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Bizzell to plug in for more power UOSA proposes new outlets for laptop users in library’s high-traffic areas KATHLEEN EVANS The Oklahoma Daily

The UOSA executive branch intends to add more electrical outlets in Bizzell Memorial Library to increase student access to laptops in study areas.

The library currently features pairs of electrical outlets in study areas and group rooms, but UOSA said it hopes to keep pace with increasing demand from students by doubling or perhaps

tripling that number in high-traffic areas.

“I usually charge my laptop before I go to the library because it’s so hard to find an outlet,” history sophomore Brittanica Dubord said. “If you do plug it in, people usually trip over the cords.”

UOSA is trying to alleviate the shortage by adding outlets in areas where the most students study.

“The first places we want to add them are the higher floors where students plug in laptops,” said Cory Lloyd, UOSA vice president and advertising senior. “Down on the first floor there are a lot of computers and books, but the higher

floors have the study areas and group rooms.

That’s really where the problem is.”

However, where UOSA leaders add outlets depends on the location of stronger electrical charges within the building, Lloyd said.

Because of this, they are talking to electricians about places that would be suitable for more outlets.

There are limitations to where outlets can be placed because the library is a historical building, and different outlets are linked to different SEE OUTLETS PAGE 2

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Michael B. Oren

Israeli authority to speak at OU Ambassador Michael Oren understands Middle East peace factors, Boren says HILARY MCLAIN The Oklahoma Daily

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Public relations senior Bridgette Haxton, right, hands a cup to a passing student Monday on the South Oval during Campus Activities Council’s Winter Welcome Week. The activities include passing out doughnuts and hot chocolate each morning and sports tournaments Thursday night.

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Plant to ease utility demands Steam, chilled water and electricity will flow from Jenkins Street after a new construction project is finished, a university spokesman said.

A new power plant is under construction on Jenkins Street south of Lindsey Street to help with increasing utility demands due to campus expansion, university spokesman Chris Shilling said in an e-mail.

The street was closed before campus opened Tuesday to unload equipment, but construction will not hinder student travel, Shilling said.

Requests for information regarding the cost and date of completion of the plant were submitted to Shilling and Facilities Management, but The Daily had received no response at press time.

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OU Foundation may face possible ethics probe for unreported gifts Employees’ gifts may not have been reported as required by Oklahoma ethics laws NICHOLAS HARRISON The Oklahoma Daily

The OU Foundation may be under investigation by the Oklahoma State Ethics Commission for failing to report gifts to university officers and employees.

The Daily submitted a complaint to the commission Dec. 13 stemming from the OU Foundation’s denial of an open records request first reported Dec. 7.

Although the foundation invoked a statute that allows them to keep donor information confidential, the state attorney general’s office had issued an opinion in 2002 that indicated it must still

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comply with all applicable state ethics laws.

In his 2002 opinion, Attorney General Drew Edmondson wrote, “The authority of a public body to keep donors’ identities confidential is tempered by the rules of the commission.”

Edmondson noted state officials and employees are required to be independent and impartial and to exercise their powers and prerogatives without prejudice or favoritism.

Anyone who does business with a state entity is required to report any gift to a state officer or employee with a cost of more than $50, according to state statutes.

On its official website, the foundation’s audit report indicates it has several contracts with the university and provided $21,644,682 in salary supplements in 2010 and $28,824,589 in 2009. However,

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when The Daily contacted the commission, no reports were filed by the foundation.

At its regular meeting Dec. 21, the commission acted on two complaints, voting unanimously “there was a reasonable basis to believe that a violation of constitutional ethics rules had occurred.”

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Israeli ambassador to the United States and best-selling author Michael B. Oren will speak Feb. 9 at a President’s Associates Dinner in the Oklahoma Memorial Union’s Molly Shi Boren Ballroom.

A reception will be held at 6 p.m. followed by a dinner and Oren’s lecture presented at 6:30 p.m. — both at no cost.

Oren is a contributing writer to The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times and The New Republic. His most recent books — “Six Days of War: June 1967 and The Making of the Modern Middle East” and “Power, Faith, and Fantasy: America in the Middle East, 1776 to the Present” — both made the New York Times BestSellers Lists.

“Ambassador Oren has a keen understanding of the underlying factors which influence the chance for peace in the Middle East,” President David Boren said.

Oren is a graduate of Princeton and Columbia universities, and has received f e l l o w s h i p s f ro m t h e U. S. D e p a r t m e nt s o f St at e a n d Defense as well as from the British and Canadian governments. He has served as the Lady Davis Fellow of Hebrew University, a Moshe Dayan Fellow at Tel-Aviv University and the Distinguished Fellow at the Shalem Center in Jerusalem, according to a press release.

According to the release, Oren moved to Israel in the 1970s after being raised in New Jersey. He served as an officer in the Israel Defense Forces, with the paratroopers in the Lebanon War, as a liaison with the U.S. Sixth Fleet during the Gulf War and as an Israel Defense Forces spokesman during the Second Lebanon War and the Gaza operation in January 2009.

Oren acted as an Israeli Emissary to Jewish individuals denied emigration in the Soviet Union, as an adviser to Israel’s delegation to the United Nations and as the government’s director of InterReligious Affairs, according to a press release.

Dinner seating is available by reservation for OU students, faculty and staff, with limited overflow seating available to the public. For reservations and information, call the OU Office of Special Events at 405325-3784.

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OUTLETS: UOSA hopes to add more plugins Continued from page 1

Today around campus » CAC will provide free coffee and doughnuts at 8 a.m. on the South Oval. » The European Student Organization will host a welcome back breakfast 9:30 to 11 a.m. in the Oklahoma Memorial Union’s Presidents Room. » CAC will provide free food at 11:30 a.m. on the South Oval. » CAC will play bingo at 7 p.m. in the Jim Thorpe Multicultural Center.

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registries, OU Information Technology spokesman Nick Key said. Though his department does not deal with electrical outlets, it did run into similar problems when adding Internet access throughout the library.

UOSA leaders plan to increase the number of outlets in present locations from two to four or six, Lloyd said.

“It should be pretty inexpensive,” he said. “There are a lot of tools you can plug into I usually charge a two-plug outlet and make it my laptop before four or six ... We can’t change I go to the library the electrical structure, so we because it’s so hard are figuring what we can do with what is running.” to find an outlet.”

The goal is to install more outlets by midterm and final — BRITTANICA DUBORD, exams, when many students HISTORY SOPHOMORE come to the library to study on their laptops, Lloyd said.

