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group houses homeless member in Union office Member found to be drinking in office Members of one student organization have been giving shelter to a homeless student in their office in the Oklahoma Memorial Union.

The Daily got a tip Thursday from an anonymous email source with the alias SGA Deep Throat alleging he or she had seen beer cans in the Students for a Democratic Society office.

The source also said he or she had seen two students leave the office to brush their teeth

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before retiring into the office for the night.

After receiving the tip, Daily reporters went to the Conoco-Phillips Wing of the Union and visited the society’s office, finding about 15 beer cans, bottles of Vodka, a box that appeared to contain unopened beer and a student sleeping on the couch, which was converted into a makeshift bed.

When confronted, the Students for a Democratic Society members in the room, Monique Rodriguez and a man who wishes to remain anonymous but gave

the name Matt, said there has been some drinking in the office before, but it’s not a common thing.

“Yes, [Matt’s] presence in the office — sleeping, eating, living in the small space available to them — is what led to those [beer cans] being present,” Rodriguez said in an email. “[Matt] became comfortable with the office being home.”

Matt has been living the office after being evicted from his house after he lost his job due to medical limitations, Rodriguez said.

Matt suffers from

untreated Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder from an abusive childhood, Crohn’s Disease and knee injuries resulting from a car accident, she said. He hasn’t been able to receive medical attention for any of his conditions because can’t afford the treatment.

Some mebers of the society decided to house Matt in the office because he had no place to go, Rodriguez said. Only a small number of people in the organization knew of the tenant in the see SDS paGe 2

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Emails ignite complaint of unfair support Political science department member accused of favoring Ezeugo, Grunewald BENNETT HALL campus reporter

Newly elected president and vice president will be issued a fine after the Student Government Association filed a grievance last week in response to mass emails sent out by the political science department promoting the two candidates.

On March 27, Jamie Vaughn, an academic counselor in the political science department, sent out an email to students within the department. In the email, she said political science students Ernest Ezeugo and Madeline Grunewald were campaigning for SGA president and vice president.

Another email was sent to political science students by Vaughn on April 2 as a reminder that Ezeugo and Grunewald were campaigning and elections were being held that day.

The SGA Election Board received the grievance from election board chair Cole Jackson on April 2, according to the General Elections Report.

Jackson stated in the grievance that mass emails from the OU political science department are in violation of the General Campaign Rules outlined in Title VII of the Student Code Annotated.

Employees of the university are not permitted to campaign for candidates while on duty as an employee, according to the code.

The emails were ultimately ruled as unsolicited and not premeditated or malicious in manner, and the guilty party will be fined ten dollars, according to the General Elections Report.

The grievance fine will be issued to Ezeugo and Grunewald, Jackson said.

Following the grievance fine, the SGA Election Board will not take further action in response to the offense, he said.

Jamie Vaughn said in an email she was not asked by Ezeugo or Grunewald to send the campaign email.

“My email was meant to be informational, letting political science students know that two of our students were running for SGA president and vice president,” Vaughn said in the email.

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The indian Student Association’s Bhangra Team dances to the traditional indian song usually students dance the night away played at Abhinayan or indian nights called Mundiya in the Meacham Auditorium this Monday during the indian student night.

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Sooners learn free speech ins-and-outs Students delve into critical thinking MATT RAVIS

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OU students gathered M o n d a y t o l e a r n m o re about how to exercise their First Amendment rights in a higher education setting.

Andrew Kloster, legal fellow at the Heritage Foundation, addressed students in the Oklahoma Memorial Union about how their free speech rights affect them in a university.

The First Amendment i s n e c e ssa r y to p ro te c t Americans from government intrusion on their rights to exercise expression, Kloster said. In a university setting, the stifling of free speech by administrators or police negatively affects students by ruining the discourse between faculty and students, he said.

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better citizens, Kloster said.

In college, however, the goal is to teach students how to think critically, he said. There is a “marketplace of ideas,” and this discourse is ruined when free speech is stifled by the institution, he said.

“There is a dividing line based on the function of the school,” Kloster said.

Kloster gave several examples of free speech enc ro a c h m e n t . I n o n e, a Valdosta student was expelled by then-President of the university Ronald Zaccari for posting a collage on Facebook, criticizing a parking garage proposed by Zaccari, Kloster osiZiMete aKen’oVa/tHe daily said. The student was able Andrew Kloster of the Heritage Foundation speaks on student rights to the constitutional Studies Student Association on to win $50,000 in damages from Zaccari personally, Monday.

Kloster said. high school, the school acts example, there are dress as your parent,” Kloster said. and speech codes in these Therefore, free speech in schools, he said.

