 months plan nuptials in hours

“We’ve had our ups and downs, like many relationships, but I’m excited. I’m glad it’s official.�

RENEÉ SELANDERS The Oklahoma Daily It’s an accomplishment few married couples can boast.

Juan Fonseca, zoology biomedical sciences senior, and his fiancĂŠ, Sarah Snyder, shrank months of wedding planning into less than seven hours Thursday.

At noon, Fonseca called Rev. Joane Fogel, a minister he googled on the Internet. At 3 p.m., he and Snyder went to the Oklahoma County District Court and obtained a marriage license. At 4 p.m., Fonseca called his best man, and by 5:30 p.m., the couple had picked out rings.

They gathered at Lissa and Cy Wagner Hall with their wedding party of six people around 6:30 p.m.

The ceremony began at 6:51 p.m., and the couple sealed it with a kiss at 6:59 p.m. “That was about the fastest throw-it-together I’ve done yet,� Joane Fogel said.

Aside from the six people present at the ceremony, Fonseca and Snyder said only three other people knew they were saying their vows that night. The couple said the whirlwind of a ceremony made it all the more special. “I’m just excited, I still can’t believe it’s done,�

Snyder said minutes after the ceremony. “We’ve had our ups and downs, like many relationships, but I’m excited. I’m glad it’s official.�

Fonseca and Snyder said they aren’t impulsive by nature, but the idea of getting married exactly 11 months after they started dating made Thursday the

Sarah Snyder, newlywed

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Juan Fonseca and Sarah Snyder sign their marriage license as Rev. Joane Fogel, the officiant, and Norman Fogel look on. The couple married in Wagner Hall Thursday evening after deciding on Thursday morning that it was time to tie the knot. perfect date for their nuptials. The couple has been engaged since the first week of August.

The setting of the wedding, Fonseca said, made sense to him. Wagner Hall, the newest building on campus, made a better alternative to the snowy outdoor wedding they originally wanted Thursday

morning, Snyder said.

In the minutes following the wedding, the couple received some words of wisdom from their minister and her husband, Norman, who accompanied his wife to the ceremony.

The Fogels, who have been married for 48 years,

shared some of their secrets to a successful marriage.

They advised the newlyweds to never go to bed mad at each other, never let their children get between them and “tell the truth as fast as you can,� Joane Fogel said.

The couple also told Fonseca and Snyder to never consider giving up on their relationship.

A sense of humor is essential to any marriage in times of happiness and struggle, Norman Fogel said. “Dying is easy, comedy is hard.� Norman Fogel said. “And so is being married,� his wife added.

At the end of the ceremony, Joane Fogel wished them well and said she hopes they truly discover the meaning of living happily ever after and all their dreams come true.

After the whirlwind day, the newlyweds said they were going to celebrate by going to dinner, and later go to a bar together for the first time. Snyder turned 21 Jan. 19.

As far as OU’s record shows, there haven’t been any spur-of-the-moment weddings on campus like the Fonseca’s, said Clarke Stroud, vice president of Student Affairs.

Richard Dawkins speech may move to fieldhouse • Best-selling author sought after for 2009 Darwin anniversary JAMIE BIRDWELL The Oklahoma Daily A large amount of student interest in the Richard Dawkins lecture has led OU administrators to try to relocate the event.

Free tickets will be available as soon as the

venue is confirmed.

The March 6 lecture was originally scheduled to be in Sharp Hall at Catlett Music Center, but will most likely be moving to the McCasland Field House, said Barry Weaver, geology professor. Weaver was responsible for arranging this lecture last year, he said.

Sharp Hall is the biggest and most proper auditorium on campus and holds 1,018 people, Weaver said. McCasland Field House can hold more than 3,000 people, and would be a better option, he said.

The tickets to the Dawkins lecture in Sharp Hall were all sold within half an

hour, Weaver said.

The lack of tickets has pushed students into buying and selling them on online marketplaces.

