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More doctors sign contract with employee health plan • HMO plan now offered MEREDITH MORIAK Daily Staff Writer Until Thursday afternoon, zoology professor Ann Gettys was unsure if Norman pediatricians would be able treat her 3-year-old son’s chronic lung disease.

She was relieved when she learned that both of her son’s current doctors have signed a contract to accept BlueCross BlueShield of Oklahoma’s BlueLincs HMO plan.

At 4:17 p.m. Thursday afternoon, a mass mailing was sent to all benefits-eligible employees of the university stating that all eight Norman pediatricians agreed to contract with the BlueLincs HMO. “I’m happy that they came on board and I just wish that they would have done it sooner,” Gettys said.

Additionally, the e-mail stated that the benefits

enrollment deadline was extended until midnight on Monday from the original Sunday deadline.

The benefits enrollment period began Nov. 4 and some employees were wary of choosing their coverage without knowing all of the physicians in their specific plan.

The contract negotiation process between BlueCross BlueShield and Norman physicians was not completed until Thursday, said Linda Sponsler, vice president of corporate communication for BCBSOK in an e-mail.

Until Thursday afternoon, there were no Norman pediatricians listed on the HMO plan, and Gettys was having a hard time selecting the proper health care benefits package for her family.

“My main concern was that his pediatricians weren’t on the list,” she said. “My primary physician isn’t on the list, but it’s not a big deal for me to switch.”

OU employees have the choice of between the BlueLincs HMO plan, BlueChoice PPO plan or BlueEdge HCA plan.

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An evaluation committee consisting of a crosssection of employees from all OU campuses, human resources and the university’s benefits consultants reviewed proposals from many insurance companies before selecting BlueCross BlueShield, said Nick Kelly, assistant director of OU Human Resources.

“The committee agreed unanimously that BCBSOK provided the best overall value for the University and its employees,” Kelly said in an e-mail. “BCBSOK provided the lowest rates, most comprehensive local and national network of providers, expected level of customer service, and comprehensive wellness programs.”

Sponsler said OU set the dates of the university enrollment period.

“It’s unfair that employees [were] having to make health care decisions with incomplete information,” said Mitchell Peck, sociology professor.

Gettys, who needs the HMO plan to cover the costs of her son’s illness, said she was relieved Thursday that her current doctors have contracted

with the BCBSOK HMO plan.

“It was a big sigh of relief when I found out his two doctors were on there,” Gettys said.

Kelly said HMO premiums are lower than PPO premiums.

“Monthly premiums with BCBSOK are around 12 percent lower than what would have been required to retain the current program,” Kelly said.

Peck, who specializes in medical sociology, said the list of health care providers often changes during a benefit year because physician contracts do not always run during the calendar year.

However, he said this is not the case in with the university’s benefits package.

During his 10 years studying medical sociology, Peck said he had never seen an enrollment period begin when the list of providers was not settled.

“They hadn’t signed up any pediatricians at the time of enrollment,” Peck said.

An updated list of HMO specialists and primary care physicians is available at http://hr.ou.edu/benefits/Annual.asp.

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Wagner presents music multimedia lecture An internationally known musicologist, director and writer will present a free multimedia lecture on famed composer Richard Wagner at 1 p.m. today.

The lecture, given by Gottfried Wagner, will be held in Meacham Auditorium in the Oklahoma Memorial Union, and will be followed by a 30-minute reception and discussion.

Wagner is the great-grandson of the German composer Richard Wagner and the great-great-grandson of the Hungarian composer Franz Liszt. His autobiography was first published in Germany in 1997, and was published in the U.S. in 1999 under the title “Twilight of the Wagner’s: The Unveiling of a Family’s Legacy.”

To read more about Wagner, visit OUdaily. com.

‘Man of integrity’

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• Coach Capel’s Sooners lead Big 12 preseason rankings

Read The Daily’s Q&A with Michael Shepard of Lovedrug, who is scheduled to perform Sunday in Mecham Auditorium with Copeland, Lydia and Lights. Page 7.

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onight, Jeff Capel III will kick off his third season as OU’s head basketball coach.

He first took control of the Sooner’s hard court during tumultuous times in April 2006.

He had never been to Oklahoma, he didn’t know how to recruit in this region and the few incoming recruits the team had retreated to other schools.

To make his decision even more difficult, he knew he would be leaving the best team he had ever coached at Virginia Commonwealth University.

Yet, Capel accepted the challenge, and after two seasons at OU, he has propelled his players from a struggling team in 2006 to No. 1 in the Big 12 pre-season rankings.

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OU head basketball coach Jeff Capel III overlooks his team at the first official practice of the season.

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More importantly, he has established a reputation as a man of integrity who cares more about his players, family and morals than he does about winning.

“I think the university of Oklahoma is extremely fortunate to have a young man like Capel coaching their basketball team, because he wants to protect the integrity of the game, and he himself is a man of integrity,” said Bob Harris, the voice of the Duke Blue Devils and a long-time follower of Capel’s career. “His sincerity is one of his best attributes. He’s very straightforward, and that’s a family trait.”

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When Capel first came to OU, the pressure was immense. OU was facing sanctions from the NCAA due to a previous coach’s infractions, and, to make recruiting matters worse, OU’s top recruits moved on to other schools.

“When I took it over there were incredibly challenging times for us.” Capel said. “We were looking at possible NCAA infractions, and you were kind of looking at a team in turmoil … You saw the dismantling of a really

good recruiting class, with three guys not wanting to the right decision?’ Cause there were times when it looked incredibly bleak.” come.”

