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robbery provokes homeowner to fire on thief Resident claims thief stole a microphone he was selling STAFF REPORTS

Sooners were alerted Wednesday after two gunshots were heard near campus.

OU sent out an emergency alert at 5:15 p.m. recommending Sooners to avoid the area around Boyd Street and Flood Avenue after two gunshots were reported near the intersection.

By 6 p.m., Norman Police had determined that a man had shot twice at a car after the driver stole a microphone he had offered to sell him, Norman Police Capt.

Tom Easley said.

The homeowner had put the microphone for sale online, and a man came to his house to buy it, Easley said.

The man asked to take the microphone out to his car to show his girlfriend before he bought it, and the homeowner complied but carried a pistol with him outside, Easley said. The man sped off with the homeowner’s microphone, and the homeowner fired two shots at the vehicle as he drove away.

Norman resident Rebecca Wilson, who lives a few houses away from the shooting, said she heard two shots fired outside while in her home, and she went outside a few moments later to survey the situation.

Outside, there was a woman in her car who said she witnessed a man shoot twice

at another man and woman inside a black car in front of the shooter’s home, Wilson said.

The witness reported the car started to drive away, and the shooter jumped in his own car in pursuit, with the two cars heading south on Flood, Wilson said.

Norman police detained the homeowner by 6 p.m., Easley said.

A n O U e m e r g e n c y a l e r t re p o r t e d Norman Police had advised the area near Boyd and Flood was clear by 5:45 p.m., and the remaining suspect vehicle, the black Nissan Altima, last had been seen headed HeATHer BrOWN/THe dAiLy south. supervisor Lt. Jay Callaghan gives a statement about the shooting near flood Avenue and Boyd street Wednesday.

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Peer ensures student’s safety during seizure A student suffers a seizure in class NADIA ENCHASSI Assistant Campus editor

Emergency vehicles were called to campus Wednesday after a student experienced a seizure in class.

The incident took place around 5 p.m. during a social movements course with political science professor Michael Givel in Copeland Hall 0244.

“We were in the middle of a question-and-answer session when, all of a sudden, he just fell out of his seat,” said Bailey Perkins, public administration graduate research assistant who was in the room

when the incident occurred.

One classmate followed standard procedure and ensured the student experiencing the seizure had a soft surface on which to lay and wasn’t hurting himself, Perkins said. Another classmate called the police.

“I was shaken up because I wasn’t sure what to do,” Perkins said. “But my classmates reacted so quickly and calmly.”

The student seemed like an overall-healthy person with no obvious medical conditions, Perkins said.

Emergency vehicles arrived at the site within 10 to 15 minutes of the incident.

The student was carried out of Copeland Hall on a stretcher.

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Kara Chausse stands with norman firefighters outside her burned home Wednesday morning. firefighters responded to the fire shortly after recieving a call from Chausse around 7 a.m. the cause of the fire currently is unknown.

Fire destroys resident’s home Firefighters respond to call of local house fire ARIANNA PICKARD Campus editor

A fire broke out in a house just southeast of campus Wednesday morning, devastating the structure of the building and killing several pets in the home.

Residents of a single-story house

at 1501 Parkview Terrace called the Norman Fire Department around 7 a.m. and reported the fire, and four engine companies and a crew chief arrived shortly after, said Jim Bailey, Norman deputy fire chief.

Heavy flames billowed out the front door and windows when the firefighters arrived at the scene, but they had the fire under control within 15 minutes, Bailey said.

“Actual flames were coming out

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— you can tell by all the charring. It was really burning,” Bailey said.

One of the two residents, Kara Chausse, was the only person home at the time, Bailey said. She suffered minor injuries — cuts through her cheek and to her wrist.

Nine cats and two dogs died in the house fire, Bailey said. Two cats survived. see HOUSE FIRE pAGe 2

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Sooner to present Sooners to race in research at capitol on-campus 10K, 5K Winter weather delays competition ATIBA WILLIAMS Campus Reporter

One OU student has been spending her time a little differently than other students. Arian Davis, anthropology senior, keeps herself busy by constantly practicing with her advisers as she prepares to present her research at the State Capitol.

She’s working hard to memorize her key points and still sound natural while she’s talking.

However, Davis is getting some extra time to rehears e her pres entations for Undergraduate

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Research Day, held by the Oklahoma Experimental Program to Stimulate Competitive Research, before she presents at the State Capital, as the event has been moved from February 26 to April 11 because of the recent winter weather, according to the program’s website.

Davis will compete with 21 other presenters from universities in Oklahoma for seven prizes, according to the website.

The grand prize includes a $500 award, a s u m m e r re s e a rc h i n ternship and a $2,500 award to the sponsoring see RESEARCH pAGe 3

Race meant as ‘tune-up’ for upcoming Oklahoma City Memorial Marathon NADIA ENCHASSI

Assistant Campus editor

For students interested in getting back into shape to run marathons, an OU student association is hosting two races to help them prepare.

The Health and Exercise Science Student Association will host its yearly 10K and newly-added 5K race on Saturday, March 9.

