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Norman firefighters work to remove a tree that crushed a car Friday on West Daws Street. Parts of downtown Norman suffered tornado damage, including downed power lines, trees and some structural damage.

After the storm

Big Eventually

Severe weather delays service day one week Officials working to reorganize efforts

AT A GLANCE schedule change

sTaFF rePorTs

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WHEN: 9 a.m. Saturday

Students unable to attend the rescheduled Big Event this coming Saturday should contact the coordinators so event leaders can efficiently reorganize volunteer efforts, an event official said.

S e v e re w e at h e r f o re casts prompted Big Event organizers to postpone Saturday’s event one week, and officials are in the process of contacting the job sites to determine if student volunteers still can help this weekend, said Jeff Moseley, Big Event’s job site relations vice chairman.

“We are currently in the process of ... rescheduling

WHERE: Meet at North Oval CAN’T GO? Email organizers at bigevent@ou.edu with your OU ID to let them know

re s e r v a t i o n s a n d m a king sure that our volunteers know about the date change,” Moseley said.

The decision to delay the event was announced on the Big Event’s Facebook page Friday night, but Moseley said organizers were in communication with the National Weather Center

Students share tales of twister survival mOrE iNsiDE

One was at her house, one was on the road when Friday’s tornado landed Laney eLLisor Campus Editor

Oklahoma native Lauren Reinke was never afraid of storms until Friday’s tornado blew past her house on 24th and Brooks streets, uprooting a tree and depositing it on her roof.

Reinke, political science senior, was home alone Friday when her mom called to tell her to expect hail. By the time she could turn on the TV to check the weather, her mom was screaming for her to get in a bathtub.

Reinke grabbed her two dogs — leaving her cat — along with a pillow and blanket and got in the tub. By then, the house was shaking and the power was out.

Reinke heard things banging against the house and it felt like her ears needed to pop, she said. She stayed on the phone with her mom while the tornado passed her house, screaming the entire eVin morrison/tHe daiLy time.

Lauren Reinke, political science senior, stands on fragments of her “When [the house] started shaking, fence, damaged during Friday’s tornado.

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with her dog, Isabelle, while the tornado passed through her neighborhood on Douglas Drive, tearing the roof off an apartment complex across the street.

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The 42nd Eve of Nations event featured 27 student organizations taking the stage to entertain 1,250 attendees Friday at Lloyd Noble Center.

Monday, April 16, 2012 •

Tornado Coverage

Student experience

Storms only result in minor damage to trees, official says

Storms provide firsthand job opportunity for some students

Campus damage limited

CHRIS MILLER

Assistant Campus Reporter

Today around campus Fly a kite as part of Student Congress Green Week 2012 from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. on the South Oval.

A seminar about improving test-taking strategies will be held at 2 p.m. at Adams Center’s Muldrow Tower, Room 105.

The OU School of Music will present Ralph Vaughan Williams’ opera “Riders to the Sea� at 8 p.m. at Reynolds Performing Arts Center. Admission is free.

A screening of the film “Fresh!� will take place at 8:30 p.m. on the Union Lawn as part of Green Week 2012. Free Chipotle burritos will be served.

Tuesday, April 17 A multimedia presentation of Disney RE-mixes by art professor Bob Dohrman will take place at 3:30 p.m. in the Fred Jones Jr. Museum of Art’s Mary Eddy and Fred Jones Auditorium.

A screening of the movie “Fern Gully: The Last Rainforest� will take place at 8:30 p.m. on the Union Lawn as part of Green Week 2012.

Wednesday, April 18 The softball team will play North Texas at 6 p.m. at Marita Hynes Field.

Thursday, April 19 The men’s gymnastics team will compete in the NCAA championship qualifier all day at Lloyd Noble Center.

Friday, April 20 The baseball team will play Alabama State at 6:30 p.m. at L. Dale Mitchell Park.

The softball team will play Missouri at 7 p.m. at Marita Hynes Field.

The men’s gymnastics team will compete in the NCAA finals at 7 p.m. at Lloyd Noble Center.

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

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Trees and downed power lines block the road near the intersection of Flood and Kansas streets on Friday. Friday’s tornado damaged homes and cars, and left as many as 4,000 customers without power, according to city officials.

storm: Near-miss experience

Saturday’s warm weather helps avoid more tornadoes

Continued from page 1 to fall on top of me,� Reinke said. “I thought, ‘This is it. This is the end.’�

Afterward, Reinke surveyed the damages, discovering her neighbor’s tree on her roof and part of a nearby apartment complex’s roof in her yard. Reinke’s fence fell, along with one of the pillars supporting the front porch, which she thinks caused the house to shake, she said.

Because the house lost power, Reinke had no access to the news Saturday when more severe weather was expected, she said. She asked her mom to call again if conditions got bad, but it was lightning that woke her at 4 a.m.

Sunday, keeping her up for fear of a second tornado. “I’ve never been afraid of storms before,� Reinke said. “I’ve lived in Oklahoma my whole life, and storms are just a part of that. “Now I have this whole new appreciation for storms. They’re not fun anymore.�

Even Reinke’s dog Isabelle, a small miniature schnauzer-Yorkshire terrier mix, still harbors fears of the storm. She hasn’t left Reinke’s lap since the tornado hit, Reinke said.

In addition to cleaning debris, Reinke has homework to catch up on, including two papers. “I was supposed to get a lot more work done this weekend than I did,�

Reinke said. “[The tornado] was a little bit of a disruption.�

Nate Weaver, political science senior, also found himself on 24th Street when Friday’s tornado arrived.

Weaver dropped off his fiancĂŠe at work and was stuck in traffic at the corner of 24th and Lindsey streets when the wind picked up speed, making a horrendous moaning sound and rocking

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An Oklahoma Natural Gas employee surveys an area near Flood and Kansas streets where fallen trees and power lines closed the road on Friday. Although the campus wasn’t hit, parts of downtown Norman suffered tornado damage including downed power lines, trees and some structural damage.

his car back and forth.

