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GENDER-NEUTRAL HOUSING

Poll shows majority for policy change 64% indicate support for genderneutral floor EMMA HAMBLEN Campus Reporter

A majority of students said they supported or strongly supported establishing gender-neutral housing floors

in a recent survey held by Housing Center Student Association.

The sur vey received 310 students responses to its prompts asking them a range of questions on whether they support the establishment of gender-neutral housing floors, whether they would feel comfortable

on gender-neutral housing floors or if they had been informed about the issue.

Sixty-four percent of the students taking the survey said they would support or strongly support the establishment of a gender-neutral floor, according to survey results.

Seventeen percent said

they would not support or were strongly against the establishment of the gender-neutral floor.

HCSA came up with the idea to conduct a Gender Neutral Housing survey in general council, economics senior and HCSA president Sarah Weiler said.

HCSA wanted solid

numbers for how many residents would actually benefit from a gender-neutral housing option and not hypothetical numbers, Weiler said.

Nobody has come forward to HCSA officials saying they wanted to live in residence halls but couldn’t because they feared for their

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Asp Avenue will still have some bus loading areas, but the specifics behind the relocation of the major bus zone is still being decided, Nash said. One option included the location at Brooks Street and Jenkins Avenue, but the administration is still trying to find an exact location that won’t affect current parking lots.

However, the administration knows work will start on the reconstruction of Asp Avenue over summer 2013, Nash said.

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OU is on track to see a decrease in the number of reports of copyright violations in 2012, according to documents requested by The Daily.

The number of reports hit a spike in 2009 when OU Information Technology received 1,787 copyright complaints, according to OU IT spokeswoman Becky Grant.

However, these numbers started decreasing afterward to 241 in 2010 and 179 in 2011.

Throughout Januar y and March 2012, OU IT received 27 complaints, according to Grant ; if the trend keeps up, OU will continue to see fewer complaints this year.

About 300 students since 2009 have been removed from the networks after follow-ups to these complaints, Grant said.

The department credits the decrease with the implementation of a tutorial and quiz in April 2009 for all new devices being registered to the OU networks, Grant said.

The purpose of this tutorial is to educate users on what is and is not acceptable to do while on the network.

Before the quiz, the department received more copyright violations complaints, according to documents.

It received 150 in 2007 and 812

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Campus Reporter

The OU College of International Studies has helped international and exchange students adjust better to campus life this semester through a new orientation style.

The college has implemented a free pilot course this semester to help international students transition to college culture. The course, How to ACT (American a n d Cu l t u ra l T ra n s i t i o n ) : Understanding Student Life in the U.S., covers topics like academic integrity, classroom culture, social life and other topics relevant to new international students, international programs Janice Levi said. Levi developed and teaches the program.

The course introduces concepts gradually over the course of weeks, as opposed to in one day, and provides a welcoming environment, said Monica Sharp, international student services director.

International students used to arrive at OU to be greeted by a whirlwind orientation with fast-paced presentations and pamphlets.

“It has become clear, over the years, that this format is perhaps not the best method for communication of information because new students are jet lagged, overwhelmed and stressed,” Sharp said Seventeen students enrolled in the class this semester, and Levi and Sharp said they hope to expand the program and offer it for academic credit in future SEE ACADEMICS PAGE 2

AT A GLANCE Topics covered Classroom culture; academic integrity and Student Code; OU health plans; how to maintain healthy lifestyles; immigration and payroll; and dating and etiquett

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Christina Giacona, music instructor, plays the clarinet at Inner sOUndscapes on Thursday night. Giacona was accompanied by a computer-based sound — a genre called electro acoustic — to play “Arioso/Doubles” by Benjamin Broening.

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CAMPUS CONSTRUCTION

OU faces challenges to build walkway University to consider alternative bus routes KATHLEEN EVANS Assistant Campus Editor

OU is still in the process of determining how to accommodate public transportation routes after it turns the Van Vleet Oval’s street connection with Asp Avenue into a pedestrian walkway.

President David Boren intends to create a Scholars Walk along the South Oval to honor the university’s top scholars and professors in an October interview with The Daily, according to archives.

The walk would honor OU students who have received top national awards, such as the Rhodes scholarship, and great OU professors with bricks and statues.

The pedestrian pathway will be located along the Van Vleet Oval, the current route for Cleveland Area Rapid Transit buses, OU spokesman Michael Nash said.

The idea is to extend the Brooks Mall pedestrian pathway in front of Price Hall and create a large, circular turnaround for busses and cars at the end of Asp Avenue, Nash said. The turnaround would be similar to the one on Asp Avenue to the east of the Oklahoma Memorial

HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER

OU researchers developing new Alzheimer’s therapy OU researchers are working to develop new techniques to preserve the cognitive function of patients suffering from dementia or Alzheimer’s disease.

“We developed this process in-house,” primary investigator Carrie Ciro said.

“Now we’re working on testing the process.”

The Skill-Building through TaskOrientated Motor Practice uses repetitive therapy in an effort to strengthen and

preserve procedural memory, which is memory used when daily-living tasks are performed, according to a press release.

The study is funded by a $29,362 grant from the OU Health Sciences Center Vice President of Research Office.

Research will take place in an 880square-foot lab in OU college of Allied Health that is set up like a typical home, according to a press release.

It will include a working kitchen,

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safety, Weiler said.

