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Students with disabilities face more than academic hurdles CAITLIN RUEMPING campus reporter

A heavy metal door swings open as a man hurries through it. The door then proceeds to close, trapping a petite brunette in a motorized wheelchair between it and the door jamb.

Unable to open the door, University College freshman Carissa Karr decided this was the final straw.

Karr, from Durant, had a stroke at birth and has cerebral palsy. The disorder, which affects the part of her brain that controls her muscles, has left her with limited mobility in her left arm. Though Karr can walk MORE short distances, she suffers muscle INSIDE spasms that often require her to use Read a firsta wheelchair, which in turn causes person account her grief when trying to navigate the of a student’s OU campus. experiences as “On the first couple of days of a student with school, the bookstore had the stand- disabilities on ins up, and I couldn’t get my wheel campus. chair through,” Karr said. “I had to PAGE 2 go all the way back to the dorms to get my car because I can’t walk the whole distance to the bookstore.”

The OU Disability Resource Center offers a campus accessibility map on its website, but temporary barricades or construction can go unmentioned.

The director of the center, Suzette Dyer, was contacted at her home and was unavailable to comment.

Karr’s wheelchair is sometimes more than a minor inconvenience — it can be a hazard in the case of an emergency.

“All of the wheelchair-accessible rooms are on the second floor of Adams Center,” Karr said. “It doesn’t make sense because if there is a fire, how am I supposed to get out?”

Though OU has an emergency evacuation policy for students with disabilities that implements a buddy system of sorts, Karr was never notified of what to do in the event of an emergency.

“My mom asked what was going to happen in a fire, and they didn’t give me an answer,” she said.

Though Karr has had many negative experiences, Candace Clark, president of the Association of Disabled Students, said she greatly benefits from the Disability Resource Center.

Clark, management information systems senior, has double vision, dyslexia and divergence and convergence, which acts like a camera on autofocus. Her disability causes eye strain and headaches, both of which affect her performance in class. Luckily, OU has been able to help her succeed in class.

“Because of my disability, I can have extra time on my tests, and I’ve been able to have people take notes for me when I couldn’t see the board,” Clark said. “I get really tired really fast because I have to work twice as hard to see as other people.

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University college freshman carissa Karr uses a handicap-accessible door Monday in adams center. Students with disabilities such as Karr have to rely on university-provided resources to get around campus.

They helped me fix my schedule so I don’t get as tired and get headaches.”

Along with physical dilemmas, students with disabilities such as Karr often face awkward social situations.

“I don’t get talked to a lot,” Karr said. “People are ignorant to if I have a just a physical handicap

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As conference realignment once again threatens the landscape of college sports, OU could pursue options outside the Big 12 as early as this week, President David Boren said.

OU declined an offer to join the Pac-10 last year, but ESPN reports that the league, now with 12 members, is still a possibility for Oklahoma — if it desires.

Bob Stoops makes many important decisions for the Sooners, but the football coach insists he is staying out of the way as OU officials discuss the university’s future conference options.

“I’m for whatever the president and athletic director feel is best for the University of Oklahoma,” Stoops said Monday during the Big 12’s conference call. “And as long as we get to play I’ll go play where we need to go play. So I’ve got great faith in them.”

The Big 12’s future is in the air following Texas A&M’s decision to leave at the end of the school year.

Nebraska and Colorado left the league this summer.

If the Sooners were to accept an invitation to the Pac-12, it could generate an exodus of OU, Oklahoma State, Texas and Texas Tech from the Big 12. The move would create the nation’s first 16-team super-conference — something Stoops

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OU student safety on tap this week Sooner Safety Week kicks off Tuesday morning

Life & arts New music tuesday Beirut’s new album is simple, but simple in a great way, The Daily’s Tyler Dunn writes. (page 5)

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Senior defensive end frank alexander (84) runs the ball after intercepting a pass in the first half of the OU-Tulsa football game Saturday in Norman. The Sooners won 47-14. (page 7)

OU Housing and Food Services is encouraging students to consider personal safety measures this week.

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Mid-Day Music will be hosted by the union Programming Board at 11:30 a.m. in the Oklahoma Memorial union Food Court. artist Joey hines will play guitar.

OU volleyball will compete against arkansas at 7 p.m. in the McCasland Field house.

The Norman Magic Experience will kick off the inaugural union Week, hosted by the union Programming Board. Magician norman ng will put on a free magic show from 8 to 9:30 p.m. in the union’s food court.