Since that spring He said his immediate challenges were trying y g p g Capel has thrived in Oklahoma. found solace in the fact that players to continue OU’s strong basketball tradition, raadition, He said h he foun Crocker and Cade Davis wanted getting to know his players and making ak king lik T like Tony C inroads in recruiting. to p play aat OU. He recruited Blake Griffin, had “We buckled down and we worked, d,, aand ha ad a hand in keeping the rising our players our coaching staff, and star aat OU for another season. Capel What: Men’s basketball brought Willie Warren to OU, a it’s something that we continue to also b season opener top-five do,” Capel said. “It’s all I’ve really top-f fiv ranked recruit from Cedar Who: Against American Texas. ever known to do.”

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“When I was at Duke playing for Coach C K it press and ESPN N. played was ‘yes sir,’ ‘no sir,’ ‘no excuse sir,’” Capel sa said. aid. “Get the “We haven’t even play ye a [regular season] game yet,” job done, you got to find a way to gett it done.” e.”

Capel said.

But finishing the job wasn’t easy.

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Family ties Capel and those who know him best attribute his attitude and success to his upbringing in Fayetteville, N.C. Capel said he was brought up in a loving family, and both his parents and grandparents had a hand in helping him achieve great success at a young age. At 27, he was the youngest NCAA head coach in history.

“Obviously, there’s a lot of people that know x’s and o’s, but only so much of coaching is being able to build relationships and have your guys trust in you, and it all goes back to his family and how he was brought up,” said Chris Collins, a former teammate of Capel’s.

Collins said Capel’s father, Jeff Capel II, and grandfather, Felton Capel, provided the foundation he was raised on.

“To be able to do what he has done in a very short time, speaks volumes about what he has learned from his father and the other great men around him,” Harris said.

Capel’s grandparents never missed a game while he played at Duke, whether home or away. Even during Capel’s senior year at Duke University, when the elder Capel was in the hospital after surgery, he persuaded doctors to let him see the Atlantic Coast Conference championship game against North Carolina.

“Jeff scored the last five points of that game,” the elder Capel said. “I got out onto the court and he told me, ‘Pop, I won this one for you.’”

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Names are compiled from the Norman Police Department or the OU Department of Public Safety. The report serves as a public record of arrests or citations, not convictions.

The people here are presumed innocent unless proven guilty.

David A. Martinez, 27, Heritage Place Drive, Wednesday, also unlawful possession of paraphernalia and possession of marijuana

PETTY LARCENY Christopher Todd Aduddell, 19, 5200 block Rustic Acres Trail, Wednesday Charles Braddock Crosby, 18, 5200 block Rustic Acres Trail, Wednesday

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INTERFERENCE WITH OFFICIAL PROCESS Kerry S. Richardson, 23, 600 block W. Main Street, Tuesday, also county warrant

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Eric Michael Spark, 18, 5200 block Rustic Acres Trail, Wednesday, also petty larceny

Randy Dale Webster, 23, 600 block W. Main Street, Tuesday

OU men’s basketball head coach Jeff Capel answers a question at Big 12 Basketball Media Day on Oct. 23 in Oklahoma City. an Excellence in Sports Performance Yearly award.

The next two seasons Capel and the Blue Devils turned things around, winning the Atlantic Coast Conference championship his senior year.

Coaching in the game of life

Men like his father and Coach K influenced Capel’s coaching techniques. Capel said he learned to have integrity, to give respect and to help others from his father and grandfather, Turning the game around and he learned to present results, not give Capel underwent a baptism by fire his first excuses, from Coach K “He’s a great communicator, he always was year, starting at point guard for the Duke as a teammate, and I have had the chance to Blue Devils. But, after that season, Duke lost its spark. It struggled, going 13-18 in Capel’s watch him as a coach and he does a great job,” Collins said. sophomore year, and failed to Capel and Collins played make the NCAA Tournament at Duke together for three after going to the Final Four six seasons. Collins was a sophout of the last seven years. omore when Capel started “There were a couple of times playing for Duke in the 1993when things weren’t going well, 1994 season, and the two and Jeff got booed in Cameron To read the full article immediately bonded. Capel Indoor [Stadium],” Harris said. and Collins were a couple of on Capel, log on to “That never happens.” young guards on a team of Capel said he missed five OUDaily.com. veterans, like Grant Hill and shots in a row and the crowd Cherokee Parks who went let loose. on to play in the NBA. “You feel like you are letting But coaching wasn’t the tradition down,” Capel said. always Capel’s plan.

Throughout his career as But Capel rebounded, and continued to push through the flak. The turning point was a player, Capel was convinced he would be a in 1995 against rival North Carolina. Capel professional basketball player, but his father hit a 40-foot shot at the buzzer to send the said that he wasn’t surprised when Capel game into double overtime. Even though they made the switch.

“It was something that I really didn’t want to lost that game, “the shot” as it has called will live in infamy. It was even nominated for do, but as my playing career started coming to

an end, it’s something that I really started looking at, because I knew I wanted to be a part of the game,” Capel said.

His first coaching endeavor was as an assistant under his father at Old Dominion University during the 2001 season. Even though it was Capel’s first season behind the whistle and he wasn’t making much money, he said he enjoyed working with his dad and coaching a hardworking team.

“I see a lot of different people in his coaching style, but his mannerisms are mine, I mean the stomping the foot,” Jeff Capel II said. “I don’t think anybody taught him. It’s just that he absorbs so much. He’s like me. He loves the game.”

CORRECTION Due to a police department error, it was reported In Thursday’ edition of The Daily that Michael Mallory was arrested for Domestic Abuse by Strangulation and assault/battery with a deadly weapon. Mallory was only arrested for Domestic Abuse by Strangulation.

