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Group advocates participation in rights debate JARRETT LANGFORD campus reporter

A new student organization called Gender Equality and Reproductive Rights has been formed to promote political involvement and spread knowledge about the issues of reproductive justice and gender equality.

The group was formed in response to 10 bills that

appeared in the Oklahoma legislature last year that were aimed to limit women’s reproductive rights, organization president Danielle Williams said.

The most controversial bill, SB 1433 known as the Personhood Act, became a centerpiece for activism and political involvement, she said.

Authored by Oklahoma Sen. Brian Crain, R-Tulsa, the bill intended to define life as something that begins at the moment of conception.

Opponents of the bill argued that it made no exceptions in instances of rape or incest and had the potential to limit access to contraceptives.

“Nothing that extreme had ever happened before, and many young women realized for the first time that this directly affects them,” Williams said.

The organization now is making a point to take an active role in the political process by lobbying for a piece of legislation that has provisions to provide

workplace accommodations for pregnant workers, Williams said.

The Pregnant Workers Fairness Act, introduced by Sen. Jean Shaheen, D-N.H., and Sen. Bob Casey, D-Pen, is the first piece of legislation for which the organization is lobbying, she said.

“The reason reproductive justice is so important is because it gives us equality,” Williams said.

The students’ lobbying usually entails one-onone conversations with

state representatives, and students usually act in response to a bill they oppose or support, said Brittany Mays, anthropology senior and member of a similar organization called Oklahoma Coalition for Reproductive Justice.

“We will provide anyone who is interested with a list of talking points to get a unified message,” Williams said.

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Students, community gather for annual vigil Candlelight vigil discussed bullying and discrimination JENNA BIELMAN campus reporter

Students gathered in the Unity Gardens Tuesday night to share their stories and shed light on bullying and particularly discrimination within the GLBTQ community.

Nearly 50 people attended the annual “Share Your Light” candlelight vigil, which brought together students and members of the communities to speak out against bullying and hatred.

“It’s a really important event for our community and a great way for people in the community to get together,” said pschology junior Brianna Versteeg. “It’s not just about LGBTQ issues, it’s about bullying and bringing a positive light out of it.”

UOSA President Joe Sangirardi spoke to attendees about how it’s easy kinGslEy burns/thE daily for people to feel isolated in students hold candles during the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and Queer candlelight vigil in the Unity garden on the south oval. such a conservative state and how relevant bullying is in the event allowed students and supporters to share their stories and experiences and featured speakers Uosa President Joe sangirardi Oklahoma. Then Sangirardi and rev. amy Venable. sEE VIGIL paGE 2

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E-books on the rise

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Nearly 800 of 3,000 OU textbooks are digital NADIA J. ENCHASSI campus reporter

The OU University Bookstore is predicting that e-books will turn the page to a new era and overpower print books at OU within the next five to seven years.

A greater number of students are choosing to purchase digital versions of their textbooks, and the number of digital titles has been on the rise, said Tina Peterson, director of the University Bookstore.

“E-books are a great, convenient option because the bookshelf is never empty and there’s no waiting,” Peterson said. “What we are seeing as an industry is that … we’ll truly see [digital books] blossom.”

More than 3,000 titles are available for classes each semester in print, and about 800 of those are already available digitally, Peterson said The percentage of people currently buying digital products still is small when compared to traditional print textbooks, custom textbooks, bundled textbooks and other

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text sales, Peterson said, but e-books will slowly but surely gain a strong foothold at the university.

Tech-savvy individuals are especially welcoming of the innovation, Peterson said. The fairly new modernization allows users to digitally highlight text, take notes and even interact with instructors instantly.

The devices used to view and read e-books, their pricing and comfort with these devices need to be further developed before the interest truly can take hold, Peterson said.

“In the end, it’s a matter of personal preference,” Peterson said. “There are those who will simply always want a printed book in their hands.”

On the contrary, adjunct professor Mel Odom said he uses e-books and encourages his students to use them all the time in the classroom.

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the Gpa and aCt scores of Ou’s freshman class have decreased slightly since last year, according to the latest numbers released by Ou. the average aCt score of the 2012 freshman class is 25.8, two-tenths of a point lower than last year’s freshman class average but just more than fi ve points higher than Oklahoma’s average of 20.7. the average aCt composite score of Ou’s freshman class is 4.7 points higher than the national average of 21.1, according to the aCt website. the class’ average high school Gpa is 3.59, whereas last year’s freshman class had a Gpa of 3.63, according to the report. this year’s freshman class is the largest in Ou history — 4,138 students. this exceeds last year’s freshman class size by 85 students, according to Ou’s numbers.

Ou no longer offers automatic admission based on Gpa, sat or aCt scores, but

OU focuses on academic freedom ARIANNA PICKARD campus reporter

OU students won’t find OU’s libraries banning books any time s oon, according to Sarah Robbins, director of Public Relations and Strategic Initiatives for OU libraries.

Universit y librar ies usually don’t have to worry about book banning as much as public and school libraries because academic freedom is a priority, she said.