The fourth-annual Sooner Spring Tune Up Race is open to the public and will begin at 8 a.m. at the Huston Huffman Fitness Center. The event was designed chiefly as a “tuneup” for runners preparing for the Oklahoma City Memorial Marathon on Sunday, April 28.

“I’ve really enjoyed the race course. It’s flat, so there are no challenges along the way, and it’s all on campus, so the sights are nice,” said Andrew Gasper, Health and Exercise Science senior who ran the past two races and is now one of the three see FITNESS pAGe 2

In Depth first Aid for seizures • Stay calm and speak reassuringly.

• Prevent injury by clearing the area around the person of anything hard or sharp.

• Ease the person to the floor and put something soft and flat under his or her head.

• Do not hold the person down or try to stop his or her movements.

• Turn the person gently onto one side. This will help keep the airway clear.

• Stay with the person until the seizure ends naturally and he or she is fully awake.

Consider a seizure an emergency and call 911 if any of the following occurs:

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• The seizure lasts longer than five minutes without signs of slowing down or if a person has trouble breathing afterwards, appears to be in pain or recovery is unusual in some way.

• The person has another seizure soon after the first one.

• The person cannot be awakened after the seizure activity has stopped.

• The person became injured during the seizure.

• The person becomes aggressive.

• The seizure occurs in water.

• The person has a health condition like diabetes or heart disease or is pregnant.

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House fire: Owner loses many pets to flames Continued from page 1

Today around campus Graduation Gear-up, a time for students to order graduation gear, such as cap and gown, announcements, OU class ring, and the Sooner yearbook, will take place from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. in Oklahoma Memorial Union’s Beaird Lounge.

An exhibit opening of “The Newman Prize and Chinese Literature Today at OU” will take place at 11 a.m. at the Bizzell Memorial Library’s Main Floor, celebrating the work of the three Newman laureates to date: Yang Mu in 2013, Han Shaogong in 2011 and Mo Yan, the inaugural prize awardee in 2009 and now winner of the 2012 Nobel Prize in Literature.

Friday, March 8 Women’s Tennis will play Kansas at 5 p.m. at Headington Family Tennis Center.

Before the firefighters arrived at the scene, neighbors were trying to keep Chausse from reentering in her house to save the animals, said John Dejulio, mechanical engineering sophomore who lives across the street.

“She has a lot of animals, and so she really wanted to get them,” Dejulio said. “All of us were saying, ‘no, you can’t go back in,’ but she really wanted to get them.”

Unless a person’s household is functioning as a foster home for an animal welfare group registered with the city, Norman municipal code prohibits people from harboring more than two dogs and three cats over six months of age if the animals are unaltered and no more than four dogs and six cats over six months of age if they are altered.

After the fire was extinguished, firefighters overhauled the house to make sure there were no possibilities of the fire starting up again, Bailey said.

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Kara Chausse speaks to an officer Wednesday morning, as firefighters put out the flames of her home. Chausse called firefighters at 7 a.m. reporting the fire, and she lost nine cats and two dogs in the fire.

“They check in the attic, check in the walls — they look for anything that’s still smoldering to see if there’s any hot spots and just kind of rake them out,” said firefighter Dusty Borror.

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currently is unknown, but to the contents inside the an investigator was on the house, Bailey said. scene Wednesday trying to establish an origin for the fire, Bailey said.

Arianna Pickard aripickard@ou.edu Damages are estimated to be $40,000 to the structure of the house and $8,000

OU softball will play Drake University at 6 p.m. at Marita Hynes Field.

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Women’s Gymnastics will play Arizona at 7 p.m. at the Sam Vierson Gymnastics Center.

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co-chairs of the event.

The race will be followed by an awards ceremony, where the winners of each category will receive prizes. A raffle also will be held. Tickets cost 25 cents, and buyers will be entered into the raffle for a chance to win prizes.

Early registration is $20, and registration onsite between 6 and 7:30 a.m. is $25.

The cost covers a t-shirt, electronic chip timer, completion certificate and a coupon

In Depth How to register For mail-in and online registration, visit http://cas.ou.edu/ sooner-spring-tune-up

book. All proceeds benefit the Health and Exercise Scholarship Fund, said Craig Hofford, faculty advisor of the Health and Exercise Science

Student Association.

They broke even financially the first year the race was held, Hofford said. However, they were able to award two $300 scholarships the second year and four scholarships last year.

“We’re hoping to be able to double the number of scholarships awarded yet again this year,” Hofford said.

“Despite the unpredictable weather and Soonerthon taking place right afterward

on the same day, we’re also hoping more people will come than ever before.”

In previous years, up to 250 individuals have attended the event. Over 175 already have registered for this year’s race as of March 5. Gasper said the number is rising consistently by around 20 per day, and their goal is to reach at least 300 participants.

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CAMPUS BRIEFS Healthy Date Night showcases dating tips for Sooner couples The how-tos of having a healthy relationship will be discussed tonight to close out LGBTQ Health Week.

The event, called Healthy Date Night, will take place from 6 to 8 p.m. tonight in Adams Center’s Tarman Lounge, said Kasey Catlett, graduate assistant at the Women’s Outreach Center.