Weaver watched a wooden power pole snap — making a loud crack sound — and fall toward his car. The pole caught on a line and stopped, hanging a mere four feet above Weaver’s hood. “If it wouldn’t have caught on the line, it would’ve smashed the engine,�

Weaver said. “I wouldn’t have a car right now.�

Weaver, who recently spent money fixing up his car, was more worried about not having a vehicle again than his personal safety. “I was freaking out,� he said.

Weaver sped through the last few blocks to get home and hid in a closet after cleaning it out.

He never even saw the tornado.

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Shortly before 4 p.m. Friday, Cheryl Sharpe watched the radar as a hail storm became a tornado.

As a forecaster with the National Weather Service in Norman, Sharpe knew exactly what to look for. “I noticed that [the storm] had developed a hook,� she said. “What had been favorable for hail became a tornado, but storms do that.�

Friday’s tornado that touched down at Interstate 35 near West Lindsey Street was the biproduct of changing wind-flow patterns in an environment suitable to violent storms, she said. After touchdown, what followed was a flurry of activity, Sharpe said. “We saw the funnel show up on one of the TV stations, and we always have a radio on, and we get phone calls from emergency managers and residents,� Sharpe said. “We have a fair amount of information.�

The forecast for Saturday had initially called for violent weather as well, but an accumulation of midatmospheric warm air helped to avert further tornadoes, she said. “Cooler temperatures in the midatmosphere are generally more unstable,� Sharpe said.

A forecast calling for violent weather in back-to-back days is not uncommon in the U.S. central plains because of the rate storms move, Sharpe said. “Usually, the storms come at us fast enough, some of these things we can’t see 24 hours in advance, or we have to see them in hindsight,� she said.

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Construction workers clear debris from the intersection at Brooks Street and 24th Avenue SW on Saturday.

reports of injuries.

The National Weather Service says the storm hit about 9:20 a.m. Sunday near Eldon in Cherokee County.

A sheriff ’s dispatcher says no injuries were reported, but two mobile homes “are gone.�

Tree damage also was reported about 6 miles east of Tahle quah and near Oklahoma Highway 51, where authorities say a barn and a shed also were damaged.

Tornadoes are incredibly unpredictable weather phenomena, and Ellis was glad no Norman residents lost their lives to the storms over the weekend, he said. “I wound up very close to where the tornado touched down in downtown,� Ellis said. “Everyone was fortuRicardo Patino/The Daily nate we didn’t lose any lives Norman resident Don Gallion cleans debris from his car on Saturday in Norman.�

after the vehicle was crushed by a tree during Friday’s tornado. Gallion

The Associated Press con- said he spent Saturday morning cutting through the tree, and freed his car several hours later. tributed to this report.

For some OU students, the weekend’s storms provided an opportunity to gain professional experience.

Natalie Daab, meteorology senior, was on call Friday to cover the severe weather as part of her Mobile Journalism course, a Gaylord College of Journalism and Mass Communication class designed to empower students to report on-the-go using their smartphones.

Once submitted, students’ content is published on the OU StormCrowd website, a collaboration between Gaylord College, Weather Decision Technologies and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s National Weather Service.

Friday’s tornado was the first opportunity for practicum students to report on severe weather, Daab said.

Before that, they had reported on heavy rain events only.

Daab and her partner went to Oklahoma City on Friday to chase the storms, but some of their Mobile Journalism equipment, such as their radar, was not working, she said.

Daab then returned to Norman to report on the damage done by the tornado, she said. She focused on covering municipal areas to avoid, such as where power lines were down.

Daab, who is minoring in broadcast journalism, said she was both excited and nervous to be on call Friday.

Her meteorology background was beneficial because she knew to expect hail and strong winds in advance.

Mobile Journalism student Olivia Kintigh was not on call this weekend. Instead, she spent time from 3 to 9 p.m. Saturday working for KOCO Channel 5.

Kintigh, meteorology junior and broadcast journalism minor, worked behind the scenes for Chief Meteorologist Rick Mitchell, she said. She helped the First Alert Storm Team in any way she could, including looking at the radar and tweeting breaking news.

Saturday was Kintigh’s first time working in the Channel 5 station, she said. She was nervous at first because of the weather situation, but she got into the swing of things after the first hour or two, she said.

After Saturday, Kintigh was 100-percent certain meteorology is the right career for her, she said.

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EVENT: Prepared lunches donated Continued from page 1 throughout the week. “The weather was definitely on our minds, and we were planning all along for the potential of a postponement,� Moseley said.

Lunches for event

volunteers were already made, so OU Housing and Food Services officials donated the food to the American Red Cross for its tornado-relief efforts, Moseley said.

Big Event is a large-scale community service project held by OU and about 60 other universities each year,

according to the event’s website.

This year, more than 5,700 volunteers signed up to participate by working at more than 150 job sites throughout Norman and the Oklahoma City metro.

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A few broken tree limbs on OU’s Norman campus are all that remain after a weekend featuring severe storms in the area, a university administrator said Sunday.

No campus buildings sustained structural dama g e , t h o u g h Fa c i l i t i e s Management and Landscape and Grounds Department crews were on call to respond if things had gone differently, Facilities Management director Brian Ellis said. “We got really lucky,� Ellis said. “With a tornado, an inch is as good as a mile, and fortunately all the storms tracked north.�

Despite the bouts of heavy wind and rain on campus throughout the weekend, no emergency crews were needed to respond to unforeseen damage, Ellis said. “As far as on campus, it was pretty much business as usual this weekend,� Ellis said.

The storm system that produced tornadoes in Oklahoma moved into the central plains on Sunday and remains a threat to produce another round of tornadoes across the nation’s midsection.

