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Porter Avenue could undergo a major facelift in the next several years. The Porter Avenue Planners held open meetings last week at St. Joseph’s Catholic Church for input from the community on the current downtown section of the street.

Charlie Warnken, assistant professor of regional and city planning, said the group is trying to make the area a center of commerce again. “Historically, Porter was the main pipeline into Norman. It was the real heart of the commercial district,” he said. “It’s been in a stage of decline over the past 30 years. They want to revitalize it.” Goals determined by community residents include more defined sidewalks and crosswalks, safer traffic, a bike lane, a left turning lane and neighborhood markers. Options for heightening the area’s aesthetics include adding a roundabout with either a fountain or tall sculpture in the middle, archways and cultivating the existing Art Deco architecture in the area. “Everybody else that has Art Deco has found it and has celebrated it,” said Shannon Gordon, senior

project manager for Ocshner Hare and Hare, a planning consultant firm based in Kansas City, Mo., hired by the City of Norman to evaluate the area. Gordon said plans are in the initial stages. The proposal has not been presented to the City of Norman yet. But Gordon said it is crucial for plans to move forward to halt Porter’s decline. “If we don’t do anything, there’s a real problem on Porter,” he said. Curt Jennings, landscaping architecture graduate student, said he gained valuable experience by helping Ocshner Hare and Hare during the week. Jennings walked the area with associates from the planning group and helped take pictures of the area and identify points of interest for the redesign. “I was seeing the whole process,” he said. “From developing bus stops, to everything. It’s been great.”

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Air Force officer talks peace A retired Air Force oﬃcer will speak about what he calls the misuse of America’s military might at 7 p.m. today at St. Stephen’s United Methodist Church, 1801 W. Brooks St. ROBERT Lt. Col. Robert M. BOWMAN Bowman is a retired member of the U.S. Air Force, who ﬂew more than 100 combat missions in Vietnam.

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OU rocks the vote today Graham Colton, Pictures of Then and former Senator Cal Hobson will be at a free Rock the Vote event at 6 p.m. today. The location has been changed from Walker-Adams Mall to the food court of Oklahoma Memorial Union.

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Free screening of noodling film A screening of “Okie Noodling II,” a documentary about barehanded ﬁshing in Oklahoma, shows at 7:30 p.m. in the Oklahoma Memorial Union’s Meacham Auditorium. The audience will have the chance to discuss the ﬁlm with director and producer Brad Beesley after the screening. The event is free and open to the public. For more information, visit ou.edu/gaylord.

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any students fetch coffee and run errands as interns to gain experience for their resumes, but members of the Sooner Racing Team actually build and race competition racecars. The team competes in Formula SAE, a student design competition organized by the Society of Automotive Engineers International. Students design, build and race a prototype race car from the ground up, and in return, receive feedback from specialists in the automotive industry. “We do all the design, manufacturing, assembly and fundraising,” said Dave Collins, captain of the Sooner Racing Team. “We do anything a professional racing team does.” Formula SAE is often a college requirement for those hoping to

work as designers or engineers at most major auto manufacturing companies, said Collins, mechanical engineering junior. “It’s a base requirement,” he said. “Team experience is vital. [Professionally] you work as a team all the time.” Honda is one company that won’t accept applications without team experience, he said. “It’s like applying for a job when the requirement is 35 and you’re 18,” Collins said. The team finalized its plans and began working on the car last week. For the next nine months, team members will give up their Saturday afternoons to work on the car and gain experience for the “real world.” “It definitely really prepares you for what’s out there,” said Bobby Alley, the team’s vice president and mechanical engineering senior. “The team encompasses everything.” He said students learn techniques and gain experience not found in a classroom. Collins said seeing plans come to life is the most rewarding part of the whole process. “Getting to see your ideas made

Members of the Patriot Guard Riders form a flag line in front of the CrossPointe Church Saturday in Norman. The members came to support the family of Oklahoma Army National Guard Sgt. Dan Eshbaugh of Norman, who died Sept. 18 in a helicopter crash in Iraq.

About 100 military veterans on motorcycles escorted the family of a Norman soldier killed in Iraq to his funeral Saturday morning in Norman. The Patriot Guard Riders came to the funeral of Oklahoma Army National Guard Sgt. Daniel Michael Eshbaugh, 43, of Norman, who was killed Sept. 18 in a helicopter crash in Iraq. The Patriot Guard Riders were founded in 2005, when a group of military veterans attended a soldier’s funeral in Chelsea. Many members of the group are military veterans who ride motorcycles, but it is not a requirement for members to be veterans or bikers. The Patriot Guard Riders is a national organization that attends the funeral services of American soldiers to support the soldiers, their families and their communities.

Dennis Patterson, 53, of For more photos Purcell, was one of the riders who attended the service. of the Patriot He said honoring soldiers who died while serving their Guard Riders, country is the sole mission of see Page 12 and the group. “That’s it. No other pur- OUDaily.com pose,” Patterson said. Before the funeral service began, a group of protesters from Westboro Baptist Church in Kansas stood near the CrossPointe Church on Highway 9 holding signs that read “pray for more dead soldiers” and waving upside-down American flags. According to Westboro’s Web site, the deaths of American soldiers are God’s way of punishing the U.S. for its tolerance of homosexuality. The protesters were required by law to remain 500 feet away from the church. The riders revved their engines to drown out the sound of the protesters’ yelling. The protesters left before the service began. The patriot riders cheered their departure and yelled, “Mission accomplished.” “They’re insignificant,” Patterson said of the

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Monday, Oct. 6, 2008

Construction science students build city greenhouse

Student blogs on two-week green experiment Today is the day my adventure in transportation begins. I am giving up my car for two weeks and relying on public transportation, my bicycle and the occasional car pool to get around town and even to the OU-Texas game. While riding with Critical Mass, a national group seeking to improve motorists’ awareness of bicyclists, I met several people who didn’t own cars but were very active. It was then that I landed on what I deemed my “great idea.” At ﬁrst, it almost seemed impossible. Give up my car, the four-wheeled, steel contraption that gets me from KEVIN point A to point B every day? HAHN But the more I thought about it, the more feasible it seemed. So I decided to give it a try. While planning this challenge, I realized it would be easy to hide on campus for a couple of weeks and not learn anything. But I decided to face the real world and have incorporated some obstacles into my plan: I’m going to hit the mall, visit a movie theater, go grocery shopping, make it to the OU-Texas game and even take a trip home. Normally, these would be unremarkable events, but for someone without a car, getting anywhere will be a challenge. Check out oudaily.com/weblogs/green to follow my adventures through my blog and video posts.

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Soldier Continued from page 1 Westboro protesters. Patterson has been a member of the riders for three years and was in the Army from 1971 to 1973. Kandy Cina, 48, of Norman, came to support the Patriot Guard Riders. She said one goal of the riders is to shield the family of the soldier from the protestors. “They are protesting and disrupting the funeral service,” said Cina, who said she was in the Navy from 1978 to 1999 and has been to about 20 funerals. “Families should not be disrespected. A funeral service is sacred.” About 50 members of OU’s ROTC Army, Navy and Marine Corps detachments also attended the funeral. Nick Kuhn, aviation senior and OU Naval ROTC member, was at the church before the funeral service began. Kuhn said he came to support the family of the soldier who was killed. “From a military standpoint, if I was ever killed in combat, I would want a flag representation out here to try and protect my family and my body,” Kuhn said. “And I know everyone here feels the same way.”

