11 Feb 2013 Issue

a student newspaper of the university of tulsa

february 11, 2013 issue 16 ~ volume 98

Election ushers in first-time senators Ghita BenAbderrazik, at-large

Lauren Holmes, residence halls

Andy Dunn, Law

SA Executive Director of Elections and Procedure Michael Mancini advertises the election.

Photos provided by senators or by Oscar Ho / Collegian

Erin Worley, ENS

Ben Chong, at-large

tudent Association wrapped up its spring elections over the weekend, ushering in seven new faces among the ten winners.

Chong, Baumgartner and Lehman are returning senators.

Boutwell and Dunn were write-in candidates. Excluding write-ins, half of the seats were uncontested, while the seat for graduate students remains unfilled.

SA’s new senators expressed

optimism their increased involvement in the campus community will give them insight into how best to improve student life.

“It’s a great way to get involved with every organization and that’s really awesome,” said Lauren Holmes. “But then you get to figure out how you as a student can better (campus life).”

Effectively addressing their constituents’ needs ranks highly on their priorities, candidates said, although the many novice senators intend to take some time to learn how to run Senate business first.

Chuong Do, a commuter, hopes to search for a solution to the parking problem.

venient, but for many, essential, especially to those whose primary care doctors are far away, or who rely on TU’s student health insurance. However, several students have expressed discontent with the health center’s handling of women’s health issues.

Senior Leanna Duncan reported having what she considers alarming experiences when seeking help at the health center. While living in Tulsa during the summer, Duncan called the center, seeking treatment for a yeast infection.

Duncan was informed that the Women’s Clinic, offered every Thursday during the spring and fall, was not available over the

summer. She was told she could come in when there was a female doctor on staff, but these hours were limited and inflexible, and only at times when Duncan had to work.

She described the staff member on the phone as “perfectly nice,” but claimed that no other solutions were offered—she said she received no advice on referrals, nor did the health center offer to let her see a male doctor.

“I found it alarming that I seemed to have no recourse if I wasn’t available the few times that they happened to have a woman doctor, particularly if I wasn’t aware of or able to get to off-cam-

Newly elected senators express excitement, detail plans for change.

Oscar Ho Colin Lehman, apartments

Brooke Boutwell, Arts and Sciences

Chuong Do, commuters

Staff Writer

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Jeffrey Mayberger, Greek housing Ghita BenAbderraznik, originally from Morrocco, is extremely pleased to be representing the international students in addition to the entire student body.

On why she chose to run for an at-large seat, BenAbderraznik said, “I feel like it’s better to help the whole campus and not just one (part).”

Returning senators are expecting to continue work where they left off. Brett Baumgartner’s primary goal in his first term was to reopen the swimming pool. While that proposition ultimately proved unfeasible, he was able to steer other projects to success, such as the Commuter Lounge in the Allen

Brett Baumgartner, Business Chapman Activity Center. Ultimately, Baumgartner was pleased with his first term. “I had a lot of fun my first year doing it,” he said.

“It was really rewarding.”

Chong is hoping to finish last year’s work and open new fronts.

“There are things that I’ve been wanting to get done,” he said.

Chong also has new ideas that he has not yet been able to push, such as making study space in the library open 24 hours a day.

Chong is confident going into his third term, indicating his intent to “try to see if I get the chance to do more work on that, and I’m sure I will,” he said.

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Health Center responds to women’s healthcare criticisms Students express concern about accessibility of and attitudes toward women’s health at the Alexander Health Center.

Anna Bennett Staff Writer

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he University of Tulsa prides itself in offering students exemplary services during their years of attendance. One such service is the Alexander Health Center, where students can make appointments and be examined—free of charge—Monday through Friday.

These services offered by the Health Center are not only con-

pus resources,” Duncan said.

Health center director Stephanie Fell, R.N., assured students that services like exams for birth control and STD tests are now available whenever the center is open, and attempts are made to have a female doctor around as much as possible. She said that if a female student is comfortable with a male doctor, that is also a possibility.

Fell also said that the Health Center often makes referrals to outside care providers such as Planned Parenthood in the event that a student needs a service that they cannot provide, or needs it more quickly than they can offer.

This does not mean that some cas-

es do not fall through the cracks.

Fell, however, reiterated that these resources are readily available, although some of the onus may be on the student to be proactive by asking about getting a referral or further information.

Other students’ complaints have focused not on service availability, but rather the environment and attitude of the clinic. “Overall I’d say the technical experience is pretty by-the-book, but a few of the health center staff really need to reevaluate their bedside manner,” said a student, who asked to remain anonymous.

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True Blue Crew Would you like to participate in the planning, promotion and implementation of True Blue Neighbor service projects? If so, then True Blue Crew is for you!! Interested students should plan to attend an informational meeting on Tuesday, February 12 at 5pm in Holmes Student Center, room 50. If you are unable to attend this meeting, but are interested in learning more about True Blue Crew, please contact Mike Mills at Michael-mills@utulsa.edu.

Street School Tutors Street School is currently seeking volunteers to tutor students high school level Algebra 1 on Fridays from 9am-11am.

For more information on any of these opportunities, contact Kathy Shelton in the True Blue Neighbor Volunteer Center at kathy-shelton@utulsa.edu, call 918-631-3535 or come by Holmes Student Center room 25.

Sports

11 February 2013

B-ball splits C-USA games In a roller coaster of a week, a loss against the University of Alabama at Birmingham was offset by a heartening win against the University of Texas at El Paso.

Amanda Schenk Student Writer

TU men’s basketball struggled to overcome a slow start on Wednesday, eventually losing to the University of Alabama at Birmingham Blazers 70–63.

However, TU ended its threegame losing streak with a Saturday win over another conference foe, the University of Texas-El Paso.

Coming off a loss in Memphis, the Golden Hurricane looked to rebound with a win in Wednesday’s game. UAB, with a 1–6 Conference USA record coming into the game, dominated the early-game scoring, expanding its lead to 24 points two separate times in the first half.

“They were the more aggressive team,” Head Coach Danny Manning said. “They jumped out on us early, and we didn’t respond well.”

While the early part of the game looked bleak, a 15–0 run and strong play off the bench by freshman Rashad Ray helped the Golden Hurricane cut the lead to only 12 points by halftime, with the Blazers up 43–31 at the buzzer.

Ray attributed the deficit to the injuries plaguing TU’s squad.

“We’re just beat up,” he said. “I just think we were short of players … If we’re a full team we’re strong. I think we can beat anybody.”

Despite the momentum felt by both the home team and the crowd, UAB hung on to its lead in the second half.

Though the Hurricane managed to cut the Blazers’ lead to only four points with nine minutes remaining in the game, Tulsa failed to score in the next seven minutes, missing five free throws and allowing UAB to net six points.

Freshman Shaquille Harrison broke UAB’s scoring streak on a layup with 2:10 remaining, bringing the score to 62–54 in favor of UAB. The last two minutes of the game were not enough for the Golden Hurricane to make up the deficit, and the final score was 70– 63 for the Blazers.

Defensive play throughout the game was strong, but offensive shooting kept the young Tulsa team from a win.

Despite Ray and Harrison combining for 17 of the Golden Hurricane’s 63 points, Tulsa shot only 38 percent from the field, going 20–52, and sunk only four of 18 three-point attempts.

“We feel great about the win,” UAB Head Coach Jerod Hesse said. “In the first 15 minutes, we played our best basketball of the year.”

Hesse also expressed his admiration for Manning, saying, “I have an autographed picture of Danny Manning in my kid’s bedroom … My guess is that in Danny’s basement he doesn’t have a lot of pictures with me all over it.”

Wednesday’s game was the 15th match-up between the Golden

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Women’s basketball bests Tulane

Jill Graves / Collegian

On Sunday, the lady Hurricane won 67–65 against the Green Wave, following up another victory a week earlier against Southern Miss. With the first two consecutive Hurricane wins of 2013 under their belts, the Tulsa women will head into the 7 p.m. Houston game on Valentine’s Thursday with plenty of momentum.

Football signing day a good omen The University of Tulsa’s recruitment signing day resulted in 21 committed incoming freshmen, bringing with them a promising season.

Nick Lewellen Student Writer

National signing day for NCAA football players is one of the most exciting days of the year for college football fans, players and universities. It is an opportunity for teams to replace graduating seniors and to improve as a team by adding young, athletic and intelli-

Downhill ice cross speeds into sporting world Downhill ice cross is a corporate-sponsored sport on the rise, in which athletes in hockey gear zoom through sloping tracks.

Will Bramlett Student Writer

I was skipping through the channels a couple of years ago when I came across a strange event on NBC that caught my eye. Four people dressed in hockey gear were flying up and down hills, over jumps and around tight corners.

The sport is called downhill ice cross and the event is called Red Bull Crashed Ice, part of the Red Bull Signature Series. The goal of downhill ice cross is similar to those of ski cross and snowboard cross: the athlete’s aim is to race along a fixed downhill path on skates.

The sport is barely more than a decade old, having begun with Red Bull sponsorship.

The first Crashed Ice event was in Stockholm, Sweden in 2001, and one event was held annually following.

Red Bull has been a fantastic sponsor for the sport. They have negotiated a TV deal with NBC which helps to spread awareness of the sport, and have paid to build the custom tracks. Red Bull goes even farther by not only abstaining from charging an entry fee, but

also paying the travel costs for all contestants, including cash award prizes for the top eight finishers.

This allows many people to participate in the sport who otherwise could not have.

Cities also seem to love the event. The New York Times reported that the 2012 St. Paul event brought in $20 million for the city.

Beginning in 2010, multiple events have been held each year, with points awarded by place finish in an event. After the end of each downhill ice cross season, a world champion is crowned by points won. The current downhill ice cross world champion is Kyle Croxal.

There will be five Crashed Ice events this year. The first was held on Dec. 1 in Niagara Falls, Canada, the second in St. Paul, Minn. on Jan. 26 and the third event in Landgraaf, the Netherlands last Saturday. The fourth will be held in Lausanna, Switzerland on March 2 and the final event for the year will be held in Quebec City, Canada on March 16.