Dubord agreed that finding an outlet is especially hard around dead week when many students use the library. She was not, however, convinced that adding more outlets was the best solution.

“It would be really nice if [outlets] were closer to the desks, like inside or under,” she said.

These plans are all preliminary and can change, Lloyd said.

“It’s a variable building,” he said. “The electricity has been in there a long time. As we move further, things will change MERRILL JONES/THE DAILY and adapt, but we hope to come up with some type of solu- Pictured is an electrical outlet in the Bizzel Memorial Library. tion that will allow better access to electrical outlets.”

UOSA is increasing the number of outlets in the library.

» Final day to register or add a class for spring semester. » CAC will provide free coffee and doughnuts at 8 a.m. on the South Oval. » CAC will provide free food at 11:30 a.m. on the South Oval. » Sam Noble Museum of Natural History will host “Looking Back: Near the End of a Career in Archaeology” at 7 p.m. The event will honor Don Wyckoff’s 50-year career as archaeology curator. » CAC will host Night at the Huff from 7 to 10 p.m. at the Huston Huffman Center. » CAC will host the premiere of “The Rock and Roll Dreams of Duncan Christopher” at 9 p.m. in the Union’s Meacham Auditorium.

Friday, Jan. 21 » CAC will provide coffee and doughnuts at 8 a.m. on the South Oval. » The OU hockey team will play Davenport University at 7 p.m. at Blazers Ice Centre. Student admission is $5. » A pajama party with showings of “The Social Network” at 4, 7, and 10 p.m. will take place in the Union’s Meacham Auditorium. » CAC will host a midnight breakfast at the Union’s Crossroads. » Women’s gymnastics will play Oregon State, Denver and Centenary at 7 p.m. in Lloyd Noble Center.

Saturday, Jan. 22 » The OU hockey team will play Davenport University at 4 p.m. at Blazers Ice Centre. Student admission is $5. » Men’s basketball will play Colorado at 12:30 p.m. in Lloyd Noble Center. » Men’s gymnastics will compete against Ohio State at 7 p.m. in McCasland Field House. » The track team will compete in the JD Marting Invitational all day in the Mosier Indoor Athletic Facility.

» This day in OU history

Jan. 19, 1939 English department adds philosophy doctorate A doctorate in philosophy was approved by President William Bizzell. It was offered through the English department.

Co-eds sport lucky charms Students from Kappa Kappa Gamma wore blue clothes and rabbit feet as lucky charms during finals week. Four-leaf clovers and other trinkets were popular as well. Students thought the charms would help improve their grades.

— Source: The Oklahoma Daily archives

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ETHICS: Allegations unconfirmed Continued from page 1

Sorority honored for commitment to women’s health An OU sorority has been recognized for its work on campus showcasing dedication to female students.

Alpha Kappa Delta Phi was chosen to receive the Women’s Outreach Center Commitment to Women Award for 2010, outreach center coordinator Kathy Moxley said.

“We decided this past year to start this award to recognize the good work that happens in the greek community in the advancement for women,” Moxley said.

The outreach center created the prize to encourage others in the greek community to get involved, Moxley said.

Sororities and fraternities cannot nominate themselves; they must be nominated by an adviser, Moxley said.

The sorority sisters were committed to breast-health awareness during the past semester and volunteered for Breast Health Awareness Month, the SHOUT Panel and the Susan G. Komen Race for the Cure, Moxley said.

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director for the commission, confirmed an investigation had been opened on the OU Foundation.

However, when contacted

by The Daily on Tuesday, Hughes said she could neither confirm nor deny the investigation.

All information regarding ongoing investigations is kept confidential in accordance with state law. After

a complaint is submitted it is presented to the commission by the executive director during a closed executive session, said Rebecca Adams, general counsel to the commission.

If the commission determines rules have been violated, there is no guarantee the findings will be available to the public.

At its discretion, the commission may resolve a possible rules violation by issuing a private reprimand

which remains confidential. They may also issue a public reprimand, reach a settlement or bring a lawsuit to court, Adams said.

A the time this story was written, OU Foundation President Guy Patton and OU Press Secretary Chris Shilling said they had not been contacted by the commission. They were not aware the foundation was the subject of an investigation and could provide no comments.

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2 wounded at LA school when gun fires from bag Teens shot, injured by same bullet; how gun got past security is unclear LOS ANGELES — A gun in a 10th-grader’s backpack discharged Tuesday when he dropped the bag, wounding two students at a high school, including one who remained in critical condition, police said.

A 15-year-old girl with a head wound underwent hours of surger y at Los Angeles County HarborUCLA Medical Center, said Dr. Gail V. Anderson Jr. A 15-year-old boy was in serious condition with neck and shoulder wounds.

Both teens were hit with the same bullet, Los Angeles deputy police chief Patrick Gannon said.

The student who brought the gun apologized before running to another classroom, Gannon said.

“He said ‘I’m sorry’ when the gun went off. It made it appear to the teacher that it was an accident,” Gannon said.

However, Los Angeles police Lt. John Pasquariello said later that it was a crime to bring a gun to campus. The unidentified student was arrested and charges were pending, he said.

“We don’t know exactly what happened,” Pasquariello said. “Traditionally, guns don’t go off without someone’s finger on the trigger.”

The shooting occurred in a classroom at Gardena High School, where Principal Rudy Mendoza said students were on a break at the time. The campus was locked down after the incident. Police initially reported a shooter was at large.

Student Semaj Elan, who

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Judge refuses to remove fellow judge from murder case OKLAHOMA CITY — An Oklahoma County judge has denied a defense motion to remove a fellow judge from the first-degree murder case of an Oklahoma City pharmacist charged in the shooting death of a 16-year-old would-be robber.

District Judge Bill Graves handed down the ruling Tuesday concerning the recusal of fellow District Judge Ray Elliott. Elliott last month refused a defense request to recuse himself from the high-profile case against pharmacist Jerome Ersland.

Defense attorney Irven Box says Elliott’s wife, an assistant district attorney, provided him with an appellate court opinion involving the case. Box also says Elliott has used a racial slur to describe Hispanics. Prosecutors say Elliott’s actions weren’t inappropriate.

Box says he will appeal Graves’ ruling. Ersland is charged in the May 2009 shooting death of Antwun Parker.

Choctaw program’s full staff headed to Afghanistan

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A group of police officers stand outside Gardena High School on Tuesday in Gardena, Calif., after reports of students being wounded during a shooting where a gun accidently misfired.

