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7-hour wait to drink could be on tap OU State lawmaker proposes bill to make people wait until 7 a.m. on 21st birthday before buying alcohol SARAH MARTIN Campus Reporter

Bar trips for freshly turned 21-yearolds will have to be postponed if a proposed legislative amendment receives Oklahoma lawmakers’ support.

Rep. Cory Williams, D-Stillwater, has introduced House Bill 3100, which

would ban the sale of alcohol to 21-yearolds before 7 a.m. on their birthday.

The amendment is intended to prevent overconsumption of alcohol by 21-year-olds from midnight to 2 a.m. on their birthday, Williams said. Legally requiring people to wait until after 7 a.m. to purchase alcohol would encourage

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responsible drinking over several hours instead of heavy drinking over just two hours, Williams said.

A constituent proposed the idea after her daughter spent time in the hospital recovering from alcohol poisoning after drinking at midnight on her 21st birthday, Williams said.

More than 50,000 cases of alcohol poisoning are reported in the U.S. every year,

GET INvOLvED share your view Students wishing to advocate for or against the bill can contact state Rep. Emily virgin by emailing her at emily. virgin@okhouse.gov.

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A “College Scorecard” released by the White House to help prospective students choose educational institutions likely will have little effect on OU’s crop of incoming students, the Prospective Student Services director said.

After being introduced by the U.S. Department of Education’s College Affordability and Transparency Center, the draft will compare statistics such as net price,

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An OU student organization is helping international and exchange students improve their grasp of the English language in an informal setting.

English Conversation Café, which met Saturday for the second time, is presented by students involved with Campus Crusade for Christ and is intended to provide students a friendly way to improve their Englishspeaking skills, environmental health graduate student Andy Borgstrom said.

“We knew that there were a lot of international students who need to learn English,” Borgstrom said. “We thought we should put ourselves in their shoes.”

The group’s w e ekly meetings offer students the chance to practice their English while having fun, communication sophomore Sarah Hunt said.

“It’s like we were just hanging out, it’s not intimidating as a classroom,” Hunt said.

English Café attendees get to choose what they want to talk about and work on, making the exercises well-adapted to their needs, Hunt said. “ We a sk t h e m w hat would they want to work on and what would benefit them the most,” she

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A participant in Norman’s Mardi Gras parade tosses Mardi Gras beads into crowds of spectators Saturday on Main Street. This year, 30 floats participated in the Mardi Gras parade. The parade was held in downtown Norman.

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A unicyclist entertains crowds at the Mardi Gras parade in Norman on Saturday on Main Street. There were approximately 200 people in attendance at the parade this year.

WHERE: Oklahoma Memorial Union’s Crimson Room

he smell of beignets and cigar smoke filled the air on Main Street on Saturday in downtown Norman as floats revved up to parade from the train tracks to Porter Avenue for the 18th annual Norman Mardi Gras Parade.

The winter chill didn’t turn people away, as around 200 people lined the road wearing gold, green and purple with masks and see the list of winners light-up swords. from saturday’s parade.

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Many exchange students embark on journeys to the U.S. with hopes of improving their English.

For some, now six months into their stay, improvements have been noticeable, even if there have been missteps and complications along the way.

German mechanical engineering student Kristian Strüdde said the process has been a fulfilling one.

Strüdde began learning first-hand by listening to common words American students were using.

“My accent improved but I still sound German,” Strüdde said. “I guess I’ll never get rid of it.”

When he arrived in America, Strüdde became aware of the stereotypes often associated with German accents by the media, he said.

“In at least 50 percent of the movies I’ve seen here, the Germans were the bad guys,” Strüdde said. “Once, I heard my voice in a video, and I realized I sounded like the evil guy here.”

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Graduate Student Senate approved emergency funding for three student organizations and approved a new UOSA Superior Court Justice.

alcohol: Bill intends to reduce rapid drinking Continued from page 1

A student art exhibition, Fantasma IV, will be featured at the Fred Jones Art Center’s Lightwell Gallery.

A theater festival hosted by the School of Drama will be held at Beatrice Carr Wallace Old Science Hall. The festival runs Monday to Friday.

A seminar titled “OU Websites that Help You Succeed,” part of the Student Success Series, will take place at 2 p.m. at 105 Muldrow Tower in Adams Center.

A discussion about Austrian coffee and its role in society by Robert Lemon, part of A&S Week, will take place at 2 p.m. in 230 Kaufman Hall.

A performance of traditional Chinese music will take place at 3 p.m. at 230 Kaufman Hall.

TUESDAY, Feb. 21 A free concert will be given from noon until 12:30 p.m. at the Fred Jones Jr. Museum of Art’s Sandy Bell Gallery. It will feature Konstantinos Karathanasis’ computer music studio.

A presentation of Latin American folk music will take place at 11 a.m. at 230 Kaufman Hall.

The women’s basketball team will play Texas A&M at 7 p.m. at Lloyd Noble Center.

A forum on congress and American politics will take place at 7 p.m. at Gaylord Hall’s Ethics and Excellence in Journalism Auditorium.

WEDNESDAY, Feb. 22 OU Summer Camp Job Fair will take place from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. in the Oklahoma Memorial Union Food Court.

A game of bingo will take place at 11:30 a.m. at the Oklahoma Memorial Union’s Beaird Lounge.

A Hebrew folk dance performance featuring Ori Kritz will take place at noon at 229 Kaufman Hall.

A discussion about Arabic coffee with Mohammad Al-Masri will take place at 2 p.m. at 229 Kaufman Hall.

A Student Success Series seminar, “Studying for the Sciences,” will take place from 5 to 6 p.m. at 211 Dale Hall.

The men’s basketball team will play Oklahoma State at 7 p.m. in Norman.

A Ruggles Native American Music Series performance featuring five Native Oklahoman flutists will take place at 8 p.m. at Catlett Music Center’s Paul F. Sharp Concert Hall.

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A proposed law would prohibit drinking until 7 a.m. on people’s 21st birthday. This legislation has been initiated in hopes of curbing binge drinking between midnight and 1:30 a.m. when most bars stop serving.

come in at midnight on their 21st birthday and overconsumption typically isn’t a problem. People usually drink too much when they drink before or after going to the bar, Steward said.

Williams said he has received push-back on the bill.

The bill currently is in the

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according to World Health Organization statistics.

Whether the amendment is adopted, it always is dangerous for students to drink heavily in a short period of time, said Maggie Pool, OU Health Services Clinical Services assistant director, in an email.

Williams hopes banning the sale of alcohol to 21-yearolds at midnight on their birthday would lower the incidences of alcohol poisoning in Oklahoma, he said.

Ann Laudick, film and media studies junior, celebrated her 21st birthday in January with a free beer at midnight at Opolis, 113 N. Crawford Ave. Laudick did not drink any more on her birthday than she would normally consume, she said.

“I think it is kind of a personal thing,” Laudick said. “I don’t think a law would [stop] someone who is determined to get wasted on their 21st birthday.”

The amendment is intended to encourage people to spread their drinking over time, not to stop them from drinking, Williams said.

“I am not under any grand illusions that this is going to wipe out drinking, that this is going to eliminate people from celebrating their 21st with alcohol,” Williams said.

“It is not my intent to do that with this bill. I am not trying to legislate people’s morality or decisions.”

Nancy Smith, manager at The Mont Restaurant, said servers at the restaurant do not continue to serve customers alcohol once they show signs of intoxication.

“It used to be the big thing that people would get 21 shots on their birthday. We do not allow that,” Smith said.

If the amendment is passed, Smith said she does not think it will change business.

“Kids will still come in the next day,” Smith said.

Jeff Steward, manager at the O’Connell’s Pub & Grille, said he sees a lot of students

Legislature’s rules committee but may not be heard because it is not one of Williams’ topeight bills, he said. Since the bill is not one of Williams’ priority bills, it may not be voted on in committee this session and, therefore, not brought up in the legislature at large.

“It’s a good bill but not a

game-changer,” he said.

As the bill currently reads, drinking would be banned until 7 a.m. the day after person’s 21st birthday. Williams said this was a mistake, and the bill would be revised only to ban drinking until 7 a.m. on the day of a person’s 21st birthday.

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interest: Members have found opportunity for both teaching, learning Continued from page 1 said. “They often just say being around people who speak, being in a normal setting and listening to a conversation.”

By talking about simple subjects such as their siblings, hobbies or even favorite desserts, participants are encouraged to practice English while making friends.

Limbo Baldwin, electrical and electronics engineering major and Chinese student, arrived in the U.S. a month ago and, like the rest of his group of Chinese international friends, has to take a full semester at the Center for English as a Second Language before beginning

classes in the fall, he said.

“I think I have improved a lot already because now I can communicate with people and it’s very helpful,” Baldwin said. “I think it’s very interesting ... I will come every week.”

With different nationalities and people who have been in the U.S. from one to nine months taking part, English Café also is a multicultural meeting point.

“There are a lot of different types of people, it’s one of our big challenges and we love to welcome whoever wishes to come,” Hunt said.

Borgstrom wanted to tangibly serve others and enjoys the sense of satisfaction he gains from participating in English Café, he said.

Hunt said she agrees.

“It’s on Saturdays,” she said. “I don’t really do much anyways, so I thought ‘why don’t I do something more productive and helpful for others?’”

The interest of these students in the international community may be what brought them to do this, but they quickly realized there was as much teaching as learning, Borgstrom said.

“As Americans, we are pretty illiterate of the rest of the world, so any opportunities to have different views of cultures and languages is good,” Borgstrom said. “We would have a viNikki Self/The Daily sion for it to carry on even after we’re gone, we’ll love Forrest Lin (right), petroleum engineering student from China, tells a story set in the Sahara Desert durfor them to continue as long ing the English Café on Saturday in the Oklahoma Memorial Union’s Crimson Room. The English Café is a weekly meeting where foreign exchange students practice speaking with native English speakers. as possible.”

ranking: OU does not think scorecards will negatively affect enrollment Continued from page 1 graduation rates and earnings potential among peer institutions.