Events last for three days, the first two of which serve to filter the number of competitors down to 64 skaters. Each heat features four skaters; the first and second place finish in each heat advance to the next round. The final day’s event lasts about two hours. At St. Paul this year, about 115,000 people showed up for the free event to cheer on the many Americans, many of whom were, unsur-

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prisingly, from Minnesota. Only 80,000 people showed up for the Crashed Ice in St. Paul the previous year.

Even though Red Bull has a deal with NBC to air the Crashed Ice events, the events do not air live on NBC, but rather are streamed live on RedBull.tv. NBC aired the event held in Niagara Falls, Canada the afternoon before the Crashed Ice in St. Paul was held.

The victor of the Niagara Falls Crashed Ice was current world champion, Kyle Croxal.

For anyone interested in viewing a new sport on the rise, there are many great compilations on YouTube, and the event from St. Paul will be aired on NBC this Saturday at 3 p.m.

gent players.

The early consensus is that the University of Tulsa was able to accomplish both of those goals this year, as well as adding size and depth on both the offensive and defensive lines.

The 2013 football signing class for the Golden Hurricane totaled 21 players. Of the signees, 12 have been designated to play defense, seven will play offense, and the remaining two have been designated only as “athletes,” meaning the permanent position of these players is yet to be determined by the coaching staff.

One feature that stands out about this class is that 12 players hail from Oklahoma. This should come as no great surprise to Hurricane fans, as head coach Bill Blankenship has made a point of establishing a recruiting presence in Oklahoma, especially Tulsa County, in recent years.

The Golden Hurricane’s biggest needs in this recruiting class were at linebacker and in the defensive backfield. TU filled these holes by signing four defensive backs and three linebackers. Of the defensive backs in the incoming 2013 class, Joe Bean, a safety from Hooker, Oklahoma, may be the most impressive addition.

Bean, who some consider to be the best pure athlete in this class, played five positions during his senior season at Hooker High School, including quarterback, wide receiver, free safety, and middle linebacker. TU also

Photo courtesy Newswire

In Niagra Falls on Dec. 1, competitors in 2013 Ice Cross Downhill World Championship raced on descending hills of ice to prove their place among the best in the rising world of downhill ice cross.

added two defensive backs from the Dallas area, Will Barrow and Ray Crockett Jr., who are both expected to provide much-needed depth at cornerback.

Last season, the Hurricane had four juniors and one senior on its roster at linebacker. In an effort to become younger, Tulsa signed three linebackers, including C.J. Gooden from Ashdown, Ark.; Jake Hanks from Fort Collins, Colo.; and Oklahoma native Devin Rolan. Gooden, a three-star inside linebacker and the 10th-best player in Arkansas, according to Rivals. com, is seen as the best prospect of the group. It is likely he would have received more national attention if he had played at a larger high school in a bigger city.

Linebacker and defensive back may have been the most significant needs, but the biggest additions may have been at the offensive and defensive lines. Rob “Cheese” Boyd, a four-star offensive lineman and the third-ranked player in Oklahoma, according to Rivals. com, committed to Tulsa early in the recruiting process last March.

This commitment came as a surprise to some, as Boyd was expected to draw the attention of some bigger BCS football programs.

The 6’4” 305-pound Boyd brings a rare blend of athleticism and size to the offensive line, but even he may appear small when standing next to Dalton Rodriguez, a 6’6” defensive end from Tulsa.

Unlike Boyd, Rodriguez waited until December to commit to the University of Tulsa and drew scholarship offers from Oklahoma, Oklahoma State, Baylor and other major programs before committing to TU. The Golden Hurricane ended last season on a high note by winning both the Conference USA championship and the AutoZone Liberty Bowl. It seems some of that momentum has carried over into this year’s recruiting, as the Hurricane was able to fill vacant positions as well as attract several high school stars away from bigger programs.

Introducing a new group of players as impressive as the 2013 class gives Tulsa fans and coaches a substantial reason to be excited about the future of their program.

The making of Super Bowl XLVII The biggest sporting event of the year is done with, but the monumental preparation it required is still noteworthy.

Beate Hall Student Writer

A Super Bowl does not happen without preparation, lots of money and fans willing to pay the prices.

The cost goes up annually for the Super Bowl, as advertising slots become more precious, the merchandise costs increase and the parking becomes more scarce.

This year, each member of the winning team received $88,000, while members of the losing team received $46,000.

Four million dollars was the top price for an advertising spot, while

$3.5 million was the most paid last year—the price of the air time, not including production, casting and filming. On average, 47 minutes of ads have been shown during the last three Super Bowls. Some of the commercials were shown twice this year because something was needed to fill the time during the approximately 35-minute blackout in the stadium.

3,000 dollars was the average cost of a Super Bowl ticket, not including the parking, which got as high as $70 a spot in some parts of New Orleans.

Game attendance was higher this year than last. This is New Orleans’ 10th Super Bowl, but as the crowds grow, so does the need for parking. In fact, the packed stadium generated 120 decibels of noise.

There were 24.1 million tweets

about the Super Bowl during the game, some from attendees and some from the folks watching at home. The blackout did generate a lot of digital chatter, but Oreo stole the show with their quick thinking “You can still dunk in the dark” tweet.

There were 62 stadium cameras this year to cover the crowd and the game. Through CBS’s streaming coverage, all 22 players were visible through a wide-angle 50-yard-line camera.

Previously, this camera was banned because it showed what the coaches were doing on the sidelines. According to the NFL, “proprietary coaching information” was visible when this camera was used. The Wall Street Journal says the ban was lifted in June 2012 so CBS was able to use the camera for this Super Bowl.

There were also five high-speed cameras that could shoot at 300500 frames per second used during this game and six unique camera angles that could be watched all at once.

Before this Super Bowl, 73 percent of the time, the odds-on favorite has won. The spread for this game, according to Las Vegas bookies, was 3.5 points in favor of the 49ers.

This may be because the 49ers won 11 games during the regular season while the Ravens won 10.

This was the second Super Bowl for the Ravens and the sixth for the 49ers.

The two coaches were a favored talking point for announcers this year because these two brothers were the first to coach the Super Bowl in the same year.

Jim Harbaugh of the 49ers and

John Harbaugh of the Ravens have supposedly not spoken since the game ended.

At 31, Beyoncé is the youngest halftime performer since Justin Timberlake in 2002.

Her spectacular show was viewed by the 17 average revelers at each Super Bowl party and commented on by the four announcers for CBS. This was CBS’s 18th Super Bowl to cover, and the game will be covered by FOX networks next year. Internationally, the game is broadcast in more than 24 countries and on at least two international radio stations.

For the last three years the Super Bowl has broken the all-time U.S. viewing records.

This game saw a downturn in the national Nielsen ratings with only 46.3 million viewers.

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11 February 2013

Thunder season doomed by losses Thunder better this season than last

Zak Patterson

Student Writer

Despite a high level of skill on the court, personnel and personality changes on the Oklahoma City Thunder will lead to its demise in the playoffs.

After meekly falling to the Miami Heat in last season’s NBA finals, the goal for the Oklahoma City Thunder this season is nothing less than an NBA championship. Anything else would be considered a disappointment for Kevin Durant, Russell Westbrook and the Thunder fan base. So, are they the improved team they’ll need to be?

What cost OKC in their finals series against the Heat was their defense (the Heat just made another open three) and lack of ball movement (Westbrook just shot again), and they have not improved in either area.

James Harden was the team’s best onball defender and passer, and now he is with Houston. While the Thunder’s offensive numbers are up so far this season, in terms of points per game, at 106.2 compared to last season’s 103.1, their defensive numbers are slightly down, as they are giving up 97.4 points per game in contrast to last year’s 96.9. It’s tough to make much meaning out of that. Instead the meaning comes from the changes in the roster.

The main difference from last season is the switch from James Harden to Kevin Martin, but there is another minor change that could prove significant. Derek Fisher, who was the backup point guard for the duration of the playoffs, played a significant role in the playoff run.

He was one of the Thunder’s best onball defenders, and is now being replaced, it seems, by Reggie Jackson, who is getting

most of the minutes at backup point guard.

Jackson, a poor man’s Westbrook, has zero playoff experience, and it is uncertain how he will respond to the playoff pressure.

Though Martin has fit in seamlessly with the Thunder, Harden has proved that Houston got the better end of the trade, as he is fifth in the league in points per game, only trailing Durant, Carmelo Anthony, Kobe Bryant and LeBron James.

Harden is also seventh in the league in steals per game, and while with the Thunder he was often responsible for guarding the other team’s top wing player. Martin is usually put on the opposing team’s worst player. His defense is suspect to say the least.

However, the ultimate judge of Martin’s fit with the team will come in the playoffs, and most importantly the finals, if the team gets there. Martin has never been in a significant playoff series.

Westbrook has shown an better ability to pass the ball this season, and Serge Ibaka has improved his shot, but the one person who could save the Thunder and vault them to an NBA title is Kevin Durant. He is the most talented offensive player in the league and is capable of playing lockdown defense.

Durant is likely on pace to win his first Most Valuable Player award, and has proven he can take over playoff games. While most view him as a humble, all-around nice guy, he has developed a grumpy, no-nonsense attitude. Durant’s nine technical fouls are by far the most he’s ever had.

Durant seems proud of his new-found swagger on the court, as the “KD is Not Nice” Nike advertising campaign has gathered steam. Durant even tweeted out “Someone’s been up to no good. Wonder who it is. #KDISNOTNICE.” He has fun with it, but it has been apparent with the surge of technical fouls this season and the screaming at teammates that KD is taking on a mindset, at least on the court, similar to Kobe Bryant. After all, it works for Kobe. But even if Durant decides to be “not nice” and put on a Kobe-like performance in the NBA finals, it won’t be enough, as the defense and ball movement will likely cost the Thunder once again.

From Basketball page 2 riod, and gave TU a 35–27 lead at the half.

Hurricane and the Blazers, and the win saw the Blazers take the series lead, 8–7. The loss gave Tulsa a 4–5 record in C-USA, and a 12–11 record overall.

The Golden Hurricane kept its winning percentage above 50 percent on Saturday, when it beat the UTEP Miners 74­–70 in El Paso, Tex. Tulsa improved its shooting percentage, going 45 percent in the game.