“Is this just a small number of very vocal people saying this is a problem, or is this actually a problem?”

Weiler said.

HCSA Housing Committee chairman Aaron Wegner said there

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The proposal is necessary to keep GLBT students safe, but it would offer an important choice to all students (Page 4)

SPORTS

Football team preparing for annual spring game

Baseball team to host series with Missouri

Oklahoma football held its final practice of the spring Thursday in preparation for Saturday’s Red-White game. (Sports)

Sooners and Tigers face off for final time as Big 12 conference foes in three-game weekend series. (Page 5)

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bedroom and bathroom, and a waiting area for caregivers and a computer for testing computer and paper skills.

“We are looking for participants to take part in the study that will begin this summer,” Caro said.

Participants will come to the College of Allied Health on the OU Health Sciences Center campus, July 23 through August 3, 2012.

Sean Lawson, Campus Reporter

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OU’s most recent contract with WeCar — To learn how much the university pays for the service.

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The cost to OU of chemical waste disposal for all chemistry laboratories on campus from fall 2008 to present — To learn how much money the university puts into chemical waste disposal.

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The number of clients the University Counseling Center serves by month from fall 2008 to present — To search for trends in student use, especially during the months leading up to finals week.

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The final budget for fiscal year 2012 — To compare to proposed budgets for fiscal year 2013.

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Freshman pinch runner Jessica Vest scores during OU’s 6-2 win against Kansas on Sunday in Norman. The Sooners’ matchup this weekend against Texas A&M could have a big impact on the Big 12 standings. (Page 5)

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• Friday, April 13, 2012

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

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ACADEMICS: Course to be offered again in fall Continued from page 1

TODAY AROUND CAMPUS A colloquium for students to discuss art from the permanent art collection will be from 1 to 4 p.m. in the Fred Jones Jr. Museum of Art’s Mary Eddy and Fred Jones Auditorium.

A lecture about perceiving security threats will take place from 1 to 2 p.m. in Burton Hall, 202.

“Chinese Calligraphy and Painting” will be presented from 1:30 to 2:30 p.m. in Hester Hall, Room 170, as part of International Awareness Week.

The men’s tennis team will compete against Baylor at 6 p.m. at the Headington Family Tennis Center.

The 42nd annual Eve of Nations, which features the food, clothing, music and dance of different cultures, will take place from 6 to 9 p.m. at Lloyd Noble Center.

Art “à la Carte” will feature live music by the OU Guitar Ensemble and the short film, “Haymaker,” from 6 to 9 p.m. in the Fred Jones Jr. Museum of Art. The baseball team will play Missouri at 6:30 p.m. at L. Dale Mitchell Park.

A lecture, “The Portrayal of Asians in Contemporary Film,” will be presented from 7 to 8 p.m. in the Fred Jones Jr. Museum of Art’s Mary Eddy and Fred Jones Auditorium.

“They Promised Her the Moon,” performed by the Helmerich School of Drama, begins at 8 p.m. in Weitzenhoffer Theatre. Tickets are $6 for students and $8 for adults.

SATURDAY, APRIL 14 The Disney film “Robin Hood” will be shown at 10:30 a.m. in the Fred Jones Jr. Museum of Art’s Mary Eddy and Fred Jones Auditorium.

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semesters.

The class didn’t exist when Pengpeng Jiang, a graduate student from China, came to OU in fall 2011, she said. She had problems communicating with American classmates and professors during her first semester and joined the class this spring.

“I really [wish] I [could have taken] this class earlier,” Jiang said. “The class [made] me review or think back to my problems [during] my first semester.”

Yuhua Wan, an accounting student from China, enrolled in the class to prepare himself culturally.

“It is essential for any international student to get to know American culture before they are able to get used to studying, living and the cultural background here in America,” Wan said.

The mandatory orientation for international students gets to the basics without illustrating the topics discussed, Jiang said. Students, especially those not very proficient in English, don’t always understand the material, she said.

“Orientation is about sitting and hearing the information,” Levi said. “This is a way to better engage material, make it more interactive and get away from the lecture format.”

A part of this course is to help students understand OU’s academic policies in order to mitigate misunderstanding and disciplinary action, according to the course syllabus.

“Unfortunately some of our international students do get caught up in academic integrity issues, and mainly it is due to misinformation,” Levi said.

OU’s academic integrity codes are really hard for an incoming international student to understand, Wan said.

“American colleges are really strict with academic integrity,” Wan said. “This is completely different from that of my own country.”

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polite and respectful to your professors,” Jiang said.

The eight-week class finished in March, but the class will be offered again in fall, Levi said. She is considering adding more topics and integrating American students in her program. It may have American students help teach some of these topics.

Wan and Jiang said they recommend the class to all international students.

“This course really helped m e a l o t o n my t ra n s i tion,” Wan said. “It is one of the favorite courses this semester.”

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her outside of class, they didn’t always recognize her or treat her as a friend, Jiang said.

“I [felt] a little bit upset,” Jiang said. “I went to [the ACT program] to get some help and get [distraction] from the bad things and enjoy my life.”

Jiang said she didn’t know how to communicate with her American professors either. It was difficult to determine when was an appropriate time to ask questions or for help, she said.

“They [told] us don’t be afraid, just ask questions, be

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In a Thursday life & arts story, “‘Moon’ does not promise to engage,” the designer of “They Promised Her the Moon” was misidentified.