Traditionally, guns don’t go off without someone’s finger on the trigger.”

— JOHN PASQUARIELLO, LOS ANGELES POLICE LIEUTENANT was in an adjacent classroom when the shooting occurred, said he saw a student run out and toss a handgun by a fence then keep running.

“My friend came up to me in the classroom talking about how she almost got shot. They’re gonna be traumatized by that,” Elan said.

Nelda Robledo, one of the worried parents who gathered near the school, said her 16-year-old daughter texted her that students were ordered to get down on the

ground or hide in a corner after the shooting.

Numerous law enforcement agencies responded to the 2,400-student campus about 15 miles south of downtown Los Angeles.

Los Angeles school district spokesman Robert Alaniz said preliminary reports from the principal and teacher said the boy dropped the bag on the floor and the gun discharged.

Shedric Porter, 14, said he was walking in the hall.

Student tracking finds limited college learning 45 percent of students show minimum improvement after 2 years of college

osmosis at these institutions.”

The book is based on information from 24 schools, meant to be a representative samA new study provides disturbing answers ple, which provided Collegiate Learning to questions about how much students ac- Assessment data on students who took the tually learn in college — for many, not much standardized test in their first semester in — and has inflamed a debate about the fall 2005 and at the end of their sophomore value of an American higher education. years in spring 2007. The schools took part The research of more than 2,300 under- on the condition that their institutions not graduates found 45 percent of students be identified. show no significant improvement in the key The Collegiate Learning Assessment has measures of critical thinking, complex rea- critics who say it doesn’t capture learning in soning and writing by the end of their soph- specialized majors or isn’t a reliable meaomore years. sure of college perforOne problem is that stumance because so many dents just aren’t asked to do factors are beyond their It’s not the case much, according to findings control. that giving out more in a new book, “Academically The research found an credentials is going Adrift: Limited Learning on average-scoring student to make the U.S. College Campuses.” Half of in fall 2005 scored seven students did not take a single percentage points higher more economically course requiring 20 pages of in spring of 2007 on the ascompetitive. It writing during their prior sesessment. In other words, requires academic mester, and one-third did not those who entered colrigor ... You can’t just lege in the 50th percentile take a single course requiring get it through osmosis would rise to the equivaeven 40 pages of reading per week. at these institutions.” lent of the 57th after their That light load soundsophomore years. ed familiar to University Among the findings — RICHARD ARUM, AUTHOR of Missouri freshman Julia outlined in the book and Rheinecker, who said her report, which tracked stufirst semester of college largely duplicat- dents through four years of college: ed the work she completed back home in — Overall, the picture doesn’t brighten southern Illinois. much over four years. After four years, 36 “Most of what I learned this year I already percent of students did not demonstrate had in high school. It was almost easier my significant improvement, compared to 45 first semester (in college),” she said. percent after two.

Three of the five classes she took at — Students who studied alone, read and Missouri were in lecture halls with several wrote more, attended more selective schools hundred students. And Rheinecker said she and majored in traditional arts and sciences was required to complete at least 20 pages of majors posted greater learning gains. writing in only one of those classes.

— Social engagement generally does “I love the environment, don’t get me not help student performance. Students wrong, I just haven’t found myself pushing who spent more time studying with peers as much as I expected,” she said. showed diminishing growth and students The study, an unusually large-scale effort who spent more time in the Greek system to track student learning over time, comes had decreased rates of learning, while acas the federal government, reformers and tivities such as working off campus, particiothers argue that the U.S. must produce pating in campus clubs and volunteering more college graduates to remain competi- did not impact learning. tive globally. But if students aren’t learning — Students from families with different much it calls into question whether boost- levels of parental education enter college ing graduation rates will provide that edge. with different learning levels but learn at “It’s not the case that giving out more cre- about the same rates while attending coldentials is going to make the U.S. more eco- lege. The racial gap between black and nomically competitive,” Richard Arum of white students going in, however, widens: New York University, who co-authored the Black students improve their assessment book with Josipa Roksa of the University of scores at lower levels than whites.

Virginia, said in an interview. “It requires academic rigor ... You can’t just get it through — AP

“I didn’t see anything, but I heard the shot, and it was really loud,” he said. “I stopped.

I was scared. Then I thought it was just a book or something hitting the ground, but it was too loud for that.”

Like many schools, Gardena High checks arriving students with security wands. It’s unclear how the student got in with the gun in his backpack, district spokeswoman Gayle Pollard-Terry said.

“We’re trying to find out if the wanding is random or if every student is wanded,” she said.

No d i s t r i c t s c h o o l i s equipped with walkthrough metal detectors, she said.

— AP

DURANT — The entire three-person staff of the Choctaw Nation’s veterans’ advocacy program is headed to Afghanistan.

The Durant-based tribe says Kelly McKaughan, Brent Oakes and John Lance all are members of the Oklahoma Army National Guard’s 45th Infantry Brigade combat team, which is on alert for a year-long deployment. They are scheduled to deploy early this year.

The tribe started the program in 2005 to assist American Indian veterans in filing benefit claims. Choctaw Chief Greg Pyle says those in the program also work to provide items to soldiers who are deployed in Afghanistan and Iraq.

It will be McKaughan’s second deployment and the first for Oakes and Lance.

Name of man killed in Tulsa County shooting released LEONARD — Authorities have identified the man killed in a shooting outside his home near Leonard in southern Tulsa County as 59-year-old Edward Brown.

The name of a woman wounded in the Monday afternoon shooting has not been released and authorities say the gunman remains at large.

Authorities found a missing pickup belonging to Brown on Tuesday afternoon. They say the pickup had been abandoned in a ravine by Bixhoma Lake.

Sheriff’s Sgt. Shannon Clark said the woman told deputies a man walked out of a wooded area behind the home about 5:30 p.m. Monday and opened fire. The woman was flown to a Tulsa hospital in critical condition.

Clark says the woman told deputies she doesn’t know the gunman and investigators are trying to determine a motive for the shooting.

— AP

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OUR VIEW

Quality journalism requires quality pay Oklahoma State University’s student newspaper, The campus, such as alumni, sports fans and prospective stuDaily O’Collegian, is attempting to do what many major dents. These are exactly the kind of paying customers news outlets have failed to do: charge readers for online Catalino is trying to attract, according to an interview with content.

The Chronicle of Higher Education.