Freshmen were again important players in this game, with D’andre Wright posting 25 points. Wright had been out of the UAB game with an ankle injury. The Hurricane’s strong defensive performance kept the Miners to one-in-four shooting in the first pe-

At 13 minutes into the half, UTEP seized its first lead of the game, and from there the teams jockeyed for the lead until Scottie Haralson scored his third three-pointer of the game, putting Tulsa ahead for the remainder of the game. Nine free throws and a dunk from Wright in the last minute cemented the game for TU. The game improved Tulsa’s record to 5–5 in conference play and 13–11 overall, which, as of Sunday morning, puts Tulsa in 5th place in C-USA standings.

Tulsa now looks to its 3:30 p.m. game Feb. 16 against the Houston Cougars on at home in the Donald W. Reynolds Center.

Victoria McGouran Student Writer

Recent losses by the Thunder are flukes, overshadowed by the Thunder’s staying power and a strong talent base, which will carry it through the playoffs to victory this season.

The OKC Thunder will win the 2013 NBA championship. I believed that they could at the beginning of the season and I still do.

This is why.

While losing to the Washington Wizards on Jan. 7 was probably the most embarrassing moment in Thunder history, the loss to the LA Lakers on Jan. 26 was hard-fought, and the Feb. 2 loss to the Cleveland Cavaliers was primarily due to some fourth-quarter shenanigans.

Some people have suggested that the Thunder are a worse team than last season, but I think that, despite tough opposition and some unfortunate losses, the Thunder truly is the best team in the NBA. Take the loss to the Lakers, for instance.

Although no one could have foreseen the Lakers stepping up to beat OKC, the Thunder did manage to stay with the Lakers down the stretch, despite LA being desperate for a win.

Ultimately, winning meant more to the Lakers because of how much they respect the Thunder. Lakers coach Mike D’Antoni described the victory as one over the “best team in the league” and Lakers guard Steve Nash stated “the fact that we beat the best team in the league is important for our psyche.”

Overall, the Thunder are not a worse team than last season and, although naysayers have cited the loss of James Harden a problem for the Thunder, the combined skills of Serge Ibaka and Kevin Martin compensate for the loss of the bearded one.

Additionally, the assists between Russell Westbrook and Ibaka are things of beauty, and both seem to be growing into better offensive players as a result of their teamwork.

The Thunder has grown into its roles on the court this season, and the best showing of that was its superb victory over the Dallas Mavericks on Feb. 4.

The team got back to basics in this game and dominated the Mavs with a 27-point

first-half lead that developed into a 33-point lead before becoming a 21-point win.

OKC shut down Dirk Nowitzki and held the Mavs to 41 percent shooting.

This game really showed the Thunder at its best, in which the team was not relying on a litany of Kevin Durant plays in order to win.

Now, although I do not believe the Thunder is in trouble yet, it does seem like the they are so desperate for a championship that they are losing control.

Look at megastar Durant as an example.

KD appears to have done everything in his power to shed his nice guy image this season by tying the league lead in technical fouls, garnering his first career ejection in the Mavs game by shouting a four letter word at a referee.

While this behavior has definitely made an impression on opposing teams and has turned him into a more intense assassin on the hardwood, if he keeps this up he will reach his technical foul limit for the regular season and receive a one-game suspension.

However, beyond the obvious suspension issue, his bad behavior combined with Westbrook’s meltdown in the Grizzlies game and the fact that Head Coach Scott Brooks describes the Thunder as “an emotional group” could be a recipe for disaster.

Durant just needs to calm down and lead his team if the Thunder expects to keep it together for the rest of the season.

On the 11th there will be a speaker for an educational program about black history month.

DST Sweet Hunk Competition is February 12th, 7pm – 9pm.

Sigma Chi is having a philanthropy event on February 15th.

’Cane Calendar February 11, 2013 M Golf

vs UTSA Oak Hills Invitational San Antonio, Texas

All Day

February 12, 2013 M Golf

vs UTSA Oak Hills Invitational San Antonio, Texas

All Day

February 14, 2013 W Basketball at Houston

Houston, Texas

7:00 p.m.

February 15, 2013 Softball

at Florida State

Tallahassee, Fla.

11:15 a.m.

Softball

vs Hofstra

Tallahassee, Fla.

3:30 p.m.

M Tennis

at Arkansas

Fayetteville, Ark.

5:00 p.m.

February 16, 2013 M Basketball vs Houston

Reynolds Center

3:30 p.m.

Softball

vs Arkansas

Tallahassee, Fla.

9:00 a.m.

W Tennis

at Oklahoma

Norman, Okla.

12:00 p.m.

February 17, 2013 W Basketball vs Rice

Reynolds Center

2:00 p.m.

Jake Alexander@Alexander__77: Shout out to the @TulsaSoftball team for putting in work today!!!!!#GreatJobLadies Danny Manning @CoachDManning: Congrats to @TulsaFootball on a successful National Signing Day! #GoTU Bill Haisten @billhaisten: #TulsaFBNSD Hurricane class breakdown: 21 prospects signed, 12 Oklahomans, 12 defense, nine offense.

Coach Blankenship @TUCoachBlank: We beat out OU to get a HUGE D-Line addition from @DaltonFromTheU! Welcome to the family brother, Dalton is gonna get a LOT OF SACKS for TU! Jake Alexander@Alexander__77: Congratulations to all the young men for signing that LOI. It’s just the beginning to starting another great chapter in your life Coach Blankenship @TUCoachBlank: And that will do it! With @BenOberste officially in the boat we have finished out a great signing day! What a class, proud of our staff

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NEWS

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New apartment complex to allow pets

New West Park apartment complex located in Kendall-Whittier to be pet-friendly.

Beate Hall Staff Writer

Opening in the fall of 2013, the West Park apartments will offer a new option for housing at the University of Tulsa.

The West Park apartments will be located

at the corner of Fourth St. and Lewis, about a half mile from the west side of campus.

There will be both one bedroom and two bedroom apartments available for selection.

At this time, construction is not complete, but ground has been broken.

West Park apartments represent an attempt by TU officials to create a pet-friendly housing option after frequent requests by students.There will be extra deposits required, but most pets, like cats, dogs, ham-

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New West Park apartments located on Fourth and Lewis will open up for residents next fall. These apartments will alllow residents to keep pets.

sters and other semi-traditional pets, will be allowed.

Pets aside, the amenities offered are close to those of Mayo, Lorton, Brown, University Square and Norman apartments.

Officials commented that as the university grows, more options for housing with the university may be built off-campus. “There is a park nearby that may be easily accessed to exercise pets,” said TU officials. “Pets will be less of a bother to members of the university community who have pet allergies or are uncomfortable around animals.”

According to 2012-2013’s “The Guide to Campus Living,” “University regulations prohibit pets in University Housing. This includes all animals except fish in aquariums less than 20 gallons.” This policy is in place to prevent damage to residence halls and to protect students and faculty who have severe animal allergies.

These apartments will also feature some added safety features, like a door buzzer and fenced parking. The brochure that includes information about West Park offers parking in the shuttle lots and the West Park apartments if students want to drive to campus.

Junior Cathy Patrick said, “I know they are close to campus but they are still off campus. With the weather as crazy as it is, I wouldn’t enjoy walking to campus everyday. The buses aren’t going to run over there.”

Located in the Kendall-Whittier neighborhood, these apartments are being funded by the university. TU officials said “the George Kaiser Family Foundation (GKFF) sponsors the adjacent mixed-income housing project.”

TU officials also said “TU and GKFF have been working with the City of Tulsa in an ongoing effort to improve the quality of life in the Kendall-Whittier neighborhood.”

They cited other projects like TU True Blue neighbors and TU service day as efforts to give back to the local community.

Though he thought the policy allowing pets was “a cool idea,” Sophomore Adam Powell said, “Partially, I think it’s making more concessions for graduate students who are not paying nearly as much to support the university.”

Officially, the estimated costs of tuition and living expenses for both graduate and undergraduate students is the exact same, but graduate students do have the option to live off campus. TU officials said “West Park is the most competitively priced of all TU apartment villages.”

Patrick said, “There is so much goes on on campus, my friends and all, it just wouldn’t be convenient to come back to campus.”

Powell, despite his misgivings, said, “If it’s something to attract people to the university I’m sure it’s great.”

Student Association Judicial argues line-item veto Judicial secrecy and other issues come under scrutiny as SA President John Lepine is challenged for use of line-item veto.

Conor Fellin News Editor

In Student Association’s first judicial hearing in nearly two years, Alpha Kappa Alpha President Shaliah Thierry sued SA President John Lepine over his use of the line-item veto to reject hotel funds for her organization.

Lepine said that he first suspected a hearing was impending on Jan 22, the night of Spring Bill 11’s passage, when he announced before the Senate his intention to veto the bill. “There was just a look in (Executive Director of Elections and Procedure Michael Mancini’s) eyes that he was going to challenge that.”

According to Lepine, Mancini is the closest thing SA has to a “public defender.”

“Michael and I had conversations around the time of his appointment. Functionally, I saw his position as the first line of defense for organizations needing an advocate,” Lepine said.

In Spring Bill 11, AKA asked for funds to stay at a hotel for a conference held in Tulsa.

Despite the proximity of the conference to the University, Thierry cited the challenges of driving across town and the importance of proximity to the other attendees among reasons that the sorority wanted funding for hotel rooms.

With significant resistance from the Senate, the bill passed. On Jan 27, Lepine vetoed the portion of the bill providing hotel funding and submitted the veto to Secretary Ashley Johnson and other executive officers in keeping with SA protocol. The veto was announced to the Senate Jan 29, and the Senate failed to overturn the veto with a vote of six to five, short of the two-thirds majority required.

Thierry sued, selecting Mancini as her representative. Asked why he took the case, Mancini said, “I didn’t feel that John was abiding by the documents, and the documents are my job.”

Four judges, led by Chief Justice Charlotte Hale, presided over the trial. Associate Justice J. Christopher Proctor brought the judge count up to the necessary five by submitting an opinion from Poland, where he is studying abroad, before the hearing began.