Costume design sophomore Melissa Perkins designed costumes for the show.

softer issues like classroom culture, dating and etiquette, according to the class syllabus.

Jiang said she had problems understanding social life in America during her first semester, and it was difficult to communicate with other students and professors.

“I [didn’t] know how to make friends with American students,” Jiang said.

In C h i na, c l a s s mat e s are considered friends, but when she approached American classmates and other students who helped

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Finance junior Andrew Belliveau (left) greets graduate student Pengpeng Jiang with a hug Thursday on the South Oval. Jiang, an exchange student from China, said the first time a classmate hugged her as a greeting she was confused because Chinese do not usually interact so intimately. She has become more accustomed to the gestures, even looking forward to them. “When [Belliveau] hugs me, I just feel so warm,” she said.

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OU IT: Tutorial, quiz credited for drop in claims Continued from page 1 in 2008, increasing more than five times from the previous year, according to Grant.

In addition to the quiz, OU IT also began blocking peerto-peer service in October 2009, Grant said.

Peer-to-peer systems are networks in which participants can share re sources, according to PeerTo-Peer Networking and Applications.

The copyright violations are monitored by outside organizations like the Recording Industr y Association of America and the Motion Picture Association of America, not the university, Grant said.

They report the violations to OU for the copyright owners. These organizations get the information when students download content from peer-to-peer services, Grant said.

These sites save the Internet Protocol address, n e t w o rk p o r t a n d f i l e s shared. OU then investigates these complaints to ensure users are in compliance with the terms of agreement for the network.

After the first violation, infringing machine is blocked from the network, and the user must complete the tutorial and quiz again to re-gain

Company will head the work in several phases, project manager Jeff Schmitt said. The group was approved by the Board of Regents December 2011, according to the OU Board of Regents agenda.

The maximum approved price for the project, $3.5 million, was approved by the OU Board of Regents at their March 29 meeting, according to the agenda.

A complete budget and time frame for the project is not known yet, Nash said. The university wants to do as much construction during the summer periods as it can so it won’t interfere with daily traffic.

The university has a donor for the project, but OU has not made the name public yet, Nash said.

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access, according to the OU IT website.

After further violations, the 2,000 same punishments are ap2007: 150 plied, but the user must also 2008: 812 go to the Office of Student 1,500 2009: 1,787 Conduct, where additional 2010: 241 2011: 179 penalties can be applied.

Jan-March: 27 Because of the potentially 1,000 educational use of bit torrent, OU IT does not block 500 this service, according to its website.

However, websites like 0 LimeWire and Gnutella are 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 prohibited on the network.

SOURCE: OU IT REPORTS; GRAPH BY JAMES CORLEY/THE DAILY If students are looking for The OU network usage is Violations can lead to state legal alternatives to these programs, the OU IT website also subject to local, state and federal civil and criminal and federal law, Grant said. penalties. has recommendations.

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GRAPH Student gender-neutral housing survey results was an additional question that asked students to share their comments or concerns about gender-neutral housStrong yes ing, but that most students Yes either left it blank or restatMore No opinion ed information they’d given About the No same earlier in the survey.

Less Strong no “Housing and Food does everything they can do to accommodate already, but How familiar are you we wanted to see if there’s with the GNH proposal? anyone who doesn’t feel like their needs are being Very likely met,” Weiler said.

Very informed Likely HCSA has given the Informed No opinion survey results to various Heard of it Somewhat likely Housing and Food Services Never heard of it No interest administrators, Weiler said.

A d d i t i o n a l l y , We i l e r said she was involved in SOURCE: SURVEY RESULTS; GRAPHS BY JAMES CORLEY/THE DAILY the coalition meeting with result of the survey, but it is looking at when considerPresident David Boren and she said.

There hasn’t been any something that Housing ing changes for next year, she will present the survey results at the next meeting, immediate action as a direct and Food Services will be Weiler said.

AT A GLANCE Student responses on the gender-neutral housing survey percent supported having a gender-neutral floor percent strongly supported establishing a gender-neutral floor percent didn’t have an opinion percent did not support the genderneutral proposal

percent strongly opposed to the genderneutral proposal

percent said they would feel neither more nor less comfortable living on a gender-neutral floor

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percent said that they were informed about the specifics of the gender neutral housing proposal percent said they had heard of it of the gender-neutral housing proposal

percent said they had never heard of it of the gender-neutral housing proposal

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37 more candidates file for Oklahoma elections this year OKLAHOMA CITY — An additional 37 candidates filed Thursday to run for Congress, the Legislature and other elective offices in this year’s elections in Oklahoma.

A total of 229 candidates have asked to have their names placed on election ballots since Wednesday, when 192 candidates filed on the first day of a three-day filing period. Filing ends Friday at 5 p.m.

Two candidates, a Republican and an independent, added their names to an already crowded field seeking the 2nd Congressional District seat being vacated by U.S. Rep. Dan Boren, the lone Democrat in the state’s congressional delegation who is stepping down after four two-year terms.

The newest candidates are former state Rep. Wayne Pettigrew of McAlester, a Republican, and independent Michael Fulks of Heavener.

Pettigrew will face five other GOP candidates in a June 26 primary election for the Republican nomination to represent the sprawling eastern Oklahoma district that stretches from the Kansas border to the Red River. A runoff, if needed, will be conducted on Aug. 28.

