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Oklahoma’s warmer-than-usual weather helps university easily handle road conditions, stay open TIM FRENCH

Campus reporter

OU has saved more than $35,000 this fiscal year because of a mild winter and only one partial school closure.

So far this financial year, OU has spent $6,118 on labor and materials to clean up snowy and icy roads, according to documents requested by

The Daily. Last year, OU spent more than $45,000 and has spent an average of $34,530.57 a year during the past eight years.

“With a lack of snow and ice, we have not had to expend resources to clear away winter precipitation as we have in the past,” Landscape and Grounds Department director Allen King said. “The lack of severe

winter weather also has helped protect existing landscaping from any damage or destruction that would then require replacement.”

Last spring semester, Gov. Mary Fallin declared a state of emergency due to the intensity of the winter storms.

“Last year was the worst winter I’ve seen due to the large amount of snowfall and the extreme frigid temperatures,” King said. “The days

Cleaning Costs (in thousands of dollars)

Mild winter saves OU more than $35K Money spent cleaning roads 80

$4,269.89

70

$5,709.81

60

$22,824.04 $76,243.64

50

$18,801.52

40

$68,097.02

30 20

$45,768.06 $6,118.50

10

0

2004

2005

2006

2007

2008

2009

2010

2011

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Source: Records requested by The Daily

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Sooners scream for ice cream

Events merged into one week Law Week starts today with cookout CARMEN FORMAN Campus reporter

KeLsey hiGLey/the daiLy

John Downey, University College freshman, buys a large tub of chocolate ice cream Sunday at the smoothie shop in Adams Center. Downey bought the ice cream with nine of his leftover exchanges from spring break. Downey and other students swarmed the bottom of Adams Center on Sunday to spend their leftover exchanges at Burger King and the smoothie shop before the points expire.

SPRinG BReAK

Sooners use spring break to travel the country International students take advantage of break to visit other parts of the U.S. COCO COURTOIS Campus reporter

Sp r i n g b re a k o f f e re d Sooners the opportunity to get away from Norman for a week, and OU’s exchange students were no exception.

As one of the main opportunities to travel during the semester, spring break was used by exchange students to discover other parts of the U.S., be it Panama City Beach, Fla. , or more intellectually stimulating destinations.

That was the case for Jihye Lee, who went to San

Francisco with six of her friends.

The South Korean English education student said they went to common sightseeing and tourist locations such as Berkeley, the Golden Gate Bridge, the Financial District and Pier 39, where they enjoyed clam chowder.

Lee said San Francisco is known to Korean people because of its English as a second language program, and therefore is a large tourist draw. see TRAVEL PaGe 3

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Students’ less than glamorous spring break

OU baseball edges out Texas Tech to win series

Not all vacations are spent on the beach. The Daily’s Mariah Webb and Sam Higgins share their lame breaks. (life & Arts)

The Sooners took two out of three games in Lubbock after scoring only one run in the first game of the series. (Page 7)

Monday • Cookout from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the College of Law Tuesday • Lunch with 10th Circuit Court of Appeals Judge Jerome Holmes at noon in the College of Law, Classroom 2 Wednesday • Class of 2012 Appreciation Night from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. at the College of Law Thursday • Law Arbor Day treeplanting from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the College of Law’s Pit visit OUDaily.com for a full list of events

Requested document and purpose

OU’s counseling services offer resources and guidance for students, as well as mental health screenings. (Page 4)

SPORTS

AT A GLANCE law Week

The Daily’s open record requests

Mental health concerns shouldn’t be stigmatized

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A group of OU students watch a sunrise together from the top of a mountain near Colorado Springs, Colo.

The students visited the Glen Eyrie Castle, which was imported from Europe brick by brick to an area just outside Colorado Springs, with the Baptist Student Union during spring break.

The College of Law combined its traditional events for law students, normally spread throughout the year, into a week just before crunch-time studying.

The inaugural Law Week starts at 11:30 a.m. today with an outdoor cookout at the college, according to the OU Law blog.

The Student Bar Association planned the Law Week events and will be helping throughout the week, association programming vice president Chris Thompson said.

Most of the events have happened in previous years, but this is the first year the events have been combined to give students something to do before finals, Thompson said.

“It’s just a way for law students to relax and have a good time before they settle down for finals,” Thompson said.

riCardo Patino/the daiLy

University college freshman Bliss Brown chalks Sunday on the South Oval. Brown is part of Vicky Vargas’ campaign team for a CAC chair. Elections are in early April.

Date requested

Third-party comments compiled by the university for the Higher learning commission — To follow up on the accreditation site visit made to OU by the commission.

March 14

The most recent OU information Technology budget — To learn how funds are distributed and whether funding is allotted to pay fines for internet piracy.

March 15

The number of students who have been cited for inappropriate OU Wi-Fi use — To learn how often the university intervenes in cases of internet piracy using the strike system.

March 15

Visit OUDaily.com/openrecords for a complete list of The Daily’s requests

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• Monday, March 26, 2012

Campus

Monday, March 26, 2012 •

Laney Ellisor, campus editor Kathleen Evans, assistant campus editor Chris Miller, assistant campus editor dailynews@ou.edu • phone: 405-325-3666

Local Business

Farm-to-fork concept opens in Norman

ROADS: Weather gives crews head start on spring Continued from page 1

Today around campus A Young Talent in Oklahoma exhibition will be on display from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. in Fred Jones Art Center’s Lightwell Gallery.

A session for students researching for capstone papers will take place at 8 a.m. in the Bizzell Memorial Library, Room 149D.

