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Enrollment increases at community colleges • OU may see slight enrollment decrease BRITTANI WEBB The Oklahoma Daily Increased enrollment this semester at Oklahoma regional and community colleges could mean decreased freshman enrollment at OU in the future.

Oklahoma universities experienced an enrollment decrease of 1.5 percent, while Oklahoma community colleges experienced a 1.3 increase in enrollment, according to a press release from the Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education.

Cordell Jordan, media relations coordinator at Oklahoma City Community College, said he is not surprised by the enrollment increase at community colleges.

“This increase is not just a trend that will go

away,” Jordan said. “This is only the beginning of something that could possibly impact the futures of universities. Whether that is good or bad, it’s still too early to be able to tell.”

Jordan said community colleges offer students the opportunity to learn job skills through handson experience. An associate’s degree can be earned in as little as two years.

“More and more people are enrolling in community colleges,” Jordan said. “One big reason for this is community colleges are cheaper and offer more than just an education.”

Jordan said he thinks more college students are looking for actual hands-on job training they can afford instead of just education.

Ben Hardcastle, media relations director for the State Regents for Higher Education, said it is still too early to tell, but the economy could eventually become a factor in increased enrollment numbers at community and regional colleges.

“In general, if the economy takes a downturn, often times the enrollment in community colleges

ENROLLMENT ON THE RISE IN OKLAHOMA • Tulsa Community College: 6.1 percent increase • Connors State College: 4.1 percent increase • Eastern Oklahoma State College: 3.8 percent increase • Seminole State College: 3.8 percent increase • Western Oklahoma State College: 3.5 percent increase • Murray State College: 2.8 percent increase Source: State Regents for Higher Education

will increase,” Hardcastle said. “I believe there very well might be some increased changes in enrollment for community colleges in the future.”

Elementary education junior Anne Karns has taken several classes at OCCC, and said she wishes she had taken all of her general education

classes at a community college.

“I saved so much of my time and money by taking classes at the community college,” she said.

“With the economy in the shape that it’s in right now I think people are looking at more ways to save money and get through college faster. That’s where community colleges come into play.”

The number of high school students concurrently enrolled in Oklahoma community colleges also saw a 3 percent increase, according to the regents’ press release.

This could impact OU’s enrollment in the future, accordig to Matt Hamilton, associate vice president.

He said many students enroll in community colleges to save money, but OU is working on ways to help students financially.

“OU’s Campaign for Scholarships has allowed OU to double new scholarships for students in just four years,” Hamilton said. “This has allowed OU to ease the financial burden of college for thousands of students.”

New GI Bill offers benefits to veterans

WHAT’S INSIDE Dunwoody becomes first female four-star general Call it breaking the brass ceiling. Ann E. Dunwoody, after a 33-year Army career that began at Fort Sill, ascended Friday to a peak never before reached by a woman in the U.S. military: fourstar general. Page 9.

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ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT The Daily’s Dusty Somers reviews University Theatre’s Pride & Prejudice. Page 7.

CAMPUS BRIEFS Health benefit enrollment deadline extended two days The deadline for enrollment in OU’s 2009 employee health care benefits package has been extended until midnight on Wednesday.

The change to extend the enrollment period, which began Nov. 4, was announced by OU President David L. Boren Friday.

“In light of the fact that negotiations with physicians were still underway when the health care forms were sent out to faculty and staff, I feel that the deadline for making coverage choices should be extended,” Boren said in a statement.

When the enrollment period began, the HMO plan did not include any pediatricians in Norman that were accepting new patients.

All physician contracts were finalized Thursday, and eight pediatricians were added to the HMO plan.

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Maria McKee (l), speech language pathology graduate student, and Katie Ellis, physical therapy graduate student, jog Thursday afternoon on the South Oval. McKee ran a half-marathon in Oklahoma City in April and Ellis ran a marathon in Dallas in December.

Going the distance • Runners seek sense of accomplishment, fitness WHITNEY ORTEGA Daily Staff Writer

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he brisk morning air greets their lungs as they take deep breaths to calm their racing hearts. There is a sense of urgency in the air as a man raises his gun. A loud crack breaks the silence, and thousands of runners take off on a 26.2mile journey.

More than 8,000 runners from around the world — among them a few OU students — tackled the grueling distance Sunday at the Route 66 Marathon in Tulsa.

While many runners are simply trying to keep healthy and active, a few train to run marathons.

“It’s one of those accomplishments that not many people can say they’ve done and I wanted to do it,” said Katie Ellis, a physical therapy graduate student. “It’s fun to do and it’s something you can work toward.”

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Runners in the 2004 Olympic marathon pass a statue of the original marathoner, Pheidippides, in Rafina, Greece, near Athens.

WHY IS A MARATHON 26.2 MILES? It is said that in 490 B.C., a messenger named Pheidippides ran 26.2 miles (40 kilometers) from the Greek town of Marathon to the city of Athens to announce the Greek victory over Persia in the Battle of Marathon. According to the story, Pheidippides shouted the news and then collapsed and died.

A new GI Bill that offers veterans more benefits may increase the number of veterans in college.

Passed by Congress earlier this year, the Post 9/11 GI Bill gives veterans more educational benefits compared with the original Montgomery GI Bill. It gives veterans who have completed three or more years of active duty service free tuition and stipends for books and living expenses. If a veteran does not want to use the benefits, he or she can pass them on to a family member.

Chief Yeoman John Hyde of the OU Naval ROTC support staff said he hopes his daughter will be able to attend college because of the new GI bill.

“I am pleased it can be a benefit to her,” he said.

OU officials predict the bill will lead to an increase of veteran students enrolled in the fall 2009 semester.

“My guess is that there will be an increase, but we’re really expecting a ripple effect,” OU Veterans Coordinator Patricia Ingram said.

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POST 9/11 GI BILL The Post 9/11 GI Bill is a new education benefit program for those who served on active duty on or after Sept. 11, 2001. Benefits are payable for training pursued on or after Aug. 1, 2009. Benefits include: • Cost of tuition and fees not to exceed the most expensive in-state tuition and fees at a public institution of higher education.

• Monthly housing allowance provided that is equal to a basic allowance for housing payable to a soldier classified as E-5 with dependents • Yearly books and supplies stipend of $1,000 per year • A one-time payment of $500 paid to certain individuals relocating from highly rural areas SOURCE: Department of Veterans Affairs

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Victims become advocates to increase rape awareness • Sexual assault in Oklahoma 38 percent above national average NATASHA GOODELL Daily Staff Writer Kate Robinson stood before an audience Friday and retold the story of a night she wishes she could forget.

“I will always be a victim of rape. I can choose to be a victim, or I can turn being a victim into being an advocate,” said Robinson, psychology senior, during “Take Back the Night,” a rape awareness event hosted by the group Advocates for Sexual Assault Awareness.

“I’ve had to call on a lot of strength I didn’t know I had,” Robinson said.

Robinson said hearing others’ stories at the meeting served as a coping mechanism.

“It’s just a good reminder that you’re not alone,” she said.

Rape and attempted rape are the fastest growing crimes in the U.S., and rape incidents in Oklahoma are 38 percent above the national average, said Debbie MarshallGill, coordinator of Education and Court Advocate for the Women’s Resource Center.

