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Staff Senate backs smoking ban

Future of fund is not certain

Other Big 12 schools already restrict or ban on-campus smoking COCO COURTOIS Campus Reporter

President David Boren’s proposed campuswide tobacco ban dominated Wednesday’s OU Staff Senate meeting.

Meeting attendees discussed how

smoking on campus has long been a problem and noted many of the Big 12 schools have applied a restrictive or a full ban.

Staff Senate chairwoman Fran Stephens said the ban is about balancing costs with students’ health.

“Both problems have been mentioned equally,” Stephens said. “I’m sure you’ll be told that health is the major concern, but it’s a campus reform, so it’s obviously both.”

The Landscape Department spent $45,000 last year related to cleanup of discarded cigarettes and emptying ashtrays, according to statistics provided by Landscape director Allen King.

An additional cost of $12,000 was needed to clean and repaint trash receptacles too damaged by cigarettes.

“The cost of litter control keeps increasing each year approximately

$20,000 as our state appropriations continue to fall,” King said.

It is still unknown if the final result will be more restrictive policies or a total ban.

Stephens said most students don’t know about any decisions yet, but that will change if a full ban goes into effect.

“If [Boren] means a 100 percent SEE MEETING PAGE 2

Rising tuition puts Sooner Promise in danger of cuts VICTORIA GARTEN Campus Reporter

SINK YOUR TEETH INTO ‘DRACULA’

OU may be picking up the tab now on a scholarship, but one OU official is unsure of the program’s future with rising tuition costs.

The Sooner Promise scholarship provides opportunities for OU students who otherwise couldn’t afford college, but more increased tuition and fewer federal grants could put its future in doubt, said Brad SEE PROMISE PAGE 2

ENROLLMENT

Class of 2015 size affects advising Filled fall classes open up options for summer PAIGHTEN HARKINS KINGSLEY BURNS/THE DAILY

Nina Grant, played by acting junior Laurel Sein, screams as Dracula bites her neck during Thursday’s rehearsals for Dracula in the Rupel Jones Theatre.

Theater season opens with a scream Vampire hunters attempt to drive a stake through Dracula’s heart during Wednesday’s rehearsals for “Dracula” in the Rupel J. Jones Theatre of the OU Fine Arts Center.

Adapted from Bram Stoker’s novel, the play opens the University Theatre and School of Drama’s fall season Friday evening.

Effects-heavy play to be faithful to classic novel, director says LAUREN DUFF

Life & Arts Reporter

The OU School of Drama students will perform a faithful rendition of Bram Stoker’s 1897 classic horror novel this weekend.

“Dracula,” the University Theatre’s first production of the season, begins at 8 p.m. Friday in the Rupel J. Jones Theatre of the OU Fine Arts Center.

While many people know the story of “Dracula” because of the endless Hollywood films, the play will adapt the story from Bram Stoker’s novel.

“The Victorian era is much about controlling your ambitions,” said play director Tom Huston Orr, director of the School of Drama. “Dracula represents the ability to free those ambitions when he bites you and so one turns into a bit of a monster.”

Due to the Victorian novel’s length, the play will EVIN MORRISON/THE DAILY

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Company uses employee’s abilities

Students all hugged out after group gives out free embraces Wednesday

Adults with Asperger’s learn to be software testers. (Page 3)

OPINION News was founded on facts, not rumors The Daily analyzes the hearsay that added to the Big 12 debacle. (Page 4)

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LIFE & ARTS

Campus characters

Local coffee shop brings frothy delight

The first video in a series introducing Sooners to unique professors at OU. (OUDaily.com)

SEE DRACULA PAGE 6

Norman church sponsors cozy, musical atmosphere for students. (Page 6)

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Cosmetology students from the Paul Mitchell partner school hug students on the South Oval on Wednesday afternoon during their school’s nationwide “Free Hug Day.” About 200 students came to OU for the hugging event.

Staff Reporter

After advising and enrolling more than 4,000 freshmen for the fall semester, OU’s advisers are already preparing spring advisement for the largest freshmen class in school history.

Advising for OU Scholar’s program began Sept. 12, two days earlier than last year’s.

The enrollment routine will be similar to previous semesters, but students may notice a few changes.

