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SEX CRiMES

New bill may deter victims from coming forward Legislation requires reporting sexual assaults to authorities ALEXA YOUSSEF

For The oklahoma Daily

Reporting campus sexual assaults to law enforcement authorities would become mandatory under a bill introduced in the Oklahoma Legislature, but one OU official expressed concern about its potential impact.

Senate Bill 312 would make it mandatory for any employee of a public college or university to notify police upon hearing about a sexual assault or violent crime involving a student.

It also would require campus police departments such as OU Police Department to report any sexual or violent crime to local law

enforcement agencies such as the Norman Police Department when they learn of such cases.

In addition, OUPD would be required to enter into mutual aid agreements with local law enforcement agencies to investigate these types of crimes.

The bill’s author, Sen. Tom Ivester, D-Elk City, said he hopes the measure will lead to a more transparent handling of sexual assaults and violent crimes by universities in order to prevent incidents such as the recent scandals at Penn State and Oklahoma State University.

The Penn State scandal broke in 2011 after Jerry Sandusky , the former assistant defensive coordinator under head coach Joe Paterno, was accused of molesting boys over a 15-year period. In June 2012, Sandusky was convicted on 45 counts of molesting 10 boys.

In December 2012, OSU’s student news- crimes on campus”, he said. paper, the Daily O’Collegian, received an Kathy Moxley, director of OU Women’s anonymous email claimOutreach Center, said while ing a former member of the “Sexual assault is a the bill appears well-meanFarmHouse fraternity had crime that is about ing, it could have the unincommitted 10 assaults on tended effect of deterring vicnew fraternity members. taking control away tims from reporting assault After the paper broke the from a person in the incidents. story, it was found that OSU’s Moxley said adults should student misconduct office most intimate way.” have the right to choose how never reported its investigathey want to proceed after kATHy moXley, tion of multiple assault accutheir victimization if they do DIreCTor oF oU Women’S sations to local police. come forward. oUTreACH CenTer Ivester said his bill was al“Sexual assault is a crime ready in the works prior to the OSU scandal. that is about taking control away from a “I received a call from someone shortly person in the most intimate way,” Moxley after the Penn State scandal concerned over said. “Then, for the system to further take how universities in this state go about handling reports of sexual assaults and violent see BILL pAGe 2

RESEARCH FUNDS

New scholarship for autism study Graphic novel replaces textbook MORGAN GEORGE

OU alumnus donates spotlight on this condition,” Winthrow said. money for research About one in 88 children MATT RAVIS

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A pilgrim stands confidently holding a pizza, while next to him a clown looks down in utter confusion at the balloon animal in his hands. Three men dressed as a hot dog, a movie usher and a janitor complete the lineup of misfit men.

This is the scene on the cover of “Atlas Black: the Complete Adventure,” a graphic novel featured in a new OU study showing graphic novels help students retain information more effectively than traditional textbooks.

The study was led by Jeremy Short, strategic management chair of OU’s Price College of Business, and Aaron McKenny, a doctoral candidate for the Price College of Business.

The graphic novel, “Atlas Black: the Complete Adventure,” features a college student, Atlas Black, getting ready to graduate, planning see GRAPHIC NOVEL pAGe 3

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Management and entrepreneurship professor Jeremy Short discusses his graphic novel “Atlas black: The Complete Adventure.”

A new scholarship will fund OU research to answer questions about incredibly complex disorders affecting about 1 percent of children in the U.S. OU alumnus Jon Winthrow and his wife Cathryn donated $240,000 to create a scholarship for doctoral students researching autism spectrum disorders at the OU Health Sciences Center College of Allied Health.

As a former educational aide for individuals with autism in Norman Public Schools, Cathryn Winthrow said she knows better than most how autism affects not only those who have the disorder, but friends and family as well.

Autism is the general name for a spectrum of disorders affecting a child’s ability to communicate and interact with others, according to the Mayo Clinic.

Winthrow said autism disorders are extremely complex, and as she and Jon were researching it, they realized more research needed to be done, according to a press release from Jan. 24.

“We would like more

in the U.S. age 8 and younger have a type of autism spectrum disorder, according to a 2008 survey by the Autism and Developmental Disabilities Monitoring Network.

Cathryn and Jon Winthrow chose to give to the College of Allied Health because students there were already involved with autism research, Winthrow said. The scholarship will help students finish their studies when they otherwise might not have been able to.

