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Sophomore dies after cancer battle • Boe performed in fall theater production ‘The Anatomy of Gray’ PAIGE LAWLER Daily Staff Writer

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Amy Boe poses with fellow Anatomy of Gray cast member Rosa Pasquarella, theater junior, in September. Boe died Monday evening in Houston after a battle with cancer.

Drama sophomore Amy Boe, who had fought cancer since high school, died Monday evening at her home in Houston. She turned 20 on Oct. 5.

Boe was a member of the drama department. Her OU theater debut this fall, in the production of “The

Anatomy of Gray,” was also her farewell performance.

Drama sophomore Lauren Poindexter said Boe had a compelling “radiance” on the stage that every actor strives for and projected that same spirit off the stage.

“She just has this fire about her,” she said.

Poindexter said Boe was determined and strong. She said Boe had a quirky sense of humor and that Boe was oblivious to her talent as an actress. Boe had the ability to portray characters that other students were afraid to tackle, Poindexter said.

She said many other students would ask Boe for help with school because she was very smart.

“She aced all her tests without even

trying,” Poindexter said.

Poindexter said Boe loved reading old tattered books that looked like they had been passed down her family.

Theater sophomore Mary Anthony said Boe had a lighthearted outlook about her diagnosis. She said Boe arrived at freshman orientation last year with her head shaved because of chemotherapy.

Throughout the year, Boe’s hair grew in, and her dark hair was beautiful, Anthony said.

When Boe was on stage, Anthony said members of the audience said they saw something different about her.

“I felt like she was teaching us on stage,” Anthony said.

Musical theater junior Heather Hurst said Boe’s performance in “The Anatomy of Gray” was touching and truthful.

Like many other characters in the production, Boe’s character contracts tuberculosis, and Boe stole the show with her character’s death scene, Hurst said.

“Out of every single show I’ve ever seen, every play, every musical, it was the most inspirational,” Hurst said.

Everyone in the audience who knew her story was in tears, Hurst said.

Boe starred in the production for the first week, but was not healthy enough to finish the entire run, Hurst said.

Services for Boe will be held Friday in Houston.

ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT The novel “American Wife” is a first-person account of a woman — a thinly veiled portrayal of Laura Bush — whose husband becomes the president of the United States.

Read our review in A&E. Page 7.

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SPORTS More than halfway through the football season, the no-huddle offense is exactly where Bob Stoops wants it. Page 5.

Hazmat team members spray each other down Monday after inspecting the Chase bank on 36th and Robinson Avenue. The Norman bank was one of a dozen Chase branches that received threatening mail.

Basketball freshman Willie Warren already is becoming a household name, and he hasn’t played a game yet. Warren’s pressurepacked road from Dallas to Oklahoma has been an interesting one.

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Chase banks all back to business after mail threats

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CAMPUS BRIEFS Today is the last day to request an absentee ballot in Oklahoma for the 2008 election.

Absentee ballot applications must be written and contain the applicant’s name, birthday, registered address, current address and signature.

Oklahoma residents can send the applications by mail to their county election boards.

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WEATHER FORECAST

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MUMS the WORD The South Oval’s chyrsanthemum beds are in full color on Tuesday afternoon. Every year between 30,000 and 35,000 mums are planted in OU’s gardens. The mums are permanently endowed by a gift fund that has reached more than $3 million in recent years.

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Man crashes motorcycle on Imhoff, flees on foot • Suspect arrested by police in pursuit WILL HOLLAND Daily Staff Writer

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A dozen more letters claiming to contain hazardous materials were sent to Chase bank branches throughout the country Tuesday, a Chase bank spokesman said.

Greg Hassell, a spokesman for the bank, said besides Oklahoma and Colorado — which received similar threatening letters Monday — notes were also mailed to Ohio, New Jersey and Illinois.

A man riding a motorcycle east on Imhoff Road crashed his motorcycle into a sports utility vehicle and fled from the accident on foot Tuesday afternoon.

The crash happened at the intersection of Imhoff Road and Chautauqua Avenue a few minutes after 4 p.m.

Terisa Haase said she was driving her 1997 green Nissan Pathfinder south on Chautauqua Avenue when the motorcycle struck her vehicle. Haase, who was not

injured in the crash, said she never saw the motorcycle coming.

Norman resident Douglas Crowder said he was driving north on Chautauqua through the intersection when he saw the collision occur.

“He’d have gotten me if he hadn’t gotten [Haase],” Crowder said.

The rider of the motorcycle appeared to be injured, but stood up and tried to start his motorcycle, Haase said. When it failed to start, he ran.

“It looked like he was desperate,” she said. “So he just took off.”

A few of the witnesses, including criminology senior Grant Frankfurt, followed the man on foot and in their cars, helping direct Norman police to the man’s loca-

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Witness Kody Lewis talks to police officer Brett Willer on Tuesday afternoon at the corner of Imhoff Road and Chautauqua Avenue after the rider of a motorcycle fled the scene after crashing into a vehicle. Lewis said the rider offered him $1,000 for a ride, then took off running when Lewis refused.

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Wednesday, Oct. 22, 2008

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Robert White, a professor at the University of Notre Dame, answers questions as part of a panel discussion on the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit Environment held Tuesday night at the David L. Boren auditorium in the National Weather Center.

Course promotes collaboration among different majors • Lectures offered by College of Architecture CAITLIN HARRISON Daily Staff Writer A panel of health care professionals and architects discussed the future of neonatal intensive care unit design and how it plays a role in premature babies’ health in a panel discussion Tuesday night.

The discussion was held in the National Weather Center on OU’s south campus, and panel members consisted of health care and architecture specialists that advised students on the needs of neonatal intensive care units.

Carol Kenner, panelist and dean of the College of Nursing, said parents should be a critical focus when considering design features. She said many neonatal intensive care units now focus more on developmental care, which puts families and patients first and considers the baby’s environmental impact.

“Can you imagine if you’re the parent and you’re scared and you see all that equipment?” she said. “It’s no wonder your heart races. The parent has to be considered in whatever we create.”

Kenner said parents are not visitors, so designers should create a family environment space.

Robert White, panelist and pediatric specialist at

the University of Notre Dame, also said families are important to consider, because a premature baby can strain a relationship.

“We are in the middle of break ups of families,” he said. “It all happens right in front of our face in the [neonatal intensive care unit].”

White said designers must also consider things like lighting because it can impact the babies’ sleep patterns while in the intensive care unit and after going home. He said premature babies’ senses go through a crucial period of development in the first few months after birth.

