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Though tuition and fee increases are becoming as reliable as death and taxes, OU President David Boren assured the university community OU still is dedicated to striking the most appropriate balance of academic quality and affordability.

B o re n h e l d a d i s c u ssion Monday afternoon in

the Oklahoma Memorial Union’s Beaird Lounge to discuss tuition and fees with faculty and students. He said he won’t know the amount of tuition and fee increases until the Legislature decides the state’s budget and OU’s allocation.

“There will be a very difficult decision have to be made,” Boren said. “We are going to do our very best to

try to strike the right balance, which preserves our programs, … enables you to graduate on time, doesn’t cause us to lose outstanding members of faculty and tries to hold any increase in tuition and fees as low as we possibly can.”

The percent of the budget covered by state appropriations for fiscal year 2012 is 17.9 percent, OU spokesman

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Michael Nash said . Boren said that percent has continued to drop over the years.

Boren cited that OU has absorbed $100 million in direct cuts and uncovered fixed costs, which h e s a i d i l - DaViD l u s t r a t e s BOren the university’s struggle. Fixed costs include expenses that are

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Class observes weather effects on trees’ growth Students explore university-owned Oliver’s Woods to document changes PaIGhTen haRkInS Campus Reporter

An OU class has taken to the woods to collect information for a database intended to give researchers a better idea of the weather’s effect on plants’ growing seasons.

The cours e, Remote Sensing and Phenology, allows students the opportuaT a gLaNCE nity to explore the depths identify trees of Oliver’s Woods, a university-owned section of Students will be able to land south of State Highway use a program that will 9. OU professors Kirsten allow them to identify de Beurs and Ken Hobson trees in Oliver’s Woods. teach the class.

Trees will be labeled so students can guess the As students travel common name. through the woods, they are expected to make obSource: Ken Hobson servations twice a week of more than 30 trees and compare the observations to satellite data, Hobson said.

The students list any changes they notice in the trees, taking note of when flowers bloom, when leaves appear, if the tree is producing fruit and other qualitative data.

These results will be uploaded to a national and an OU database, each run individually by the professors, Hobson

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healthy Sooners offered smoking cessation classes to all students, faculty and staff to help them quit smoking this spring. Though those classes ended last week, the program will offer more classes this summer and fall semesters.

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Interdisciplinary perspectives on the environment seniors Catie Brothers (left) and Cal Corbin discuss changes in the environment during class april 10 in Oliver’s Woods, located near Chautauqua avenue and State highway 9. Soon, the research area will include indicators on trees for visitors to identify the trees growing in the woods.

OU smoking cessation classes ended last week, but Healthy Sooners scheduled additional classes to continue into the summer and fall.

OU’s smoking cessation classes aim to help students, faculty and staff kick their habit by addressing common problems those trying to quit encounter, instructor Nicole Pritchard said. Problems include physical addition to nicotine, conditioning of the habit and emotional dependence on tobacco.

Healthy S ooners offers the courses in preparation of the campuswide tobacco ban July 1.

aT a gLaNCE Cessation classes • session One: Noon to 1 p.m.

June 5, June 19, June 21, June 26 • session Two: 5 to 6 p.m. June 5, June 19, June 21, June 26 • session Three: Noon to 1 p.m.

June 8, June 22, June 25, June 29 • session Four: 5 to 6 p.m. June 8, June 22, June 25, June 29

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Components of the class include helping participants make a firm decision to quit, stress management techniques, withdrawal symptom management, relapse prevention counseling, social support and weight-control advice, Pritchard said.

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students, she said.

“We have found that the quitting process is unique for each person,” Pritchard said. “Different methods work for different people. Instead, we aim to serve as a resource to educate and inform participants about the many options they have, as well as offer support.”

Even with the option of university-sponsored quit programs, some students choose to quit on their own.

University College freshman Joshua Campbell said he is trying to quit on his own by allotting a certain number of cigarettes daily and trying to reduce that number over time. He said he hopes to kick the habit by the time the ban kicks in.

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Tuition: Boren optimistic despite looming cuts

Today around campus An exhibition of School of Art and Art History senior capstones will be on display all week in the Fred Jones Art Center’s Lightwell Gallery.

An Art21 episode about balance will begin at 4:30 p.m. in the Fred Jones Jr. Museum of Art’s Mary Eddy and Fred Jones Auditorium. Artists will explore equilibrium through sculpture, paintings and installations.

Write Club Creative Writers Writing Group will meet at 6 p.m. in Wagner Hall, Room 280.

Wednesday, May 2 A seminar by Student Success Series about summer courses will be held at 3:30 p.m. in Wagner Hall, Room 245.

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uncontrollable, such as cost of healthcare and utility bills.

For fiscal year 2013, the university saw an increase of $8,380,000 in fixed costs, Nash said.

If the Legislature chooses not to increase the state allocations, fixed cost increases will result in an overall cut for OU, Boren said. “Flat is not flat,� Boren said. “If uncontrollable expenses are not covered by the state, how am I going to pay for it?�

Frequently, the only answers to the question are either to cut programs further or raise tuition and fees, he said. “When you’ve absorbed $100 million, ... you begin to cut into the muscle and bone — the academic mission of the university,� Boren said.

According to Boren, public higher education is disappearing under the current circumstances.

graph Tuition, fees over 11 years Tuition and fees (in thousands of dollars)

Continued from page 1

AT A GLANCE FY12 budget • State allocations: 17.9% • Tuition and fees: 27.7% • Private gifts: 10.2% • Grants and contributions: 17.3% • Auxiliary/agency: 26.9%

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“Are we a public university if we only get 17.9 percent from state allocations?�

Boren asked.

University College freshman Emma Lindgren attended the open discussion and said she thinks non-resident students tend to take the hit when it comes to tuition rates. “While we expect tuition to go up over time, it helps

to know what to expect,�

Lindgren said.