Eellan Sivanesan, first-year medical student, said in an e-mail that she purchased a Dawkins ticket for $60 through the Facebook marketplace. “I first heard about his book, ‘The Selfish Gene,’ through a friend,� Sivanesan said. “Since that time, he has become one of my favorite authors. I was amazed to hear he was going to speak at OU even though we live in the Bible Belt. I feel like this is a once in a lifetime opportunity so I was

site, RichardDawkins. willing to pay whatever net. was necessary.�

Weaver said Dawkins The Dawkins tickets is a highly sought-after were free to students While tickets to the Richard speaker for the 2009 and limited to two each.

Dawkin’s speech are free, interest in Darwin celebrations.

Weaver said it isn’t fair the event has led some to sell their This year is the 200th to buy and sell the ticktickets online. Check oers on ouanniversary of Darwin’s ets online. daily.com’s Marketplace, Facebook birth and the 150th “I’m not sure if it’s anniversary of the publegal or not, but it’s marketplace and craigslist.com. lication of his book “On certainly not ethical,â€? the Origin of Species.â€?

Weaver said. “A lot of universities Dawkins is a best selling author and biologist who writes about were interested, but we staked a claim evolutionary theory, according to his Web early,� Weaver said.

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Ray Martin, opinion editor dailyopinion@ou.edu phone: 325-7630, fax: 325-6051 For more, go to oudaily.com.

OUR VIEW

STAFF COLUMN

UOSA election a debacle all around

Gitmo closing bad for OK

The recent UOSA election (see Page 1 for details) on campus were the students and faculty who live fiasco has been a debacle on multiple levels. The here. There was no time for candidates to camstudent government needs to dissolve the problem, paign. There was no time for the student body to receive word of the upcoming election. get a grip and ensure it doesn’t happen again.

The two candidates who were placed UOSA has made it their goal to raise on the wrong ballot in the fall seemingly awareness of itself. This, though, is the OUR VIEW couldn’t care less about the results – they wrong kind of awareness. is an editorial didn’t protest or beg for another election.

The names of two students who selected and debated The winners of both of the involved disapplied to run for district seats last fall by the editorial board tricts have already served more than half appeared on the ballot of the wrong and written after a majority opinion is of a term and have already learned how district. The UOSA Supreme Court formed and approved to carry out the duties of their positions. declared those two elections invalid, by the editor. Our View Putting their jobs on the line by putting claiming they didn’t accurately repis The Daily’s official opinion. them back on the ballot is absurd. resent the will of the students. The We understand UOSA’s desire to make winners, though, served as if all was right its mistake. But the mistake is too normal. A special re-election was held Tuesday and Wednesday while campus was closed. inconsequential and too far in the past to worry The special election is likely to be deemed invalid, about, and certainly too distant to be worth the possibility of knocking someone who’s qualified as only 18 people voted.

There shouldn’t be another election. It shouldn’t for his or her position out of office. At this point, it be considered. But it most certainly shouldn’t have would be best for UOSA to cut its losses and ensure been considered on a day when the only people history never repeats itself.

President Obama has pledged to close down the U.S. Naval Base in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba (Gitmo) within a year. This decision was made in an effort to boost US goodwill throughout the world, and it has succeeded in that regard. Lacking, though, is the planOHM careful ning and supDEVANI porting logistical analysis.

Fort Sill near Lawton has been considered as a possible relocation site for Gitmo detainees. This could raise numerous problems in Oklahoma. The potential relocation of detainees would cause dissent among many Oklahomans, and also endanger the communities in the event of escape. Most likely, though, this move would

cause the perception of weakening national security, because the transport and lodging of terrorists on American soil could pose potential dangers.

Oklahoma lawmakers have expressed their concerns over such a decision. Rep Mary Fallin, R-Dist. 5, in a press release said she “will do all [she] can to make sure…that none of the terrorists will be housed in our state, even for one night.”