Bill Bunting, chief of operations at the National Weather Service’s Storm Prediction Center, said the system was centered over Nebraska.

Bunting said there have been 121 reports of tornadoes spawned by the system, but that number isn’t confirmed.

Authorities say a possible tornado destroyed two mobile homes, numerous trees and some outbuildings Sunday in eastern Oklahoma, but there were no immediate

A mangled picnic table sits among the debris from fallen trees in Andrews Park on Saturday. The park was one of the areas hit by Friday’s tornado.

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

The 42nd Eve of Nations event featured 27 student organizations taking the stage to entertain 1,250 attendees Friday at Lloyd Noble Center.

Monday, April 16, 2012 •

Tornado Coverage

Student experience

Storms only result in minor damage to trees, official says

Storms provide firsthand job opportunity for some students

Campus damage limited

CHRIS MILLER

Assistant Campus Reporter

Today around campus Fly a kite as part of Student Congress Green Week 2012 from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. on the South Oval.

A seminar about improving test-taking strategies will be held at 2 p.m. at Adams Center’s Muldrow Tower, Room 105.

The OU School of Music will present Ralph Vaughan Williams’ opera “Riders to the Sea� at 8 p.m. at Reynolds Performing Arts Center. Admission is free.

A screening of the film “Fresh!� will take place at 8:30 p.m. on the Union Lawn as part of Green Week 2012. Free Chipotle burritos will be served.

Tuesday, April 17 A multimedia presentation of Disney RE-mixes by art professor Bob Dohrman will take place at 3:30 p.m. in the Fred Jones Jr. Museum of Art’s Mary Eddy and Fred Jones Auditorium.

A screening of the movie “Fern Gully: The Last Rainforest� will take place at 8:30 p.m. on the Union Lawn as part of Green Week 2012.

Wednesday, April 18 The softball team will play North Texas at 6 p.m. at Marita Hynes Field.

Thursday, April 19 The men’s gymnastics team will compete in the NCAA championship qualifier all day at Lloyd Noble Center.

Friday, April 20 The baseball team will play Alabama State at 6:30 p.m. at L. Dale Mitchell Park.

The softball team will play Missouri at 7 p.m. at Marita Hynes Field.

The men’s gymnastics team will compete in the NCAA finals at 7 p.m. at Lloyd Noble Center.

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

Kingsley Burns/The Daily

Trees and downed power lines block the road near the intersection of Flood and Kansas streets on Friday. Friday’s tornado damaged homes and cars, and left as many as 4,000 customers without power, according to city officials.

storm: Near-miss experience

Saturday’s warm weather helps avoid more tornadoes

Continued from page 1 to fall on top of me,� Reinke said. “I thought, ‘This is it. This is the end.’�

Afterward, Reinke surveyed the damages, discovering her neighbor’s tree on her roof and part of a nearby apartment complex’s roof in her yard. Reinke’s fence fell, along with one of the pillars supporting the front porch, which she thinks caused the house to shake, she said.

Because the house lost power, Reinke had no access to the news Saturday when more severe weather was expected, she said. She asked her mom to call again if conditions got bad, but it was lightning that woke her at 4 a.m.

Sunday, keeping her up for fear of a second tornado. “I’ve never been afraid of storms before,� Reinke said. “I’ve lived in Oklahoma my whole life, and storms are just a part of that. “Now I have this whole new appreciation for storms. They’re not fun anymore.�

Even Reinke’s dog Isabelle, a small miniature schnauzer-Yorkshire terrier mix, still harbors fears of the storm. She hasn’t left Reinke’s lap since the tornado hit, Reinke said.

In addition to cleaning debris, Reinke has homework to catch up on, including two papers. “I was supposed to get a lot more work done this weekend than I did,�

Reinke said. “[The tornado] was a little bit of a disruption.�

Nate Weaver, political science senior, also found himself on 24th Street when Friday’s tornado arrived.

Weaver dropped off his fiancĂŠe at work and was stuck in traffic at the corner of 24th and Lindsey streets when the wind picked up speed, making a horrendous moaning sound and rocking

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Be

An Oklahoma Natural Gas employee surveys an area near Flood and Kansas streets where fallen trees and power lines closed the road on Friday. Although the campus wasn’t hit, parts of downtown Norman suffered tornado damage including downed power lines, trees and some structural damage.

his car back and forth.

Weaver watched a wooden power pole snap — making a loud crack sound — and fall toward his car. The pole caught on a line and stopped, hanging a mere four feet above Weaver’s hood. “If it wouldn’t have caught on the line, it would’ve smashed the engine,�

Weaver said. “I wouldn’t have a car right now.�

Weaver, who recently spent money fixing up his car, was more worried about not having a vehicle again than his personal safety. “I was freaking out,� he said.

Weaver sped through the last few blocks to get home and hid in a closet after cleaning it out.

He never even saw the tornado.

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Shortly before 4 p.m. Friday, Cheryl Sharpe watched the radar as a hail storm became a tornado.

As a forecaster with the National Weather Service in Norman, Sharpe knew exactly what to look for. “I noticed that [the storm] had developed a hook,� she said. “What had been favorable for hail became a tornado, but storms do that.�

Friday’s tornado that touched down at Interstate 35 near West Lindsey Street was the biproduct of changing wind-flow patterns in an environment suitable to violent storms, she said. After touchdown, what followed was a flurry of activity, Sharpe said. “We saw the funnel show up on one of the TV stations, and we always have a radio on, and we get phone calls from emergency managers and residents,� Sharpe said. “We have a fair amount of information.�

The forecast for Saturday had initially called for violent weather as well, but an accumulation of midatmospheric warm air helped to avert further tornadoes, she said. “Cooler temperatures in the midatmosphere are generally more unstable,� Sharpe said.