In addition to unveiling the draft, the White House is seeking input regarding the scorecard’s contents through its website.

Potential Sooners may analyze OU’s rankings, but Prospective Student Services Director Andy Roop doesn’t believe it will make or break their decisions to attend OU, he said.

“I think this probably will end up being one more tool ... that students and families can use to compare and contrast institutions to limit them down to a core group of schools to visit,” Roop said.

“But I don’t think that many people would ... choose an institution by just sifting through the scorecards.“ While the draft is a relatively new tool, U.S. World and News Report has ranked American universities since 1983.

AT A GLANCE OU’s scorecard Information will include OU’s average net price (average cost versus average aid granted) and graduation rates.

Cost (average net price) $13,622 Graduation (six-year rate) 64.5 percent Source: National Center for Education Statistics

In its 2012 edition of Best Colleges, the magazine ranked OU as 101st overall among national universities.

These rankings, however, do not completely dictate a student’s educational decision, Roop said.

“Those who want to go out and research it do so and come in with questions ... but it’s not as much in the context in the ranking as it’s in the context of the individual student and

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their family,” Roop said.

The university uses these rankings to monitor important statistics, such as graduation and retention rates, Roop said.

As it’s presented now, the draft lists costs, graduation, student loan repayment, student loan debt and earnings potential.

The draft also compares the university in question to peer institutions by utilizing a number line in each category.

These categories, while important, fail to capture what individualizes each institution, Roop said.

“Academic programs are always going to be at the forefront,” Roop said. “[Students ask],’Do you offer what I want to do? If you do, how good is your program?’”

The draft’s cost section could be slightly misleading because net price can vary significantly from student to student based upon financial aid received, Roop said.

“I think one thing that might be useful under the cost section is to put in total cost before aid, but promote [students] to use the university’s net price calculator and determine their specific net price after potential types of funding,” Roop said.

Under its graduation section, the draft compares colleges based upon 6-year graduation rates. According to the university’s Institutional Research and Reporting, OU’s current rate is 64.5 percent, but Roop said some prospective students and their families misinterpret the number.

“Someone hears a 65 percent and they think, ‘Isn’t that relatively low?’” Roop said.

“When you then start to look in comparison to peer institutions and other Division I comprehensive institutions ... it starts to make a little more

“I think this probably will end up being one more tool or resource that students and families can use to compare and contrast institutions. ... But I don’t think that many people would ... choose an institution by just sifting through the scorecards.”

Andy Roop, Prospective Student Services Director

sense on what that number means.”

According to the National Center for Education Statistics, the University o f Te x a s, Un i v e r s i t y o f Kansas and Oklahoma State University’s six-year graduation rates are 80, 61 and 59 percent respectively.

While hard numbers for graduation rates and net prices are relatively easy to come by, Roop said he believes earnings potential doesn’t factor into a student’s decision as much as other sets of data.

Overall, Roop said the scorecard does reflect a major hurdle that can prevent students from attending OU: cost.

“Although I think many students and their families see the value of an OU education ... it does not mean that it’s inexpensive,” Roop said. “We work very hard as an institution, but sometimes it’s a financial decision for students.”

At the same time, OU is able to draw students in by providing a good value and unique setting, Roop said.

“We talk a lot about being big yet small. We have all the things that come along with a Division I comprehensive institution ... yet we only have 19,000 undergraduate students,” Roop said. “I think it’s the comprehensive list of things that create the environment that we have.”

Focus on A&S Week

OU’s Oldest, Largest, and Most Diverse College

Monday The Vie Viennese Cafe: Austrian Coffee 2 p.m., Monday, February 20 Kaufman Hall 230 Presented by Robert Lemon, sponsored by Modern Languages, Literatures and Linguistics.

Chinese Traditional Music: The Gourd Flute 3 p.m., Monday, February 20 Kaufman Hall 230 Jiaxuan Li and Zhijie will perform Chinese music, sponsored by Modern Languages, Literatures and Linguistics.

“Congress to Campus Open Campus Forum: Congress and American Politics Today,” with former U.S. Representatives David Minge (D. Minnesota) and Nick Smith (R. Michigan) 7 p.m. Tuesday, February 21 Ethics and Excellence in Journalism Auditorium in Gaylord Hall Sponsored by the Association of Former Members of Congress, Politics Science Club, Department of Political Science, Carl Albert Congressional Research and Studies Center, OU Speaker’s Bureau.

For accommodations on the basis of disability, contact Cathy Brister at (405) 325-8973 or cbrister@ou.edu.

Tuesday Latin American Folk Music 11 a.m., Tuesday, February 21 Kaufman Hall 229 Presented by Christina Audas, sponsored by Modern Languages, Literatures and Linguistics.

Wednesday Hebrew Folk Dancing 12 p.m., Wednesday, February 22 Kaufman Hall 229 Presented by Ori Kritz, sponsored by Modern Languages, Literatures and Linguistics.

Arabic Coffee 2 p.m., Wednesday, February 22 Kaufman Hall 229 Presented by Mohammad Al-Masri. Enjoy a taste of Arabic coffee and a discussion of its history. Sponsored by Modern Languages, Literatures and Linguistics.

Faculty Authors Reception Tuesday, February 21 4:30 – 6 p.m.

Ellison Hall, Room 132

Friday Russian Mardi Gras!

11 a.m., Friday, February 24 Kaufman 229 and 232

Thursday Distinguished Alumni Lecture

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From HR 5193 to National Award-Winning Game, the Creation of “Paying Attention Pays” Lester Claravall, Distinguished Alumni Public Presentation Thursday, February 23 10:30 a.m.

Mary Eddy and Fred Jones Auditorium, Fred Jones Jr. Museum of Art Subversive Shakespeare: Performances behind the Iron Curtain during the Cold War Ann Jennalie Cook, Distinguished Alumni Public Presentation Thursday, February 23 1:30 p.m.

Mary Eddy and Fred Jones Auditorium, Fred Jones Jr. Museum of Art

Thanksgiving for Everyone... Everywhere, Everyday John Danner, Distinguished Alumni Public Presentation Thursday, February 23 3:00 p.m.

Mary Eddy and Fred Jones Auditorium, Fred Jones Jr. Museum of Art

Fun with Physics, A Personal Odyssey Dr. A.T. Stair, Distinguished Alumni Public Presentation Thursday, February 23 4 p.m.

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Graduate Student Senate approved emergency funding for three student organizations and approved a new UOSA Superior Court Justice.

alcohol: Bill intends to reduce rapid drinking Continued from page 1

A student art exhibition, Fantasma IV, will be featured at the Fred Jones Art Center’s Lightwell Gallery.

A theater festival hosted by the School of Drama will be held at Beatrice Carr Wallace Old Science Hall. The festival runs Monday to Friday.

A seminar titled “OU Websites that Help You Succeed,” part of the Student Success Series, will take place at 2 p.m. at 105 Muldrow Tower in Adams Center.

A discussion about Austrian coffee and its role in society by Robert Lemon, part of A&S Week, will take place at 2 p.m. in 230 Kaufman Hall.

A performance of traditional Chinese music will take place at 3 p.m. at 230 Kaufman Hall.

TUESDAY, Feb. 21 A free concert will be given from noon until 12:30 p.m. at the Fred Jones Jr. Museum of Art’s Sandy Bell Gallery. It will feature Konstantinos Karathanasis’ computer music studio.

A presentation of Latin American folk music will take place at 11 a.m. at 230 Kaufman Hall.

The women’s basketball team will play Texas A&M at 7 p.m. at Lloyd Noble Center.

A forum on congress and American politics will take place at 7 p.m. at Gaylord Hall’s Ethics and Excellence in Journalism Auditorium.

WEDNESDAY, Feb. 22 OU Summer Camp Job Fair will take place from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. in the Oklahoma Memorial Union Food Court.

A game of bingo will take place at 11:30 a.m. at the Oklahoma Memorial Union’s Beaird Lounge.

A Hebrew folk dance performance featuring Ori Kritz will take place at noon at 229 Kaufman Hall.

A discussion about Arabic coffee with Mohammad Al-Masri will take place at 2 p.m. at 229 Kaufman Hall.

A Student Success Series seminar, “Studying for the Sciences,” will take place from 5 to 6 p.m. at 211 Dale Hall.

The men’s basketball team will play Oklahoma State at 7 p.m. in Norman.

A Ruggles Native American Music Series performance featuring five Native Oklahoman flutists will take place at 8 p.m. at Catlett Music Center’s Paul F. Sharp Concert Hall.

Being

NUMBER ONE is nothing to celebrate.

This year, more than 163,000 people will die from lung cancer—making it America’s

NUMBER ONE cancer killer.

Corrections The Oklahoma Daily has a commitment to serve readers with accurate coverage and analysis.

Readers should bring errors to The Daily’s attention by emailing dailynews@ou.edu.

But new treatments offer hope.

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A proposed law would prohibit drinking until 7 a.m. on people’s 21st birthday. This legislation has been initiated in hopes of curbing binge drinking between midnight and 1:30 a.m. when most bars stop serving.

come in at midnight on their 21st birthday and overconsumption typically isn’t a problem. People usually drink too much when they drink before or after going to the bar, Steward said.

Williams said he has received push-back on the bill.

The bill currently is in the

✄

Today around campus

according to World Health Organization statistics.

Whether the amendment is adopted, it always is dangerous for students to drink heavily in a short period of time, said Maggie Pool, OU Health Services Clinical Services assistant director, in an email.

Williams hopes banning the sale of alcohol to 21-yearolds at midnight on their birthday would lower the incidences of alcohol poisoning in Oklahoma, he said.

Ann Laudick, film and media studies junior, celebrated her 21st birthday in January with a free beer at midnight at Opolis, 113 N. Crawford Ave. Laudick did not drink any more on her birthday than she would normally consume, she said.