These detainees, if they are confirmed as terrorists, should be held in foreign countries, because they collectively represent an inherent threat to the US. However, if we are to use rendition to export these terrorists to foreign countries, President Obama’s executive order must be amended to ban the use of torture in the context of extraordinary rendition.

Currently, the executive order only applies to detainees “in the custody or under the effective

control of an officer, employee or other agent of the U. S. Government, or detained within a facility owned, operated, or controlled by a department or agency of the United States, in any armed conflict.” If these detainees were sent to foreign prisons, the ban on torture would not apply.

This loophole allows the US intelligence to use torture as it had in Gitmo, only under a different country’s jurisdiction. This clause does not end torture for Gitmo detainees – it merely tries to soothe our American conscience.

If we are to foster international goodwill toward America, it may be important to end the practice of extraordinary rendition as well as banning torture under American authority.

Ohm Devani is a University College freshman. His column appears every other Friday.

STAFF COLUMN

Why Obama is an economic illiterate If you are a loyal member of the “Yes We Can” army, it would probably be best if you backed away from my column today. We are unlikely to be on friendly terms when this is all said and done.

President Obama says he is going to save the United States economy through massive government spending and his ill-promised “trillion-dollar deficits.” It is going to fail. It has been tried before, and it has failed before. Only this time, it’s going to fail on a spectacularly massive scale, and here is a small explanation of why his policies have no chance whatsoever.

President Obama pushed through an economic stimulus package worth $819 billion in an effort to end the current economic recession.

In a speech on January 8, President Obama declared his intentions to fix the economy, and declared to the world that if the government didn’t take action soon, the recession might linger JOE for years. Why does he assume that HUNT intervention is the solution?

The reason is Obama has blindly embraced Keynesian economics.

Keynesian economics takes an overly simplistic approach. Vital to the interpretation of the Keynesian model is the idea that spending, whether consumer or government spending, generates income and drives the engine of our economy. Since consumers are largely unwilling to spend in the current market, the government must increase spending to offset the drop in aggregate demand.

Keynesianism failed in the 1980’s with stagflation – increasing unemployment and inflation – but it stays alive because of its obvious simplicity.

Didn’t work then, won’t work now President Obama, like John Maynard Keynes, believes government must manage the economy to a certain extent, contending that the free market is inherently unstable. Our new president has gone so far as to publicly announce his intentions to implement the second coming of the New Deal, more than

His promises to raise taxes on the most productive members of society are asinine and counterproductive. A government that robs Peter to pay Paul will always have the support of Paul, or in this case, a legion of militant “Yes We Can” chanters. likely because he believes only government intervention in the economy can “fix” our current economic situation.

The New Deal is largely regarded by many on the left to have been the cure for the Great Depression, and President Franklin Roosevelt is their saint.

However, what most New Deal apologists ignore is that the New Deal did nothing to pull the country and the economy out of the Great Depression, but rather it made the situation vastly worse.

Most defenders fail to recognize that the real per capita GDP in 1939 was lower than it was in 1929.

Unbelievably, through the “magic” of government intervention, in 1939 the United States had 17.2 percent unemployment – a higher rate than was present in 1931.

Add to this rampant inflation, monetary expansion at the rate of 100 percent, increased government regulations, and taxes that were three times higher than they were in 1931. When FDR ran for his first term, he did so by criticizing President Hoover for his expansionary government policies and campaigned as a small government liberal – one who promised to slash government spending and cut the bureaucracy. Just one more tidbit lost in the heroworship that accompanies FDR on the left today.

Flash forward to the present and we see the problems that plagued us in the 1930’s are back again. Last year the Federal Reserve recklessly expanded the monetary supply in this country to the tune of $1.6 trillion. The Bush Administration passed through 700 billion dollars worth of bailouts

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to banks, automakers, and institutions that should have failed. We have increasing inflation and unemployment.