Akash Patel, political science sophomore, said even though the university attracts many outstanding students, OU must do all it can to completely bring them in. “Everyone is struggling,� he said.

Patel works at the Oklahoma State Capitol through the Carl Albert

Congressional Research and Studies Center’s Capitol Scholars Program and said he’s looked over state budget proposals. “Cuts are across the board, and it’s not an unfair cut for education,� he said.

Even though the situation seems alarming, Boren said he’s optimistic. “Well, I’d say [the glass] is more than half full, but the empty part is about 21 percent of the glass that is no longer being filled by state appropriations but now is being filled, unfortunately, by [students],� Boren said.

Woods: Research to provide tutorial for students Continued from page 1 said.

De Beurs said she has observed changes in the woods through satellite imagery by a process known as remote sensing. Two cameras have been installed in the woods that take pictures every 30 minutes during the day.

Students make many observations in a section of Oliver’s Woods known as the tree loop.

The upper loop is situated in the northeast corner of the woods, near the intersection

of Jenkins Avenue and State Highway 9, and was created within the last six months.

The lower section, located throughout the rest of the woods, has been used for about three years, Hobson said.

Along the 400-meter upper-loop trail, there are 95 trees the students observe.

These trees soon will be used as tutorials for all interested OU classes. They will serve as tools to help students learn to identify trees based off their characteristics, Hobson said.

Hobson expects to have

this tutorial service open to students in the fall, provided it is approved by the Oklahoma Biological Survey.

Each tree will be labeled from one to 95. Students will try to guess the common name of the tree, such as elm or pecan, without referring to a laminated species list that will be available in the woods. “You can quiz yourself and say, ‘Oh, I got it right. It was a hawthorn,’� Hobson said.

Anthony Mackey, environmental science and conservation senior, said he has

a much greater awareness of when the growing season begins after spending time as a student going into the woods. “I would think for most people who don’t actually look at [the trees], you’re out there one day and there’s nothing on the tree, then a couple weeks later you say, ‘Oh, look it’s green’ or ‘Oh, look, it has leaves on it,’�

Mackey said.

The class is in its pilot semester this spring and will continue next spring, de Beurs said.

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Bill would improve state’s meth watch Pseudoephedrine sales to be tracked more effectively Rachael Cervenka Campus Reporter

Oklahoma lawmakers are nearing final approval of a measure that would monitor methamphetamine manufacturers and protect consumers’ access to safe and effective medications.

HB 2941, authored by Rep. David Derby, R-Owasso, passed over whelmingly in both the House and the Senate.

The bill passed the House on March 13 with a vote of 82-5 and in the Senate on April 17 with a vote of 46-1. It is now back in the House because of amendments made in the Senate.

This is the only bill still alive in the legislature dealing with the meth problem in Oklahoma, Derby said.

Efforts to impose new restrictions on pseudoephedrine, one of the main ingredients of methamphetamine, have turned out to be one of the more difficult issues lawmakers have faced this year.

Efforts were made to make pseudoephedrine products available by prescription only but were rejected.

HB 2941 has several components, but its main initiative would enhance Oklahoma’s real-time electronic blocking system, Derby said. It ensures Oklahoma is online with the 17 other states that use this stop-sale technology to block unlawful pseudoephedrine sales.

Pseudoephedrine is used as a nasal decongestant in a majority of over-the-counter allergy, sinus and cold medications, CVS pharmacist Michelle Goodnight said.

The drug also can be used to make “shake and bake� meth, which is a method that

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Oklahoma lawmakers passed a bill to bolster the state’s monitoring system for sales of pseudoephedrine (pictured), another main ingredient of methamphetamine. The bill would reduce the amount of pseudoephedrine consumers can purchase and would link Oklahoma’s system with 17 other states.

AT A GLANCE HB 2941 The bill would ensure Oklahoma is linked with 17 other states using a stop-sale system to block unlawful pseudoephedrine sales.

produces meth in a one-container reaction.

Currently, medications containing pseudoephedrine must be obtained at the pharmacy counter. This process is necessary to track all purchases, Derby said. However, the current tracking system does not cross state lines, and Derby has proposed the implementation of a new system that will do so.

In 2011, more than 11,000 Oklahomans bought

medications containing pseudoephedrine in several different states, he said. “You can’t really address an addiction issue unless you have all the information available to you, so that is what we are trying to address,� Derby said.

Another key component of the bill is its limits on the amount of pseudoephedrine consumers can purchase. The Food and Drug Administration has said that consuming 9 grams of pseudoephedrine per month and 108 grams per year is sufficient.

However, HB 2941 limits this dosage to 7.2 grams per month and 60 grams per year, which is still therapeutic, said Derby, who is a pharmacist.

The bill also gives pharmacists the legal right to deny a sale to consumers suspected

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of being meth users, he said.

Rep. Doug Cox, R-Grove, said he thinks HB 2941 is a good bill, but he supported tougher measures that would have required a doctor’s prescription to purchase pseudoephedrine medications. “Addictive drugs tend to be prescription,� Cox said. “Pseudoephedrine is not addictive, but it is used to make the most addictive thing known to man.�

Cox strongly condones the use of other over-the-counter allergy, cold and sinus medications that do not contain pseudoephedrine but still have a decongestant in them, he said.

Pharmaceutical companies have lobbied hard against bills aiming to make pseudoephedrine prescription only, Cox said. They released ad campaigns through

email, radio and television to persuade Oklahomans this was the wrong way to go.

Norman resident Jenette Nelms said she buys Claritin-D for her entire family. If her entire family had to go to the doctor to get these medications, she would be outraged, she said. “That would be crazy,�

Nelms said. “People know when they have allergy problems and when they need to take something.�

Nelms said she can deal with going to the counter and showing her driver’s license, but going to the doctor would be another matter. “All they have to do is look at me, and they’ll know,�

Nelms said. “Do I look like a meth addict?�

Cox, who is an emergency room physician, has been practicing medicine for about 35 years and deals with all types of injuries and conditions resulting from meth addiction on a daily basis, he said.

