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The OU foundation invests its money in a multitude of different private equity funds and other investment opportunites. This means foundation money is filtered through multiple countries as investment managers use different government tax codes and invest in different countries. Because of this, it’s possible for the foundation to invest here at home while simultaneously investing money in a chemical company in india.

OU foundation invests with Bain Nonprofit organization diversifies assests by investing overseas CHASE COOK assistant campus Editor

Himadri Chemicals and Industries deals in coal tar pitches, chemical oils and other substances. The company claims to be the largest Indian coal tar pitch manufacturer and has six manufacturing facilities in India and one in China, according to the company’s website.

The company was listed in Forbes India’s list of businesses that “made money in sectors that never were on anyone’s radar.” It also claims that its current business model is sound thanks to investments from Citi Venture Capital International and other

investors.

One of those other investors is the OU Foundation to the tune of $124,815 courtesy of Bain Capital, according to the foundation’s tax records.

The $1 billion OU Foundation is a private, nonprofit entity that manages and spends money donated to OU. Some of those investments are given to venture capitalists or private equity fund managers — such as Bain Capital — who take that money and invest it overseas in companies like Himadri Chemicals and Industries.

The foundation is charged with making the most of the money given by donors and making sure the donors’ wishes are carried to fruition, OU Foundation President Guy Patton said.

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The target allocation rate is about 7 percent of the foundation’s investments that go to venture capitalists or private equity fund managers, Patton said. This diversifies the foundation’s assets and allows it to take advantage of growth in other countries, he said.

“Oh god yeah, we wouldn’t invest if it wasn’t [a good investment],” Patton said.

“We expect the returns on the investment will be higher than the returns on publicly traded companies.”

In the foundation’s FY 2011 tax records, it lists 25 affiliated private equity managers, but the amount of money invested into those entities isn’t given. It also does not list all of the foundation’s investment managers, which is 67, Patton said.

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CLASSiCS

Program welcomes Class to introduce letters major Course to begin most freshmen in next spring twelve years ALI HAUSNER

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Sooners top Florida State, Stanford for most undergraduate scholarship NADIA J. ENCHASSI campus Reporter

Nearly half of the recipients of a national meteorology scholarship for incoming freshmen joined the ranks of OU’s School of Meteorology this fall.

It’s the most OU or any university has welcomed over the past 12 years, said David Parsons, director of the School of Meteorology.

University College freshmen Andrea Balfour, Tyler Bell, Nicholas Cooper, David Harrison, Rachel Norris and Joshua Wadler received six of the 14 American Meteorological S ociety Freshman Undergraduate Scholarships in May before

matriculating to OU, according to the AMS website. In addition, University College freshman Brock Shetley received one of the five AMS Minority Scholarships.

Pa r s o n s s a i d h e w a s proud, especially considering that these new freshmen students dominated the awards, even having upstaged Stanford, which had only one scholarship recipient this year.

Even Florida State, which had the second-largest number of scholarship recipients, only received two winners this year, Parsons said.

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A new course designed to introduce freshmen to the letters major will debut next semester just in time to mark the program’s 75th anniversary.

Classics and Letters professor Sara Coodin and Samuel Huskey, chairman of the Classics and Letters department, developed the course, which is designed to expose freshmen to the benefits of majoring in letters. Introduction to Letters will be offered for the first time in spring 2013, Huskey said in an email.

The department hopes to develop a sense of community within Letters and Classics students early during their academic careers through the course, Huskey said. The first semester’s class will be limited to 30 students.

“We want to keep the class size small enough to allow the professors

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University College freshman Hope Harper (left) shakes hands with author Madeline Miller during a signing of Miller’s book, “The Song of Achilles,” Wednesday in the Oklahoma Memorial Union.

who teach it to lead productive discussion and to give meaningful feedback on papers and tests,” Huskey said.

The professors in the department decided the course will rotate through a series of topics, each one addressing a perennial human concern such as reason, passion, love, death, work, God, freedom or time, Huskey said. Students will examine

the subjects by reading and discussing the great works of literature from different periods in human history.

The goal is to introduce students to the Letters program’s three pillars by leading them through a historical survey of literary and philosophical approaches to essential human qualities.

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The university has endorsed six students to apply for two international scholarships this fall.

Six graduate and undergraduate students have been selected by a committee of professors to represent OU

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In a state where health statistics show room for improvement, one OU department is implementing a program to encourage and teach students to stay healthy and active.

OU Fitness and Recreation created the Shift Gears Program, which uses social media and other venues to give tips to promote healthy habits.

“One of our hopes and aspirations is that when students come to OU and they spend their education time with us, that they’re not only learning their academics in the classroom, but they’re also learning a healthy way of life that they’ll take with them beyond college,” said Amy Davenport, the director of OU Fitness and Recreation.

The Shift Gears team includes the fitness and recreation director, instructors and graduate students, and also has been teaming up with UOSA members, Davenport said.

The program has pages on Facebook, Twitter and Foursquare, where it lists tips for a different healthy habit every two weeks.

“While we want people to come to the [Huston Huffman Fitness Center] and come to the intramurals, we understand that people can’t do that every day,” Davenport said. “This is a great way for them to stay in touch and really still be a part of their health and wellness every single day.

It’s kind of expanding our

in the application for the Rhodes and Marshall scholarships this year. The candidates were narrowed down from 13 students through a formal series of interviews on Aug. 13, said Melanie Wright, faculty representative for the scholarships.

