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Legislators file bill to recognize English as official language • Opposition claims legislation would hinder diversity LEIGHANNE MANWARREN The Oklahoma Daily

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English Language Implementation Act (House Bill 2254) would make English the official language in Oklahoma.

State legislators are trying again to make English the official language of the Oklahoma government and its business dealings.

State Reps. Randy Terrill, R-Moore, George Faught, R-Muskogee, Mike Christian, R-Oklahoma City, and State Sen. Anthony Sykes, R-Cleveland, filed legislation in January to send a proposed constitutional amendment to Oklahoma voters that would make English the state’s official language.

“We hope that this amendment will help legal immigrants participate in society and

become more successful,” Faught said.

“This is only to affect official state business and does not deal with private speech or private business.”

Faught said the bill will allow the state would be able to save taxpayer money by printing all state materials like ballots, drivers’ licenses and pamphlets in English.

The bill would contain exemptions for the languages of Oklahoma’s 39 federally recognized American Indian tribes and allows the use of Braille and sign language in government services. The legislation also contains a number of other specific exceptions for things such as public health and safety, criminal defense and anything that could be overridden by federal law if it should conflict.

“This is a common-sense issue and one of my campaign promises,” Faught said. “I believe that this will help our immigrants who are here legally. If they do not know the language, they are limited to slave labor, sentenced to menial jobs and will not be able to achieve the American dream.”

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Origin of debate • OU to host debate, lectures on evolution vs. intelligent design JAMIE BIRDWELL The Oklahoma Daily

oday marks the 200th birthday of Charles Darwin’s birth and the 150th anniversary of the publication of his magnum opus, ‘On the Origin of the Species.’

But the passing of years has done nothing to dull the debate that swirls around the father of evolutionary theory.

In fact, the controversy over Darwin and the implications of his work has intensified in recent years.

This year, OU will be the site of much debate — literally — as it hosts one of the largest series of Darwin-related events in the country.

A debate between a Darwinist and an intelligent design theorist will take place a week before a lecture by one of the most famous evolutionary biologists in the world.

Faculty members and administrators have planned such an elabo-

rate schedule because the book they are celebrating is one of the most controversial scientific titles ever published, according to history of science professor Piers Hale.

Hale said Darwin changed the perspective of science with ‘On the Origin of the Species’ a century and a half ago.

“It was very popular and very controversial,” Hale said. “It changed perspective on what it meant to be a human.”

He said there is almost no disagreement within the scientific community on whether or not Darwin’s theory of evolution by natural selection is correct.

There are groups, however, that are strongly opposed to Darwin’s theory, especially in the Midwest, said Ingo Schlupp, zoology professor. These groups often give the impression that there is a raging scientific debate, but most people accept Darwin’s theory, Schlupp said.

However, proponents of intelligent design theory argue that evolutionary theory doesn’t explain many complex features of the world.

Intelligent design, which is the attempt to use the scientific method to find signs of creative intelligence in biology, has been around for approximately 200 years, chemical engineering professor Jeff Harwell said. Its study has been rejuvenated in the last 20 years due to advances in biochemistry, like the discovery of DNA and intracellular structures, Harwell said.

Although Harwell is a proponent of intelligent design, he does not think it should be taught in public schools.

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The Biological Sciences Curriculum Study is founded.

It’s funded by the federal government, which is attempting to improve science education during the space race. The textbooks that the BSCS produces feature evolution, and other textbook companies follow the organization’s example.

The Balanced Treatment for Creation-Science and Evolution-Science in Public School Instruction Act is passed in Louisiana. Throughout the 80’s, more than 25 states propose “creation science” bills in order to give creationist theories equal time with evolution.

“Of Pandas and People,” the first book to use the phrase “intelligent design,” is published.

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1925 John T. Scopes violates Tennessee’s Butler Act, which prohibited the teaching of evolution in schools.

Scopes is prosecuted, but the conviction is dropped.

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Epperson v. Arkansas prohibits legislatures or schools from prohibiting the teaching of evolution.

The Supreme Court rules that The Balanced Treatment for Creation-Science and Evolution-Science in Public School Instruction Act breaches the Establishment Clause of the First Amendment in Edwards v. Aguillard.

New bill could end grocery tax Oklahomans might not have to pay taxes on groceries if some legislators get their way.

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LIFE & ARTS Need some ideas for your valentine? Check out page 3B for some ideas.

Not sure what’s happening in your neighborhood? Check out page 6A for the Weekend Update.

SPORTS Both the men’s and women’s basketball teams were in action on Wednesday evening with the women taking on No. 16 Iowa State in Norman and the men facing Baylor in Waco. See the results on page 1B. While many people were in Oklahoma braving the winter weather, the softball team was in Hawaii taking care of business in the Hawaii Paradise Classic. The Sooners won the tournament, but they were able to take some time to see the sights too. Page 2B.

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Increasing numbers of American high school students are exposed to the theory of evolution in the classroom.

In the last two years, lawmakers have tried to pass similar legislation with much opposition from multilingual communities, and legislators have since added the exception of the 39 federally recognized American Indian languages to their list.

“Although legislative language designating English as the official state language often includes an exception for native languages, Oklahoma was established and continues to function as a place of various cultures and languages that cannot be accurately represented by an official language,” Cherokee Nation Principal Chief Chad Smith stated in an e-mail. “Should legislation such as this be enacted, it sets the stage to pursue other legislation to eliminate and prohibit the use of languages other than English, including Cherokee.”

Some Hispanic leaders see the bill as an assault against the Hispanic community.

“From personal experience, I have never heard anyone say they do not want to learn English and that they want to make Spanish

The Louisiana Science Education Act is signed by Gov. Bobby Jindal. The law allows instructors to teach the “strength and weaknesses” of a variety of controversial scientific theories, including evolution.

2008 2005 Teaching intelligent design in schools is deemed unconstitutional by a federal court in Kitzmiller v. Dover Area School District.

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CAMPUS NOTES TODAY BLACK GRADUATE STUDENT ASSOCIATION The Black Graduate Student Association will host a research symposium at 11 a.m. in the Heritage Room of Oklahoma Memorial Union.

OKLAHOMA CITY GREATER GRADS The Oklahoma City Greater Grads will host a lunch with first impression tips at noon in the Regents Room of the union.

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“I think it’s premature,” he said. “It’s still controversial and not acceptable in the scientific community. I’m not opposed to students being exposed to it, but I wouldn’t want to see it mandated.”

Larry Toothaker, retired psychology professor, said he had a tough time introducing intelligent design theory at OU. Toothaker said he tried to start a class on the topic of intelligent design and was sent anonymous opposition letters.

When some students formed a pro-intelligent design group called the IDEA club, their meetings were visited by professors who attempted to persuade them to accept evolution, Toothaker said.

“Zoology professors would come to their meetings and try to put them in bad light and make fun of them as if they know everything and these students know nothing,” Toothaker said.

Many professors say the anti-evolution back-

Glossary of Theories Darwinism: Name used for the movements or concepts based in some way on the ideas put forward in Charles Darwin’s 1859 book “On the Origin of Species.”

Evolution: The theory that attributes the existence of complex life forms to intergenerational adaptations to

lash has religious roots. Some people take Darwin’s theory as a suggestion that humans are not divinely created, Hale said.

But Harwell said there doesn’t need to be a conflict between Darwin’s theory and either religion or intelligent design.