The event will feature a presentation called “D8 Me,” about healthy relationships and how to ensure you’re in one by teaching students red flags to look out, Catlett said.

After the presentation, students can play provided board games and watch a movie called “Touch of Pink,” Catlett said. Free food also will be provided at the event.

Evan Baldaccini Campus Reporter

Students to present communication research during annual conference OU students can participate in a discussion about the evolution of communication and display their research in the 24th annual Sooner Communication Conference on Friday and Saturday.

The conference, held by the Communication Graduate Student Association, will take place in Oklahoma Memorial Union from 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.

Saturday.

Students can register for the event for free in the Burton Hall lounge Friday from 6 to 8 p.m., according to the conference’s press release dated Feb 28. Nonstudents must pay a registration fee.

The title of this year’s conference is “Communication in (E)Motion,” and the theme involves the constant evolution of communication methods, according to the conference’s website.

This year’s keynote speaker is professor Robin Nabi of UC Santa Barbara. Nabi’s work has appeared in several journals, and her current research projects involve the role of emotion in mass media, according to Nabi’s faculty profile.

The Communication Graduate Student Association accepted submissions of research papers, case studies and abstracts about topics relevant to human communication from both graduate and undergraduate students.

All of the 25 accepted student pieces are about communications, and several deal with politics, said graduate teaching assistant Stephanie Schartel Dunn.

Kaitlyn Underwood Campus Reporter

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Research: Presentation to focus on obesity Continued from page 1 university.

The event also ensures legislators know where their money is going when they invest in research at universities, as well as the type of research students are doing, said Joy Pendley, OU’s undergraduate research programs coordinator.

Davis, the only social science presenter, will be giving a three minute presentation on obesity in Native Amer ican populations, Davis said.

Davis’ research focuses on the Cherokee nation, mainly in the northeast part of the state. In the study, she asked people to map out a community for active living.

Then she and her team conducted interviews and took part in focus groups, asking the communities about their living situations. They then compiled and evaluated the evidence, she said.

She has found that the biggest deterrent to healthy living in these populations are safety concerns, and most of the parks are either in disrepair or parents view them as unsafe because of the people who frequent them, she said.

“People don’t bike or walk as much as they used to,” Davis said.

One of the other factors includes the cost of healthy food and the lack of knowledge about what makes food good or bad for someone, she said.

“People don’t know what to do with vegetables other than fry them,” she said.

Pendley selected Davis’s and Hoang’s research out of 12 abstracts, she said.

Davis first became interested in research when she started an internship in May at the Center for Applied Social Research, an on-campus organization focused on applying concepts

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in the social sciences to complex issues in the world today, according to the center’s website.

She began obesity research in October when the center needed assistance on a project. Coupled with her passion for Native American research, this study seemed like a perfect fit, she said.

“There is always health and economic disparities with these populations,”

University Theatre presents: Falstaff, Giuseppe Verdi’s opera masterpiece | 8 p.m. at Reynolds Performing Arts Center. Falstaff, based on Shakespeare’s plays The Merry Wives of Windsor, is an admired favorite with critics and musicians because of its brilliant orchestration, scintillating libretto and refined melodic invention. Tickets are $17 for adults, $14 for OU faculty & staff, senior discount, and military, and $10 for students.

For more information, contact the Fine Arts Box Office (405) 325-4101.

Friday, Mar. 8 OU Softball vs. Northern Colorado | 3:30 p.m. at Marita Hynes Field. 50-cent hot dogs and cokes (while supplies last) and postgame autographs. FREE admission for OU students with a valid OU student I.D. For more information visit soonersports.com.

OU Women’s Tennis vs. Kansas | 5 p.m. at Headington Family Tennis Center. FREE admission for all fans! For more information visit soonersports.com.

Sham-ROCK the Night Away | 6:30-8 p.m. in the Huston Huffman Fitness Center.

Come to the Huston Huffman Fitness Center on Friday for a night of family fun! This event is FREE to all graduate students and their families. There will be games, snacks, and dancing! All children must be accompanied by an adult.

Art “à la Carte” | 6:30-8:30 p.m. in Fred Jones Jr. Museum of Art. Join us for live music, short films, and an art activity in conjunction with the student-curated exhibition Into the Void. For more information, call (405) 325-5990.

New Media Presentation: Ghosts in the Attic | 6:30-8:30 p.m. outside the Fred Jones Jr. Museum of Art. 2004 OU School of Art and Art History graduate Terry Holloway will project video imagery on the outdoor, north side of the museum’s Lester Wing. By using sound, video, color and light, the temporary installation will present viewers with a fun and unique multimedia experience. For more information, call (405) 325-5990.

FREE MOVIE: “The Hobbit” | 7 & 11 p.m. in Meacham Auditorium, Oklahoma Memorial Union. Come see this highly anticipated prequel to The Lord of the Rings trilogy for FREE. Courtesy of the Union Programming Board and Campus Activities Council.

OU Women’s Gymnastics vs. Arizona | 7 p.m. at Lloyd Noble Center. 200 FREE t-shirts for OU students, FREE Beats by Dre giveaway for OU students, 250 FREE small popcorns and cokes, FREE food for first 100 OU students, and FREE admission for OU students with a valid OU student I.D. For more information visit soonersports. com.

