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Members back Boren’s proposal President David Boren’s proposed campuswide tobacco ban after his recommendations to the OU Board of CHRIS MILLER Regents were made public Assistant Campus Editor Thursday.

The committee was enMembers of the OU tobacco advisory committee have trusted with gathering stuexpressed solidarity with dent, faculty and staff input

on the implementation of a potential ban and submitting a preliminary series of recommendations to Boren before his Tuesday address to the regents in Oklahoma City.

Committee members included chairman and College

of Public Health dean Gary Raskob, UOSA President Hannah Morris, UOSA Vice President Laura Bock, CAC chairwoman Melissa Mock, Student Congress chairwoman Alyssa Loveless and nine other student, faculty, staff and administrative

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The content of Boren’s Tuesday address to the regents, including the locations of two designated smoking areas and the implementation of fines for second and see BAN paGe 2

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Defensive coach leaves OU to seek new opportunities GREG FEWELL Sports Editor

While OU has yet to release any official statement on the matter, it is now clear there will be no co-defensive coordinators in Norman next football season.

Just a week after the university hired Mike Stoops as a co-defensive coordinator — and after several weeks of speculation — Brent Venables announced he will be leaving Oklahoma to accept the defensive coordinator job at Clemson.

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College students turn to caffeine to get through all-nighters and busy days. Studies show that 70 percent of the caffeine consumed by adults is in coffee, and it takes three hours on average for the effects of caffeine to wear off. Withdrawal symptoms from caffeine may take anywhere from two to nine days to subside.

Caffeine intake may be addiction College students’ demand for caffeine may hurt not help

returns as an important part of students’ routines. Despite running on empty for most of the school year, we somehow make it out alive… right?

BROOKE BUCKMASTER For those of us out there who survived the past Life & Arts Reporter semester, and the semesters before, you most likely made it with a little help from a college stuEarly mornings and late nights.

This dynamic duo allegedly causes students dent’s best friend: caffeine.

If you feel like you can’t spare 30 minutes in to lose sleep at the cost of studying more. After the start of each semester, the college all-nighter the day to even sit down, I can bet you’ve already

had that cup of coffee today, or maybe you’re sipping a diet coke right now as you read this.

Whatever your caffeine craving may be, those of us bitten by the bug can all agree on how essential it is to our level of productivity and, let’s be honest, functionality.

Like a notebook paper and a pen, caffeine is a college essential for many. It is also see CAFFEINE paGe 6

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Sooner to bring historical outlook to forum Harper contributes unique perspective on technology MARK SIMPSON Campus Reporter

OU and the TEDxOU conference make a natural partnership, OU professor and event featured speaker Kyle Harper believes.

“I think it’s a very exciting

opportunity and it makes perfect sense,” Harper said.

“TED is an institution that is always on the cutting edge of technology, science and knowledge.”

As a historian and native of Oklahoma, Harper said he will bring a uniquely Sooner perspective to the sold out event when he speaks on Friday, Jan. 27 in the Oklahoma Memorial Union’s

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Harper received his doctorate in history from Harvard University and feels OU is the vanguard of science, technology, and knowledge in the state.

The TEDxOU is a perfect venue to showcase these institutional traits, he said.

“It’s an opportunity for me to represent not just OU, but to represent my department,

my discipline,” the homegrown historian said. “We have the image of historians as people who sit in libraries and in some sense might seem like an unlikely candidate for a TED talk. The kind of history I do brings 21st century science to the study of the human past.”

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Sooners ride into College Station with two-game win streak. (page 3)

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OU Outreach and OU Student Affairs will host an event today intended to help students realize their hopes to travel abroad.

Passport Day will be held from 8 to 11:30 a.m. and 1 to 3 p.m. today in the Oklahoma Memorial Union’s Sooner Room.

To receive a passport, applicants must provide evidence of U.S. citizenship or nationality and photo identification.

Birth certificates and certificates of naturalization are accepted as proof of citizenship or nationality, OU Outreach employee Lily Martinez said.

Acceptable forms of photo identification include driver’s licenses, military IDs, previous passports and student identification cards, Martinez said.

About 85 individuals have already reserved application spots during the event, Martinez said.

