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Officials call for bicycle-friendly OU Staff group to hold tour of proposed routes today

Staff Week and efforts to make OU a bicycle-friendly university.

The Informational Staff Association will host the BENNETT HALL tour at 10 a.m. today beginCampus Reporter ning at the fountain of the A staff association will OU College of Continuing hold a tour of proposed Education building. People bike routes as part of OU are encouraged to bring

their bikes to join the tour and learn about possible bike routes.

The bike route tour comes just two weeks after the Faculty Senate unanimously passed a resolution outlining a tentative plan to improve bicycling conditions on campus, said

Scott Moses, Committee on Faculty Welfare chairman.

The senate eventually wants to see OU certified as a bicycle-friendly university by the League of American Bicyclists.

Both the Staff and Faculty Senate call for OU to be designated a bicycle-friendly

university within the next five years, according to the resolutions.

Currently, 35 U.S. universities have bronze, silver, gold or platinum status as bicycle-friendly universities, and most of them are on the east and west coasts, according to the league’s

website.

Applications for the designation are due each July, and certification involves an evaluation of five components.

Norman and Tulsa are the only two bicycle-friendly SEE BIKES PAGE A2

PHILANTHROPY

Student screams through course

Sig Ep boxing tournament knocked out State tightens laws’ vague wording, which forced fraternity to cancel event JAKE MORGAN

Campus Reporter

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Petroleum engineering sophomore Ali Milo shouts as he passes the first obstacles of an inflatable course Tuesday on the South Oval. Healthy Sooners offered the course as an opportunity for physical activity to help students relax before dead week.

To see more campus life photos from Tuesday, see page B6.

UOSA

Congress OKs part of consolidation bill UOSA votes to keep health department

AT A GLANCE Voting results • Consolidating the Academics and Off-Campus Living and Transportation Departments into the Executive Branch Interior and Exterior Departments:

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Managing Editor

The student government president’s vision of consolidating UOSA’s Executive Branch hit a road block Tuesday.

Undergraduate Student Congress voted on UOSA President Joe Sangirardi’s Departmental Consolidation and Efficiency Act, approving the consolidation of the Academics and Off-Campus Living and Transportation departments but not approving the consolidation of the Department of Health, which was created April 15.

The consolidation act was

one of Sangirardi’s platform issues before he assumed office.

“I really think this will make our student government run more efficiently,” Sangirardi said.

The bill Sangirardi originally submitted to Student Congress consolidated the Academics, Off-Campus Living and Transportation and Health departments

17 “yes,” five “no” and one abstained • Consolidating the Department of Health: 17 “no,” five “yes” and two abstained

into the executive branch’s Interior and Exterior departments. Student Congress decided to split up the bill and vote on the Academics and Off-Campus Living and Transportation departments separately from the Department of Health.

Former vice chair Kelbie Kennedy said consolidating the departments would put the same amount of work

on fewer students. Kennedy said removing the departments would limit future presidents.

“Why not let future presidents have the idea and bone structure that has already worked in the past?” Kennedy said. “If it isn’t broke, don’t fix it.”

Sangirardi said he appreciated the discussion about consolidation but ultimately disagreed with the outcome of the vote.

“I disagree with their trying to govern another branch,” Sangirardi said.

The part of the act UOSA approved will be submitted to Graduate Student Senate for their meeting at 7 p.m.

Sunday in Sarkeys Energy Center, Room A-235.

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The Cowboys bested OU, 6-1, Tuesday in Stillwater after Oklahoma blew a 1-0 lead.

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Newly introduced, stricter language in Oklahoma legislation regarding amateur boxing has forced OU fraternity Sigma Alpha Epsilon to cancel indefinitely its 10th annual boxing tournament benefitting Children’s Miracle Network Hospitals.

Event organizers projected to break their previous fundraising record and raise around $14,000 for the Children’s Miracle Network Hospitals, but they are in the process of returning monetary contributions from ticket holders, sponsors and alumni.

Last year, Sigma Alpha Epsilon donated $8,500 to the children’s charity. The event raised more money than any other fraternity philanthropies, Interfraternity Council President Nick Coffey said.

This year’s event was scheduled for April 13, but event chairman Rich Hyde said he announced its cancellation a week before the event upon realizing there was no way to work around the legislative changes.

“I figured it would be fine, but when I did find out, we only had two weeks to make a decision,” Hyde said.

The legislative changes apply to Title 3A in Oklahoma State Statutes and will become effective July 1, said Joe Miller, Oklahoma State Athletic Commission director.

While the law has always required amateur boxing events be sanctioned, the legal modifications will more clearly define what falls within the law when it comes to amateur boxing events.

“The law was there, but it wasn’t real,” Miller said. “[SAE’s boxing tournament] has technically been considered illegal, but the problem arises from miscommunication and misinterpretation.”

The fraternity’s amateur boxing event has been able to take place illegally under previous legislation because the commission lacks the financial resources to enforce regulation, Miller said.

“We’re not the boxing police, and it’s never been that appealing for law enforcement to take action,” Miller said.

The death of University of Tulsa linebacker George Clinkscale III at an unsanctioned church boxing event Sept. 22 in Tulsa prompted the new language over amateur boxing events in Oklahoma. The autopsy report showed that Clinkscale had died of complications from sickle cell anemia and sudden exertion, the Tulsa World reported. “[Clinkscale’s death] broke our backbone a little bit more,” philanthropy chairman Alex Albert said.

In addition to the tighter legal language, the changes also redefine penalties for organizing an unsanctioned event.

Before, the offense was considered a misdemeanor and included a $500 fine. Organizers can now face a $5,000 felony under the new changes.

“Miller is correct that the event is not sanctioned,” Hyde said. “The law was extremely vague, and it just wasn’t as taken as seriously before.”

While the event was never officially sanctioned, Hyde said event organizers annually meet most of the provisions required by the Oklahoma State Athletic Commission and USA Boxing. A few of these aspects include insurance for the entire event, physicals before fighters enter the ring, professional referees and appropriate protective gear.

“Everyone was devastated,” Albert said. “Many people came up to me and asked, ‘Is it really canceled? Was that

Pharmaceutical invoice data from Goddard Health Center from August 2011 to present — To learn if use of certain drugs increases as finals week approaches.

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Geology senior Shelly Wernette reads as she donates blood Tuesday in Oklahoma Memorial Stadium. Oklahoma Blood Institute will return to the stadium from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. today to continue collecting donations. (Page A3)

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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

BIKES: Master plan includes lane expansions Continued from page A1

TODAY AROUND CAMPUS A Latin Americanist Lunch featuring Marcelo Rioseco, assistant professor of Spanish Literature, will be held from noon to 1:30 p.m. in Hester Hall, Room 160.

A seminar about time management will take place at 2 p.m. in Adams Center’s Muldrow Tower, Room 105.

The baseball team plays Dallas Baptist at 6:30 p.m. at L. Dale Mitchell Park.