Matt Ravis matt.ravis@ou.edu these schools is not what The main goal of a uniit is for most citizens. For versity is to make students

the newly-completed university club will open its doors today following a ribbon-cutting ceremony that will commemorate its more than two-year renovation process. the ceremony will be held at 2 p.m. in oklahoma Memorial union’s Jan Marie and Richard J. crawford university club, spokeswoman Megan louk said. after the ceremony, the university club will officially be open to faculty, staff and graduate students, louk said. ou president david Boren, tom landers, engineering dean and president of the university club Board of trustees and Jan crawford will speak at the ceremony, louk said.

Boren announced plans to reopen the university club during an early March press conference. the club has been undergoing renovations since december 2011. parking is available for the event in oklahoma Memorial union’s parking garage, according to the press release.

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Wednesday, April 10 A softball game against North Texas will take place at 6:30 p.m. at Marita Hynes Field.

A lecture by Victoria’s Secret CEO and president Sharen Jester Turney about giving with style. The event is part of the OU Women’s Philanthropy Network and will last from 9:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. in the Oklahoma Memorial Union’s Molly Shi Boren Ballroom.

Thursday, Aprill 11 A reading, wine and cheese reception will be held at 7 p.m. in the Sam Noble Oklahoma Museum of Natural History. Author Kelly Barth, will talk about her experience as a lesbian from a conservative background.

A lecture explaining the term “jihad” will be held from 6 to 9 p.m. in the Fred Jones Jr. Museum of Art. The event is part of Islam Awareness month.

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Above: Lauren Davis, classics senior, and Cassi Toney perform the Indian Barso Re Dance at Indian Student Association’s India Night or Abhinayam on Monday night in Meacham Auditorium.

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Left: Debaroti Ghosh, engineering graduate, performs a traditional Indian Fusion Dance at India Night or Abhinayan Monday night in Meacham Auditorium.

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.

Below: Dhruv Rupapara and Dhanya Dharma Rajan, electronic and computer engineering graduate, dance the Indian Spirit of Rangeela Dance at this years Indian Student Association’s India Night or Abhinayam Monday night in Meacham Auditorium.

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Faculty member brings realities of war in Middle East to life with film A pre-release screening of a film shot by an OU journalism professor about the realities of war will take place today in Oklahoma Memorial Union.

“The Hornet’s Nest,” by Mike Boettcher, will be screened at 7:30 p.m. in Oklahoma Memorial Union’s Meacham Auditorium. Student Government Association, Union Programming Board and Campus Activities Council are holding the event, according to the event’s invitation.

OU President David Boren told SGA president Joe Sangirardi about the film and the importance of it to Sangirardi’s generation specifically, Sangirardi said.

“The screening will bring overlooked realities to life,” Sangirardi said. “It’ll shine the light on more than the televised-versions of wars in places like Afghanistan and Iraq, so we can understand the effect that it has not only on us but on the people there, as well.”

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President David Boren stands with Baroness Margaret Thatcher at the academic convocation at OU’s said, “During my years in the Senate, I was privileged to meet with her several times and to count her 1999 Foreign Policy Conference. Thatcher, the former prime minister of the UK and the first woman as a friend. I will always remember the advice she gave me based upon her own life experience. It was to hold that office, died Monday at the age of 87 from a stroke. In a statement about her death, Boren ‘always expect the unexpected and be prepared for it.’”

Thatcher, even in death, divides world Controversial prime minister causes mixed emotions among populous SHAWN POGATCHNIK Associated Press

Combative and determined to get her way, Margaret Thatcher divided opinion down the middle in life — and in death.

Many leaders lauded Thatcher for her steely determination to modernize Britain’s industrial landscape, even at the cost of strikes and riots, and to stand beside the United States as the west triumphed in the Cold War versus the Soviet Union. Others saw a pitiless tyrant who preferred conflict to compromise.

British Prime Minister David Cameron lauded his 1980s predecessor as “a great Briton,” but others — particularly Europe’s socialists who often clashed with her — were less enamored in their reactions to the death Monday of the conservative icon.

Flags at Buckingham Palace, Parliament and across the United Kingdom were lowered to half-staff. Buckingham Palace said Queen Elizabeth II would send a private message of sympathy to the Thatcher family. Government officials began preparations for a London funeral with military honors at St. Paul’s Cathedral next week, followed by a private cremation.

“As our first woman prime minister, Margaret Thatcher

succeeded against all the odds,” Cameron said in Madrid.

He cut short his trip to Spain and canceled a visit to France to return to London for the funeral preparations.

“The real thing about Margaret Thatcher is that she didn’t just lead our country. She saved our country,” Cameron said, “and I believe she’ll go down as the greatest British peacetime prime minister.”