“I don’t think it would happen,” Robbins said.

“Intellectual freedom is such a protected right and campus value that I can’t even imagine the process here.”

Oklahoma’s Pioneer Library System does not take part in book banning, either, said Christian Potts, spokesman for the Pioneer Library System. The system includes libraries from Blanchard, McLoud, Moore, Newcastle, Noble, Norman, Purcell, Shawnee, Southwest Oklahoma City and Tecumseh. “ I’ m s u re t h e re a re people every once in a while who come in and are offended that something is on the shelf and they’ve heard it’s bad,” Potts said.

H o w e v e r, m o s t complaints usually go to the American Library Association or secondary school libraries, he said.

“S c h o o l s e sp e c i a l l y are bombarded by people who don’t think a book is appropr iate for some reason,” Potts said. “Especially here in Oklahoma, you have a lot of smaller places where it’s generally a more traditional environment.”

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tOday arOund Campus Mid Day Music sponsored by union programming board will be held from noon to 1 p.m. in Oklahoma memorial union’s food court. dillon Gourd will play the piano.

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Continued from page 1 the controversial books don’t even make it to the library’s shelves because they are constantly checked out and requested.

“For example, last year, ‘The Hunger Games’ was third on

the list (of challenged books), and those books are almost never even on the shelves here,” Potts said.

In order to get a book banned from the Pioneer Library System, Potts said there most likely would be a discussion among the

administrators who select which books go into the libraries. If a book were to be banned, it would be banned at every library in the system, not just the Norman library, he said.

“We have staff members that might say this is a book

that I wouldn’t read myself, but it’s not my place to put that opinion off on the next person who might come in and not be offended by it,” Potts said.

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Vigil: Students lit candles for those bullied Continued from page 1 i n t r o d u c e d R e v. A m y Venable, a minister at St. Stephen’s United Methodist Church.

Venable emphasized the night’s theme of sharing your light by discussing limited vision in the face of adversity. Sometimes people don’t realize how much light is around them, she said

because “haters” skew our vision.

Venable advised attendees to widen their eyes and look for the rays of light and encouraged people to shed light to someone else in need.

As dusk fell, the crowd took a moment of silence to light the candles for those who are and have been bullied.

While the candles were lit, everyone was welcomed to

share their own stories and experiences.

Students shared their stories — both positive and negative — of how they have dealt with being a member of the LGBTQ community in the face of adversity and how the impact of other people and organizations have really helped them most at their time of need.

Others spoke offering another outlet if students

Reception for NMC Exhibition| 6-8 p.m. in the Lightwell Gallery, OU School of Art & Art History. New Media Collective is an exhibition featuring work by current students that are part of the New Media Collective student organization. For more information please contact the OU School of Art & Art History (405) 325-2691.

Sutton Concert Series: Wind Symphony and Symphony Band | 8-10 p.m. in the Sharp Concert Hall. For more information, please contact the Fine Arts Box Office (405) 325-4101.

Friday, Oct.5

Film Screening of “Pearl” | 10:30 a.m- 12:30 p.m. Mary Eddy and Fred Jones Auditorium, Fred Jones Jr. Museum of Art. Pearl, a production of the Chickasaw Nation, tells endearing story of Pearl Carter Scott. Raised in Marlow, Oklahoma, in the 1920s, 12-year-old Scott overcame adversity to become the youngest pilot in American aviation history. For more information, please contact Michael Bendure, mbendure@ou.edu.

OU Softball vs. North Central | 7 p.m. at the Marita Hynes Field.

FREE admission with a valid OU I.D. Visit soonersports.com for more information.

Giuliana Rancic: Lectureship in Values and Ethics | 7 p.m. in the Lloyd Noble Center. Giuliana Rancic E! News Anchor, Journalist and Breast Cancer Survivor will be in Norman giving a free presentation to all students, faculty, staff and friends of the University of Oklahoma.

This event is free to the public and doors open at 6 p.m. This presentation is presented by Delta Gamma Fraternity Lectureship In Values & Ethics with additional support from the OU Campus Activities Council Speakers Bureau and OU Panhellenic.

Miss University of Oklahoma Pageant | 7:30 p.m. in the Meacham Auditorium, Oklahoma Memorial Union. Come watch contestants compete in talent, swimwear, eveningwear and interview portions of the competition. Tickets are $5 for students and $15 general admission The Miss University of Oklahoma Scholarship Pageant is a preliminary competition for the Miss America Pageant. For more information call (405) 325-2113 or email missou@ou.edu

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Thursday, Oct. 4

Lion in the Streets | 8 p.m. in the Lab Theatre, Old Science Hall. For tickets and up-to-date information call the Fine Arts Box Office at (405) 325-4101.

needed support in the future.

“I have a lot of friends who went through a lot of bad things, and I have a lot of gay friends and it takes everybody to take a difference,” University College freshman Nichole Sparks said.