University Theatre presents: Falstaff, Giuseppe Verdi’s opera masterpiece | 8 p.m. at Reynolds Performing Arts Center. Tickets are $17 for adults, $14 for OU faculty & staff, senior discount, and military, and $10 for students. For more information, contact the Fine Arts Box Office (405) 325-4101.

dog, she works on the material for her three classes this semester. One of them ended on Feb. 27. This allows her time to prepare for the presentation.

“She’s very organized and a pleasure to work with,” said her academic advisor Paul Spicer.

Davis has changed a few things in her project at the suggestion of Pendley, but she still remains nervous about the presentation, Pendley said.

“Just practice, practice, practice,” she said.

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Thursday, Mar. 7 Intramural Soccer Captains Meeting | 5 p.m. in room 130, Huston Huffman Fitness Center. All captains must attend this meeting. $50 per team, but free if all participants live in OU Housing.

she said.

Davis graduated from high school in 2003, and after completing a year at OU, she left and came back in the fall of 2011. She changed her major several times before settling on anthropology, she said.

Before this study, Davis also had done other research on other topics, including transport in rural Africa and the homeless population in Norman, she said.

After graduating in May, Davis hopes to find a job in the public sector that allows her to work with underprivileged populations, and then head off to study anthropology in graduate school, she said.

When she is not biking, doing yoga or spending time with her husband and

Saturday, Mar. 9 CAC Soonerthon | 10 a.m. – 10 p.m. in the Huston Huffman Fitness Center.

Come be a part of one of the biggest philanthropic efforts at OU! CAC Soonerthon is a 12-hour party with a purpose and benefits the Oklahoma Children’s Hospital Foundation as well as Children’s Miracle Network Hospitals.

To register or to find out more information, visit soonerthon.ou.edu.

OU Softball vs. Drake | 1:30 p.m. at Marita Hynes Field. 50-cent hot dogs and cokes (while supplies last). FREE admission for OU students with a valid OU student I.D. For more information visit soonersports.com.

OU School of Music presents: Nowruz Iranian Music Workshop | 3:30 p.m. in Pitman Recital Hall, Catlett Music Center. Come learn about the Persian music and majestic culture. Free to the public.

OU Softball vs. Northern Colorado | 4 p.m. at Marita Hynes Field. 250 FREE Michelle Gascoigne posters and FREE admission for OU students with a valid OU student I.D. For more information visit soonersports.com.

University Theatre presents: Falstaff, Giuseppe Verdi’s opera masterpiece | 8 p.m. at Reynolds Performing Arts Center. Tickets are $17 for adults, $14 for OU faculty & staff, senior discount, and military, and $10 for students. For more information, contact the Fine Arts Box Office (405) 325-4101.

Sunday, Mar. 10 OU Women’s Tennis vs. Kansas State | Noon at Headington Family Tennis Center. FREE admission all fans! For more information visit soonersports.com.

OU Women’s Gymnastics vs. North Carolina & Stanford | 2:30 p.m. at Lloyd Noble Center. 200 FREE t-shirts for OU students, FREE Beats by Dre giveaway for OU students, 50 cent hot dogs and cokes (while supplies last), FREE pizza for first 100 OU students, and FREE admission for OU students with a valid OU student I.D. For more information visit soonersports.com.

University Theatre presents: Falstaff, Giuseppe Verdi’s opera masterpiece | 3 p.m. at Reynolds Performing Arts Center. Tickets are $17 for adults, $14 for OU faculty & staff, senior discount, and military, and $10 for students. For more information, contact the Fine Arts Box Office (405) 325-4101.

Nowruz Iranian Music Concert | 6 p.m. in Sharp Concert Hall, Catlett Music Center. “Half Red, Half Yellow” is a concert honoring the traditional and innovative Persian classical music. Tickets are $9 for adults and $5 students and assorted discounts.

For more information, contact the Fine Arts Box Office (405) 325-4101.

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“ I applaud you for asking students to speak out against the bills such as HB 1674, which is one of many such bills that come up in the OK legislature year after year.” (finc0751, RE: ‘Academic freedom shouldn’t mean academic disaster’)

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EDITORIAL

Proposed law needlessly limits welfare Our View: Lawmakers waste resources on useless proposals.

deemed harmful by medical authorities that will put a real strain on needy families.

Restaurant and fast food chains serve meals that In tradition with the Bible Belt’s nanny laws, the often exceed the amount of calories one should conOklahoma Senate unanimously approved Senate sume daily and can contain more than five days of Bill 667, a bill that prohibits the use of welfare cards recommended saturated fat intake, according to a at strip clubs, liquor stores and casinos.

Medical News Today report. These restauThe Our View rants, which promote obesity, diabetes SB 667 seems to be a way to criminalize a is the majority and heart disease, also create unnecessary low-income minority population. There is opinion of no real way to police transactions and the medical bills for struggling families who are The Daily’s term “harmful behavior” is arbitrary. Of nine-member already in need of a safety net. Engaging in course, lawmakers like the bill’s author, Sen. editorial board such reckless behavior can “compound the Rob Standridge, R-Okla., are concerned with problems faced by struggling families,” too.