The students who receive the new scholarship will work closely with the Oklahoma Autism Network in the College of Allied Health’s Tolbert Center, said Tatianna Proctor, director of development for the Office of Alumni and Development for the College of Allied Health.

Cathryn and Jon Winthrow have supported scholarships for the College of Arts and Sciences, College of Engineering, Price College of Business and Mewbourne College of Earth and Energy, director of development communications Charlotte Gay said in an email.

The couple has given a total of almost $2 million to support OU scholarships, according to the press release.

SPORTS

AT A GlAnCe Autism spectrum disorders

Sooners swing into season Friday

Autism: General name for a spectrum of developmental disorders.

Team looks to avenge last year’s national title defeat at hands of Crimson Tide JOSEPH MUSSATTO Sports reporter

Coach Patty Gasso has had no shortage of success heading into her 19th year at the helm of OU’s softball program, but the expectation for this season’s squad is different.

It’s national championship or bust.

A 5-4 loss to Alabama in game three of last year’s national championship kept the Sooners from clutching the trophy they had coveted — the trophy OU won in 2000.

Gasso, who coached that 2000 team, knows how close they came.

“They tasted it, they had their hands on that trophy and they knew it,” Gasso said.

The Sooners enter the 2013 season ranked No. 2 in the country. They return three All-Americans, and only lost one position starter from last year’s team.

Senior pitcher Keilani Ricketts and senior catcher Jessica Shults are aware of the ranking but refuse to let it affect their mindsets as they head into their final seasons as Sooners.

“We haven’t done anything yet,” Shults said. “Don’t worry about the numbers. Don’t worry about the polls. We just have to prove ourselves on the field.”

The proof is already there. ben WiLLiAMs/tHe dAiLy Ricketts has become a superstar in the softball world, Junior Keilani Ricketts serves up a fastball against No. 10 coach Gasso said. The All-American was named 2012 USA Missouri on Friday night in the first of a three-game series. The No. 5 Sooners beat the Tigers two of the three games.

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Asperger’s Disorder: developmental disorder affecting an individual’s ability to communicate and socialize. individuals usually exhibit extreme interest in specific topics.

Pervasive Development Disorder-not otherwise

Satire: Preacher’s rants convert man walking past him Opinion: in an incredible victory for religions everywhere, a preacher successfully yelled at a man on the street. (Page 4)

Sooners lose at home to No. 18 Kansas State

Sports: the ou men’s basketball team lost to the Wildcats, 52-50, on saturday, giving k-state the season sweep of the sooners. (Page 7)

specified: used interchangeably with “autism spectrum disorders” Childhood Disintegrative Disorder: Like autism, but occurs later and involves dramatic skill loss. Cdd is much less common than autism.

Source: Mayo Clinic website Autisim Speaks website

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Today around campus Free Food: Star-shaped cookies will be given away from 11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. in Oklahoma Memorial Union’s first floor lobby to promote OU’s Dancing with the Stars.

A concert featuring Rebecca Henderson on oboe will take place from 8 to 10 p.m. in Catlett’s Music Center’s Pitman Recital Hall.

Tuesday, Feb. 5 A Peace Corps career workshop will be held from 5:30 to 7 p.m. in Oklahoma Memorial Union’s Heritage Room for students wondering how studying and working abroad can affect them.

A night of comedy with Ahmed Ahmed, worldrenowned Egyptian-American comedian. He will perform in Catlett Music Center’s Sharp Concert Hall. Contact Collin Tyler at 918-720-3254 or Mariam Edwar at 832-633-5161.

Wednesday, feb. 6 A lunch and discussion with retired Col. Lawrence Wilkerson titled “Iran and the Middle East: Challenges for U.S. Foreign Policy” will be welcome from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. in Hester Hall, Room 170. To RSVP contact Donna Cline at dmcmom@ ou.edu.

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A blood drive will take place on Saturday, Feb. 9 at the Sooner Mall.

The blood drive is necessary during this time of year because cold and flu-like illnesses are going around, said Leslie Gamble, community relations director of the Oklahoma Blood Institute.

“In addition to that, you cannot donate if you are unwell,” Gamble said. “That means there are more sick people in hospitals and less healthy people to donate.”

People of all blood types are encouraged to donate blood, according to the Oklahoma Blood Institute press release dated Jan. 29. Those with O-negative blood especially are encouraged to donate blood at this time.