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SATURDAY WOMEN’S BASKETBALL The team will play University of California Riverside at 2 p.m. at Lloyd Noble Center.

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The Student Composers’ Recital will be at 5 p.m. in Pitman Recital Hall in Catlett Music Center.

There will be a multimedia lecture on “The German National Myth in Bayreuth--How to Handle Richard Wagner in the Future,” from 1 to 3 p.m. in Meacham Auditorium in the Oklahoma Memorial Union.

ADVOCATES FOR SEXUAL ASSAULT AWARENESS “Take Back the Night” will be at 7:30 p.m. at the Henderson Tolson Cultural Center and will include survivors’ stories and a lecture with Debbie Marshall Gill of the Norman Resource Center.

MEN’S BASKETBALL The team will play American University at 7 p.m. at Lloyd Noble Center.

SCHOOL OF MUSIC Adelaide Leung will give her final doctoral piano recital at 8 p.m. in Sharp Concert Hall in Catlett Music Center.

SUNDAY SCHOOL OF MUSIC University Chorus with will perform at 3 p.m. in Sharp Concert Hall in Catlett Music Center.

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US, China economies depend on each other • Concerns over China’s economic disparities continue to linger JAMIE HUGHES Daily Staff Writer The U.S. and China could be on a collision course for destruction, said ambassador Alan Holmer, special U.S. envoy for China and the Strategic Economic Dialogue.

“Possibly the most important economic question in this century is whether or not we get the economic relationship with China right,” Holmer said, during a lecture on U.S.-China economic relations three days before he will meet with President George W. Bush, President Hu Jintao of China and other economic leaders in Washington.

The two countries are currently figuring out ways to work together, address issues and pursue the commonality of interests for the two, he said.

Holmer described his first vision of the relationship between the two countries as dark and problematic.

“It’s a future of a superpower and a rising power on a collision course becoming increasingly suspicious of the other’s intention, scrambling at a zero sum competition for resources and influence, oblivious to the possibilities of mutual interest. It’s a future where we see each other not as we really are, but as caricatures,” Holmer said.

This future could be easily fractured by unavoidable misunderstandings and accidents, he said.

Holmer’s second vision is more optimistic. Here he said he sees leadership in the countries communicating and trusting each other.

“Our ability to work together matches the degree to which our economies are already deeply integrated,” he said. “Working through misunderstanding and crises and expanding, where possible, mutual interests while recognizing distinct

national goals.”

The second vision is the one the countries have been trying to promote through the Strategic Economic Dialogue, a communication tool used by economic and political leaders to fix the relationship, Holmer said.

Establishing a lasting economic relationship with China is important for the U.S. because China is the fastest growing major market for U.S. exports, he said. Since China joined the World Trade Organization in 2001, U.S. exports with China have grown five times faster than for the rest of the world. This relationship will affect students and their jobs, Holmer said.

“Many of you will seek to go to work for companies where their enterprise is based on their ability to export,” he said. “Oklahoma is not an exception to the expansion of exports. Oklahoma exports to China have roughly tripled over the past six or seven years,” Holmer said.

Although many concerns have been raised over the last few years about China’s worker rights and product safety practices, Holmer said it’s important to remember China has only had 30 years to smooth out problems of economic growth, while the U.S. has had 230 years.

But some students have concerns about the future of the Strategic Economic Dialogue.

Will O’Donnell, international area studies and letters junior, said he thinks the Strategic Economic Dialogue is a positive way to address issues, but he’d like to see other countries, like India, involved in the process.

“I’d like to see it be more multilateral,” he said.

John Best, biochemistry and Asian studies junior, said there is a growing economic gap between inland and coastal Chinese people. He said the Strategic Economic Dialogue does not address small businesses.

“It seems like it factors in big business but not [the] entire population,” he said.

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Okla. researchers receive $15M grant to pursue alternative fuels TROY WEATHERFORD Daily Staff Writer The National Science Foundation has given a $15 million grant to Oklahoma scientists to develop efficient alternative fuels. The grant is part of the NSF’s Experimental Program to Stimulate Competitive Research [EPSCoR], and will be used in the next five years to research more efficient alternative fuels.

“I am extremely proud that our Oklahoma research universities have been so successful when competing for EPSCoR grants,” said Sen. Jim Inhofe, R-Okla. “The success … is a testament to the talented professors and students that are attracted to our highly esteemed universities.”

Scientists from OU, OSU and the Samuel Roberts Noble Foundation will try to increase biomass yield when producing ethanol from non-food crops. The research also will explore biofuel

refining techniques, like fermentation by microorganisms and chemical catalysts.

Researchers will study cellulosic biofuels, specifically switchgrass, and will work to bring in-state alternative fuel research to the forefront of the burgeoning national market, said James Wicksted, principal investigator and OSU physics department chair.

Research will be conducted at all three locations and coordinated at monthly meetings, Wicksted said.

In addition to the $15 million being provided by the program, the Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education have agreed to provide an additional $1.1 million annually for the duration of the five-year grant.

Research opportunities will extend to college faculty, graduate, and undergraduate students and provide educational initiatives aimed at K-12 public schools.

The grant is part of an overall agenda to usher in a new infrastructure initiative by integrating research and education.

“As a result [of the award], Oklahoma will have a stronger, more diverse scientific workforce prepared to invent and utilize new technologies needed to solve critical problems we face today, such as the need for alternative fuel sources,” said Glen D. Johnson, Oklahoma State Regents of Higher Education chancellor.

This grant is completely separate from the Oklahoma Bioenergy Center, a $40 million collaboration between OU, OSU, and the Samuel Roberts Noble Foundation established in 2007 that includes many of the same researchers and shares a similar biofuel objective.