Oklahomans’ best interests — not influenced Let’s also ban the use of welfare cards for food at all by their spirituality or personal beliefs — and items in grocery stores that have little nutritional want to create the best safety net for families in need. value. The sodium nitrates in processed meats re“If funds are being used to subsidize harmful be- portedly form carcinogens, both regular and diet haviors, they can compound the problems faced by sodas increase one’s risk of a heart attack and osteostruggling families,” Standrige said. These programs porosis and trans fats in anything from potato chips have the potential to provide a critical safety net for to cheeseburgers can cause breast cancer. Shouldn’t those in need but only if there are reasonable restric- the government restrict welfare recipients from tions for the use of the funding,” Standridge said. feeding themselves and their children carcinogens if Who or what defines Standridge’s use of “harmit’s banning other harmful behavior? ful behaviors.” The Bible? The Centers for Disease Why not also ban the use of welfare cards for cigControl and Prevention? Standrige? arettes? There seems to be no family benefit from If this bill goes so far as to ban the welfare card’s a product that is so widely known to cause cancer, use at places deemed immoral by the Christian asthma, ear infections and many other complicachurch, let’s also ban the use of welfare cards at plac- tions. If restrictions are set in place, will they end? es that have negative health consequences, places It would be just as ridiculous to ban welfare

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recipients from using their card at department stores when they can buy the same thing at Walmart, or ban the card’s use at Barnes & Noble when they can buy books from Goodwill or use the public library.

Will the government ban welfare recipients from purchasing porn in the form of movies, magazines or books? Will it ban welfare recipients from gambling online at virtual casinos? What if a welfare recipient buys liquor online through a virtual supplier?

Perhaps Standrige was prompted to write this bill because of a New York Post report released in January 2013, which confirmed welfare recipients used their Electronic Benefits Transfer cards from January 2011 to January 2012 to make dozens of cash withdrawals at ATMs inside bars, porn shops and liquor stores in Brooklyn, the East Village, SoHo and the Bronx. But can we begin to fashion Oklahoma law after a one-year snapshot of New York cities?

SB 667 will head to the House for further consideration. Please email your representative to tell him or her the Oklahoma nanny state laws must end so the state can invest time and resources in legislation that propels Oklahoma forward. Let’s focus on resolving the social issues that necessitate welfare programs instead of criminalizing people who use the programs.

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Academic freedom is not the Professor wins with OpenStax freedom to teach nonsense OPENSTAX SURVEY OPINION COLUMNIST

The e ditor ial “Academic fre e dom Should we discuss the strengths and shouldn’t mean academic disaster,” in the weaknesses of astrology? Of course not, March 6 edition of the Oklahoma Daily, academic freedom is not the freedom to makes many excellent points about HB teach nonsense.

1674.

The concept of academic freedom It is indeed a “Trojan horse” bill specif- was developed in higher education to ically crafted by an out-of-state, religious give faculty and students protection to think tank to open the door for the teach- study legitimate academic topics that ing of religious or political views in school were not socially or politically popular. science classes. This is clearly understood Think studying communism during the by everyone familiar with the bill on both McCarthy era. sides.

Ironically, this bill is anti-academHB 1674 would write false claims about ic freedom, as it would promote false science into state law, contradicting the doubts about established scientific topwealth of scientific evidence, our own cur- ics because of their unpopularity among riculum standards and the expertise of a public with little understanding of Oklahoma’s scientists and teachers. science.

HB 1674 promotes the With academic freenotion that there is some “Instead of teaching dom comes academic scientific controversy responsibility; i.e., the science, this bill about evolution, climate responsibility to teach change, human cloning only valid science, supwould confuse and other topics. This is by evidence. students about how ported just plain wrong. These This bill makes the science works and completely ungroundtopics are not controversial among scientists and teach them that it is ed association between to suggest otherwise reacademic freedom flects an abysmal under- acceptable to simply and freedom to teach standing of science. pseudoscience. reject the parts of The bill encourages HB 1674 represents science they don’t teachers to discuss sothe promotion of anhappen to like.” calle d “strengths and ti-science ideas by the w e a k n e s s e s” o f t h e s e scientifically illiterate RICHARD E. BROUGHTON, topics, but no weaknessthrough the blunt inASSOCIATE PROFESSOR OF es have been identified. strument of legislaBIOLOGY What are the scientific tion. It is telling that no weaknesses of human teacher group or sciencloning? What does that even mean? Is tific organization supports this bill; supthere any scientific evidence that conflicts port is exclusively from fundamentalist with the fact that evolution has occurred? religious groups.

None has ever been presented.

Forcing teachers to present “strengths If one looks to the sources of these al- and weaknesses” will force them to preleged weaknesses, we find they are phony tend that we know less than we really do fabrications, invented and promoted by about the natural world and to present people who just don’t like the implica- ideas based in religion as if they were tions of evolution, human cloning, climate science. change, etc.