While initial reactions to this move have been mostly Some readers may think the quality of a student newsnegative, we see a potential revenue source for underfund- paper isn’t worth paying for. It’s true that student journaled university media outlets if this venture ists can have a difficult time covering all the proves successful. hard-hitting campus news when they have The plan is to put up an online pay wall for If The O’Collegian classes and other commitments. frequent readers residing 25 miles outside of However, we are still the best source for all succeeds in the Stillwater campus.

OU news, and like anything else, we require charging at least Some have argued that this move has the funding to run. And if you haven’t heard, the some readers for potential to destroy circulation, but let’s be state of the news media has been in turmoil online content, honest: most of The O’Collegian’s readership in recent years. you can probably is probably within that 25 mile radius. The Once upon a time, there was no Internet. paper’s general manager, Raymond Catalino, People had to get their news from television expect several told The Chronicle of Higher Education that or the physical newspaper. university papers the pay wall would affect less than 25 percent To get the paper delivered to their homes, to follow suit.” of readers. people actually had to pay money and subThe same would likely hold true if The scribe to the publication. After the Internet Daily put up a pay wall. Because we serve primarily the OU came along, the old business model shattered. Only pacommunity, we’re unlikely to have large readership in cities pers such as The Wall Street Journal or The Financial Times like Woodward, Tulsa or even Oklahoma City. have been able to find success with charging readers beHowever, people who do read the paper outside of the cause they publish quality articles focused on highly speNorman bubble probably have a vested interest in the cialized topics.

This brings up another dimension of the future of quality journalism: If fewer media outlets can afford to pay their journalists, quality is going to decline.

We’ve seen this in action today. More than a few newspapers have moved completely online. Layoffs at major outlets have been enormous. This semester, The Daily even decreased the number of papers it prints from 10,500 to 8,000 per day to save on printing costs and help balance the Student Media Department budget.

Like it or not, those in the news industry are going to need help in the near future, and your own campus newspaper is no different.

If The O’Collegian succeeds in charging at least some readers for online content, you can probably expect several university papers to follow suit.

Nobody likes spending money, but doing it for news is mutually beneficial. Journalists don’t starve, and you get quality news.

We wish our fellow journalists at The O’Collegian luck in their pay wall experiment. In the meantime, we hope you support all of your local papers. If you want quality news, someone is going to have to pay.

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Leaders should tone down rhetoric, examine U.S. gun laws

Overlooking ugly historical truths

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Shayna Daitch itch

The current political landscape is deeply disturbing.

Politicians preach violence and toxic rhetoric; a triggerhappy populace seems eager to follow.

Unfortunately, it took an assassination attempt on Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, D-Ariz., the murders of six blameless people including a Federal Judge and a 9-year-old, and a dozen more injuries for this country to reopen a dialogue on decorum in public discourse and gun control laws.

As more evidence comes to light on the massacre that Jared Loughner perpetrated in Arizona, a big question remains: Was this tragedy avoidable? While no one can fully answer this question, something can be done to prevent a future tragedy.

Many have blamed the shooting on the rhetor i c p ro m o t e d by Sa ra h “don’t retreat — reload” Pa l i n , Sha ro n “S e c o n d Amendment remedies” Angle, and “peaceful but prepared” tea partiers.

It is unfair to squarely blame them, but they do fan the flames of antigovernment frenzy and conspiracy theories that plague the Internet. There is emerging evidence that Loughner trolled and read sites inundated with such sentiments.

In her taped speech, Palin invoked President Reagan’s belief that we should not blame society for the acts of criminals, but then contradicted herself by saying, “It is time to restore the American precept that each individual is accountable for his actions.”

So I’m wondering, when is she going to admit that maybe she shouldn’t have put up a map with gun sights on Democrats, including Giffords? Or that the candidate she endorsed to run against Giffords, Jesse Kelly, should not have hosted an

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President Barack Obama speaks at a memorial service for the victims of Saturday’s shootings Wednesday at McKale Center on the University of Arizona campus in Tucson, Ariz.

shooter might harm good Samaritans.

This nearly came to fruition in the Arizona massacre.

Joe Zamudio, an armed and responsible citizen, walked into the chaos prepared to draw his gun. He spotted someone he thought was the shooter waving a gun, but it was actually the person who wrangled it away from Loughner.

Luckily for all parties involved, he did not shoot.

The solution to the problem is simple, but difficult due to the influence from the Second Amendment lobbies like the National Rifle Association.

It’s time to renew the Assault Weapons Ban that expired in 2004. I understand the desire some people have to own guns for protection or sport, but there is no compelling reason to own fully automatic assault weapons or purchase clips that contain high amounts of ammunition.

There is a big difference in guns designed for sport and guns designed for killing people. Had the ban been renewed, it would have prevented Loughner from purchasing so much ammunition and harming so many innocents.

It’s also time to implement a more comprehensive process for buying guns — including a mental evaluation, gun safety training and a license. There is nothing unreasonable or unconstitutional about smart gun laws.

In response to the murder of 9-year-old Christina Green, President Barack Obama commented, “I want America to be as good as she imagined it.” We need to correct the laws that have allowed so many mass shootings to occur in order to create the country that our children expect.

One day we will get there.

event titled “Get on target rounds of ammunition from for victory” where constitu- a Walmart, mere hours beents could shoot an M16 as- fore the shooting spree — sault weapon? These actions without an evaluation of his clearly worried Giffords, es- mental status. In Arizona, pecially after her office was his actions were legal until vandalized and someone he actually shot someone. dropped a gun at an event Oklahoma is second to she hosted. last in many aspects — edFormer Supreme Court ucation spending, health Justice Sandra and gun conDay O’Connor retrol laws. The marked, “Before thing that keeps ...there is no speaking out, ask us from being compelling yourself whether reason to own dead last in the your words are country is that fully automatic universities may true, whether assault they are respectban the carryweapons.” ful and whether ing of guns on they are needed campuses. in our civil disJust three cussions.” Palin and others years ago our state lawmakon the political right need ers wanted to change the to heed this advice, take it law, but students and profesdown a notch and antici- sors held firm in the debate. pate the consequences of Just last week, Oklahoma’s their words.