The meth problem in Oklahoma has steadily increased over the last 20 years and hit a peak about 10 years ago, Cox said. At this point, the legislature put it behind the counter, which temporarily helped until meth users discovered the shake-andbake method.

The collateral damage from meth is huge, Cox said.

As a result of meth, the number of children being raised by grandparents, the number of people in our county jails and state prisons and the number of people with mental illness have increased substantially, he said. “No matter what we do, the meth users will find a way to get around it, but I don’t think that should discourage us from doing all we can,� Cox said. “We just have to continually try to stay one step ahead of them.�

Smoking: Success rate not available Continued from page 1 right way to address student smoking, though, Campbell said.

However, he said he wouldn’t rule out options, such as the quit kits provided by the university as helpful. “[The classes are] pathetic,� Campbell said. “It’s not like we’re alcoholics; we just smoke cigarettes. It’s up to us to get over our addiction.�

P r i t c h a rd s a i d s t u dents who enroll in these classes appear to be more s u c c e s s f u l ov e r a l l a t cessation. “From my experience, the participants with the greatest success had already made a firm decision to quit when they enrolled in the class,�

Pritchard said. “When smokers are uncertain if they truly want to quit, the relapse rate tends to be higher.�

However, because the program is still new at OU, success rate data is still unavailable, Pritchard said.

Campbell said the hardest thing about quitting is being around others who still smoke.

S e v e n t y p e rc e n t o f smokers want to quit altogether, and 40 percent of smokers will tr y to quit this year, according to the American Cancer Society.

However, only 7 percent of smokers will successfully quit smoking their first time, and 50 percent of smokers will relapse into smoking while intoxicated with alcohol.

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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

Tuition: Boren optimistic despite looming cuts

Today around campus An exhibition of School of Art and Art History senior capstones will be on display all week in the Fred Jones Art Center’s Lightwell Gallery.

An Art21 episode about balance will begin at 4:30 p.m. in the Fred Jones Jr. Museum of Art’s Mary Eddy and Fred Jones Auditorium. Artists will explore equilibrium through sculpture, paintings and installations.

Write Club Creative Writers Writing Group will meet at 6 p.m. in Wagner Hall, Room 280.

Wednesday, May 2 A seminar by Student Success Series about summer courses will be held at 3:30 p.m. in Wagner Hall, Room 245.

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

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

uncontrollable, such as cost of healthcare and utility bills.

For fiscal year 2013, the university saw an increase of $8,380,000 in fixed costs, Nash said.

If the Legislature chooses not to increase the state allocations, fixed cost increases will result in an overall cut for OU, Boren said. “Flat is not flat,� Boren said. “If uncontrollable expenses are not covered by the state, how am I going to pay for it?�

Frequently, the only answers to the question are either to cut programs further or raise tuition and fees, he said. “When you’ve absorbed $100 million, ... you begin to cut into the muscle and bone — the academic mission of the university,� Boren said.

According to Boren, public higher education is disappearing under the current circumstances.

graph Tuition, fees over 11 years Tuition and fees (in thousands of dollars)

Continued from page 1

AT A GLANCE FY12 budget • State allocations: 17.9% • Tuition and fees: 27.7% • Private gifts: 10.2% • Grants and contributions: 17.3% • Auxiliary/agency: 26.9%

20 Non-resident

15

Resident

10

Source: OU spokesman Michael Nash

5 0

2000

2011

graph by James Corley/The Daily

“Are we a public university if we only get 17.9 percent from state allocations?�

Boren asked.

University College freshman Emma Lindgren attended the open discussion and said she thinks non-resident students tend to take the hit when it comes to tuition rates. “While we expect tuition to go up over time, it helps

to know what to expect,�

Lindgren said.

Akash Patel, political science sophomore, said even though the university attracts many outstanding students, OU must do all it can to completely bring them in. “Everyone is struggling,� he said.

Patel works at the Oklahoma State Capitol through the Carl Albert

Congressional Research and Studies Center’s Capitol Scholars Program and said he’s looked over state budget proposals. “Cuts are across the board, and it’s not an unfair cut for education,� he said.

Even though the situation seems alarming, Boren said he’s optimistic. “Well, I’d say [the glass] is more than half full, but the empty part is about 21 percent of the glass that is no longer being filled by state appropriations but now is being filled, unfortunately, by [students],� Boren said.

Woods: Research to provide tutorial for students Continued from page 1 said.

De Beurs said she has observed changes in the woods through satellite imagery by a process known as remote sensing. Two cameras have been installed in the woods that take pictures every 30 minutes during the day.

Students make many observations in a section of Oliver’s Woods known as the tree loop.

The upper loop is situated in the northeast corner of the woods, near the intersection

of Jenkins Avenue and State Highway 9, and was created within the last six months.

The lower section, located throughout the rest of the woods, has been used for about three years, Hobson said.

Along the 400-meter upper-loop trail, there are 95 trees the students observe.

These trees soon will be used as tutorials for all interested OU classes. They will serve as tools to help students learn to identify trees based off their characteristics, Hobson said.

Hobson expects to have

this tutorial service open to students in the fall, provided it is approved by the Oklahoma Biological Survey.

Each tree will be labeled from one to 95. Students will try to guess the common name of the tree, such as elm or pecan, without referring to a laminated species list that will be available in the woods. “You can quiz yourself and say, ‘Oh, I got it right. It was a hawthorn,’� Hobson said.

Anthony Mackey, environmental science and conservation senior, said he has

a much greater awareness of when the growing season begins after spending time as a student going into the woods. “I would think for most people who don’t actually look at [the trees], you’re out there one day and there’s nothing on the tree, then a couple weeks later you say, ‘Oh, look it’s green’ or ‘Oh, look, it has leaves on it,’�

Mackey said.