“I think it is kind of a personal thing,” Laudick said. “I don’t think a law would [stop] someone who is determined to get wasted on their 21st birthday.”

The amendment is intended to encourage people to spread their drinking over time, not to stop them from drinking, Williams said.

“I am not under any grand illusions that this is going to wipe out drinking, that this is going to eliminate people from celebrating their 21st with alcohol,” Williams said.

“It is not my intent to do that with this bill. I am not trying to legislate people’s morality or decisions.”

Nancy Smith, manager at The Mont Restaurant, said servers at the restaurant do not continue to serve customers alcohol once they show signs of intoxication.

“It used to be the big thing that people would get 21 shots on their birthday. We do not allow that,” Smith said.

If the amendment is passed, Smith said she does not think it will change business.

“Kids will still come in the next day,” Smith said.

Jeff Steward, manager at the O’Connell’s Pub & Grille, said he sees a lot of students

Legislature’s rules committee but may not be heard because it is not one of Williams’ topeight bills, he said. Since the bill is not one of Williams’ priority bills, it may not be voted on in committee this session and, therefore, not brought up in the legislature at large.

“It’s a good bill but not a

game-changer,” he said.

As the bill currently reads, drinking would be banned until 7 a.m. the day after person’s 21st birthday. Williams said this was a mistake, and the bill would be revised only to ban drinking until 7 a.m. on the day of a person’s 21st birthday.

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interest: Members have found opportunity for both teaching, learning Continued from page 1 said. “They often just say being around people who speak, being in a normal setting and listening to a conversation.”

By talking about simple subjects such as their siblings, hobbies or even favorite desserts, participants are encouraged to practice English while making friends.

Limbo Baldwin, electrical and electronics engineering major and Chinese student, arrived in the U.S. a month ago and, like the rest of his group of Chinese international friends, has to take a full semester at the Center for English as a Second Language before beginning

classes in the fall, he said.

“I think I have improved a lot already because now I can communicate with people and it’s very helpful,” Baldwin said. “I think it’s very interesting ... I will come every week.”

With different nationalities and people who have been in the U.S. from one to nine months taking part, English Café also is a multicultural meeting point.

“There are a lot of different types of people, it’s one of our big challenges and we love to welcome whoever wishes to come,” Hunt said.

Borgstrom wanted to tangibly serve others and enjoys the sense of satisfaction he gains from participating in English Café, he said.

Hunt said she agrees.

“It’s on Saturdays,” she said. “I don’t really do much anyways, so I thought ‘why don’t I do something more productive and helpful for others?’”

The interest of these students in the international community may be what brought them to do this, but they quickly realized there was as much teaching as learning, Borgstrom said.

“As Americans, we are pretty illiterate of the rest of the world, so any opportunities to have different views of cultures and languages is good,” Borgstrom said. “We would have a viNikki Self/The Daily sion for it to carry on even after we’re gone, we’ll love Forrest Lin (right), petroleum engineering student from China, tells a story set in the Sahara Desert durfor them to continue as long ing the English Café on Saturday in the Oklahoma Memorial Union’s Crimson Room. The English Café is a weekly meeting where foreign exchange students practice speaking with native English speakers. as possible.”

ranking: OU does not think scorecards will negatively affect enrollment Continued from page 1 graduation rates and earnings potential among peer institutions.

In addition to unveiling the draft, the White House is seeking input regarding the scorecard’s contents through its website.

Potential Sooners may analyze OU’s rankings, but Prospective Student Services Director Andy Roop doesn’t believe it will make or break their decisions to attend OU, he said.

“I think this probably will end up being one more tool ... that students and families can use to compare and contrast institutions to limit them down to a core group of schools to visit,” Roop said.

“But I don’t think that many people would ... choose an institution by just sifting through the scorecards.“ While the draft is a relatively new tool, U.S. World and News Report has ranked American universities since 1983.

AT A GLANCE OU’s scorecard Information will include OU’s average net price (average cost versus average aid granted) and graduation rates.

Cost (average net price) $13,622 Graduation (six-year rate) 64.5 percent Source: National Center for Education Statistics

In its 2012 edition of Best Colleges, the magazine ranked OU as 101st overall among national universities.

These rankings, however, do not completely dictate a student’s educational decision, Roop said.

“Those who want to go out and research it do so and come in with questions ... but it’s not as much in the context in the ranking as it’s in the context of the individual student and

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their family,” Roop said.

The university uses these rankings to monitor important statistics, such as graduation and retention rates, Roop said.

As it’s presented now, the draft lists costs, graduation, student loan repayment, student loan debt and earnings potential.

The draft also compares the university in question to peer institutions by utilizing a number line in each category.

These categories, while important, fail to capture what individualizes each institution, Roop said.

“Academic programs are always going to be at the forefront,” Roop said. “[Students ask],’Do you offer what I want to do? If you do, how good is your program?’”

The draft’s cost section could be slightly misleading because net price can vary significantly from student to student based upon financial aid received, Roop said.

“I think one thing that might be useful under the cost section is to put in total cost before aid, but promote [students] to use the university’s net price calculator and determine their specific net price after potential types of funding,” Roop said.

Under its graduation section, the draft compares colleges based upon 6-year graduation rates. According to the university’s Institutional Research and Reporting, OU’s current rate is 64.5 percent, but Roop said some prospective students and their families misinterpret the number.

“Someone hears a 65 percent and they think, ‘Isn’t that relatively low?’” Roop said.

“When you then start to look in comparison to peer institutions and other Division I comprehensive institutions ... it starts to make a little more

“I think this probably will end up being one more tool or resource that students and families can use to compare and contrast institutions. ... But I don’t think that many people would ... choose an institution by just sifting through the scorecards.”

Andy Roop, Prospective Student Services Director

sense on what that number means.”

According to the National Center for Education Statistics, the University o f Te x a s, Un i v e r s i t y o f Kansas and Oklahoma State University’s six-year graduation rates are 80, 61 and 59 percent respectively.

While hard numbers for graduation rates and net prices are relatively easy to come by, Roop said he believes earnings potential doesn’t factor into a student’s decision as much as other sets of data.

Overall, Roop said the scorecard does reflect a major hurdle that can prevent students from attending OU: cost.

“Although I think many students and their families see the value of an OU education ... it does not mean that it’s inexpensive,” Roop said. “We work very hard as an institution, but sometimes it’s a financial decision for students.”

At the same time, OU is able to draw students in by providing a good value and unique setting, Roop said.

“We talk a lot about being big yet small. We have all the things that come along with a Division I comprehensive institution ... yet we only have 19,000 undergraduate students,” Roop said. “I think it’s the comprehensive list of things that create the environment that we have.”

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Monday The Vie Viennese Cafe: Austrian Coffee 2 p.m., Monday, February 20 Kaufman Hall 230 Presented by Robert Lemon, sponsored by Modern Languages, Literatures and Linguistics.

Chinese Traditional Music: The Gourd Flute 3 p.m., Monday, February 20 Kaufman Hall 230 Jiaxuan Li and Zhijie will perform Chinese music, sponsored by Modern Languages, Literatures and Linguistics.

“Congress to Campus Open Campus Forum: Congress and American Politics Today,” with former U.S. Representatives David Minge (D. Minnesota) and Nick Smith (R. Michigan) 7 p.m. Tuesday, February 21 Ethics and Excellence in Journalism Auditorium in Gaylord Hall Sponsored by the Association of Former Members of Congress, Politics Science Club, Department of Political Science, Carl Albert Congressional Research and Studies Center, OU Speaker’s Bureau.

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Tuesday Latin American Folk Music 11 a.m., Tuesday, February 21 Kaufman Hall 229 Presented by Christina Audas, sponsored by Modern Languages, Literatures and Linguistics.

Wednesday Hebrew Folk Dancing 12 p.m., Wednesday, February 22 Kaufman Hall 229 Presented by Ori Kritz, sponsored by Modern Languages, Literatures and Linguistics.

Arabic Coffee 2 p.m., Wednesday, February 22 Kaufman Hall 229 Presented by Mohammad Al-Masri. Enjoy a taste of Arabic coffee and a discussion of its history. Sponsored by Modern Languages, Literatures and Linguistics.

Faculty Authors Reception Tuesday, February 21 4:30 – 6 p.m.

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Mary Eddy and Fred Jones Auditorium, Fred Jones Jr. Museum of Art Subversive Shakespeare: Performances behind the Iron Curtain during the Cold War Ann Jennalie Cook, Distinguished Alumni Public Presentation Thursday, February 23 1:30 p.m.

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OPINION EDITORIAL

State bill oversteps boundaries Our View: Delaying drinking for seven hours will not keep 21-year-olds safer.

Anyone tempted to drink to the point of health risk during those two hours on their 21st birthday is probably just as likely to drink to excess at other Amid the stream of pointless and ridiculous bills times as well. Add to that the fact that this risk only introduced to Oklahoma’s Legislature this session applies to a small proportion of the population — is HB 3100, which would ban the sale of alcohol to many people manage to drink responsibly even people before 7 a.m. on their 21st birthday. on their 21st birthday — and this bill starts to look Admittedly, this bill does seem to have its heart both pointless and ineffective. in the right place. Rep. Cory Williams, D-Stillwater, But even putting all of that aside, there’s still the who introduced the bill, said it was intended to fact that one of Oklahoma’s legislators seems to prevent binge drinking during the two think it’s perfectly acceptable for the state hours between when patrons turn 21 at to mandate personal responsibility and inThe Our View midnight and when the bars and stores is the majority terfere with individuals’ private lives over a stop serving alcohol at 2 a.m. perfectly legal behavior. opinion of The Daily’s The assumption seems to be that legally Bottom line: This is a vast overreach of nine-member forcing 21-year-olds to wait until the next state power into an area that should not be editorial board legislated, particularly not for such slight day to drink will encourage them to do so in a more responsible way, or at least over gain. a longer time span. We can see the logic in that, but The time and resources the Legislature may only if we ignore a couple of key facts. spend debating and implementing this bill would First of all, people are going to drink as much as be much better spent on education and resourcthey want to drink. Those who choose to particies to help stop alcohol poisoning and combat pate in the 21 shots tradition will drink them rethe negative effects of binge drinking in a wider gardless, and the addition of two more hours will context. do little to change that behavior or its effects. Those Overconsumption of alcohol is a serious issue for who don’t participate will drink at the same rate no both the college-aged population and the country matter if they are in the bar for two or four hours. at large. It’s good to see the Oklahoma Legislature There’s no reason to assume that rate would be finally focusing on an important issue amid the poslower if they had more time to drink. litical ploys and outrageous bills of this session. But And there is no magical quality to that one night legislators should be seeking effective solutions, that makes people drink more. It’s about the celnot poorly thought out Band-Aids. ebration, which can just as easily happen the night after one turns 21.

