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cation and belief in Darwin’s theory, ranging from 21 percent of those with high school educations or less to 74 percent for those with postgraduate degrees.

However, evolution and creation is not always black and white. The new “gray area” gaining popularity is the idea of Intelligent Design, that is, a person who can believe in evolution and still believe God created humans and guided their development.

“It’s a much more sophisticated version of Creationism,” Sneed said. It’s a belief in “supernatural selection.”

“God does what can’t be explained,” Sneed said.

This modern formulation of the idea was developed by a group of American creationists who revised their argument in the creation– evolution controversy to circumvent court rulings that prohibit the teaching of creationism as science in schools.

Bayes’ Theorem, named for Thomas Bayes, is used by those who believe in Intelligent Design to further their argument. Through Bayes’ Theorem, Intelligent Design believers suggest that all the perfectly calculated astronomical coincidences of the Earth could not have exactly as we know it again without an unknown outside influence.

“So many of these astronomical coincidences … have to be just so, and the order of things have to be just so,” Sneed said. “The probability of these occurring exactly the same way again is zero. When a God is thrown into the equation, the probability becomes one.”

Despite, the more scientific approach to intelligent design, the U.S. National Academy of Sciences stated “creationism, intelligent design, and other claims of supernatural intervention in the origin of life or of species are not science because they are not testable by the methods of science.”

Sneed, who has a background in Physics and Religions, explained how at one point it was believed the sun revolved around the Earth.

“That made sense then,” Sneed said. “We can make perfectly valid observations [about the world] and still make wrong claims about where it came from.”

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he theories of evolution and creationism have been brought up in court for the past 70 years. The debate over teaching creationism or evolution as scientific theory dates back to the 1925 trial of John T. Scopes, who was convicted of teaching evolution in a Dayton, Tenn., high school.

Scopes was accused of violating the 1925 Butler Act, which made it unlawful to “teach any theory that denies the story of the Divine Creation of man as taught in the Bible.” The Tennessee Supreme Court dismissed his conviction on appeal, and the law was repealed in 1967.

The debate raises many questions about the origins of our nature. According to the website allaboutphilosophy.org, creation “denotes the existence of a divine Creator who has exercised his creative abilities, creating this world and the life-forms we see” whereas evolution stresses “the naturalistic (random, undirected) descent of all living creatures from a common ancestor who originally evolved from inorganic matter. Life is the product of random chance.”

Creation describes expansion. It is a broad claim about the creation of everything from human beings to the sun in the sky whereas evolution focuses on the development of life alone. “It’s a limited theory about complex forms of life,” Richard Sneed, philosophy professor said.

“A belief in a God, or something like a God, is part of the human experience,” Sneed said.

“No society has developed without one. People find it of great comfort and I respect that.”

In terms of the argument itself, both sides have become polarized, he said. “They do not listen to each other. They yell and use sound bytes and bumper stickers.”

According to Gallup Polls taking during February 2009: Younger Americans are more likely to believe in evolution. At the same time, of those (age 18-34) only 49 percent say they believe in evolution.

Only 39 percent of Americans say they “believe in the theory of evolution,” while a quarter say they do not believe in the theory, and another 36 percent do not have an opinion either way.

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EARTHQUAKE NEAR OKC

By Cody Bromley / Staff Writer Wednesday morning, central Oklahoma was shaken by a 5.1 magnitude earthquake.

The U.S. Geological Survey reports that the moderate class quake occurred at 9:06 a.m. at Lake Thunderbird State Park, 40 miles south of UCO, but only nine miles from Norman.

“It seems to be the buzz on campus today,” Michael Hendricks, a senior interpersonal communications major, said.

Hendricks said that he his classmates felt the quake during class Wednesday morning.

“We just thought it was construction,” he said.

Hendricks said his professor dismissed the vibratory interruption, telling the students that earthquakes do not occur in Oklahoma.

“We just continued on with the lesson, then I got four text messages saying, ‘Did you feel the earthquake?’”

Later, Hendricks went to the Nigh University Center later and saw on one of the TV’s what meteorologists were still calling a 4.3 magnitude quake. He said he was surprised to see that it really was an earthquake.

“My first earthquake. Woo-hoo,” he said.

Norman residents reported definite feelings of the earthquake, including damages, and two injuries. One resident reporting feeling

the quake was University of Oklahoma junior James Wray.

“I was just lying in bed working on my paper and my whole apartment started shaking,” Wray said.

While the intensity of the quake near Wray was higher than what Edmond residents felt, Wray said he did not feel he was in any imminent danger but he was slightly startled.

“If I were up in Tulsa, it might have been a little shiver, but here… definitely noticeable,” he said.

The 5.1 earthquake is not the only earthquake to hit Oklahoma in recent months, but it is the largest. Two and a half weeks ago, a 3.3 magnitude was reported by the USGS in southern Oklahoma. Early September geologists recorded six earthquakes ranging between 1.8 and 3.1 in magnitude in central Oklahoma.