Students can RSVP with Martinez by emailing her at lmartinez@ou.edu.

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Andrea Grice, English sophomore, takes a moment after her class Thursday to play with Shelby, a rescue from Second Chance Animal Shelter brought to the South Oval for Winter Welcome Week. Grice left her schnauzer, Bentley, in Tulsa. “I came out of class and saw the animals and thought, ‘Oh, I need to pet a dog,’” she said.

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Today around campus Free breakfast will be served at 8 a.m. on the South Oval by the CAC Winter Welcome Week while supplies last.

Free lunch will be served at noon on the South Oval by the CAC Winter Welcome Week while supplies last.

Play with puppies from 1 to 3 p.m. on the South Oval, weather permitting, sponsored by CAC Winter Welcome Week.

Step Up to Stompdown will be put on by the Black Student Association and CAC Winter Welcome Week from 7 to 9 p.m. in Oklahoma Memorial Union’s Meacham Auditorium.

A wrestling dual will take place against Iowa State at 7 p.m. at home.

An opening reception for the 98th Student Art Exhibition will take place from 7 to 9 p.m. in the Fred Jones Jr. Museum of Art’s Sandy Bell Gallery.

Saturday, Jan. 21 Tennis matches against Drake and ArkansasLittle Rock will take place starting at 9:30 a.m. at Gregg Wadley Indoor Tennis Pavilion.

A women’s basketball game versus the University of Texas will be played at 11 a.m. at Lloyd Noble Center.

Sunday, Jan. 22 A wrestling dual will take place against Arizona State at 2 p.m. in McCasland Field House.

Monday, Jan. 23 University College Action tutoring will begin for the spring semester in 145 Wagner Hall.

Wednesday, Jan. 25 Student Success Series will have its first seminar of the semester, Finding a Student Job, at noon in Wagner Hall 245.

Campus Activities Council will have an open house from 6 to 7:30 p.m. at 1400 Asp Ave.

Thursday, Jan. 26 Rising from Fall Semester Mistakes, a Student Success Series seminar, will be led by graduation coach Casey Partridge at 2 p.m. in Wagner Hall 245.

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Institute for the American Constitutional Heritage and works as assistant professor of classics and letters at OU. He joins the self-organized TEDxOU event in an effort to share the TED-inspired “Ideas Worth Spreading” mantra with members of his alma mater.

Harper plans to deliver a talk about the science of history, and he said the opportunity to speak at the TEDxOU event is a great honor.

“It’s a great opportunity for our students to see and be exposed to some of the leading ideas and to have it coming here to OU is really special,” Harper said. “I was extremely excited when they asked me to be a part.”

As a specialist on Roman history, Harper is interested in long-term economic and social history and the possibility for integrating biological approaches to human behavior and human sociality into the study of the human past, he said.

“What is so amazing about TED is that they have really found a technological niche that allows them to deliver their material to people who are connected in a 21st century way,” Harper said. “To

Kyle Harper, one of the TEDxOU speakers scheduled for the Jan. 27 event, speaks to a class Thursday.

Harper is the director of the newly established OU Institute for the American Constitutional Heritage.

have a deeper sense of what it means to be a human being in the 21st century, you have to know how we came to this place.”

TEDxOU event co-organizer Adam Croom said Harper is an exceptional scholar with an international reputation in his field.

“His background is guaranteed to lend a unique perspective to TEDxOU,” Croom said.

Harper’s doctoral dissertation, “Slavery in the late Roman Empire,” was published as a book in June, and his second book, titled “From Shame to Sin: Christianity and the Making of Western Sexuality,” is already under contract.

“We are delighted to have someone who can talk so thoroughly on a wide variety of subjects create a unique, special talk for our event,”

Croom said.

In 2009 OU President David Boren asked Harper to become the founding Director of the Institute for American Constitutional Heritage, a program dedicated to excellence in the study and teaching of constitutional history.

In 2011 Harper was named the Outstanding Junior Faculty in the College of Arts and Sciences at OU.

BAN: Committee welcomes university feedback Continued from page 1 third violations, closely resembles the committee’s final suggestions, Raskob said.

“We tried very hard to shape a policy that would represent the interests of a majority of students, faculty and staff,” Raskob said.

