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Norman pharmacies run short on flu vaccines Health officials report increase in demand MAX JANERKA

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Norman pharmacies are working to restock their flu vaccinations after a county-wide shortage.

As of Monday, Cleveland County had 20 influenza hospitalizations this flu season, while the state has had 484 hospitalizations, according to the Oklahoma State Department of Health’s website.

“A lot of my friends caught the flu over break, or they have it now,” said Jacob Henry, French and linguistics sophomore.

Henry said he caught the flu a week before Christmas.

“The first few days were pretty miserable,” Henry said. “I started feeling better in three or four days.”

Henry, who has caught the flu in past seasons, said it took him longer to recover from this year’s illness than years past.

“I’ve never had a flu shot, but I’ll definitely consider it in the future,” Henry said.

The Cleveland County Health Department ran out of vaccines for adults because of a large increase in demand compared to last year, said Kristin Russell, a resident nurse from the department. However, the county planned to restock the adult vaccines Tuesday.

While adult vaccines are lacking, there still have been a sufficient number of vaccines for children.

Though the health department ran out of

adult vaccines, the Oklahoma City Health Department and many pharmacies still have enough in stock, Russell said. Anyone looking to be vaccinated should call various pharmacies in the area to verify it has vaccines available.

The CVS/Pharmacy at the intersection of Lindsey Street and 12th Avenue and the Walgreens pharmacy at the intersection of Main Street and Flood Avenue were fully stocked with vaccines as of Tuesday.

The Target pharmacy at 1400 24th Ave. NW is out of vaccines for children, said Jenni Craig, a pharmacist at Target. This flu season is the first time the pharmacy has run out of any type of flu vaccine since it started offering them a few years ago.

There are three different kinds of regular

AT A GLANCE Local vaccine availability - Cleveland County Health Department Norman office on 12th Avenue ran out of the adult vaccines but planned to restock Tuesday.

- Target pharmacy on 24th Avenue NW is out of vaccines for children but is stocked with adult vaccines.

- CVS pharmacy at the intersection of Lindsey Street and 12th Avenue is fully stocked with vaccines.

- Walgreens pharmacy at the intersection of Main Street and Flood Avenue is fully stocked with vaccines.

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STUDENT GOVERNMENT

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Association changes more than just name Organization introduces gradual changes to save students’ money SHELBY GUSKIN Campus Reporter

There are major changes afoot in the branches of OU’s student government this semester, related to finalizing student government’s name change, saving money from student activity fees and allowing more time to organize major events.

At the end of last semester, OU’s student government changed its name from the University of Oklahoma Student Association to the Student Government Association so students would be able to easily recognize what the association is, said SGA President Joe Sangirardi, who spearheaded the name change.

Even though the name change was finalized last semester, the association’s website and office materials still hold the former title.

The association prints new office materials each year, so officials are waiting to get the new materials with the new title throughout this semester, Sangirardi said. Association officials didn’t want to order new materials directly after the name change because they didn’t want JOE SANGIRARDI to add further cost to students to pay for the materials.

Association officials are also waiting for the student government’s web designer to change the name on the website, Sangirardi said. After a new logo is created, these changes will be done slowly throughout the semester and SGA officials have created an online module for student organizations to apply for funding instead of going to the Council for Student Organizations meeting once a semester, Sangirardi said. The module’s purpose is to save the organization members’ time and students’ money, which normally would be used to pay for activity fees that fund the meetings, Sangirardi said.

These meetings usually would cost anywhere from $1,500 to $3,000 annually, Sangirardi said. Costs come from renting rooms, handouts and food for participants.

OU’s Campus Activities Council, the programming branch of student government, has changed the amount of time members have to plan their jumpstart events of each semester — Howdy Week in the fall and Winter Welcome Week in the spring — said Vicky Vargas, chairwoman SEE MORE ONLINE of CAC. Students usually are Visit OUDaily.com elected in April to start for the complete story planning Winter Welcome oudaily.com/news Week, and November for Howdy Week.

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Christina Warriner works in an ancient DNA lab in Nepal. Warriner is doing research over the microbiome — the sum total of all the bacteria in someone’s body — and how it has changed over time and what those changes actually mean.

Anthropologist dedicates life to studies TED talk to address fallacies of Paleolithic Diet PAIGHTEN HARKINS

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All through school, at least from the point where grades began to matter, the other students tried very hard not to get in the same class as her.

