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Senior heads to new Harvard program WILL HOLLAND Daily Staff Writer

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Like many students looking to get a premier education, psychology senior Chris Shilling has always wanted to attend an Ivy League college.

“It’s always been like a dream, but I never thought it would be even remotely possible,” Shilling said.

Shilling, however, was accepted into the inaugural class of a new Harvard Business School program last month.

He is one of just 106 seniors from 52 colleges to be accepted into the Harvard Business School 2+2 program, which is a deferred MBA admission program, according to a press release.

Shilling said the program is designed for students to work for two years and then take classes at Harvard for two years.

Psychology senior Chris Shilling is one of 106 seniors accepted into a new Harvard Business School program.

ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT What’s wrong with male Texas fans’ attire? Plenty. Find out in A&E. Page 6.

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“I felt his talent and skills matched favorably with the talent that a place like Harvard is accustomed to attracting.”

Daniel Pullin, Harvard alumnus and vice president and executive director for OU’s Center for the Creation of Economic Wealth

Disappointment in Dallas

SOONER SPORTS The soccer team had lost every game since Aug. 31, but the Sooners finally broke that streak this weekend against Kansas. Page 8.

CAMPUS BRIEFS Sam Noble museum to waive admission on Mondays For the first time in six years, the Sam Noble Oklahoma Museum of Natural History will be open on Mondays with no cost to enter.

“By being open on Mondays we will provide 50 more days each year for the public to visit and enjoy the museum. So often I see tourists drive up on a Monday morning and then drive away again,” said museum director Michael Mares in an e-mail.

The museum is not only open on Monday, it is now free of charge for the rest of the month.

The entrance fee will be waived until Nov. 1 and then will be free the first Monday of every month.

“During this very difficult economic period, it’s a small way of thanking the people of Oklahoma whose support made this museum possible in the first place,” Mares said.

Mares said the Museum was previously closed on Mondays so employees could finish work in the galleries, but the museum has been reorganized so the staff can work without disturbing the public.

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Oklahoma fans show their dejection after losing to Texas 45-35 in the Red River Rivalry game Saturday in Dallas. For full game coverage, see section B.

CAC hopes to rally school spirit with Homecoming

Student takes ‘trackless-traveled’ to Texas

• A dozen floats entered in Saturday’s parade

• Student goes green by relying on public transport, bicycle for two weeks

NATASHA GOODELL Daily Staff Writer Storybook characters will roam OU’s campus this week participating in contests and concerts as a part of OU’s “Once Upon a Time in Soonerland”-themed Homecoming week.

Spirit activities will take place throughout the week, which will culminate with Saturday’s football game against the Kansas Jayhawks in the Oklahoma Memorial Stadium.

“It’s exactly what OU is going to need after [the Sooners’ loss to Texas] this past weekend,” said Erika Burey, public relations senior and Campus Activities Council Homecoming chair. “They are going to need a big dose of Sooner Spirit.”

Burey said she hopes this year’s theme will help accomplish CAC’s goal of including the Norman community this year.

Book and blood drives will take place during the week. The Homecoming com-

mittee asked each participating organization to donate at least 50 new children’s books to be given to the Norman Public Library.

“I’m excited,” Spanish and advertising senior Joe Thomas said. “It’s a crazy week, but it’s probably one of the most fun weeks for those who are involved because there is just so much to do.”

Thomas, Homecoming chair for Brothers Under Christ, said the week offers something for everyone.

Megan Bebb, communications senior and CAC chair, said she is excited to see generations of Sooners come together and

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this year.

The Oklahoma Department of Transportation and Amtrak offered a $40 special for a round trip ticket from Oklahoma City to downtown Dallas for OU-Texas weekend. And since I chose to abstain from driving my car for two weeks to see what life would be like without my fortress of steel, the train seemed like the perfect solution.

On paper that is.

KEVIN HAHN I’ve never ridden a train, Multimedia Editor and I had no idea how good the public transportation in Dallas would be.

EDITOR’S NOTE: Would I be able to get Multimedia editor Kevin to the game, or the friends Hahn has given up his car house I was staying at? for two weeks and is relying Would I end up having to rely on his bike, public transporon expensive taxis the weektation and car pooling. Hahn KEVIN end? Would the Dallas Area took a train to Dallas to shoot HAHN Rapid Transit be convenient video of the Red River Rivalry and close? game for The Daily.

No worries, I came preThis year “choo, choos” accompa- pared with a supply of maps of Dallas nied me on my trek to Dallas for the and the DART light rail.

I got on the train at 8:30 a.m.

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During the two years spent working, Shilling said he would also take intermittent Harvard classes in two-week increments.

“It’s a cool opportunity,” he said.

Shilling said he applied for the program in March on the advice of Daniel Pullin, vice president and executive director for OU’s Center for the Creation of Economic Wealth, or CCEW. Pullin said he encouraged Shilling to apply for the Harvard MBA program because he thought he would thrive at the prestigious university.

“I felt his talent and skills matched favorably with the talent that a place like Harvard is accustomed to attracting,” said Pullin, himself a Harvard Business School alumnus.

Shilling’s journey toward Harvard began when he interned with the CCEW in the fall of 2007.

CCEW brings together students from different disciplines to expose them to real business processes of bringing new technologies to the market, said Stephanie D. Callaway, a spokeswoman for the vice president of technology development, in an e-mail.

Pullin said the CCEW has a very competitive application process, and only about one third of applicants are admitted.

Each semester, the top three interns are retained the following semester, and Shilling was one of those selected.

“He is incredibly talented, both intellectually and from a leadership perspective,” Pullin said.

Despite being selected for CCEW and being accepted to Harvard, Shilling said he was surprised because he thinks he is just an average student.

“I’m kind of surprised that I even had the opportunity to interview for it,” he said. “I definitely feel blessed.”

He said he thinks the opportunities provided to him at OU, including being a part of the CCEW, were very beneficial to him.

Valerie Myers, another former CCEW intern, also recommended Shilling for the program.

Myers, who graduated in December with degrees in international business and economics, said she has a lot of respect for Shilling.

“Chris is a great person,” she said in an e-mail. “He is always fun to work with and one of the sharpest people I know.”

Myers said she thinks Shilling will have success at Harvard, and she is looking forward to seeing what kind of contribution he can make in the future.

“I’m excited to see what he accomplishes within the state of Oklahoma after he graduates because it will be something big,” she said.

Shilling, who is from Yukon, said after graduation he hopes to come back to Oklahoma and use his Ivy League degree to help improve the state.

Thursday. It was much earlier than I wished but at least the train was on time.

While on the train, I met a pair of retired ladies that were very nice and had taken the train to Dallas before.

Iola Caldwell and Lynda Webster, both retired and from Norman, said they have been coming to the OU-Texas game for more than 20 years and have taken the train for the last three years.

They swore to me it was simple trekking around Dallas.

I hoped they were right as the train rolled past the race track in Purcell.

I would like to tell you that the train provided an amazing view of a breathtaking landscape, but it didn’t. It is the same view you get from I-35 just with no other cars to bother you.

Once I arrived at Union Station in Dallas, it was a simple transition to the DART light rail. And by simple, I mean the platform was 15 feet away. I rode the DART several miles to Plano, where my stop left me a half mile from my friend’s apartment.

The trip form Norman to Dallas took nine hours. It wasn’t the fastest ride to Dallas, but it was the easiest I’ve ever had.

The next morning, I made the trip from Plano to the fairgrounds in 40 minutes. I took the DART and then a bus to the Cotton Bowl stadium. That route was tough to beat compared to everyone I talked to who drove.

Saturday night we decided to go out. My friends insisted that I couldn’t ride in their car, so it was back to the train for our 25-minute trip to the West End. I won’t go into details, but several hours and several bars later we were back.

We managed to hit the West End, Deep Ellum, and Lower Greenville by using a light rail and two buses. We never walked more than 300 feet the entire night.

Bottom line: I was impressed with the Dallas Area Rapid Transit.

And so were others.

I spoke with a ticket manager for Amtrak, and he said Amtrak was sold out for the weekend. He said on a regular weekend Amtrak carries 150 people, but the company brought 350 people to Dallas and back this weekend. He said Amtrak was able to more than double its number of passengers because it added more cars.

As I waited to board the train back to Norman on Sunday, the loading area seemed anti-climatic, but the throng of Texas fans waiting to board their train to Austin provided brief entertainment.

The sea of Longhorn signs and burnt orange clashing with crimson and cream made for a very crowded and very confrontational platform. After some name calling, their train arrived, and all was back to normal.

On the ride home, I ran into several students who shared similar experiences with me. Holly Roe, letters junior, who rode the train for the first time, said her group stayed downtown in a hotel and used the DART several times.

Jenny Stemm, pharmacy sophomore, said she had some scheduling problems but overall the trip was easy.

“It was kind of a hassle, but it was way better than Oklahoma, and it was a lot cheaper than a cab,” Stemm said.

embrace the OU spirit.

Alumni will be in the audience at a pep rally Friday and members of both the Norman and university communities will line Boyd Street Saturday for the Homecoming parade.

The greek community, multicultural groups, the Engineering Club, housing groups and other organizations on campus will be involved in building floats for the parade, choreographing dances for the pep rally and decorating businesses on Campus Corner.

An array of activities are going on throughout the week. Some of the featured events of the week are the Sooner Showcase, the pep rally and a benefit concert sponsored by CAC and the Union Programming board.

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Sooner Showcase will be held Monday by the Bizzell Statue on the South Oval from noon to 3 p.m.

Sooner Showcase gives participants the chance to dress up as storybook characters and promote their group and homecoming events.

On Friday, the McCasland Field House doors will open at 6:30 p.m. for the pep rally, which includes performances by student groups.

After the pep rally, CAC Concert Series and Union Programming Board will host a benefit concert with performances by The Rocket Summer, Phantom Planet, The Secret Handshake and The Morning Light.

The concert will benefit Children’s Miracle Network and Oklahoma Students for Uganda.

SCHEDULE OF EVENTS Monday • 8 a.m. Banner Competition - Union Parking Garage-Original banners created by student groups displaying story-book themes • 10 a.m.-1 p.m. Book Drive – South Oval giveaway table or Oklahoma Memorial Union room 370 • 11 a.m.-5 p.m. Blood Drive – Cate Center Main Social Lounge • 12 p.m.-3 p.m. Sooner Showcase - The Bizzell Statue on the South Oval

Tuesday • 10 a.m.-1 a.m. Book Drive - South Oval Giveaway Table or Oklahoma Memorial Union room 370 • 11 a.m.-1 a.m. Free Lunch on the South Oval Provided by Housing & Food • 11 a.m.-5 p.m. Blood Drive – Walker Center • 1 p.m.-3:30 p.m. Sidewalk Chalk Competition -in front of Bizzell Library

Wednesday • 10 a.m.-1 p.m. Book Drive - South Oval Giveaway Table • 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Blood Drive - Molly Shi Boren Ball Room • 11:30 a.m.-1:30 p.m. Chili Cook-Off Benefiting the United Way - South Oval • 2 p.m. - 4 p.m. Window Paint Competition - Campus Corner

• 5 p.m. - Flag Football Tournament Intramural Fields

Thursday • 8 a.m.-South Oval Sculpture Competition

Friday • 7 p.m. (doors open at 6:30)-Pep rally begins in the McCasland Field House.