Saturday, Oct. 6

OU Softball vs. Connors State | 2:30 p.m. at the Marita Hynes Field. FREE admission with a valid OU I.D. Visit soonersports.com for more information.

OU Softball vs. Oklahoma Christian | 4:45 p.m. at the Marita Hynes Field. FREE admission with a valid OU I.D. Visit soonersports.com for more information.

Surviving your decision to go to Grad School | 7:00-8:30 p.m.

Meacham Auditorium, Oklahoma Memorial Union. Adam Ruben is a writer, comedian, storyteller, and molecular biologist. For over a decade, he has performed at clubs, colleges, and private venues across the country. He is the author of Surviving Your Stupid, Stupid Decision to Go to Grad School, a satirical guide to the low points and, well, lower points of post-baccalaureate education.

Lion in the Streets | 8 p.m. in the Lab Theatre, Old Science Hall.

For tickets and up-to-date information call the Fine Arts Box Office at (405) 325-4101.

Sunday, Oct. 7

OU Softball vs. Odessa College | 2:30 p.m. at the Marita Hynes Field. FREE admission with a valid OU I.D. Visit soonersports.com for more information.

Lion in the Streets | 3 p.m. in the Lab Theatre, Old Science Hall. For tickets and up-to-date information call the Fine Arts Box Office at (405) 325-4101.

OU Softball vs. Seminole State | 4:45 p.m. at the Marita Hynes Field. FREE admission with a valid OU I.D. Visit soonersports.com for more information.

Lion in the Streets | 8 p.m. in the Lab Theatre, Old Science Hall. For tickets and up-to-date information call the Fine Arts Box Office at (405) 325-4101.

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e-books: Easy to carry everywhere organization: Students champion women’s rights to equality in workplace Continued from page 1

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Continued from page 1 Odom said. “So, why pay more or pay at all, when students can get copies of classic readings like ‘Dracula’, ‘Frankenstein’ and ‘Jane Austen’ at no cost?”

Certain special features such as the easily-accessible search applications, backlighting and font sizes on computers, tablets or even phones also account for the appeal.

“It doesn’t make sense that students are carrying bags

as heavy as they themselves weigh,” Odom said. “With [e-books], you can basically carry a library with you wherever you go.”

Journalism senior Deeanna Dove said she wishes more professors would be as considerate as Odom when selecting which textbooks to use to teach their classes.

“I purchased a tablet this semester with the intention of using e-books to save myself from hauling a bunch of heavy textbooks around campus,” Dove said in an

email. “To my dismay, I discovered that my two most cumbersome textbooks aren’t available as e-books and had to end up buying them.

The difficulty in finding e-book textbooks confirms my theories that textbook publishers primarily exist to screw over struggling college students.”

workplace, Williams said.

Women make 30 cents fewer on the dollar and are not protected to have a job when they return from maternity leave, she said.

The Pregnancy Discrimination Act of 1978 and the Family and Medical L eave Act of 1993 do protect women in the workplace, but Williams said the laws also have their limits.

The FMLA only applies to companies with 50 or more employees, meaning women who are employed at smaller companies do not have the same benefits as those who are employed at larger companies.

“Being able to control when we have children and how we have children

“Being able to control when we have children and how we have children is a big factor in women’s equality in society.”

Danielle Williams, Gender Equality and Reproductive Rights President

is a big factor in women’s equality in society,” Williams said.

Students should not be afraid to voice their opinions, she said.

Williams said she recognizes that the language surrounding reproductive justice is problematic because of the heavilypoliticized nature of these issues, but that shouldn’t

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stop students from voicing their opinions.

“It gets confusing, and people stop short of understanding,” she said.

“People shouldn’t be embarrassed to speak frankly about their bodies.”

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A pharmacist draws a dose of the Influenza vaccine Sept. 23.

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Joe Sangirardi, letters senior and UOSA President “shares light” with zoologoy senior Caleb Cosper, as Alex Ruggiers, language arts education sophomore, looks on. The candlelight vigil to raise bully and hate awareness was organized by the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender and Queer Advisory Board and took place Wednesday evening in the Unity Garden on the South Oval.

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OU students register to vote before the Presidential Debate Watch Party in Gaylord Hall on Wednesday, October 3rd. The event was put on by the Cate FIRS. Ty Johnson / The Daily

Goddard Health Center to offer students free flu shots to prepare them for upcoming flu season Students ready to stock up on tissues and chicken soup for the upcoming flu season can add another weapon to their arsenals for free

next week.

The Goddard Health Center is offering free flu shot clinics from 1 to 4 p.m.

Oct. 9 and 10, according to Maggie Pool, assistant director for clinical services.

A flu shot is the best way to avoid the seasonal flu and limit transmission of the virus to others, she said.

Students do not need to make an appointment to get the shot, which is the only immunization available for students at no cost.

For students who miss out on next week’s clinics, Goddard will host another clinic in November.

Students can also find local pharmacies that sell and administer the shot.

CVS/Pharmacy is offering a 20 percent off shopping pass for flu shot recipients, and Walgreens offers a free assessment for patients to see if they need other immunizations.