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hese days, the OPINION COLUMNIST world is becoming more connected.

The mobile phone generation has brought new communication possibilities thanks to global Internet coverage and the continuous innovations we have Adrian Espallargas experienced in personal espallargas.adrian@gmail.com computing since the 1980s.

Today, many people have a smartphone, but there was a time when it was strange to see those devices.

The first mobile phone was developed by Martin Cooper for Motorola in 1973, and it weighed a little more than 2 pounds. It was not launched to the market.

The first commercially available mobile phone was Motorola’s DynaTac in 1983, and it was as big as the sole of a boot. It cost $3,995 in 1983, thus it didn’t see wide success. However, it set the starting point for a portable technology era.

On the other hand, during the 1950s and 1960s, computers occupied huge rooms and were owned by only a few organizations. In the 1980s, Apple released the Apple II series and revolutionized the personal computer market.

Over the years, PCs have become smaller, better and cheaper. In both markets (computers and mobile phones), the products follow that trend, becoming more accessible to everyone.

For example, the use of PCs has grown remarkably in the last 10 years. In 1993, there were about 100 million PCs worldwide. By 2008, that number had multiplied by 10 to more than a billion PCs throughout the globe.

And portable computer shipments also have increased in the last few years. In 2005, 150 million desktop PCs were sold, whereas 200 million laptops where purchased.

In 2010, laptop shipments doubled desktops sales, approximately 300 million to 150 million.

Consequently, experts believe that by 2013, three times as many laptops will be sold than desktops (about 450 million). Prices on portable computers have fallen, and they are more affordable for the user. They occupy less space and can be taken everywhere.

These days, smartphones and tablet PCs have become the latest gadgets.

Both products have experienced a faster growth in five years than the PC in the previous 20. Experts believe that by 2020, there will be around 10 billion smartphone and tablet users. Thus, they will grow 10 times faster in the period from 2008 to 2020 than PCs did between 1993 and 2008.

Currently in America, there are as many feature phones — mobile phones that also operate as a personal digital assistant (PDA) — as smartphones (approximately 150 million each). But experts believe that by 2015, there will be just more than 200 million smartphones users as the number of feature-phone users plateaus.

Feature phones still are in use more than smartphones in developing countries. However, the forecast is that the use of new gadgets will overcome the old ones in the developing countries by 2015.

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Theology driving Personhood Act, ideas on abortion Not surprisingly, the Personhood Act — Senate Bill 1433 — overwhelmingly passed in the Oklahoma senate.

This legislation is ham-handed. Evidence of this is observable in regard to the impossible-to-regulate aspects of life this law attempts to trespass. The numerous what-ifs, potential scenarios and extenuating circumstances further illustrate how misguided the legalese language is.

Part of the actual language of S.B. 1433 reads, “The Oklahoma Legislature finds that: The life of each human being begins at conception.”

This is a purely theological claim rooted in their religious beliefs, and it is being forcibly imposed on the citizens of Oklahoma. Yet again, the Republicans — and some Democrats — are being hypocritical. They want big government to stay out of how you live your life unless how you live is not in line with their strict Judeo-Christian values.

To think that abortion will ever end is simply an ideological notion rooted in fantasy. When you outlaw abortion here in Oklahoma or anywhere else in the world, the outcome is the same. The Personhood Act only will drive abortion procedures underground into unsafe and hazardous conditions, needlessly jeopardizing the life of the mother.

Furthermore, with this bill, the state effectively hijacks any liberty and freedom of an already born and developed person. The Personhood Act again takes on a sense of macabre irony in that it dehumanizes a woman into purely an incubator, affording her no input or say as to what happens in regard to her reproductive system.

The portion of this bill that needs more attention drawn to it is the “shared responsibility” amendment, which calls for forced sterilization in cases of “non-consensual impregnation” and demands that the male be a part of the child’s and mother’s life until the child reaches the age of 21.

This blatantly sexist idea is a detestable hardship on the mother’s psyche.

State Sen. Jim Wilson, D-Tahlequah, put our state’s shortsightedness succinctly when he said, “We say we’re pro-life out here, but we don’t do anything to limit pregnancies; we could do medically accurate sex education, but we choose not to do that. We could make birth control more available, but we choose not to do that.”

When used properly, condoms are 99-percent effective; it is important for teens and young adults to know this. But all I and anyone else who grew up in Oklahoma know is the answer to unmarried sex is simply, “No.” Although I personally do not think abortion is ever the answer — nor will I advocate for an abortion as a result of my own sexual endeavors — I do not feel the need to put others into the box I willingly place myself. And for the Oklahoma Senate to act in such a callow and puerile manner just reminds me how behind the times our elected officials are and how out of touch our state’s voice has become.

Nolan Kraszkiewicz, religious studies and political science junior

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The increasing prevalence of tablets such as the Apple iPad (above) is putting the Internet in more people’s hands. It also is shifting people’s social lives online with social networks like Facebook.

The success of the smartphone has spurred the appearance of tablet computers such as the iPad, RIM’s Playbook and Samsung’s Galaxy.

Now, all eyes are on the Kindle Fire, Amazon’s tablet launched one month ago at a lower price ($200) than Apple’s cheapest iPad ($499).

Although still small, sales of tablet computers are growing rapidly. A study developed by Morgan Stanley predicted that by the end of 2011, as many personal computers will be sold as smart phones and tablet computers combined.

Thus, a new communication environment is taking shape, and companies are aware of this fact. Having direct access to the Internet offers new ways of communicating.

This is a turning-point for personal technology, which is shifting our social life.

Facebook claims more than 825 million users, and it expects to reach a billion in the next few years. At that time, one in every seven people on Earth will be on Facebook.

At that point, the social network could be considered the third-largest populated country after India and China.

All these new gadgets make our social life easier, but our social lives are now artificial and less humanized.

Regardless, it is an unstoppable process because mobile devices will become cheaper, faster and smaller over the next several years, carrying us deeper into this hyperconnected 21st century.

Adrian Espallargas is a Spanish journalism exchange student.

LETTER TO THE EDITOR

Students’ scores reflect mastery of information If I were to give a pretest on the history of American public education to a random sample of OU students, some might get 95 percent of the answers correct, while others might get only 5 percent of the answers correct. The distribution of scores likely would be normal, reflecting the randomness of the sample and the variability of knowledge of the history of American public education.

If these same students were given 15 weeks of instruction, the hope is they would learn so much about the history of American public education that everyone would score 95 percent or higher on a post-test. The resulting distribution of grades would not be random but would be indicative that the instruction had been effective.

As a professor, I am not worried about giving out too many A’s. High scores indicate students are meeting or exceeding the performance criteria. It is the students who have not attained mastery after 15 weeks who worry me. I keep thinking that if my teaching had been perfect, there would be no failures at all.

Lawrence Baines, chairman of instructional leadership and academic curriculum for the Jeannine Rainbolt College of Education

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Parade: Floats decorated in a variety of themes reaction: Accents can Continued from page 1 lead to complications “This year seemed more lit up and well put together,” Pierce said. “I really like the jazz band as well as the 9-foot Satan puppet.”

Attila Balazs has been involved in the parade for the past four years and performed as a jester on Saturday.

When the weather is not favorable, parade organizers expect to see fewer people attending, he said. “[Saturday] night, there were many brave souls battling the weather,” Balazs said.

Balazs became involved in the parade after he and a few friends formed a performance group called “The Prairie Folk Circus”.

The group’s talents include fire dancing, unicycling, juggling, choreography and hula hooping on stilts, Balazs said.

“Our decision to enter the Mardi Gras Parade was a nobrainer, as we were already warming up for [Norman Music Festival],” he said.

The main difference between the New Orleans festival and the Norman parade is that in New Orleans the festival lasts for weeks, Balazs said. It started Feb. 6 this year, he said.

There were about 30 floats in the Norman parade, a steady increase from the past few years, Balazs said.

Some floats were boats that had been decorated in Luau garb, others were trailers with bands playing Cajun music or the blues. Cars and busses dotted the parade with gold, green and purple.

“We had so many entries for floats that the front of the line met the back of the line,” Balazs said.

Mardi Gras can be fun for the whole family despite popular perceptions about its debauched nature, Balazs said.

“A more accurate portrayal

Continued from page 1 speaking improved, Strüdde still experienced problems when trying to book spring break reservation over the phone, he said.

“I spelled everything at least twice, and when I received the mail it was still completely wrong,” Strüdde said. “I mean trying to spell your name is one thing, but try telling them your German address.”

Accents often trigger certain cultural references in the minds of American students, French architecture student Guillaume Sicard said.

“At the beginning of the year, every time I would tell people I was French, they would answer: ‘voulez vous coucher avec moi ce soir?’ (from the song “Lady Marmalade”),” Sicard said.

His accent has led to a Guillaume Sicard talks number of interesting situabout changing accents. ations, Sicard said. oudaily.com/news “In Las Vegas, we came out of the casino and two ... girls began to talk to us,” he said. “When she realized I was French, she opened her shirt and asked me to make sure her tattoo written in French was correct. Not only was she happy when I said yes, but she was even more when I pronounced it in French.”