O-negative blood can be given to anyone of any blood type. Only 9 percent of the population has this blood type, according to the American Association of Blood Banks website.

The Oklahoma Blood Institute has a constant need for blood donations. To fill the needs of patients in hospitals, there have to be 700 donors every day, Gamble said. The blood donated at any blood drive is viable only for 56 days, and then it must be disposed of, she said.

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bill: Concerns include communication, education Continued from page 1 control away by saying we’re going to report this to police even if you don’t want to, is concerning.”

Moxley said in her experience, more students seek out a route that does not involve the police or legal action when moving forward after their victimization. Her biggest fear with a bill like this becoming law is that it might deter victims from coming forward out of fear of having to go to the police.

Ivester acknowledged several people, including his wife, a long-time victim’s counselor, have expressed similar concerns. He said in the event his bill is passed, measures could be put in place to train faculty and staff to warn victims ahead of time that if they tell them a crime occurred, they will have to report it.

“Universities can train their faculty and staff to get these students to the right people they can tell, like counselors, who have that patient confidentiality agreement,” Ivester said.

Moxley said the ability to warn students ahead of time before they come forward is great, but the risk of deterring students from coming forward still would be there.

“I think it is great to be able to tell the victims in advance, but the problem is you still have victims who won’t come

forward and seek the re- policy-violation system had sources and help they need,” a higher prosecution rate, Moxley said. punishing 11 of 16 students Another concern involves accused of violating sexual the requirement for cam- misconduct policies. pus police to work together Ivester said the need for with local law enforcement campus police and local agencies. law enforcement to work to“I have received a com- gether is essential to ensure plaint from an OU police offi- sexual assault and violent cer on having c r i m e s a re “I guarantee you to work with investigated Norman PD”, there are sexual or fully and not Ivester said. handled violent crimes that just An ininternally. have occurred on vestiga“ I g u a rtion by The a n tee you campus that only Oklahoma there are officials on the OU sexual or viDaily last year deter- campus know about olent crimes mined that hat have and no one else.” toccurred over a 12on year period, Sen. Tom Ivester, D-Elk City campus that OU students only officials reported 61 on the OU cases of sexual assault, but campus know about and no those reports led to only six one else,” Ivester said. “OSU arrests. They included 31 handled their case through reports of forcible rape, re- an internal misconduct sulting in only one arrest. hearing, and it was not made That suspect was not taken aware to the public or local to court and could not be police until after the student found in Cleveland County paper broke the story.”

Detention Center records.

The failure to communiThe Daily’s investiga- cate and work together with tion found that over the 12- local law enforcement at all year period, no one spent times, according to Ivester, time in jail for committing runs the risk that universian act of sexual assault on ty officials will be tempted campus. It also determined to cover up these types of cases handled within OU’s crimes to avoid bad publicity.

“Handling these crimes solely internally anymore just reeks Penn State scandal,” Ivester said.

OU Press Secretary Michael Nash declined to comment on Ivester’s bill, but said the university would continue to comply with all laws enacted by the Oklahoma Legislature or Congress.

Moxley said it is important to educate students on the issue of sexual assault so they know what their options are in the case they do become victims. It is also important measures be put in place to increase not only reporting of these crimes, but also the level of comfort they feel in coming forward to someone about their victimization.

“It is important to note only 5 to 10 percent of victims actually tell anybody at any university around the country that they have been assaulted,” Moxley said. “We have a really low rate of sexual assault reporting, and it is important that we do everything we can to increase that so people can feel safe to come forward.”

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: Students more receptive to entertaining format Continued from page 1 postgraduate life and starting his own business. The novel weaves key management terms and a splash of humor into the relatable story.

In the first part of the study, the researchers asked business seniors who had read the graphic novel before for their general opinions on the format of the novel and how it compared with the standard textbook, Short said in an email.

Short said that to his surprise about 80 percent of the participants said they agreed or strongly agreed the graphic novel compared favorably to the usual management text.

“The graphic novel was fun and easy to read, allowing me to understand the concepts more efficiently,” said Stephanie Black, an OU alumna who participated in the graphic novel study.

It was during the second part of the study when things got even more interesting, Short said.

A controlled group of 139 business students were divided into two groups, Short said in an email. Both groups read passages on needs and reinforcement theories, but in different formats. One group read a passage in classic textbook format, and the other group read from the graphic novel.

