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l&A: CBS’s new drama, ‘Golden Boy,’ fails to shine. (Page 6)

sports: big weekend for women’s gym (page 5)

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political expert chosen to speak Fareed Zakaria chosen for his teaching role MAXine jAnerKA

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A nationally renowned critical thinker has been chosen to give the commencement speech in May during the graduation ceremony. Fareed Zakaria, a journalist, famed critical thinker and 2012 Peabody Award winner, was chosen to give the speech because of his role as a teacher,

according to a press release. Zakaria is the editor-at-large of TIME, a columnist for the Washington Post, host of Fareed Zakaria GPS (CNN’s flagship international affairs program) and the author of the international bestseller “The Post-American World” and New York Times bestseller “The Future of Freedom,” according to the press release. In recent years, Zakaria has visited the OU campus, and this year President Boren asked him to speak at the commencement, said university spokesman

Michael Nash in an email. “We are very excited to have such an internationally renowned political expert to address this year’s graduates,” said Nash, who stressed the importance of understanding international affairs and international relations in today’s world. The graduation ceremony will take place at 7 p.m. on May 10, in The Gaylord Family Oklahoma Memorial Stadium, 180 W. Brooks St, according to the press release.

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OU officials hope to bring new ideas and fresh creativity to the Pride of Oklahoma marching band with its new director, despite students’ attachment to an in-house candidate who was also considered for the position. The new Pride director was announced to the university in a press release on Thursday, Feb. 28. The final decision for a new director was long in coming, but after about four months of searching and inter viewing, Justin Stolarik from the University of Wisconsin was chosen. Students told The Daily they were surprised when they initially saw the announcement Stolarik had been chosen because t h e y e x p e c t e d D e b ra Traficante, the assistant director of the Pride, to take the place of the previous director, Brian Britt. “We all thought that Dr. Traficante would replace Mr. Britt,” said Kevin Jones, music education and bassoon performance sophomore and Pride member. “It was the only logical

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above: emma Newberry-Davis, women and gender studies senior, talks to a group of students at lGbTQ Date Night part of lGbTQ Health Week. lGbTQ has had other events throughout the week such as chalking nice sayings all over campus, a brown bag lunch stress lecture, and leaving notes for people to find all over campus. below: Kasey catlett, adult and higher education graduate student, plays a game of bop it at the lGbTQ Date Night Health Week held in adams center Tarman lounge.

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The ou Board of regents met Thursday and granted an ou student a posthumous degree after the student died in a traffic accident in late november. The regents granted a Bachelor of architecture degree to Hok-yin chan, who died nov. 21. “He was an extremely motivated and outstanding student, and I think that his degree is very deserving,” said Hans Butzer, division director for the college of architecture. The regents also ratified requests, awarding an Honorary doctor of Humane Letters to professors Tom Boyd, ralph Thompson, Jan marie crawford and susan Brackett. They also decided the spring 2013 commencement keynote speaker would be Fareed Zakaria, journalist and critical thinker, according to the agenda. all 31 items on the agenda passed, said Ben Hardcastle, director of communications for the regents. Atiba Williams, Campus Reporter

students can get a taste of colombian food, dance and, for the first time, fashion at an annual cultural night hosted by the colombian student association. The event, called colombian night 2013: Emerald of the americas, is the group’s 12th annual cultural night event and will begin saturday at 5 p.m. in oklahoma memorial union’s food court with dinner and desert of traditional colombian dishes, according to the event’s press release. after the dinner, guests will move to catlett music center’s sharp concert Hall at 8 p.m. for a cultural show featuring traditional colombian music and a display of modern colombian fashion, according to the press release. The cost of the event, including dinner and the show is $10 for ou students and $15 for all other guests. Tickets will be sold all week in oklahoma memorial union’s first floor near the book store from noon to 2 p.m. and at the door of the event, said Juan Galindo, petroleum engineering senior and president of the colombian student association. “This event is important because it brings people together and encourages interaction among people from different cultures and provides education of people from different backgrounds,” Galindo said. For the first time, colombian night will have a fashion show featuring designs inspired by colombian culture from an oklahoma designer, Galindo said. Morgan George, Campus Reporter

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L&A: The third annual nowruz Iranian music Festival will be held this weekend. (Page 6)

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Opinion: annie sprinkle, former adult film star, should teach a sex ed. seminar at ou. (Page 3)

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oUDaily.com: No. 6 men’s tennis team travels to Louisville tonight

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In celebration of its centennial, the Gaylord College of Journalism and Mass Communication is holding a panel discussion on an issue currently affecting a large portion of the country. The college will hold a national drought panel in conjunction with the National Tornado Summit next Monday at the Cox Convention Center in Oklahoma City and Tuesday in Gaylord Hall’s Ethics and Excellence in Journalism Foundation Auditorium.

Titled “Water: A National Crisis,” the panel will feature five guest panelists, including Harold Brooks, National Severe Storms Lab researcher and university professor, according to the college’s website. These guests will contribute their expertise and research about the severe drought affecting much of the central part of the country, journalism professor Mike Boettcher said. Boettcher said professors within the Gaylord College of Journalism and Mass Communication created the panel because they wanted to take the opportunity during sEE PANEL paGE 2

Today is the second day of the Center for Middle E a ste r n A rch i te c tu re and Culture’s two-day symposium. Keynote speaker Gisue Hariri from the architecture fir m Har ir i & Hariri Architects spoke Thursday, urging architecture and design students to be more versatile in order to increase their chances in the job

market. Gisue, the keynote speaker, and her sister, Mojgan, both graduates of Cornell, founded Hariri & Hariri Architecture, a New York based architecture firm. “From very early on, we were interested in visionaries with what is called ‘holistic approach,’” Hariri said.

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Big 12 tournament begins in Big D Sports: The ou women’s basketball team plays at 8:30 p.m. saturday after a first round bye. (Online)

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Junior guard aaryn ellenberg pulls up for a jump shot during the sooners’ game against baylor on feb. 25 at lloyd Noble center.

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