“We’d go up to the school, we’d be going through registration and everybody was just trying to find out whether or not they had classes with her, because if they didn’t, they’d be in better shape,” her father Bill Warinner said.

Nothing was wrong with her, though.

She didn’t have any quirk or malady that made other students run from her.

Her grades simply were too high and ruined the curve the teacher was grading on, Bill Warinner said.

“If Tina was in the class, there was no curve,” he said.

A s a c h i l d , C h r i s t i n a TED Warinner, known as Tina to her family and friends, was always fascinated by everything academic, even changing her major several times while at the University of Kansas from microbiology to chemistry and finally to German literature and anthropology.

Now, Christina Warinner’s focus lies

somewhere in the mix of all of those fields, as she researches the microbiome — the sum total of all the bacteria in someone’s body — and how it has changed over time and what those changes actually mean. It’s this set of varied skills that she OU will bring to the stage Friday as she speaks during the TEDxOU conference.

Christina Warinner plans to discuss the Paleolithic diet, the diet of ancient humans, and how the understanding of it has changed over time.

She said she will show there is a large

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COLLEGE OF LAW

Retired OU College of Law professor dies; legacy of dedication, donation endures A former OU College of Law professor died Friday at Norman Regional Hospital.

“Professor Frank Elkouri was a special and dear friend to us,” OU College of Law Dean Joseph Harroz, Jr. said in an email.

Elkouri taught at the College of Law for more than 30 years, instructing classes on labor law, property, trade regulation, tort and worker’s compensation, according to the OU College of Law website. He retired in 1985.

“I will always feel fortunate to have been able to study under him when I was a law student and to benefit from his international expertise in his field,” President David Boren said

in a email.

Elkouri was a nationally-recognized authority on arbitration — a form of alternative dispute resolution, according to the OU College of Law website.

His book, “How Arbitration Works,” now in its sixth edition, is regarded as the authoritative treatise on the law and practice of labor arbitration.

Elkouri continued to contribute to OU even after retirement, Harroz said. In 2011, Elkouri and his wife, Edna Asper Elkouri, gave the largest one-time gift to the College of Law. The entire donation is for student scholarships, Harroz said.

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because of the opportunities it provided to current and future law students, but also because of the spirit in which it was given,” Harroz said. “It truly was a gift from the heart.”

A funeral service was held for Elkouri on Tuesday at the Holy Ascension Orthodox Christian Church.

“In the entire history of the OU College of Law, no faculty member has been more dedicated to his students and more generous to the school than Professor Frank Elkouri,” Boren said.

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THURSDAY, JAN. 24 The Star Trek: The Next Generation episode, “The Inner Light,” will be screened at 6:30 p.m. in the Bizzell Memorial Library’s Harlow Room. Pizza and drinks will be provided.

The Young Choreographer’s Showcase will open at 8 p.m. in the Reynolds Performing Arts Center, featuring original choreography by the school of dance graduate and undergraduate students.

FRIDAY, JAN. 25 Free chocolate chip pizza will given out beginning at 11:30 a.m. in Oklahoma Memorial Union’s First Floor Lobby.

A free showing of “Argo,” which tells the story of a covert operation to rescue six Americans during the Iran hostage crisis, will be shown at 6, 9 p.m. and midnight in Oklahoma Memorial Union’s Meacham Auditorium.

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flu shots: the usual one recommended for people 6 months and older, an intradermal shot for people ages 18 to 65 and the highstrength one recommended for those 65 and older, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s website. There also is a nasal-spray vaccine approved for use by people between the ages of 2 and 49 who are not pregnant.

Cleveland County Health Department ran out of the intradermal vaccine, Craig said, which uses a shorter, finer needle to deliver the vaccine.

The flu can lead to hospitalization and even death, according to the Center for Disease Control’s website. In fact, depending on the strain of the flu virus, between 3,000 and 49,000 people die from the flu each year.

The flu is spread through droplets containing the virus which can be transferred

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Carlos Maisonet, 73, reacts as Dr. Eva Berrios-Colon, a professor at Touro College of Pharmacy, injects him with flu vaccine during a visit to the faculty practice center at Brooklyn Hospital in New York Tuesday. Health officials say nine more deaths of children from the flu have been reported, bringing the total this flu season to 29.

through the air by coughing, sneezing or talking. They also can be transferred by touching a surface or object with the virus on it and then touching your eyes, mouth

or nose, according to flu.gov. symptoms may persist for A person with the flu is con- one to two weeks. tagious for around one day before symptoms develop Max Janerka fifimaxi@mac.com and five to seven days after symptoms appear, though

TEDX: Speaker uses varied interests in research Continued from page 1 misconception between what the Paleolithic diet actually was and what people think it is.