The class is in its pilot semester this spring and will continue next spring, de Beurs said.

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Tuesday, May 1, 2012 •

State legislature

Bill would improve state’s meth watch Pseudoephedrine sales to be tracked more effectively Rachael Cervenka Campus Reporter

Oklahoma lawmakers are nearing final approval of a measure that would monitor methamphetamine manufacturers and protect consumers’ access to safe and effective medications.

HB 2941, authored by Rep. David Derby, R-Owasso, passed over whelmingly in both the House and the Senate.

The bill passed the House on March 13 with a vote of 82-5 and in the Senate on April 17 with a vote of 46-1. It is now back in the House because of amendments made in the Senate.

This is the only bill still alive in the legislature dealing with the meth problem in Oklahoma, Derby said.

Efforts to impose new restrictions on pseudoephedrine, one of the main ingredients of methamphetamine, have turned out to be one of the more difficult issues lawmakers have faced this year.

Efforts were made to make pseudoephedrine products available by prescription only but were rejected.

HB 2941 has several components, but its main initiative would enhance Oklahoma’s real-time electronic blocking system, Derby said. It ensures Oklahoma is online with the 17 other states that use this stop-sale technology to block unlawful pseudoephedrine sales.

Pseudoephedrine is used as a nasal decongestant in a majority of over-the-counter allergy, sinus and cold medications, CVS pharmacist Michelle Goodnight said.

The drug also can be used to make “shake and bake� meth, which is a method that

Ty Johnson/The Daily

Oklahoma lawmakers passed a bill to bolster the state’s monitoring system for sales of pseudoephedrine (pictured), another main ingredient of methamphetamine. The bill would reduce the amount of pseudoephedrine consumers can purchase and would link Oklahoma’s system with 17 other states.

AT A GLANCE HB 2941 The bill would ensure Oklahoma is linked with 17 other states using a stop-sale system to block unlawful pseudoephedrine sales.

produces meth in a one-container reaction.

Currently, medications containing pseudoephedrine must be obtained at the pharmacy counter. This process is necessary to track all purchases, Derby said. However, the current tracking system does not cross state lines, and Derby has proposed the implementation of a new system that will do so.

In 2011, more than 11,000 Oklahomans bought

medications containing pseudoephedrine in several different states, he said. “You can’t really address an addiction issue unless you have all the information available to you, so that is what we are trying to address,� Derby said.

Another key component of the bill is its limits on the amount of pseudoephedrine consumers can purchase. The Food and Drug Administration has said that consuming 9 grams of pseudoephedrine per month and 108 grams per year is sufficient.

However, HB 2941 limits this dosage to 7.2 grams per month and 60 grams per year, which is still therapeutic, said Derby, who is a pharmacist.

The bill also gives pharmacists the legal right to deny a sale to consumers suspected

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of being meth users, he said.

Rep. Doug Cox, R-Grove, said he thinks HB 2941 is a good bill, but he supported tougher measures that would have required a doctor’s prescription to purchase pseudoephedrine medications. “Addictive drugs tend to be prescription,� Cox said. “Pseudoephedrine is not addictive, but it is used to make the most addictive thing known to man.�

Cox strongly condones the use of other over-the-counter allergy, cold and sinus medications that do not contain pseudoephedrine but still have a decongestant in them, he said.

Pharmaceutical companies have lobbied hard against bills aiming to make pseudoephedrine prescription only, Cox said. They released ad campaigns through

email, radio and television to persuade Oklahomans this was the wrong way to go.

Norman resident Jenette Nelms said she buys Claritin-D for her entire family. If her entire family had to go to the doctor to get these medications, she would be outraged, she said. “That would be crazy,�

Nelms said. “People know when they have allergy problems and when they need to take something.�

Nelms said she can deal with going to the counter and showing her driver’s license, but going to the doctor would be another matter. “All they have to do is look at me, and they’ll know,�

Nelms said. “Do I look like a meth addict?�

Cox, who is an emergency room physician, has been practicing medicine for about 35 years and deals with all types of injuries and conditions resulting from meth addiction on a daily basis, he said.

The meth problem in Oklahoma has steadily increased over the last 20 years and hit a peak about 10 years ago, Cox said. At this point, the legislature put it behind the counter, which temporarily helped until meth users discovered the shake-andbake method.

The collateral damage from meth is huge, Cox said.

As a result of meth, the number of children being raised by grandparents, the number of people in our county jails and state prisons and the number of people with mental illness have increased substantially, he said. “No matter what we do, the meth users will find a way to get around it, but I don’t think that should discourage us from doing all we can,� Cox said. “We just have to continually try to stay one step ahead of them.�

Smoking: Success rate not available Continued from page 1 right way to address student smoking, though, Campbell said.

However, he said he wouldn’t rule out options, such as the quit kits provided by the university as helpful. “[The classes are] pathetic,� Campbell said. “It’s not like we’re alcoholics; we just smoke cigarettes. It’s up to us to get over our addiction.�

P r i t c h a rd s a i d s t u dents who enroll in these classes appear to be more s u c c e s s f u l ov e r a l l a t cessation. “From my experience, the participants with the greatest success had already made a firm decision to quit when they enrolled in the class,�

Pritchard said. “When smokers are uncertain if they truly want to quit, the relapse rate tends to be higher.�

However, because the program is still new at OU, success rate data is still unavailable, Pritchard said.

Campbell said the hardest thing about quitting is being around others who still smoke.

S e v e n t y p e rc e n t o f smokers want to quit altogether, and 40 percent of smokers will tr y to quit this year, according to the American Cancer Society.

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Decision needs student opinions to jobs in this state. So perhaps it would make sense to put these programs first.

