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CAMPUS BRIEFS MISHAP FORCES PARKING PERMIT EXCHANGES Freshmen who have not exchanged priority housing parking permits for regular permits will be cited for unauthorized use of permit after failing to meet Friday’s exchange deadline.

“OU Parking Services set a date of Friday, Sept. 4 for students to return the permits; however, a follow-up reminder e-mail was sent on Tuesday, Sept. 8. Students still utilizing the permits [Wednesday] will be given a warning,” Kris Glenn, OU Parking and Transit services spokesman, stated in an e-mail. “Beginning on Sept. 10, students who still are using the permits will be cited for unauthorized use of permit, which is a fine of $125.”

Glenn said in last Wednesday’s edition of The Daily that a computer mishap had allowed 147 freshman to purchase Priority Housing parking permits by mistake.

Parking Services set last Friday at 5 p.m. as the deadline for the freshman to exchange incorrect permits for the correct one.

Glenn stated 22 students have yet to make the exchange, and they now face a citation.

“Students [who] have returned the priority housing parking permits in exchange for the correct housing permits have been incredibly understanding, [for] which OU Parking Services is grateful, as it was an unfortunate situation,” Glenn stated.

-Ricky Maranon/The Daily

CHARITY SEARCHES FOR HOME GAME VOLUNTEERS Cleveland County Habitat for Humanity is looking for 25 to 30 volunteers to sell sports radios at home football games. Live Sports Radio and Sooner Sports Network are allowing Habitat volunteers to attend the Sooner football home games and sell sports radios with proceeds benefiting Habitat for Humanity.

Volunteer shifts will be about six hours and Live Sports Radio will donate a minimum of $1,000 per game to the local Cleveland County Habitat for Humanity chapter.

To volunteer for any home game, call Maui Beinke at 360-7868.

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The University of Oklahoma has the highest number of enrolled per-capita National Merit Scholars at a public university. The University of Texas, which boasts the second highest number, recently announced that they will discontinue their National Merit program.

National Merit Program no longer program, I think Texas will likely continue to university their role is more to provide educaput about the same amount of money toward tion to as many qualified students as possible honored by the Texas university merit-based scholarships,” OU President David instead of being very selective.”

OU, meanwhile, has no plans to discontinue Boren said.

Indeed, the funds previously allocated for their program, said LeeAnn Victery, director of TROY WEATHERFORD The Oklahoma Daily National Merit will be channeled into other OU’s National Scholars program said.

“Because students learn from interacting scholarships at the university, Hegarty said.

“A university must always strike a careful bal- with their peers, the more high-achieving stuNext fall, the University of Texas will disconance between awarding scholarships based on dents we have on campus help motivate other tinue its National Merit Scholarship program.

UT made its decision because scholarships financial need, which should be the highest pri- students to strive for academic excellence,” she awarded under the program were exceeding ority, and still awarding scholarships based on said.

At OU, the National Scholars program prothe money allocated for it, said Kevin Hegarty, merit and academic achievement,” Boren said.

Peter Clarke is a National Merit Scholar and vides a scholarship package, early enrollment, UT’s chief financial officer.

UT students currently receiving the scholar- aerospace engineering senior at Texas. He said specialized academic advising, use of the honship will continue to do so, but no more will be that the National Merit Scholarship was a major ors college and study abroad opportunities, acfactor when he chose a school. cording to the OU National Scholars Web site. awarded, he said.

“Without National Merit Scholarship money “The National Scholars programs office at High school juniors enter the National Merit Scholarship competition by taking the I would probably have chosen a different uni- OU is unique because it is an office designed not only to recruit, but to serve all enrolled National Preliminary SAT. Around one percent of test- versity to attend,” Clarke said.

Although he is disappointed they are ending Merit Scholars until they graduate from OU,” takers earn National Merit Finalist status, acthe scholarship, he understands the change.

Victery said. cording to NationalMerit.org.

“With the present economic situation I unOU has the most freshman National Merit National Merit Scholars at UT were eligible derstand some of the reasons why they are Scholars enrolled per capita among all public for $13,000 over four years under the program.

“Even after dropping their National Scholars doing what they are,” Clarke said. “As a public universities, Victery said.

Crimson and cream beer cans still being sold Anheuser-Busch continues selling cans in school colors despite objections KATHLEEN EVANS The Oklahoma Daily

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GOLD STATUS AWARDED TO OKLAHOMA NSCS CHAPTER The OU chapter of the National Society of Collegiate Scholars was awarded gold status at the NSCS honor gala in Washington, D.C. The NSCS is an honors organization for high-achieving college freshmen and sophomores.

The OU chapter will receive a $250 scholarship and letter to the president of the University of Oklahoma to commemorate attaining gold status.

-JP Brammer/The Daily

CLEVELAND COUNTY STATE FAIR TO OPEN TODAY Looking to do some goat-roping or hop on a crazy carnival ride? Check out the free Cleveland County Fair that starts today and runs through Saturday evening at the Cleveland County Fairgrounds, 615 E. Robinson St. The fair will feature Perry’s Petting Zoo, live music from the Graystone Blue Grass Revival, a meet-and-greet with Miss Oklahoma Taylor Treat and a variety of fair food.

For more information visit the official Cleveland County Fair Web site at http://www.clevelandcountyfair.org/ countyfair.html.

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Anheuser-Busch created Bud Light cans printed with colors associated with several colleges, including OU and Oklahoma State University. The cans have caused much controversy amongst school officials because their appeal promotes drinking.

Despite reports that “Fan Cans” would be pulled from the market, crimson and cream colored Bud Light beer cans from Anheuser-Busch will still be sold in local supermarkets.

The Oklahoman wrote an article in August saying that AnheuserBusch would drop this promotion because of concerns about underage drinking and trademark laws.

“We place great value in the relationships we’ve built with college administrators …” said Carol Clark, vice-president of corporate social responsibility at Anheuser-Busch. “Certain cans are not being made available in communities where organizations had asked us not to offer them.”

However, OU did not use its right to object but only reminded Anheuser-Busch it could not use any OU trademarks or logos on the cans, said Kenneth Mossman, OU athletic department communications director.

“Anheuser-Busch can use any colors they want for their cans,” Mossman said.

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Some freshmen exempt from dorm residency requirements Number of freshmen living off campus doubles NATASHA GOODELL The Oklahoma Daily

The number of freshmen receiving exemptions from OU’s policy requiring them to live in residence halls has more than doubled since the 2007-08 school year.

According to information obtained in an open-records request, OU gave 184 freshmen exemptions in 2007-08. The following school year, 365 freshmen were given exemptions. That number is up to 375 for this year.

“We have noticed that more of the local student population has applied for exemption, with finances being the main reason,” said Lauren Royston, Housing & Food spokeswoman.

Royston said the exemption policy has not changed recently.

The OU Housing Policy says freshmen students under 20 years of age are required to live in a University residence hall their first year, unless the student has earned 24 or more hours of college credit in residence, exemption from this policy is by special permission only.

Brad Marsh, a student assistant at Housing and Food Services, told

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The Daily in July that students living with family members within 50 miles of campus are not required to live in the residence halls.

Zack Blackford, University College freshman, said he was exempt from living on campus this year because he lives within 50 miles of campus at his home.

“Overall, it’s much more convenient, especially financially,” Blackford said.

Blackford said the process for obtaining an exemption for financial reasons and living within 50 miles of campus wasn’t too difficult.

Elizabeth Craig, University College freshman, is also from the

Norman area, but is experiencing her first year of college by living in the residence halls.

“My parents wanted me to live in the dorms,” Craig said. “I didn’t really want to, but they wanted me to get the college experience.”

As a National Merit Scholar, Craig said her tuition is covered, which she said makes living in the residence halls this year affordable enough.

“The convenience of being able to utilize financial aid and work study to off-set living expenses, as well as the close proximity to classes, restaurants and free tutoring keeps students living on campus,” Royston said.

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Cans Continued from page 1 Some think that just having the colors crimson and cream associated with the beverage company is the same as having a logo or trademark.

“Colleges own the rights to their colors,” said Jenna Rader, a lawyer at McAfee and Taft and adjunct professor at the OU law school. “They fall under the realm of intellectual property, which is anything that is intangible, anything like ideas.”

The university has also taken this standpoint and sued companies in the past for using colors in unsupported advertising.

According to an article in April’s edition of AthleticBusiness, OU was one of four universities involved in a lawsuit against an apparel company, Smack, that printed offensive T-shirts in university colors. In this case, OU and the other institutions successfully argued that their school colors did in fact belong to them because they were identifiable with the university.

Mossman said that the case with Anheuser-Busch was different because beer cans could not be construed as being licensed by OU, while apparel, which OU does make, could be.

Since the cans have been sold, students have responded positively.

“It would be fun to drink from a crimson and cream beer can while watching OU play,” senior Liz Stevens said.

“We have a good football team, and a lot of people drink beer at football games. It wouldn’t look like it was promoting OU or underage drinking because Anheuser-Busch is independent of the school.”

The Fan Can program was designed to appear at the same time as football and baseball playoffs, Clark said.

However, the company encourages responsible drinking for those over 21 years of age and does want anyone under 21 to break the law by consuming alcoholic beverages.

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UOSA President Katie Fox, international and area studies junior, speaks Wednesday evening at the dedication of the recently renovated Couch Cafeteria, now known as Couch Restaurants. OU President David Boren, Vice President for Student affairs Clarke Stroud and Director of Housing & Food Dave Annis also spoke at the event.

Republicans prepare for upcoming governor election GOP chairmen hopeful about future of Republican party CAITLIN HARRISON The Oklahoma Daily

After monumental gains for Oklahoma Republicans in last year’s election, the GOP could continue that momentum in 2010 — with a possibility of taking simultaneous control of both the executive and legislative branches of government for the first time in history.

Bob Cleveland, chairman of the Cleveland County Republican Party, said many Oklahomans’ dissatisfaction with President Obama’s administration could increase the chance they will vote for a Republican governor.

“I think that at the national level, if the Democrats keep continuing to do the things they do that’s against the majority of Americans, that they’re going to work themselves out of a job,” Cleveland said. “I think at a national level, the things they will do will help us at a local level.”

The Oklahoma GOP gained control of the House of Representatives for the first time in 80 years in 2004, and the Senate for the first time in state history in 2008.

Democratic Gov. Brad Henry can’t run for a third term because term limiting laws. Among those in the race to replace his spot include Lt. Gov. Jari Askins and Attorney General Drew Edmondson on the Democratic side, and U.S. Rep. Mary Fallin, R-Oklahoma City, and state Sen. Randy Brogdon, R-Owasso, for the Republicans.

Rep. Joe Dorman, D-Rush Springs, said a

Republican governor would change the dy- now and they seem to be a lot more liberal namics of the state government. than what the registered Democrats seem “A lot of it, of course, would depend on the to be representing ... They’re pretty much in individual that wins the race,” Dorman said. line with the Washington folks.”