C o m m i t t e e m e mb e r s came together without a finalized set of policies in mind and instead welcomed input from the larger university community, Raskob said.

Though committee members did have disagreements about specific policies, the final recommendations were based on building consensus, Morris said.

“I believe the committee unanimously wanted to recommend that there would be no designated smoking areas, and at that point in time, I felt like although that would go with what the majority of students would want … I went in and said, ‘I don’t see how this would hurt any student whatsoever,’ and that we should allow for personal liberties,” Morris said. “I was willing to go down on record saying I was for designated smoking areas.”

The merit of these areas and their potential placement were discussed at a number of committee meetings before a final plan was finally agreed upon, Mock

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“The discussion regarding the smoking areas ran over the course of several meetings, and eventually a smaller committee broke off to carefully consider the best locations for the designated smoking areas,” Mock said in an email. “We all were asked to consider areas on campus

that could hold these [designated smoking] locations without disrupting any nonsmokers.”

Though committee members may be pleased with Boren’s upcoming recommendations, smoker Kimmy Cole, film and video studies junior, said she believes the proposed ban is overbearing,

paternalistic and out of place on a college campus.

Cole said her opinion of the ban hadn’t changed since she first heard about it.

“I guess rules are rules, but since I think it’s a stupid rule in the first place, it’s hard to be too enthusiastic about that kind of enforcement,” she said.

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Women’s basketball

Red River rival to visit OU Team to take on Texas Longhorns this weekend KEDRIC KITCHENS Sports Reporter

Riding high after knocking off No. 23 Kansas State on Tuesday in Manhattan, Kan., the Sooners women’s basketball squad returns to Norman to take on its bitter

rival, the Texas Longhorns, at 11 a.m. Saturday at Lloyd Noble Center.

Sophomore guard Aaryn Ellenberg had a season-high 31 points in Tuesday’s upset victory against the Wildcats, hitting 11 of 22 field goals — including 5-of-8 from behind the arc.

Ellenberg also notched nine steals in the game, which is a new career high

for the sophomore.

Texas is coming off a close two-point victory against Iowa State on Wednesday.

The Longhorns were led by a 20-point effort from sophomore guard Chassidy Fussell, who likely will draw a matchup with either junior captain guard Whitney Hand or the feisty freshman guard Sharane Campbell.

Regardless of who gets the

defensive assignment, it will certainly be a matchup to watch.

Campbell will make her second career start, again stepping up to replace injured junior Joanna McFarland. McFarland’s injury also leaves more playing time for freshman forward Kaylon Williams who played a career-high 30 minutes against K-State.

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Momentum key for Sooners OU looking to build on recent success against the Aggies RJ Young

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Before its win against Kansas State, Oklahoma was winless in league play.

Then “Mr. Momentum” changed his address to 2900 South Jenkins Ave. — Lloyd Noble Center.

Perhaps, he’ll join the Sooners on the road with a three-game winning streak in his luggage.

Oklahoma (12-5, 2-3) is in position to take sole possession of fifth place in the Big 12 at 3 p.m. Saturday, when it travels to College Station to play Texas A&M (10-7, 1-4).

The Aggies will no doubt try to harry the Sooners’ leading scorer, junior guard Steven Pledger. Pledger averages 17.3 points per game, which is good enough for fourth best in the league.

Junior point guard Sam Grooms said he’s noticed how Big 12 teams have chosen to defend Pledger as opposed to the Sooners’ nonconference opponents.

“In non-conference, we didn’t really play anybody who had a scout for us,” Grooms said. “And you can tell in conference they already know what he’s going to do. He’s working on it every day, before practice and after practice.”

Coach Lon Kruger doesn’t see opponents’ drawing up schemes to stop his leading scorer as a major issue. If the team plays well, they’re more likely to win games.

“Every team’s got a couple players that the other is game planning for, and [Pledger] is certainly one of our guys who the other teams plan for,” Kruger said. “He’s got to do some things, but also we have to have other guys do some things. We need other

Oklahoma still work in progress Saturday’s matches to set the stage for season, show team’s ability to progress Greg Fewell Sports Editor

The No. 25-ranked Sooner women’s tennis team opens up its season at 9:30 a.m. Saturday, when it hosts Drake and Arkansas-Little Rock at Headington Family Tennis Center in Norman.

