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• The degree to which the programs, events and activities of the organization provide a unique service to the university’s student community • The scope of the organization such as number of students affected, effect on the community outside of campus and size of the organization • The percent of funds used in previous years relative to the allocated amount • The quality of the budget including clarity, accurateness, compliance with SGA policies and regulations, as well as reasonability (unreasonable requests for large sums will count against an organization) • The degree to which funding the organization’s request will accomplish their stated goals Unlike NCAA sanctioned sports, the athletes who play club sports pay for the intramural fields for their annual tournament, uniforms and tournament bids that cost between $250 and $500 in addition to hotels, gas and food during the tournaments, said Patrick Kenworthy, electrical engineering senior and Ultimate Frisbee club president.

“As a club athlete, I have to pay to play,” Kenworthy said. “We scrounge and scramble just to get anything.”

Each club must submit a request for a budget to SGA. Kenworthy said the

Researchers in an OU-led study of sediments in the Oklahoma panhandle have discovered evidence of a process that may have led to a 3,000-year-old concentration of nanodiamonds.

Leland Bement, a scientist for the Oklahoma Archaeological Survey and the study’s principal investigator, said he and his team identified sediments along Bull Creek dating from modern times to 20,000 years ago.

In the study, Bement hoped to find nanodiamonds — diamonds mere nanometers in diameter, typically formed after an explosion — or similar deposits to better understand the geological processes of the area.

In the study, they found nanodiamonds in two different samples. The first was from a sediment 3,000 years ago, while the second was from a Younger Dryas-era sediment — at least 15,000 years ago, Bement said.

“The Younger Dryas nanodiamonds are, we think, a possible marker of a comet impact,” Bement said. “So the newer sediment could be from a more recent impact or perhaps something else.”

While the possibility of a meteorite or comet impact may sound exciting, Bement said it is a surprisingly common event.

“Meteors are falling all the time,” Bement said, “so that one [having] affected sediments here isn’t impossible.”

The nanodiamonds discovery may help answer long-unanswered questions about the Younger Dryas period, said Andrew Madden, assistant professor at the

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Spanish sophomore Natalie Crain performs a throwing drill with her Ultimate Frisbee teammates during practice Wednesday. The Ultimate Frisbee team practices every Monday and Wednesday at 4:30 p.m.

Club sports struggle to survive continuing SGA budget cuts ETHAN KOCH Campus Reporter, @sportsmaestroOU

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unding allocations for club sports has decreased 19.4 percent since 2011, and for some club sports at OU, this funding from Student Government Association is the only external support they get.

OU has 16 registered club sports on campus, ranging from hockey, volleyball and lacrosse to less conventional sports like Ultimate Frisbee and paintball. These official clubs — not to be mistaken as official school teams — must be registered student organizations and have 10 current students involved.

According to requested records, club sports like women’s rugby have lost $937, reducing funding from $2,300 to $1,363, since the 2011-2012 academic year. Ultimate Frisbee’s funding decreased from $750 to $175, according to requested records.

SGA members allocate funds through their budget committee, which consists of members of the Undergraduate Student Congress and one member from the Graduate Student Senate, said SGA budget chairman Ozair Naqvi in an email. The committee evaluates groups asking for funds and votes to determine the allocation for the group.

When making allocations, Naqvi said the committee evaluates clubs with the following criteria:

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Women’s Outreach Center promotes stalking awareness The Women’s Outreach Center has been tabling and speaking out on social media throughout Stalking Awareness Month to spread awareness of stalking.

During January, the center’s staff has been working to detail what stalking is and what it can look like, said Melanie Adams, Women’s Outreach Center programming coordinator.

“It’s not what people think,” Adams said.

“Students experience layers of stalking from subtle to the extreme that we see on TV.” According to statistics from the National Center for Victims of Crime, 6.6 million

adults are stalked each year in the U.S. Of those 6.6 million, 53 percent of female victims and 35 percent of male victims have experienced stalking before they were 25, according to the statistics.