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Construction science students traded their pens and pencils for augers and hammers Friday and Saturday to help the Norman community grow. The Cleveland County Master Gardener Association solicited the help of OU students to build a greenhouse at the county fairgrounds, said Ken Rossam, director of the construction science department in the College of Architecture. Several construction science students began building the greenhouse Friday. They dug holes, leveled ground and erected the frame of the greenhouse, but a shortage of materials halted construction. Construction science senior Michael Ratcliff said the students would finish Oct. 25. Ratcliff said he enjoyed helping the Master Gardeners in appreciation for what they do for Norman. “We’re helping them help the community,” he said. Construction science junior Sarah Brockhaus said the county extension office offered the students the job, which she thinks is well appreciated by the gardeners. “They were probably going to hire someone else to help build if we couldn’t,” she

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Construction science students build a greenhouse Saturday morning at the Cleveland County Fairgrounds in Norman. said. Rossam said the project fit perfectly into the construction science department’s motto, “citizenship, leadership and scholarship.” He said construction science students are required to participate in a set number of community service hours each semester. “If they do these community service projects, they can apply what they learn in the classroom,” he said. The students also have helped build houses for Habitat for Humanity in the past, Rossam said.

“We feel like we’re giving back,” Brockhaus said. All students who get involved benefit from helping out the community, Ratcliff said. The greenhouse gave students the chance to test their skills, to work together and to build a structure that will benefit others. “We don’t get to do this every day,” he said. Brockhaus said she enjoyed seeing all the students working together. “They’re really going to benefit from having it built,” she said.

He said good design is essential to make the build and car go faster. Isaac Meier, mechanical engineering sophomore, said he is enjoying his first season with the team. “It’s really great to work on a machine and get new skills,” he said. “I’ve always had an interest in things that go fast.” The Sooner Racing Team is made up of close to 30 undergraduate and graduate students of different majors and disciplines. Not all students are required to work on the car or spend time in the shop. Team members also write letters requesting sponsorships and help put together business presentations. “The business presentation is worth [almost] 10 percent of the competition,” Alley said. This year Formula SAE changed a number of rules, including chassis design, caus-

ing OU and all other teams to scrap last year’s cars and start over from scratch. “We’re trying to get a good foundation the next teams can improve on,” Alley said. Recruitment is another big part of what the team is trying to do this year. When Alley was captain in 2007, he had eight people on his team and six of them graduated. In 2008 the team grew, but not by much. In 2009 the team will compete in two of the three international Formula SAE competitions. The team has been participating in racing competitions since 1995. Last summer the team had its best finish ever, taking third place overall at a California competition in June. “They had to build a new trophy case for us,” Collins said. “We try to represent the school well.”

Racing Continued from page 1 into working parts and the process of a concept becoming a working part,” he said. The process, however, isn’t always as smooth as a racetrack. Meeting deadlines and raising money are some of the expected problems, but the hardest thing is when something goes wrong with the car, Collins said. “It could be something minor,” he said. “Sometimes it’s hard to keep a focus [after that] across the whole team.” The team starts its build process with things like motors and tires in mind, and parts are designed around those and the rule book. Responsibility is delegated primarily to designers on different parts of the car. Designers break their section down and entrust duties to team members. “We work from there and connect the dots,” Collins said.

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OUPD officers train to use Segway vehicle on campus • Segway makes officers more visible on patrol

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Master Police Officer Greg Vollmer demonstrates how to use OUPD’s new Segway. Vollmer is one of the trainers for the department. Training consists of a Segway-sponsored safety video, a classroom portion on how to operate the machine and a practical session in which officers must negotiate obstacles while on the Segway. Vollmer said he was one of the first officers to be trained to use the device, which is controlled by the movements of the person riding it. He said the device is relatively easy to use and provides many benefits for the department. These benefits include allowing officers to have better endurance and mobility and pro-

viding the department with a more environmentally friendly vehicle than patrol cars. “I’m sold on them,” Vollmer said. The Segway also makes the officer who is riding it more visible and accessible to the public, because it gives the officer additional height as well as tools such as a siren and flashing lights, Vollmer said. “Getting out there and talking to people is great for us,” he said. Chan said the department does not have any immediate plans to purchase another Segway.

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OU police officers maneuvered around obstacles and sat in classrooms last week in preparation for their first patrol on OU’s newest police vehicle. During the summer, the OU Department of Public Safety approved the purchase of a Segway Personal Transporter, and now the department is training several of its officers to use the machine on OU’s campus. The department has already trained six officers to use the Segway, but it has not put the machine into daily operations, Lt. Bruce Chan said. OUPD has already used the Segway at OU football games, where it got a lot of attention. Chan said the device attracts more fanfare than any other OUPD patrol car or bicycle. “The last time we bought a Crown Victoria, it didn’t make the news,” he said. The Segway, which costs about $6,000, allows officers to move quickly and go places police cars can’t. “The mobility of a Segway is nearly as good as somebody on foot,” Chan said. “It’s another means of transportation that gets us into areas of campus that are not accessible to patrol cars.” The Segway is an alternative to traditional modes of transport like patrol cars or bicycles. However, Chan said the Segway is not meant to replace bikes or cars; it will be used in addition to more traditional methods of transportation. “Bicycles can still do some things that Segways cannot, and Segways can do some things that bicycles cannot in certain circumstances,” Chan said. Master Police Officer Greg Vollmer is training officers to use the Segway. He said reactions to the new vehicle have been positive, and officers are interested in using the Segway on patrol.

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The Saudi Students Association worked to create a second family for homesick OU students Sunday at the second annual Eid Fest, an event featuring traditional Middle Eastern food and music. Eid al Fitr, often abbreviated Eid, is a Muslim Holiday that marks the end of Ramadan, the Islamic holy month of fasting. Eid is when family and friends come together and communally break fast. It is celebrated over a three-day period and begins right after the last day of Ramadan. “I hope we give the atmosphere of togetherness and family for the international Saudi Student here and for everyone,” said Mohammad Altarooti, geophysics senior and Saudi Students Association member. Eid Fest is the Saudi Students Association’s largest event. Emad Alabbad, Saudi Students Association president and petroleum engineering senior, said the group’s goal is to bring the OU community together with Eid Fest. “Eid centers around family and friends, togetherness, and charity,” said Alabbad. “Eid Fest is a way of sharing this with everyone, especially for international students who are away from their families.” Fatima Al Kabah, petroleum engineering freshman, is one student who is away from her family and went to Eid Fest to fill that void. “It’s different being away from home for the first year,” she said. “Nothing can ever replace my real family, but it makes me feel like I have a different family.” Eid Fest was held at Perfect Swing Family Fun Center and featured a brief message from a Saudi Arabian official to Saudis studying abroad, a video about Eid and a video of Saudi students describing what Eid means to them. Alabbad said the Saudi Student Association had trouble paying for the event, but they were able to keep it free for those who signed up. He said they sought sponsorship from OU and others, but they didn’t have much luck. “We will cover the rest of the costs ourselves,” said Alabbad. “It’s part of our Saudi hospitality. We just want people to have fun because it’s a joyous occasion.” The hospitality was extended to everyone, not just Muslim or Saudi students. Alabbad said he was happy people of different backgrounds were in attendance because it was a fun way to promote cultural awareness. “I think [Eid Fest] is a great way for people to step out of their comfort zones a little and a great way to learn about others cultures,” said Sara Shutts, international area studies senior. “It’s a way for people to learn what Ramadan or Eid is.” Shutts is the president of the International Advisory Committee, an umbrella for the 27 international groups at OU.