Special seating for the first 100 fans and who arrive at the Pep Rally.

• 8:30 p.m. - CAC Concert Series & Union Programming Board Benefit Event on the Union East Lawn featuring The Rocket Summer, Phantom Planet, The Secret Handshake and the Morning Light. The event is free.

Saturday • 3 hours prior to kickoff- Homecoming parade starts at the intersection of Elm Street and Boyd Street and ends at the intersection of Jenkins Avenue and Felgar Street.

The parade will include more than 12 floats representing children’s books, The Pride of Oklahoma, the Sooner Spirit Squad, cars, motorcycles and the Homecoming court.

• Game - OU vs. Kansas Jayhawks – Oklahoma Memorial Stadium • Halftime – Homecoming Royalty Coronation

Undergraduate students pursuing a bachelor’s degree in engineering, science, or other STEM related fields have an opportunity to participate in an internship program sponsored by NASA and the Oklahoma Space Consortium at the Johnson Space Center.

The position is for the 2009 Spring Semester, beginning January 8th through April 20th.

Visit www.okspacegrant.ou.edu for more info.

Application packets must be received by OSGC by October 17, 2008.

Begins at 8 a.m.

Make Plans to Attend Today!

A $25 gift card to the University of Oklahoma Bookstore will be given to the first 25 people who register.

To register online: outreach.ou.edu/cia Breakfast and lunch will be served.

Sponsored by the Center for Middle East Studies, the International Programs Center, the School of International and Area Studies, and the Program for Religious Studies.

This event is free and open to the public. For accommodations on the basis of disability, contact Ronda Martin at (405)325-1396.

For more information, call (405) 325-2379 or 1-800-522-0772, extension 2379.

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

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Freshman gets cooking with creativity • Dorm room cuisine includes grilled cheese made with iron BRYAN DUGAN Daily Staff Writer

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University College freshman Tom Pedersen makes a grilled cheese in his Walker Center dorm room Sunday using aluminum foil and a clothing iron.

University College freshman Tom Pedersen describes his dorm room as multifaceted. He doesn’t just study and rest in his room — he cooks in it, too.

The Rachael Ray of his circle, Pedersen uses everyday items like a clothing iron and aluminum foil to create gourmet meals in his Walker Center dorm room.

“I’ve known Tom for about four years, and he’s always done stuff like this,” said Hannah Cooney, University College freshman.

His specialty, the “ironed cheese,” is made by melting a piece of cheese between two pieces of his homemade bread, wrapping it in aluminum foil and heating it with his clothing iron.

“I got the inspiration for my ‘ironed cheese’ when I was at friend’s house, and they were joking about making a loaf of bread with an iron,” Pedersen said. “After that I looked up online how to make a grilled cheese with an iron. I’ve been doing it ever since.”

Besides Pedersen’s dorm-cooked version of a grilled cheese, his list of recipes also includes combining rice and vegetables and cooking them in the microwave.

“I’m kind of amazed at how home-cooked everything tastes,” Cooney said.

Pedersen said he eats most of his meals in Couch Cafeteria and Cate Center but cooks meals in his dorm over the weekend when Couch is closed. He said he saves money by shopping at ValueFoods and buying his items in bulk.

He said the first time he made his homemade bread with his bread making machine, he spent $30 on the ingredients, but the bread lasted six weeks.

But cooking in a small space like a dorm room can be disastrous when experimenting with new recipes. Pedersen said he remembers one instance when he got “too creative” with Ramen noodles and vegetables. He said the food created a huge mess in the room and smelled. Pedersen said he would never mix fresh vegetables with microwavable items again.

“It was like a science experiment gone wrong,” Pedersen said.

Even though the mess took some cleaning, Cooney said she supports Pedersen’s trialand-error philosophy.

“The level of ingenuity that keeps him coming up with new stuff despite living in the dorms is worth it,” Cooney said.

How to make a grilled cheese sandwich with an iron 1. Turn the iron on its highest heat setting 2. Cut a piece of aluminum foil big enough to wrap around the sandwich and have some extra on each open side.

3. Butter two slices of bread. Place the slices on the foil, buttered sides down. Put the cheese on one of the slices of bread.

4. Fold the foil over to cover the sandwich completely. Make sure the sandwich is closed and no cheese is touching the foil.

5. Place the iron on the foil-wrapped sandwich, Let the iron sit on the foil for about 30 seconds.

6. Flip the foil packet over when the first side is done and repeat.

7. Unwrap the foil and put the sandwich onto a plate.

Source: www.wikihow.com

For roommate Jordan Bonzo, University College freshman, the aroma from Pedersen’s cooking is the best part.

“It’s probably convenient living with a chef, I just think his meals make the room smell good,” Bonzo said.

Students test physical, mental balance with slacklining WHITNEY ORTEGA Daily Staff Writer Some students took their first steps Sunday by the Bizzell Memorial Library, but this walk was no ordinary one.

Three students and members of the OU Ultimate Frisbee team tried slacklining for the first time.

Slacklining closely resembles tight rope walking but is quite different. While a tight rope is taught, the nylon webbing used in slacklining allows more bounce and stretch.

“It’s a really fun thing to do on a nice day,” undecided junior Ryan Rowenhorst said.

Rowenhorst and his friends set up their line between two large trees outside the Bizzell Memorial Library, and tested their balance in the uncommon hobby.

“I’ve seen people doing it on the South Oval, they’re nice. I walked up to them and watched,”

said first-time slackliner Despite it being fairly Megan Carlson, internaeasy to buy the materials tional and area studies for slacklining, actually senior. learning how to slackline Rowenhorst also is a different story.

Developed in the late 1970s, slacklining involves helped get Carlson “It’s really hard the walking a small, flat nylon rope between two points. interested in the hobby, first time you do it. But Unlike tight rope walking, the line is relatively slack and providing the rope and once you can stand, it typically at a low height. It is most commonly practiced coaching for her first has a quick learning on college campuses and city parks. Some participants attempt. He said he has curve. Sometimes people do it for fun or a workout, while others use it for medibeen slacklining for two get discouraged when tation through seeking a higher state of mind. years. they keep falling off “It’s fun but it’s also the first time. It usually Source: www.slackline.com quite a work out, trying takes quite a few tries,” to balance,” Rowenhorst Rowenhorst said. said. “It’s also a cheap After his first hour of hobby.” slacklining, industrial Rowenhorst said the cheap cost of slacklining engineering senior Zach Walchuk held an optimismight be a major reason people get attracted to it. tic view.

He said that his set-up only cost about $30 in all.

“Eventually I’ll get it. The initial getting up on it

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and getting balanced is hard. But I’ve seen a lot of people do it,” Walchuk said. “It’s just a fun hobby and you can be outside and work on your coordination.”

While most people take the more common approach of stepping onto the slackline, Rowenhorst likes to take a running start and jump up on the line, which he said is not as easy.

Rowenhorst said some important tips for beginners are to look ahead, not at the line, and to get all their weight up as fast as possible. Walchuk added that bare feet is probably the best bet. He once tried slacklining in cleats and wasn’t very successful, he said.

All agreed that once someone gets the hang of slacklining, it’s a fun hobby.

“It’s a little harder than I thought it was going to be,” Carlson said. “But it’s something that once you learn how to do it, it’s really cool. You get to work on your balance and, best of all, be outside.”

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Opinion

Monday, Oct. 13, 2008

THE DAILY TEXAN’S VIEW

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

OUR VIEW

Dear Oklahoma: You still suck Dear Texas: You won, but you suck Editor’s note: Prior to Saturday’s Red River Rivalry game, the editors of The Oklahoma Daily and The Daily Texan agreed to share editorials, regardless of the outcome of the game.

Dear OU, Honestly, we were kind of rooting for you last Saturday.

We love underdogs, whether they’re Democrats trying to snag a seat in the Texas House of Representatives or Oklahomans on the football field.

Even though you were ranked No. 1 before last Saturday, our dynamic with you is like the one between like Coke and Pepsi.

Pepsi may sell more units

at some points in time, but Coke always tastes better.

Or so we’re told — here at the newspaper, we’re really ginger ale people.

As long as we’re being honest, we confess: Coming into Dallas, we had respect for your team’s athletic prowess.

We even feared you a tiny, tiny bit.

Let’s face it, the Longhorns haven’t done much of note since that whole Rose Bowl thing what, three years ago?

With as much money as our football program has in the bank, you’d think they

could manufacture some consistency in victory.

But money doesn’t buy dreams, or reality, for that matter, which is what makes our win this past weekend all the more satisfying.

We rose up like a phoenix in true burnt-orange fashion and proved that, despite the collapse of the economy, the presidential election that won’t end and midterm week, there are priceless facts we can count on every day to give us strength.

For instance: it’s October 13, 2008, and OU still sucks.

Dear Texas, First, congratulations.

Second, calm down.

Was your victory Saturday a big win? Yes. But your fans see this as something as huge as landing on the moon, which it is not. The only OUR VIEW thing you have is an editorial over the moon selected and debated landing is that by the editorial board your win is real. and written after a Are we sad majority opinion is formed and approved in Oklahoma? by the editor. Our View Sure. But are is The Daily’s official we devastated? opinion.

Not at all. Those swear words we were screaming during a poorlyplayed second half? Those were about the failing economy, not the game.

But we don’t want to take away from your win. It was a hard-fought game and you came out on top. What we don’t like is the “Texas is better than

Love, The Daily Texan

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Oklahoma” mentality. All we hear now is, “Oklahoma sucks,” and “Texas is better than Oklahoma at absolutely everything.” Well, that is a lie.

After the game, we heard someone scream, “Texas yielded the most corn per acre between 2002 – 2004!”

No, you did not. Oklahoma did. And don’t even bring up the fact that Texas produced an exponentially larger amount of bushels. We don’t want to hear it.

Then someone yelled, “We’re so excited we won! And we have more restaurants per capita!” We immediately corrected him. Oklahoma does.

Then a woman ran up to one of us and yelled, “Well, Texas has more gonorrhea cases per year than you Oklahomans!”

That is true, but we are not sure who wins that argument. It depends

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on your feelings toward gonorrhea. (Ours are mostly negative.)

That’s not all. In the film “Independence Day,” Texas was attacked, but Oklahoma wasn’t. We think it’s time for the Texas government to start working on Texan/ alien relations because an attack is imminent.

Speaking of government, George W. Bush claims to be from your state.

Thanks a lot for the Iraq debacle, Texas. Oklahoma has never produced a bad president.

When you take all these facts into consideration, it’s clear that the 45,000 crimson-clad fans at the Cotton Bowl were right about one thing: Texas sucks.

Love, The Oklahoma Daily

Matt Reed — broadcast and electronic media senior

Americans rich despite recent economic failures Jon Meacham of Newsweek Magazine once said, “To whom much is given, much is expected.”

Americans remain rich beyond most of the world’s imagination — rich in property, in liberty, in security.

Despite the recent stock market crash,we Americans remain wealthy.

No, I’m not talking monetary value; I’m talking about a different kind of wealth. I’m talking about the wealth we have from simply being Americans.

We have a wealth of rights and a wealth of options. We take that kind of wealth for granted.

Do you know what is in the SARAH Constitution? Do you know how HILL important it is? Have you realized that, without it, we, like other countries, could be in a world of hurt?

Lately, the entire idea of the democratic process has been tainted by corrupt officials who have taken advantage of the system.