Students who are unsure if they are being stalked, or who want more information, can contact the center. In risky or unsafe situations, the misconduct office will help students handle the issue, Adams said.

The center can be reached at (405) 3254929.

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“A lot of things were happening at that time,” Madden said. “The earth was just coming out of its last glacial period, and the earth was warming up. And then, suddenly, it anomalously cools. And then there were changes in the patterns of human habitation, and in the behaviors of animals.”

Madden and Bement are trying to figure out if any of those events are linked to the potential impact event that caused the nanodiamonds, Madden said.

Madden said that while the presence of nanodiamonds is most likely indicative of a meteorite or comet impact, there is debate in the scientific community whether the Younger Dryas period was caused by an extraterrestrial object colliding with the earth.

As for the diamonds themselves, Madden was quick to stifle any dreams of panning for riches in the Bull Creek.

“Obviously, nanodiamonds are incredibly small,” Madden said. “And the amount we found in the sediment is infinitesimal—even when we say it spiked, it’s really a miniscule amount.

So there’s not enough for it to be worth extracting them.”

The study, “Quantifying the distribution of nanodiamonds in pre-Younger

“... the amount we found in the sediment is infinitesimal — even when we say it spiked, it’s really a miniscule amount.”

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Dryas to recent age deposits along Bull Creek, Oklahoma Panhandle, USA,” was published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

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Funding: Students use club sports as an outlet

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club applied for $5,000 to $10,000, but for the 2013-2014 academic year, the club received $175, according to requested records.

“It’s all about what the university values,” Kenworthy said. “The university doesn’t value what club sports bring to the table.”

The women’s volleyball club tries to make dues fair for everybody, but it’s tough when they don’t get much in the budget, said Rachel Doyle, communication senior and women’s volleyball club president.

For 2013-2014, Oklahoma Volleyball received $494 from SGA, according to requested records.

“Being a club, money is our biggest issue,” Doyle said.

Doyle said the club will have $200 dues in their first full year. Despite the dues, club treasurer Keaton Ozymy, business entrepreneurship sophomore, said the club must continue to fundraise.

Both Doyle and Ozymy said the club sent letters to parents and businesses and held a Yankee Candle fundraiser to help pay for practice space at the Huston Huffman Fitness Center and tournament dues.

While some club sports have a hard time finding funding, club hockey head coach Peter Arvanitis said his club models itself like an NCAA program.

“Up here at the American Collegiate Hockey Association Division 1 level, we have good quality players that take academics very seriously,” Arvanitis said. “There are a lot of players out there that, unfortunately, don’t get NCAA Division 1 scholarships. We become a very viable option for them.”

The third-year hockey coach said the team has talked to 253 players for recruiting, whereas recruiting in some clubs means convincing friends on campus to join.

The hockey club holds practices Monday through Thursday from 3 to 4:30 p.m., but even in a bigger club like hockey, academics must come first, leaving some members off the team for a given time.

“If it’s possible (to join the club), great,” Arvanitis said.

“But a lot of times, you get kids that are in certain programs that practice time falls into their schooling, and obviously, they have to take care of classes instead of coming to practice. We understand that.”

Club hockey also has to find a place to practice and fund itself. Arvanitis said the club has donors who really help the club function.

According to requested records, the hockey club team doesn’t receive any SGA funding.

For many club sports, donors can be the player’s parents.

However, despite the pinch of tight budgets, all the members interviewed agreed: Club sports provide an athletic outlet for students that can benefit them.

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sports are so beneficial,” Doyle said. “I wanted to go to a big school, but I wasn’t good enough to play at a D-1 school’s team, so playing having club team, you get to continue playing on that team.”

Participating in club sports is an experience that can create friendships that last a lifetime, said Tyler Tiger, energy management junior and member of the ultimate Frisbee club.

“Club sports, in my opinion, kind of offer you the same experience as a fraternity,” Tiger said. “It was honestly the best way for me to make most of the friends that I have now.”

Like Tiger, many students get involved in club sports to stay active during college but also to reconnect to sports they played in high school.