Some audience members discussed what can be done to bring this number down.

“One of the things I liked was that Marshall-Gill addressed how to help victims and to realize it’s better to be understanding and encouraging rather than pointing out things they could have done differently,” said English sophomore Michelle Borror.

Gill said males can have one of the greatest impacts on a woman’s recovery, citing an article by Matt Atkinson, an advocate for Sexual Assault Awareness.

English sophomore Steven Hudec, one of the few men in

BY THE NUMBERS • 20 to 25 percent of American college women experience sexual assault during their time in college • 1 in 6 American women and 1 in 33 men reported experiencing attempted or completed rape at some time in their lives • 78 percent of rape victims were assaulted by someone they knew • About 85 percent of all rapes go unreported.

Source: Advocates for Sexual Assault Awareness

attendance, said he knows a few women who have been raped.

He said he came to the meeting because he wanted to find a way to help.

“It is a terrible crime, and when you see the effect it has on women, there is no way that you can sit there and do nothing about it,” Hudec said.

Borror, who shared her story about being raped and the road to recovery, said she appreciated the men who came.

“They are very important in helping with the women’s causes even though they might not think so,” Borror said.

Corey Hutchins, president of Advocates for Sexual Assault Awareness, said it is important to have a core group of advocates.

“This event was really to try to create a dialogue and open up people to the idea that we really need to do something about this,” said Hutchins, English literature and oboe senior.

It is important to be educated about the problem so women will know about the necessary precautions for prevention, said Hutchins, who became involved after one of her friends was raped.

“I felt like I couldn’t let that happen to someone else,” she said.

Distance Continued from page 1 Accounting senior Tim Sullivan ran a half-marathon, or 13-mile, race at the Route 66 Marathon.

Despite the chilly air and early hours, Sullivan thought the experience was well worth it.

“It’s the greatest feeling when you cross that finish line. It feels like you accomplished something,” Sullivan said.

Most runners train for months to build up to marathon distances. Sullivan said training wasn’t that hard for him because he has been running for nearly four years. “[Participating in a half-marathon] seemed like the next progression,” he said. “I’ve been running consistently since my freshman year, and I just wanted to try something new.”

Ellis also had been a runner for quite some time and decided to take the next step.

“I’ve always been pretty active,” she said. “I just started running and just kept pushing myself to go harder and harder and one of my friends that I ran with had run one and I just wanted to do it.

Ellis ran a full marathon in

December in Dallas, and continuously trains in hopes of running the Oklahoma City Memorial Marathon next April.

While the Route 66 Marathon is Sullivan’s second half-marathon, it was the first for his girlfriend, Cassidy Bennett. Sullivan encouraged her to run with him in Tulsa.

“I started training and I got in better shape and I just told myself I was going to do it [run a half-marathon]. I’m really proud of myself. I did it and finished it,” said Bennett, zoology junior.

“It wasn’t as hard as I thought it was going to be. It was definitely a long, tiring run, but I finished with a really great sense of accomplishment.”

Allen Knehans, David Ross Boyd professor of nutritional sciences, said his niece inspired him to run his first marathon. Since then he has run 12 more.

“She did one down in Fort Worth, and I figure if she could do it, I could do it,” Knehans said.

“I saw it as a real challenge to finish a marathon.”

Yet, deciding to run a marathon and actually following through are two different things.

“If you set your mind to it, and you want to do it, you can and you should,” Ellis said. “You just have to be consistent, make a schedule and stick to it. If you have a lot of things randomly pop up, which tends to happen to a lot of college students, it can be hard. But it’s not that hard to keep to the schedule and in the end it’s worth it.”

Ellis and Knehans both suggest scheduling runs with a friend for extra encouragement.

“It is very helpful to have a running partner to help get you out there running when you really don’t feel like it,” Knehans said.

One of Ellis’ running mates is her current roommate Maria McKee, speech language pathology graduate student, who ran a half-marathon in Oklahoma City last April.

“Exercise has always been a part of my life. I always make time for it,” McKee said.

McKee’s half-marathon experience had been a long time coming. She said she had been training for close to a year when she injured herself. McKee has recovered, and still holds hopes

to one day run a full marathon.

She advises working up to the long distances.

“I would definitely say start small and do shorter things and train up to it. Maybe not just jump into a marathon,” McKee said.

Sullivan echoed McKee’s wish to run a full marathon, and said he is already working toward it.

“I’d love to do a full marathon.

I just don’t have time. School keeps me pretty busy,” Sullivan said.

While there are many hardships included in running a marathon many runners say the hardest is the mental challenge.

“The hardest part of the marathon is those last four to five miles, when your legs are aching and every part of your body is telling you to stop running,” Knehans said. “That is what makes it so rewarding when you overcome that feeling and finish.

No excuses.”

Despite the mental and physical difficulties, they all agree that it is worth it and are already thinking about the next run, be it a quick jog or a marathon.

“It’s addicting,” Sullivan said.

Bill Continued from page 1 “Community colleges will see the greatest influx in the beginning.”

Ingram said veterans would likely go to community colleges first because of the high admission standards OU has compared to community colleges. OU is prepared for a large influx of students if it happens, she said.

“I think we have been preparing all along,” Ingram said. “We have several buildings under construction right now which gives us more classrooms overall.”

Ingram said veterans may have special needs that OU will need to be able address in order to better serve those students.

“These veterans have done and seen a lot of things that most of us have not,” she said. “We have the Goddard Health Center right here on campus, and we will help them get the resources or

referrals that they need.”

Unlike Ingram, some OU officials are more hesitant to say whether or not an increase of students will occur. Matt Hamilton, associate vice president of enrollment and student financial aid services, said while there may be an increase in veterans, demographics suggest something quite different.

“Oklahoma demographics are suggesting that high school graduates over the next few years will be flat to decreasing,” Hamilton said in an e-mail. “The demographics alone do not suggest that our undergraduate population will be growing.”

Even though Hamilton was hesitant to say if there would be a growth of students, he acknowledged that OU would be ready if one was to occur.

“If there was an influx of students, I think OU can accommodate that because

we continue to have record-setting graduation classes which allows us to serve slightly larger cohorts of under class students,” Hamilton said.

If an influx of veteran students occurs or not, OU officials are enthusiastic about the new GI Bill and look forward to seeing its effects.

“We’re all just very excited about it,” Ingram said.

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Marriage licenses precede diplomas for many Oklahomans “I always thought that I would wait all four years before I got married,” she said.

Because her husband graduated in May and was able to secure a job to support them, the couple decided to tie the knot earlier than originally planned.

“My parents told me, ‘We’re fine, but if you want to get married, then you’re on your own,’” Colvard WILL HOLLAND said.

Daily Staff Writer She said she had some hesitation about getting married before she graduated, but married life has A recent study shows that most Americans are not been bad so far. waiting longer to get married than their parents “It really has worked out very well,” she said. did, but Oklahomans are tying the knot earlier than Colvard said the hardest part of the process young people in all but one other state. was planning the wedding while A study by the U.S. Department she was still in school. She said of Commerce and the U.S. Census she eased the process by starting Bureau reported that the median Median Age at early, and by Spring Break she age at first marriage rose from was almost done.