The magnitude of an earthquake is measured on the Richter scale, named after seismologist Charles F. Richter. The magnitude is calculated from the largest seismic wave recorded from the earthquake. The scale is based on a base-10 logarithmic scale.

On the Richter scale, a magnitude five earthquake is ten times as intense as a magni-

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“Evolution, because we had “Evolution, because that’s to come from somewhere what I’ve been taught.” and that’s the only plausible answer.”

“I believe in creationism.

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ELIPSIS’ING SOCIETY SENSELESS

By Josh Hutton / Staff Writer Homecoming week is rough for all the obvious reasons: a tiny shorts/cowboy boots combo theme, posters bearing vernacular so nonsensical, it makes many want to drink Molotov cocktails and of course, endless streams of cranky, sleepdeprived kids working on their ritualistic cheer and dance routine. The most heinous, most overlooked crime this week magnifies, however is ellipsis abuse.

Old man Webster contends that everyone’s three favorite periods should be used for “the omission from a sentence or other construction of one or more words that would complete or clarify the construction,” not to give each sentence an absolute quality of shock and awe. Taking a quick look through one’s text messages, or scanning down a Facebook homepage, will reward with a barrage of ellipses. What is the first reaction when “…” is read? A normal human being inhales, over thinks, then applies way too much meaning to light digressions.

If the natural impulse is to hold one’s breath at the sight of an ellipsis, how much longer will anyone be alive? I cannot go twenty minutes without receiving some text message, packed to the gills with soap opera sentiment. I do not have enough tears or lung capacity for every I don’t even know how to feel… or Because of homecoming, I haven’t slept in 3 nights… message that gets shot my way. Talk to your boyfriends, talk to your girlfriends, take a nap; do not purge your problems in three periods passed on to a friend. I do not need any more thinking in my life.

The over-thinking at the mere sight of an ellipsis seems to be in compliance with our perpetual information age. When news plays 24/7, media outlets must spin and slant to make even the soft news apocalyptic. Then we rehash the extreme in an attempt to get all eyes on us. Narcissism is at its finest.

Then most of us use “…” as a false auger. As if three dots were the key to our personas. Example: I type the Facebook status “I love Bob Dylan.” Most people read it and think, “Oh cool, guess he digs on that whole 60s folk scene,” whereas if I were to type “I love Bob Dylan…” most people are making hasty suppositions about my sexual orientation.

I realize it is tough, especially under the duress of homecoming, but seek to end your thoughts with a period. No need to be a cog in the machine of shocking society senseless.

“Creationism. I’m a Christian and that’s what I believe. We aren’t here by chance.”

“I believe in evolution because it is all around us.

I’m a biology major, that’s probably why. I do believe in God, though.”

“Creationism, just because that’s how I was raised.”

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Fundraising

HOUSING COUNCIL TO ROCK THE BLOCK FOR MAKE A WISH FOUNDATION

By Cody Bromley / Staff Writer On Oct. 26, the Housing Activity Council will put on its annual Rock the Block fundraising block party.

The event, which began in 2007, is in its fourth year, and has chosen a different charity each year to support. This year’s beneficiary organization is the Make a Wish Foundation. Rock the Block has benefitted organizations like the Lance Armstrong Foundation, the National Breast Cancer Foundation, and most recently, Autism Speaks.

“This is the first year we had a strong executive team returning, so last year we voted and they went through several options. What they were really concerned about was picking a local charity,” Sheri Edwards, University Suites hall director and co-adviser for Housing Activities Council, said.

What makes this year’s beneficiary organization different from years past is that the money raised will not be going to research or awareness, but will instead give a child with a life-threatening illness and his family a chance to enjoy life outside of hospitals and treatments.

The child benefitting from the fundraiser lives in the Oklahoma City metro area and his name is Korben. He has juvenile myelomonocytic leukemia, but he loves Mickey Mouse and Thomas the Tank Engine. He will be making an appearance at Rock the Block before head-

ing off to Disney World the next day with his mom. Korben will turn three when he and his mother are there on vacation.

“You can’t get much closer to home than granting a wish for a local child,” Edwards said.

In the last three years, Edwards said that Rock the Block has raised more than $10,000. The cost of the Disney World trip is around $7,000, so this year’s goal is higher than previous years.

Last year, Rock the Block was rained out, and instead was moved into Hamilton Field House. Edwards said she thought that hurt the fundraising, but should rain happen again the field house would be where the event would.

“The event is free, anyone can come and go,” Edwards said. The concert and inflatables are open to not only UCO students, but also the entire surrounding community.

“However, we ask that in order to eat, and take part in all the food that vendors are providing, we ask that people donate three dollars to get a bracelet that says Rock the Block,” Edwards said.

The bracelets are made out of the same rubberized silicone used for the popular “LIVESTRONG” bracelets, and they are not just something to throw away when the event ends.