“You almost certainly would see diminished Karina Henderson, communications digovernment as far as greater tax cuts ... edu- rector for the Oklahoma Democratic Party, cation, health care, roads and bridges.” said she does not agree Oklahomans necesGary Jones, chairman of the Oklahoma sarily classify themselves as conservatives.

Republican Party, said the recent gains “If you talk to most Oklahomans, they for Republicans reflect don’t consider themselves Oklahoma’s ever-strengthenconservative or liberal. I BEST-OF-THREE? ing conservative values. think most of them just “Because of that, people 2004: Republicans take conwant good government,” are saying, which candidate trol of the Oklahoma House of Henderson said. represents my values, and Representatives, for the first time He said Republicans’ more times than not, that in 80 years. state agenda has not candidate’s a Republican,” 2008: Republicans take control helped foster positive Jones said. of the Oklahoma Senate for the changes in the state, which However, Dorman said first time in history. might give Democrats Republicans’ recent expan- 2010: Democratic Gov. Brad an advantage in the 2010 sion of power could simply Henry will be barred from running election. stem from citizens’ frustra- for a third term, because of term “When they reduced tion with government in limits. If a Republican candidate taxes, [it] directly led to our general. wins the governor’s seat, and the economic downturn and “People are not seeing GOP holds on to both chambers the budget shortfall that results. They’re not seeing a of the Oklahoma Legislature, it we’re experiencing right lot of the promises that have will mark the first time in state now,” Henderson said. “I been delivered, really, by ei- history that the Republicans will think it’s going to be a difther party,” Dorman said. “A control those branches of govern- ferent story from now on, lot of citizens are frustrated because they have not dement simultaneously. with both parties.” livered what they set out to Jones said many of the do.” state’s Democratic leaders no longer repreThe Oklahoma Democratic Party is sent the views of Democratic Oklahomans, committed to keeping the governor’s seat who typically identify themselves as Democratic, Henderson said. conservative.

“If the Republicans have control of the “For so many years, Democrat [leaders] Legislature and the governorship, I think it used to take pride in saying they were conser- would be terrible for Oklahoma,” Henderson vative Democrats,” Jones said. “You can see said. “The agenda representatives have what the Democrats represent in Oklahoma pushed in the Legislature has been so far out

of whack with the priorities in our state.”

Jones said the state has changed for the better since Republicans gained control of the House in 2004 primarily because the party better represents the interests of the state.

“So I think what you’ll see of Republicans is trying to run government that is the best answer to the citizens, trying to really define the role of government, whether we should really have a role in their lives,” Jones said.

However, Keith Gaddie, OU political science professor, said that not much has changed since Republicans took control of the Legislature. Republicans did not necessarily achieve the best of outcomes in last spring’s legislative session, either, as many bills never even got a vote, he said.

Nonetheless, Cleveland said he is convinced Republicans will keep up the momentum in next year’s election.

“I think the Republicans, both of our candidates, could beat either one of them,” Cleveland said. “The people of Oklahoma showed what we want when we voted for [Republican presidential candidate Sen. John] McCain, every county in Oklahoma.”

Dorman said he is confident with the gubernatorial candidates on the Democratic side.

But government tends to function better when power is balanced between parties, Dorman said.

“People usually like to see divided government,” Dorman said. “They feel that when one party has too much control, you will see extreme measures pass. In my opinion, a balanced government is a good government.”

—The Associated Press contributed to this report.

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CAMPUS NOTES The Daily draws all entries for Campus Notes from OUDaily. com’s comprehensive, campuswide calendar. To get your event noticed, visit OUDaily.com and fill out our user-friendly form under the calendar link.

TODAY CAREER SERVICES An Interviewing 101 workshop will be held from 1:30 to 2 p.m. in the Oklahoma Memorial Union.

Resume Writing 101 for engineering majors will be held from 1:30 to 2 p.m. in the Union.

Resume Writing 101 for architecture and construction science majors will be held from 3 to 3:30 p.m. at Arch on Main Street.

RELIGIOUS STUDIES AND HISTORY OF SCIENCE The Religious Studies and the History of Science Department will be hosting a presentation from 6:30 to 8 p.m. in Nielsen Hall.

FRIDAY RELIGIOUS STUDIES AND HISTORY OF SCIENCE The Religious Studies and the History of Science Department will be hosting a presentation from 3:30 to 5 p.m. in Nielsen Hall.

POLICE REPORTS The following information is a list of arrests and citations, not convictions. The information is compiled from the Norman Police Department and OUPD. All people listed below are presumed innocent until proven guilty.

PUBLIC INTOXICATION Tyler Graham Albanese, 18, 1616 E. Alameda St., Tuesday Jessica Dawn Nelson, 21, 1616 E. Alameda St., Tuesday, also interfering with official process.

COUNTY WARRANT Kyle Dean Dilbeck, 27, 302 S. Peters Ave., Tuesday Ronald Slade McDermott, 37, 2404 Hunting Horse Trail, Tuesday MUNICIPAL WARRANT Brian Keith Reed, 40, 2500 W. Main St., Tuesday

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Students cope with being away from home Getting involved may make the transition from home easier

getting to go home used to terrify her, but now she finds it exciting to meet so many people.

“Sometimes it can get frustrating because it feels like everyone is from Oklahoma and many of them will be going home on the weekends,” she NATASHA GOODELL The Oklahoma Daily said.

Weyand said it definitely helps to have a good Many out-of-state students spent their Labor phone plan to stay connected with family and Day weekend at OU as they adjusted to life away friends from home, especially during those quiet from home. days on the weekends when everyone is gone.

“It was definitely hard seeing people going “Sometimes I get homesick, but I try to keep home this weekend,” said Trauvello Stevenson, a a good attitude about it because I chose to come University College freshman from out-of-state to get out of my Washington, D.C. “The being “I realize that I’m growing comfort zone and be differalone part didn’t bother me, it up and I need to define ent from staying in state,” she was not getting to go home.” said. myself apart from the Kymber Kincanon, a University Weyand said coming out of College freshman from Holtville, context of my family.” state has been rewarding and Ala., said she hasn’t found it too - KYMBER KINCANON, UNIVERSITY she said she has developed an difficult adjusting to life away appetite to do this more, go to from home because she feels COLLEGE FRESHMAN more places even when she happy here. doesn’t know anyone.

“I realize that I’m growing up and I need to “Learning how to be familiar with things was a define myself apart from the context of my fam- struggle,” said Samantha Fuller, elementary eduily,” Kincanon said. “And if I was going home in- cation sophomore from Diamond Bar, Calif. “And stead of experiencing life here, I’d be missing that being totally out of my comfort zone.” opportunity.”

Fuller said she would advise any out of state stuShe said being away from home does force her dent to get plugged in somewhere on campus. to be on her own, but she said it also helps her to “That way you can get to know people on cambe more independent. pus so you can have people to hang out with on “It’s harder, I think, because you don’t have that the weekends so you don’t feel so alone,” Fuller safety net,” Kincanon said. “It‘s scary not knowing said. “And so it feels a little more comfortable.” what will happen or if you’ll be able to take it.”

Bryan Ray, electrical engineering senior from Kristin Weyand, a petroleum engineering Pennsylvania, said it took him a couple of weeks junior from Georgia, said the thought of never to adjust to being an out-of-state student.

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Two cars were broken into at the Campus Lodge apartments Tuesday. Personal items such as DVDs, credit cards and a wallet were among the items stolen. Items stolen from both cars totaled in value up to almost $100. Three cars were also reported to be vandalized two miles from campus Tuesday. The owners of the vehicles said someone allegedly made multiple marks in the paint of their cars from either a key or a sharp object. Also, a student reported to OUPD Sunday that a bottle had been thrown at his parked car at the Traditions Square West apartment complex causing damage to his car.

Theses robberies and vandalisms make the number of crimes committed on automobiles up to 10 this week. Norman police is investigating the robberies and vandalisms and OUPD is looking into the incident at Traditions West.

A student reported to the OU police Friday that he lost the keys to his car approximately two months ago and said since he lost his keys, he has periodically noticed articles of his property have been removed and missing from his vehicle without his knowledge or permission. Items missing have totaled in value of $163.

WALKER CENTER ROBBERIES OUPD is looking into who stole an “It’s Your Safety” sign from the Walker-Adams Mall area.

The sign is valued at $40 and was stolen Friday afternoon. OUPD is also looking into items stolen from the resident adviser office window in Walker Center. A student reported that items were stolen from the counter Friday afternoon.

Items stolen were valued at $15.

-Ricky Maranon/The Daily

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Kymber Kincanon, University College freshman, smiles Wednesday afternoon in the South Oval.

Kincanon is from out of state.

“I found some people and started hanging out with them, so after the first couple of weeks it didn’t matter,” Ray said.

Ray advises all out-of-state freshmen to hang out with different people to find the group of friends you will enjoy hanging out with the most.

UNIVERSITY HEALTH COVERAGE DEADLINE NEARS The deadline for enrollment in student health insurance is Friday. Current OU students are eligible for the university-sponsored Student Health Insurance Plan. The coverage also applies to dependents and spouses of OU students.

The Student Health Plan offers two plans. Plan I, which OU recommends on its Web site, costs more and provides more coverage. Plan I and Plan II include coverage of some costs at Goddard Health Center and a network of other medical providers that charge reduced rates to students on a Student Health Insurance Plan. A student plan covers certain routine medical care, lab work, prescription drugs, and care for a serious illness, injury, surgery, or a hospital stay.

Registration can be done online and will be billed to a student’s bursar account. Payment for annual and fall-only coverage is due Sept. 25. Other coverage periods are also available. Some eligibility requirements apply. A full guide can be found at hr.ou.edu.

-Kelsey Witten/The Daily

OUR COMMITMENT TO ACCURACY The Daily has a long-standing commitment to serve readers by providing accurate coverage and analysis.

Errors are corrected as they are identified. Readers should bring errors to the attention of the editorial board for further investigation.

Tuesday’s issue of The Oklahoma Daily incorrectly identified that Resume Writing 101 for JMC Majors would be taking place in the Oklahoma Memorial Union. The event was held in the Hall of Fame room in Gaylord Hall.

THIS WEEKEND AT YOUR UNIVERSITY Thursday, Sept. 10

Big Red Rally | 6:30 p.m. at the Gaylord Family Oklahoma Memorial Stadium outdoor practice field. Doors will open at 5:30 p.m. and visitors can enter through the Lindsey Street gates between Asp Avenue and Jenkins Avenue. Presented by the Campus Activities Council.

Free Movie: “The Proposal” | 4, 7, 10 & 12:30 a.m. in Meacham Auditorium, second floor of the Oklahoma Memorial Union. See free screenings of this romantic comedy starring Sandra Bullock and Ryan Reynolds at courtesy of the Union Programming Board and Campus activities Council Film Series.

