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Foreign journalists tune up skills at Gaylord Eleven journalists come from across South Asia to study U.S. media and culture KYLE WEST

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Eleven female broadcast journalists from South Asia came to OU to take part in a 10day visual storytelling workshop designed to improve their broadcasting skills. The “Visual Storytelling Workshop” is a program funded by the U.S. State Department and started by Gaylord College of Journalism and Mass Communication Dean Joe Foote, and included women from the Pakistan, Nepal, and Bangladesh. “The goal is to teach experienced journalists more advanced skills in broadcast production and how media and the newsrooms work here in the U.S,” said Celia Perkins, public relations specialist for the Gaylord College. “The plan is for them to take these skills back to their countries and advance the media in those countries.” Perkins said the workshop was important because it helped encourage further freedom in the newsrooms of developing countries. The workshop partnered with the electronic news gathering class taught by broadcast professor Ken Fischer. According to Perkins, the class would have been cancelled without the participation of the South Asian journalists. Fischer said the program was intended to expose the journalists to American broadcasting and culture. Most of the participants

are already highly experienced broadcast journalists who work for major news outlets in their home countries, he said. “It’s great to see students interact with the journalists,” Fischer said. “It’s been pretty good, but the process is ongoing. We’ve had students get interested in international studies because of this class. We got a lot of people involved, but it’s a collaborative learning experience for everyone.” Fischer said the class went to the Oklahoma City National Memorial Friday morning, KFOR-TV-DT in the afternoon and horseback riding Saturday. He hopes the women take back the skills they learned in the workshop and become leaders in the newsrooms in their respective countries, he said. “I hope that they’ll leave feeling that they got a little more of an understanding of what Americans are about, even through it’s one week in Oklahoma,” Fischer said. “I hope that they learned more about Americans and see what we’re about.” Scott Hodgson, media arts associate professor, was partnering in teaching the South Asian journalists, along with five other faculty members. He said the nine OU students taking part in the electronic news gathering class also worked and learned with the visiting journalists. Hodgson said the idea of the class was to train the journalists so they could train others in their home countries. “Our hope is they’ll be trainers,” Hodgson said. “We train the journalists, and our hope is that they go back and do some additional training where they work to pass on the thing we’ve been able to share with them.” Hodgson said that the eleven women

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Saadia Mahmood, an exchange student from Pakistan, works with Elise Smith, a broadcast and electronic media junior, on editing a package while Bob Dickey, a media specialist at Gaylord College, looks on from behind. Mahmood, along with ten other girls from Dhaka, Nepal, and Pakistan, came to OU to particiapte in a 12 day workshop hosted by the Gaylord College of Journalism and Mass Communication, which focused on visual storytelling. were split into three teams, each one representing a different country. They each competed to come up with the best news package, and that two of the teams focused on wind energy. The news packages shot during the workshop will be aired on the journalists respective news stations when they return home. Meherun Nahar Runi, who broadcasts out of Dhaka, Bangladesh, said the workshop was interesting and helpful. “I feel that every part of this workshop is so interesting,” Runi said. Runi said she has 10-12 years experience in reporting, but that she still learned a lot through the class. She said she came to OU

for one week of a workshop because she hopes to become a leading broadcaster in her home country of Bangladesh. “I want to improve my professional skills,” Runi said. “I hope that after a few years I will be in a standard position in my country.” Runi said she was impressed by the knowledge of the program instructors, and found their advice and training useful. “I want to thank our teachers,” Runi said. “They are very, very good. They gave us our knowledge and solved all the problems we’ve had.” The 10-day workshop began July 11 and concludes Tuesday.

OU Press employee criticizes university about layoffs, employment search ‘Long time’ employee said seniority, staff handbook should have been considered CHARLES WARD The Oklahoma Daily LILLY CHAPA/THE DAILY

Housing and Food Services sold “eco-clamshells” in Cate Center last spring. Crossroads Restaurant will implement these environment-friendly containers in the fall.