Chancellor of Higher After ever yone calms Education Chancellor, Glen down, we can logically look Johnson, pledged to uphold at the lax gun control laws in the ban on guns on campus. the U.S. The prevailing argument, — Shayna Daitch, T h e f a c t s a r e c l e a r. presented by OU President international security Loughner carried a con- David Boren, stated that studies senior c e a l e d w e a p o n i n t h e in the event of a standoff Tucson grocery store. He with guns, authorities un- Comment on this p u rc ha s e d a c l i p o f 3 3 able to identify the active column at OUDaily.com

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When Congress reconvened this year, its first STAFF COLUMN order of business was simple: Read the Constitution. on Speaker of the House Kate McPherson John Boehner and former Speaker Nancy Pelosi started the reading, and various congressmen and congresswomen read sections of our founding legislation.

I say sections because, according to the New York Times, the entire Constitution was not read. Rather, only those portions still relevant today; any part of the Constitution superseded by a later amendment was omitted.

In the 90 minutes our representatives volleyed articles and amendments back and forth, blacks were always free.

They were never “three-fifths of all other persons.”

In 2011, most sane people agree that forcing people into slavery and keeping them from full citizenship was a horrible tradition. However wrong these things were, it is imperative that Americans never forget these forays.

Although we should be ashamed of our past mistakes, we need to be aware of them so we never repeat them.

It has become all too easy to erase our indiscretions. We may as well have never been drunk at that party; pictures of our red Solo cups disappear from the Internet as soon as we hit delete. But the Constitution is more substantial than Facebook and its ilk. We can’t just wish away amendments that failed; you cannot “untag” yourself from injustices such as slavery. Our country has not treated every minority group fairly every time. Our forefathers stumbled; they enacted compromises that in hindsight were brutally unfair.

It’s a stretch to say we should embrace these flaws. I certainly am not suggesting a return to these policies, nor do I think that anyone is a lesser person because of one’s ethnicity, gender or other factor. However, it is vital that our country recognize misdeeds that have previously transpired in order to prevent other grave errors from occurring. We should be ashamed but not forgetful.

Congress should have read the entire Constitution. It might have been awkward to be the congressman responsible for reading that any escaped slave caught must be returned, but I highly doubt it would be more awkward than being that escaped slave brought back to inhumane living conditions because of your government’s law.

We can’t whitewash history. This really happened; men and women were beaten and worked to death based solely on the color of their skin. Grave injustices occurred, and our government permitted them to happen. To pretend these things never happened is incredibly disrespectful to those who were slaves and to their descendents.

Furthermore, the lessons we can learn from shameful pieces of our collective past are invaluable. We’ve got a duty to prevent a tragedy as horrible as slavery from happening again. It is easy to condemn our ancestors for their actions, but it is much harder to call our peers out for mistreating others, and it is harder still to recognize prejudices in ourselves. We live in a world where citizens are routinely denied rights based on their genders, sexual orientations, religions or races. We must have the courage to correct these injustices and admit when we are wrong.

At the risk of sounding cliché, if you attempt to erase history, it is almost certain that it will repeat itself. I would hate to see a future where any marginalized group of people lose two-fifths of their worth due to our current lawmakers’ fear of becoming a sound bite on the evening news.

— Kate McPherson, University College freshman

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Big 12 men’s hoops heating up The Big 12 overall is looking pretty tough. There are eight teams with four or fewer losses. As competitive as this conference can get, the Big 12 could send six teams to the Big Dance. With this being the final year of the 12-team conference, the Big 12 will look appeasing as it potentially seeks two new members to fill the vacancies.

Big Games for OU » March 2 — at Texas Tech OU must prove it can win games against teams with less talent, like the Red Raiders, to avoid finishing last in the Big 12. It also would be OU’s first road win if its losing trend continues until then. » Feb. 16 — vs. Nebraska The game against the Huskers is another chance for the Sooners to prove they can win against opponents who are unsure of themselves.

Oklahoma

As expected, the Sooners are rebuilding after losing all but a handful of players from last year. They are still learning to mesh together and trying to grow in the process. Do not expect the Sooners to win often in conference play, but if they do find a way to beat some of the big dogs, OU could critically hurt those teams’ chances for March in the tough Big 12 Conference.

Baylor The Bears began the season by winning eight of their first nine games. Since then, they’ve lost two straight, but look for Baylor to quickly turn that around. The Bears have a streaky scorer in preseason All-Big 12 guard LaceDarius Dunn, and an outstanding freshman in Perry Jones, who is vying for the Freshman of the Year award.

Keep an eye on Baylor, who could be the team to burst a bubble or two down the stretch.

» Feb. 9 — vs. Texas They were blown out in the first game against the Longhorns Saturday in Austin, but last year — despite the Sooners’ streaky shooting — OU upset the Longhorns in Norman. Winning this rivalry game could add some life to the players.

Iowa State The Cyclones are the surprise of the conference. Projected to finish in last place in the Big 12, Iowa State has played at full force, boasting a 14-4 record in which all four losses are by a combined total of 15 points. Much of the Cylcones success can be accredited to the guard play of senior Diante Garrett and junior Scott Christopherson.

Despite the early lack of faith from the rest of the conference, Iowa State is priming itself for a run to compete in the Big Dance.

Colorado Projected to finish ninth in conference, the Buffaloes are shocking everyone. They are undefeated in Big 12 play, beating both No. 8 Missouri and No. 20 Kansas State.

They did get their season off to a slow start — losing three of their first five — but have since gone 12-1. They are led by a dynamic guard duo of sophomore Alec Burks and preseason All-Big 12 senior Cory Higgins. If Colorado continues to play well, it may add itself to the list of Big 12 teams who will be playing in late March.

Oklahoma State The Cowboys faired well in nonconfer-

Kansas Ranked No. 2 in the country — the highest

ence play but will see tougher competition from their Big 12 conference schedule.Like Nebraska, they have not traveled much, only going on three true road trips. This could be a huge disadvantage down the line for OSU.

of all Big 12 teams — the Jayhawks are once again continuing their legacy of success. They lead the nation in field goal percentage, a key contributor to their undefeated record. The Jayhawks are out to prove to the world they aren’t overrated. Brothers Marcus — a preseason All-Big 12 team member — and Markieff Morris are leading the Jayhawks this season in both scoring and rebounding, respectively. Kansas has had some close calls, but the team is learning from those experiences and looks to continue the program’s success.

Texas A&M The one-loss Aggies, who were projected to finished sixth in the Big 12, are out to prove they are better than that prediction. With wins over three top-25 teams, A&M is stating its case as to why it should be playing in the Big Dance. Led by sophomore forward Khris Middleton, the Aggies may very well be the only Big 12 team that can slow down Kansas.