The softball team plays Oklahoma State at 7 p.m. at Marita Hynes Field.

A lecture, Speaking Truth to Power, by the Center for Social Justice’s activist-inresidence, Lauren Zuniga, will be held at 7 p.m. in the Oklahoma Memorial Union’s Regents Room.

A hornsemble concert will take place at 8 p.m. at Catlett Music Center’s Sharp Concert Hall.

A string students chamber recital will be held at 8 p.m. at Catlett Music Center’s Pitman Recital Hall.

THURSDAY, APRIL 26 Write Club Creative Writers Writing Group will host its weekly open mic at 7 p.m. at Café Plaid, located at 333 West Boyd St. The event is open to all community members to read their works or listen to other’s.

communities in Oklahoma, according to the league’s website.

OU is already in the process of becoming more bicycle-friendly, assistant to the vice president Lezlie Marsh said.

In 2008, the university hired MA+ Architecture and Alta Planning+Design to draw plans for the upcoming improvements, referred to as the bicycle master plan, which began last year.

“The plans for the bike improvements do not currently have a set budget, but funds will be allocated as they are needed,” Marsh said.

OU currently has about 5,000 feet of bicycle routes on campus, Marsh said.

“The proposed master plan identifies an estimated additional 38,000 feet of bicycle routes via the use of existing, widened or new paving for shared bikeways or bike lanes,” Marsh said.

Along with bike lane extensions, OU will add more bike racks as biking becomes more popular, Marsh said.

More than $100,000 in university funds have been put toward bike rack additions around university buildings during the past three years due to demand.

The master plan will also be incorporated into the future Scholars Walk, a pedestrian walkway that will go along the east side of the South Oval, said Nick Hathaway, chairman of the Bicycle Master Plan Steering Committee.

The Scholars Walk does not yet have a final design set in place, so there is no

Wednesday, April 25, 2012 •

BEDLAM BLOOD DRIVE

OU athletics hosts blood drive

Red Cross says O-negative the most requested blood type AJINUR SETIWALDI Campus Reporter

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Above: Meterology sophomore Ben Lehman tries to pass some pedestrians on his way to class by the laundry facility between the residence halls. This is one place where a more bike friendly campus is needed.

ILLUSTRATION BY JAMES CORLEY/THE DAILY

certainty on how to incorporate bicycle-friendly routes yet, Hathaway said.

A buffered bicycle lane is slated to be put in place on Asp Avenue south to Timberdell Road, which will coordinate with Scholars Walk construction, Marsh said. All plans are still subject to change throughout

the project.

The Committee on Faculty Welfare formed the original draft of the resolution, which identifies the environmental and health benefits of becoming bike friendly.

“Resolutions are one of the means that faculty can draw awareness to issues

Left: States containing bicyclefriendly universities are colored red, and each dot represents a university the League of American Bicyclists considers to be bicycle-friendly.

and indicate to the university administration that they support a certain action,” Moses said.

OU President David Boren w ill re view the Facult y S e nate re s o l u t i o n , a n d Hathaway, executive vicepresident of finance and administration, will review the Staff Senate resolution.

The OU athletic department is collaborating w ith the O klahoma Blood Institute to host a blood drive from 9 a.m. to 3p.m. today at Oklahoma Memorial Stadium.

The dr ive is a par t of the annual Bedlam Blood Drive competition between OU and Oklahoma State University.

Individuals are required to fill out a registration form and go through a screening before they donate blood.

The process takes about 45 minutes, blood institute spokeswoman Andrea Heister said.

The drive is open to the public, and anyone 16 years and older can donate if they meet health requirements, according to an Oklahoma Blood Institute press release.

MELODIE LETTKEMAN/THE DAILY

Chrissy Harris (right) collects test samples of geology senior Shelly Wernette’s (left) blood Tuesday during a blood drive sponsored by the OU athletic department. The drive continues today from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. in the north end of Oklahoma Memorial Stadium.

Donors receive an Oklahoma Blood Institute T-shirt, free health screenings and Donor Rewards Points.

There will also be free prize drawings, according

to the release.

The blood type most often requested by hospitals is Type O, according to the American Red Cross.

O-negative blood-type donors are universal donors

because their blood can be donated to people of all blood types, according to the American Red Cross.

Students should eat and hydrate well before donating blood, Heister said.

Individuals must have a photo ID to donate, Heister said. Student IDs are accepted.

About 9 percent of people in the U.S. have O-negative blood type, according to the American Association of Blood Banks.

All blood types are needed to maintain Oklahoma Blood Institute’s supply, but individuals with O-negative blood are especially encouraged to apply, Heister said.

Koby Seitter, a multidisciplinary senior, said she donated frequently.

This time, she is registering to donate blood marrow. She said she will continue to donate in the coming seasons.

“I think it’s worth the time it takes to get the opportunity to potentially help someone,” Seitter said.

Meaghan Fuhrman, a science education sophomore, said she donates because she hopes that someone else will do the same for her if she needed blood.

NEWS BRIEFS SCHOLARSHIP

Families give $500K gift to College of Law The Aubrey K. McClendon and Aubrey M. Kerr Jr. families have endowed the OU College of Law with $500,000 in honor of Aubrey M. Kerr Sr. Beginning in fall 2012, the Aubrey M. Kerr Sr. Scholarship will award $25,000 annually to students with a demonstrated interest in energy and natural resources law, according to a press release.

The scholarship will award incoming and current students in the juris doctor program and the John B.

Turner LL.M. program, which specializes in energy, natural resources, and indigenous peoples law, according to a press release.

“The Kerr and McClendon families have helped shape the oil and gas industry in our state and nation, therefore this endowed scholarship will be given to students with a demonstrated interest in energy and natural resources law,” said Joseph Harroz, OU College of Law dean.

The scholarship was announced at the student award ceremony last Friday, as organizers felt the announcement was appropriate for the event, public affairs director Evie Holzer said.

Sean Lawson, Campus Reporter

SPEAKER

South African author to speak at OU The OU Office of the President and Department of History will present author and speaker Mark Mathabane at 7:30 p.m. Thursday in Dale Hall, Room 211.

Mathabane was born in South Africa to a destitute family during the time of the apartheid, according to his website.

Mathabane is noted for his books, including the autobiography “Kaffir Boy,” which chronicles his childhood and has appeared on such programs as “Charlie Rose” and “The Oprah

Winfrey Show.”

During a time of racial segregation and political and economic discrimination against non-European groups, Mathabane, the oldest of seven children, lived in a shack in a one square mile ghetto home to more than 200,000 people, according to his website.

Using tennis as a means to gain freedom from the ghetto, Mathabane got a scholarship in 1978 with the help of 1972 Wimbledon champion Stan Smith.

He graduated cum laude from Dowling College in Oakdale, N.Y., in 1983 with a degree in economics, according to his website.

Sam Higgins, Campus Reporter

BOXING: Event was not legal, chair says Continued from page A1 just a joke?”

