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CAMPUS NEWS OU linebacker cited Austin Box, redshirt freshman linebacker, was cited for outraging public decency at 1:55 a.m. Saturday at 759 Asp Ave., outside Fat Sandwich Company. He was allowed to sign the AUSTIN citation and was released from custody. Box played BOX in 10 games last season and recorded 36 tackles.

He saw increased action after junior linebacker Ryan Reynolds was injured against Texas.

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Sex in the stacks RICKY MARANON The Oklahoma Daily Bizzell Memorial Library has long been rumored to host more than just study sessions, and now some students and visitors are using the anonymity of the Internet to take advantage of the seclusion of the stacks.

The library’s twists and turns have made it one of the preferred campus rendezvous points for men seeking casual sex.

Frequent posts on the classifieds Web site Craigslist.org, have been asking for participants to satisfy their after-

Anonymous sexual encounters on campus courtesy of Craigslist

school sexual desires on campus.

However, students who choose to meet for sex in Bizzell or the Huston Huffman Center, the other popular Craigslist meeting point, take on a long list of risks including sexually transmitted diseases and legal trouble.

In the past month, 20 ads for sex on campus have appeared in Craigslist’s Oklahoma City personals section.

Authors of the posts range in advertised age from 19 to 33, and give detailed descriptions of what kind of extracurricular activities they hope to participate in.

One post stated the author had endured a long day and was looking for another man to help him “get off.” He said he would be on Deck 5 or 6 in the

library.

“Just got bored studyin’ in the stacks,” another post said. “Come find me. You unzip. I’ll take care of you. You pull your pants back up and then you just leave.”

Posters have also sought anonymous partners in the Huston Huffman Center. On Feb. 20, one man said he was looking for sex in the men’s locker room, gave a detailed description of himself and described the “hot bods” he wanted to approach him.

When a Daily reporter posted similar advertisements for sex in Bizzell and the Huff, seven men responded to the post for sex in Bizzell, and six responded to the Huff post, all within about two hours.

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Facebook is asking users for input on new policies. Page 3A. Europeans have an obsession with President Barack Obama, but it won’t last much longer.

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LIFE & ARTS Not sure what’s on TV? Check out page 3B for your guide on what to watch.

The Daily’s Callie Kavourgias talks about her addiction to DVR. See if you’re addicted too.

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SPORTS Bedlam came to Lloyd Noble Center Saturday when Oklahoma State took on the women’s basketball team. OU took care of business, winning 73-63. Page 1B. Due to chilly conditions, multiple games were cancelled during the OU/Sooner Legends Tournament. Still, the Sooner softball team got in two games on Sunday, and won them both.

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Design debate draws crowd, laughs to Catlett • Event focuses on legitimacy of intelligent design as scientific theory KALI CARTER AND LUKE ATKINSON The Oklahoma Daily Intelligent design was the hot topic on campus Friday night, when more than 900 people attended a debate held at the Paul F. Sharp Concert Hall in Catlett Music Center.

William Dembski, intelligent design proponent and professor of philosophy at Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary, argued whether or not intelligent design is a scientific theory with Michael Ruse, professor of philosophy at Florida State University and proponent of evolution.

The debate, which was moderated by philosophy professor Tom Boyd and sponsored by the OU Intelligent Design & Evolution Awareness Club, came together as a part of the Darwinian Revolution Presidential Dream Course, said Piers Hale, history of science professor.

Ruse and Dembski have met numerous times since 1992, and regularly debate the issue, which has stirred controversy for 200 years. The history between the two scholars interested students looking for variety in the debates.

“I know they debate regularly, so I was interested in seeing what might be different this time,” said Dan Jones,

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Michael Ruse and William Dembski smile as they are introduced before a debate in Catlett Music Center. Ruse and Dembski have both written numerous books on evolution and intelligent design. microbiology sophomore.

Dembski took the stage first and presented the scientific aspects of intelligent design. He argued that many elements of science are best explained by the idea that an intelligent force designed them.

Ruse didn’t take long to register his skepticism for Dembski’s argument.

“I love Bill [Dembski] to death,” he said as began to speak, “But I wish he didn’t believe in such daft things.”

During a presentation that had the audience laughing at his dry humor, Ruse argued that whether the theory of intelligent design is true or not, it cannot be considered science because of its reliance on a designer that can

Kitchen Comments given new life • New Food Services director will continue to produce popular newsletter

TODAY’S INDEX Campus Notes 2A Classifieds 4B Crossword 4B Horoscope 5B L&A 3B, 5B

News 3A Opinion 4A Police Reports 2A Sports 1B, 2B Sudoku 4B

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Former OU Food Services Director Dave Annis, left, will help his successor, Chuck Weaver, transition to writing the Kitchen Comments column. Now that Annis is OU Housing and Food Services Director, he will pass along his responsibility as the primary Kitchen Comments columnist.

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Wide receiver in critical condition after car accident STEVEN JONES The Oklahoma Daily

University College freshman Joshua Majed is hooked, but not on Couch Express grilled cheese, Crossroads curly fries or any of the other products typically associated with food at OU. Like many students before him, Majed has latched on to Kitchen Comments, a newsletter printed by OU Housing and Food Services that prints students’ comments, questions and concerns about campus dining, and responses from the OU Food Services Director.

Redshirt freshman wide receiver Corey Wilson remains in the hospital after being Corey seriously injured in a car accident on Wilson Interstate Highway 35 Friday afternoon.

Football players received an e-mail this weekend saying that Wilson is paralyzed from the waist down, according to a player who asked to remain anonymous because players aren’t allowed to speak with the media.

According to Oklahoma Highway Patrol officials, Wilson was driving south on I-35 Friday afternoon when his SUV swerved off the road and rolled twice.

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not be observed or tested in any way.

“Science does not allow for miracles,” he said.

He pointed out that many intelligent design theorists, including Dembski, are committed theists, and whether they acknowledge that intelligent design is religious or not, it relies on

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Continued from page 1 Five men responded with photos of their faces, two responded with fully nude photos of themselves and two gave their phone numbers.

One responder was willing to travel from Western Oklahoma State College in Altus and another offered to meet for sex in Oklahoma City.

Risks The convenience of personal advertisement Web sites may sound attractive to students looking for sexual satisfaction, but meeting anonymously for sex has its dangers.

The risks of contracting a sexually transmitted disease from an anonymous sexual encounter is moderate for an initial act, said Eric Campbell, a physician’s assistant at Mercy Hospital in Oklahoma City, but the chance of contracting a disease dramatically increases when one has frequent unprotected encounters.

According to Craigslist policy, users assume all risks, physical and legal, that arise from their meetings.

One poster, who identified himself as Jared in an e-mail, said sexual health is a concern for him, but he takes precautionary measures.

“I use protection where appropriate,” he said. “I’m fully aware of the risks I take and get tested regularly, which is more than I can say for most ‘straight’ guys.”

Jared compared asking for sex on Craigslist to meeting someone at a bar and said using the Web site is a good method for those looking for short-term pleasure.

“Why does a frat guy go to a bar and hit on girls? Craigslist takes less work to get the same end result,” Jared said in an e-mail.

However, it’s a method that could cost its practitioners time and money.

Students caught having sex on campus are prosecuted by the Cleveland County district attorney’s office.

David Brockman, assistant district attorney, said charges for sex in public can be classified as misdemeanors or felonies, and penalties can range from a $500 fine to a year in prison.

“It depends on exactly what you are caught doing,” he said.

A conviction for having sex in public could also place the offender on the National Sex Offender Registry.

A spot on the registry can earn one a spot on the unemployment list as well.

“If you are convicted of a sexual offense, you can still find a job, but your possibilities can be limited based on your field and the state you are located in,” said Bette Scott, director of OU Career Services.

If hired, a sex offender might have limited contact with the public, at the discretion of the employer, she said.