The preseason ranking ties the program’s best ever; however, the team is not taking much stock in it. After all, the rankings are based primarily on what programs accomplished last season.

This OU tennis team is not interested in the past, though.

They are ready to move forward. The squad of seven athletes is made up of two freshmen, three sophomores, a junior and only one senior. Coach David Mullins is confident in his team’s ability but knows there is a growing stage.

“I don’t think any tennis coaches pay much attention to preseason rankings,” Mullins said. “In other

BY THE NUMBERS years, we’ve been ranked probably too low before Sooner tennis the season started and didn’t pay any attention to Number of freshman on this inexperienced them then. So, we may be Oklahoma team a little too highly ranked right now to be honest, but Total number of players we’ll see what happens on Oklahoma’s small these next few weeks.” squad this season The Sooners are young.

The team’s newest memOU’s preseason b e r, f r e s h m a n A b b i ranking, the highest Melrose, did not even in program history arrive in Norman until January. Melrose, a native of Brighton, England, was ranked as the No. 1 player in Britain in the 18-and-under division from February 2010 until April 2011. She has proven she knows the sport and has the skill to compete at any level. However, as Mullins is quick to point out, that does not translate to knowing how to compete as part of a team.

“As most tennis players are, they’re used to playing for themselves,” Mullins said. “And now she’s playing for a team. You never know how they’ll react to that.”

The learning curve will need to be steep for Melrose and fellow freshman Nicole Long if the Sooners hope to have a successful year. Long — the program’s first ever blue-chip recruit as ranked by TennisRecruiting.net and the No. 21 player nationally — and Melrose will both be in the lineup for OU right from the start.

“We don’t have a lot of depth,” Mullins said. “We only have seven players right now. So, if we can stay injury free, I’ve got certain expectations. If we don’t, I’ve got a lot lower expectations. So, we’ll have to see how the season progresses and probably have to adjust as the season goes on.”

The team will have to adapt and grow as the season goes on, but would definitely settle for an early-season victory to build morale and set a foundation.

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Junior guard Steven Pledger drives baseline against Texas Tech in the first half of OU’s 64-55 win Tuesday at Lloyd Noble Center. The Sooners take on Texas A&M on Saturday in College Station.

guys to be able to step up.”

Other guys have stepped up for Oklahoma in its last two games. Junior forward Andrew Fitzgerald has scored double digits in 12 consecutive games, and junior forward Romero Osby’s teamhigh 8.3 boards per game is good enough for third best in the conference.

Junior guard Carl Blair, though, has contributed more with his court awareness than his scoring.

That is good enough in the eyes of his coaches. Blair is likely to start his third straight game against Texas A&M.

“I think Carl’s personality on the court has given us a lift on the court, his activity,” Kruger said.

Blair was the team’s primary point guard prior to the arrival of Grooms. But he has learned to do more with less court time.

He said he consulted his father about coming off the bench and how he should react to fewer minutes to start the season. Like any good father, Carl Blair Sr. gave his son great advice.

“He just told me just to be patient,” Blair said. “Really, just come in here and work

hard every day, even in the times when I wasn’t getting a lot of time on the court during games. I try to be the first one here and the last one to leave, and that builds confidence for me.”

The Sooners’ confidence has been bolstered by Kruger and his staff. That might have something do with Kruger’s mantra since October.

“Every game, again like I said from the start, we’ll play every game like it’s a new battle,” Kruger said. “It’s a new challenge. We’ve got thirteen of those independent challenges left.”

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Sooner men kick off dual competition No. 10 Oklahoma looking to get with huge top-3 matchup at Ohio State back to winning ways after upset loss Fresh off the program’s 13th straight title at the Rocky Mountain Open in Colorado Spring, Col., the Oklahoma men’s gymnastics team opens up dual competition at 3 p.m. Saturday at St. John Arena in Columbus, Ohio.

The dual looks to be one of the toughest of the year for No. 3 Oklahoma as they take on No. 2 Ohio State in one of the premier matchups of the season. Oklahoma enters the dual at 4-0 after its dominance at the RMO, and Ohio State is 5-0 after opening its season with a first-place finish in the Windy City Chris Invitational from Chicago.