Mancini argued that SA should follow the precedent of the American federal government in not allowing line-item veto. Mancini justified the necessity of adhering to federal standards by pointing to the similarities in wording between the veto provisions in the American and SA constitutions.

Lepine argued that since SA Senate had attempted to overrule past line-item vetoes instead of suing the presiding president over their use, the Senate had implicitly accepted their constitutional validity.

Even if line-item veto were unconstitutional, Lepine further argued, such a ruling would render Senate’s attempt to overturn the veto a non-action. This meant that the

Faculty pianist joins TU Symphony’s winter concert Under the conduction of Richard Wagner and the piano accompaniment of Roger Price, TU Symphony performs its annual winter concert.

Nikki Hager Student Writer

Faculty pianist Roger Price accompanied the University of Tulsa Symphony Orchestra as conductor Richard Wagner led the group for its annual winter concert last Monday.

The concert opened with Prelude to Act III of “Lohengrin” composed by Richard Wagner, a German composer who died in 1883 and should not be confused with the TU Symphony conductor of the same name.

The piece was followed Beethoven’s Piano Concerto #5 in E-flat, “Emperor,” and featured Price on piano. The concert was concluded with “Capriccio Espangnol” by Nikolay Rimsky-Korsakov.

Junior Jon Martell attributes the success of the orchestra to the direction of Wagner.

“I love working with Professor Wagner.

He has a unique conducting style where he doesn’t stop and nit-pick everyone’s mistakes. He trusts the players to rise to the occasion and expects they will learn their parts,” Martell said. “He really focuses on bigger picture things,” he added.

Price attributes the orchestra’s success to several factors, including Wagner’s recent move from adjunct professor to full time

director of instrumental ensembles. “(Wagner) is a very likeable, kind person, but as an orchestra director he is at the same time nononsense,” he said. “Our ensembles try to adhere to teach what a professional standard is at a student level.”

The Beethoven piece that featured Price was the final concerto of five. The concerto is often considered to be the most difficult and celebratory, according to Price.

Price claims that it is a goal of his to play all five concertos, but Wagner and Price decided to start with the final concerto because it was the most festive. It seemed like a continuation of the celebration that surrounded the completion of the Lorton Performance Center that first opened last fall.

The first time that Price and Wagner worked together was also on a Beethoven piece, “Choral Fantasy,” which they prepared for the opening of the performing arts building. It featured piano, orchestra and choir.

Martell enjoys the opportunity to work with various soloists. “Its always really interesting to work with a player of a different caliber,” he said. “Dr. Price is a lot better than a university student. We got to perform a piece that would normally be too difficult to play on our own.”

Martel also points to the professional atmosphere that Wager instills though working with high quality performers like Price.

“It was more on us, as the orchestra players who are not as experienced, to learn our parts and perform at level we needed to.”

case had not been filed within five days of the “last action”—Lepine’s veto—rendering the suit invalid under SA Judicial rules.

In addition to questioning the parties on the facts of the case and the precedent for their opinion, the court also asked them for input on a few judicial issues. Most notable among these was the SA constitutional provision that makes judicial decisions secret.

Hale later said that she did “not personally support the confidentiality clause.”

“With the confidentiality clause,” she explained, “these matters are settled in isolation, and Judicial opinions effectively disappear. It is possible that there could have been a Judicial ruling on a presidential line-item veto before anyone currently in SA attended TU, but has been lost due to the confidentiality clause.”

Hale also said that the confidentiality clause “gives senior members of SA and executive officers an advantage should they be involved in a dispute,” because such people might have insider knowledge about past decisions that others do not.

While the SA Constitution prohibits the release of the official opinion and stipulates that the court proceedings remain confidential under this clause, the Collegian received the consent of both parties and Chief Justice Hale to cover the proceedings of the trial.

According to a copy of the official opinion leaked to the Collegian, the court sided with Lepine. Chief Justice Hale authored

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When Senior Carly Putnam made an appointment to get an infected piercing looked at, the health center called her back and said they would need to reschedule, because the gynecologist was not in that day.

Putnam, perplexed, insisted that the piercing was in her ear, “nothing due South”—a detail she remembered mentioning in the original call. The person on the other end seemed “skeptical,” and kept asking if she was “sure” about that, according to Putnam.

“It seemed like she was slut-shaming,” Putnam said, “like if I was making an appointment at the health center, it had to be about my uterus and if I said otherwise I was lying.”

Fell maintained that all of the questions asked and concerns raised are for purely medical purposes, and not intended to offend or criticize. The nurses will always ask for “day of last period,” but this is so the doctor can avoid prescribing certain medications in the event of a suspected pregnancy, she said.

Depending on the sort of ailment being reported, further questions may be asked of a student’s sexual activity, like in the case of a suspected urinary tract infection. These inquiries are not judgmental, Fell said, but rather a tool in diagnosis and an opportunity for education and prevention.

Even so, Carly feels there is a deeper problem. “I have neither heard nor experienced anything at the health center that is in any way affirming or positive about female sexuality,” Putnam said. “Whether someone needs a pap or a pregnancy test, women are going to be far less inclined to seek help if it’s going to feel like a punishment.”

Some concerns are purely medical. One student who asked for anonymity was alarmed to discover that she was at a high risk for deep vein thrombosis, a rare but serious side effect of the birth control pill; she claims she was not told of this risk when the medication was prescribed.

the majority opinion and was joined by Associate Justices Calkins and Proctor.

The majority concluded that the constitutionality of the line-item veto exercised by Lepine should be considered in the context of the benefit such a power confers upon the university population.

Rather than deny a group all funds requested, the majority argued, it is better to return a bill with specific objections so that only those appropriations to which the executive is opposed are denied. “With the line-item veto” organizations would “only be denied the money that Senate and the President disagree over.”

Hale ultimately concluded that the veto language in the SA Constitution should be broadly interpreted such that organizations are not “denied money unnecessarily as a result of a disagreement over the interpretation of SA guidelines between the legislative and executive branches.”

The minority opinion, authored by Associate Justice French and joined by Associate Justice McCarty, agreed with the majority on the usefulness of the line-item veto—but held that the veto language of the SA Constitution should be read as prohibiting such powers.

Justices French and McCarty recommended that Senate amend the SA Constitution to explicitly grant line-item veto power to the president.

Another student recounted a humiliating visit for her annual exam, where she claims her doctor made fun of her for a recent weight gain. “It’s one thing for a doctor to mention a weight gain from a health perspective,” she said. “It’s another to actually make fun of a patient and then poke around in their vagina for a while. It felt really degrading.”

In response, Fell said that doctors “may feel the need to talk about weight gain (as it pertains to) health risks,” but conceded that this is not a discussion to be taken lightly, nor is it appropriate to simply dismiss such complaints because such issues are impossible to know about “if you’re not right there.”

“If (students) have had (a bad) experience,” Fell said, “we will strive to not have it happen in the future.”

But the health center cannot fix problems of which it is unaware. Fell reminded students that official complaints can be filed through Yolanda Taylor, and said that she is happy to speak with concerned students herself at any time via e-mail (stephanie-fell@ utulsa.edu).

Confidentiality rules would be respected in the case of such an interaction, she said, so students need not fear their concerns being publicized.

Fell emphasized the health center’s commitment to flexibility: “A person may not like a doctor—there may be a personality conflict—but we can always work around that.” She pointed out that many problems are hard to detect in the case of a particular staff member’s attitude, and so it is the student’s responsibility to speak up.

First and foremost, Fell said she wants students to feel comfortable using what many agree is an invaluable service that is, at the end of the day, there to serve students needs. Fell reported that the health center is hiring a new nurse, and that the issues students are having will be discussed in the process.

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11 FERUARY 2013 of Richard’s descendants from an all-female line, matches up enough to confirm the body as the king’s. The body is planned to be re-interred in Leicester cathedral.

Middle East SAUDI ARABIA

Witt Womack Student Writer Asia china/japan In the East China sea, between Okinawa and Taiwan, lie a group of eight uninhabited islands called the Senkaku by the Japanese, the Diaoyu in China, and the Diaoyutai in Taiwan. All three nations claim their sovereignty over the islands in some way, but Japan currently has control over them.

Over the past few weeks, China has challenged that control by sending ships in and out of the

territorial waters in contempt of Japan’s claims. On Tuesday, Japan asserted that a Chinese naval frigate had engaged a lock on a Japanese ship with its weapontargeting system.

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe pleaded with China to “avoid unnecessary escalation,” though Japan has continued to deploy more ships in the area.

Europe UNITED KINGDOM The remains of the infamous King Richard III, long lost, were discov-

ered and positively identified by archaeologists on Monday. Having scoured an area of Leicester where the old Greyfriars church that hosted Richard’s hastily conducted burial likely stood, the team uncovered a skeleton under what is now a car park.

Richard had died at the Battle of Bosworth in 1485, and his remains revealed grievous wounds, including eight head wounds, one of which probably killed him. As for Richard’s famous hunchback, his spine seems to suggest that he had scoliosis.

DNA testing on the skeleton, compared with samples from one

TU professor develops self-healing fillings

Mechanical engineering professor Michael Keller works with undergraduates to improve synthetic tooth fillings.

Kimberly Poff Student Writer

Many people, by the time they have reached college, have had a tooth or two filled, and unless that filling was done more than 20 years ago, it is probably made out of a dental composite.

Dental composites have the advantage of being less expensive, more aesthetically pleasing and perhaps less dangerous than their precious metal counterparts.

For example, silver amalgam fillings also contain mercury, which has been shown to cause adverse health effects.

Dental composites work somewhat like concrete. A plastic “cement” is filled with an aggregate, or nanoparticulate, in this case glass. A dentist will fill a drilledout cavity with the mixture and shine a very bright blue light on it to allow it to harden, or cure.

Dental composites are not with-

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Two candidates expressed their reservations about running for Senate. Both offered the same reason for their reservations: Senate meetings tend to take a long time.

Emily Carlson, an Engineering and Natural Sciences candidate, said that one meeting she attended lasted till 12:30 a.m.