Situate d at the Asp Avenue parking lot on Campus Corner, the fights typically take place in a ring during a spring afternoon.

Last year, the event drew about 2,000 attendees.

Many of the fighters begin training months in advance for the event, and some even join gyms to prepare for the bouts, Albert said.

Hyde he fought in the tournament as a freshman, and he even joined a boxing gym two months before the event, he said.

“I thought I knew how to box, and after two months of training, I thought I was pro,” Hyde said. “When I got into the ring, everything I learned went out the window.”

The fraternity provided all of the elements to create the sense a professional boxing ring, Albert said.

“They may not be the best boxers in the world, and they are not at all, but it’s definitely a boxing tournament,” Albert said.

Albert and Hyde said the fraternity’s philanthropy stands out from the others because it brings the greek and student community together without attaching a specific label to the event.

“Basically it’s a bunch of guys beating each other up, and all your friends who come to watch are hanging out,” Albert said. “It took the greek aspect out of it.”

Hyde said he views the event in broader terms.

“It’s a campuswide date party,” Hyde said.

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A Tuesday news story, “OU professors preparing for Arezzo program,” was unclear about the responsibilities of Italian literature professor Jason Houston, who will head up OU in Arezzo’s 2012 and 2013 summer language program.

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CAMPUS

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

BIKES: Master plan includes lane expansions Continued from page A1

TODAY AROUND CAMPUS A Latin Americanist Lunch featuring Marcelo Rioseco, assistant professor of Spanish Literature, will be held from noon to 1:30 p.m. in Hester Hall, Room 160.

A seminar about time management will take place at 2 p.m. in Adams Center’s Muldrow Tower, Room 105.

The baseball team plays Dallas Baptist at 6:30 p.m. at L. Dale Mitchell Park.

The softball team plays Oklahoma State at 7 p.m. at Marita Hynes Field.

A lecture, Speaking Truth to Power, by the Center for Social Justice’s activist-inresidence, Lauren Zuniga, will be held at 7 p.m. in the Oklahoma Memorial Union’s Regents Room.

A hornsemble concert will take place at 8 p.m. at Catlett Music Center’s Sharp Concert Hall.

A string students chamber recital will be held at 8 p.m. at Catlett Music Center’s Pitman Recital Hall.

THURSDAY, APRIL 26 Write Club Creative Writers Writing Group will host its weekly open mic at 7 p.m. at Café Plaid, located at 333 West Boyd St. The event is open to all community members to read their works or listen to other’s.

communities in Oklahoma, according to the league’s website.

OU is already in the process of becoming more bicycle-friendly, assistant to the vice president Lezlie Marsh said.

In 2008, the university hired MA+ Architecture and Alta Planning+Design to draw plans for the upcoming improvements, referred to as the bicycle master plan, which began last year.

“The plans for the bike improvements do not currently have a set budget, but funds will be allocated as they are needed,” Marsh said.

OU currently has about 5,000 feet of bicycle routes on campus, Marsh said.

“The proposed master plan identifies an estimated additional 38,000 feet of bicycle routes via the use of existing, widened or new paving for shared bikeways or bike lanes,” Marsh said.

Along with bike lane extensions, OU will add more bike racks as biking becomes more popular, Marsh said.

More than $100,000 in university funds have been put toward bike rack additions around university buildings during the past three years due to demand.

The master plan will also be incorporated into the future Scholars Walk, a pedestrian walkway that will go along the east side of the South Oval, said Nick Hathaway, chairman of the Bicycle Master Plan Steering Committee.

The Scholars Walk does not yet have a final design set in place, so there is no

Wednesday, April 25, 2012 •

BEDLAM BLOOD DRIVE

OU athletics hosts blood drive

Red Cross says O-negative the most requested blood type AJINUR SETIWALDI Campus Reporter

NIKKI SELF/THE DAILY

Above: Meterology sophomore Ben Lehman tries to pass some pedestrians on his way to class by the laundry facility between the residence halls. This is one place where a more bike friendly campus is needed.

ILLUSTRATION BY JAMES CORLEY/THE DAILY

certainty on how to incorporate bicycle-friendly routes yet, Hathaway said.

A buffered bicycle lane is slated to be put in place on Asp Avenue south to Timberdell Road, which will coordinate with Scholars Walk construction, Marsh said. All plans are still subject to change throughout

the project.

The Committee on Faculty Welfare formed the original draft of the resolution, which identifies the environmental and health benefits of becoming bike friendly.

“Resolutions are one of the means that faculty can draw awareness to issues

Left: States containing bicyclefriendly universities are colored red, and each dot represents a university the League of American Bicyclists considers to be bicycle-friendly.

and indicate to the university administration that they support a certain action,” Moses said.

OU President David Boren w ill re view the Facult y S e nate re s o l u t i o n , a n d Hathaway, executive vicepresident of finance and administration, will review the Staff Senate resolution.

The OU athletic department is collaborating w ith the O klahoma Blood Institute to host a blood drive from 9 a.m. to 3p.m. today at Oklahoma Memorial Stadium.

The dr ive is a par t of the annual Bedlam Blood Drive competition between OU and Oklahoma State University.

Individuals are required to fill out a registration form and go through a screening before they donate blood.

The process takes about 45 minutes, blood institute spokeswoman Andrea Heister said.

The drive is open to the public, and anyone 16 years and older can donate if they meet health requirements, according to an Oklahoma Blood Institute press release.

MELODIE LETTKEMAN/THE DAILY

Chrissy Harris (right) collects test samples of geology senior Shelly Wernette’s (left) blood Tuesday during a blood drive sponsored by the OU athletic department. The drive continues today from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. in the north end of Oklahoma Memorial Stadium.

Donors receive an Oklahoma Blood Institute T-shirt, free health screenings and Donor Rewards Points.

There will also be free prize drawings, according

to the release.

The blood type most often requested by hospitals is Type O, according to the American Red Cross.

O-negative blood-type donors are universal donors

because their blood can be donated to people of all blood types, according to the American Red Cross.

Students should eat and hydrate well before donating blood, Heister said.

Individuals must have a photo ID to donate, Heister said. Student IDs are accepted.

About 9 percent of people in the U.S. have O-negative blood type, according to the American Association of Blood Banks.

All blood types are needed to maintain Oklahoma Blood Institute’s supply, but individuals with O-negative blood are especially encouraged to apply, Heister said.

Koby Seitter, a multidisciplinary senior, said she donated frequently.

This time, she is registering to donate blood marrow. She said she will continue to donate in the coming seasons.

“I think it’s worth the time it takes to get the opportunity to potentially help someone,” Seitter said.

Meaghan Fuhrman, a science education sophomore, said she donates because she hopes that someone else will do the same for her if she needed blood.

NEWS BRIEFS SCHOLARSHIP

Families give $500K gift to College of Law The Aubrey K. McClendon and Aubrey M. Kerr Jr. families have endowed the OU College of Law with $500,000 in honor of Aubrey M. Kerr Sr. Beginning in fall 2012, the Aubrey M. Kerr Sr. Scholarship will award $25,000 annually to students with a demonstrated interest in energy and natural resources law, according to a press release.