Stehl For Oklahoma, junior Chris Stehl will be looking for a repeat performance. The junior claimed individual titles on rings and parallel bars en route to his firstever all-around title.

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The 10th-ranked OU women’s gymnastics team finishes its season-opening road streak with a quad meet at 7 p.m.

Saturday in Denton, Texas.

The meet, hosted by Texas Woman’s, also includes Utah State and Centenary.

The Sooners are looking to bounce back from last week’s loss to No. 4 Oregon State, their first regular-season loss since 2009.

“I think that loss is going to help us to better because I think we’re all going to try even harder because we’re not used to that,” junior Taylor Brie Olson said.

Spears OU ran away with the TWU quad meet last season and will be hoping for a repeat performance.

Sophomore Taylor Spears will be hoping to duplicate her strong showing from last weekend, when she earned season-high scores on three of four events.

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COACH: Venables says decision was difficult Continued from page 1 KREF-AM on Thursday morning, Venables talked about how difficult the decision to leave OU was but said he looks forward to the opportunities the new job could open up.

“I’ve got a fabulous relationship with Mike Stoops and felt together we are better,” Venables said. “I thought really we could rekindle the ‘old magic,’ if you will, and was really looking forward to that.

But it was time to make a move. This could be an opportunity for me down the road to become a head coach as well.”

Speculation about Venables leaving has been running rampant since last week. After Stoops

— who shared defensive duties with Venables at OU from 1999-2003 — was re-hired, the two took a brief recruiting visit to Florida. Following that meeting, Venables flew to Clemson with his wife and met with Tigers coach Dabo Swinney.

After returning, however, Venables denied reports that he had taken the job, leading some to believe he would be staying in Norman for at least one more year. But when he missed scheduled recruiting trips later in the week, speculation picked right back up.

Wednesday night, Swinney ended speculation when he sent a text message to The Post and Courier (Charleston, S.C.) that, according to the paper, was short and to the point: “BV to Clemson. Go Tigers.”

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The University of Oklahoma Student Association is seeking applicants for the Student Parking Appeals Court. Judges are charged with evaluating and making decisions about on-campus parking citations.

Deadline to apply is Jan. 27. Submit the form located at ou.edu/parking.

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EDITORIAL

Let everyone serve in Oklahoma Our View: Bill to instate “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” in National Guard puts bigotry over citizens’ safety.

was a serious attempt or merely a political stunt, Oklahomans must take this opportunity to stand against proposed policies that demonstrate outSince the 2011 repeal of the federal “Don’t Ask, right ignorance and careless bigotry.

Don’t Tell” policy, military officials have emphaThe Oklahoma National Guard has released no sized repeatedly that the new policy allowing open statement so far on the issue. We understand it is service by gay and lesbian servicemembers has had not its place to set policy but to follow the laws of no harmful effect on troop cohesion, moOklahoma faithfully. Even so, we urge it rale or combat readiness. to come out against this dangerous step The Our View Apparently Rep. Mike Reynolds, is the majority backward. opinion of R-Oklahoma City, didn’t get the memo.

But it will take more than that. It will take The Daily’s He has sponsored House Bill 2195, which a direct public outcry to ensure this issue is 10-member would return the Oklahoma National defeated once and for all. editorial board Guard’s service requirements to what they Contact your representatives to remind were before the policy was repealed, banthem they were not elected to serve one ning gays and lesbians from serving openly. specific agenda.

In a December 2010 speech about the national They were not elected to breed ignorance and repeal, President Barack Obama said, “We are not a hate. They were not elected to trade the safety of nation that says ‘Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell.’ We are a na- the citizens they serve for an opportunity to demtion that says, ‘Out of many, one.’” Nowhere should onstrate their disagreement with a national policy. this be more true than in the armed services. And They were elected to do what is best for all Oklahoma is no exception.