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Council policy changes may restrict citizen voices Our View: Norman City Council should take

and expressing their views, these proposed care that proposed meeting changes don’t restrict policy changes might make it more difficult. communication with citizens.

In a large body, many different voices can move to extend the time for a debate or speaker.

The Norman City Council is considering But in a small body like the city council, such a major changes to its meeting policies which, dissenting voice is less likely. if not managed carefully, could limit citizens’ If the council finds it simply must restrict the access to their representatives. time in order to function effectively as a body, The council is considering a draft resolution then it must include adequate failsafes. to create more orderly meetings, There must be a mechanism for the Norman Transcript reported easily extending the time limit when The Our View Wednesday. Items in that draft is the majority the discussion warrants it and for resolution include moving its meeting opinion of abandoning the limit altogether during times to 6 p.m., instituting a sign-in The Daily’s the most important or controversial nine-member procedure for citizens who wish to speak discussions. editorial board at meetings and creating a time limit on It’s also important that the sign-in remarks and presentations. procedure allow citizens to add their While working toward more orderly meetings name to the list after the meeting has started. certainly is a worthy goal, these resolutions also And council members should be able to change could make it more difficult for citizens to speak the order of the list to group related speakers before the council. together.

Council members told the Transcript that The meeting time can change, but they should flexibility could be worked into any of the not be limited in length overall. We understand proposed policies. They must be sure to take council members have personal lives and that promise seriously and ensure any new council meetings can be long and involved. But policies do not keep voices from being heard. that comes with the job.

Though not everything the city council In order for council members to fulfill their does affects students, some of its discussions important role of representing the needs and certainly warrant student participation. In 2000, concerns of the community, they must hear the council passed a city noise ordinance aimed all the voices of that community without at reducing students’ off-campus parties. restriction.

The council also makes transportation, Meetings should start at a time when most drainage and other decisions that affect citizens will be able attend them and run until everyone living in Norman. business is complete.

And it occasionally makes decisions that spark If you’re worried about how these possible larger debates students are likely to be invested changes could restrict your voice, you can in, such as when it considered declaring a GLBT attend Tuesday’s city council meeting at 6:30 History Month and sparked a larger debate p.m. at the Norman Municipal Building. about the local GLBTQ community — a debate If you’ve never attended a meeting, now’s your that likely played a role in the suicide of a 19chance to get involved in a body that regularly year-old Norman resident. makes decisions that affect your life.

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Romney’s foreign policy not ideal choice

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OPINION COLUMNIST ednesday’s superior. marked the More recently during his infamous “half of Americans beginning of are on welfare” speech, he suggested Palestinians were the presidential debates, not interested in peace at all. and it’s time to drop Romney’s “official” foreign policy found on his website economic concerns to reiterates the heavy-handed approach he has publicly think about the candidate’s displayed. In addition to declaring this century the relationship and attitude century of American economic and political domination, Janna Gentry toward the international he says, “Israel’s existence as a Jewish state is not up for janna.f.gentry-1@ou.edu community. debate”.

This year, Americans Whether Romney will adhere to his projected image as were given a taste of Mitt Romney’s foreign policy, and a strong, uncompromising American leader when actual it is clear President Barack Obama is the better choice international decisions have to be made is up for debate. to represent American interests to the international Romney is trying to differentiate himself from Obama community. by making him look like a wimp when it Romney’s stance on foreign policy was “Whether Romney will comes to international affairs. Romney best described by President Obama in also pandering to his conservative, adhere to his projected isRepublican regard to Romney’s knee-jerk criticism base. image as a strong, of Obama’s reaction to the Middle However, if Romney really does Eastern riots. Obama said during a CBS intend to be the type of George W. uncompromising interview, “Romney tends to shoot first American leader when Bush-esque president who does not and aim later.” see the nuance in international affairs actual international This reactionary tendency has and who prefers American military decisions have to made strength as the preferred diplomatic characterized most of Romney’s international exploits. option, that is a problem for America. is up for debate.”

This summer, Romney managed to Our relationship with the rest of piss off almost everyone during his first the world is incredibly important for international tour as a presidential candidate. both national and international security, and we have In England, he criticized the government for their seen improved American relations with the international handling of the Olympic games, prompting Prime community during the Obama administration.

Minister David Cameron to retort that, “it’s easier to have Though a candidate’s international prowess is just one an Olympics in the middle of nowhere”. consideration when deciding who to vote for this fall, Romney has continually alienated and offended Romney has shown he is not the ideal man for the job.

Palestinians. During his summer visit to Israel, he suggested Israel was economically superior to Janna Gentry is an English senior.

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Football players deserve fair share of industry profit

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he University OPINION COLUMNIST of Oklahoma’s football team will bring in nearly $60 million this year over the course of its fourmonth season, and, in the process, many will Storm Dowd-Lukesh become rich. storm.dowdlukesh@gmail.com Bob Stoops alone will take home almost $5 million, but millions also will be divvied up between assistant coaches, broadcasters, merchandisers and the university.