The fundamental principle of the Paleolithic diet, at least the old understanding of it, was ancient humans ate a primarily meat-based diet, with very few exceptions.

Now, our diets are grainheavy. Because of these differences, some people believe our digestive system and our body aren’t as in sync as they could be because our bodies didn’t evolve to eat those foods in that volume, she said.

“That’s not true,” Christina Warinner said.

Humans are perfectly capable of eating a high-grain, high-carbohydrate diet — but not all carbohydrates are good, and that’s something she plans to discuss during her talk, she said.

Chr istina War inner said she got involved with TEDxOU last year when a colleague nominated her to speak. She’d heard of TEDx before but didn’t really know much about it. The more she got involved with the program, the more she liked it, she said.

“I do think it’s really important to engage with the public more and show them what we’re and that it’s relevant,” she said.

The subject matter of her talk and her delivery is what will set her apart from the other speakers, Bill Warinner said.

“You can tell good speakers because they just develop

AT A GLANCE Other TED talkers LAURA BRUNSON

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Talk Topic: The global water problem within the framework of what she’s learned and experienced as a student researching drinking water in developing countries for several years.

She said: “I am very exciting to be able to share a little bit about the global water crisis with such a diverse and successful audience and of course I am a bit nervous.”

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Talk Topic: Algorithms and the Electorate: The Politics of Numbers How he feels: Nervous but excited.

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Talk Topic: Diabetes: past, present, and future — the history of the disease, the current state of treatment and what’s to come regarding future treatments for the disease.

How he feels: Hopes to “rise to the occasion” as he has “less than a week to prepare a ‘talk of a lifetime’; he hopes to deliver a great message.

a rapport with the audience, and she can do that,” he said.

“She’s very believable, and she’s brought down a fairly complicated subject matter to a level where a general audience could understand it.”

For her post-doctoral adviser, the thing that will stand out about her — whether at the TED talk or in any other academic pursuit — is her ideas, anthropology professor Cecil Lewis said.

“I think she has interesting ideas, and those ideas are demonstrated by evidence to hold water, and to me that’s very, very exciting,” Lewis said.

Christina Warinner brings a wealth of anthropological information to the stage,

most of which she’s gathered while doing fieldwork all over the world in places like Belize, Mexico and Nepal, she said.

She spent last summer over 2 miles high in the mountainous country of Nepal sorting samples from a team of archaeologists based on their relevance, she said. “ Nepal is the strangest place I’ve ever been in my entire life. I felt like I was on Mars,” she said,

referencing the lack of trees and vegetation.

She had to travel six days on foot and on horseback to reach the site, she said. As of now, she said it seems likely she will be traveling back to Nepal to continue her research.

Despite her varied interests, all the classes she took during her time in school have had some sort of relevance to her career, she said.

For example, because of her archaeological science studies, she pulls experience and knowledge that she gleaned from her first attempted major, microbiology.

“I’ve kind of come full circle back to my [first] interest,” she said.

She said she always has been interested in almost everything throughout her life — from the little girl who made up her own worlds in her spare time and practically memorized her textbook to the woman who combines all of her expertise in various fields and applies it to her research.

“Tina is Tina. She’s a person that kind of rises above the crowd but doesn’t really want to be noticed above the crowd,” Bill Warinner said.

“She just wants to be one of them.”

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Obama fulfills most of Grading homework does his campaign promises not lead to improved tests Our View: Obama fulfilled key 2008 campaign promises, but there still is work to be done.

Unlike in 2008, he does not control both the Senate and the House of Representatives.

His opponents The Our View is the majority are more vehement The inauguration of President opinion of Barack Obama for his second term in than ever, and his The Daily’s office prompts us to take a look back supporters are less nine-member at his 2008 campaign promises and editorial board enthusiastic than in track his progress. his 2008 election. Can What will his next four years look Obama really deliver like? Will he do better than he did in “change,” or will he just move a lithis first term? tle bit “forward” during his second Now that Obama has experienced term? Here is a look at those promises being president, we think he will fulfill and how the president has followed more of his goals in his second term, through on them during the last four but many obstacles lie in his path. years:

OBAMA’S 2008 CAMPAIGN PROMISES How did he measure up?