Oklahomans. It is clear that what is best for Reynolds claims he wrote this bill in response to Oklahoma is not wasting taxpayer money on requests from National Guardsmen. But should the pointless investigations and discharges. Nor is it state really go out of its way to accommodate these telling talented individuals we don’t want their few servicemembers’ discomfort? Anyone who contributions. would put someone’s sexual habits before his or What is best for Oklahoma is the recruitment of her courage, ability and dedication is not someone the best and brightest who are courageous enough we want wearing that honored uniform. to answer the call to serve their fellow citizens.

Whether this bill has any hope of gaining serious support remains to be seen. But whether this Comment on this at OUDaily.com

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his week, the realities of violence hit home for OU students.

On Saturday morning, just three days before he was to begin classes, OU student Donnie Crawford was shot and killed by his grandfather.

Many, including myself, were shocked at such a random, senseless crime. Police also have failed to identify a motive in the slaying.

Further investigation reveals the murder was not a simple random occurrence.

In 2004, Crawford’s grandfather, Daniel Garcia, was convicted of assault with a dangerous weapon, according to the Oklahoma Department of Corrections website.

He spent only 10 months in prison.

The American judicial system is criticized frequently for harsh punishments.

However, in Garcia’s case, the punishment was not enough.

Imprisonment can be an effective way to prevent further crimes by previously violent offenders — if the sentence is long enough.

According to The Tulsa World, Garcia initially was

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charged with assault with intent to kill in 2004, a far more serious offense.

Garcia plea-bargained for the lesser charge of assault with a deadly weapon. In return, he received 674 days, of which he served half.

For attempting to murder a neighbor with a gun, Garcia got little more than a slap on the wrist.

Modern prisons serve three purposes: to punish crimes, to isolate criminals from society and to rehabilitate. Garcia’s lenient sentence failed on all three counts.

The punishment in no way fit the crime.

Just as non-violent drug offenders deserve leniency, violent offenders warrant strict, lengthy punishments that separate them from the rest of society.

Prisons are built for

people like Garcia.

The man who came out of prison in 2006 was the same man who went in. Garcia should have received a significantly longer prison sentence. This longer sentence would have acted as a more effective deterrent.

It also would have physically prevented the possibility of a future violent crime during the incarceration.

Crawford’s death brings to mind another incident in which an innocent child died as a direct result of judicial leniency: the murder of abused child Kelsey Briggs.

After suffering multiple broken bones, Kelsey was returned to her abusive home

by Judge Craig Key, according to NewsOK.com. She was then brutally murdered.

Seven years later, another child died at the hands of a family member with a clear history of homicidal violence.

Our prison and judicial systems are simply not equipped to rehabilitate violent offenders in such short amounts of time. In many cases, violent offenders cannot be rehabilitated.

But the solution is not to release violent offenders

with minimal sentences.

Extended incarceration through mandatory minimum sentences is the only viable option. Offenders also must be required to serve greater percentages of their original sentences.

Violence and justice are not merely theories for debate. Our actions and judgments have real consequences for real people.

Longer prison sentences are preferable to any current option for violent offenders. They serve to protect both victims and offenders from future violent criminal activity.

There were two people killed on Saturday. After shooting Crawford, Garcia also was killed, possibly by blunt-force trauma, according to The Tulsa World.

While these events are indescribably tragic, they were neither random nor unexplainable.

Crawford’s murder was the result of a violent man who should never have had the opportunity to commit such a senseless act.

MarkBrockway is a political science junior.

LETTER TO THE EDITOR

New tobacco policy better for health The proposed policy to make the OU Norman campus tobacco-free will be presented to the OU Board of Regents on Tuesday. This is a major step forward in promoting a healthier university community by reducing exposure of individuals to secondhand smoke and helping reduce tobacco use among students and employees.

Tobacco use causes more than 400,000 deaths each year.

Exposure to secondhand smoke causes nearly 50,000 deaths each year and has adverse health effects. Oklahoma businesses lose an average of $3,734 each year for every employee who smokes. The estimated cost of tobacco use for OU is $4 million annually.

Our recommended policy was developed with broad input from students, faculty, staff and the community. It provides a balance in protecting individuals from exposure to secondhand smoke, while acknowledging the difficulty of quitting tobacco use. Because exposure to secondhand smoke cannot be avoided with large crowds in a confined space, Oklahoma

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t a Republican OPINION COLUMNIST primary debate in South Carolina, Ron Paul was booed for suggesting Americans should look to the Golden Rule in foreign policy decisions.