“We found both formats were associated with the ability to recall and transfer material, but the graphic novel format was significantly better for verbatim recall of material,” Short said.

The findings of Short and McKenny’s study were accompanied by a discussion of why graphic novels are effective tools for learning.

“It wasn’t until after I’d finished my Ph.D. and was working when I started teaching class and I came to this realization — which I guess is not a wild realization — that textbooks are boring a lot of the time, so I was looking for a way to make the material into a more interesting format,” said Short, who credits the presence of random, antique knick-knacks dispersed throughout his office to his tendency to get bored easily.

McKenny said he recalls his undergraduate experience as being a series of half-read textbooks.

“I don’t know about you, but when I was an undergraduate, about halfway through the semester I stopped reading the textbook,” McKenny said.

The first graphic novel McKenny ever read was actually Scott’s graphic novel, McKenny said. As a self-professed “business nerd,” McKenny read the entire novel in one sitting.

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Professor Jeremy Short shares his graphic novel “Atlas Black: The Complete Adventure.”

McKenny said since his first experience with the graphic novel, he has been alongside Short investigating the implications of this new format of improving learning.

The graphic novel also allows for students to see important management terms applied in story format, McKenny said.

“We believe our work is very important to be applied,” Short said. “I think a lot of people think that comics, or graphic novels, would be less applied, but I think it actually can be more applied because it’s showing how you would use the concepts in a real situation.”

That is where “Atlas Black” and many other graphic novels co-authored by Short are truly different from the often-limited examples of classic textbooks.

Starting June 10, Short’s graphic novel will reach much broader audiences as one of the textbooks for a historic new online course, Short said.

The Introduction to Management class will be free to anyone, anywhere in the world, Short said.

The class will be the first massive open online course, or MOOC, offered at OU, according to the Introduction to Management website.

OU students can enroll in the class to receive three hours of credit, which will satisfy several business-related minors or be used as

a lower-division free elective, Short said.

The course will also feature real-world examples specific to Oklahoma and OU to showcase the progress of festivals and small businesses of the state to the rest of the world, Short said.

AT A GLANCE Researchers Jeremy Short Rath Chair in Strategic Management at the Price College of Business.

Transferred to OU from Texas Tech University two years ago.

Has published over 50 articles, chapters in graphic and traditional textbooks and “Atlas Black: The Complete Adventure” Aaron McKenny

A doctoral candidate in management in the Price College of Business.

Accompanied Short when he came to OU and has continued to work alongside Short conducting research on management and entreuprenship.

His research has been featured in the Family Business Review, Business Horizons, Journal of the Academy of Marketing and many more publications.

Source: Price College of Business website linkedin

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EDITORIAL

Break out the still and get some moonshine Our View: Stop taxing Oklahoma’s

best beverage.

Agents of the Oklahoma state government arrested two men Jan. 4 in southeastern Oklahoma on suspicion of running an illegal moonshine operation. Because alcohol is not illegal, the charges boil down to failure to pay taxes and not having a license.

We think arresting people for boiling a clear liquid is ridiculous.

Distilling moonshine for personal use is a God-given, American right.

Our state government can stand up against oppressive federal restrictions by ending the moonshine tax in Oklahoma.

The Alcoholic Beverage Laws Enforcement Commission in Oklahoma says moonshine operations are on the rise, according to a report on npr.org in October 2012. The commission bases its assessment on anecdotal evidence because operations are difficult to detect.

Many operations are in southeast Oklahoma, where unemployment rates are the highest in The Our View is the majority opinion of The Daily’s nine-member editorial board

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A simple whiskey still.

the state.

Moonshining in southeast Oklahoma might be on the rise, but anyone familiar with that part of the state knows it’s nothing new. In 2006, another still was shut down in Pushmataha County. Our moonshining history in Oklahoma reaches back before statehood.

When Oklahoma was Indian Territory, federal law prohibited the sale of alcohol to Native Americans.

When the state was opened to non-native settlers, operations serving alcohol were established along Oklahoma’s southern and eastern borders, according to the Oklahoma Historical Society. The southeastern part of the state was nearest to Native American lands — the same area where moonshining is prevalent today.

But the wig-wearing politicians in Washington

D.C. always have had a problem with moonshiners. Taxes and restrictions have been in place since the 1780s.

