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OU joins trial to cure infant eye disease Children’s Hospital makes strides in research; may decrease blindness KATHLEEN EVANS The Oklahoma Daily

The Children’s Hospital at OU Medical Center is taking part in a national clinical trial to use technology to catch eye diseases in infants before serious injuries occur.

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Graduate Student Senate chairman resigns Tuesday Graduate Student Senate chairman Silas DeBoer resigned from his position at noon Tuesday, citing financial reasons, according to DeBoer’s resignation letter.

DeBoer resigned through a one-paragraph letter posted on the “Officers” page of the GSS website. In the letter, Silas states that the position as Chair required too much time for too little pay. He also mentioned recent changes at the Graduate College in financial aid requirements.

Officers of UOSA did not know of DeBoer’s plans to resign and found out from the letter on the website.

Undergraduate Student Congress chairman Brett Stidham said he found out about DeBoer’s resignation through one of his representatives around 3 p.m.

UOSA President Franz Zenteno also said he learned about it from the website and looks forward to working with the vice chair.

The Senate bylaws state that the vice chair of the Senate is supposed to “act in the capacity of the Chair … upon premature termination of the Chair’s term for whatever cause, until the Senate can elect a successor.”

However, GSS vice chairwoman Kiersten Sandfoss has been away from OU for the past month due to an illness, according to reports at weekly Senate meetings.

Sandfoss talks with the executive committee via Skype and sends a proxy to meetings.

Currently, DeBoer’s e-mail account is sending an automated reply, saying he is unavailable and people should address all GSS questions to the officers.

DeBoer also mentioned the need to support his family in his resignation letter.

At Sunday’s Senate meeting, senators voted to suspend the procedural rules about speakers and turn because many visitors wanted to speak.

After the vote, anyone was able to speak his or her mind, leading to emotional displays from both DeBoer and his wife.

Visit OUDaily.com to read DeBoer’s resignation letter.

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The focus of the clinical trial is finding ways to catch Retinopathy of Prematurity, an eye disease that can affect babies born early.

Without detection, the disease can lead to blindness within days.

“We’re going to train nurses in the [Neonatal Intensive Care Unit] to use a special portable camera, called a RetCam, to take pictures of eyes,” said Dr. R. Michael Siatkowski, leading researcher at the Dean McGee Eye Institute.

“These will be digital pictures that will be uploaded, stored and sent to a reading center.

“The photos sent to the reading center will be read by experts who decide if it is a high-risk disease or not and whether the kid may be treated.”

Also, premature infants will receive a traditional exam by a

Just to know people invest lives in [premature babies] and do research to treat them, that means everything to me.”

— TARA HARP, OKLAHOMA CITY MOTHER

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HOMECOMING | SOONERS POMP FOR WEEKEND PARADE

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Left: Communication sophomore Alexis Talley pomps Monday evening at the Alpha Chi Omega sorority house in preparation for the float contest Saturday.

Top: Pomping consists of wadding several sheets of tissue paper and pushing it into chicken wire to create a grid of tissue puffs that together form an image.

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Student groups dedicate hours to floats; bond with members Groups put hours of effort into creating floats for homecoming parade RYAN GERBOSI The Oklahoma Daily

Student organizations across campus are consumed with pomping in preparation for homecoming this Saturday.

Pomping is the process of weaving pomp paper through chicken wire to create floats for the homecoming parade.

Groups around campus team up to create a float that could win them first prize, but the process of creating the float is a long and tedious one.

“You cut the pomp up into squares five

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inches across and you take the pomp and push it through the chicken wire,” said Molly Howell, English sophomore. “You do it for hours and hours and hours every week and it becomes a very pretty float in the end.”

Howell, a member of Gamma Phi Beta, says that the groups have already made some headway.

“For our house, we started with three hours per week, then we went to five, then eight and now 10,” Howell said.

The amount of time required differs from house to house and even between members.

University College freshman Claire Henson said the work can be dull at times, but she enjoys getting a chance to bond

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You [pomp] for hours and hours and hours every week and it becomes a very pretty float in the end.”

— MOLLY HOWELL, ENGLISH SOPHOMORE with members of her sorority and meet new people.