A former senator, speaking on condition of anonymity, criticized meetings for length, inefficiency and a measure of hypocrisy.

“Meetings are usually two hours, but (they) sometimes run for three or four hours,” he said. “They love to hear themselves talk.”

Considering that University Administration actually has the final say on Senate’s resolutions— though they do approve most of the measures—the former senator said, “SA really has no power.”

However, the new and returning senators feel that the good outweighs the bad. “They’re fun, they’re long, but they’re really fun,” Holmes decided.

Speaking before the elections were over, Michael Manicini, SA Executive Director of Elections and Policy expressed his optimism for voter turnout. In last spring’s Senate election, only 90 people voted. The numbers have since risen to 500 voters in last fall’s election, Mancini said.

Last week, 400 people voted. It

out their problems, however. Composites are subject to shrinkage when they cure, or harden. Even a small amount of shrinkage can break the tooth-filling bond, creating a hairline crack in the tooth.

This crack cannot be brushed, of course, and causes additional tooth decay.

Furthermore, composites are not always as strong as their metal counterparts and the forces generated in the mouth by chewing are on the order of a hundred Newtons, or the force of a hundred apples falling on your head. The repeated application of these forces, also known as chewing, can create additional cracks and spaces between the tooth and the filling.

Dr. Michael Keller, assistant professor of mechanical engineering and director of the Advanced Composite Materials Lab, is working hard to assuage your growing fears about the plastic in your mouth. Keller is working on selfhealing composites in conjunction with dental materials researchers at OSU Health Science.

The mechanism for these “selfhealing” fillings is microcapsules.

Measuring in at about one millionth of a meter, these tiny cap-

sules are filled with glue which is released when a crack propagates through the capsule, breaking it open. The glue fills the crack and cures to keep food from infiltrating the crevice. Dr. Keller’s research involves testing the strength of these capsule-filled materials.

One of the difficulties in this is the expense of the composites: running from $25-$30 for five grams makes it hard to run tests in the typical fashion. Normally the strength of a composite is tested by creating a specimen with an area of about four or five square inches and pulling on it in different directions.

The expense of dental composites necessitates the creation of much smaller samples, about one square inch. This introduces challenges of scale, as working with smaller specimens requires more precision.

Working with Dr. Keller are several undergraduate research students tasked with creating the small samples and the microcapsules within them. They then participate in the accumulation of large amounts of data as the specimens are broken and the forces which broke them are recorded.

still is a small fraction of eligible voters, equivalent to about half the freshman class or a tenth of the entire student population, but SA President John Lepine is claiming a victory.

“It looks like we had approximately five times as much turnout in this spring’s Senate election as we did in last spring’s Senate election, and that is awesome,” he said. Lepine cited the work that the Elections Committee has done to bring the ballot to students.

According to Lepine, the Elections Committee was responsible for redesigning the ballot, deploying polling booths and “in some cases taking an iPad to people.”

However, he indicated that there is still room for much more improvement. “I think that we’re always looking to increase turnout,” he said. “Until turnout reaches 100 percent, there’s definitely work to be done. But I’m encouraged by the results that we’ve seen.”

Mancini was encouraged by the results of last week’s elections too.

“This past election was a great example of Student Association’s continued efforts to make ourselves accessible to students,” he said in an email.

Lepine is anticipating that uncontested races may become a thing of the past. As more people recognize the value of being involved in SA, Lepine speculates that more well-qualified people

will run and well-informed voters will choose the best candidates.

This vision of a highly competent Senate may already be nearing reality. Mancini said he was pleased with the work that the three returning senators have already done, and he welcomes SA’s new senators. While he was extremely pleased with the performance of the previous Senate, he said he looks forward to hearing fresh ideas and perspectives.

BenAbderrazik was very impressed by her competitors. “The people running against me are very nice people,” she said. “The freshmen who are running are actually really courageous because it’s their first year and they’re already wanting to become part of SA—it’s a big thing.”

Write-in candidates Boutwell and Dunn faced an uphill climb.

“They are not included in official SA candidate profiles,” said Mancini, adding that voters must do the extra work of typing the person’s name in instead of simply checking a box.

New and returning senators alike are looking forward to making SA a more effective organization. Mancini hopes that the several new senators will be able to take some pressure off the busier committees, “allowing more time to discuss long-term issues on campus.”

On Wednesday, information came out revealing the presence of a top secret U.S. base in Saudi Arabia from which the U.S. launches unmanned drones. The U.S. has relied heavily on drone warfare in recent years to fight al-Qaeda—in this case, its cells in Yemen, Saudi Arabia’s neighbor.

Saudi Arabia was chosen as a base because of the country’s demonstrated cooperation with the U.S. in fighting terrorism. The drones are said to be highly effective in disrupting the terrorist infrastructure by supporters. Detractors insist that drone strikes disrupt local communities with psychological and physical casualties.

The Caribbean HAITI Jean-Claude “Baby Doc” Duvalier, the former autocratic president of Haiti, was a no-show for his own crimes against humanity case on Thursday. Duvalier, who ruled from 1971-1986, returned to Haiti in 2011, after twenty-five

years of exile in France, sparking memories of his rule which had ended in a popular revolt.

Duvalier continues to deny allegations against him, including murder, torture and arbitrary arrest conducted by his militiamen, the Tontons Macoutes, but he won’t have to deny them in court, as the statute of limitations on the charges has run out.

Instead, if he shows up on the 27th, Duvalier will face a different set of charges: embezzling state funds.

Africa TUNISIA Tunisia’s opposition leader, Chokri Belaid, was assassinated by a gunman last Wednesday, who promptly rode off on a motorcycle.

Allegations about the killer’s affiliation continue to fly, but nothing had been confirmed as of Friday.

On Friday, Belaid’s funeral at Tunis was attended by thousands of supporters, some of whom are participating in a number of strikes which have been organized since Wednesday in protest. At one such protest, in Gafsa, the police deployed tear gas.

Belaid’s opposition group, the Popular Front, is a leftist party that has conflicted in parliament with the majority party, the moderate Islamist Ennahda Movement.

Violinist offers workshops at TU

Oscar Ho / Collegian

Internationally acclaimed violinist and fiddler Mark O’Connor visited Lorton Performance Center at The University of Tulsa on Friday. He hosted workshops throughout the day for local music teachers and students. Kelly Hall-Tompkins, also an internationally recognized violinist touring with O’Connor, conducted masterclasses with TU students and other violinists from the greater Tulsa area.

O’Connor and Hall-Tompkins performed the O’Connor Double Violin Concerto with the Tulsa Symphony on Saturday.

7:20 Officers were called to Lorton Village parking lot for a student misconduct report. The student misconduct was a result of an officer towing the student vehicle.

Jan 29 15:50 Officers were called to Lottie Jane for a ill student. EMSA was called and EMSA arrived and transported the student to a local hospital.

Jan 30 10:30 A student reported that her wallet came up missing after she went to Alexander Health Center for an appointment.

Jan 31 3:30 Officers were called to Lottie Jane for a vandalism report. Unknown suspect(s) tossed a brick through a window into the bed room of an apartment. No students were injured.

7:40 Officers were called to Fisher South for a student that had cut his foot. EMSA was called but the student was transported to a local urgent care center by a friend.

15:55 Security was called for harassing text messages. Officers took a report and will attempt to identify a suspect.

Feb 1 17:15 Security officer observed an auto pedestrian accident that occurred at 800 S. Delaware Ave. TPD, TFD, EMSA and security arrived and completed a report.

The victim refused treatment by EMSA. The victim was not a TU student or employee.

The Collegian does not produce or edit the Campus Crime Watch except for content and brevity.

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Exciting new content expands games

Think there is nothing more to do in the games of 2012?

Think again. With the new year comes new DLC, ripe with new quests, maps, missions, game modes, items and characters.

Elliot Bauman Student Writer

Gamers who are thinking about purchasing a brand new title in the first quarter of 2013 may want to reconsider. Some of 2012’s, and even 2011’s, best games are offering brand-new content at a much more attractive price than the $60 tag carried by new releases.

The three-month period stretching from January through March will the see the release of downloadable content for hit 2012 titles such as “Borderlands 2,” “Far Cry 3,” “Call of Duty: Black Ops 2,” “Dishonored” and “Assassin’s Creed 3.”

Additionally, the two top games from 2011, “The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim” and “Battlefield 3,” are still not finished unveiling their new expansions. The “Battlefield 3” saga will conclude with the release of “Battlefield 3: End Game” in March, and there is talk of a new “Skyrim” add-on to drop at around the same time.

Here are the top expansions for gamers looking to avoid purchasing an entirely new title.

1. “Borderlands 2: Sir Hammerlock’s Big Game Hunt” Fans of “Borderlands 2” should consider “Sir Hammerlock’s Big Game Hunt,” the third official downloadable content (DLC) for the 2012 title. “Big Game Hunt” takes the player to the swampy and mountainous continent of Aegrus, where a new host of new enemies await.

Aided by Sir Hammerlock, a rugged hunter with a loose sense of Victorian era fashion, players will travel through the wasteland, fighting various exotics beasts and savages as well as the machinations of Professor Nakayama, the primary antagonist of the DLC. “Big Game Hunt” also adds a number of new weapons, side quests, character skins and even a new vehicle in which to traverse Aegrus.

Fans that have played the two previous DLCs, “Captain Scarlett and Her Pirate’s Booty” and “Mr. Torgue’s Campaign of Carnage” may find “Big Game Hunt” a bit more challenging.

“Sir Hammerlock’s Big Game Hunt” may be purchased individu-

By Anna Bennett

Most Romantic Spots on Campus Photo courtesy Ubisoft

In the latest downloadable expansion for Ubisoft’s “Assassian Creed 3,” players will face an alternate reality in which George Washington rules the United States with an iron fist. The aptly titled “The Tyranny of King Washington” will be released in three parts, due out in February, March and April.

ally for $9.99, or as part of the Borderlands 2 Season Pass, which includes all four DLCs for the price of three.

2. “Far Cry 3: Deluxe Bundle” In case players missed out on all of the various pre-order bonuses for Ubisoft’s most recent game, “Far Cry 3,” the “Deluxe Bundle” DLC may be of some interest.