This fall, many students experienced issues with classes being full prematurely due to the surge of new students.

For the OU Scholar’s Program,which provides specialized advising to freshmen, the higher number affected students trying to enroll in chemistry labs, said Christina Norman, assistant director of the program.

Despite the initial lab s cheduling conflicts, Norman said she was pleased with how this year’s enrollment turned out.

In order to cope with the increased enrollment, advisers talked with students about how to make up an unavailable class.

Options included offering summer courses to offset the labs that students were not able to take this semester.

University College f re s h ma n A nt i o n e t t e Morrow, who enrolled June 16 for this fall, said fewer choices for electives were more problematic for her than general education courses.

Madeline Grunwald, another University College freshman, said SEE ADVISING PAGE 2

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Chase Cook, managing editor dailynews@ou.edu • phone: 405-325-3666

ADVISING: Some courses open later for students Continued from page 1

TODAY AROUND CAMPUS A seminar with Daniel Pullin on becoming a leading business consultant will take place at noon to 12:30 p.m. at the Oklahoma Memorial Union’s Frontier Room.

A workshop to help students get internships will take place from 12:30 to 1 p.m. in the union’s Traditions Room.

A workshop to help College of Arts and Sciences students learn how to conduct themselves during interviews will take place from 2:30 to 3 p.m. in the union’s Crimson Room.

she enrolled very late but was able to enroll in the necessary classes.

“I made a very late dec i s i o n t o c o m e t o O U,” Grunwald said. “It took me all summer to make my decision, and my enrollment appointment wasn’t even until the Thursday before school started.”

She said she was surprised that everything went smoothly despite her late enrollment. Grunwald did mention, though, that she was only taking general education courses and would not have encountered the problems with electives that Morrow faced.

Grunwald said her understanding last time she enrolled was they have to open some classes later in the summer for late enrollees.

“They were going to have to open some classes for undergraduates because they wouldn’t accept more students than they can physically educate,” Grunwald

KINGSLEY BURNS/THE DAILY

Students pour across Lindsey Street on their way to the dorms Monday. More than 4,000 new freshman were advised for the fall 2011 school year, making enrolling difficult for some students.

said.

Despite not getting into some of the classes she wanted, Morrow looks forward to spring enrollment

and expects that enrolling for next semester will be just as positive. “[The] enrolling experience was great,” Morrow

said, “[and] enrolling for spring will be easier because I have an idea of what I really want my schedule to be like.”

FRIDAY, SEPT. 23 A “Guess the Score” game will take place from 11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. in the union’s first floor lobby. Students can stop by the Union Programming Board booth to test their knowledge of OU football.

An economics seminar by Alex Rothenberg from the University of California, Berkeley will take place from 3 to 4 p.m. in Ellison Hall, Room 132.

A forum titled “How has media changed our close relationships?” will take place from 3 to 4 p.m. in Burton Hall, Room 202. The forum will discuss how new technology has changed everyday life.

Art After Hours will take place from 6 to 7 p.m. in the Fred Jones Jr. Museum of Art’s Dee Dee and Jon R. Stuart Classroom. This event will feature twentieth century artists responding to the chaos of the world wars and other military conflicts.

A film titled “Open Score by Robert Rauschenberg” will be shown from 7 to 10 p.m. in the Fred Jones Jr. Museum of Art’s Mary Eddy and Fred Jones Auditorium. The film is the first in a series of 10 that highlight the work behind the 1966 artistic project, “9 Evenings: Theatre and Engineering.”

The play “Dracula” will be performed by University Theatre from 8 to 10 p.m. in the Fine Arts Center’s Rupel Jones Theatre. This is the first performance of the play this year.

SATURDAY, SEPT. 24 Sooner football will take on Missouri at 7 p.m. in Oklahoma Memorial Stadium. A watch party for the game will take place in the union’s Crossroads Lounge from 7 to 10 p.m.

The play “Dracula” will be performed by University Theatre at 11 p.m. in the Fine Arts Center’s Rupel Jones Theatre.

PROMISE: Program serves about 17K students Continued from page 1 Burnett, associate vice president for enrollment and student financial services.