Tuesday’s discussion was the last in a series of lectures in the College of Architecture’s Dream Course, “Integrated Practice: Specializing in Health Care.” The class is currently focusing on the effects of building design on neonatology and medicine to keep premature babies alive, said David Boeck, associate professor of architecture.

Boeck said the idea of the Dream Course is to encourage collaboration among majors within the architecture college, including architecture, interior design and construction science. He said the lecture was an important event for the medical field.

“I think the students will learn a lot from real life experiences of these professionals,” he said.

Interior design senior Lydia Frost said she has learned a lot in the class so far, and the panel’s discussions have been beneficial because they coincide with the class’ project designing a neonatal intensive care unit in Africa.

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The motorcycle of the man who fled the scene of the accident lies on its side Tuesday afternoon on the corner of Imhoff Road and Chautauqua Avenue. The man was arrested by Norman police.

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Witnesses said police were already in pursuit of the man driving the motorcycle when the crash occurred.

“We had heard that he was driving all over town, really fast,” Haase said.

Norman police would not confirm that the suspect was involved in a chase at the time of the crash.

Kody Lewis, who also said he heard that police were chasing the motorcyclist before the collision, witnessed the incident. He said the suspect told him

he would give him $1,000 for a ride, but he refused.

“He was coming around trying to get in my car, and I locked the door,” Lewis said.

After Lewis locked his doors, the suspect ran, and Lewis dialed 911 and started chasing the man.

He lost him when the suspect jumped a fence, but other witnesses were able to see where the suspect went.

Crowder said he heard the suspect go into a garage near the intersection and told the police where he thought the suspect was. The officer found the suspect and arrested him.

Banks Continued from page 1 Hassell said not all the letters have been tested, but of the ones tested, all came back harmless.

“This is unusual, and something like this hasn’t happened at the bank in several years,” Hassell said.

He said some people were examined by doctors after coming in contact with the letters, but all have been released.

The branches in Norman and Oklahoma City that received the suspicious letters Monday were open Tuesday.

“It was business as usual in Oklahoma,” Hassell said.

CORRECTION Due to an editor’s error, Colin Powell’s position during the Reagan adminsitration was incorrectly identified in Tuesday’s page 4 column by Munim Deen. Powell was Reagan’s national security adviser, not his secretary of state.

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Wednesday, Oct. 22, 2008

Professors: Both Obama, McCain lack on energy issues • Candidates’ cap-and-trade systems unnecessary JAMIE HUGHES Daily Staff Writer Amid the chaos on Wall Street, the teetering economy and wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, OU professors say the presidential candidates have let the energy issue slip to the back of their minds. “[They’re] just talking politics. They’re not telling us what they want to do,” said Samuel Osisanya, associate professor in the Mewbourne School of Petroleum and Geological Engineering.

David Deming, associate professor in the College of Arts and Sciences, said both candidates have “terrible positions on energy.”

According to Sen. Barack Obama’s Web site, his comprehensive energy plan will create 5 million new jobs by investing $150 billion in the next 10 years to catalyze private efforts to develop clean energy. In 10 years, Obama also plans to save more oil than the U.S. currently imports from other countries.

Additionally, the Illinois senator wants to invest $1 million into plug-in hybrid cars, ensure 10 percent of the

country’s electricity is from renewable sources by 2012 and implement an economy-wide cap-and-trade program to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 80 percent by 2050.

Obama’s energy plan is eight pages long on his Web site, and Sen. John McCain’s plan is two pages long.

McCain wants to enforce existing mileage requirements for automobile manufacturers, issue a clean-car challenge through a tax credit based on carbon emission reductions and award a $300 million prize to someone who develops a battery package with the power to go beyond the electric car’s current battery.

Both candidates favor cap-and-trade programs, which set limits on certain pollutants’ emissions but allow companies that can reduce their pollution to sell their “credits” to companies struggling to minimize their carbon footprint.

Deming said that cap-and-trade systems are unnecessary and will be “expensive, regulatory nightmares” that would result in less energy instead of more.

Deming also suggested using oil shales as resources in the Western U.S., which he said the country can produce in a cost-effective and environmentally friendly manner.

Osisanya said people should work to conserve gasoline and drill with a purpose. He also said there has been talk of nuclear energy, which he thinks is dangerous. “[It’s] a lot of mixed feelings,” he said.

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SEN. JOHN MCCAIN, RARIZ. ON NUCLEAR ENERGY

“Contrary to what Sen. McCain keeps on saying, I favor nuclear power as one component of our overall energy mix. But this is another example where I think it is important to look at the record.”

“Nuclear power is safe, and it’s clean. And I know that we can reprocess the spent nuclear fuel. The Japanese, the British, the French do it. And we can do it, too. Sen. Obama has opposed that.”

ON RENEWABLE RESOURCES “As President, I will tap our natural gas reserves, invest in clean coal technology, and find ways to safely harness nuclear power.

I’ll help our auto companies retool, so that the fuel-efficient cars are built in America.”

“We must use all resources and develop all technologies necessary to rescue our economy from the damage caused by rising oil prices and restore the health of our planet. It’s an ambitious plan, but Americans are ambitious by nature.”

ON DEPENDENCE ON FOREIGN OIL “We can’t drill our way out of the problem. That’s why I’ve focused on putting resources into solar, wind, biodiesel, geothermal.

It is absolutely critical that we develop a high fuel-efficient car that’s built not in Japan and not in South Korea, but built here in the USA.”

“We’re sending $700 billion a year overseas to countries that don’t like us very much. Some of that money ends up in the hands of terrorist organizations. We have to have the wind, tide, solar, natural gas, flex-fuel cars and all that, but we also have to have offshore drilling and nuclear power.”

ON CLIMATE CHANGE “I’ve put forward one of the most aggressive proposals out there, but the science seems to be coming in indicating it’s accelerating even more quickly with every passing day. And by the time I take office, I think we’re going to have to have a serious conversation about how drastic steps we need to take to address it.”

“Suppose that climate change is not real, and we do adopt green technologies, which our economy and technology are capable of. Then all we’ve done is given our kids a cleaner world. But suppose that climate change is real and we’ve done nothing. What kind of a planet are we going to pass on to the next generation? It’s real.”

Source: Ontheissues.org

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Opinion

Wednesday, Oct. 22, 2008

OUR VIEW

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STAFF CARTOON

Swimsuit scholarships?

Seriously?

We’re all about making education more affordable, but a “scholarship competition” staged at OU Tuesday night made us queasy.

The Miss OU pageant, a precursor to Miss Oklahoma, which is itself a precursor to Miss America, drew 12 OU students.

(See page 10 for details).