Expanding Pell Grants — KEPT — During the first two years of his presidency, Obama implemented and passed legislation that added significant increases in Pell Grants to federal law. The award level was set at $5,550 per school year.

While Obama did not meet all his goals for student loans, he did accomplish the most important aspect of his campaign promise and increased funding for students.

Health Care — MIXED BAG — Obama successfully passed the most sweeping health care reform legislation in decades but failed to deliver on many of his campaign promises. Most notably absent from the health care bill was a public option that would allow individuals to participate in a group policy administered by the government. While employers and individuals are now compelled to offer or get health coverage, the penalties for not doing so did not sit well with much of the country and the backlash nearly derailed Obama’s re-election.

Bipartisanship — BROKEN — His divisive actions during his first two years solidified the line down the aisle. Primarily attributable to health care, Republicans in Congress feel more alienated from this administration than ever. As a result, Obama has had to significantly compromise or abandon other policy goals. The country is also divided. Mitt Romney’s “47 percent” comment during the 2012 election demonstrates the clear divide between two distinct sections of American society.

Repeal “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” — KEPT — Obama worked quickly to overturn the policy that was enacted in 1993 under the Clinton administration. Military personnel who were forbidden from disclosing their sexual orientation under threat of military discipline can now serve openly in the military. There have been no measurable negative effects of the new policy, according to a study performed by the Palm Center at the University of California Los Angeles Law School.

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ll students in all approach may make sense OPINION COLUMNIST disciplines need in government-mandated to practice a primary and secondary edsubject in order to master ucation, but it is inappropriit. Traditionally, most or ate in a university setting. all of this practice comes College students are colin the form of mandalege students because we tory, graded homework choose to be. We are paying assignments. to be where we are, and we Hunter Ash However, there is no should be self-motivated hunter.r.ash-1@ou.edu definitive evidence that enough to study as much as such assignments acwe need on our own. If coltually enhance learning, and grading lege students will not study without being homework discourages students from coerced by homework grades, perhaps they developing personal study strategies and should not be in college. self-motivation. Unless experts can prove Another purported benefit of mandatory graded homework can help students, homework is it teaches students responsiprofessors should not assign it. bility, time management, study skills, etc.

The most common argument for grad- Again, this attitude is demeaning and uning homework is it increases the likelihelpful for adult students. If students can hood that students will complete it. This do well in their classes while studying for less than the required amount of time, they should not be punished for their aptitude.

And many students prefer methods of YOUR VIEW study other than doing endless practice Do you think it’s helpful problems or filling in blanks, such as using for teachers to assign online resources like Khan Academy, dishomework? cussing the material with friends, making flash cards or watching lecture videos. If “No, it really isn’t. I think the students find study techniques that work whole homework workbook is for them, they should be congratulated, not high school and is repetitive.” penalized.

What admittedly little scholarship there Nic Szabo is on this topic suggests ungraded homeAdvertising sophomore work is as effective at improving test performance as graded homework. A study at “Yes, if you don’t get the repetition the University of South Florida, spanning at home, you will blank on the three years and involving over 300 students, information later. It gives you concludes “that there is no statistically sigmotivation if you did terribly on nificant difference in student examination the assignment, and it gives you performance when homework is graded an idea of where you stand in the class.” versus when homework is assigned but not graded.”

Philip Lyons Some students prefer graded homeNon-degree seeking baccalaureate work because it helps pad their grade.

While there is nothing wrong with wanting “Yes, because when you invest in to have high grades, professors shouldn’t the homework, you learn. It helps add weight to homework just to buoy up with exams” students who did poorly on tests. It is regrettable when someone fails a class, but if Emily Dittelmier the grading scheme is packed with filler to Advertising sophomore allow anyone who makes any effort at all to pass, or perhaps even get an ‘A,’ it diminish“I think it’s dependent on the class es the perceived value of the class and the it’s for. If the homework is for a efforts of those students who did exceptionclass like English, it’s pointless ally well. and a waste of time, but if it’s Although it goes against the conventionfor something like chemistry, al wisdom, mandating homework does not it’s entirely necessary. It gives help students. Professors certainly should students more time to practice tell students what material they need to important ideas and make sure know, and suggested problem sets are very they really understand what’s useful. But grading homework is time congoing on. Ultimately, it is up to the suming, inappropriate and unhelpful. professor’s discretion.”