This is not about fairness, free inquiOne may not like the implications of ry or critical thinking; the issue is simply atomic weapons, but that does not mean about teaching science vs. non-science. that there is some controversy over the Passage of this bill will damage the eduphysics. cation of our students, diminish the abilInstead of teaching science, this bill ity to attract scientifically-based induswould confuse students about how science tries to Oklahoma and will likely lead to works and teach them that it is acceptable costly lawsuits over constitutionality. to simply reject the parts of science they don’t happen to like.

What of academic freedom? Does academic freedom mean the right to teach that Richard E. Broughton diseases are caused by evil spirits? Should Associate Professor of Biology teachers be free to present the controver- O k l a h o m a Bi o l o g i c a l S u r v e y a n d sy over whether or not the earth is flat? Department of Biology

Damphousse’s sociology class

• Almost 25 percent of the class simply read the OpenStax book directly from a web browser.

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elly Damphousse, associate dean of OU’s College of Arts and Sciences, has adopted OpenStax’s sociology book for his sociology 1113-001 course and has found the cost and content beneficial.

“I have become increasingly concerned about the rising costs of textbooks over the past several years,” Damphousse said. “It is not uncommon for an introduction to sociology book to cost around $150. One thing that was particularly disturbing was that the book I was [previously] using came with 17 chapters but I could only cover 13 to 14 in a given semester, so students were paying for something that they never used,” Damphousse said. OpenStax was a suitable solution for Damphousse.

“The great thing [about the OpenStax course book] was that I could create a personalized version of the book that only included the 14 chapters that I cover each semester,” Damphousse said.

Aside from this resource allowing flexible personalization options for professors, Damphousse saw the positive effect it had on students as well.

“I have had several students this semester personally thank me for not requiring them to purchase a book for the class,”

• 50 percent of the class downloaded a PDF version of the book and stored the e-copy on their laptop or personal computer.

• 13 percent printed a copy and kept it in a notebook • Another 13 percent downloaded the book onto their iPad or Kindle • About 38 percent of Damphousse’s class has access to an iPad or Kindle, but only 33 percent of students access the book through those devices.

• 94 percent of his class has a smartphone. The book can be accessed on a smartphone.

Source: Damphousse’s class of 300 students

Damphousse explained.

“We just completed our first exam and the average grade was about 3 percent higher than last semester, so I did not see a downgrade in performance there.”

As it should be, affordability is great. But if the material does not contain quality content, it clearly counteracts the point of using the material as an educational resource in the first place.

“OpenStax is only as good as the quality of the product,” Damphousse said. “While I was looking for a free book, if the content was not of sufficient quality, I would not have adopted it.”

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Woods finds this course book easy to understand and appreciates the price tag.

“In my opinion, it is perfectly suitable and capable for the freshman level course,” Woods began. “The fact that it is free makes it all the better. The price of books are absolutely ridiculous, with some priced over $100 new; that’s at least 13 hours of work for a single book.

That’s all on top of tuition and the many other fees associated with college.”

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School of Music to present ‘Falstaff’ Drama-driven play opens tonight

character, said second-year master’s student, Anthony Eversole, who will play the role of Falstaff on Friday and Tess Thomson Sunday.

Life & Arts Reporter “I like the comedy part of Place yourself into it,” said Tatiana Ogan, music 14th-century Europe and voice senior, who will with Renaissance-esque play the role of Meg Page. costumes this Thursday as “It’s really light-hearted.” the scandals of Giuseppe The opera may be an older Verdi’s comedic opera story, but that does not mean unfold in “Falstaff.” it is limited to a particular “Falstaff ” is the story of time period. The characSir John Falstaff, a knight ters in Falstaff are similar to who attempts people today, to pursue and many are t w o ma r r i e d personally rewomen. Yet as latable, Ogan the story desaid. velops and his As an actor, it pursuits reis all about stopeatedly fail rytelling and him, Falstaff, You don’t need br inging the along with with to understand audience the rest of the y o u t h ro u g h the language. the story, Ogan cast, retains a sense of humor You can read the said. It is espethrough each cially importemotions.” act. ant to make Comedic sure the audiAnthony Eversole, o p e r a s a r e second-year master’s ence has the fairly uncom- student who will play right reaction mon, making and the actors the role of falstaff Falstaff a great get the jokes opportunity for aspiring right. professional opera singers “With an audience, there to experience this kind of is an energy between the

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William Browning, music graduate who will play Falstaff on Thursday and Saturday, rehearses for the play “Falstaff” that the theatre department will be hosting Thursday through Sunday night. “Falstaff” is the story of a man that tries to decieve two young women. The women, however, devise a plan with Falstaff’s two “bad companions,” Bardolfo and Pistola, to bring the knight down.

performer and the viewer,” Ogan said.

The actors were cast late last semester and have been dedicating time to the opera ever since. They spent about five months perfecting the Italian music, Ogan said.

“The music is so driven by the drama,” Eversole said.

“That’s what I love about Verdi’s work.”

Presented by the School of Music, Falstaff is an opera comprised of students in the School of Music, OU Chorus,

Orchestra and guest baritone, Christopher Burchett said. Many participants valued the experience the opera has given them, and the insight of what the professional world holds, Eversole said.