“It is critical to note that the proposed NSF EPSCoR award will focus on upstream basic research while the OBC targets downstream applied research,” Wicksted said.

Students ‘sidetracked’ before UOSA fall election • Low voter turnout typical in fall elections PAIGE LAWLER Daily Staff Writer After one of the most historic national elections in U.S. history, student government elections didn’t generate much interest.

In the UOSA elections held Tuesday and Wednesday, only 1,155 voters, or around 4 percent of eligible voters, turned out to elect the Interfraternity Council President and new members of Student Congress.

Elections chairman Raymond Rushing said that although the number seems small, it represents a decent turnout for a fall election.

“More people definitely vote in spring elections,” he said.

UOSA spent months promoting the OU Votes campaign, and Kelly Edson, energy management and economics sophomore, said she thinks the Nov. 4 elections sidetracked many students.

“Part of the reason for the lack of participation is because of the national presidential [election],” Edson

said.

She said although young people’s enthusiasm for political at the national level is important, it may have hindered fall Student Congress elections.

But Brett Stidham, international business and human resources management sophomore, said fall student government elections are never as prominent as spring elections.

The spring elections are for higher-level positions, like Campus Activities Council chairman and student body president.

More Student Congress seats are open in the spring as well.

Spring ballots also contain campus-wide referendums that require more preparation than is possible preceding fall elections, said Frank Wood, zoology and biomedical sciences senior.

He said the Dead Week referendum that passed in the spring was promoted on campus before the election so students had the information they needed to vote.

Classes begin in August, and having a major item on the ballot in November would shorten the preparation period, Wood said.

“It gives them time to build up momentum,” he said.

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

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Big decision requires more thinking time

Christians’ duty to support new president

Finding the right health Health care coverage care coverage is a big, should be taken seriously.

Even when plans change, important decision for a each option should be person, and it is even more weighed carefully, and peo- important if that person has ple should take their time a family or gets sick often.

Four days is not enough making final decisions.

OU has changed its time to weigh the final health care provider from health care plan options and make the correct Aetna to BlueCross especialBlueShield, and OUR VIEW decision, ly when those four OU employees is an editorial days include the were provided selected and debated weekend. three options: by the editorial board and written after a The weekthe BlueLincs majority opinion is ends are time off.

HMO plan, the formed and approved B l u e C h o i c e by the editor. Our View People want to is The Daily’s official spend that time PPO plan or the opinion. with the people BlueEdge HCA they love, doing plan. (See page 1 the things they enjoy, not for details.)

As of 4:16 p.m. Thursday, staring at a computer screen, the contract negotiation reading through complicatprocess between BlueCross ed health care options.

OU should also make sure BlueShield was not completed, though employ- those who already decided ees had been asked to on a health care option choose between plans by before the finalized negothis Sunday. Their enroll- tions were released are able ment window opened to switch their plan if they want to.

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It is not fair that those Before plans were finalized and e-mailed to employ- people were pressured to ees Thursday afternoon, make their decision with there were no Norman incomplete information. If pediatricians listed on the they made the wrong choice, BlueLincs HMO plan, caus- they should not be punished ing difficulties for families because OU and BlueCross BlueShield were irresponwith children.

Several pediatricians sible in their planning.

Now that complete inforwere listed on the finalized plan, and the deadline to mation is available, the choose a plan was pushed deadline should be extended past Monday, and employees to Monday.

Though employees were should be able to carefully given an extra day to enroll, weigh their options — their they only had four days to true options — and revise decide between finalized their choice if they already plans. made it.

It was irresponsible of OU OU must show that it to open a health care plan truly values its employees enrollment window before by being as fair to them as plans were finalized. possible.

It was even more irreAfter all, people’s lives sponsible to make the time do, in fact, depend on it. frame for choosing a plan so small.

Zach West OU law student

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God could use Obama to bless us or to teach us some hard lessons.

And while Obama’s faith has constantly come under question, as has been the case with many presidential candidates in the past, people must realize that God uses both the saved and unsaved for His purpose.

He causes it to rain on both the righteous and the wicked.

So trust God and pray for our new president.

I personally am going to practice what I preach.

I will be praying for Obama and for the future of this country, knowing that God is in control of it all.

Jelani Sims is a professional writing sophomore.

His column appears every other Friday.

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T H E The Fine Print:

I want to applaud and encourage the individuals written about in Wednesday’s “Some save lips for marriage” who have decided to hold off on kissing for the sake of their Biblical beliefs and the betterment of their relationships.

They are not the only ones out there who believe this way.

I will be marrying my lovely fiancée on Aug. 8 of next year. While we didn’t realize it until well into our relationship, the two of us have a similar story.

Namely, neither of us has ever kissed anyone, much less been sexually active.

Upon learning this exciting detail about each other, we decided to wait until our wedding day to kiss for the first time.

Now, instead of making out, we hang out – talking and growing closer every day. Instead of worrying about unplanned pregnancy, we eagerly discuss plans for our future life and children.

Instead of looking for protection, we protect each other. Kissing and sexual intimacy will come, all in due time.

And then we’ll have a lifetime to enjoy each other, without comparing, contrasting, and condemning based on the scars of past experiences.

No, it isn’t easy.

Actually, it has been an extremely difficult way to endure life in today’s over-sexed society, where supposedly guilt-free pornography parades around unashamedly on virtually every cable channel and Internet page.

But since when is life supposed to be easy?

As a Christian, I believe that Jesus, the son of God, became a man and gave himself up to be brutally murdered on a cross for my countless sins.