First Marriage about 21 for women and 23 for “It’s definitely nice when it’s all men in 1970, to 25 for women and Men over,” she said of the wedding27 for men in 2004.

1. District of Columbia: 30.1 planning process.

Oklahomans are bucking this 2. Massachusetts: 29.1 Other students echoed trend.

Colvard’s sentiments about plan3. Connecticut and New York: 28.9 They get married for the first ning a wedding as a student.

4. New Jersey: 28.6 time an average of two years Human relations senior 5. Vermont and Hawaii: 27.8 before their counterparts in other Ashton Miller, who got engaged 46. Kansas: 25.5 states. in February, said planning her 47. Kentucky: 25.3 Between 2000 and 2003, wedding has been stressful.

48. Idaho: 24.6 the average ages of Oklahoma “There are a lot of time conbrides and grooms was 23 and 25 49. Oklahoma: 24.9 flicts that come into play,” she respectively, according to Census 50. Utah: 23.9 said.

Bureau data.

She said it’s difficult to make Statistically, people who marry time around classes to get to Women young have a lower chance of flower or photography stores, 1. District of Columbia: 29.9 staying together than those who many of which are only open 2. Massachusetts: 27.4 choose to delay the exchange of from 8 a.m. until 5 p.m.

3. New York: 27 vows.

“In the end it’s definitely all 4. Rhode Island: 26.7 A 2007 study by the National worth it,” she said.

5. Connecticut and New Jersey: 26.4 Marriage Project found that peoAlthough Colvard said student 43-48. Alaska, Arkansas, Idaho and ple are about half as likely to file marriages can work, she doesn’t for a divorce if they marry after Kentucky: 22.8 recommend marriage before they turn 25.

49. Oklahoma: 22.7 graduation. She said her marriage But some OU students who has worked well because she and 50. Utah: 21.9 have already tied the knot say her husband have a good support marriage has actually made their network.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau lives easier.

“We have a great church that Photography senior Kyle Maly we like to go to and a great group married his wife, who is also an of friends,” she said.

OU student, in August.

Despite the difficulties of planning weddings as “We had been together for a long time,” Maly said, students and the grim statistics about the outcomes “and I just thought the time was right.” of young marriages, married OU students are both Maly said his stress level has decreased since mar- optimistic and realistic about their relationships. riage. He said living with his wife is easier than living Communication sciences and disorders junior with a group of friends because his house is cleaner Megan Basch, who is planning on getting married in than it would be if he were living with several men. July, said she thinks marriage is difficult no matter Clark McCaskill/The Daily Early childhood education senior Carrie Colvard, how old people are.

Jason Laning, OU alumnus, and Carrie Colvard, early childhood education senior, share a kiss Sunday. Laning and Colvard who was married in July, said she didn’t think she “All marriages take work, regardless of your age,” have been married for four months. would marry before graduation. she said.

• Oklahomans marry younger than people in every state but Utah

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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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Enrollment aside, university education always an asset If current trends hold, there may be fewer freshmen traipsing across Oklahoma campuses in crimson and cream or (heaven forbid) orange and black next year.

Enrollment at the state’s community and regional colleges is up slightly, while the number of students at its universities has slipped. (See p. 1 for details).

This isn’t necessarily a negative trend.

Not everyone needs the kind of education (and expenses) that are on offer at four-year universities.

For many people, regional colleges and vocational and technical schools are perfect fits for their personalities and their post-graduation plans.

But we’re wary of the possibility that, as they watch enrollment climb at smaller schools and shrink at the state’s universities, Oklahoma lawmakers will shift resources away from universities

in favor of increasingly popular community colleges.

This would be shortsighted and ultimately counterproductive.

Although community and OUR VIEW regional colleges do an excelis an editorial selected and debated lent job of preparing students by the editorial board for the work force in a short and written after a amount of time, universities majority opinion is have their own set of imporformed and approved by the editor. Our View tant benefits for both students is The Daily’s official and the state. opinion.

University students may not get hands-on technical training, but they get instruction from world-class experts in their fields. They may not sit in classes that average fewer than 15 students, but they have

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the opportunity to interact with a diverse cross-section of people from across Oklahoma and around the country.

At their best, universities foster a sense of intellectual community. They nurture new ideas and encourage people to explore the world, whether by working in a biological research lab or studying abroad.

It would be wrong to shortchange this sort of academic experience because universities suffer a short-term dip in enrollment numbers.

It wouldn’t make financial sense, either.

Educational studies have long shown that universities have a profound positive impact on their local economies.

OU generated an estimated 40,336 jobs in Oklahoma in 2007, either directly, on its three

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campuses, or indirectly through the presence of its students, faculty and visitors, according to the university’s most recent economic impact report.

That adds up to $1.46 billion in wages for people living in Oklahoma.

The university’s students and visitors spent $329 million off-campus last year, and the university generated about $300 million in local, state and federal taxes.

Universities are good for their students and their state, and they deserve continued support from the lawmakers who appropriate state money.

They should consider it an investment in the future of its young people and its economic health.

And unlike recent investments in the stock market, the mortgage market or General Motors, this is an investment that is sure to yield a healthy return.

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As America changes, so must its school system

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By telling students and their parents that worthwhile citizens are created only by higher education, proper respect for hard work of any type is lost. education without regard to aptitudes or life goals.

At its inception, the public school system allowed students to attend school for as long as they needed to gain the skills that would be beneficial to their lives and eventual professions.

A student who planned to take over the family farm could attend long enough to gain the literacy and math skills to make sales and communicate effectively.

A student who wanted to be a medical doctor could just as easily attend school for years more to achieve his goal.

These days, though, a student is bombarded with the idea that if she doesn’t go to college, she is less respectable and ultimately less of a person.

This notion is ludicrous, but our country’s school system perpetuates the idea.

A college education should be available to all who want it and wish to pursue it. However, the irrespective forcing of college entrance onto all students

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lars in college debt.

Beyond this, forcing students into higher education also perpetuates discrimination and disdain for working-class citizens.

By telling students and their parents that worthwhile citizens are created only by higher education, proper respect for hard work of any type is lost.

When too much emphasis is put on university education, an elitist ideal for society persists.

Instead, this country needs to revive its respect for anyone who works to earn her or his own way and achieves her or his highest potential.

Fortunately, one state in this country finally has the right idea.

New Hampshire announced in October that it will begin giving rigorous board exams to high school sophomores.

Those who pass would have the choice of graduating after the 10th grade and entering state community and technical colleges.

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These new tests will be not be formatted like current midhigh exams given under “No Child Left Behind.” Instead, they will be modeled after Advanced Placement exams, which are a much better judge of competency in scholastic subjects.

They will not be tests that require simply bubble filling, and thus they will require a higher standard of education for students to pass them.

This new system will improve the quality of education for all students, not just those taking the exams.

In New Hampshire, students no longer will be forced to follow the same academic schedule as others their age, but will be allowed to work at their own pace and work toward a career they feel fit for.

Additionally, the new school format will be able to give extra time, money and attention to the students following four-year graduation plans.

Students who require more time to reach this new standard of graduation and students who desire to expand their studies before entering a university setting will have the resources for their needs.

While it sounds new and frightening to Americans, this system is similar to highly effective ones that dozens of other industrialized countries have been using for years.