But we can’t let just a few bad apples give democracy a bad name. Distribution of power and people electing people are beautiful things.

How many other countries let their people question? We have the freedom to question everything.

And we should.

We can question the news. We can question what our elected senator is doing. If we don’t like it, we can even protest it, thanks to the First Amendment.

If you don’t know our rights guaranteed by the Constitution, learn them.

The First Amendment states, “Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble and to petition the government for a redress of grievances.”

That statement alone is priceless.

Freedom is priceless, and I feel like we all take it for granted. We need to appreciate and cherish the rights endowed to us.

Interact with the democracy. Vote. Learn the issues and the candidates.

People, we have a responsibility to be informed.

Not utilizing and appreciating your rights would be like living in a hole with a ladder but never climbing out.

I agree with Meacham’s statement. We should expect a lot from each other as Americans.

We should expect a lot from our officials.

We should expect a lot from media outlets. If they are giving you tainted news, contact them and demand they do better. If they are not informing you of something, inform them.

Yes, you may be only one person, but you are an American citizen. That means a lot.

Although it may not help us on Wall Street, we have inherited a priceless treasure.

We have inherited rights.

O.J. Simpson and the Bronco

YOUR VIEWS Pedestrians must respect bike lane The designated bike lane on the South Oval is for bicyclists, not pedestrians.

For safety reasons, pedestrians need to treat the bike lane as a street. They need to avoid walking in it and look both ways before crossing it.

The bike lane is narrow and busy, which

makes it difficult and dangerous for bicyclists to swerve or brake to avoid hitting pedestrians who ignore these two simple rules.

There is no need to act rude toward bicyclists who know the bike lane is for use by bicyclists.

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Australian rampage proves parenting defining of child

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Learning a sense of judgment is probably the most important part of a child’s emotional and intellectual development. It is the mental equivalent of learning to talk or walk.

Learning a sense of judgment is probably the most important part of a child’s emotional and intellectual development. It is the mental equivalent of learning to talk or walk.

What kind of household would breed a 7-yearold kid kill things for fun?

It may be that the parents tried their best to give this child a good sense of judgment and a good upbringing as a whole, but the kid rejected their lessons for some reason.

Not picking up on that rejection is also a shortcoming of the parents.

I refuse to believe that a kid who could do this kind of damage in 30 minutes at a locked-up zoo exhibited absolutely no signs of abnormal activity before the incident.

As parents, his mom and dad should have picked up on this. Granted, older children can often hide feelings, actions and objects. America’s sad commonality of school shooters have shown this.

But a seven-year old? No way.

As college students, we’re at the cusp of adulthood.

Many of us can claim good parents, and we probably wouldn’t have made it this far otherwise.

Many of our fellow students are already parents,

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To me, this could mean one of two things.

The kid could have actually thought taking lives senselessly and deliberately is quite commonplace and nothing unusual.

If that is the case, his parents have failed him completely, and serious intervention is needed to bring him at least a little closer to normalcy.

Or, the kid could have actually thought his actions were a game, and he could not separate actual reality from virtual reality.

Given that the kid tried to climb into the crocodile pen himself – as the croc was devouring the reptiles he was throwing over the fence – he seemed a little delusional and oblivious.

I’m more inclined to believe the latter option. Even then, his parents have failed in raising the child.

I don’t mean to say the parent is at fault for every wrong the child commits.

Children do silly things all the MUNIM time that they would never do DEEN as adults, like eating paste or running away after accidentally throwing a ball through a window.

Those are manifestations of childish judgment.

Something as wantonly destructive and vile as the zoo rampage, however, reveals a disconnect with reality. It shows not impaired judgment, but a total lack of it.

For a 7-year-old, the strongest influence on judgment comes from parents, not from school, daycare or video games.

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Last week, a 7-year-old boy in Australia broke into a reptile enclosure at a zoo and fed several reptiles to the zoo’s crocodile and bludgeoned several other animals to death, killing 13 animals overall.

The zoo’s director said camera footage showed the boy jumping the zoo’s security fence very early in the morning and throwing animals into the crocodile enclosure.

Though the zoo uses sensors to detect intruders, they didn’t go off because the boy was too small and too light to set them off.

Where were this monster’s parents?

This kid broke into a zoo, which means he had to sneak out of his house and get into to the zoo while nearly everything was closed.

Given his actions, which included jumping the fence and knowing exactly how to get to the crocodile enclosure, it’s obvious he planned his little escapade in advance.

Could you have snuck out your house when you were 7? I know I couldn’t have.

More importantly, I would never have even thought to sneak out of my house at that age.

How did this kid even think up this stunt?

Those who have seen the security camera footage have reported that the kid showed absolutely no remorse throughout the reptilian massacre. His face remained completely passive and expressionless.

That is perhaps the scariest part of the story.

Here was a kid willfully killing small animals that posed no threat to him, and he didn’t show any apprehension or any feeling whatsoever.

The head zookeeper, upon reviewing the footage, said he looked like he was almost playing a

and the rest of us are probably just a few years away from starting a family.

Our generation was probably the first to be the focus of the maelstrom of debate about violencethemed video games and music. There is strong opinion on both sides of the issue, but I believe the games and music themselves induce nothing if you realize that it is just a game or a song and not reality.

That realization comes only from a good sense of judgment, which in turn comes from good parenting.

At 7, I doubt this Australian child ever seriously played any violent video games or listened to violent music.

His lack of judgment came from parental shortfalls, either directly or indirectly.

As we head into the futures of engagements, weddings and eventually children, it will be wise to remember that video games, music, daycare and school do not raise children.

Only parents raise children – for better or worse.

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Judy Copeland, the current writer in residence, catches up on some reading Tuesday at the Kerouac House, now the home for the Jack Kerouac Writer in Residence Project, in Orlando, Fla.

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Male Texas fans kind of look like Walker, Texas Ranger.

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OU loses; Texas fan fashion remains absurd ur lives are in shambles, our dreams broken and our bodies deteriorating — and now we have to regroup ourselves as human beings and come back to the real world of cramming for tests and watching Texas fans continue on happily -- all while having condeKYLE scending Austin sneers on their KIDD faces.

However, if we can’t beat them, then hopefully the team from the land of windmills and flatness in Lubbock will, or maybe our pals from Stillwater. And if those teams can’t beat the Longhorns, then we can always make fun of how absurd and impractical their game day outfits are.

Frankly, I was bewildered when I saw some of the getups that were sported this weekend in Dallas. If I found myself in one of their outfits I would feel like a guest star on “The Jerry Springer Show” or maybe an attendee at a professional wrestling match. It is strange to me how many Texas fans insulted me for being from a “trashy school” while they looked like George W. Bush and the Marlboro Man’s unwanted lovechild.

The typical arsenal of clothing consisted of starched Wranglers, cowboy boots (of course), a short sleeve button up (freshly pressed), a belt with maybe a Texas flag belt buckle, or the head of a particular breed of cattle. Cowboy hats were optional, but if it was worn it really gave the wearer that extra edge of hardass-ness.

I saw one guy wearing chaps. Chaps. He was wearing chaps. Chaps.

One thing that really stuck out to me was the fact that some fans obviously forgot some things back in Austin, or the Westin, depending on their driving situation.

Holsters, spurs, lassos, handle-bar mustaches, the six-shooter in their night stand and the latest Garth Brooks album are all items of clothing

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or props that I felt would have really positively contributed to the image most of these guys were going for. Too bad the Cotton Bowl has a no firearm policy.

“Congratulations on looking exactly like Walker, Texas Ranger,” my friend Zach told a Texas fan — a statement I thought attacked the issue with precision, though I bet none of the Texas fans have nearly the roundhouse kicking power of Walker.

Another aspect of the male Texas fan I want to address is the impracticality and lack of comfort provided by the jeans. I question their functionality. The pants appear so tight they could be mistaken for a ballet costume or used in an ‘80s-themed party. I think small incisions are needed on the denim around the thigh area before they sit down to avoid losing blood circulation. Whew, good thing they carry pocketknives.

These Western-wear outfits were designed so your legs wouldn’t blister after a long day of herding cattle, not to attend a sporting match.

It was almost like attending a big costume party where a lot of people had the same idea. At least they’re keeping it seasonal, considering Halloween is approaching. Perhaps while OU fans were drinking away their sorrows, UT fans were doing ranch work or watching NASCAR highlights —they sure would’ve been dressed for the occasion. Bizarre.

If we could somehow convince them to paint their faces white, the Cotton Bowl could have been rocking a 1:1 ratio of human fans versus rodeo clown fans. I’ll try to get out the memo next year, I swear.

The message I’m trying to send is that if you can’t beat someone, just personally attack them on the first thing you see that makes you laugh.

It’s simply a great philosophical approach to anything competitive — and life in general. So let’s prepare ourselves for the future beating we are going to lay next week, in comfortable, normal-looking clothes.

ORLANDO, Fla. — This city in a region of mouse ears and outlet malls was once home to Jack Kerouac, and it may be incubating a successor.

Five decades ago, the Beat Generation author wrote “The Dharma Bums” in 11 days in a small, tinroofed house near downtown Orlando and received the first glowing reviews of “On The Road.”

Now his old digs house the Jack Kerouac Writer in Residence Project, which brings emerging authors to live and work in the home for three-month stints — not to create Kerouac clones, but to give them the opportunity to develop their own style.

“It’s the idea of not only celebrating Kerouac’s history in Florida, but also creating a living legacy to him,” said local TV reporter Bob Kealing, who helped start the program after learning of the house’s history in 1996.

He and other local residents established a nonprofit corporation, purchased and restored the home and then began selecting writers. Most recently, organizers said, about 80 writers applied

for the program, which includes a stipend.

Many writers said they set out not to work as Kerouac did, but rather to draw inspiration from his space.

“I feel like that would really screw me up if I was trying to work as he did,” former writer-in-residence Justin Quarry said. “I’m going to be my own writer anyway, in my own voice. So I would rather be writing beside his spirit than in his shadow.”

Kerouac Project writers said the time they are given to work in the cozy 90-year-old house is more than offered in other residencies, such as New York’s Yaddo and the MacDowell Colony in New Hampshire. The house also provides a rare isolation that allows for focus.

“I had been given this gift of time and the availability, and the inspiration of Jack Kerouac living here,” said Darlyn Finch, an Orlando poet who lived in the house from December 2006 to February 2007.

“You don’t want to blow that. You want to make the most of it, so I made the determination that I was going to write a poem a day. And I did. They weren’t all good ones, but I did write a poem every day I was here.”

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A model walks the runway Sunday at the Ted Baker fashion show at North Park Mall in Dallas.

Baker’s show featured boylike designs cut for a womanly figure.

Fashion at the Park hoever thought football was the best reason to trek to Dallas this weekend obviously hasn’t heard about the Fashion at the Park runway shows brought straight from New York, Milan and Paris.

As the OU football team kicked off in Texas, designers such as Roberto Cavalli, Ted Baker, Oscar de la Renta and more showcased their fall lines on the North Park Mall lawn -- only miles from the game.

CASSIE RHEA The shows were complete with every lush asset of LITTLE a New York fashion show. As viewers walked into the huge white runway tent, which oozed with the feeling of a Bryant Park show, they were greeted with waiters and waitresses dressed in white, holding serving trays filled with cocktails and Smartwater.