TUESDAY, MARCH 27 A workshop will be held from 10 to 11 a.m. in the Bizzell Memorial Library, Room 149D, to help students learn to use the ProQuest Statistical Insight Database, which allows access to statistical information produced

by U.S. federal agencies, states and private organizations.

A workshop teaching students to use the ProQuest Legislative Insight Database to search through Congressional legislative histories will be held from 2 to 3 p.m. in the Bizzell Memorial Library, Room 149D.

Corrections The Oklahoma Daily is committed to serving readers with accurate coverage and welcomes your comments about information that may require correction or clarification. To contact us with corrections, email us at dailynews@ou.edu.

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were so cold that it wouldn’t let our de-icer work, making it very difficult to remove ice from the sidewalks.”

In response to last winter, the university spent more than $60,000 on equipment to prepare for another potentially tough winter, according to documents requested by The Daily.

Since March 2011, OU ordered four new snow plows and four spreaders, a device used to spread salt and sand on icy roads, according to the records.

This new equipment, as well as the quick reaction time by Landscaping and Facilities Management and the light snow fall, allowed OU to delay classes only once this year.

This spring, officials closed the OU campus Feb. 13 until 10 a.m. Last spring, the campus was closed a total of seven days during the first month of classes, according to Daily archives.

Students nearly missed a full week of classes Feb. 1 to 4.

“We were happily surprised by the lack of w eather,” OU Facilities Management director Brian Ellis said. “The one small storm we had this year acted as a test run for us and our new equipment.”

During winter-weather emergencies, the Landscape and Grounds Department clears the sidewalks and any other walkways on campus, and Facilities Management works alongside the City of Norman to clear the roads, King said.

However, those aren’t the only staff who work on snow days to serve students’

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Restaurant to use locally produced ingredients to create menu, chef says

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Alpha Ying Kit Wong, Maliea Alcala, Noble Paddyaker and Tyler Jay Nuckolls (left to right) pose at the top of a mountain near Colorado Springs, Colo. The group was among more than 150 OU students who visited Glen Eyrie during spring break. International students departed from Norman to visit several other parts of the country, including San Francisco and Denver, with their time off.

Travel: Students experience American culture Continued from page 1

Ricardo Patino/The Daily

Hana Johnson, health and exercise pre-physical therapy student, walks through the snow Feb. 13 along Cate Center Drive during OU’s only snow this winter. Oklahoma’s mild winter has left OU’s winter roads budget with extra cash.

“We were happily surprised by the lack of weather. The one small storm we had this year acted as a test run for us and our new equipment.”

Brian ellis, OU Facilities management director

needs. During winter storms, some on-campus dining facilities remain open.

Couch Restaurants is one of the few campus dining

centers that stays open when campus closes. “ T h e w i nt e r c l o s i n g s never affect me since I work in [Couch Restaurants],” history sophomore Michael

Carango said. “The closings absolutely affect people coming to the [cafeteria].”

Because of the mild winter, Landscaping has had an early start on spring cleaning and preparing the gardens for the growing seasons, something not possible during last year’s winter storms, King said.

“Heaven, there’s nothing worse than removing snow and ice in bitter-cold conditions,” King said.

“People were nice but since there is a lot of tourists, they treat me as a tourist,” Lee said. “Homeless people know that, so they give you ...information, but then they ask for money.”

Lee said she enjoyed San Francisco and its contrasts to Norman.

“I cannot explain how exactly, but the atmosphere is really different,” Lee said.

“You can feel there’s much more to do.”

The break proved to be a change of scener y for Matias Quintana as well.

The Peruvian electrical engineering student went to Denver to ski with his aunt and uncle.

“It was my first time,” Quintana said. “It’s a lot harder than I thought.”

In addition to s eeing the mountains, Quintana

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The view from the top of a mountain near Colorado Springs, Colo.

Alpha Ying Kit Wong, a Chinese management information systems international student, visited the mountains during spring break,

practiced his yoga skills.

“My aunt is a yoga instructor, so I attended her classes every day,” Quintana said.

“It was really fun- a bit hard because I’m not that flexible yet.”

Quintana said he liked the fact that he stayed in the middle of the city and that everything wasn’t spread

out, which contrasted nicely with being stuck on a college campus without a car.

Where Alpha Ying Kit Wong went, those things didn’t really matter.

The Chinese management information systems student spent a week in Colorado Springs at the Glen Eyrie campsite with 150 other OU

students from the Baptist Student Union.

In addition to praise and worship, as well as different sessions and workshops by various speakers, sports and camaraderie were focuses of the week, Wong said.

“I shared a room with three other Americans,” Wong said. “Living with them really let me understand their culture; for example, their spirit of adventure. I went climbing and hiking with them during free time. I could tell how good they are for outdoor activities.”

Thanks to them, Wong said he was able to push himself to new limits.

“My friends told me, ‘Take the pain!’ several times,” Wong said. “They encouraged me to accomplish things which I thought were impossible to achieve. It really taught me to never give up or quit easily.”

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Three sisters and a local chef have combined to create a farm-to-fork concept aimed at changing how Oklahomans view food in a way the whole family can enjoy.

Heather Steele, Melissa Scaramucci, Abby Clark and chef Ryan Parrott have opened a restaurant called LOCAL, at 2262 W Main St. in the Normandy Creek Shopping Center.

The 10,000-square-foot space was home to Furr’s Cafeteria for years, but no one would guess it without prior knowledge. After a short walk through a covered patio, visitors enter the lobby with its swank check-in desk. A few paces down a curved corridor is a market and gift shop to the right and Localville’s entrance on the left.

Localville is an on-site child AT A GLANCE care operation with two playLOCAL houses, screening room and space for infants. The idea LOCAL, 2262 W. Main began with Scaramucci, who St., is a restaurant along with her husband, Todd, that uses ingredients visited a hotel restaurant that that are nearly 100 percent local. included a children’s club.