Intramural Update | Pre-season flag football entries and flag football entries today! For more information visit recservices. ou.edu or call Jonathan Dewhirst, (405) 325-3053.

Art “à la CART” | 6-9 p.m. at the Fred Jones Jr. Museum of Art. Enjoy hands-on art activities, live music, independent film and refreshments with Art à la CART!. Visit www.ou.edu/fjjma for more information.

Mid-Day Music | Noon in the Oklahoma Memorial Union Food Court featuring Jon Abney. Presented by the Union Programming Board.

FREE Foam Party | 8 p.m.-midnight on the third floor of the Oklahoma Memorial Union parking garage. Come and enjoy one of the Union Programming Board’s most unique events of the year for only $2! It’s pretty simple: we provide the DJ and the foam, you and your friends provide the party. MUST BE AN OU STUDENT with a VALID OU ID to enter. Dress to get wet, not impress. There’s ALWAYS SOMETHING at the union. Visit www.ou.edu/upb for more information.

Accounting Career Fair | 3-5:30 p.m. in the Molly Shi Boren Ballroom, Oklahoma Memorial Union.

Masala Concert Series: Karnatak Classical Music of South India | 8 p.m. in Sharp Concert Hall, Catlett Music Center. Tickets are $8 for adults and $5 for students, faculty/staff and senior adults. Please call the Box Office at (405) 325-4101 for more information.

Friday, Sept. 11 EA Sports: Grand Slam Tennis Demo | 11 a.m.-1 p.m. in Crossroads Lounge, Oklahoma Memorial Union. Come and demo the new EA Sports NCAA Football and get some free giveaways. Presented by EA Sports and The Union Programming Board.

Guess-The-Score | 11:30 a.m. in the union food court. Think you know Sooner Football? Prove it at the Union Programming Board’s pregame predictions for a chance to win great prizes. Play every Friday during football season to earn points and increase your chances of winning. There’s ALWAYS SOMETHING at the union!

Spirit Red: Visions of Native American Artists | View pieces from the Rennard Strickland Collection now through September 13 in the Sandy Bell Gallery, Fred Jones Jr. Museum of Art.

Student Success Series: Preparing and Recovering from Tests | 3:30 p.m. in Wagner Hall 245. Presented by University College!

Union Jazz Lounge | 8 p.m. in Beaird Lounge, Oklahoma Memorial Union. Come to the Union programming Board’s Union Jazz Lounge series and enjoy great music and free food in a relaxed atmosphere. Featured artists are Kyle Reid and the Anthony Nagid Trio. There’s ALWAYS SOMETHING at the union.

Visit www.ou.edu/upb for more information.

Saturday, Sept. 12 Sooner Football: OU vs. Idaho State | 6 p.m. in the Gaylord Family Oklahoma Memorial Stadium. Visit soonersports.com for ticket information.

OU vs. Idaho State Watch Party | 6 p.m. in Meacham Auditorium, Oklahoma Memorial Union. Don’t have tickets? Come and see the game for FREE on the big screen in Meacham. Presented by the Union Programming Board.

Sunday, Sept. 13

Israeli Film Series: “Someone to Run With” |5 p.m. in Meacham Auditorium, Oklahoma Memorial Union. Presented by Hillel, Sooners for Israel, the Other Film Club and the Judaic and Israel Studies Program.

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Thursday, September 10, 2009

COMMENT OF THE DAY »

Will Holland, opinion editor dailyopinion@ou.edu • phone: 325-7630 • fax: 325-6051

In response to Jelani Sims’ Wednesday column, “‘Can someone be religious and still practice religious studies?’”

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OUR VIEW

Living in dorms a rite of passage This year OU has granted more first-year students permission to live off campus for financial reasons (see page 1 for details).

We applaud OU’s willingness to let students live somewhere other than the dorms, because, as America wades through a full-fledged recession, many students are likely trying to save money in any way possible. And one of these ways may be living at home during college.

OU is also dealing with the effects of this recession, and it may not be in the university’s best interest financially to grant permission for an increased number of students to live off campus.

But OU has done this, and although it may not be what’s best for the university, it is what’s best for many of OU’s students.

That said, we think any first-year student who can afford to live in the dorms, should. It’s a rite of passage that no person should graduate without having

experienced.

We know the dorm rooms are tiny and for many students this is the first time they have to share a bathroom with three or more complete strangers. But due to this small living space, it is inevitable that each student gets to know at least a few of his or her peers really well. Maybe they won’t always like those they are forced to get to know, but, like we said, it’s a rite of passage.

For many, this one year will be the only time in their lives during which they have to take an elevator to their room, will be kept awake some nights by blaring music or will have to cram all their clothes into a cabinet.

But that’s what living in the dorms is all about.

When many think back on college, they remember their freshman year. It essentially is the college experience. And living in the dorms is essential to this experience.

“‘I plan on sharing my faith with others throughout life, considering that is what my faith demands, and I want to be educated and well versed in the worldviews and religions I might encounter through others as I am sharing my faith.’

Sounds like Mr. Sims is doing Religious Studies for the same reason that elite members of the military study human anatomy.”

-oumotorcyclist

STAFF CARTOON

Benjamin Poynter is an art and filmmaking junior.

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

CORRECTION: IN WEDNESDAY’S OUR VIEW, WE INCORRECTLY ATTRIBUTED GREEN WEEK TO THE ADMINISTRATION OF OU. GREEN WEEK IS ACTUALLY ORGANIZED BY STUDENT CONGRESS, AND ITS OFFICIAL NAME IS “STUDENT CONGRESS PRESENTS GREEN WEEK (YEAR).”

STAFF COLUMN

File sharing system could solve piracy problem College students everywhere coercing internet service providers are mourning the tragic, soon-to- (ISPs) into providing the identity be loss of the Pirate Bay, an online of individual pirates, and they’ve file sharing legend that has recently disproportionately handed out come under some insurmountable punishment to a few users, many legal scrutiny. of which were not even aware that For many college students, this they were pirating. may signal a change to a Yet, the goal is not to more respectable, legal abolish file sharing; the lifestyle, but for countless current mechanisms that others it will simply mean are in place to distribute subscribing to a different software, music and movWeb site, located in some ies are pivotal to the creother remote European ation of a compendium country with other servof digital information. As ers and even more inscruis frequently proclaimed, table legal policy (cough, EVAN file sharing is a crucial Mininova). tool that may result in the DEFILIPPIS But this article was not construction of a modern meant as a lecture on the “Library of Alexandria.” morality of piracy, and it was not To believe the RIAA’s claims, meant to browbeat pirates into be- that piracy is going to devastate coming upstanding citizens. the music industry as a whole, is to On the contrary, I believe that believe that home cooking would there is merit in piracy; that art- have destroyed the restaurant inists, programmers and directors dustry. There will always be music, can all collectively benefit from the and there will always be file sharvast peer-to-peer networks that ing. The only question is how to exist now and that a balance can strike a balance. be struck between users and proSo what’s the solution? How viders as long as policy makers are do we prevent the entertainment willing to listen to some progres- industry from stifling innovation, sive solutions. bottlenecking our legal system with What must be understood is that outrageous suits and suppressfile sharing is utterly inevitable: ing economic growth? How do we enormous lawsuits have been un- ensure that artists are fairly given a able to deter users. Hobbyist pro- cut of the profit for the fruits of their grammers will continue to dedi- labor? And how do we ensure that cate free time to ‘cracking’ and dis- no innocent individuals are caught tributing illegal copies of software, in the crossfire for legitimately and as technology develops the using file sharing services? ability to share anonymously will The solution lies in a proposal ensure that not even the Recording advocated by “digital freedom”Industry Association of America promoting nonprofits such as will be able to detect pirates. the Electronic Freedom Frontier, The endless streams of dona- Voluntary Collective Licensing. tions that are given to file sharThe idea is simple: Music indusing Web sites by loyal users are tries (or any other industries that indicative of the demand for such wish to be involved) aggregate to services: people aren’t going to create a “collecting society,” which change their unlawful habits any would offer its services to users time soon. for a reasonable fee of $5 to 10 a What’s worse is that the RIAA, month. despite suing over 20,000 music Given that six million users curand movie fans, has not made a sin- rently pirate music, the revenue gle cent for artists. Instead, they’ve stream would be massive, and infringed upon digital privacy by because all this is a purely digital

endeavor, savings could be made on advertising, CD creation, shipping, etc.

In return, users are able to freely share music to anyone they please without fear of legal reprimand.

The money collected monthly would be allocated to the artists depending on the popularity of the music. The more that people share, the more the respective artists get paid. It should be noted that this concept is not without precedent.

During the advent of the radio, the same opposition by music industries was formed in response to the broadcasting of music.

However, the “collecting societies” model soon proved to be incredibly effective — small segments of the population could be exposed to music they had never considered, artists were compensated fairly and were not obliged to license their music to any radio station with which they disagreed, and all of this could be provided without long-winded legal battles.

Further, independent artists could distribute their music without having to sign on with financially draining record labels. The equal-footing competition provided by this digital platform would incentivize the development of better sharing programs, more sophisticated networks and greater quality products.

ISPs could even encourage this process by offering a file sharing package with the purchase of its service.

What must be taken from this article is that the system is fundamentally flawed and must be changed.

You can’t blame the players for a game that encourages abuse.

I encourage students to research for themselves about Voluntary Collective Licensing, to support the Electronic Freedom Frontier, and to steal, modify, share and distribute these ideas.

Until then, pirates, argggh!

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LeighAnne Manwarren Jacqueline Clews Annelise Russell Cassie Rhea Little Judy Gibbs Robinson Thad Baker

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I would like to assure Kyle West that he was a lot safer on the streets of 23rd Ave. N.E. at 2:30 a.m. than I was as a black student in Norman back in the ‘60s. In fact, Norman was a “Sundown Town.”

Kyle’s uninformed whiteness perpetuates the lies that have always been used to justify misunderstanding and mistreatment of black people. I’m glad he faced his fears in search of the best fried chicken in Oklahoma, but it is clear he has a way to go to overcome his bigotry.

It’s a problem he unfortunately shares with more than a few Oklahomans as evidenced by our last presidential election. The present climate of hate in America is as pervasive in this country as it was in the days of my youth in the ‘60s when we watched black people young and old, male and female, being beat up, strung up, bombed, murdered, shot, assaulted, insulted and arrested every single night on television. I worry, as I drive around Oklahoma City on my appointed rounds, about an anonymous bullet being fired into my car which boldly sports my Obama endorsement.

Likening himself and his “faithful” friends to potential victims on a lion-filled savanna was a real stretch of Kyle’s imagination.

If anybody is being hunted down in America, it is black people.