“There were a couple of federal programs that were cut; the academic competitiveness grant and the smart grant were two federal grants that were cut, and that has an impact on Sooner Promise as well,” Burnett said.

Sooner Promise is only open to OU students who meet requirements and are already Oklahoma Promise scholarship recipients.

The eight-semester-long program awards 17,006 students with $9,029 scholarships to cover additional costs not covered by Oklahoma Promise, another program Oklahoma residents sign up for during high school.

Students’ families must make less than $50,000 a year, and students must meet additional academic requirements to receive the

MEETING: Charity projects also discussed Continued from page 1

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Oklahoma scholarship.

OU was the first university in the state to offer a program such as Sooner Promise in 2007, and since then, the amount of money awarded to students has increased with the rising tuition.

Burnett emphasized the university is dedicated to fulfilling the need for scholarships.

“Since we were the first, we paved the way for a lot of students to afford to come to OU and after they got here to be successful,” Burnett said.

Sooner Promise students are encouraged to take at least 15 hours each semester and must maintain at least a 2.0 GPA. Students also must fill out a FAFSA each year and remain eligible for Oklahoma Promise.

OU Vice President and Registrar Matt Hamilton echoed Burnett’s statements about the program’s success.

“S o oner Promis e is a landmark program that

ban, then their disagreement will matter,” Stephens said.

Daniel Pullin, United Way Campaign co-chairman,

also addressed the Senate to highlight the organization’s local programs and services.

The meeting also tackled the care package project for soldiers in Afghanistan and the rights and benefits for nontraditional partners.

serves middle and lower income Oklahoma students and families in partnership with Oklahoma’s Promise,” Hamilton said. “I believe it has made a huge difference, and it has made OU an option for students who otherwise might not be able to attend this institution.”

Sooner Promise mentor Casey Bingham said scholarship recipients must also attend monthly meetings that provide additional scholarship information and bring

students and mentors together to listen to speakers, .

Burnett said the meetings were created because without Sooner Promise, many of its students would not consider OU for college, and the meetings provide a support system large university setting.

“We wanted to make sure students were successful and give them a little bit of camaraderie and accountability to each other if they needed a group to bond with,” he said.

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Autistic youth find work Software-testing company provides meaningful jobs HIGHL AND PARK, Ill. — The software testers at Aspiritech are a collection of characters. Katie Levin talks nonstop. Brian Tozzo hates driving. Jamie Specht is bothered by bright lights, vacuum cleaners and the feel of carpeting against her skin. Rider Hallenstein draws cartoons of himself as a DeLorean sports car. Rick Alexander finds it unnerving to sit near other people.

This is the unusual workforce of a U.S. start-up that specializes in finding software bugs by harnessing the talents of young adults with autism.

Traits that make great software testers — intense focus, comfort with repetition, memory for detail — also happen to be characteristics of autism. People with Asperger’s syndrome, a mild form of autism, have normal to high intelligence and often are highly skilled with computers.

Aspiritech, a nonprofit in Highland Park, Ill., nurtures these skills while forgiving the quirks that can make adults with autism unemployable: social awkwardness, poor eye contact and being easily overwhelmed.

The company’s name plays on the words “Asperger’s,� “spirit� and “technology.�

Aspiritech was founded by Moshe and Brenda Weitzberg after their son, Oran, now 32, was fired from a job bagging groceries. Oran, who was diagnosed with Asperger’s syndrome at age 14, now works at Aspiritech. “He went from failing at bagging groceries to being one of the best software testers on our team,� said Brenda Weitzberg.

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Jury debates free speech in trial of 10 California students

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Aspiritech co-founder Moshe Weitzberg, standing left, works with autistic employees, from left, Katie Levin, Rick Alexander and Jamie Specht.

A jury is considering the limits of free speech as it deliberates in the trial of 10 Muslim students charged with disrupting a speech by an Israeli diplomat at the University of California, Irvine.

Prosecutors argued the students acted as censors when they repeatedly shouted at Ambassador Michael Oren and infringed on the rights of 700 people who had gone to the campus that evening to hear him.

Defense lawyers argued the students acted within the law by doing what other demonstrators have done during campus lectures without being arrested.