The committee was made up of professors from a variety of disciplines, Wright said.

The scholarships provide students the opportunity for U.S. students to study in the United Kingdom, according to the scholarships’ websites.

OU has produced 28 Rhodes Scholars in its history, according to the public affairs website.

Students are evaluated on the basis of their academic record, examples of leadership and civic engagement,

according to a statement from the university’s committee.

Before the interviews, the applicants submit to the university a miniature version of the official application form, consisting of a personal statement and a letter of recommendation, applicant Scott Renner said.

After the interviews, the students whom the university

endorses must complete a more lengthy online application and submit a few more personal statements and more letters of recommendation, Renner said.

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HeALTH: Student involvement key to success Continued from page 1

TODAY ArOUND CAMPUS A workshop titled “Using Social Media in Your Job Search” sponsored by Career Services will be held from noon to 1 p.m. in Oklahoma Memorial Union’s Sooner room.

Mid Day Music will be held from noon to 1 p.m. in Oklahoma Memorial Union’s food court. Dillon gourd will play the piano.

A free premiere of the film “Pitch Perfect” sponsored by Campus Activities Council and Union Programming board will be shown at 9 p.m. will be shown in Oklahoma Memorial Union’s Meacham Auditorium.

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doors out, which is exciting.”

The first habit the program promoted, called the “Stop the ‘All or Nothing’ Mentality,” began Aug. 27, according to the OU Fitness and Recreation website. It began promoting the next habit, which encouraged students to drink eight glasses of water a day, Sept. 10 “We started with the ‘all or nothing’ because we don’t want people to get so upset if they start, let’s say, the water habit, and then for some reason they miss a day and they go into a tailspin — that’s what we’re trying to avoid,” Davenport said.

The Shift Gears team uses social media to post pictures people send them, said Brandi Siem, fitness and recreation graduate assistant. People will post on the Facebook page different things they are doing to stay healthy, and then they will get encouraging comments from other people.

“Those first two weeks we were really encouraging people to let us know how are you doing little things to improve your health and wellness,” Siem said. “For some people that just means walking around on your lunch break, for some people that means drinking one soda a day instead of two. It’s just those little things.”

The online approach is an effort to engage with more people, said Jimmy Do, a

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Ashley Johnson strengthens her core with a balancing move during Boot Camp at Huston Huffman fitness Center on Monday (Jan 23, 2011). The class is one of many started this semester and is open to anyone interested.

fitness and recreation managerial associate.

“We’ve had more interaction and we’ve had an interest in our programs, our hours, whatever’s going on, more than ever,” Do said.

The program will be promoting an event with Malinda Williams, OU Fitness and Recreation instructor, and the faculty-in-residence on Oct. 18 in Adams Center, Davenport said.

Students will be invited into the homes of the faculty-in-residence in Adams Center to ask Williams any questions they have about

health, Williams said. They also will teach students how to make healthy snacks that can be prepared in their residence hall rooms.

Shift Gears and UOSA also are planning an indoor pool party at the Murray Case Sells Swim Complex in October so students will know that the pool is available year-round, Siem said.

“During the summer people are really active, and they’re out swimming,” Siem said. “We have an indoor pool, so just because it’s December doesn’t mean that you can’t go swimming.”

do now, we’re bringing them back, and it’s something fun you can do with friends,” she said.

UOSA soon will be drawing random hopscotch grids on sidewalks around campus to encourage these kinds of activities, Davenport said.

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MAJOR: Letters degree offers vast opportunities Continued from page 1 The department found its roots in English professor Joseph Blickensderfer’s effort “to cure the mental indigestion produced by the cafeteria style of education” in 1937, Huskey said.

By 1954, the curriculum had evolved fully into the program it is today, Huskey said.

The Classics department became the administrative home of the Letters program in 1955 when Classics and Letters professor Philip Nolan took over as chair of the department.

Nolan’s successor, Jack Catlin, led the department to increase enrollment from around 30 students to more than 150 students during his

time as chair. Student men- home of the Institute for torship through Catlin and the American Constitution Classics faculty was a major Heritage. reason for that success, The Institute for American Huskey Constitution “The purpose of said.

Heritage is the program is to an interdisciThe symb i o t i c re center educate students plinary lationship for the study not for any single of American between Classics career but for the constitutionand Letters alism, accordwas made rest of their lives.” i ng t o t h e i r a p p a rwebsite. ent in the Boren chose mid-1990s to associate when the IACH with the SaMUEl HUSkEY, claSSicS university department to aNd lETTERS dEPaRTMENT changed encourage the cHaiRMaN the name of pursuit of an the Classics department to interdisciplinary, liberal arts the Classics and Letters de- approach to studying and partment, Huskey said. teaching the Constitution of Since then, President the U.S., Huskey said.

Boren has made the Classics Many students ask what and Letters department the exactly they can accomplish

with a degree in Letters and Classics, Huskey said.

A few years ago, Huskey said, he sur veyed some Letters and Classics alumni to list their occupations, and the results were incredibly diverse.

Letters alumni include an assistant chief counsel at NASA Johnson Space Center, the chief of staff for the Oklahoma Office of Homeland Security, investment bankers and a research librarian for the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas.

“The purpose of the program is to educate students not for any single career but for the rest of their lives,” said Huskey.

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finance: Foundation ensures money moves around the world Continued from page 1

anyone if we haven’t seen their office,” Patton said.