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State representative’s illusions dangerous

Prettying up Porter

For an ordinary citizen like me, drawing hasty and poorlythought-out conclusions from statistics would be stupid. However, for someone who governs others based on her views, this deficiency in understanding is dangerous. In this aspect, Rep. Sally Kern, R-Oklahoma City — who is up for re-election in November — is dangerous. I met with Kern in September to speak with the woman who has famously spoken out against a number of social issues during her tenure in the Oklahoma House of Representatives. For example, Kern has long been a critic of the teaching of evolution in schools and even introduced a bill earlier this year that would have made it illegal for teachers to penalize students for expressing creationist views in science tests. The bill was vetoed. Evolution, as any first-year biology student will tell you, is the process by which the genetic composition of a population alters, generation-by-generation. Kern defined evolution to me as “the process of wanting to create something or have ZAC something be perfect. Get rid of that which SMITH is not healthy and strong.” Kern told me she associates the acceptance of evolution with Adolf Hitler, despite the fact that, under the Nazis, libraries were specifically instructed not to stock works promoting “the false scientific enlightenment of primitive Darwinism.” Whichever side of the issue you stand on, it’s clear Kern has no idea what she’s talking about. Kern’s most notorious hobbyhorse is undoubtedly homosexuality. Earlier this year, a surreptitiously-made recording of her was leaked onto YouTube, in which she derided homosexuality as a “cancer.” Anyone can say something foolish off-the-cuff if they don’t realize someone’s taking note, but Kern later defended the absolute truth of her remarks. Whether or not you support gay marriage, it’s undeniable that Kern’s statements further illustrate her failure to grasp reality. In her leaked YouTube speech, Kern claims “studies show no society that has totally embraced homosexuality has lasted for more than, you know, a few decades.” I’d be interested to see the data collected by these studies and to see how they account for cultures like the ancient Chinese, who seem to have been positively blasé about the phenomenon of homosexuality. Nearly every emperor of China’s Han Dynasty is recorded as having had male lovers, and that line alone persisted for 426 years, somehow managing to escape the fire and brimstone of the Bible’s Old Testament god. Another statement made by Kern in her YouTube speech, and on many other occasions, is that homosexuality has “deadly consequences” because it is linked to higher incidences of illness and of feeling “discouraged.” One wonders exactly what other disease statistics would imply the demographics they apply to. For example, the majority of AIDS infections in the U.S. is currently taking place in the black population. Does this

Kern told me she associates the acceptance of evolution with Adolf Hitler, despite the fact that, under the Nazis, libraries were specifically instructed not t o s t o ck w o r k s pr omoting ‘the fa l s e s c i e n t i f i c enlightment of primitive Darwinism.’

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State Rep. Sally Kern, R-Oklahoma City, on the floor of the House of Representatives chamber at the state capitol. make being black inherently unhealthy? And what about the fact that there has never been a single confirmed instance of a woman contracting HIV through lesbian sex? Is this God’s way of telling us that he wants to see more hot girl-on-girl action? Or, to draw a more relevant comparison, what about the fact that a 2006 study conducted by Vanderbilt scholar Gary Jensen shows a strong correlation between homicide and dualistic belief (i.e., belief in both a god and a devil)? Would the correct response to this information be an attempt to legislate dualistic beliefs out of existence? Of course not. In campaigning, Kern has made much of her Christian pedigree, even claiming that God directly instructed her to run for office and to become a “cultural warrior.” It quickly becomes apparent, though, that her views on the Bible are as misinformed as her views on biology. “There’s more proof to verify the Bible than there is George Washington, Chaucer and Shakespeare,” Kern told me. “The actual time that Jesus existed until when people started writing and talking about him is just not a whole lot of years. And the actual time people start talking about Shakespeare and Chaucer and the things that we find about them is a lot farther years apart.” Obviously, Jesus’s historical existence has no more relevance to the evaluation of his moral teachings than the historical existence of Socrates does on the legitimacy of the Socratic method. However, if one wants to justify their homophobia through belief that God at one point torched a city full of Sodomites, the historicity of the Bible takes on a new significance. Kern’s claims about Biblical history are so wrong I almost don’t know how to rebut them. The Gospel of Mark, the oldest gospel mentioning Jesus, dates, charitably, to 40 years after Jesus’s alleged death. George Washington, Geoffrey Chaucer and William Shakespeare, on the other hand, have all left extensive contemporaneous documentation. When I met with Kern, her sincerity in these statements was undeniable. These are no sound bites deployed to cynically manipulate evangelical voters; Kern really believes these fantasies. Kern’s actions and statements as a state representative reflect on us all, even if you are not a Republican, a conservative or a Christian. When my meeting with Kern concluded, she warned me that, when I returned to OU, I would find that 90 percent of my professors were anti-Christian. “Not anti-religious. Anti-Christian.” I’ll keep an eye out. Z AC S MITH IS A UNIVERSITY COLLEGE SOPHOMORE. HIS COLUMN APPEARS EVERY OTHER M ONDAY.

not be too upscale. If planners want to create a vibrant area, they must tap into the student demographic. They need to establish restaurants, bars and vintage clothing stores — not boutiques and stores with prices that drive away students. There is no need for another store that sells $900 cowgirl boots like Main Street’s Rawhide. But while they should establish student-friendly venues, planners should not attempt to create another Campus Corner. We would like to see Norman have several places in town with specific atmospheres students can enjoy. Campus Corner is glitzy. West Norman is upscale. Main Street has a good vibe with funky grocery stores, tattoo parlors and art galleries. Porter Avenue should be artsy and fun. We are glad to see that the Porter Avenue Planners want to create an artsy environment that would celebrate the area’s beautiful Art Deco architecture. We are excited to see a group passionate about bringing some much-needed attention to the east side of Norman, especially since so much attention — and money — has been paid to west Norman’s revitalization. The Porter Avenue Planners have taken an important first step toward making Porter an attractive place to businesses and consumers. Planners need to continue with that theme and not be drawn in by the lure of pricey lofts and upscale boutiques.

Porter Avenue used to be a pretty posh place, and it could be again. The Porter Avenue Planners’ initiative in gathering ideas for a Porter facelift is exciting, and it is an incredible opportunity for Norman to create another hip area of town for students. OUR VIEW (See page 1 for details.) is an editorial The group’s selected and debated by the editorial board goals include and written after a beautification majority opinion is of the area, as formed and approved by the editor. Our View well as general upkeep of is The Daily’s oﬃcial opinion. sidewalks and the establishment of a bike lane. With a more aesthetically pleasing backdrop, businesses could be attracted to the area, pulling in more tax dollars for Norman. Though the Porter Avenue Planners’ proposal has not yet been presented to the City of Norman, it should be welcomed. But it should be considered realistically. While planning the revitalization of east Norman, planners must remember who uses that part of town. Yes, it would be wonderful if businesses were more attracted to an improved Porter Avenue, but it would be a waste if they were the wrong kind of businesses. East Norman belongs to students. There is a wealth of student housing there, as well as convenient shopping locations, like the east-side WalMart, that students frequent. An ideally improved Porter will

YOUR VIEWS Boren: Bailout passage was necessary for country I commend The Daily for giving so much coverage to the recent legislation in Congress related to the current financial emergency. As expected, I strongly disagree with parts of your editorial urging Oklahoma members of Congress to vote against the financial rescue package. That disagreement is a sign of a healthy university which should always be a free market of ideas. I agree with you that those on Wall Street who acted irresponsibly because of greed should not be rewarded. They should experience the free market consequences of their actions. I also believe that those who first presented the bill mistakenly focused the attention of Americans on Wall Street. The collapse of stock prices is important because of the terrible affect it has on most retired Americans and those at places like OU who are near retirement. Greatly reduced retirement resources hurt not only retirees but also the economy because retires have far less to spend. Even more important is what has been happening to the availability of credit during this crisis. When credit is not available, businesses have to lay people off because they cannot meet their payrolls due to fluctuations in revenues. New job creating businesses also don’t have the

credit to get started. Even those with good credit records can’t buy houses. In Oklahoma, some in the media have tried to convince us that we are “recession proof.” Clearly, those who make these assertions don’t recall the “oil bust” of the 1980’s and have never heard about what happened in our state in the early 1930’s when oil fell to ten cents a barrel. In my 28 years in politics, I rarely saw what I thought was a perfect bill. The Daily was right that this was not a perfect bill but the risk of voting against it was too great to take. The fact that most of the employers who students hope will give them jobs when they graduate urged that we not take that risk should give those on a college campus reason to pause and think again. Now we need to focus on the regulatory failures of the past decade which led to the current crisis. We need to reduce our dependence on foreign oil and stop the budget deficit increases fueled by a trillion dollars spent on a tragic war. Above all, we need to study the history of 1929 and the years that followed. History is the best lesson about what risks are worth taking and what risks should be avoided. OU PRESIDENT DAVID L. BOREN