Another large portion of the haul will be put into the rest of the massively expensive athletics programs across campus who don’t turn their own profit.

Thousands will earn generous salaries thanks to lucrative TV deals and ticket sales, but one group is notably left out of the cut.

At OU and other college programs across the country, football players earning their schools millions will walk away at the end of a season with nothing. Sure, most have a substantial scholarship paying their way through an expensive university, but what they receive is pennies on the dollar.

Every week during the season, college players, operating under the National Collegiate Athletic Association’s created “ideal” of amateurism, will risk their long-term health by exposing themselves to concussions and lifelong obesity. They are quite literally putting their quality of life on the line — and for what?

Most contend they are motivated by a college education, while many players admit they hope for an NFL career. In fact, the six-year federal graduation rate for a Division I college football players is a paltry 56 percent.

The ultimate goal, life as a professional athlete, is obtained by only 2 percent of players.

The NCAA is bullying unprivileged but talented young Americans into accepting a dangerous and unpaid role in one of the most profitable markets within our country, and it has done so within the good graces of the American people by convincing them of the nobility involved in amateur sporting.

There’s nothing noble about it. College football is a business and it is in the name of profit, not any old-world ideals. They abuse the talents of players by putting them in the line of fire without compensation.

Even further, high profile scandals like the judgment brought down on Reggie Bush and the USC Trojans a few years ago are twisted by the NCAA to bring dishonor on the athlete.

Through a backdoor deal, Bush accepted the donation of a San Diego home for his parents from recruiters. In reality, Bush was more or less selfless in allowing his parents a house in exchange for his time at USC. In the NCAA’s world, we punish an 18-year-old for the gifts he gives to his parents.

College athletes in profitable sports (football and sometimes men’s basketball) should be paid in a free-market system with a spending cap for each program to maintain equity.

Some in the media have taken to calling football a “gladiator sport” because of recent exposure of severely crippled veterans of the gridiron. Football players know the risk they are taking, and most will live a fine and healthy life after their playing years.

But it is inherently immoral to use the largely unfulfilled excuse of a college education and nearly impossible promise of an NFL career as payment for the extreme risk that comes with playing football.

Maybe the true scandal is being committed by the NCAA, right in front of our eyes.

Storm Dowd-Lukesh is a University College freshman.

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Ohio governor plans to share gas, gas profits JUDY CARR SMYTH

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COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — For decades, one tiny county in the rolling hills of Ohio’s rural reaches was a depressed farm community saddled with double-digit unemployment. Now, Carroll County boasts more active oil and gas wells than any other in the state, and the tax dollars are flowing right along with the crude and natural gas.

And in the same county, where unemployment reached 13.4 percent in 2009 amid declines in agriculture, there’s now bustling activity at Carroll restaurants, car dealerships and the area’s one hotel.

While the economic surge has been a welcome relief, Carroll County and others enjoying the newfound prosperity aren’t all that interested in sharing the wealth. But that decision might not be theirs to make.

Ohio lawmakers and policymakers in other states are weighing how to use taxes and fees on oil and gas production to bolster state budgets and economies without alienating local communities or scaring away energy development.

In Ohio, many Carroll residents are up in arms over a proposal by Republican Gov. John Kasich to raise severance — or taxes on high-volume drillers — and then share the wealth from the state’s oil and gas boom through an income tax cut.

“I’m not for supporting everybody else with what we’re doing, when this has been an area that’s been depressed for a long time and nobody’s done anything to help us along the way,” said Amy Rutledge, who directs the visitors’ bureau and local chamber. “Why should Appalachia Ohio support the rest of the state?”

A dozen states since 2011 have seen proposals to impose a new tax on oil and gas production, or to raise, lower or amend an existing tax, according to the National Conference of State Legislatures. Most of the proposals have died or never got off the ground, though Florida passed a measure reducing severance taxes to offset the higher cost of new technology needed to extract the hardto-get oil remaining in those fields.

At least 36 states impose some sort of severance tax

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on oil, gas, coal, timber and taxes on the extracted oil, minerals, generating more natural gas and natural gas than $11 billion in revenue in liquids can bring long-term 2010. Of those, 31 states levy benefits to state economies severance taxes specifically that impact fees can’t. Once on production of oil and gas, the resources are tapped according to the legislative and well construction is conference. complete d, w ells could Pennsylvania is the only continue producing for half state that’s part of the recent a century, according to some Marcellus and Utica boom experts. that imposes no production The Pennsylvania Budget tax. For now, state lawmakers and Policy Center, a liberal have opted for an impact fee think tank, estimated the b a s e d state lost mostly $300 million “Businesses are on the between number looking at the return O c t o b e r of wells.