But a college degree is about more than one’s Brace yourselves: It looks like President David major. Higher education should not be about rigid Boren is going to request another tuition increase. specialization but about well-rounded education.

We’ve seen this dance for several years now. Boren Students of all majors need access to a diversity of invites students to a public forum, giving them a courses in order to attain the understanding of our chance to weigh in on the possibility of a tuition inculture, other cultures, the human condition, the crease and the effect it would have on them. scientific method and other subjects needThen, he puts an ad in The Daily thanking ed to be considered an educated citizen.

The Our View them for their participation. Everyone goes Do we cut small humanities departments is the majority home feeling good. just because they aren’t typically a priority opinion of But the only purpose of this ritual is to The Daily’s in Oklahoma? To do so would be a serious nine-member prime the pump for a decision that has esdisservice to students and fundamentally editorial board sentially already been made — barring prolimit an essential part of their education. If test from the Board of Regents, tuition will these programs are cut across multiple colalmost certainly increase. leges, what in-state options would students have?

Boren knows about budget problems well in adOn the other hand, without making these kinds of vance and must make decisions long before these difficult decisions, how can OU keep tuition from risopen forums. While the official decision has not yet ing? Sooners can either accept that tuition will conbeen made, Boren knows by now whether a tuition tinue to rise each year — creating a bubble that must increase will be necessary and has been planning inevitably pop — or OU must develop a plan, now, to accordingly. stop the yearly budget growth.

This illusion of student input is frustrating, but Hiring and pay freezes are not long-term solubefore you decide whether a tuition increase is justi- tions, and the Legislature doesn’t seem likely to have fied, consider the complicated factors contributing a sudden generous turn of heart. to OU’s budget problems.

Small increases add up. At the same time, deciState appropriations have actually been increasing sions about what programs to expand and which to gradually for years, with only one decrease in the last abandon are incredibly difficult.

19 years — this will likely be the first year they have Boren has a difficult job ahead of him that will remained steady — but OU’s budget growth is outrequire him to keep a clear picture of the role of pacing them. The budget must keep up with rising higher education in mind and to accurately gauge fixed costs, such as health care. the wants and needs of students. In order to do that, But the increases are also due to the expansion of he can’t keep relying on this kind of student forum. the university’s programs and frequent construcAsking “How would tuition increases affect you?” tion projects. Even when such projects are funded does no one any good because students will always through private donations, OU must add the opera- say the same thing: negatively. tional and upkeep costs of the new buildings to its No one wants tuition increases. No one wants to ever-expanding budget. Between these factors, OU’s make these difficult decisions about what to cut. But budget is expanding at an unsustainable pace. there is no way around these choices, and if Boren This raises the obvious question: What can Boren has to make them, he must give students a chance do? He must choose between limiting expansion to weigh in — not on the consequences of raising and holding tuition stable. OU is already operating tuition, but on the realistic short-term options for reunder a pay freeze and a hiring freeze. To keep up ducing the budget. with rising fixed costs without raising tuition, Boren Boren must have a realistic, and above all, frank most likely would have to do more than halt expan- discussion with students about the options he is sion — he would need to cut. weighing and the difficult decisions he must make.

We would like to see the administration find more Not only would this lead to better understanding of ways to cut fat, reduce extra services, consolidate the budget situation on the part of the students, but and cut potentially unnecessary staff members beit would also help Boren make tough decisions that fore it touches academic programs. We understand line up with students’ priorities. that neither option is popular, but something must He needs to hear from you — not just once, but be done. throughout the year. Consider the ways tuition inIf the university cannot make up enough money creases will affect you and what programs you think cutting from these areas, then OU will need to cut should be prioritized, then speak your mind. even more into academic departments. But how Write letters to the editor, call the president’s acdoes one go about choosing which academic avtion line and tweet @OUDaily. Then comment on enues to pursue and which to abandon? this story at OUDaily.com, and we will publish your The university is particularly lauded for certain opinions to continue the forum on our pages. departments, including architecture and meteorology. These degrees are virtually guaranteed to lead Comment on this at OUDaily.com Our View: Boren must have a frank discussion with students about the complex budget situation.

EDITORIAL ROUNDUP

Legislature shouldn’t waste time replicating what’s already law Sunday, Mary Fallin signed SB 1274, the Heartbeat Informed Consent Act, into law. This bill requires physicians to inform a woman of her right to hear the heartbeat of her fetus before an abortion is performed. Supporters of the new law say it is intended to ensure that women have all the facts before they make the serious decision to terminate their pregnancy.

So what’s wrong with that? It’s a giant waste of the legislature’s time.

This law duplicates a requirement that already is found in the state statutes.

The bill originally required women to listen to the fetus’ heartbeat before an abortion could be performed, removing any choice from the matter. But a hostile amendment removed this controversial requirement.

Now, it is merely a repeat of state “informed consent” laws, which already require the woman to her child’s heartbeat before an abortion is performed.

The entire situation is indicative of the ridiculous state of the abortion issue in Oklahoma. The legislature consistently wastes time on pointless

or unconstitutional bills — time that How many Trayvon Martins or slain could go toward important issues, good samaritans does it take to realsuch as education, hunger or human ize this isn’t the Wild West?

This bill is ridiculous and dangertrafficking. ous, and it casts our state in a harmOpen-carry oversteps ful light.

limitations of the Second Amendment

The Oklahoma House passed a bill Thursday which would allow gun owners to carry their weapons openly in any area where concealed carry is currently allowed. SB 1733, which already passed the Senate, now moves on to a conference committee and could soon be signed into law by Gov. Mary Fallin.

Gun owners would still need to get a concealed carry license, but once they were certified, they could choose to carry their weapons either openly or concealed.

We understand the necessity of protecting our Second Amendment rights. What we can’t understand is the need to exercise those rights with a handgun on our hip at the grocery store.