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Charity organizations operate on ads and people who tell others their spare change can save a child from starvation and show images of endearingly impoverished children to drive their point home. While these programs make the contributors of middle class America feel better about themselves, they ultimately fail to address the cause of the poverty. These organizations’ biggest failure is that they do not educate. They operate in the mode of “give a man a fish,” rather than “teach a man to fish.” Solutions do exist, though, and recently two of America’s wealthiest philanthropists proposed programs aimed at addressing the problems of poverty instead of providing temporary fixes. Bill Gates and Howard Buffett (Warren Buffett’s son) have initiated Purchase for Progress, a five-year pilot program that will do actual good. The goal for Purchase for Progress is to address the need for food in poor countries as well as people’s need for crop markets. The program intends to send educational tools to impoverished farmers, teaching better methods for greater productivity and providing funds to enable the storage and transport of crops. It also will give producers high-demand markets for

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This is especially true in the case of global food aid. Every year, impoverished families worldwide rely on financial assistance for food to survive. However, most of the people receiving the food are farmers themselves. When food aid enters their community’s already minute markets, the prices of local goods are driven down even further. People are forced to sell what crops they were able to raise at lower prices, if they can sell them at all. At that point, they are forced to ask for aid themselves. While food aid programs help SARAH provide food to those who need it, they undermine the agro-industry of DORN those in countries receiving aid. In this tragic irony, charity actually harms its recipients, providing a temporary fix to a problem it augments. In part, this format of charity stems from the vagueness of hopeful slogans. Slogans claim donations will“feed the poor” and “end world hunger.”

We are reminded constantly of the plight of those in less fortunate countries. When we are young, we hear, “Clean your plate because children are starving in Africa.” In college, we find ourselves inundated with friends who want us to save Darfur and watch “Invisible Children,” a documentary about children in Uganda. By adulthood, there are so many causes hitting us in the face that Web sites like charitynavigator.org have popped up to help us find the best charities for our needs. Many of us indulge in this supposedly proactive behavior, sending money off to distant addresses and assuming our dollars are doing good. This system, though, has an unfortunate setup that puts a veil between the charitable and their charity. Often, contributed funds never reach those in need. On average, only 40 cents of every dollar donated by Americans arrives in the hands of people charities promise to help. The bureaucracy of charitable organizations consumes the rest. If any money does reach the people it is supposed to help, these attempts at aid can actually perpetuate the plight of those receiving the aid, and those giving are completely unaware.

their yields. The proposed market is, of all things, the U.N. World Food Programme, the largest food aid distributor in Africa. Because of this, both problems with traditional food aid are addressed. What the program can succeed in doing is educating those it reaches in the workings of a market broader than that of their individual villages. Purchase for Progress and similar programs are to be applauded for their efforts to address the causes of poverty, not the conditions. In the same way, each of us needs to be aware of where our money goes and what our aid is doing. Too often, our funds perpetuate the poverty we hope to solve, or worse, our money ends up in the hands of the bureaucratic workings of the charities, never reaching those in need at all. Charity has become so rote in American society that we forget to check whether our aid is ultimately doing good or harm. If we choose to give, let’s be aware of the consequences of our donations and make sure our dollars are truly aid.

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LEFT: Amanda Crew, Josh Zuckerman and Clark Duke star in “Sex Drive.” The film opens Oct. 17. RIGHT: Clark Duke (left), Michael Cudlitz and Josh Zuckerman film a scene from “Sex Drive.”

Q&A: down and dirty with the cast of ‘Sex Drive’ The Daily’s Luke Atkinson participated in a conference call interview with the stars of “Sex Drive.” The film follows 18-year-old Ian Lafferty (Josh Zuckerman), who sets out on a crosscountry drive with his best friends Lance (Clark Duke) and Felicia (Amanda Photo provided Crew), in order to lose his virginity to a red-hot babe he met on the Internet. “Sex Drive” hits theaters Oct. 17.

These aren’t the roles you are used to playing. How did you prepare for this role? Josh Zuckerman: I went to many temples, faraway lands ... I’d guess I researched what it’s like to live outside Chicago. We worked on establishing relationships with my other co-stars, talk about when they were wee kids to budding adults.

Amanda Crew: The three of us were similar to our characters, but we did rehearsals to create that bond on-screen.

Amanda, you played the opposite of a stereotypical teen movie chick, what was it like? AC: Well, I think in a way every character is a stereotype but I wasn’t a cookie-cutter, girl next door, just be cute and lovable girl. This character has layers. I like her because she is a punky, tomboy, one-of-the-guys type. I think she is really cool and really rare. JZ: Yeah, she’s fine with our crude humor. She’s an every-man girl.

JZ: Oh, wow. Everyone loves the doughnut. They measured my arms, legs, in-seams — they wanted a moveable mouth and the extra head room for Ian. Everyone was pleased with it, not just visually, because it is funny to look at. After a while it would weigh me down and would get indentations in my shoulders. Overall, it worked out very well. AC: Adorable!

Did you keep anything from the doughnut costume? JZ: Not the suit, I did keep the giant shoes. I want to mount them on my wall. Or maybe just walk down the street with them on.

The film deals with society and the What was your favorite scene in the film? culture of online dating. Where do you JZ: There’s a scene inside a fantasy-themed hotel stand on that? where James and I have a tiff. There were lots of stunts. We were over-scheduled, the room was very hot, but it turned out to be a fun scene. Most enjoyable to shoot.

What was it like dressing up in a doughnut costume for the film?

AC: Well, Josh ... JZ: No, no, no. I knew you were going to say something. AC: Josh admitted to cruising some sites ... JZ: Back in the day, they had chat rooms and I thought it might be interesting. Maybe once or twice I engaged in conversation. AC: You were all for it!

JZ: I was not all for it! I do believe though in a way it is the evolution of dating and social communication.

If you could be any kind of doughnut, what kind would you be? JZ: Could I say an éclair? AC: That’s a pastry. JZ: I’m going to make one up. I’d be a cream-filled bear claw! AC: Why cream? JZ: I don’t want to be bland. I like the idea of a surprise in the middle.

Have you ever been on your own crazy road trip? Clark Duke: It’s never been as crazy as a movie but I have driven across a state before. JZ: I’ve taken road trips to a lot of national parks. They get wild when you get to the park but nothing spectacular happens along the way; maybe meet a few people in roadside diners or rest stops. AC: I’ve driven from Vancouver to LA before. That’s really boring. — LUKE ATKINSON IS A BROADCAST AND ELECTRONIC MEDIA JUNIOR.

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LEFT: Abby Lasiter, 20, multi-disciplinary studies junior, Aaron Harting, yoga instructor, Andrew Eppler, Ashtanga Yoga Studio owner, and Lexx Shendrik, 19, health and exercise studies sophomore, strike poses at Ashtanga Yoga Studio on Campus Corner. RIGHT: Andrew Eppler, Ashtanga Yoga owner, holds a difficult pose at his studio.