2009 and on the significant Proceeds January by a r e investment to explore not passing targete d and extract a resource a proposed toward tax on oil boosting and their overall costs, a n d g a s regulation including what they’re production. a n d s i c h’s being asked to pay in taxK aplan repairing is taxes and fees.” o r similarly upgrading stalled, KATHRYN KLABER, roads and as fellow PRESIDENT OF THE MARCELLUS bridges Republicans SHALE COALITION around who lead the Legislature burgeoning well sites. grapple with the political Of the first $202 million fallout. that Pennsylvania collected Though the national since approving the impact Americans for Tax Reform fees in February, the state has sanctioned Kasich’s plan gets $23 million off the top as compatible with its antiand $107 million is being split tax hike pledge, that doesn’t among 37 counties and some mean the well-funded energy 1,500 municipalities hosting industry couldn’t run ads gas well. The remainder is against lawmakers who ticketed for state regulatory support the increase when agencies. they come up for re-election West Virginia also opted to in two years. increase permit fees rather According to the Ohio than raise its severance tax.

Department of Taxation, tax P r o p o n e n t s o f t h e revenue on natural gas proproduction tax approach, duction rose by less than 2 including Kasich, argue that percent last year — up $40,000

to $2.1 million — despite an explosion of drilling activity that has included 391 new shale wells permitted the last 20 months. And Ohio never thought to tax natural gas liquids, a newly developing revenue area for the industry.

Oil and gas producers in Ohio oppose Kasich’s plan.

They argue that growth will result in the industry paying $1 billion in new taxes by 2015, even without any regulatory changes. They also point to local communities like Carroll County that are benefiting greatly from the boom.

Kathryn Klaber, president of the Marcellus Shale Coalition, which represents producers, said governments that raise taxes and increase impact fees risk driving away a lucrative new industry that could help with budget woes.

“Businesses are looking at the return on the significant investment to explore and extract a resource and their overall costs, including what they’re being asked to pay in taxes and fees,” Klaber said.

“Governments are looking at it from kind of the other side of that coin, which is how much can we extract revenue for government needs and position this revenue in a politically salient way. Those two perspectives often result in a real mismatch of interests.”

The Kasich administration argues that if energy companies want the resources badly enough, they will have to come to Ohio to get them.

In the midst of the Cold War, the Army released chemicals into the air using motorized blowers atop a low-income housing high-rise and elsewhere in predominantly black areas of St. Louis.

The secret testing was exposed in the 1990s, but new research is now raising greater concern about the implications.

St. Louis sociology professor Lisa Martino-Taylor released her research last month. It was troubling enough that both U.S. senators from Missouri wrote to the secretary of the Army demanding answers, including whether radioactive testing was performed.

Some people who grew up in the targeted area wonder if the testing caused cancer and other health problems for them and their relatives.

An Army spokesman declined an interview request, saying the Army would first respond to the senators.

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Police to chop down tall, large crop of marijuana plants Chicago police are busy chopping down 6- to 8-foot tall marijuana plants that they found growing on a chunk of land the size of two football fields on the city’s far South Side.

Officers on routine patrol in a police helicopter spotted the crop Tuesday under a canopy of trees about three miles from their hangar.

Police said Wednesday that the 1,000 or so plants had been days or weeks from being harvested. Once packaged, the crop could have been worth as much as $10 million.

Authorities say it will take a few days to remove all the plants.

Police typically try to intercept shipments of marijuana grown elsewhere. But they say they’ve never seen such a large illegal agricultural enterprise.

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Inspector finds algae, strains of salmonella at fruit-packing plant A federal inspector found two strains of salmonella and unclean conditions at an Indiana cantaloupe farm’s fruit-packing plant during visits following a deadly outbreak linked to its melons.

The Food and Drug Administration posted a report on its website of the inspector’s findings during midAugust visits to Chamberlain Farm Produce Inc., in Owensville.

The inspector reported finding improperly-cleaned equipment and what appeared to be algae growing in standing water beneath conveyer belts in the plant.

The FDA says the farm is the source of at least some of the salmonella outbreak that sickened 270 people in 26 states this summer. Officials say 101 people were hospitalized, and three deaths were reported in Kentucky.

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Walrus Audio making waves for graduate Former OU student starts own company Nick Williams

Life & Arts Reporter

For some college students, the idea of life after school is a daunting one.

It’s the monolithic, lungconstricting question mark that seems to find its way into the most unassuming of family conversations. The road beyond the cap and gown can seem no more concrete than a blind step into the dark abyss. Balance it all with the search for a career that won’t have someone gasping the rest of their professional days for the freedom beyond 5 p.m.

A m i d s t t h i s o m i n ou s environment, an OU graduate has found a path that provides both pay and pleasure.

Brady Smith, a 2006 film and video studies graduate, is the owner, operator and founder of Walrus Audio, a guitar pedal effects company based in Norman that is making waves in the world of audio engineering.

“G ro w i n g u p p l ay i n g music, pedals were things I always really enjoyed and took a great interest in,” Smith said. “So it’s definitely something I appreciate being involved in today.”

Presenting its innovative products with an aesthetic originality, Walrus has seen a number of high-profile musicians don its gear, including the likes of John Mark McMillan, Ben Rector and Munaf Rayani from Explosions In The Sky. All of this noise was made within a year.