Sex offenders can also be denied volunteer positions.

Reactions Students who use the Huff and Bizzell for their intended purposes aren’t very keen on the idea of others using the buildings for sex.

Chrissie Johnson, advertising senior, works in Bizzell and said she had heard rumors of people having sex in the stacks, but didn’t know of any actual cases.

She understands why students might take to the building though.

“I guess the fact that the library is a large, historical place could entice students to take the risk,” Johnson said.

Students in the Huff were less understanding.

“That sucks,” said Chris Yates, a music graduate student working out at the Huff, about the idea of using the locker room for sex. “I don’t want to walk in on a bunch of guys doing it.”

Bobbi Day, management information systems junior, said the Huff should be solely used for traditional exercise, not on-campus sex.

“I thought that’s what the library was for,” she said.

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7: Number of responses to the fake post for sex in the Bizzell Memorial Library

20: Number of postings for sex on campus since Jan. 25 113: Number of miles from Altus to Norman, the distance one responder was willing to drive for sex in the Huff.

Kitchen Continued from page 1 “Whenever I’m around campus, if I see it, I grab it,” Majed said.

Majed is part of the loyal following that has kept up with Kitchen Comments since former Food Services Director Dave Annis began printing the newsletter 23 years ago. But with Annis’ promotion to OU Housing and Food Services Director in September, the future of Kitchen Comments is uncertain, something that could affect Majed and the newsletter’s other avid readers.

The new Food Services Director, Chuck Weaver, has said he plans to continue the newsletter, and he will write guest columns for Kitchen Comments before he officially takes over from Annis. But he still has much to learn from his predecessor.

When it comes to Kitchen Comments, Annis said the biggest challenge is developing a thick skin.

Sometimes the comments Annis receives are not so much remarks, as they are personal attacks.

“When you get a comment that says, ‘Dave, you’re ugly and your mom dresses you funny’ on Monday morning, you just sort of go ‘Well, wait a second, I don’t need to put myself through this sort of abuse,’” he said.

But Annis also said it’s important to remember people are commenting on a service, rather than making truly personal comments. This will be part of the wisdom he passes on to Weaver.

Kitchen Comments has come a long way since its launch in 1986. The comments were originally submitted on paper cards dropped in a large pickle jar. With the advent of e-mail, Annis said the length and style of students’ comments have changed, but the playful rapport between him and those who leave comments is still what makes the column fun.

“Years ago, students would write a rap – their comment as a rap – and I would try to reply in a rap form,” Annis said. “Oh yeah, we’ve had a lot of fun over the years.”

Annis’ time as Kitchen Comments’ editor and chief writer is coming to a close now that he will be dealing with both the food and housing parts of campus life. But Weaver has quelled some students’ worries about the future of Kitchen Comments.

“Dave’s done a great job with it,” Weaver said.

“He’s creative and accurate with his responses, and we’re just going to continue along with the same thing.”

The biggest challenge will be following in the footsteps of Annis and the precedent he’s set for future Kitchen Comments, Weaver said. But he’s ready to take on the responsibility.

“It’s fun to interact and bring some humor into what an everyday transaction would be, and I can certainly do that in my own way,” Weaver said.

NEW KITCHEN COMMENTS EDITOR CHUCK WEAVER Education: Graduated with a degree in marketing from Texas Tech University

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William Dembski takes notes while Michael Ruse speaks against the idea of intelligent design being a form of science.

Dembski and Ruse have both written numerous books on evolution and intelligent design.

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the idea of God and therefore isn’t science.

Though the men have different ideas of what defines science, they praised each other for their continuous work and dedication to researching and teaching the subject matter.

OU’s history hits the airwaves Excerpts from a book about OU’s tumultuous early history will be broadcast on KGOU starting today.

Titled “OU Rising,” the broadcasts are based on retired OU history professor David Levy’s book, “The University of Oklahoma: A History, Volume 1.” The book covers the university’s founding in 1890 and goes through 1917.

“Twenty episodes will give listeners a taste of the early history of the university,” Levy said.

The university had to deal with two fires, financial difficulties and political clashes, which lead to the firing of OU’s first president, David Ross Boyd.

KGOU General Manager Karen Holp wrote the scripts with Levy.

“Dr. Levy’s research is meticulous and fascinating,” Holp said.

“I like the idea because you walk around this campus and you see all these names - Gittinger Hall, Van Vleet Oval - and you wonder who that person was... they were real people.”

The program airs Monday through Friday at 7 a.m. and 6 p.m. on 106.3 FM in Norman.

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POLICE REPORTS

Weaver has been in the food services industry for 18 years.

Previous University Experience: Trinity

University, University of Houston, Northwestern State University in Louisiana, New Mexico State University and Utah State University.

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Professor Emeritus of History David Levy holds the first of his three-volume history of OU in his office on the fourth floor of Bizzell Memorial Library Tuesday afternoon.

DANGEROUS SUBSTANCE Leigh Ann Waggoner, 50, 2361 E Alameda St., Saturday

Names are compiled from the Norman Police Department and OUPD. The reports serve as a record of arrests, not convictions. Those listed are innocent until proven guilty.

DOMESTIC ABUSE

DRIVING UNDER THE INFLUENCE

Danny Leon Moore, 57, 1513 Huntington Road, Thursday, also county warrant James Anthony Porter, 23, 1004 E Main St., Thursday

Alex J. Henderson, 42, 1028 W Brooks St., Thursday Randy Joe Hutlas, 39, 2801 E South Highway 9, Thursday Jonathan William Merkel, 22, 12th Avenue SE, Thursday Scott Eugene Phipps, 31, 700 Asp Ave., Thursday Sayadeth Senasy, 32, McGee Drive, Thursday Larry E. Igleheart, 61, North Flood Avenue, Friday

AGGRAVATED DRIVING UNDER THE INFLUENCE Buddy W. Cooper, 30, 500 W Main St., Friday Josiah Daniel Butcher, 21, 700 Asp Ave., Saturday

Work Experience:

“Learning about the history of science, and especially the history of evolutionary biology, and the social, cultural and theological responses to it, can give us a more thoughtful understanding of why people hold the views they do,” Hale said.

PUBLIC INTOXICATION Joshua Dale Yoder, 21, 747 Asp Ave., Friday Nicholas Don Williamson, 30, 1846 12th Ave. SE, Saturday

POSSESSION OF A CONTROLLED

Dijon Lamont Allen, 20, 1333 E Lindsey St., Friday Maurice Dale Sartor, 35, 203 S Jones Ave., Saturday

DOG AT LARGE Mathew Lee Barrett, 32, 310 E Daws St., Thursday

DISTURBING THE PEACE Travis John Smith, 32, 1400 28th Ave. SW, Thursday Tomas Samuel Orendain, 20, 828 College Ave., Friday

OUTRAGING PUBLIC DECENCY Austin Grant Box, 20, 759 Asp Ave., Saturday

POSSESSION OF DRUG PARAPHERNALIA

COUNTY WARRANT Aaron Roy Keith, 27, East Alameda Street, Thursday Michael James Lane, 44, 800 W Main St., Thursday Christopher Paul Cook, 29, 826 Denison Drive, Thursday Brittany Marianne Koassechony, 20, 1901 Twisted Oak Drive, Friday John Arthur Williams, 47, 2405 N Porter Ave., Friday, also possession of marijuana Benton Gene Gifford, 49, 517 N University Blvd., Saturday

MUNICIPAL WARRANT Kathryn Ann McCoy, 40, 1513 Huntington Way, Thursday Ricky Lee Jones, 52, 2800 168th Ave. NE, Friday

Theresa Lynnette Burgess, 31, East Lindsey Plaza Drive, Friday Devin Wakefield Kyle, 20, 1814 E Lindsey St., Saturday, also possession of marijuana Tyler Dion Lamb, 20, West Main Street, Saturday Karl Steven Parrott, 41, East Imhoff Road, Friday, also county warrant Brian Kwesi Wright, 31, 1024 Arkansas St., Saturday, also possession of marijuana

PETTY LARCENY Kendra Shamel Walker, 21, 3499 W Main St., Friday Rebecca Sada Walker, 20, 3499 W Main St., Friday

Why He Chose OU:“I consider this the top job in the

industry. It’s like one of those top coaching jobs. In our business, OU is one of those top-flight universities.”