I have been able to consider American life from the perspective of living outside the United States. I have left the forest and been able to look back and see the trees. Life in America for black people has improved in some respects, but legal racism and miseducation continue to keep us corralled and limited in our access to the American dream. The complexities behind the rise of gangs, guns, drugs, incarcerations, etc., are the visible evidence of an insidious evil in the greater society, Kyle partially redeems himself with his revelation as he sat on the Capitol steps that there was more corruption inside its walls than in the parking lot of Bobo’s. If his young, naive brain only knew the profundity of that statement. I can only hope he won’t grow up and become part of the problem rather than the solution.

Bryn Bacy Robinson OU alumna

To whom it may concern, I recently read your article, and I can only say that I am completely appalled at the racist nature of this article. Not only was it written, it was approved and printed. Was this article meant to be a review of the chicken place, an editorial on the safety of an area of the city, a lesson in ignorance?

I’m not sure what you were trying to accomplish with this. All this seems to have done is given more credence to the fact that Oklahoma is still very racist.

If the intent was to review the food, that is simply what the article should have been about. If the writer was so afraid of the area, why would he not go to the place at 7 p.m. when there was plenty of day light left outside?

Secondly, why would he go to the place at 2:30 a.m. when that is clearly a time when there would be a plethora of people leaving night clubs who may or may not have been drinking, etc.? What in the world do chicken wings have to do with gang bangers?

There are tons of crimes every day in this state, and they do not all happen by gang bangers wanting chicken. Try Edmond, the south side of Oklahoma City, Norman or wherever you decide to stop your car. There are plenty of doctors and lawyers and everyday folks killing and committing crimes.

Please do not give this writer a passing grade. The only thing he has succeeded in doing is perpetuating more prejudice, hate and misconceptions about a group of people or an area in Oklahoma.

We have plenty of that already, and we don’t need anymore!

Felisha Anderson senior application system administrator

Evan DeFilippis is a political science, psychology and economics sophomore.

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MONEY GURU GETS RICH MIXING FAITH, FUNDS BRENTWOOD, Tenn. — With the economy gasping for life last spring, about 1.3 million people gathered in 5,600 churches nationwide to behold the nation’s leading prophet of personal finance.

Televised live from a church in Edmond, Dave Ramsey’s infomercial-style “Town Hall for Hope” was a masterful mix of inspiration, humor, advice, marketing and the Bible from a man dressed in jeans, dark jacket and an open-collar shirt.

“Hope is a gift of the Holy Spirit,” Ramsey told a nationwide audience that included the Fox Business Network, available in 50 million homes. Later: “The Bible says the diligent prosper.”

At its core, the 90-minute show was a millionaire preaching to a struggling flock, and it raised anew the question of whether Ramsey’s hugely profitable, tax-paying business — which he describes as a ministry — fits with Jesus’ teachings.

It’s a question John Hoffman began asking as he immersed himself in Ramsey’s financial lessons for months. He listened on the radio, bought books, took Ramsey’s financial management course at a church and paid for a $10-a-month subscription to his Web site.

Hoffman came away from it all feeling like Ramsey’s intermingling of faith and finances was some sort of unholy alliance.

“It’s not a ministry. To me, it’s an insult to the word,” said Hoffman, who lives near Logan, Kan. “It would be nice if it got out of the churches and got into the mainstream.”

Ramsey doesn’t deny mixing religion and business, and he doesn’t apologize for getting rich doing it, either. Business is a ministry, he says, and good ones prosper by serving people the way God wants them to.

AP PHOTO/JOSH ANDERSON

Financial guru Dave Ramsey is seen in his broadcasting studio in Brentwood, Tenn., July 29. Ramsey doesn’t deny mixing religion and business, and he doesn’t apologize for getting rich doing it, either.

“Worship is work-ship, so I don’t separate work from ministry,” Ramsey said recently at his headquarters in suburban Nashville, where he does his syndicated radio and cable TV shows. Bible verses, crosses and photos of Ramsey decorate the building.

In the beginning, as now, Ramsey’s refrain was similar to the financial teachings of John Wesley, who started the Methodist movement more than 200 years ago: Earn all you can, save all you can, give away all you can.

Ramsey added a modern injunction to Jesus’ teachings about not being a slave to money or possessions: Ditch your credit cards and pay cash. Callers to his radio

show scream “I’m debt free!” after paying off loans and Ramsey cuts up credit cards on his TV program.

Almost 4.5 million people listen to Ramsey on the radio each week; millions more watch his show on Fox Business or have read his best-selling books. Disciples — and they are legion — know his no-credit mantra and inspiring, riches-to-rags-to even more riches story.

It’s all a bit much for some of the faithful, such as T.J. Graff of Queen Creek, Ariz., a self-described “firm believer” in Ramsey’s basic financial ideas about living within your means. Graff was shocked to see Ramsey charge $5,100 for a three-day seminar for small businesses.

“It was a way to make money instead of deliver a message,” said Graff, whose Internet-based business sells truck supplies. “I think it’s no different than the money changers in the temple if you want to go biblical.”

There was a time when few would have paid for financial advice from Ramsey, 48.

A broker with real estate investments worth some $4 million by age 26, Ramsey was forced to file for bankruptcy protection after lenders called his short-term debt.

He was soon offering financial counseling at church as a Sunday school lesson with a simple message at its core: Don’t spend more than you have.

Using a biblical Greek word for light as the name of his company, Ramsey founded the Lampo Group, Inc. in 1991 to offer one-on-one financial counseling. His signature course, Financial Peace University, had reached about 10,000 people by 1999, and the business exploded in 2001 when he created a department inside Lampo Group specifically to arrange courses through churches.

Today, more than 750,000 families have enrolled in Ramsey’s DVD-based classes, many of which are still taught in churches and typically cost $99. Ramsey says people often won’t complete the course if they don’t pay for it.

Erin-Leigh Patterson, 24, took a couple of extra baby-sitting jobs to afford Ramsey’s course at a church in Atlanta and said she feels more in control of her finances.

“I don’t mind that he’s wealthy,” said Patterson, who works for a fair-trade coffee company. “If he did it without debt, I want to learn from him.”

—AP

STATE BRIEFS CANDIDATES NARROWED FOR HOUSE SEAT

REPORT RELEASED ON TULSA PLANE CRASH

MAN SENTENCED FOR TRYING TO KILL AILING WIFE

A retired agriculture teacher and a former bank president will face each other in the race for a vacant legislative seat in western Oklahoma.

Democrat Larry Peck and Republican Todd Russ both won their respective primary elections Tuesday and will face off in a general election Oct. 13 to see who represents House District 55.

The seat that covers portions of Caddo, Canadian, Kiowa and Washita counties was held by Democrat Ryan McMullen. McMullen resigned this summer to accept a federal agriculture post.

The 52-year-old Peck recently retired as an agriculture education instructor and FFA adviser at Sentinel High School. Russ is 48 and a member of the Cordell City Council and is past president of Washita State Bank in Burns Flat.

A preliminary report by federal investigators says a small plane that crashed in a Tulsa park clipped a radio tower’s steel guy wire before slamming into the ground and bursting into flames.

All five on board were killed in the Saturday morning crash.

The National Transportation Safety Board released its preliminary report on the crash Wednesday.

The report says the six-passenger Piper PA-32 was on its way to Dallas from nearby Jones Riverside Airport in Tulsa when it crashed in foggy conditions at 10:42 a.m.

Killed in the crash were pilot Dr. Stephen Lester, his wife Dana;,daughters Laura, 16, and Christina, 13, and Dr. Ken Veteto.

The group was traveling to watch the University of Oklahoma football game against BYU in Arlington, Texas.

A Midwest City man has been sentenced to 20 years in prison after admitting to trying to kill his longtime ailing wife in a failed mercy killing.

Sixty-year-old Thomas Garrett admitted shooting 55-year-old Cynthia Garrett Dec. 9 after picking her up from a hospital.

He told police his wife had been ill with several chronic diseases and he wanted to kill her to put her out of her misery.

He also told police they had been evicted from their house because of financial problems and he had not told his wife.

He shot her while pretending to drive to their home.

Cynthia Garrett testified during a preliminary hearing that the shooting left her paralyzed from the waist down but she said she isn’t angry with her husband and still loves him.

—AP

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GRASS TO BE GREENER ON NATIONAL MALL WASHINGTON — Frustrated with poor maintenance by the federal government, the group that built the Vietnam War memorial is aiming to improve its little corner of the National Mall by taking over lawn care for 13.5 acres marred by weeds, moss and brown spots.

Officials with the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Fund said they were moved to act after reading an Associated Press investigative story on the lack of federal money for the mall, despite needed urgent repairs to the area known as “America’s front yard.”

The AP’s story in July analyzed congressional spending since 2005 and found the mall has been at a disadvantage in competing for millions of dollars in extra funds doled out by lawmakers, compared with sites that are represented by powerful members of Congress. The entire mall, covering some 650 acres, is in the District of Columbia, which has no vote in the House or Senate.

Lawmakers frequently direct money to projects back home, but even as the problems became obvious at the National Mall — including the seawall visibly sinking in front of Thomas Jefferson’s memorial — Congress killed a bill last year that would have funded repairs. In January, lawmakers nixed $200 million in proposed stimulus funding for the mall.

The private Vietnam veterans group plans to spend $96,000 in the coming months to repair a broken irrigation system and provide weed treatment, fertilization, aeration and other work. The group, which is working with the

National Park Service to make sure the improvements adhere to the agency’s specifications, intends to continue maintaining the grass in the long term, Fund President Jan C. Scruggs told The Associated Press on Wednesday.

Repairs to the irrigation system are scheduled to begin Thursday.

One prominent Vietnam veteran involved with the fund, Texas businessman Peter Holt, who owns the NBA’s San Antonio Spurs, remembers noticing problems when he spoke at a Memorial Day event at the monument this year.

It had been years since he had visited the wall.

“I made just a passing comment: ‘Gee, it doesn’t look too good around here,’” said Holt, who chairs the fund’s campaign to raise money for a planned education center to be built on the mall.

“I thought maybe it was because of a drought.”

Scruggs said he and Holt realized they needed to act if they wanted the grass to be improved any time soon.

“He said, ‘Look, why don’t we fix our corner? That way we can set the standard for the mall,’” Scruggs said.

“Americans — we don’t wait for the government to take care of things.”

Scruggs said he hoped the effort might inspire other groups to take over lawn care elsewhere on the mall.

The Vietnam group will get some help improving the mall when an animal waste removal business, DoodyCalls, will have 15 operators from the Washington area sweeping the area Thursday.

DoodyCalls said it, too, was

AP PHOTO

Marlyn D. Bowman, a landscape gardener with the National Park Service, cuts back the grass from the top of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington. The Vietnam Veterans Memorial announced Wednesday Sept. 9, 2009 that they will be taking over lawn care for 13.5 acres of the National Mall around the monument. prompted to help out because of the media coverage of the mall’s conditions.