Legislation like this can only lead to a more tense state environment and more people getting injured when gun-packing citizens try to play vigilante in situations they don’t understand or aren’t prepared to handle.

State Supreme Court made right decision on ‘Personhood Act’ Monday, the Oklahoma Supreme Court unanimously struck down a ballot measure that would have declared embryos to be persons deserving of equal rights.

It would have asked Oklahomans to vote on the personhood status of a fetus from the moment of conception, but the court declared the question “clearly unconstitutional.”

The measure, which would have outlawed abortion, blatantly flies in the face of not just Roe v. Wade but the 1992 Planned Parenthood v. Casey, which allowed certain restrictions on abortions but not those that would significantly restrict the right to end a pregnancy.

We’re proud to see the court issue such a blunt opinion on a clearly unconstitutional ballot question. With this decision coming on the heels of the defeat of the “Personhood Act,” we have hope for Oklahoma yet.

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am fully aware I’m playing into the stereotype of the liberal-minded college student by saying this, but just like President Barack Obama, I think Jon Stewart is brilliant.

In Obama’s Rolling Stone interview, the president said: “I think Jon Stewart’s brilliant. It’s amazing to me the degree to which he’s able to cut through a bunch of the nonsense — for young people in particular, where I think he ends up having more credibility than a lot of more conventional news programs do.”

I could not agree more. Stewart’s comedic genius has impacted me as a person on a level that is only eclipsed by the late Christopher Hitchens.

The earliest recollection I have of “The Daily Show” is centered around 9/11. Much like everyone else, I remember that day for the images of the planes smashing into the towers, the horrendous fires and the buildings’ eventual collapse. However, I also recall the moving and emotional introduction Stewart gave on his first “Daily Show” after the attacks. It was in this episode that I developed such an affinity for Stewart. Since then, I’ve been drawn in by his whirlwind of comedic political satire, confronting the likes of Tucker Carlson on “Crossfire,” Jim Cramer and countless other public figures.

Stewart has often made remarks to the effect that if it weren’t for Fox News, he would easily lose more than half of the potential material for his show. Stewart has led the charge against Fox News, “the most powerful name in news.” By using the same exact tactics Fox News uses in their “reporting/commentary,” Stewart memorably demonstrated two salient counter-points: 1) Fox News’ hypocrisy in attempting to tie “Ground Zero Mosque” leader Imam Feisal Abdul Rauf to terrorism. In this clip, Stewart reveals how Fox would be considered a terrorist command center, using its flawed logic. Quite poetically, he uses a clip of a Charlton Heston National Rifle Association speech to solidify his point.

2) The second largest shareholder of News Corp., Fox News’ parent company, outside of the Murdoch family is Al-Waleed bin Talal, the very same shadowy figure who Fox News launched a (hypocritical) scare-tactics campaign against, also regarding the “Ground Zero Mosque.”

Stewart has been accused of demonstrating a double standard in his methods, attacking Fox News and CNN for shoddy journalism practices, while claiming himself to be a comedian first. While this critique is partly true, the fact that Stewart is first and foremost a comedian should not overshadow this man’s insightful, enlightening and brilliant work.

The comedic credentials of “The Daily Show” go without saying. But, in conjunction with this visceral and upfront humor, true moments of journalistic genius have emerged.

To accentuate this point, one of my all-time favorite “Daily Show” pieces, “Jason Jones: Behind the Veil — Persians of Interest,” demonstrated how the show’s writers can accomplish extraordinary feats of journalism without having to use CNN or Fox News as their punching bag. With this series, “The Daily Show” set the gold standard in its coverage of the Iranian Green Revolution, which is an achievement to be heralded.

Whether you lean to the right, the left or forward, it is impossible to deny Stewart’s tremendous influence with millennials. “The Daily Show” is billed as a satirical comedy news show but is certainly steeped in real-world implications. From classic hits like “Indecision” election coverage to “Mess O’Potamia” Iraq war coverage, the program remains consistently a cut above the rest.

So here’s to hoping Stewart extends his contract past the current 2013 agreement.

Nolan Kraszkiewicz is a religious studies and political science junior.

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It’s a solid solo debut that displays White as we love him: an eccentric guitar wizard with a welcome propensity for the blues.

The rock/blues sound largely remains intact, as well as White’s excellent guitar work. Tracks like “Missing Pieces” and “I’m Shakin’” make this abundantly clear.

I was disappointed to find so many ballads on the album, though, but I expect most fans will embrace this album.

Hopefully White will see fit to give this solo thing another shot in the future.

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Acting junior Lindsey Kite (left), as Allison Taylor, leans in to acting senior Ross Johnson, as Bob Crowley, in a scene from “Men are Dogs” during rehearsal Sunday in the E. Frank Gilson Theatre. The play centers around the battle of the sexes, the stereotypes each gender has for the other, and how these stereotypes are detrimental in relationships.

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The S chool of Drama will reveal the intimate secrets of women and men Wednesday, when its final production of the semester opens.

“Men are Dogs” by Joe Simonelli opens at 8 p.m. in the Old Science Hall’s E. Frank Gilson Theatre.

“The play boils down to a battle of the sexes,” said Kelsey Ray , acting senior and the leading role of Cecelia Monahan.

Ray’s character is a relationship therapist, and the play follows her attempts to help her clients deal with the men in their lives.

Cecelia also struggles with her own experiences — both past relationships and new ones, Ray said.

When preparing for her role, Ray said she looked into psychological texts in order to help her understand the analysis of the patients and relationships.

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Cecelia liked Freudian psychology, so she read a lot of that.

Acting junior Andrea Lopez plays Loretta Morris, one of Cecelia’s clients.

“I’m the feistiest out of the women,” Lopez said.

Lopez’s character is in a relationship throughout

the play with a man who uses her, she said. Her character is so angry with men because of her current relationship that when a man is brought in to help the women with their problems, Loretta attacks him.