Our moonshining forefathers didn’t take liquor taxes lying down. The Whiskey Rebellion in 1791 was a response to a new tax on distilled spirits. The tax was implemented to help pay down the national debt; sound familiar?

The federal government eventually put down the rebellion, but the rebellion was one of the earliest examples of local resistance to federal taxation.

Making moonshine to sell is one thing, but taxing a product made purely for personal consumption is wrong.

Would we tax a backyard vegetable garden or chicken coop making eggs?

Let’s kick the feds out of our bottles and make moonshine legal for personal consumption in Oklahoma without licenses or taxes.

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hile power walking to class, I hear the proselytizing of damnation and hellfire from an aloof vantage point. As my perception becomes more acute, I see an ever expansive crowd of student body circling the Unity Garden, proselytizing the proselytizer.

The street preacher circus has come early to campus this semester.

The crowd largely consists of two camps — the saved and the damned — both gawking at and mocking a street preacher and at times, each other.

MELODIE LETTKEMAN/ THE DAILY Two thoughts immediAdam Evans, self-proclaimed ambassador of reconciliation, reads Bible verses from his Kindle on ately come to mind: Why on earth do people choose Jan. 31, 2012 on the South Oval. Evans uses the verses as a springboard for sermons to students. to engage with this fatuousness? and two, Those who May I propose an alternative reaction that preserves the engage with a preacher’s fatuousness often are as vexing integrity of both camps? Rather than engaging with the as those whom they oppose. lunatic fringe, I encourage fellow students to ignore these In regard to the former, reasons vary among each opdesperate cries for attention. posing camp. In terms of the saved, I can only speculate, Street preachers are callow, narcissistic bores who seek since these lost souls already have been found. attention through intentionally provoking heated emoUsually, this is a futile attempt to correct an error in tions. These are the same people who would be better at the proselytizer’s message or to debate the specifics of selling pencils from a cup. scripture.

Those who flock to these types are commonly referred Two points come to mind as an outside observer: Do to as “The Fish” — a demeaning equivocation that has the the converts really expect to persuade the fanatic prosely- connotations of a mindless captured trout. tizing of this clown — much less promote an edifying disThe mere act of engaging with proselytizers feeds into cussion? and two, the division that has resulted from such an agenda that is attempting to be undermined. bickering is precisely why so many ‘potential’ converts If you really want to win an argument with a street disavow religion. preacher, try ignoring them.

Then there is the other camp — the atheists, agnostics, The argument could be made that proselytizers proskeptics or whatever preferred label. (We get it. You don’t voke awareness and promote fruitful dialogue among the believe in God. Join the club) student body.

These are the types who commonly universalize the However, such extremes need not be taken at a univermentally questionable as an accurate caricature of all sity — a breeding ground for the market place of ideas. religion.

More civilized discussions can be found in any introWorse, much of the arrogance goes undeserved as soft- duction to philosophy course, library or coffee shop. pitched objections such as “Who made God?” or “But Undoubtedly, the street preacher circus is bound for a what about evolution?” are served, allowing the opposing second act this semester. underdog to bat yet another home run.

I encourage fellow students to preserve their intellectuI understand some people’s presence is merely for the al integrity by not purchasing tickets to this years show. show and do not mean to antagonize the antagonists. I, too, get hooked by the metaphysical freak show at times.

It is hard to refuse free peanuts.

Nathan Cranford is a philosophy senior.

arlier today, a OPINION EDITOR local man was converted to an evangelical Christian sect which supports strict Biblical literalism while walking back to work after his lunch break.

This news comes at a Trent Cason critical time for religion cason.trent@yahoo.com in America with congregations declining among Protestant denominations across the nation.

Maybe that’s why no one was more surprised than local fanatical bigot and street-corner preacher Abraham Jenkins. “At first I was a little shocked,” said Jenkins. “This hadn’t ever happened before, and I wasn’t sure what to do. So, I let him hold my sign.”

The sign, which reads “All sinners will burn in Hell” on one side and has a picture of a late-term abortion on the other, is a familiar sight in the community where Jenkins protests Western civilization and spouts borderline hatespeech six days a week.

Roscoe Kneibard wasn’t planning on having his life changed today, either. “I was just going back to work when I walked past this guy who was yelling at everyone,” said Kneibard, who only moved into the area a few weeks ago. “I could tell that it was something really important because he had this super intense look in his eyes.”