“After school, I found

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Brady Smith, owner of Walrus Audio, demonstrates his audio pedal at Blackwatch Studio on Sept. 27. Smith, a former OU film and media studies student, started Walrus Audio about a year ago in Norman.

myself bouncing around these data-intensive banking jobs that, at the end of the day, weren’t at all fulfilling,” Smith said. “So I ended up dropping out and found my way into working for Keeley Electronics up in Edmond.”

Supplying the likes of musical megastars, such as Brad Paisley and John Mayer, Keeley was called “one of the world’s top sellers in guitar effects pedals” by Guitar World Magazine.

“It proved to be a great foundational ground to build my knowledge on electronics and audio effects,” Smith

said. “Jacob Adams, the vice president of Keeley, really took me under his wing and taught me pretty much all that I know today.”

Before long, Smith, armed with the experience and knowledge garnered from working at an effects company, decided to open a small business and embark on his own path. On Aug. 1, 2011, Walrus Audio officially opened. “ I t ’s b e e n q u i t e a n experience since then,” Smith said, recollecting Walrus’ first year. “We’ve had some wonderful success,

and a number of great things have happened within this past year, but it’s also been a lot of work, and a lot of long hours have been poured into it.”

Having worked solely in the assembly process at Keeley, Smith admits that overseeing the other aspects of operating a business has not come without its challenges.

“It was certainly something I wasn’t as acclimated to,” Smith said. “All the backend work that needs to take place to keep a company going, it was something I didn’t

completely realize initially.

But, all in all, it’s still well worth it.”

The opinions of musicians are affirming that as well.

Musician Joe Bonamassa said in a recent interview on Walrus’ Voyager preamp/ overdrive, “Plug that pedal into a tweed Fender, and it makes the amp bounce off the ground.”

Moving forward into Walrus’ second y e a r, S m i t h p l a n s o n continuing to develop more groundbreaking material from his base of operations in Norman — a place that’s

proved to be an ideal location for an up-and-coming music company.

“Norman is just a great, affordable place for us that has a really unique mix of friendly familiarity and growing artistic interest with artists passing through,” Smith said. “It’s lively and feels energetic but also feels small and communal.”

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Campus Corner’s Hooligan Dainty Hooligan aims to sell afordable clothing Arianna Pickard Campus Reporter

Affordable fashion fresh from Los Angeles combines elegance with edge at the Dainty Hooligan, a new women’s clothing boutique on Campus Corner.

The shop opened on Buchanan Street just north of Boyd Street on Aug. 22, offering a more affordable shopping option for frequenters of other Campus Corner clothing stores like Lucca, Blush and Antique Garden.

Dainty Hooligan manager, Allison Stafford said the clothing style is “cute casual,” and that everything in the store could be dressed up or down. The store carries a variety of clothing from jeans, jeggings and shorts to dresses for parties and events.

“We have a little bit of everything,” said Madison Epps, a Dainty Hooligan employee and OU public relations sophomore. “If you look around, we have anything from long, flowy maxi dresses to short, little mini skirts and tight goingout outfits, so anything you’re looking for you can probably find it here.”

The owner lives in California, so she is able to stay on top of all the fashion changes made by designers in Los Angeles, Stafford said.

“We’re constantly getting things in,” Stafford said. “So as fashion changes, which it does all the time, she’s able to get our clothes in right as they’re changing.”

Stafford said the owner pr ior itizes keeping the prices affordable for college students.

“Price point is what makes us very unique — I think our target is a lot lower than what businesses around here are,” Stafford said. “[The owner’s] philosophy is she’s a consumer, too, so she’s not going to mark something up that she’s not going to want to pay for.”

Since the owner lives in California, she is able to purchase clothing from the designer warehouses and wholesale dealers in Los Angeles, Stafford said. She also doesn’t have to pay all the shipping costs and is able to purchase the items without marking them up to a mass quantity price.

“So it’s a better deal for us, and it ends up being a better deal for the customers,” Stafford said.

Jessica Harris, 28, started the business online when she was 22 and opened her first location four years ago in Tulsa.

“I was a shopaholic … I had some major issues with spending money,” Harris

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Communications sophomore Laura Saldivar shuffles through clothes at the new clothing store Dainty Hooligan on Wednesday. Dainty Hooligan opened Aug. 22 and is located on Buchanan Avenue on Campus Corner.

“We have a little bit of everything.”

Madison Epps, Dainty Hooligan employee

said. “It’s kind of scary when you’re in college and you don’t have that much money, and then you get these credit cards with a $10,000 limit.”

Harris is from Newport Beach, Calif., but her mom moved to Tulsa while she was in college at California St a t e U n i v e r s i t y . A f t e r opening the store in Tulsa, she opened another one in Newport Beach, where she lives, another in Stillwater and now one in Norman.

Stafford said Harris always has wanted to open a store in Norman because she likes selling to college students.