The Miss America OUR VIEW organizais an editorial tion claims selected and debated to be, “one by the editorial board of the and written after a n a t i o n ’ s majority opinion is formed and approved l e a d i n g by the editor. Our a c h i e v e - View is The Daily’s ment pro- official opinion. grams and the world’s largest provider of scholarship assistance for young women.”

“Scholarship provider” we can see; Miss America does dole out some cash, but “achievement organization”?

The disproportionately Caucasian contestants for the title of Miss OU competed in four categories: talent, interview, eveningwear and “lifestyle and physical fitness in a swimsuit.”

Sure, competing in talent and interview categories requires skills and communication abilities, but 50 percent of those categories are directly related to what a contestant looks like.

Tacking the words “lifestyle and physical fitness” in front of the word “swimsuit” doesn’t change what the swimsuit competition is: an opportunity for the judges to see exactly what a woman looks like when she hardly has anything on.

Which is ironic, because in every other area of their lives, the Miss America organization expects contestants to behave with perfect modesty.

Contestants “must never have been engaged in any activity which is or could be characterized as dishonest, immoral, immodest, indecent or in bad taste,” according to the Miss Oklahoma Web site.

They also may not be pregnant, be married or have ever been pregnant.

The moralistic language and prohibition against pregnancy reveal that the Miss America organization isn’t just about promoting women’s education or achievement.

Surely there are married women who are achieving remarkable things and women who have been pregnant but who are deserving of scholarship money.

Surely there are better ways of judging women, if you must judge them at all, than by the way they look in fancy dresses and bikinis (those categories count for 35 percent of a Miss OU contestant’s score; the interview categories count for 30 percent).

These pageants aren’t promoting women’s achievement.

Intentionally or not, they are promoting an archaic standard of what it means to be female, a standard which measures a woman more by her ability to look good than her ability to express herself.

It doesn’t matter whether scholarships are involved or not. This is not the kind of financial aid we can support.

STAFF COLUMN

Complacency breeds contempt How often do average people question the policies of the government?

How often do Americans question policies set out to “ensure national security?”

It is a well-known fact that the USA PATRIOT Act was passed in Congress about a month after 9/11 because there was a sense of national emergency at the time.

Now, after review by legal scholars and lawyers, many people are finding certain sections of the act quite atrocious because of its privacyviolating nature. However, since it was deemed crucial to national security at the time it was passed, few, if any, questioned this act and the policies that followed.

While the PATRIOT Act proves it is important to review U.S. domestic policy on national security it sometimes can be drastically more important to check U.S. foreign policy on the same subject.

The issue of extraordinary rendition (the practice of exporting prisoners to prisons in other countries), is a foreign policy issue that has been festering for almost a decade.

OHM Since 9/11, detainees have often been sent from DEVANI prisons in the U.S. to prisons in countries with a history of torturing and abusing prisoners.

Sometimes, these prisoners turn out to be innocent.

Khalid el-Masri, a German citizen of Lebanese descent, was sent by the CIA to the “Salt Pit,” a prison in Afghanistan.

There, he claims he was regularly beaten as part of his interrogation.

After an American in the prison learned el-Masri was innocent, he called Washington to try to get him released. In April 2003, when the CIA called a special meeting about el-Masri’s case. CIA Director George Tenet was told there was an innocent man was being held in the Salt Pit. In late May, el-Masri was finally released from the Salt Pit after the camp received a second order release order from Condoleezza Rice, then-director of the National Security Council.

After release, when el-Masri tried to sue the United States for wrongful incarceration, his case was dismissed on the grounds that a full

investigation could compromise national security.

While it is unethical to employ inhumane tactics like torture, it is downright foolish to use inhumane tactics on people who have not been proven guilty.

Rendition victims are not given a chance to represent themselves in court. While it is valid to make the argument that our national security depends upon extrajudicial and unethical practices like rendition, it is also plausible that these practices can be replaced by more humane forms of incarceration or that, in some cases, these practices can be done away with altogether.

This has been the case for Guantanamo Bay detainees, who have enjoyed a growing number of rights in the past few years.

Rasul v. Bush, a Supreme Court case in 2004, held that the U.S. judicial system had the authority to decide whether foreign nationals were wrongfully imprisoned.

Boumediene v. Bush, decided this July by the Supreme Court, held that Guantanamo prisoners had a right to habeas corpus.

Sadly, none of these rights are given to rendition victims.

Rendition should be done away. It creates more ill feelings toward the United States than it generates valid intelligence.

However, for those who disagree, I do believe a compromise can be reached: Rendition victims should given the rights of Guantanamo detainees, as well as the protections guaranteed to them under the Torture Act of 2000, the Military Extraterritorial Jurisdiction Act of 2000 and the War Crimes Act of 1996.

If we are to patch up U.S. foreign relations worldwide, we must address the issue of extraordinary rendition.

The practice creates hatred abroad, and that hatred sometimes manifests itself in the form of terrorism, thereby creating a cycle of violence.

If the majority of the American public continues its complacent approach to the government policy of rendition, this hatred will only keep growing.

Something needs to be done about this growing problem soon. And there is no better time for the public to take political action than during an election year.

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As a daily reader of The Oklahoma Daily, I must say I find most of the articles that appear in it engaging, if not entertaining.

However, Monday’s column

by Zac Smith titled “Better protection from rape, disease could save inmates’ lives” is, in my opinion, the most disturbing column to ever grace the pages of The Daily.

It is already ridiculous how much money we spend on amenities for inmates, and now Smith suggests we spend even more money on condoms and lube for people like convicted rapists. Is he serious?

I can’t believe our job as taxpayers would be to make sexual relations between inmates “a more comfortable experience for both parties,” as he so elegantly put it.

Prisoners are in prison to be punished, not to be pampered at the expenses of law abiding citizens.

If anything, Smith’s solution does nothing but encourage more acts of rape and acts of sexual depravity.

Sure, it is sad that STDs are transmitted at such a high rate in prisons and that rape is so prevalent, but maybe the inmates should have thought of that before breaking the

‘Chicago’ a success As a former member of the board of directors of Lyric Theatre of Oklahoma, we have attended musical theatre all over the country for over 25 years. Last Saturday, we stayed on-campus and went to see one of our favorite musicals at Rupel J. Jones Theatre.

We have seen three different productions of “Chicago” before last Saturday and can say, without any reservation, that this production of “Chicago” was the best we have ever seen.

The elegant simplicity of the set, the orchestration, the dancing, the singing, the timing of the interaction between performers, and everything associated with these two hours of sheer entertainment were superb. Hartleigh Buwick did the best rendition of Roxy that we have ever experienced. She is a treasure for OU and is destined for greatness on the musical theatre stage.