For $9.99, fans will get to enjoy all pre-order content, a good portion of which was previously exclusive to players in certain regions. While forcing players to pay for content that could have been acquired for free—if the player lived in the correct country—may be a rip-off, the “Deluxe Bundle” has enough content to at least somewhat justify the cost.

The $9.99 price tag will grant gamers six new missions, four new hunting challenges, a number of single and multiplayer weapons and a digital copy of the official soundtrack.

3. “Call of Duty: Black Ops 2: Revolution” The highly anticipated “Call of Duty: Black Ops 2” DLC season kicked off in late January with the release of “Revolution,” the first of four expansions.

The main feature of “Revolution” is the set of four new multiplayer maps that the add-on introduced; “Grind” will have players fighting in a large skate park in Venice Beach, Calif., and “Mirage” takes the action to an exotic resort in the Gobi Desert that has been devastated by a sandstorm.

The other multiplayer maps are “Hydro,” placed along a large dam, and “Downhill,” where competitors will struggle for objectives at the base of a ski lift in the French Alps.

Professional reviews have called the new maps a significant improvement over the levels that shipped with the main game.

“Revolution” also adds, for the first time in the Call of Duty franchise, a new weapon, the fictional Peacekeeper submachine gun. Players will be pleased to know that the DLC includes a new zombies map and game mode. The

map, “Die Rise” takes place in an abandoned hotel in the Far East, and confronts the players with the element of verticality, whereas all previous zombie maps have had horizontal layouts.

Ever wonder what it might be like to actually be a zombie? Well, “Revolution” has covered that too.

In “Turned,” rather than fighting off hordes of zombies, the player is placed on the opposite side of things, and must avoid being killed by lone human survivors.

“Revolution” can be purchased individually for $14.99, or as part of the Season Pass, which includes all four add-ons at a discounted price.

4. “Battlefield 3: End Game” The conclusion to the “Battlefield 3” series of DLC, which began in December of 2011, is fast approaching. “End Game” will hit shelves in March for the PlayStation 3, Xbox 360 and PC. The final expansion will introduce a number of exciting new features such as motorcycles and dirt bikes, four huge new maps and new game modes such as Capture the Flag and Air Supremacy, which will place players in teams of jet pilots, dog-fighting for control of the skies.

The DLC will also include new assignments, or multiplayer challenges, as well as various soldier and weapon camouflages.

5. “Skyrim: Redguard” While there has been no official word yet, there are a number of rumors and signs, such as Bethesda Games Studios’s trademarking of “Redguard” as a downloadable software title, pointing towards a new “Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim” expansion.

The would-be DLC is rumored to take players to the Hammerfell province, a region of deserts and mountains, and home to the Redguard race.

Interested fans should keep an eye on gaming websites to see if Bethesda Game Studios confirms or denies the rumors. The supposed DLC is reportedly going to be released late March.

Postal Service on the rounds To celebrate the 10th anniversary of its debut album, The Postal Service has announced a worldwide tour as well as a re-release of “Give Up,” featuring all of the band’s songs and new material.

Steven Buchele Student Writer

It is very likely that although listeners may not know who the Postal Service is, they have probably heard their music before.

Their most popular song, “Such Great Heights” has been featured in advertisements for UPS, Kaiser Permanente and NPR, and was the first “Grey’s Anatomy” theme song.

But since its debut album, “Give Up,” the band has not been very vocal. Until now. To celebrate the tenth anniversary of “Give Up,” The Postal Service has announced a special re-release of the album

(including a second disk of all of The Postals’ singles, remixes, covers and two brand-new songs) and a live, worldwide tour with shows in California, Nevada, Arizona, Washington, New York, Manchester, London, Paris and Barcelona.

The Postal Service is the collaborative effort of vocalist Ben Gibbard (of Death Cab for Cutie) and Jimmy Tamborello (of Dntel and Headset). The band took its name from the manner in which its songs were produced. Tamborello sent his instrumental tracks to Gibbard who would rearrange and add lyrics in his own style. The products of this long-distance collaborative relationship are strangely fun, but haunting and melancholy tracks.

The influences of Gibbard and Tamborello are blatantly obvious, and to fans of either band, and it is clear who composed what parts.

Yet the sum, in this case, is more than the parts. The work featured on “Give Up,” while very much like Death Cab for Cutie and Dntel, could not have been solely produced by either musician.

People who have very little connection to the indie genre—or the band—still experience some kind of disembodied nostalgia listening to the Postal Service, just as if

they were already longtime fans.

In actuality, the album is just a collection of genius work by Gibbard and Tamborello.

Unlike the band’s namesake, The Postal Service has developed a widespread, quiet, but loyal following. “Give Up” is Sup Pop Records’ second best-selling album—just behind Nirvana’s “Bleach”—and has recently achieved platinum status.

While no one can deny the The Postal Service has gathered a fairly large following, no one would call them fans—at least in the sense that any are “fanatics.” Those who love The Postal Service tend to be about as mellow as the songs the band produces.

Although “Give Up” and The Postal Service are the kind of things that were never really “in style,” they will never be “out of style.” And even though there was never any major commercial effort pumped into them, the album’s sales—while never reaching glamorous numbers—has not slowed in ten years.

The Postal Service will always be a tasteful staple of the indie genre, and now is the perfect time to get a letter from The Postal Service.

Ah, college romance. It’s the only time in your life when everyone you could be interested in is living within a 1 mile radius. So you’ve found that special someone, but all you have is a heart full of love and a pocket full of dining dollars. Not to worry, young lover, for TU boasts many romantic date spots that won’t cost you any real money.

1. The McFarlin steps at sunset 2. The Film Lab—private screening anybody?

3. Lambda Chi basement 4. Hurricane Hut 2—here’s hoping your date is easily impressed.

5. Subway—it’s like “Lady and the Tramp,” but with a Meatball Marinara footlong.

6. Music Student Lounge in Lorton—comfy couches built for two. You know what I’m talking about …

7. McFarlin lower level stacks—also great for nookie.

I mean, it’s not like anyone’s working down there anyway.

8. The Fitness Center— nothing says, “I love you” quite like vaguely implying things about your date’s weight.

9. Lottie Jane Laundry room—if you can get into this exclusive basement, you and your date might just see underwear hanging from the ceiling. Sexy.

10. Fisher South Study Lounge—great view of the New U. I mean, let’s face it, your “hot” date might just be a study date.

“m b v” an accomplished and creative reunion album

After a 22-year hiatus, Dublin rockers My Bloody Valentine are back with a fresh and imaginative new sound.

Stephen Lowe Student Writer

On Nov. 4, 1991, the music industry changed forever. My Bloody Valentine, a ragtag bunch of noise rockers from Dublin, Ireland, released their second studio album, “Loveless,” to universal acclaim.

Despite remaining relatively underground in the commercial world, critics everywhere applauded it as a peerless, groundbreaking album that would influence artists for decades to come.

No critic, however, could have predicted the mythic status to which this record would one day climb. Since its release, “Loveless” has developed something of a cult following, and this landmark album has been recognized as a spotless refinement of the “shoegazing” movement that the band practically set into motion with its major-label debut only three years prior. Needless to say, its followup was very highly anticipated.

But the follow-up never came.

Despite rumors spreading like wildfire among bloodthirsty fans that My Bloody Valentine had recorded two full albums’ worth of material, the band split in 1997 with nothing but a few cover tracks to placate the masses. Frontman Kevin Shields became gripped by a Syd-Barrett-like, insanity-inducing writer’s block, and in the years that followed, the music community reluctantly accepted that the band’s highly-anticipated third album would never see the light of day.

Until, that is, Shields emerged from the depths of the recording studio in 2007 to inform the public that My Bloody Valentine had reunited and was three-quarters of the way through the recording of its third album. And lo and behold, six years later, those promises became a reality.

Despite the uncertainties that will inevitably surround an artist’s return from a 22-year hiatus, the band’s rather bluntly titled “m b v” presents a stunningly fresh and imaginative take on a musical style that was thought to have vanished without a trace.

At first glance, the album is

little more than a repackaging of the ideas presented on “Loveless.”

The pop melodies, the “blanket” of distortion, and the delightfully nonsensical song titles that made “Loveless” so unique—“She Found Now,” “Is This and Yes,” “Nothing Is” (a witty reply to the question posed in the band’s 1988 album title “Isn’t Anything”)—are still present, but over the album’s nine-track duration, the listener finds that the band has abandoned its ambient tone for a much crisper, heavier and even darker quality.

Within the first 30 seconds of “She Found Now,” the album has already asserted its presence as a deliberate, contemplative piece, an overarching theme which, despite wide variations in sonic texture throughout the album, is never lost.

After this surprisingly spacey opener, the album visits an array of influences, ranging from the vaguely Beatles-esque psychedelia of “Only Tomorrow” to the progressive rock-tinted melodies of “In Another Way,” until finally reaching the monumental conclusion of “Wonder 2,” an arrangement so vast and energetic that it may leave listeners wondering in what corner of the cosmos it has left them.

However, the individual songs are hardly the focus here. While the record does consist of a handful of standout tracks (the luscious opener, the winsome “New You” and the epic “In Another Way”), Shields clearly intends it to be viewed as an album-oriented work, a format that is rapidly approaching extinction in the modern day digital metropolis of Spotify and iTunes.

In addition to being not-too-subtly divided into two halves (around track five, the album takes a turn into much heavier, more melodic territory), the album appears to be consciously ordered by tempo, opening with the conspicuously relaxed “She Found Now” and closing with the recklessly fastpaced “Wonder 2,” with each song picking up steam along the way.

The resulting album, while challenging, is a strikingly accomplished, multi-layered work that will reward repeated listens.

So what kind of impact will this album have? Will it usher in a new age of shoegaze and mark the resurrection of the concept album?

Probably not, but if nothing else, it demonstrates that these styles are not only still alive, but that they can sound as fresh and innovative as ever. This album more than exceeds its hype, and I would heartily encourage even the most skeptical fan to give it a listen.