That intense glare and maniacal hollering prompted Kneibard to stop and listen. Within minutes of his first encounter with Jenkins, he was transformed by his message.

“I guess I just didn’t realize that everyone was going straight to hell. I also didn’t realize that I had bought a condo right in the middle of a den of iniquity and shame,” lamented Kneibard. “I asked if I could help warn everybody, and he handed me this really neat reversible sign.”

Kneibard spent the rest of the day screaming at passers-by, waving his new sign dangerously close to people’s heads and listening to Jenkins preach.

“How do people not know about this stuff?” Kneibard asked our field reporters with honest confusion. “The message just seems so simple to understand. Like, earlier today, when I screamed ‘all fags will writhe in a lake of fire for eternity’ at this woman and her kids, I could tell by the look on her face she was scared and obviously hadn’t realized how serious this is. She grabbed her kids and hurried off, probably to warn others.”

Kneibard says he plans to quit his job as a software designer and join Jenkins in building his sidewalk congregation full time.

“The holy spirit is strong with the kid,” said Jenkins of Kneibard. “I couldn’t have asked for a more dedicated, intelligent, passionate, serious, statuesque disciple with pretty green eyes. Today was a good day for bringing a beautiful soul home. Home to the Lord, I mean.”

Trent Cason is a literature and cultural studies senior.

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‘Downton’ makes waves in U.S. life & arts columnist

after week with her spitfire wit and love of all things British.

“The contrast between the British characters and American characters provides an interesting view to how differently the two cultures interact with each Courtney Stephens other,” Malaby said. cstephens15@ou.edu There is also a huge contrast between the eareriod costumes, ly-1900s way of life and British accents American culture today. and the ever-witty They did not have the Maggie Smith have helped Starring: Michelle distractions of advanced to make “Downton Abbey” Dockery, Dan Stevens, technology during that one of the most popular Elizabeth McGovern era — they just had each television dramas in the and Hugh Bonneville other. It’s interesting that U.S., as well as across the Network: PBS pond. The show that just photo provided the viewership extends to won a Screen Actor’s Guild Shirley MacLain (Martha Levinson) and Maggie Smith (Dowager Countess of Grantham) are featured those who watch shows like Time: 8 p.m. Sundays award for best drama enin the hit British TV series “Downton Abbey.” The show premiered Sept. 26, 2010 and revolves around “The Bachelor” and those who want nothing to do semble is not only liked by the Crawley family and their servants in the years leading up to and following World War I. with reality TV. That exemlovers of history, but has raunchy or trashy content to forefront of our minds are comebacks they say to plifies how good “Downton amassed a huge following “We, as viewers, bring in viewers. universal,” Troy said. each other make the show,” Abbey” really is. among America’s youth. can connect to at Borchardt said. “It makes it “The show brings with Perhaps another reason “I think at one point or Many people did not least one of the it many aspects that other for the show’s popularity is human and hilarious.” another, we all want to be catch onto the craze until current television shows royal couple William and And who doesn’t like it a king or queen and live in after it began to air in the characters...”

Kate’s celebrity-status. when people with British a fine house supported by U.S., but thankfully there are seem to lack,” University College freshman Brett “As the tabloids were fasaccents deliver those witty loyal butlers,” Borchardt large gaps of time between Brett Borchardt, University college cinated by Will and Kate, lines? Many Americans said. “We, as viewers, can the short seasons, so people Borchardt said. freshman “Downton Abbey” offers the public was beginning are fascinated with the connect to at least one of have time to catch up on to love Downton Abbey,” British way of life, especial- the characters and I think, the series. Part of the popu- a different perspective for and acted in many periAmericans, biology junior University College freshly since they grew up with just momentarily, we larity of “Downton Abbey” od pieces, including “The Jason Troy said. man Claire Malaby said. the “Harry Potter” francan put ourselves in their stems from the show’s Young Victoria” and “Vanity chise. Dame Maggie Smith, shoes.”

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OUDaily.com ›› The OU men’s basketball team hits the road to face off against Iowa State at 6 p.m. tonight at Hilton Coliseum in Ames.

Softball: OU searching for first title since 2000 Continued from page 1 Collegiate Player of the Year and received numerous other awards including 2012 Big 12 Player of the Year.

Her 2012 stats back the hype — 37-9 with a 1.08 ERA. The dominant pitcher also led the Sooners at the plate with a .395 batting average.