Much can be said about Jason Byas the reaction that came jason.l.byas-1@ou.edu from an audience primarily made up of self-identified Christian conservatives, but there’s another important aspect to the incident.

Taking the time to consider how the actions of the American government appear from the perspective of citizens from other nations is not only something to do for moral reasons, but also for practical ones.

Imagine, for instance, that you were a college student in Iran. Given the well-known protests over the 2009 and 2010 election results, it’s safe to assume you wouldn’t care much for your government. In fact, there’s not a lot that could get you, as a young, relatively pro-western college student, to start supporting your government.

The threat of outside force could, though. Remember in 2001, when the Sept. 11 attacks brought terror to Americans. Regardless of political persuasion, Americans suddenly gave overwhelming support for their government, approving of two wars in quick succession.

This isn’t hard to understand, either. One of our most fundamental needs as humans is for a sense of security, and when it becomes uncertain, we’re likely to flock toward whomever promises to make it certain.

Is the American government giving you, the average Iranian, any reason to feel uncertain about your safety?

On Jan. 11, Iranian civilian Mostafa Ahmadi Roshan joined a list of Iranian nuclear scientists who have turned up dead, blown away by a car bomb. The American government has denied any involvement.

But, you might consider, they probably would deny it even if they were the culprits. American presidential candidate Rick Santorum has openly exclaimed he hopes the American government was involved, praising the killing as “sending a message” that being a nuclear scientist in Iran is a dangerous profession.

As an Iranian hearing this information, you consider either the American government has killed scientists in your country for the purpose of intimidation, or at least their potential leader hopes that’s the case. So, either the U.S. is committing terrorism in your country, or people who have a real chance at gaining power in the American government are yearning to.

Given this disregard for your people’s lives and sovereignty, you might even begin to think it would be in your interest if your government were to work toward a nuclear weapon. After all, the American government has certainly behaved more peaceably toward the people of North Korea since they developed nuclear weapons.

The thought may arise, though, that moving toward the development of nuclear weapons might be an extremely bad call, as the American government would see nuclear states as more of a threat. The recent American involvement in Libya would probably change your mind.

After the American invasion of Iraq, the Libyan government got rid of their weapons of mass destruction to maintain peace with the U.S. Look what that got them.

The constant sanctions on your nation from the U.S. and others also might lead you to an anti-American attitude. You may remember that in the 1990s, U.S. Secretary of State Madeleine Albright said the startling number of Iraqi children dead due to such sanctions was “worth it.”

All this is, so far, without even considering the effect of an actual invasion. You’d likely be fearful of that, too, given how adamantly several American presidential candidates support such an invasion. And you’d believe them, looking west to Iraq and east to Afghanistan.

If war comes, nothing could make you start to support your government in desperation quite like the death of a friend, charred alive at random, shrugged off as “collateral damage.” There’s no telling what you might resort to then.

If we want to prevent such blowback as the 1979 hostage crisis of the now-closed U.S. embassy in Iran, we must understand the causes of those tragedies. In that case, it was the American covert operations that installed the repressive dictatorship of the Shah.

If we are serious about wanting to prevent terrorism on our soil, we must demand that our government not take steps that could provoke others to strike out.

Jason Byas is a philosophy junior.

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AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 19) -- Because you’ll be as much of a pragmatist as a visionary, your hopes and aspirations will be easily realized. This combination always brings gangbusters results.

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Rankin has had a Pinterest account since July and pins for about an hour each day, she said. “I think it is a nice way to share your creativeness with other people,� Rankin said.

However, Pinterest can give a false reality on weddings, she said.

Some of the ideas on Pinterest are a little overboard, Rankin said. “You can get some good ideas and make your own reality out of it,� Rankin said.

A lot of Rankin’s decoration inspiration for her wedding came from Pinterest, she said. Her color scheme of yellow and gray, her lemon centerpieces and her cupcake tower wedding cake were all ideas she found on Pinterest.

When Rankin first started pinning wedding ideas, she wrote, “Pinterest is basically giving my

entire wedding away.� Looking back, she said she has to admit this is true.