WeDnesDay, sePT. 7 A putting contest will be hosted by the union Programming Board at 11:30 a,m, on the first floor of the union. The winner will receive free parking in the union garage.

UPB will host Mid-Day Music at 11:30 a.m. in the union’s food court.

The Student Success Series will teach about “Demystifying Ou Websites” from 2 to 3 p.m. in Muldrow Tower of adams Center.

The Delta Gamma Anchor Splash will take place from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. at the Murray Case sells swim Complex. Tickets are $5 in advance from Delta gamma members or $6 at the gate.

A Union Programming Board general interest meeting for the will take place from 9 to 10 p.m. in the union’s scholars room.

ThursDay, sePT. 8 The OU Assessment Center director will talk about choosing a major or minor from 2 to 3 p.m. in room 245 of Wagner hall.

Parents, Families and Friends of Lesbians and Gays’ norman chapter will meet at 7 p.m. at st. stephen’s united Methodist Church.

Free Concert: Breathe Electric will take place from 8 to 11 p.m. on the union’s east lawn.

FriDay, sePT. 9 UPB will host Mid-Day Music at 11:30 a.m. in the union’s food court.

and often times awkward to without a little help or a lot get to, out of the way and/or of luck. poorly kept up.

The elevators to the upper Dale Hall is a prime exfloor classrooms are a joke. ample. To get to the lower Slow, creaky cubicles that classes, I have to go around any housewife would be the back to the segmented ashamed to call their closet. ramp and to get to the upper Perhaps the most amusclasses I get the treat of first ing “appearance of accessiKedric Kitchens pushing up the outside ramp bility” around campus is the kedric.s.kitchens-1@ou.edu (right through a flock of automatic door buttons on smokers) then chugging up most buildings. I can underEditor’s note: This is a first- the ramp in the middle of the stand the idea behind them person account of one person’s staircases which is steep and if someone literally couldn’t experiences as a student with a little too centrally located open the door, but on the disabilities on campus. We in my opinion. rare occasion that they actuunderstand everyone else’s There’s a cerally work, I could experience may differ, so send tain stage aspect “Perhaps the knit a sweater in your personal accounts to created and retime it takes most amusing the dailyopinion@ou.edu. gardless of the for the door to “appearance of open. They’re a truthfulness, it he world is defeels like everyaccessibility” waste of my time. signed and built for one is watching.

I will say that around campus as the buildings the majority.

Something that Therefore, it’s not surpris- isn’t appreciated is the automatic get upgrades and ing that being in a wheelwhen I’m just try- door buttons on new buildings chair makes getting around ing to quickly get are built, the acmost buildings.” cessibility proon a day to day basis a bit of to class. a challenge.

After you get gresses accordThis is a universal truth passed the “stage,” I get to ingly. Gaylord and Wagner anywhere you go, and OU take a ride up the painfully Halls have never been overly is no different. On a daily slow elevators to the top tricky to navigate. basis I push myself over doz- floor — if they’re working If all you know of me is ens of oddly shaped ramps, that is. I was a friend’s kindthis story, you probably hundreds of cracks of all ness away from missing a think that I hate this school. sizes and into tiny, ancient final exam last year thanks to Nothing could be further elevators. an “out of order” elevator. from the truth.

The university was As we move down the I love the University of founded in 1890, obviously South Oval we come to Oklahoma. it wasn’t built with disabled Copeland Hall, a building And on a daily basis, none students in mind. I doubt the with only one accessible of these things prove the concept of a “disabled colentrance; a hindrance that least bit insurmountable. lege student” existed at the rarely shows itself but when But things could be imtime. But OU has made a lot it does, it does so in a big proved greatly. of improvements since then. way.

That being said, most of If those doors are locked, Kedric Kitchens is a the ramps around campus getting into the building journalism sophomore and are clearly later additions can be nearly impossible a staff reporter for The Daily.

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Continued from page 1 or a mental disability and are scared. They just don’t know what to do in the situation.

I have a bubbly personality, so it wasn’t a problem in high school, but now I’m a little bit unsure and nervous to talk to people.”

Clark encourages students experiencing issues to make social connections and to come to the student association for support.

“When I was growing up, I hated people saying I had a disability and didn’t want people to know,” Clark said.

“When you have a disability, you don’t think of yourself as a person with a disability; you’re just the same as everyone else. We want students to do the best at the university as they can.”