Investments into private equity funds allow money to be invested actively rather than passively in generating wealth and returns through business enterprises anywhere around the world, and it’s a common practice, in fact it’s necessary, said Pradeep Yadav, director of the finance department at

that is unpatriotic.”

One of the reasons private equity funds investrecord] is, among many ing in private firms are other things, a snapshot of able to perform so well, the foundation’s investing,” besides capitalizing on Patton said. world economic growth, However, there are listis because there are less ed transactions totaling regulations than publicly $4,466,227 being invested traded companies, Yadav into foreign corporations by said. There is less paperthe foundation’s private eqwork and oversight, and uity partnerships, according this potentially allows to the tax records. the company to do This type of init needs to do “We live in a world where we what vesting puts the — invest — withfoundation’s money have no trade barriers. There out having to worry into the pockets of about filling out reis an inadequate amount ... companies in the he said.

Cayman Islands, of understanding of the fact ports, There are also India, Hong Kong that investing outside the tax benefits for the and Luxembourg.

United States doesn’t signal foundation, Patton And one of the said. foundation’s part- somebody that is a crook or a Of the firms listed ners is Bain Capital, scoundrel, or someone that is on the foundation’s which has been in tax records, several unpatriotic.” the news recently are governed by the thanks to former laws of the Cayman Gov. Mitt Romney’s Islands. Not every affiliation with the Pradeep Yadav, foreign corporacompany. Romney Price finance department director tion recognizes co-founded the nonprofits like the company in 1984.

Price College of Business. It foundation as tax exempt, Stories of Bain Capital’s allows small groups of inves- so using these entities investment practices surtors to invest large amounts governed by countries faced after Romney began of money for longer periods with favorable tax codes running for president. The of time, he said. or agreements allows for company sometimes perBut instead of having to the foundation to avoid forms buyouts of compadeal with month-to-month doubling up on taxes, nies to get returns on its indemands of sharehold- Patton said. vestments, and these buyers and investors, private The foundation’s ultiouts can lead to company equity funds usually have mate goal is to make sure layoffs. monies invested from five its endowments, which The foundation began to 10 years that often lead to are at about $750 million, investing with Bain Capital better returns than publicly and other donations are in 2006, and it’s still contraded companies. being invested in a multisidered the gold standard “It is almost imperative tude of ways to maximize of alternative investments, for a major university en- earnings, Patton said.

Patton said. The foundadowment to do,” Yadav said. “ It ’s investing w ith tion goes through a rigor“We live in a world where we greater earning,” he said. ous interview process with have no trade barriers. There “It ultimately increases managers before deciding is an inadequate amount ... the impact we have on to invest money, and Bain of understanding of the fact the university.”

Capital has been very transthat investing outside the parent with the foundation, United States doesn’t signal Chase Cook he said. somebody that is a crook or chaseacook@gmail.com “ We w o n ’ t i n v e s t i n a scoundrel, or someone

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Award: Money split into 2 years Continued from page 1 OU’s meteorology school has led to the influx of these exceptional students, Parsons said.

“We know it’s something that’s going to count for what we want to do later in life.”

Brock shetley, university college freshman

“The word is getting out about our facilities here; there have been upgrades to our website,” Parsons said.

“There’s now a bigger emphasis on recruiting, as well as a better communication with our student applicants and their families.”

Bell said he appreciated the financial award that comes with the scholarship, as well as the honor of being selected.

“It was especially nice for my parents, who were pretty pleased and will have to eventually put a few more kids through college,” Bell said. “Every little bit helps.”

The $5,000 scholarship is split evenly between a student’s freshman and sophomore year, according to the

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Students talk during a break in the Orientation to Professional Meteorology course Monday in the National Weather Center. The scholarship will be split between these students’ freshman and sophomore year

AMS website.

Shetley said the scholarship specificity to meteorology made the achievement even more satisfying.

“It was cool to see that the check that came in the mail said AMS on it, as opposed to something less specialized and personalized,” Shetley said. “We know it’s something that’s going to count for what we want to do later in life.”

Union Sound Lounge: Remember the 90s | 8-10 p.m. in Beaird Lounge, Oklahoma Memorial Union. Come and enjoy Sound Lounge, the Union Programming Board’s relaxed concert series featuring student and local musicians. Remember the 90s this month with covers of your favorite 90s hits by the student artists The Fuzz and Kyra Wharton. Admission is FREE! Special Premiere: “PITCH PERFECT” | 8 p.m. in Meacham Auditorium, Oklahoma Memorial Union. Enjoy a special FREE premiere of “Pitch Perfect,” before it’s in theaters courtesy of the Campus Activities Council and the Union Programming Board. Arrive early to ensure seating.

Friday, Sept. 21

James T. Bialac Symposium | 10 a.m.-noon and 1-3 p.m in the Robert S. Kerr Auditorium, Sam Noble Oklahoma Museum of Natural History. Native American artists, whose works are included in the Bialac Collection, will engage in a lively discussion on the current issues that impact the Native American art community, scholarship and market. Please contact the Fred Jones Jr. Museum of Art at (405) 325-0843 to register. For more information, please contact Michael Bendure, mbendure@ou.edu.

UPB Daily Event: Guess the Score | 11:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. in the first floor lobby, Oklahoma Memorial Union. The Friday before every Sooner football game, give your best guess of the score for this week’s game to win an awesome PRIZE. There will also be a grand prize of a PlayStation 3 awarded at the end of the season to the student with the best average scores throughout the season! For more information email upb@ou.edu.