Because the strengths of an individual are played upon, instead of forcing a (sociallyconstructed) ideal of education upon everyone, the individuals and country as a whole are better able to prosper.

This system does not take away the opportunities for education. Rather, it is better able to adapt to the requirements, talents and goals of each student as an individual.

Instead of remaining so ensconced in its current mindset, the U.S. should opt for this change in order to revive the school system and respect for all modes of work and education.

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Schools now focus on passing students, not educating them, because every time a student doesn’t pass a grade, it represents an extra year of school the government has to pay for.

The monetary strain of this system falls on the students as well.

When students whose strengths incline them to technical or vocational schools are forced into university settings, they often drop out in a year or two, but only after acquiring thousands of dol-

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Since education reformer Horace Mann invigorated the public school system by introducing new ideas about how schools should be run in the 1830s, this country has changed drastically.

The U.S. has expanded in geographic size, population, literacy and economic power.

However, the public school system has hardly changed in format.

There is still a three-month break for the summer harvest, even though less than 1 percent of citizens are farmers.

The school week consists of five days, from early morning to midafternoon, even after the inventions of heating, air conditioning and electric lighting, despite scientific research showing that students of school age are biologically inclined to sleep during most of school’s morning hours.

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The most concerning is the pushing of students into higher

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Sophomore Blake Griffin (23) pulls the ball away from two opponents during OU’s 83-54 victory over American University Friday. Griffin had game-highs in points with 24 and rebounds with 18 in 33 minutes of play. For a full photo slideshow of Friday’s action, visit oudaily.com.

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Sophomore Cade Davis (34) goes up for a lay-up against American. Davis scored 11 off the bench, and was one of three Sooners with double-digit points.

Men’s basketball cruises in season opener • Griffin leads Sooners to dominating 29-point win ERIC DAMA Daily Staff Writer The OU men’s basketball team picked up right where it left off in the preseason as it had no trouble routing American University, 83-54, in Friday night’s season opener.

Blake Griffin recorded a double-double on his way to game-highs in both points and rebounds.

Griffin finished with 24 points and 18 rebounds in 33 minutes of action.

The Sooners won in large part because of their physical play on defense.

Seven players combined to account for 13 steals and six blocks, while American finished with 15 turnovers and only one block, and only two players recorded more than seven points.

“That’s exactly what we wanted to do,” said Griffin. “That’s what we’ve been talking about all week, just getting in their faces.”

OU contested seemingly every shot attempted by the Eagles, who struggled the entire night.

American shot 35 percent from the field and was 6-22 from three-point range.

“I was very impressed with Oklahoma,” said American head coach Jeff Jones. “They are even more physically imposing than what we thought they were coming in. Griffin obviously is the cornerstone, but they have really nice pieces to go with him.”

One of those pieces is sophomore guard Cade Davis. Davis came off the bench midway through the first half and immediately hit a shot from beyond the arc.

He added two more three-pointers soon after, helping OU break away and enter halftime with a 47-24 lead.

“That helped us a lot,” said head coach Jeff Capel. “It got us going. One of the things that Cade does every time he’s in the game is he gives you energy. It just feels like a jolt to the team.”

It was a tale of two halves for freshman Willie Warren. Like he did in OU’s two exhibition games, Warren seemed content to settle for outside jumpers, even when they weren’t

STAFF COLUMN

For OU, style points have become very important o one likes to talk about them. We’re supposed to imagine they’re unimportant, non-existent and irrelevant.

Coaches act like they are unaware of their significance, but behind the scenes they know they can be their greatest ally.

They’re style points, and they may be more important over the next two weeks than they’ve ever been.

Ever since Texas Tech won backto-back games against Texas and Oklahoma State, the talk among college football analysts has been about what will happen if the Big 12 South ends in a three-way tie.

As has been widely discussed over the past week, if that scenario occurs, the team with the highest BCS ranking will go to the Big 12 title game in Kansas City.

But the question is, who will end up with that highly regarded spot in the BCS? Logic says it could be the Sooners, despite the fact that they are currently behind both the Red Raiders and the Longhorns.

If the Sooners successfully finish the rest of the season undefeated, they will have won consecutive games on national television over the No. 2 and No. 12 teams in the country in the last two games of the year, with one of those victories on the road.

Meanwhile, in this scenario, Tech will have a loss and then will face Baylor while Texas has a bye before taking on Texas A&M. Neither of those opponents will do anything to help Texas or Tech’s strength of schedule.

Speaking of strength of schedule, the Sooners should have an advantage because they played a non-conference schedule that included two teams — Cincinnati and TCU — in the top 25 that could potentially win their conferences.

Neither Texas nor Tech played a top-25 team during their non-conference schedules.

However, the important thing to remember is that the computers make up 1/3 of the BCS rankings.

The other 2/3 belongs to human polls, and you never want to leave “logic” up to humans.

The fact is, OU should be able to get to the Big 12 title by just winning the next two games, but that’s not a sure thing. Many voters will say OU’s lone loss (by 10 points to Texas

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on a neutral field) is worse than Texas’ loss (on a last-second Texas Tech touchdown on the road).

The point is, every human out there has their own opinion and their own motivation to vote for one team or another.

The coaches’ poll counts for part of the BCS formula, and Mack Brown and Mike Leach will be voting (Bob Stoops does not participate in the coach’s poll).

Even more disturbing is that in the final two weeks the coaches can vote anonymously.

So what it comes down to is, even if the computers have OU ranked ahead of Texas and Texas Tech, it’s not a sure thing that OU will make it to Kansas City.

STEVEN The only option is to keep winning, JONES and if at all possible, win big.

Style points are what will impress voters. Most voters don’t have time to watch all college football games every Saturday; they just check box scores. So no matter how it happens, beating Texas Tech by double digits will look better than a one-point victory.

Beating Oklahoma State by 21, even if it all comes by throwing bombs in the fourth quarter, will look better than a one-touchdown win.

The only way for the Sooners to secure a spot in the Big 12 title game is to make sure most voters favor them in the Big 12 South.

It’s so important that I wouldn’t be surprised if you see some different coaching out of Stoops in the next few weeks.

Sam Bradford has been pulled early in almost every game this season, but if OU somehow gets a big lead next Saturday, I don’t think the Sooners will roll out the secondteamers and run straight up the middle three times before punting.

OU can’t afford to let the score be any closer than it has to be. Trust me, I realize that above all else, winning is what’s important. If the Sooners drop either of the next two games they will lose their Big 12 and national title hopes entirely.

But whether you want to admit it or not, style points are going to rear their ugly head in the next few weeks. Because right now, they’re more important than ever.

— STEVEN JONES IS A LANGUAGE ARTS EDUCATION JUNIOR.

Senior Taylor Griffin, on the other hand, was falling. The guard was 0-3 from the field in the first half, with all of his shots coming from thee- consistent throughout the night. Although he didn’t reach double-digits in any category, Taylor point land.

“I thought he did some good things in the first recorded eight points, five rebounds, four steals half,” said Capel, “he just couldn’t make a shot. and three blocks.