The veterans memorial fund could someday expand its own effort to encompass the area around the nearby reflecting pool, which is lined with bare, compacted earth instead of grass, he said.

The park service, which will continue mowing in the area, welcomes the effort, spokesman Bill Line said.

The National Mall did recently receive some stimulus money, and

officials hope to soon start major renovation of the Lincoln Memorial grounds and reflecting pool, as well as repairs to the sinking seawall in front of the Jefferson Memorial.

The Trust for the National Mall, a fundraising group founded in 2007, is in discussions with the Vietnam memorial fund about contributing to the future maintenance of the 13.5 acres, trust President Caroline Cunningham said. She called the project “a great test case” for public-private cooperation on the mall.

“They have an energized group of constituents,” she said of the memorial fund. “The project is very manageable in terms of cost.”

Scruggs said the quality of the grass conveys a message to those who visit the monuments.

“Good grass visually has an impact on people,” Scruggs said in an e-mail. “Places like governors mansions, the White House, corporate headquarters, the American cemetery at Normandy have impeccable grass.”

—AP

Nonprofit law group sues U.S. in Cuban 5 spy case MIAMI — A nonprofit law group on Wednesday sued the U.S. government, demanding more information about contracts the government had with journalists it paid while they were reporting on the prosecution of five Cuban intelligence agents in Miami.

The lawsuit filed by the Partnership for Civil Justice Fund in Washington argues the U.S. government’s Office of Cuba Broadcasting may have gotten around federal law against domestic propaganda.

It maintains that more than a dozen journalists who covered the seven-month Cuban spy trial in Miami, which began in November 2000, also contributed on a freelance basis to the U.S. governments’ Radio and TV Marti broadcasts beamed into Cuba that were highly critical of the five. The articles written by those journalists for Miami area media outlets were also highly critical of the defendants.

The Committee to Free the Cuban Five, dispute that they were paid during that pea nonprofit group, says the media contrib- riod to report for TV and Radio Marti. uted to an extremely charged atmosphere “We’re not talking about people who in Miami and may have swayed the jury were anchors on TV Marti, we’re talking against the men. The law about journalists who put group in Washington is “We’re not talking about forward that they were insuing on behalf of the dependent,” said people who were anchors on Committee.

Tish King, a spokeswomA t t o r n e y M a r a TV Marti, we’re talking about an for the Broadcasting Verheyden-Hilliard called journalists who put forward Board of Governors in it problematic that the govWashington, said the ernment was both pros- that they were independent.” board had not yet seen ecuting the case against the lawsuit and could not the intelligence agents and comment directly on it. paying journalists though MARA VERHEYDEN-HILLIARD, ATTORNEY But King said that Radio its “propaganda arm” who and TV Marti “provide were also covering the trial fact-based information for for local newspaper, TV and radio stations. an audience in Cuba” and disputed the deVerheyden-Hilliard said she had no evi- piction of them as U.S. government propadence that the journalists were paid by the ganda outlets. federal government for the reports they She also said the board regularly received did for local news outlets. But there is no Freedom of Information Act requests for

information on its contracts and programs and complies with them. However, the Committee for the Cuban Five said it had already tried and failed to get the information it sought through a Freedom of Information Act request.

A message left for the Office of Cuba Broadcasting in Miami was not immediately returned Wednesday afternoon.

The five were convicted in 2001 of being unregistered foreign agents. Three were also found guilty of conspiracy to obtain military secrets and one was convicted of murder conspiracy. Their supporters maintain they did not receive a fair trial because of strong anti-Castro sentiment in Miami. The men have been lionized in Cuba.

The U.S. Supreme Court recently refused to hear their case but three members of the group will be resentenced in October and could see their sentences reduced.

—AP

New York Times reporter freed as situation worsened NEW YORK — A New York Times reporter taken hostage in Afghanistan and rescued by British commandos Wednesday told his editors that the situation in the Taliban hide-out where he was held was had been growing more ominous.

Stephen Farrell and his translator were taken hostage Saturday in the northern province of Kunduz when they went to cover a German-ordered airstrike of two hijacked fuel tankers. The bombing, carried out by U.S. jets, caused a number of civilian casualties.

British commandos carried out a raid to free him early Wednesday; the translator and a British commando were killed.

Times Executive Editor Bill Keller said he had understood from the military that they did not intend to conduct a raid unless the situation turned “particularly menacing, and they had actionable intelligence and a high probability of success.”

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Keller said he doesn’t know what triggered the decision to carry out the raid, but that Farrell told him the situation had been growing worse.

“It’s entirely possible that the Allied forces picked up on a plan either to move the hostages or to do something with them,” Keller said Wednesday.

The translator, Sultan Munadi was killed in the firefight, said a spokesman for the Kunduz governor. A British defense official said he couldn’t rule out the possibility Munadi, 34, was killed by British gunfire.

Keller said the Times was grateful Farrell was alive, but saddened by the deaths of Munadi and the commando. He said he would not second-guess the military’s decision to take action.

“I don’t know enough about what intelligence they had,” he said.

Another Times reporter and an Afghan colleague were kidnapped in November near Kabul and later taken to Pakistan. The men, David Rohde and Tahir Ludin, escaped

seven months later.

Keller said the Times had done a review of security protocols after the Rohde kidnapping, but that another review would be undertaken.

Covering Afghanistan carries risks for journalists, but it’s a story that needs to be told, said Joel Simon, executive director of the Committee to Protect Journalists.

“This is huge story of tremendous international significance and the media has an obligation to the best of its ability to cover it,” he said. “The question becomes, how do you do that safely?”

He said many of the reporters working in the area are experienced, having spent time in Iraq. He said they are constantly assessing the risks and weighing what kind of acceptable chances they can take in their efforts to cover stories.

“The reporters on the ground are in the best position in most circumstances to make those judgments,” he said.

—AP

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HIJACKED MEXICAN PLANE AFTER ‘REVELATION’ MEXICO CITY — A Bolivian religious fanatic briefly hijacked a jetliner from the beach resort of Cancun as it landed in Mexico City Wednesday, police said. All passengers and the crew were released unharmed.

The Bible-carrying hijacker used a juice can he said was a bomb to hold the 103 passengers and crew on the tarmac for more than an hour. Masked police stormed the aircraft with their guns drawn and escorted several handcuffed men away without firing a shot. Police later said there was only one hijacker.

Jose Flores, 44, told investigators he hijacked Aeromexico Flight 576 after a divine revelation, according to Public Safety Secretary Genaro Garcia Luna. Flores said Wednesday’s date — 9-9-09 — is the satanic number 666 turned upside down.

Flores, speaking to reporters after he was detained, said he took control of the aircraft with “a juice can with some little lights I attached.� “Christ is coming soon,� he added, smiling.

As the plane was landing, Flores stood up and showed his contraption to a flight attendant, saying he and three others were hijacking the plane, Garcia Luna said.

Flores later told police his three companions were “the Father, the Son, and the Holy Ghost.�

He ordered the pilot to circle over Mexico City seven times and asked to speak with Mexican President Felipe Calderon, saying he wanted to warn him of an

AP PHOTO

Jose Flores, 44, of Bolivia, left, arrives in handcuffs after being arrest before a presentation to the press as Mexico’s Secretary of Public Safety Genaro Garcia Luna, right, leaves after giving a news conference at the Federal Police hanger in Mexico City’s airport Wednesday. impending earthquake, Garcia Luna said.

Garcia Luna said Flores is a drug addict who was convicted of armed robbery in Bolivia, and has lived in Mexico for 17 years. Flores described himself as a pastor in southern Oaxaca state who had gone to Cancun to preach.

He is also a Christian music singer who in videos posted on YouTube sings of leaving drugs and finding God. “I was in jail, I was a despicable drug addict, but Christ freed me a

few years ago,� Flores sings along with recorded norteno music to a crowded stadium.

In other videos, Flores, who goes by the stage name Josmar, is seen playing with nunchackus and shooting a coin he tosses in the air.

At the Uncionmusic Web site, a Christian music distributor based in Oakland that sells Flores’ music on the Internet, he is described as “an international evangelist with a shocking testimony on how God rescued him after his family sent

him from Bolivia to Mexico City on a one-way ticket ... because of his addiction to cocaine and alcohol.�

Saul Bueno, of Uncionmusic, said that he doesn’t personally know Flores and that his music has sold poorly since they began offering his CDs two years ago. “As a Christian I think about what was going through his mind, because that’s not the way to get attention,� Bueno said.

The attorney general’s office said it was opening an investigation

into terrorism and kidnapping.

U.S., French and Mexican citizens were among the passengers, according to a U.S. official in Washington who was briefed on the situation. The official was not authorized to discuss the case and spoke on condition of anonymity.

A U.S. Embassay spokesman said at least 14 U.S. citizens were on the plane and they were being interviewed by Mexican authorities at the airport.

Passenger Rocio Garcia told the Televisa network that the pilot made an announcement after landing in Mexico City that the airplane was being hijacked. “These were scary moments,� she said.

Passengers said the hijacker stayed in his seat throughout the incident and the pilot came back from the cockpit to negotiate with him.

Mexican officials negotiated the release of women and children through the pilot before sending in the police. The plane was isolated at the end of a runway in an area designed for emergencies and the airport remained open.

The most recent hijacking attempt in the Americas occurred April 19, when a man with a handgun tried to commandeer a Canadian jetliner in Jamaica.

The standoff ended before takeoff at Montego Bay’s airport when military commandos burst onto the plane and disarmed the man, who was described as “mentally challenged.� —AP

Somali president plans tour of U.S. communities COLUMBUS, Ohio — The newly elected president of Somalia is planning a tour of U.S. communities with large Somali populations this fall in hopes of spreading the word about his country’s problems and getting advice for solving some of them.

Elmi Duale, Somalia’s United Nations ambassador and permanent representative, told The Associated Press Wednesday that Sheik Sharif Sheik Ahmed wants to visit communities in Minneapolis, Columbus and suburban Washington, D.C. Ahmed plans the tour after attending the United Nations General Assembly at the end of September, Duale said. He had no details on dates.

Thousands of Somalis have come to the United States in the two decades since civil war began tearing their country apart in the early 1990s. The country has not had a functioning central government since about 1991.

Ahmed sees the visit as a “two-way channel,� Duale said, a chance to tell Somalis in the United States about the situation at home and a way of reminding them they can help. “It’s a way of showing the Somalis in diaspora the homeland considers them still part and parcel of the community, and they have responsibilities to help and assist,� he said.

Ahmed’s visit comes as a federal investigation continues into the return to Somalia of several young Somalis from the Minneapolis area, apparently to join a terrorist jihad back home.