The scholarship will award incoming and current students in the juris doctor program and the John B.

Turner LL.M. program, which specializes in energy, natural resources, and indigenous peoples law, according to a press release.

“The Kerr and McClendon families have helped shape the oil and gas industry in our state and nation, therefore this endowed scholarship will be given to students with a demonstrated interest in energy and natural resources law,” said Joseph Harroz, OU College of Law dean.

The scholarship was announced at the student award ceremony last Friday, as organizers felt the announcement was appropriate for the event, public affairs director Evie Holzer said.

Sean Lawson, Campus Reporter

SPEAKER

South African author to speak at OU The OU Office of the President and Department of History will present author and speaker Mark Mathabane at 7:30 p.m. Thursday in Dale Hall, Room 211.

Mathabane was born in South Africa to a destitute family during the time of the apartheid, according to his website.

Mathabane is noted for his books, including the autobiography “Kaffir Boy,” which chronicles his childhood and has appeared on such programs as “Charlie Rose” and “The Oprah

Winfrey Show.”

During a time of racial segregation and political and economic discrimination against non-European groups, Mathabane, the oldest of seven children, lived in a shack in a one square mile ghetto home to more than 200,000 people, according to his website.

Using tennis as a means to gain freedom from the ghetto, Mathabane got a scholarship in 1978 with the help of 1972 Wimbledon champion Stan Smith.

He graduated cum laude from Dowling College in Oakdale, N.Y., in 1983 with a degree in economics, according to his website.

Sam Higgins, Campus Reporter

BOXING: Event was not legal, chair says Continued from page A1 just a joke?”

Situate d at the Asp Avenue parking lot on Campus Corner, the fights typically take place in a ring during a spring afternoon.

Last year, the event drew about 2,000 attendees.

Many of the fighters begin training months in advance for the event, and some even join gyms to prepare for the bouts, Albert said.

Hyde he fought in the tournament as a freshman, and he even joined a boxing gym two months before the event, he said.

“I thought I knew how to box, and after two months of training, I thought I was pro,” Hyde said. “When I got into the ring, everything I learned went out the window.”

The fraternity provided all of the elements to create the sense a professional boxing ring, Albert said.

“They may not be the best boxers in the world, and they are not at all, but it’s definitely a boxing tournament,” Albert said.

Albert and Hyde said the fraternity’s philanthropy stands out from the others because it brings the greek and student community together without attaching a specific label to the event.

“Basically it’s a bunch of guys beating each other up, and all your friends who come to watch are hanging out,” Albert said. “It took the greek aspect out of it.”

Hyde said he views the event in broader terms.

“It’s a campuswide date party,” Hyde said.

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.

SING A E L NOW UMMER !

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A Tuesday news story, “OU professors preparing for Arezzo program,” was unclear about the responsibilities of Italian literature professor Jason Houston, who will head up OU in Arezzo’s 2012 and 2013 summer language program.

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

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Grand Opening May 3rd!

Come join us for Cinco de Mayo fiesta Saturday, May 5th 529 Buchanan Ave Campus Corner

www.chimys.com

OU Staff Week April 23-27 10% off with OU Staff ID

NOW HIRING

$9/hr. plus tips

Apply in Person @ 201 N. Porter Ave. Norman, OK 73071 www.littleguys.com

Truffles, Chocolates, Toffee, Hard Candies, Cookies, And Other Delicious Treats Handmade by Chef Andrew Marsh 1100 East Constitution Norman, OK 73072 Open Tues. – Sat. 11 AM – 6:30 PM 405.579.8856 ucshops.com

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We have an upgraded fitness center, new HEX stand-up tanning bed, and full-sized washer/dryer in every unit.

No other residence can compete.

WAIVE $150 OF THE MOVE-IN FEE UNTIL APRIL 30, 2012*

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“As long as government keeps guaranteeing student loans, colleges will keep raising costs. ... If govt stops student loans plenty of people will be unable to afford college. College’s will see a bunch of empty seats in the classroom and become less profitable. They will by nature reduce costs.” (BoomerSooner25, RE: ‘COLUMN: Government should be involved in helping students with loan debts’)

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Community must encourage biking culture with infrastructure, safety Our View: Norman and OU must do more to

bike rental programs.

In addition to renovation, city officials should take a proactive approach by ensuring that future improvement and construction projects are planned with all manners of transport in mind — pedestrian, cyclist and motorist.

welcome cyclists.

OU soon could be working toward certification as a Bicycle Friendly University from the League of American Bicyclists. The Faculty Senate’s recently passed resolution to that effect could result Education in huge improvements to the experience The next step is education. of cyclists on campus.

The Our View Once the infrastructure is in place But this effort cannot be focused on OU is the majority to guarantee citizens they will be safe opinion of alone.

The Daily’s and have access to the whole city if they Norman does not have a culture that ennine-member choose to bike, it is important to educate courages biking. How can OU students be editorial board about cycling safety and encourage citiexpected to add cycling to their lifestyles zens to choose cycling over driving. when the greater city doesn’t cooperate?

This means programs in schools to familiarNorman already has been given the bronze clasize children with bicycles and cycling safety, and sification in the League of American Bicyclists’ Encouragement category, but this is not enough. safety courses available for adults — both on the The city lacks ranking in the other four categories driver’s side and on the cyclist’s side.

Norman also could work with the state govand resides in the 43rd worst state for cyclists, acernment to add cycling safety to the driver’s cording to the League. education curriculum to improve driver-cyclist Encouraging a bicycling culture in Norman and on campus will benefit the environment, im- relations.

It also means promoting citywide events, such prove the health of the community and decrease as Bike to Work Day or Biking Month, that will intraffic and parking pressures. OU and the greater fluence the community and bring attention to cyNorman community should work together to incling in Norman. vest in greater bike friendliness.

The city also could launch a media campaign to The most important way to improve bicycle encourage cycling. friendliness is through creating a bicycling culture in the community. This can be accomplished by Legal focusing on three key areas: City laws and law enforcement must guard cyclists’ equal right to the roadways, protect cyclists Infrastructure from careless and reckless drivers, and ensure cySurveys by the League of American Bicyclists have shown that infrastructure development is the clists themselves follow the rules.

This could entail training for law enforcement most important factor that determines whether people cycle. The creation of a complete, connect- and advocacy campaigns to change local laws to further protect and define the rights of cyclists, ed infrastructure is essential to making bicycling pedestrians and motorists. safe and convenient in a city.