“He did a decent job in a lot of different He really doesn’t need to be just a three-point areas,” said Capel. “His play shooter.” in the first half when he had In the second half, Warren the steal and then went down became noticeably more and got the three point play, aggressive, and began driving What: First round of the and then Cade hit the three, the ball to the basket. that broke it open and got us In two instances, Warren NIT Season Tip-Off going.” drove inside the paint, was Who: Against Mississippi OU will now begin NIT fouled in mid-air, and still manValley State Season Tip-Off at 8 tonight aged to make the shot followWhen: 8 p.m. tonight against Mississippi Valley ing the contact. He finished Where: Lloyd Noble State. with 10 points, two assists and Center If the Sooners successfully two steals. make their way through the “The main thing he needs to Norman regional — which know is to stay focused and not let the first half affect the second half, or includes last year’s NCAA tournament darling vice versa,” Griffin said. “He can create shots, Davidson — they will move on to finish the tourhe can get to the hole, he can do so many things nament at Madison Square Garden in New York.

Last year, OU made it to New York but lost to that if he does get down on himself you can No. 3 Memphis 63-53. really tell.”

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• Courtney Paris leads No. 4 Sooners to 33-point victory MATT WELCH Daily Staff Writer The University of California-Riverside knew it needed to throw the kitchen sink at the Paris sisters Saturday afternoon, but any attempt to thwart the potent Sooner frontcourt only created opportunities for the rest of the offense.

Finishing the day with a team-high 18 points, senior center Courtney Paris highlighted a balanced offensive attack, as the No. 4 women’s basketball team steamrolled UCR 88-57 at Lloyd Noble Center in the opening round of the Preseason Women’s NIT. Six Sooners finished in double figures, including 14 points off the bench from junior guard Nyeshia Stevenson.

Head coach Sherri Coale liked the way her team responded to the improved opposition after a pair of lopsided exhibition victories.

“I was really pleased with our effort,” Coale said. “Obviously I’m pleased with the balanced scoring … [UC-Riverside] is very, very difficult to guard. I appreciate our guys’ effort in the challenge of trying to defend them.”

Paris, whose 18-point effort moved her into second place on OU’s career scoring list, matched her sister Ashley on the glass with Clark McCaskill/The Daily 14 rebounds. Together, the two Sooners outrebounded the Highlanders 28-24.

Senior Ashley Paris (5) goes up for a rebound in Saturday’s 88-57 victory over California-Riverside. The Paris “We do have a size advantage, so we should sisters finished with 28 rebounds between them, four more than the entire Riverside team combined. out-rebound them,” Coale said. “They spent most of the night running their offense above Despite a slight drop in shooting in the sec“We just have experience,” Robinson said. the free throw line, which is effective and “We returned four out of five starters from ond half (44 percent), OU maintained its neardifficult to defend, but if you can get them to last year’s team and the two new additions 30-point cushion through physical and oppormiss, then you have a have adjusted really tunistic defense, recording eight second-half good shot at getting steals and scoring 18 points off turnovers. well.” the rebound.”

Beyond the team’s chemistry and depth, one Freshman guard Finishing the day and preseason Big of the 2008 season’s subplots is Robinson’s with a total rebound12 Freshman of the transition to running the offense full-time after ing edge of 50-24, Year Whitney Hand splitting point guard duties last season. the Sooners dealt Coming off a successful freshman campaign gave the Sooners the Highlanders a a spark from long that netted the San Jose, Calif., native Big balanced showing range in her first 12 Freshman of the Year honors, Robinson on both ends of the action outside of slashed her way through the UCR defense for floor.

13 points, adding a game-high six assists on exhibition play.

The Sooners’ effiThe newest face top of only two turnovers. ciency on offense “It was tough adjustment coming from the starting fold, – Sophomore Danielle Robinson inHand told the story early shot 3-for-7 high school to being a college point guard,” on, as they built a from the outside and Robinson said. “But now that I have a year 48-29 lead and closed out the first half shoot- finished with 11 points overall. under my belt and that experience has definiting 55 percent from the field.

Counting the season’s exhibition games, ly helped a lot.”

Junior forward Amanda Thompson scored Hand is 7-for-17 on the year from outside; a The Sooners will attempt to deal another 11 of her 13 points in the first half, while much-needed boost to a Sooner offense that well-rounded performance on Wednesday evesophomore guard Danielle Robinson added finished with a conference-low 28 percent ning, when they host Middle Tennessee at 7 another nine. p.m. in second-round tournament action. from long range last year.

“We returned four out of five starters from last year’s team and the two new additions have adjusted really well.”

ESPN College Gameday will broadcast live from OU’s campus Saturday when the No. 5 Sooners host No. 2 Texas Tech. The show will begin at 9 a.m.

The set will be located inside the track at the John Jacobs Track & Field Complex immediately east of Oklahoma Memorial Stadium. The site is the same location as the last broadcast in Norman on Oct. 13, 2007, when the Sooners defeated Missouri.

It will be the 20th time the show has been on hand for an Oklahoma game and the sixth time the program has televised live from Norman.

Other trips to Norman included the 2007 Missouri game, 2003 Oklahoma State game, 2001 Kansas State game, 2000 Nebraska game and 1995 Colorado game.

The Sooners are 14-5 overall in games with the program on site including 4-1 in Norman.

The game will be aired on ABC starting at 7 p.m. and is OU’s 81st consecutive televised game.

For details about TV, radio and internet coverage of the game, visit soonersports.com.

Legendre wins bronze in Japan Sophomore gymnast Steven Legendre won the bronze medal on vault Sunday at an international tournament in Toyota, Japan.

Legendre scored 15.825 to place third behind Romanians Daniel Popescu (16.000) and Alin Jivan (15.900). He also finished sixth on both parallel bars and high bar.

On Saturday Legendre finished in a tie for fifth on floor exercise, his best event, after a mistake caused him to leave out one of his planned elements.

The competition was Legendre’s second international assignment as a member of the U.S. national team.

Sooners sign three new women gymnasts The reigning Big 12 champion women’s gymnastics team signed three new members during the early signing period last week.

Joining the Sooners’ 2009 squad will be Bethany Neubauer of Edmond, Kayla Nowak from Algonquin, Ill. and Brie Olson from St. Cloud, Minn.

Neubauer was the Level 10 Oklahoma state champion in 2008 and the 2006 Level 10 regional beam and vault champion.

Novak placed second in the all-around at the 2008 Illinois state meet after top-three standings on all four events.

Olson was the 2008 Minnesota state champion on bars and vault in after capturing the all-around title in the 9-16 age bracket the year before.

Cross country runner finishes 10th at regional Sophomore Kelly Waters finished 10th at the NCAA Midwest Regional Saturday in Stillwater, leading a group of three OU runners.

Waters finished the 6,000-meter race in 21 minutes and nine seconds.

Water was joined by Jessica Engel, who finished 28th with a time of 21:48, and junior Lauren Watson who came in 56th in a time of 22:25.

Rachel Marchand of Iowa won the event with a time of 20:32.

— DAILY STAFF

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Lindsey Newell, drama junior, as Elizabeth Bennett, and Wes Aderhold, drama senior, as Mr. Darcy, perform in the final dress rehearsal of “Pride & Prejudice” Thursday night at the Weitzenhoffer Theatre.