The Associated Press

2. WASHINGTON, D.C. Since Asperger’s syndrome didn’t become a standard diagnosis until the early 1990s, many of Aspiritech’s software testers were adults when they first learned they were on the autism spectrum.

Katie Levin, 35, was diagnosed in her late 20s with Asperger’s. As a child, she’d been labeled as mentally ill. “I definitely feel like I identify with the Asperger’s community more than I did with the mental illness community,� said Levin, who tests software and runs Aspiritech’s Facebook page and Twitter feed.

Rick Alexander, 24, another tester, has a degree in computer science from the Illinois Institute of Technology. “I have a lot of social anxiety. I don’t like meeting new people,� said Alexander, who was diagnosed with Asperger’s syndrome as a teenager. Like many of the other testers, he lives with his

parents.

Aspiritech provides meaningful work (pay is $12 to $15 an hour) in a relaxed environment where bosses never yell if you’re late and nobody minds if you need to be alone for a while.

What’s more, the company is building social skills. The software testers, who are in their 20s and 30s, are trained to work together and take part in organized outings, such as miniature golf, bowling and eating at a restaurant.

“We want to improve social skills among people who tend to be socially isolated,� said Marc Lazar, Aspiritech’s autism specialist.

For many of them, software testing is not going to be their lifelong career, Lazar said, “but while they’re here, they’re going to improve their job skills and they’re going to learn what kind of behavior is expected on the job and they’re going to have more to put on their.�

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FREE Film: “Open Score by Robert Rauschenberg� | 7 p.m. in the Mary Eddy and Fred Jones Auditorium, Fred Jones Jr. Museum of Art. Visit http://www. ou.edu/fjjma for more information.

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University Theatre Presents: Bram Stoker’s Dracula | 8 p.m. in the Rupel Jones Theatre. Adapted by William McNulty and directed by Tom Huston Orr, rated PG. Tickets are $14 for students, $18 for seniors, military and OU faculty/staff and $22 for adults. Contact the OU Fine Arts Box Office for more information, (405) 325-4101.

Saturday, Sept. 24 Smithsonian Museum Day: Sam Noble Oklahoma Museum of Natural History | 10 a.m.-5 p.m., free admission to the museum with coupon provided by the Smithsonian.

Sooner Football: OU Vs. Missouri | 7 p.m. at the Gaylord Family Oklahoma Memorial Stadium. Visit soonersports.com for ticket information.

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University Theatre Presents: Bram Stoker’s Dracula | 3 p.m. in the Rupel Jones Theatre. Adapted by William McNulty and directed by Tom Huston Orr, rated PG. Tickets are $14 for students, $18 for seniors, military and OU faculty/staff and $22 for adults. Contact the OU Fine Arts Box Office for more information, (405) 325-4101.

Don’t Forget‌ Commuter Alcohol Training Program | Sept. 28 in the Frontier Room of the Oklahoma Memorial Union. All first-year students age 22 and under are required to complete the alcohol training program. Commuter students will receive a letter and an e-mail announcing the dates and times of your program; all programs will take place in the union. For more information or questions regarding the program, please call (405) 325-2255.

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• Thursday, September 22, 2011

OPINION

“Maybe USC and UCLA weren’t so enthusiastic about increasing Bob & Co.’s exposure to their fertile high school fields.” (bettythedogman, Re: Pac-12’s cold feet puts OU in hot water)

EDITORIAL

Rumors run amuck in news Our View: Journalists should report on news provided by sources willing to identify themselves.

consumers of media, and all consumers must hold our community’s journalism to higher standards.

The Daily doesn’t use anonymous sources, except Even if you don’t read the sports section or keep in extreme circumstances, because we believe up with what’s going on with our Sooner teams, sources should be brave enough to come forward you’ve probably heard whispers about the possible with their information and be held accountable for breakup of the Big 12. the accuracy of it.

With Texas A&M’s exit to the SEC, OU Of course, whistle-blowers and other began looking for other conference options sensitive sources make our job as watchThe Our View that would provide more stability. The most dogs possible. But they should be used is the majority attractive option seemed to be the Pac-12, only in extreme circumstances and only opinion of and media outlets of all shapes and sizes for important information, and even then a The Daily’s started circulating increasingly breathless specific reason for their anonymity should 10-member rumors that the deal would be announced editorial board be included in the story. any day.