In Washington, President Barack Obama said many Americans “will never forget her standing shoulder to shoulder with President (Ronald) Reagan, reminding the world that we are not simply carried along by the currents of history. We can shape them with moral conviction, unyielding courage and iron will.”

And former first lady Nancy Reagan said her husband and Thatcher “enjoyed a very special relationship” driven by a common hatred of Communism. “Ronnie and Margaret were political soul mates,” she said in a statement that lauded Thatcher’s “clear vision and strong determination to stand up for her beliefs at a time when so many were afraid to rock the boat.”

In Poland, Foreign Minister Radoslaw Sikorski said his country should erect a statue of the British leader. In a tweet he praised Thatcher as “a fearless champion of liberty, stood up for captive nations, helped free world win the Cold War.” Former Prime Minister Tony Blair, who ousted the Conservative Party from power seven years after Thatcher’s resignation, conceded that Thatcher had been right to challenge labor union power — the traditional bedrock for

Blair’s own Labour Party.

“Very few leaders get to change not only the political landscape of their country but of the world. Margaret was such a leader. Her global impact was vast,” said Blair, who credited Thatcher with being “immensely supportive” despite their opposing views on many issues.

“You could not disrespect her character or her contribution to Britain’s national life,” Blair said.

Not all Britons agreed. Several hundred people gathered in Glasgow and in London’s Brixton neighborhood for impromptu celebrations, complete with party hats and streamers.

The National Union of Miners — which tussled with Thatcher in a long 1984-85 strike, and lost — expressed condolences to Thatcher’s family, but said: “The damage caused by her fatally flawed politics sadly lingers on. Good Riddance.”

A cooler breeze also blew from across the English Channel, where many of the men who ran European governments in the 1980s expressed admiration for Thatcher’s toughness mixed with femininity — but not her European Union-bashing politics.

European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso of Portugal called Thatcher “a circumspect yet engaged player in the European Union.”

Former French President Valerie Giscard d’Estaing called her “a woman unique in history” with “an unwavering strength.”

SDS: Not all students aware office was used as living space, member says Continued from page 1

is the offices’ heating, air and lighting, SGA president Joe Sangirardi said.

While living in the office doesn’t necesorganization’s office. However, those who did sarily harm other students, it is against SGA’s know felt compelled to let him live there, be- Code Annotated, because the space isn’t cause the other option was for him to live on being used for work relating to the student organization. the streets, she said.

“Unsatisfactory use shall include but not be “This is a damned-if-we-do, damned-ifwe-don’t situation. I must make this clear: limited to storage only, personal or academnot all [Students for a Democratic Society] ic uses, and any use in violation of University members are aware of the office’s current policy or higher law,” according to the code.

As well, the code states that usage of the ofusage as a living space,” Rodriguez said.

She said the students involved are aware fices is to be monitored to ensure the organithey made a mistake by drinking in the office zations are using their offices appropriately.

Sangirardi said there is someone who — a mistake that came from becoming too walks around and looks at all the offices, but comfortable with the space.

Rodriguez said the office isn’t often used that is difficult to do in the society’s case befor the organization’s work, because the cause the blinds are usually closed.

“Which is one of the reasons why we’re meetings are held in Kaufman Hall. The ofredoing the Conoco fice is primarily used Leadership Wing offor storage space for “This is a damned-if-wefice space procedures,” the organization and do, damned-if-we-don’t Sangirardi said. some personal uses.

Right now there is “This is where a lot of situation. I must make no rule requiring the people come to study,” this clear: not all [Students blinds in the office Rodriguez said. windows to stay open, When Daily reportfor a Democratic Society] but starting this year ers asked him why members are aware of the when SGA allocates he was in the office and why he had been office’s current usage as a office space, organizations will be a given drinking, Matt said living space.” new, more specific set he didn’t know of any of guidelines for what policy prohibiting him Monique Rodriguez, the y can and canfrom drinking there. sds member not do in their offices, He said he was 23, so Sangirardi said. he thought it was legal.

One of these guidelines is that members In OU’s Student Alcohol Policy, there is no rule prohibiting the presence or partaking of of organizations will be able to cover only up alcohol in Oklahoma Memorial Union. The to 25 percent of the glass windows, and the policy only declares all fraternities, sororities, blinds must be open when no one is present, residence halls and the grounds surrounding he said.

“They’re using an office that’s designated them to be dry.

However, alcohol is not permitted on cam- for organizations, but instead they’re using it pus because it is public property, and an for other activities and not abiding by other Oklahoma statute prevents people from in- university policies,” Sangirardi said.

It’s the responsibility of the SGA presigesting intoxicants, such as alcohol, on pubdent to take action if a student organization lic property.