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Shuttle bus routes should find new direction Many TU students have expressed frustration with the changes to the shuttle system when the university began to enforce the available routes—Red, Counter Red, Blue, Gold and so on—saying that they preferred the old sysDmitry Yevtushenko tem, when people could simply go where they needed to be.

Student Writer Now, when a student wishes to travel to a specific part of campus and is waiting either at a bus stop or the bell by Bayless Plaza, the first bus that comes around might Through the years, the University not the one that can take them of Tulsa has graced students with where they need to go—a not unthe operation of the campus shuttle common situation. bus system.

Because of this, those who drive Not only would students reap the buses around campus must tell the benefits of this system, but those who ride, “Wait for the next members of TU’s faculty and staff route.” would also use the transportation In doing so, they cause a great method to get across campus. inconvenience for anyone who In simpler times when the pur- usually rides the buses, students pose was merely to get from Point and staff alike.

A to Point B, no questions were Most would agree that the utilasked, and no routes were en- ity of the former system was betforced. Unfortunately, as the old ter, and would prefer to revert. adage goes, all good things must Sometimes, bus drivers folcome to an end, and one of those lowing their routes do not have a things was the free movement of single passenger, a fact that can shuttle buses. be partly attributed to the enforce-

The new enforcement of shuttle routes reduces convenience for students and faculty.

ment of routes.

If this trend continues, it does not bode well for those who need the convenience and expediency of the shuttle buses.

However, if the bus drivers are

given liberty to pick up passengers at will, TU will likely find the buses more full and more useful.

This would benefit both the students, who will no longer get passed by buses bound for other

destinations, and for drivers, who will no longer feel like they are wasting gas driving an empty bus in circles.

Who are these buses for: the students or the routes?

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TU Confessions has amusing, yet disturbing depths TU Confessions and similar pages, while enjoyable, lack legitimacy due to the comedic or sexualized tones of some posts.

Steven Buchele

Student Writer

I have been reading through the “TU Missed Connections,” “TU Confessions” and “University of Tulsa Compliments” pages, and I have mixed feelings about them.

They are fun, and some of the posts have made me laugh, but a few have disturbed me somewhat, to the point that I considered dropping the pages from my news feed.

I do like the concept of the pag-

es. There are times when I either cannot or will not approach and talk to someone, or more often I meet someone and then lose track of them.

The idea of a Facebook page where I can make contact with those people is really appealing.

Particularly, I know people who could benefit from the Missed Connections page to get over the awkward introduction phase.

“TU Confessions” does some good too, but in a more psychological way. Sometimes there are secrets we need to express, but there is no right time or place to speak them.

The chance to open up anonymously really has some cathartic value.

I find a bit of guilty pleasure knowing that people are more imperfect than appearances would suggest.

So these pages are good, they have value, and can be quite help-

ful. However, scrolling through them, I suspect that the people who could get the most use out of such pages are being pushed away, as a lot of the posts seem rather crass and often rude.

The posted confessions and connections can be rather off-putting.

ments put a stigma on the whole page.

Many shy or polite people feel uncomfortable trying to make a connection through a page that has become highly sexualized.

The other problem I have with “Missed Connections” and “Con-

“I wish we could all take a step back and think about what we say while anonymous” People who want to post about someone they briefly met at orientation, or didn’t have the chance to meet in a class, have to think twice when their post is going to sandwiched between comments about the “hot bodies” of the people who work out in the fitness center.

Only a few posts spoil the fun, but those crude and explicit state-

fessions,” in particular, is that they are not taken very seriously.

While not all the posts are jokes, the ones that are obviously meant to be humorous take away some of the value of confessing.

A confession loses some of its gravity if you know that people are going to take it as a joke.

“University of Tulsa Com-

pliments” is not immune to the problems plaguing the other pages—there are still insincere and overly sexualized posts—but on the whole, I don’t feel the same weariness about the page.

Even if I have not gotten a compliment yet, it makes me feel good when other people are giving compliments with no obvious agenda.

It makes it feel more wholesome, more selfless.

I do not think that the moderators should be editing posts more than necessary.

However, I wish we could all take a step back and think about what we decide to say—especially while anonymous.

I would really like to show the world that TU is a place where people give compliments and are eager to make friends—which, on the whole, we are—and not a bunch of creepy voyeurs watching others on sorority and fraternity rows and the gym.

Women’s issues are everyone’s issues “Women’s issues” is a disingenuous term, as it assumes all women are one homogenous group.

Cara Dublin

Student Writer

Speaking as a woman, I would like to examine the common term “women’s issues.” The phrase originated to include what might otherwise be sidelined in social, political or legal debate.

It seeks to give a potentially underrepresented group a stake in mainstream debate, which is indeed a good thing. Yet the phrase is not without its drawbacks. In a social sense, “women’s issues” is, as colloquially (rather than technically or academically) defined, a broad catch-all term whose extent is hard to pin down.

Sexism, wage gaps, health, harassment, childcare—all could be considered related to women’s issues. Some women’s issues need changed, advanced, remedied.

Yet the vague and inclusive nature of the term means that those who use it would do well to consider which issues they actually consider to be most pertinent—to women, men or both.

One should also be wary of how easily the same term can be imbued with an entirely different meaning by people who on the surface would seem to advocate the same vaguely positive ideals.

At its heart, “women’s issues” should be a neutral term, bipartisan or, better yet, nonpartisan, yet during the recent election and presidential campaign, it became clear that the term overall is skewed toward one side in modern usage.

A proliferation of articles, blog posts and social media statuses declared complete incredulity that any women could conscientiously vote for the Republican party.

While it is true that certain older perceptions of gender and politics do persist more strongly in one party than in the other, it is ludicrous to dismiss an entire and expansive political and ideological platform on the basis of a few crotchety fanatics who cannot see further than the ends of their own noses.

Additionally, using terminol-

ogy to make one party into the one which universally advocates for all

creed interests becomes clear when one considers what would

“‘Women’s issues’ presumes that all women, by virtue of being women, must have the same perspective on issues” women is nearly as constraining as imagining a party which does not advocate for women at all. It presumes that all women concern themselves with the same major issues, and worse yet, it presumes that all women, by virtue of being women, must have the same perspective on these major issues.

In effect, looking at women’s issues as a primary set of voting concerns actually limits one’s expectations of a woman’s political involvement.

Tied verbally down to one unilateral set of ideals—“things women care about”—the woman who dares to make her own decisions or to set her own political and social priorities is ridiculed as anathema, very often by other women.

The absurdity of expecting all women to vote together as a block in defense of their own sex’s de-

happen if male politicians made arguments by saying that they

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must stand in solidarity as men for the interest of their sex. Misogyny, sexism and other applicable, derogatory terms would fly from all quarters, and rightly so.

All issues at stake in our national discussion are women’s issues.

All of them are men’s issues, too.

A byproduct of the term “women’s issues” is that it makes some major talking points sound deceptively as if they do not equally affect men within the nation, economy, family or tax code.

Any women’s issue that wants funding delves equally into the pockets of men and of women.

Similarly, any issue not specifically labelled as a woman’s issue delves equally into the pockets of women and of men.

To behave as if women are a special interest group is to treat them as a special case, rather than as a truly equal half of the human population.

Women are not an isolated unit that can change their step without affecting the stride of the rest of society.

Despite progressive intentions, the term “women’s issues” suggests partisan advocacy and still marginalizes women in corners of the American conversation.

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Decline in unions not a terrible mystery Rampant corporate growth has lead to a decline in union membership which hurts the rights of workers.

Alexander Bischoff

Student Writer

In Ambrose Bierce’s short story “That Damned Thing,” Hugh Morgan falls prey to an inexplicable event. William Harker, a witness, claims that Hugh was simply going mad.

The jury speculates a mountain lion was Hugh’s final demise, but the story does not conclusively say what exactly befell of Hugh Morgan.

It is a story about the fear of the unknown. Why do certain things happen, and why is it, at times, that we find ourselves wholly incapable of answering this simple

question?

The story is a bit like the modern death of workers’ unions. Like the jury in Bierce’s short story, many people are inclined toward baseless speculation on the cause of unions’ decline.

According to a study by Leo Troy and Neil Sheflin, the percentage of unionized workers is at its lowest point since 1916.

The Bureau of Labor Statistics reported that unionization was at a dismal 11.2 percent in the year 2012. In the 1950s roughly one third of all workers belonged to a union.

To put it bluntly, labor is being undervalued. Collective bargaining will soon be a thing of the past, unless the people being affected by this trend can stop it.

Being part of a union guarantees increased wages for those who are low on the employment totem pole. Membership increases health, retirement and even vacation benefits. These benefits are slipping away from those at the bottom.

An alarming amount of politi-

cal rhetoric claims this could be explained by America’s transition from a manufacturing economy to a consumer-driven, globalized one. Kris Warner of the Center on Economic and Policy Research begs to differ.

He suggests in the Washington Post that the decline “wasn’t simply due to inexorable economic

that outsourcing reduces unionization.”

There seems to be some invisible force busting up the unions.

Economic factors cannot explain it. Even globalization, which is usually the end-all-be-all answer to economic woes, fails in accounting for the trend. So, to borrow from Bierce again, what is

“Unions ensure that the disparity between what corporations can pay you and what they actually pay is not needlessly high” forces.” He went on to suggest that government policies play a role in solving the mystery.

As for the effect of globalization, associate Professor Elisabetta Magnani of the Australian School of Business Economics published a peer-reviewed article about this phenomenon.

In it, her team concluded that “we find no support for the claim

that damned thing?

Kate Bronfenbrenner, the director of labor education research at Cornell, seems to have the answer.

She points the finger at deregulated industries. According to her, “the majority of employers threaten to close if workers unionize.”

This is interesting, mostly because S&P 500 corporate earnings have increased by more than 300

percent since 1950.

Private employers have no concern about how much they pay their workers. What you or I get paid is less than what our work is worth. If this were not the case, then every company would stay in the red.

Unions perform the vital role of ensuring the disparity between what corporations can pay workers and what they actually do pay is not needlessly high.

Bronfenbrenner contended in an interview that corporations are not the only ones to blame. She argued, as did Warner, that inadequate government enforcement of existing laws on workers’ rights is also part of the problem.