After walking into the tent and receiving a list of the runway show sequence, the fashionista guests gazed upon gothic designer sculptures constructed of wax and grooved to the spins of the event’s DJ. Viewers were escorted to their seats when show time approached, enjoying a gentle buzz from the provided liquor as well as their perfectly constructed gift bags made especially by the featured designer.

When the lights went down and the music broke, it was sure to mean one thing — time for the fashion show.

At this season’s shows, dark shades of gray and black contrasted with colors such as olive and eggplant were predominant. Models showcased a variety of materials from satin and chiffon to lace and velvet. It was easy to note that rich colors and classic design would be a must for this year’s fall season.

During the Ted Baker show on Saturday night, the women wore a variety of boy-like designs cut for a womanly figure and Baker was obviously comfortable putting man-bags on the male models.

Full of art, music, fashion and alcohol, the experience was one that surely satisfied a variety of tastes.

Best of all, unlike football, the designers chosen for this biannual Dallas event usually score a win every time.

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An exhibit depicting two archeologists coming to very different conclusions while unearthing the same skeleton is part of what will become the Creation Museum, near Petersburg, Ky. The Creation Museum, which teaches life’s beginnings through a literal interpretation of the Bible, has become an unexpectedly strong draw for visitors. More than a half million people, organizers claim, have toured the Kentucky attraction since its May 2007 opening.

A year later, Creation Museum claiming big crowds DYLAN T. LOVAN Associated Press LOUISVILLE, Ky. — The museum exhibits are taken from the Old Testament, but the special effects are pure Hollywood: a state-of-theart planetarium, animatronics and a massive model of Noah’s Ark, all intended to explain the origins of the universe from a biblical viewpoint.

The Creation Museum, which teaches life’s beginnings through a literal interpretation of the Bible, is claiming attendance figures that would make it an unexpectedly strong draw less than a year and a half after it debuted.

More than a half-million people have toured the Kentucky attraction since its May 2007 opening, museum officials said.

For creationists — Christians who believe the Bible’s first chapter of Genesis is the literal telling of the universe’s start — the museum is a godsend. Many have returned with family and friends, some from faraway states arguing it’s one of the few with a Christian worldview.

Many scientists say they fear damaging effects on science education when young

people tour the museum and fail to square its lessons with what they’re learning in school.

One display shows humans coexisting with dinosaurs — despite the two species being separated by 65 million years in most science texts.

“We’re depressed, I think,” said Dan Phelps, head of the Kentucky Paleontology Society, who toured the museum shortly after its opening. “There’s been such a push in recent years to improve science education, but stuff like this still hangs around.”

Phelps said he fears some teachers, shying away from the origins controversy, may choose to omit mentioning evolution studies in the classroom.

State education officials said they have seen no sign of students challenging science teachers in their classrooms based on conclusions drawn from visits to the Creation Museum.

“It’s not been a huge issue. In fact it’s almost a nonissue for public schools,” said Lisa Gross, a spokeswoman for the Kentucky Department of Education. “Teachers have been dealing with these things long before the Creation Museum came into being.”

The Creation Museum doesn’t draw nearly as many visitors as the nation’s top science museums, which boast larger facilities and government funding. The Smithsonian’s National Museum of Natural History in Washington attracted 5.8 million visitors in 2006; the Children’s Museum in Indianapolis brought in 1.2 million that year, according to a list compiled by Forbes magazine.

But for its size and budget — it took $27 million in private donations to build — the museum has been an overwhelming success, founder Ken Ham said.

The museum in rural northern Kentucky, a 30-minute drive south of Cincinnati, has drawn more than 550,000 visitors in 15½ months, by its own count.

Regular visitors pay $20 for admission, but about 10 percent were admitted for free over the last 15 months, museum officials said.

Ham said it draws families, home-schooled children, Christian school groups and even many skeptics.

Inside, evolution is replaced with the Old Testament stories of Adam and Eve as the first humans and Noah rescuing the human race from a worldwide flood.

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Soccer team snaps 42-day skid

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Past mistakes came back to haunt OU hen you look back, no one wearing crimson should have been too surprised by what happened to OU on Saturday.

I know some people were. I was, somewhat at least.

But why? This team has been foreshadowing its doom for a while now.

Through the first five games of the season, most of OU’s concerns were fairly obvious.

Ever since Cincinnati’s Mardy Gilyard streaked 97 yards on a kickoff return in OU’s second game, the kick coverage was a concern.

In the five games prior to OU-Texas, OU averaged nearly seven penalties a game.

And in the games against TCU and Baylor, tailbacks DeMarco Murray and Chris Brown combined for barely three yards a carry.

Then, what do you know? Those same probSTEVEN lems arose on Saturday. players and coaches really think that style JONES of Did play would fly against the No. 5 team in the country? When they realized the Sooners were ranked No. 104 out of 119 teams in kickoff coverage, did no one rethink their strategy?

It’s common sense that when something doesn’t work as expected, you try to fix it. If I used a blender without a lid, once I saw the mess it made I’d be sure to put a lid on the next time.

I’m not challenging the competency of these coaches. These problems can’t be fixed as simply as snapping a lid on a blender.

But against Texas, the Sooners showed why, currently, they’re not ready to be a championship team.

Ten penalties — several that extended Longhorns’ scoring drives — are unacceptable. Another kickoff return for a touchdown? Inexcusable. Another pathetic running game? Intolerable.

Championship teams don’t continue to repeat mistakes.

But his season is not over.

Of course, OU now needs help from Texas to reach the Big 12 title game, but the Longhorns have a brutal three weeks ahead, and as was displayed again on Saturday, anything can happen.

But OU doesn’t need to worry about Texas. OU must worry about OU. The players have been saying all season this is a mature team. Now is time to prove it.

The rest of this season won’t be easy. The defense lost its leader and a star in Ryan Reynolds. The running backs and offensive line must improve. And OU needs to play every game with more focus.

But most importantly, players on this team need to take accountability. If each and every player takes on the responsibility of improving from one game to the next, OU has the talent to do big things.

But it all starts with learning from your mistakes. No one wins championships on talent alone.

It’s time to put the lid on the blender.

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— STEVEN JONES IS A LANGUAGE ARTS EDUCATION JUNIOR.

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• Sooners force tie, end 10-game losing streak JONO GRECO Daily Staff Writer After a month and a half of nothing but losses, the OU soccer team (1-12-1, 0-4-1) split its weekend series with the Kansas Jayhawks (8-5-1, 2-3-1) and the No. 22 Missouri Tigers (9-4, 4-2) with a tie Sunday against KU and a loss Friday to MU. Sunday afternoon’s tie was the first for the Sooners this season and it broke their 10-game losing streak which started 43 days ago on Aug. 31, against Ball State.

Kansas jumped out early when forward Jessica Bush scored an unassisted goal from 22-yards out as she sailed the ball over goalkeeper Traci Dickenson during the second minute.

After going into the half down 1-0, OU struck back when forward Whitney Palmer put a deflected ball between the pipes to tie the game midway through the second period to end the team’s 3-game scoreless streak.

Palmer’s sixth goal on the season and her twelfth as a Sooner gave her sole possession for tenth on the OU all-time scoring list. “[The goal] was good because it kept us in the game,” Palmer said. “I think scoring a goal made us work even harder to keep up the tie and keep working for another goal.”

The second half goal was the Sooners’ first goal since Sept. 28, against No. 7 Texas A&M and its first goal at home since forward Jordan White’s game-winning goal against Ball State.

Neither team could score during the final 26 minutes of regulation or the 20 total overtime minutes which led to the 1-1 tie.

“Baby steps, baby steps,” head coach Nicole Nelson said following the tie. “This team is more consistent with the effort they give.

They are completely invested, I feel like, now and they’re taking steps in the right direction.”

Friday evening’s game against the No. 22 Missouri Tigers ended 2-0 loss, which was the Sooners’ third consecutive shutout loss of the season.

Starting forward Lauren Alkek was forced to sit out because she received two yellow cards against Texas A&M, while Nelson elected to start Dickenson instead of usual starter Lisa Jett.

Missouri did not make it easy for the firsttime starting goalkeeper, putting up 23 shots — 11 in the first half and 12 in the second.

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Sophomore forward Whitney Palmer (8) fights for the ball during OU’s Oct. 3 game against Oregon. The Sooners lost that game 2-0 during a 10-game losing streak that lasted 42 days. OU snapped that streak Saturday with a 1-1 tie against Kansas. “[Missouri’s shots] calmed me down more because I got more comfortable with everything coming at me,” Dickenson said. “So, I preferred that.”

The two goals the Sooners gave up came early in the first half as forward Alysha Bonnick put an uncontested shot between the pipes during the eighth minute and midfielder Michelle Collins deflected the ball from one

yard out just four minutes later.

Nelson said she was happy with her team’s overall effort this weekend despite not coming out with a victory.

“We’re gonna role with this,” Nelson said following Sunday’s tie. “We still have three home conference games, there’s constantly a lot of upsets right now in the Big 12. So, we’re still in this race.”

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End of the easy-credit era ADAM GELLER Associated Press An inflatable gorilla beckoned from the roof of Don Brown Chevrolet in St. Louis, servers doled out free bowls of pasta and a salesman urged potential customers to “come on up under the canopy and put your hands on” a new set of wheels.

But sitting across from a salesman in a quiet back room, Adrian Clark could see it would not be nearly that easy.

This was the ninth or tenth dealership for Clark, a steamfitter looking for a car to commute to a new job. Every one offered a variation on the discouragement he was getting here: Without $1,000 for a down payment, no loan.

“It’s just rough times right now,” Clark said. “Rough times.”

For Clark, and for a nation of consumers heavily dependent on credit, there are growing signs that those rough times could prove to be more than just a temporary problem, that they could be the beginning of a stark, new reality.

Is America’s long era of easy credit over?

Experts say that even when the current credit crunch eases, the nation may finally have maxed out its reliance on borrowed cash. Today’s crisis is a warning sign, they say, that consumers could be facing long-term adjustments in the way they finance their everyday lives.

“I think we’re undergoing a fundamental shift from living on borrowed money to one where living within your means, saving and investing for the future, comes

back into vogue,” said Greg McBride, senior analyst at Bankrate.com. “This entire credit crunch is a wake-up call to anybody who was attempting to borrow their way to prosperity.”

A prolonged period of tighter credit is ahead, experts say.

U.S. consumers will find it much harder to get a credit card, and to carry large balances. Late fees will rise and lines of credit will be reined in. After years of buying homes with interest-only loans, or loans that allowed people to borrow more than the value of the home, substantial payments and down payments will be required. Interest rates are also likely to rise.

Lenders, far more wary of risk, have tightened the standards they use to judge potential borrowers. Regulators will be looking over their shoulders.

The changes cap three decades in which U.S. consumers — along with businesses and government — have run up ever-increasing debt. Americans became accustomed to financing purchases large and small with plentiful credit cards, easily approved loans for cars and the latest conveniences, and by siphoning the equity in their homes.

Lenders did far more than just make credit plentiful. They aggressively marketed it as a necessity, a way for the smart consumer to leverage themselves into a better lifestyle.

The financial meltdown has made clear the role an increasingly global economy played in facilitating U.S. consumers’ borrowing, with banks packaging and selling debt to investors, providing cash to people who once would have been considered too risky to get a loan.