This chaotic fervor is making OU look But Tuesday night, the Pac-12 announced silly, only furthering the feelings of instathat it was not looking to expand, leaving us and bility threatening the Big 12. the media reeling and OU looking like a fool who To avoid these situations, we demand greater jumped the gun. transparency, both from fellow media sources and This whole debacle is a baseless frenzy built on from OU administration. Journalists should be less unnamed sources and hearsay and has been a cre- willing to run with an unnamed source just so they ation of our colleagues in the media — particularly can contribute to an exciting new controversy. sports columnists who repeated unconfirmed ruBut they wouldn’t have to rely on rumor if the admors so often that it became fact. ministration kept everyone updated on the reality This isn’t reporting; this is chaos. No one knows of the situation. what’s really happening, and certainly no one can OU should hold frequent press conferences in speak to the future. It’s all just so much speculation times like these, updating the community on exinto the factless void, based on unidentified sourc- actly what is going on, what meetings have taken es that might, for all readers know, be getting their place, who they have talked to and what has come information from overheard office talk. of those conversations.

In this coverage, unnamed sources have been Of course, some information can’t be made pubboth numerous and central to the stories, and it is, lic right away due to legal concerns, and we respect quite frankly, irresponsible. that. But at the very least, administrators could Using unnamed sources urges readers to accept confirm or deny some of the specifics — yes, there information without knowing how reliable the are talks about leaving the Big 12; no, it’s not yet a source may be or where the information is coming sure thing. from.

If President David Boren wants to continually It enables sources to push their own agenda tout OU’s National Merit community, stressing that through news coverage, and it makes it difficult for OU has some of the smartest students in the region, readers to discern what coverage they can really then he should treat them as such and trust them to trust, which should never be a question as far as understand his explanation. news outlets are concerned.

Comment on this at OUDaily.com We are members of the media, but we also are

Should news organizations be allowed to use anonymous sources?

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Students need to find real resolutions

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deaths, but as the evidence grew more daunting, their statements became more unsure and suspicious. They had allowed the ongoing investigation to corrupt their recollection of how Willingham reacted to the fire.

In early 2004, the renowned fire investigator Dr. Gerald Hurst agreed to examine the scientific evidence at the request of Gilbert. He found that in a photograph taken prior to the blaze, a charcoal grill was on the porch.

Testimony also indicated that a container of lighter fluid accompanied it. This detail innocently explained why the mineral spirits were only found at the front door.

Hurst also noted that the so-called “puddle patterns” could have occurred naturally in the event of what fire scientists call a “flashover.” He determined that a flashover very likely occurred in the Willingham household.

Alarmed by the lack of scientific basis behind the prosecution, Hurst sent a report straight to the office of none other than Perry, along with Willingham’s appeal for clemency.

Both were dismissed. Perry’s office refused to stay the execution, and Willingham received a lethal injection shortly afterward. Thus, the state of Texas took the life of a man it couldn’t prove was guilty.

Even after Willingham’s execution, the prosecution that had sent him to death row was examined and subsequently panned by some of the top fire experts in the nation. One of these scientists, Dr. Craig Beyler, condemned the original investigation, claiming “a finding of arson could not be sustained” and that it failed to account for possible accidental causes of the fire.

In October 2009, Beyler’s report on the Willingham fire was scheduled for discussion by the Texas Forensic Science Commission. Two days prior, however, a certain politician replaced the chair of the commission and two other members, cancelling Beyler’s appearance before the board.

Perry was that politician, and he was running for reelection at the time. Although he may not have trouble sleeping with the possibility that Texas killed an innocent man, he was apparently disturbed by the possibility that the commission might exonerate Todd Willingham, whose execution he could have prevented.

Since then, the Texas Forensic Science Commission has concluded that the initial investigation used “flawed science” to incriminate Willingham.

The facts of the case are clear, and the experts have spoken. Now the question is this: Will you lose any sleep over the fact that Perry is running for president?

Steven Zoeller is a journalism sophomore.

Kimm Johnson is an environmental design sophomore.

Perry tied to earlier execution

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» Poll question of the day

on’t tell me OPINION COLUMNIST about a problem just to tell me about a problem.