Texas Tech

The Red Raiders are one of two teams in the conference with a losing record, the other being Oklahoma. They have not been able to find ways to win. Projected to finish seventh, Texas Tech was tied with the Sooners for last in the conference before Tuesday night’s game put the Red Raiders alone in last. It will be tough for Texas Tech to turn itself around, since many of its conference opponents are rolling into a “snow ball effect,” pummeling the little people along the way to March.

Kansas State For the first time in the program’s history, the Wildcats were projected to win the Big 12. However, things are not shaping up the way they would like. Kansas State (136), the only team in conference with two preseason All-Big 12 team members, has been without half of that duo — senior forward Curtis Kelly — for much of the season. Senior guard Jacob Pullen has carried his weight, but it has not been enough for Kansas State. It is not too late for the Wildcats to turn things around, but they will have to do so with a lot of urgency.

Missouri The Tigers are living up to expectations, sitting in fifth, their preseason poll position.

They only have three losses, two of which came in overtime to top-25 teams. This Missouri team is poised to make a run in the Big 12 and make some noise in the postseason tournament.

Texas In recent years, the Longhorns have been an up-and-down team from season to season. This year’s squad is looking to revamp the attitude of the program and put Texas back on the map. The Longhonrs have only three losses, two coming against top-10 teams in overtime. If the Longhorns figure out how win big games late, they too could be making a lot of noise in March.

Nebraska

The Cornhuskers had a great start to their season, but they’ve hit hard times in conference play. Prior to Big 12 play, the Huskers only had one true road game, so going into Big 12 stadiums may shake them up some. Look for this team fight hard but struggle to overcome adversity.

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Fernandez earns Big 12 honors for performance last weekend OU senior wrestler Nathan Fernandez was named Big 12 wrestler of the week for his performance at Saturday’s Lone Star Duals, the conference announced Tuesday.

The Lawton native, ranked 11th nationally, helped the seventhranked Sooners upend No. 8 American University by defeating AU’s Ryan Flores, a two-time NCAA qualifier ranked No. 3 nationally.

“We’re very proud of Nathan that he has been named the Big 12 Wrestler of the Week,” coach Jack Spates said. “He is very deserving, especially coming off a hard-fought battle over the third-ranked wrestler in the country. Nathan is an outstanding student as well as athlete and represents the University of Oklahoma with honor.”

It was the second career conference honor for Fernandez.

Nathan Fernandez

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Red-White game set for April 16 April 16 has been selected as the date for the annual spring football game.

Kickoff time and ticket information will be released at a later date.

The Sooners are tentatively scheduled to begin their spring drills March 8 and Bob Stoops and his staff will welcome back 29 position players who had at least one start last season.

Fifteen of those are on offense, including consensus All-American Ryan Broyles, the school’s all-time leading receiver.

The 14 defensive returnees are led by linebacker Travis Lewis and cornerback Jamell Fleming.

Another five special teams starters are back in punter Tress Way, kickers Patrick O’Hara and Jimmy Stevens and long snappers James Winchester and Austin Woods.

Kickoff time and ticket information for the spring game will be released at a later date.

Sooner softball voted No. 1 in preseason The Oklahoma softball team received seven firstplace votes to earn the preseason No. 1 spot in the Big 12 Coaches Poll, the conference announced Tuesday. The Sooners have been voted preseason No. 1 for three consecutive seasons.

Last year, the Sooners posted a 47-12 overall record and advanced to the 2010 NCAA Super Regional before being ousted by the defending national champion Washington Huskies.

The Sooners also finished 13-3 in Big 12 action, earning the team a regularseason second-place finish before winning the Big 12 Championship at ASA Hall of Fame Stadium in Oklahoma City.

OU returns 10 letter winners from last season, including the Big 12 Championship Most Outstanding Player, sophomore left-handed pitcher Keilani Ricketts.

The San Jose, Calif., native allowed one run in 20 innings pitched during the three-game conference tournament stretch, allowing just eight hits and nine walks while holding opponents to a .121 batting average.

The Sooners will open the 2011 season against California State-Bakersfield on Feb. 10 at the Kajikawa Classic in Tempe, Ariz.

— Daily staff reports

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OU men’s basketball team holds off Texas Tech to avoid slipping to sole possession of last place

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Wichita State was expected to challenge the Sooners.

Instead, the 17th-ranked Oklahoma men’s tennis team opened its 2011 season in dominating fashion Tuesday inside the Gregg Wadley Tennis Pavilion.

The Sooners (1-0) swept t h e Sh o c k e r s 7 - 0 , w i n ning every singles match in straight-sets. When coupled with OU’s perfect three-forthree finish in the doubles matches, Sooners coach John Roddick was pleased with his team’s opening effort.

“Wichita State is a good team,” Roddick said. “They are a better team than when we played them last year.

Going out and winning 7-0 is encouraging and doesn’t leave too many question marks in my mind about where we are at.”

Senior Ionut Beleleu and sophomore Costin Paval — OU’s 26th-ranked Romanian native duo — got OU off to a fast start in the doubles portion of the match, routing the Shockers’ Vlad Marinescu and Valentin Mihai — also Romanian natives — 8-2.

“The referee told us if you speak any language, speak English. It was kind of funny,” Beleleu said.

Sophomore Lawrence Formentera and freshman John Warden, ranked the 38th-best doubles team, d o w n e d W S U ’s Pa t r i c k Stiebinger and Guillermo Gomez, 8-5.

Oklahoma newcomers Tsvetan Mihov and Peerakit Siributwong finished the doubles sweep after beating Wichita State’s Matheus Pereira and David Cavalcanti, 8-5. “ T h e t h i n g I’v e b e e n

JORDAN MARKS The Oklahoma Daily

The Sooners’ late first-half push and second-half energy propelled the team to an 83-74 win over Texas Tech on Tuesday at Lloyd Noble.

The win gave the OU men’s basketball team its first conference win of the season and the first since Feb. 6, 2010.

“I’m please with the win,” coach Jeff Capel said. “We look forward to working and getting back to getting better.”

Oklahoma (9-9, 1-3 Big 12) was led by senior guard Cade Davis, who tied his career high with 25 points, 12 of those from 3-point range. He also grabbed seven rebounds and jumped in to the crowd two times for hustle points.

“I was just confident,” D av i s s a i d . “ Mov i n g An OU school record without the ball helped was almost set when none me more.” of the three bench players S o p h o m o re f o rhad scored a basket, but ward Andrew Fitzgerald freshman forward Tyler chipped in with 20 points, Neal’s pair of free throws and freshman guards with 20 seconds ended the Cameron Clark and Carl chance.