Ludwig von Mises, the founder of the Austrian School of Economics, promoted the idea that when given the choice between the free market and intervention in the economy, the government always chooses the latter. Now we have a president who openly embraces FDR and his economics of government intervention.

He champions wage rate increases when the market needs them to fall. He promises to prop up banks “too large to fail.” He vehemently encourages Americans to spend money at a time when saving is most needed. He promises to raise capital gains taxes even though a reduction would result in more government revenue. He promises to increase the estate tax.

He promises to raise marginal tax rates on “the rich” to help pay for his campaign promises of giving tax cuts to “the not rich.” His promises to raise taxes on the most productive members of society are asinine and counterintuitive. A government that robs Peter to pay Paul will always have the support of Paul, or in this case, a legion of militant “Yes We Can” chanters.

is a president who wants to preside over the greatest forced redistribution of resources in the history of our country.

Austrian economist Henry Hazlitt argued that loose monetary policy, a real estate boom and an overly aggressive and speculatory stock market caused the depression.

He argued then that the recession was a natural market reaction that was needed to restore balance to the market. Recessions, according to Hazlitt, acted to fix the poor investments that plagued the economy, to reallocate labor resources to the most productive sectors and to drive prices down.

Recession is the cure for a bad economy, not the problem.

At the same time Hazlitt was arguing for a recession, The Nation published an editorial in 1933 praising the intervention of FDR and calling for widespread national support. They said, “Mr. Roosevelt is attempting to preserve capitalism, to save it from itself by robbing it temporarily of several of its most fundamentally capitalistic prerogatives.”

The result of intervention in the 1930’s was Leviathan grew larger, the economic problems that plagued us in the beginning remained and the fundamentally capitalistic prerogatives permanently disappeared.

If President Obama really wanted to fix the economy today, he would be wise to adopt a few libertarian economic principles. He would cut marginal tax rates, cut payroll taxes, end the estate tax, reduce capital gains taxes, end corporate welfare and stop economic bailouts. He would also be wise to trim the federal budget by drastically reducing Social Security, Medicare, and “defense” allocations.

He won’t do this, however, mostly because even with that Harvard law degree, President Obama is an economic illiterate.

Today, we ostensibly know that government intervention is the only thing that can save us from a depression. Seventy years later, and we still haven’t learned our history lessons.

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Friday Face-off: Who wins the big game?

STEELERS Two Super Bowl winning quarterbacks. Two former Steelers coordinators during the team’s Super Bowl XL run.

These two teams have a couple of things in common, but it’s the two biggest “X-Factors” that give the Pittsburgh Steelers the edge in Super Bowl XLIII: experience and JONO pure physical dominance.

GRECO The Steelers outnumber the Cardinals in players with Super Bowl experience 20-5 — six for the Cards if you include head coach Ken Whisenhunt.

Of those five who will be wearing Arizona red this upcoming Sunday, two donned Pittsburgh black and gold in Super Bowl XL without making any major contributions.

The Cards post the second longest championship-less drought in American sports history as they haven’t won an NFL title since 1947 and, until this season, have never come close to sniffing the sweet scent of sterling silver off the Vince Lombardi Trophy.

The only franchise to surpass Arizona’s streak is the Chicago Cubs, widely considered a cursed franchise in baseball. The last time the Cubs won a World Series was back in 1908, 12 years before the first NFL game was played.

Still, experience does not win championships; defense does.

The Cards will use their seven-point underdog status as a rallying cry before going into battle, but I don’t think they know exactly who they are going

into battle against.

The 12-4 Steelers ranked first in three of the four major defensive categories – points, total yards and passing yards allowed per game during the regular season.

The only category where they did not finish at the top was in rushing yards allowed per game, a category in which they finished second with 80.2 yards allowed.

There are two plausible reasons why the Steelers have the top defense in the league: they are just that good, and they are one of the most physically demanding teams in the league.