Every year, The Daily publishes opinion columns about the problems with greek life, UOSA and policies regarding GLBT Kimberley Johnson student treatment. It is kimm.johnson@ou.edu the same every year.

Has the dead horse been beaten enough yet? The columns peppered with commentary from disgruntled groups seem like nothing but complaints.

But why should people care about those complaints?

Our sullen opinions are so rampant, but why should I care about what you are saying if you don’t give me a solution?

The other day on the South Oval, a member from the Model United Nations Organization handed me a small strip of paper. It read: “Today is International Day of Peace. Every Sept. 21 we recognize this global holiday as a first step at reaching an ultimate goal. Please take a moment out of your day to let the world know you care about peace.”

Typically, I would have thrown away that piece of paper and not really given it a second thought. But then I stopped and asked why.

Why would they tell me about something and not give me any solution to this problem? Were they holding an event, like a vigil, a bake sale or a petition signing? I felt “What sororities, then how I feel 90 percent fraternities and of the time when I open the paper: helpless. What am I other campus supposed to do about the clubs like GLBTF International Day of Peace or the fact that GLBT students are doing is don’t have the housing they not just saying, want (or in some cases, feel ‘Look, there’s a that they need)?

That’s not an easy quesproblem.’ They tion to answer, not by any provide practical stretch of the imagination. ways to help with a And those problems are not going to solve themselves solution.” overnight. But in celebration of International Day of Peace, those student could have advertised FreeRice.com, a website that tests your vocabulary while donating food to impoverished nations. The Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, Transgender and Friends organization regularly has sleep-ins and protests, but they could just as easily have recommended that people sign a petition for the housing they believe is vital. These are simple ways that people whose whole lives are not consumed by these issues can help out.

And for as much grief as greek organizations are given, this is one area in which they do not falter. When these organizations were founded, they were built upon values and ideals they wanted to instill into the world around them. Now you can’t walk down the South Oval without seeing a T-shirt or sidewalk chalk about their latest philanthropy events.

What sororities, fraternities and other campus clubs like GLBTF are doing is not just saying, “Look, there’s a problem.” They provide practical ways to help with a solution.

A few days ago, you could have paid $5 for all-youcan-eat pie, with a portion of the proceeds going to help fight domestic abuse. The LGBTQ Advisory Board will be holding a candlelight vigil on Sept. 28 to remind the community not to give up because life gets better. Of course these groups aren’t perfect, but they are trying to do something.

Informed about the issue the group is concerned with, and armed with the power to do something, I feel a lot less helpless about the future of the nation and our world. You should be, too.

We aren’t asking you to go to a Third-World country for two years or to find the cure to HIV. What we want is for anyone who sees something wrong to do something about it. Could it be hard? Of course. But Harvey Mackay was right when he said, “Nobody said life would be easy, they just promised it would be worth it.”

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nder Gov. Rick OPINION COLUMNIST Perry, Texas has executed a grand total of 234 death row inmates. At the Reagan Library presidential debate, Perry was asked if he had ever lost sleep over the possibility that just one Steven Zoeller of them might have been stevenv.zoeller@gmail.com innocent.

His reply was no. Not even a wink.

With that in mind, let’s dig into the case of Cameron Todd Willingham, a Texan who was convicted in 1992 of setting his house ablaze with his three young daughters trapped inside. Charged and found guilty for their murders, Willingham was put to death in 2004.

At the time the evidence was presented, it seemed undeniable that Willingham had murdered his girls. A refrigerator partially blocked the back door, as if to prevent their escape and puddle patterns trailed down the main hallway into the toddlers’ room and even underneath their beds.

According to the assigned arson investigators, these patterns — along with traces of mineral spirits found at the front door — indicated that a liquid accelerant had been used. To them, it was a clear indicator of foul play.

The witnesses’ testimony was also damning.

Willingham’s neighbors who had observed the fire remarked that his cries for help did not seem sincere, and that they suspected he had been putting on a show for the firefighters.

All of this, combined with Willingham’s bad reputation and his tendency to hit his wife, was enough for the prosecution to overlook any lack of motive. It didn’t take longer than an hour for a jury to return with a guilty verdict.