The least I can do is live for Him, and not for the ever-changing frivolities of this world.

do great things, our government has been designed so that the people of the United States are the strongest voice in government.

We have forgotten that.

Instead of yelling and booing angrily, we should use the proper avenues of government and law to voice our opinions or protests if we have them.

Beyond Obama, it is crucial that we look to God and trust him.

God is the king of the heavens and all the earth, and he has done a perfect job of sustaining it since he created it.

God has a purpose and is wholly involved in each event that happens on this earth.

I do not know why God has allowed Obama to be president of the United States.

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the antichrist is not a claim that should be made lightly.

If a person is actively performing miracles, claiming to be Jesus and deceiving the nations, then perhaps that person is a good candidate for being the antichrist.

Obama has done none of these things.

If he were doing these things, I would have a different view.

But he is not.

It is inappropriate to call him the antichrist. It also is not good to compare Obama to Adolf Hitler or Benito Mussolini.

Instead, people should start praying that God will give Obama divine wisdom and courage in leading our country.

The government is by the people and for the people.

While Obama may be able to

The U.S. recently gave $700 billion to the businesses that caused the current financial crisis.

These businesses were given money through what is becoming the largest and most corrupt public bailout in U.S. history.

While the bailout investment was being made, more than 10 percent of Americans live below the poverty line.

By bailing out these businesses, the government avoided the real and growing problem in America today.

Debt has been the path of choice for our government and this nation in recent history.

It delays the problem for future generations. It puts off the problem so future presidents and citizens will be paying our debt.

This has become our culture. We have more than $10 trillion of public debt as we enter this new economic crisis.

The fundamental problems are not being addressed. Instead, we focus on short-term gains despite obvious long-term losses.

Like a heroin addict, we avoid the causes of our problems and instead look for the quick fix.

There was no debate about the bailout. It was presented in yes or no terms.

Should the government bail these corporate giants out, or should it not?

An alternative to the bailout was never presented.

No assistance was suggested for the poor or the people who lost their life savings, their jobs, their homes or their retirements.

History has shown that money doesn’t ‘trickle down’ from the top, but it flows from the bottom up.

China recently has put forward an economic stimulus package of $586 billion to be given to the poor through public works programs.

China is giving those at the bottom — those who are losing their jobs — work while it gains infrastructure through their labors. This money is going to people who spend a majority of their money to survive.

Giving them money will put it right back into the economy.

Everyone benefits, rich and poor.

It’s like China took a page from former President Franklin D. Roosevelt’s New Deal.

Why didn’t we? Because it takes time to produce serious results.

Businesses and economies are bound by quarterly earnings.

Experts are predicting doom for the financial markets because U.S. spending was down last quarter.

Unfortunately, they’re probably right.

Quarterly earnings and losses are the greatest determining factors in the value of a stock or an economy. But they overshadow the big picture.

Though it may produce higher quarterly earnings, the bailout doesn’t promote a strong foundation. It only needs this quarter

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The United States now has a new president-elect.

So, now what?

While I am very pleased that racial hurdles have been discarded and progress has been made through Presidentelect Barack Obama, I am now thinking about how he is going to run the country.

Personally, I am very conservative, and Obama is definitely liberal.

He has said he wants to overturn laws against stem-cell research and partial-birth abortion. I don’t think he should.

But that’s not the point I want to make right now.

Even though I disagree with Obama on several issues in his platform, I am supporting him because that is the right thing to do and what my faith tells me to do.

The New Testament says that we are to obey the laws of the land, respect those in authority over us, and pray for those authorities.

All of the negative reactions that conservatives had when Obama won the election were wrong.

And for those conservaJELANI tives who claim belief in Christ, SIMS it is especially wrong.

Calling Obama the antichrist — like so many people are doing — does not fulfill the command to obey and pray for our leaders. Cursing Obama is in fact the opposite of that command. It isn’t hard to see that. A claim that someone is

to be positive.

There is no reward for financial managers to plan long-term development.

This kind of financial planning stifles lasting success for the sake of short term gains.

Instead of focusing on short-term gains, businessman Andrew Carnegie focused on the long term efficiency during the late 1800s and early 1900s.

Despite the immediate (short-term) costs, he made steel as inexpensively as possible.

Because of large spending on research and technology, he didn’t always show a large quarterly or yearly profit.

But he built a great steel empire and became one of the richest men in the world.

With today’s quarterly analysis, his plan would be suicide for his stocks, and his steel empire would never have been.

We need more concern for the future, less for the quick fix.

Economic Libertarians claim deregulating banks will solve the current housing crisis, a crisis caused in part by a lack of regulation.

Deregulation could increase immediate investment in banks and temporarily solve or lessen the stock problem now. But it would also lead to larger, more frequent crises.

There is hope that these dangerous ‘quick fix’ ideologies will be relegated to the organizations no one takes seriously, like the Flat Earth Society or the Heartland Institute, but the quick fix is difficult to ignore.

When a CEO is evaluated on how the company is doing on a three-month track, or when a politician must run for reelection every two or four years, there is no time for long-term planning.

Sustainable, long-term growth takes time and patience.

We need to ask what has happened to our government if we won’t consider large-scale public works projects when China will.

We need to look at what has become of our nation and our culture.

This is not just a theoretical idea that only applies to business and government; it applies to everything, from where we shop, to what we eat, to how we get around.

Many of our choices will give immediate benefits and long term losses. We need to slow down and consider them more thoughtfully and holistically.

We are the educated elite of our nation, of the world.

We can do better.

We need to slow down, to see more than the present.

We need to work for the future.

Max Avery is a political science senior and a guest columnist for The Daily.