Dolores Holmes stands on the porch of The Bridgestreet House Bed & Breakfast that she owns on Monday, Oct. 6, in Lambertville, N.J.

GOP frets about McCain’s strategy, prospects LIZ SIDOTI Associated Press INDIANAPOLIS — Three weeks before the election, Republicans are growing increasingly concerned about John McCain’s ability to mount a comeback, questioning his tactics and even his campaign’s main thrust in a White House race increasingly focused on economic turmoil.

“He has to make the case that he’s different than Bush and better than Obama on the economy,” said former House Speaker Newt Gingrich, one of more than a dozen prominent Republicans who in interviews during the past week expressed concern over the course of McCain’s bid. “If he doesn’t win that case, it’s all over, and it’s going to be a very bad year for Republicans.”

Several Republicans, who spoke on condition of anonymity to avoid angering McCain, said the campaign should have sought to plant doubts about Obama’s associations with 1960s-era radical William Ayers and others months ago, rather than waiting until the campaign’s final weeks.

Doing so now, they said, makes the 72-yearold McCain come off as angry, grouchy and

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Republican presidential candidate, Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., speaks Saturday at a rally in Davenport, Iowa. desperate, playing into Democrats’ hands.

Rather, these Republicans said, McCain needs to strike a balance in his tone — appearing presidential while also questioning Obama’s readiness to serve and judg-

ment to lead. And, several said McCain should close the campaign on an honorable note.

“He doesn’t need an attack strategy, he needs a comeback strategy,” said Alex

Castellanos, a longtime national GOP media consultant who worked for McCain primary rival Mitt Romney.

The unsolicited advice comes as McCain campaign officials are becoming increasingly discouraged. From junior aides to top advisers, the frustration is palpable.

Some argue the media isn’t giving McCain a fair shake and are weary of the increasingly problematic environment working against the GOP. Tensions have grown over how hard to go after Obama amid concerns about irreparably damaging McCain’s straight-shooter reputation.

And the candidate himself, the target of a negative whisper campaign in the 2000 GOP primary, appears conflicted on the campaign trail. He’s cheery and smiling during question-and-answer sessions with crowds but becomes visibly annoyed — even surly — when he reads aloud scripted attacks on Obama and Democrats.

Despite the polls showing Obama with a lead nationally and challenging for states long in the Republican column, none of the Republicans interviewed said the race was lost. They said McCain can prevail if he presents himself as the optimistic vision-

ary the public wants at deeply worrisome economic times.

“He needs to come forward with a serious new plan and announce it in a serious manner,” said Scott Reed, who managed Bob Dole’s 1996 campaign. “McCain cannot outdo Obama in just expressing outrage over Wall Street greed.”

The candidates meet Wednesday in their third and final debate; it’s McCain’s best chance to make a lasting impression.

“He has an opportunity to step up and be a forceful leader during these challenging times,” said Ron Kaufman, a veteran party operative who also worked for Romney.

“McCain got the nomination because that’s what his brand is, but somehow it’s gotten muddled.”

Senior advisers insist McCain is trying to be such a leader. They note that his daily speeches are devoted heavily to the economy, including taxes and health care, and that he’s been rolling out a series of prescriptions. They complain that McCain’s not getting credit for those and argue that the media holds McCain to a higher standard than Obama, who they contend is getting a free pass.

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• Major: Economics & Political Science •Favorite place on campus: “Crossroads”

McKenna Lossman

Munim Deen

• Major: Communications •Favorite place on campus: “The Fountain from the class of 1935”

• Major: Pre-Med Microbiology •Favorite place on campus: “The unity garden because of the way you can disappear from the hustle and bustle of campus and enjoy the solitude among the landscaped gardens”

Sarah Shutts

Koby Harrington

• Major: International Area Studies/Pre-Med •Favorite place on campus: “Any place early in the morning that is good for a walk”

• Major: Journalism •Favorite place on campus: “Holmberg Hall”

Kirstyn Wagner

Barron Ryan

• Major: History •Favorite place on campus: “Panhellenic garden of sisterhood

by Price-- Wonderful flowers, plenty of places to sit or lay down and talk with my sisters between classes”

• Major: Piano Performance •Favorite place on campus: “Sharp Concert Hall, late at night!”

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Ultra orthodox Jewish men inspect an etrog, a lemon-like citrus fruit, one of the four items used for the Jewish holiday of Sukkot, in the orthodox Jewish neighborhood of Mea Shearim Sunday in Jerusalem. According to the Bible, during the Sukkot holiday, also known as the Feast of the Tabernacles, Jews are commanded to bind together a palm frond, or “lulav,” with two other branches, along with an “etrog,” they make up the “four species” used in holiday rituals.

The weeklong holiday begins Monday.

TODAY UPB • A Student Success Series seminar on time management will be at 2:30 p.m. in Carnegie Hall, room 200.

• A seminar on careers and majors will be at 3:30 p.m. in Carnegie Hall, room 200.

SCHOOL OF MUSIC The Sutton Faculty Concert series featuring the Oklahoma Chamber Players at 8 p.m. in the Pitman Recital Hall.

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A harp ensemble concert performed by students and faculty will be at noon in the Fred Jones Jr. Museum of Art.

Names are compiled from the Norman Police Department or the OU Department of Public Safety. The report serves as a public record of arrests or citations, not convictions. The people here are presumed innocent unless proven guilty.

CHRISTIANS ON CAMPUS There will be a bible study at noon in the Oklahoma Memorial Union’s Frontier Room.

UPB A seminar on “The Three R’s: Reading, ‘Riting and Remembering” will be at 2 p.m. in Carnegie Hall, room 200.

ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY There will be a meeting at 7 p.m. in Richards Hall, room 260.

SCHOOL OF MUSIC Violinist John Harrison will perform at 8 p.m. in the Pitman Recital Hall.

DRIVING WITHOUT A DRIVER’S LICENSE Mary Jane Hawkins, 50, Lindsey Street, Thursday

COUNTY WARRANT Christopher Lloyd Deskin, 44, 700 block East Main Street, Thursday Brandi Michelle Nolan, 27, 1300 block Regent Street, Thursday Shanna Walthall, 41, 400 block East Main Street, Thursday Terry Warren Jarlsburg, 60, 1500 block East Lindsey Street, Friday Derek Cole Moss, 19, 2600 block West Main Street, Friday Renee Beth Martin, 32, 1200 block East State Highway 9, Saturday

ASSAULT AND BATTERY Robert Christopher Keyes, 50, 3100 block Highland Ridge Drive, Thursday

Senate candidates spar over economy

FILLING A PRESCRIPTION UNLAWFULLY Kory Vernon Martin, 20, 600 block West Main Street, Wednesday, also possession of controlled dangerous substances and county warrant

PUBLIC INTOXICATION

Lindsey Street, Thursday, also possession of alcohol Jan Wayne Charles Demby, 45, 200 block Woodcrest Drive, Thursday Ronnie James Babbit, 20, 2900 block Short Stop Way, Saturday, also outraging public decency Debra Lorene Murie, 42, 1200 block Oakhurst Avenue, Saturday Ricky Shawn Stacy, 19, 1100 block Oak Tree Avenue, Saturday Randy Williams, 51, 600 block North Interstate Drive East, Saturday

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POSSESSION OF CONTROLLED DANGEROUS SUBSTANCES

Amanda Jolene Martin, 33, West Main Street, Friday

Patrick Allen Robinson, 21, 1700 block West Lindsey Street, Wednesday, also county warrant

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POSSESSION OF ALCOHOL Tyler Johnathon Rogers, 19, 700 block Stinson Street, Thursday

TRESPASSING Shane Michael Smith, 29, 3100 block Highland Ridge Drive, Thursday

PETTY LARCENY Machelle Diane Bishop, 23, 300 block North Interstate Drive East, Friday Alison Michelle Polk, 21, 3300 block West Main Street, Friday

RESISTING EXECUTIVE OFFICER Johnny Dale Campbell, 39, 400 block 12th Avenue Southeast, Friday, also public intoxication

Alexander Anthony Mcraniels, 18, West

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OKLAHOMA CITY — Faced with questions from voters worried about their jobs, their homes and their retirement portfolios, Oklahoma’s U.S. Senate candidates are talking about the economy more these days as they travel across the state.

Democratic challenger Andrew Rice, a state senator from Oklahoma City, is hoping to tie incumbent U.S. Sen. Jim Inhofe to the downturn in the economy, while Inhofe is asking voters to trust his consistency and experience.

Rice’s campaign released an ad last week that accuses Inhofe, R-Okla., of doing nothing while the country slipped into an economic crisis. The ad suggests Inhofe was influenced by the $1.3 million in campaign contributions he’s received over his 22-year career in Washington from real estate, banking and financial services donors.

“Are you better off?” Rice’s ad asks.

On the other hand, Inhofe has released an ad that suggests his experience in Washington is needed during a time of economic uncertainty.

“Unsteady times require steady hands,” Inhofe’s ad says.

Meanwhile, Inhofe’s campaign has reserved significant air time for the next three weeks and may add more.

“It’s a very aggressive buy,” Josh Kivett, Inhofe’s campaign manager, said.

Ads that have run July through Oct. 6 on major broadcast network affiliates have cost both candidates nearly $2 million combined. Rice has spent $970,965 and Inhofe $942,675.

Inhofe has been heavily favored to beat Rice. Most polls show Inhofe with a double-digit lead, and political handicappers have categorized the state as solidly Republican or likely Republican in the race.

But Geri Prado, Rice’s campaign manager, said one recent poll shows the gap is closing between heavily favored Inhofe and Rice and she assumes the gain has something to do with the economy.

“It is the number one issue on everybody’s mind,” Prado said.

Monday, Oct. 13, 2008 LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23) -- Be particularly cognizant of your behavior, especially when dealing with a valued relationship. Any thoughtless behavior on your part could create an infraction difficult to dismiss.

ARIES (March 21-April 19) -- Be careful about speaking for your mate about something you hadn’t discussed. There’s a strong chance he or she will feel the opposite way and be upset that you interfered.

SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 22) -- Carefully supervise any critical work being performed for you, because there is a good chance a major mistake might take place that would be extremely costly to fix.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20) -You might discover that you still haven’t learned a lesson from a recent mistake when you once again encounter the same type of situation. Stop and think before you respond.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 23-Dec. 21) -- It’s to no avail to take an unpopular position against your friends or associates. It won’t prove a thing; all it means is that everyone will come down on you at the same time.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20) -- Unless you select companions with extreme care, you could be tainted by another person’s reputation and be tarred by the same brush. Even if you are blameless, you’ll be guilty by association.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) -- Domestic disturbances must not be permitted to leave the confines of your home. The worse thing you can do is to make it public and invite all kinds of kibitzers into the squabble.

CANCER (June 21-July 22) -- You tend to be a creature of habit, which is good up to a point. When others are saying that you’re doing something the hard way, their advice is likely to be ignored.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 19) -- Don’t be surprised if it seems as if everything you say is being challenged by associates -- so don’t say anything for which you don’t have irrefutable proof to silence the disbelievers.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22) -- The way you treat others is exactly the way you will be treated, so if you insist upon being argumentative and uncooperative, you can expect the same flaws to be prevalent in companions.

PISCES (Feb. 20-March 20) -An individual who has heard you say things about him or her may challenge your statements. You’d better be prepared to have some good answers ready.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) -Make sure that a big-ticket purchase is fully backed in writing with guarantees and warranties.