Had Willingham confessed and avoided the trial, he could’ve landed himself a life sentence. But he refused, insisting, “I ain’t gonna plead to something I didn’t do, especially killing my own kids.”

So it was death row for Willingham. And it would be nearly a decade after the proceedings until someone questioned the prosecution’s facts. That person was Willingham’s pen pal, Elizabeth Gilbert.

Gilbert investigated the case herself and was surprised by the shabby nature of the witnesses’ testimony. The neighbors’ accounts had changed multiple times over the course of the investigation — their initial impression of Willingham was that he was devastated by his children’s

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Campus Corner

Coffee shop brews diversity Second Wind promotes charity, community Brooke Buckmaster Life & Arts Reporter

Tucked away on a Campus Corner backstreet, one coffee shop is attracting customers with its unique business style and cozy atmosphere.

Second Wind, 564 Buchanan Ave., a churchowned, nonprofit coffee house, is manned by OU student volunteers who serve free drinks to customers —though encouraged, donations are optional.

“Second Wind is the living room on Campus Corner; students’ home away from home where you can be with the people you want to be with,” manager Josh Hammell said.

Owned by the First Presbyterian Church, facing University Boulevard.

Second Wind began as just a meeting place for Bible studies. However, two years ago, it broadened its horizons and opened up as a full-time coffee house.

“We have sororities and fraternities, gays and lesbians — the space all belongs to them,” Hammell said. “[It is the] only place I’ve seen that has that kind of diversity,” Hammell said.

Second Wind does more than just serve coffee. Its major focus is to promote local artists, charities and community, according to the coffee shop’s website.

To add to the coffee-house atmosphere, the shop hosts local bands and acoustic performances every Friday night.

Hammell said he thinks the atmosphere is perfect for listening to live music

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University College freshmen Julie Hall and Steven Hefner and economics junior and former Daily columnist Jerod Coker perform at Second Wind’s open mic night Friday. Second Wind, 564 Buchanan Ave., is a nonprofit coffee house that provides an environment for students to study as well as free drinks.

GO AND DO See live music Who: Kyle Reid and John Calvin WHEN: 9 p.m. Sept. 30.

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“What brought me in was the music on Friday night — what’s different about this place is that it’s a smoke-free

and alcohol-free venue— and there’s an intimate vibe,” Hammell said. “There’s a lot more energy here.”

Local artist Kyle Reid will perform at 9 p.m. Friday, Sept. 30, with two other acts, including local musician John Calvin.

Reid said he has played at Second Wind for the past four years, and he enjoys playing at such a unique venue.

“It’s an intimate kind of venue where you can’t really hide from the audience,” Reid said. “It feels like a living room.”

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dracula: Special effects add emphasis Continued from page 1 be a condensed version of the story, focusing on the most important and famous parts.

“It’s very fast; it’s very scary,” Orr said. “It’s not really designed for children under the age of 13. It’s too violent.”

To add to the frightening storyline, Orr said the play will use special effects to keep audience members on the edge of their seats.

“This is not something we normally do,” he said. “We don’t usually play with the special effects we are playing with.” “ The play w ith the actors has been ready probably nine or 10 days GO AND DO ago, it’s the scenic eleSee the show ments that are so challenging,” he said.

WHEN: 8 p.m. Friday Brad Gray, drama with an emphasis in lightWHERE: Rupel Jones ing design junior, has Theatre, Fine Arts Center helped design the dark, PRICE: $14 for OU students dreary mood of the play t h rou g h h i s c re at i v e INFO: Fine Arts box lighting techniques. office, 405-325-4101 G ray ha d t o s p e n d time writing the code for every scene with lighting cues, which could sometimes take hours to complete.

Actors also have put many hours into perfecting their roles in production.

Drama senior Madison Niederhauser will play the role of Sigmund Freud-based Professor Abraham van Helsing, who rallies the cast members to go after Dracula and drives the plot.

Niederhauser said this has been one of the more unique roles he has performed.

“I’m 21 years of age and I’m playing this guy who is 57 years old,” Niederhauser said. “That’s a huge challenge that you don’t typically get to face.”

Dracula’s actor Brad Brockman, drama junior, said he also believes this has been a rewarding yet different experience in the theater.