Karr said she aspires to help other students feeling the same frustrations.

“All this school has made me want to do is help people who didn’t get help, like me,” she said. “Some people can’t explain what they need, like I can. I want to be the person that speaks out.”

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The Department of Philosophy will host a lecture titled “The Definition of Marriage” from 4 to 6 p.m. in room 246 of Copeland hall.

“The Hangover 2” will be shown at 6 p.m., 9 p.m., and midnight for free in the union’s regents room.

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Former professor to promote racial equality today OU emeritus professor George Henderson will lecture about promoting racial equality at OU on Tuesday, according to a press release.

The lecture, titled “ R e m e m b e r i n g O U ’s Civil Rights Battles and Warriors,” will take place from 3 to 4:30 p.m. in the He r i t a g e Ro o m o f t h e Oklahoma Memorial Union.

A reception will be held in the Beaird Lounge of the union after the lecture.

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OU coach Bob Stoops stands on the sidelines during the OU-Tulsa football game Saturday in Norman. With conference realignment rumors flying around Norman, Stoops said he won’t speculate about which league Oklahoma might join if it decides to leave the Big 12.

Big 12: Stoops not focused on realignment Continued from page 1 said appears to be the future of college athletics.

“You know, it seems that’s the direction the world’s going,” Stoops said. “So if it is, so be it. My job right now is we’re getting ready to practice today and start working on Florida State (Sept. 17), so that’s what I’ll be spending my time on this morning.”

When asked what he would like to happen, Stoops said it was not his place.

“For me to say what I prefer

“For me to say what I prefer wouldn’t be at all right to do. As I’ve said, I’ve got a great, strong president and [athletic director] that I trust in.

Whatever they tell me to do, I’ll go do it.”

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wouldn’t be at all right to do,” he said. “As I’ve said, I’ve got a great, strong president and [athletic director] that I trust in. Whatever they tell me to do, I’ll go do it.”

Texas coach Mack Brown also deferred to his university president and athletic director when asked about the

Longhorns’ future.

Brown said he had not spoken to UT President Bill Powers or athletic director DeLoss Dodds regarding a potential jump to the Pac-12.

“We went through all this last year and we talked about it daily,” Brown said. “We were in the Pac-10. At that

Continued from page 1 said Lauren Royston, spokeswoman for OU Housing and Food Services.

The week is intended to educate students on the dangers of drinking and driving and the importance of taking an active role in their security, Royston said.

Students can learn more about programs such as SafeWalk and SAFEride during SafeWalk’s open house from 8 to 10 p.m. Wednesday in Cate Main.

Information about the In Case of Emergency Campaign will be presented each day.

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time it was gone, we were done. And then the next day we were here.

“I did not think it would come back up again. I thought [realignment] was over for at least 10 years.”

Stoops said he didn’t think the Big 12 was finished dealing with realignment, but was surprised how soon it resurfaced.

“I definitely thought at least we’d get through the season,” Stoops said. “I guess I always felt at some point it would come back up, but I’d have to say not this quick, though.”

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He began teaching at OU in 1967 and created the human relations program two years later, according to the press release.

Henderson was dean of the College of Liberal Studies and an author of 31 books. His most recent book, “Race and the University,” is a memoir of his years at OU. Kathleen Evans, Senior Campus Reporter

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“By trying to help people limit their risk, you do not eliminate the problem or even begin addressing the root issues around sexual violence.” (eerucker, re: Society must face the facts about sexual assault)

EDITORIAL

Police must shut down Boyd area on game days Our View: Closing a portion of West Boyd Street

traffic, and we can’t assume that Saturday’s event was a fluke. Keeping Boyd open puts students and visitors in danger.

Saturday’s accident, in which a truck struck a Closing just this stretch keeps University woman on West Boyd Street and left her in critical Boulevard open for access to the North Oval, and condition, highlights the importance of pedestrian wouldn’t cut off any other parts of campus that safety on game day. aren’t already restricted under current measures.