Crossroads offers green options JAKE VINSON The Oklahoma Daily

Crossroads estaurant in the Oklahoma Memorial Union is undergoing some changes that are making the campus eatery more environmentally friendly. Food containers made out of recycled material are replacing many of the restaurant’s Styrofoam products. Some of these changes were first applied after the Spring 2009 semester, but many are still in the process of being implemented. Kevin Barker, director of retail operations for Housing and Food Services, said the change to recycled-based products is an ongoing effort. “We are still in the process of swapping out all of the older Styrofoam and non-recycled paper products with newer products made by recycled goods,” Baker said. “Coca-Cola is working to make a new paper cup that is made from recycled paper that we will be offering in the near future.” New brown paper bags are taking the place of the large Styrofoam containers used in the past for to-go orders, and Styrofoam coffee cups have been replaced by thicker recycled paper cups. Daniel Ambuehl, geology senior, is a long-standing customer of Crossroads, and said he is happy that the university has made the change. “I am glad that Crossroads has become more environmentally friendly,”

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Ambuehl said. “Being able to recycle all the things that used to just be thrown away will greatly help the environment for later generations.” The changes made to Crossroads are not the first experiment with a more ecofriendly system. Last semester, Housing and Food Services began providing reusable eco-clamshells that could be purchased and used by students for carrying their to-go orders and leftovers from restaurants around campus. Lauren Royston, spokeswoman for Housing and Food Services, said the reusable containers were considered a big hit, and around 50 to 60 units were sold in just a few weeks after they were first implemented. R oy s t o n s a i d Ho u s i n g a n d Fo o d Services is very interested in making the campus more environmentally friendly through reducing, reusing and recycling techniques. The new steps that are being taken to make the university more ecofriendly have been thought up by different university employees and some have been taken from some students through their opinions in the Kitchen Comments, she said. “We have had a very equal opportunity stance with the changes that have been made on campus,” Royston said. “Students’ comments and ideas are looked at, and if they are something that can benefit the university, then they are put forward as an idea.”

An employee who recently learned he will be laid off by the University of Oklahoma Press criticized the layoff procedures and a lack of help in finding new employment within the OU system. “The reason I got laid off was because when our sales started dropping, you know,” said Jack Williams, a shipping and receiving technician at the OU Press. “I asked a couple of questions and it made them mad in a meeting. And, they were legit questions, I mean, they weren’t bad questions.” Williams said he questioned marketing decisions made by the OU Press. “We haven’t made any gross changes [in marketing],” said B. Byron Price, director of the OU Press. “We’ve streamlined the way we’re doing things. We may not be doing things on the same scale, but we’re still doing the things we’ve always done.” Williams said he had been at the OU Press “a long time,” and that seniority was not considered when the layoffs were issued. “They didn’t do it by seniority, they just went and done it, who they liked and who they disliked,” Williams said. The University of Oklahoma staff handbook states that in the event of a reduction in force, “Employee retention will be based on both performance and seniority. Seniority will be considered as total seniority with the university. In the event performance is determined to be equal among employees, seniority will be given weighted consideration.” Price said decisions regarding which individuals would be laid off followed the procedures laid out in the guide. “The process is pretty much dictated by the OU Press staff handbook,” Price

said. “There are certain processes you have to go through to provide the kind of you know, to look at issues related to the kinds of jobs and job classifications, the years of service. There are a lot of different elements to that and there’s a prescribed method of going through it, working with human resources and so forth.” Catherine Bishop, Vice President of Public Affairs at OU, denied that the layoffs targeted specific employees. “In a reduction in force, individuals are not targeted, rather, duties are either collapsed or consolidated, impacting individuals who are responsible for those duties,” she wrote in an e-mail. Williams also criticized the support he’s received from the university in finding a new position. He said that he’s applied for at least five positions at OU, in both Housing and Food Services and at the Health Sciences Center in Oklahoma City, but that he’s yet to receive a call back from those positions. Williams said the positions he’s applied for have been minimum-wage jobs, which is currently $6.55 an hour, but will increase to $7.25 an hour July 24. Williams makes $11.95 an hour at the OU Press. According to the OU Staff Handbook, “It will be the responsibility of the budget unit head or dean to work with Human Resources and the Affirmative Action Office to expedite the procedures as defined. The purpose of this coordination is to ... place those employees designated for layoff in other positions within the university for which they qualify or assure their continued consideration for other positions as they become available.” Price said he did not know what priority those employees that have been laid off had been given for other positions. “I know that human resources has been and continues to work with all of the staff that has been impacted in this layoff,” he said. “And I know that some have been interviewing for positions. I have served as a reference for staff. Some have informed me of positions they are interviewing for and others have been more private about that.”