“It’s just been kind of a journey and a fight to really grow,” Brockman said. “Never before have I played such a villain, and that has been a struggle for me because I usually play really goofy people.”

Dracula will be at 8 p.m. Friday, Sept. 29, 30 and Oct. 1; at 3 p.m. Sunday and Oct. 2; and at 11 p.m. Saturday at the Rupel J. Jones Theatre.

Tickets are $14 for students with an OU ID, $18 for seniors, members of the military and OU faculty and staff and $22 for adults.

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James Corley, sports editor dailysports@ou.edu • phone: 405-325-3666

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Sooners cage Bears in Big 12 opener Oklahoma downs Baylor in first conference match

Key performer Suzy Boulavsky Year: Senior Position: Right side Hometown: Houston Game stats: 13 kills, two digs, one solo block, three block assists, .200 hitting percentage

Luke McConnell Sports Reporter

The No. 25 OU volleyball team opened Big 12 conference play on the road against Baylor on Wednesday night and came away with at 3-1 win over the Bears (-22, 24-26, -24, -18).

Senior Suzy Boulavsky led the Sooners with 13 kills, and freshman Tara Dunn continued her recent streak of great play by contributing 12 kills and 10 digs for her second double-double of the season.

Senior Brianne Barker recorded her 10th doubledouble of the year with 43 assists and 10 digs.

It was the defense that was the star of the night for both the Sooners and the Bears.

Oklahoma had 79 digs for the match, led by junior María Fernanda’s 27.

Senior Caitlin Higgins also contributed a season high 19 digs.

The Bears were led by junior Torri Campbell, who had 15 kills. Freshman Adri Nora had 14 kills for Baylor.

Defensively, Katie Harris led the Bears with 21 kills, and Allison King contributed 19. The Bears had 77 digs in the match.

Both teams were held below a .200 hitting percentage with the Sooners hitting .195 and the Bears checking in at .190.

Oklahoma doubled Baylor in the blocks category, 14-7, led by sophomore Sallie McLaurin’s five total blocks.

The match was a backand-forth affair, highlighted by 37 ties and 14 lead changes.

In the first set, Baylor took the lead of a tight set at 22-21 before Oklahoma went on a 4-0 run to take the set, 25-21.

The second set saw several big runs from both teams.

The Bears broke open the set early, racing out to a 14-7 lead.

OU clawed back, eventually knotting the score at 17. OU then went on a run of its own to get to set point at 24-20.

However, Baylor rattled off the next six points to complete the comeback and take the set, 26-24.

The third set was the tightest of the four, with 12 ties and five lead changes in the set alone. Baylor held Matthew McCarroll/The Baylor Lariat the lead for the majority Senior right side Suzy Boulavksy attacks against Baylor in the Sooners’ 3-1 win against the Bears on Wednesday in Waco. of the set and was holding serve at set point, 24-23.

OU repaid the favor from WHAT’S NEXT the previous set, running off OU-Texas three straight points to win the set, 26-24.

The Sooners will return The fourth set was tight home when they face No. 8 early, but OU took the lead Texas at 7 p.m. Sept. 28 at at 11-10 and never looked McCasland Field House. back, cruising to a 25-18 The match will be fourth-set win, which tied nationally televised on the biggest lead for either ESPNU and highlighted team in the match. as the annual Pledge for a The 25th-ranked Sooners Cure match, which honors Javier Restrepo, one of improved to 14-3 (1-0 Big coach Santiago Restrepo’s 12) for the season. The sons who died in 2009.

Bears dropped to 11-4 (0-1 Big 12).

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Hockey

Audition will be held for broadcast OU hockey and the Wire

will hold open auditions for the OU-Texas hockey broadcast team Friday evening.

Auditions will take place at 7 p.m. at Blazers Ice Center in Oklahoma City during the hockey game.

Students will announce all OU hockey home events for the Wire, the student radio station for OU operated through the Gaylord College of Journalism and Mass Communication.

The team will include a color and play-by-play announcer for each event.

Previous OU Hockey broadcast teams have won statew ide awards for spor ts announcing.

Instructor Lynn Franklin, station manager and Wire adviser, will be the on-site

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