There’s a strong chance something about the product might not be right.

Sherry Suzette Gleim, 42, 6200 block North Interstate Drive East, Thursday

DRIVING UNDER THE INFLUENCEDRIVER UNDER 21 Cody Lee Glover, 19, Classen Boulevard, Friday

DRIVING UNDER THE INFLUENCELIQUOR OR DRUGS

Travis Laverne Smith, 21, 1200 block North Interstate Drive West, Friday Claire Constance Welch, 19, 200 block West Gray Street, Thursday Colton James Sutherland, 18, 1600 block Abe Martin, Saturday

DRIVING WITH LICENSE CANCELED/ SUSPENDED/REVOKED James Berry Spain, 45, 1100 block North Interstate Drive East, Friday, also driving under the influence-liquor or drugs

AGGRAVATED DRIVING UNDER THE INFLUENCE David Scott Benson, 24, 1800 block North Flood Avenue, Saturday

FURNISHING ALCOHOL TO MINOR Corey Wayne Douglas, 21, 700 block Tollie Drive, Friday

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Pakistani tribesmen rise up against militants

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Pakistani tribesmen brandish their weapons before their patrol along security forces Thursday in troubled area of Daudzai near Peshawar, Pakistan.

Pakistani tribesmen are raising armies to battle al-Qaida and Taliban militants close to the Afghan border, a movement encouraged by the army and hailed as a sign its offensive there is succeeding.

ISLAMABAD, Pakistan — Pakistani tribesmen are raising armies to battle al-Qaida and Taliban militants close to the Afghan border a movement encouraged by the military and hailed as a sign its offensive there is succeeding.

The often ramshackle forces lend force to the campaign in the lawless and mountainous region, but analysts question their effectiveness against a well-armed, welltrained and increasingly brutal insurgency.

The extremists are increasingly targeting the militias, an indication they believe them to be a threat.

On Sunday, two tribesmen were killed during an army-backed offensive against insurgents in the Bajur tribal region.

Government official Jamil Khan said helicopter gunships shelled militants’ bunkers, killing at least 10 people. Fifteen more suspected militants were killed in separate clashes, he said.

On Friday, a suicide bomber killed more than 50 tribesmen gathering to form an army. Eight pro-government tribesmen have been beheaded in recent days.

By encouraging the private armies, or “lashkars,” the government is exploiting local resentment against foreign and Pakistani extremists in the area, considered a likely hiding place for Osama bin Laden and other al-Qaida leaders.

“These Taliban call themselves Muslims, but they have been involved in all kinds of crimes,” said Malik Mohmmand Habib, a leader of the Salarzai tribe, one of the largest of at least five tribes who have formed

lashkars in recent weeks. “We want them out of our area.”

Habib claims up to 15,000 men in his lashkar. Similar figures have been given by other leaders of private armies but those claims could not be independently verified. Analysts caution tribesmen are likely exaggerating, perhaps by as much as 50 percent.

The lashkars have drawn comparisons with government-backed militia in Iraq _ the so-called awakening councils _ that have been credited with beating back the insurgency there.

But the lashkars are less organized and the tribesmen use their own, often aging, weapons. The government does not admit to funding the armies, but analysts suspect the leaders at least receive money.

It is also unclear how much front-line fighting lashkars are involved in. They have been photographed on patrol with military units and have reportedly been involved in several clashes, but their main task appears to be holding areas cleared of insurgents by the army.

Army spokesman Maj. Gen. Athar Abbas praised the formation of the armies, but gave few details of how they operate.

Shuja Nawaz, a prominent Pakistani security analyst, said the tribesmen were rising up because they were genuinely unhappy with the presence of the militants, but stressed the government must quickly build roads, schools and undertake other development projects there to cement the successes.

— AP

Insulated from global economic woes, Iraqi stocks soar KIM GAMEL Associated Press BAGHDAD — While the rest of the world is facing a financial meltdown, the Iraq Stock Exchange is booming.

The ISX index soared nearly 40 percent during September, boosted by increasing confidence in security gains.

The ISX is only open two hours a day, three days a week and brokers track trading activity on the floor with colored markers and white bulletin boards instead of computers. But investors are seeing gains, especially in the hotel sector, even as markets elsewhere are taking a tumble.

“I don’t think that the current financial crisis will hurt our economy and especially this market because we are not connected to any of the global markets and we have very few foreign investors,” said Omar Mouwaffak, a 73-year-old trader resting on a bench along the wall.

Foreigners comprise less than 3 percent of the daily volume, officials said, but with the improving security situation on the ground and a lack of attractive options elsewhere investors hope that could change.

“I think that some foreign investors who are afraid to pump their money in the affected economies will pump their money in here, though not necessarily huge amounts,” said Salam Hassan Jawad, a 44-year-old trader and father of two, standing in the hall with two cell phones in his hands.

Iraq is in a unique position rebuilding its post-war economy with plenty of oil reserves and still largely dependent on U.S. money rather than international investment. That’s reflected in the stock market, which only has 95 Iraqi companies listed and a daily volume of $1 million to $2 million.

Still, the Iraq Stock Market’s chief executive officer isn’t gloating. He’s worried Iraq’s greatest asset — oil — could prove its Achilles’ heel.

“I believe we’re still far from what’s happening in the world in the financial markets. But in the end you must know we are part of this world. I

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believe somehow we will have some problems,” Taha Abdul-Salam said Sunday in an interview at his office above the busy trading floor.

Abdul-Salam is worried dropping oil prices, which have plunged nearly 50 percent from a summertime high of $150 per barrel, will force Iraq to readjust its projected $79 billion budget surplus.

The lack of electronic trading is another problem.

“There are many funds thinking to invest here in Iraq. They send e-mails, they contact my brokers. They like to collect information,” he added. “But some of those funds are waiting for the automation because they like to invest in the international way.”

“We still trade in the manual way,” he added.

Promoted by U.S. authorities, the independent Iraq Stock Exchange opened in June 2004 to replace the defunct Saddam Hussein-era Baghdad Stock Exchange, which was riddled with corruption.

It saw brisk trading in the beginning, with $10 million changing hands on a single day, but business tapered off as violence spiked and affluent Iraqis fled to neighboring countries, taking their money with them.

Abdul-Salam, who has a Master’s degree in economics from Baghdad University and speaks English, sees an opportunity to get them back _ stressing plans are under way to implement electronic trading.

AP Photo “Those who ran away, we are trying to convince them that you must get back because we have good security now in Iraq. We are trying to build Iraqis stock traders mark up the sales board Sunday at the Iraq Stock Exchange in the country,” he said.

Baghdad. While the rest of the world is facing a near financial meltdown, the Iraq Abdul-Salam said the biggest sector remains banking, but growth in stock exchange is enjoying a boom. hotels is driving up the overall index.

FOR CAMPUS LIVING.

• Student Success Series Seminars Carnegie Bldg. 200, 2 p.m. to 3 p.m.

• Norton Visiting Artist Concert Series: John Harrison, violinist Pitman Recital Hall, 8 p.m. ($8 - $5) WEDNESDAY • BANGLADESHI FOOD FESTIVAL Jim Thorpe Multicultural Center, Noon to 2 p.m. ($6) • Student Success Series Seminars Carnegie Bldg. 200, 3 p.m. to 4 p.m.

• OU Volleyball vs. Colorado Howard McCasland Field House , 7 p.m.

THURSDAY • Breast Cancer Awareness Movie Screening The Women’s Outreach Center , 7 p.m.

• Sutton Faculty Concert Series: OU Wind Symphony and Symphony Band Sharp Concert Hall, 8 p.m. ($8 - $5) FRIDAY • BOUTIQUE BOULEVARD CONSIGNMENT SALE EVENT CLEVELAND COUNTY FAIRGROUNDS, 9 a.m.

• OU Libraries’ Book Sale Bizzell Memorial Library , 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.

• OU Soccer vs. Texas The University of Texas at Austin , 7 p.m.

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Longhorn running back Chris Ogbonnaya breaks away from Sooner defenders Jeremy Beal (44) and Brandon Crow (48). Ogbonnaya ran for 62 yards on the play, essentially putting the game away for Texas in a 45-35 win. Ogbonnaya finished with 127 yards, making him the first Texas player to gain more than 100 rushing yards in a game this year.

Texas escapes Dallas with win • Back-and-forth game ends with OU’s first loss of the season KYLE BURNETT Daily Sports Writer After appearing sharp in the first quarter, OU faltered in the second half and allowed Texas to come back from two 11-point deficits.

Junior quarterback Colt McCoy threw for 277 yards and a touchdown and ran for an additional 31 yards.

McCoy’s two main receivers — Quan Cosby and Jordan Shipley — each had over 100 yards receiving, and Shipley added a kick return for a touchdown to give Texas the 45-35 win.

“Their staff and team really played an excellent game,” head coach Bob Stoops said. “They executed well throughout the game and really give credit to them. We weren’t good enough and they made the plays.”

Sophomore quarterback Sam Bradford threw for more than 300 yards for the fifth consecutive game and connected on five touchdowns, but the defense couldn’t overcome the loss of middle linebacker and emotional leader Ryan Reynolds.

The nail in the Sooners’ coffin came when Texas running back Chris Ogbonnaya burst through the line late in the fourth quarter for a 62-yard run to the two-yard line. The Longhorns scored on the next play and converted a twopoint conversion to go up ten.

On that play, Ogbonnaya became the first Texas player to rush for more than 100 yards in a game this season.

Texas shut down the OU offense on its ensuing two possessions and secured the victory.

“They made the plays in the second half to win it,” Stoops said. “Again, a hard fought game and they got the better of us.”

OU began with the game’s first possession, and quickly moved down the field and scored on a five-yard touchdown pass from Bradford to Manuel Johnson — the first of the three times the duo would connect for a touchdown.

It didn’t take Texas long to respond. McCoy found Cosby for a 25-yard completion which put the ‘Horns into Oklahoma territory.

After three plays Texas kicked a 26-yard field goal to make the score 7-3.

In the second quarter, everything appeared to be going OU’s way after a Bradford pass ricocheted off Jermaine Gresham and into the hands of Ryan Broyles for a touchdown and a 14-3 lead.

But on the ensuing kickoff, Texas’ Jordan Shipley shot through the OU defenders for a 96-yard touchdown.

“The one that just got us,” Stoops said. “We had all the momentum … and it looked like we had guys in position to make the play and we get hesitant and don’t make it.”

The two teams then traded touchdowns, and Texas added a field goal after a Bradford interception to trail by only one at halftime.

OU’s defense stopped the Longhorns on their first second-half possession. Redshirt freshman Ryan Broyles then gave the Sooners’ their best special teams play of the game — returning the ensuing punt to the 40-yard line.

Bradford took advantage of the shortened field with a touchdown pass to Juaquin Iglesias to put the Sooners up 28-20.

Texas didn’t miss a step as the ‘Horns drove down the field and brought the game back to one when McCoy connected with senior wide receiver Jordan Shipley for a 2-yard touchdown.

The Sooner defense then began to fall apart after Reynolds went down with a knee injury.

He had shown signs of an injury in the first half, but stayed in the game. In the third quarter, he tore his ACL and now will be out for the season.

After Reynolds left, McCoy began finding consistent passing lanes in the middle of the field. Ogbonnaya then broke his big run to essentially seal the victory for the Longhorns.