Other Republican candidates are Dustin Rowe of Tishomingo, Dakota Wood of Claremore, Markwayne Mullin of Westville, Dwayne Thompson of Fort Gibson and state Rep. George Faught of Muskogee.

Democratic candidates Wayne Herriman of Muskogee and Earl Everett of Fort Gibson will also face each other in the June 26 primary. The winners of the party primaries will meet Fulks in the Nov. 6 general election.

In the 5th Congressional District, independent Pat Martin of Jones filed paperwork to oppose Republican Rep. James Lankford of Edmond and Democrat Tom Guild of Edmond in the general election.

The candidates remained unchanged in Oklahoma’s remaining three congressional districts following a second day of candidate filing.

In the 1st District, Rep. John Sullivan of Tulsa will face fellow Republican Jim Bridenstine of Tulsa in the primary. The winner will meet Democrat John Olson of Tulsa in the general election.

In the 4th District, Rep. Tom Cole of Moore will face Gary D. Caissie of Norman in the Republican primary.

The winner will face Democrat Donna Marie Bebo of Fletcher in the general election.

Third District Rep. Frank Lucas of Cheyenne remains unopposed for re-election to his western Oklahoma district after two days of filing.

Also on the ballot this year will be all 101 members of the state House and half of the 48-member Senate.

In addition, two seats on the three-member Oklahoma Corporation Commission, which regulates public utilities and the oil and natural gas industries, will appear on the ballot.

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“As Plato pointed out long ago, everyone defines justice to be what is in their self-interest. This editorial is an outrageous call for blatant political indoctrination. Don’t we have way too much of this at OU already?” (briareus, RE: ‘Editorial: Social justice courses essential to creating well-educated individuals’)

OPINION EDITORIAL

Housing policy is for everyone Our View: A gender-neutral housing option would be beneficial for every student.

choosing one’s own housing situation.

That’s really all it comes down to. All students should have this right, simply in virtue of their staA recent survey showed 33 percent of OU stutus as adults with the freedom to make decisions dents polled strongly agree and 31 percent someabout how to live their lives. It is tempting to focus what agree with the proposed gender-neutral hous- on the ways the current system harms GLBT stuing policy. Housing Center Student Association’s dents, but at its root, gender-neutral housing is survey randomly asked 310 students about about reclaiming the basic right to make their view of the proposal. decision’s about your own life that harm The Our View Of course, these results only show so is the majority no one. opinion of much, because of the small sample size.

So, to those who have expressed conThe Daily’s But it does show that this is more than a cerns that a gender-neutral floor would nine-member special interest issue. amount to segregation — a kind of GLBT editorial board We’ve written often about our support for ghetto — or make these students more the gender-neutral housing option and the likely targets for harassment, we undernecessary protection it would offer to gay, lesbian, stand your objections. Both The Daily’s coverage bisexual and transgender students. and the student-created proposal failed to properly But in our zeal to highlight the importance of this emphasize the role gender-neutral housing would proposal, we — and the coalition of student organi- play in the lives of non-GLBT students. zations that drafted the proposal — have neglected But all students should have the freedom to to emphasize one very important feature of gender- choose their roommates, regardless of gender. The neutral housing: It’s not just for GLBT students.

HCSA survey results show a strong student desire The gender-neutral housing option would bene- for such an option. fit any student who wants to live with roommates of It’s nearly impossible that all (or even most) of a different gender. This is necessary for many GLBT the 300 students surveyed were members of the students, but it is desirable to many others. NonGLBT community. So, clearly there is an interest GLBT students may wish to live with roommates of from the non-GLBT student population in having a different genders for many reasons. gender-neutral housing option.

We’d be willing to bet at some point you’ve heard Unfortunately, because of the small number of someone lamenting the inability to live with a close students surveyed, these results only carry so much friend of the opposite gender — or, at least, that weight. Seeing the overwhelming support for the you know someone who is not your gender you policy on this survey, the administration should can imagine living with. Many of us on the editosponsor a similar survey with a large sample size to rial board have heard students expressing such a verify the results. desire.

Once administrators see this more-persuasive The truth is, even if there were no GLBT commu- data from the larger survey — which we are confinity on this campus, OU still would need genderdent will yield similar results — we hope they will neutral housing. There is a student desire for this be just as eager to act on student opinion as they option. And, since virtually every resident of uniwere in establishing a campus smoking ban. versity housing is a legal adult, there is no reason for the university to withhold the small freedom of Comment on this at OUDaily.com

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Fake meat hazardous to health Editor’s Note: This column is in response to Simon Cantarel’s March 28 column, “Meat the new food revolution,” which approved of artificial meat.

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humans or machines be in charge of its production?

The U.S. is notorious for speeding up its assembly line speeds to make more money at a faster rate.

How will the product be regulated? Who is in charge of regulating it?

Today, only one person in the FDA is responsible for overraditionally, the seeing the regulation of bottled water in the country. Paul truths about the Carney, a consumer safety inspector with the USDA Food food we consume Safety and Inspection Service, went on record in 2004 statKayley Gillespie don’t surface until there’s ing that “there is no systematic testing for mad cow” in the kayley.m.gillespie-1@ou.edu a recall, a lawsuit or until plants where he worked and that “there is no requirement people die from an E. coli that any beef producer test a single cow for this disease.” outbreak or mad cow disease.