To improve his English speaking, Sicard asked his English roommates to correct him, he said.

“I’m trying to hide it but people seem to think it’s cute,” Sicard said. “But my roommate told me I improved.”

Spanish student Alexander Manosalvas has noticed a marked improvement in his speaking since moving from the classroom to the real world, he said.

“When I studied abroad in Finland two years ago, my English was really, really bad,” Manosalvas said. “It was the English you learned in high school in Spain which is grammar and vocabulary, but you actually don’t speak English at all.”

Even after improving his English, Monosalvas still faced an accent barrier when speaking with students from South America, he said.

“It’s the first time I met that many people from South America,” Manosalvas said. “I kind of understand when they talk to me, but when I talk to other Spaniards, they have a hard time understanding us because the slang is completely different in Spain and in South America.”

The same goes for finance major Calum Raffle, whose Scottish accent intrigued American students, he said.

“At the beginning of the year, when I was introducing myself, they would hear my voice and go: ‘Say something in Scottish,’” Raffle said. “I was like ‘I speak the same language, it’s just a different way to pronounce the same words.’”

But Raffle said even though his accent hasn’t changed, his vocabulary has.

“When you’re in an environment where everyone uses the same vocabulary, it rubs off on you,” Raffle said. “I use the word ‘awesome’ a lot more than before.”

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Lent is the Catholic time where people give up an indulgence for 40 days ending on Easter Sunday.

Top: A child blows a noisemaker while marching in the Norman Mardi Gras parade Saturday along Main Street. A main difference between Norman’s parade and the big parade in New Orleans is that the New Orleans festival lasts for weeks, while the Norman festival is just one day.

Mardi Gras is the last day in which people can perform acts of gluttony before going into Lent.

This day was celebrated in France before it came to New Orleans.

Left: A woman in a jester costume tosses beads into crowds of spectators along Main Street during the Norman Mardis Gras parade Saturday.

AT A GLANCE Mardi Gras Mardi Gras is the last day of Carnival, which is the week before Ash Wednesday — the day marking the start of Lent.

The French brought the holiday to New Orleans in 1699 and has been a large part of the culture since.

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is a family friendly event, [where] the adults just have access to more fun,” he said.

The parade rolled by the crowd throwing beads and items such as plastic alligators and fragrant pipe-cleaner roses flew from the floats into the hands of attendees.

Awards were given at the end of the parade by a panel of judges who used the noise

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“This year seemed more lit up and well put together. I really like the jazz band as well as the nine-foot Satan puppet.”

Travis Pierce, event attendee

level of the crowd to crown the winners, they said.

Awards for best walking entry, best lights, best music, best doggie-gras for the parade’s canine participants, Norman’s wackiest family, spirit of Norman and overall creative entry were among the prizes handed out.

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The only thing Pierce would have changed about the parade this year was the date and attendance, Pierce said.

“I think it could be a pretty cool downtown event if allowed to expand a bit and actually be on Mardi Gras,” Pierce said.

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The Oklahoma women’s golf team heads to Florida on Monday for second tournament of the season.

OU in third after 1st day

SOFTBALL

OU fails to bring in runs, defeated by No. 23 Georgia Tech

Sooners hope for a hole-in-one before monthlong break

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compete in that moment for the single point that would have extended his undefeated season for at least one more match.

OU coach Mark Cody took Maple aside immediately following the defeat. “After the match, I pulled Kendric Maple in [the wrestling room] and said, ‘Well, I’ve been in the corner with six national champions, and not one of them has ever gone

The fourth-ranked Oklahoma softball team (6-1) suffered a 1-0 loss at the hands of No. 23 Georgia Tech after run-ruling Virginia Tech, 10-0, during Friday night’s doubleheader in Auburn, Ala. Saturday’s doubleheader against No. 2 Alabama and Auburn was canceled due to inclement weather.

The Sooners put in one scoreless inning against the host Auburn Tigers before event organizers called the game due to the threat of severe weather in the area.

The pitching dual between OU junior Keilani Ricketts (3-1) and Georgia Tech’s Hope Rush kept both teams’ offensive production low in the Sooners’ first loss of the early season.

Ricketts fanned 13 batters, half of the total batters she faced, while giving up just two hits during the seven-inning contest. Tech’s Rush gave up only three hits while striking out seven.

The lone run of the game was earned in the top of the fourth. Tech loaded the bases when a hit-by-pitch and a walk

by Ricketts were followed by a fielding error by OU sophomore infielder Javen Henson.

A sacrifice fly to center allowed Tech to send the runner at third to home plate, and the Yellowjackets earned the run despite not registering a hit that inning.

Ricketts and the Sooner defense held tough for the remainder of the game.

The Sooners, though, never

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Sports Reporter

The No. 35 Sooner men’s golf team currently stands in third place after the first round of the Puerto Rico Classic hosted

by Purdue in San Juan, Puerto Rico.

The Sooners shot a first-round score of 284 (-4) and are eight strokes behind eighth-ranked Alabama, 276 (-12).

The Sooners were led in the first round by senior Riley Pumphrey and junior Will Kropp, who each shot scores of 70 (-2).

Pumphrey had six birdies and UP NEXT four bogeys, while Kropp Puerto had three Rico birdies and a Classic bogey.

The two When: All day Sooners’ firsttoday and Tuesday round scores Where: San Juan, w e r e g o o d Puerto Rico enough to put them in a tie for sixth on the individual leaderboard.

Junior Abraham Ancer and freshman Michael Gellerman also helped out Oklahoma by each firing even-par rounds of 72. The pair currently is tied at No. 21 on the leaderboard.

While the Sooners had a few missed opportunities, they are in position to win one of the season’s toughest tournaments after the first round of play.

This year’s tournament is loaded with talent. Eight of the 15 teams in the field are ranked in the nation’s top 50.

No. 13 Clemson stands only one shot ahead of the Sooners in second place with a score of 283 (-5).

No. 1 Texas is tied with Virginia Tech for fourth place, while No. 24 Oklahoma State, the third and final Big 12 team in the tournament, is in 10th place.

Live scoring of today’s second round and tomorrow’s final round of the Puerto Rico Classic can be seen at Golfstat.com.

The Sooners will be hoping for a good showing in the tournament before taking an almost-monthlong break from competition.

Golfer to watch Riley Pumphrey Year: Senior Hometown: Georgetown, Texas Season stats: Shooting an average of 71.22.

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Sooners see first loss of season

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Junior 141-pounder Kendric Maple (right) looks for an opening as he faces off with his Oklahoma State opponent during the Bedlam dual Thursday in Norman. Maple recorded his 12th major decision of the year during the dual.

Maple grounded on the mat Sooner’s undefeated season comes to an end RJ Young

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Kendric Maple stepped onto the mat undefeated as the nation’s topranked 141-pound wrestler against Iowa State’s Luke Goettl. But he allowed Goettl, a man he’d defeated twice before, to score his way back to a tied match.

The bout needed to be decided

by sudden victory.

A tired and confused Maple was taken down and suffered his first loss of the season.

Anguish filled him when he watched the referee raise Goettl’s hand, knowing he wasn’t thinking correctly during the match. “I hadn’t been feeling real well that week,� Maple said. “I guess I didn’t really have my mind set for that match.�

He was worried about losing and not about how he was supposed to

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Oklahoma suffers first home loss of season Coach says biggest weakness this year is doubles play Greg Fewell Sports Editor

After a dominating 5-2 victory over Iowa on Saturday to move to 4-0 at home, the OU women’s tennis team suffered its first home loss, 4-3, at the hands of the TCU Horned Frogs Sunday.

Th e S o o n e r s’ b ig g e st weakness this season, according to coach David Mullins, is their doubles play. The Horned Frogs exploited that weakness and

Freshman tennis player Abbi Melrose reaches for a ball during the Sooners’ Jan. 21 home victory over ArkansasLittle Rock. The Sooners advanced to 3-0 at home with a win over Iowa Saturday before falling, 4-3, to TCU Sunday at the Headington Family Tennis Center in Norman. TCU is currently ranked No. 47 in the nation.

won both the No. 2 and No. 3 doubles spots to take the 1-0 advantage heading into singles play.

OU found itself facing a 3-0 deficit after TCU’s Gaby Mastromarino and Stefanie Tan defeated OU freshman Abbi Melrose and sophom o re Mi a L a n ca s t e r i n the No. 4 and No. 3 singles matches.

Senior Marie-Pier Huet quickly put Oklahoma on the board, though, finishing off her opponent on the two doubles court to make the score 3-1 in favor of TCU. Sophomore Whitney see TCU page 7 Erika Philbrick/the daily

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Coach Mark Cody (left) applauds as third-ranked, 141-pound junior Kendric Maple is introduced before the Sooners’ 19-18 Bedlam loss against top-ranked Oklahoma State on Thursday. Maple, a favorite to win the 141-pound national title this season, has lost only once this year.

future: Maple determined to win national title “He wrestles hard, and he’s trying to score as many points as he possibly can in a practice.�

Continued from page 6 undefeated,’� Cody said. “‘So, here we go. I’m going to have another national champion who’s not going to go undefeated.’ That’s all I had to say to him.�

Mark Cody OU wrestling coach

Rising Star The sport of wrestling is nothing more — or less — than a legalized street fight.

It’s not uncommon for wrestlers to lose blood, skin and (always) sweat to the mat. The work is painful and requires a resolve earned with countless hours in the wrestling room.

As a parent, Jeff Maple knows all too well how much time and effort is devoted to raising an elite collegiate wrestler.

First lesson: Never back down, don’t give up, be relentless. “It all started back when [Kendric] first started wrestling,� he said. “We had a wrestling team, and they stalled a lot or what-haveyou. We decided early that [Kendric] was going to score.