Luckily for the Sooners, it was another week of upsets throughout college football. No. 3 Missouri lost to Oklahoma State — catapulting the Cowboys to a No. 8 ranking — and No. 4 LSU lost 51-21 to Florida.

No. 2 Alabama was idle, making Texas the only team in the top five to win this weekend.

The crazy weekend caused OU to only drop three ranks to No. 4, making it the highestranked team with a loss.

With the win, Texas is now a game ahead of the Sooners and owns the tiebreaker, which means the Longhorns will have to lose twice for OU to have a shot at the Big 12 Championship.

But the OU-Texas game was the first game in a hellacious stretch for the Longhorns that features four of their next five games against ranked opponents.

Stoops is making sure his team remains focused on finishing the year strong.

“The message is: we’re only halfway through the year,” Stoops said. “The major part is coming, it’s conference play, and we got a long year ahead of us, and we’ll keep out head up and keep competing, and try to work on some things.”

Oct. 11 vs. Texas Jordan Shipley, Texas Wide Receiver Statline: 11 receptions, 112 yards; 113 kick return yards, 2 total TDs Stats for the year: 35 receptions, 480 yards (13.7 yards per catch), 8 TDs Analysis: Shipley made his presence known both on offense and in the kicking game, returning a kickoff 96 yards for a touchdown when the Sooners seemed poised to take control of the game.

Shipley’s 11 receptions are the most he has registered in a game this season, and the 96 yard return was the first special teams touchdown of his career.

Fellow receiver Quan Cosby tends to steal much of the spotlight, but Shipley continues to lead the Longhorns in receiving touchdowns and yards per catch.

OFFENSE AND DEFENSE BREAKDOWNS:

THE REST OF THE NATION:

THE ENDZONE:

This year’s OU-Texas was one of the best in recent memory. The Daily takes a closer look at how the offense and defense performed. Page 2B

If you missed the action across the nation while you were partying in Dallas, you missed another crazy weekend. The Daily gets you up to speed. Page 3B.

The Daily presents a new Extra Points feature, detailing the reasoning for the Sooners’ grades as well as both teams’ statistical leaders. Page 4B.

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Middle linebacker Ryan Reynolds (8) tackles Texas running back Chris Ogbonnaya (3) during Saturday’s game. Reynolds, who was the leader of the defense, left the game in the third quarter and will be out for the season with a torn ACL. The defense’s production dropped dramatically after Reynolds left the game.

Defense can’t survive without leader unfortunate.”

Reynolds was playing well, and had become the emotional leader of the defense.

In fact, against Baylor he was graded at 100, which defensive coordinator Brent Venables said is the first time in his career he has given a perfect grade.

JOEY HELMER Daily Staff Writer “He is a [large] part of what we do,” Venables said. “He gets guys lined up in checks and things of that nature.”

In what was the most important possession of the game at the The injury clearly took some life out of the defense, which all time, the Sooners sacked junior quarterback Colt McCoy before day was looking to string together back-to-back stops. allowing a meaningless short completion and holding on a third “A leader like he is and a rock like he is, it’s tough for us, it’s down incompletion, forcing the Longhorns to punt the ball away tough for any team to lose a player like Ryan,” said redshirt freshon the first possession of the second half. man linebacker Travis Lewis.

It seemed the Sooner defense would finally bear down on the Lewis — who finished with a game-high 19 tackles — was Longhorns, who were led by McCoy’s 171 also called for two controversial late passing yards in the first half. hits when he touched UT quarterback But the Sooners failed to take the game Colt McCoy as he was running out of over. The OU offense scored again to lead bounds.

28-20 early in the third, but a series of events In both cases, Lewis appeared to let tilted the momentum in favor of the Texas up and even try to keep McCoy from offense. falling. However, both fouls occurred The most debilitating setback occurred along the Texas sideline, and both when junior middle linebacker Ryan were called 15-yard personal fouls.

Reynolds went down with a major knee The defense never had the answer injury. for McCoy and the Texas offense, — Redshirt freshman linebacker “He tore his anterior cruciate ligament allowing the Longhorns to respond Travis Lewis whenever the OU offense was able to (ACL), so he’ll be finished for the year,” said head coach Bob Stoops. “It’s just really score.

• Ryan Reynolds’ knee injury dooms defensive unit

“A leader like he is and a rock like he is, it’s tough for us, it’s tough for any team to lose a player like Ryan.”

“[McCoy is] good when he has his space, he throws it, and when he doesn’t, he does a good job of buying some time and making a little something [out of it],” Stoops said.

Texas amassed 438 yards of total offense, well over half of it through the air.

McCoy was aided by great play from wide receivers Jordan Shipley and Quan Cosby, who found holes in the OU secondary all day.

Shipley had 11 catches for 112 yards and a touchdown, and Cosby had nine receptions for 122 yards.

“I thought they did a great job, those guys executed really well and made some big plays,” Stoops said.

Stopping the run for the majority of the contest was the one and perhaps only bright spot for the defense.

One of the keys to the game for the Sooner defense was limiting McCoy’s running ability, and it accomplished that goal. In fact, OU held Texas to negative rushing yards in the first half.

The Longhorns finished with 161 rushing yards, but 62 of those came on a huge run late in the fourth quarter that sealed the game.

So, for a majority of the game, Texas couldn’t run the ball effectively against the Sooners.

But the inability to stop the pass and get any rhythm defensively was a killer throughout the contest.

“I feel they played a little inconsistent in the first half,” Venables said. “Texas did a nice job, they came in and did some things that were completely different, so it took a little time to get adjusted.”

Nonexistant running attack results in OU loss • Sooners can’t muster 50 rushing yards against dominant Texas defense JOEY HELMER Daily Staff Writer Sam Bradford continued his phenomenal statistical season against Texas, but he couldn’t overcome a terrible rushing game.

Bradford finished the day 28-for-39 for 387 yards and five touchdowns. Senior wide receiver Manuel Johnson — who finished with six catches for 85 yards — caught three of those touchdowns, including one on the opening drive of the game that jumped the Sooners to a 7-0 lead.

Senior Juaquin Iglesias led the team with 92 receiving yards, junior tight end Jermaine Gresham had five receptions for 90 yards and a touchdown, and redshirt freshman wide receiver Ryan Broyles added five receptions, 61 yards and a touchdown.

The Sooner passing attack was as strong as it has been all season, with the exception of two Bradford interceptions.

One was a slightly overthrown pass in the second quarter and the other a meaningless Hail Mary at the end of the game.

But when it counted, the Sooners couldn’t come through.

On a huge third down midway through the fourth quarter, Bradford could not connect with Johnson.

“We would have loved to get that third down back on third and three,” offensive coordinator Kevin Wilson said. “They played man three and we ran a crossing, mesh play and we didn’t connect.”

While Wilson was disappointed with that play, he was also aware that the passing game wasn’t the offense’s problem.

“I thought our kids battled hard,” Wilson said.

“We just have to find a way to run the ball better and get better plays. It’s a little limited though because I’m not going to run Sam at all.”

Running the ball was a tremendous issue in the contest.

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OU running back Mossis Madu (17) tries to juke Texas linebacker Sergio Kindle (2). The Sooner offense failed to generate any consistent running game, amassing just 48 yards.

“We do need to have the balance, but again they were going to commit in certain sets to overload it,” Wilson said. “That is why we passed so much.

We don’t want to be one-dimensional.”

OU only gained 48 yards on the ground on 26 carries for a measly 1.8 yards per carry in the contest. The longest run of the day was a 13-yard scamper by junior running back Chris Brown.

“I don’t know if we did anything wrong as much as just they got some sets where they got loaded up,” Wilson said. “I don’t think we ran real hard at times. We just keep challenging our guys.”

Head coach Bob Stoops added that it was frustrating to not be able to get a balance between the run and the pass, but would not comment further.

“It is disappointing not to be able to run the foot-

ball,” Stoops said.

The Sooners did credit some of their struggles to the stout Texas defense.

“We knew they were going to be good coming into this game and they just executed well,” Bradford said. “I thought we played well in the first half and even in the second half. They were just able to execute and stop us.”

Extra Points

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Sports

Staff Pick Results

The Daily Consensus Corey DeMoss This week: (5-3) Overall: (33-15)

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(5) Texas vs. (1) OU

OU

(4) LSU at (11) Florida

3 Missouri 2 Penn State 3 Notre Dame 2 Michigan State 3 Kansas State 3 South Carolina 3

(17) Oklahoma State at (3) Missouri (6) Penn State at Wisconsin

Notre Dame at (22) North Carolina (23) Michigan State at Northwestern Kansas State at Texas A&M South Carolina at Kentucky

Florida

Joey Helmer This week: (5-3) Overall: (32-16)

OU

2

OU

3 Missouri 2 Penn State 3 North Carolina 3 Michigan State 3 Kansas State3 Kentucky 2 Florida

Kyle Burnett This week: (5-3) Overall: (36-12)

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3 Missouri 2 Penn State 3 North Carolina 3 Michigan State 3 Kansas State 3 Kentucky 2 Florida

Steven Jones This week: (4-4) Overall: (26-22)

2 LSU 2

MJ Casiano This week: (6-2) Overall: (31-17)

Eric Dama This week: (3-5) Overall: (29-19)

2 LSU 2

2

OU

2 3 North Carolina 3 Northwestern 2 Kansas State 3 South Carolina 3

3 Missouri 2 Missouri 2 Wisconsin 2 Penn State 3 North Carolina 3 North Carolina 3 Michigan State 3 Michigan State 3 Kansas State 3 Kansas State 3 Kentucky 2 South Carolina 3

Missouri

Penn State

2 LSU 2 OU

OU

OU

Annelise Russell This week: (3-5) Overall: (33-15)

Florida

Consensus

OU

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3 2 2 Penn State 3 Penn State 3 North Carolina 3 North Carolina 3 Michigan State 3 Michigan State 3 Texas A&M 2 Kansas State 3 Kentucky 2 Kentucky 2 Florida

Missouri

Missouri

AP TOP 25 RESULTS 1. Oklahoma

Lost 45-35 to Texas

2. Alabama

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3. Missouri

Lost 28-23 to Oklahoma

4. LSU

Lost 51-21 to Florida

5. Texas

Won 45-35 against Oklahoma

6. Penn State

Won 48-7 against Wisconsin

7. Texas Tech

Won 37-31 (OT) against Nebraska

8. USC

Won 28-0 against Arizona State

9. BYU

Won 21-3 against New Mexico

10. Georgia

Won 26-14 against Tennessee

11. Florida

Won 51-21 against LSU

12. Ohio State

Won 16-3 against Purdue

13. Vanderbilt

Lost 17-14 to Mississippi State

14. Utah

Won 40-7 against Wyoming

15. Boise State

Won 24-7 against Southern Mississippi

16. Kansas

Won 30-14 against Colorado

17. Oklahoma State

Won 28-23 against Missouri

18. Virginia Tech

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Oklahoma State wide receiver Damian Davis celebrates his 31-yard touchdown reception during the fourth quarter of OSU’s game against Missouri on Saturday nnight in Columbia, Mo. The Cowboys went on to win 28-23, handing a second top-five Big 12 team a loss on the same day.