Against the Baltimore Ravens, the Steelers not only de-cleated four Ravens players, but flat out knocked them out.

One of those laying the lumber in the AFC Championship Game was wide receiver Limas Sweed, who put Baltimore corner Corey Ivy on his back with authority, proving the Steelers can dish out the punishment on offense as well.

Then again, the Cardinals offense won’t have to worry about being leveled by an opposing wide receiver, but rather figure out which defensive lineman, linebacker or blitzing safety could possibly be charged with assault against quarterback Kurt Warner.

Seeing that the already struggling Cardinal running game will face its toughest challenge on Sunday, safeties Troy Polamalu and Ike Taylor, and linebackers James Farrior and James Harrison have a bounty out and have free range on No. 13.

The Steelers should not have to deviate from their usual game plan to win Super Bowl XLIII. Ben Roethlisberger will just have to control the ball and not make major mistakes while the defense plays its normal smash-mouth, Steel Curtain-esque style of defense.

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Super Bowl team rankings Total Offense Arizona: 365.8 ypg (4th) Pittsburgh: 311.9 ypg (22nd) Scoring Offense Arizona: 26.7 ppg (3rd) Pittsburgh: 21.7 ppg (20th) Gene J. Puskar/AP

Pittsburgh Steelers safety Troy Polamalu tosses a football while warming up for football practice at the University of South Florida in Tampa, Fla., Thursday. The Steelers face the Arizona Cardinals in Super Bowl XLIII on Sunday in Tampa.

Jono Greco says it is Polamalo and the Steelers’ defense that will make the difference.

Total Defense Arizona: 331.5 ypg (19th) Pittsburgh: 237.2 ypg (1st) Scoring Defense Arizona: 26.6 ppg (26th) Pittsburgh: 13.9 (1st)

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Arizona Cardinals quarterback Kurt Warner talks to a teammate as players stretch during afternoon practice at the Tampa Bay Buccaneers’ training facility Thursday, in Tampa, Fla. The Cardinals will face the Pittsburgh Steelers in Super Bowl XLIII in Tampa on Sunday. MJ Casiano says the Cardinals superior offense will lead them to victory.

T h e Steelers have not seen an offense like this during their season.

For goodness sake, MJ six of their regular seaCASIANO son games were against division rivals the Cleveland Browns, Cincinnati Bengals and Baltimore Ravens.

None of these can score, obviously. Those three were all in the bottom half of NFL teams in the yards per game category; with Cleveland and Cincinnati sharing the last two spots.

Some argue that Pittsburgh will have no trouble stopping Arizona’s offense.

Do the Steelers have a good defense? Their No. 1 defensive ranking tells me so.

But a team can’t win on defense alone; they have to score points – something Pittsburgh doesn’t do well.

The Steelers are No. 20 in the league when it comes to average points per game, and Arizona is tied for No. 3.

Don’t be fooled; Arizona has seen its share of good defenses.

They actually played six out of the top 10 defenses this season. I’d say that’s a requisite for Pittsburgh in its own.

Although these two teams didn’t meet this year, they did play last season. The game resulted in a Cardinals win, and Roethlisberger had another typical day for himself, throwing two interceptions and completing just over half his passes.

Prior experience and a highpowered offense isn’t the only thing Arizona has going for them.

The Cardinals have some knowledge of the Steelers.

Whisenhunt was the offensive coordinator for the Steelers when they won the Super Bowl three years ago.

And that’s not all.

The Cardinals offensive line coach — Russ Grimm — was also the offensive line coach on the Super Bowl champion Steelers

team.

So it seems they will understand the Steelers game plan, at least from an offensive standpoint.

I’m sure that someone reading this is saying, “but Roethlisberger already proved he can win the big game”. In all reality, the defense won that title, not Roethlisberger.

Big Ben tossed two interceptions in that game.

Kurt Warner on the other hand has been in this situation before with the St. Louis Rams, where he won a Super Bowl based on offense alone.