Football games bring thousands of It would, of course, funnel more traffic to people to campus, increasing traffic in Lindsey Street, worsening an already torThe Our View the areas around OU exponentially and tuous traffic situation. But the addition of is the majority sending hordes of fans walking along our new cars would make only a slight differopinion of streets. Then, more than ever, extraordience when the traffic already is as bad as it The Daily’s nary measures are necessary to protect is, and any negative effects would be well 10-member motorists and pedestrians alike. editorial board worth the enhanced safety of everyone The OU and Norman police departments involved. seem to have overlooked one such necesWe don’t want to overreact to one incisary measure: closing Boyd. dent, which may turn out to be a fluke in the end, The area on Boyd between Cafe Plaid (to the but we can’t see what harm it would do to close west of University Boulevard) and Debarr Avenue this stretch of Boyd. In the absence of negative or Jenkins Street is dangerous even on a normal consequences, it’s simply good sense to take any day and this stretch, or something similar — we’ll available and feasible precaution. leave it to the experts to hammer out the specifics The university invites crowds of visitors to our — should be closed to motorized traffic on game campus on game days to share in the culture surdays. rounding college football. It’s our responsibility to Major thoroughfares already are closed on these ensure their safety to the best of our ability. days, creating safe spaces around the campus. It’s If there’s more that can be done — additional hard to understand why Boyd isn’t already one of measures that have any hope of increasing safety, these streets, especially considering how many even marginally — then we must do it. streets are closed all around it.

Comment on this at OUDaily.com This area of campus sees a lot of pedestrian on game days would make us all safer.

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follows the instruction of the OPINION COLUMNIST Quran. She also has stated that where women wear burqas, it’s an indication of a radicalized community.

I’ve spotted burqas in Norman before. Should I be scared?

Gabriel also has a history Steven Zoeller of making intolerant — and stevenv.zoeller@gmail.com uneducated — comments that would offend even the most politically incorrect.

At speaking engagements, she has repeatedly called Arabs “barbarians” and characterized them as bloodthirsty.

Considering its radical leadership and questionable understanding of Islam, AFA’s presence at the Tulsa rally was unfortunate to say the least. The disturbing implication of their involvement is that by supporting Capt. Fields, it was somehow fighting Muslim extremism in Tulsa.

This implication of the rally was probably deeply hurtful and alienating to the Tulsa Muslim community, not to mention counterproductive to cultural dialogue. If AFA truly desires to combat Islamic extremism, why should it implicate itself in a controversy that concerns only the First Amendment rights of a police officer?

That is, unless it’s hell bent on attacking Islam of all kinds.

In which case, the only radicals in Tulsa aren’t Muslim at all.

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OPINION COLUMNIST failed stimulus package, trilliondollar deficits and high unemployment rates have many analysts predicting John McCain may be a one-term president.

Critics observe that while the economy is responsible Tom Taylor for much of the president’s tomtaylor.home@gmail.com current political problems, it was the president’s insistence on a trillion-dollar tax cut in the 2009 stimulus package that has decreased federal revenues to the point that the nation is unable to support itself.

“The high unemployment rate has increased the amount the government pays for mandatory programs like unemployment and food stamps,” a senior Democrat pointed out. “Combining this with huge tax cuts for the wealthiest Americans has created record level deficits. It’s

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no wonder America lost its triple-A credit rating.”

Working-class Americans are suffering at a time when they see the government as favoring the rich. Whether this translates to electoral success for the Democrats next year has yet to be seen, but Democrats are optimistic.

“We have high unemployment, rising health insurance premiums and rising numbers of uninsured Americans,” a Democratic party insider said. “The citizens are tired of their jobs being sent overseas, and they are tired of the insurance companies.

“Democrats are listening to what the people are saying, and we will be overhauling the health care system come 2013.”

McCain administration officials believe the worst is behind us and the tax cuts simply need time to work.

Whether American citizens will give them the time they are asking for won’t be known until the November 2012 elections.

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ilitary recruitOPINION COLUMNIST ers present enlistment as a golden opportunity.

Those who enlist spend their time “protecting America’s freedoms at home and abroad ... and defending democracy Zac Smith worldwide,” in return for zac.smith@ou.edu “an attractive cash and non-cash benefits package,” according to one Army website.

But as many soldiers have found, the military is not as benevolent toward its recruits as it paints itself. Since the invasions of Afghanistan and Iraq, the government has been doing everything it can to avoid paying benefits to soldiers, particularly those who have become disabled.

The case of former Army Spc. Jonathan Town provides an instructive example. Town told The Nation how, while he was in Iraq, a rocket exploded two feet above his head, embedding shrapnel in his neck. Town survived, but was left partially deaf and suffering from memory problems.

Rather than provide Town with medical care for his injuries, the Army abruptly declared them the result of a personality disorder, and discharged him without disability or medical benefits. Town’s case is not unique: An NPR review of Army statistics shows that, from the commencement of the invasion of Iraq to 2007, the number of personality disorder discharges has increased by 40 percent.