When that conversation developed into a full-fledged idea, Scaramucci reached out first to family. Clark was a third-grade teacher, and Steele has a retail management background. The sisters then reached out to longtime friend Robert Painter, Parrott’s partner at the Iguana Mexican Grill, as a consultant. Painter sought the help of Parrott, who decided the concept was too good to give up to another chef.

“I was helping them find a chef and decided I didn’t want another chef to have the kitchen,” Parrott said.

Just beyond the market and Localville junction is a bar, featuring local beer and draft wine, that is the last stop before entering the expansive dining room.

LOCAL has seating for about 200. Overlooking the dining room is the open kitchen where Parrott oversees ingredients that are nearly 100 percent local.

“All of us love food,” Melissa said. “We all have favorites, and we wanted the menu to reflect our passion for food.”

Entrees, which range from $10 to $18, include a burger, meatloaf cupcakes, chicken pho, Moroccan-style lamb, fish tacos, salmon, roasted chicken, pork belly, Bouef Bourguignon and ratatouille.

Parrott said his farm-to-fork menu won’t rotate too frequently.

“The dishes are going to stay on the menu for a while, but the components will change with the seasons,” he said.

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Campus

• Monday, March 26, 2012

Campus

Monday, March 26, 2012 •

Laney Ellisor, campus editor Kathleen Evans, assistant campus editor Chris Miller, assistant campus editor dailynews@ou.edu • phone: 405-325-3666

Local Business

Farm-to-fork concept opens in Norman

ROADS: Weather gives crews head start on spring Continued from page 1

Today around campus A Young Talent in Oklahoma exhibition will be on display from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. in Fred Jones Art Center’s Lightwell Gallery.

A session for students researching for capstone papers will take place at 8 a.m. in the Bizzell Memorial Library, Room 149D.

TUESDAY, MARCH 27 A workshop will be held from 10 to 11 a.m. in the Bizzell Memorial Library, Room 149D, to help students learn to use the ProQuest Statistical Insight Database, which allows access to statistical information produced

by U.S. federal agencies, states and private organizations.

A workshop teaching students to use the ProQuest Legislative Insight Database to search through Congressional legislative histories will be held from 2 to 3 p.m. in the Bizzell Memorial Library, Room 149D.

Corrections The Oklahoma Daily is committed to serving readers with accurate coverage and welcomes your comments about information that may require correction or clarification. To contact us with corrections, email us at dailynews@ou.edu.

Visit OUDaily.com/corrections to see an archive of our corrections

were so cold that it wouldn’t let our de-icer work, making it very difficult to remove ice from the sidewalks.”

In response to last winter, the university spent more than $60,000 on equipment to prepare for another potentially tough winter, according to documents requested by The Daily.

Since March 2011, OU ordered four new snow plows and four spreaders, a device used to spread salt and sand on icy roads, according to the records.

This new equipment, as well as the quick reaction time by Landscaping and Facilities Management and the light snow fall, allowed OU to delay classes only once this year.

This spring, officials closed the OU campus Feb. 13 until 10 a.m. Last spring, the campus was closed a total of seven days during the first month of classes, according to Daily archives.

Students nearly missed a full week of classes Feb. 1 to 4.

“We were happily surprised by the lack of w eather,” OU Facilities Management director Brian Ellis said. “The one small storm we had this year acted as a test run for us and our new equipment.”

During winter-weather emergencies, the Landscape and Grounds Department clears the sidewalks and any other walkways on campus, and Facilities Management works alongside the City of Norman to clear the roads, King said.

However, those aren’t the only staff who work on snow days to serve students’

3

Restaurant to use locally produced ingredients to create menu, chef says

Photo Provided

Alpha Ying Kit Wong, Maliea Alcala, Noble Paddyaker and Tyler Jay Nuckolls (left to right) pose at the top of a mountain near Colorado Springs, Colo. The group was among more than 150 OU students who visited Glen Eyrie during spring break. International students departed from Norman to visit several other parts of the country, including San Francisco and Denver, with their time off.

Travel: Students experience American culture Continued from page 1

Ricardo Patino/The Daily

Hana Johnson, health and exercise pre-physical therapy student, walks through the snow Feb. 13 along Cate Center Drive during OU’s only snow this winter. Oklahoma’s mild winter has left OU’s winter roads budget with extra cash.

“We were happily surprised by the lack of weather. The one small storm we had this year acted as a test run for us and our new equipment.”

Brian ellis, OU Facilities management director

needs. During winter storms, some on-campus dining facilities remain open.

Couch Restaurants is one of the few campus dining

centers that stays open when campus closes. “ T h e w i nt e r c l o s i n g s never affect me since I work in [Couch Restaurants],” history sophomore Michael

Carango said. “The closings absolutely affect people coming to the [cafeteria].”

Because of the mild winter, Landscaping has had an early start on spring cleaning and preparing the gardens for the growing seasons, something not possible during last year’s winter storms, King said.

“Heaven, there’s nothing worse than removing snow and ice in bitter-cold conditions,” King said.

“People were nice but since there is a lot of tourists, they treat me as a tourist,” Lee said. “Homeless people know that, so they give you ...information, but then they ask for money.”

Lee said she enjoyed San Francisco and its contrasts to Norman.

“I cannot explain how exactly, but the atmosphere is really different,” Lee said.

“You can feel there’s much more to do.”

The break proved to be a change of scener y for Matias Quintana as well.

The Peruvian electrical engineering student went to Denver to ski with his aunt and uncle.