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Only minutes from the OU campus, Ashtanga Yoga Studio offers a tranquil environment to take a moment and breathe. The studio primarily practices Ashtanga Vinyasa yoga, a form focused on creating equilibrium between the mind and body. It is a classical and structured approach to asana, or physical postures in yoga, and a practice that often creates sweat and heat in order to release toxins from the body. “Your breath[ing] is much better when you practice yoga, just by virtue of the fact that you breathe in much more air,” Andrew Eppler, owner and instructor at Ashtanga Yoga, said. He said students are often inspired to change their lifestyle when beginning to practice yoga on a regular basis, and creating a relationship between the flesh and spirit develops an understanding of what one’s body needs. The practice of yoga often causes his students to change their entire mindset and diet, Eppler said. “Yoga is a lifestyle,” he said. “It covers a lot of areas of your life like diet and sleep and makes you feel better.” Ashtanga Yoga Studio offers classes seven days a week in five levels to facilitate the student’s physical capability. Drop-in price per session at Ashtanga is $10 per class and packages are available for those who plan to regularly attend.

Located off Main Street, YogaLife studio owner Becca Hewes helps students find quiet time in a loud world. YogaLife focuses on Hatha yoga, which centers on relaxation and health. The studio is a place where the distressed can find peace and shape their bodies at the same time. “People who are often unhappy usually have bigger spiritual issues to work out,” Hewes said. “When you practice yoga you can calm down inside and find meaning and figure out what is important in life.” Hewes said the environment at YogaLife is an accepting one, which is open to anyone who wants to change their life. She said all fitness levels are invited and almost anyone can transform their mind and body when they just take time to relax. YogaLife offers classes Monday through Saturday. Hewes also teaches private lessons. Drop-in price at YogaLife is $12 and packages are available for those who plan to practice often. “I started teaching yoga after I found it for myself,” Hewes said. “It teaches those who practice to slow down and listen to their body.” — CASSIE R HEA LITTLE/THE D AILY

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STAFF COLUMN

Conference love is becoming a problem his column is not about the Big 12. It’s about OU’s game against Texas, rivalries and SEC fans. But this column is not about the Big 12. ESPN’s College GameDay on Saturday was the last straw. For the past few years I’ve heard SEC fans declaring their conference is the toughest in the land. But on Saturday morning, fans gathered behind the GameDay crew at Vanderbilt University in Nashville and chanted “S-E-C! S-E-C!” I almost vomited. Then again, I have a weak stomach. This argument about which is the supreme conference has reached a new, disgusting level. Chanting your conference’s name on STEVEN national television? Surely the Vanderbilt JONES fans were aware the team they were playing, Auburn, is also part of the SEC? They were. And that’s the problem. Fans are so wrapped up in how tough their conference is that they’ve become more loyal to their conference than their team. This conference pride has become a safety blanket for SEC fans. Unless something unbelievable happens, the SEC will be considered one of the top conferences for at least the next few years. But the same can’t be said about every team in the conference. For example, those Vandy fans chanting “S-E-C” may not have been confident their team would beat Auburn. But what does it matter? No matter what, an SEC team still wins. What a great situation those SEC fans found themselves in. They now have a built-in excuse for any loss or close game during conference play. They’ll say, “That just shows the SEC’s strength. Anyone can play with anybody.” (i.e. No. 2 Alabama’s 3-point victory over unranked Kentucky) But the problem is deeper than that. Let the SEC fans have an excuse for their losses. If it makes them feel better about a four-loss season, so be it. The problem is that if this extreme, over-the-top love for the SEC continues, some rivalries are going to start disappearing. This week is OU-Texas week. Fans on both sides of the Red River have been waiting for this since last season ended. Next weekend, I-35 will bring together two groups of fans that can’t stand each other. And it will be good. What makes the game great is the disgust the teams feel for one another. I know people who literally gag when they see burnt orange. No one in Austin or Norman cares what Saturday’s game may say about the strength of the Big 12. Because that’s not what college football is about. So what will happen in the SEC? I’m not saying no one cares who wins SEC games, but I’m worried about a potential slippery-slope scenario. In a few years, will SEC fans even watch the games? Why? They could be just as productive checking scores online, and filling every message board with comments declaring the strength of the SEC. So stop. Just stop. If you want to argue that the SEC is the strongest conference in the NCAA, knock yourself out. But when it comes to the actual games, pick your team and stay loyal. If they win, celebrate. If they lose, then please get angry. And for a second, forget that college football even has conferences and cheer for your team. It could save college football.

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OU’s Juaquin Iglesias (9) looks back at Baylor defender Marlon Price as Iglesias scores a touchdown in the first half of the Sooners’ 49-17 victory Saturday. Iglesias led the team with six catches for 133 yards and a touchdown. In the team’s five games, four different players have led the team in receiving.

Sooners stay perfect against Baylor • OU opens conference play on high note JOEY HELMER Daily Staff Writer WACO, Texas — Last week, Baylor offensive lineman Jason Smith predicted a Bear victory over OU. “This win that we’re going to get over OU will get us on the right track,” Smith said to the Fort Worth Star-Telegram. That prediction backfired, as the No. 1 Sooners dominated both sides of the ball on the way to a 49-17 victory. Behind another impressive performance from sophomore quarterback Sam Bradford — who threw for 372 yards and two touchdowns — the Sooners (5-0, 1-0 Big 12) were able to avoid the upset bug that stung them last season. Last season, OU entered conference play undefeated and lost 27-24 to Colorado on a last-second field goal. Against Baylor, the Sooners struck early — scoring 28 points in the first quarter — and didn’t look back. “The guys were really solid and really focused in all parts of the

game,” head coach Bob Stoops said. “And we played such great defense that we gave our offense good field position, and they took advantage of it.” The Sooners will bring the nation’s top ranking and a perfect record into the Red River Rivalry next weekend against No. 5 Texas, which is shaping up to be a powerhouse showdown. OU struck first when Bradford hit senior wide receiver Manuel Johnson for a 53-yard touchdown strike down the left sideline just over one minute into the game. That completion was the longest of the day for Bradford. Moments later, Baylor turned the ball over on downs and the Sooners drove down and tacked on another score. Sophomore running back DeMarco Murray capped a nineplay, 63-yard drive with a two-yard score to make it 14-0. The rout didn’t stop there. The Sooners added two more scores in the first quarter on oneyard runs from Bradford and sophomore running back Mossis Madu to go up 28-0 after the first quarter.

Baylor got onto the board early in the second quarter when freshman quarterback Robert Griffin led a drive that resulted in a score from one yard out. Griffin ran for 102 yards on 21 carries on the day. “That dude is fast,” sophomore defensive tackle Gerald McCoy said. “He slipped me a couple of times, but I still think we did a good job containing him.” Baylor rushed 41 times for 194 yards on the day, the most the Sooners have given up this season. “Robert Griffin is an excellent athlete and he’ll do that to anybody,” Stoops said. “I thought [Baylor head coach] Art Briles and his staff did a really good job preparing and getting their guys ready.” But OU responded with more points midway through the second quarter as Bradford found his other senior wide receiver Juaquin Iglesias for a 42-yard strike. “They were playing kind of soft,” Iglesias said when referring to his touchdown catch. “I just got behind them and ran with it.” Baylor tacked on its last touch-

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Staff Pick Results

The Daily Consensus Corey DeMoss This week: (5-3) Overall: (28-12)

3 USC 3 Auburn 2 Ohio State 3 Connecticut 2 Illinois 3 Florida State 3 Arizona State 2 OU

(1) OU at Baylor (23) Oregon at (9) USC (13) Auburn at (19) Vanderbilt (14) Ohio State at (18) Wisconsin

(24) Connecticut at North Carolina Illinois at Michigan Florida State at Miami Arizona State at California

Joey Helmer This week: (6-2) Overall: (27-13)

3 USC 3 Auburn 2 Ohio State 3 North Carolina3 Illinois 3 Miami 2 California 3 OU

Kyle Burnett This week: (7-1) Overall: (31-9)