Tiger started playing ultimate his junior year of high school and discovered the club when he arrived at OU. “The ultimate team has shown me if you work really hard with this team and put into it, they will help you get better,” Tiger said. “It’s just been a really big personal building experience for me.”

In addition to staying active, club sports can provide students competition at the collegiate level without being NCAAsanctioned, Kenworthy said.

“To me, it’s the exact same level of competitiveness,” Kenworthy said. “It gives me and other people who don’t have varsity level talent a chance to compete at the collegiate level.”

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Focus on news, not celebrity gossip Our View: Pop culture should not

dictate what we need to know.

Let’s play a game of “Would You Rather.” Would you rather a major news outlet, say CNN or MSNBC, broadcast a special on the newest

Miley Cyrus scandal or deliver a report on the state of the U.S. economy?

Although it’s tempting to choose our favorite tongue wagging, scantily-clad singer, news channels are not the appropriate venues for such coverage. We believe pop culture stories should be left to entertainment outlets and toyed with on social media, not bandied about on major news networks as if they were hard-hitting exposes.

Of course, diversity is good in all aspects of life, including news organizations. It’s fine to pepper in a little banter about celebrity gossip or awards shows drama as long as it

doesn’t outweigh true news stories, like those about the recent protests in Kiev or terrorist threats against the Olympic Games in Sochi, Russia.

As college students, it is our duty to be informed citizens of the world.

Even if it’s “boring,” it will make you a more well-rounded person to at least read the headThe Our View lines of news stories. is the majority We promise that fuopinion of ture employers will The Daily’s eight-member be much more imeditorial board pressed that you can speak intelligently about the widening income divide in the U.S. rather than recite every winner from this year’s Grammy Awards.

But there’s a reason we are seeing more and more pop culture stories creep into news broadcasts. There’s a reason CNN chose to devote a segment of its show “OutFront” to discussing Justin Bieber’s recent DUI, and that’s because it matters to you.

News outlets must give viewers, readers and clickers what they want in order to stay viable, and American news consumers love pop culture.

The line between pop culture and

hard news has become increasingly fine with the introduction of social media, especially sites like Twitter that are ever-boiling cauldrons of public interest and opinion.

Think of your clicks on news websites or retweets on Twitter as a form of currency and the Internet as a marketplace. When you click on and view stories about pop stars going to rehab or socialite cat fights, you are telling news analysts you want to see more content like that. Our virtual traffic directs the information that is given to us.

If you, like us, are sick of seeing pop culture stories show up on MSNBC as “breaking news” rather than on MTV, stop giving your clicks to those stories. Go to news outlets for news and entertainment outlets for entertainment, and the content will be reformatted accordingly.

We all like a juicy Hollywood catfight now and then, but it is essential to maintain balance in our news organizations between what we want to know and what we need to know.

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or those of us who OPINION COLUMNIST live in the dorms, we’re pretty familiar with the rule that states you’re not supposed to have anyone in your room after midnight on the weekdays and 2 a.m. on the weekends. It sounds pretty Darian Storms reasonable at first; howevdarianstorms@gmail.com er, you should think about it in another context.

Say you have a significant other who lives in another state, but can’t fly back for a few days and can’t afford a hotel room. He or she also can’t stay with a friend because you don’t know anyone who lives off campus.

What can you do?

You really only have two options: Either let him or her sleep in a car on a random street in below-freezing temperatures or sneak him or her into your dorm for a few nights.

Most people would probably choose the latter, even though it breaks the rules.

But what about the consequences?

I’ve observed just what happens if you get caught with a visitor in your room past curfew, and it’s not fun. You get a ticket and a fine the first time, and OUPD escorts your visitor off campus, even if he or she don’t have anywhere else to go.

From what I’ve witnessed, the second time they catch

you with a visitor in your room, you receive another ticket and a higher fine. Your visitor is then escorted off campus once again and actually banned from OU’s property for the next six months. That means he or she cannot set foot west of Chautauqua Avenue, east of Jenkins Avenue or south of Boyd Street. And if he or she does, he or she will be arrested for trespassing.