Cyclists should have the same rights as motor This begins with bike lanes. All the major roads vehicles. This includes requiring safe passing should have bike lanes or parallel bike trails that from motorists, the ability to control the travel enable safe access to all parts of the city. lane when passing is impossible, and access to all These features must be continuous and connected so cyclists don’t end up stranded in certain parts of the roadway and all major roads (with a parts of the city. This also means ensuring cyclists few logical exceptions). have access to bridges, underpasses and other In order to help make Norman a truly bicyclefeatures that block travel. friendly city, you can bring these concerns and Norman could start this process by ensuring suggestions to your Norman City Council memcomplete, connected sidewalks along all major roads — an improvement that also would increase bers and advocate for the city to prioritize cycling issues. pedestrian safety — and make it legal to cycle on To continue these improvements on OU’s sidewalks.

Then, the city should move on to dedicated bike campus, you can bring these issues to your new Student Congress representatives. lanes and examine the potential for parallel bike And, most importantly, do your part by leaving trails. the car at home and cycling to school or work.

Businesses also can help improve the cycling infrastructure by ensuring that bicycle parking is accessible and convenient. And OU and Norman Comment on this at OUDaily.com could improve access to bicycles by operating

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CISPA endangers civil liberties

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he Stop Online STAFF COLUMNIST Piracy Act wasn’t the government’s last attempt to control the Internet.

Recently, support has amassed behind another proposed law called the Cyber Intelligence Sharing Steven Zoeller and Protection Act, or stevenv.zoeller@gmail.com CISPA .

The law isn’t identical to SOPA, but it is similar insofar as it tackles a legitimate problem by endangering civil liberties.

Many questions remain about CISPA. Talk of the bill has been quieter than the last proposal of Internet regulation, the infamous SOPA. Here I’d like to pull some basic information together to answer some questions readers likely have about this “security measure” — namely, how it works and why it’s controversial.

Who supports it?

Unlike SOPA, CISPA has widespread support by many companies including AT&T, Facebook, Microsoft and Verizon. The bill has over 100 cosponsors in Congress.

Why is it controversial?

As was the case with SOPA, it all comes down to vagueness. There are very thin, almost nonexistent limits on what exactly constitutes the kind of information that is appropriate to share with the government. What counts as a cyber security threat?

It’s worth mentioning one could theoretically take legal action against a company for giving away your information in some cases. But as is the case whenever a little guy challenges one of these big-time companies, the chances of success are depressingly low.

What can be done?

After learning more about CISPA from online resources, suppose you decide you don’t want it passed. What action can be taken? Most people might recommend contacting your representatives, but I’d take a different approach.

What is CISPA’s goal and how does it work? Contact the companies that support the law, instead.

CISPA is a legislative effort to thwart cybercrime. In order Those are the opinions the politicians really care about. to accomplish this goal, it would allow companies to share They’re also activists’ best hope of generating meaningful the private information they gather about users with the opposition. government.

Steven Zoeller is a journalism sophomore.

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Kraettli deserves inside, outside improvements

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hat comes to OPINION COLUMNIST mind when you think of Kraettli Apartments?

I recently posed this question on my Facebook status, and the answers reflected the common student sentiJanna Gentry ment toward Kraettli: janna.f.gentry-1@ou.edu They are international student housing, and they are ugly apartments.

The first sentiment is only partly true, but the second is thoroughly true. Kraettli Apartments are not specifically for international students, but they have a large contingent of international students for practical and economic reasons.

The practical reasons are that it is both close to campus and the only OU student housing in Norman for families. It is understandable why international students (or anyone for that matter) would want to be in close proximity to the university, and for married international students with families, Kraettli is the only option for student housing.

The economic reasons for international students to stay in Kraettli are the most understandable incentive.

For an unfurnished apartment with two bedrooms and one bathroom at Kraettli, the monthly rent is $307.50 per person.

The only other student apartments, Traditions Square, are $494 per person for an apartment of the same number of bedrooms and bathrooms. Some international students also have four students to an apartment instead of two, so the monthly rate is a little cheaper.

However, there are vast differences between Kraettli Apartments and Traditions. The most obvious difference is the second common student sentiment toward Kraettli: The apartments are hideous.

When I first saw the apartments, I thought they did not fit in at all with the rest of the university. They are brown, drab buildings with outdated architecture and minimal landscaping around them.

Not only do they differ from Traditions in outward appearance, but many of them also are internally deficient. French exchange student Juliette Faraggi told me about her experience living in Kraettli.

She currently lives there with three other exchange students. Her rent, for a furnished apartment, is $173 a month, but her stay has not been without difficulties.

In the apartment in which she was first placed, the door handle to the cabinet came off in her hands when she tried to open it, rain fell on her head while she was sleeping due to a leaky roof, and the fire alarm would sporadically go off for no apparent reason.

After complaining to the management about the roof, she was eventually placed in another apartment where there were no demonic fire alarms or leaky roofs.

These internal problems are being partially addressed by the university, according to the tour guide who showed me one of the apartments. She informed me that the apartments are constantly undergoing renovations, and one section of Kraettli, the 100 block that is closest to Lloyd Noble Center, soon will be demolished completely.

However, from Kraettli’s outside appearance, one would not know the apartments were constantly undergoing renovation.

For me, it’s a bit discouraging to see the condition of Kraettli when faced with the construction and renovation of other buildings on campus, such as the athletic dorms and the College of Architecture.

I am not saying that these buildings should not have been renovated or built. I am glad that Gould Hall was renovated, because it certainly needed it, and though I question the enormity of the new athletic dorms, its construction will only enhance the beauty of our university.

But I think the next big renovation or construction project the university should focus on is Kraettli Apartments.

Though Kraettli is not solely for international students, the reality is that many students (and by proxy, students’ parents) view Kraettli as the subpar student housing for international students.

However untrue this may be, it reflects poorly on a university whose president has emphasized the importance of international students to the university community, and something should be done to address it.

Janna Gentry is an English education senior.

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George Zimmerman afraid for his safety, lawyer says

Obama pushes low-rate loans for undergrads

Authorities not providing security, attorney says

President takes on college costs as he works to woo younger voters

MIAMI — George Zimmerman spent his first 24 hours free on bail “on his own” and in fear of his life, his attorney said in a television interview Monday night.

Zimmerman was released from jail early Monday wearing a bulletproof vest, defense attorney Mark O’Mara told CNN. He said authorities were not providing security for him, so several locations have been arranged for him to “maintain his safety and security.”

“There’s been a lot of chatter about his release, and that’s concerning him and us,” O’Mara said. “He’s sort of on his own with his own protection at this point.”

O’Mara said the security and housing were being paid for by Zimmerman’s family.

It was unclear how much has been raised from websites set up to collect donations, he said. One site has about $800 and another a few thousand dollars, but he was not certain that anyone had withdrawn any funds, he told CNN’s Anderson Cooper.

Zimmerman faces a second-degree murder charge in the Feb. 26 shooting of unarmed Miami Gardens teenager Trayvon Martin.

Zimmerman shot Trayvon in a gated community in Sanford, near Orlando, in what he claims was an act of self-defense.