“I get to beat up a guy that’s a good foot taller than

life, Ray said.

Ray said the cast sat down and divulged their experiences with one another in order to bring them closer together.

Lopez said they got to create their own backstories for their characters, which helped the actors become more in touch with how their characters arrived in their present situations.

“Men are Dogs” is a light and relatable play that rides on its comedic moments rather than the serious ones, Lopez said.

“It’s fun — not stuffy at all,” Ray said. “It’s cheap sex, and who doesn’t want to see that?”

me,” Lopez said.

Ray and Lopez said preparing for these roles was an interesting process.

They said director Lindsey Ruta, journalism and acting senior , not only had them get in touch with their characters; Ruta had them use their own past experiences Editor’s Note: “Men are Dogs” with men and women to director Lindsey Ruta is the life help bring the characters to & arts editor of The Daily

“Little Broken Hearts” (Blue Note/EMI)

Norah Jones has come a long way from her heartwarming, love-abounding burst into the music world in the early 2000s.

With her new album, “Little Broken Hearts,” Jones dove into the deep sea of heartbreak and emerged with some fantastically captivating sounds.

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by Danger Mouse, incorporates a whole world of warmer, darker tones that reflect a heart facing the tender pangs of lost love.

Danger Mouse’s influence on the album is incontrovertible. His proclivity for raw, honest, emotive tones breaks forth on “Little Broken Hearts.”

In a way, the album is like Arcade Fire’s “The Suburbs” for the melancholic — it has the potential to go from an underground style to booming bandwagon success.

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By Bernice Bede Osol

Copyright 2012, Newspaper Enterprise Assn.

TUESDAY, MAY 1, 2012 The year ahead looks like it will be far more active socially than usual. Numerous friendships will link together in a remarkable manner, which will produce a fun, intimate group of loyal allies.

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TAURUS (April 20-May 20) -- If you decide to get involved in a new endeavor with several other people, make sure you have a voice in the project, as well as a leadership role.

Reconsider if you don’t.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20) -- There is nothing wrong with expressing your friendship or love for another with some kind of tangible token. But unless you’re extremely close, don’t make it anything expensive -- just thoughtful.

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Monday- Very Easy Tuesday-Easy Wednesday- Easy Thursday- Medium Friday - Hard

Instructions: Fill in the grid so that every row, every column and every 3x3 box contains the digits 1 through 9. That means that no number is repeated in any row, column or box.

CANCER (June 21-July 22) -- As you charm everyone around you, including your adversaries, it will become evident that communication comes quite easily to you. Use this attribute liberally for best results.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22) -- If you have something to sell, it’s an excellent time to go after the big account you’ve been eyeing but have been afraid to approach. If you assert yourself, your fears will diminish of their own accord.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) -- Your expansive mood is likely to trigger some of your nobler qualities. With little thought of gain, you’re likely to do things that will mean a lot for others.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23) --When you show people you really care, they, in turn, will automatically be as

concerned for your welfare as you are for theirs. Visible demonstrations are likely to come from several sources.

SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 22) -- Make extra efforts to show people how much you really care about their welfare. It will help inspire a reluctant person to feel special and offer you valuable help.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 23-Dec. 21) -- More opportunities than usual are likely to present themselves, making it possible for you to achieve two ambitious objectives that may or may not be connected.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) --You have the ability to merge two dissenting voices into one positive, unified force. Without your intervention, the concerned parties are likely to continue bickering between themselves.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 19) --Two quality changes are stirring that could help you better yourself career-wise and/or financially. They are apt to be triggered by a couple of unrelated circumstances.

PISCES (Feb. 20-March 20) --Your judgment is much keener than usual, enabling you to correctly evaluate both sides of opposing issues. It will give you an edge over your competition.

ARIES (March 21-April 19) --The possibility for gains in your material affairs are stronger than usual at this time, so don’t waste the opportunity.

In fact, there are likely to be two sources making some good things possible.

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31 “Fast cash� site 32 Least varying tide 33 Public transportation choice 34 Henley Regatta craft 36 Massachusetts cape 38 Access between floors

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Tuesday, May 1, 2012 •

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SPORTS

The No. 12 OU men’s tennis team capped off a very successful regular season Sunday by claiming the Big 12 championship.

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Baseball

Men’s gymnastics

Sooners shine in shutout victory OU bats catch fire during 11-0 win over Mid America

AT A GLANCE Baseball schedule Today at TCU Friday vs. Oklahoma State* Saturday vs. Oklahoma State** Sunday vs. Oklahoma State** May 11 vs. Baylor May 12 vs. Baylor May 13 vs. Baylor May 15 vs. TCU May 17 vs. Samford May 18 vs. Samford May 19 vs. Samford

Dillon Phillips Sports Reporter

After the final game of Oklahoma’s series against Ka n s a s w a s ra i n e d o u t Sunday afternoon, the Sooners played a makeup game against Mid America Christian on Monday at L. Dale Mitchell Park, walking away with an 11-0 shutout victory.

With the win, the Sooners (29-16) picked up their third straight victory after a twogame hiccup last week.

“There are other things in college baseball that are out of your control,” coach Sunny Golloway said. “We didn’t play bad in either [loss].”

OU now has won 11 of its last 13 and will face a gauntlet of tough opponents during the next month.

Junior Max White — who started the game at third base — extended his multihit streak to eight games with a pair of doubles against the Evangels (9-39).

“I’m seeing it well; that’s all I can say really,” White said. “It doesn’t matter what pitch it is, my timing is right, I’m putting good swings on it and the hits are falling.”

Freshman Hunter Lockwood also turned in a solid offensive performance in his new designated hitter role.

Another freshman, Cale Coshow, took the mound for only his third start of the season for the Sooners but lasted just three innings.