I know the easiest answer would be to “just follow the rules,” but I challenge you to question the relevancy of these rules. We pay for the space we live in, shouldn’t that entitle us to some rights?

Furthermore, most of us are at least 18 years old and are fully capable of making choices for ourselves. The person in the aforementioned example agreed upon his or her visitor’s stay with his or her roommate and suitemates, so no one was inconvenienced or put out.

The visitor was quiet and respectful, never violent or unruly, and no one was harmed.

Yet the night the visitor was banned from OU’s property, he or she had to sleep in a cold car in a random location. If he or she didn’t have the car, he or she would have been sleeping on the street.

I think this situation could be avoided in the future if the rules are changed to accommodate the residents of the dorms.

Several universities across the U.S. have visiting policies that allow overnight stays. Take NYU, for example.

Here are two rules pertaining to its late hours/overnight guest policy, which I believe OU should consider adopting:

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1) A resident host must have the permission of his or her roommate(s) to have a Late Hours/Overnight guest.

2) A resident host may have no more than three (3) late hours/overnight guests at one time.

Adopting an overnight policy, such as NYU’s, would benefit many people. It would give independence to the residents of the dorms and would prevent OUPD from diverting resources that could potentially be used elsewhere.

Darian Storms is a university college freshman.

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Participatory budgeting likely to increase voter turnout

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very student enASSISTANT OPINION EDITOR democratic countries face rolled at OU is exas well, so in 1989, the first tended the right participatory budgeting to vote in the Student system was established in Government Association the city hall of Porto Alegre, elections, yet a staggerBrazil. ing number choose not Participatory budgeting to. While many students is a democratic process in choose not to vote because which community memRachael Montgomery they simply have no interbers directly decide how rachaeljmo94@gmail.com est in participating, one of to spend part of a public the most prevalent reasons budget. why students do not vote is because they Although many participatory budgeting believe their vote will not affect change. systems are aimed at tackling corruption Unfortunately, the lack of voter turnout and blatant misuse of fund — issues we, at the university level directly parallels the thankfully, do not encounter at our univerlack of American citizens who participate sity — it would still be in our best interest in local and national elections. to consider implementing a participatory In some circumstances, such as voting budgeting system that would determine at democrat in a perpetually red state, it releast 10 percent of the budget, and the reaally can seem like a single vote does not son for this is twofold. make the slightest difference — which is Firstly, the introduction of a participasimilar to feeling like a small fish in a big tory budgeting system might actually enpond, when it comes to governmental courage student participation in governaffairs. ment. Considering the annual spring SGA This is an issue people in other elections usually yield 12-15 percent of

Participatory budgeting systems are not student votes and fall elections yield only as common in the United States as they 4-6 percent, this is clearly an issue. are in other countries and do not exist on I believe these percentages would inthe national level. They crease if students began to attend participatory bud“Unfortunately, the do, however, exist in this at state, local and geting meetings, which lack of voter turnout country university levels, and the would allow them to disat the university results of most institutions cuss student needs and and agencies that have adpriorities and then be able level directly opted the system are posito propose specific projects parallels the lack of tive and inspiring. to address these needs.

Because OU is known for By doing so, they would American citizens leading in excellence and realize that they do have a who participate in innovation, it must uphold say in what happens, and perhaps, they might start local and national that reputation by setting a precedent for other exercising their right to vote elections..” colleges and universities during elections. throughout the country.

Secondly, the implementation of a participatory budgeting system Since the concept of participatory budgetwould help integrate OU’s extremely seging is rather new, implementing this sysmented student body because the budget tem would do just that. is something that affects all students. It would provide students with a means to Rachael Montgomery is a public relations discuss important topics and encourage them to work together in order to make the sophomore. changes they wish to see.

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klahoma basketball is back to relevance.

If you need any proof, check the box score from Monday’s Bedlam game. Need more? There are also wins earlier this season over Baylor, Texas and Iowa State. On top of that, there was a close loss to Michigan State all the way back in November.

It’s a pretty impressive resume for a young Oklahoma team, only topped in the Big 12 by No. 6 Kansas.