A forecast calling for violent weather in back-to-back days is not uncommon in the U.S. central plains because of the rate storms move, Sharpe said. “Usually, the storms come at us fast enough, some of these things we can’t see 24 hours in advance, or we have to see them in hindsight,� she said.

Chris Miller, Assistant Campus Editor

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Construction workers clear debris from the intersection at Brooks Street and 24th Avenue SW on Saturday.

reports of injuries.

The National Weather Service says the storm hit about 9:20 a.m. Sunday near Eldon in Cherokee County.

A sheriff ’s dispatcher says no injuries were reported, but two mobile homes “are gone.�

Tree damage also was reported about 6 miles east of Tahle quah and near Oklahoma Highway 51, where authorities say a barn and a shed also were damaged.

Tornadoes are incredibly unpredictable weather phenomena, and Ellis was glad no Norman residents lost their lives to the storms over the weekend, he said. “I wound up very close to where the tornado touched down in downtown,� Ellis said. “Everyone was fortuRicardo Patino/The Daily nate we didn’t lose any lives Norman resident Don Gallion cleans debris from his car on Saturday in Norman.�

after the vehicle was crushed by a tree during Friday’s tornado. Gallion

The Associated Press con- said he spent Saturday morning cutting through the tree, and freed his car several hours later. tributed to this report.

For some OU students, the weekend’s storms provided an opportunity to gain professional experience.

Natalie Daab, meteorology senior, was on call Friday to cover the severe weather as part of her Mobile Journalism course, a Gaylord College of Journalism and Mass Communication class designed to empower students to report on-the-go using their smartphones.

Once submitted, students’ content is published on the OU StormCrowd website, a collaboration between Gaylord College, Weather Decision Technologies and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s National Weather Service.

Friday’s tornado was the first opportunity for practicum students to report on severe weather, Daab said.

Before that, they had reported on heavy rain events only.

Daab and her partner went to Oklahoma City on Friday to chase the storms, but some of their Mobile Journalism equipment, such as their radar, was not working, she said.

Daab then returned to Norman to report on the damage done by the tornado, she said. She focused on covering municipal areas to avoid, such as where power lines were down.

Daab, who is minoring in broadcast journalism, said she was both excited and nervous to be on call Friday.

Her meteorology background was beneficial because she knew to expect hail and strong winds in advance.

Mobile Journalism student Olivia Kintigh was not on call this weekend. Instead, she spent time from 3 to 9 p.m. Saturday working for KOCO Channel 5.

Kintigh, meteorology junior and broadcast journalism minor, worked behind the scenes for Chief Meteorologist Rick Mitchell, she said. She helped the First Alert Storm Team in any way she could, including looking at the radar and tweeting breaking news.

Saturday was Kintigh’s first time working in the Channel 5 station, she said. She was nervous at first because of the weather situation, but she got into the swing of things after the first hour or two, she said.

After Saturday, Kintigh was 100-percent certain meteorology is the right career for her, she said.

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EVENT: Prepared lunches donated Continued from page 1 throughout the week. “The weather was definitely on our minds, and we were planning all along for the potential of a postponement,� Moseley said.

Lunches for event

volunteers were already made, so OU Housing and Food Services officials donated the food to the American Red Cross for its tornado-relief efforts, Moseley said.

Big Event is a large-scale community service project held by OU and about 60 other universities each year,

according to the event’s website.

This year, more than 5,700 volunteers signed up to participate by working at more than 150 job sites throughout Norman and the Oklahoma City metro.

Tim French, Campus Reporter

Make a commitment to quit smoking or using tobacco forever by enrolling in a free class based on the QuitSmart program.

Open to all OU students, faculty and staff.

The class is designed to help smokers and tobacco users break the addiction while making healthy, long-term lifestyle changes.

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A few broken tree limbs on OU’s Norman campus are all that remain after a weekend featuring severe storms in the area, a university administrator said Sunday.

No campus buildings sustained structural dama g e , t h o u g h Fa c i l i t i e s Management and Landscape and Grounds Department crews were on call to respond if things had gone differently, Facilities Management director Brian Ellis said. “We got really lucky,� Ellis said. “With a tornado, an inch is as good as a mile, and fortunately all the storms tracked north.�

Despite the bouts of heavy wind and rain on campus throughout the weekend, no emergency crews were needed to respond to unforeseen damage, Ellis said. “As far as on campus, it was pretty much business as usual this weekend,� Ellis said.

The storm system that produced tornadoes in Oklahoma moved into the central plains on Sunday and remains a threat to produce another round of tornadoes across the nation’s midsection.

Bill Bunting, chief of operations at the National Weather Service’s Storm Prediction Center, said the system was centered over Nebraska.

Bunting said there have been 121 reports of tornadoes spawned by the system, but that number isn’t confirmed.

Authorities say a possible tornado destroyed two mobile homes, numerous trees and some outbuildings Sunday in eastern Oklahoma, but there were no immediate

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How to have healthy, positive sex Our View: Preventing sexual violence means teaching people what healthy sexuality looks like, not just what behaviors to avoid.

assume that when drugs or alcohol are involved, consent cannot be given.

• Prior consent from your partner for a sexual activity does not imply current consent.

April is sexual assault awareness month, and the • Consent for one activity does not imply consent 2012 campaign is devoted to an important but often for any other activity. Be specific, and check with you ignored topic in the nation’s sexual assault dispartner. course: healthy sexuality.

• Consent is more than just a simple “yes” Sexual violence prevention needs to go or “no,” it is a conversation about your and The Our View beyond “no means no.” This is obviously an your partner’s needs, desires and comfort is the majority important message, but it is only a negative opinion of levels.

The Daily’s picture of what healthy sexuality is not. In • It can be fun. Conversations about denine-member order to truly fight sexual violence, it is imsires and comfort levels increase intimacy editorial board portant to cultivate and share a picture of and can help you create a healthy, satisfying what healthy sexuality is. sex life.