“It was my first time,” Quintana said. “It’s a lot harder than I thought.”

In addition to s eeing the mountains, Quintana

Photo Provided

The view from the top of a mountain near Colorado Springs, Colo.

Alpha Ying Kit Wong, a Chinese management information systems international student, visited the mountains during spring break,

practiced his yoga skills.

“My aunt is a yoga instructor, so I attended her classes every day,” Quintana said.

“It was really fun- a bit hard because I’m not that flexible yet.”

Quintana said he liked the fact that he stayed in the middle of the city and that everything wasn’t spread

out, which contrasted nicely with being stuck on a college campus without a car.

Where Alpha Ying Kit Wong went, those things didn’t really matter.

The Chinese management information systems student spent a week in Colorado Springs at the Glen Eyrie campsite with 150 other OU

students from the Baptist Student Union.

In addition to praise and worship, as well as different sessions and workshops by various speakers, sports and camaraderie were focuses of the week, Wong said.

“I shared a room with three other Americans,” Wong said. “Living with them really let me understand their culture; for example, their spirit of adventure. I went climbing and hiking with them during free time. I could tell how good they are for outdoor activities.”

Thanks to them, Wong said he was able to push himself to new limits.

“My friends told me, ‘Take the pain!’ several times,” Wong said. “They encouraged me to accomplish things which I thought were impossible to achieve. It really taught me to never give up or quit easily.”

YOU ARE INVITED!

SING A E L NOW UMMER !

S 12 FOR ALL 20 F AND

1 1 5 VAL UE!

Public Master Classes

E V R E S E N R O S E H N I T T S ON

Three sisters and a local chef have combined to create a farm-to-fork concept aimed at changing how Oklahomans view food in a way the whole family can enjoy.

Heather Steele, Melissa Scaramucci, Abby Clark and chef Ryan Parrott have opened a restaurant called LOCAL, at 2262 W Main St. in the Normandy Creek Shopping Center.

The 10,000-square-foot space was home to Furr’s Cafeteria for years, but no one would guess it without prior knowledge. After a short walk through a covered patio, visitors enter the lobby with its swank check-in desk. A few paces down a curved corridor is a market and gift shop to the right and Localville’s entrance on the left.

Localville is an on-site child AT A GLANCE care operation with two playLOCAL houses, screening room and space for infants. The idea LOCAL, 2262 W. Main began with Scaramucci, who St., is a restaurant along with her husband, Todd, that uses ingredients visited a hotel restaurant that that are nearly 100 percent local. included a children’s club.

When that conversation developed into a full-fledged idea, Scaramucci reached out first to family. Clark was a third-grade teacher, and Steele has a retail management background. The sisters then reached out to longtime friend Robert Painter, Parrott’s partner at the Iguana Mexican Grill, as a consultant. Painter sought the help of Parrott, who decided the concept was too good to give up to another chef.

“I was helping them find a chef and decided I didn’t want another chef to have the kitchen,” Parrott said.

Just beyond the market and Localville junction is a bar, featuring local beer and draft wine, that is the last stop before entering the expansive dining room.

LOCAL has seating for about 200. Overlooking the dining room is the open kitchen where Parrott oversees ingredients that are nearly 100 percent local.

“All of us love food,” Melissa said. “We all have favorites, and we wanted the menu to reflect our passion for food.”

Entrees, which range from $10 to $18, include a burger, meatloaf cupcakes, chicken pho, Moroccan-style lamb, fish tacos, salmon, roasted chicken, pork belly, Bouef Bourguignon and ratatouille.

Parrott said his farm-to-fork menu won’t rotate too frequently.

“The dishes are going to stay on the menu for a while, but the components will change with the seasons,” he said.

The Associated Press

Marilyn Horne Former Star of the Metropolitan Opera, praised by critics as having “the greatest voice of the 20th Century”

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www.reservestinson.com

7 p.m.

Tuesday, March 27, and Friday, March 30 Pitman Recital Hall Catlett Music Center OU Arts District Free and Open to the Public For more information, go to www.ou.edu/finearts - THE PRIDE OF OKLAHOMA

*Some restrictions apply.

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EDITORIAL

Mental health can’t be ignored Our View: Mental health stigmatization should not prevent students from seeking counseling.

services, why are so few students seeking help for these problems?

Mental health is still a stigmatized subject in this OU’s Counseling Center could be gaining a new country. Think about it: If someone suggested you staff member to help with its steadily increasing case seek counseling for possible anxiety or depression, load if the OU Board of Regents approves a funding how likely would you be to say something like, “But increase from the student activity fee.

I’m not crazy”? How many times have you made a This is a much needed addition. As The joke about OCD sufferers or belittled anxiDaily reported March 5, Scott Miller, assoety by telling the sufferer to just calm down?

The Our View ciate director of the University Counseling If you suddenly discovered the symptoms is the majority opinion of Center, said the center has been in need of that have been plaguing you are textbook The Daily’s extra help for years to handle the increased examples of OCD or bipolar disorder, would nine-member demand for services. you be comfortable seeking counseling? Or editorial board This new position, a pre-doctoral inwould you feel like seeking psychological ternship that is part of a national training help would reflect on some core aspect of program, will reduce the pressure on existing staff, your identity — and not in a positive way? possibly cutting wait times and opening opportuMany in the U.S. hold harmful misconceptions nities for more students, faculty and staff to seek about mental health that lead to societal stigma, treatment. which may keep individuals from seeking help.

We laud the student activity fee committee for apSome common misconceptions include: plying money from students to such a necessary ser• Mental health sufferers are just “crazy.” vice. We can’t think of many ways we would rather • Personality disorders result from some character see our fees be spent. flaw or weakness.