It’s looking more and more likely that the top spot in the conference will come down to a game on Feb. 24 in Lawrence, Kan. That’s a pretty fast turnaround for Oklahoma, a team that made its first NCAA tournament appearance in four years last season.

This Bedlam win cemented all of that on Monday night. It added another accolade on an already impressive resume. It put the Sooners in second place in the competitive Big 12. It left a top-10 Oklahoma State team winless in Norman since 2004.

If the nation wasn’t watching the Sooners before this win, it certainly is now.

It will be interesting to see how this young Oklahoma team handles the attention. But everything up to this point seems to say they will be just fine.

Bedlam showcased a team, under extreme amounts of pressure, that fed off of the energy of the crowd to come from behind in the first half, take the lead and never let it go.

ESPN.com’s bracketology shows OU at a No. 6 seed in the NCAA tournament right now, but that was last updated on Jan. 23. If they win again this weekend against Iowa State, not only will they rise in the AP and USA Today polls, but they will also receive a better seed in the tournament.

We’re talking big things here, people.

It’s pretty clear what the common denominator in OU’s success has been the past few years: coach Lon Kruger.

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Freshman guard jordan Woodard takes the ball down the court in Monday night’s Bedlam game. OU won 88-76. The win was Oklahoma’s biggest of the season, and signaled that OU is again relevant on a national scale. Credit can be given to both OU’s youth and the coaching of Lon Kruger.

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“This Bedlam win cemented all of that on Monday night.

It added another accolade on an already impressive resume. It put the Sooners in second place in the competitive Big 12 ... If the nation wasn’t watching the Sooners before this win, it certainly is now.�

It’s clear that Kruger is one of the best in the business, as he continues to mold the Oklahoma basketball team into one of the top teams in the Big 12.

I have to say, it was hard to watch Bedlam without wondering what Kruger could do with the talent at Oklahoma State. He took former coach Jeff Capel’s leftovers, and with a few key transfers, turned them into a tournament-ready team.

Take into account the talent of Marcus Smart, Phil Forte and Le’Bryan Nash, then add the coaching talent of Kruger — now, that is a team I am truly terrified of.

With all the talent in the Big 12, top coaching is a must. OU basketball has found that in Kruger.

His coaching propelled the team to the Bedlam win. The game was never really in question after Oklahoma took the lead in the first half.

The Sooners cemented themselves as a force to be reckoned with, and Kruger only continues to shine as their coach.

The Bedlam win was huge for a program that has been down for too long.

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Mental stimulation will be important to you at this time.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20) -- Minor health problems will arise if you haven’t taken the necessary precautions. Do not get involved in joint financial endeavors, and avoid lending money to friends or relatives.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20) -- Travel and romance will go together perfectly. You will enjoy unfamiliar destinations that will further amplify the sentimental mood that is overtaking you.

CANCER (June 21-July 22) -- Take full advantage of any business

opportunities that are available to you.

You can make professional changes now if you so desire. Your winning attitude will vastly improve your chances for advancement.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22) -- Romantic opportunities will develop if you attend a social event. You stand to gain financially by participating in a group venture. Time spent in the company of children will be fulfilling.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) -- New love connections will develop through friends or relatives. Completing a home decorating project that you’ve been dreaming about will yield wonderful results.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23) -- Special relationships will evolve through pleasure trips or participating in sports activities. You will feel passionate and be quite capable of using your charm to get whatever you may want.

SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 22) -- Your innovative moneymaking ideas may well pay off. You will approach your pursuits with creativity. Refrain from going overboard spending on your lover. Instead, wisely invest your money into your own business.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 23-Dec. 21) -- You may be confounded by the state of your finances all of a sudden. Avoid spending money on any unnecessary items. Unanticipated bills may crop up and surprise you.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) -- Selfdeception may cause problems for you.

Reflect carefully on a situation that you may be misjudging. One-sided romantic infatuations are evident.

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18 Sound hoarse 19 Bombastic speech 20 Coursechanging light 22 Decorative sewing kit 23 It may have a silver lining?