Anyone who appreciates musical theatre will be impressed with “Chicago” on our campus.

JACK AND RUTH BELLER NORMAN RESIDENTS

STAFF COLUMN

Inflation should be guiding factor for tuition hikes

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This is the type of university the OU should be: one that understands students, that cares about them and that doesn’t raise tuition and fees to the point of stifling hope and murdering dreams.

The university administration should sincerely take into account the present economic conditions in the country before CHRIS it considers tuition and fee JAY increases to the board of regents this year.

Last year, tuition was raised 9.92 percent for in-state students and 9.67 percent for out-of-state students, and the year before that,

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it was raised 9.7 percent and 9.95 percent, respectively.

Can we really afford to raise tuition at such rates again? No. In the 2006 fiscal year, tuition was increased by only 5.8 percent for in-state students. This can be done again. This must be done again. This year the administration should only increase tuition and fees in accordance with the rate of inflation, which is almost always under 5 percent yearly.

As students, we can be mature enough to know that when times are tough, we can’t get everything we want. We understand that our university is already a great place to be and that if we keep pace with inflation, we will be just as strong as we were the year before.

Would it be nice to hire more professors? Would it be great to have the best computers?

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the educational community and therefore increase tuition and fees.

Who is right?

I say the students and parents.

In these economic times, it is better to go to a prudent university than no university at all.

The Dow falling by 20 percent has caused a great decrease in many students’ and potential students’ college funds.

All the hardships a sliding spiraling economy can cause, but they need not go unanswered.

When choosing to remain in school and when choosing to go to school, students and parents are seeking universities that provide not only a sound and solid education with great programs and options, but an understanding university that will truly consider the troubles of its students.

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From Oct. 1 through Oct. 15, the Dow Jones Industrial Average dropped more than 20 percentage points because of greedy investment, bankers and unwise wouldbe-homeowners.

But, despite the crisis that is the American economy, there are two money-related issue that particularly trouble me: college tuition and fees.

Tuition and fees are a sore spot for both students and university administration officials alike.

On one hand, you have students and parents who, in the midst of the economic crisis, are trying to save every penny they can and want tuition and fees to stay relatively stable.

On the other hand, you have administration officials who are also hurting but want to see the university grow more affluent in

Of course, but the question is, who is going to pay for them?

The state of Oklahoma? No. It has not even kept up with inflation when apportioning funds to this university, which is another topic that is worthy of a column.

It will be the students who pay.

Where are we going to get this money? Student loans? No, because those pesky, greedy investment bankers and unwise would-be-homeowners have messed that one up for all of us.

Where are we going to get this money to pay for a tuition and fees increase of 9, 10, 11 or 17.5 percent? Some of us won’t be able to find anywhere to get that money.

Some of us will have to drop out, and some won’t even get to start.

This is why it is of utmost

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importance that the university does everything within its power to help us secure an education by keeping the rise in tuition and fees on pace with — not in front of — the rise of inflation. The university could go even further and cut unnecessary luxury spending.

The students of this university should take a stance against any tuition and fees increase above the rate of inflation, and they should hold the administration accountable with personal letters and e-mails and by paying attention to who they elect to UOSA office.

We must do this, or some of us will find ourselves without a university to go to next year.

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STAFF COLUMN

Texas is too good for OU to catch here were certain times during the Kansas game on Saturday when the Sooners looked like they could compete for the national title, but at this point it’s too little, too late.

In last week’s column (see: “OU’s national title chances look bleak”), I said OU’s chances of getting to the national championship are slim to none. The Texas-Missouri game only confirmed my belief.

Against Kansas, Juaquin Iglesias and Jermaine Gresham dropped a good share of passes. Of course, that’s nothing new.

Also, I doubt I was the only person who wondered why Sam Bradford kept running out of the pocket.

Last I checked he wasn’t Michael Vick, and I think his dogs will vouch for that too.

For goodness sake, stay in the pocket. If MJ the rush is heavy, get out and throw it away.

CASIANO Stop forcing throws.

Don’t get me wrong, the team played well and the goods outweighed the bads.

For the first time all season, DeMarco Murray looked like the running back we expected him to be this year.

It seemed like the last couple of games he was trying to be a power back, something he absolutely isn’t. I saw him juke this week and was ecstatic, and he looked very quick outside the tackles.

Even though Bradford made some bad running decisions, he nearly played to perfection. His school record 468 passing yards were impressive; although he threw a Texas Techlike 53 passes.

Offense wasn’t the only side that impressed me though.

Matthew Moreland’s three touchbacks impressed me more than anything else I saw on the field. I look forward to more of this in future games. If the kickoffs aren’t returned, OU can’t lose.

Now, backtracking to the championship hopes, Texas played a nearly-flawless game against Missouri.

For some odd reason, everyone was picking Missouri to win. That was ridiculous to say the least.

It’s one thing to want Texas to lose, but it’s another to be biased.

OU only has five game remaining — including a home game against Texas Tech and a trip to Stillwater against Oklahoma State — and it seems more likely every week that Texas will be representing the Big 12 in Miami.

OU could pray that Texas will lose twice, but that’s just wishful thinking. The only real hope the Sooners have is that Texas loses to either OSU or Tech, and then OU beats that team.

That could cause a three-way tie, which would allow the Sooners at least a chance to play in the Big 12 Championship.

But with the way Texas is playing, that scenario doesn’t seem likely.

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No-huddle success continues • Points come from Bradford’s leadership JOEY HELMER Daily Staff Writer Last weekend’s game against Kansas looked more like a spring track meet than a midfall gridiron contest, as both teams continually traveled the length of the field in short amounts of time.

“Offensively, I thought we were incredibly efficient with the numbers we were able to put up both running and throwing the ball,” said head coach Bob Stoops.

In an abnormally long game, there wasn’t a single scoring drive by either team that lasted more than four minutes.

Midway through the second quarter, the Sooners methodically moved 69 yards on nine plays in just more than two minutes en route to scoring their third touchdown of the game.

They then went 53 yards in 45 seconds, 58 yards in just more than a minute and 60 yards in two and half minutes.

By the end of the game, the offense had run 97 plays and managed to muster nearly 700 total yards.

Such big offensive numbers and quick scoring drives are the result of the successful implementation of the nohuddle offense that has been a major focus for the Sooner offense this year.

Stoops has consistently alluded to three reasons why the Sooners are making use of this new option in their offense.

“I felt one reason to do it is the emergence and strengths of [sophomore quarterback] Sam Bradford — his poise and his intelligence and accuracy and efficiency,” Stoops said.