The union director didn’t respond before is misusing an office, said Kristen Partridge, press time on Monday to answer questions assistant dean of students and director of OU Student Life. Administration will get involved relating to alcohol use in the union.

When members of a student organization if the students are participating in illegal acuse their office for unapproved purposes, it tions in the office or actions prohibited by the doesn’t put any other students at a financial Student Conduct Code.

Sangirardi said he had heard rumors deficit because all that student fees pay for

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Reporters visited the office of Students for a Democratic Society Thursday and found empty beer cans, liquor bottles and a member of the society asleep on the couch.

about members of Students for a Democratic Society abusing their office, but he hadn’t heard about them keeping alcohol there.

“I’d heard rumors that they had been engaging in coitus in their office ... But how can you actually know?” Sangirardi said.

“Especially when their blinds are closed. It’s kind of strange to knock on the door.”

Sangirardi said he never hears rumors about any other organizations engaging in these kinds of activity in their offices.

“This is certainly not a normal trend,” Sangirardi said.

Usually the only other thing he hears complaints about is other students being too loud in the common area, Sangirardi said.

Sangirardi said his impression of the society’s previous relationship with OU’s student government was particularly contentious,

but this year SGA has not been contacted or had any sort of open communication with the society.

Rodriguez said the society hasn’t been as active this semester as it has been previously.

Student organizations are required to apply for offices each year, Sangirardi said.

Because the society was late in submitting its application this year, they won’t receive office space for next year.

Students for a Democratic Society received $150 in funding last year, said SGA budget committee chair Taylor Peterson.

The society didn’t apply for funding for next year, so in addition to not receiving office space they will not be receiving funding next year, Sangirardi said.

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$10 fine not enough for election violations Our View: The consequences for violating election

students about candidates is improper. The political science department should have given equal coverage to all candidates, or simply encouraged In the week before the election, Jamie students to vote. As part of a state-funded The Our View Vaughn, an adviser for the political sciuniversity, the political science departis the majority ence department sent out two separate ment must be especially careful about paropinion of emails encouraging students to vote. The ticipating in elections, even those at the The Daily’s emails also mentioned Ernest Ezeugo and university. nine-member Madeline Grunewald by name, saying they editorial board In response to the infraction, the election were political science students. Although board issued a $10 fine. The fine was little the emails did not explicitly endorse Ezeugo more than a slap on the wrist. The minimal and Grunewald, the emails did link to The Daily’s fine demonstrates the board thinks election integendorsement of the candidates and the article out- rity is worth little more than the price of two drinks lining the platforms of the candidates. The email from Starbucks. This small fine is not a deterrent did not mention the other candidates.

— there is no reason for candidates to abide by elecEven though The Daily endorsed Ezeugo and tion guidelines.

Grunewald, we do not condone the use of mass There is no evidence Ezeugo and Grunewald colemails by university employees for election purlaborated with the political science department to poses. We applaud the effort to encourage students send the emails. Vaughn confirmed the candidates to vote, but presenting unbalanced information to did not solicit the emails. The emails were meant to protocol should be more severe.

be informative only, Vaughn said.

Even though Ezeugo and Grunewald did not directly solicit the emails, they still should be held accountable for the actions of individuals supporting their campaign.Ezeugo and Grunewald are political science students — they would have received the first email five days before the elections — plenty of time to contact Vaughn to stop the second email.

We hope the political science department will take a closer look at how it uses departmental communication in elections and avoid favoritism in future elections. We also call on the student government election committee to impose stricter fines for campaigns found in violation of election guidelines.

Please contact election board chair Cole Jackson at electionchair@ou.edu to voice your concerns about election fairness.

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Get up off the couch, put down the chips, and cast your vote in Norman elections

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don’t think it’s wrong It’s all in the local politics, and failing to participate is opinion columnist for people in a politfailing as a citizen. People often say, “Oh I don’t like polically “all red” state itics.” It’s important for these people to understand nolike Oklahoma to abstain body cares whether they are fond of the inner workings from voting in a presidenof the society they live in. It isn’t a hobby or a game — it is tial election. It’s not as your life and the lives of your fellow Oklahomans at stake if your individual vote is in local elections. Taking part needs to be a priority, espegoing to add any degree of cially if you plan to complain when you are unrepresentpurple to the final results, ed for.

Trent Cason and participation is usually When I finish school, I’m going to leave Oklahoma, and cason.trent@yahoo.com more of a personal stateit won’t be my concern how many people on the state’s ment than it is for voters in contested swing states.