“I think the only reason there is conflict is because some people like [Richard] Dawkins want to say that Darwinism excludes any need or disproved the existence of a creator,” Harwell said. “This was not anything that was intended

by Darwin. Extremists on both side made it a conflict.”

Regardless of the controversy, professors said they are pleased with the Darwin celebration planned for this year.

“It’s a great opportunity for [students] to look at the impact of Darwin on our culture,” Harwell said. “There’s no question, that ‘On the Origin of Species’ had more impact than any other publication in the past 150 years.”

the environment through natural selection.

Intelligent Design: Theory that some parts of biology contain specific complex patterns that are best explained as a result of an intelligent force or agent.

Natural Selection: The mechanism behind the theory of evolution. It

IN BRIEF

The American Indian Student Association will have a meeting at 7 p.m. in the Jim Thorpe Multicultural Center.

OU LAB THEATRE The OU Lab Theatre will present “Anna in the Tropics” at 8 p.m. in Old Science Hall.

FRIDAY ALPHA SIGMA KAPPA AND WOMEN IN TECHNICAL STUDIES Alpha Sigma Kappa and Women in Technical Studies will host a tea party at 5:30 p.m. in Willoughby Lounge of Felgar Hall.

CAREER SERVICES Career Services will hold an interviewing workshop at 10 a.m. in the Crimson Room of the union.

JOE C. AND CAROLE KERR MCCLENDON HONORS COLLEGE The Joe C. and Carole Kerr McClendon Honors College will host a discussion about the impact of Charles Darwin at 10 a.m. in the Sam Noble Oklahoma Museum of Natural History.

OU LAB THEATRE The OU Lab Theatre will present “Anna in the Tropics” at 8 p.m. in Old Science Hall.

Michael Ruse: Philosophy professor at Florida State University. Ruse is most famous for his book, “Darwinian Revolution,“ and his work helped shape the study of Darwinian evolution.

“Is Darwinism Past Its ‘Sell By’ Date?”

6 p.m. Feb. 26, Sam Noble Oklahoma Museum of Natural History William Dembski: Philosophy professor at Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary. Author of “The Design Inference,” Dembski is a leading proponent of intelligent design.

Debate with Michael Ruse 8 p.m. Feb. 27, Catlett Music Center

Richard Dawkins: Famous for his books “The Selfish Gene” and “The God Delusion.” The atheism advocate emphasizes that naturalistic science shows no evidence for the existence of God.

Creationism: Religious belief in the origin of life on earth. In the U.S., the predominant creationist belief is a literal interpretation of the Bible.

“The Purpose of Purpose” 5:30 p.m. March 6, McCasland Field House

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AMERICAN INDIAN STUDENT ASSOCIATION

“Was There a Darwinian Revolution?”

7 p.m. today , Sam Noble Oklahoma Museum of Natural History

relies on the ‘survival of the fittest’ concept in which organisms best able to adapt to their environment will survive to pass on those adaptations to the next generations.

Career Services will hold an interviewing workshop at 3 p.m. in the Crimson Room of the union.

The Society of Physics Students will hold a game night at 6 p.m. in Nielsen Hall.

John Lynch: Honors Fellow at Arizona State University’s Center for Biology and Society. Lynch studies the reactions to and the religious implications of evolution theory.

OU fills open food services position After a five-month vacancy, OU has a new Food Services director.

Chuck Weaver is midway through his second week as Food Services Director. The former Food Services Director, Dave Annis, was promoted to Housing and Food Services Director on Sept. 1. He said in an e-mail the-five month period between his promotion and finding a replacement allowed him to evaluate OU’s needs in a Food Services Director.

Annis said since his promotion, the open position was listed on different housing and food services Web sites. After receiving applications and interviewing five applicants, Annis said Weaver was the strongest candidate. He was hired Feb. 1.

“He just seemed to have a well-rounded background, different levels of experience,” Annis said.

Weaver came to OU with 18 years of experience in university food service contract companies and independent food services at New Mexico State University and Utah State University. Annis said Weaver most recently did contract work for Black Hills State University in Spearfish, S.D. As OU Food Services Director, Annis said Weaver oversees operations at Couch Restaurants, Cate Restaurants and retail restaurant operations in the Oklahoma Memorial Union and OU Catering Services.

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Senators defeat concealed carry bill OKLAHOMA CITY — A bill to permit guns to be carried on college campuses in Oklahoma has died in a Senate committee.

The measure, by Sen. Randy Bass, D-Lawton, authorized

law enforcement officers who are certified by the Council on Law Enforcement Education and Training, known as CLEET, to carry concealed weapons on campus. A concealed gun carry permit also would be required.

Defeat of the measure in the Senate education budget subcommittee means the issue is dead for the two-year legislative session in the Senate, Bass said Wednesday.

Rep. Jason Murphey, R-Guthrie, said he will try to pass his bill to allow instructors and certified employed law enforcement officers to carry concealed weapons on campus.

8 dead, more missing in Lone Grove LONE GROVE — Emergency crews sorted through bricks and beams Wednesday, looking for more victims after a half-mile wide tornado blasted through a small Oklahoma town, killing eight and seriously injuring 14.

Most of the deaths occurred in a mobile home park where no tornado shelter was available for residents to take refuge. In one case, the wind lifted a car and dropped it on a man.

There were also miraculous tales of survival. People huddled in a closet grabbed a woman and snatched her down after the tornado blew part of the roof off and threatened to carry her away. Rescuers found one woman injured but alive under an overturned mobile home.

The tornado carved a path of destruction, demolishing or damaging homes and businesses throughout Lone Grove, a town of 4,600 about 100 miles south of Oklahoma City.

The National Weather Service assigned a preliminary EF-4 rating to the Lone Grove storm, with winds estimated at 170 mph.

The tornado reached EF-4 intensity on the south side of Lone Grove and remained on the ground for more than an hour, the weather service said.

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an official language for the state or the country,” said Pat Fennell, director of the Latino Community Development Agency. “With this bill, legislators look as though it is a detriment to be bilingual, instead of seeing it as a gift.”

Fennell said legislators should mandate more efficient English-learning opportunities in Oklahoma.

“When you deal with business in North America, you have to speak English; [the Hispanic community] recognizes that,” she said. “Everyone is trying to learn English, but they cannot go to the classes after work or [the classes] are not efficient ... if they are, they are filled to their capacity.”

Faught said polls have shown more than 80 percent of Oklahomans support the bill, and in a national poll conducted by Zogby International, more than 60 percent of Hispanics support making English the official language.

Community leaders, however, see little benefit for their multilingual communities.

“These [immigrants] are here legally, why must we put up more hurdles for them?” said Richard Klinge, director of social action for the Archdiocese of Oklahoma City’s Catholic Charities. “It will take time for these immigrants

POLICE REPORTS

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

Luis Climaco, 25, Stubbeman Avenue, Tuesday

Nathan Edward Thomason, 22, 700 Claremont Drive, Tuesday

Jeremy Anthony Coyle, 23, 1811 Twisted Oak Drive, Tuesday Chelsea Dawn Sutherland, 22. 2600 W Robinson St., Tuesday James Eric Vandenhuerk, 48, 1300 W Robinson St., Tuesday

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Danielle Mae Printup, 19, 225 N Webster Ave., Monday, also interference with official process

Sarah Louise Morris, 39, 201 W Gray St., Tuesday

SECOND DEGREE BURGLARY Ricky Paul Bailey, 35, 1813 Twisted Oak Drive, Tuesday, also obstructing an officer and public intoxication

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to learn the language, but it will happen; why must we establish more roadblocks for them to overcome?”