Blair put up 11 each.

For the first time this season in a win, sophomore guard Steven Pledger did not lead the Sooners in scoring, but he did overcome his abysmal shooting slump against Texas to score 14 points Tuesday against the Red Raiders.

All five Sooner starters were in double figures for the first time this season, tying a school record.

Oklahoma also shot its most free throws this season, going 29-of-34 for their second-highest percentage this year (85.3).

“It very important to have a balance offense,” Fitzgerald said. “We’re relying on each other for us to score.”

The Red Raiders opened with a 7-2 run, but OU fought back and finished the half on an 12-6 run, pushing the lead to eight. The Sooners never looked back.

Clutch free throws down the stretch clinched the win despite relentless pushes by the Red Raiders, pulling the Sooners ahead of Texas Tech to 11th in the Big 12 Conference standings.

“In order to protect [the lead] even more, we have to protect the ball,” Capel said. “But I am pleased with how we fought, and it is good to have some success.”

Both teams committed more than 15 turnovers each, and Oklahoma did not shoot well from behind the arc.

OU also allowed Texas Tech to grab offensive rebounds early in the game, which kept the game close, but Davis said the victory was key for the team. ”We needed this win,” he said.

Game notes

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Freshman John Warden prepares to volley back to Wichita State’s Guillermo Gomez in Tuesday’s match at the Gregg Wadley Tennis Pavilion. OU swept the Shockers in each pairing, 7-0. stressing the most is doubles,” Roddick said. “To go out and play the way they did out of the gate, I thought that was really important.”

Oklahoma was equally overwhelming in singles play. Paval, ranked No. 57, claimed the Sooners first victory of the season after a dispatching of Stiebinger ( 6 - 2 , 6 - 1 ) a t t h e No. 2 position.

“We’ve been working very hard the last four or five days,” Paval said. “I looked up at the scoreboard and saw everything was as it should be.”

After Paval, Siributwong defeated the Shockers’

Pereira at the No. 3 spot in identical 6-2 sets.

Beleleu, manning the No. 1 position for the Sooners, faced former Sooner Mar inescu, who transferred to Wichita State after posting a 6-13 record in his freshman season at OU. Marinescu struggled in his return to Norman as 26th-ranked Beleleu dictated the tempo throughout their match, dropping Marinescu in a pair of 6-3 sets.

“I’ve played against him before,” Beleleu said. “I know his style, and I know his game.”

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“We had some rough patches, but everyone took care of business in straight sets,” he said. “Hopefully this gives some of these young guys an idea of what’s going on and a little bit of confidence moving forward.”

The Sooners continue their season at the ITA KickOff Weekend tournament Jan. 28-30 in Champaign, Ill. Oklahoma will face No. 36 Notre Dame in the opening round.

“Our team is in great shape. We’re ready to roll,” Paval said.

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Occupying the palatial white stone house at 800 Chautauqua Ave. , Beta Theta Pi has been part of the OU campus since 1907.

The fraternity was founded in 1839 at Miami University in Ohio. With a motto of “Know Friendship,� these men not only strive to make social connections but to achieve academic success as well, fraternity president Nick Coffey said. “The opportunities to grow as a person and a leader while serving your fraternity are numerous,� said Coffey, history and economics sophomore.

In 2003, Forbes published a report showing many CEOs of Fortune 500 Companies were greek. “Eleven of them actually having once belonged to Beta Theta Pi, the most of any fraternity,� Coffey said.

Beta also had one of the

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Pictured is the Beta Theta Pi house, 800 Chautauqua Ave. The fraternity, established on campus in 1907, had one of the Interfraternity Council’s highest new-member GPA in fall 2009. highest new-member GPAs in the Interfraternity Council during fall 2009 — the average new member earned a 3.014 GPA, defying expectations that those in fraternities disregard hopes for academic success, Coffey said.

This belief is a common

misconception, he said. “I realize that stereotypes will always exist. The bottom line is that fraternities on this campus, many with approximately 150 to 200 members, cannot be accurately stereotyped,� he said.

Although humor websites

such as TotalFratMove.com appear to glorify getting hammered and “slamming� anything that moves, Coffey said the exaggerations of negative perceptions of fraternities arise when members stray from the organization’s principles.

Coffey said although many feel those involved in greek life are simply paying for friends, he feels more than friendship can be gained from fraternity involvement. “[While] lifelong friendships and brotherhood are created in fraternities, a person’s set of social skills that cause him to join a fraternity is further cultivated during his time as a member and can later be vital to success in the corporate world,�

Coffey said.

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Kathy Griffin to perform Thursday night in Tulsa Comedian Kathy Griffin will perform at 8 p.m. Thursday at the Brady Theater in Tulsa.

Griffin, who is known for her personality and over-the-top comedy, is best known for reality TV show, “My Life on the D-List.�

Along with jokes about current events and trends, the “Kathy Griffin: Whores on Crutches� tour will feature high-energy comedy routine about Griffin’s humorous encounters with A-list celebrities.

Tickets start at $47.50 per person, plus service charges.

To purchase tickets, visit protixonline.com. — Daily staff reports

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‘Professional’ advice from a student in final semester Like me, many of you will graduate from OU and aren’t precisely certain how to earn the gobs of money to which our degrees will entitle us.

Obviously many of you don’t have anything to worry about because you will be marrying into wellmoneyed families or are Sooner football star Jeremy Beal, so you can probably stop reading now.

Unless you actually are Jeremy Beal, in which case I think you should keep reading and we should hang out sometime.

I’ve thusly taken it upon myself to offer, for the benefit of the rest of us, a few helpful tips as we begin our career searches.

I’ve worked in many different capacities over the years including food service, food preparation and animal whispering and can

guarantee these tips will leave employers scratching their heads in amazement. They might even ask questions like “Who do you think you are?� That’s how impressed they’ll be.

When it comes to rĂŠsumĂŠs, the goal is to appear as knowledgeable, qualified and genuinely interesting as can possibly be conveyed on paper, which is why I usually scribble a lengthy mathematic equation — it’s one of the few times I venture “onlineâ€? for information on a piece of origami in the shape of a blue ribbon medal. You also should include references here.

Jeremy, is it OK if I put you down as a reference? If so, smile really big when you get drafted by an NFL team, that way I’ll know for sure.

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extremely impressed by your paper-folding technique and decides to offer you a job.