Because Sooners’ mental health is important. As • People with mental health disorders are usually The Daily reported, an average of 10 percent of colviolent and dangerous. lege students will seek psychological help at some • One can simply get over these disorders through point during college. And according to the National willpower.

Institute of Mental Health, an estimated one in • Seeking treatment is a weakness or failure. four U.S. adults suffers from a diagnosable mental None of these myths reflect the reality that one in disorder. four Americans have these disorders. Mental disBut a 2008 study, lauded as the most comprehen- orders are legitimate medical conditions, with biosive of its kind, found that just 25 percent of college- logical causes and affects. Dealing with anxiety or aged individuals with mental health problems seek depression doesn’t make you “crazy.” And, in most treatment. cases, you cannot simply man up and deal with it on The study found that 12 percent of college-aged your own. You need help. individuals suffer from some kind of anxiety disorMental disorders are nothing to be ashamed of. der. Nearly one-third were affected by substance And if you think you or a loved one may be suffering abuse problems, 8 percent suffered from phobias, 7 from one — or even if you’re just having a hard time percent had depression and 5 percent were affected dealing with the pressures of college life and need by bipolar disorder. someone to talk to — make an appointment with the If so many students in this age group are sufferCounseling Center today. You won’t be alone. ing from mental health disorders, and universities like OU offer convenient and affordable counseling Comment on this at OUDaily.com

COLUMN

Career resources offered at OU

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nternships, résumés, OPINION COLUMNIST job applications, oh my! The end of your undergraduate yellow brick road can seem daunting if you wait until your last semester to think about “what’s next” and “where should I go from here?”

Kayley Gillespie As a junior looking forkayley.m.gillespie-1@ou.edu ward to my last two semesters as an undergraduate, I’d like to officially endorse all of the great opportunities the university provides that I didn’t discover until a couple of months ago and encourage everyone, no matter your classification, to pursue these avenues.

First, find out what drives you to succeed and join an organization on campus that allows you to exercise your passions.

The university has a vast compilation of different clubs and volunteer organizations, and becoming involved with your group of choice can yield multiple benefits. You’ll meet different people with whom you otherwise wouldn’t have contact.

Aside from broadening your horizons and meeting people from across the globe, you can be exposed to various opportunities that you may not know about. You never know which new friend may have insight into the next upand-coming internship on campus.

As an aside, I discovered both the internships I have now by word of mouth from friends To find information about student groups, check out OU.edu/studentlife.

Second, flush out your passions and interests through internships. Pick up where your organization of choice leaves off or cultivate an unrelated interest.

Please let me demystify a common misconception — you do not have to be a junior or senior to pursue an internship. I was at an event Friday night and met a high school junior who just locked an internship over the summer on campus.

Internships are amazing ways to pick up and expand on relevant experience with a potential job you may apply for in a couple of years, or even over the summer.

Internships aren’t as difficult to find as you may think.

There are many here on campus, which is great for those of us who are pedestrians and need to jet to class and work in between an internship.

Anything around campus also is very likely to be flexible with hours.

Networking with various employers, professors and

organizations can lead to internship opportunities.

Remember, you’re most likely working for free.

People tend to greet free labor.

As previously mentioned, don’t be intimidated to talk with your professors. Even the most educated and respected professors are people just like you — that they are teaching is a testament to their passion to see you succeed.

Professors have valuable perspectives on their area of study and may provide you with the tools and advice to help you reach your next goal, whether it be graduate school or a career.

Third, take advantage of Career Services. Advisors within their departments introduce you to a wealth of resources both on campus and online. Career Services is a great institution because it is applicable to every stage of your academic career.

As a freshman, you can assess your interests and develop a working résumé. As a senior, the job bank is wide open, and you can even schedule mock interviews before you officially set out into that “real world” that suddenly becomes a harsh reality after convocation.

After two meetings with Career Services, I can confidently hand my résumé to others, have uploaded my résumé to a job bank and have narrowed down my career aspirations to a couple of different areas.

My final suggestion isn’t a service exclusively offered by the university, but rather a responsibility you must take for yourself. Part-time jobs aren’t necessarily fun and the ones college students often take to pay for college expenses aren’t glamorous, but nothing substitutes real experience.

If working in food or retail teaches you nothing but time management, hones your interpersonal skills and adds some leadership roles to your repertoire, you aren’t wasting your time. These are all résumé-worthy skills that can be translated to different areas. Have you ever wondered what would compel an employer to hire a potential employee who has never had a job?

OU boasts an impressive 68.7 percent graduation rate, the highest graduation rate in state history at a public university.

Clearly, our colleagues are becoming exceedingly accomplished, and competition within each job market requires the exceptionality of every candidate.

I wish I would have been exposed to the whirlwind of organizations, résumé workshops and internship opportunities on campus as early as my freshman year.

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or years, the OPINION COLUMNIST Church of Latterday Saints has struggled to meet an uneasy agreement with the Jewish community — that it would not posthumously baptize any Jews who had died in the Steven Zoeller Holocaust. Sounds like a stevenv.zoeller@gmail.com no-brainer, right?

But last month, that agreement was broken when it was discovered that famed Holocaust survivor and Nazi hunter Simon Wiesenthal had been baptized “by proxy” by the Mormon church. Needless to say, Jews are none too pleased.

Members of both the Jewish and Mormon communities have long worked to stop such proxy ceremonies, but Wiesenthal is just the latest in a long list of dead Jews to “undergo” the procedure. Many Jews are very offended by this fact.

I am not Jewish, so of course I can’t fully comprehend their strong feelings on this issue. Neither am I, for the record, a Mormon.