Along with the inflatables and food, the pop/rock band Northern Way will be performing at the event. Opening for them will be The

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The Block Party is in its fourth year at UCO and will be helping a two-year-old with a life threatening illness fulfill his wish to go to Disney World. The Block Party has raised more than $10,000 in the past.

James Butler and Sheri Edwards try to sell T-shirts and wristbands to Ashley Folger, a child development sophomore, to raise money for Rock the Block in the Nigh University Center Tuesday.

Rockettops from UCO’s Academy of Contemporary Music.

This year, there is also a “Penny Wars” campaign going on between all on-campus residence halls to raise money for the cause. Students are invited to donate pennies at the front desk of their residence hall.

The winner of the “Penny Wars” will win a trophy for their residence hall as well as a pizza party for the entire hall.

Students who wish to volunteer their time to help with the event are

invited to do so. If interested, they should call 405-216-2400 for more details. Volunteers may also sign-up the day of at the event.

“We will start at 9:00 that morning and go through about 11:00 that night. We assemble the stage; we set up the tables and the tents. We need people to chalk; we need people to just hand out advertisements,” Edwards said.

The Housing Activity Council will be in the Nigh University Center between now and the event selling

T-shirts and bracelets in advance.

They will be there Monday-Thursday from 11:00 am to 2:00 pm.

Shirts are available for $5, wristbands are $3, or both can be purchased for $7. Shirts, wristbands, and other fundraising opportunities will also be available at the event.

Rock the Block will start at 5 p.m. on the 26 and last until about 8 p.m. that night. It will take place between the 2000 block and the 3000 block of the Commons Apartments.

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Wednesday’s earthquake was near Lake Thunderbird, approximately five miles underground and registered a 5.1 magnitude on the Richter scale.

Damages were minimal and there were no serious injuries.

four earthquake, and 10 times as intense as a magnitude three quake. The amount of ergy released is also calculated exponentially.

The USGS website said that a magnitude four quake releases an amount of energy equivalent to 15 tons of TNT, and a magnitude five is the equivalent to 475 tons of TNT or the explosion of the Nagasaki atomic bomb.

Dr. Ronald Miller, a physical science professor at UCO, said that unlike other natural disasters and occurrences that strike Oklahoma, earthquakes occur at random.

Miller said that despite the number of recorded earthquakes rising in places like California and Oklahoma, this does not mean more earthquakes are occurring but that the equipment is getting even more sensitive and better at detecting earthquakes. Still, Miller said what happened Wednesday was significant.

“This was one of the largest ones in Oklahoma ever recorded,” Miller said.

From data provided by the Oklahoma Geological Survey, the largest quake to ever occur in Oklahoma happened in 1952. That quake had a magnitude of 5.5, and affected most of Oklahoma as well as parts of surrounding states. Damage from the quake was not too extensive, resulting mostly in few windows shattering, and loosened brick and tile.

Comparatively, speaking of Wednesday’s quake, Miller said that any damages that occurred were not too far from happening anyways.

“If something broke, or something fell, it wasn’t securely fastened,” Miller said.

Oklahoma does not have extensive building codes that extend to earthquakes, but Miller says that what happened this morning is a teachable moment.

“When I teach earth science, I ask who has experienced an earthquake. Very few have experienced one in Oklahoma,” Miller said.

“That number is about to go up.”

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OCT. 14, 2010

Chilean Miners

MINERS FREED AFTER 69 DAYS UNDERGROUND

This combination of undated photographs released by Diario Atacama shows the 33 miners who have been trapped alive in the San Jose mine in Copiapo, Chile, since it collapsed on Aug. 5, 2010. Top row from left to right are Alex Vega Salazar, Ariel Ticona Yanez, Carlos Andres Bugueno Alfaro, Calros Barrios Contreras, Carlos Mamani Solis, Claudio Antonio Acuna Cortes, Claudio David Yanez Lagos, Daniel Esteban Herrera Campos, Dario Antonio Segovia Rojas, Edison Fernando Pena Villarroel and Esteban Alfonso Rojas Carrizo. Second row from left to right are Florencio Antonio Avalos Silva, Franklin Lobos Ramirez, Jimmy Sanchez Lagues, Jorge Hernan Galleguillos, Jorge Ricardo Ojeda Vidal, Jose Samuel Henriquez Gonzalez, Juan Andres Illanes Palma, Juan Carlos Aguilar Gaete, Luis Alberto Urzua, Mario Nicolas Gomez Heredia and Mario Sepulveda Espina. Third row from left to right are Omar Orlando Reygada Rojas, Osman Isidro Araya Acuna, Pablo Amadeos Rojas Villacorta, Pedro Cortez, Raul Enriquez Bustos Ibanez, Renan Anselmo Avalos Silva, Richard Reinaldo Villarroel Godoy, Samuel Dionisio Avalos Acuna, Victor Antonio Segovia Rojas, Victor Hermogenes Zamora Bugueno and Johny Barrios Rojas.