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Key Performer Hunter Lockwood Year: Freshman Position: First base Hometown: Bedford, Texas Season stats: Lockwood went 2-for-4 with two runs and a stolen base. ben williams/the daily

Junior pitcher Jake Fisher throws a pitch during Oklahoma’s 8-0 victory against Mid America on Monday.

The Sooners added the game to make up for Sunday’s series finale at Kansas, which was canceled due to inclement weather in the area. Fisher allowed only two hits in his 3 2/3 innings against the Evangels.

After giving up a pair of hits in the top of the fourth, Coshow left the game as junior knuckleballer Jake Fisher, one of a slew of Sooner pitchers to see action Monday night, took the hill in relief.

The Sooners got on the board in the bottom of the t h i rd , w h e n L o c kw o o d scored on a wild pitch to put OU up, 1-0.

Oklahoma added another run in the bottom of the fifth on senior outfielder Erik Ross’ sacrifice fly that scored sophomore catcher Dylan Neal and gave the Sooners a commanding 2-0 lead.

After that, the Sooners rapidly began to pull away.

In the bottom of the sixth, OU’s offense exploded for six runs — three of which came on a dinger from junior

outfielder Dillon Yeaman, his first hit and homer of the year.

White also tacked a run onto the Sooners’ lead on a two-out RBI double.

In the top of the seventh, sophomore Steven Bruce relieved Fisher after 3 2/3 innings. Fisher allowed just two hits in addition to recording a season-high seven strikeouts — including three

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GOOD LUCK ON FINALS!

After claiming individual titles on parallel bars and in the all-around April 21 in Norman, junior Jake Dalton claimed the final NCAA Gymnast of the Week award of the season.

The honor was Dalton’s fourth of the season and the eighth of his career at Oklahoma.

The award also caps one of the most successful seasons in OU history.

Dalton led the Sooners to a second-place finish on his way to becoming the first OU gymnast ever to earn All-America honors on six events.

Baseball

Sooner slugger honored after big weekend Junior third baseman Max White was named Big 12 Player of the Week on Monday for his performances last week.

White was electric at the plate, recording multiplehit performances in each of his last seven games for the Sooners.

In four games last week, White went 8-for-18 from the plate with nine RBIs off two doubles and his second home run of the year.

Most recently, the junior led the Sooners past Kansas with a three-run homer to clinch the game and series Saturday in Lawrence.

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in the top of the fifth, when he struck out the side.

Bruce recorded the inning’s final out before the coaches pulled him in favor of junior Drew Harrison.

White padded the Sooners’ lead with a bases-clearing two-run double, and Matt Oberste drove in freshman Dylan Raper — who pinch ran for White — on a sacrifice fly.

Sophomore Kindle Ladd pitched the final frame for the Sooners, retiring the side to end the game three-up, three-down.

Junior gymnast takes home last weekly award

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A LETTER TO OU STUDENTS Dear OU Students, Thank you for the input that you gave to me during our open forum on the OU budget held in Beaird Lounge yesterday.

In many ways this has been one of the greatest years in the history of the University. Our freshman class is academically the highest-ranked class in state history. We also once again rank number one in the nation among public universities in National Merit Scholars enrolled in absolute numbers. The University ranks in the top five among all universities, ranking ahead of such private universities as Yale, Princeton, Stanford and MIT. Our students also won Truman, Goldwater and Udall scholarships. Our debate team again won the national championship, having won the championship in four of the last six years. Once again OU Drama students swept the Kennedy Center awards, and one of our student actors won first place in the nation. OU’s Price College of Business Entrepreneurship program is ranked in the top 10 in the nation. OU City Planning teams also won national honors. Sixty of our student athletes had perfect 4.0 GPA averages this past year. In addition, our students continue to set records in volunteerism.

OU also reached a graduation rate of almost 68%, the highest in history for a public university in our state.

Intellectual vitality has never been stronger.

The Honors College has organized over 60 informal student book clubs. Our new College of International Studies has dramatically expanded its course offerings. In the last 10 years, the proportion of OU students studying abroad has increased from 2% to almost 25% during their time at the University. More funds have been raised for scholarships to enable more students to take advantage of study abroad programs.

Our faculty and staff members have received unprecedented national and international recognition.

Having been recognized last year in the top tier of research universities by the Carnegie Foundation, faculty research set a new record this year.

Even in these difficult times, private giving to the University is expected to total $150 million this year, and our scholarships campaign has reached $195 million in total gifts.

This progress has taken place in spite of continued reductions in the percentage of our budget coming from the state. OU has undergone severe budget cuts for three straight years. While holding tuition and fee adjustments to levels near the bottom nationally, OU has absorbed in the last three years about $90 million in budget cuts and uncompensated fixed-cost increases including those for health insurance. This year, we asked the legislature to cover uncontrollable fixed costs increases at the University of approximately $8.4 million to help cover items like health insurance increases. Within the next few days, we should know whether or not the Governor and legislature have reached an agreement to help cover these costs. If the state does not act to help cover these fixed costs, we will not be able to rule out some adjustments to tuition and fees. If they become necessary, we will seek to keep those increases as low as possible without sacrificing the high standards of excellence and the course offerings our students deserve.

I wish it were possible for me to give you final decisions about our budget and any possible increases in tuition and fees. Unfortunately, I cannot do so until the legislative session has ended. All across the country the percentage of state funding provided to public university budgets has been declining rapidly.

As the percentage of public university budgets coming from the state has declined, the gap has been filled largely by increased student tuition and fees. If this trend continues, it will be more and more difficult for average Americans to afford higher education. Public universities will continue to look more and more like expensive private universities. It is up to all of us to work together to save public higher education by helping to inform our elected officials about this dangerous trend.

I appreciate the understanding of our entire university community and the sacrifices being made by our faculty, staff, students, and their families so that the University of Oklahoma can continue to meet the highest standards of excellence now and in the future.

Sincerely,

David L. Boren President

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