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Men’s basketball season begins • Sooners open regular season play tonight against American STEVEN JONES Daily Staff Writer Last season, opponents didn’t need to watch much tape to figure out how to defend the men’s basketball team.

They just needed to double-team Blake Griffin. If that didn’t work, they triple-teamed him. If that still didn’t work, they fouled him.

Outside of Griffin, the Sooners struggled to find a consistent scorer.

Only two other players scored more than 10 points per game, and one of them was fellow post player and nowgraduated center Longar Longar.

However, this year the Sooners hope to change that. One reason they are ranked No. 12 in the AP poll is because they expect to improve on their 35% three-point shooting from last year.

The guards, especially freshman Willie Warren, junior Tony Crocker and senior Austin Johnson are expected to shoot high percentages this season.

However, in OU’s two exhibition games, the person with the consistent outside shot was a guy that came off the bench and shot 28% from long range last season.

Sophomore guard Cade Davis hit 8 of 14 shots from behind the arc against Panhandle State and Cameron, and he knows if he can continue that this season it will benefit all players on the team.

“The biggest thing is coming in and [if the opponent] recognizes you as a shooter they won’t be so apt to double down on Blake or Ryan [Wright] and those guys and we’ll just get the ball to them and let them do their thing all day,” Davis said. “If they do double Blake and them, which we’re thinking they will all year, it will

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Freshman Willie Warren dunks the ball during OU’s 90-43 victory over Panhandle State in the Sooners’ fist exhibition game. OU will open regular season play tonight at 7 p.m. at Lloyd Noble Center. leave shots open for me or whoever else is open.”

When Davis joined the Sooners, he was expected to be a consis-

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Teams should wait to fill vacancies his column is directed at football teams like Clemson, Kansas State and Washington; teams that have no chance of reaching a significant bowl, and still try to find ways into the national spotlight.

Your team may have been ranked in the top 10 to start the year and now you are flirting with just being .500 (Clemson).

Or your team may only have won two of its last 12 conference games, wins over a 2007 Baylor team that didn’t win a conference game and Texas A&M this year, who is just plain poor to say the least (Kansas State).

Or your team might not be able to win a game at all in a so-called major conference that has only two ranked teams (Washington).

But don’t go snooping around on all the other teams that can win games during the season.

Wait until after the season to begin the coaching search to correct all the problems your teams are having this year.

As I am a Kansas native, when Kansas State’s job search began recently, many of my friends there instantly told me “We want Brent Venables.”

After all, that would be going home to an alma mater for Venables, OU’s defensive coordinator.

On Tuesday evening of this week, Clemson athletic director Terry Don Phillips was spotted at

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tent shooter. But Oklahoma’s No. 2 ranked player had a slow start.

However, in the final 11 games last season, Davis shot just under 40% on

Oklahoma City’s Wiley Post Airport in a Clemson plane supposedly seeking an interview, reportedly with offensive coordinator Kevin Wilson.

Wilson denied that he had spoken to any official from Clemson.

But it seemed suspicious when Venables, OU’s defensive coordinator, was absent from the interviews, as he went home to be with his wife, who gave birth to their third child a week ago, said OU sports information director Kenny Mossman.

Ironic timing, but it was unclear at the time as to whether or not Venables was another OU coach Phillips wanted to talk to.

Sources have now confirmed that Venables did, in fact, interview for the head coaching position at Clemson on Tuesday night.

As part of OU’s long standing policy not to discuss job-related matters, Venables would not comment.

Regardless, players need to be able to focus on the issues at hand.

A major part of that is knowing each and every one of their JOEY coaches is fully committed to team.

HELMER thePlayers on good teams should have the security of knowing their coaches are focused on the team’s goals, finishing the season the right way, and not outside distractions.

So, have some integrity for the game. Wait until the season is over.

If you were in the national title race, you wouldn’t want anyone messing it up for you either.

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three-point attempts.

Davis said the key for his improvement is confidence.

“I think it’s just being more confi-

dent and if I miss a shot not thinking about it that much,” Davis said. “I think if you’re a good shooter you have to have confidence there at all times. Don’t be over confident, but have a swagger about you.”

Ironically, the Sooners’ first regular season opponent — American University — makes a living on the three-pointer.

The Eagles are led by senior guard Garrison Carr, who shot 45% on his 299 three-point attempts last season.

The Sooners know their guards will have their hands full on Friday.

“How well we do against American is going to show how well we play team defense because from watching tape on those guys they can pull up from anywhere,” senior forward Taylor Griffin said. “Our guards are going to have a challenge guarding them and then at the same time it takes the rest of the team to help them out.”

The Eagles shot 44% from the field last season, and were a No. 15 seed in the NCAA tournament, losing to Tennessee in the first round.

Head coach Jeff Capel said he expects to see American stick to what they do well.

“They’re well coached, they understand who they are and where they have to go to generate points,” Capel said. “They understand that Garrison Carr is their guy and they play through him.”

OU won its two exhibition games by an average of 51 points, led primarily in scoring by Blake Griffin, Davis and Warren.

Griffin led the team in both points and rebounding, recording 39 pointss and 22 rebounds in the Sooners’ two games.

But when the Sooners tip off at 7 tonight, a victory likely won’t come as easily.

“American is a good team, they’re well coached, like I said they’re older,” Capel said. “They’re going to be a team that knows how to win and they know how to win on the road so it’s going to be a good challenge for us.”

SPORTS BRIEFS Gymnast Legendre competes in Japan

Women’s basketball season begins

Gymnastics sophomore Steven Legendre will compete Saturday and Sunday at a tournament in Toyota, Japan, his second international assignment as a member of the U.S. national team.