Win or lose, you’re going to score.�

At age 6, Maple joined the sport. By age 10, he began to win consistently — and he kept winning.

Maple’s rise to the top of college wrestling might have been predicted by wrestling’s most vigilant statisticians with a rÊsumÊ like his: an overall record of 154-9, two state championships and one national title before he ever left Wichita Heights High School in Wichita, Kan. His skill to contort himself — and others — into positions that would cripple a lesser man were first noticed

by Wichita Heights wrestling coach Mike Church. The fifth-year Falcons coach saw the makings of one of the best wrestlers he said he’s ever seen and set out to make him better. “When I got to high school, Coach Church really taught me how to be an all-around wrestler on and off the mat,�

Kendric said. “He’s got a lot of good wrestlers to where they are.�

Church, also a math teacher at Wichita Heights, has followed Maple’s achievements and regularly speaks to Maple’s parents about him.

He’s grown so close to Maple, in fact, that he and his wife already have plans to name their first son after the 141pounder.

Junior Kendric Maple (left) fights for position as he tries to roll his opponent over for a pin during the Sooners’ one-point Bedlam loss Thursday. Maple said his goal this season is to win the national championship in his weight class.

“That’s how special this kid is to us, for sure,� Church PLAYER PROFILE said.

Kendric Maple Church said his reasons are not because of Maple’s Year: Junior dynamic ability as a wrestler Weight class: but because of Maple’s de141 pounds meanor and attitude toward Hometown: wrestling and life.

Wichita, “(He’s) just a great kid and Kan. one of the best human beSeason stats: ings that I’ve come across,�

Maple is 25-1 this season Church said. and leads Oklahoma with 12 When Jeff heard about the major decisions and five falls.

Churches’ plans, he said he couldn’t help blushing.

T h i s y e a r, h e w a n t s “I didn’t believe him at first,� Jeff said. “His wife even to win his first national confirmed it, and I was sur- championship. “That’s been the goal since prised about that. That’s a Day 1, since I was little and real honor.� stuff,� he said. “It’s always in Pursuit of Excellence my mind. People ask me how As a freshman during realistic I think it is to me. the 2009-10 season, Maple It’s definitely realistic to me. amassed a team-high re- That’s the kind of mindset cord of 33-12 and made his you gotta have.�

It’s understood. first trip to the NCAA tour“He’s one of the best I’ve nament, where he upset the 11th-ranked wrestler in his ever been around,� Cody said. “My goal for him would be to weight class.

win three NCAA championships. I know he would not be happy with any less than three titles, and he’s very capable of doing that.�

Maple was recruited to wrestle for Oklahoma during the last years of OU coaching legend Jack Spates’ tenure, but Maple’s style on the mat best suits the mentality of Cody, the NCAA’s reigning national coach of the year.

Cody earned that honor by teaching his men to be disciplined off the mat and relentless in their efforts on it. Maple bought into Cody’s philosophy early and is the team’s captain as a redshirt sophomore.

For him, the adjustment to a new coach and style of wrestling was easy. “He’s a lovable, likable guy,�

Maple said. “I’ve never heard one bad thing about him, and that’s held true since the day I met him.�

In the wrestling room, Maple’s work ethic is the example — the bar Cody wants all of his wrestler’s to reach toward because it is proof diligence and discipline in training yields outstanding results on the mat.

Be relentless in your pursuit of excellence and your performance cannot be anything but. Kendric Maple is. “The reason he wrestles so aggressively and scores so many points in the big room is because when he’s in the wrestling room here, he’s doing the same thing,� Cody said. “He’s wrestling hard, and he’s trying to score as many points as he possibly can in a practice. If you do that, it will always carry over to your matches.�

SUBS SO

FAST

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Wofford found herself down early in the third set with the match tied at a set a piece. “My coach talked to me and told me just to work one point at a time,� Wofford said. “And I just kind of flipped a switch in my head and told myself not to miss anymore.�

Wofford closed out her final set, 6-3, and suddenly Oklahoma was down only one with two matches still in play.

Freshman Nicole Long at No. 5 singles and sophomore Whitney Ritchie at No. 1 singles both were in the third set of their matches. Ritchie went the distance with her opponent, gaining the Sooners’ third point in a tiebreaker. However, it did not matter as Long lost her third set just minutes before.

With TCU missing their usual No. 4 singles player and OU, a better outdoor team, finally able to play outdoors in nice weather, coach David Mullins said he was disappointed his team did not seize the opportunity for a victory. “You don’t always get opportunities like that where you get the conditions and things align,� Mullins said. “That doesn’t happen very often, and when it does, you have to take advantage of it, and we didn’t.�

The team will try to get back in the win column next Sunday when they travel to Houston to take on Rice.

offense: Oklahoma batters put on a show during previous game Continued from page 6 could get the bats going.

Tech’s defense was just as stout as the nation’s 23rdranked team rode out the 1-0 victory over Oklahoma.

The Sooners did not have the same problem, offensively, during their first game Friday.

Preceding the loss, the Sooner offense put on a show for spectaKEY player tors Friday afternoon, Lauren Chamberlain thumping Virginia Tech, 10-0, through the limYear: ited five innings.

Freshman Freshman infielder Position: Lauren Chamberlain Infielder shined as OU’s leadoff Hometown: batter, collecting a home Trabuco Canyon, run and three RBIs. Calif.

As a team, OU batters Season stats: Chamberlain led scored 10 runs on eight OU Friday with a homerun hits and scored in all but and three RBI’s. one of the five innings.

Sooner coach Patty Gasso elected to start junior left-hander Michelle Gascoigne against the Hokies.

The junior pitcher currently is undefeated this season, 3-0, and has been a menace for opposing lineups.

During Friday’s match, Gascoigne gave up just two hits while striking out six in her four-inning outing.

Next up, the Sooners head off to the Cathedral City Classic next weekend in Palm Springs, Calif.

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The Oklahoma women’s golf team heads to Florida on Monday for second tournament of the season.

OU in third after 1st day

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OU fails to bring in runs, defeated by No. 23 Georgia Tech

Sooners hope for a hole-in-one before monthlong break

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compete in that moment for the single point that would have extended his undefeated season for at least one more match.

OU coach Mark Cody took Maple aside immediately following the defeat. “After the match, I pulled Kendric Maple in [the wrestling room] and said, ‘Well, I’ve been in the corner with six national champions, and not one of them has ever gone

The fourth-ranked Oklahoma softball team (6-1) suffered a 1-0 loss at the hands of No. 23 Georgia Tech after run-ruling Virginia Tech, 10-0, during Friday night’s doubleheader in Auburn, Ala. Saturday’s doubleheader against No. 2 Alabama and Auburn was canceled due to inclement weather.

The Sooners put in one scoreless inning against the host Auburn Tigers before event organizers called the game due to the threat of severe weather in the area.

The pitching dual between OU junior Keilani Ricketts (3-1) and Georgia Tech’s Hope Rush kept both teams’ offensive production low in the Sooners’ first loss of the early season.

Ricketts fanned 13 batters, half of the total batters she faced, while giving up just two hits during the seven-inning contest. Tech’s Rush gave up only three hits while striking out seven.

The lone run of the game was earned in the top of the fourth. Tech loaded the bases when a hit-by-pitch and a walk

by Ricketts were followed by a fielding error by OU sophomore infielder Javen Henson.

A sacrifice fly to center allowed Tech to send the runner at third to home plate, and the Yellowjackets earned the run despite not registering a hit that inning.

Ricketts and the Sooner defense held tough for the remainder of the game.

The Sooners, though, never

see future page 7

see offense page 7

Sports Reporter

The No. 35 Sooner men’s golf team currently stands in third place after the first round of the Puerto Rico Classic hosted

by Purdue in San Juan, Puerto Rico.

The Sooners shot a first-round score of 284 (-4) and are eight strokes behind eighth-ranked Alabama, 276 (-12).

The Sooners were led in the first round by senior Riley Pumphrey and junior Will Kropp, who each shot scores of 70 (-2).

Pumphrey had six birdies and UP NEXT four bogeys, while Kropp Puerto had three Rico birdies and a Classic bogey.

The two When: All day Sooners’ firsttoday and Tuesday round scores Where: San Juan, w e r e g o o d Puerto Rico enough to put them in a tie for sixth on the individual leaderboard.

Junior Abraham Ancer and freshman Michael Gellerman also helped out Oklahoma by each firing even-par rounds of 72. The pair currently is tied at No. 21 on the leaderboard.

While the Sooners had a few missed opportunities, they are in position to win one of the season’s toughest tournaments after the first round of play.

This year’s tournament is loaded with talent. Eight of the 15 teams in the field are ranked in the nation’s top 50.

No. 13 Clemson stands only one shot ahead of the Sooners in second place with a score of 283 (-5).

No. 1 Texas is tied with Virginia Tech for fourth place, while No. 24 Oklahoma State, the third and final Big 12 team in the tournament, is in 10th place.

Live scoring of today’s second round and tomorrow’s final round of the Puerto Rico Classic can be seen at Golfstat.com.

The Sooners will be hoping for a good showing in the tournament before taking an almost-monthlong break from competition.

Golfer to watch Riley Pumphrey Year: Senior Hometown: Georgetown, Texas Season stats: Shooting an average of 71.22.

Continued from page 6

Sooners see first loss of season

Relentless in excellence

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Junior 141-pounder Kendric Maple (right) looks for an opening as he faces off with his Oklahoma State opponent during the Bedlam dual Thursday in Norman. Maple recorded his 12th major decision of the year during the dual.

Maple grounded on the mat Sooner’s undefeated season comes to an end RJ Young

Sports Reporter

Kendric Maple stepped onto the mat undefeated as the nation’s topranked 141-pound wrestler against Iowa State’s Luke Goettl. But he allowed Goettl, a man he’d defeated twice before, to score his way back to a tied match.

The bout needed to be decided

by sudden victory.

A tired and confused Maple was taken down and suffered his first loss of the season.