Bradford has been up to the challenge, throwing for more than 2,500 yards, 26 touchdowns and only five interceptions just beyond the halfway point in the season.

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Sophomore quarterback Sam Bradford prepares for a snap during OU’s Oct. 11 game against Texas. Bradford has been successful leading the Sooners’ potent no-huddle offense, which is third in the nation with 46.9 points per game. yards in the game Saturday.

Another reason OU has implemented this no-huddle is the ability to keep control of the game offensively by having more snaps than the other team.

“I like the fact that if we snap the ball as much as anybody else, we have a chance to be on top,” Stoops said.

The Sooners’ 97 plays vastly outnumbered Kansas’ 72.

“We felt like we did a pretty good job, but we can always be better,” said senior center Jon Cooper. “We had 90-something snaps as the first unit.

We felt that was great because we always want to get as many plays as possible to feel like we have the best chance.”

The third reason to use the

no-huddle is to prepare the defense for similar offenses in the Big 12.

“Whether it’s our communication [or] whether it’s our comfort level with it and having played against it all spring and all summer, I felt that it did give our defense that much more comfort when we are in those situations,” Stoops said.

The defense knows the type of offensive talent in the Big 12 that can produce points and produce them quickly.

“There are a lot of great offenses out there,” said sophomore defensive end Jeremy Beal. “I mean, all you can say is that there are a lot of great offenses that can throw a lot of points up and a lot of stats.”

Stoops said he can tell when

the no-huddle offense is not working. Communication problems at the line of scrimmage, procedure penalties, a lack of poise to execute the play, failure to move the football and turnovers are all indicators of an unsuccessful no-huddle.

But so far, Stoops said none of those have been problems.

The no-huddle system has allowed the offense to gain a rhythm and run smoothly, taking advantage of the weaknesses of opposing defenses.

The Sooners have amassed more than 3800 yards and 190 first downs, averaging just less than 47 points per game.

“To me it gets down to productivity,” Stoops said. “If it’s not productive, I wouldn’t do it.”

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Talented freshman ready for pressure •Warren arrives at OU after wild high school ride STEVEN JONES Daily Staff Writer The season is still nearly a month away, but freshman Willie Warren is already starting to feel it.

Pressure.

It’s the pressure that comes with being the only 2008 McDonald’s All-American in the Big 12. Or the pressure that accompanies being the unanimous pre-season selection for conference Freshman of the Year. Or the pressure of being OU’s most highrecruited guard in years.

The stout 6-foot-4 guard — who turns 19 today — sat in his crimson practice jersey at OU’s first practice, both feet in front of him and a basketball in his lap. He slowly moved the ball over his thigh from one hand to the other.

“Pressure?” he said with a quiet sigh. “Yeah, me and coach [Jeff] Capel had this talk just a couple days ago. I’ve felt a lot of pressure lately coming in with expectations so high.”

The five-star guard is the most highly-touted addition to a team that’s expected to show marked improvement from the squad that went two rounds deep in last year’s NCAA tournament.

So the Ft. Worth native is feeling the pressure, but for Warren, it’s really nothing new.

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Freshman Willie Warren takes part in OU’s first practice last Friday. Expectations surrounding Warren are high after he shined in high school, despite jumping between multiple schools.

The phrase “practice makes perfect” is one of The High School(s) Experience sports’ oldest clichés, but Warren’s mother, Malaika Warren and his mother lived in Cedar Hill, Texas, Frazier, takes the saying to a whole different level.

A college basketball player at Langston University, but Frazier taught in North Crowley, so Warren attendFrazier made sure Warren got plenty of practice — ed Crowley schools. However, before Warren entered high school, Frazier changed jobs and decided Warren even before he was born.

“Even when I was carrying him I played,” Frazier should attend Cedar Hill High School.

“I was like, ‘You’re going to be a freshman, this will said. “I always tell people all the time I did it on purpose. I feel like if you’re a mom you can train your be a new start’ because he kind of had some bad blood kid even before you have him. So, I continued to play in North Crowley,” Frazier said. “He wanted to stay in up until I was about 7 months [pregnant] because I North Crowley.”

After his freshman year at Cedar Hill, Warren was like, ‘I’m going to make sure this boy in this belly decided he would return to North Crowley, but things knows something about basketball.’”

Apparently, it worked. Warren continued to have didn’t go as smoothly as planned.

Warren played with two teammates who were a high exposure to basketball throughout his childhood. Frazier said as soon as Warren could walk at featured on their AAU clubs. Frazier described the situation as “three egos that all think they are just ‘it.’” about 10 months, he carried a basketball.

“I always tell everybody that he didn’t have the Despite the talent on the team, Warren’s sophomore choice to be good because I was going to keep year ended with an early exit from the playoffs.

“It was just a maturity it in his hands,” Frazier issue,” North Crowley said. “I said, It is not coach Tommy Brakel an option. He is going said. “It takes a little bit to be a good basketball of time to mature and player.’”

• Warren was a star in the 2008 understand the definiWarren said his earliMcDonald’s All-American Game, tion of being a true team est memory of basketball showing outstanding quickness player, and sometimes was when Frazier was in on his way to a game-high 23 you can think you are college and would take points in 22 minutes. but realize later in life the him to practice. As his areas that you lacked in. mom practiced, Warren • He was named the No. 4 guard We were lucky that Willie played on a “little bitty in the nation and the No. 10 was one that figured it goal” when he was about out sooner rather than four years old. player overall by Rivals.com. later.”

Warren didn’t play Warren and Brakel felt organized basketball • He is strong and quick, a combination sorely Warren matured between until he was nine or 10 needed on a Sooner team that relied too heavily his sophomore and junior years old. Taller than on sophomore Blake Griffin last season. Warren’s years, but the result was most of the kids his age, penetration ability should help take double-teams the same: another disaphe played the post when away from Griffin and provide open shooting pointing playoff loss for he was younger. opportunities for fellow guard Tony Crocker. the Panthers.

One day, frustrated The players gathered that his teammates wouldn’t pass him the ball, Frazier gave him a sug- in the locker room and cried. The seniors were leaving, but the underclassmen saw it as an opportunity to gestion.

“I said, ‘You know what? Forget that.’” Frazier change things.

“They kind of all got together, I don’t think just that said. “I said, ‘You know how to dribble. Why don’t you get the rebound and just bring the ball up the night, I think over the next week,” Brakel said. “[They] talked about just bonding together and taking care of court?’ … And that’s what he did.

“The first time he did it, it shocked both of us a lot of the little things as returning varsity lettermen to because I was like, ‘Wow. I knew he could dribble make sure we were successful the following year.”

But it seemed Warren might not be there to help but I didn’t know he could dribble like that.’” finish the job.