Women’s Soccer: OU vs. Baylor | 7 p.m. at the John Crain Field. Free admission for students with a valid student ID. Visit soonersports.com for more information.

OU Hockey vs. University of Arkansas | 7:30 p.m. at the Blazers Ice Centre, 8000 S. I-35, Oklahoma City, OK. OU students, faculty and staff get in FREE this weekend and get an OU Hockey shirt (while supplies last). General Admission is $5 and reserved seating $10. Call the Blazers Ice Centre at (405) 631-3307 or see www.ouhockey.com for more information. Presented by Oklahoma Hockey.

Sutton Artist Series: Dan Shwartz, Oboe | 8-10 p.m. in the Pitman Recital Hall, Catlett Music Center. Call the Fine Arts Box Office, (405) 325-4101, for more information.

Special Premiere: “PITCH PERFECT” | 8 p.m. in Meacham Auditorium, Oklahoma Memorial Union. Enjoy a SECOND showing special FREE premiere of “Pitch Perfect,” before it’s in theaters courtesy of the Campus Activities Council and the Union Programming Board. Arrive early to ensure seating.

Parsons said the school wants to continue to attract students such as Shetley and Bell.

“Our students are enthusiastic and passionate, and we’re constantly trying to change for the better and go forward,” Parsons said.

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University Theatre presents: Julius Caesar | 8 p.m. at the Weitzenhoffer Theatre, Fine Arts Center. Rome wants him in power, but the Senate wants him dead. Shakespeare’s blood sport politics set in modern times. Come see this classic by William Shakespeare and directed by Alissa Millar. For tickets and up-to-date information call the Fine Arts Box Office at (405) 325-4101.

Saturday, Sept. 22

Sooner Football: OU vs. Kansas State | 6:50 p.m. at the Oklahoma Memorial Stadium. Visit soonersports.com for ticket information.

OU Hockey vs. University of Arkansas | 7:30 p.m. at the Blazers Ice Centre, 8000 S. I-35, Oklahoma City, OK. OU students, faculty and staff get in FREE this weekend and get an OU Hockey shirt (while supplies last). General Admission is $5 and reserved seating $10. Call the Blazers Ice Centre at (405) 631-3307 or see www.ouhockey.com for more information. Presented by Oklahoma Hockey.

University Theatre presents: Julius Caesar | 8 p.m. at the A. Max Weitzenhoffer Theatre, Fine Arts Center. Rome wants him in power, but the Senate wants him dead. Shakespeare’s blood sport politics set in modern times. Come see this classic by William Shakespeare and directed by Alissa Millar. For tickets and up-to-date information call the Fine Arts Box Office at (405) 325-4101.

FREE Admission | Fred Jones Jr. Museum of Art wants you to come view their new exhibitions: The James T. Bialac Native American Art Collection: Selected Works and Indigenous Aesthetics: Selections from the James T. Bialac Native American Art Collection. For more information, please contact Michael Bendure, mbendure@ou.edu

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James T. Bialac Community Celebration | Join the Fred Jones Jr. Museum of Art for the opening of two new exhibitions: The James T. Bialac Native American Art Collection: Selected Works, and Indigenous Aesthetics: Selections from the James T. Bialac Native American Art Collection. The community celebration includes FREE admission, artist demonstrations, a special dance performance and more! For more information, please contact Michael Bendure, mbendure@ou.edu University Theatre presents Julius Caesar | 3 p.m. at the A. Max Weitzenhoffer Theatre, Fine Arts Center. Rome wants him in power, but the Senate wants him dead. Shakespeare’s blood sport politics set in modern times. Come see this classic by William Shakespeare and directed by Alissa Millar. For tickets and up-to-date information call the Fine Arts Box Office at (405) 325-4101.

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Tenants sue for unconstitutional ordinance Courts rehear case regarding illegal immigrants renting homes in Texas

for himself,� Perales said.

Fellow plaintiffs’ attorney Dunham Biles added: “No one other than the federal Michael Kunzelman “show me your papers� regovernment has the auThe Associated Press quirement, which gives law thority to classify aliens.� enforcement authority to Perales said the city’s NEW ORLEANS — A check a person’s legal staordinance goes far beyond Dallas suburb asked a tus if officers have reasonthe Arizona law, forcibly refederal appeals court able suspicion he or she is moving illegal immigrants Wednesday to uphold an in the U.S. illegally. from rental housing instead ordinance that would ban Kansas Secretary of State of merely detaining them illegal immigrants from and letting the federal govrenting homes in the town. Kris Kobach, a national advocate for tougher illegal ernment decide whether The full 5th U.S. Circuit immigration laws, who is to remove them from the Court of Appeals agreed also representing Farmers country. to rehear the case after a “This is a complete dithree-judge panel from the Branch, said that provision of the Arizona law closely vergence from the federal court ruled in March that mirrors a key portion of the system,� she said.

Farmers Branch’s ordiTexas town’s ordinance.

A federal district judge nance is unconstitutional “The problem with the ruled against the city in and impermissibly inter2010 before the three-judge feres with the federal immi- plaintiffs’ argument is that they cannot identify a sinpanel at the 5th Circuit upgration system. gle federal statute that the held it earlier this year.