University Theatre review: ‘Pride and Prejudice’ “Pride and Prejudice” is the kind of production you’d take your grandma to. I don’t mean that in a derogatory way, it’s just that a theater adaptation of Jane Austen’s beloved novel is nice, safe and pleasant. And not very interesting.

I respect Austen’s work, and I don’t mind sitting through the film adaptations of her novel, but the University Theatre production of “Pride and Prejudice” was a dull, languishing three hours without the benefit of strong performances where they needed to be. The play will continue to run in the Weitzenhoffer Theatre through Nov. 23.

There are supporting characters with substantial parts in the play, but the success of “Pride and Prejudice” hinges on the performance of the leads. The romance of Mr. Darcy and Elizabeth Bennet is the crux of the story – it must crackle with the conflict of the two strong-willed personalities, and it must sparkle with a sense of fierce romance. The opening night production did neither. It had all the crack and spark of a wet blanket.

Drama senior Wes Aderhold stars as Mr. Darcy, and while he managed to achieve the aloofness that is key to Darcy’s character, the correspond-

ing charm was nowhere to be found. It was hard to believe that any manifestation of Elizabeth Bennet would fall for Aderhold’s Darcy. At least half of his performance consisted of a blank-faced Abercrombie model stare, and although I’m sure he’s a capable actor, he just looked bored on Friday night.

Similarly, drama junior Lindsey Newell didn’t seem right for the role of the feisty Elizabeth. Newell was much too restrained in her performance, and although she was able to conjure up some romantic chemistry between her and Aderhold, it was nowhere near convincing enough.

When the two finally did kiss, it was the first real romantic gesture between them, and it rang hollow.

Fortunately, there were several performances that livened up the play, ensuring at least a few punctuated moments of entertainment in what was otherwise a plodding experience.

Drama graduate student Cassidy Elms excelled as the high-strung Mrs. Bennet, and her frequent emotional outbursts never failed to elicit hearty laughs from the crowd. Elms is a gifted comic talent, and her presence is

A&E BRIEFLY McCartney hopes to release funky Beatles track LONDON — Paul McCartney says it’s time an experimental Beatles track saw the light of day.

McCartney says he wants to release “Carnival of Light,” a 14-minute experimental track the Fab Four recorded in 1967 but never released.

The band played the recording for an audience just once, at an electronic music festival in London. It reportedly includes distorted guitar, organ sounds, gargling and shouts of “Barcelona!” and “Are you all right?” from McCartney and John Lennon.

McCartney said during a recording session at Abbey Road studios he asked the other members of the band to “just wander round all of the stuff and bang it, shout, play it. It doesn’t need to make any sense.”

“I like it because it’s The Beatles free, going off piste,” he told the BBC in a radio interview to be broadcast Thursday. Extracts of the interview were published Sunday in The Observer newspaper.

McCartney said he still had a master tape of the piece and “the time has come for it to get its moment.”

McCartney, usually regarded as the most melodically minded Beatle, told the BBC he had a long-standing interest in avant-garde music. He said “Carnival of Light” was inspired by experimental composers John Cage and Karlheinz Stockhausen.

He said he had wanted to include the track on the Beatles’ “Anthology” compilation, but was vetoed by his bandmates.

McCartney would need permission from Ringo Starr and the widows of Lennon and George Harrison to release the track.

‘Today’ show’s Ann Curry struggling up Kilimanjaro NEW YORK — Climbing Africa’s Mount Kilimanjaro is no weekend hike, and the “Today” show’s Ann Curry was feeling it on Saturday.

The NBC reporter was sent on assignment for the popular morning show’s “Ends of the Earth” feature, which begins Monday. The program’s four chief personalities will embark on lengthy road trips to illustrate environmental stories.

“This is like climbing a Stairmaster for six hours a day with 20 pounds on your back,” Curry said in a telephone interview from her tent following Saturday’s climb.

She’s hardly an experienced climber. The last mountain she scaled was half the size, and she did it while in college, said Curry, who turns 52 on Wednesday. She learned of the assignment only three weeks ago, giving her little time to train.

Her climb is plotted out so that if she does make it to the summit of the 19,000-plus-foot Tanzanian mountain, it will be shown during Friday’s edition of “Today.”

“To be honest with you, I’m not sure I’m going to make it to the top,” she said. “But all the pain and suffering is worth it

because of the incredible vistas all around me.”

The mountain made famous in Ernest Hemingway’s short story “The Snows of Kilimanjaro” was selected by “Today” because that snow is shrinking, said Jim Bell, the show’s executive producer. There’s concern that, because of environmental conditions, the mountain’s glaciers could disappear.

“I miss my family,” said Curry, whose clothes were clammy and wet from a rainstorm Saturday. “And also warm showers.

And I could really use a stiff drink.”

“Today” is sending Meredith Vieira to Australia to report on drought and Al Roker to geologically active Iceland. Matt Lauer, who already globe-trotted this spring for the “Where in the World is Matt Lauer” segment, will be exploring the natural beauty of Belize.

Animal rights group targets Lindsay Lohan PARIS — U.S. actress Lindsay Lohan has been pelted with a flour bomb on arrival at a Paris nightclub wearing a fur stole.

Animal rights activists showered the 22-year-old actress with flour when she went to the VIP Room Theater in the early hours of Saturday with her friend, disc jockey Samantha Ronson.

The owner of the nightclub helped Lohan dust off her blue sequined dress and black stole before she posed on the red carpet. Ronson went on to spin tracks for a crowd that included reggae rapper Shaggy and “I Kissed a Girl” singer Katy Perry.

always welcome in University Theatre productions.

Drama junior Cody Mayo was also excellent as the earnest Mr. Bingley, and his romance with Jane Bennet (drama sophomore Aimee Crowther) easily upstaged the main act.

Technically, “Pride and Prejudice” was hit or miss. The costume design by costume design junior Christopher Harris was outstanding, but the dance choreography was lackluster at best. The play makes extensive use of dance, as many scenes take place at a ball, but few of the actors seemed very well prepared.

“Pride and Prejudice” is easily the weakest effort put forth by University Theatre so far this year, but its biggest problem is that it’s a bit tedious, not terrible. But if you take Grandma, I’m sure she’ll love it.

— DUSTY SOMERS IS A JOURNALISM JUNIOR.

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NY busboy sues Timberlake restaurant over pay NEW YORK — A busboy is suing Justin Timberlake, saying the pop star’s Manhattan barbecue joint didn’t pay him a legal wage.

Felipe Ramales, 26, said in a federal lawsuit filed Friday that he worked for Timberlake’s Southern Comfort restaurant for about a year before he left in June.

The suit said Ramales and other staffers didn’t get their proper share of a gratuity charge that the Upper East Side restaurant automatically collected from parties with six or more diners. Ramales, of the Bronx, also said he worked more than 40 hours per week without getting overtime.

A manager at the restaurant, Chris Russell, called the lawsuit baseless. He said staff members received every dime of their tips, and busboys were paid well over the legal minimum wage.

Publicists for Timberlake did not immediately respond to e-mail messages Friday night. The lawsuit also names two other partners in the restaurant; Russell said he couldn’t immediately provide phone numbers for them.

Lawsuits alleging similar labor law violations have been filed against several other New York City restaurants in recent years.