Legendre plans to compete floor exercise, vault and high bar at the Toyota International, an individual event competition which features Japanese world and Olympic champions Hiroyuki Tomita and Takehiro Kashima.

Legendre won titles on both floor STEVEN exercise and vault at the 2008 NCAA LEGENDRE Championships at Stanford, where OU won its eighth team title.

He also won the all-around title at the 2007 Junior Pan American Championships in Guatemala.

Legendre is expected to lead the Sooners next season in their pursuit of a record ninth national title. The Sooners lost Jonathan Horton, a silver and bronze medalist at the 2008 Olympics in Beijing, when he finished his eligibility.

The collegiate gymnastics season begins Jan. 10 with the Rocky Mountain Open in Colorado Springs, Colo.

After scoring over 100 points in each of its two exhibition games and defeating opponents by an average of 76 points, the OU women’s basketball team will begin regular season action Saturday when the Sooners take on UC Riverside in the first round of the annual preseason WNIT. OU is hosting the tournament, and the Sooners will play Riverside at 2 p.m. Saturday. The tournament runs through Nov. 23.

Men’s basketball signs three top-100 recruits Jeff Capel had another strong recruiting season, signing three players ranked among the country’s 100 best.

Headlining the group is point guard Tommy MasonGriffin, ranked by Scout.com as the No. 24 recruit in the country and the No. 3 point guard.

Joining him are top-75 forward Andrew Fitzgerald, top-100 point guard Steven Pledger and four-star forward Kyle Hardrick.

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LONDON — Kanye West is to music what Michael Jordan was to basketball — at least that’s what West thinks, in his humble estimation.

“I realize that my place and position in history is that I will go down as the voice of this generation, of this decade, I will be the loudest voice,” he said in an interview on Wednesday. “It’s me settling into that position of just really accepting that it’s one thing to say you want to do it and it’s another thing to really end up being like Michael Jordan.”

The Grammy-winning rapper-producer said Justin Timberlake had a chance to be music’s MVP, but hasn’t put out enough material. (Timberlake’s last album was in 2006, while West released a CD last year and is releasing his latest — “808s and Heartbreak” — on Nov. 24.)

“There were people who had the potential to do it but they went on vacation, so when Justin went on vacation I made albums,” he said. “And it just came out to be that.”

How is your newest album, “The Sucker Punch Show,” different from the band’s previous albums?

It is a bit closer to the first record. “The Sucker Punch Show” is definitely its own animal, so I don’t really feel like it draws too much from either album.

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Critics have said your new album is much darker. How did this darkness come about on the new album?

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What: Copeland, Lovedrug, Lydia, Lights Where: Meacham Auditorium in the Oklahoma Memorial Union When: 7:30 p.m. Sunday How much: free Ages: all ages

How did you wind up touring with Copeland?

We have toured with them before, so we are old friends. We decided to come out to do their headlining tour with them. It was good timing because our record came out and we were not quite ready to do our own headlining tour, so it seemed like a wise idea.

A&E BRIEFLY Kanye West says he’s ‘voice of this generation’

The Daily’s Stephen Pyle interviewed Michael Shepard, vocalist, guitarist and pianist of Lovedrug. The band is scheduled to perform with Copeland, Lydia and Lights Sunday night in Meacham Auditorium in the Oklahoma Memorial Union.

When we set up to write about this record, we were going through a transitional period, and had taken a lot of time off from writing and music in general. I guess I didn’t go into it trying to make it darker, but I did want to be brutally honest and a lot less metaphorical in the lyrical content.

Getting stuff off my chest is what the record is all about. So it may sound a bit darker, but it is much more honest.

Yeah, we really like playing our new songs.

They are still new enough that they are enjoyable.

Whereas we play older songs 500 times, it is like re-hashing an old memory or opening up an old relationship. It can be nostalgic and pleasant at times, but certain songs get old.

you into something whether you want to or not. You can try to avoid what your passion is, but eventually, you are going to get dragged in.

What is the coolest venue in which you’ve performed?

The Metro in Chicago is a landmark.

The Blind Pig in Michigan is historical.

Nirvana and all the great bands from the ‘90s, played there. The Blind Pig has all these pictures of Kurt Cobain on the walls.

It’s a cool venue.

What’s next for the band?

What’s with the name “Lovedrug”? How did the band name come about?

We are planning to do a headlining tour through the first of the year. So, people will get to see us do a longer set. Then, after that, we are going to do a new record.

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NEW YORK — “Saturday Night Live” was left with some big shoes to fill when Amy Poehler departed for her new role of motherhood.

As a step in that direction, two fresh recruits, Abby Elliott and Michaela Watkins, will be joining the show this week as featured players, NBC announced Thursday.

Elliott comes to “SNL” via the Upright Citizens Brigade Theatre — the improv/sketch company co-founded by Poehler — where she trained and performed in both New York and Los Angeles. She is a second-generation “SNL” cast member whose father, Chris Elliott, was a regular on the show during the 1994-95 season. (Her grandfather, Bob Elliott, was teamed for four decades with Ray Goulding in the comedy duo Bob & Ray.) A native of Wilton, Conn., Elliott also trained with the Los Angeles-based Groundlings theater.

Watkins is a fellow Groundlings alum, where past “SNL” players including Will Ferrell, Phil Hartman, Laraine Newman and current cast member Kristen Wiig got their start.