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2 Tuesday, July 21, 2009 Luke Atkinson, opinion editor dailyopinion@ou.edu • phone: 325-7630 • fax: 325-6051

OUR VIEW

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Moon landing anniversary should be inspiring to us On July 20, 1969, our relatives were huddled around a television watching three men satisfy the insatiable curiosity of the human race by landing on the moon. Now, 40 years later, America is reminiscing about the Apollo 11 mission’s anniversary. As we remember the “one small step,” we should also remember the goals and aspirations the government set for us to believe in, and call upon our current leaders to do the same. At a time when the nation was in the midst of a Cold War, President Kennedy issued a challenge. He challenged NASA to develop the technology and machinery needed to put a man on the moon and return him safely to Earth within the decade. A generation of Americans were inspired, and the popularity of the final frontier sky-rocketed. Literally. Curiosity has always been the driving force behind human development. We shouldn’t stop now

and deprive ourselves of the scientific growth and knowledge. President Obama promised to return to the Moon by 2020. Why can’t we aim higher – and farther – for the planet Mars? Space exploration is a worthy cause, but in a time of economic downturn, space programs have seen their share of federal budget cuts. Although we can’t fund a program to its liking, we still shouldn’t give up the dream of achieving more. Space exploration is a visit into the unknown and holds unimaginable possibility for the human race. It’s time for our generation to become “lost in space” and look to the heavens for inspiration. We may not understand the magic behind the Apollo 11 mission, but we should continue to challenge ourselves and create our own “giant leap for mankind.” Let’s aim for the sky and recapture ourselves in the mystery of space. Like Kennedy said, “Not because it is easy, but because it is hard.”

Eli Hull is a broadcast and electronics media junior.

MICHAEL VICK SHOULD GET A SECOND CHANCE Michael Vick was released from federal custody on Monday. He now begins the long process of attempting to get back into the NFL after spending two seasons behind bars. After pleading guilty to running a dogfighting ring out of his own home, he was sentenced to a 23-month sentence. In just over one month he went from one of the DARA most entertaining players, a human highMIRZAIE light reel that everyone had to watch, to one of the most hated athletes of all time. The NFL suspended him indefinitely and his team, the Atlanta Falcons, released him from his $130 million contact. Which at that time made him the highest paid NFL player. Many people feel that Vick’s punishment was too light, and now NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell is in charge of deciding if Vick should be allowed back on the field. A lot of teams are likely to not show any interest due to

the public backlash that would happen if they signed Vick. However his athleticism will probably be enough to get some team to take a chance on him. If I was Roger Goodell, I’d immediately reinstate Vick and give the quarterback a chance to prove he was sorry for what he had done. I love dogs, and I think Vick’s actions were one of the worse things someone can do to animals. In fact, I personally hope some dog-loving defensive lineman takes a much deserved hit right in his knees. Despite that, it would be the best not only for the NFL, but for Vick as well. The NFL does not need to take up the responsibilities that many feel the court system did not do. If the punishment was too light, which I think it was, the court system still found that it was an adequate sentence, and the NFL should too. For those that think Vick deserves worse, just think of how a crowd of 100,000 people is going to treat him every week. I bet there is even a large amount of fans of Vick’s future team, which will constantly make sure Vick knows how

angry they are at him. For the rest of his career he is going to have to deal with knowing that everyone in the stands wants to throw him a ring with the very same pit bulls he trained to fight. Putting Vick back on the field would also be the best thing for Vick himself. Perhaps finding himself away from the spotlight will make him cherish his opportunity to get back on the field. Vick was one of those athletes that the entire football world looked up to, and because of his own actions he now has to slowly win back over those fans. Vick also had to file bankruptcy earlier this year, and is still in a lot of debt. Keeping him out of the NFL might push him back into a crime ring in hopes of paying off that debt. Vick’s image has been tarnished forever. Nothing he can do is going to change the mind of some of those people out there. Although just because you may hate the guy, we should still give him another chance to prove to all of us that he is sorry. Dara Mirzaie is a economis senior.