For the float competition, greek organizations are grouped together to give each other a chance to meet new people. Howell’s sorority is grouped with

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EYES: Trial may lower infant eye care costs in underdeveloped areas, researcher says Continued from page 1

Today around campus » A seminar about managing stress hosted

by Student Success Series will meet 1 to 2 p.m. in Wagner Hall, Room 245. » Breast cancer awareness chalking will be held 1:30 to 3:30 p.m. at the north end of the South Oval. » A seminar, Creating a Winning Resume, for journalism students will take place 2:30 to 3 p.m. in the Gaylord Hall of Fame Room. » The Federal Government Job Search will take place 3:30 to 4:30 p.m. in the Union’s Frontier Room.

doctor, Siatkowski said. The trial will compare the results of the photo exam and the live exam.

“The hope is that they will be similarly effective, or perhaps that the photos will be better than the human exam by lessening subjectivity of the findings,” he said.

If the camera proves efficient, this could be beneficial to rural or underdeveloped areas that do not have a lot of access to health care and eye doctors.

“This research is important to advance the quality and efficiency of care as well as decrease the cost of care,” Siatkowski said.

Tara Harp, an Oklahoma City mother of premature twins, had a firsthand

experience with the eye disease when her babies showed signs of it. Doctors were able to detect the disease in both babies, Sam and Elijah, early enough to treat it, she said.

However, Sam had to have laser eye treatment for his case and is still recovering in the intensive care unit.

“I am very grateful for the specialty and everything they do for [premature babies], Harp said.

“I know that just 10 years ago Sam might not have been treated for ROP and that his chance of poor vision would have been very high. It makes me thankful for the research that allows him to be treated for that now.”

Currently, about 50 to 60 percent of premature babies weighing less than

2.5 pounds develop signs of retinopathy, Siatkowski said. Overall, this is about 25,000 to 30,000 babies in the United States. The cost to society is about $1 million for the lifetime of a blind child.

OU is one of 11 centers participating in the trial, which begins enrolling in January 2011. The trial is sponsored by the National Institute of Health and the Inoveon Corporation.

“This research points to the value that an academic-based medical center brings to this state, providing Oklahomans access to cutting-edge treatment and care close to home,” said Dr. Kris Sekar, director of the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit at the Children’s Hospital.

The study should last

R. Michael Siatkowski three to four years, and the centers hope to have hundreds of participants to get a good idea of the effectiveness of the cameras in detection.

“Just to know people invest lives in [premature babies] and do research to treat them, that means everything to me,” Harp said.

» A vigil for LGBTQ acceptance will take place 8 to 9 p.m. at the Unity Garden on the South Oval.

» This day in OU history

POMP: Preparation for homecoming parade float competition calls for time, hard work Continued from page 1

Oct. 13, 1961 Renovation complete in Ellison Infirmary Ellison Infirmary, now Ellison Hall, was updated with a $25,000 modernization and redecorating treatment. The changes renovated the X-ray department and opened a physiotherapy department.

Longhorns, Sooners join together to boogie Students attended a combined OU-Texas dance on Friday the 13th in Dallas the day before the Red River Rivalry. About 4,000 tickets were available for students, who could enter the dance with the admission requirement of one student ID per couple. The rivals danced and ate peacefully together throughout the night. *Source: The Oklahoma Daily archives

» Corrections The Daily has a long-standing commitment to serve readers by providing accurate coverage and analysis.

Errors are corrected as they are identified. Readers should bring errors to the attention of the editorial board for further investigation by e-mailing dailynews@ou.edu. » In Monday’s paper a page 1 brief about homecoming week, incorrectly listed the dates of voting for homecoming royalty. Voting began Tuesday and ends at midnight Wednesday. Vote at elections.ou.edu.

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Kappa Alpha Order and Phi Gamma Delta.

“One of my best friends is in the house I met last year during homecoming and you get to know the fraternities as well which is a fun experience,” Howell said.

Greek organizations are the only student groups taking part in pomping

New IT store opens The OU IT store moved this week from its previous location on Lindsey Street and Jenkins Avenue to the old Harold’s store spot on Campus Corner at 329 W. Boyd St. The grand opening will be held 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Thursday and Friday, said Nicholas Key, OU IT spokesman.

The new store offers a larger area with more workspace. OU IT has tried to maintain the old feel of Harold’s, Key said. The clothing store occupied its spot on Campus Corner for six decades.

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for a homecoming float, though.

O n e g ro u p t h a t p a rticipates is the Engineers’ Club, the official student organization of the College of Engineering.

Although they may not have the amount of manpower the greek groups have, the Engineers’ Club is still putting in the maximum amount of effort.

“We usually pomp every

weeknight from seven to 11 p.m.” said Chris Golden, Engineers’ Club President and chemical engineering junior.