3 USC 3 OU

3 Wisconsin 2 North Carolina 3 Illinois 3 Florida State 3 California 3 Vanderbilt

Steven Jones This week: (4-4) Overall: (22-18)

3 USC 3 Auburn 2 Ohio State 3 Connecticut 2 Illinois 3 Miami 2 Arizona State 2 OU

Eric Dama This week: (8-0) Overall: (26-14)

MJ Casiano This week: (5-3) Overall: (25-15)

3 USC 3 Vanderbilt 3 Auburn 2 Ohio State 3 Ohio State 3 North Carolina 3 North Carolina 3 Illinois 3 Illinois 3 Miami 2 Florida State 3 California 3 Arizona State 2 3 USC 3

Annelise Russell This week: (7-1) Overall: (30-10)

3 USC 3 Auburn 2 Ohio State 3 North Carolina 3 Illinois3 Florida State3 California 3 OU

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3 USC 3 Auburn 2 Ohio State 3 North Carolina 3 Illinois 3 Florida State 3 California 3 OU

OU hockey club crushes North Dakota State • No. 6 Sooners score 23 goals in two-game series ZEIN JIVANI Daily Staff Writer The OU hockey club played its first home series of the year this weekend against North Dakota State, and the Sooners did not disappoint. OU (5-1-0) — ranked No. 6 in the nation — outscored the Bison by a total of 23-0 in the two-game series, including a 15-0 victory Friday night during which senior defenseman Greg Smith re-wrote the Sooner record book. Smith had seven assists in the match, easily breaking the previous school record of four assists in one game. “As I was passing it, they were just burying them,” Smith said. “It just kind of worked out. Everyone was on fire shooting at the net. With everyone scoring, it makes it a lot easier to have seven assists.” Friday’s contest saw 11 different Sooners score against a woefully undermanned NDSU squad. The Bison brought only 11 skaters and two goalies to the contest. NDSU head coach John Douglas said it was because the team had academic obligations the players had to fulfill. “We took a big road trip last week and some guys had to miss school last week and to do it two weeks in a row was real tough for them,”

Douglas said. “We had about 16 players that needed to adhere to school rules and do their work.” NDSU (1-5-0) had travelled to No. 2 Lindenwood University, which is in St. Louis, and faced a similar fate, allowing at least 10 goals per game. The Sooners scored just 27 seconds into Friday’s contest off a blast from captain Austin Miller from the blueline. Forwards Sean McCauley, Doug Gebbie and Daniel Siira each added two goals. The Sooners scored five goals in each period and outshot the Bison 70-14. Junior goalie Chad Helgason had his first shutout in his three seasons as a Sooner. OU didn’t ease up in the second game of the weekend series. Not to be outdone by his teammate, freshman goalie Matt Pombo also posted his first career American Collegiate Hockey Association shutout in Saturday night’s 8-0 victory. Pombo also faced 14 shots. It took the Sooners nearly ten minutes to find their groove in Saturday’s contest, but then they scored three goals in slightly more than a minute to crush any hopes of a monumental upset. OU outshot the Bison 44-14 Saturday night, but could not score in the third period despite taking 14 shots. Smith followed his record-setting performance with a power-play goal in Saturday’s game. The Sooners finished 2-for-7 on the powerplay over the weekend, with both goals coming in Saturday’s victory.

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The OU hockey club celebrates Friday after a dominating 15-0 victory over North Dakota State. The No. 6 Sooners outshot the Bison 70-14 that night, and went on to win 8-0 Saturday. McCauley also had a stellar finish to his big weekend, recording another goal and three assists. In all, 14 of the 20 Sooners who saw playing time over the weekend scored a goal.

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“It was a good weekend for us,” Smith said. The Sooners now have the OU-Texas week off, before heading to Chicago to play No. 24 Robert Morris College. They’re next home game will come Oct. 24 against Arizona State.

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Somali pirates stare down global superpowers NAIROBI, Kenya — With a Russian frigate closing in and a half-dozen U.S. warships within shouting distance, the pirates holding a tanker off Somalia’s coast might appear to have no other choice than to wave the white flag. But that’s not how it works in Somalia, a failed state where a quarter of children die before they turn 5, where anybody with a gun controls the streets and where every public institution has crumbled. The 11-day standoff aboard the Ukrainian MV Faina begs the question: How can a bunch of criminals from one of the poorest and most wretched countries on Earth face off with some of the world’s richest and well-armed superpowers? “They have enough guns to fight for another 20 years,” Ted Dagne, a Somalia analyst in Washington, told The Associated Press. “And there is no way to win a battle when the other side is in a suicidal mind set.” In Somalia, pirates are better-funded, betterorganized and better-armed than one might imagine in a country that has been in tatters for nearly two decades. They have the support of their communities and rogue members of the government — some pirates even promise to put ransom money toward building roads and schools. With most attacks ending with million-dollar payouts, piracy is considered the biggest economy in Somalia. Pirates rarely hurt their hostages, instead holding out for a huge payday. The strategy works well: A report Thursday by a London-based think tank said pirates have raked in up to $30 million in ransoms this year alone. “If we are attacked we will defend ourselves

SAN FRANCISCO — Here’s a safe bet for uncertain times: A lot of banks won’t survive the next year of upheaval despite the U.S. government’s $700 billion plan to restore order to the financial industry. The biggest questions are how many will perish and how they will be put out of their misery — in outright closures by regulators scrambling to preserve the dwindling deposit insurance fund or in fire sales made under government pressure. Enfeebled by huge losses on risky home loans, the banking industry is now on the shakiest ground since the early 1990s, when more than 800 federally insured institutions failed in a three-year period. That was during the clean-up phase of a decade-long savings-and-loan meltdown that wound up costing U.S. taxpayers $170 billion to $205 billion, after adjusting for inflation.

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In this picture released by the U.S. Navy, Sept. 28, Somali pirates in small boats are seen alongside the hijacked “Faina”. Armed pirates aboard fast-moving skiffs have increasingly turned the shipping lanes off Somalia into a lucrative hunting grounds. until every last one of us dies,” Sugule Ali, a spokesman for the pirates aboard the Faina, said in an interview over satellite telephone from the ship, which is carrying 33 battle tanks, military weapons and 21 Ukrainian and Latvian and Russian hostages. One Russian has reportedly died, apparently of illness. The pirates are demanding $20 million ransom, and say they will not lower the price. “We only need money and if we are paid, then everything will be OK,” he said. “No one can tell

us what to do.” Ali’s bold words come even though his dozens of fighters are surrounded by U.S. warships and American helicopters buzz overhead. Moscow has sent a frigate, which should arrive within days. Jennifer Cooke of the Center for Strategic and International Studies in Washington said hostage-taking is the key to the pirates’ success against any military muscle looming from the U.S. and Russia.