Source: Chuck Weaver, OU Food Services Director

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Wilson, who was not wearing a seat belt, was thrown 45 feet from his vehicle and sustained serious head and internal injuries. He was flown to OU Medical Center for treatment.

“Everyone associated with our program is deeply concerned for Corey and his family,” head coach Bob Stoops said. “Our prayers and thoughts are focused on

them. We are firmly committed to doing whatever we can to support and encourage the Wilsons.”

Wilson, from Carrollton, Texas, is the younger brother of former Sooner and current Dallas Cowboys wide receiver Travis Wilson.

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Anti-Americanism could continue as Obama’s novelty wanes • Final lecturer at European Symposium predicts fallout when America asks for international favors RENEÉ SELANDERS The Oklahoma Daily Western Europe’s honeymoon with President Barack Obama may come to an end soon, according to Andrei Markovits, guest lecturer and professor of comparative government and German studies from the University of Michigan.

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(Left) Andrei Markovits, professor of comparative politics and German studies at the University of Michigan, signs his book entitled “Uncouth Nation: Why Europe Dislikes America” outside Oklahoma Memorial Union’s Scholar Room Friday morning.

Markovits anticipates that Anti-Americanism will continue in Europe as President Barack Obama’s novelty wears off.

“The sheen will start becoming brittle when President Obama, which he will, will show up in Europe very soon or with Hillary Clinton and will start suddenly demanding certain things, like what about helping a little bit in Afghanistan,” Markovits said. “This will immediately diminish his rock star aura.”

Markovits delivered this prediction to students and professors Friday in Oklahoma Memorial Union’s packed Scholars Room, as part of the School of International and Area Studies’ European Symposium last week.

Markovits is a highly regarded authority on the subject, and is the author of “Uncouth Nation: Why Europe Dislikes America.” His lecture was the last of four during the two-day symposium.

Though the School of International and Area Studies hosts many lectures throughout the academic year, this symposium, which changes topics from year to year, is the school’s most anticipated event, said Sandi Emond, administrative assistant to the school’s director.

Emond said the symposium’s topics annually rotate between areas of study within the school.

This year’s topic was particularly relevant because many of these issues also concern or affect the U.S., said Robert Cox, director of the School of International and Area Studies.

“Like the U.S., Europe has a growing public policy problem,” Cox said.

Markovits’ lecture focused on anti-Americanism and its origins.

Markovits said anti-Americanism is a unique prejudice because it targets a powerful entity, unlike other prejudices that target weaker groups. Because of this, anti-Americanism can be more openly discussed and often accepted. “[The United States] has indeed a power that is ascribed to it by those who are anti-American,” Markovits said.

Markovits’ lecture touched on the historical origins of anti-Americanism, going as far back as the American Revolution.

Kacy Schlener, international and area studies sophomore, attended Markovits’ lecture. She is enrolled in “Voices of the New Europe,” a class based on the topics of this year’s symposium.

She said being able to listen to Markovits’ lecture, as well as other lectures about contemporary European issues, clarified the topics the class is discussing.

Students still cautious despite change in Facebook policy • Site to make ‘bill of rights’ to reassure users SANDRA KUNZWEILER The Oklahoma Daily Facebook has proposed a users’ “bill of rights” in an effort to recover from recent controversy about the site’s privacy policy.

The popular social networking Web site converted its privacy policy to include full, indefinite ownership of user content Feb. 16, and was confronted with massive online protesting. The site, which boasts more than 175 million users, responded by revoking its decision two days later.

Mark Zuckerberg, Facebook CEO, posted in a blog Thursday

the outline for a set of principles to define users’ rights and a “Statement of Rights and Responsibilities” to replace the old terms of use.

“Beginning today, we are giving you a greater opportunity to voice your opinion over how Facebook is governed,” Zuckerberg said in the blog.

Until 10:01 p.m. on March 29, users will be able to comment and vote on the proposed documents.

Facebook will revise the drafts and then, if they are approved by users, will give those interested the opportunity to participate in “virtual town hall” discussions before the documents become official.

Stacy Hitchcock, University College freshman, said the policy change is positive.

“It lets people know they have certain rights since they are putting stuff online and trusting the

Web site,” she said.

The possibility of the site making money with users’ content was a driving force behind the revamping process.

“There was a fear that they could take off pictures and information to create profit from user work,” said John Lackey, assistant district attorney in Tulsa County.

Lackey graduated from the OU College of Law in 2004.

Facebook’s decision to respond to their users’ fears was good business sense, said Andrew Kooiman, University College freshman.

“In order to make money off of their advertisements, they have to get page views,” he said. “If they make a lot of users mad and they leave, they’re going to be hurting for business.”

To appease concerned users, Facebook created “Facebook Principles,” which includes a sec-

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tion on ownership. It says people should own their information and have the right to delete their accounts at any time.

User control in the online world is not definite, regardless of Facebook’s possible alterations of policy, said Laku Chidabaram, director of OU Management Information Systems.

Since Facebook is a social networking system that allows users to post between profiles, control is limited, he said.

Facebook has addressed the issue of limited control in “Facebook Principles” by reserving the right for users to adjust their privacy settings to their liking. The site does not guarantee liability for what others may do with the information received on their profiles, however.

“Online content can exist forever once somebody else gets it, circulates it and down-

loads it onto their computer,” Chidabaram said.

Lackey, who has worked on cyber crime cases, said the site still has legal responsibilities.

“Facebook didn’t change the ability of law enforcement or investigators to go back and get information anyway,” Lackey said.

He said while some college students may still make unwise decisions when posting information, he thinks most are aware of the Internet’s potential for danger.

Kooiman said using the Internet always involves some risk, regardless of an individual site’s policies.

“You can use good common sense and you won’t get hurt most of the time, but there’s pretty much no way to completely destroy anything,” he said.

CAMPUS NOTES TODAY CAREER SERVICES Career Services will host a behavioral interviewing information session at 2 p.m. in the Oklahoma Memorial Union.

TUESDAY CAREER SERVICES Career Services will host a telephone interviewing information session at 9:30 a.m. in the union.

CHRISTIANS ON CAMPUS Christians on Campus will host a Bible study at noon in the union.

WOMEN’S OUTREACH CENTER The Women’s Outreach Center will host “A Night for the Women of the Congo” with a film screening at 7 p.m. in the union.

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OUR VIEW

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COMMENTS OF THE DAY

Athletes’ childish behavior fosters negative image of OU

evolution down.

Sad to say, it’s a bit of a cottage industry and hard to reform.

In response to Joshua Wadlin’s Friday column about Christians’ misrepresentation of evidence for evolution:

- POSTED BY RHOLOGY AT OUDAILY.COM

It seems to me irresponsible and counter-productive to generalize about “Christianity,” when what you are responding to is a particular Christian movement in a particular country at a particular time.

To broaden your views about just what the term “Christianity” embraces - since it goes far beyond the preachers you happen to have heard, and on whom you are basing your generalizations - I would suggest you learn something about Teilhard de Chardin (just to take one example), the Jesuit scientist who was instrumental in the discovery of “Peking Man,” a crucial moment in the study of hominid evolution. It would make your argument more effective if, instead of trying to make sweeping generalizations about Christianity as a whole based on limited data, you focused your critique more precisely.