Either these discharges are being invoked to bilk veterans out of their medical benefits, or the U.S. Army has suddenly become a cauldron of psychosis.

Another instance of the of the military’s cynicism can be seen in the case of the Minnesota National Guard, where some members were recalled from duty a day before they would have qualified for increased educational benefits.

Military recruiters often target working-class youths with promises of financial benefits. To young people facing a lifetime of mundane, low-waged labor and financial risk, enlistment may seem the only way out.

“I joined to pay for college,” said one Oklahoman who served in the National Guard and requested anonymity for fear of becoming a target for reprisals. “Recruiters troll high schools, looking for graduating seniors who need a way to pay for college. It’s not only because they’re known for having financial difficulties, but because they’re known for making impulsive decisions.”

While in the military, she encountered what she describes as a corrupt and exploitative system of recruitment.

“Recruiters are essentially free agents,” she said. “They are not held responsible for the promises they make. ...

They can target a child, 17 years old, and promise this child the very stars, and there’s no accountability. ... I think that kind of strategy is the U.S. government preying on the working class.”

More than three times as many recruits come from rural areas as come from urban areas, and 40 percent of recruits come from the South, according to Pentagon data analyzed by The Washington Post. Almost half of all enlistees come from lower-middle-class or poor households.

The final and most grotesque way the U.S. government exploits its soldiers lies in the aura of patriotism and moral righteousness it creates. Many soldiers enlist not just out of financial need, but out of a genuine desire to safeguard freedom, something that comprehensive propaganda campaigns have convinced them they can accomplish through military service.

The invasions of Iraq and Afghanistan illustrate the hideous toll that participating in imperialist warfare can take upon the young enlistee. What began for many as a crusade for democracy in the Middle East has devolved into a chaotic and bloody occupation in which U.S. soldiers have committed the gravest atrocities against civilians.

Department of Veterans Affairs Secretary Erik Shinseki reports that suicide among young veterans is rising, and that veterans account for 20 percent of suicides in the U.S. In both 2009 and 2010, more U.S. soldiers committed suicide than were killed in combat in Iraq and Afghanistan, according to reports by the armed services.

To the military establishment, the soldier is a tool to be used up and disposed of at minimum expense. It is vital that young people not take the military’s propaganda at face value. All prospective enlistees should be aware of the risks involved in signing over their lives to the U.S. government.

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igotry descended on Tulsa last week in the form of a vehemently anti-Muslim group called ACT! For America.

The group organized a rally to support Capt. Paul Fields, who was temporarily suspended from the police force for refusing to attend a police appreciation event at a local mosque.

The event would have featured a tour of the mosque, presentations on Muslim beliefs and free food. Fields is taking legal action because he believes required attendance violated his First Amendment right to worship.

Many of the protesters no doubt shared this belief.

However, a quick tour of ACT! For America’s website reveals “This implication this seemingly innocent show of the rally was of support was also motivated probably deeply by a repressed hatred of Islam itself. hurtful and AFA’s mission is to “inalienating to the form, educate and mobilize Tulsa Muslim Americans regarding the multiple threats of radical Islam, community.” and what they can and must do to protect themselves and their country against this determined enemy,” according to its website.

The literature is careful to identify this enemy as radical Islam, not moderate Islam, but further reading shows the organization makes no such distinction.

For example, its founder, Brigitte Gabriel, has written that her definition of a radical Muslim is one that properly

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FILM REVIEW

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Shaky angles muck ‘Apollo’

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To fully appreciate a film, it is important to evaluate it on its own terms, paying little mind to source material or stylistic influences.

However, Hollywood has a tendency to punish its viewers for such commitments in order to make a quick buck.

This is the case with director Gonzalo López-Gallego’s “Apollo 18,” the latest installment to the popular “foundfootage” horror sub-genre.

Similar to those in the like (e.g. “The Blair Witch P r o j e c t ,” “ P a r a n o r m a l Activity,” “Cloverfield,” etc.), the film displays a jarring, hand-held camera aesthetic in an effort to imitate a realistic situation.

Of course, this is not what the filmmakers want viewers to believe.

As the tagline, “discover the real reason we’ve never returned to the moon,” suggests, the audience is supposed to be convinced that they are witnessing exclusive recordings of a covert expedition to outer space.