Okla. soldiers return home from Iraq LAWTON — Efrem Dennis could hardly contain his glee or his tears when he saw his brother, Sgt. Therman Dennis, get off a bus after a 15-month tour of duty in Iraq. “I got up at 4 o’clock this morning to make the trip from Oklahoma City,” Efrem Dennis said as he stood on a chair, waving a poster in one hand and flags in the other. Therman Dennis was one of 180 members of the 15th Transportation Company and the 168th Brigade

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Support Battalion to return to Fort Sill on Saturday. His wife, Leeann, and their 10-year-old son, A.C. also welcomed Sgt. Dennis home. Lt. Col. Gregory P. DeWitt, deputy commanding officer of the 214th Fires Brigade, said the 168th was charged with providing physical support to troops in Baghdad. DeWitt said all of the brigade’s members returned safely. “True to their motto, the ‘Make It Happen’ Battalion conducted more than 11,000 maintenance jobs, conducted over 3,600 deliberate combat logistical patrols and drove more than 2.2 million miles in support of 70,000 coalition forces, Iraqi Army soldiers and policemen in

one of Iraq’s most dangerous areas, Baghdad,” DeWitt said. “... They accomplished all this with no serious accidents, injuries or casualties.” Brigade members Andra Boyd and Lucinda Lewis, husband and wife, deployed together in July 2007, leaving the care of their 14-monthold son, Dakari, in the hands of their families. The couple returned for a visit in June, but largely missed their son’s first steps and first words. “We all have been taking care of him,” said relative Lasandra Begay, who drove 700 miles to Lawton from Pinedale, N.M., to greet the pair. Lt. Col. James H. Rikard, deputy

commanding officer of the 75th Fires Brigade, said the unit completed 134 missions and 729 deliberate combat logistics patrols. “Many of these missions played a key role in the increased security station in Baghdad, including the delivery of over 5,000 barriers and the distribution of supplies to joint security stations and combat outposts throughout the Baghdad area,” Rikard said. One soldier received a Bronze Star for valor and two received the Army Commendation Medal. “You have done a remarkable job of supporting our nation in the War on Terror,” Rikard said.

As of Sunday, at least 4,177 members of the U.S. military have died in the Iraq war since it began in March 2003, according to an Associated Press count. The ﬁgure includes eight military civilians killed in action. At least 3,382 military personnel died as a result of hostile action, according to the military’s numbers. The AP count is one fewer than the Defense Department’s tally, last updated Friday at 10 a.m. EDT. The British military has reported 176 deaths; Italy, 33; Ukraine, 18; Poland, 21; Bulgaria, 13; Spain, 11; Denmark, seven; El Salvador, ﬁve; Slovakia, four; Latvia and Georgia, three each; Estonia, Netherlands, Thailand and Romania, two each; and Australia, Hungary, Kazakhstan and South Korea, one death each.

Ike environmental toll apparent WASHINGTON — Hurricane Ike’s winds and massive waves destroyed oil platforms, tossed storage tanks and punctured pipelines. The environmental damage only now is becoming apparent: At least a half million gallons of crude oil spilled into the Gulf of Mexico and the marshes, bayous and bays of Louisiana and Texas, according to an analysis of federal data by The Associated Press. In the days before and after the deadly storm, companies and residents reported at least 448 releases of oil, gasoline and dozens of other substances into the air and water and onto the ground in Louisiana and Texas. The hardest hit places were industrial centers near Houston and Port Arthur, Texas, as well as oil production facilities oﬀ Louisiana’s coast, according to the AP’s analysis.

Russian troops start dismantling Georgia posts NADARBAZEVI, Georgia — Russian troops on Sunday began dismantling positions in the so-called security zones inside Georgia that they have occupied since August’s war, Georgian and EU oﬃcials said, a sign Russia will fulﬁll its pledged pullback. Moscow faces a Friday deadline for pulling back its troops under the terms of a deal brokered by French President Nicolas Sarkozy on behalf of the European Union. Hundreds of EU observers began monitoring Russia’s compliance last week.

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Employment HELP WANTED Bilingual/Bicultural Spanish/English Translators Wanted (PT) Seeking research assistant to conduct interviews w/ Hispanic youth in central OK FA08-SP09, $10/hour + expenses, days and hours will vary; applicants must be flexible, and must provide 2 professional references. Call 605-677-9303 for more info! SOONERSNEEDJOBS.COM Paid survey takers needed in Norman 100% FREE to join. Click on Surveys. MetroShoe Warehouse Now Hiring, must work some weekday mornings. Apply in person at 1732 24th Ave, just north of Super Target. Attention Student Work $15 Base/Appt Flex sched, scholarships possible, customer sales/service, no exp nec, all ages 17+, conditions apply. Norman/OKC/Moore Call Now, 405-307-0979 Oklahoma Elite Volleyball Club is seeking club coaches for November to April 2008-09. If you are interested please contact Nicki Green; Oklahoma Elite’s club director at 405-343-7933. Special Instructor I: After School Instructor Parks and Recreation Irving Recreation Center Experience working with children, $7.50 per hour. Work period 2:30-6:00 pm, Monday thru Friday, September thru May. Selected applicant must pass physical, drug screen and background investigation. Applicaton deadline: Open Recruitment. Obtain application at 201C West Gray, Human Resources Dept, City of Norman, (405) 366-5482 or www.NormanOK. gov. EOE/AA Bartending! Up to $250/day. No exp nec. Training provided. 1-800-965-6520, x133. Community After School Program is seeking staff to work at our school-age childcare programs. Apply now and interview to begin working immediately. Work schedule is M-F 2:20-6 p.m. Competitive wages, higher salaries for college students with education or related class work. Complete an application at 1023 N. Flood Ave. or online at www.caspinc.org and email to info@caspinc.org. Please submit your fall class schedule and current transcript when applying. NOW HIRING! Coach’s Brewhouse 110 West Main for front of house positions - servers, & bartenders, Call 321-BREW(2739) to set up an interview. Must be 21 to apply.

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Details POLICE REPORTS 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.

REQUIRED POSITION AND METHOD OF TURNING Brandon Craig Bentley, 21, 300 block Triad Village Drive, Thursday, also, possession of marijuana with intent to distribute and unlawful possession of paraphernalia

COUNTY WARRANT Justin Airick Blackburn, 34, 100 block West Acres Street, Thursday Paul Lavon Smith, 55, 14100 block Miles Drive, Friday

PETTY LARCENY Kylie Nicole Burton, 18, 3400 block West Main Street, Thursday Cherity Nikole Yanda, 19, 3400 block West Main Street, Thursday Casey Lynn Luster, 34, 1400 block 24th Avenue northwest, Thursday Shavonne Charlotta Green, 20, 300 block North Interstate Drive east, Friday

CAMPUS NOTES The Daily draws all entries for campus notes from OUDaily.com’s comprehensive, campus-wide calendar. To get your event noticed, visit OUDaily.com and fill out our user-friendly form under the calendar link.

TODAY

SCHOOL OF MUSIC There will be a Tuesday concert by students and faculty at noon at the Fred Jones Jr. Museum of Art. CHRISTIANS ON CAMPUS

STUDENT SUCCESS SERIES There will be a seminar on test anxiety at 3 p.m. in the Carnegie Hall, room 200. SCHOOL OF MUSIC Sutton Faculty Concert Series: Dr. Eldon Matlick The Sutton Faculty Concert series with a horn performance by Dr. Eldon Matlick, music professor, will be at 8 p.m. in Sharp Concert Hall.

There will be a bible study at noon in the Union’s Frontier Room. STUDENT SUCCESS SERIES • There will be a seminar on degree navigator and online planning tools for college at 1 p.m. in Carnegie Hall, room 200. • There will be a seminar on test-taking strategies at 2 p.m. in Carnegie Hall, room 200. HOUSING AND FOOD SERVICES Information on how to become a resident adviser will be at 3 p.m. in the Union’s Sooner room.

TUESDAY

PUBLIC INTOXICATION Charles Theodore Hurt, 27, 2900 block Oaktree Avenue, Thursday, also assault and battery Kevin Michael Jayne, 36, 1700 block West Lindsey Street, Thursday Billy Albert Bailey, 59, 900 block North Porter Avenue, Thursday Evan Adam Bell, 34, 200 block West Daws Street, Saturday, also municipal warrant Thomas David Horton, 46, Sherry Avenue, Saturday, also municipal warrant Keaene Keith Johnson, 35, 200 block West Daws Street, Saturday Kendall Scott Long, 21, 700 block Asp Avenue, Friday, also interference with official process Steven Guy Olney, 28, 700 block Asp Avenue, Friday John Nicholas Santa Maria, 19, 300 block West Boyd Street, Saturday Brandon Chase Sowle, 20, 200 block East Brooks Street, Saturday, also possession of alcohol and possession of marijuana John Arthur Williams, 47, 200 block West Daws Street, Saturday

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Gigantic gourd goes missing in Michigan GRAND BLANC TOWNSHIP, Mich. — A massive pumpkin has gone missing from a front yard of a home in suburban Flint, Mich. — and its owner suspects some mighty strong thieves. The Flint Journal reported Thursday the 450-pound pumpkin had been on display for only a day at the Grand Blanc Township home of Bill Teer. He spent five months growing the Atlantic Giant. Teer is offering $200 for the pumpkin’s return. He figures someone must have seen it — or at least the small team required to steal the colossal squash.