In order, the men pulled from the San Jose mine in Chile, with some details on each: 1. 12:04 a.m. - Florencio Avalos, 31, the second-in-command of the miners, was chosen to be first because he was in the best condition, and best able to deal with any difficulties that might arise.

2. 1:10 a.m. - Mario Sepulveda Espina, 40, captivated Chileans with his engaging personality in videos sent up from underground.

3. 2:08 a.m. - Juan Illanes, 52, is a married former soldier who urged his fellow miners to be disciplined and organized while trapped.

4. 3:09 a.m. - Carlos Mamani, 24, the lone Bolivian, started at the mine five days before the collapse. One of 11 children who emigrated because he could not find work, he has been promised a house and a job by Bolivian President Evo Morales.

5. 4:10 a.m. - Jimmy Sanchez, at 19, is the youngest miner and father of a months-old baby.

6. 5:34 a.m. - Osman Isidro Araya, 30, a father of three, had planned to quit the mine at the end of August because of the risk.

7. 6:21 a.m. - Jose Ojeda, 47, is a widower with no children who has diabetes.

Two of his nephews were at the site to greet him.

8. 7:02 a.m. - Claudio Yanez, 34, is a drill operator who requested cigarettes be sent down while awaiting rescue and expressed disgust at the nicotine patches he received instead.

9. 7:59 a.m. - Mario Gomez, at 63, is the oldest of the miners. He also is the most experienced, having first entered a mine shaft to work at age 12.

rera is single; his mother and sister have been waiting for him at “Camp Hope,” the relatives’ encampment outside the mine.

10. 8:52 a.m. - Alex Vega, 31, who is married with two children, had been saving to buy a house and move out of his parents’ home. His father helped in rescue efforts - using a false name because officials prohibited relatives from doing the dangerous work.

17. 1:38 p.m. - Omar Reygadas, 56, helped organize life below ground and reportedly survived other collapses in the mine. A widower, he has six children, 14 grandchildren and four greatgrandchildren, including one born while he was trapped.

11. 9:31 a.m. - Jorge Galleguillos, 55, was injured in at least two earlier mining accidents. He has 13 brothers and requires medication for hypertension.

Officials have promised to help his son, who is a university student.

18. 2:49 p.m. - Esteban Rojas, 44, proposed a church wedding “once and for all” in a message to the woman he married in a civil ceremony 25 years ago. They have three children.

12. 10:11 a.m. - Edison Pena, who is 34 and married, was reportedly among the most depressed of the trapped men and asked rescuers to send down a photo of the sun. He tried to run every day for exercise, and is a fan of Elvis Presley.

13. 10:54 a.m. - Carlos Barrios, 27, is the father of a 5-year-old boy. He is separated from his wife.

14. 11:30 a.m. - Victor Zamora, 34, was an auto mechanic and laborer who has worked at the mine for five years. He sent up poems to his wife, who is pregnant, and is the father of a 4-year-old boy. While underground, he complained of tooth pain.

15. 12:07 p.m. - Victor Segovia, 48, kept a diary of life below, asking those above to send down more pencils and paper. He has five children, is an electrician and plays guitar.

16. 12:49 p.m. - Daniel Herrera, 37, was a truck driver and taxi driver. Her-

19. 3:27 p.m. - Pablo Rojas, 45, reportedly went to work at the mine six months ago to help pay university fees for his son, who is studying medicine.

He is married.

20. 3:59 p.m. - Dario Segovia, 48, is a lifelong miner whose father first took him underground at age 8. Twice married, he had three children from each marriage. He had worked at the mine for three months, drilling holes for dynamite. He has 12 brothers and sisters.

21. 4:31 p.m. - Johnny Barrios Rojas, 50, worked for 25 years at the mine and served as the medic for the group because he’d had first aid training. Awaiting above are relationships that need healing as well: his wife and his lover met at Camp Hope.

22. 5:04 p.m. - Samuel Avalos, 43, is married with three children, had been working as a street vender and got a job at the mine for more money.

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Opinion

GATES: DON’T ASK, DON’T TELL REPEAL ASK CONSEQUENCES ‘ENORMOUS’ NDREW P H O T O B Y P A B L O M A R T I N E Z M O N S I VA I S

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A.J. BLACK Anish Peringol: What constitutes a life well lived?

Life is about the stories you collect, the people you share them with, and the way in which you went through what you had to in order to tell them in the first place.

The ideal life is summed up in Frank Sinatra’s greatest hit, “I Did it My Way.” I think if you can look at yourself in the mirror and honestly say that you did things your way and never settled short or compromised yourself, or if you did, you kept going anyway and perservered, struggled and still came out on top smelling like roses, then that constitutes a life well lived.

In this Tuesday, April 16, 2010 picture, from left, Petty Officer Autumn Sandeen, Lt. Dan Choi, Cpl. Evelyn Thomas, Capt. Jim Pietrangelo II, Cadet Mara Boyd and Petty Officer Larry Whitt, stand together after they handcuffed themselves to the fence outside the White House in Washington during a protest for gay rights.