This hazardous undertaking, initiated by the U.S. Department of Defense, pres ents fo otag e date d

BEIRUT

“The Rip Tide” (Sony) Rating:  1/2

I like this album. It’s got cojones.

For a band with a history of whimsical layerings and a well-stocked supply of musical dexterity, Beirut’s third album is, dare I say, simple?

(OK, maybe not simple, but you’re not constantly reminded of a carnival either.)

The boy genius — frontman Zach Condon — could probably play a different instrument for every song, but time and time again The Rip Tide puts faith in Condon’s artfully wavering vocals.

And that’s an oh-so-sweet thing.

Condon and company’s decision to release an album of nine songs barely longer than a Seinfeld episode might be the boldest aspect of the project. It’s certainly the most abrupt. But again, I think the band’s gamble pays off.

Songs “East Harlem” and “Goshen” are personal favorites and are good examples of Condon’s new stripped-down stylings. Unfortunately, the album does contain a couple of lulls, like chorus-heavy “Payne’s Bay,” but once again, The Rip Tide made me jealous of everything that is Beirut.

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one year subsequent to America’s “documented” and alleged final manned mission to the moon on Dec. 17, 1972. On the 1973 operation, viewers are introduced to two American astronauts, Nathan Walker and Benjamin Anderson, whose duty is to plant devices on the surface of the moon to notify the U.S. of any imminent Soviet attacks. When the two of them discover a dead cosmonaut in a dark crater, a series of disturbing and fatal events transpire, revealing they are not the only life forms inhabiting the isolated setting.

All this makes for an intriguing premise executed in a less than intriguing fashion.

The characters are shallow and uninvolved, lacking

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“Apollo 18,” directed by Gonzalo Lopez-Gallego, opened in theaters Sept. 2. The movie was filmed with a “found footage” approch to appear as raw uncut footage from the original abandoned space mission.

basic human emotion. The film is tedious, punctuated by a few startling moments.

The shaky camera approach functions more as a distraction than a means of establishing authenticity and style.

Once the secret is ultimately revealed, it is difficult not to feel cheated. Despite a couple of unsettling sequences, “Apollo 18” squanders its potential in exchange for a few cheap thrills.

No one should ever exit a

theater wishing they had received more. Oh well, at least we still have “Paranormal Activity 3” to look forward to.

Laron Chapman is a film and media studies senior.

Opolis serenades Norman with El Paso, Texas, musicians

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OUDaily.com ›› The Daily’s Michael Runyan details his first experience in the student section at Saturday’s football game against Tulsa.

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Junior running back Dominique Whaley breaks a tackle and scores a 32-yard touchdown against Tulsa on Saturday, his fourth score of the night. The walk-on helped lead OU to a 47-14 win.

Walk-on wonder proves worth Junior running back produces record numbers in debut

AT A GLANCE Why the Sooners won

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The running game.

In 2010, OU’s rushing attack averaged 3.3 yards per carry, which is a concern for a team competing for a national title. Against Tulsa, the Sooner tailbacks showed a good balance of speed, strength and quickness on their way to averaging 5.4 yards per carry — led by Dominique Whaley’s 7.3 average.

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Oklahoma rushed for 248 yards on its way to a 47-14 dismantling of Tulsa on Saturday, primarily on the shoulders of walk-on running back Dominique Whaley.

Whaley, a junior transfer from Langston University of the NAIA, carried the ball 18 times for 131 yards and four touchdowns.

“The team played great as the game went on,” Whaley said. “The offensive line and the running backs wore the defense down.”

Whaley got plenty of help from junior quarterback Landry Jones, who was 35-of-47 for 375 yards and one touchdown. The Heisman candidate completed passes to eight receivers, but leaned heavily on All-American wideout Ryan Broyles at the start of the game.

Broyles broke his own school record with his 19th career 100-yard receiving game — and did so in the first quarter with 120 yards on seven receptions.

Senior kicker Jimmy Stevens got the scoring started with a 28-yard field goal midway through the first quarter. Whaley then scored his first three touchdowns to balloon the score to 23-0.

“Dominique Whaley had a huge night running the ball,” OU coach Bob Stoops said. “The guys blocked well up front — the tight ends and the offensive line.”

On Tulsa’s next possession, sophomore safety Aaron Colvin recovered a fumble to set the Sooners

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The defense contained the quarterback.

Overall, Oklahoma kept Tulsa quarterback G.J. Kinne in check.