How would regulating artificial meat be any different?

What a great foundation to build a scientific venture, such Cantarel’s column insisted that the creator of this product, as artificial meat, upon.

Mark Post, “hopes to use the economics of scale: the reducEven labeling an artificial meat product that is protion of individual cost by a product of large quantities.” duced in a laboratory from scratch as “meat” is a generous Today, we aren’t lacking in “food” (if, after reading this classification. column, you can still call it that). Marion Nestle, professor Today, there are standards for classifying meat and the and chair of the Department of Nutrition, Food Studies and classification process is so convoluted that the USDA Food Public Health at New York University, states that the U.S. Labeling guide for meats is 178 pages long. food supply contains enough food to feed everyone in the We all remember the controversy that enveloped Taco Bell country nearly twice over, even after exports. in 2011 when it was announced that its “ground beef” conOnly 15 percent of the nutrients that animals eat are tained only 36 percent real beef. This figure failed to measure turned into meat, and our overconsumption of meat is up to USDA standards that required “meat wasteful. But this means that we should eat taco filling” to have at least 40 percent fresh meat, not find different ways to produce “The FDA can’t even less meat. it. ensure healthful, Isolated oat product, autolyzed yeast exIn 2000, the average meat consumption tract, caramel color and silicon dioxide is reached 195 pounds, 57 pounds more than natural and real a lot more than most bargained for in their the average American consumed in the products today. Why 1950s. We’re eating too much and, consetacos.

Today, at least 70 percent of ground beef should we instill total quently, our health is faltering. at supermarkets contains “pink slime” — a Supporters of artificial meat also claim faith in an industry beef waste trimming that is simmered at low that vegetarians who did not eat meat bethat is less interested cause of the slaughtering could eat artificial heat so the fat separates from the muscle before it’s sent through pipes where it is in society’s welfare meat. Since producing artificial meat insprayed with ammonia gas and then finally reproducing cells, it is still an animal and more interested in volves mixed with your hamburger meat. in its essence. its paycheck?”

The use of pink slime was OK’d by a forAs a former vegetarian, I can attest that mer undersecretary of agriculture, Joann people become one for many reasons.

Smith. The makers of the slime, Beef Products Inc., conseHealth is one of them. quently profited by hundreds of millions of dollars.

Artificial meat presumably won’t eradicate the impending Smith stepped down from the USDA in 1993 only to be threat of heart disease. hired to Beef Products Inc.’s board of directors. Smith proThere are many philosophical, ethical and moral quesceeded to profit while the health of this nation deteriorated. tions involving artificial meat. Will artificial vegetables follow The FDA can’t even ensure healthful, natural and real artificial meat? products today. Why should we instill total faith in an indusEventually, will we have a need for real cows, chickens, try that is less interested in society’s welfare and more inter- fish and pigs? Will we ultimately live in a society where we ested in its paycheck? sip slushies infused with the daily recommended values like Where would this artificial meat be produced? Will it be the obese space cadets from “Wall-E?” produced in the U.S. or would we outsource the labor?

Would it be produced in a factory setting similar to a massproduction assembly line that the FDA utilizes today? Will Kayley Gillespie is a literature and cultural studies junior.

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Fine Arts library should be more accessible for all “Clair de Lune” is a beautiful song by Claude Debussy — one I have always wanted to learn but sadly have never owned the sheet music for. OU is a wonderful educational facility that has left me with little expendable income to purchase such sheet music.

With these facts in mind, I wondered if OU offered students the opportunity to check out sheet music through its library system. After a phone call to Bizzell Memorial Library, I found out a facility for that purpose exists in Cattlet Hall. After two years of attending OU, it seems like I already should have known it existed.

After asking my peers, I found they also were unaware of this enigmatic Fine Arts Library. Excited, I hurried over to Cattlet Hall to check it out. I felt it had an abandoned quality, but I didn’t let that deter me from exploring the potential treasure trove of music. As an intermediate piano player, I decided to head straight to the piano sheet music section.

To my dismay, such a section was nowhere to be found. I decided to ask an employee for directions. When I reached the front desk, no such guiding savior was to be found. I remained determined and searched around to find one.

In the end, I found a girl shelving some music history books. I awkwardly asked her if she was an employee, since there were no distinguishing signs to inform one of such valuable information.

Luckily, she was, so I asked her where the piano music was kept. She responded by telling me that piano music was sorted around the library by composition type — for example: preludes, fugues, etudes, ballades, sonatas, scherzos, minuets, etc.

Like the majority of OU’s student body, I am no music major; I simply play the piano. I couldn’t tell you the differences between these types of compositions, let alone determine which type the song I wanted fell under.

Lacking any confidence, I guessed what I needed may be in the solos category. Rather than taking me where I needed to go, the employee simply stated, “They’re at M22,” as if I knew where M22 was.

So I put on my Sherlock Holmes hat and began to search.

Once I found the section, my nose and eyes were quite displeased. The smell of mildew and age emanated from a convoluted mesh of antique books.

I searched for a few songs I wanted to learn. It seems if you want to find a particular song, you would, at the very least, need to know its composition type and the name of its composer first. After you obtain this knowledge, you then must open to the first page of each ancient book and see if your song is in its table of contents. This is because the majority of the books are large compilations for a given composer that have no identifying front cover.