Board of Education think the planet Earth is 6,000 years I voted in the last presidential election, but more out of old. habit than any kind of silly notion that Oklahoma’s elecI’m not going to be terribly affected by insane legislatoral votes depended on my input. tion to give grammar school teachers sub-machine guns In state and especially local elections, however, I think or state resolutions banning same-sex hand holding. abstaining from voting is more than just a bad idea, it’s My tax dollars aren’t going to be appropriated to fight stupid. In the recent mayoral election, 17.3 percent of all legal battles over blatantly unconstitutional bills — writthe registered voters in Norman ten and passed to “make a political turned out to vote. That’s not a “low point” — as if anyone anywhere is turnout;” it’s an embarrassment. confused about the current political Voting in local elections is in atmosphere in the state of Oklahoma. your best interest. The governor, Most importantly to me, those tax the state legislators, the mayor of dollars won’t be going to pay my kid’s Voter turnout, Norman, the city council and the teachers $31,000 a year and my state’s Norman elections April 2 sheriff are the kinds of people who legislators a starting rate of nearly directly affect your wallet. $40,000 a year.

Your tuition, the “fees” you pay If you are going to stick around to go to school in this state, the cost of parking tickets on these parts, it’s time to wake up and get a handle on the campus and off, your payroll taxes and sales tax are all situation. A 17 percent turnout sends a clear message to the kinds of things that are determined by people who get politicians that nobody is really paying any attention, and elected or are appointed by elected officials. that can’t be good for anyone other than politicians.

If everybody paid attention to local politics like they If you can Google “register to vote,” then there is no expaid attention to national politics, or dancing with the cuse. Get registered, pay a shred of attention, go vote and stars or whatever mindless distraction is deemed more enjoy your sticker and lollipop. important at the moment, then it would be a lot harder for It can only benefit you. state elected officials to screw around with our money.

It’s not just the money, though. It’s your future children’s educations, the quality of life for the people in this Trent Cason is an English literary and cultural studies senior. state and the success or failure of attracting businesses and creating economic growth.

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The ruling is a move in the right direction and U.S. politicians need to take a Storm Dowd-Lukesh hard look at other policies storm.dowdlukesh@gmail.com blurring the lines between health and religion.

Prior to this ruling, the Obama administration chose to continue enforcing former President George W. Bush’s policy requiring any woman under the age of 16 to have a prescription in order to access Plan B — the ovulation-preventing drug.

The policy not only restricted underage girls from using the drug to prevent unwanted pregnancies, it created barriers for older women. Under the previous policy, a woman was required to ask a pharmacist for Plan B and provide a government ID. Opening the restrictions would also allow the drug to be sold in more locations, rather than just pharmacies.

The previous policy also allowed pharmacists to deny Plan B access based on his or her moral or religious beliefs. Protecting religious freedom is important, but the new policy allows for pharmacist’s objections by circumventing their involvement in obtaining the drug. To be clear, the former policy allowed a pharmacist to deny any woman Plan B — even in cases of sexual assault.

The reasoning for refusing women Plan B was flawed.

Though many Conservative groups still misinterpret it as an “abortion pill,” Plan B has no affect if fertilization has already occurred, it’s only function is to prevent ovulation, much like traditional birth control. In addition, Plan B is not dangerous to a woman’s health, even if used improperly. In fact, it is one of the safest over-the-counter drugs, according to U.S. District Court Judge Edward Korman.

The state of Oklahoma currently has only three currently operating abortion clinics, requiring long treks for women wishing to have the procedure. Still, the clinics each perform thousands of abortions every year, evidence unwanted pregnancies are a very common occurrence.

Those wanting to prevent abortions would do well to reconsider their stance on Plan B. Just like condoms and other forms of birth control, Plan B can reduce the number of unwanted pregnancies without the need for abortion. Greater access to all forms of contraceptives should be a strong part of the anti-abortion movement’s agenda.

Government policy must move forward in providing women access to family planning. Perhaps the U.S. should take note of France’s new policies, which subsidize abortions and some contraceptives.

Moral and religious objections ought to be taken into account, but, just as with Plan B access, should not be allowed to seep into government policy in a nation founded on the separation of church and state.Removing age restrictions on Plan B availability should have been the easiest step towards realizing women’s rights. The previous policy relied on scientific inaccuracies and caused serious encroachment on individual’s access to healthcare.

The fact it took over a decade and a court ruling to change the policy shows the difficulty the U.S. faces in reforming policies on religiously charged topics. Although removing the age restriction for Plan B is a positive move, the U.S. government’s reluctance in the issue has shown the battle towards religion-free medical liberation will be difficult every step of the way.

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TUESDAY, APRIL 9, 2013 Moving into a new residence could be one of the many changes you are likely to make in the year ahead. Even if at the present time you cannot imagine it, start planning for it anyway.