We commend the coaches, players and staff of Sophomore forward Kyle Cannon was kicked the athletics department for their incredible suc- off the basketball team two weeks ago for an cess this year. unidentified “violation of team rules.”

OUR VIEW But we think a sad trend among OU’s This behavior needs to stop. athletes needs to come to an end sooner Whether they like it or not, college is an editorial selected and debated rather than later. A slew of athletes athletes are representatives of this uniby the editorial board have been cited, arrested, suspended or versity. and written after a physically harmed as of late.

Their names are emblazoned on the majority opinion is formed and approved Sophomore linebacker Austin Box – same jerseys that say “Oklahoma.” To by the editor. Our View following in the footsteps of basketball many people across the country, the is The Daily’s official sensation Blake Griffin, who was caught most recognizable people from this opinion. peeing in a bush last semester – was school and even this state are the athcited early Saturday morning for outragletes who wear crimson and cream. ing public decency.

This doesn’t mean athletes shouldn’t have fun Guard Juan Pattillo was suspended from like other college students. But, like most OU Saturday’s men’s basketball game at Texas Tech students, they should have fun within the law and for “violating team rules.” within the rules of the groups (or teams) they are Pattillo sat near freshman guard Ray Willis, part of. who was suited up for the first time after being OU’s players are given many privileges because arrested last month for allegedly driving under of their athletic prowess. With those privileges the influence. Willis and another OU athlete, come heightened visibility and therefore heightdefensive end Frank Alexander, were stabbed ened responsibility to represent the university well. during a fight at a club in August.

I’m all for criticizing scientific and intellectual movements, but when your default argument is “No, complex mutations over time, that’s B.S. I’m thinking a super human space god did it in six days and rested on the seventh,” I really think there is no credibility in your opposition.

Furthermore, Christians don’t really need to engage in this argument. The truth defends itself if, indeed, it is truth.

- POSTED BY JFREEZY AT OUDAILY.COM

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I agree with this essay pretty much wholeheartedly.

The arguments for evolution are so flawed and pathetic on their own merits that Christians certainly don’t need to resort to bad arguments themselves to try to shoot

STAFF COLUMN

UOSA should extend filing deadline This column has nothing to do ymous. I’m not equating a default UOSA president to a collapse in with Katie Fox. I think she is a great person. democracy, but it’s an important She has great ideas, is a great issue.

It is a fact that no one else student and has a great accent. filed in time, and this fact I think she’s a cool begs many questions. kid and know OU stuWhy didn’t anyone dents would be fortuelse file? Is it because we nate to have someone have a campus of lazy, of her caliber and drive unmotivated shmucks advocating for stuor because people were dents’ interests. not well-informed of the But a non-election opportunity? for the highest student If it’s the former, we office of any entity is KAYLE unacceptable.

BARNES clearly don’t need that type of leader. If it’s the UOSA must, if it latter, I think UOSA has actually cares about students, ascertain student inter- an obligation to respond to stuest by extending the filing dead- dents’ concerns and extend the line for UOSA presidential can- filing deadline for candidates.

Raymond Rushing, UOSA didates.

When I read the headline about election chair, said the filing on Friday, I was both happy for deadline would not be extended Fox and sad for the future of because the open positions were advertised for four days prior to UOSA. When I read the headline the deadline, in accordance with “UOSA president decided by UOSA policy.

While this is true, people are default” it took my imagination to less-than democratic coun- always more important than poltries of the world where default icies. If there is a demonstrated and democracy are often synon- interest in a deadline that would

benefit students and add to discourse on campus, then UOSA should res`pond.

Of course, there are valid arguments against extending the filing deadline. That there is no need to reward procrastinators is one of the best such arguments.

I agree that there are consequences for all actions. However, the bad publicity surrounding a late filing would be a sufficient consequence for missing the original deadline. The time the opposing candidate would have lost in preparation would also be a consequence of a late filing.

Beyond the election, UOSA needs to do some soul-searching and decide how it can be more relevant to students.

If no one is running because they don’t see UOSA as effective, that is a problem.

While the effectiveness of UOSA is debated, denounced and doubted by many students outside UOSA, I know it instituted meaningful changes on campus.

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UOSA vice-president Vince Winston, a public relations senior (left), and UOSA president Amanda Holloway, an advertising senior (right), speak to each other after the state of the UOSA meeting. and Vice President Vince Winston most recently and Kenah Nyanat and Tati Cannon before them helped change student life at OU for the better, and I have no doubt Fox and Dewey Bartlett will as well.

I applaud Fox and Bartlett

for having their act together and taking the initiative to follow the rules in a timely manner.

I hope the current UOSA executives will take steps to change the situation or start a meaningful conversation about UOSA that will benefit students in the

long run.

I hope more students will get involved in the process or at least find it a process worth being part of.

Kayle Barnes is a professional writing senior.

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America far from ‘nation of cowards’

being from our past.

In a day when so many hasten to discard the legacies of history, this is a legacy less about race than about family and about community.

And these are changing – evolving beautifully and well.

“Endless forms most beautiful and most wonderful have been and are being evolved,” wrote Charles Darwin, who we’ve also remembered early in this year of milestones.

Holder’s comments serve to highlight a certain truth that racial inequities persist in our modern and enlightened lives.

As with most great truths, it is easy to know and accept that as a white man, I have certain benefits owing to the evil legacy of racial injustice in this country, and to go on without care for it.

And indeed it is my burden, as much as anyone’s, to know and act with a sense of great

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charity towards others – to realize I have certain economic and social advantages due in no part to my talent or industry.

And it is not enough to say “life is unfair” and to go about by business without a sense of duty to fairness and to the merit of ideas and effort put forth by others regardless of their personal situation.

But the foul disgrace of America’s racial sinfulness is not my fault, and those failings which are the worst of humanity’s viciousness are our shared history as a human race.

Path to fulfilling promise There is no excuse for the origins of racial injustice in this country, and the American legacy of hate and inequality is a base, foul stain on all that is and all who are good and decent in this country.

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Last month, U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder gave a speech in which he called America “a nation of cowards,” in our dealing with race.

He gave as evidence the fact that many or most remain among their own extended families and communities, de facto segregated away from work and the public sphere.

Mr. Holder’s remarks were deeply provocative and elicited much debate, both nationally and locally.

I want to say here why I disagree that we are cowards, and why I agree that the subject has to receive special consideration not only in the month we’ve just SLATER ended, but always.

While I think his assertion of RHEA the insularity of racial communities is true, and in real ways unfortunate, it is a byproduct of the familial realities of varied American traditions which have grown up with this country and served so often through history as great comforts to their members.

It is true that when I go home for holidays and Sunday meals, I meet with my extended family and a community of long-time friends established by fact of long standing and, in many ways, arbitrary traditions.

But that many of us go to a Catholic church and that most – not all – of my relatives are white is not because of cowardice, and in fact, is one of good traditions we inherit and keep – for the time

It is well indeed to see the great difficulty with which many European and other more historically ethnically uniform nations are now approaching the subject of race.

We should know it is not an easy dilemma, and that good people have come to lesser solutions to it.

But so, every American can be proud of the gains here made, and by the universal truths we wrought from obscurity into a world which in many corners still disputes them.

When legal racial equality finally did come to this country, it came in ways disingenuous and by those who presumed to give what no one may.

But it is my firm belief, grounded in my own experience, that members of our generation have grown and lived that fact of our lives.

And what grandparents may have lain down guiltily and halfheartedly in the constitution and laws of the U.S., we grew up seeing and accepting as a fundamental part of our constitution.

Indeed, we know nothing truer than all are free and equal, and that to prevent it is not merely unjust, but evil in its most basic form.

That America is set upon a path to a real kind of fulfillment of our promise is, to me, certain.

The pace of progress cannot be fast enough, and patience in such matters is never a virtue.

But we have come a long way, through great courage, and in defiance of cowardice, and we’ve much to be proud of.