At least three have died, including one who authorities believe is the first American suicide bomber. Three others have pleaded guilty in the U.S. to terrorism-related charges.

Abdirizak Bihi, a Somali activist in Minneapolis, said he hopes Ahmed will talk about efforts by the al-Shabab terrorist group to recruit youths. “To hear him ... publicly denounce this group and its supporters will be very important in educating us about the recruitment,� said Bihi, uncle to a Minneapolis man killed in Somalia.

Bihi estimates Somalis in Minneapolis send home $1 billion annually.

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January and hopes to unite the country’s feuding factions, but violence has continued.

The U.N. said last month that Somalia is facing its worst humanitarian crisis in 18 years, with more than half the population needing humanitarian aid amid an escalating crisis.

Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton met with Ahmed in early August at the U.S. embassy in Kenya during a seven-nation African tour. After the meeting, she pledged to expand American support for Somalia’s weak interim government and threatened sanctions against neighboring Eritrea for aiding an extremist group she said was trying to launch worldwide terrorist attacks from Somalia.

Ahmed’s visit could help shore up his support at home if he meets with as many Somalis as possible from several tribes, said Mahdi Taakilo, publisher of a Somali newspaper in Columbus.

Somalis left with a favorable impression of Ahmed here will quickly tell their relatives back home about the president and urge their support, Taakilo said.

Duale said that he didn’t know what Ahmed might talk about but that anyone is free to ask the president questions. “If they ask him, he will answer,� Duale said.

Census data show as many as 100,000 people of Somali ancestry living in the United States in 2007, with the majority, up to 35,000, in and around Minneapolis.

The census figures show as many as 5,000 in and around Washington and as many as 7,000 in Columbus. Local Somali leaders in Columbus estimate far higher numbers. —AP

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This photo taken Aug. 6, 2009, shows Somali President Sheik Sharif Sheik Ahmed at a news conference at the U.S. Embassy in Nairobi, Kenya. Ahmed will visit communities in suburban Washington, D.C., Minneapolis and Columbus, Ohio following his attendance at the United Nations General Assembly at the end of September.

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SC House Republicans call on governor to resign COLUMBIA, S.C. — Sixty-one South Carolina House Republicans asked Gov. Mark Sanford to resign Wednesday, questioning his ability to lead the state since his unannounced summertime trip to see a mistress in Argentina and investigations of his state and private travel that followed. “Your decision to abandon our state for five days, with no defined order of succession and with no known way to contact you, is inexcusable,� said a letter from the lawmakers signed by House Majority Leader Kenny Bingham.

The letter, which listed the names of 59 other lawmakers, came a day after the House speaker issued a similar call. Any move to impeach the GOP governor would begin in the House, which has 72 Republicans, 51 Democrats and one empty seat. Bingham’s office said an additional member joined the effort after the letter landed on Sanford’s desk.

The chamber’s Democratic leader, Rep. Harry Ott, D-St. Matthews, has said his caucus will discuss the governor next month. Columbia Democratic Rep. James Smith, who is working with Democrats and Republicans on an impeachment resolution, said there is sufficient support for the measure to get the 83 votes — a twothirds majority — it would need to pass the House.

If an impeachment bill were to pass, state senators would serve as jurors for a trial.

Sanford, a two-term governor, has been under mounting scrutiny since his June revelation of a yearlong affair with a woman in Argentina. Three ensuing Associated

Press investigations raised questions about his travel, leading one state senator to accuse the governor of breaking the law and the state Ethics Commission to launch an investigation.

The term-limited governor has spent the past weeks apologizing to members of civic organizations for his affair, denying doing anything wrong when it came to his travel and attempting to refocus on his final year agenda of restructuring government.

His office on Wednesday said the lawmakers urging him to resign are perpetuating the distractions they’re railing against.

Spokesman Ben Fox said in a statement that many are political foes “simply responding to media innuendo and an ongoing political circus in Columbia as a cause for action.� “What this letter does provide is further evidence of a disconnect between the people of this state who want to move forward and many politicians in Columbia who see the current situation as a way to achieve political payback,� Fox said.

The AP investigations have shown that Sanford appears to have violated state law requiring lowest-cost travel when taking commercial flights, used state aircraft for personal and political trips, and failed to disclose flights on private planes.

Even more egregious than Sanford’s abandonment of his post, Bingham wrote, was the pain inflicted on South Carolina residents by his behavior. “Your actions have been destructive to our state’s image on a worldwide stage and are harming the stability of our state on

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Gov. Mark Sanford, R-South Carolina, fields questions from the public during WVOC radio personality Keven Cohen’s radio show Tuesday in Columbia, S.C. many levels,� Bingham wrote. “Unless major changes are made, South Carolina will find itself perpetually sidetracked by the disarray that you have brought upon our state.�

The letter follows one by House Speaker Bobby Harrell on Tuesday. The Charleston Republican also asked for Sanford’s resignation, saying his actions “have amounted to a self-inflicted wound that has forced unnecessary suffering on the people of South Carolina.�

Harrell’s letter was the first from one of the Legislature’s top officers and came less than two weeks after a similar call from the lieutenant governor.

While Sanford in interviews with the AP called his mistress his “soul mate,� he and wife Jenny say they are trying to reconcile.

She has moved with their four sons from the official residence in Columbia to the family’s coastal home. —AP

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Assemblyman Mike Duvall, whose votes on family-oriented legislation received high marks from conservative groups, said in a statement the furor over his comments had begun to divert attention from the work his fellow lawmakers were trying to finish during the final week of their session.

Duvall is married and has two adult children.

In a recording of a legislative hearing, Duvall can be heard talking about a recent sexual escapade with a woman he says is 18 years younger. “I’m getting into spanking her,� Duvall is heard to say on the videotape.

The other man asks if she likes it, too. Duvall responds: “She goes, ‘I know you like spanking me.’ I said, ‘Yeah, that’s ‘cause you’re such a bad girl.’�

The conversation was first reported by KCAL-T V in Los Angeles and the newspaper OC Weekly. The Associated Press later obtained a copy of the videotaped hearing.

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“I am deeply saddened that my inappropriate comments have become a major distraction for my colleagues in the Assembly, who are working hard on the very serious problems facing our state.�

MIKE DUVALL lawmaker, said it would not be fair to his family, constituents or friends to remain in office. “I am deeply saddened that my inappropriate comments have become a major distraction for my colleagues in the Assembly, who

are working hard on the very serious problems facing our state,� he said. “Therefore, I have decided to resign my office, effective immediately, so that the Assembly can get back to work.�

The 54-year-old lawmaker made the comments about the affairs to another lawmaker during a break in a committee meeting at the Capitol on July 8, apparently unaware that the microphone at the desk was turned on.

Duvall also discusses the woman’s “eye-patch underwear� and the age difference between himself and the lobbyist, who is not named on the videotape. He tells the other lawmaker, whose

identity was not immediately clear, that the woman’s birthday was two days before the committee hearing.

Duvall said he joked with the lobbyist that she was getting old after turning 36 and told her, “I am going to have to trade you in.�

The lawmaker then brags about an affair he is having with another woman. “Oh, she is hot! I talked to her yesterday. She goes, ‘So are we finished?’ I go, ‘No, we’re not finished.’ I go, ‘You know about the other one, but she doesn’t know about you!’� Duvall can be heard saying in an apparent reference to his affair with the lobbyist. —AP

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Sooner fan transfers to play golf at OU CLARK FOY The Oklahoma Daily

After a brief tour in the Southeastern Conference, a Sooner-born-and-bred athlete has found his way back home and is continuing his family’s OU athletic tradition.

Redshirt freshman Sam Braver of Roswell of Georgia finished up last golf season as a University of South Carolina Gamecock. However, after a coaching change was made on the men’s golf team at OU, Braver jumped on the opportunity of following his dreams and becoming a Sooner. “[Coming to OU] was the best decision for me,” Braver said. “I mean, I’ve grown up an Oklahoma Sooner and in the long run I think it was going to be tough for me to have never been a Sooner, so I just figured it was now or never.”

Braver was raised a fan of OU athletics after having his father, uncle and cousin all play tennis for the Sooners.

So naturally, the dream of one day becoming a Sooner was instilled in Braver at a young age.

Braver had his eyes set on OU from the beginning; however Braver and Jim Regan, OU’s former men’s golf coach, had their differences, so Braver decided to play for USC. After Coach Ryan Hybl replaced Regan this summer, Braver’s decision to come to OU was made within a week, Braver said.

However, the transfer has not gone as smoothly as possible. After hearing of Braver’s plans to transfer, Phil McDonald, USC’s men’s golf coach, decided not to release Braver from his scholarship this year, leaving Braver unable to compete for a year.

While the news was not the best, Coach Hybl says the team has moved on from then.

“That’s just the cards that we were dealt,” Hybl said.

“Sam wanted to be an Oklahoma Sooner so this was a really good opportunity for us because he’s going to have the opportunity to help us out.”

And while Braver is not allowed to travel or play in tournaments, he is able to practice with the team, Hybl said.

“We’re just moving on and he’s getting up on our guys by beating them every day and providing competition, and so we’ve moved beyond that whole scholarshipnot-playin’-deal,” Hybl said.

Instead of wasting a year of eligibility, Braver has been redshirted this year, which will allow him to play

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The Jimmie Austin Golf Course at OU where the Sooner men’s and women’s golf teams practice. for three years as a Sooner starting next season.

In regards to Braver’s game, Hybl had a lot of positive things to say, noting that he was a “lefty”, was very aggressive, made a lot of birdies, has shown good power and can consistently shoot low numbers.

“He’s a great person and player and he makes good grades,” Hybl said. “When it’s all said and done, South Carolina was upset : they lost a really good guy and I guess they weren’t very happy about it.”

Braver said that while he is very happy with his decision and looks forward to helping the team out, the transfer was a little bit hard.

When Braver transferred in June, he was not allowed by the NCAA to speak to anyone in the OU athletic department until he completed his first class. He then moved home and completed an online class in order to communicate with the team as soon as possible.

“It was a little tough,” Braver said. “I was kind of in the middle and didn’t know what was going on. I knew from my conversation with the [USC] coach that I was

probably not going to be released. It was difficult the first couple of weeks still being at home and then having to go through this process.”

And now having forgone a scholarship to USC, Braver and his family are left without the scholarship money for school this year. Braver said he was a big part of the USC team and future and can understand his old coach’s motives for not releasing him.

However, Braver is not upset at all, and even said that passing up the scholarship money will be well worth it.

“Yeah, sure I had a bunch of scholarships over there and I left it but, you know, in the end [the move is] for me and for me to be happy with myself,” Braver said.

“Part of the reason I came here was because of Coach Hybl and his great resume; he has a lot to teach me and is a great coach, but I also came here because Oklahoma is so deep in my blood.”

And with that being said, Sam Braver, welcome to the University of Oklahoma. The Sooners are lucky to have another strong golfer.