Unlike greek organizations, there is no time requirement or penalty for members who are unable to help, Golden said.

“School is the priority,” he said.

T h e E n g i n e e r s’ C l u b started preparations for

their float on Sept. 18 and have been pomping since Sept. 28, Golden said.

In the end, all of the groups are in the competition to win, and the Engineers’ Club is optimistic about their chances.

“I feel that as future engineers, we have the facilities and tools available to us that allow us to be competitive,” Golden said.

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Students compete for prestigious award Seven students set to interview for Rhodes and Marshall Scholarships in November

For selection purposes, the U.S. is divided up into eight regions. Each region will choose 20 to 24 applicants to interview and will select four to six scholars. Interviews will be held Nov. 8 or 9 and scholarship offers will be made the following week. 40 Marshall Scholars will be chosen nationwide, Wright said.

The Marshall Scholarship was created in 1953 by the British government in gratitude for Secretary of State George Marshall’s help in rebuilding Europe after World War II. “Every year, Britain invites 40 American students to the UK to study and become a part of British culture,” Wright said.

The Rhodes Scholarship, was created in 1903, allows students to spend two years studying at Oxford University in England. The U.S. is divided into 16 districts. Each district interviews 16 students and chooses two to receive the scholarship. Rhodes interviews are held on Nov. 19 and 20. Scholarship offers are announced on Nov. 20. Thirty-two Rhodes scholars are selected from the U.S. each year.

Although many students apply for both the Rhodes and Marshall Scholarships, a student can only accept one of the scholarships.

DHARA SHETH The Oklahoma Daily

Seven OU seniors will interview in early November with hopes of becoming one of the region’s Rhodes or Marshall Scholars.

The nominees for both the Rhodes and Marshall Scholarships are Samuel Scharff, Sarah Swenson, Allen Wang, Matt Bruenig and Matt Deimund. Caleb Gayle applied exclusively for the Rhodes Scholarship. Misheala Giddings applied exclusively for the Marshall Scholarship.

OU has had 27 Rhodes Scholars. The most recent scholar was Andrea M. DenHoed, who graduated in 2008. The last Marshall Scholar from OU was selected 10 years ago.

The Marshall Scholarship enables students to study for two years at any university in the United Kingdom. Marshall Scholars must enroll in either a master’s or Ph.D. graduate program, said Melanie Wright, OU’s Rhodes and Marshall faculty representative.

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Students nominated for the Rhodes and Marshall scholarships pose for a photo in front of the Bizzell Memorial Library on Tuesday afternoon. Left: Sarah Swenson, Matt Deimund, Allen Wang, Samuel Scharff and Misheala Giddings are five of the seven campus nominees. Matt Bruenig and Caleb Gayle are not pictured.

Misheala Giddings, Marshall Scholar nominee International and area studies senior Campus involvement: Sooners for Israel, OU Integrity Council, OU Hillel, Journal of Global Affairs, OU Votes 2008, CommonGround 2009 What do you plan on studying abroad?

Strategic and intelligence studies Post-graduate plans: Master’s in international relations and security studies

Matt Bruenig, Rhodes and Marshall Scholar nominee Philosophy senior Campus Involvement: Students for a Democratic Society, OU Daily columnist What do you plan on studying abroad?

Political theory Post-graduate plans: Not sure what I want to do.

Samuel Scharff, Rhodes and Marshall Scholar nominee Zoology-Biomedical Sciences senior Campus Involvement: Athletic department tutor, OU Daily cartoonist, Common Ground co-chairman, The Oklahoma Group, Phi Beta Kappa What do you plan on studying abroad?

Medical anthropology Post-graduate plans: Go to school and get an MD/MPH. I want to become a physician and a public health policy maker.

Allen Wang, Rhodes and Marshall Sarah Swenson, Rhodes and Scholar nominee Marshall Scholar nominee Marshall Scholar nominee Multidisciplinary studies senior Zoology senior Finance and accounting senior Campus involvement: Honors Student Campus involvement: Genetics Campus Involvement: Sigma Phi Association, Alpha Lambda Delta, National research lab assistant, history of science Epsilon fraternity president, former Honors Society, Model UN, the WIRE department researcher, PE-ET, Phi Beta Crimson Club vice chairman, President’s Student Radio/OUTV, Medical Ethics & Kappa Society, UOSA Integrity Council, Leadership Class Adviser, President’s Issues Discussion Panel, co-leader of OU University College Peer Learning Assistant Leadership Class, JCPenney Leadership Global Medical Brigade May 2010 What do you plan on studying abroad?