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WORLD NEWS Suspected US missiles kill 7 in northwest Pakistan ISLAMABAD — Suspected U.S. missiles killed seven people in a Pakistani Taliban stronghold Sunday, officials said, while an attack on a military convoy and a cleric’s two-week deadline for the creation of Islamic courts rattled peace talks with militants elsewhere in the country’s northwest.

The missile strike underscored the Obama administration’s unwillingness to abandon a Bush-era tactic said to have killed several key al-Qaida figures, despite persistent Pakistani protests.

Washington state to allow ‘dignity’ deaths OLYMPIA, Wash. — Terminally ill patients with less than six months to live will soon be able to ask their doctors to prescribe them lethal medication in Washington state.

But even though the “Death with Dignity” law takes effect Thursday, people who might seek the life-ending prescriptions could find their doctors conflicted or not willing to write them.

Many doctors are hesitant to talk publicly about where they stand on the issue, said Dr. Tom Preston, a retired cardiologist and board member of Compassion & Choices, the group that campaigned for and supports the law.

Bangladesh border guards return to HQ after mutiny DHAKA, Bangladesh — Hundreds of Bangladeshi border guards started reporting back to their headquarters Sunday, two days after a bloody mutiny left at least 76 people dead and 72 others missing.

The Home Ministry gave guards across the country a 24-hour ultimatum Saturday to return to their posts or report to a local police station or face disciplinary action.

The insurrection — in which mostly army officers were killed — apparently erupted over the guards’ long-standing complaints that their pay hasn’t kept pace with soldiers in the army.

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More ads relay images of racial harmony Ever see an inner-city schoolyard filled with white, Asian and black teens shooting hoops? Or middle-aged white and Latino men swigging beer and watching the Super Bowl on their black neighbor’s couch? Or Asians and Latinos dancing the night away in a hip-hop club?

All it takes is a television.

Yes, that mesmerizing mass purveyor of aspiration, desire and self-awareness regularly airs commercials these days that show Americans of different races and ethnicities interacting in integrated schools, country clubs, workplaces and homes, bonded by their love of the products they consume.

Think about one of Pepsi’s newest spots, “Refresh Anthem,” which debuted during the Super Bowl. The ad, which features Bob Dylan and hip-hop producer will.i.am, is a collage of images from the ‘60s and today that celebrate generations past and present.

Whites and blacks are shown returning from war, surfing, skateboarding, dancing and waving American flags at political rallies, while a boyish Dylan and a presentday will.i.am take turns singing the Dylan classic, “Forever Young,” each in his signature style.

Or, take the latest hit spot from E… TRADE, which stars the E…TRADE Baby, a 9-month-old white boy, and his newest buddy — a black infant who, from his own highchair, agrees with the wisdom of online investing even in a down economy.

Ads like these are part of a subtle, yet increasingly visible strategy that marketers refer to as “visual diversity” — commercials that enable advertisers to connect with wider audiences while conveying a message that corporate America is not just “in touch,” racially speaking, but inclusive.

It wasn’t always like this. For much of

the past century, “minorities were either invisible in mainstream media, or handed negative roles that generally had them in a subservient position,” says Jerome Williams, a professor of advertising and African-American studies at the University of Texas at Austin.

“Today, you’re starting to see a juxtaposition of blacks and whites together, doing the things people do ... Now, advertisers are not in a position of pushing social justice. But to the extent that they can put whites and blacks together in situations, I think that’s a good thing.”

These “multiculti” ads may be evidence of the vitality of assimilation, America’s distinctive, master trend. To advertisers, though, they’re simply smart business — a recognition of a new cultural mainstream that prizes diversity, a recognition that we are fast approaching a day when the predominant hue in America will no longer be white.

“Going forward, all advertising is going to be multicultural by definition, because in most states, majority ethnic populations will no longer exist,” says Danny Allen, managing director at SENSIS, an ad agency in Los Angeles that specializes in reaching multicultural audiences through digital and online media.

Just as the Obama campaign sensed the nation’s desire to reconcile its racial problems, he adds, “advertisers are also tapping into that same yearning, particularly among younger Americans, to put racial divisions behind us and move forward in a more unified way.”

And yet, some critics wonder if depicting America as a racial nirvana today may have an unintended downside — that of airbrushing out of the public consciousAP Photo/FreeCreditReport.com, Susan Goldman) ness the economic and social chasms that In this image released by FreeCreditReport.com, former “Tonight Show” sidekick, Ed McMahon is still separate whites, blacks and Latinos.

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Audit reflects tragedy of state’s child welfare system OKLAHOMA CITY — A critical performance audit of the Department of Human Services says the state takes too many children from their homes, keeps them too long and rotates them among foster homes too frequently to adequately meet their needs and prepare them for adulthood.

But Buddy Faye doesn’t need to read the 170-page report to understand the depth of the childhood tragedies created by Oklahoma’s child welfare sys-

tem. She’s seen plenty of tragedies with her own eyes.

“This is not a new problem,” said Faye, a court-appointed special advocate for abused and neglected children in Oklahoma City since 1995 who has also served on post-adjudication review boards.

“This has been going on ever since I got involved in the system,” Faye said. “It’s not like they haven’t known about this situation. They study it to death, but there’s never any meaning-

ful change.”

But that’s exactly what state lawmakers are promising with legislation that would implement some of the 25 recommendations in the DHS audit to fix problems in the child welfare system that prevents it from improving the lives of thousands of Oklahoma children who are in DHS custody every year.

Lawmakers say the recommendations would resolve most of the allegations leveled against

DHS by a federal court lawsuit filed last year on behalf of nine foster children that accuses the state of victimizing its foster children and inadequately monitoring their safety.

“Our system is broken,” said Rep. Richard Morrissette, D-Oklahoma City, a frequent critic of DHS who has called for the agency to be broken up into three separate parts to better focus its resources on children and families.

“The Department of Human

Services is a mess. It’s terrible for kids,” Morrissette said. “We still have children dying. We still have children being moved around. The more we ignore the reality of this, our children are going to pay.”

Morrissette opposed the $400,000 DHS audit when it was first proposed by House Republican leaders. But he praised the reports findings and urged implementation of its recommendations.

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Blake returns in victory • Blake, Taylor set pace for OU in 78-63 win ERIC DAMA The Oklahoma Daily Sophomore forward Blake Griffin returned from his weeklong absence Saturday at Texas Tech, the same team against which he recorded 40 points and 23 rebounds — both career-highs — on Feb. 14th.

It was senior forward Taylor Griffin, however, who had a career-day against the Red Raiders this time around. Taylor Griffin scored a career-high 22 points on 8-12 shooting to go along with eight rebounds and two assists in OU’s 78-63 victory over Tech.

Blake Griffin added 20 points, 19 boards, two assists and two blocks of his own after having missed the last game and a half due to a concussion.

“It was great to be back. I definitely missed it,” Blake Griffin said. “As soon as I found out they weren’t going to let me play [against Kansas], I felt like that was the longest day of my life.”

“It was great to be back. I definitely missed it.”

— Sophomore forward Blake Griffin

Once Blake Griffin was cleared to play against Tech, he didn’t waste any time in getting back to his old, physical self. Minutes into the game, on an ally-oop attempt, he was undercut by a Texas Tech player and landed on his back.

Then in the second half, he dived over the scorer’s table to chase a loose ball, knocking over a monitor and landing in the stands.

“He only knows one way to play,” head coach Jeff Capel said.

“You’re talking about a kid who hadn’t played because of a concussion. He was just so happy to be out there playing today.

Just glad to see that he was OK because that one over the scorer’s table was a pretty nasty fall.”

The Red Raiders, who only put one defender on Blake in the teams’ first meeting, doubleteamed the forward this time to no avail.

“He’s the best. I think he’s the total package,” head coach Pat Knight said. “The kid plays that way all the time. He’s got a football player’s mentality.”