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Dunwoody becomes first female four-star general • Women make up 14 percent of active-duty Army WASHINGTON — Call it breaking the brass ceiling. Ann E. Dunwoody, after a 33-year Army career that began at Fort Sill, ascended Friday to a peak never before reached by a woman in the U.S. military: four-star general.

At an emotional promotion ceremony, Dunwoody looked back on her years in uniform and said it was a credit to the Army — and a great surprise to her — that she would make history in a male-dominated military.

“Thirty-three years after I took the oath as a second lieutenant, I have to tell you this is not exactly how I envisioned my life unfolding,” she told a standing-room-only auditorium crowd. “Even as a young kid, all I ever wanted to do was teach physical education and raise a family.

“It was clear to me that my Army experience was just going to be a two-year detour en route to my fitness profession,” she added. “So when asked, ‘Ann, did you ever think you were going to be a general officer, to say nothing about a four-star?’

I say, ‘Not in my wildest dreams.’

“There is no one more surprised than I — except, of course, my husband. You know what they say, ‘Behind every successful woman there is an astonished man.’ “ Gen. George Casey, the Army’s chief of staff, said that if there is one thing that distinguishes Dunwoody it is her lifetime commitment to excelling in uniform.

“If you talk to leaders around the Army and say, ‘What do you think about Ann Dunwoody?’ almost unanimously you get: ‘She’s a soldier,’” Casey said, adding that he admires the fact that, “she’s a soldier first.”

Dunwoody, 55, hails from a family of military men dating back to the 1800s. Her father, 89-year-old Hal Dunwoody — a decorated veteran of World War II, the Korean War and Vietnam — was in the audience, along with the service chiefs of the Army, Navy, Air Force and Marines, plus the Joint Chiefs chairman, Adm. Mike Mullen.

Dunwoody, whose husband, Craig Brotchie, served for 26 years in the Air Force, choked up at times during a speech in which she said she only recently realized how much her

NEWS BRIEFS Even as winds calm, more Californians flee fires DIAMOND BAR, Calif. — More residents of Southern California were urged to leave their homes Sunday despite calming winds that allowed a major aerial attack on wildfires that have destroyed hundreds of homes and blanketed the region in smoke.

Fires burned in Los Angeles County, to the east in Riverside and Orange counties, and to the northwest in Santa Barbara County.

More than 800 homes and apartments were destroyed by fires that have burned areas more

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PETTY LARCENY Jacklyn Nicole Autry, 18, 3400 block W. Main Street, Wednesday Darren Richard Fleishour, 32, 1100 block E. Lindsey Street, Thursday Samuel Haynes, 25, 1100 block E. Lindsey Street, Thursday Lauren Elizabeth Pate, 18, 3400 block W. Main Street, Wednesday Mark Bennet Shapiro, 58, 1100 block W. Main Street, Friday

FURNISHING ALCOHOL TO A PERSON UNDER 21 YEARS OF AGE Jen H. Chen, 23, 200 block N. Flood Avenue, Thursday Americ Leevirsphan, 45, 2300 block W. Main Street, Thursday

DRIVING UNDER THE INFLUENCE Rachael Ann Fenlon, 20, 1800 block Beaumont Drive, Thursday

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Gen. Ann E. Dunwoody gives a thumbs up during her promotion ceremony to four-star general on Friday at the Pentagon.

Dunwoody, who hails from a family of miilitary men, began her service at Ft. Sill in 1976. accomplishment means to others.

“This promotion has taken me back in time like no other event in my entire life,” she said. “And I didn’t appreciate the enormity of the events until tidal waves of cards, letters, and e-mails started coming my way.

“And I’ve heard from men and women, from every branch of service, from every region of our country, and every corner of the world. I’ve heard from moms and dads who see this promotion as a beacon of home for their own daughters and

than 34 square miles since Thursday.

No deaths have been reported, but police brought in trained dogs Sunday morning to search the rubble of a mobile home park where nearly 500 homes were destroyed. No bodies had been found by midday.

“This has been a very tough few days for the people of Southern California,” Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger said after touring damage.

after affirmation that anything is possible through hard work and commitment.”In remarks opening Dunwoody’s Pentagon ceremony, Defense Secretary Robert Gates underscored the tradition of military service in Dunwoody’s family, spanning five generations, beginning with her great-grandfather, Brig.

Gen. Henry Harrison Chase Dunwoody, who graduated from West Point in 1866 and was the chief signal officer in Cuba from 1898 to 1901.

“As she’s been known to say, olive drab runs in her veins,” Gates said.

Later Friday, at Fort Belvoir, Va. — her birthplace — Dunwoody was sworn in as commander of the Army Materiel Command, responsible for equipping, outfitting and arming all U.S. soldiers across the globe. Just five months ago, she became the first female deputy commander there.

Dunwoody was nominated by President George W. Bush in June for promotion to four-star rank, and she was confirmed by the Senate in July.

There are 21 female general officers in the Army — all but four at the one-star rank of brigadier. It was not until 1970 that the Army had its first one-star: Anna Mae Hays, chief of the Army Nurse Corps.

Women now make up about 14 percent of the active-duty Army and are allowed to serve in a wide variety of assignments. They are still excluded from units designed primarily to engage in direct combat, such as infantry and tank units, but their opportunities have expanded over the past two decades.

Dunwoody received her Army commission after graduating from the State University of New York in 1975.

Her first assignment was to Fort Sill, as supply platoon leader in June 1976, and she remained at Sill in various positions until she was sent to quartermaster officer school at Fort Lee, Va., in July 1980.

She later served in Germany and Saudi Arabia.

After graduating from the Command and General Staff College in 1987, she was assigned to Fort Bragg, N.C., where she became the 82nd Airborne Division’s first female battalion commander.

She has numerous decorations, including the Distinguished Service Medal and Defense Superior Service Medal.

“dinosaur” whose “day of reckoning” is near, while Democrats pledged Sunday to do their best to get Detroit a slice of the $700 billion Wall Street rescue in this week’s lame-duck session of Congress.

The companies are seeking $25 billion from the financial industry bailout for emergency loans.

Natural gas rush stirs environShowdown looming in Congress mental concerns on automaker rescue ALBANY, N.Y. — Advanced drilling techniques WASHINGTON — Hardline opponents of an auto industry bailout branded the industry a

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underground are opening up “unconventional” gas fields touted as a key to the nation’s energy future.

These deposits, where natural gas is so tightly locked in deep rocks that it’s costly and complicated to extract, include the Barnett shale in Texas, the Fayetteville of Arkansas, and the Haynesville of Louisiana. But the mother lode is the Marcellus shale underlying the Appalachians.

Geologists call the Marcellus a “super giant” gas field. Penn State geoscientist Terry Engelder believes it could supply the natural gas needs of the United States for 14 years.

But as word spread over the past year that a 54,000-square-mile shale field from southern

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TUESDAY STUDENT MEDIA Free portraits will be available at 9 a.m. in the Oklahoma Memorial Union.

SCHOOL OF MUSIC There will be a flute ensemble concert at noon at the Fred Jones Jr. Museum of Art. A concert featuring New Century Ensemble will be at 8 p.m. in Sharp Concert Hall.

PRE-NURSING CLUB A meeting will be held at 6:30 p.m. in the Physical Science Center, room 122.