The sexual assault awareness month campaign defines healthy sexuality as “having the knowledge Another important factor in healthy sexuality is and power to express sexuality in ways that enrich the impact of gender norms — the “rules” or expecone’s life,” which includes “approaching sexual intations about how each gender is expected to look, teractions and relationships from a perspective that act and be perceived. is consensual, respectful and informed.”

These norms affect people’s body image, their This includes accurate knowledge about sex and views of sex and what kind of sexual behavior is acsafe sex practices, a positive and open view of sex ceptable, and the ways in which people are taught to and its role in one’s life, and many other issues. communicate.

Healthy sexuality is an outlook that spans emotional, These strict norms are dangerous for a variety of social, cultural and physical concerns. It is expressed reasons, but they are especially harmful in the ways through one’s values, attitudes, emotions, actions they contribute to sexual assault. and interactions.

For example, women are taught to be more pasA society that values healthy sexuality will ensive communicators, which can lead some women courage healthy, satisfying sexual behaviors and to hesitate to express discomfort. Men are taught to decrease sexual violence. A strong conception of be aggressive in their pursuits, especially in the sexhealthy sexuality also will help people identify and ual arena, where women are expected to be the ones fight sexual abuse in their own and others’ lives. And setting boundaries. This ignores the importance of it will fight unhealthy gender roles that contribute open and honest communication from both sides. to sexual assault and correct unhealthy messages There is much more to be explored in this definiabout sexuality in the media. tion of healthy sexuality. The quest to properly and One fundamental factor in healthy sexuality is the fully define this important concept will require the importance of consent. In the context of sexuality, input of many people across society. It will require consent is an explicit and enthusiastic affirmation an open and honest conversation about the role of that your partner wishes to engage in the same sexu- sexuality in our lives. al activity you do. It is important to know: It is time you joined that conversation. Start talking about these issues in your communities. Find • Consent is not permanent; it can be taken away out what your peers have to say. Send a letter to the at any point. editor to dailyopinion@ou.edu to share your views.

• Consent must be clear and verbal. You cannot Most importantly, gauge the health of your own sexrely on body language, and silence does not mean uality so you can start the change with your own life. “yes.”

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quality between OPINION COLUMNIST men and women would, of course, be a good thing for women — and it would only be fair. It appears to be a goal of many societies, at least in theory, based on claims in their constitutions that humans were Simon Cantarel created as equals. cantarels@gmail.com But reaching a level of equality that would transcend genders also would be good for men.

Indeed, masculine domination defines gender roles in a way that forces people to be in a particular place in society relative to others. It may appear as a good thing for the ones who are supposed to be “above” the others, but that is not necessarily true. Pierre Bourdieu — a French sociologist — states, “Male privilege is also a trap, and it has its negative side in the permanent tension and contention, sometimes verging on the absurd, imposed on every man by the duty to assert his manliness in all circumstances.” In this perspective, “courage” may then be rooted in a kind of cowardice: the fear to lose social status or respect from the peers.

By defining masculine domination as an eminently relational notion in which each participant’s place has been chosen, Bourdieu reminds us how little choice we have.

However, even if one refuses to apply a holistic vision of society to one’s own life, it cannot be denied that gender roles and their implications are defined by society and education.

Furthermore, even if this social norm did not affect you directly, or at least not that you know of, it may affect you indirectly. Indeed, in a society in which the gender pay gap — the average wage difference between men and women — is still around 20 percent and when the simple idea of femininity is depreciated, it is not surprising that tensions exist between people. Nobody gains from that tension.

A good example of the bad effects this situation creates is the way sex is perceived. If men and women were equal, relationships between each individual could become only a matter of personal decisions, and judgments based on these choices would be irrelevant. Finding many sexual partners is indeed perceived nowadays as a good thing for men and a bad thing for women, who are classified as “sluts” when daring to do so. Equality between men and women implies that both sexes would have the same rights on that matter, too.

Therefore, if men and women really were equal, the simple idea of a “slut” would have no reason to exist. The following is pretty straightforward: If there were no negative social implications due to sexual intercourse — that is, if we admit that sex increases utility, or is enjoyable — a rational economic agent would naturally engage in it more frequently as the social cost would decrease. If perceived as a positive event on an individual scale, the increased possibility of its occurrence would benefit both women and men.

One question then arises, if this would benefit everyone, why is it not happening? Indeed, if progresses are made, the evolution is still pretty slow, and the perception of women seems to be stuck at some point. The notion of “habitus” here comes to mind. Habitus is the set of socially learned dispositions, skills and ways of acting that often are taken for granted, and which are acquired through the activities and experiences of everyday life. It partly explains why things evolve slowly: A changing society implies that each of its members change. The problem being that this change requires people to realize that habitus affects them, so it implies a cognitive cost, and some humility when facing the way we think — it is indeed hard to admit the influence a society has on our own thoughts.

Moreover, it requires people to act so that things change, which means acting outside of a certain degree of “normality” created by norms and values in a society. Acting differently has a social cost; standing by this attitude requires real courage in the placing of an idea of equality above social acceptance, though it does not necessarily mean a rejection from all social groups.

Another reason for the continued inequality may be for some people, it is surely convenient to be able to do whatever you want, not caring about your partner’s point of view.

It may be reassuring to know the other cannot leave you because you are the one earning the family’s money, or most of it. It may be something you need when you are not confident in your ability to maintain your relationship only thanks to feelings but do so through power.

It appears the absence of a real evolution toward male and female equality is due to habitus — but also laziness, cowardice and selfishness, too. It really is unfortunate, knowing that everybody could benefit from and enjoy equality.

Simon Cantarel is a French exchange student studying economics.