Senior guard Omar Leary came off the bench to score a season-high-tying 11 points.

Leary played 18 minutes and hit two three-points for the second straight game.

Senior guard Austin Johnson, who sat out for the final ten minutes of Monday night’s game against Kansas, scored all of his ten points in the second half Saturday. The senior was 2-4 from beyond the arc.

With the win, the Sooners improved to 26-3 on the season and 12-2 in the Big 12. OU’s 26 wins are its most since recording 27 in its 2002-03 Elite Eight season.

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Sooners’ goals bigger than conference title fter Kansas dismantled Missouri on Sunday, OU’s hopes of winning the Big 12 regular season outright were virtually dashed.

Last week, Kansas put a major damper on the Sooners’ chances by storming into Norman and defeating the Blake-less Sooners 87-78, effectively giving themselves a two-game edge over second-place OU. Then, they dominated Missouri 90-65 yesterday, putting the Sooners in an almost impossible situation to claim the title outright.

It wasn’t what the doctor ordered for the Sooners, who, after their win Saturday in Lubbock against Texas Tech, needed to win their final two games and have the Jayhawks lose two of their last three.

Now, OU must win at Missouri and against Oklahoma State at Lloyd Noble Center next weekend and have Kansas lose at Texas Tech and inside Allen Fieldhouse against Texas.

Like I said, it’s nearly impossible.

But forget about it, the outright conference championship is overrated.

Yes, I said it: The conference championship gets a trophy in the case and bragging rights among the other teams in league, but it doesn’t matter.

There are bigger and better things OU needs to worry about down the stretch.

What are they?

A No. 1 seed, for starters.

JOEY It starts Wednesday with Missouri. Win that game, beat OSU, then win three games in the conferHELMER ence tournament to ultimately become tournament champions, and that No. 1 seed will be there for the Sooners.

That could send OU to Kansas City for the first and second rounds and possibly to Memphis for the regional.

That wouldn’t be too bad, would it? It’s a pretty good route to Detroit and the Final Four.

And then there’s the National Championship.

You see, there’s a pattern forming here.

The Sooners can start putting themselves in position to win in the NCAA Tournament, and that is far more important than having a conference trophy in the case. Who wouldn’t want the National Championship trophy instead of the Big 12 trophy?

The Sooners have everything it takes to win the National Championship, from Griffin to the good post play around him, to great guards like freshman Willie Warren, sophomore Cade Davis, senior Austin Johnson and junior Tony Crocker, who can step up and hit big shots when called upon.

So, really, the important thing now is controlling the things the Sooners can control, and that’s winning the remaining games on their schedule.

It doesn’t matter if Kansas wins the conference championship.

They probably don’t have the caliber of team to win it all again, but the Sooners do, regardless of whether they win the outright conference title or not.

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Sophomore Blake Griffin, right, shoots over Texas Tech’s Robert Lewandowski during the second half of OU’s game on Saturday in Lubbock, Texas. Griffin scored 20 points in OU’s 78-63 win.

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Short-handed Sooners overcome Cowgirls, 73-63 ANNELISE RUSSELL The Oklahoma Daily

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Junior forward/guard Nyeshia Stevenson dribbles down the court Saturday at the women’s basketball game against OSU. The Sooners won the game, 73-63.

Sparks flew from the ceiling and fire rose from the baskets as the No. 2 Sooners thumped the Oklahoma State Cowgirls 73-63 in an in-state showdown Saturday in Norman.

Sophomore guard Danielle Robinson wasted no time getting the game started by driving to the basket and scoring an easy two.

OU continued to take the ball inside early against undersized OSU, but the Cowgirls were not so easily flustered and made up for it with hot outside shooting.

OSU sunk seven threes in the game.

OSU senior guard Andrea Riley made her presence known, running the Sooners ragged and putting up a quick ten points midway through the first half.

The Cowgirls continued to pick up their offense and stole the lead midway through the first half while the Sooners lagged behind, playing tired.

OU head coach Sherri Coale said her team looked jagged in the first half.

With freshman guard Whitney Hand still sitting out with a fractured index finer, sophomore guard Jenny Vining saw her playing time increase and made the most of it by putting up a few much-needed threes while the Sooners were struggling to score.

With the half winding down, the OSU offense cooled off, and the Sooners finally pulled together and played like a team to end the half with a 33-31 lead.

OU came out of the locker room with a determination that had been lacking in the first half.

“The first four minutes of the second half told the tale,” Coale said.

The Sooners played tough defense and took it at the Cowgirls to push the lead to double digits at 42-31.

While Riley ran all over the Sooners in the first half, the Sooners put the lid on the junior to start the second half.

“I thought we defended her much better in the second half,” Coale said.

At the 16:00 minute mark, senior center Courtney Paris stuffed Riley’s layup, highlighting the Sooners’ crushing defense.

OSU continued to play frustrated and OU built the lead to 20 at the midway point. Once the Sooners buried the Cowgirls, OSU never found a way back into the game.

While she only had two points in the contest, freshman point guard Jasmine Hartman stepped up for OU and ran the floor most of the afternoon in the absence of Robinson, who rode the bench with foul trouble.

Coale said she was impressed with the poise Hartman had coming into the game and applauded her ability to learn on both ends of the floor.

“Jasmine literally grew right before your eyes,” Coale said.

Vining was another spark from the bench for OU. Vining continued her prolific scoring in the second half by playing well beyond her average 2.8 points per game and knocking down threes. She finished the game with a new season high of 15 points.

“I came out here and did what I am supposed to do,” Vining said.

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JENNY VINING • 26 minutes • 15 points- season high • 50 percent from three

JASMINE HARTMAN • Three assists • 27 minutes • Averages 10 min.

OSU cut the lead down to 11 with only a minute remaining but it was too late.

Paris posted another double-double by dominating the blocks and putting up 25 points and 16 rebounds.

With the win, the Sooners claimed at least a share of the Big 12 regular season title.

The Sooners will look to take the conference title outright when they play Texas Tech on Wednesday at 7 p.m. The game is the women’s final home game of the year, and will be the last game for Paris, senior forward Ashley Paris and senior forward Carolyn Winchester.

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Sooners sweep shortened weekend series and sophomore outfielder Haley Anderson all contributed one RBI a piece.

Freshman pitcher Allee Allen got the start for OU, pitching three and onethird innings before being relieved by AARON COLEN The Oklahoma Daily freshman Samantha Bachman, who finished the game for the Sooners. Allen The weather warmed up enough received credit for the win, improving for the Sooner softball team to play to 5-1, with Bachman picking up her two games Sunday afternoon, after the first save of the season. first day of games in the OU/Sooner “I thought our pitching staff, without Legends Invitational were cancelled D.J. [Mathis] today, did a marvelous due to cold weather on Saturday. job,” Gasso said. “All our freshman “Tough conditions, but we fought worked together, and Bachman today through them,” head coach Patty helped us get that save and that win.”

Gasso said. “It was In the second very questionable game, OU faced whether or not we off against the were going to go Creighton Blue through with this Jays, coming away one. We really with a 5-3 victory. pushed the enveF r e s h m a n lope to try to play Kirsten Allen today.” pitched a complete The Sooners game, giving up started hot in the six hits and three chilly afternoon, earned runs. Allen scoring five runs improved to 4-0 in the first inning this season with against St. Louis, win.

— Head coach Patty Gasso theCreighton en route to a 7-4 struck victory. first in the game The Billikens with a lead-off home answered back with four runs of their run, followed by a second run in the own in the fourth inning, but OU added first inning. The Sooners responded two more in the fifth inning to extend with three runs to take the lead in the its lead permanently. bottom half of the inning.

Junior catcher Lindsey Vandever Creighton scored its only other run went 1-2 with three RBIs against Saint of the game in the top of the fifth inning, Louis. Sophomore outfielder Chana’e after which OU responded again in the Jones, sophomore utility player Wendy bottom half with two more runs.