I’m told “The Alley B e t w e e n S u g e r ’s a n d Fuzzy’s Taco Shop� isn’t a proper mailing address, so you might have to go to the post office and acquire a P.O. box — what does that stand for, anyway? — to appear less homeless.

To initiate an interview, always ask how much the gig pays, right from the

get-go. It helps to use the words “gig� and “get-go� because they sound really cool. Propping your feet up on a table or the interviewer’s desk achieves the same effect.

By asking a question before the interviewer, the balance of power shifts in your favor, thereby sending the message that it is you who is in charge here, not Mr. Suit Guy. Dressing for a job interview can wrack your nerves, but don’t let it!

Instead, don your most confident attire to reinforce your own notion of success, just in case the interview goes south. That way if you remain unemployed, at

least you’re walking back to the alley in your best plaid leisure suit with your head held high.

The best way to prepare for interviews is to have a friend ask you the kind of questions that a potential employer may ask, like “What do you have to offer this company?� or “Mr. Carney, would you please stop folding my personal stationery into the shape of barnyard animals?�

Good preparation necessitates a stock “go-to� response in case the interviewer asks a real stumper question. Mine is, “Did you know that I am the godfather to — insert whichever NFL team that drafts

Jeremy Beal here — and former standout OU defensive end Jeremy Beal’s first, second and third-born children?� We should probably talk about this over coffee sometime, eh Jeremy?

No matter how persistent an employer is in their questioning, that always steers the conversation safely away from those public indecency charges.

Well, that’s about all I’ve got. Good luck in your career search and remember, if you have Jeremy Beal’s phone number, please email it to mattheartsjeremy@gmail.com. — Matt Carney, professional writing senior

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Haitian police take ex-dictator ‘Baby Doc’ to court Tuesday Exiled leader’s reasons for returning to former country unknown PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti — Haitian police led ex-dictator Jean-Claude Duvalier out of his hotel and took him to court Tuesday without saying whether he was being charged with crimes committed under his brutal regime. His longtime companion denied that he had been arrested.

A contingent of police led the former dictator known as “Baby Doc� to a waiting SUV. He was not wearing handcuffs.

Duvalier, 59, was calm and did not say anything as he was led away to cheers from some and jeers from others.

Duvalier’s companion, Veronique Roy, said she did not know why authorities decided to escort him to court and did not expect to be there much longer. “We are ver y relaxed, drinking coffee and water,� she said.

He was removed from the hotel after meeting in private

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Haiti’s ex-dictator Jean-Claude Duvalier, center, is led by police to court and surrounded by journalists Tuesday in Port-auPrince, Haiti. Police led Duvalier out of his hotel and took him to court Tuesday without saying whether he was being charged with crimes committed under his brutal regime. with senior Haitian judicial officials inside his hotel room amid calls by human rights groups and others for his arrest.

The country’s top prosecutor and a judge were among those meeting with the former leader in the high-end hotel where he

what was being discussed at the meeting. Asked why he was going to meet Duvalier, Judge Gabriel Amboisse said, “I’m here to assist the prosecutor because he asked me to be here with him.�

Duvalier was forced into exile in 1986 in a mass uprising and had been living in exile in France. Amnesty International, Human Rights Watch and others have urged the Haitian government to arrest him for widespread abuses.

Duvalier assumed power in 1971 at age 19 following the death of his father, Francois “Papa Doc�

Duvalier. The father and son presided over one of the darkest chapters in Haitian history, a period when a thuggish government secret police force known as the Tonton Macoute tortured and killed opponents.

He has not yet publicly commented on why he came back to Haiti. His companion, Roy, told reporters he would stay three days.

has been ensconced since his surprise return to Haiti on Sunday.

Haitian National Police officers were posted inside and around the hotel, some of them in riot gear or guarding the stairwells.

None of the officials present would comment on — AP

Rising rivers force Australian evacuations With floods leaving thousands of homes without power, Australians are advised to seek higher ground MELBOURNE, Australia— Residents of rural communities in southeastern Australia were sent emergency evacuation orders before dawn Wednesday, urged to leave their homes with three days of supplies just before floodwaters breached levees and swamped the town.

Up to 1,500 homes in the northern Victoria town of Kerang could be affected if the Lodden River rises any further.

The State Emergency Services said the Kerang levee has been breached in many places and the townspeople should head for a relief center on higher ground. “You should ensure you have left your property immediately,� the emergency services said in text message alerts. “We have enough resources and enough high ground for people to still operate within Kerang, but if it becomes

totally inundated there will be very few people left in town,�

Mayor Max Fehring told Sky News.

Walls of water miles wide are surging across northern and western Victoria in the wake of record rainfall last week.

Floodwaters have already left 1,000 households in Victoria’s northwest without power, and thousands more homes are under threat of cuts as substations and low-lying power lines are submerged.

Energy supplier Powercor built earthen barriers around the substation in Kerang, in a floodplain expected to be inundated by six feet of water.

The government has said the Queensland floods could be the country’s most expensive natural disaster ever. The price tag from the relentless floods was already at $5 billion before muddy brown waters swamped Brisbane last week. — AP

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Major 7.2 quake hits Pakistan A 7.2 magnitude earthquake rocked a remote area of southwestern Pakistan on Wednesday, shaking parts of the country and causing tremors as far away as India.

The quake was centered in the Baluchistan province, the country’s most sparsely populated area, said the United States Geological Service.

Its epicenter was in a remote area some 200 miles southwest of the Baluchistan capital of Quetta, said chief Pakistani meteorologist Arif Mahmood.

There was no word on damage in Dalbandin. ___

2. Guatemala City

Guatemalan president extends state of siege in violent north Guatemalan President Alvaro Colom says he is extending a state of siege in a violent province on the border with Mexico that has been taken over by Mexico’s brutal Zetas drug gang.

Colom says the state of siege that began Dec. 19 when police and soldiers were sent to Alta Verapaz has been successful, but he’ll extend it an extra month.

The measure lets the army detain suspects without warrants, conduct warrantless searches, prohibit gun possession and public gatherings, and control the media. ___

3. Oslo, Norway

Filipino government, rebels agree to resume peace talks Negotiators from the Philippines’ government and communist rebels agreed Tuesday to resume peace talks after informal meetings in Norway.

The two sides signed a joint statement at the end of the five-day preparatory talks, saying they would meet again in Oslo for the actual negotiations Feb. 15 to 21.

They agreed on an agenda and to work for the release of imprisoned rebels. — AP

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