It took six weeks before

President Barack Obama went after the college vote Tuesday, pitching cheaper student loans as he courted the one age group where he has a decided advantage over Republican rival Mitt Romney. The twist? Romney, too, has endorsed the idea, though it’s unclear whether deficit-leery Republicans in Congress will go along.

In the race for the White House, both the Obama and Romney campaigns see huge opportunities to court younger voters. This week, their efforts are focused on the millions of students — and their parents — who are grappling with college costs at a time when such debt has grown so staggering it exceeds the totals for credit cards or auto loans.

Trying to make it personal, Obama told students at the University of North Carolina that he and first lady Michelle Obama had “been in your shoes” and didn’t pay off their student loans until eight years ago.

“I didn’t just read about this. I didn’t just get some talking points about this. I didn’t just get a policy briefing on this,” Obama said. “We didn’t come from wealthy families. When we graduated from college and law school, we had a mountain of debt. When we married, we got poor together.”

Obama’s emphasis on his personal experience set up a contrast with Romney, whose father was a wealthy auto executive. It’s a point the president is sure to return to during this summer’s campaigning.

Late Tuesday, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., introduced legislation that would keep the interest rate for subsidized loans for poorer and middle-class students at their current level for another year at a cost of $5.9 billion. The timing is important because the rate will double from 3.4 percent to 6.8 percent on July 1 without intervention by Congress, an expiration date chosen in 2007 when a Democratic Congress voted to chop the rate in half.

Obama carried voters between the ages of 18-29 by a margin of about 2-to-1 in 2008, but many recent college graduates have had difficulty finding jobs. That raises concerns for the president about whether they will vote and volunteer for him in such large numbers again.

Obama said allowing the interest rates to double this summer would hurt more than 7 million students, costing the average student $1,000 and amounting to a “tax hike” for those students and their families.

“Anybody here can afford to pay an extra thousand dollars right now?” Obama asked to jeers from the crowd. “I don’t think so.”

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George Zimmerman answers a question Friday during a bond hearing in Sanford, Fla. Zimmerman, who was released from jail Monday, spent his first day free on bail in fear of his life, his attorney said.

“There’s been a lot of chatter about his release, and that’s concerning him and us. He’s sort of on his own with his own protection at this point.”

Mark O’Mara, George Zimmerman’s defense attorney

Zimmerman was arrested, and he now faces the possibility of life in prison if convicted. He posted $150,000 bail.

“George greatly appreciates your thoughts, and donations. We are working on obtaining an update directly from George very soon,” someone posted on

Zimmerman’s website. “GZ hopes to be able to update the site in the next day or two, God willing.”

By late morning Tuesday, the site had been taken down. O’Mara posted a note on Twitter saying his client would have no Internet presence.

More court documents

relating to the murder trial were posted online Tuesday, including one showing that his attorney filed a written not-guilty plea on April 16.

O’Mara also waived Zimmerman’s right to appear at his arraignment. It was originally scheduled for late May, but was moved up to May 8.

Court records show O’Mara filed a demand on April 16 that prosecutors let him examine or copy any evidence they have in the case within 15 days.

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Musical theatre senior Sophie Menas, as Mayzie La Bird, performs a number during Monday’s rehearsal of “Seussical the Musical” in the Fine Arts Center’s Rupel J. Jones Theatre. The musical, based on a compilation of Dr. Seuss classics like “The Cat in the Hat” and “Green Eggs and Ham,” opens at 8 p.m. Friday and runs through May 6.

‘Seussical’ to inspire imagination in children, adults W e s t le e Pa ro n s • Life & A r t s Re p o r t e r

The wonderful world of Dr. Seuss will come to life on campus Friday night.

“Seussical The Musical” is sure to evoke the imagination of the audience and take them back to their favorite bedtime stories. The cast and crew have been working on this production since November, stage management senior David Pilchman said.

Much of the time has been dedicated to the set; the giant scenery that will fly in and out to create the Seuss’ famous Whoville, which is the town on a speck, on a clover that the main character Horton the elephant hears and tries to save, said musical theatre senior Sophie Menas, who plays Mayzie La Bird.

“No one believes [Horton the elephant] and thinks he is a fool — there’s a whole song about it,” Menas said.

Everything that happens on stage comes from the thoughts of a little boy named Jojo, while The Cat in the Hat narrates, Menas said.

“Seussical” is a compilation of different Dr. Seuss stories, such as “Horton Hears a Who,” “Horton Lays an Egg,” “The Cat in the Hat” and “Green Eggs and Ham,” Menas said.

“All of these imaginations come to life on stage,” she said. “Jojo’s parents scold him for having an imagination, and The Cat in the Hat is the one that encourages him to have these thoughts,” said musical theatre senior Kate Dinsmore, who plays Sour Kangaroo in the production.

Dinsmore said the characters who are supposed to be played as animals are suggested, rather than the cast members actually dressing up in big animal costumes.

“I’m like the rocker chick,” Dinsmore said as she explained her pink hair and her high-heeled black leather boots.

GO AND DO ‘Seussical’ WHEN: Opens Friday, closes May 6 • 8 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays • 3 p.m. Sundays WHERE: Fine Arts Center’s Rupel J. Jones Theatre, 563 Elm Ave. INFO: For tickets or more info, call Catlett Music Center’s Fine Arts box office — 405-325-4101 — from 11:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Monday through Friday.

“I’m not going to be running around in a giant kangaroo suit.”

The characters who are the most similar to their animals are the birds with their tails, but the rest are left to the audience’s imagination, she said.

Many of the characters have to dance and sing at the same time, Menas said.

She compared the feeling to singing while running on a treadmill.

“It is really challenging, but at the same time, it is the most exhilarating experience,” she said. “It’s crazy, but I love it.”

Both Dinsmore and Menas have done over five musicals at OU, they said.

Menas did not start doing musical theater until her junior year in high school, while Dinsmore said she had been a part of musical theater productions since she

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Musical theatre senior Jamie Goldman, as the Cat in the Hat, rehearses his lines for “Seussical the Musical.” The cast and crew is working to get everything put together for Friday’s premiere.

was a child.

Both actresses will be working this summer at Music Theatre of Wichita, then moving to New York to continue chasing their dreams of performing on Broadway, they said.

Whether you’re 8 years old or a senior in college, “Seussical” provides entertainment for all ages, they said.

“I think everyone has a kid in them,” Menas said. “[Seussical] is so playful, and everyone leaves happy.”

“It is encouraging young minds to have an imagination,” Dinsmore added.

The women encourage children or children at heart to sit in the first four rows for optimum “Seussations.”

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Life&Arts

• Wednesday, April 25, 2012

Polytron’s ‘Fez’ coerces players to look at surrounding environment differently Rating: ÂŤÂŤÂŤÂŤ 1/2

omez wakes up one day in his 2-D world and travels to meet one of his elders on the top of a floating island his small village resides on.

The day seems like any other day until Gomez reaches the top of the island.

After speaking with his elder, a strange 3-D cube manifests itself above Gomez.

The cube speaks to Gomez in a strange language and bestows upon him a quaint fez hat.