That said, as a third party, I’ve come to view this controversy with skepticism. It seems to me that those who object to the proxy baptisms are allowing their emotions to cloud their judgement. For three big reasons, I believe the offense some Jews have taken at this Mormon rite is unwarranted.

The first reason has to do with what the proxy baptism actually entails. Being baptized posthumously does not, contrary to popular belief, actually make someone a Mormon.

Rather, if you take Mormon theology seriously, it merely secures the opportunity for the departed soul to choose Mormonism in the afterlife.

So, no, the Jews who have been baptized have not actually been stripped of their faith — they’re still Jews.

They’ve simply been offered the chance to convert to Mormonism if they so choose. And who doesn’t want another shot at heaven?

The second reason I think the controversy is overblown is rather obvious: For the believing Jew, Mormonism is a false religion, so there’s no reason to be upset by its rituals, which hold no cosmic significance to them.

For all I know, I will be baptized by proxy once I have died. But this doesn’t bother me at all. I mean no offense to my Mormon readers when I say I just don’t share their beliefs.

For this reason, I don’t really care what prayers they say over my dead body — I don’t honestly believe they’ll have any effect.

It’s really not all that different for practicing Jews.

While it’s true many Jews do have a strong sense of culture that may be offended at the idea of a fake baptism, it’s a reality they’ll just have to accept.

Take it from someone without any religious affiliation at all — people will bring up your name when talking to God, and there’s nothing that can really be done about it. Just keep in mind you don’t actually think their religion is true and let them do what they will.

Finally, the third reason I don’t believe Jews should be offended by the proxy baptisms: The intentions behind them are well-meaning.

When one stops to think about it, from the Mormon perspective, these proxy ceremonies are really a big deal.

It’s the immortal soul we’re talking about here, and Mormons sincerely believe they’re giving it the opportunity to receive salvation.

In my opinion, those intentions are unimpeachable.

If I believed Mormonism was true, then I’d do the very same thing.

And frankly, the idea that salvation can be secured for people after death is actually a great deal more pleasant than the traditional view, which grants no second chances. Keep that in mind, too.

In conclusion, I don’t believe the posthumous baptism of Jews by the Mormon church is quite as bad as it has been made out to be.

While I can understand why many Jews are offended, it doesn’t seem to me that they’ve reflected on what the ceremony actually means.

At the very least, I feel we should be able to agree that the Church of Latter-day Saints isn’t evil for allowing this practice.

Steven Zoeller is a journalism sophomore and a life & arts reporter for The Daily.

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don’t consider myself a nerd.

All right, maybe that’s a lie. I’m a pretty huge nerd. I’ve read and obsessed over every “Harry Potter” novel, I’m pretty into “Star Wars” and I was even at the midnight release of the last “Twilight” novel — those were dark times.

So it’s not surprising I read and absolutely loved all three of “The Hunger Games” novels in only a few days.

I waited for the movie with anticipation: I bought my District 12 T-shirt, changed my profile picture to my Capitol ID and bought my ticket for the midnight premiere to guarantee myself a seat.

Unless you’ve been in a coma for the past few months and just woke up today, you probably know the basics about “The Hunger Games.”

Based on the best-selling novel series by Suzanne Collins, it stars Jennifer Lawrence (“Winter’s Bone”), Josh Hutcherson (“The Kids Are All right”), and Liam Hemsworth (“The Last Song”).

It follows the story of Katniss Everdeen (Lawrence), who — in a future society where oppressive governing body the Capitol selects a boy and a

studied her character well and in these scenes, and if you watch her closely, you can see the thoughts flicking through her head as they would in the novel, but the audience never gets to know these thoughts in the movie.

My biggest problem with the film, though, lies in the directing style of Gary Ross (“Seabiscuit”).

I have never been a fan of the handheld camera look, which in the best cases resembles documentary filmmaking and in the worst, looks like a shaky home movie.

Rating: «««« In the case of “The Hunger Games,” this style, combined Starring: Jennifer Lawrence, with the film’s affinity for Josh Hutcherson, Liam tight close-ups, makes the Hemsworth action simply hard to follow.

Rated: PG-13 I found myself wishing Run time: 142 minutes for longer, wider shots of some of the magnificent Hollywood - Spotlight 14 settings. Maybe that makes 1100 North Interstate Drive me outdated, but I believe 4:00 p.m., 4:30 p.m., 6:15 the grandeur of the setting p.m., 6:45 p.m., 7:15 p.m., and the enormity of the film 7:45 p.m., 9:30 p.m., 10:00 itself would’ve been better p.m. served by being able to see more of a given action than Moore Warren Theatre Ross would apparently like 1000 S. Telephone Rd. to show.

4:25 p.m., 5:15 p.m., 5:30 I liked this movie, and I’d p.m., 6:15 p.m., 7:00 p.m., recommend it to both fans 8:00 p.m., 8:50 p.m., 9:35 of the novel and those who p.m., 10:15 p.m. haven’t read Collins’ magnificent series.

Hopefully, this movie will inspire people to pick up a the arena, particularly when copy of the novel, since it reKatniss is journeying alone. ally is a great piece of fiction.

In the novels, these chapters I would gladly go see this have almost no dialogue, movie again, and yes, I will but the action is never dull continue to wear my District because we are following her 12 T-shirt. thoughts.

This doesn’t translate as Erin Roberts is a University well to film. To her credit, College freshman.

Lawrence has obviously

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After volunteering to take her sister’s place in the games, Katniss Everdeen (Jennifer Lawrence, center) is escorted to the arena where she will fight for her life against 23 other youths. The games are an annual event hosted by the Capitol, a tyrannical government, to keep the people of the 12 districts under its control.

girl tribute from each of the 12 districts every year to participate in a fight to the death on live television — volunteers to take her little sister’s place in the games when her name is selected.