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New leader of OU football

Moderation key for Sooner fans

JONO GRECO The Oklahoma Daily

Before Saturday evening against the No. 20 Brigham Young Cougars, there was not a lot of talk about f re s h ma n q u a r t e r b a c k L a n d r y Jones. Now that Heisman Trophy winner junior quarterback Sam Bradford is out two to four weeks with a shoulder injury, all eyes are on Jones.

Jones is making his first career start Saturday against the Idaho State Bengals, but players and coaches said he took control of the team during halftime against BYU. “I knew that when Sam went down I had some big shoes to fill, so I just tried to go in there and try to take over the team and make it my own,” Jones said. “At halftime I kind of just got the guys to huddle up around me and just told them basically that we’ve got to get going, we’ve got to go out there and win this game.”

Sophomore wide receiver Ryan Broyles said Jones’ sudden outburst of leadership and confidence took some of the players by surprise since they had never heard him speak up before. “ H e k i n d o f s u r p r i s e d m e ,” Broyles said. “He just jumped in; he was ready [to lead]. He’s the next guy up, so we all have faith in that.”

That confidence is something Jones said he got used to in high school, and that confidence was built up and carried over into the BYU game.

“This position requires confidence and carrying yourself with a look in your eye and determination,” Jones said. “I felt like I prepared really well last week, so I prepared like I was the starter.”

Against the Cougars, Jones completed six of 12 passes for 51 yards, but could not get the ball across the goal line. Head coach Bob Stoops said he was impressed with Jones’ performance, and wishes he could have received more support from the players around him.

After a shocking loss, readers tend to look to the newspaper columns for a critical analysis of the players in hopes to find an answer. They look for something about someone to complain about in order to cope with such a stunning defeat.

But this isn’t one of those columns.

Instead, this one is about your fellow fans.

You know how the old saying goes; the one about everything in moderation.

Apparently, these words were absent in the minds of those at the “Jones Mahal” during the BYU game, which brings me to this statement.

I’m glad we don’t serve alcohol at our LUKE home games.

Now before you get defensive about your ATKINSON collegiate habit, let me make clear I’m not saying drinking is bad. But when you sit around students who have had too much, it really sucks the fun out of the game.

I sat in the nose bleed of the nose bleed section, which required me climbing a hefty amount of stairs. Once I sat down in my seat and started people-watching (who doesn’t?), I noticed how difficult it was for the impaired to make their way to the top. People were exhausted, disoriented and becoming ill.

Imagine it this way.

You are making your way into good ole Memorial Stadium and you arrive at your seat. To your surprise, it is covered in vomit from the girl who had too much and climbed the stairs too quickly. I saw this on more than one occasion.

Also, imagine a guy slumped in his seat. While everyone around him is busy pouring their drinks on his pants and posing in pictures with him, someone sober in the group notices that he is unresponsive. Fortunately, a check of his vitals and some help from stadium staff, the kid turned out alright.

I understand you might need to drink off the loss, but is it worth being wasted during the game? Purchasing a ticket and making the trip just to get yourself sick and impaired?

Football is a spectator sport and I understand some spectators like to knock back the brews beforehand. But since our stadium is alcohol-free, people either don’t have the opportunity to have too much, or they sober up by The Pride’s halftime performance.

As you can imagine (or observed first-hand), trying to watch the game around the drunks was obnoxious.

Drowning out the excessive “F-bombs,” the tipsy girl who defined a false start as too many people on one side of the line of scrimmage and looking around the guy who happened to obscure my vision was a chore.

All I want to do is watch the game, even when it hurts as bad as a loss.

So when Idaho State rolls into town and it’s football time in Oklahoma again, remember this and do this for me.

Enjoy this weekend in moderation.

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Freshman quarterback Landry Jones (12) steps in for Sam Bradford during Saturday’s game against BYU in Arlington, Texas.

“Everything he did, I thought, he handled it as well as you could expect and better,” Stoops said.

“His execution in what he did was good. He needed support in a better way, and he needed some guys around him not making penalties and dropping the ball.”

Now that he has some game experience under his belt and has some work with the first team offense, wide receivers coach Jay Norvell said the chemistry between Jones and the receivers has been strengthening.

“Landr y has done a tremendous job,” Norvell said. “He’s done a great job in practice, and [the

receivers] have worked well with him this week.”

The Artesia, N.M., native was named the New Mexico Gatorade Player of the Year in 2007, and was named to the second-team multipurposed All-American team by EA Sports. During his junior and senior seasons at Artesia High School, he threw for 7,282 yards and 89 touchdowns en route to back-to-back state titles.

Jones, who was named after former Dallas Cowboys head coach Tom Landry, will be looked upon to play to the winning stature that the hall of fame coach made a tradition in Dallas.

Luke Atkinson is a broadcast and electronic media senior.

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Sooner football caught in trap game last weekend and look to move on Idaho State is the actual game the Sooners are worried about When the third-ranked Sooners rolled into Jerry Jones’ football palace last Saturday with roughly sixty thousand devoted followers in tow, the game against Brigham Young University merely seemed like a formality.

How could a team with a Heisman Trophy winner at quarterback, two running backs with thousand yard seasons in 2008 and a defensive front seven more talented than most video game teams possibly lose to any opponent not graced by Tim Tebow?

Eve n t h e m o s t scrupulous obser ver of college football knew that HENRY BYU’s only chance MARTIN to win involved our gridiron heroes completely forgetting that they were scheduled to play until approximately 3 p.m.

Saturday. This, Sooner fans, is precisely what I believe took place.

Saturday’s contest had all of the makings of a classic ‘trap’ game. For those not versed in sports terminology, I’ll define a ‘trap’ as a contest between two unevenly matched teams where the superior team is faced with a far better opponent the following week.

Tragically, this week’s matchup against Idaho State fits that description flawlessly.

The entire offseason Bob Stoops dutifully denied looking past BYU on the schedule, repeatedly stating that the Cougars were going to be a tough opponent.

Such statements were merely necessary so as not to provide motivational material to the overlooked

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team.

The players undoubtedly had the Idaho State game circled as soon as they received this years’ schedule.

Let’s look at the facts : the ISU Bengals may be one of the only programs whose rich football tradition rivals our own.

Despite what some ignorant observers may say, the difference between the schools isn’t their football success. It’s their goals.

While S ooner fans take great pride in the accomplishments of the nationally ranked football team, those at Idaho State obviously cher-

Jared Allen (now starring for the NFL’s Minnesota Vikings and presumably shunned by the ISU faithful) captured the Buck Buchanon Award.

But let’s look past individual accomplishments; this is a team game, after all.

Great programs are measured by their consistency, and the boys from Pocatello, Idaho have been even more consistent than the Sooners since 2006, throwing up only six wins as compared to our eight losses.

To put this into greater perspective, they refused to win only 17 percent of the time in the last three years, making our .810 winning percentage look slightly less successful.

These statistics even factor in the Bengals’ disappointing 36-33 win over Sacramento State to end last season, ruining their goal of a winless campaign.

While perusing these astounding numbers over the offseason, Coach Stoops undoubtedly uncovered another shocking truth PHOTO PROVIDED on some sleepless night : should his Sooners manage to score more ish their lack thereof. points than those devious Bengals, A quick gander at the two schools’ they actually will propel the oppoawards over the past ten years or so nent to a victory! is enough to make any Sooner quake This reversal of gridiron mathin his cleats. e mat i c s p e r f e c t l y e x p l a i n s t h e Si n c e 2 0 0 0 , O U p l ay e r s hav e Sooners’ loss to BYU. ra c k e d u p 1 8 maj o r i n d i v i d u a l They were so busy trying to figawards including the Heisman and ure out how to defeat the Bengals Outland Trophies and the Nagurski, without simultaneously allowing an D a v e y O ’ B r i e n , Wa l t e r C a m p, Idaho State triumph that they comDick Butkus, and Chuck Bednarik pletely forgot there was a game to Awards. play.

According to their website, the Unfortunately, even if Stoops Bengals heroically managed to somehow has crafted a formula for avoid all but two accomplishments success this Saturday, Idaho State in their last ten years, both of which has already left their permanent occurred during their shameful 8-4 mark upon Sooner football history: campaign in 2003. that ‘L’ next to Sept. 5.

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Rumors circulated today that senior tight end, turned center, Brody Eldridge had broken his hand.

Kenny Mossman, OU athletics media director, confirmed the injury, but stated it would not prevent him from playing this weekend against Idaho State. “[The injury is] certainly minor,” Mossman said. “It will not affect his ability to block, snap or catch.”

Coach Bob Stoops said Eldridge did sustain a broken little finger on his right hand, however his performance was not affected.

“He went through a full practice; caught the ball, snapped the ball and went through the entire deal, so not a big deal, you tape a couple of fingers together and keep rollin’,” Stoops said.

Eldridge played tight end for the Sooners last year and backed up preseason All-American Jermaine Gresham.

Eldridge played center against Brigham Young University, but may see time at tight end again after news broke Tuesday that Gresham would miss the rest of the season.

DEFENSIVE PERFORMANCE SATURDAY Defensive backs coach Bobby Jack Wright said the defensive performance on Saturday was good, other than the last drive of the game.

“We had pressure on [the quaterback] all day, we came up with four sacks, we came up with four turnovers, we made a lot of big plays. But at the end of the day we gave up a crucial, critical drive in the fourth quarter that had we got off the field defensively, we were going to win the football game.”

WIDE RECEIVER CORPS Wide receiver coach Jay Norvell said he was unimpressed with the wide receiver corps as a whole,but he had many positive things to say about Brandon Caleb. “[Caleb has] been the first guy to show up every day, he’s the first guy at meetings, he comes in early and watches extra film. When you work like that, you get the chance to compete and he was ready to play. He’s been waiting a long time for this opportunity and he played well and I was proud of him. I was happy for him because I like to see guys work as hard as BC works and you just like to see the pay off and he deserved that and he’s going to play a lot more and that’s just how it works. If you perform and you produce, you get more opportunities.”

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The Daily’s Joshua Boydson and Hannah Lofgren interview The Boom Bang. See the video online under the multimedia section.

LOCAL BAND BRINGS UNIQUE SOUND TO CONSERVATORY STAGE On The Boom Bang’s MySpace, the band boasts a sort of pseudo band motto: “All their music wants is a good time. That’s all, a good time.”

If you’ve ever seen The Boom Bang perform, or had the pleasure of meeting the guys, you know that a good time is exactly what they intend on giving.

TheBoomBang is James Smith (vocals), Tommy McKenzie (guitar), Weston Lorance JOSHUA (bass) and Charles BOYDSTON Whetstone (drums). The onomatopoetic band name stems from the days when it boasted a minimal percussion set up of a snare and tom (and the sound they made), and now, despite expanding to a full drum set, their explosive music leaves the name just as fitting as ever.