Disappointed, I picked up a couple of books that seemed playable and went to check out. Curious, I asked the employee how many items a student was allowed to check out at once. She told me it was somewhere around 150 items.

I can’t even begin to imagine why students should be allowed to check out that many items at a time.

In summary, I’ve come up with what I boldly dub “The Five Steps to Have a Successful Experience at the Fine Arts Library”: Step 1: Be a music and/or fine arts major with aboveaverage knowledge in your field.

Step 2: Be willing to handle books that are decades old and smell of mildew.

Step 3: Hope you don’t need an employee, as they are hard to identify.

Step 4: Have ample time to dig through many indexes or tables of contents to find what you need.

Step 5: Hope another student hasn’t already checked out what you need in their 150 item selection.

Here’s what action I think should be taken: • The Fine Arts Library should be better advertised to OU’s student body — at least, to those who are not Fine Arts majors.

• Sections within the library should be categorized in a way that non-music majors and beginners would be able to easily understand. There also should be signs around the books that clearly distinguish what instrument they are for.

• There should be subsections of music for each instrument containing only sheet music for the beginner and intermediate skill levels.

• In order to become a better and more popular resource for students, the library should obtain the following: single song sheet music, new and popular song sheet music and more music for newer instruments young people play rather than only classical instruments.

I realize such endeavors require money, but I believe there are ways to raise these funds and that our student body, myself included, would be willing to help.

Ethan Guinn, business senior

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Senior shortstop Caleb Bushyhead flings the ball to first base for the Sooners’ first out of the game Tuesday evening. Oklahoma knocked off the ninth-ranked Arkansas Razorbacks, 4-0, on Tuesday to bring its overall record to 19-14 this season.

UP NEXT vs. Missouri Game 1: 2 p.m. today Game 2: 6:30 p.m. today Game 3: 6:30 p.m. Saturday

contests.

The series’ first game is scheduled for a 2 p.m. first pitch Friday, and sophomore Dillon Overton is the projected starter.

At the plate, the Sooners shrugged off their recent struggles on offense against Arkansas, and much of the credit for sparking the offense can be attributed to junior outfielder Max White.

As the heart of OU’s order has been shuffled more times than an iPod playlist, White has been one of the few mainstays in the lineup and relied upon as a staple of consistency, which he credits to a few changes he’s recently made to his swing. “I’m more on my legs,�

White said. “I’m more upright ; I’m not dipping for balls, diving for balls. I knew that’s what I needed to do to become a better hitter, so it was just transferring it to the game from practice and in the cages.�

With the recent recession of freshman first baseman Hunter Lockwood’s offensive production, White’s

importance has become apparent, now more than ever.

White leads the Sooners with a .323 batting average and 40 hits, and he was responsible for driving in half of Oklahoma’s runs against Arkansas, thanks to a pair of RBI doubles.

T h e s e r i e s’ f i n a l t w o games are slated for 6:30 p.m. Friday and 6:30 p.m.

Saturday.

Sophomore right hander Jonathan Gray is slated to get the start in the second game of Friday’s doubleheader.

Coach Sunny Golloway has yet to announce a starter for Saturday’s final series game.

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Senior put on Bowerman watch list

Less than five months after suffering a torn ACL, receiver Ryan Broyles hit the field of Everest Training Center to show NFL scouts from 12 teams what he can do Thursday.

Broyles recorded a 4.57 in the 40-yard dash and a vertical leap of 32.5 inches before running routes. He said he expects his numbers to improve as he continues to recover. “They don’t expect me to be full speed,�

Broyles said. “I don’t expect the same. Me being competitive, I wish it was in the 4.3 range.�

After posting an American-leading throw of 194 feet, 11 inches at Arizona State’s Sun Angel Classic last weekend, OU senior Brittany Borman vaulted up the national rankings.

The record-setting throw came on Borman’s first attempt of the year.

Borman is one of two Sooners now on the list after senior Tia Brooks was added earlier this year for her performance in the shot put.

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Sooners No. 1 in Big 12 after victory over Bedlam rival OSU

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Potentially violent weather forecasts, including the threat of tornadoes, rearranged OU baseball’s weekend series schedule for the last time Missouri visits Norman as a conference foe.

The S o oners’ Sunday matchup against the Tigers was moved up, so now the teams will play a Friday doubleheader with the final game Saturday.

After a 4-0 blanking of No. 9 Arkansas on Tuesday night, Oklahoma will look to continue its momentum against Missouri this weekend.

This will be the final iteration of the series in Big 12 play, as the SEC-bound Tigers will be departing from the Big 12 at season’s end.

Next season will be the first time in 83 years the Tigers and Sooners won’t clash as conference foes.

Missouri and Oklahoma hav e b e e n i n t h e s a m e athletic conference since 1920, when OU joined t h e M i s s o u r i Va l l e y Intercollegiate Athletic Association — which later became the Big Six , Big Seven and Big Eight before the current iteration, Big 12.

The Tigers lay claim to a 10-game winning streak from earlier this season and a 4-6 record in conference play, including a 4-3 road win against No. 3 Texas A&M — just the second Aggies loss in their last 14

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Oklahoma softball (33-5) is rolling through the Big 12 stint this season, but in order to protect the team’s current No. 1 standing in the conference, the Sooners have to come up with some quality wins against Texas A&M (28-11) this weekend in College Station.