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In this May 30, 2009 file photo, former Lt. Dan Choi, an Iraq combat veteran who was discharged under the U.S. military’s “don’t ask, don’t tell” policy, appears at an equality rally in Fresno, Calif.

PROFESSOR PROFILES Best place to visit: Yellowstone. Very beautiful, with minimal manmade changes.

Assistant Professor, Mathematics and Statistics

What time period would you most want to live in?

Colonial period. I love studying that period, and admire the Founding Fathers.

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Beethoven’s Fifth Symphony – it is the greatest piece of music ever written.

The answers to all of my exams.

Keep at it, you will get it.

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What is your favorite song and why?

What do you wish you would have known in college?

What’s the best advice you have ever been given?

Dr. Thomas Milligan

David Snook: Are you skeptical of the ultimate value of a college degree? If so, what adaptations do universities need to make in order to properly prepare students for the future?

Also, do you know where a guy can get some decent chili around here?

Yes I am a skeptic.

As far as chili goes, my momma makes the best, but if you know her, then you’re gonna have some explainin’ to do, mister. I can tell you that one place I wouldn’t recommend for chili is Chili’s, go figure. But seriously, I haven’t met too many chilis I could trust. If you do venture out, try the Red Cup in the Paseo District or Coffey’s at the Plaza, maybe I’ll see you there.

The second part of the question and answer could probably fill a book, but I will do my best to answer it briefly and not sound like a jerk.

There is never one cause to a social problem or one solution for an answer, but from my understanding the best way to fix anything is to look at the root of the problem. It is not always easy to discover where to focus our energy, but if all we do is constantly combat the symptoms of an issue, instead of the foundation, then we could be circling for days.

I am a product of the Oklahoma public school system, and I can only speak from my own experience. For me, my academic career prior to college is filled with memories of inaduquate schooling and instruction, and I am not convinced that our approach to the grades K-12 is doing the youth justice.

No institution is meant to encourage individuality or creativity, and the education system is no different. Teachers, no matter how passionate, don’t have the time or energy to give each student the personal attention and guidence needed to fully devolop. The world is only getting smaller, and in order to keep up, schooling has turned into a numbers game, and as a result many children have either fallen through the cracks or been held back by the unsuccesful attempts of legislatures to try and accommodate everyone. Life is not a multiple choice test, and wisdom is not based on a trivial pursuit approach to information. The problem stems from the current practice of standardizing everything and everyone to fit into a statistic or classification.

Until we spend more money on schools, hospitals, and social progress, then we do on weapons of mass destruction, prisons and corporate interests, then I will remain a skeptic.

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Defense Secretary Robert Gates said Wednesday that abruptly ending the military’s “don’t ask, don’t tell” policy as a federal judge has ordered would have enormous consequences.

A day after a judge in California ordered the Pentagon to cease enforcement of its policy barring gays from openly serving in the military, Gates told reporters traveling with him to Brussels that the question of whether to repeal the law should be decided by Congress, and done only after the Pentagon completes its study of the issue.

“I feel strongly this is an action that needs to be taken by the Congress and that it is an action that requires careful preparation, and a lot of training,” said Gates. “It has enormous consequences for our troops.”

The defense secretary said that besides the changes in training, regulations will need revisions and changes may be necessary to benefits and Defense Department buildings.

The White House said time is running out for the ban on gays serving openly. “This is a policy that is going to end,” spokesman Robert Gibbs said Wednesday.

Yet, the battle in the courts over gays in the military may not be over. The Justice Department is considering whether to appeal the court ruling and its first response may well be another trip to the courtroom of U.S. District Judge Virginia Phillips in Riverside, Calif., to seek a stay, or temporary freeze, of her ruling. If Phillips turns down the request, the Justice Department would likely turn to the federal appeals court in California.

It was unclear whether Phillips’ injunction against the 17-year-old policy on gays in the military would affect any ongoing cases.

If the government does appeal, that would put the Obama administration in the position of continuing to defend a law it opposes.

Gay rights groups warned gay troops not to disclose their identity for now. Aaron Tax, the legal director for the Servicemembers Legal Defense Network, said he expects the Justice Department to appeal the case to the U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals.

“Service members must proceed safely and should not come out at this time,” Tax said in a statement.

Gates, a Republican, and Mullen face disagreement among some senior general officers on whether lifting the ban would cause serious disruption at a time when troops are fighting in Afghanistan and winding down a long war in Iraq.

For example, the incoming Marine commandant, Gen. James Amos, and his predecessor, Gen. James Conway, both have told Congress that they think most Marines would be uncomfortable with the change and that the current policy works.

In part to resolve the question of how the troops feel, Gates has ordered a study due Dec. 1 that includes a survey of troops and their families.