The court’s 15 judges Farmers Branch ordinance The full 5th Circuit is didn’t indicate when they Rex c. curry/Associated press conflicts with,� he said. generally considered to be would rule after hearing Former Marine Sgt. Salvadaor Parada, right, speaks to protesters during a rally outside city hall in The ordinance, which one of the nation’s most arguments Wednesday Farmers Branch, Texas. A federal appeals court will review Farmers Branch’s ordinance, which allows conservative federal courts. from attorneys for the town replaced an earlier 2006 the city building inspector to evict any illegal immigrant renters. version, would require all Its decision to hear the and a group of landlords knowingly allow illegal im- by the federal government,� Nina Perales said the infor- Farmers Branch case is renters to obtain a $5 city and tenants who sued mation federal officials pro- rare — fewer than 5 percent license and fill out an appli- migrants to stay as tenants he said. to block the ordinance’s could be fined or have their “It’s a yes or no from the vide the building inspector of petitions for a full court cation that asks about their enforcement. renters’ license barred. federal government, coris “very complex and varlegal status.

Then, the city’s hearing are granted — Arguments largely foKobach said the ordirect?� asked Judge Jennifer ied� and doesn’t explicitly building inspector would though the court rehearing cused on how the case is Elrod, who heard the case state whether an applicant a case doesn’t necessarily affected by a U.S. Supreme have to check whether any nance explicitly bars the town from making its last year but issued a disis “lawfully present� in the immigrant applying for a mean judges intend to reCourt ruling in June on own determination about senting opinion. country. license was in the United verse an earlier decision.

Arizona’s tough immigrawhether someone is “law“Correct,�

Kobach “That’s something that States legally.

Illegal immition law. That ruling rejectfully present� in the U.S. responded. the building inspector is grants would be denied a ed major parts of the law, “It must always be done But plaintiffs’ attorney going to have to figure out permit, and landlords who but upheld the so-called

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Protestors rally against new Arizona immigration law Decision brings mixed reactions among Arizonans Jacques Billeaud The Associated Press

PHOENIX — A day after the most contentious provision of Arizona’s immigration law took effect, rallies were planned around Phoenix to protest the law that civil rights activists contend will lead to systematic racial profiling.

Leticia Ramirez has been telling immigrants who are in the U.S. illegally, like herself, that they should offer only their name and date of birth — and carry no documents that show

where they were born, if pulled over by police. “We want to teach the community how to defend themselves, how to answer to police, how to be prepared, and to have confidence that they’re going to have help,� said Ramirez, a 27-year-old from Torreon in the Mexican state of Coahuila.

U.S. District Judge Susan Bolton ruled Tuesday that police can immediately start enforcing the law’s so-called “show me your papers� provision. It requires officers, while enforcing other laws, to question the immigration status of those suspected of being in the country illegally.

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Opponents argued that it would lead to systematic racial profiling and unreasonably long detention of Latinos, and unsuccessfully asked Bolton to block it.

Bolton said the law’s opponents were merely speculating on racial profiling claims.

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The advocates are asking people to document abuse and police departments not to enforce the provision as a way to gain cooperation from immigrants in reporting crimes.

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Boycotters, supporters — let them eat chicken Our View: Chick-fil-A’s flip on hate group support means it’s time to end the boycott, but that doesn’t mean supporters lost.

reaction to public pressure. But we only can hope it was motivated by executives’ realization that, regardless of your political beliefs, spreading hate is not a Christian value — and Good news: It’s time for a chicken certainly not an American one. sandwich. After years of boycotting — We hope they realized you can be and a few intense months of kiss-ins, against gay marriage and disagree Facebook rants and public criticism with homosexuality and still recog— Chick-fil-A has agreed to stop fund- nize and respect the humanity of ing anti-GLBTQ hate groups. those who disagree with you. You There are many reasons don’t have to use hate or diviwhy both supporters of sive, dangerous and deceitful The Our View Chick-fil-A and pro-GLBTQ is the majority rhetoric to make your point, boycotters might be skeptias these organizations do. opinion of cal of this news, but both have So you can support ChickThe Daily’s reason to celebrate the end of nine-member fil-A’s practices and its right editorial board to political opinions. (We this stand-off. do.) You can cheer the CEO’s To those who supported stance on gay marriage and the comChick-fil-A’s stance: pany’s commitment to its values.

It’s understandable if you’re feeling And you can celebrate the decision frustrated or disappointed, but don’t to, as the company’s letter about the be too quick to turn your back on this change stated, “treat every person company. with honor, dignity and respect” and Its decision to stop donating to stop funding groups that preach the these groups does not mean it is opposite. abandoning its views. It doesn’t mean its leaders are embracing gay marTo the boycotters: riage or turning their back on their We understand this decision may religious beliefs. It just means they feel like too little, too late. Motivated have stepped back from the political by profit, it hardly seems to signal a sphere to focus on the business and genuine shift in company attitudes. its charitable giving. Those charitable But you still have cause to celebrate. organizations could use the money The boycott worked. more effectively.

Yes, many other factors contributed Of course, this decision may be a to this decision: Pressure from public

UPDATE Chick-fil-A controversy and recent backtrack Background: The company donated more than $3 million to anti-gay groups, such as Exodus International and the Family Research Council. These groups depict GLBTQ Americans as pedophiles, argue they should be “deported” and promote dangerous “ex-gay” therapy.

A years-long boycott began. In July, CEO Dan Cathy’s remarks against gay marriage brought mainstream attention to the boycott. In response, supporters flooded branches for an “Appreciation Day.”