Anguish filled him when he watched the referee raise Goettl’s hand, knowing he wasn’t thinking correctly during the match. “I hadn’t been feeling real well that week,� Maple said. “I guess I didn’t really have my mind set for that match.�

He was worried about losing and not about how he was supposed to

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Oklahoma suffers first home loss of season Coach says biggest weakness this year is doubles play Greg Fewell Sports Editor

After a dominating 5-2 victory over Iowa on Saturday to move to 4-0 at home, the OU women’s tennis team suffered its first home loss, 4-3, at the hands of the TCU Horned Frogs Sunday.

Th e S o o n e r s’ b ig g e st weakness this season, according to coach David Mullins, is their doubles play. The Horned Frogs exploited that weakness and

Freshman tennis player Abbi Melrose reaches for a ball during the Sooners’ Jan. 21 home victory over ArkansasLittle Rock. The Sooners advanced to 3-0 at home with a win over Iowa Saturday before falling, 4-3, to TCU Sunday at the Headington Family Tennis Center in Norman. TCU is currently ranked No. 47 in the nation.

won both the No. 2 and No. 3 doubles spots to take the 1-0 advantage heading into singles play.

OU found itself facing a 3-0 deficit after TCU’s Gaby Mastromarino and Stefanie Tan defeated OU freshman Abbi Melrose and sophom o re Mi a L a n ca s t e r i n the No. 4 and No. 3 singles matches.

Senior Marie-Pier Huet quickly put Oklahoma on the board, though, finishing off her opponent on the two doubles court to make the score 3-1 in favor of TCU. Sophomore Whitney see TCU page 7 Erika Philbrick/the daily

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Coach Mark Cody (left) applauds as third-ranked, 141-pound junior Kendric Maple is introduced before the Sooners’ 19-18 Bedlam loss against top-ranked Oklahoma State on Thursday. Maple, a favorite to win the 141-pound national title this season, has lost only once this year.

future: Maple determined to win national title “He wrestles hard, and he’s trying to score as many points as he possibly can in a practice.�

Continued from page 6 undefeated,’� Cody said. “‘So, here we go. I’m going to have another national champion who’s not going to go undefeated.’ That’s all I had to say to him.�

Mark Cody OU wrestling coach

Rising Star The sport of wrestling is nothing more — or less — than a legalized street fight.

It’s not uncommon for wrestlers to lose blood, skin and (always) sweat to the mat. The work is painful and requires a resolve earned with countless hours in the wrestling room.

As a parent, Jeff Maple knows all too well how much time and effort is devoted to raising an elite collegiate wrestler.

First lesson: Never back down, don’t give up, be relentless. “It all started back when [Kendric] first started wrestling,� he said. “We had a wrestling team, and they stalled a lot or what-haveyou. We decided early that [Kendric] was going to score.

Win or lose, you’re going to score.�

At age 6, Maple joined the sport. By age 10, he began to win consistently — and he kept winning.

Maple’s rise to the top of college wrestling might have been predicted by wrestling’s most vigilant statisticians with a rÊsumÊ like his: an overall record of 154-9, two state championships and one national title before he ever left Wichita Heights High School in Wichita, Kan. His skill to contort himself — and others — into positions that would cripple a lesser man were first noticed

by Wichita Heights wrestling coach Mike Church. The fifth-year Falcons coach saw the makings of one of the best wrestlers he said he’s ever seen and set out to make him better. “When I got to high school, Coach Church really taught me how to be an all-around wrestler on and off the mat,�

Kendric said. “He’s got a lot of good wrestlers to where they are.�

Church, also a math teacher at Wichita Heights, has followed Maple’s achievements and regularly speaks to Maple’s parents about him.

He’s grown so close to Maple, in fact, that he and his wife already have plans to name their first son after the 141pounder.

Junior Kendric Maple (left) fights for position as he tries to roll his opponent over for a pin during the Sooners’ one-point Bedlam loss Thursday. Maple said his goal this season is to win the national championship in his weight class.

“That’s how special this kid is to us, for sure,� Church PLAYER PROFILE said.

Kendric Maple Church said his reasons are not because of Maple’s Year: Junior dynamic ability as a wrestler Weight class: but because of Maple’s de141 pounds meanor and attitude toward Hometown: wrestling and life.

Wichita, “(He’s) just a great kid and Kan. one of the best human beSeason stats: ings that I’ve come across,�

Maple is 25-1 this season Church said. and leads Oklahoma with 12 When Jeff heard about the major decisions and five falls.

Churches’ plans, he said he couldn’t help blushing.

T h i s y e a r, h e w a n t s “I didn’t believe him at first,� Jeff said. “His wife even to win his first national confirmed it, and I was sur- championship. “That’s been the goal since prised about that. That’s a Day 1, since I was little and real honor.� stuff,� he said. “It’s always in Pursuit of Excellence my mind. People ask me how As a freshman during realistic I think it is to me. the 2009-10 season, Maple It’s definitely realistic to me. amassed a team-high re- That’s the kind of mindset cord of 33-12 and made his you gotta have.�

It’s understood. first trip to the NCAA tour“He’s one of the best I’ve nament, where he upset the 11th-ranked wrestler in his ever been around,� Cody said. “My goal for him would be to weight class.

win three NCAA championships. I know he would not be happy with any less than three titles, and he’s very capable of doing that.�

Maple was recruited to wrestle for Oklahoma during the last years of OU coaching legend Jack Spates’ tenure, but Maple’s style on the mat best suits the mentality of Cody, the NCAA’s reigning national coach of the year.

Cody earned that honor by teaching his men to be disciplined off the mat and relentless in their efforts on it. Maple bought into Cody’s philosophy early and is the team’s captain as a redshirt sophomore.

For him, the adjustment to a new coach and style of wrestling was easy. “He’s a lovable, likable guy,�

Maple said. “I’ve never heard one bad thing about him, and that’s held true since the day I met him.�

In the wrestling room, Maple’s work ethic is the example — the bar Cody wants all of his wrestler’s to reach toward because it is proof diligence and discipline in training yields outstanding results on the mat.

Be relentless in your pursuit of excellence and your performance cannot be anything but. Kendric Maple is. “The reason he wrestles so aggressively and scores so many points in the big room is because when he’s in the wrestling room here, he’s doing the same thing,� Cody said. “He’s wrestling hard, and he’s trying to score as many points as he possibly can in a practice. If you do that, it will always carry over to your matches.�

SUBS SO

FAST

YOU’LL FREAK!

Wofford found herself down early in the third set with the match tied at a set a piece. “My coach talked to me and told me just to work one point at a time,� Wofford said. “And I just kind of flipped a switch in my head and told myself not to miss anymore.�

Wofford closed out her final set, 6-3, and suddenly Oklahoma was down only one with two matches still in play.

Freshman Nicole Long at No. 5 singles and sophomore Whitney Ritchie at No. 1 singles both were in the third set of their matches. Ritchie went the distance with her opponent, gaining the Sooners’ third point in a tiebreaker. However, it did not matter as Long lost her third set just minutes before.

With TCU missing their usual No. 4 singles player and OU, a better outdoor team, finally able to play outdoors in nice weather, coach David Mullins said he was disappointed his team did not seize the opportunity for a victory. “You don’t always get opportunities like that where you get the conditions and things align,� Mullins said. “That doesn’t happen very often, and when it does, you have to take advantage of it, and we didn’t.�

The team will try to get back in the win column next Sunday when they travel to Houston to take on Rice.

offense: Oklahoma batters put on a show during previous game Continued from page 6 could get the bats going.

Tech’s defense was just as stout as the nation’s 23rdranked team rode out the 1-0 victory over Oklahoma.

The Sooners did not have the same problem, offensively, during their first game Friday.

Preceding the loss, the Sooner offense put on a show for spectaKEY player tors Friday afternoon, Lauren Chamberlain thumping Virginia Tech, 10-0, through the limYear: ited five innings.

Freshman Freshman infielder Position: Lauren Chamberlain Infielder shined as OU’s leadoff Hometown: batter, collecting a home Trabuco Canyon, run and three RBIs. Calif.

As a team, OU batters Season stats: Chamberlain led scored 10 runs on eight OU Friday with a homerun hits and scored in all but and three RBI’s. one of the five innings.

Sooner coach Patty Gasso elected to start junior left-hander Michelle Gascoigne against the Hokies.

The junior pitcher currently is undefeated this season, 3-0, and has been a menace for opposing lineups.

During Friday’s match, Gascoigne gave up just two hits while striking out six in her four-inning outing.

Next up, the Sooners head off to the Cathedral City Classic next weekend in Palm Springs, Calif.

astrud reed/the daily

Freshman pitcher Georgia Casey fires a strike to the plate in the second inning of the Sooners’ Oct. 12 victory over Western Oklahoma State. Pitching looks to be a strong suit for the 2012 Sooner squad.

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TAURUS (April 20-May 20) -Because you perform so well while under pressure, you aren’t likely to back away from any challenging developments. You will have plenty of reserves from which to draw, and they will be responsible for your victory.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20) -- If you have something good in the hopper, first check with your best friends to see if they want a piece of it before you bestow it to just anybody. Your pals would do the same for you.

CANCER (June 21-July 22) -Someone who has only given you half-hearted support when you needed it in the past might make a remarkable turnabout and go all-out to help you. Be sure to show your gratitude.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22) -- To your credit, you’ll do what you can to put

those with whom you’re involved completely at ease. In doing so, it will imbue your arrangements with harmony and pleasant associations.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) -- A person who has unfairly misjudged you in the past based on distorted information will change his or her tune after spending some quality time with you.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23) -- It’s never wise to let your heart rule your head, yet today could produce an exception to that rule. You might find it best to allow compassion to take precedence over practicality.

SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 22) -- Changes you are likely to be instrumental in making will affect your family in ways that will win you praise from all concerned. It’ll make you feel good that you did what you did.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 23-Dec. 21) -- You’ll consider it very important to let the one you love know how you truly feel about him or her.