And Warren never looked back.

WILLIE WARREN AT A GLANCE

“I said, ‘It is not an option. He is going to be a good basketball player.’”

— Malaika Frazier, Willie Warren’s mother Oak Hill Academy Throughout his junior year, Warren mentioned to Frazier he might be interested in attending Oak Hill Academy, a prestigious basketball prep school in Mouth of Wilson, Virginia, known for producing NBA stars.

Originally, Frazier didn’t give the idea much thought. However, as people began to present the possibilities it offered, she warmed up to it.

“My feeling was I wanted Willie to be on the stage like all the other major players,” Frazier said.

“Honestly I was like those players are on a major stage because they attended prep schools and they play some nationally-televised games.’”

Before Warren’s senior year, Frazier felt he might be having second thoughts about Oak Hill. Before Warren left, Frazier and Warren took their first official visit to the campus, and the atmosphere was a “culture shock” for them both. However, Frazier insisted Warren stick with his commitment.

Warren left for Oak Hill in August of 2007, and spent a few months there before deciding he’d had enough. He felt the rules were strict, he didn’t have enough freedom and was homesick.

“When I talked to him he would sound like everything’s okay and then, I don’t know, it was like something just set him off,” Frazier said. “He was like, ‘I can’t do this no more if I got to walk home.’”

Frazier again wanted Warren to try to stick it out in Virginia, but eventually felt she had little choice.

Frazier said Warren was telling her he would stop going to class.

The Prodigal Son Warren returned to North Crowley before the basketball season began, but he found the team different than the one he left. Brakel said the team changed offensive philosophies, and the players improved in Warren’s absence.

A now-humbled Warren, alongside his improved teammates, proved to be a winning combination.

North Crowley was 37 – 1 heading into the state championship game against Dulles High School.

Dulles took a seven-point lead, but Frazier said Warren remained calm. Through three quarters, the score remained close. Then, Warren took over.

“There was a point … maybe midway through the fourth, he came up to me during the timeout and said, ‘Coach I want the basketball,’” Brakel said. “I said, ‘Hell Willie, I want you to have the basketball.

Now get open and get it.’”

In the final quarter, Warren scored 15 points and finished his high school career with a thunderous tomahawk dunk, sealing a 73 – 67 victory.

Warren’s final numbers for the game: 27 points, eight assists and three steals. After the drama of Warren’s return to Crowley, he said he considers the state title the highlight of his basketball career.

Arrival at Oklahoma During the recruiment process, Frazier said Warren — who was courted by several schools — was easily manipulated and even made commitments to schools without her knowledge.

Warren was getting so many calls that he often handed the phone to Frazier and she told coaches he was busy. But not when Capel called.

“You have the coaches who talk about basketball 24/7 and playing basketball the majority of your life you get tired of hearing that,” Warren said.

“Then you have the coaches like coach Capel who have been through the recruiting process and have played at a major college and know that players don’t want to just hear about basketball, so you talk about other things. That’s what really attracted me to OU.” Coaches and the media are expecting a lot from Warren, but he has gotten used to pressure.

In fact, Warren is so confident that his own expectations are higher than the media’s.

“I want to be first team Freshman All-American,” Warren said. “I want to be selected to the Big 12 first team … and also win a national title. All of that will fall into place if we just do our jobs, do what we’re good at best, and play our roles. If we win it all, Final Four, everything will fall into its place.”

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With easy outlets such as Netflix and Redbox available to consumers, who still visits video rental stores?

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Is Blockbuster obsolete? ears ago, movie rental stores enabled home theater entertainment like Starbucks does a caffeine freak.

J.B. If the conRUBLE sumer didn’t buy it, they rented it from Blockbuster.

Now, the market is clouded with many choices: Netflix, Redbox, iTunes, Cox On Demand and multiple outlets for streaming video content directly from the Internet.

If one were so bold, cheating the system through BitTorrent, a peerto-peer file sharing mechanism, can afford some illegal yet productive results.

It was bound to happen.

Technology has a way of complicating through simplifying. If that sounds like an oxymoron, try programming a universal remote control (bring aspirin).

With all of these avenues available to access Hollywood’s most exhilarating moments, who among us still jaunts over to the local video rental store for an antiquated stroll down the aisles of yore?

Lauren Schlueter, journalism junior, said she still appreciates visiting her local store and checking out the large selection offered.

“Usually Redbox is out of the new releases, and that’s all they have anyway,” she said.

“Blockbuster has more than just the new stuff, which I like.”

Redbox, for those who stay away from McDonald’s and a high caloric intake, is the kiosk found lurking outside the fast food chain.

The electronic movie dispensers have popped up in locations such as drug and grocery stores.

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With a debit card and a dollar in checking, anyone can rent a DVD to go with their Big Mac or prescription.

“It is ridiculously convenient and open as late as you want it to be,” Josh Hood, meteorology senior, said.

The issue arises when the kiosk is overrun with customers and low on movies.

“I’ve had Netflix for a year and a half,” Alex Dawson, film and video studies senior, said. “In my major, we have to watch some pretty obscure items. They have a selection that dominates the competition, and I don’t have to worry about late fees.”

Ill sentiment toward late fees fueled the growth of Netflix, which influenced Blockbuster’s “Total Access,” which allowed customers to order a movie online, but also to stop into a local store to drop off and pick up another film.

According Courtney Ward, a Norman Blockbuster employee, instore rentals have not declined as much as some speculate.

“People come in all the time to drop off movies and pick up another one,” she said. “‘Total Access’ levels the playing field.”

What Ward did not clearly point out is the need for an in-store membership to take movies out of a physical store, regardless of having an online “Total Access” subscription.

Then again, renting a movie can be simple as using your digital cable box, Cox On Demand or streaming content from the Internet.

That is, unless the cable’s out.

Who wants a ride to Blockbuster?

— J.B. RUBLE IS A JOURNALISM GRADUATE STUDENT.

DC’s “Crisis” events almost seem to have gotten out of hand.

The first two, “Crisis on Infinite Earths” and “Infinite Crisis” both focused on DC’s flagship characters joining together to combat The Photo provided Anti-Monitor and his various cronies hailing from alternate dimensions. In the process of fighting the Anti-Monitor, several heroes inevitably die and others find their powers to be changed or lost, and some long-dead heroes mysteriously return to life.

Writer Grant Morrison has satisfied all of these requirements, delivering an original story that follow’s DC’s heavy hitters like Superman and Batman, while still making time for some of DC’s lesser-known characters.

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the mercy of Darkseid. Whether the major universe-defining events in “Final Crisis” will be seen as successful will depend upon how other DC writers take the changes and incorporate them into their ongoing books.