Once the hat rests neatly on the back of Gomez’s head, his world is changed forever.

Polytron’s “Fez� is a retrostyled, 2-D puzzle platformer set in a 3-D world. Players are given the ability to shift the perspective of the 3-D world from four different sides, but they can only interact with objects in 2-D. As Gomez explores the world searching for cube bits, cubes and anti-cubes players must use the ability to shift the perspective to solve puzzles and gather goodies to open doors and discover more secrets about Gomez’s world. There are 32 cubes and anti-cubes to collect, as well as a myriad of other puzzles that help explain Gomez’s world.

It’s difficult to describe how “Fez� works, but here it goes: That platform is too far away? Press the left trigger, and as the world spins, the platform may be a bit closer to the intended goal because the platform is being viewed from a different angle. That wall is too long and Gomez

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needs to get to the other side? Press the right trigger and you quickly will discover that it’s really thin and easy to pass through.

Another quick trigger press and Gomez is able to pass through the wall like he is teleporting.

There are other things Gomez can do, such as pick up bombs or move blocks, but the crux of the gameplay revolves around shifting perspectives. Once you get the hang of things, it will take about five to six hours to collect the 32 cubes needed to finish the game.

Once you’ve completed the game one time, you are given access to a new game, which lets you finish collecting the 64 cubes with a new trick.

While Fez’s gameplay is difficult to explain, the brilliance of the puzzles isn’t.

Polytron went all out in using the relationship between 2-D and 3-D worlds with a heavy dose of M.C. Escheresque illusion to craft small, clever puzzles that make you feel incredibly smart.

But they also spent a lot of time and energy ­— the game has been in development since 2007, but it hit a few snags before its April 13 release — to craft some of

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AT A GLANCE If you like ‘Fez’ • Braid (Xbox 360, Windows, Mac, PS3) • The Misadventures of P.B. Winterbottom (Xbox 360, Windows) • Echochrome (PSP, PS3) • VVVVVV (Windows, Mac, Nintendo 3DS, Linux) Compiled by: Chase Cook

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puzzle with a tuning fork that will have you scratching your head, but once you Available platform: feel it out and solve it, it’s a • Xbox Live Arcade Tiger Woods fist-pumping moment.

Price: 800 Microsoft points And that last bit, the Tiger ($9.98) Woods fist-pumping moment, is really what “Fez� the most challenging, mind- is all about. The game is litbending puzzles. Once you tered with more cleverness get the hang of maneuvering and intuitiveness than any through the 3-D world, “Fez� puzzle game in recent memwill ask you to solve the ory. Each gathered cube and game’s own alphabet and anti-cube is a victory. Not number system to discover only because it furthers you clues and solve even more toward the goal of 32 cubes challenging puzzles. to finish the game, it’s beThere is a particular cause almost every cube is Company: Polytron

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a trophy. And these aren’t your thanks-for-participating-and-riding-the benchall-season trophies. You have to earn these bad boys.

Some of them might even get you a high-five in line at Crossroads Restaurant if your fellow student knows what the hell your 2-D and 3-D babbling is all about.

That’s why “Fez� is one of the best games to be released in 2012. One could go on about how it’s retrolike graphics are charming and vibrant and filled with references to “The Legend of Zelda� and “Tetris� and “Riven: The Sequel to Myst.�

Or how the soundtrack by Disasterpeace is one of the best indie game soundtracks since TomĂĄĹĄ DvorĂĄk’s “Machinariumâ€? soundtrack.

Both of these elements enhance the game’s appeal,

but they aren’t what a player should focus on during his or her experience. “Fez� shows us that deep down, at an atom-like level, we are all Tetris pieces trying to fit together in a larger machine. Sometimes things slide perfectly into place and we don’t have to worry about anything. Other times we crash and collide into one another. At that moment, maybe we are trapped in the second dimension like Gomez. Moving along two axises because it’s easy to only worry about left and right and up and down.

That type of world is simple and comfortable. We become complacent.

But, if we take a moment and shift our perspective, we might get a glimpse of something new or wondrous on the other side. Perhaps it’s the cube we have been looking for to open that locked door. Perhaps it’s just a new way of looking at things.

Either way, we win.

Chase Cook is a journalism senior and the managing editor for The Daily.

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OU museum opens pottery exhibition John Frank’s work features tableware Westlee Parsons Life & Arts Reporter

The Fred Jones Jr. Museum of Art opened a new exhibition that celebrates Oklahoma culture through pottery.

The Oklahoma Clay: Frankoma Pottery exhibit is a collection of ceramics done predominantly by John Frank and features pieces by several of his students or colleagues.

“This exhibit is an important part of the cultural history of Oklahoma,” said Mark White, Eugene B. Adkins curator and chief curator at the Fred Jones Jr. Museum of Art. John Frank grew up in Chicago in a family of modest means, said Jane Aebersold, curator of ceramics at the Fred Jones Jr. Museum of Art. His mother had a vision of him going to college even though they did not have a lot of money, Aebersold said.

When Frank did make it to the Chicago Art Institute, he learned his love for ceramics from his prestigious professor Myrtle Meritt French, Aebersold said. She taught everything about ceramics from throwing to making glazes, she said.

A f t e r stu d y i ng u n d e r French, Frank went to work for Oscar Jacobson, then director of OU’s School of Art, in 1927, Aebersold said.

Jacobson was the founding director of the ceramics program at OU, Aebersold said.

She said that Jacobson was looking for someone to open a ceramics department and French recommended Frank who then taught at the university for eight years.

In 1928 Frank began working w ith the Oklahoma Geological Survey in order to find clay to use for his ceramics, Aebersold said. She said

Above: The Frankoma exhibit at Fred Jones Jr. Museum of Art celebrates the work of potter John Frank and showcases his most iconic pieces created using Oklahoma clay.

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that they happened upon a creamy, white clay near Ada, Okla., which Frank used in his personal studio, as well as at OU until 1954.

After 1954, the Ada clay was running out so when Frank moved to Sapulpa, Okla., he

found red clay near there and began to work with that instead, Aebersold said.

During his time at OU, Frank opened a studio called Frank Pottery, later named Frankoma Pottery in 1934, Aebersold said.

What Frank really wanted to do with Frankoma was provide decorative tableware such as saucers, cups, bowl serving dishes and pitchers that were affordable and fashionable, Aebersold said.

The two most elaborate sculpture sets that are on display in the Fred Jones Jr. Museum of Art are two of these tableware sets designed

by Frank, she said.

The first is called “Wagon

Wheel Place Setting,” and is made out of both Ada and Sapulpa clay with a prairie green glaze. This place setting was made in 1948 and each piece has some sort of wagon wheel or wagon spoke that makes the entire set cohesive, Aebersold said.

“This is probably the most iconic piece in the collection,” she said.

The second place setting is called “Mayan Aztec Place Setting.” This place setting also uses both clays but is glazed in desert gold. There are little Aztec or Mayan symbols around the outer edges of the plates and saucers as well as on the cups and pitcher, Aebersold said.