Bishop Edward Slattery of the Tulsa Diocese said he thinks the legislation is unnecessary.

“This legislation is not going to help make the [immigrants] learn English any sooner,” Slattery said. “With this law, it could be interpreted by others as a bias; we need to make people feel welcome. They are here, they will stay. They are good and they enrich our culture. Leave things as they are and let nature take its course.”

Smith said he fears that if the Oklahoma government makes English the official state language, groups will be further divided and the multilingual communities will be pressured into abandoning their languages. “[The bill] sends a much stronger message that divides and polarizes the residents of Oklahoma,” Smith stated. “I oppose this legislation because such efforts brand Oklahoma with the badge of intolerance; because it creates a society of isolationists that reject other cultures; and because it sends a message that Oklahoma does not appreciate the value in other cultures and languages.”

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Senate hopes to stretch grocery shopping dollar • Taxes on groceries could be eliminated by 2013 WILL HOLLAND The Oklahoma Daily The Senate Finance Committee approved a bill last week that would, beginning in July, gradually eliminate the sales tax on groceries sold in Oklahoma over five years.

The proposal by Sen. Mike Mazzei, R-Tulsa, calls for a yearly 0.9 percent reduction in grocery taxes from its current level of 4.5 percent. This gradual reduction will occur until the tax is completely eliminated by July 2013.

This decrease would result in a $44 million tax revenue reduction for the state in its first year in effect, according to the Oklahoma Tax Commission. Once the tax cut is completely implemented, approximately $245 million would be eliminated from the state tax revenue.

Mazzei said the bill would be worth the reduction in tax revenue because many other states do not have grocery taxes.

“It’d be nice to level the playing field for the people of Oklahoma,” Mazzei said.

Sen. Johnnie Crutchfield, D-Ardmore, said he disagrees with the proposal because he thinks cutting taxes would be irresponsible in a year when Oklahoma has a potentially large budget deficit.

“The problem with that is that we’re $600 million in the hole,” Crutchfield said.

He was the only sena-

tor to vote against the bill when the Senate Finance Committee approved it.

Crutchfield said he does not see how cutting taxes would be possible unless Oklahoma receives a large amount of money from a national stimulus package, or Gov. Brad Henry dips into the state’s Rainy Day fund.

“My problem was, in the budget year we’re in,” he said, “how are you going to do it?”

Crutchfield called the bill a “fairy tale,” saying he does not think the proposal will pass because the money is not available.

Mazzei said it would be difficult to pass the bill this year due to the budget deficit, but said he thinks Oklahoma citizens appreciate the effort.

“I’ve heard from lots of constituents who think that focusing on this issue over and over until we get it done is something they appreciate,” he said.

Other legislators have also proposed similar bills that aim to lower the cost of buying groceries.

Sen. Randy Brogdon, R-Owasso, has proposed a bill that would completely eliminate the sales tax on groceries effective July 1, 2009.

Rep. John Trebilcock, R-Broken Arrow, and Sen. Andrew Rice, D-Oklahoma City, also have proposed a bill that would increase the tax credit available to people who earn less than a certain amount of money annually. Trebilcock and Rice’s bill would also increase the eligibility for that tax credit from yearly earnings of $50,000 to yearly earnings of $60,000.

WEEK IN THE LIFE: SURVIVING ON FOOD STAMPS JAMIE BIRDWELL The Oklahoma Daily

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Senate Bill 315 would reduce grocery sales tax, allowing Oklahomans to extract a little more from their grocery money.

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A week and a half ago, at the Daily’s news meeting, I received a story assignment to live off food stamps for a week. I called the Oklahoma Department of Health and was told that people who were single and in need of assistance were allotted $155 a month.

After dividing $155 by four, I found my total amount to live off for the next week to be $38.75.

The Oklahoma Department of Health said most people who live off food stamps use it as supplementary money, meaning those who are on food stamps usually do not solely depend on the stamps as food money, but I did. I ate off $38.75 for the entire week.

As a college student, I’m used to eating meager meals, but here’s a list of everything I bought at WalMart: milk, bread, twelve packages of ramen noodles, three boxes of macaroni and cheese, oranges, peanut butter, crackers, orange juice, three lean cuisines, two boxes of rice, tuna and cereal.

I’ll admit there were times I cheated, like when my boyfriend wanted to go to Pita Pit, but I tried to stick with it as much as possible. It’s not like I was starving the entire week, but it was hard to really stick to the allocated budget. I constantly thought about the people who actually have to use food stamps and how spoiled I am. I even complained to myself while shopping with the photographer because I had to buy the cheaper, off-brand Ritz crackers.

All in all, pretending to live off of food stamps didn’t kill me, but as soon as I get paid, I’m probably going to be eating some more Pita Pit.

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Opinion

Thursday, Feb. 12, 2009

OUR VIEW

English only bill is too exclusive Rep. George Faught, America is an inclusive nation.

Inclusiveness is one of the many R-Muskogee, said the bill would help immigrants who are here attributes that make it so great.

A recent bill filed by Republican legally achieve the American lawmakers flies in the face of dream. Who said it’s his role to help legal immigrants achieve that inclusiveness.

A group of lawmakers are the American dream?

And it’s a stretch to think trying to pass legislation that would make English the official removing Spanish from doculanguage of the Oklahoma gov- ments will speed up that process. ernment and its business deal- Assimilation will happen naturally through interacings (see page one for tion with the broader details).

OUR VIEW culture. Documents The bill has excepis an editorial have nothing to do tions – American with that.

Indians in particular selected and debated by the editorial board Immigrants naturalare exempt. That leads and written after a ly assimilate into the us to believe it’s targetmajority opinion is culture of which they formed and approved ed directly at Spanishby the editor. Our View are a part. It takes a speaking people, and is The Daily’s official basic level of underthe legislators have no opinion. standing of English to right to discriminate perform minute and against them.

The bill, in theory, would save necessary objectives like drivtaxpayer dollars by printing state ing in this society. Legislation documents only in English. But removing certain languages from this theory is based on reason- documents won’t help this proing and logic that contain seri- cess along.

This legislation would essenous holes. Regardless of which language documents like ballots, tially benefit no one. But it would drivers licenses and pamphlets discriminate against an imporcontain, the fact remains that cit- tant part of the population. It vioizens legally have to have them. lates the principle of inclusivity The number of documents print- that has made America – a couned would likely remain the same, try founded by immigrants – the envy of the modern world. and so would costs for printing.

COMMENT OF THE DAY In response to a Feb. 11 sports column about Alex Rodriguez taking steroids.

The steroids that A-Rod used during this time is not legal in the United States...period. They never were legal, nor will they be. He was using hard-core steroids that he obtained il-

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legally and in another country. Is this not considered cheating? It would be wise to investigate the facts before you compared A-Rod shooting illegal steriods into his system to a tutor one would have for math class.

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YOUR VIEWS Higher Education Day a success In response to the article and an accompanying editorial on Feb. 10, the student led lobbying effort known as Higher Education Day proceeded as planned Tuesday.

OU assembled the largest student delegation in school history, and the Sooners who attended were able to speak directly with state representatives.

These students were encouraged to discuss their personal concerns and experiences with Oklahoma’s legislators, and many collected the contact information of their representatives in order to establish a dialog between students and government that might be continued beyond Higher Education Day.

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

While feelings of exclusion ought to be addressed, much of the planning related to Higher Education Day was handled by groups of students, both here at OU and within the Oklahoma Student Government Association.