If a friend followed her wedding board closely enough, she would definitely notice some similar and exact remakes at her wedding.

Katie Herrmann, an alumna, has a fairly small budget for her wedding, which is scheduled for sometime in October.

She has found cute and unique do it yourself ideas that can be done within her budget, she said.

Herrmann found ways to use cheap fabrics like burlap to create interesting centerpieces and table runners. She is looking forward to seeing how all these ideas look at her actual wedding. “I have pretty much designed my entire wedding on Pinterest,�

Herrmann said.

CAFFEINE: Students may become addicted without being aware of it considered “the most commonly used psychoactive drug in the world,� according to MedicineNet.com.

Caffeine is considered a drug because it increases alertness by stimulating the nervous system, the reason why most people drink caffeinated beverages, said Maggie Pool, Goddard Health Center assistant director for clinical services.

Peggy Turner, a professor of nutritional sciences at the OU Health Sciences Center, said caffeine is like any other abused substance. “A little’s not going to hurt you, but if you drink high energy drinks all the time, then I’d consider that abuse,�

Turner said.

Whether you are someone who treats caffeine like it’s Advil or consume it purely for taste, be aware of the effects it can have on your body and daily lifestyle.

Self-proclaimed caffeine addict Emma NewberryDavis, women’s studies junior, said coffee packs the most punch for her, so she treats herself to caramel brĂťlĂŠe lattes from Starbucks. “It doesn’t really taste like coffee, but it’s got caffeine and it’s got sugar, so it’s perfect,â€? she said.

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a crash. Still, many students — such as University College freshman Lauren Priestly — are willing to tolerate the after effects. “I drink tea or a Red Bull randomly when I’m staying up cramming or studying late at night,� Priestly said, “It makes me crash after, but it works for the time that I’m trying to stay up.�

Ashley Anderson, study coordinator for the Behavioral Nutr ition and Physical Activity Laboratory, said it is proven excessive caffeine drinkers can become dependent.

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“After a while, you develop a resistance to it, and you need more and more to get the same feeling,� Anderson said.

Symptoms of caffeine dependency include tolerance, experiencing specificsubstance withdrawal, consuming excessive amounts of caffeine over long periods of time and the constant desire to cut down on usage of caffeine, according to the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders published by the American Psychiatric Association.

Along with side effects of dependency, too much caffeine can hinder iron absorption in the body, which gives one the idea that they are full, Anderson said.

To avoid dependency, caffeine should be consumed with moderation, and not relied on to stay awake or to improve study habits. “Caffeine is generally thought to be safe in moderate amounts — about 200-300 milligrams a day,� Pool said, “Regular exercise, a healthy diet, and a sufficient amount of sleep help increase energy without the use of caffeine.�

Through trying times like the hectic start to the semester, or that early morning class that you always fall asleep in, try to avoid caffeine as the fundamental pick-meup.

You never know when you might become addicted.

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Left: One of the members of My So Called Band sings into a megaphone during the group’s performance Thursday. The band’s next Norman show is at 10:30 p.m. Jan. 27 at The Deli.

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Herrmann was aiming for an elegant wedding with a fun atmosphere and said she has gotten ideas on how to do that from Pinterest. “Pinterest gives you a visual for things that you have dreamt about for so long,� Herman said.

I’m certainly not planning on getting married anytime soon, but I have to fess up to having my own wedding board. I’m one of those girls. Some people might laugh.

However, when the time finally comes for me to plan my very own “perfect day� I know I will have my board full and ready.

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Flower arrangements. Check.

Table centerpieces. Check.

Bridesmaids dresses. Check.

Every detailed idea from the wedding dress to the bouquets can be stored in one place on a website called Pinterest. Yes, it is spelled interest with a P. Many brides-to-be have used the website to store potential wedding ideas. Any girl who knows about Pinterest knows just how easy it is to become obsessed with it. There are even girls who aren’t close to getting married but have a whole wedding planned under the title, “Dream Wedding.�

This website, for those of you who don’t know, is made up of photographs. That’s it. I know it doesn’t sound quite as alluring as I’m portraying it to be. However, after one visit to the website you are hooked. Pinterest is so convenient for brides-to-be, because you can create pin boards for anything and everything that catches your eye.

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