The pendulum has swung too far in recent years. Yes, unions reduce corporate profitability. However, they also ensure workers are adequately compensated for what they do.

Balance between the two is needed. Government policy as well as public opinion on this matter is long overdue for change.

Ron Paul’s outbursts show uncharacteristic insensitivity Ron Paul’s callousness at the death of a hero shows that he is not the man his supporters believe he is.

who lives by the sword dies by the sword. Treating PTSD at a firing range doesn’t make sense”.

While these comments are harsh to say the least, they are more puz-

from Paul received almost instant backlash and prompted Paul to explain himself on Facebook saying, “as a veteran, I certainly recognize that this weekend’s violence and

would have prevented this and similar tragedies”.

I fully realize that Paul probably meant this statement to be slightly apologetic, however, I personally

Victoria McGouran Staff Writer

As the news began to spread that Chris Kyle, a former Navy Seal and the most lethal sniper in American military history was shot with another Seal over the weekend allegedly at the hands of a PTSDsuffering former Marine who Kyle was trying to help by taking shooting at a gun range—conservatives became incensed over the callous tweets of some on the anti-gun left.

Then Ron Paul opened his mouth and in 140 characters, reminded people why he is such a controversial figure in the first place.

Paul tweeted “Chris Kyle’s death seems to confirm that he

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zling than anything. Although Paul has long opposed American military action, it now appears that he

killing of Chris Kyle were a tragic and sad event. My condolences and prayers go out to Mr. Kyle’s

“Even though Paul’s statements were meant to about the effects of combat on soldiers, the remark was cruel” is confusing the missions that he opposes with the men and women who carry them out.

Unsurprisingly, the comments

family. Unconstitutional and unnecessary wars have endless unintended consequences. A policy of nonviolence, as Christ preached,

find it deplorable that Paul, rather than retracting his earlier statement, invoked God to justify himself.

Even though the statements released by Paul were meant to be a jab at the unfathomable effects that combat has on soldiers, the remark was cruel and Paul should have issued an apology.

Rather than quench any blowback caused by his words, Paul has merely added fuel to the fire and has proceeded to hack off both right and left wing parties.

Even his own son, Senator

Rand Paul, rushed a statement to distance himself from the growing scandal that read, “Chris Kyle was a hero like all Americans who don the uniform to defend our country.

Our prayers are with his family during this tragic time”.

I think that in the end, Ron Paul’s comments only served as a moment of clarity for his most stalwart supporters.

The sentiments that Paul broadcast show a contempt for military men and women that is not in line with what Paul supporters believe about him.

Many of his supporters insist that Paul is the only conservative who has the best interests of American troops at heart, but these unguarded statements from Paul seem to suggest otherwise.

While I do think that Paul is one of very few candid politicians and is a good man at his core, comments like the ones he made are cold and unnecessary.

Let us try and remember that two good men were murdered, and Paul’s tweet served only as an insensitive eulogy to two true American heroes.

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State-Run media If “truth is beauty,” we could model.

Freedom stuck in TU’s paper jam

Printer quota disregards “Freedom Quota.”

With the “Super” Bowl faded into distant and pathetically insignificant memory, sports fans all across the world are raucously dancing around burning cars as they wait with all possible patience for the most staggeringly perfect exhibit of sportsmanship imaginable to the human mind.

The most ultimate game in history, the HyperBowl, is going to change the world.

This year the Unstoppable Forces will be facing the Immovable Objects in the 500th Hyper Bowl, televised globally on February 30th at 5:30 p.m. EST. ESPN 10 commentators expect the game to be clearly dominated by both teams.

There is dispute over whether the game will be settled before the Halftime Showdown—when Beyoncé will be performing—or whether it will be a close contest right up to the end of the Second Coming (which is like the second

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peachment has over a thousand members, and photos of students brandishing 8.5 x 11s have sprung up all over the internet. One junior, who asked that his identity be withheld, said had joined a freeprinting militia. Calling Upham, “anti-Tulsan,” he asked, “What kind of a name is ‘Steadman,’ anyway? Sounds foreign to me.”

Since Upham’s controversial quota, sales of paper have skyrocketed. More troubling still, a blackink market for printing supplies has appeared, where students can buy and sell printers and illegal extra “blanks,” or white sheets of paper, through underground vendors.

One website offered a “Epson NT633 laser equipped automatic, no questions asked,” for $300.

Printing rights advocates have long predicted the formation of this market. “I hate to say I told you so,” said Student Printing Association President Shane LaTierre, “But look, when printing is outlawed, only outlaws will print.”

Already, influential corporations like Hammermill and

Hewlett-Packard are lobbying the administration to have the ban lifted. Printing-rights advocates insist that the ban violates their fundamental rights, saying that print control takes away their ability to defend themselves against slander. “Imagine that a powerful mainstream newspaper like The Collegian publishes something libelous attacking me or my family,” student Andrew Wharton said, “Shouldn’t I have the right to defend myself by printing flyers?”

Since the print ban last month, random acts of rudeness, targeted slanderings and premeditated mockeries have risen by over 300 percent, according to the Campus Crime Watch. Campus Security has been overwhelmed with what one officer called “reams of crime.”

Upham, however, continues to insist that he fully supports the right to print, and Collins Hall recently released an official photo showing the president himself printing several pictures of cats from the Internet.

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Kalen Petersen Since the Upham administration’s controversial choice to implement stricter controls on student printing last month, opposition to the new policies by University of Tulsa printing rights advocates has swelled to a fever pitch.

Angry protesters converged on Collins Hall yesterday, demanding the administration respect their right to print, and waving placards that read “Printers don’t print paper, people print paper.” One demonstrator yelled, “When the government takes away my paper, it’s gonna be 1894 all over again!” a reference to TU’s founding year.

The university’s decision to cap printing at 1,000 pages per student became politically feasible after a string of mass printings in crowded computer labs across campus left dozens of trees dead.

All of these printings were carried out using heavy-duty, office-style printers capable of printing several pages per second with one press of a button. Several were equipped with high-capacity ink cartridges.

The final straw, Upham said, was on Jan. 17, when a mentally ill petroleum engineering student walked into Keplinger Hall and began printing at random, inking over 300 pages of abstracts and research papers in front of horrified students. “It’s time to put a stop to these senseless mass printings once and for all,” Upham said.

Although mass printing sprees have drawn the most attention, print control advocates say that most printings are isolated incidents involving only one or two pages, especially in densely populated academic buildings like Chapman Hall and in poor areas—most notably Zink Hall.

Many of these printings have been described as “black on white.”

Critics of the university’s new policy are numerous. A Facebook page calling for Upham’s im-

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half in that “sport” they call football).

Regardless, commentators agree that the Forces’ man-killing offence, lead by their half-human, half-space ogre quarterback xXSOULcrusherXx, will be obliterated as it tears through the Objects’ defensive line as if it were merely made out of iron.

History may be written at the Super Bowl, but in the eight quarters of the HyperBowl, history is fundamentally altered as the fabric of space-time is torn apart like tissue paper.

After last year’s Hyper Bowl, a coalition of history professors and theoretical physicists petitioned to “please, please, for the love of God and all that is good end this devastating spectacle for the sake of the universe and the human soul.”

However, the coalition ceased their protests after it was offered two tickets on the 50-yard line.

This year’s HyperBowl promises—cross its heart, hope die—to draw over 12 ga-freaking-zillion viewers for the four-week-long “Game of this Millennium and All

Other Millenia”. Advertisers are going to be out in fullest force displaying their absolute best work.

A single thirty-second commercial will cost more dollars than have ever been minted—a price that the Ad-writers’ Guild describe as “a pathetic, paltry sum when considering the unending glory of this most tremendous 500th HyperBowl, and also the key demographics at play.”

Additionally this year the HyperBowl will be beamed from the massively expensive Apple-Walmart-ExxonMobil Orbital Space Arena into deepest space so that alien races can feast upon the pinnacle of human culture.

President Barack Obama will be watching the game, though in a recent press statement he refused to comment on who he was rooting for, for fear of upsetting a delicate political situation in the MiddleEast.

The president will, however, be pulling every last troop out of all U.S. overseas military bases in a pitifully underpowered attempt to minimize post-HyperBowl rioting.

Ladies crazy about State-Run writer—in writer’s dreams Anonymous Admirer Is he yours?

A writer for State Run Media is disappointed with the effects that his job has had on his love life, he said in an interview on Thursday.

The writer, who admits that he only took the job so that women would notice him, hasn’t seen any change in the amount attention he gets from females, even in time for Valentine’s Day. “When I heard about this job, I envisioned myself walking across campus and seeing countless ladies reading my articles and laughing,” he said.

“When they look up from their articles and see me walking, they are overcome with excitement,

throw their papers in the air, and flock to me. ‘Will you sign my paper?’ they say. I look into their eyes and say, slowly, ‘Of course not, you just threw it in the air, I’m not touching it after it’s been on the ground.’”

But, according to the writer, this is not the case. “Apparently women don’t appreciate quality satire writing,” he said, frustrated.

The writer, who lacks even the confidence to reveal his identity in an article like this, would like to let all of the women reading this article that he is available for Valentine’s Day. Even though you don’t know who he is. If you figure it out, though, give him a call.

An anonymous Valentine’s message

To my Valentine: I take pictures of you from far away with my phone. What other eyes could only see as a terrible picture of blurry figure walking across Dietler Commons taken from the patio of McFarlin Library, to me, represent a person.

They represent a mix of feelings I get from just the sight of you.

“Is that her?” I say, with curious anticipation, every time some-

one resembling a woman comes into view. “I can’t tell,” my heart moans.

As the person gets closer, I realize that she is not you. But I know you’ll be there eventually, because I know your schedule. Because I follow you. My heart would follow you to the ends of the earth, and I will certainly follow you to your 1000-level French class, mi amour.

Kim Jong-un’s still got it

Photo courtesy of The Independent, friends of the State-Run Media

Sources report that Kim Jong-Un, Supreme Leader of North Korea and The Onion’s “Sexiest Man Alive” for 2012, still has it goin’ on. Both boyish charm and cuddliness remain intact in the week leading up to Valentine’s Day.

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