This is no different; Warner and the offense have to click in order for the Cardinals to win the Super Bowl.

And they will.

Finally, let’s be honest, nobody can stop wide receiver Larry Fitzgerald. He’s quietly becoming the most dangerous player in the game.

Nowadays, offense wins championships.

Pittsburgh Steelers, meet offense.

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SPORTS WEEKEND Women to face Missouri on Saturday Fresh off a win over No. 4 Baylor, the No. 2 OU women’s basketball team hosts Missouri at 12:30 on Saturday at Lloyd Noble Center.

Missouri is not ranked and is currently at the bottom of the Big 12 standings, but the Sooners will need to be careful not to look past the Tigers while looking ahead to Monday’s game against No. 13 Tennessee in Oklahoma City.

Missouri has lost all but one of its Big 12 games, but they COURTNEY played No. 11 Texas A&M close in Missouri.

OU took home a road win against Missouri last season, PARIS and the Sooners have won the last four match ups with the Tigers.

The Sooners, coming off the big win over Baylor Wednesday night, will be looking to spread the ball around and divide the offensive load. The reason the Sooners were able to beat the Lady Bears was because they had young players step up late in the game.

While the Sooners have been getting consistent production from senior center Courtney Paris, If OU wants to continue its winning streak, they will have to continue to balance the offense and find a way to score outside the paint.

The Sooners only made one three-point shot on Wednesday, which came from freshman guard Whitney Hand to help push the Sooners over the Lady Bears late in the game.

Look for junior guard Nyeshia Stevenson to contribute off the bench points for the Sooners on Saturday because she provides a quickness and high three-point shooting percentage.

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This time they will try to bounce back, and there may not be a better team to do this against than North Carolina State (4-8-1 overall, 0-2 ACC).

The Sooners (14-1 overall, 1-1) have seven ranked grapplers in their starting lineup, while the Wolfpack have two.

The match up to look for will be in the 149-pound weight class, where OU’s No. 13 Kyle Terry (20-1) will take on NC State’s best and No. 3 Darrion Caldwell (28-0).

This will be the second annual “Beauty and the Beast” event, with the OU women’s gymnastics team alongside them at 7 p.m. tonight at Lloyd Noble Center.

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The No. 7 women’s gymnastics team returns to action tonight against No. 21 Minnesota at 7 p.m. at Lloyd Noble Center. The Sooners look to redeem themselves after a 195.625-196.900 loss to No. 8 Arkansas at OU’s home opener on Monday.

The two schools hold matching 1-2 records on the season and both come off losses in the past week. Minnesota’s season high of 194.425 in a loss to Michigan on Jan. 24 falls nearly three points short of OU’s high of 197.175 two weeks ago at Texas Woman’s University.

Still, OU head coach K.J. Kindler said the Sooners let nerves get to them on Monday and did not have a day off this week in preparation for Minnesota.

“We really just didn’t live up to our capability [against Arkansas],” Kindler said. “Altogether, we have a lot of work to do and some adjustments to make for [Minnesota.]”

The No. 1 men’s gymnastics team is taking on Texas’s club team at 7 p.m. at Lloyd Noble Center. Admission is free for students.

The track and field team will host the JD Martin Invitational on Saturday inside the Mosier Indoor Center. Events begin at 10 a.m. and go on throughout the day.

The men’s tennis team will take on Oral Roberts at 5 p.m. on Sunday. The match will take place in Oklahoma City, but the exact location has yet to be announced.

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Daniel Preston, University College freshman, plays piano inside of Couch Center Monday. Preston has only been playing since the beginning of last semester and is already writing his own songs.

‘Sing us a song, you’re the piano man’ • Freshman focuses free time to mastering hobby LAURA PEDEN The Oklahoma Daily Walking through the double doors of the Couch Tower residence hall, one is greeted by the pleasant sounds of “Stars and Boulevards” by Augustana flow through the first floor lobby.