And while university officials were generous enough to provide lunches, bussing, letters of excuse and OU brochures, their ability to persuade only reaches so far.

On Higher Education Day, those ultimately responsible for relaying student’s concerns to government officials are the students themselves.

Many of OU’s finest students accepted that challenge Tuesday, and Higher Education Day was an inspiring success.

- BENJAMIN WEST, ENTREPRENEURSHIP AND FINANCE SOPHOMORE

Porn industry deserves bailout With the federal government throwing bailout money at every industry that holds out cupped hands, it’s about time to consider some of the fringe industries asking for a piece of the action, like the porn industry.

The adult entertainment industry is commonly referred to as “recession proof,” and has MARY shown up to 50 STANFIELD percent growth per year. It has been practically unaffected by every economic downturn since it’s recognition as a business enterprise, until this economic crisis. It isfilled with businesses that consistently generate billions of dollars of profit.

The industry has shown in the past that it knows its audience and is willing to change with the demands of the times. In this way, it has weathered all but the most recent of financial storms.

Who among those currently receiving bailout money can claim the same? The auto industry? The banks? I don’t think so.

Congress’ plan for ending the recession seems to center on identifying the industries whose irresponsible practices caused the situation in the first place and drowning them in money. Maybe Congress could amend the plan to include businesses that have actually added to the economic growth of this country recently.

A horrible prejudice is being exhibited here. Our government clearly believes the automobile companies, banks and housing market deserve a share of taxpayer money. Who are they to say a legal, successful enterprise like adult entertainment doesn’t deserve the same share?

Stand up and speak out against such discrimination against a legal and vital American industry. Call or write your congressman or congresswoman and let them know that you stand for equality. After all, any redistribution of wealth must be an equal redistribution.

It’s certainly a better plan than the silly Republican tax cuts.

Putting money back in the hands of the consumer would never help restart the economy.

Mary Stanfield is a philosophy sophomore.

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Lincoln’s ideals, vision not yet acheived This year’s Sundance Film Festival attests to this with the presence of four films with plotlines based upon racial conflicts in modern American high schools. A main theme expressed in these films was not only that racism is still alive and evil, but also that the struggle for racial equality involves many more parties than Caucasians and African Americans.

The ever-increasing diversity of America’s racial demographic supplies ground for cultural exchange and promulgating love, but the broader field also invites a wide spectrum of attack from humanity’s wickedness. Hateful discrimination remains alive and ugly within American borders, but that is not to say no progress has been made in this area. The reality of progress was made irrefutable by the Jan. 20 inauguration of Barack Obama as president of the U.S. Whether or not one agrees with Obama’s political or moral agendas, his successful presidential campaign has signaled the reality that the color of one’s skin need not automatically exclude them from attaining great heights. America has made some tremendous progress in the area of racial equality, but a lot more refining remains to be done. On top of that, equality needs to be achieved in a myriad of other arenas before America can be said to have come out as one people.

To determine if America is making par in these other areas, we can first recall Lincoln’s principles and then use them to evaluate some of the largest moral quandaries of the present.

Throughout this semester, events will be held to honor the 200th birthday of Charles Darwin and the 150th anniversary of the publication of “On the Origin of Species.” William Dembski, a leading intelligent design theorist, and Michael Ruse, a prominent philosopher of science, will discuss the integrity of unguided natural selection on Feb. 27 at the Paul F. Sharp Concert Hall in the Catlett school of music.

Richard Dawkins will make his appearance March 6. In the midst of controversy and activity, students should be careful not to forget another historical figure who shares Darwin’s Feb. 12 birthday: Abraham Lincoln.

Ten score (200 years) after Lincoln’s birth, students can observe his birthday bicentennial by asking the simple question: “Has Lincoln’s vision for equality and unity within America been realized?”

“A house divided against itself cannot stand.”

TREVOR CLARK

When Lincoln and equality are mentioned in the same context, most recall the abominable treatment of enslaved African Americans before the Civil War. The ratification of the 13th Amendment made this institution illegal, but the battle for equality was far from won. Years of mob violence, legalized segregation, and hatred that no human law could regulate arose in the wake of Lincoln’s assassination.

More than 100 years later, it is tempting to imagine racism is not a problem, or at least less of one. But hatred continues to stain the robes of Lady Liberty.

Although families are no longer bound in chains, people are still subjected to dehumanizing conditions and invisible shackles.

“We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men were created equal.”

Lincoln addressed the issue of racial equality by writing, “You say A. is white, and B. is black. It is

color, then; the lighter, having the right to enslave the darker? Take care. By this rule, you are to be slave to the first man you meet, with a fairer skin than your own.

“You do not mean color exactly? You mean the whites are intellectually the superiors of the blacks, and, therefore have the right to enslave them? Take care again. By this rule, you are to be slave to the first man you meet, with an intellect superior to your own.

“But, say you, it is a question of interest; and, if you can make it your interest; you have the right to enslave another. Very well. And if he can make it his interest, he has the right to enslave you.”

Lincoln despised that people served their own interests by defining others as mentally or physically inferior to themselves.

If this is the standard, then piercing issues rise to be addressed.

If we should not allow differences in intellect to fuel the fires of discrimination, then America needs to refine many aspects of its mental health institutes.

Perhaps the recent decision by Oklahoma’s government to keep autistic children from receiving adequate insurance coverage to pay for therapy is an example of how we need to sacrifice to help those in need.

If intellect and anatomical differences do not warrant unfair treatment, then America –students included – need to take a deep breath and calmly ask ourselves why it is considered okay that the tiny arms and legs of an infant in the womb do not merit the same protections as those of a newborn.

Lincolnian logic implies that if we justify our treatment of the mentally ill, of other races, classes or of the unborn by considering ourselves more physiologically, financially or mentally adept, then those who are more adept than ourselves would be justified in taking our lives or not providing for our needs.

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As a controversial figure who was ultimately assassinated, Lincoln was no stranger to strife, but the impact he made in world history was so profound that many consider him one of America’s wisest and most influential presidents.

In the days that surround the celebration of his birthday, be sure to make the best of the opportunities you are presented with. America has taken many steps forward in reaching some of Lincoln’s ideas, but there remains a lot of room for improvement, and everyone could help attain it.

Trevor Clark is a University College freshman.

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Jules Kunze has completely failed to comprehend my previous column, so I am left with no choice but to repeat its contents, only this time more slowly.

For thousands of years before Darwin, evolution was an observed fact. Not a theory, a fact.

Many explanatory theories ZAC had been proposed before 1859, of which Lamarck’s is a more SMITH prominent example. These theories attempted to find a way to understand the fact of evolution.

The problem with Lamarckism and every other pre-Darwinian interpretation of evolution was that they weren’t accurate.

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down the exact same path, while Darwin’s single accomplishment was due entirely to his personality, to “his being Darwin.”

Darwin, like all scientists, was a product of both his predecessors and his contemporaries.

I call attention again to the ancient Greeks, Lamarck and Wallace as examples of “circumJULES stances” that would have led any KUNZE ambitious or competent naturalist to make the same claims Darwin made, as did Wallace.

My history of science professor, Dr. Heyck, said: “Ideas just have their time.”

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Editor’s note: Today is the birthday of Charles Darwin and Abraham Lincoln. This is the fourth installment of a week-long argument about who was the more influential man. The columnists respond to each other each day.

The reconstruction era of the U.S. actually began in 1863, well before the Civil War’s end.