24 Synchronized 26 Campus building dedicatees 30 Stampede stimulus 32 Wife of a rajah 33 Atlantic food fish 35 Country west of Togo 39 Rousseau romance 41 Photo-___ (camera sessions) 42 Perfects 43 In a suitable manner 44 Is dishonest, in a way 1/29

46 Pearl Harbor ship of 1941 47 Undomesticated 49 Grill or bistro 51 Cut with a scalpel 54 You need one in a canoe 55 Before you know it 56 Foregather 63 Anderson of “WKRP in Cincinnati�

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2 In ___ of (rather than) 3 Gorby’s former domain 4 Place between hills 5 Places atop 6 Deep ravine 7 Its capital is Teheran 8 High plateau 9 Sturdy fabric 10 Relax on a sofa, e.g.

11 Ring-tailed animal

12 Nero’s year 13 Tend to a loose shoelace 21 Cornea and lens neighbor 25 Close by, in poems 26 Geographical region 27 Magic item of folklore 28 Army outfit 29 Feature of high-end cabinets 30 See-through item 31 Recess in church 34 Burger and fries go-with 36 Poker contribution 37 Warm, in a search 38 Wan 40 Facial features

45 Use a brand 48 Bring back to mind 50 Concert venues 51 Ayatollah’s faith 52 Hangman’s loop 53 ___ out (nods off) 54 Salt Lake City neighbor 57 Orchestra tuner 58 Stout’s detective Wolfe 59 Kind of preserve 60 Month on the Hebrew calendar 61 South American monkey 62 “___ go bragh�

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women’s basketball

OU tries to right Big 12 woes Conference play has been difficult for Sooners, team hopes to improve play Carson Williams

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Coach Sherri Coale’s squad hasn’t exactly gotten off to the conference start they would have liked.

The Sooners’ 4-3 record in Big 12 play has put them in a tie for fourth in the league with the Texas Longhorns, who beat the Sooners in overtime earlier this month.

On Wednesday, Oklahoma (13-7, 4-3) travels to Manhattan, Kan., to take on Kansas State for the second time this season. In the first meeting, the Sooners took care of business with an 11-point victory.

The Sooners will be looking to extend this two-game winning streak, as well as their 14game winning streak, against the Wildcats (8-11, 2-6).

Despite dropping out of the top 25, Oklahoma is still receiving votes in the AP poll. In this week’s poll, the Sooners earned six votes, but that still leaves them far behind from cracking the top 25 again.

Senior guard Aaryn Ellenberg is averaging 20.2 points per game this season.

With her 19 points in the win against TCU last week, the Las Vegas native is now just aaryn two points shy of fifth high- ellenberg est scorer in program history and 12th in Big 12 history.

Despite Kansas State’s 2-6 record in conference play, this team is capable of beating quality teams.

Just over a week ago, the Wildcats took down Iowa State, a team that knocked off Oklahoma in overtime early this month.

Leticia Romero, who averages 14.3 points per game on 44 percent shooting. Romero is the only player for the Wildcats to play and start in all 19 games.

Coale’s teams have struggled some on the road this season. With losses at UCLA, Ma r i s t , Te x a s a n d We s t Virginia, this road game is not leticia romero guaranteed.

Ellenberg will need to continue to carry this team, as she has all season, and senior guard Morgan Hook has to continue to be poised running the point.

Without those two in the backcourt, things begin to spiral out of control.

Aside from that, the post play will be crucial for Oklahoma. With Kansas State’s tallest player checking in at 6 feet 5 inches, forwards Kaylon Williams and Nicole Griffin should have no trouble owning the paint on the offensive and defensive ends of the ball.

In ESPN.com’s Bracketology, Charlie Creme has the Sooners as a No. 8 seed in the Lincoln region. Regaining their footing in conference play would only do the team good for their seeding, come March.

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oga is a practice.

LIFE & ARTS COLUMNIST It is a combined art of controlled breath and articulate poses to flush the day’s stress out of your body, leaving you clean, refreshed and detoxified—except for one crucial detail.