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New York to West Virginia promised to yield a trillion dollars worth of gas, environmental alarms were sounded.

“This gas well drilling could transform the heavily forested upper Delaware watershed from a wild and scenic natural habitat into an ugly industrial landscape that is forever changed,” said Tracy Carluccio of Delaware Riverkeeper. She’d like a moratorium on drilling to allow an inventory of natural areas to be done first.

Gas developers say environmental alarms are exaggerated and New York could miss out on much-needed capital investment and jobs if it takes a heavy-handed regulatory approach.

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Monday, Nov. 17, 2008 SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 22) -- Help family members pull together, rather than taking sides or finding fault with their aims and aspirations. Even if you believe something is beyond their reach, encourage them to try.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20) -- Getting distasteful assignments out of the way once and for all will provide a solid sense of achievement, but if you succumb to excuses, you might put things off once again.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 23-Dec. 21) -- Your hopes to fulfill your aims are actually quite good, but unless you believe in yourself, your chances for achieving everything of which you are capable will not be realized.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20) -- This is an excellent day to take care of an obligation, but don’t assume you can do so without contacting the other person involved. He or she might have other plans and be unavailable.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) -- Instead of being intimidated by the competition’s bravado, draw upon those reserves that your adversaries don’t possess. You have far more talent and luck going for you.

CANCER (June 21-July 22) -- Financial currents are presently running in your favor, and you should be able to make some serious money. However, wait until you have cash in the bank before going on a plastic spree.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 19) -- When negotiating an important agreement, your opponent will try to get you to believe that he or she has the upper hand; in reality, though, you’re in the driver’s seat.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22) -- Your greatest asset is the ability to assess situations properly; yet when it comes time to execute your conclusions, you might let another convince you not to do what you know is best.

PISCES (Feb. 20-March 20) -- Dare to be bold and different when circumstances warrant it, especially if it could benefit your career. It’ll be your loss if you don’t take advantage of favorable openings.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) -This could be one of those days when co-workers or associates are willing to help you without asking for anything in return.

However, don’t take them for granted; make it a point to repay their favors.

ARIES (March 21-April 19) -- You have the ability to bring together unrelated factions for a common purpose, but unless you take the time to communicate your points in understandable ways, they won’t comply.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23) -You’re in a fortunate cycle where you’ll be having lots of fun with friends. Just don’t appoint yourself judge, jury or entertainment director every time a decision has to be made.

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Writer, musicologist Wagner delivers multimedia lecture CASSIE RHEA LITTLE Daily Staff Writer Renowned multimedia director, musicologist and writer Dr. Gottfried Wagner spoke to a crowded Meacham Auditorium Friday afternoon, where he discussed the German National Myth in Bayreuth and the musical works of his prestigious family in a multimedia lecture.

Wagner, who is internationally known as the great-grandson of the famous German composer Richard Wagner and direct descendant of the composer Franz Liszt, spoke openly during Friday’s lecture about the guilt felt by the first generation of Germans after the Holocaust and the necessity for the third and fourth generations to come into a certain dialogue about the Holocaust.

“I like how he showed how Wagner’s music adapted,” Andrew Coon, history junior, said. “Music is in the eye of the beholder.”

Koon said he knew some of the Wagner story before the lecture but was enlightened by the way Wagner discussed the disillusion of his famous family during the Holocaust. Wagner stressed throughout the lecture the amount of brainwashing Germans underwent during the Nazi rule.

Danielle Robinson, history and Judaic studies junior, said she enjoyed hearing Wagner tell the story of his prestigious family.

“I think [Wagner] wanted to give people who didn’t know a lot about his family and an idea of what they did and some background,” Robinson said.

She said she especially noticed how Wagner attempted to shed light on the historic time and suggested that more students take part in this type of lecture, because learning directly from a source is a great way to understand material in a personal way.

Rebecca Kraus, philosophy senior, said she was especially surprised to hear about Hitler’s love for the opera during Wagner’s lecture. She said it is easy for people to only explore one side of the Holocaust’s story. Hearing from Wagner revealed another side, she said.

“Students should attend these lectures because it is a great way to experience new things,” Kraus said.

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Musician B.B. King performs Friday night at Riverwind Casino.

JAMES LOVETT Daily Staff Writer B.B. King, a true living legend of American music, brought his signature style of blues guitar to a packed theater Friday night at Riverwind Casino.

King has been called the third greatest guitarist of all time by “Rolling Stone” magazine, and at 83 years old, he showed the Norman crowd he can still lay it down. Throughout the evening, the Mississippi blues legend made the audience laugh along with him while he poked fun at his age between songs.

“Oh gosh, I’m so glad to be back,” King told the crowd. “At my age, I’m glad to be anywhere. Been at this now 60 years of tryin’ to do what I’m tryin’ to do.”

King’s backing band, an eight-man

group wearing black tuxedos, came on stage to play two songs before being joined by the star. As King approached the stage carrying his signature guitar, Lucille, fans rose to their feet and erupted into cheers.

Although he was sometimes coughing in-between breaks in the lyrics, King can still belt it out with a voice full of energy and soul. He told the audience he’s been recording since 1949, and has played concerts in over 90 countries around the world.

King and his band performed for nearly two hours, and after the music stopped he stayed on stage to interact with some of the crowd. He tried on a young boy’s fedora hat, threw out several guitar picks and signed autographs before being helped off the stage.

While a majority of the crowd may

have been 40 and older, Tim Chambers, University College freshman, said he was glad to get to see King while he is still around.

“I didn’t ever know if I would get a chance to see him,” Chambers said. “The ticket cost quite a bit, but I feel like it was well worth it.”

DeJuan Briggs said he and his wife drove from Guthrie to see the show.

“The drive was about an hour or so,” Briggs said, “But we knew this might be our last chance to see the man. He’s the absolute greatest. It doesn’t get no better than that man.”

King isn’t showing signs of slowing down anytime soon. He has over 30 tour dates planned through April of next year, including several co-headlining shows with fellow blues legend Buddy Guy.

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JOHN GEROME Associated Press NASHVILLE, Tenn.— He’s played Wyatt Earp, Robin Hood and Eliot Ness in the movies, but Kevin Costner says his most natural gig is playing music with his band.

“This is as close to my personality as I ever get, playing live,” Costner said recently. “When I’m making a movie I’m playing whoever I’m playing.

But my personality comes out on stage when I play live. That’s when you see me the clearest.”

Costner, 53, and his band Modern West released their debut CD “Untold Truths” on Tuesday.

The disc features 12 songs, half of them co-written by Costner, who’s the lead singer and plays guitar. The sound is roots-rock with elements of country. The group is signed to Nashville-based Universal Records South.

“I grew up with Motown because I was born in Compton (Calif.), but every time I do a song it sounds like something in Oklahoma,” he said.

Of course Costner is best known for his movies, but he’s no newcomer to music. He was trained on piano and sang in the church choir as a kid.

He’s been writing and performing with a group for about 20 years.

At his wife’s urging, he started pursuing it more seriously a few years ago.

“She had this steady prodding. She prodded me every three or four months. She said ‘You’re really happy when you play music. You should do this.’

“I never intended to make a record,” he continued. “I just wanted to play live again, but I wanted to do original material. People heard the songs and approached us about it.”

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