Andrew Shelton Letters junior

Hunter Ash is a math and physics sophomore.

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Fight to end bill proposing life sentence for homosexuals in Uganda

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n the same day attempt to attain rights for OPINION COLUMNIST Jodie Foster “surits GLBTQ citizens. The prisingly” came most recent hurtle is an anout at the Golden Globe ti-homosexuality bill. It was awards, 340,000 people dropped May 2011. gathered in Paris to protest Since its original creation gay marriage and express in 2009, it has been put on disapproval of a homosexuhold after international al lifestyle. human rights organizaSarah Sullivan Foster set an example of tions brought the issue to katsar313@netzero.net courage, while protesters light and urged countries set one of intolerance. to withdraw aid from the These two events made me realize country. how far we have come in some parts of The bill now has been revived and is the world but also how far we haven’t in on the move toward its second round in others. parliament.

Equal rights, in all facets of life, are This time, the government in Uganda something we should be pushing together claims the bill is to prevent the promotion as human beings. of homosexuality, particularly to children.

It shouldn’t matter if the person rallying Also, some religious organizations from next to you is gay, lesbian, bisexual, trans- the U.S. played a huge role in motivating gender, pink, blue or purple. He or she is a the creation of the bill in the first place. person just like you and deserves the same Gay rights activist Frank Mugisha, who rights. was the recipient of the 2011 Robert F. Farther south in the same hemisphere, Kennedy Human Rights Award, lays some an even more violent display of disapprov- of the blame on evangelical activists in the al is taking place and has been for some U.S. time.

He says they are responsible for the Uganda currently is absorbed in the intense fear and homophobia that has

living every day in fear that they will be manifested itself in the form of the “Kill the Gays” bill after a “2009 visit and confer- verbally and physically attacked by the media and supporters of ence on ‘rehabilitation’ for the bill. gays in Uganda.”

I ask that this is someI only became aware of IN DEPTH thing we all look into. As this situation a few weeks Anti-gay bill college students, we are the ago. At first, I was shocked next generation of influand then disgusted.

The sponsor of the ence and change.

I understand Uganda bill, David Bahati, Our views are the ones has a cultural history that is has called for harsh that are going to mold our different from mine in the punishments for U.S., but should that be an future, so let’s make it a homosexual acts. The excuse for a country to say positive and progressive bill originally included its citizens cannot pursue one when it comes to una death penalty clause the life they want? derstanding, acceptance but Bahati says it has been revised amid As of now, it is illegal to and unification. international pressure, engage in any homosexual We have come so far in according to a report GLBTQ rights in the U.S., act in Uganda. However, from BBC News. but we can’t forget that oththe anti-homosexuality bill Others in parliament ers have not and that we would enforce outrageouswere not able to were once standing where ly harsh repercussions for confirm the removal they stand now. participating in such acts. of the death penalty There is a petition on Repeat offenders could clause.

Change.org to stop this bill. face life in prison and I ask you to consider signpeople in the community ing it. would be required to report individuals who may be participating in homosexual behavior.

Sarah Sullivan is an English writing junior.

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WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 23, 2013 If you want more out of life, it’s extremely important to elevate your sights in the year ahead. Additionally, no one should have to tell you that it takes hard work to make things happen.

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Critics’ eyes on ‘Great Gatsby’ Film and literature experts rank ‘Gatsby’ adaptation in terms of success Briana Hall

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Hollywood is preparing for the much-anticipated release of “The Great Gatsby,� and students are buzzing with mixed feelings about the upcoming film on social media.

The movie, scheduled to be released May 10, according to the Warner Bros. website, will be an adaptation of F. Scott Fitzgerald’s novel.

Though the book is critically acclaimed, there has been a build up of both positive and negative sentiments toward the film. “I’ll see it because I like the story so much and I’m curious to see what they do with

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it, but I can’t imagine myself not being disappointed with it. It’s just such a good book that I can’t imagine it as a movie,� said Kevin Pickard, a literary and cultural studies senior.

Pickard said he is most worried about a lack of character development and the rushed feeling that usually comes with movies that are based on books.

Paige Powell, a film and media studies sophomore, said that she actually really likes it when books are turned into movies. “It’s hard to do because there’s so many things that you can say in a book that you can’t say on film,� Powell said.