ARIES (March 21-April 19) -- Don’t allow size, circumstances or people to intimidate you. A positive attitude could work wonders at this time, especially when the stakes are high.

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TAURUS (April 20-May 20) -- New life can be breathed into an enterprise that you were going to toss onto the scrap heap. You’ll be glad you gave it a second shot.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20) -- Relax and allow yourself to tune into some fortuitous currents.

Circumstances are shifting in your favor; you just need to pay attention to them.

CANCER (June 21-July 22) -Something quite fortunate could be escaping your notice. However, you’ll shortly learn of it, and when you do, it’ll make you very happy.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22) -- There is a lucrative market for some special talent or knowledge that you possess. However, it will be up to you to make your wares known.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) -- Be aware and on top of developments, because a big opportunity could present itself through an unusual source. It might usher in the big

change that you’ve been waiting for.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23) -- Involve yourself with the type of people who can make things happen and substantial benefits are probable.

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SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 22) -- You’re in a different kind of cycle that could produce some unusual but excellent results. Several of your ambitions now have good chances of being fulfilled.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 23-Dec. 21) -Several close associates hold you in high esteem. These people want you to succeed, and will do what they can to help you.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) -Although you usually function best when you focus on one thing at a time, today could be an exception.

The more that is being thrown at you, the better.

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Th e Kn i ck s e xt e n d e d their season-high win streak to 12 games Sunday after defeating the Oklahoma City Thunder, 125-120.

Knicks’ forward Carmelo Anthony finished with 36 points and 12 rebounds and now holds the league lead for points per game by .09 ahead of Kevin Durant.

Along with Anthony, center Tyson Chandler, guard Jason Kidd, guard Raymond Felton, forward Chris Copeland and guard J.R. Smith finished in double digits in what was a high-scoring affair.

Anthony, who did not play in the Knicks’ last meeting with the Thunder in early March, looked like a ma n p o ss e ss e d a s h e crashed the boards and set the tone offensively. New York is playing its best basketball of the season and looks as though it will be the only legitimate threat to the Miami Heat in the Eastern Conference come playoff time.

Oklahoma City was led by none other than Russell We s t b ro o k a n d Ke v i n Durant, who combined to score 64 of OKC’s 120 points.

With the loss, the Thunder drop a game behind the San

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Oklahoma City Thunder head coach Scott Brooks shouts from the bench in the fourth quarter of an NBA basketball game against the New York Knicks in Oklahoma City.

Antonio Spurs for first place in the Western Conference and will have to face potential playoff-opponent Utah Jazz on Tuesday.

E xpe ct Utah to go all out, as the Jazz are only a half-game ahead of the Los Angeles Lakers for the eighth and final playoff spot in the West, while OKC seems to be on cruise control for its final five games of the season.

While a playoff spot is guaranteed, the Thunder

have some aspects in their game they must improve upon before entering the postseason.

Limiting turnovers and crashing the boards will be key for OKC as it hopes to make it back to the NBA Finals for a second-straight season.

The Thunder turned the ball over 12 times Sunday as well as allowing the Knicks to grab 19 offensive rebounds, which resulted in 23 second-chance points.

O KC h a s t o w o r k o n these aspects of its game if it expects to go far in the postseason.

Tuesday night’s matchup against the Jazz will be very interesting, as there is a very good chance we see these two teams playing in the first round of the playoffs.

Zach Story is a journalism sophomore and sports columnist at The Daily

PHILADELPHIA — With perhaps billions of dollars at stake, a hearing Tuesday over concussion litigation filed against the NFL promises to be a contest between legal lions.

About 4,200 former players have sued the league. Some suffer from dementia, depression, Alzheimer’s disease and other neurological problems. Others simply want their health monitored.

And a small number, including Ray Easterling and 12time Pro Bowler Junior Seau, committed suicide after long downward spirals.

The players’ lawyers accuse the NFL of promoting violence in the game and concealing known cognitive risks from concussions and other blows to the head. They hope to keep the litigation in federal court so they can use the discovery process to access NFL files — and see what the league knew when.

“The NFL failed to live up to its responsibility: it negligently heightened players’ exposure to repeated head trauma and fraudulently concealed the chronic brain injuries that resulted,” the players’ lawyers wrote in their latest brief, filed in January.

The NFL, with $9.2 billion in annual revenues, argues the complaints belong in arbitration under terms of the collective bargaining agreement. The league insists it has always followed the best available science and made player safety a top priority.

“The rule in our league is simple: Medical decisions override everything else,” NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell said in a speech last month at the University of North Carolina.