Obama agreed to the Pentagon study. Obama also worked with Democrats to write a bill that would have lifted the ban, pending completion of the Defense Department review and certification from the military that troop morale wouldn’t suffer. That legislation passed the House but was blocked in the Senate by Republicans.

Democrats could revive the legislation in Congress’ lameduck session after the midterm election.

Family Research Council President Tony Perkins accused Phillips of “playing politics” with national defense.

“Once again, an activist federal judge is using the military to advance a liberal social agenda, disregarding the views of all four military service chiefs and the constitutional role of Congress,” he said.

Perkins urged the Justice Department “to fulfill its obligation to defend the law vigorously through the appeals process.”

Gates has said the purpose of his study isn’t to determine whether to change the “don’t ask, don’t tell” law, which is something he says is probably inevitable but for Congress to decide. Instead, the study is intended to determine how to end the policy without causing serious disruption.

Coming just three weeks before voters go to the polls, Tuesday’s ruling seemed unlikely to force a final weeks’ change of strategy or message as candidates pounded home their plans to help put back to work the 15 million Americans lacking jobs.

Polls suggest the economy is driving voters’ choices, pushing national security and social issues down on their list of concerns.

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By Chris Wescott / Sports Editor Ever since I was a little kid growing up in Rochester, NY about an hour outside of Buffalo, I’ve been a Buffalo Bills fan. Even more than that, my life-long dream has always been to one day be the General Manager or owner of said team.

I’ve experienced the highs, but mostly the lows of the last two decades and change. My “fanhood” has never wavered or been in question. I’ve followed the team blindly and without hesitation for so long that it is no longer a habit or hobby, but a way of life. So you can see why 10, going on 11 seasons without a playoff appearance can wear on someone like me.

There once was a time when players put on the Buffalo Bills uniform and wore it with pride. They would run out of the tunnel before a sea of blue and red with their heads held high and their hearts filled with excitement. Their heads swimming with the cheers and chants of over 70,000 passionate, devoted fans.

These players were warriors, brothers in arms. They knew what it took to win and did it. No excuses, just football. Exciting football.

But something has changed.

The pride is nowhere to be found.

The winning culture has left and the players seem more devoted to their social networking than to that

PHOTO BY DON HEUPEL

WINNING CULTURE TO FADING HOPE

Buffalo Bills fans express their displeasure to the team during the second half of an NFL football game against the Jacksonville Jaguars in Orchard Park, N.Y., on Sunday, Oct. 10, 2010. Jacksonville won 36-26.

uniform, that history, that team.

They’ve become hard to watch and they know it.

Following a 38-14 loss to the New York Jets that dropped the 2010 Bills to 0-4 on the season, starting safety Donte Whitner expressed his frustration with the team’s performance.

“I’m mad. I’m pissed the f--off. Flat out,” Whitner said, vis-

ibly shaking with rage. “Everybody should be pissed the f--- off.”

I understand the frustration. I feel like it’s not the team’s record that takes a hit with each loss, but rather my heart. With each loss I die a little inside. It may be a cheesy cliche, but the message stays the same.

I can only imagine what the former players, the ones who cared and fought for one another, a long

decade ago think of where this once proud franchise has ended up.

Thurman Thomas, a member of the professional football Hall of Fame and running back of the prolific Bills’ teams of the 90s, remembers the glory days and he knows it’s different now.

When asked for a quote on the Bills of today, Thurman said, “Yeah, they stink.”

So I asked him, “Why don’t the players play with pride anymore?

What is more important?”

“Money,” Thomas said. “Twitter, Facebook, MySpace and they want to be known around the world.

That’s my guess.”

If you ask me, the best way to be “known around the world” is to win football games. If the players on the Bills’ roster are more concerned with social networking, then they are with winning, but I don’t want them on my team. Yes, I said, “my team” because in an obscure way, they are mine.

Some fans are so disappointed in the state of the Bills that they have jumped ship. My father, once a proud and devoted fan, has chosen to follow a different team. He can’t take any more heartache.

Between “Wide Right,” the “Music City Miracle,” last-second losses, Monday Night Football meltdowns and this past decade who could blame him or any other fan for leaving?

I however, will stay and hope for better days ahead. The Bills better be careful though, because if they don’t devote themselves to righting this ship and pay back their loyal fans with winning, then they may not have a fan base left before long.

Sports Opinion

OPINION: MLB PLAYOFFS UNDERWAY five earned runs in the three games and Phil Hughes didn’t give up anything in his start in the third game. The bats came to life as well.

The scored 17 runs over the three games and everybody seemed to have good at-bats. The Twins’ troubles against the Yankees continue as they have now been eliminated by New York in consecutive years.

The National League Championship Series is set. The Philadelphia Phillies will host the San Francisco Giants tonight in game one of the seven game series. The Phillies swept their best of five series against the Cincinnati Reds.