With the series opener set to begin at 7 p.m. today, this weekend’s results could have pivotal implications in the Big 12 standings as the team’s near the end of the conference schedule. OU has the best overall conference record at 9-2 as the Big 12’s No. 1 team, but the No. 17 Aggies — who are 8-3 in Big 12 action and third in the conference rankings — could chip away at the Sooners’ lead during this weekend’s series.

The Sooners are coming off an 11-1 win over Bedlam rival Oklahoma State on Wednesday night in Stillwater.

OU’s offense went yard four times during the contest, including consecutive homers by sophomore infielder Javen Henson to earn the series win against the Key Opponent Cowgirls.

Mel Dumezich OU continues to prove why it is one of the most Year: dominant offenses in the Junior country, posting 61 total Position: home runs during the past Pitcher 38 contests.

Hometown: Freshman infielder Whiting, Ind. L a u re n C h a m b e r l a i n Season stats: leads the team with 19 Leads the bombs and 53 RBIs while Big 12 with 20 wins already junior slugging catcher this season Jessica Shults leads the team with a commanding .417 batting average. Shults collected her 10th homer of the season against the Cowgirls to move her career home run number to 44, just 12 behind the OU and Big 12’s alltime home run leader Amber Flores (2007-10).

The OU pitching staff also continued to flex its muscle in the win, combining to allow just one hit, one unearned run and 10 strikeouts during the five inning game. The victory extended the Sooners’ grasp over the in-state rival, swinging the previously deadlocked series into OU’s direction at 72-70 all-time.

A&M has won four of its last five games — including a series clinching win over Iowa State Saturday and a 3-0 win over Baylor on Tuesday night. The Aggies have played most of their Big 12 schedule up to this point on the road, coming away with a 5-2 record in games played away from the Aggie Softball complex.

OU will look to become only the second team this year to force a loss on A&M’s home turf with the last loss coming on March 24 against Missouri.

Junior pitcher Mel Dumezich continues to lead the Aggies in the circle, posting a 20-8 record with a 1.84 ERA and 220 strikeouts in 186 innings this season. The junior has allowed just 10 home runs all year and has held opposing offenses to a .181 batting average. Dumezich also carries a big stick up to the plate, leading the team in homers (9) and RBIs (31) this season.

Only four members of the Aggie line-up are hitting over the .300 mark this season, lead by sophomore infielder Emily Albus who has a .388 batting average.

The Aggies are the last ranked foe that the Sooners will face on the road before finishing up the regular season with trips to non-conference opponent Central Arkansas and the Big 12’s last place team, Iowa State.

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Left: French fries (front), Tartiflette (left), mashed potatoes (back) and seasoned wedges (right) are all simple dishes made from a simple base item — potatoes. Though made with the same starting items, each dish has a different flavor, and all take less than an hour to prepare.

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magine a world without French fries, without chips and without vodka. I don’t know if you can, but I don’t even want to think about it. And fortunately, I don’t have to, because potatoes are readily available.

Potatoes are a great source of food, both easy to cook and really cheap. They are naturally fat-free, and a single potato contains 2 grams of fiber.

You may think potatoes are not a go-to food for students, but once you know what to make with them, they can provide you with quick and delicious meals or snacks.

Take the Tartiflette for example.

This French dish from the mountain areas is one of the most popular and comforting French foods — seriously, Google it. It’s like Christmas in a dish.

The main ingredients for Tartiflette, you may have guessed, is potatoes.

Here’s what you need: • 6 to 8 potatoes • cheese (of your choice) • bacon • 2 onions • sour cream In France, people typically use a very strong cheese called Reblochon, but that may be difficult to find here. Although it won’t be as flavorful, you can use a more common cheese of your choice.

If you ever have the time and a few extra bucks, I highly recommend you try and get your hands on a nice cheese.

The flavor of a nice cheese really adds to the dish.

First, preheat the oven at 350 degrees.

Take the potatoes, peel them, cut them in thick slices and then boil them.

Keep your eye on them, though, so you don’t boil them all the way. You want them still to be a little hard.

In a pan, cook six slices of bacon. Once you’ve cooked them, set them aside, but keep the grease in the pan.

Then chop up the onions, place them in the pan and slowly brown them in the bacon grease.

While you wait for the onions to brown, you can cut the bacon in bits. Then put the bits back in the pan once the onions are done.

Below: French exchange student CoCo Curtois pours a bacon, onion and sour cream mixture for Tartiflette over a layer of mashed potatoes Thursday.

Tartiflette is just one of many recipes containing potatoes.

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Now you can add some sour cream to the pan to give a cream base to the mixture. You can add as much or as little as you like depending on your taste for sour cream.

So add it and let it melt with the heat, then stir it to mix well.

If you’re feeling a little more imaginative, try some honey instead of the sour cream for a sweeter, softer flavor. For a spicier flavor, add some curry. Or throw some mushrooms into the pan, let them cook a bit and then add half a glass of white wine.

In a big dish, layer the bottom with potatoes, then add a layer of bacon and onions mixture on top of that, followed by a last layer of potatoes.

Generously cover with all the cheese you want and put in the oven for 30 minutes.

When they’re finished, serve it nice and hot. I suggest savoring with a glass of dry, white wine.

Potatoes are perfect as a side dish too, and they aren’t found only at a restaurant or in a bag in the frozen section of the grocery store. You can make them easily yourself.

Mashed potatoes, for example, are a simple, healthful and heart-warming addition to any dinner.