Expressing sincere devotion will elevate this person’s spirits and make the day a special one.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) -- You could do rather well for yourself when the results of your good work are tallied. The secret to success is perseverance. Like a cat on a clothesline, hang in there.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 19) -- As long as it’s sincere and deserved, flattering another can score points for you like nothing else. Go out of your way to compliment anyone whom you feel warrants special notice.

Universal Crossword Edited by Timothy E. Parker February 20, 2012

ACROSS 1 Financial adviser, for short 4 Go off course 7 False front 13 It might be fine 14 Gets an A 16 Semievergreen ornamental shrub 17 Sodom escapee 18 Kind of crime 20 Make impatient 22 It’s collected on a turnpike 23 Gabriel of “Miller’s Crossing�

24 Forensic science tool 25 Personal quirk 26 Abbr. on a toothpaste box 28 “Chill out!�

31 Argument 34 Like the north wind or Northern Lights 38 Body part susceptible to frostbite 39 Concealed advantage 42 In accordance with 43 Highly skilled people 44 Scallion relative 45 Esteem 47 Poetic work

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50 Square dance sweetie 53 Ennead minus one 57 “It ___ what you think!�

59 Planting season 61 Like some expenses 63 Shipping unit 64 Type of roast 65 First lady on Mt. Olympus 66 Was a consumer 67 Number on either side of a + 68 Christmas Eve drink 69 Center of center court DOWN 1 Moses sent him into Canaan to spy 2 Absentee ballot 3 Essence from rose petals 4 Yelled obnoxiously 5 Symptom for a dentist 6 Strange 7 Confront 8 Blood classification syst.

9 A Boston cager 10 Recipient 11 Classic phone feature

12 “Fatha�

Hines of jazz 15 “The Man� of St. Louis 19 “H� on a frat sweater 21 An egregious error 25 Report a playground infraction 27 “Humble� dwelling 28 Deep-voiced opera singer 29 Valentine word 30 “The ___ shall inherit ...�

31 Snack of Spain 32 Clinched, as a victory 33 Soured, as grapes 35 Signal for a fastball 36 Agent, for short 37 N.Y. time zone

40 Skin fruit 41 Yet to be installed, as a politician 46 Speak hypnotically 48 Army identification 50 Large U.S. publisher?

51 Bridge or foot feature 52 Compare (to) 54 Business bigwig 55 Act the drama queen 56 Believe it either way 57 Raccoon River locale 58 Took legal action 59 Burned rubber 60 Fiddling Roman 62 Aquatic appendage

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Movie Review

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often have been accused of “just not liking” romantic comedies, and that’s simply not true. While I’ve been burned in the past by a few too many not funny, subpar films that depend on the big stars in the cast to sell tickets, I always try to keep an open mind when going into a movie I’ve never seen before.

Every genre has the potential to produce something great. With that in mind, I was pretty anxious to see “This Means War.” I’ve seen plenty of good movies with Reese Witherspoon in them, and I’ve been a fan of Chris Pine since I saw him in “Star Trek” (J.J. Abrams, 2009). On the other hand, I’ve seen plenty of movies with promising stars that turned out to be severely disappointing. So when I got to the theater Friday night, I didn’t quite know what to expect.

“This Means War” is directed by McG (“Terminator Salvation,” “Charlie’s Angels”) and stars Reese Witherspoon (“Walk the Line,” “Legally Blonde”), Chris Pine (“Star Trek,” “Just My Luck”) and Tom Hardy (“Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy,” “Inception”). The movie follows two CIA operatives and best friends — the recently divorced Tucker (Hardy) and playboy FDR (Pine) — as they compete for the affection of one woman, Lauren (Witherspoon), using their CIA resources and training. As the trailer and posters boast, “It’s SPY against SPY.” I was thoroughly impressed by this movie. It’s bright, fast-paced and fun with the right amount of action, comedy and romance all mixed together for a really enjoyable night at the movies. The friendship and partnership between Hardy and Pine is heartfelt and believable, and the appearance of Chelsea Handler (“Chelsea Lately” on E!) as Witherspoon’s spunky sidekick was an incredible choice, making for a lot of great, raunchy one-liners and tons of laughs.

The story is well thought out, yet straightforward and cute, with motivated characters and actions, making it a film with a little something for everyone.

Pine shines in “War” with a knack for playing the conceited playboy while still remaining sweet and adorable.

He’s also a pretty competent action hero. In addition to his grace in fight choreography, one of my favorite things about Pine is his physical comedy.

I really was surprised by Hardy, whom I’ve seen in action roles before but never in a romance or comedy. As it turns out, he has a great affinity for all three. His performance as a recently divorced dad looking for a meaningful relationship and the respect of his son is believable and gains sympathy. A moment later, he’ll fight a group of five criminals at once with incredible, lethal skill.

Together, Pine and Hardy portray a convincing friendship that effectively adheres to the current fad of the “bromance.” Witherspoon does a respectable job as the girl

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FDR (Chris Pine), Lauren (Reese Witherspoon) and Tucker (Tom Hardy) in a scene from the new movie, “This Means War.” Pine (left) and Hardy star as two CIA agents and best friends who fall in love with the same woman, played by Witherspoon. The movie opened in theaters Friday.

next door with trust issues, but it’s a character moviegoers have seen a million times before. She’s out-shined by Pine, Hardy and Handler, who brings her quick and incredibly inappropriate wit to the table with hilarious results.

The plot does not bring anything particularly new to the table, but it doesn’t necessarily have to. It’s a cute concept, and it’s coupled with an actual CIA mission happening in the background of the war over the girl — which we know from the beginning will have to come to a dramatic conclusion by the end of the movie.

Nevertheless, the movie never claimed to be a serious spy thriller, and the action is never too dark to harm the movie’s light and comedic feel. “War” is filled with bright colors and huge, beautiful sets and locations, making it a whole lot of fun to watch. The writing is quick and funny with just the right amount of gags and one-liners to keep

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Do it yourself

Fun, easy way to create lovely locks E

veryone, at some point, has wanted to do something out of the box to stand out from the crowd.

One of those moments for me was in elementary school when I dyed my hair.

My first mistake was trusting my mom to do the task, and my second was choosing box dye. The inevitable happened: My mom did a disastrous job dying my hair, and I had to live with it for months.

When I heard of hairchalking, I was intrigued. All over Pinterest, pictures were popping up of people dying their hair with chalk, water and a can-do attitude. With hair chalking, you could have bold pink-tipped hair, or even a subtle strand of blue; the best part was the color only lasted a couple of days.

So if you didn’t like your dye-job, you didn’t have to live with it for months. It seemed as appealing and worry-free as a fun weekend craft. No more hair horror stories, no more commitment. Did I mention hairchalking costs around $10? It seemed too good to be true.

The only way to find out if it was all it was cracked up to be was to test it.

And test it I did. My final verdict? It’s easy and fun, and it works. Follows these tips and directions, and you will have beautiful, colorful locks.

You will need: • Soft pastel chalk. In the art supply section at Hobby Lobby, they have a set called Jackson Paint 48 Assorted Chalk Pastels for $6.99. This is the kind I used. Also, the brighter the color, the better it will show up.

• Small spray bottle filled with water. I also found a spray bottle at Hobby Lobby for about $1.99.

• Rubber gloves.

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Left: An example of hairchalking, a new trend circulating websites such as Pinterest. This temporary dye job uses only water, artist’s chalk and a hot flat iron. The dye will last for one to three days, depending on how much chalk you use.

If you have brown or black hair, you will want to spray your hair with water as you chalk it so it will set and show against darker hair.

To get rid of the hair-chalk, brush out the chalk as best as you can before you wash your hair, and make sure you use clarifying shampoo. Also, condition, condition, condition!

The chalk will dry out your hair a bit. If you feel like your hair is really dry, try adding hair oil to the dry sections. This type of hair dye is great for weekend nights out or parties.

Maya Sykes Maya.S.Sykes-1@ou.edu

• A brush.

• A flat iron. This will get chalk on it, but I found that it came off quite easily.

Tips to know before you begin: If you have blond or light hair, you don’t need to put water on your hair before you chalk. However, you can if you want; adding water will make the color more intense and last longer.

If you have dark-colored hair, you will need to add water. If you do not add water, the color will not show up. Also, if you have dark hair, the color comes out pretty subtle compared to blond hair. I found that when I chalked my dark hair, the blues and teals showed up the best.

Next, if you are doing a blend of colors, do the lighter color first. Furthermore, do not chalk your hair very often — it will dry out your hair.

The craft gets pretty messy, so I advise wearing clothes you don’t mind getting dirty.

After you chalk your hair, it might come off on your clothes throughout the day.

In general, the color will last about one to three days, depending on your hair type and how much chalk you use.

Now, let’s begin.

Step 1: If you need to, spray your hair with the water-filled spray bottle. Next, rub the piece of soft pastel chalk on your hair where you sprayed. Now, twist the same section, while rubbing chalk

Bottom: The supplies for hair-chalking are inexpensive and easy to purchase locally. Chalk and spray bottles can be found at Hobby Lobby or any craft store, while rubber gloves and paper towels can be found at your local convenience store. The process is messy, so bathrooms are an ideal place to test out this new style.

on it. Brush off the excess chalk. Repeat as necessary to make the color more vibrant.

Step 2: Let your hair air dry, and then straighten the colored part of your hair.

This will make the color last longer. If you have a wetto-straight straightener, straighten it while it is wet.

Step 3: Style how you like.

Hair chalking is a fun way to add personality to your hair for a night out, a party or just a change of pace. It

also is a creative, cheap activity you can do with friends and family. The best part is the color is not permanent, which means you can do a different look and color for every event. I had a blast coloring my hair with chalk and highly recommend it to anyone who feels like venturing outside the box, literally.

Maya Sykes is a University College freshman.

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