For now, however, it seems that Morrison has exceeded expectations by delivering a unique and entertaining story with plenty of water cooler-worthy events to satisfy longtime fans, who make up the primary audience of major comic events.

“CAPTAIN AMERICA #43” Ever since Steve Rogers died in “Captain America #25,” the world of the series has been in constant turmoil.

S.H.I.E.L.D. agent Sharon Carter, who was hypnotized into shooting Captain Photo provided America, was kidnapped by the Red Skull, who planned to trick the public into electing a presidential candidate who secretly worked for him.

Meanwhile, Red Skull uncovered another man who once used the title Captain America in the 1950s. Known as the Grand Director, the man had gone so far as to legally change his name and undergo surgery to make himself look exactly like Steve Rogers. Suffice to say, new Captain America James Barnes had a lot on his plate for his first mission.

“Captain America #43” marks the beginning of Barnes’ second story as Captain

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America. With the Red Skull’s plan foiled, Sharon Carter safe and the psychotic Captain America arrested, Barnes is finally ready to begin .

“SUPERMAN: NEW KRYPTON SPECIAL #1” T h e s e days, there just aren’t e n o u g h Superman comics to contain the mythos the writers of the books have spun.

That’s w h e r e the “New Photo provided Krypton Special” comes in, giving the writers of “Action Comics,” “Superman,” and “Supergirl” a chance to expand upon events from stories which have not yet been tied up.

Expect to see Superman dealing with Pa Kent’s recent death, which occurred in “Action Comics #870,” the 100,000 Kryptonians without a planet rescued from Bizarro’s ship and Supergirl’s new secret identity as Lana Lang’s niece, Linda. With the world of the character being built upon and the roles of sidecharacters being expanded in all three books, expect Superman’s stories to be going strong for quite some time.

— TIM B ENNETT IS A PROFESSIONAL WRITING SENIOR.

Book review: ‘American Wife’

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There are obvious differences between the novel and reality, but it’s just as obvious that the book is a fictionalized version of Laura Bush’s life. The protagonist is Alice Blackwell, a woman from a small town in Wisconsin.

The big events of Laura Bush’s life create the framework of “American Wife,” but the meat in between comes from Sittenfeld’s imagination.

The book is split into four sections, each with stories from a time in Alice’s life that she lived at a particular address.

The first address is that of her childhood home, where we learn about a horrible accident that haunts Alice for the rest of her life, and how that accident shapes her as an adult.

The second address is the location where she lives after

college, working as an elementary school librarian. This is where Alice lives when she meets Charlie Blackwell, the fictional George W. Bush.

The third address, her home with Charlie before he becomes governor and president, is where we see Alice become a mother and a housewife.

And, of course, the last address is 1600 Pennsylvania Ave., where she lives as first lady.

Part of the appeal of the book is the way in which the story is told. Past events occur, but contain present day Alice’s commentary.

This novel made me want to race to the library to read other books about Laura Bush’s life, not only because I wanted to know how much of “American Wife” is true, but because the story was fascinating. Often the

public forgets that the first lady is her own person with her own ideas separate from those of her husband’s. The novel follows Alice’s struggle with her husband’s political beliefs.

It is also easy to forget that public figures are real people, but Sittenfeld writes so beautifully from Alice’s point of view that it’s impossible to forget she isn’t like any other woman with hopes, dreams and fears.

Sittenfeld doesn’t make the reader sit through Charlie’s campaigning either, which is a plus, since this isn’t by any means a political novel.

“American Wife” is essentially a series of snapshots in Alice Blackwell’s life, with an adult Alice reflecting on her past and how it shaped her future.

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Details NATION BRIEFLY Russia, Iran and Qatar discuss forming gas cartel TEHRAN, Iran — Russia, Iran and Qatar made the first serious moves Tuesday toward forming an OPEC-style cartel on natural gas, raising concerns that Moscow could boost its influence over energy markets spanning from Europe to South Asia.

Such an alliance would have little direct impact on the United States, which imports virtually no natural gas from Russia or the other nations.

But Washington and Western allies worry that closer strategic ties between Russia and Iran could hinder efforts to isolate Tehran over its nuclear ambitions. In addition, the United States opposes a proposed Iranian gas pipeline to Pakistan and India, key U.S. allies.

In Europe — which counts on Russia for nearly half of its natural gas imports — any cartel controlled by Moscow poses a threat to supply and pricing.

Russia, which most recently came into confrontation with the West over its five-day war with Georgia in August, has been accused of using its hold on energy supplies to bully its neighbors, particularly Ukraine.

US drops charges against 5 Guantanamo prisoners SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico — The Pentagon said Tuesday it has dropped warcrimes charges against five Guantanamo Bay detainees after the former prosecutor in their cases complained that the military was withholding evidence helpful to the defense.

There are no plans to free any of the men, and the military said it could reinstate charges later.

America’s first war-crimes trials since the close of World War II have come under persistent criticism, including from officers appointed to prosecute them.

Some of the harshest words came last month from the very man who was to prosecute the five men against whom charges were dropped.

Army Lt. Col. Darrel Vandeveld said during a pretrial hearing for a sixth detainee this month that the war-crimes trials are unfair. Vandeveld said the military was withholding exculpatory evidence from the defense in that case, and was doing so in others. He resigned over his concerns.

But the chief Guantanamo prosecutor, Army Col. Lawrence Morris, said Tuesday’s announcement was unrelated to Vandeveld’s accusations. He said the charges were dismissed because evidence “is being more thoroughly analyzed.”

He would not elaborate on the nature of the evidence but said the review began before Vandeveld’s testimony.

“Rather than refine the current charges, it was more efficient and more just to have them dismissed and charge them anew,” he told The Associated Press.

Dismissing the charges allows to Pentagon to avoid deadlines set by the Military Commissions Act to bring the men to trial.

Va. pharmacy follows faith, no birth control sales CHANTILLY, Va. — A new drug store at a Virginia strip mall is putting its faith in an unconventional business plan: No candy. No sodas. And no birth control.

Divine Mercy Care Pharmacy is among at least seven pharmacies across the nation that are refusing, as a matter of faith, to sell contraceptives of any kind, even if a person has a prescription. States across the country have been wrestling with the issue of pharmacists who refuse on religious grounds to dispense birth control or morning-after pills, and some have enacted laws requiring drug stores to fill the prescriptions.

In Virginia, though, pharmacists can turn away any prescription for any reason.

“I am grateful to be able to practice,” pharmacy manager Robert Semler said, “where my conscience will never be violated and my faith does not have to be checked at the door each morning.”