Roy Halladay through the second no-hitter in playoff history following Don Larsen’s perfect game for the Yankees in the 1956 World Series. The performance was amazing and was the second time this season that Roy Halladay didn’t allow a hit in a game. He threw a perfect game against the Marlins on May 29. Roy Oswalt gave up three runs over five innings in game two, however the Reds had a 4-3 lead in the seventh, until the Phillies scored four runs in the seventh and eighth innings, earning them the victory. Cole Hammels pitched brilliantly for Philadelphia in game three. He tossed a complete game shutout and only

gave up five hits. The Phillies won the game 2-0 and won the series, sending the team to its third straight NLCS. The San Francisco Giants defeated the Atlanta Braves in their best of five series 3-1. The Giants pitching staff was very solid in the four games. They gave up less than three runs in three of the four games and National League strikeout king, Tim Lincecum pitched a complete game shutout in game one and had 14 strikeouts. The Atlanta Braves were sent out of the playoffs in game four and it was manager Bobby Cox’s last game. He led the Braves to 16 straight postseasons and won the World Series in 1995. He will be known as one of the best managers in the history of the game.

The Yankees looked like the best team in American League Divisional playoffs and the Phillies looked like the best in the National League. Each team has plenty of pitching and very strong lineups. New York got the best of the Phillies last year in the World Series, making this a very anticipated rematch. The Rays and the Rangers could be a strong threat for New York, however it seems that the Yankees have the better postseason pitching staff. The Rangers have Cliff Lee, but after that, there

isn’t much else. Texas is playing the role of the darling in the 2010 playoffs, but their chances might be coming to an end.

The Phillies and the Giants series could be interesting. Each team has dominant pitching, but Philadelphia has the clear advantage with their lineup. Tim Lincecum, Matt Cain and Johnathan Sanchez might not be enough for Chase Utley, Ryan Howard and Jayson Werth.

The Phillies should win this series and make it to their third straight World Series, the first team to accomplish that feat since the Yankees went to four straight from 1998 to 2001.

A Yankees v. Phillies match up could make for a great World Series. The Yankees team from last year was clearly better than the Phillies, however these two teams are more evenly matched. The Yankees have added players like center fielder, Curtis Granderson and the Phillies have added pitchers, Roy Halladay and Roy Oswalt. The series will probably goto the seventh game and could come down to the late innings and the bullpens. No matter what happens or who wins, Major League Baseball is about to come to an exciting end.

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By Trey Hunter / Contributing Writer The first round of the Major League Baseball playoffs is nearly complete. The last remaining series is one game away from ending.

The Tampa Bay Rays host the Texas Rangers in game five of their divisional series and the pitching matchup could be the most anticipated of the season.

The Tampa Bay Rays sent Cy Young candidate, David Price to the mound to square off against big game pitcher, Cliff Lee. Lee got the better of Price in game one. Lee pitched a seven inning gem. He only gave up one earned run and had 10 strikeouts. Price gave up four earned runs, including two home runs over six and one-third innings. The Rangers won the game 5-1, but the Rays evened the series at 2-2 and are ready for the Price v. Lee rematch.

The winner of the Rays v. Rangers series will host the New York Yankees in the American League Championship Series. New York swept their best of five series with the Minnesota Twins and everything seemed to be clicking. The Yankees got good performances from starting pitchers C.C. Sabathia, Andy Pettite and Phil Hughes. They gave up a combined

Texas Rangers manager Ron Washington gets doused following the team’s 5-1 win over the Tampa Bay Rays in Game 5 of baseball’s American League Division Series in St. Petersburg, Fla. The Rangers advanced to the AL championship series against the New York Yankees. (AP Photo/Chris O’Meara)

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UCO Football

By Michael Collins / Sports Writer What is there to say about a 2-4 football team that cannot seem to get out of their own way? Well for one, their offense is averaging almost 30 points per game, which is pretty good. On the flip side their defense is giving up 34 points per game, not so good. So what’s the deal? Stats only go so far, and when it comes down it, they’re playing chess not checkers. Saying their defense needs to get better really doesn’t help anything.

13: The number of interceptions the Broncho quarterbacks have thrown so far this season. How many of those have been returned for touchdowns, scratch that, how many of those have set up the opponent with at the bare minimum good field position? It’s fair to say the 34 points per game allowed this season is at least part of the offense’s fault. When a turnover leads to points for the other team, the defense ends up getting the blame, but you have to dig deeper to know the cause.

6: The number of games decided in the fourth quarter. While the Bronchos have only come away with two wins so far this season, they have not faced a team yet this season that just lined up and kicked their tail. Someone on this team besides Josh Birmingham needs to step up and take charge, someone to say, “Hey, we are not losing this game period.”

When looking at the average attendance for this season which is sitting under 4,000 people per game, it’s no wonder people aren’t showing up. This shallow nation likes winners, except for some reason people still love LeBron, but that’s another story.