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ast week, Secret OPINION COLUMNIST Service agents accompanied President Barack Obama to Cartagena, Colombia, for a goodwill mission.

The secret service began protecting the President in 1901 and Mark Brockway has continued with its mark.d.brockway@ou.edu mission of being “Worthy of Trust and Confidence” to this day.

In Cartagena, it seems many agents fell far short of this ideal into the arms of waiting prostitutes and copious amounts of booze.

Many have suggested that the secret service agents have been overworked and thus are under new and varied pressures.

While it is completely understandable that agents are under immense amounts of pressure, especially in overseas situations when the president is particularly vulnerable, it is no excuse for the types of lewd behavior that the agents displayed.

The CIA recently had an employment information drive on campus in which three agents came to my political science class to give us a little information about the recruiting process.

I am not at liberty to publish all the details, but the requirements for acceptance into the program were quite stringent.

Background checks and polygraphs are used to establish drug use, criminal activity and even pirating software.

I can only imagine the requirements for the Secret Service are far more intense.

Apparently, it is necessary to wait until after you get into the Secret Service to begin engaging in illegal and morally questionable activity.

What is so disturbing here is not the presence of prostitutes (who are, admittedly, a lot of fun to party with), but the loss of discipline by our nations most revered protectors at a time when they should be the most vigilant.

It would be easy to launch into a diatribe on the state of the nation or blow the situation up into a revelation about international political relations, but at the end of the day, this is a story about a group of individuals who made horrible choices at exactly the wrong time.

It also is particularly disturbing that these so-called “secret” agents were not even proficient enough to cover it up successfully.

For years, the secret service has been “handling” these types of situations for presidents from Kennedy to Clinton, but they can’t hide a small party in a hotel in Colombia?

Insane.

It is pretty clear that these agents are not the type of people we need guarding the president.

If I was sent to Colombia and just happened to end up in a similar situation, it would have happened in a much different manner: • First, I would have planned ahead of time and gotten all of my drinking and cavorting with loose women out of the way before I went. Colombia is not the place to go on a bender with people you do not know.

• Second, I would have been pretty selective about the type of guys I was travelling with — there always will be a goody two-shoes on a business trip who tells your boss about all your escapades.

• Next, if you absolutely must engage in sexually explicit behavior, keep it to yourself and for god’s sake make sure none of your “friends” speak any English, so they cannot alert your superiors before you have time to get out of Dodge.

• Fourth, Cartagena is home to many individuals who will “handle” just about any situation you need taken care for a small fee. Don’t be greedy in the short term just to lose your job in the long run.

• Lastly, and this is key: deny, deny, deny. Do not under any circumstances go blabbing to your friends about a party or about how much “fun” you had last night. Say you turned in late and thought about the president as you slowly fell asleep in your room at 10 p.m.

By using these five simple steps, the agents involved would never have gotten caught up in this mess in the first place.

Mark Brockway is a political science junior.

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A graduate student with a love for preservation will take her passion to Ohio this summer as part of a prestigious fellowship.

Tara Davis, who is studying Library and Information Sciences, was one of seven finalists selected for the Dance Heritage Coalition Fellowship this summer.

“The fellowship award gives me a chance to work i n a d a n c e - r e l a t e d a rchive and work at preserving one-of-a-kind records that are contained in [the Jerome Lawrence & Robert E. Lee Theatre Research Institutes’] collections,” Davis said. “I’ll get to work with everything from films, photographs, personal papers and publications.”

The application progress was rigorous, and Davis said she was elated every time she made it to the next stage in the selection process.

“I was sort of shocked when I found out I had won, but now that it is getting closer and I am finalizing my travel and housing plans, I’m really excited,” she said.

Davis, a graduate assistant at the School of Dance’s Ballets Russes Archives, said she became interested in preservation while pursuing her bachelors degree in English at OU. “I originally became interested in archives while s t i l l a n u n d e r g ra d a n d studying endangered [native] languages,” she said.

“In my classes, I learned about the ways that archives and communities can work together to reconstruct lost languages.”

As this interest grew, she jumped at the chance to work in the Ballets Russes Archives, Davis said.

“The more I learned about archives, the more my interests and passion in them broadened, and I wanted to be involved with them in as many ways as possible,” Davis said.

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describes collections, she said.

“Working at the Ballets Russes Archive is an awesome experience,” Davis said. “I work with a wide variety of materials like photographs, personal letters, textiles, films and rare books.”

She said they also are currently working on making materials digital to increase their accessibility.

“There is always something to do, and to me there isn’t a boring moment,” Davis said.

As a member of the Seneca-Cayuga tribe, Davis said she was raised with the idea of preservation, and it always has been important to her to help her tribe preserve its culture.

“I am happy that I am garnering knowledge from both my program and from this fellowship that will put me in a position to be able to offer something back to my tribe by being able to

help them preserve our cultural material.”

The fellowship begins in Washington, D.C., with a week of orientation, Davis said. Then she will spend the rest of the summer in Columbus, Ohio, working alongside the staff at the Jerome Lawrence & Robert E. Lee Theatre Research Institute, she said.

“It’s a wonderful opportunity to gather some intensive hands-on training that will help me in my future career,” Davis said.

This fellowship also will give her some valuable insights that she is excited to bring back home to the Ballets Russes archive she works on here at OU, she said.

“I’ll have a practicum assignment where I imagine I will be doing very similar things to what I do at the Ballets Russes Archive,” Davis said Davis, who graduates next

fall, said the opportunity also is a great professional move.

“I’ll also be going to prof e s s i o n a l c o n f e re n c e s, where I hope to be able to broaden my knowledge and make a few contacts,” Davis said.

ullying is a nationwide problem that has begun to frequent more and more news segments. I was never bullied, but statistics say my situation is unlikely, with about 13 million American kids predicted to be bullied this year, according to The Bully Project’s website, The Bully Project presents the stories of five young people who are bullied in its documentary, “Bully.”