James Lovett, sports editor dailysports@ou.edu • phone: 325-7630 • fax: 325-6051

Golf tournament viewed as a success for OU EDDIE RADOSEVICH

his roll on a course that he claims to have played 300 to 400 times. Sliding by Peck 2 and 1, the Oklahoma When Brad Benjamin defeated No. 1 over- native then met Sam Lyons in his Friday all seed Nick Taylor 7 and 6 in the 36-hole morning quarterfinal match. match-play final of the 84th U.S. Amateur After seeing Lyons fight back from a Public Links Championship Saturday after- 3-down deficit winning holes No. 13, No. 14 noon, months of preparation and a week of and No. 15, Bryan birdied the 584 yard, par-5 hard work came to an end. 18th to win the match 1-up and rocket him As for Jimmie Austin OU Golf Club, the into a semi-final match with Nick Taylor. entire week was a complete success. The Bryan-Taylor match-up was perhaps “The tournament went very, very well. the most followed throughout the week as I am just very fortunate to have great com- the hopes of the OU community watched on. mittee and great committee chairs as well as At the end of the day, Taylor, who was volunteers,” said OU director of golf Rodney the low amateur at the 2009 U.S. Open at Young. “Our volunteer base of 330 people Bethpage Black, was too much. Taylor dewas tremendous, and when they got done feated Bryan 3 and 2. with their shift they would ask, ‘What else Bryan would take home semi-finalist can I do?’ We have very good support and honors and earned himself an automatic the staff did a great job. At the end of the day, exemption into next year’s tournament. the USGA was happy as On the other side of the could be, and wanted us to “The tournament went very, bracket, junior-to-be Liam apply for another event.” very well. I am just very fortu- Logan cleared the way for Along with the tremen- nate to have great committee a run of his own. dous showing Jimmie and great committee chairs Logan tied for 32ndAustin had in front of a na- as well as volunteers.” place (73-74) at +5 after tional audience, a couple the two stroke play qualiOklahoma players showed RODNEY YOUNG, OU DIRECTOR OF GOLF fying rounds would need they were among the best extra holes in his opening amateur golfers in the round match with Anders world. Alberston, of Woodstock, Ga. Oklahoma assistant coach Philip Bryan Alberston, the youngest player left in the took a ride down fairy tale lane as he ad- field of 156 after the cut, pushed Logan to vanced all the way to the semi-finals, losing the brink, yet never over the edge. 3 and 2 to Taylor, a University of Washington Bryan defeated Albertson 1-up after 20 senior. holes, only to be defeated by the tournaAfter concluding the 36-hole stroke play ment’s No. 3 overall seed Jace Long in the qualifying, Bryan finished tied for 23rd round of 32. place at 4-over-par (75-71). Despite the Sooners walking away withBryan then defeated Braxton Marquez out the tournament title, the impression left in the opening round of the match play on the golfers by the Norman community is format. what most will remember. His round of 32 matched him against “One of the neatest things about it was the No. 5 seeded Gene Webster Jr., of San the common comments was what made Bernardino, Calif. Webster came into the this different from all other [USGA events] match as one of the hotter players in the was the community,” Young said. “They tournament after carding a 4-under 67 on loved the college town and they loved the the last day of qualifying. community support.” Disposing Webster 3 and 2, Bryan was Young also added that the success of the then set-up with a sweet 16 match-up with 84th U.S. Publinx could be a stepping stone Cameron Peck. The local favorite continued for Jimmie Austin to host other big events.

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OU men’s golf assistant coach Phillip Bryan watches his ball after teeing off Wednesday morning during the U.S. Amateur Public Links. Despite a rough start, Bryan managed to end the tournament in the semi-finals. “We don’t want to over do it, but we want to have one big event or semi-large event every year,” Young said. “It keeps us on our toes and keeps us making ourselves better. It’s great for the community as well, as it would really help the golf team with recruiting.”

Tournaments that could be on the horizon for Jimmie Austin include the Junior Boys and/or Girls USGA Championships, a men’s NCAA regional or even possibly an NCAA National Championship, Young said. Jimmie Austin is set to host the 2010 Big 12 Women’s Championship next April.

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‘American Idol’ finalists find new artistic challenges in ‘Joseph’ DUSTY SOMERS The Oklahoma Daily

Diana DeGarmo graced the “American Idol” stage in 2004, and Anthony Fedorov found himself there in 2005. Now, the two are sharing the stage at Civic Center Music Hall in Oklahoma City for Lyric Theatre’s production of “Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat,” opening Tuesday and running through Saturday. DeGarmo, who stars as the show’s narrator, is no stranger to “Joseph.” She played one of the many children’s parts in the show in her pre-teen years, and close to a decade later, the show brings back memories, she said. “I remember looking at the narrator, and going, ‘Oh my gosh. She’s so cool,’” DeGarmo said. “‘She gets to sing all these big numbers in pretty costumes.’ I remember just being completely in awe of her.” Since appearing on “Idol,” where she finished as runner-up to Fantasia Barrino, DeGarmo has appeared in productions of “West Side Story” and “Hairspray.”

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Anthony Fedorov stars as Joseph and Diana DeGarmo is the narrator in Lyric Theatre’s production of “Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat.” The “American Idol” finalists will perform alongside 80 children in the show.

She’s released one album since “Idol,” but theater provides a sense of stability that the “wild roller coaster ride” of the recording business doesn’t have, DeGarmo said. “Theater is the closest thing to a 9 to 5 job for a performer,” she said. Fedorov, who finished fourth in the “Idol” season that Carrie Underwood eventually won, stars as the beleaguered title character. “Joseph” is Fedorov’s second stage production after a 2007 turn as Matt in the off-Broadway “The Fantasticks.” He wants to do theater while he still has the time, Fedorov said. He’s currently shopping for a record deal, and performing in theater productions makes him a better performer, Fedorov said. “Theater does push you,” he said. “It’s not the same as getting on stage and singing a song. It totally takes your artistry to a whole new level.” DeGarmo agreed, she said. “When it comes to musical theater, there’s no Auto-Tune, there’s no rewind, there’s no ‘Let’s try that song one more time,’” she said.