Leaving behind best friend Gale Hawthorne (Hemsworth), Katniss teams up with fellow tribute Peeta Mellark (Hutcherson), bringing about confusing feelings for the two boys.

Overall, I enjoyed this movie. It remained faithful to the novel while still accessible to those who only saw the film. The young stars lived up to the great characters written by Collins, especially

Lawrence as Katniss.

Most notable is the film’s ability to maintain the great pace in Collins’ novels, making it exciting and engaging from start to finish. As a whole, I think the film did a pretty good job.

As with all film adaptations of novels, the filmmakers were faced with the challenge of condensing what takes days to read into something that only takes two hours to watch.

In the case of “The Hunger Games,” there also was the additional challenge of getting across information that, in the novel, is presented through the first-

person narration of Katniss’ thoughts. Instead of using something like voice-over narration, many of the holes are filled in by the commentators of the games and other television broadcasts within the film.

This tactic lost much in translation and at times, if you hadn’t read the novels, you were absolutely clueless.

Another part of the film that suffered due to the audience’s ignorance of Katniss’ thoughts would be the entirety of the time spent in

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The No. 7 Sooner softball team saw its 17-game winning streak at the hands of the No. 15 Baylor Bears on Sunday in Waco.

Oklahoma still was able to capture the series victory over the Bears, winning Friday and Saturday’s matchups by scores of 2-0 and 5-0. The Sooner pitching staff was stellar in the series, just as it has been all year.

The final game was no exception to that rule, as OU gave up only one run. However, the team could not get the bats going, losing 1-0.

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The Oklahoma track and field team had a solid showing Saturday at the Bobby Lane Invitational hosted by UT-Arlington.

Seventeen Sooners scored top-five finishes in their respective events at the meet, which saw 19 collegiate bests set. OU claimed top finishes in the women’s pole vault, women’s high jump, men’s long jump, men’s 400-meter dash, women’s 800meter run, men’s 1,500-meter run and the men’s 4x400-meter relay.

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MEN’S GOLF

OU’s golf team, No. 28 in the country, continued its springseason success with a 5th-place finish Saturday at the Linger Longer Invitational in Eatonton, Ga. Oklahoma shot a total score of 879 in the three rounds of competition, finishing behind No. 7 Alabama, No. 25 Georgia, No. 28 Chattanooga and No. 46 Kennesaw State. Senior Riley Pumphrey led the team with a 213, finishing in a tie for eighth place in the field.

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Junior infielder Max White (foreground) flips the ball to first base for the third out of the inning after making a diving stop during the Sooners’ 9-4 home win over Arkansas-Pine Bluff on March 6. Since that game, the Sooners have a 4-3 record on their home field. Oklahoma hosts Oral Roberts on Tuesday.

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with two victories against Air Force earlier last week following a Red River beat down against the hated ‘Horns last weekend.

This year’s installment of the Red River Rivalry proved to be more than the Sooners could handle, as the visiting Longhorns swept Oklahoma three games to none.

Texas, who now is ranked No. 25 in the USA Today Coaches’ Poll, knocked OU from the polls after the

Sooners spent the first five weeks of the season ranked in the Top 25.

Oklahoma dropped the first game of the series in extra innings, 7-6, but the Longhorns made sure the next two games were not quite as dramatic.

Texas beat the Sooners handily in the final two games of the series, posting 9-5 and 9-4 victories on Oklahoma’s home field.

Following the three-game road series against Texas Tech, Oklahoma now gets to return to L. Dale Mitchell Park in Norman.

The Sooners will start the week off with one game against Oral Roberts on Tuesday. Following that, the team will try to improve

its lackluster 2-4 conference record when it hosts the Kansas State Wildcats for a three-game weekend series.

Aside from padding Oklahoma’s conference record, this week’s homestand could give the team a chance to regain some of its home field advantage.

The Sooners are only 2-3 in their last five games at home, something they will need to improve if they hope to get back in the national polls.

Oklahoma and Oral Roberts are slated for a 6:30 p.m. first pitch Tuesday at L. Dale Mitchell Park. Then, the Sooners kick off their series with the Wildcats at 6:30 p.m. Friday in Norman.

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OU obliterates Texas Tech O k l a h o m a’s b a s e b a l l team capped off a threegame road trip against conference foe Texas Tech on Sunday with an 8-2 win, improving OU’s record to 15-10 and 2-4 in Big 12 play.

Ju n i o r Ste ve n O ke r t picked up his third win of the season in relief of sophomore Jonathan Gray — who was pulled after 4 2/3 innings — as OU bested Texas Tech in the Sooners’ first conference road series of the season, two games to one.

After losing the initial game of the series Friday, 6-1, the Sooners won their final two games against the Red Raiders, never trailing Tech for a single inning during the remainder of the series.

On Saturday, sophomore Dillon Overton solidified himself as the Sooners’ top hurler with a 5-3 complete game victory.

With the win, Overton improved his unblemished record to 4-0 in his second complete game of the season, giving up three runs — only two earned — on eight hits with five strikeouts.

The Weatherford native leads all Sooner pitchers in every major statistical category, including innings pitched, strikeouts, opponents’ batting average and ERA. T h e s e r i e s w i t h Te c h wrapped up a sporadic spring break for the Sooners, during which OU went 4-5 and fell from the Top 25 for the first time this season.

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Oklahoma’s men’s tennis team is having a successful road trip, winning its third straight on the road with a 7-0 victory over TCU Sunday in Fort Worth. Prior to taking down the Horned Frogs, OU defeated Maryland and No. 31 Florida State on the road, only giving up three points total in the two matches.