Heavily influenced by ‘60s garagerock artists like The Swamp Rats, The Boom Bang aims to blend the sweet, catchy melodies of surf-pop with the menacing energy of gritty punk-rock.

The combination comes across like a beach party on sandy shores with a shark-infested ocean and looming pirate invasion.

It’s an eclectic blend for sure, and despite similarities to artists like The Black Lips or Wavves, The Boom

Bang claims a sound of its very own. from Hoeks Death Metal Pizza to listener is having just as much fun as “We strive not to be compared Hideaway. they are. to someone directly, maybe hints of Their practice space is littered “We just try to make things as somebody, but be our own separate with brightly printed vinyl singles, rowdy as possible,” Lorance said idea and entity for the most part,” lighthearted posters and haunted about their live set.

McKenzie said. house soundtrack LPs. It’s a fun atThe Boom Bang does that and This unique sound more than mosphere that compliments the more, and its live shows are quickly likely results from such a distinct equally amusing music that bubbles becoming things of legend. approach to song writing, which is inside.

The band’s DFest appearance this mostly not intending to do so.

The Boom Bang doesn’t neces- past summer resulted in lead singer “Everything we write is an acci- sarily have some master plan for James Smith jumping into the crowd dent pretty much,” Whetstone said. what they are doing. The band just to lead a sing-along after his micro“We’ll play a few notes back and sets small goals to achieve, hopes phone cut out, McKenzie tossing a forth, and something will just as- to play with bands they like and just guitar amp off the stage and lighting semble itself,” McKenzie said. have fun along the way. a smoke bomb in the venue as Smith In fact, the very act of forming as Luckily for us, The Boom Bang proceeded to stomp the amplifier a band was a similarly organic pro- is intent on making sure that the into oblivion. cess. This group Then just a of friends was just few weeks ago, hanging out, and the band played it just felt natural a house party in to start making Stillwater during music. which they set off The Boom Bang enough fireworks makes sure to keep to leave the memthings just as fun as bers with black they were having snot and ringing just hanging out. eardrums for days.

The band memWhile The bers are all kids at Boom Bang inheart. The band tends on having a makes a weekly fun, unpredictable trip to the comic show, these antics book store, was enare not necessarily amored by Toy Joy premeditated. during a recent trek “We try to have to play in Austin, a spontaneous enHANNAH LOFGREN/THE DAILY ergy live. Nothing and frequents pizza joints ranging Tommy McKenzie rocking out on the electric guitar. is pre-planned. You

see an open moment to light a firecracker, throw something or just spit,” McKenzie said.

Though entertaining for us (and them), these actions might not be too fiscally responsible.

“The only downside is having to go buy new equipment after every show,” said Smith.

And fans have responded, providing The Boom Bang with a solid base that overflows beyond the surfpunk niche. There is no denying it boasts a very particular style, and in spite of the challenges this presents, the band has flourished.

“I think overall, [the niche sound] does make the people who like us feel more like we are their band,” said Smith.

The funny thing is, the number of people who claim The Boom Bang as their band is growing every minute, and that number is far beyond their niche.

I guess that’s just what happens when you give the crowd a good time.

You can share the fun (and possible destruction) with The Boom Bang tonight with Daikaiju and Aliens Vs. Robots at 8 p.m., and again on October 4th with Intelligence, both at The Conservatory in Oklahoma City.

Joshua Boydston is a psychology sophomore.

Restaurants extend hours to provide more late-night options

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Louie’s, O’Connell’s, Seven47, Logan’s. Odds are any given Thursday, Friday, or Saturday night a pretty decent crowd can be found at any of these bars.

While getting a group of friends together and hitting the Corner is a pretty safe bet

L&A BRIEFS NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Brad Paisley leads Country Music Association Award nominees with six nods announced Wednesday, while Taylor Swift snagged a nomination for entertainer of the year, the show’s highest honor.

The 19-year-old sensation is the first female solo artist to be nominated for the top award since 2000.

Swift joins Keith Urban, George Strait, Jamey Johnson and Zac Brown with four nominations each.

for a good time, it can get a bit monotonous. There are only so many bar laps a person can do at Seven47 or so many games of pool to shoot at Louie’s Too. Enter, In The Raw and New York Pizza and Pasta.

Each eatery has recently extended its hours and now boasts late night drinks and food.

In The Raw, campus

LONDON — This year’s London Film Festival is big on British talent, international auteurs — and George Clooney.

Organizers on Wednesday announced the lineup for next month’s festival, which includes 191 features and 113 shorts from almost 50 countries.

Festival ar tistic director Sandra Hebron said Clooney’s presence provided the closest thing there is to a theme in the cinematic feast on offer at the 53rd annual festival.

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The late-night menu includes $4 Skyy Vodka infusions and Jack Daniels and Colas, $3 sake bombs and imported beers, and select $5 wines by the glass for any budding wine enthusiasts. In The Raw’s kitchen also stays open until 2 a.m. ready to serve up a number of Asian-inspired snacks.

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corner’s only sushi restaurant, recently decided to keep its doors open until 2 a.m. on Thursday, Friday and Saturday nights. The management’s aim in staying open later is to offer a more upscale alternative for college students.

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For New York Pizza Pasta manager Gino Rosani, the decision to stay open until 3 a.m. was a no brainer. He said they were “asked by the people” to stay open later.

And when the people ask, Mr. Rosani delivers.

New York Pizza Pasta now has a full bar that serves drinks until 1:45 a.m., and a kitchen that stays open until 3 a.m. to offer one of

the best things a person can ask for after a night of barhopping: pizza by the slice.

New York Pizza Pasta is located at 217 W. Boyd St. on Campus Corner.

“Sometimes it ’s nice to just sit and have some drinks,” said Ryan Hufnagel, international business major. “You don’t always want to go out to a crowded bar.”

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By Bernice Bede Osol

Copyright 2008, Newspaper Enterprise Assn.

Thursday, Sept. 10, 2009 VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) -- Even if returns aren’t lavish, your material gains should bring some satisfaction. Keep expectations within reasonable bounds, and you won’t be disappointed.

PISCES (Feb. 20-March 20) -- Something can be worked out to put an end to a negative situation that has been distressing you and your family. Implement this solution immediately; don’t endure another minute of frustration.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23) -- It’s always smart to closely observe persons whose style and methods you admire. Not everything you learn will be easily adapted to your lifestyle, but much of it could.

ARIES (March 21-April 19) -- A change of venue or a change of routine could help satisfy your curious, restless mind. Get out and mingle with friends who generally operate within your social sphere.

SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 22) -- Put yourself out to gain the confidence of someone whose support you need, and you might even gain a new friend in the process. Be patient, and don’t come on too strong.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20) -- A couple of new ideas with regard to ways and means for adding income might cross your mind. Test them out to see if they would fit nicely into your field of operation.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 23-Dec. 21) -- An old friend might go out on a limb and offer some sage advice. Accept it graciously -- it could provide a brandnew perspective on something important.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20) -- If you’re feeling a bit restless, contact a few fun-loving friends to see if tagging along will provide a change of mood. That could be just what you need.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) -- If you believe aggression will achieve an important objective, it won’t. The gains will collapse the moment your back is turned. Apply your smarts to think your way to success.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 19) -- Partaking in vigorous physical activity will get you out of that unshakable rut. Keep both your body and mind busy, and you won’t have time to be sullen.

CANCER (June 21-July 22) -Much to your surprise, someone you don’t know well might approach you to discuss an intimate situation. You’ll have the answers he or she needs.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22) -- Socializing with an intimate groups of friends will be more satisfying than mingling with the multitudes and merely being another face in the crowd. Spend your time with close pals whom you trust completely.

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WEEKEND UPDATE »

Looking for something to fill your free time this weekend?

The Daily’s Life & Arts staff gathered a few of our favorite things happening this weekend.

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Sculptor Daniel Edwards’ piece “Landmark” will be on display tomorrow for one day only at MAINSITE Contemporary Art, 112 E. Main St.

FREE MOVIE

The Union Programming Board will play “The Proposal” tomorrow at 4, 7, 10 p.m. and 12:30 a.m. in Meacham Auditorium, second floor of the Oklahoma Memorial Union.

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Miss Blues will perform at 10 p.m. tomorrow at Coaches Brewhouse, 110 W. Main St.

CONCERT ▲ Dierks Bentley will play at 8 p.m. tonight at Riverwind Casino.

Students, Have you ever wondered how your course fees or college technology fees are being u lized? Here is your opportunity.

The Office of the Senior Vice President & Provost and the UOSA President are pleased to provide a master list of mee ngs the Norman Campus Deans have scheduled to discuss the FY09 expenditure of course and college fees including the college technology and college enrichment fees, their FY10 budget plans for this revenue and any proposals for fee increases for FY11.

These revenues are used within each degree gran ng-college to provide the kinds of specific instruc onal materials, technology, instructors needed to best deliver the degree programs to the students within each college.

These mee ngs are a great opportunity to review the wonderful impact this revenue has within each college. Plan on a ending your Dean’s mee ng.

Dr. Nancy L. Mergler Senior Vice President & Provost

Dean Paul

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Arts and Sciences

Wednesday, September 23

4:30 - 6:00 p.m.

Ellison Hall, Room 132 Andrew M. Coats Hall, Classroom 1

Andy

Coats

Law

Friday, September 25

3:00 - 4:00 p.m.

Rich

Taylor

Fine Arts

Thursday, September 24

3:30 - 4:30 p.m.

Pitman Hall, Catlett Music Center

Ken

Evans

Business

Friday, September 25

3:00 - 4:00 p.m.

Price Hall, Room 3040

Joe

Foote

Wednesday, September 23

4:00 - 5:00 p.m.

Gaylord Hall, Room 1140

Doug

Gaffin

Journalism and Mass Communications University College

Monday, September 28

5:00 - 6:00 p.m.

Wagner Hall, Room 135

Architecture

Thursday, September 17

6:30 - 7:30 p.m.

Arc on Main, Room 106

Charles Graham Larry

Grillot

Earth and Energy

Wednesday, September 16

4:00 - 5:00 p.m.

Sarkeys Plaza, Room A

Tom

Landers

Engineering

Friday, September 25

4:00 - 5:00 p.m.

Heritage Room, Oklahoma Memorial Union Hester Hall, Room 160

Zach

Messitte

International & Area Studies

Thursday, September 17

4:00 - 5:00 p.m.

Jim

Pappas

Aviation

Saturday, September 26

12:00 - 1:30 p.m.

Forum, Room A2

Joan

Smith

Education

Wednesday, September 23

3:00 - 5:00 p.m.

South Campus Bldg 4, Room 119

John

Snow

Atmospheric and Geographic Sciences

Thursday, September 24

3:30 - 5:00 p.m.

National Weather Center, Room 1313