19. South Florida

Idle

20. Auburn

Lost 25-22 to Arkansas

Oklahoma State tames Tigers

21. Wake Forest

Won 12-7 against Clemson

22. North Carolina

Won 29-24 against Notre Dame

23. Michigan State

Won 37-20 against Northwestern

24. Pittsburgh

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25. Ball State

Won 24-7 against Western Kentucky

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• Cowboys shake up Big 12 in wild weekend R.B. FALLASTROM Associated Press COLUMBIA, Mo. — Chase Daniel’s Heisman Trophy stock just plummeted. Missouri’s national championship hopes took a tumble, too.

And how about them Oklahoma State Cowboys?

No. 17 Oklahoma State stopped an offense that had been scoring at will, intercepting Daniel’s passes three times in the second half and upsetting the third-ranked Tigers 28-23 victory on Saturday night.

“Put it all on me,” Daniel said. “I should have made all three of those throws. It seemed like we were a little bit off all night. For the reason, I have no idea.”

Zac Robinson and Damian Davis hooked up on a pair of long scores in the second half, and Patrick Lavine’s interception at the Oklahoma State 31 with 1:41 to go on a pass intended for Jeremy Maclin was the clincher.

“It was a great opportunity on a national stage,” said Oklahoma State linebacker Andre Sexton, whose interception and 39-yard return set up a score that put the Cowboys ahead 28-17 in the fourth quarter. “We got a chance, and we just wanted to go out there and show everybody.”

Missouri (5-1, 1-1 Big 12) had appeared poised to challenge for No. 1 with a strong effort after top-ranked Oklahoma lost to Texas and No. 2 Alabama had the weekend off.

Instead of possibly being No. 1, Daniel expects Missouri will be playing against No. 1 next week at Texas.

“They’ll probably ranked No. 1,” Daniel said.

“It’ll be a tough game, a lot of people there, and we’ve got to get going.”

Even if Texas does get to No. 1, a win next week would shoot Missouri right back into the thick of the national title mix, but the Cowboys left the Tigers with little room for another slip up.

As for the Cowboys (6-0, 2-0), they’re 6-0 for the first time since 1945 after going 18-19 in coach Mike Gundy’s first three seasons.

“They’re going to be at least No. 2 if they win,” Gundy said of the Tigers. “I’m just really happy for our team. They put in a lot of hard work and effort, and they deserve it.”

And it was Robinson, not Daniel, who played like a Heisman Trophy contender. Robinson was 19-for-28 for 215 yards and two touchdowns. Kendall Hunter had 154 yards on 24 carries and a 68-yard scoring run.

Daniel was fourth in the Heisman voting last season and considered a front-runner for the award through the first month of this season.

He put up some more big numbers, 39-for-52 for 390 yards and a touchdown, against the Cowboys but the interceptions were critical.

Missouri had won 10 in a row and 18 of 19 at home, but were held 19 points below their scoring average. Derrick Washington, averaging 100 yards rushing per game, was held to 11 yards on eight carries with a 5-yard scoring run.

“Your guts feel like they just got torn out if you’re a competitor,” coach Gary Pinkel said. “We just haven’t been in this situation for a while, and this is really difficult for our players.

“We’ll get going.”

The game matched the second- and thirdleading scoring teams in the nation, together combining for a 105 points per game.

From the start it failed to live up to expectations as a scoring-fest.

Missouri was held to a field goal on its opening drive after 11 plays and nearly six minutes.

Oklahoma State chewed up nearly five minutes before Robinson’s 6-yard scoring run on its first drive.

“We felt we would have to score with them,” Gundy said. “Our defense kept playing well, so our game plan was pretty solid.”

Missouri trailed only once in its previous five games, and then only briefly in the opener against Illinois. Oklahoma State grabbed the lead three times to stun a sellout crowd 68,349, going ahead for good on Davis’ 40-yard reception for a 21-17 lead late in the third quarter.

Daniel, who entered with 15 touchdown passes and only one interception, pulled Missouri to 28-23 with 7-yard touchdown pass to Danario Alexander with 4:27 to go. Missouri got the ball at its own 35 after a shanked 10-yard punt with 2:40 to go.

But Daniel forced a throw into tight coverage and Lavine made the diving pick to wrap it up.

“They had some big playmakers, but we felt we had some big playmakers on our defense,” Lavine said. “We knew the ball was going to Maclin. I tried to play him hard, and it worked out for me.”

Missouri overcame several problems to take a 10-7 halftime lead.

Besides trailing for the second time all season, the Tigers went three-and-out on offense for the first time all year. Plus, their run of scoring a touchdown on their opening drive in every game ended when they stalled inside the 1 and settled for a chip shot field goal by Jeff Wolfert.

Wolfert broke Brad Smith’s career scoring record on the opening drive, but missed two other kicks including one that was partially blocked.

Robinson scored on a 6-yard run on Oklahoma State’s opening possession for a 7-3 lead. But the Cowboys’ Dan Bailey missed a 25-yard field goal attempt early in the second quarter on a kick that may have been tipped.

BIG 12 RESULTS Missouri

Lost 28-23 to Oklahoma State

Kansas

Won 30-14 against Colorado

Nebraska

Lost 37-31 (OT) against Texas Tech

Colorado

Lost 30-14 to Kansas

Kansas State

Won 44-30 against Texas A&M

Iowa State

Lost 38-10 to Baylor

Oklahoma

Lost 45-35 to Texas

Texas

Won 45-35 against Oklahoma

Texas Tech

Won 37-31 (OT) against Nebraska

Oklahoma State

Won 28-23 against Missouri

Texas A&M

Lost 44-30 to Kansas State

Baylor

Won 38-10 against Iowa State

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TOP 5 HOPEFULS PLAYER

PREVIOUS GAMES’ RESULTS

NEXT GAME

QB Colt McCoy, Texas

28/35, 277 yards passing, 1 TD, 0 INT

Saturday vs. Missouri

QB Chase Daniel, Missouri

39/52, 390 yards passing, 1 passing TD, 3 INTs

Saturday @ Texas

QB Sam Bradford, Oklahoma

28/39, 387 yards passing, 5 passing TDs, 2 INTs

Saturday vs. Kansas

RB Javon Ringer, Michigan State 35 carries, 124 yards; 2 receptions, 16 yards; 2 TDs

QB Tim Tebow, Florida

Saturday vs. Ohio State

14/21, 210 yards passing; 22 rushing yards, 3 total TDs

Oct. 25 vs. Kentucky

20/25, 284 yards passing, 3 total TDs, 0 INTs

Saturday @ Texas A&M

8 receptions, 120 yards; 97 return yards, O TDs

Saturday @ Texas

ON THE FRINGE QB Graham Harrell, Texas Tech

DARK HORSE WR Jeremy Maclin, Missouri

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OFFENSIVE LEADERS

28/39, 387 yards, 5 TDs, 2 INTs

7 receptions, 92 yards, 0 TDs

Manuel Johnson, WR

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6 receptions, 85 yards, 3 TDS

Jermaine Gresham, TE

Sam Bradford picked apart the Longhorn defense, throwing for more than 300 yards for the fifth consecutive game and equaling a career high with five touchdowns.

He showed some mobility when rolling away from pressure, but he also threw a costly interception at the end of the first half that resulted in a Texas field goal.

LINEBACKERS With Ryan Reynolds in the game, the linebacker corps looked dominant. Travis Lewis looked particularly good, and finished the game with a career-high 19 tackles — tying Brian Bosworth for the OU freshman record.

However, Lewis also had two costly — and controversial — personal fouls. And once Reynolds left the game with a knee injury, Colt McCoy began finding easy passing lanes down the middle of the field.

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5 receptions, 90 yards, 1 TD

RUNNING BACKS

DEFENSIVE LEADERS

Travis Lewis, LB 19 tackles, 1.5 tackles for loss

The running game was anemic all day, resulting in just 48 yards on 26 carries.

The longest run the Sooners could manage was a 13-yard scamper by Chris Brown. DeMarco Murray was completely shut down, held to six yards on seven carries. His longest run was two yards.

Punter Mike Knall had one of the best runs of the day, and that’s never a good sign.

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Gerald McCoy, DT 4 tackles, 2 sacks

Brian Jackson, CB

DEFENSIVE BACKS

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6 tackles, 1 forced fumbled

Keenan Clayton, LB

RECEIVERS

5 tackles, 1 pass deflection

BY THE NUMBERS

22:50 OU’s time of possession

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Once again, the Sooners proved they have a laundry list of weapons on the outside.

Juaquin Iglesias, Manuel Johnson, Jermaine Gresham, Ryan Broyles and DeMarco Murray all had at least four catches and 50 yards.

It is becoming clear that the OU receiver corps is one of the deepest and most dangerous in the nation.

Points OU has allowed in the first quarter

27 Consecutive red zone trips OU has converted into points

OVERALL

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Brian Jackson and Dominique Franks had looked good in the first five games of the season, but had yet to face a legitimate test.

They found that test against Texas, and couldn’t contain Quan Cosby or Jordan Shipley, both of whom finished wih more than 100 yards.

A coverage breakdown allowed Shipley to pick up a huge gain on third down to set up a go-ahead score in the fourth quarter.

SPECIAL TEAMS

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Points OU has scored in the first quarter

6

The defensive line was able to consistently push into the backfield and disrupt Colt McCoy, resulting in four sacks.

The linemen also shut down the running game for most of the game, but gave up one huge key run at the end of the game that essentially put things away for Texas.

OFFENSIVE LEADERS

QUARTERBACK

Sam Bradford, QB Juaquin Iglesias, WR

The Sooners did give up three sacks, but two of them were to one of the nation’s best pass rushers, Brian Orakpo.

For the most part, the linemen provided Sam Bradford with ample time to throw, which has become the norm.

However, running lanes were hard to come by and OU was never able to get the running game going.

DEFENSIVE LINE

The OU offense proved it can play with the best of the nation even with a nonexistant running game, but the defense faultered after the loss of leader Ryan Reynolds and the special teams proved to be a major problem again.

With Reynolds out for the season,

The Sooners’ biggest weakness all season finally cost them a game.

Jordan Shipley’s kickoff return for a touchdown killed the Sooners’ momentum when it looked like they were poised to take over the game.

Then a failed fake punt in the third quarter allowed Texas to take its first lead of the game. While the offense was able to respond, giving up the points turned out to be costly.

the defense will need to find a new gameplan quickly for the Sooners to remain in the BCS chase. And the offense needs to figure out a way to get DeMarco Murray going, because he has yet to show the explosiveness of last season.

— COREY DEMOSS/THE DAILY

Colt McCoy, QB 28/35, 277 yards, 1 TD, 0 INTs 14 carries, 31 yards

Chris Ogbonnaya, RB 15 carries, 127 yards 4 receptions, 27 yards

Quan Cosby, WR 9 receptions, 122 yards, 0 TDS

Jordan Shipley, WR 11 receptions, 112 yards, 1 TD 113 kick return yards, 1 TD

DEFENSIVE LEADERS

Rodd Muckelroy, LB 14 tackles, 1 pass deflection

Brian Orakpo, DE 2 sacks, 1 forced fumble

Earl Thomas, S 2 INTs, 1 forced fumble

Sergio Kindle, LB 4 tackles, 1 sack

BY THE NUMBERS

37:10 Texas’ time of possession

-3 Texas’ rushing yards in the first half

164 Texas’ rushing yards in the second half

80 Total number of points, most in OU-Texas history

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