While I’m not trying to be a Monday morning quarterback critic, the Bronchos have picked up 71 first downs this season through the air, as opposed to 37 on the ground. I think everyone by now knows who the impact player for this team is this season: Josh Birmingham. Now if it were me, and remem-

ber it’s not all the defenses fault for giving up 34 points a game, I would try my best to keep my offense on the field as much as possible. It’s very hard to do that if you’re winging the ball all around the field. Sometimes a little “ground and pound” is needed. Everyone loves to see the pretty ball fly though the air, but three things can happen when you do that: you get a completion, you turn the ball over, or you just thrown an incomplete pass which stops the clock. When you run the ball, there is less risk for a turnover. They have only two fumbles on the season thus far and they recovered both of them. Another aspect of running the ball is keeping the clock moving, which shortens the game. I am also not saying they aren’t using Birmingham enough, because he does get plenty of touches, but maybe he needs more or someone else needs to get a few carries. Last game against Eastern New Mexico, Birmingham had 29 total touches, while Ethan Sharp still threw the ball 44 times. Maybe take away 10 of those throws and give him to one of Birmingham’s back-ups.

I want to preface this next statement by saying this is just an idea. By no means do I personally know if this kid is ready to play or not. There’s a freshman quarterback named Brett Maxie, and maybe the coaches are trying to save his redshirt, which is completely fine if that’s the case. But anyone who has watched football the last few years knows the “biggest” craze has been the Wildcat formation. This is where you put your best athlete at the quarterback position and let him create plays using his legs. After seeing the high school film on Maxie, he could possibly fill that roll this year and later grown into the all-around quarterback. Earlier I stated that taking away 10 throws form Sharp would no be a bad thing, maybe Maxie could possibly be that guy to take those 10 plays. If in fact the coaches want

PHOTO BY GARETT FISBECK

BRONCHOS STRUGGLE TO FIND WINS

The Bronchos are 2-4 on the season and struggling to string together wins. This weekend they host Southeastern Oklahoma State for homecoming at Wantland Stadium.

to save his redshirt, then go ahead and put Birmingham back there, and he has stated in every interview he would not mind more carries if given the opportunity.

Well, that’s enough ranting and raving on my part. For all I know the Bronchos will hang half a hundred on Southeastern this weekend, while at the same time pitching a shutout. I will be the first one up congratulating the players, but in this day and age a popular phrase in sports is “show me.” Until

they win in convincing fashion, I am still a skeptic. This weekend should be fun and exciting, but it will be interesting to see what the crowd looks like, since there are a few other homecomings this weekend, namely OU and Langston University which are two of the biggest homecomings around. Let’s all hope they “Broncho Up” and play some ball this weekend.

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THE CLICK FOR GLORY: IT’S GO TIME

By Chris Wescott / Sports Editor

P H O T O B YJ O S E S A N C H E Z

I lost my fantasy football game last week. I won’t get into details this time. I was so busy with school and work leading up to and during the weekend that I completely forgot to adjust my lineups. This resulted in me starting players with by weeks and injuries. I lost by 40 points.

This week should be the week I get back on track. I play a team that is 1-4 on the season.

While I am only 2-3 this year, I have more playmakers than this opponent. It should be an easy win and just what I need to bring me back into contention.

This week I have predicted advantages at every position. There is a push at quarterback with both Drew Brees (New Orleans) and David Garrard (Jacksonville) predicted to score 14 points. My opponent’s kicker, Mason Crosby (Green Bay), is predicted to score nine

points, while my kicker, Neil Rackers (Houston) is predicted to score eight.

LeSean McCoy (Philadelphia), despite being injured, has put up some pretty good numbers lately. Team Kenny Powers will rely on him moving forward to lead my running back corps to victory. Marshawn Lynch (Buffalo) was finally traded to the Seattle Seahawks after months of trade speculation. This gets him out of a crowded backfield and into a roll that suits him. He should score me some points this week. Ronnie Brown (Miami) is a disappointment this season. I blame that more on the Dolphins coaching staff than Brown. They need to run the football.

Reggie Wayne (Indianapolis) is predicted to score 19 points this week and headlines my wide receivers. Nate Washington (Tennessee) is predicted to score 13.

I have placed waiver-wire claims on a few

players, one of which I cut from my roster weeks ago. Wide receiver Kenny Britt (Tennessee) has broken out and has strung together three weeks with at least one score.

Team Kenny Powers is projected to win 113-60. My 113-projected point total is the highest in the league for week six and could get higher if I am awarded a few of my waiver claims.

If you are not sure on how scoring works in fantasy football, it is different in each league and by each site.

For my league, running backs get a point

per 10 yards accumulated and six points per touchdown. So if LeSean McCoy runs for 110 yards and two touchdowns, I score 23 points for his roster spot. Quarterbacks score a point for every 25 pass yards and six points per touchdown. Wide receivers score like running backs, except with receiving yards and touchdown receptions.

Let’s hope for team Kenny Powers’ sake my players do a lot of scoring this week so I can get to .500 and back into league contention.

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