What’s new: The Civil Rights Agenda, an advocacy group, said Wednesday that Chick-fil-A agreed to stop donations to political groups. Chicago Alderman Joe Moreno, who had been blocking the company from building a new location in his district, said he has reversed his stance due to this decision.

Though Chick-fil-A has not issued an official response to the news, it did not deny its agreement with Moreno when asked.

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Skye Tylich, international and area studies senior, enjoys some Chik-fil-A on Wednesday in the Oklahoma Memorial Union while working on homework. Chik-fil-A recently agreed to stop funding anti-gay groups.

officials, media coverage and possible profit loss from cities blocking new franchises. But behind all of those factors were the voices of regular citizens expressing their distaste for the hateful groups this company supported with customers’ dollars.

Your voices have been heard. Isn’t that always worth celebrating?

But a boycott only is a public win if it ends when the objective has been accomplished. If this turns into just one more complicated battle site in the “culture wars,” the power of this victory will be lost.

It may be tempting to continue to speak out against the company. It’s certainly understandable that the hurt and distrust will not fade overnight, especially if the company is unwilling to even publically acknowledge the change.

But this company’s leaders responded to people’s concern and found a way to balance their religious and political beliefs with the need

to treat their fellow humans with respect. They recognized the harm they were doing and stopped their donations, even after the hugely successful “Appreciation Day” made it clear most of their customer base supported them.

If you want this kind of behavior to continue, if you want other organizations to follow suit, the best thing you can do is give Chick-fil-A your support — and your business.

This goes beyond Chick-fil-A and its donations. This situation has revealed the power of citizens’ voices to fight for justice and equality.

Wherever you stand on the issues, whichever side you were on when the battle lines were drawn, Chick-fil-A’s decision marks a victory in the fight to elevate political dialogue above deceit and vitriol. So go support the wisdom of this choice by enjoying some delicious chicken — now hate-free.

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Death penalty risks Muslim riots about more than religion innocents, serves C revenge, not justice Draco, one of the original law makers in Greece, is known for brutally harsh laws — even minor offences received death. 2,600 years later, we still use the death penalty, albeit less liberally. We shouldn’t use it at all.

Studies show that our justice system has roughly a 95 to 97 percent accuracy rate for felony convictions. That’s an A in any class, but a failure when people’s lives are at stake.

The U.S. has the highest incarceration rate, and up to one in 20 of those people may not belong there, at least not for the sentence (including execution) they face.

If killing an innocent isn’t enough reason to abolish the death penalty, how about preventing the guilty from walking free?

A life sentence means if someone was wrongfully convicted , at least one person still will be working to prove it. An execution presumably means an end to people working to solve the case, at least until the next body washes up.

Now, I’ve heard some people argue that the occasional execution of an innocent is justifiable since we still administer justice to the other 97 percent. I contend we administer revenge.

In a nation that can keep the guilty imprisoned for life (more cheaply than we can execute, in fact), executions reek of “an eye for an eye” mentality, — which, while satisfying, isn’t justice.

Justice defends the innocent; execution has ended them.

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onventional wisopinion Columnist dom says the current unrest in the Muslim world is due to strongly held religious attitudes. It says Muslims were offended by a film depicting the prophet Muhammad negatively, and because they Steven Zoeller are primitive and lacking in stevenv.zoeller@gmail.com self-restraint, they decided to burn our flags and bomb our embassies.

If you believe this conventional wisdom, you are wrong.

Worse, you’ve fallen for the same false narrative the propagandist filmmaker meant to communicate in the first place.

While it might appear the protesters are motivated by religious fervor, their reaction actually has more to do with political angst. To realize this, one only need examine the regional context of the crisis and consider the attitudes of Muslims outside the Middle East.

If this debacle were only about religion, then it would not have mattered where the anti-Islam propaganda came from — the reaction would have been the same, because the propaganda would have been the same.

But I think we all know if this video had not been made by a Westerner, the reaction wouldn’t have been as extreme. It probably wouldn’t have even made headlines.

Unfortunately, this bigotry came from a U.S. citizen, and there’s significance to that fact.

The region in which the protests are taking place was rife with anti-American sentiment long before the maker of the video tried his hand at filmmaking. Yemen, for example, had been the victim of numerous botched drone attacks by the U.S. before its people stormed our embassy a week ago.

This strongly suggests the recent pronounced backlash against the U.S. is about more than just some lousy video: The protesters’ motives extend to our destructive foreign policy and a general fear among citizens in this part of the world that the West is attempting to control them.

However tempting, we can’t lazily reduce the protesters to an angry, overly sensitive mob. To do this is to toss out context all together.

Another clue this conflict is not merely religious in nature is that Muslims in other parts of the world, despite disapproving of the propaganda, have condemned the violence while stressing a return to courteous Islamic tradition.

Petroleum engineering junior Roja Hamad, the Da’wa Chair of OU’s Muslim Student Association, is one of these Muslims. He condemns the violence, and he does so because of his Islamic values.

“You do not have the right to kill someone, especially if they’re in your country,” Hamad said. “If a foreigner or an unbeliever comes and lives in your country, they’re under your protection. You just can’t do that.”

Hamad said, while it is unfair to assume Islam is violent on the basis of the protesters’ reactions, the protesters are to blame for giving bigots — like the filmmaker — ammunition.

“Imagine what we did,” Hamad said. “We proved [the filmmaker’s] point.”