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Monday, Oct. 6, 2008 LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23) -Although you may not think so, the odds favor you at this time. Don’t underestimate your competition or perceive them as having powers they do not possess, because, in either case, it could take you down.

Blake Garrison Jackson, 25, 2200 block East Lindsey Street, Friday, also possession of a controlled dangerous substance and possession of marijuana David Alfred Marsh, 36, 2200 block East Lindsey Street, Friday, also possession of a controlled dangerous substance Brent Scott Martinez, 44, Porter Avenue, Saturday, also possession of marijuana and aggravated driving under the influence

SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 22) -- If you sound out your plans on a negative listener, this person will cause you to talk yourself out of a good idea. Express your hopes and desires only to those who think big.

POSSESSION OF WEAPONS Alexander Autin-Hoffman, 19, 2400 block East Lindsey Street, Saturday

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Dewayne Daniels, 20, 1200 block Erie Street, Friday Brandon Joseph Lancon, 19, 1200 block East Lindsey Street, Friday Tony Anthony Ray Powell, 18, Leeds Lane, Friday Donald Keith Sanders, 24, 200 block West Gray Street, Friday Brad James Snyder, 39, East Cedar Lane Road, Friday Brandon Keith Watson, 27, 200 block West Gray Street, Friday Katherine Susan Landon, 23, 200 block South Jones Avenue, Saturday Keiana Faye Sullivan, 24, 900 block North Porter Avenue, Saturday

Sarah Jessica Price, 22, 200 block East Brooks Street, Saturday

CAPLEN, Texas — A homeowner whose beachfront property in Texas was destroyed during Hurricane Ike has found a football-size fossil tooth in the debris. Dorothy Sisk and her colleague, Lamar University paleontologist Jim Westgate, visited her Bolivar Peninsula home after Ike hit. Together they found something unusual in Sisk’s front yard: a 6-pound fossil tooth. Westgate believes the fossil is from a Columbian mammoth common in North America until around 10,000 years ago. The tooth, which looks like a series of boot soles or slices of bread wedged together, is expected to be sent to the Texas Memorial Museum in Austin.

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CHALMETTE, La. — Police didn’t have to look far to ﬁnd the stolen possessions of a Louisiana family whose house was

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Sheila Dawn Onco, 22, 700 block Vicksburg Avenue, Wednesday

Heath Robert Mackey, 26, 200 block East Brooks Street, Saturday, also public intoxication, possession of alcohol and outraging public decency Jeremy Isaiah Mitchell, 20, 4300 block Harvard Road, Saturday

burglarized while they were away. Their distinctive blanket, which had a dog pattern, was hanging in their next door neighbors’ window, police said. And the rest of their belongings were not far away — police said the alleged burglars were using the blanket to shield themselves from view. “This is like something out of ‘World’s Stupidest Criminals,’” St. Bernard Parish Sheriﬀ Jack Stephens said. “But we’ll take any help we can get in solving a crime.” Troy Clouatre, 35, and his aunt, Lisa J. Smith, 47, were being held Friday in St. Bernard Parish Prison on charges of simple burglary and possession of more than $5,000 worth of stolen property. Police did not know if they had an attorney.

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SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 23-Dec. 21) -- Developments could lead to several good opportunities, but whether you are alert enough to pick up on them is another issue. Be expectant and hopeful about everything. CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) -- A decision by an uncommitted individual about whether he or she will assist you can go either way. Don’t play on sympathies but on what’s in it for this person.

Find out more at hiresooner.com. AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 19) -- Make certain that you do your best at all times, because, even though you believe it’s just another day, your job or career will depend on it.

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PISCES (Feb. 20-March 20) -- Someone with whom you once had a strong emotional attachment might re-enter your life again. If you’re not any wiser as to what this person is all about, the end results will be the same.

ARIES (March 21-April 19) -- The timing and circumstances are now propitious for moving forward. Will you take advantage of it? Or will you waste your time on frivolous activities? The choice is yours. TAURUS (April 20-May 20) -You’ll have plenty of good ideas, but it is important to formulate them in your mind before acting on any. Without a blueprint, you’ll be quickly thrown off course. GEMINI (May 21-June 20) -- Don’t depend on Lady Luck to help with your financial dealings. Depend only on knowledge and common sense to assist you in bringing home the bacon. CANCER (June 21-July 22) -- You’re self-interests are intertwined with associates and friends. If you select chums who are only looking for a good time, this will be another wasted day. LEO (July 23-Aug. 22) -- As you feel more positive about life, you will make some big plans. However, utilizing your grand ideas will depend on your ability to execute them. Use your head wisely. VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) -- Intensify your efforts if you must achieve an important objective, but do so in a manner that doesn’t place you under a spotlight. Don’t let others horn in on your hard work.

Photo Essay

Monday, Oct. 6, 2008

Honor Guard • Members of the Patriot Guard Riders attended the funeral of a fallen Norman soldier Saturday to block demonstrators from the Westboro Baptist Church

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A line of motorcycles is parked in front of the CrossPointe Church Saturday in Norman. The Patriot Guard Riders came to support the family of Sgt. Dan Eshbaugh, who died in a helicopter crash in Iraq, and to escort the casket to a funeral home.

Patriot Guard Riders display their flags Saturday along Highway 9. They formed a blockade around members of the Westboro Baptist Church, who came to protest the funeral of Sgt. Dan Eshbaugh, so the family wouldn’t see their signs which had phrases like “Pray for more dead soldiers” and “Don’t worship the dead.” Members of the OU Naval ROTC form a flag line in front of the CrossPointe Church Saturday in Norman. The members came to support the family of Sgt. Dan Eshbaugh who died in a helicopter crash in Iraq.

Larry Slack of Lindsay, Okla. rides into the parking lot of CrossPointe Church Saturday in Norman. Slack has been a member of the Patriot Guard Riders for two years.

MONDAY, OCT. 6 • Student Success Series Seminars Carnegie Bldg. 200, 3:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. • Sutton Faculty Concert Series, Dr. Eldon Matlick, horn, Sharp Concert Hall, 8 p.m. ($5-$8) TUESDAY, OCT. 7 • Student Success Series Seminars Carnegie Bldg. 200, 1:00 p.m. to 2:00 p.m. and 2:00 tp 3:00 p.m. • How to Become an RA. Sooner Room, OMU, 3:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m.

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WEDNESDAY, OCT. 8 • Christians on Campus Bible Study, Union- Heritage Room, 12:30 p.m. to 1:15 p.m. • Student Success Series Seminars Carnegie Bldg. 200, 3 p.m. to 4 p.m. • Pre-Law Club Meeting, Oklahoma Law School 6:30 p.m. to 8 p.m. • ASME Game Night, Willoughby Lounge, Felgar Hall. 7:30 to 9:30 p.m. (Free) THURSDAY, OCT. 9 • Student Success Series Seminars Carnegie Bldg. 200, 4 p.m. to 5 p.m. • Asian American Student Association. Henderson- Tolson Cultural Center 5:30 p.m. to 7:00 p.m.

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