Until his assassination, Lincoln was the main voice of ideas concerning reconstruction as well as the primary implementer of those ideas.

The Republican Party, of which Lincoln was a member, held the majority of political power for several years after the end on the war. They continued to implement ideas of reconstruction that were originally proposed or suggested by Lincoln.

Mr. Smith claims Lincoln’s successes were nothing more than a fortunate procession of circumstances that would have led any human being

Darwin’s theory of natural selection caused a revolution because it had struck upon the correct interpretation of the data.

Darwin’s theory was not an offshoot of Lamarck’s, Anaximander’s or any of the other names Kunze culled from Wikipedia.

Finally, Kunze points out that Lincoln was antislavery, though he apparently wasn’t willing to take any great risks in actually eradicating the practice.

True enough, though I fail to see how this makes him extraordinary.

I’d appreciate it, if, in the future, Kunze would re-read my columns a few times to make sure he understands before responding. The conversation isn’t going to move forward if I constantly have to back up.

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OU Men’s Tennis vs. Tulsa University | 5 p.m. at the Headington Family Tennis Center. Visit http://soonersports.com for ticket information.

The Darwinian Revolution: Presidential Dream Course Lecture Series | 7 p.m. at the Sam Noble Oklahoma Museum of Natural History.

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Friday., Feb. 13 Darwin across the Disciplines | 10 a.m.-4 p.m. at the Sam Noble Oklahoma Museum of Natural History. Join OU faculty from around the university in a series of panel discussion on the importance of Darwin and evolutionary theory to their disciplines. Free and open to the public. Sponsored by the University of Oklahoma Honors College.

Free and open to the public FREE Film: “Twilight” | 4, 7, 10 p.m. & 12:30 a.m. in Meacham Auditorium, Oklahoma Memorial Union. A fun Valentine’s romp with romance, action and vampires! Presented by the Union Programming Board and Campus Activities Council Film Series.

Chocolate Factory | 8 p.m. in the Oklahoma Memorial Union Food Court. Lots of chocolate, lots and lots of chocolate, lots and lots of FREE chocolate! Enjoy chocolate to you heart’s content at the Union Programming Board’s Chocolate Factory with FREE food and crafts. Who Loves YOU this Valentine’s Day, OU? Cuban Music Concert | 5 p.m. in the Morris R. Pitman Recital Hall, Catlett Music Center. Please call F.A.C.T.S. Fine Arts Tickets Service at (405) 325-4101 for more information.

OU Hockey vs. UCO | 7:30 p.m. at the Blazers Ice Arena. Visit http://soonersports.com for ticket information.

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Saturday, Feb. 14 OU Men’s Basketball vs. Texas Tech | 12:30 at the Lloyd Noble Center.

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Touch the Sky: Prairie Photographs by Jim Brandenburg | Photography exhibit on display at the Sam Noble Oklahoma Museum of Natural History through April 12, 2009. This exhibit features the breathtaking prairie photographs of National Geographic photographer Jim Brandenburg. The photos capture the beauty and drama of the prairie ecosystem - its landscape, plants, animals and weather.

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No. 2 Sooners hold off No. 16 Cyclones, 58-49 STAFF COLUMN

Cyclones exposed some of Sooners’ weaknesses s college basketball approaches March Madness, it’s time to take a harder look at the women’s basketball team to see what they need to work on leading up to the conference and national tournaments.

Their game against Iowa State may turn out to be more important to OU’s success than they anticipated, because it was just the kind of tough game they needed to see some of their weaknesses before the games really start counting.

OU thrives when the team gets up and down the court quickly, opening up the floor for open transition threes and lay ups for post players runAARON ning the lanes hard.

COLEN Against Iowa State, the Sooners got caught up in a slow-paced, sloppy game that played into the hands of a less-talented Cyclone team that hung close for a majority of the game despite being out-shot and out rebounded.

Senior center Courtney Paris played extremely well, but the Sooners can’t hope to rely on her so heavily through the entire NCAA tournament. They need to maintain the balance of scoring among their rotation and between their inside and outside games that has been so crucial to their success this season.

The Sooners did not force many turnovers, one of the strengths of their defense. This resulted in long possessions for Iowa State that often ended in open threes for the visiting team.

Freshman guard Whitney Hand, Oklahoma’s top three-point threat, did not get her usual transition threes as Iowa State managed to control the tempo the entire game.

Even though the Sooners managed to pull out the win, the team should be conscious of the fact that Iowa State may have stumbled upon the blueprint for taking OU down, although the Cyclones did not stick to that script in the end.

A veteran team with strong outside shooters, poised ball-handlers and the discipline to maintain a slow tempo can give the Sooners trouble, even if that team is overmatched on paper.

What lost the game for Iowa State was that they began to get impatient as the game clock ticked under two minutes, and they began forcing quick threes and trying to drive the lane too aggressively, playing into the hands of OU’s big and strong interior defense.

The Cyclones’ quick shots also allowed OU to speed up the game and gain that precious momentum, effectively putting the game away.

OU has the pieces in place to play deep into March, however, if the Sooners want to take advantage during this last year of the Paris dynasty, they have to make sure they control the tempo and the momentum, and stay aggressive on defense to force turnovers.

In the NCAA tournament, the Sooners are sure to face teams equally, if not more talented than themselves, and they cannot allow their style of play to be dictated by the other team if they want a chance at that elusive national championship.

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Freshman guard Whitney Hand (25), senior center Courtney Paris (3) and sophomore forward Carlee Roethlisberger (10) help up teammate sophomore guard Danielle Robinson (13) during the game against Iowa State Wednesday. The Sooners beat the Cyclones 58-49.

• Paris scores 25, grabs 19 rebounds in win ANNELISE RUSSELL The Oklahoma Daily The destructive tornados blew through Oklahoma Tuesday, but the OU women’s basketball had their own Cyclones to deal with Wednesday night.

The No. 2 Sooners (21-2, 9-0) hosted No. 16 Iowa State (18-5, 6-3) in a Big 12 battle and came away with a 58-49 win.

Neither team made it easy on themselves initially by missing shots and being careless with the basketball.

Offense for each team was stagnant and defense is where the Sooners were able to build up an advantage.

A steal by freshman guard Whitney Hand and a charge taken by sophomore guard Danielle Robinson propelled OU midway through the first half.

However, the Cyclones continued to give the Sooners problems.

“Typical battle with Iowa State, they do what they do as well as anybody in the country,” head coach Sherri Coale said.

The Sooners’ offense eventually began to click with less than five minutes to go in the first half. The Cyclones struggled to keep up with the sharp, extra passes OU was making down low.

“I thought our resiliency tonight was great,” Coale said.

Returning to her usual form, senior center Courtney Paris provided the Sooners with 9 points and nine rebounds in the first half despite picking up two early fouls.

After two straight games without a doubledouble, Paris had one of her most productive games of the season.

After a very mediocre first half of basketball, OU headed into the locker room tied with the Cyclones 26-26.

The Sooners needed to come out in the second half putting down shots in order to gain the lead, and after an initial turnover, they were able to get in some sort of a flow.

The silent crowd finally got behind OU’s defense and which, in turn, sparked OU’s offense.

After a few quick buckets, the Sooners were able to grab a 4-point lead. Still, Iowa State didn’t go away Field goals: 9-13 and its offense ran the Free throws: 7-9 Sooners ragged.

Points: 25 “I thought what Rebounds: 19 really took us out of it Assists: 3 was we gave up some Blocks: 1 offensive rebounds then we had to guard them for another 30 seconds,” Coale said.