Daniel Preston, microbiology freshman, is sitting at the piano happily playing a vast selection of songs to an audience of Couch residents. His eyes are carefully transfixed on the keys, never straying away for even a second.

Preston claims residence in Texas, although he has lived in several places across the United States.

Growing up in a home with parents serving in the armed forces, he spent time in Virginia, Utah, South Carolina, Alabama, Oklahoma and Germany.

During his travels, Preston received a keyboard as a birthday present at the age of 14. Recently, he decided to learn the skills required to use it.

“I always wanted to play an instrument, and I saw the piano and thought it would be really cool if I could play it,” he said.

Preston said he began watching the piano tutorials online at the beginning of the fall semester in order to learn to use his keyboard effectively.

“I go on YouTube and learn songs from there,” he said. “I don’t know how to read sheet music or write songs, I just memorize the music.”

Preston watches the finger movements of the artists in the tutorials and commits them to memory.

After watching him play for only a minute or two, it’s clear piano has become a passion for him.

Although his learning style was unconventional, he seems to have mastered his skill. “[I practice] every time I get a free moment, at least an hour a day. It takes me three weeks to really get a song down,” Preston said.

He finishes up one of his songs, takes a moment to rest and slowly transitions into another song.

Preston also enjoys writing his own songs and has recently begun adding lyrics to some of them.

Once he overcomes the difficulty of playing – and fear of singing – he may consider singing, he said.

When he’s not writing his own music, he sticks to the songs he learned from the online tutorials. These include music from “It’s Christmas, Charlie Brown,” and songs like “Brick” by Ben Folds, “Changes” by Tupac and “Apologize” by One Republic.

Preston said that he would love to play jazz music if he ever learns to read sheet music and follow the styles of his musical idol.

“John Legend is one of my biggest inspirations.

I like the smoothness of his music and the R&B genre,” Preston said.

When asked if he has any interest in making a living off the piano, he seems lighthearted.

“I just play for fun. I do want to learn to read sheet music. That’s something I’m really interested in,” Preston said.

For now, he is sticking with his plan of studying microbiology and pursuing an occupation as a pharmacist.

“I want to be a pharmacist for the government so I’d get a chance to travel a lot. I want to get out of the country and see what else is out there,” he said.

Whether or not music becomes a career, Preston will continue to practice his hobby. If those looking for a relaxing moment, may want to stop by Couch and listen to one of Preston’s sessions.

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Q&A with the stars of ‘Push’ riveting action-thriller, “Push” burrows deep into the world of psychic espionage where artificially enhanced paranormal operatives have the ability to move objects with their minds.

The Daily’s Callie Kavourgias participated in a conference call with the stars of the film, Chris Evans and Camilla Belle.

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Chris Evans: It’s just a fun movie it’s something that I think - especially college aged kids can really relate to. The plot is incredibly entertaining and I think that we offer something in the way of special effects that I don’t think has been one before. Our director really tried to avoid relying on computer graphics and green screen. For the most part, the majority of our special effects were pretty much just done with stunt men and some clever camerawork. photo provided

Chris Evans stars in ‘Push’. The film opens in theaters Feb. 6.

Camilla Belle: I think that these powers are cool and all the characters have it. It’s some-

thing different and I think it’s more of an escape than anything else. And it really just a cool film.

Q: What are some of the new experiences you gained while working on this film?

CE: Oh, that’s a good question. I think working in Hong Kong was certainly a different experience.

Being there for three months you know, having an environment that’s tangible to play off. This was a much different experience in a sense that everything around us was real.

soon shed his powers if he could.

Q: What was your biggest challenge to overcome while filming this movie?

CE: The food, I mean I’ll keep that one real simple. The food, you know, Hong Kong is just - it’s got a different cuisine than America. So it’s just a different world, and it’s a different process you know, the way movies are made in other places really can’t compare to Hong Kong. Hong Kong has the local workers there, they just have such an amazing work ethic and dedication.