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The No. 1 Oklahoma men’s gymnastics team finished off its regular season by defeating Minnesota and Ohio State on Saturday in Minneapolis. The Sooners only lost once during the regular season.

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Oklahoma takes home fifth Big 12 championship Olson wins conference title in first career all-around performance Saturday at LNC JAMES CORLEY Night Editor

The OU women’s gymnastics team scored a season-high 197.475 Saturday at Lloyd Noble Center to win its fifth Big 12 championship — the fourth in five seasons.

Iowa State and Missouri tied for second with scores of 196.025.

Junior Brie Olson won the conference allaround title during her first career all-around appearance. Senior Megan Ferguson won conference titles on bars and beam.

Ferguson also earned Big 12 Event Specialist of the Year honors, and OU coach K.J. Kindler MEGAN was named Big 12 Coach of the Year.

FERGUSON Oklahoma (19-3, 2-0 Big 12) competed without junior Kayla Nowak, who suffered an injury in practice last week, so the Sooners were forced to make last-minute adjustments to their lineup to account for the two-time AllAmerican’s absence.

OU fielded first-time competitors on bars, beam and floor, highlighted by a career-high 9.9 performance on bars by senior Candace Cindell.

The Sooners await their seeding and location for NCAA regional competition, which will be announced at 2 p.m. today.

Oklahoma is expected to grab one of six No. 1 seeds at one of six locations: Auburn, Ala.; Champaign, Ill.; Fayetteville, Ark.; Salt Lake City, Utah; Seattle, Wash.; and Raleigh, N.C. The top two teams from each regional advance to the NCAA Championships on April 20-22 in Duluth, Ga.

AT A GLANCE Gymnastics during break Seven OU women’s gymnasts earned Academic All-Big 12 awards: Seniors Megan Ferguson, Sara Stone, Natasha Kelley and Candace Cindell; junior Kayla Nowak; and sophomores Madison Mooring and Hayden Ward.

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Full-team effort helps Sooners thrash Tigers Team sweeps doubles play No. 2 position for the Sooners, winning both their doubles matches as well. Finally, freshto top two Big 12 opponents man Nicole Long and sophomore Whitney Wofford completed the weekend sweep for GREG FEWELL the team at the No. 3 spot.

Sports Editor OU did not stop after gaining the doubles The OU women’s tennis team improved point and early 1-0 advantage, though. The to 9-8 with a pair of impressive wins over team put together a complete performance Iowa State and Missouri. The Sooners over the weekend and made few errors. handed the Cyclones a 7-0 defeat Friday “It’s awesome,” senior Marie-Pier Huet before turning around and defeating the said. “I feel like we’ve had a tough season Tigers, 6-1, Sunday. and some rough matches, and MATCH RESULTS now I feel like the girls have Oklahoma climbed back above the .500 mark for the OU vs. Missouri kind of gotten things together. season with the pair of wins.

Having two wins where everySingles play: Oklahoma won One of the most impressive body gains some confidence is five out of the six singles things about the weekend good.”

Sunday with the for the Sooners, though, was matches Mullins said the thing he only loss coming at the No. the team’s doubles play. was happiest about is that ev4 position where Missouri’s OU has struggled to Jamie Mera defeated OU erybody on the team was able win the doubles point this freshman Abbi Melrose. to contribute and put points season and has lost a few on the board. He said these are Doubles play: The Sooners matches because of it. After matches he expects his squad swept the doubles several lineup changes and to win, but that the Sooners ups and downs, the team fi- competition for the second were able to win so comfortstraight match to take the nally seems to be hitting its ably without digging themearly 1-0 lead. stride. selves into any holes is a sign of “We’re on a run,” Coach David Mullins maturity from a very young team. said. “We’re 6-0 in doubles in our last six It also is a sign of toughness, something matches. So, doubles hasn’t been an issue the Sooners’ coach said he needs to see a lot the last several weeks here. We’ve done a more of out of his team. good job finding ways to win.”

“It doesn’t matter if we’re losing or winning Senior Marie-Pier Huet and sophomore or what the team score is,” Mullins said. “As Whitney Ritchie continued their domi- long as they’re competing hard and believnance at the No. 1 doubles spot giving OU ing that they have a shot at winning no matter the early advantage in both matches over what. That’s what I’ve not seen; that’s what I’ll the weekend. Sophomore Mia Lancaster be kind of looking for this last month of the and freshman Abbi Melrose held down the season.”

Megan Ferguson was named one of six finalists for the AAI Award, which is voted on by every NCAA head coach and honors the nation’s top senior female gymnast.

OU leads the Big 12 in all-conference selections for the fifthstraight season with nine, the league announced last week.

Seniors Megan Ferguson and Sara Stone received three All-Big 12 selections each — Ferguson for bars, beam and floor, and Stone for vault, beam and floor. Junior Brie Olson was selected for vault and bars, and sophomore Taylor Spears received the honor for beam.

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Two players to transfer at semester’s end Seldom-used reserves Jacqueline Jeffcoat and Katherine Zander plan to leave the OU women’s basketball team and transfer.

Coach Sherri Coale said Saturday that she has granted Jeffcoat and Zander unconditional releases and wishes them well finding places JACQUELINE where they JEFFCOAT can have more playing time.

Both will leave at the end of the spr ing semester.

Jeffcoat, the daughter of former NFL player Jim Jeffcoat, scored a total of five points in eight games this season.

Zander appeared in six games and scored four points on the season.

The Sooners were eliminated from the NCAA tournament last week in the second round, failing to make it to the round of 16 for the first time in four years.

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