Kinne, the Golden Hurricane’s leading rusher last season, got free on a couple scrambles, but only gained 46 yards on the ground against the Sooners. OU forced Kinne into many bad decisions and also had three sacks, one each by defensive ends Frank Alexander, Ronnell Lewis and R.J. Washington.

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Junior walk-on running back Dominique Whaley drags Tulsa defenders forward during a run in Saturday’s game against the Tulsa Golden Hurricane. The Sooners won, 47-14, and Whaley finished with 131 yards from 18 attempts and scored four times.

up at the Golden Hurricane 27yard line.

Six plays later, Jones connected with Broyles for a 4-yard touchdown that put OU up 30-0 with 4:23 left before halftime and the Sooners never looked back.

Although OU’s defense clamped down the G olden Hurricane throughout most the game, the Sooners did give up pass plays of

44, 56 and 69 yards. But defensive coordinator Brent Venables said he still was pleased with the team’s play. “[The big plays] are correctable,” Venables said. “We have got to put pressure on them, but we got a lot of big hits and three turnovers.”

The coverage busts will be something the Sooners will work on as they prepare for their Sept. 17 road

game against Florida State, Stoops said.

“We will get some things down in the next couple weeks,” he said.

“We will see on tape that there’s a bunch we can be better at, and it shouldn’t be that hard to correct.”

There were enough touches for everyone.

OU coach Bob Stoops and quarterback Landry Jones have repeatedly said they want to spread the ball around and get everyone involved.

Well, 10 Sooners got the ball at least twice on offense: Dominique Whaley (20), Brennan Clay (18), Ryan Broyles (14), Jonathan Miller (8), Trey Franks (7), Roy Finch (5), Trey Millard (4), James Hanna (2), Dejuan Miller (2) and Austin Haywood (2). Those players combined for 627 yards of total offense.

Chris Lusk, Editor in Chief

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The OU volleyball team returns home to McCasland F i e l d H o u s e a t 7 p. m .

Tuesday night to take on the Arkansas Razorbacks.

The Sooners are 4-0 within the friendly confines of home this year, coming in after going 2-1 in the North Texas Invitational this past weekend. Friday’s loss came to Cincinnati, 3-1, and was the first loss of the season for the No. 18 Sooners.

OU coach Santiago Restrepo said the loss to Cincinnati was a tough one to take because the Bearcats outplayed the Sooners in nearly every aspect.

“They put us into some very difficult situations because we didn’t pass the ball well,” Restrepo said. “Our offense runs very well if we pass the ball well. If not, we’re very predictable.”

However, the Sooners bounced back, and Restrepo said he was pleased with how the team responded.

“We played excellent,” Restrepo said. “I think part

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The Sooners celebrate after a match against Colorado State on Aug. 29 in Norman. Oklahoma hosts the Arkansas Razorbacks tonight at McCasland Field House, where the Sooners are undefeated this season.

of it was being on the road for the first time. Overall, we responded very well, and that’s what you should do as a team.”

A rk a n s a s c o m e s i nt o have played Oklahoma and Tuesday’s match with a lost to both of them. The 5-2 record this season. The Razorbacks were swept by Razorbacks have played see OU page 8 two opponents that also

OU football legend Lee SPorts Columnist Roy Selmon, 56, was pronounced dead Sunday.

And in that moment, many hearts hit the floor.

Many of us are too young to have seen Selmon play football.

We are among the many RJ Young millions who have no rjyoung@ou.edu claim to that tremendous honor.

But even without ever seeing him play, I can tell you he was a monster on the field. His stats and award lists will tell you that.

Older men and women I respect have told me many times how Selmon changed the way NFL players play defensive end. How even in today’s NFL he could be 20-sack per year player.

Of his talent, there is no doubt.

But what they told me that set Selmon apart from the rest of OU’s ever-growing Lee Roy ring of honor were stories that were made Selmon apparent at his passing. Sooner fans were rightfully mourning, as were those close to Selmon.

Former OU assistant Jimmy Johnson tweeted, “Lee Roy Selmon passed away.. Coached him at Oklahoma .. Great player a better person.. Our prayers are with his family.”

Johnson’s sympathies were echoed by WWE commentator and Oklahoma celebrity Jim Ross in another tweet. “My friend Lee Roy Selmon died 2day after

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Weekend wins fire up Sooners Pair of victories provides boost to OU team’s status

OU held a 9-3 shot advantage at halftime that ballooned into a 20-9 advantage by the end of the game.