Coale pulled Robinson and Hand in exchange for freshman guard Jasmine Hartman and sophomore guard Jenny Vining.

While Coale said that Hartman allowed the Sooners to attack the basketball more, the bench players didn’t provide much of a spark offensively.

OU still could not find separation on the scoreboard and was not able to make anything happen from beyond the threepoint-line.

Iowa State senior guard Heather Ezell kept the Cyclones in the game with 15 points and 4 assists.

Coale’s team never found the separation they were looking for, but was able to close out the win with less than a minute to go.

Iowa State head coach Bill Fennelly said the Cyclones could not put the points on the board they needed to beat the Sooners.

“Obviously, that’s a great team and on the road we’re not going to out-score them,” Fennelly said.

Since OU could not down a single bucket from the three-point line, Paris was forced to do a lot of the work for OU. The CLASS award finalist finished the game with 25 points and 19 rebounds.

COURTNEY “I knew it was a PARIS game where if they did single coverage us, I would have the opportunity to go one on one,” Paris said.

Robinson and senior forward Ashley Paris shot in double figures as well with 14 and 13 points respectively.

One thing OU lacked was contribution from the bench. Of the Sooners 58 points, only 4 came from the bench.

The Sooners head to Kansas this Saturday in their effort to continue a Big 12 sweep.

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Sooners pull away late, win 78-63 over Baylor ERIC DAMA The Oklahoma Daily The men’s basketball team rallied around solid three-point shooting to put away a scrappy Baylor team, 78-63, Wednesday night in Waco, Texas.

The Sooners’ win pushed their record to a nation-best 24-1, and is OU’s 30th straight victory over the Bears, dating back to 1977.

Sophomore forward Blake Griffin recorded his seventh straight and NCAA-leading 21st double-double, as the preseason All-American finished with 18 points and 10 rebounds.

Senior guard Austin Johnson, who hit four of his five three-point

attempts, added 17 points of his own to go with five assists.

Despite a game-high 19 points from Baylor guard Curtis Jerrells, the rest of the Bears struggled shooting.

OU held Baylor to 39 percent from the field and a meager 19 percent (5-26) from behind the three-point arc.

On the flip side, the Sooners shot considerably well. They shot 54 percent from the field and 43 percent from three-point range.

Junior guard-forward Juan Patillo came off the bench in his usual fashion, scoring 14 points and grabbing 10 rebounds.

The only other Sooner who scored in double digits was freshman guard Willie Warren, who scored 14 points to go with three rebounds and three assists.

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Sooners cruise in Hawaii

SPORTS BRIEFS Men’s track and field reaches cracks top 20 OU’s men’s indoor track and field team entered the top 20 of the United States Track and Field and Cross Country Coaches Association poll by coming in at No. 19 on Wednesday.

The Big 12 currently has eight teams in the top 25, and OU jumped two of them in the past week, leaping Nebraska and Baylor.

The Sooners also have several men near the top of the individual rankings. Senior Shardae Boutte is ranked No. 2 nationally in the triple jump and sophomore Jacob Boone is No. 8 in the mile.

On the women’s side, senior Leslie Cole is ranked No. 3 in the 400-meter dash after breaking her own program record last weekend at the New Balance Collegiate Invitational. She is also ranked at No. 10 in the 200-meter dash.

The Track and Field team will be back in action this weekend as they head to Fayetteville, Ark., for the Tyson Invitational, while several women’s distance runners will be in Seattle, Wash., for the Husky Classic.

• Softball takes tournament, sees sights JONO GRECO The Oklahoma Daily When most students want to go to the Hawaiian tropical paradise, they have to wait until spring break or summer vacation to do so, but the OU softball team took advantage of its early February trip to Honolulu last weekend.

Other than out-scoring their opponents 58-9 and capturing the 12th annual Hawaii Paradise Classic title, the Sooners (4-1) took in the sights, sounds and experiences when they had the spare time off the diamond.

The tournament’s Most Valuable Player, junior shortstop Amber Flores said that not many of the players had been to Hawaii and it was a good way to start the season.

“It was really just an amazing experience for all of us,” Flores said. “It was very rewarding, a very humbling experience allaround to get that opportunity.”

Freshman catcher Katie Norris was one of the players who had never been to Hawaii and said going there for her first college tournament enhanced the start of her career.

“It was amazing,” Norris said.

“I had never been to Hawaii. [It was] my first college tournament and being able to experience that right off the bat really just set the tone.”

The Sooners stayed at the Sheraton Waikiki Hotel, which was right across from the famous Waikiki Beach. Even though

Men’s tennis match cancelled, face TCU Saturday The men’s tennis match against Tulsa this evening has been cancelled.

OU will next host No. 34 TCU at 2 p.m. on Saturday at the new Gregg Wadley Indoor Tennis Pavilion.

The Sooners’ match against TCU will be the first in the new facility. OU is ranked No. 72 in the Intercollegiate Tennis Association team rankings.

Individually, junior Andrei Daescu is ranked No. 44.

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The team played in the Hawaii Paradise Classic, and won the tournament while outscoring its opponents 58-9. there were various events going on in the Waikiki area, including the National Football League Pro Bowl, Flores said the hotel added to the whole experience.

“It was a great hotel, everything was amazing,” Flores said. “[The hotel] was just real busy with it being Pro Bowl weekend and so many people being there.”

According to Flores, the Hawaii Paradise Classic was a little tougher than other tournaments she has been on because of the extended distance from campus and the four-hour time difference between Oklahoma and Hawaii.

“You never want to make any excuses, but I think we were a little bit shell-shocked with the crowd [in the first game],” Flores said. “I’m sure [jet lag]

Women’s golf finishes 11th in Puerto Rico The women’s golf team participated in the Lady Puerto Rico Classic Sunday, Monday and Tuesday. They finished in a tie for 11th place in a field of 16 on Tuesday.

Senior Kendall Dye shot a final round 80 and finished tied for 16th place shooting 228 in the event.

The next closest Sooner was sophomore Ellen Mueller, who finished in a tie for 24th after shooting a final-round 73 on Tuesday.

The Sooners return to the course at the Central District Invitational on Feb. 16 in Parrish, Fla.

played a little bit into [the open- I’ll never forget.”

When not going to historiing game loss], but it was a little bit tougher on our bodies, cal places during their down time, many of the players went definitely.”

Flores and Norris echoed surfing and spent time on the that one of the most eye-open- beach with their families, but Flores said the ing experiencSooners were es of the trip not as successwas going to ful on the surfPearl Harbor boards as they and seeing the were on the USS Arizona Thursday: vs. Hawaii, loss 8-5 field. and USS Friday: vs. UAB, win 18-0 Flores said Oklahoma. vs. LSU, win, 8-0 the Sooners “We wanted Saturday: vs. Hawaii, win, had a chance to go to Pearl 14-0 to experience a Harbor as vs. UAB (championship game), wide variety of a team and I win, 13-1 events while in think it was a Hawaii. very humbling “We pretty experience for all of us.” Flores said. “It was much had the whole Hawaiian kind of breathtaking to see it experience,” Flores said.

With less than a week of rest, all, and it was really something the Sooners head to Houston, Texas, for the Marriott Houston Classic to take on North Carolina State, Texas State, the University of Indiana and the University of Houston on Friday.

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Softball’s Flores nabs national, conference honors Junior shortstop Amber Flores is the Big 12 Player of the Week after her performance in the Hawaii Paradise Classic in Hawaii. Flores was named the tournament’s MVP after going 9-for-14 with 15 RBI and scored nine runs during the five-game tournament.