Shults — having already made her debut with Team USA — has cemented herself as arguably the best catcher to come through OU. Her career slugging percentage of .731 is a school record that she looks to continue this season.

Along with her fellow seniors, pitcher Michelle Gascoigne and outfielder Brianna Turang, Ricketts and Shults look to be the leaders of this talent-heavy team.

With seven freshmen on the roster, the veteran leadership will be essential.

“This freshman group is talented, but they are raw,” Gasso said.

The first-year players are not expected to have a significant impact this year, but it is clear they are making their presence felt. And the upperclassmen have taken note. “ They are doing their jobs and working for a spot,” Shults said.

Along with the incoming freshman, another new name was added to the Sooners’ roster: sophomore infielder Shelby Pendley.

Pendley — who spent her freshman season at Arizona — transferred to OU and is eligible to play this season.

Her pure talent has garnered excitement within the program.

An All-Pac-12 first team selection as a freshman and

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Oklahoma’s late rally falls short OU loses to K-State for second time, still winless against ranked teams Garrett Holt Sports Reporter

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Senior outfielder Brianna Turang steals second base against No. 10 Missouri Friday, April 22, 2012 in the first of a three-game series. The No. 5 Sooners beat the Tigers two of the three games.

19 home runs have Pendley excited to begin her sophomore season at Oklahoma.

“I absolutely love it here.

I was really appreciative of being accepted into the program,” Pendley said.

Her coach could not be happier to have the addition of a player like Pendley.

“She is a tremendous athlete,” Gasso said. “I know she’s going to be something very special.”

How e ver, the bigg est compliment of media day was directed toward sophomore infielder Lauren Chamberlain — whom Gasso said is the best player she’s ever seen.

Like Pendley, Chamberlain is anticipated to have a monster sophomore season following a year in which she was named the Big 12’s best freshman.

AT A GLANCE WCWS loss OU led 3-0 heading into the fourth inning when it began to rain.

Ricketts threw four wild pitches during the fourth, resulting in a 13-minute delay and a four-run inning for Alabama. The Crimson Tide went on to win its first national title, 5-4.

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Chamberlain hit .357 and led her team with a Big 12-record 30 home runs last season. The All-American deserves every compliment she gets, but that does not mean she will stop getting better.

“There’s so much more

I have left to do. There’s always work to be done,” Chamberlain said.

Good news for Oklahoma.

Bad news for Oklahoma’s opponents.

With the season just over a week away, the Sooners are eager to get back to their winning ways. Gasso has instilled a work ethic within her players that keeps them from settling for anything less.

“If you don’t have passion, and you can’t put softball as a priority, this isn’t the program for you,” she said.

The Sooners begin play Friday against Stanford and Oregon State at the Kajikawa Classic in Phoenix.

OU will play its first home g a m e Ma r c h 1 a g a i n s t Nebraska at Marita Hynes Field.

S e n i o r g u a rd S a m G ro o m s’ b u z z e r- b e a t i n g three-pointer fell short, and the OU men’s basketball team was unable to avenge its earlier loss to Kansas State, losing 52-50 at Lloyd Noble Center.

After trailing 50-42 with 2:51 left, the Sooners made a furious comeback to tie the game at 50 on Grooms’ layup with 13 seconds remaining.

They failed to take the lead, however, as Kansas State’s sophomore guard Angel Rodriguez scored the winning points on two free throws with five seconds left.

“Angel read it, got to the bucket and was fortunate to get the foul and hit the free throws,” Kansas State UP NEXT coach Bruce Weber said. Iowa State “We got a real good road win. It keeps us up in the When: 6 p.m. top part of the league.”

Watch: ESPNU Before the flurr y of points in the last part of the second half, both teams — but mostly the Sooners — had an extremely difficult time scoring the basketball.

OU was held without a point for the last 6:27 of the first half. The team had nine straight possessions end without points.

The futility didn’t end at halftime, either. After the break, the Sooners still didn’t score for the first 4:57 of the second half — a total of 11 minutes and 24 seconds without scoring a single point.

“You can’t really dwell on it,” senior forward Romero Osby said. “You have to get a stop and then go at them again on the offensive end. We had a lot of opportunities, and a lot of shots didn’t fall.

“Credit Kansas State, they’re a really good team, and they did a good job defensively.”

The Wildcats frustrated the Sooners all game, as exemplified by junior guard Will Spradling’s play.

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