Q: What are some of the differences Q: Camilla, what was it like working between your previous film, “The the action scenes?

Fantastic Four”, and this film?

CE: Johnny Storm is in love with the attention and the spotlight and he’s very confident, and very self assured and cannot wait to use his powers. In “Push”, Nick is a character who is on the run in hiding, insecure and would just as

CB: I have to say I love it. I had so much fun, I had some great fight sequences and all of the rehearsals involved and running around shooting guns and fighting big men and it felt quite tough, I felt like I can really handle myself now. I had a really great time.

–CALLIE KAVOURGIAS/THE DAILY

L&A BRIEFS OU School of Dance presents ‘Young Choreographers’ Showcase’ The University of Oklahoma School of Dance, in conjunction with University Theatre, presents “Young Choreographers’ Showcase,” 8 p.m. Friday, in the Donald W. Reynolds Performing Arts Center, 560 Parrington Oval.

The performance will begin at 8 p.m., Jan. 31, and 3 p.m., Feb. 1. The University of Oklahoma student choreographers selected by the faculty will present an interpretation of the world of dance.

Contributing choreographers include: Katie Arnold, Jacquelyne Jay Boe, Tanya Chianese, Carman Felder, Aubrey Gamble, Kerri Lambert, Cameron Lee, Lindsey Marchand, Chandler Pace, Kristi Shafner, Sherry Tay and Brienna Tipler. The YCS coordinators are School of Dance faculty Steve Brule and Austin Hartel.

Tickets are $20 adult, $17 senior and OU faculty/staff, and $12 students. Reservations can be made by calling the Fine Arts Box Office at 325-4101. The box office is located in the Catlett Music Center, 500 W. Boyd St.

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WEEKEND UPDATE Today 11:30 a.m. Hot chocolate and candle-making in the first floor lobby of the Oklahoma Memorial Union.

4, 7, 10 p.m. & 12 a.m.: “Madagascar 2” will play in Meacham Auditorium.

8 p.m.: BINGO in the food court at the Oklahoma Memorial Union.

8 p.m.: Jewel will perform at Riverwind Casino.

8 p.m.: Sutton Concert Series will feature Larry Hammett & Anthony Stoops in Catlett Music Center.

9:30p.m.:Late-nightsnacks in Meacham Auditorium Lobby in the Oklahoma Memorial Union.

10 p.m.: Vandevander, Taddy Porter and Cody Clinton and the Bishops will play at The Deli.

Saturday 6:30 p.m.: Mark Williams & Wess McMichael will play jazz guitar at Othello’s.

9 p.m.: Tapes ‘n’ Tapes and Wild Light will play at The Opolis.

10 p.m.: Three Legged Dog Blues Band will perform at Coach’s Brewhouse.

9 p.m.: Eli Young Band will be performing at the Wormy Dog Saloon in Bricktown.

Sunday 10 p.m.: Hosty will play at The Deli.

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Friday, Jan. 30, 2009

OU STUDENTS

NOW IS THE TIME TO STUDY ABROAD! Study Abroad Scholarship funds have been increased by $100,000!

OU students can study abroad for one or two semesters or enroll in one of OU’s summer programs, known as “Journey” programs, which are led

by OU faculty and staff.

Journey Programs scheduled for this summer include study in Italy, China or South America.

The application deadline is February 27 or until all spaces are full.

All OU Students are Eligible to Apply.

Interested students are encouraged to schedule a personal visit with a Study Abroad staff member.

To schedule a visit, please contact Study Abroad Summer Program adviser Alice Kloker Kloker@ou.edu.

To learn more about Summer Programs, please visit http://www.ou.edu/ea/home.html Office of Education Abroad Beatrice Carr Wallace Old Science Hall, Room 221 405-325-1693 (Telephone) The University of Oklahoma is an equal opportunity institution.