Trott, sophomore infielder Dani Dobbs “What I liked in the Creighton game

• OU beats St. Louis, Creighton Sunday

“When they scored one, we scored two.

That’s the sign of a good team is that they can answer immediately.”

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Sophomore outfielder Chana’e Jones (left) slides into third base past St. Louis’ Liz Jones as the ball bounces away in Sunday’s 1 p.m. game. The Sooners beat the Billikens 7-4 and then beat Creighton, 5-3 in the second game. Four games were cancelled over the weekend due to chilly weather, so the Sooners only played two games on the weekend. is that when they scored two, we scored three. When they scored one, we scored two,” Gasso said. “That’s the sign of a good team is that they can answer immediately.”

Senior first baseman Samantha Ricketts, who went 0-3 in the first game of the day, went 1-3 with two RBIs. Vandever also had two RBIs against Creighton.

The Sooners now look ahead to

UP NEXT The Sooners’ next game will be at 5 p.m. on Wednesday against Tulsa in Norman.

Wednesday’s game against Tulsa in Norman. OU defeated Tulsa on the road Wednesday.

“Tulsa always comes to play, so we

can’t overlook them,” Ricketts said.

OU will then play Tennessee in Norman, the first game in The Preview presented by Worth, a tournament that will have all but its first game in Oklahoma City. Northwestern will also be participating in the tournament.

“Every weekend you have to go after someone,” Ricketts said. “So we’re really just working on staying focused.”

SPORTS BRIEFS Women’s gym wins against Iowa State

Men’s gymnastics wins weekend meet

Men’s, women’s tennis play on the road

The No. 10 women’s gymnastics team defeated conference rival Iowa State Saturday in Ames, Iowa 196.800– 195.525. The Sooners won all four event titles, and senior Haley DeProspero claimed the all-around with a 39.300. The Sooners improved to 7-3 overall and 2-1 in the Big 12.

OU started the competition on bars, where they posted a 48.900, but the No. 22 Cyclones held a 48.950-48.900 lead.

Moving to vault, OU was solid and earned its secondhighest score of the season on the event.

On floor, junior Kristin Smith earned a 9.9 to continue the Sooners’ momentum and win the event. OU counted five scores above 9.8, and led going into the final rotation.

On beam, the Sooners again earned their second-best score of the season to win the meet. Junior Hollie Vise earned a career-high 9.95 on the beam to win the event title.

The No. 2 OU men’s gymnastics team stayed undefeated Saturday, beating No. 9 Nebraska 358.300-342.400.

The total was the second-highest in the NCAA this year and the win marked OU’s fourth over a top-10 opponent.

The Sooners’ next competition is against No. 3 Stanford and No. 6 Minnesota on March 7 in Minneapolis, Minn.

The men’s and women’s tennis teams tried to get on track after losing matches last week, but only one succeeded.

The men’s team won both of its matches this weekend beating Northwest Arizona 6-1 and UNLV 6-1 in Las Vegas.

The women’s team, however, has now lost its last three games, making the Sooners 3-5 on the year. The Sooners fell to Wisconsin 4-3 Saturday and to Missouri 5-2 Sunday.

“Unfortunately, we were not able to execute at some key moments in the match,” head coach David Mullins said.

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Today declared Sam Bradford Day The Oklahoma State Senate will hear two resolutions today to recognize the achievements of the OU football team and sophomore quarterback Sam Bradford.

In honor of Bradford winning the Heisman Trophy and as a thanks for his decision to return to OU, the resolution designates today as Sam Bradford Day in Oklahoma.

The No. 16 Sooners split a four-game series with Washington State this weekend, winning both games on Saturday.

OU (7-3) fell in Friday’s opener 9-6 before sweeping Saturday’s double-header 9-7 and 12-3.

Junior shortstop Bryant Hernandez came through in the clutch in the series’ second game with an 11th-inning RBI. Bryant went 7-15 for the weekend.

In the series finale, the Sooners took a first-inning lead before the Cougars went up by four and got a 10-6 victory.

OU’s next game is Tuesday against the University of Arkansas Little Rock in Norman.

Men’s and women’s track both finished near the middle of the pack this weekend at the Big 12 Indoor Track and Field Championships in College Station, Texas.

The women finished sixth, collecting 65 points. Redshirt sophomore Ti’Anca Mock snagged the only individual championship for the men or women, winning the long jump.

Senior Leslie Cole received All-Big 12 recognition, and finished second to A&M’s Jessica Beard in the 400-meter dash.

In the 400, the OU women saw more success with freshman Tiara Sims taking home sixth and All-Big 12 honors.

Propelled by solid all-around contributions, the men grabbed a fifth-place finish, accruing 66 points.

True freshman Will Claye used a personal-best figure in the triple-jump to edge out senior Shardae Boutte, who finished third, and land second-place honors.

Boutte was the defending Big 12 champion in the event, and will get another crack at the NCAA Indoor Track and Field Championships, which are two weeks away.

The women’s side was dominated by heavy favorite, No. 1 Texas A&M, who registered 130 points.

No. 7 Texas won on the men’s side, scoring 115 points.

The NCAA Indoor Championships is the next big event on the horizon for OU, beginning March 13.

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Senior Chris Brooks competes on the pommel horse Saturday evening at McCasland Field House. The Sooners posted a team-high 57.750 on pommel horse and won the meet 358.3000-342.400 over No. 9 Nebraska. The win kept the Sooners undefeated on the season.

Men’s, women’s track finishes fifth, sixth at Big 12 Championships

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WHAT TO WATCH

“Late Night with Jimmy Fallon” 11:35 p.m. Monday on NBC Robert De Niro is Jimmy’s first guest on his first “Late Night” after Conan O’Brien left the show to take Jay Leno’s spot.

“Nip/Tuck” 9 p.m. Tuesday on FX In the season finale, Christian and Liz’s wedding is in the works.

“CSI: Las Vegas” 8 p.m. Thursday on CBS Taylor Swift guest stars as a teen whose family runs a hotel in Las Vegas.

The book “Now, Launch Your Career” is a compilation of letters to professionals from whom you might wish to get vocational advice, but probably never would.

In the book, editor Paul Carpino, M.A., a career counselor at UNLV, has compiled over 41 letters from highly successful professionals from various fields.

SARAH These letters contain responses to three very DORN broad questions about the professionals’ occupations: 1) What do you like about your career?

2) What don’t you like about your career?

3) How did you choose or break into your career?

In his preface, Carpino says that the questions were intended to make the interviewees closely consider their chosen paths. This way, a reader might gain pointed and honest feedback about what will be involved in a given career.

This book has a solid conceptual base and is guided by the simplicity of the questions.

For the most part, this minimalism works. The letter writers seem open to share what they like and dislike about their fields. The questions aren’t quite pointed or personal enough to reap the maximum advice from each interviewee, but they still effectively get sincere answers.

A quick glance down the table of contents reveals a list of careers that seem, at first, rather haphazardously chosen.

Careers as seemingly obscure as abbot, professional clown and marine geologist appear on the list.

While the careers seem arbitrary, the letters tend to address broader categories of vocation, such as ministry, live entertainment and field science. Skepticism at the list’s comprehensiveness will likely fade as a reader begins to peruse the letters and the informative author biographies.

At one point, Carpino answers these interview questions himself, in effect choosing himself as the top professional in the career counseling field. Perhaps there is some accuracy in that claim, but it seems rather gratuitous.

Otherwise, the professionals chosen for questioning seem to be informed members of their field, and are quite willing to deal

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Overall, the answers will be helpful to people with little direction in their career choice. Because of the honesty that comes through the answers, especially to question two, a reader could certainly find direction toward, or away from, particular fields.