The fact many Muslims disapprove of the violence done in the name of their religion raises questions for whoever believes Islam is the cause. After all, how can theological views be to blame for the violence when they’re shared both by the people committing it and those condemning it?

The simplest explanation is that these theological views, while not totally irrelevant to the unrest, are not the most relevant factor. Religion is simply being used as an excuse in this case to vent political anger.

However easy it may be to attribute violence in the Arab world to the protesters’ religious beliefs, the most conventional explanation is not always the best one.

To anyone who cares about getting this right: If the violence looks disproportionate to the release of a single offensive video, trust your instincts. That’s probably because it isn’t about a single offense.

Steven Zoeller is a journalism junior.

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Pictionary-like game debuts at art museum OU graduate creates art game

AT A GLANCE Picto rules

Paige Warren

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Contributing Writer

Imagine you’re scanning dozens of portraits, paintings, pieces of pottery, sculptures and sketches at an art museum. But you’re not at the museum just to look at the art. You’re there to play a game.

Your teammate’s drawing outlines a curious man looking up at you from the paper.

Sideburns frame the man’s face, and layers of thick fabric conceal his neck.

When you begin your search for the curious-looking man, you turn a corner to find a Georgia O’Keeffe painting. Vivid greens create a shape that is vaguely reminiscent of lettuce. No sideburns there — that can’t be it.

A man in a wooden frame smirks at you from the corner of a nearby wall. The first thing you notice about him is a subtle look of mischief painted on his face.

The second thing you notice: Sideburns.

The simulation you just experienced is part of the premise of a new game called Picto, which was introduced at the Fred Jones Jr.

No. 1 finds a piece of artwork in the museum he or she likes, and that person tries to replicate the artwork in the form of a drawing.

2. Once teammate No. 1 has finished, teammate No. 2 searches the museum to find the artwork teammate No. 1 has drawn. If teammate No. 2 finds it, the team gains four points.

3. The team that gains the most points wins.

Museum of Art. The game, designed by OU graduate Cait Gamble, involves teams of two or more players.

“With this game, you’re actually sort of required to engage with the art because you have to really look at it and try to reproduce it yourself,” said Gamble, who graduated with a bachelor’s degree in visual communications in

May 2012.

The game came to fruition as a class project for an upper-level visual communications class, Gamble said. Her professor, Eric Anderson, coordinated with Jessica Farling — coordinator of academic programs at the museum — to commission students to come up with a new idea that would attract a different audience to the museum, Gamble said.

Farling chose Picto because it’s a quick and easy s e t u p. S h e a l s o c h o s e Gamble’s game because it doesn’t have to be a onetime-only event; the museum could implement the game as something anyone could do at any time, she said.

The museum is trying to gear more activities like Picto toward students so more OU students will attend the museum’s events, Farling said.

She said she’s really hoping to get students through the door and get them looking at the art.

Although Farling is focusing more on students, anyone can play Picto.

“It’s pretty universal,” Gamble said. “All sorts of people could do it. Some people who might not necessarily think of themselves

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University College freshman Jessica Ackerman draws on a Picto game sheet Friday at the Fred Jones Jr. Museum of Art. In Picto, one player in each team draws a piece of art at the museum, while the second player attempts to identify it. The team that identifies the most drawings is the winner.

as museum people or, you know, art people might find themselves really enjoying the art and the museum just, you know, from playing the game.”

This includes an OU student and a Ph.D. candidate who played the game in a trial round on July 27 at the museum. Neither of them had been to the museum before.

Alex Harvey, biochemistry

and math senior, wandered into the Elaine and Gene Edwards Gallery, choosing a mask carved with rich details. He sat down on a bench and began sketching.

Meanwhile, OU Ph.D. candidate Gary Osmundsen was right across the hall from Har vey, sketching a European painting of a woman fetching a pail of water.

After the two finished

their sketches, they went on the hunt to find each other’s drawings.

They emerged from their searches victorious.

“In general, I like what I would call the game Pictionary, and I specifically like it here because you’re playing in a museum and not your living room,” Osmundsen said. “It gives you an excuse to look at the artwork in here.”

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‘Office,’ ‘Parks and Recreation’ start new seasons tonight Life & Arts Columnist

Emily Hopkins ehopkins@ou.edu

“The Office” The ninth and final season of the American version of “The Office” begins at 8 p.m. tonight on NBC and there’s a

lot about to go down in the sleepy city of Scranton.

What’s going to happen to Dunder Mifflin/Sabre?

What’s next in the Jim and Pam story? Will Dwight ever stop being so weird?

Speaking of Dwight, it’s rumored there may be a midseason replacement “Office” spin-off featuring the quirky Schrute family and their beet farm.

In the eighth season of “The Office,” the Scranton branch of Dunder Mifflin

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Darryl (Craig Robinson) started falling for fellow w a r e h o u s e w o r k e r Va l (Ameenah Kaplan) even though she had a boyfriend.

Dwight was in charge of traveling to Tallahassee for a few weeks to help Sabre special projects manager Nellie Bertram (Catherine Tate) launch a chain of Apple-like retail stores. He brought Jim, Ryan (B.J. Novak), Stanley (Leslie David Baker), Erin

(Ellie Kemper) and new office temp Cathy Simms (Lindsey Broad) along as his team.