They’re surprisingly easy to make.

Just take two or three potatoes per person, peel them, put them in a saucepan. Bring the water to a boil then reduce heat and let it simmer about 15 to 20 minutes, or until done

— when a fork can easily be poked through them.

Then just throw them in a salad bowl, and mash with a fork or a mixer.

Simply add as much butter, sour cream and cheese as you want, followed by a pinch of salt, and you’re ready to eat.

Want something a bit more crunchy? Go for some seasoned, baked wedges.

Preheat the oven to 400 degrees. Cut each potato in eight slices without peeling them, and put them on a baking sheet or in a shallow baking pan.

Add a trickle of olive oil and sprinkle a mix of your favorite spices — garlic salt, onion powder, paprika, pepper, the options are endless.

Place the pan in the oven and bake for 30 to 40 minutes, or until the wedges are crispy enough for your taste.

Don’t forget to turn them over half way through.

Homemade wedges are a much tastier, more healthful and cheaper version of their fast-food counterparts.

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Life&Arts

• Friday, April 13, 2012

Shows, events and more

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Oklahoma Weekender Read more at OUDaily.com

art circuit

The Norman Art Council’s 2nd Friday Circuit of Art is tonight at 6:30 at the Fred Jones Jr. Museum of Art. It includes live music, films and art demonstrations.

It is a really neat Norman event and delicious tacos also will be available from Big Truck Tacos. Take advantage of having Big Truck in Norman and not having to drive to OKC to get some of the best tacos around.

— Rachel Cervenka

“the creation”

Go to the schools of Dance and Music’s performance of Joseph Haydn’s “The Creation” at 8 p.m. Saturday night or 3 p.m. Sunday. Tickets are available at the Fine Arts Box Office.

— Erin Roberts

eve of nations

Go to the 42nd annual Eve of Nations at 7 p.m. at Lloyd Noble Center. The Eve of Nations is an international fashion show, cultural dance competition, and also the international dinner. Tickets are $20 at the door and includes a provided dinner.

— Maya Sykes

“blue like jazz”

See new indie film “Blue Like Jazz.” It’s about a young boy who leaves his Texas upbringing and junior college for a little life experience. It’s showing at the Cinemark Tinseltown in OKC, but it looks like it’s worth it.

— Nick Williams

LIVE MUSIC

Country artist to take tunes to festival Parker Millsap will join 39 Oklahoma musicians tonight

GO AND DO Gypsy Café WHEN: 7 tonight

LINDSEY RUTA

Life & Arts Editor

WHERE: Stillwater

A local musician will perform with other Oklahoma artists in a red-dirt music festival tonight in Stillwater.

Parker Millsap, 19, is one of 39 artists set to participate in the second annual Gypsy Café — a music festival that celebrates Oklahoma’s musical roots.

Artists will perform at various venues on or near Stillwater’s strip and the proceeds will be donated to the Red Dirt Relief Fund, according to the press release.

A unique element of the music festival is that the musicians will perform with other artists — most of whom they have never played with or even met, Millsap said.

“It’s really an interesting way to do it,” Millsap said.

“Usually when I play a show, I show up with my bassist and we set up and play, but this is a really community oriented thing they’re doing.

The guy I’m playing with tonight, I’ve never met before. They bring all these musicians from all over the state together and just kind of say, ‘Have a go at it,’ so it’s interesting.”

Millsap, a Purcell native who performs regularly in Norman at The Deli, said despite his young age, he is currently a full-time musician.

“At first, it was kind of a struggle to decide,” Millsap said. “I had good grades, I could have gone to college, but there was nothing I wanted to do that required a

PRICE: $30 at the event, $25 with a student ID INFO: 918-407-4599

Parker Millsap with Travis Kidd WHEN: 7 tonight WHERE: Eskimo Joe’s, 501 West Elm Ave., in Stillwater INFO: 405-372-8896

“This will be the first time I’ve ever played with this guy, so it’ll be unrehearsed and kind of off the cuff, which usually turns out some interesting results.”

Parker Millsap, Local Country artist

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Parker Millsap, 19, is a full-time musician who will perform alongside other Oklahoma artists at the Gypsy Café red-dirt music festival in Stillwater tonight. The Purcell native has been playing the guitar since he was 9 years old. He got his start playing music for his church and credits his musical roots as gospel.

degree. So I just started playing as much as possible and it’s working out so far.”

This is not his first year to participate in the Gypsy Café, he said. Millsap got involved with the festival last year through a songwriters association he is involved with near Stillwater, he said.

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“I started going regularly, and I met John Cooper, who is the mandolin player and one of the lead vocalists for the Red Dirt Rangers,” Millsap said. “We kept in touch and he kind of heads up the whole Gypsy Café thing, so he got me on the bill.”

Millsap said performing at Gypsy Café is different than any other kind of show he has played. “ This will be the first time I’ve ever played with this guy, so it’ll be unrehearsed and kind of off the cuff, which usually turns out some interesting results,”

Millsap laughed.

After tonight’s performance in Stillwater, Millsap will prepare for his upcoming album-release show.

“Technically it’s my third CD to put out, but this is like the first real record,” he said.

“The other ones were kind of...earlier, less mature versions of myself.”

The album-release show is 7 p.m. Tuesday at The Deli. Samantha Craine and John Calvin will be opening for him.

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