The other artists featured in the Frankoma Exhibit were either students or colleagues of Frank’s here at OU or in Oklahoma, she said.

Joe Taylor, a former sculpture professor, was a good friend of Frank and was asked to be a part of Frankoma, but declined the offer, Aebersold said. Taylor did, however, give art to Frank to contribute to Frankoma and those pieces are on display, she said. “[This collection] deserves some attention because of how it shaped people’s lives by being present in Oklahoma,” White said. He said that because the Frankoma Pottery was affordable that many people had the tableware and

Left: Melissa Verville, customer service representative at Fred Jones Jr. Museum of Art, takes in a collection of tea sets Tuesday. The tea sets are part of the museum’s newest exhibit, Frankoma, which honors the work done with Oklahoma Clay by artist John Frank. Frank started the ceramics program, according the the museum’s website.

other items in their homes through the 1950s and 1970s.

“Most people over the age of 45-50 that are from Oklahoma would have probably had some Frankoma Pottery in their home,” White said.

White said this is also a celebration of OU because Frank started his career here and continued to refer back to OU even in the years after he left.

The Fred Jones Museum of Art started preparing this exhibit in April of 2010, Aebersold said.

“It is amazing that it opened April of this year,” Aebersold said. “It has been a real pleasure to research and put together,” Aebersold said.

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Freshman Georgia Casey swings during the Sooners’ first game in their weekend series with No. 10 Missouri on Friday in Norman.

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The OU softball team looks for its second Big 12 Conference sweep when the Sooners host Oklahoma State at 7 tonight in the final installment of this season’s Bedlam series in Norman.

Oklahoma (38-7, 13-4) owns the overall series 72-70 after winning the first two Bedlam contests earlier this season.

After smothe r i ng the Cowgirls by a combined score of 15-1 in the first two rounds to win the overall series, OU is poised to complete the sweep after maintaining a 16-2 record this season when facing opponents in the friendly confines of Marita Hynes Field.

The Sooners also are looking to create more distance between themselves and the rest of the Big 12 pack with their eighth conference home win. OU has won three of its last four home conference games, including the 2-1 series win against No. 10 Missouri last weekend.

The clash against the Tigers — and junior All-American ace Chelsea Thomas — gave the Sooner lineup all it could handle. With a combined 23 strikeouts during the series, Thomas disrupted some of the Sooners’ hitting streaks and caused several OU

season home run record (20) set by Lynette Velasquez in 1999.

Coach Patty Gasso had nothing but good things to say about the addition of Carey to the OU coaching staff, claiming that the move would benefit all involved.

“This move not only benefit’s the players, but it also benefits me as well as it gives our staff another set of eyes on the field,” Gasso said. “As a three-time All-American, she knows how to win.”

And now as a coach, Carey admits to reliving her own experiences out on the field while watching Chamberlain chase after the same record.

“It makes it more special when you think about what you’ve done and then see these girls also accomplishing their dreams out on the field,” Carey said. “It’s also great for the program because you know that these players are doing their best to get back to the World Series and get that second national championship. The records are just a part of that journey.”

And there won’t be any hard feelings if Carey gets to see the record fall.

“I told her to go get it,” Carey said.

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Sophomore catcher Ali Vandever waits for the pitch Friday against Missouri. The Sooners will host Oklahoma State at 7 tonight.

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players to descend the Big 12 individual batting rankings.

But one player who continued to improve her slugging mark in the Big 12 conference was freshman first baseman Lauren Chamberlain.

Chamberlain, who continues to lead the Big 12 in several batting categories, launched her 20th home run of the season against Thomas during last Saturday’s game

to tie OU’s single season home run record.

Now with every at bat, Chamberlain has the chance to own the coveted record all by herself. Last time against the Cowgirls in Stillwater, Chamberlain fell just short of a home run against the instate rival and settled for a double off the OSU fence.

“I told her during the last Oklahoma State game last time that she was nearing that record,” volunteer coach Lisa Carey said. “It’s very exciting to just see all of these caliber of athletes here now that will be destroying all kinds of records like Chamberlain.”

Carey, who was a threetime All-American during her stint as a Sooner, was a part of the 2000 National Championship team and finished that year as Big 12 Player of the Year with a .405 average. During her senior year, Carey tied OU’s single-

The OU baseball team dropped the first of its back-toback mid-week games with a 6-1 loss to Oklahoma State on Tuesday, ending its season-high win streak at eight games.

Oklahoma jumped out to an early 1-0 lead in the top of the first when junior outfielder Max White drove senior UP NEXT Erik Ross home on an RBI single through the heart of vs. Dallas Baptist the Cowboys’ defense. OSU When: 6:30 tonight quickly responded, tying the score in the third with a sacrifice fly from junior designated hitter Randy McCurry.

Both teams remained scoreless for the next two frames until Oklahoma State had an offensive burst in the sixth.

After surrendering three runs to make it 4-1 in the bottom of the sixth and giving up a double to put runners on second and third in the seventh, pitching coach Jack Giese pulled Damien Magnifico in favor of sophomore Jordan John.

Magnifico left the game early for the second time in as many starts, tallying 105 pitches and allowing four runs on seven hits with four walks and seven strikeouts through 6 2/3 innings. His record now stands at 1-1 in four starts.

John entered the game with two outs and two on in the bottom of the seventh and walked the first batter he faced, loading the bases before striking out Cowboy senior Jared Womack to end the inning and extinguish the threat.

However, John — who is expected to be the Friday night starter this weekend against Kansas — pitched only one inning before being relieved by junior Steven Okert.

OSU’s offensive barrage continued in the eight, as the Cowboys added two more runs to build their lead into what proved to be an insurmountable deficit for the Sooners.

The Sooners went 5-for-31 against the Cowboys with their only bright spot offensively coming in the form of another solid outing from slugger Max White — who went 2-for-4 and recorded the Sooners only RBI.

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Above: Dewayne Norvill, a worker from Buchanan Bicycles, helps out OUPD by fixing and checking bikes on Tuesday on the South Oval to get more people to register their bikes.

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Right, above: Sociology senior Wendy Barton grimaces as she loses an inflatable obstacle course race to criminology senior Tyler Vinson (not pictured) on Tuesday.

The course was set up by Healthy Sooners to encourage physical activity and provide pre-dead week stress relief.

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Right, below: African American studies sophomore Rashid Campbell (left) and African American studies junior Dominqiue Baker talk about race Tuesday in front of Dale Hall. They talked about racial issues and stereotypes by making their crowd uncomfortable.

They are part of the OU Debate team, and will have another meeting next week in front of Dale about sexism.

Left: University College freshmen Kyle Eubank (left) and Austin Maynard sign waivers Tuesday at the Sooner Health Hut to participate in the inflatable obstacle course set up by Healthy Sooners.

Participants in the course received a free Healthy Sooners T-shirt or backpack.

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