The store only sells items that are health-related, including vitamins, skin care products and over-the-counter medications.

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A group of young breast cancer survivors will speak to students about cancer prevention at 11:30 a.m. in the Union’s Sooner Room.

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The film “Easter Parade” begins at 7 p.m. at the Fred Jones Jr. Museum of Art. SCHOOL OF MUSIC Opera Theatre presents Léo Delibes’ “Lakmé” at 8 p.m. at the Reynolds Performing Arts Center.

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SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 23-Dec. 21) -- Unless you are on your toes, someone clever could get you to reveal information about another that, if misused, would be harmful. This person’s interest might be more devious than curious.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) -- It is never a good idea to share an expensive pastime with another who, in reality, can’t afford it. When the bill comes, your friend might be short of cash and have no credit cards.

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SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 22) -- Be a wise listener, and do not take that which could make a difference in your life for granted.

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PARIS — Economic inequality is growing in the world’s richest countries, particularly in the United States, jeopardizing the American Dream of social mobility just as the world tilts toward recession, a 30-nation report said Tuesday.

The gap between rich and poor has widened over the last 20 years in nearly all the countries studied, even as trade and technological advances have spurred rapid growth in their economies.

With job losses and home foreclosures skyrocketing and many of these countries now facing recession, policy makers must act quickly to prevent a surge in populist and protectionist sentiment as was seen following the Great Depression, the Paris-based Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development said.

“What will happen if the next decade is not one of world growth but of world recession? If a rising tide didn’t lift all boats, how will they be affected by an ebbing tide?” Oxford University economist Anthony Atkinson said at a conference at the OECD headquarters.

In a 20-year study of its member countries, the OECD found inequality had increased in 27 of its 30 members as top earners’ incomes soared while others’ stagnated.

The United States has the highest inequality and poverty rates in the OECD after Mexico and Turkey, and the gap has increased rapidly since 2000, the report said. France, meanwhile, has seen inequalities fall in the past 20 years as poorer workers are better paid.

Rising inequality threatens social mobility — children doing better than their parents, the poor improving their lot through hard work — which is lower in countries like the U.S., Great Britain and Italy, where inequality is high, than countries with less inequality such as Denmark, Sweden and Australia, the report said.

Wealthy households are not only widening the gap with the poor, but in countries such as the U.S., Canada and Germany they are also leaving middle-income earners further behind, with potentially ominous consequences if the global financial crisis sparks a long recession.

The two decades covered in the study — 1985 to 2005 — saw the development of wider global trade and the Internet, and a period of overall strong economic growth. The countries covered are mostly developed nations, especially in Europe.

OECD Secretary-General Angel Gurria said that the study, which took three years to complete, would be useful to policy makers because it is coming out just as the world is undergoing “the worst crisis in decades.”

With several OECD countries already in recession, the “key question” raised by the report is whether governments can prevent a possible drop in top earners’ incomes from sparking “a second wave” hit to the lowestincome households, said Martin Hirsch, France’s high commissioner for fighting poverty.

With governments around the globe announcing trillions of dollars in rescue financing to shore up banks, “I think that citizens of OECD countries are going to expect that if you can find funds to rescue banks, then governments can fund an effective unemployment insurance scheme, and they can fund employment subsidies,” Atkinson said.

Atkinson said governments need to act to support employment as a response to widening inequality and faltering economies.

“If the government can take on the role of lender of last resort, then we should think about the government taking on the role of employer of last resort. Put bluntly, governments have to step up. Step up to the plate as Roosevelt did in the Great Depression,” Atkinson said.

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AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 19) -- If you need some good advice, you would be better off seeking it from more than one source.

It might take a combination of several counselors to help find the right answer.

PISCES (Feb. 20-March 20) -Planned activities might not be as easy to engage as you thought. A number of unexpected obligations might take precedence and force you to spend time on them.

ARIES (March 21-April 19) -Someone with whom you socialize from time to time might try manipulation to get you to do his or her bidding. Don’t believe that everyone you know is ethical. Keep your guard up.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20) -- It doesn’t matter if something is of small or large consequence to you; unless you handle yourself skillfully, you could make a mistake if you’re not on your toes. Be careful.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20) -- If you hear only what you want to hear, you will ignore the facts and totally miss the essence of something important. Your judgment will be only as good as your intake.

CANCER (June 21-July 22) -- Some possessions are just as important to you on an emotional level as they are on a monetary one. If you are careless with something you like, you could lose on both counts.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22) -- Think twice before making an idle promise, because your listener will take you at your word. What you consider to be merely a polite agreement could be a binding commitment to another.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) -- What you say and what you do could be at odds, and this dichotomy could totally confuse those with whom you have dealings. Try to be consistent in both word and deed.

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Wednesday, Oct. 22, 2008

Campus News

Taylor Treat takes home the tiara PAIGE LAWLER Daily Staff Writer A Sooner is one step closer to the Miss America pageant.

Taylor Treat was crowned Miss OU among 11 other contestants, and will compete in the 2008 Miss Oklahoma pageant in June against 40 other women. If she wins the Miss Oklahoma pageant she could go on to compete in the Miss America pageant.

“She will be the face of the university and of the community,” pageant director Josh Hammers said.

Treat, a communications senior, was the third runner-up in the Miss Oklahoma pageant last year after she won the Miss Edmond State Fair crown.

Treat, communications senior, will make appearances at various campus events like Big Event, Day of Caring and Dance Marathon and will visit Norman schools, Hammers said. She will also complete a year of community service and is the recipient of up to $1,000 in scholarships and $300 in textbook grants, he said.

Contestant Lydia Gray, music sophomore, said she knows many women who have put themselves through college by winning money in pageants.

Miss OU represents Norman through com-

munity service, and she also represents the student body, Gray said.

Each contestant had a specific platform, ranging from mentoring, to healthy lifestyles, to helping serve the community, Hammers said.

The contestants raised $1,200 for the Children’s Miracle Network, an alliance of hospitals for children. Each contestant was required to raise a minimum of $100 for the network. Treat will help raise money to advance breast cancer research for the network, Hammers said.

University College freshman Olivia Barton attended the pageant to support her suitemate, who is a contestant, and said she thinks Miss OU is valued for her involvement on campus and ability to help students in situations where she is needed.

Barton said this was her first pageant to attend.

Gray said the Miss OU Pageant is broken into a series of five competitions: a private interview with the judges, swimsuit, evening gown, talents and the on-stage question.

Taylor Treat, communications senior, accepts the tiara after being crowned Miss OU on Tuesday in Meacham Auditorium in the Oklahoma Memorial Union.

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