The NFL will be represented Tuesday by Paul Clement, a former U.S. solicitor general under President George W. Bush who has fought gay marriage, gun-control measures and President Barack Obama’s state health care mandates before the Supreme Court.

Players’ lawyer David Frederick, an Obama ally, has taken consumer protection fights over investor fees and prescription drug warnings to the high court.

“They spend most of their time, Paul Clement and David Frederick, at the Supreme Court,” said Paul Anderson, a Missouri lawyer who tracks the NFL litigation on his website, nflconcussionlitigation.com. “This is really a multibillion-dollar issue. That’s why both parties went out and hired the best of the best.”

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Rutgers officials review practice videos President says school is checking other sports ANGELA DELLI SANTI and KATIE ZEZIMA Associated Press

TREN TON, N.J. — Rutgers officials are scrutinizing practice videos of all sports to see if any coach engaged in behavior like the type that cost men’s basketball coach Mike Rice his job, the university president announced Monday. The inquiry into Rice and how university officials responded is also going deeper as the school announced that it plans to hire a consultant to conduct an independent review.

U n i v e r s i t y P re s i d e n t Robert Barchi, speaking Monday during a town hall meeting on the school’s Newark campus, said that he wants any instances of bullying or homophobic language to be reported immediately.

He also reiterated that he wished he had viewed the video where Rice — whom Gov. Chris Christie on Monday called an “animal” — shoved players and called them gay slurs when it first surfaced in November, saying he would have fired Rice then.

Rice was fired last week only after the video became public. Athletic Director Tim Pernetti, an assistant basketball coach and the university’s top lawyer also resigned last week, while some Rutgers faculty members and others called for Barchi to step down, too.

Meanwhile, Christie on Monday defended Barchi’s performance while blasting Rice’s behavior. He also

criticized the reaction of those who knew about it and did not fire the coach months ago, when the video was given to university officials and viewed by — at least — Athletic Director Tim Pernetti, university interim counsel John Wolf and Mark Hershhorn, the chairman of the university Board of Governors’ athletics committee.

“They were wrong not to come to the conclusion that Coach Rice needed to be fired immediately,” Christie said at a news conference.

While he had issued statements previously, it was the first time Christie took questions about the scandal at the state’s flagship public university. The Republican governor added that had he been aware of the issues earlier he would have used his “power of persuasion” to try to get Rice fired then.

He said he viewed the video not only as a governor but as the father of a college athlete. His son Andrew plays baseball at Princeton.

“You’re talking about kids being miserably treated by the guy who determined whether they keep their scholarship or not,” Christie said. He said the video cost the coach his credibility with young athletes and their families.

“What parent would let this animal back into their living room to try to recruit their son after this video?” he said.

Christie said it was a mistake for Barchi, who took office in September, not to watch the video last year when he first was told about it. But he said leaders of large organizations must delegate some matters and that the mistake was not a

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Rutgers President Robert Barchi addresses a town hall meeting Monday in Newark, N.J. Barchi announced Monday that Rutgers officials are reviewing practice videos of all sports to see if any coach engaged in behavior like the type that cost men’s basketball coach Mike Rice his job, and the university is planning to hire a consultant to do an independent review of how the university hired Rice.

“You’re talking about kids being miserably treated by the guy who determined whether they keep their scholarship or not.” chris christie, new jeresy governor

firing offense.

I t w a s P e r n e t t i ’s j o b to know what the coach was doing, Christie said.

According to a settlement the university provided to The Associated Press on Monday, Pernetti is receiving $1.25 million as he departs, along with perks ranging from health insurance

for more than two years to a $12,000 annual car allowance until next year and his university-issued iPad. Rutgers announced Monday that it was commissioning an independent review of Rice’s conduct and the way the university responded to it. The board o f g ov e r n o r s w i l l m e e t Thursday to discuss that.

Also Monday, board chairman Ralph Izzo said that one board member — Hershhorn — had seen the video in December and that it was not shown to other members. The topic of the coach’s conduct was discussed at a committee meeting in December, but it was not discussed at the whole-board meeting

that month. Neither the university nor Hershorn’s Philadelphia business responded to requests to interview him.

State Senate President Stephen Sweeney called on Hershorn to resign. “Any trustee or member of the board of governors who witnessed the tape at any point before it was publicly aired, and took no action, should be removed or resign immediately,” he said in a statement.

The scandal has prompted the FBI to investigate whether a former Rutgers basketball employee asked for money from Rutgers in exchange for not taking the videos public, a person familiar with the investigation

told The Associated Press on Sunday.

Asked about the FBI inquiry on Monday, Barchi said the ag enc y wasn’t called but came “on their own.”

As the investigations mount, Christie said he did not believe that state lawmakers should have an inquiry of their own, saying Rutgers is investigating and that holding hearings would “continue reputational damage” to the school.