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Friday, Nov. 14, 2008 SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 22) -Guard against a tendency to put your trust, once again, in people who have never measured up to your expectations. People rarely change, and disappointment is likely.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20) -- Instead of condemning yourself for poor management of your finances, take some time to analyze your budget in order to discover what you must do to correct your situation.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 23-Dec. 21) -- Developments and circumstances might impose an arrangement with certain people about whom you won’t be too happy. Be careful how you handle it, or you’ll make matters worse.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20) -- People will not appreciate your dictatorial methods, so be careful how you go about asserting yourself. They’ll not take kindly to harsh tactics.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) -- If you cannot arouse any enthusiasm about taking care of a tough situation that needs tending, it might be wise to postpone it until you can. Trying to handle it on your own is unwise.

THE UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA

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Pride and Prejudice

by Jon Jory

Based on the novel

by Jane Austen

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 19) -- Don’t rely on Lady Luck to bail you out, because she is on vacation. In fact, you might want to postpone things for another day, especially if it involves a risky situation.

PISCES (Feb. 20-March 20) -- Make sure that an unresolved family matter doesn’t surface in front of in-laws or outsiders. If someone introduces it, stop the conversation immediately; otherwise, it could get out of hand in a most unpleasant manner.

A classic English tale of romance.

8 p.m. Nov. 14-15, 20-22 3 p.m. Nov. 16 and 23 Weitzenhoffer Theatre

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ARIES (March 21-April 19) -- Be careful that you don’t let your ego get in the way of accepting change when an associate provides a better method than your way for doing something. If you reject it, you’ll be sorry.

CANCER (June 21-July 22) -- Do not put limitations on your thinking. By the same token, however, do not focus on damaging, negative thoughts, either. Be sure that your concentration zeros in on positive, upbeat things.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22) -- Be frank about your situation, and don’t let your friends draw you into arrangements or activities you can’t afford. If you haven’t got the funds to heedlessly spend, bow out.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) -Vacillating over critical decisions will lessen your chances for achieving anything of substance.

Use your deductive powers to decide your choices and then trust your judgment.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23) -Usually you’re an upbeat individual who tends to view life from a positive perspective. At this time, however, your focus leans toward the negative, concentrating only on self-defeating thoughts.

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Arts & Entertainment

Film review: ‘Quantum of Solace’

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Daniel Craig reprises his role as James Bond in “Quantum of Solace.” The film hits theaters today.

Dir. Marc Forster Rating: PG-13 106 minutes ost James Bond films are not all that great.

I know, I know, that will be the first and the last sentence many a Bond fanboy will ever read of this review, but let’s be honest here.

You take a megalomaniac villain with world domination on the brain, add a couple of hot girls with variable intelligence levels and throw in a dash of the kind of cinematic cheese that only a phrase like “shaken, not stirred” can conjure up. There. You’ve got a Bond film.

That’s why 2006’s “Casino Royale” was such a success. The formula was finally turned on its head. When Bond replied, “Do I look like I give a damn?” to the shaken or stirred ques-

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tion, we knew we had a totally different Bond on our hands, and not just because he was blonde.

Daniel Craig was an inspired casting choice as James Bond, and despite some purists’ objections, a series reboot was exactly what this franchise needed.

Unfortunately, “Quantum of Solace” stumbles into the territory of generic action sequence land early, and it never really makes it out. Time will tell, but “Solace” will almost certainly be regarded as one of the weaker films in the Bond canon.

The film starts almost immediPhoto provided ately after the events of “Casino Royale.” Bond is distraught over the death of Vesper, the woman he loved, but he’s not the type to get overly emotional about it.

Instead, audiences are treated to nearly two hours of James Bond strictly on revenge mode, and while that robs the character of any nuance, it’s not the biggest problem of the film.

It’s clear from the opening scenes that wall-

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Daniel Craig and Olga Kurylenko star in “Quantum of Solace.” to-wall action is what’s in store for the rest of the movie. Unfortunately, director Marc Forster (“Stranger than Fiction,” “The Kite Runner”) has never directed an action film in his life — and it shows.

The first 15 minutes are a flurry of headacheinducing quick edits that make Paul Greengrass’s (“The Bourne Supremacy”) work look restrained, and though Forster slows the pace down a little as the film progresses, he rarely settles down to deliver a coherent action sequence.

As for story, “Quantum of Solace” is underdeveloped but interesting, as Bond attempts to track down the members of the mysterious organization, Quantum. Along the way, he runs into an environmentalist, Dominic Greene (Mathieu Amalric), with plans to gain control of an entire country through one of its essential resources.

Amalric (“The Diving Bell and the Butterfly”) excels as Greene, finding just the right balance between slimy and brilliant.

Also in the picture for Bond is Camille (Olga Kurylenko,) a Russian agent, driven by her own plans for revenge against Quantum.

Camille is one of those unusual Bond girls who doesn’t actually sleep with Bond, and

indeed, the film is almost entirely devoid of love scenes – James Bond is heartbroken and out for revenge. He’s uninterested in dallying with the beauties that cross his path (OK, so not entirely).

Craig plays Bond with the same steely-eyed coolness that defined his character in “Casino Royale,” but something’s missing this time around, and it’s really not his fault.

“Quantum of Solace” is a gritty departure from the typical Bond film, and that’s fine. The problem lies in the lack of anything memorable to fill the gap left by missing Bond hallmarks – the vodka martinis, the sly and sarcastic remarks, the wanton sex romps. I’m no Bond purist – by all means, take that stuff out if it means creating a better film.

But “Solace” has no replacement in store.

What we’re left with is a straight-up action film, and not a very well executed one. The future of the Bond franchise is in good hands with Daniel Craig in the starring role, and “Quantum of Solace” is not an utter failure by any means, but it’ll likely be remembered only as a stepping stone between “Casino Royale” and the better Bond that’s hopefully coming next time.

— D USTY S OMERS IS A JOURNALISM JUNIOR.