The film follows the stories of five young victims of bullying from across the country, some still with us, some not.

We watch their various attempts to solve their bullying problems or, in the case of those who have passed away, their parents’ attempts to affect change in memory of their children.

What comes to light is a system that, in some cases, simply has its hands tied concerning the actions that can be taken against bullies, but sometimes simply ignores the problem and refuses to take action.

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I would urge everyone to go and see it, and to encourage family and friends to see it as well.

“Bully” has limited showings, though requests can be put forth to bring the film to more theaters on The Bully Project’s website.

Erin Roberts is a University College freshman.

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SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 23-Dec. 21) -Even if you don’t have any current plans to use them, your pragmatic skills will be more pronounced than your artistic ones. Put them to work for you if you can.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) --It’s important to follow through on any promises you made to another, even if it now causes you a bit of inconvenience. Doing so will greatly enhance your reputation.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 19) --If you are penny-wise and pound foolish, don’t be surprised if you discover a lot of holes in your books when it comes time to take stock.

PISCES (Feb. 20-March 20) --Unless you are materially motivated, it isn’t likely that you’ll use the full force of your talents. However, you’ll shift into full gear when there is something in it for you.

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Monday, April 16, 2012 •

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Along with the highlight reel plays that got fans so excited in OU’s annual RedWhite spring game Saturday came tell-tale signs of weakness es, par ticularly on defense.

The offense finished the day with no turnovers. For an offensive coordinator, that is a beautiful thing to see. However, for a defense that made its living forcing turnovers last season, the stat does not bode well.

Senior defensive back D e m o n t re Hu r s t h a d a chance to change the stat late in the scrimmage. He missed the opportunity, though, as the deflected pass bounced off his hands.

“That’s just one thing that I have to work on,” Hurst said.

“They gave me a hard time on the sideline already. They were telling me I could’ve closed out the game for us, but I’ll be all right.”

While the defense would have loved the interception, Hurst proved himself last season. Senior Javon Harris can’t say the same.

Harris lost his starting spot at free safety last season after OU gave up 485 yards and four passing touchdowns to Baylor.

Coaches moved Harris from free safety to strong safety and have been praising him as one of the top performers all spring.

That only made the

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Above: Junior receiver Jaz Reynolds (16) secures a pass from sophomore Blake Bell after Bell bought time by scrambling out of the pocket. Reynolds took the pass 60 yards to the end zone Saturday afternoon for the biggest play of the annual RedWhite spring game.

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collective groan from Sooner fans even louder when junior Jaz Reynolds hauled in a 60yard touchdown pass from sophomore Blake Bell just behind the senior safety.

Coach Bob Stoops said the play did not bring up any concerns, though.

“The scramble play — that happens once in a while to

balls thrown over the opposite shoulder so the receiver can see it and the DB loses it,” Stoops said.

The defense, like the offense, had plenty of mistakes in the game. Defensive coordinator Mike Stoops said he also saw plenty of encouraging signs, though.

Stoops said the key for

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Left: Junior running back Roy Finch (22) makes defenders miss as he tries to break into the open field Saturday. The White team (offense) notched a 22-21 win over the Red team (defense).

his defensive squad will be playing as a unit and not individuals.

“We’re not a team that can’t be in the right place, understand your responsibility,” Stoops said. “When we play together, we’re really solid across the board. I think we’re going to be a very complete defense.”

The No. 13 OU men’s tennis team clinched the program’s first Big 12 title since 1992 after defeating the Baylor Bears, 4-3, and the Texas Tech Red Raiders, 5-2, this weekend in Norman.

Oklahoma also extended its win streak to nine matches.

The Sooners are 5-0 in the Big 12 Conference, and a match with the Oklahoma State Cowboys is the only thing left for them before the Big 12 Championships on April 27 in College PLAYER PROFILE Station.

Guillermo Alcorta Oklahoma fed off the rowdy crowds both Friday Year: Sophomore night and Sunday afterPosition: noon to edge out Baylor No. 2 singles and Tech, respectively.

Hometown: The difference in Friday Bilbao, night’s victory against Spain Baylor was the Sooners’ Match stats: superior doubles play, Clinched match for OU by which gave OU its oneupsetting No. 45 Gonzalo point edge.

Escobar of Texas Tech.

“Again our doubles was fantastic, especially at the No. 1 and No. 3 spots,” OU coach John Roddick said.

Oklahoma continued its stellar doubles play against Tech on Sunday, taking an early 1-0 lead.

The Sooners kept rolling, winning four out of six singles matches for a dominating victory.

The Sooners’ two victories during the weekend secure something the program hasn’t had in more than a decade: a Big 12 title. The Sooners also secured the program’s first-ever regular-season conference title.

“Getting at least a share of the Big 12 title is exciting for this program,” Roddick said.

Though the team is close to something major, there still is work to be done leading up to the conference championship tournament — the least of which is OU’s regular-season closer against Oklahoma State at 2 p.m.

Thursday in Stillwater.

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Oklahoma completed its first series sweep in conference play Sunday afternoon by defeating Missouri, 5-4, in the final iteration of the series in Big 12 play.

Senior outfielder Erik Ross capped off his superb play during the series in a big way, going 4-for-4 with two doubles, a pair of runs, a stolen base and an RBI. “I was finding pitches to hit,” Ross said. “The first two at bats I think I saw over five pitches both at bats. I was fighting off the pitches I didn’t want and really catching a mistake (by the pitcher) and taking advantage of it.”

Missouri drew first blood in the top of the third when senior catcher Ben Turner cleared the bases with a twoout, two-run double.

But, sophomore pitcher Jonathan Gray tightened things up, striking out Mizzou’s next two batters to work out of the jam.