It burns.

Sama Khawaja I feel that the yoga posters sama.khawaja-1@ou.edu plastered everywhere are misleading. I’m sorry my face was not glowing like a ray of sunshine while my body looked like a human pretzel.

But despite my muscles screaming in agony as I executed the warrior pose, I had to admit, yoga certainly lived up to its name.

The Huston Huffman Fitness Center offers three different types of yoga: sunrise, restorative and regular. Being the adventurer that I am, I decided to partake in all three and see what the hubbub was all about.

Let’s start with sunrise yoga. Now in case the name didn’t give it away, this class takes place at the crack of dawn.

I’m not kidding. I literally had to drag my butt in the freezing cold to the Huff at six in the morning and force my eyes to stay open before my downward dog pose became a downward sleeping dog.

But I could actually see the benefit of the class.

“It’s an opportunity to start your day with this type of breathing and relaxation techniques,” said Carlton Yeagley, the sunrise and restorative yoga instructor.

By the end of the class, I certainly felt refreshed rather than the typical gloom I felt when I started my day. “[Sunrise yoga] will be more of a quicker flow,” Yeagley said. “But at the same time not sacrificing the integrity of posture and breathing.”

Next on the list was Restorative.

When I walked into the studio, I couldn’t help but grin at the reggae music thrumming in the background. I was all pumped for this session. But I’ll admit it was intense.

The group focused more on holding the poses for a longer period of time while constantly stretching farther. Let me just

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say that you could probably cook scrambled eggs on my thighs because they were practically on fire.

Restorative yoga was challenging but was definitely something everyone It’s an opportunity should experience. My body felt more open than tense to start your day afterward, and I even felt with this type like I could breathe better. of breathing “It’s relaxing. It relieves stress and anxiety, and and relaxation when you’re a busy student, techniques.” that’s the best thing you can hope for,” said energy manCARLTON YEAGLEY, agement junior Rachael HUFFMAN CENTER YOGA Hargrove.

INSTRUCTOR Yeagley pointed out that it was a more meditative form of yoga, focusing on breathing techniques.

“I want anyone to be able to come to the restorative yoga,” he explained.

Just a fair warning: It’s not for the faint of heart.

Finally, regular yoga. Carly Scot, a yoga instructor at the Huff for almost four years, focused her yoga class on more basic techniques.

“There are a lot of different kinds of yoga,” she said. She explained how her inspiration came from a type of yoga called “hatha” and how each yogi had their own style of practicing yoga. But, as long as everyone could follow, it didn’t matter what variation they wanted to use.

Overall, my legs burned, I was breathing hard and I felt great. If I didn’t believe yoga had healing properties before, I do now.

Perhaps my favorite part of each session was when we all brought our palms together in front of our hearts and murmured a prayer for a healthy, prosperous life. To me, it seemed like an acknowledgement that we all had done something amazing in this room and that we had done it together.

Good luck, future yogis, and live long. Namaste.

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Sweets Festival raises money for art The 32nd annual Chocolate Festival, organized by the Firehouse Art Center, will take place from 10:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday in the NCED Conference Center and Hotel at 2801 State Highway 9, East, Norman.

The Chocolate Festival is the only fundraiser held GO AND DO by the center, said Douglas Shaw Elder, director of the Chocolate Festival Firehouse Art Center. Since When: Saturday, 10:30 public schools do not have a.m. to 2 p.m. an art educator, the center takes on the responsibility Where: NCED of visiting these schools Conference Center & and educating them in the Hotel, Norman visual arts, Elder said.

“These fundraisers are Price: $40, premiere; helping us continue our $25, regular mission,” Elder said.

Info: OU students get The festival will comprise 20% off of a number of restaurants, offering samples of chocolates people can collect and enjoy. Since the event is family-oriented, there is also an area where children can participate in visual art activities.

There are more than 1,200 people attending, and students are more than welcome to attend, Elder said.

Premiere tickets are $40 and regular tickets are $25.

There is a 20% discount for OU students. The event is divided into half-hour sessions that are indicated on the ticket.

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