Assembly Speaker Sheila Oliver, who has called for hear ings said “the taxpayers, students, faculty, administrators, parents, alumni and other constituents” deserve to know what happened.

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“Hot In Cleveland” stars Betty White and Jane Levees discussed new developments in their on and offscreen lives in a press call on April 2.

Both starred in hit shows like “Frasier” and “Golden Girls,” but TV Land’s first original scripted sitcom, “Hot In Cleveland,” keeps gaining success.

The show was picked up in about three weeks, White said. She admitted that in the beginning, she was not prepared or obligated to stay on the show past the pilot because she was so busy.

“Having multiple hit shows is the best thing ever … you never want it to go away,” White said. “[I figured] that if you can’t get rid of me, why quit something I enjoy?”

We a s k e d W h i t e a n d Levees how “Hot In Cleveland” is different from “Golden Girls,” considering both sitcoms are centered around four women living together and learning about the complexities of life, love and relationships.

“I think it all has to do with the chemistry of the girls,” Levees said.

“You get something back from each individual girl,” White added.

The set of the show appears to be just as much fun off camera as it is when rolling.

“It’s just like one non-stop party,” Levees said.

Most of the actors have worked together before on previous projects. However,

STAFF REPORTS

With the comebacks of both Justin Timberlake and The Strokes, 2013 has been an interesting year for music thus far. Here are a few of The Daily’s staff picks for the best album releases we’ve seen this year.

Justin Timberlake THE 20/20 EXPERIENCE

Returning after seven years in the Hollywood wilderness, Timberlake delivers a thoroughly satisfying album that, rather than pining over many, focuses on just one woman, a symptom of his recent marriage to actor Jessica Biel. While it may not dominate the airwaves as his previous records did, songs like “That Girl” illustrate that it is by far his most mature work yet.

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The mid-season premiere of TV Land’s “Hot In Cleveland” — starring (from left) Jane Leeves, Betty White, Valerie Bertinelli and Wendie Malick — will start at 9 p.m. June 19.

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this show has brought something new to the professional and personal friendships of the women.

“We really just eased into playing the roles,” Levees said. “I’ve learned what being professional really means from Betty.”

“Hot In Cleveland” was TV Land’s first original comedy series. Since the show aired, the network has created

three other series.

“I think ‘Hot in Cleveland’ did for TV Land what ‘Mad Men’ has done for AMC,” Leeves said. “The show really branded the network ... It feels great for us to keep this genre alive that we have so much experience with.”

The show, which also stars Wendie Malick (“Just Shoot Me”) and Valerie Bertinelli (“One Day at a Time”), will make its mid-season premiere live this summer.

The live format is new for the cast. While each show is recorded in front of a live audience, this mid-season premiere episode will actually air live.

Levees is excited for the live episode because of her experience with theater performance, she said. White is also excited, but fellow cast member Bertinelli is nervous about it, White said.

“She said ‘Well what if I

screw up?’ and I said, ‘Honey, just think how you’re pleasing the audience!’” White said.

Aside from the live format of the premiere, the second half of season 4 will be packed with excitement.

White and Levees said they are excited to have some of the cast of “The Mary Tyler Moore Show,” like Mary Tyler Moore, Georgia Engel, Cloris Leachman and Valerie Harper, to reunite for a guest appearance in an upcoming episode.

“We’re all just in awe and standing back and taking a breath and watching [the cast] this week,” Leeves said.

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Foals HOLY FIRE

Holy Fire is Foals’ third studio album and shows the band’s growth since earlier records. The band has settled into a definite and unique sound that works for them — an alternative funk-pop hybrid — with songs like “Inhaler.”

Local Natives HUMMINGBIRD

Released Jan. 29, Local Natives’ sophomore album, Hummingbird, assured any nervous fans the band is, indeed, here to stay. With tracks like “You & I,” “Breakers” and “Colombia,” Hummingbird proved to Local Natives’ listeners they could deliver a consistent sound without reproducing Gorilla Manor — awesome as it was — by a different name.

The Strokes COMEDOWN MACHINE

Although it may not live up to the stellar reputation of The Strokes’ first album, Comedown Machine is still a well-produced album with a few incredibly catchy tracks: “Welcome To Japan” and “One Way Trigger” are two tunes from the album perfect for a windows-down spring day.

James Blake OVERGROWN

In this album, Blake continues to beautifully produce the most relaxing music you’ve ever heard. Even better, a few of the tracks from the new album — like “Retrograde” — integrate different sounds into his characteristic fusion of dubstep, jazz and electronic sounds. Listen to this album for an ultimate and incomparable calm.

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