The Sooners got on the board in the home half of the third with an RBI single from Ross that scored junior Garrett Carey.

Two batters later, junior outfielder Max White raked a two-run double off the wall in center field, scoring Ross and freshman catcher Dylan Neal to give the Sooners their first lead of the game, 3-2.

OU tacked on another run in the bottom of the fourth, as senior Evan Mistich tripled and crossed the plate one at bat later.

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Senior left fielder Erik Ross positions himself under a shallow fly ball for the second out of the fourth inning during OU’s 5-4 win against Missouri on Sunday in Norman. Ross went 4-for-4 with two doubles and an RBI in the final game of the three-game series to help give the Sooners their first sweep in conference play.

SERIES RESULTS vs. Missouri Game 1: OU 6, Missouri 5 (10) Game 2: OU 8, Missouri 4 Game 3: OU 5, Missouri 4

Shortly after surpassing the 100-pitch mark in the top of the sixth, Gray (3-4) exited the game with two outs and the bases loaded, as junior Steven Okert came out of the

bullpen in relief.

In the top of the seventh, Okert loaded the bases before escaping the inning unscathed.

Ross’ hot streak continued in bottom of the seventh, as he ripped his second double of the game to the gap in right center.

Bushyhead drove him home in the next at bat, extending OU’s lead to 5-2.

But, the Tigers made it a game by scoring two runs

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in the ninth off of a reeling Okert.

Okert, who threw 66 pitches just two days prior, began to show fatigue in the eight and ninth but still was able to finish out the game for the Sooners and pick up his second save of the season.

“I left him out there because I want him to have that closer mentality, but he was out of gas — flat out of gas,” OU coach Sunny Golloway said.

No. 6 Oklahoma captured its fifth Big 12 series win this season after besting Texas A&M in two of three games this weekend in College Station.

OU (35-6, 11-3 Big 12) combined for an 11-3 victory margin in the first two games before surrendering a 4-0 loss during the series finale.

With the two wins this weekend, OU became the first team in the conference to reach 10 wins and finished as the team with the most wins currently in the Big 12. No. 9 Missouri is the only other team to have double-digit victories in the Big 12.

Due to inclement weather projected in the area, the teams opted to play a doubleheader to wrap up the series early Saturday instead of the regularly scheduled Sunday matchup.

Juniors Jessica Shults and Keilani Ricketts collected backto-back, multiple-home-run performances in the first two games of the weekend.

Shults, the team’s home run leader last season with 19 bombs, hit two homers against one of the top pitchers in the Big 12 — Missouri junior Mel Dumezich — on Friday.

Ricketts held the Aggies to just one earned run with 12 strikeouts during the 6-1 victory.

Although Ricketts did not start in the circle for the second game against A&M, OU relied on the swing power from the lefty to capture the series victory. Going into the game with nine homers, Ricketts became the third bat- SERIES RESULTS ter on the Sooner lineup to colat Texas A&M lect double-digit home runs for the season — joining freshman Game 1: OU 6, Texas A&M 1 Lauren Chamberlain (19) and Shults (12) — after hitting a pair Game 2: OU 5, Texas A&M 2 of home runs.

The San Jose, Calif., native’s Game 3: Texas A&M 4, OU 0 double home run performance was the 12th time this season that an OU player has collected multiple home runs in a contest. OU currently leads the Big 12 with 65 home runs from the team’s lineup.

Junior Michelle Gascoigne went the distance to collect her 14th win this season, allowing two earned runs on five hits while striking out five batters.

The only blemish during the weekend came in the second game of Saturday’s doubleheader, when OU was shut out for the fourth time this season.

Ricketts fell to 20-5 during the loss after giving up four runs on seven hits with only four strikeouts.

Sophomore center fielder Destinee Martinez led the Sooners, going 2-for-2 during the loss, but OU was unable to plate any runs, leaving seven runners on base.

2012 OKLAHOMA STUDENT FOOTBALL SEASON TICKET & MEN’S BASKETBALL SEASON PASS SALE APRIL 23 – MAY 18 Student season tickets for the 2012 football season and the Men’s Basketball Student Season Pass will be on sale April 23 – May 18 to any currently (Spring 2012) enrolled OU student at the Norman, HSC or Tulsa Campuses that will also be a full time student in the Fall of 2012. Ticket sales will be on a first-come, firstserved basis, while supplies last and will be sold online at www.soonersports.com or in person at the OU Athletics Ticket Office.

NEW – Football and Basketball Combo Package $199 Students will now be able to purchase both an OU Football Season Ticket and a Men’s Basketball Season Pass during the same sale for $199. That is almost a 10% savings on the items if purchased separately. Only a limited number of Combo packages are available during this sale.

NEW – Men’s Basketball Season Pass Students will now be able to purchase a student season pass for the 2012-2013 men’s basketball season. The Men’s Basketball Season Pass allows a student to claim a ticket to a men’s basketball game if that student is one of the first 1,400 students to claim a ticket. Men’s Basketball Season Passes are limited.

PURCHASING TICKETS ONLINE: Internet ordering will be available 24 hours a day during the sale beginning at 8:00 a.m. on April 23 and ending on May 18 at 5:00 p.m. or until availability does not exist. For detailed instructions for ordering online, visit the Student Ticket page at www.SoonerSports.com.

PURCHASING TICKETS IN PERSON: Items can still be purchased in person at the OU Athletics Ticket Office, located on the South Plaza Level of Asp Avenue Parking Garage. The OU Athletics Ticket Office will begin its walk-up window sales at 10:00 a.m. on April 25 and will continue every business day until May 13 from 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. or until availability does not exist.

TICKET PRICE: Football season tickets are $175, Men’s Basketball Season Passes are $45, and Combo Packages are $199. All ticket transactions will be placed on the student’s bursar account. Charges will appear at the beginning of the Fall 2012 semester.

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