Some of the letters fail to say anything informative, falling back on cliché phrases and generalizations. Most of the letters, though, have at least a few golden nuggets of advice.

In reality, this is a book of advice letters a person wishes they could get themselves.

In effect, Carpino has put together a collection that provides advice directly from those most successful in their fields to any-

one searching for the correct career path.

Ultimately, this book won’t cut it as a specific reference guide. However, if a student is looking for some inspiration as to how to choose a career, “Now” might be a good read.

Although the book may not be the best way to get advice about the ins and outs of specific fields, it’s worth a glance if you’re good at reading between the lines.

If not, the book’s lesson is this: Use what you know and whom you know to get where you want to go.

Oh, and you’re going to have to work for it.

–SARAH DORN IS AN ENGLISH JUNIOR.

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Confessions of a ‘DVR-aholic’ ello. My name is Callie, and I’m a DVR-aholic.

Lately, I’ve noticed how addicted I am to the little box attached to my TV. It remembers when my shows come on and to stay up late if it’s going to be a two-hour special, so that I don’t have to. If I’ve got to take a phone call, I just pause the action instead of muting it. It makes my life easier – usually.

But when I’m watching T.V. at a friend’s house without DVR, I remember that DVR is a luxury. Suddenly, I have to pay attention to what’s going on because I can’t rewind to hear the dialogue I’ve missed. See, I have a tendency to talk to the people around me when I watch TV, and when there is no DVR, I’ve got to keep quiet. Apparently, I’m spoiled.

Oh, how I relish pausing “Jon & Kate Plus Eight” when my brother starts to tell me a long, drawn-out and boring story! There are no words to describe how wonderful it is to start “Nip/Tuck” 15 minutes late and to fast-forward through all the long lame commercials. DVRs, of course, can pause or rewind live T.V. Think about that for a second. No, really think about it.

We’re used to being able to fast-forward and rewind, since we all had VCR’s when we were little.

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“20/20” 8 p.m. Friday on ABC Siegfried & Roy prepare for their first, and supposedly last, appearance since Roy was mauled by a tiger in 2003.

“World Baseball Classic US v. Canada” 1 p.m. Saturday on ESPN Not only did the U.S. lose the title last time around, it lost to Canada. That’s right, Canada. Hopefully this time will be different.

– CALLIE KAVOURGIAS IS A JOURNALISM SENIOR.

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Of course, most shows are offered on their network’s Web site now, but I really dislike watching T.V. that way. Don’t get me wrong, I’ll do it if I’m bored or I didn’t have enough room on my DVR, but shows were meant to be enjoyed on a big television screen, not my 13-inch MacBook.

To put it simply, DVR changed my life.

Sure it creates “DVR guilt” (when you feel bad about not watching the hours of shows you’ve taped), but it frees you to go out instead of holding a date every day with a television set.

Catch up on your shows after class when there’s nothing better to do. Take confidence that your DVR recorded your show and live your life.

– CALLIE KAVOURGIAS IS A JOURNALISM SENIOR.

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Oklahoma Festival Ballet dancers perform “Balletudes” during the dress rehearsal Thursday night at Rupel J. Jones Theatre. The Oklahoma Festival Ballet will be presented at 3 p.m. March 8 and at 8 p.m. March 5 -7 at the Rupel J. Jones Theatre.

Festival Ballet pliés into Rupel J. Jones Theatre SARAH DORN The Oklahoma Daily EDITOR’S NOTE: Sarah Dorn has been dancing for 17 years and teaches at the Classical Ballet Academy. This is her review of the performance.

This weekend, the Oklahoma Festival Ballet presented its spring performance, a combination tribute to the Ballets Russes and performance of a Balanchine ballet.

The show was a stunning combination of four distinct pieces: “Divertimento No. 15”, “L’Apres Midi D’un Faune”, “Balletudes” and “The Firebird.”

The performance opened with “Divertimento No. 15,” a piece originally choreographed by George Balanchine to music by Mozart of the same name.

This ballet was a stunning combination of highly demanding soloist variations and nearly flawless coordinated “corps de ballet” work.

One of the first highlights was a variation by ballet performance sophomore Kristen Young. Although she started with slight hesitation, the rest of the piece – her jumping spin known as “ron de jambes en l’aire” in particular – were beautiful.

The most impressive part of this ballet, though, was the coordination of the corps. There was one portion in which a collision between a group doing chaînés turns and a group running seemed imminent, but was avoided. Other than that, the synchronization of the corps’ dancers was a thrill to watch.

In addition, the costumes, designed by Lloyd Cracknell, were perfectly suited to the piece. The

female soloists wore soft yellow classical tutus ence with a look into the workings of a ballet class.

The piece began with two long ballet barres accented by blue bows, a blue matched in the tunics of the men. The corps wore complementary white angled toward each other on the stage. Female tutus with yellow trim and the same blue bows. All dancers in all black, save pink pointe shoes, filled either side of the two barres and executed a series of flattered the dancers and the ballet.

The next piece performed was the short ballet combinations one would do at the opening of a ballet class: pliés, tendus, échappés “L’Apres Midi D’un Faune”, or and grand battements.

“The Afternoon of the Faun”, The men then removed the the first ballet choreographed barres from stage and 16 dancby Vaslav Ninjinsky. ers spread out across the stage As the curtain opened on for exercises in center. this piece, a delightfully colorAdditionally, there were ful and abstract scenic design When: 3 p.m. March 8 several petit allégro variagreeted the audience. Then 8 p.m. March 5 - 7 tions that were fascinating the faun, danced by Jammie to watch, particularly as they Walker, presented himself.

Where: Rupel J. Jones Theatre were always my favorite type Soon, several nymphs of variation to perform. One dressed in flowing white gowns in “Balletudes,” done as a trio, come onstage to play. was an especially enjoyable to What is most fascinating watch as it was executed with about this piece is the twodimensional format of the dancing. The performers such precision and speed.

The piece also involved some interesting and wellare all dancing in silhouette, as one might see figures performed partnering work, done near the end of the on an ancient urn or frieze.

The ballet in no way feels stiff, however. The piece as would be done in a class.

While the “corps de ballet” work was not as cooradmonitions of the attendant nymphs to the faun’s advances are humorous, while the faun provides a dinated as it was in “Divertimento,” the piece was character who is comic and loving and pressingly still a pleasing study of the trappings of an advanced ballet class. Holt conceived a ballet class on stage sexual all at once.

The third ballet was a piece of original choreogra- for audience members who might never get a chance phy by Mary Margaret Hold, Director of the School to be in a studio to watch such a class, much less of Dance and OFB. “Balletudes” presented the audi- take one, and she captured the feel of such a class

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phenomenally well.

The final ballet of the evening was “L’Oiseau de Feu”, or “The Firebird.” Choreography was by Miguel Terekhov, co-founder of the OU School of Dance.

“The Firebird,” a mythical creature based on Russian folklore, was played by Carmen DeVora Felder (alternately, by Anna Doss) to great effect.

She captured the frenzied movements of the trapped bird, while performing a convincingly powerful mythical being.

The costume she wore, newly made and designed

by Mike Buchwald, was stunning with its saturatedred fabric and striking gold embellishment. The extensive feather headdress must have been difficult to dance in, but it was stunning.

The set design on this piece was both whimsical and foreboding, perfect for the story of the piece.

The ballet was well-danced and convincingly acted, especially by the dancers playing lead characters Tsarevitch Ivan, Elena the fair, and Koshchey the Immortal. The monsters were properly menacing, especially in their winged, hooded costume creations.

The final scene of the piece proved what a fantastic spectacle this ballet is, as the dancers happily enter in wedding day finery in front of a glowing (literally) set built to look like a domed Russian palace.

All in all, this year’s Oklahoma Festival Ballet was beautifully performed by each dancer, choreographer and designer involved, and is worth anyone’s time to see.

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