Though in Italian, Falstaff

has English subtitles for the audience to read throughout the performance. Falstaff is funny, relatable and a good first opera to see if you have never seen one before, Eversole said.

“You don’t need to understand the language,” Eversole said. “You can read the emotions on stage.”

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Assassins Creed III: The Infamy is all story life & arts columnist

At a glance ‘Tyrany of King Washington: The Infamy’

Kaylan Aksel spiralbluesun@gmail.com

“Tyranny of King Washington” is a three-part post-release DLC (downloadable content) series for the game “Assassin’s Creed III.” The first episode, titled “The Infamy,” recently was released, while the next two episodes, “The Betrayal” and “The Redemption,” will be released in the next two months.

Players, once again, step into the soles of 18th-century assassin Connor Kenway, who wakes up in a different reality. Here,

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George Washington has foregone being president and instead declared himself King of America,

ruling the fearful colonies with a cold and decisive scepter. Alone and without his assassin training, Connor must take up a new task: bring down King Washington.

Although the story has a lot of promise, most of it doesn’t seem to be here.

“The Infamy” takes most of its time setting up the story.

Right from the start, players are pulled through the majority of “The Infamy’s” story missions. By the time the game gives the player permission to roam the frontier alone and unlocks Connor’s new abilities, there are only a few missions left. Another thing to note is how short the DLC is. For a price tag of $9.99, players only get two hours of gameplay.

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the same as “Assassin’s Creed III,” but it also adds some fun new elements to the mix. Exclusively in “The Tyranny of King Washington,” Connor has new tricks up his sleeve, such as being able to summon a pack of wolves to fight for him. One highlight in particular is Connor’s power of the wolf. This ability allows Connor to become temporarily invisible and soundless to enemies.

The downside to these skills is they slowly soak up health, meaning players still must be as resourceful as before. These skills add an entertaining twist to the “Assassin’s Creed” experience and breathe new life into the gameplay.

Fighting colonial soldiers in 18th-century America never has been more exciting.

It is hard to say whether

or not owners of “Assassin’s Creed III” should get “The Infamy.” The DLC is a mixed bag, and Ubisoft is asking a lot by splitting “The Tyranny of King Washington” into three separate releases. On one hidden-bladed hand, the introduction is the bulk of the episode, and all the player gets is two hours of total gameplay for $10.

On the other hand, the gameplay is fresh and even

more intriguing than before. “The Infamy” is only the first episode of three, and my recommendation would be for players to wait until the next episode before getting this installment.

Kaylan Aksel is a film and media studies sophomore.

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“The Wizard of Oz” is the most-watched film of all time and it is definitely one of the most famous in history, according to the Library of Congress. For many Americans, especially older ones, it occupies a special place in cultural Graham Dudley memory, right up there graham.dudley4@gmail.com with baseball and apple pie.

So when Disney announced they were making a 3D, computer-generated imagery-filled prequel to the film, heads were certainly turned. “Oz the Great and Powerful,” which opens Friday, will be under some serious scrutiny.

Why even bother with such a risky venture?

Industry insiders have long been curious to see whether the new “Oz” repeats the successes of 2010’s “Alice in Wonderland” or flops tremendously like 2012’s “John Carter.” But fears must have been at least partially calmed, because no matter how good or bad the film turns out to be, it will come with the Oz name attached. Granted, this didn’t help 1985’s “Return to Oz” much, but it would be hard to make an Oz-related movie much worse.

“Oz the Great and Powerful” is the brainchild of screenwriter Mitchell Kapner, and Sam Raimi of the “Spider-Man” trilogy is directing. He is reunited with the genius “Spider-Man” actor James Franco who stars as Oz — or Oscar Diggs, as he’s known back in Kansas.

Michelle Williams, Rachel Weisz and Mila Kunis also star as the story’s three witches. Glinda the Good Witch will be played by Williams, while Kunis will recreate Margaret Hamilton’s Wicked Witch of the West. Weisz will play Evanora.

“Oz the Great and Powerful” is the story of a small-time magician with a traveling circus who’s whisked away to the magical Land of Oz, whose residents believe he’s

a great wizard come to save them from the tyrannous Wicked Witch as prophesied, according to the movie’s website.

Trouble is, not everyone believes the trickster is the great wizard, Weisz’s Evanora least of all. Aided by Glinda

the Good Witch, Oscar Diggs must convince the Land of Oz of his authenticity and save the realm in the process.

As he lives the journey, Diggs must question his values and decide just what kind of man he’d like to be.

Franco wasn’t Raimi’s first choice for the fast-talking Diggs. Raimi approached both Robert Downey Jr. and

Johnny Depp for the role before coming to Franco, AT A GLANCE according to an article in ‘Oz the Great the Hollywood Reporter. and Powerful’ Role choice is not the only thing which didn’t go exactly as planned.

As the film was being developed, the producers discovered Warner Bros. owned the rights to the original “Oz” and none of the movie’s iconic images could be used in the new picture, according to another Starring: James article in the reportFranco, Mila Kunis, er. No yellow brick Michelle Williams and road, no shimmerRachel Weisz ing emerald skyline, Rated: PG no chin mole on the Wicked Witch Run time: 2 hours, 7 — anything they minutes did had to be sufficiently different from Release date: Friday the original picture in order to be considered new.