“You have to do it right the very first time.” For both DeGarmo and Fedorov, “Joseph” presents its own unique challenges. For DeGarmo, it’s keeping track of everything happening on stage — and keeping the cast in check during rehearsal. “I jokingly got called bossy,” she said. “I just have to know where everybody is, because I’m saying what’s happening on the stage, and if I say the wrong thing, I look really bad.” For Fedorov, it’s a role that requires the absence of a key piece of clothing for much of the show. “I’ve been working hard, but I’m still getting used to the idea of walking around without my shirt on,” he said. Still, he’ll be ready when the show opens Tuesday, he said. “He looks good without his shirt on,” DeGarmo said. “Joseph” plays at 8 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday, with an additional 2 p.m. show on Saturday at Civic Center Music Hall, 201 N. Walker Ave.

‘HENRY IV’ ACQUAINTS AUDIENCES WITH LITTLE-KNOWN SHAKESPEARE PLAY Advertised boldly as the Olivier’s performance of “best Shakespeare you’ve Hotspur in the 1940s. Prince Henry was played never seen,” OU’s Summer Stage presentation of “Henry by Ryan Claxton, a recent OU graduate. The play IV” seemed to live includes scenes of up to this claim — it both humor and was highly enterintense drama, and taining, and there’s Claxton successa good chance that fully mastered both most of the audimoods. He played ence members had merry well whennever seen “Henry ever in his crony IV” before. Falstaff’s presence, “Henry IV” tells MEGAN but his best mothe story of the king’s MORGAN ment in “Henry IV” son, Prince Henry was arguably the of Wales, with less emphasis on the man that scene where the prince is the play is actually named confronted by his father. Both Claxton and profesafter. At the beginning of the play, Prince Henry runs sional actor and OU alumwith a bad crowd, including nus Rick Nelson, who played the jolly thief Falstaff. One the king, shone in this conthread of the play involves frontation where voices the prince’s rise to nobility in were raised, but not to the the eyes of his father, and an- point that the exchange ever other is the plotted rebellion felt like a shouting match. In terms of intensity, this moto overthrow the king. The producer and director ment was one of the best in of the play, Tom Huston Orr, the play. Nelson as King Henry felt is also director of the School of Drama. Orr also plays the a little distant and cold, but fiery-tempered Hotspur, this was all part of his role as one of the main conspirators against the king. It was really interesting to see Orr in the play knowing that he was also the director — it added a unique flavor to his acting. Orr also played the prince 10 years ago at Orlando Shakespeare, but even without the audience’s knowledge of his long involvement with “Henry IV,” it was clear that Orr was experienced when he was on stage. Orr even performed the part of Hotspur with a slight speech impediment, hesitating before words that began with a “w.” The impediment was subtle, so it never detracted from the words or the acting. Apparently there is a tradition of giving Hotspur a speech impediment that dates back to Laurence

the intimidating king. As Prince Henry grows in the king’s esteem, he seems to warm up and become more human, and Nelson performs this transition with a natural progression. Falstaff was played by Doug VanLiew, who graduated from OU with a master’s in 1988. Every time VanLiew was in a scene, he seemed to get all the attention from the crowd, who responded well to his character’s many jokes, puns and gags. It seems that even Shakespeare was fond of making “fat jokes,” since the subject of Falstaff ’s weight was a source of constant humor in the play. Another of the conspirators against the king was the Scottish Douglas, played by Clayton Winters, a recent OU graduate. Winters performed with a Scottish accent remarkably well, and his bloodthirsty character added just a hint of humor during the huge battle at the end of “Henry IV.” Whether “Henry IV” was

the best Shakespeare I’d never seen, I’m not sure — there are other Shakespeare plays that I haven’t seen yet, either. However, this production was superbly acted, and the remaining shows this weekend are highly recommended. “Henry IV” plays at 7 p.m. Thursday through Saturday, and at 3 p.m. Sunday at the Weitzenhoffer Theatre, 563 Elm Ave. PHOTO PROVIDED

Megan Morgan is a professional writing senior.

Hotspur (Tom Huston Orr) battles Prince Henry (Ryan Claxton) in Summer Stage’s production of Shakespeare’s “Henry IV.”