“She likes to be around college kids and around campuses and to give prices in good clothes that aren’t marked up to ridiculous amounts so everyone can afford,” Stafford said.

Harris said a friend of hers actually came up with the name for the store.

“It’s an expression of fashion that you should be dainty yet have fun with your style at the same time,” Stafford said. “If you meet Jess, you’d understand; she is very much the epitome of a ‘dainty hooligan.’ She is extremely fun and outgoing, but yet she is extremely graceful and just dainty, as the word says.”

Epps said the employees’ friendliness and the variety of the clothes are what make

the store unique.

Upon walking into the store, customers are s u r ro u n d e d by b r i g h tcolored clothing and racks of nail polish, jewelry and sunglasses.

“I love the atmosphere,” Epps said. “Game days are fun, or date parties when girls are all coming in trying to find new outfits, and I love helping them. It’s interesting to see different people’s styles.”

After more than a month, the store already has had good business, Stafford said.

“We’ve had great traffic flow and great spread of word of mouth, so we’re just hoping it keeps going,” she said.

In addition to word of mouth, the Norman store is getting publicity through a Facebook page, fliers, coupons and an email list that goes out to all customers to announce new sales, Stafford said.

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A c o a c h’s s u c c e s s normally is measured by their achievements on the field, and while Oklahoma women’s soccer coach Matt Potter has plenty of wins to his name, his players’ academic accolades are nothing short of spectacular.

Dur ing his nine-year tenure at Washington State, Potter had 103 student athletes earn All-Conference honors for academics.

In seven of his nine years, P o t t e r ’s t e a m w o n t h e National Soccer Coaches Association of America Team Academic Award.

Junior for ward Amy Petrikin, who was part of t h e 2 0 1 1 A l l -Aca d e m i c Big 12 Team, said Potter’s academic expectations are unlike those of any other coach she has had.

“His standards for academics are higher than everything I have seen here at OU,” Petrikin said. “He holds us accountable for everything we do. We make sure if we miss a class or anything happens, he wants us to be the ones to tell him first. He really makes it our responsibility. It’s our education, and he really helps us understand how important it is.”

Potter’s GPA requirement is well above the NCAA’s 2.0 that athletes have to make in order to play.

His players are expected

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OU soccer coach Matt Potter looks on while his team plays a game against Baylor on Sept. 21. The Sooners tied the Bears, 1-1, in double overtime. Potter demands excellence of his players on the field and in the classroom, holding them to a 3.1 GPA standard in order to play.

“His standards for academics are higher than everything I have seen here at OU. He holds us accountable for everything we do.”

Amy Petrikin, Junior forward

to hold a 3.1 GPA, and if they don’t they have to attend a set number of study hours until they meet the GPA requirement.

So far, all of his players are living up to Potter’s standards, and junior

defender Kathryn Watson said it ’s because of the amount of time Potter spends addressing the team about their schoolwork.

“We talk about academics just as much as we talk a b o u t s o c c e r,” Wa t s o n said. “There is a life piece, an academics piece and a soccer piece. So we just try to find that balance. I think the accountability [Potter] holds us to is what makes him so successful.”

Potter says he focuses on all three pieces equally.

“We are committed to the academics piece just as much as the soccer piece,” Potter said. “It’s about what we expect when they come in, and it’s living up to our

part of the deal, so to speak.”

Potter is in his first year as the Sooners’ head coach, Kathryn and his Watson players all are seeing an improvement in their grades. Even Watson said she has seen an improvement, and she was a Big 12 All-Academic Team member in 2011.

“Just from the standard he is holding everyone else to, makes me pick up my game,” Watson said. “I’m always at my tutors. I’m at my classes on time. What he is holding our team to has

made me step up, as well.”

For Potter, getting results out of his players is all about setting the bar high. He said the key to his success simply has been holding his players accountable for what they agreed to do at the beginning of the season. “ We a s k o u r s t u d e n t athletes to do what they say they will do,” Potter said. “They put together performance plans and have standards that they set for themselves. All we do is make sure that they follow through with that.”

And so far they have.

OU players earn preseason honors Two Oklahoma women’s basketball players received preseason conference accolades, the Big 12 announced Wednesday.

Junior guard Aaryn Ellenberg was named to the preseason All-Big 12 Team while senior guard Whitney Hand received Honorable Mention honors.

The teams were determined by the coaches of the league, and coaches weren’t allowed to vote for members of their teams.

Ellenberg led the Sooners in scoring in 2011 with 15.5 points per game.

Hand, the team captain, was second on the Whitney team in Hand scoring with 13.3 points per game and led the team in rebounds, pulling down 7.1 boards per game.

Ellenberg is joined on the preseason All-Big 12 team by Baylor senior center Brittney Griner, Baylor junior guard Odyssey Sims, Iowa State senior forward Chelsea Poppens and Kansas senior guard Angel Goodrich.

Both Hand and Ellenberg were honorable mentions before last season and ended the year as First Team All-Big 12 members.

Ross Stracke ross.stracke@ou.edu

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