“Our connecting has gotten a lot better this past week,” Petrikin said. “And our confidence in that has helped us to finish better in the past few games.”

While the offense did its job on the field, OU’s defense also maintained its composure during the match.

OU goalkeeper Kelsey Devonshire was forced to stand tall in the net, making seven saves before Missouri State put together its only goal in the last two minutes.

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C o o l e r t e m p e ra t u re s couldn’t keep the OU soccer team from turning up the heat on offense this weekend.

After cruising to a 4-1 win over Oral Roberts on Friday night, the Sooners improved to a 3-3 record with a victory over Missouri State, 3-1, on Sunday evening.

The Sooners scored seven goals in two games after producing one goal in the previous three consecutive matches.

Senior forward Michelle Alexander got the ball rolling against Missouri State after collecting her third goal of the season at the 13:12 mark to give the Sooners a 1-0 lead early in the first half.

“For this team, it’s huge that we start strong,” coach Nicole Nelson said. “It’s huge we put our stamp on the game early.”

The Sooners increased their lead at the 30th minute with a textbook pass from junior Caitlin Mooney, going left to right across the box

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Redshirt freshman defender Molly Richey (24) cuts past an Oral Roberts defender during the Sooners’ game against the Golden Eagles on Friday in Norman. Ou beat ORu, 4-1.

to sophomore forward Amy Petrikin.

The pass sneaked through two defenders and arrived quickly enough to pull Missouri State’s goalkeeper out of position, allowing Petrikin to make the shot in the open net. It was Petrikin’s first career goal and Mooney’s third assist of the season.

“It’s awesome to have

different people scoring,” Petrikin said. “It’s a real team effort, and it shows everyone can make a difference in the game.”

Freshman midfielder Hannah Gordon scored her first career goal to give the Sooners a 3-0 lead at the 82nd minute. For Gordon, the experience of getting that first goal was something she’s

couldn’t find words for.

“It’s electrifying,” Gordon said. “I’m on cloud nine right now.”

Both goals were career first for the teammates, something Nelson also was proud to see.

“You’re seeing the development paying, and that gives them confidence for the future,” Nelson said.

OU 4, ORU 1 Mooney put the Sooners back on the winning track during Friday’s action against ORU, where the forward scored two goals and two assists. The six points tied a Sooner program record for points recorded in a game.

Former players Whitney Palmer (2010) and Logan Womack (2003) both collected six points after posting hat tricks.

No other Sooner player has ever collected six points on only two goals.

Selmon: Fans should remember ‘Gentle Giant’ for talent Continued from page 7 suffering stroke. What a loss.

Amazing person. Man of Faith.

Best Sooner ever.”

You’d be hard pressed to find nicer things said about a man who was best known for striking fear into opposing quarterbacks and wreaking havoc on opposing

backfields.

So do yourself a favor if you had never heard of the “Gentle Giant” and read up on him.

Then, celebrate his life.

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AT A GlANCE lee Roy Selmon’s resume • Won two national championships (1974, 1975) under OU coach Barry Switzer • 1975 Outland Trophy and Lombardi Award winner • First overall pick in the 1976 NFL Draft by the Tampa Bay Buccaneers

• 1979 NFL Defensive Player of the Year • Six consecutive Pro Bowl teams (1979-84) • Voted into 1988 College Football Hall of Fame • Voted into 1995 Pro Football Hall of Fame

ou: Team hopes for continued success Continued from page 7 Colorado State on Aug. 26 and lost in five sets to Oral Roberts on Aug. 30.

“They’re extremely talented as far as the outside position,” Restrepo said.

“They hit the ball very high and with a lot of power.”

Senior outside hitter Kelli Stipanovich leads the offense for Arkansas, averaging 3.40 kills per set.

Defensively, freshman libero Chrisa Alvarez leads the team in digs with 2.72 digs per set. Sophomore setter Raymariely Santos averages 9.48 assists per set to go along with 1.52 digs per set.

Junior outside hitter Jasmine Norton leads the team in blocks with 16.

“It’s going to be a match that we’ll have to play at 100 percent to beat them,” Restrepo said. “We went to Arkansas last year and beat them in five, so I’m sure they want some revenge against us at home.”

AT A GlANCE Volleyball notes The OU-Arkansas match will be the last home game for OU until Sept. 16. …

Tuesday night will be the always-popular 50-cent hot dog and Coke night. … OU coach Santiago Restrepo said everyone on the team is healthy.