Flores had two doubles and three home runs on the weekend, her slugging percentage was 1.429 and her on-base percentage was .737.

Flores totaled 20 bases during the tournament, was walked three times and was hit by a pitch twice.

In the Sooners 18-0 win over UAB, Flores tied a school recorded with eight RBI in the contest.

Flores was also named the Louisville Slugger/NFCA Division I Player of the Week and Co-Player of the Week by USA Softball. Flores is the first OU player to receive the Player of the Week honor since Savannah Long in April 2007. She is the first Sooner that has earned both honors in the same week.

“I had never been to Hawaii. [It was] my first college tournament and being able to experience that right off the bat really just set the tone.”

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Candy isn’t the only way to impress your valentine. Try some new things and show them the true meaning of the holiday.

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Dancing, dinner and balloons: Eight tips for your Valentine’s Day OK, for those of you needing some last minute ideas or unable to plan ahead, here are some quick ideas that will help your love know that you really care this Valentine’s Day.

and you don’t even need a karaoke machine. My best suggestion: Otis Redding’s “Try a Little Tenderness.” Jump up and sing along with Redding for your guy or girl.

8. Keep it cheap

5. Go to a flick

For those of you on a budget, think about keeping it simple.

Buy your loved one a single red rosebud. If you happen to be as unfamiliar with flowers as you are with dates, a budding rose is one that has not yet opened up into full bloom. Think of it as a way to remind your date that your love is just beginning – like the bloom of a flower. It’s sweet, simple and inexpensive.

Pick a movie, any movie. By this I mean, take your partner to the theatre and tell them to pick anything they’d like and you’ll watch it with you.

Guys, you may be forced to sit through two hours of “He’s Just Not That Into You.” But hey, if it puts a smile on her face for the whole night, then it’s worth it.

Girls, get ready to be sucked into ‘The Wrestler.” Godspeed.

7. Say it with a card

4. Get some food

Buy a Valentine’s Day card.

Nothing says “I love you” better than when it is written in your own handwriting. While you’re at it, tell your love about how special they are to you and how much you really care.

Even if you haven’t made reservations to the most chic place in town, taking your partner out for a meal is the simplest way of celebrating the holiday of love.

6. Sing them a song Serenade your lover. It’s easy

shoes on and remember to have fun.

2. A path of petals Buy your date a cheap dozen of red roses and pull the petals apart. Spread them all over the room or bedroom of whosever place is best for the surprise.

This simple gesture is an easy and incredible way to sweep your lover off their feet.

1. Balloons I’m absolutely serious. Go to your local grocery store and order 30-50 red balloons and scatter them all over the ceiling of your girl or guy’s apartment.

To save cash, blow them up yourself and scatter them on the floor. Just like the rose petals, it is simple and sweet.

Follow these steps and seal the deal with your Valentine.

Just remember: simple gestures make big impressions.

Good luck!

3. Dance away We’re not talking the waltz here, but take them to a place you can both enjoy. Get your dancing

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In a Dec. 12, 2008 file photo singers Rihanna and Chris Brown perform at Madison Square Garden in New York.

Rihanna and Brown were last minute absences at the Grammy Awards Sunday Feb. 8.

Rihanna postpones concert after Grammy no-show Pop superstar Rihanna has postponed a concert in Malaysia this week, organizers said Tuesday, following reports that she accused her longtime boyfriend Chris Brown of assault.

Rihanna's Los Angeles-based representatives informed Malaysia's Pineapple Concerts that the Feb. 13 show would have to be rescheduled to an unspecified date "in light of recent events involving Rihanna," Pineapple Concerts said in a statement to The Associated Press.

Rihanna had been slated to visit Indonesia and Malaysia as a part of her "Good Girl Gone Bad" tour.

Her planned stop in Kuala Lumpur drew publicity after organizers said she would shun skimpy outfits to conform with Muslim-majority Malaysia's strict rules on performers' dress.

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ment officials familiar with the case and other sources it did not name, reported that Rihanna told police that Brown had hurt her the night before the Grammy Awards.

A police statement released Sunday said Brown and an unidentified woman began arguing while riding in a car following a pre-Grammy party where they were spotted together Saturday night. The fight escalated when they got out of the car, the report said.

The report indicated the woman was injured, but Brown was booked only on suspicion of making a criminal threat after walking into a police station Sunday night. Authorities said the district attorney could choose to expand the charges.

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Auto Insurance Quotations Anytime Foreign Students Welcomed Jim Holmes Insurance, 321-4664

BICYCLES & MOTORCYCLES ‘08 Honda Shadow Spirit motorcycle, VT750C2, 400 miles, metallic silver, $5900. Call 312-4227.

Employment HELP WANTED CLASS MONITORS WANTED!!!!

Available positions in the OU Athletic Department!! Junior, Senior, Graduate,and Post Graduate applicants only! Hiring for Spring 2009. Call 325-8453.

TUTORS WANTED!!!

Available positions in the OU Athletics Department!! Junior, Senior, Graduate, Post Graduate applicants only!! LATIN (upper division), ARABIC, KIOWA, CREEK, CHEROKEE, CHOCTAW!! Hiring for spring 2009. Call 3250117 for more info!

Fun part-time positions available at Autographs Sports Bar inside Riverwind Casino. Servers, Hosts, Bartender, and kitchen positions. Must be at least 21 to serve and 18 for kitchen and hosts.

All positions require right to work documentation.

Apply in person at Autographs or at Traditions Spirits, 2813 SE 44th, Norman, 405-392-4550.

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Credit Accounts Businesses may be eligible for credit in a limited, local billing area. Please inquire with Business Office at 405.325.2521.

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Classified Display Ads Rates are $16.00 per column inch, per day with a minimum of 2 column inches.

Classified Card Ads Classified Card Ads are $170 per column inch with a minimum of 2 column inchs and run 20 consecutive issues. Ad copy may change every five issues.

Game Sponsorships Classified Display Ads located directly above the following games/puzzles. Limited spaces available – only one space per game.

2 col (3.792 in) x 2 inches Sudoku ...........$760/month Boggle............$760/month Jumble ...........$760/month Horoscope .....$760/month 1 col (1.833 in) x 2.25 inches Crossword .....$515/month (located just below the puzzle)

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Errors not the fault of the advertiser will be adjusted.

The Oklahoma Daily will not knowingly accept advertisements that discriminate on the basis of race, color, gender, religious preference, national origin or sexual orientation. Violations of this policy should be reported to The Oklahoma Daily Business Office.

Help Wanted ads in The Oklahoma Daily are not classified as to gender.

Advertisers understand that they may not discriminate in employment on the basis of race, color, religion or gender unless such qualifying factors are essential to a given position.

All ads are subject to acceptance by The Oklahoma Daily. Ad acceptance may be re-evaluated at any time.

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HOUSES UNFURNISHED AVAILABLE IN MAY A short walk to OU, 1-5 blks west of OU, nice brick homes, wood oors, CH/A, w/d, disposal, good parking.

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MISAL OF INDIA BISTRO Now accepting applications for waitstaff.

Apply in person at 580 Ed Noble Parkway, across from Barnes & Noble, 579-5600.

University College is seeking current students to work with the Summer Enrollment Program for entering freshman. Positions are FT temporary, May 18-July 31, $8/hr with weekends and holidays off. Apply online at uc.ou.edu, for questions contact Brian Nossaman at bnoss@ou.edu or 325-3521.