The end result will certainly be different.

Unconstrained by the boundaries of the new picture, Raimi has called his film a “love poem to the Wizard of Oz,” drawing inspiration and some characters from the original film but ultimately intended more as a homage than a strict prequel.

Early reviews have been mixed, but one thing’s for sure: fueled by my love for a classic American tale, I’ll likely be heading to the theaters this weekend to see the next big thing from over the rainbow.

Graham Dudley is a University College freshman.

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Oklahoma City heads to Big Apple

Sooners pick up third win against West Virginia

Thunder, Knicks on course for Eastversus-West showdown at the Garden

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Senior forward Romero O sby a n d s e n i o r gu a rd Steven Pledger saved some of their best performances for their last home game.

The Oklahoma men’s basketball team was able to hold off a pesky West Virginia squad to win, 83-70.

Despite leading for the entire game, The Sooners (209, 11-6 Big 12) were unable to put away the Mountaineers (13-17, 6-11 Big 12) until the closing minutes.

After taking a 39-28 lead into the half, the Sooners allowed the Mountaineers to whittle their lead down to 44-41 on a 3-pointer from junior center Aaric Murray.

However, OU never faltered and was able to build the lead back up with clutch play from Pledger, Osby and senior forward Andrew Fitzgerald.

“It meant a lot [to have a big last home game],” Pledger said. “I’ve been here all four years, I’ve been through ups and downs. It definitely meant a lot to me.

Osby echoed Pledger’s sentiments, saying that, while playing his last game at Lloyd Noble Center was bittersweet, it meant a lot to leave on a high note.

Both players did a great job of stuffing the box score, with Osby scoring 26 points to go along with six rebounds and Pledger putting up 23 points with a teamhigh eight rebounds.

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Senior forward Andrew Fitzgerald backs down Iowa State junior forward Melvin Ejim against the Cyclones on Saturday at Lloyd Noble Center. Fitzgerald scored five points against West Virginia.

by heroic efforts from two West Virginia players, freshman guard Eron Harris and senior forward Deniz Kilicli.

Kilicli was an efficient force down low, finishing with 20 points on 9-for-13 shooting.

However, it was Harris who truly kept the Mountaineers in the game.

His barrage of 3-pointers in the second half, (five for the game) were the biggest threat to the Sooner lead. He ended up scoring 23 points.

The win keeps the Sooners

moving toward a potential NCAA Tournament berth, what would be their first since the 2008-2009 season.

“As a fan of the game, you are always looking and trying to find out what’s going on as far as [the NC A A Tournament],” Osby said.

“But as a player, you have to just stay focused on the next game. We’re excited that we might have an opportunity to get there but we know that our work isn’t done.”

Oklahoma still needs to take care of business in their

final regular season game at TCU on Saturday, but this win added to a solid résumé.

“We got a very good win over a ballclub that played awfully hard,” coach Lon Kruger said.” They opened the ballgame very well and our guys have done a really good job of focusing on getting each other ready to play and they’ve been very consistent.”

The Oklahoma City Thunder will travel to Madison Square Garden tonight for the first time since 2010, where they will square off against the New York Knicks.

The Thunder, who have won five of their last seven games, are coming off a major victory against Kobe Bryant and the Los Angeles Lakers on Tuesday, but don’t have much time to celebrate as they play one of the Eastern Conferences top teams on Thursday.

The question heading into Thursday’s game is the status of Knicks forward Carmelo Anthony, who has been battling knee soreness and missed New York’s last game against the Detroit Pistons.

Whether Anthony suits up or not will play a huge factor in a matchup between two of the NBA’s most exciting teams.

Anthony is second in points per game behind none other than Kevin Durant who leads Carmelo by a fourth of a point with 28.6 points per game.

Knicks forward Amare Stoudemire has stepped up in Anthony’s absence and led the Knicks to much needed wins over the Cavaliers and Pistons.

New York , who had lost a season high four games in a row, has now won five of their last six. Whether Anthony dresses or not, expect the Knicks not to make it easy for Kevin Durant and the Thunder.

Oklahoma City trails the San Antonio Spurs by three games for the top spot in the Western Conference and are hoping to capitalize in the absence of Spurs All-Star point guard, Tony Parker, who is out for four weeks with an ankle injury.

The last time the Knicks and Thunder played in New York was way back in 2010, thanks to the strike-shortened season in 2011. The Knicks would beat the Thunder 112-98 in that game, which ironically was before they traded for Carmelo Anthony two months later.

It will be interesting to see how the Thunder utilize guard Russell Westbrook as New York’s point guards, Raymond Felton and Jason Kidd lack the speed and athleticism to keep up with three-time All Star.

It should be a great game nonetheless as Oklahoma City will be very excited to play under the lights in one of the worlds most famous arenas, Madison Square Garden.

Zach Story is a journalism sophomore and Thunder blogger for The Daily.

Garrett Holt garrett.holt@ou.edu

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