While Powell said she hasn’t heard much hype about the movie past the initial release of the first trailer, she is excited to see it.

English and film professor Joanna Rapf said the position of movies based off novels has changed over time, along with the evolution of film study itself. “The way people look at adaptation now is very different‌film is now an accepted area of study,â€? Rapf said. “The film stands on its own as its own work of art and it doesn’t have to be faithful to its source.â€?

At the beginning of film study, Rapf said as a rule, films had to be faithful to their sources, which is impossible. “Film should be faithful to the vision of the novel‌how

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well they captured the spirit of what the author was doing in the novel,� Rapf said.

Though there have been past renditions of the movie, Rapf said, they did not capture the spirit of Fitzgerald’s work in the novel and were therefore unsuccessful.

Powell said that though things may change in the production from more literary to cinematic, if the producers intend for the movie to mirror the book, they should stay true to both the details and the essence of the novel.

Pickard said that this production’s success can possibly be attributed to the fact that the novel’s time

and setting — one of luxury, wealth, and materialism — is familiar to today’s generation, which has similar values.

Although Pickard said he has heard much hype among his younger peers about the release of the film, Rapf said that she has not heard much anxiety about it from her colleagues. However, she is interested to see the movie when it comes out.

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> Construction of the new bus transfer station will continue through Spring Break. We apologize for any inconvenience.

Park at Lloyd Noble Center and ride CART to campus. Parking on the north side of LNC is free to shuttle riders. LNC Shuttle hours of operation: 7 a.m. to 9 p.m. Mondays to Thursdays; 7 a.m. to 6 p.m. Fridays ( 5- to 10-minute service until 6 p.m.; 20-minute service from 6 to 9 p.m. Mondays to Thursdays).

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Dillon Phillips, sports editor Jono Greco, assistant editor dailysports@ou.edu • phone: 405-325-3666 oudaily.com/sports • Twitter: @OUDailySports

men’s tennis

Sooners sweep Shockers to start season Paval, Alcorta lead OU past Wichita State at home

PLAYER PROFILE Costin Paval

Joe Mussatto

Year: Senior

Sports Reporter

Oklahoma’s eighth-ranked men’s tennis team opened its spring season Tuesday night at Gregg Wadley Indoor Tennis Pavilion with a dominant 7-0 victory against Wichita State.

OU swept the Shockers in the doubles matches after shaking off a rough start. The Sooners then won all six singles matches, but not all of them came easily.

“The first match of the year is always hard,” coach John Roddick said. “These matches were absolute wars.”

Senior Costin Paval was magnificent for the Sooners in both the singles and doubles matches.

In the No. 1 singles draw, Paval easily defeated Wichita State senior Matheus Pereira — 6-0, 6-3. “ To n i g h t w a s a g o o d demonstration of doing the right things at the right times,” Paval said.

In his last season at OU, Paval realizes there may be added pressure as a result of the team’s high ranking.

“It’s the first time we’ve been ranked this high,” Paval said. “Of course, we don’t want to get ahead of ourselves, though. It’s all about execution and controlling the things we can control.”

Junior Guillermo Alcorta, ranked No. 36 nationally, also was at his best as he took down Ilija Cuic in straight sets — 6-3, 6-3.

Hometown: Bucharest, Romania Accolades: 2012 Big 12 Player of the Year, 2012 AllAmerican in doubles with sophomore Dane Webb. The tandem is ranked No. 12 by the Intercollegiate Tennis Association.

“The first match of the year is always hard. These matches were absolute wars.”

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“Seeing things that we need to focus on is always nice,” Roddick said. “It’s a great start to the season.”

Other notable performers were sophomore Dane Webb, freshman Axel Alvarez Llamas, junior Peerakit Siributwong and freshman Leonard Stakhovsky, who all won their matches.

The Sooners will be back in action Saturday as they host Notre Dame, Memphis, and Harvard in the ITA Kick-Off Tournament.

Joe Mussatto jmussatto@ou.edu

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Junior Guillermo Alcorta serves during his match against Wichita State junior Ilija Cuic on Tuesday at Wadley Indoor Pavilion. Alcorta, who is ranked No. 36 in the ITA Top 125 Singles Rankings, won in straight sets, 6-3, 6-3. The No. 8 Sooners blanked the Shockers, 7-0.

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