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Survey Takers Needed Make $5-$25 per survey GetPaidToThink.com Norman Zoo Tour Guides, ex hours, enthusiastic students with good people skills. 366-7229.

TUTORS WANTED!!!

Available positions in the OU Athletics Department!!! Junior, Senior, Graduate, and Post Graduate applicants only!! All Subjects! Hiring for Spring 2009. Call 325-8453, for more info!!

Cricket Wireless is now hiring for full and part-time sales, $8-10/hr.

Apply in person 1000 Alameda.

ENGLISH TUTORS/ WRITING CONSULTANTS WANTED!!!

Available positions in the OU Athletics Department! Junior, Senior, Graduate,and Post Graduate applicants only!! Hiring for Spring 2009. Call 325-8376, for more info!

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PigletYou are my one true love.

Always have been. Always will be.

-Pooh

Dear OUPS, I love you all so much and I don’t know what I would do without you. Will you be my valentine(s) now and forever? Love you, mean it! -M

I love you, Pants!

-Bean

Hi Love! Happy 4 years!

Every year we spend together is “LEGENDARY”!

Love you fern, Katie

Happy 2 Year Anniversary!

I have never been happier than I am with you.

Happy Valentine’s Day Faith! I Love, S.E.A know we aren’t living in the same place right now but I’ll I love you smc, you are one of wait for you the greatest things to happen forever! I love you! to me, thank you. Love you Jarrod little mama Super Grover, HaPpY VaLeNtInEs DaY KYLIE I I’m thankful to have found a LoVe YoU! :-*~ man like you so early in life.

I love you. Happy Valentine’s Drew, Happy 3rd Valentine’s Day. Day together! There’s nobody XOXO, Girlfriend else that I would rather spend this day or any other day with!

Wiktor, always know that I I love you, Brittany carry your heart in mine. I’m lucky to have you.

Happy 10 months Christopher Lloyd Chase! I love you!

Yo Nicole T. dis be mah shoutout to tellz you that you JJ, not only rock, but you rollz too!

Valentine’s Day is no different lolz lolz- Love, L-Pup from any other day as long as I’m with you.

I’m so happy I’m marrying my best friend! I love you Jay! Taylor, Love Marissa You’re one of the best things that ever happened to me and I Drewfus, love you more than words can You are my best friend! I love express. you and am so lucky to have Love, you in my life!

Maureen S of S 2:16 Love, your m&m KK You’re the peanut butter on my Stephanie, I got you a baby toast! I don’t know what OU elephant for Valentine’s Day. would be like without you!

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Love ya bunches!

-Chris MoMo Thanks for marrying me, Boo-Boo, Can you believe this Scottie! I’m the luckiest is our 6th Valentine’s Day woman in the world! together? I still feel so honored Love, Breea that I can call you “my husband”. Love, Amanda Congratulations on graduation!

I love you, Corey!

Lanaya- I stole your toothbrush just so I could feel close to you.

David John, I want to be the peanut butter I never thought that I would to your jelly. Love, Pillowpants meet a guy like you, especially at this point in my life. I also Alex Schenkman with your didn’t realize how fast I would hair so fluffy, You’re cuter than fall for you. Although it may be a newborn puppy; You’re so a while before we can see each smart- please be my mentor. other more often, I am -Admirer at the constantly grateful for God Weather Center putting you into my life. <3 Love, You’re everything to Cathy me alyson.

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nicholas lets hang out with clay!

We LOVE you ALEX G!!! We are dear swirl peck, even though sisters for Life! your feet stink I still love u and Jade and Hayley that’s saying a lot :) happy v-day!

Kayla Watkins, love, your love fish.

I couldn’t ask for a better roommate, and I couldn’t be Hi, Dearest! Can you believe I blessed with a actually wrote something this better friend. Love you and stupid to the paper? Let’s get Happy Valentines Day! wasted tonight!

-Your Roomie Big Daddy, Kyle, Happy Valentine’s Day I love you.

‘09! Let’s go get breakfast Love, Big Momma burritos and sushi! love, Kara

::Robot noises:: I love you!!

Nihao Winnie, You are a Conklin! Where is Sydney? I love you!

Love, JWJ Roses be red and violets be blue but never will there be anyone as wonderful as you skitteridinky dinky doo!

Beaucoup love.

Ad staffThanks for all your hard work. You all are amazing.

Happy V-Day! -AR Mi corazòn y mi amor, I am so blessed to have you in my life. Te quiero mucho, Courtney McCurdy (Menendez) T- I’m so lucky to have you in my life! You rock my world, I love you! HK

Sadly, our last loveline. We met in 1987 and fell in love on campus. Jerry left OU in 1988, Happy Singles Awareness Day to the Magnanimous Group!!

Jerri left OU in 2008. Although apart we remain most of the Be My Valentine, S.C. year, we are still deeply in love and committed to each other. u mesmerize me Thank you OU for bringing us and always have together. every day without you fills me with me i yearn for you every Helena & Isabel, dressing my night and every morning twins for your Daddy-Daughter mesmerize me Dance gave me an inkling of boomer sooner the awestruck feeling I’ll experience as Mother I’m so proud of you and how of the Brides. hard you work. I love the passionate and driven man BTW, Will you dance with me? you are. I ocfrlove tou?

- Oscar Kelly Kelly Kel Kel, you have been my bestest friend through David Robinson, the ups and downs and now Since the first time we met I’ve we are seniors! I love you! thought you’re adorable! *BOOP* - secret admirer xoxo Jonathan!

You are the sweet awesome You’re the greatest, queen of hotness, and we’re Rox going to the Dominican Maggie, I love you habibi - can Republic. Badness. I loves me some you. - Your Finance. we go get bottomless pancakes from IHOP tonight? Love, Joe Eve, you are so smooth, so luxurious, so refined, so Happy Valentines Day TJ! elegant, so fantastically I Love You. underpriced. I still hope to Love, refinance you someday, or Morgan replace you with Jasmine.

Daddy, Chad, Happy Valentines Day, Thank you for being such an my love! I love you always. awesome daddy to me and for Erica taking such good care of mommy.

Dearest Kailey Limber, We love you, I have had a crush on you for Eli months. You just look so cute in your lab goggles, I can barely Beaker, Who knew that a “boring” law stand it. Will you meet me at the spoon holder at midnight student would be top of his on the 14th? class in the bedroom! xoxo, You can tutor me any day... your secret admirer Sweet Pea Ryan, Thank you for always being there and for understanding me like no one else can. I love you so much, and I hope that I can always make you as happy as you make me.

Love always, Amelia Allison (Big A) - Happy Valentine’s Day! Thank you for all your support the past few years; you’re such a great person. Amelia Anne - Thanks for being a great boss, and for listening to my boy problems! Happy Valentine’s Day! Amelia You and I are like the combination of a tiny town, a mole and a jetpack...

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Happy Valentine’s Day! -L

J-Ray, the hottest coach on campus!! Happy Valentine’s Day. XOXOXO Matt - Thanks for always helping me with dummies! xoxo Amelia 6 Pack...Apple Slices!!!

Happy V-day Allie, Ashley, Crystal, Evie & Molly!

-Love, Katie Ode to Boobs You’ve been there for me and I’ll be there for you. I’ll do my BSE because I love you!

-Love, The W.O.C. Mark Salvie, You’re the best brother ever!

Love, John HAPPY VALENTINE’S DAY!!!

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