Robert decided to nix the retail store idea, and Erin chose to stay in Florida as a live-in aide for an elderly woman. Andy made the grand romantic gesture and traveled to Florida to win Erin back — but this also allowed Nellie to snatch up his job as regional manager.

The season ended with Andy staging a Dunder Mifflin comeback and joining with former CEO David Wallace (Andy Buckley) to buy back the company from Sabre, putting Sabre out of business and Andy in the manager position once

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“Parks and Recreation,” the show about a parks department in small-town Indiana, begins its fifth season tonight. The season five trailer shows there will be some awkward bonding between Adam and April, more awkward relationship moments between Ann and Emily Hopkins is an Tom, Chris helping Andy advertising junior. train to become a police officer and political meltdowns from Leslie.

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Kedric Kitchens, sports editor Dillon Phillips, assistant editor dailysports@ou.edu • phone: 405-325-3666 oudaily.com/sports • Twitter: @OUDailySports

Freshman setter Julia Doyle is enjoying success in her first season with the Oklahoma volleyball team.

Soccer

Column

Coach lifts players to potential

College football is a privilege, not a right

Goalkeepers coach Abel helps players reach new level

Editor’s note: This is part two of a two-part series taking a look at the history of college football and the current view of the sport.

Ross Stracke

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Sports Reporter

Graeme Abel arrived in the U.S. from Liverpool in the fall of 1999, and while he still asks Americans if they need a translator in order to understand his thick accent, his players and fellow coaches clearly understand his passion.

Abel first appeared on the Division I coaching scene at Nevada in 2005 and has had nothing but success as a goalkeepers coach. In his three seasons there, Nevada’s goalies recorded 23 shutouts, which is astronomical compared to the three shutouts in the program’s history prior to Abel’s arrival.

OU coach Matt Potter said Abel’s work ethic benefits more than just the players under his position.

“Every day, [Abel] turns up to become better at what he does,” Potter said. “That’s the expectation he places on his goalkeepers, and that’s the expectation he places on his goalkeepers to demand from the players in front of them.”

It’s safe to assume Abel always has been able to have this effect on the goalkeepers he’s coached.

Last season, Potter and Abel were together at Washington State, winning 12 games and advancing to the second round of the NCAA tournament. The team was led by a defense that surrendered one goal or fewer in 20 of 23 games and had nine shutouts.

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OU goalkeepers coach Graeme Abel works with his players during practice Wednesday.

“Every day, [Abel] turns up to become better at what he does.”

OU soccer coach Matt Potter

Despite the success, Abel flat-out refuses to take any of the credit for the defensive success of the teams he’s had a hand in coaching.

“I have been extremely fortunate to work with good goalkeepers,” Abel said. “All those [goalkeepers] worked hard, had a great work ethic and a great attitude toward learning. They were able to take the information I was giving them, use it to their potential and talent they had and turn it into something that was productive on the field.”

Potter, however, had no

problem giving praise to his coaching partner, saying Abel is known for being one of the very best in the profession.

“Overall, I think he helps people fulfill their potential,” Potter said. “Ultimately, I think he just turns up to make people better and with a workload that challenges people so they want to get better.”

Abel said he played his youth career in England with Everton in the 14-16 age group. He signed an apprenticeship professional contract with Stockport County soon after but eventually was cut because of his lack of height.

Abel said, from a playing standpoint, he had to be able to read the game better than other goalkeepers in order to make up for his size.

“I wasn’t able to go up and challenge a 6-foot-4 player

for a ball,” Abel said. “I had to be smart, and I think I have definitely taken some of that into my coaching. I try not to change their personalities, just give them little ideas they can add to their game.”

Abel came to the U.S. on a soccer scholarship to start his collegiate career at Lindsey Wilson College (Ky.), where he was named NAIA National Tournament MVP in 1999.

He said he knew that when that opportunity was available, he should take it.

“I wanted a fresh start,” Abel said. “It was a great opportunity to get an education, something that no one could take away from me, and I could continue playing.”

Ross Stracke ross.stracke@ou.edu

Kedric Kitchens is a journalism junior and sports editor for The Daily. You can follow him on Twitter at @KedricKitchens.

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ollege football has been tainted.

Tainted by entitlement, corruption and a lack of accountability.

How did we let it get this far?

Kedric Kitchens In 1987, SMU was kitchens_kedric@ou.edu given the dreaded “death penalty,” shutting down its football program for the 1987 season.

The penalty came after an investigation revealed the team paid players to sign and play for the Mustangs.

The “death penalty” was so severe that it was thought to be the end of corruption in college football, except it wasn’t.

College football scandals are now rampant as ever, maybe more so.

There is plenty of blame to go around for this current state of affairs. But let’s concentrate on us, the fans, whom we actually can change.

We need to change drastically how we look at college football. College football started as a fun activity and distraction for the student body and fans. They had known college without football, knew that it was an honor and privilege to have.

Somewhere along the line, we have forgotten that, taken football for granted, feeling entitled to it.

OU’s official mission statement is “to provide the best possible educational experience for our students through excellence in teaching, research and creative activity and service to the state and society.”

Didn’t see any football in there. The fact of the matter is, the football team isn’t inseparable from the school, something we always should keep in mind.

This sense of entitlement that we’ve seemed to develop surrounding football has created a toxic environment that allows for all of the corruption and scandal.

We hold football programs above all else and then look around confused and angry when they assert themselves above the law. Why wouldn’t they? We certainly do.

College football is a privilege, not a right. Maybe if we remembered that, things would get better.

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