Program, Outstanding Senior in Finance What do you plan on studying abroad?

If I am awarded Rhodes, I will study for a What do you plan on studying abroad?

I will study a year in medical anthropology second bachelor’s degree in history and If I get Rhodes, I would be at Oxford and I and a year in public health administration.

English.

If I am awarded Marshall, I would would like to study development studies.

In taking a holistic view from analyzing the complete two, one-year master’s programs, I am interested in international development-extreme poverty, water socioeconomic and administrative aspect of public health policy. one in history of science and medicine and the other in bioethics. sanitation, and debt financing for poor countries. If I get Marshall, I Post-graduate plans: I will go into medical school with the view Post-graduate plans: I hope to attend medical school and become would do the same type of thing at University of Glasgow (in Scotland) of becoming a physician-leader in public health policy, utilizing a physician. and my second year I would be at the University of Reading. I am my clinical experience and my holistic perspective to address core looking to use my business skills from my undergrad major to create deficiencies in our health system. positive change in developing nations.

Post-graduate plans: I would want to work for some type of NGO **Rhodes Scholar nominee Caleb Gayle did not respond to The like the United Nations or the International Monetary Fund.

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Research deserves attention For anyone who has ever thought OU was just about football, check out the research being conducted by the OU Children’s Hospital.

The hospital is taking part in a national clinical trial using a new portable camera called RetCam to detect retinopathy — an eye disease that can cause blindness — in premature infants.

This disease happens more often than you might expect.

About 50 to 60 percent of premature infants are afflicted with the disease, according to Dr. R. Michael Siatkowski from the Dean McGee Eye Institute.

The benefits of the new technology would be far-reaching. Rural areas that don’t have specially trained eye doctors could use the camera to send in pictures of baby eyes to a place where experts can determine whether the child is at high-risk for the disease and whether he or she can be treated.

Widespread use of this technology would ultimately lower health care costs, a constant problem for the nation.

Right now, about $1 million is spent for a blind child’s lifetime, according to Siatkowski.

The clinical trial highlights a part of OU often unmentioned or overlooked by most students. And research doesn’t just happen at the OU Health Sciences Center; ground breaking research is happening right outside of your residence halls.

You’ve probably heard the fears among doctors and biology professors that America’s addiction to antibiotics is creating super-resistant strains of bacteria that can eat your flesh.

Your doom may be delayed thanks to professors in the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry and OU Health Sciences Center College of Dentistry. The professors are leading a team on the path to treat infectious diseases in such a way that prevents the creation of “superbugs.”

The team discovered a microorganism that can stop these superbugs in their tracks.

How cool is that?

Green research is another area OU is involved in. The National Weather Center is nominated for a Keep Oklahoma Beautiful Award for a special roof it installed April 13. Plants are grown in large trays on the roof, which naturally cools the building, saving energy.

No matter what major you’ve chosen, don’t miss out on the cutting edge research being conducted. It could have a great impact on your future.

As our undefeated football team takes to the field Saturday, know that the same university received nearly $10 million in grants from the National Science Foundation this year.

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Legalization of certain drugs could reduce high U.S. incarceration rates According to the U.S. Department of Justice, in 2008 over 7.3 million people were on probation, in jail or prison or on parole at the year’s end.

That means that right now, at any given time, about 3.2 percent of all U.S. adults are under correctional supervision. Out of that 7.3 million, about 2.5 million are prisoners.

The U.S. has 2.5 million people locked away at this moment. In fact, when you look at comparisons to other developed countries, you notice that it’s a lot of people, not only by the number of prisoners, but also by proportion of the population. The U.S. has the highest incarceration rates in the world.

It wasn’t always this way. In fact, the incarceration rate has more than quadrupled in the past 30 years. That’s right. There were only 500,000 prisoners in the U.S. in 1980.

What happened to the land of the free?

Despite what the 10 o’clock news tells you, our nation hasn’t developed more dangerous societies. In fact, the number of violent crimes has been fairly steady over the years. The large majority of crimes that contributed to the rise of incarceration were mostly nonviolent.

One of the big reasons this happened is changes in policy. That is to say, there are more things that are considered a crime, and there are harsher penalties for crimes in general, such as longer time served.

A big part of this change in policy is the STAFF COLUMN UMN so-called “War on Drugs.”

Nixon coined the term Tucker Cross oss back in the 1970s, and it has been generally used ever since. The 1980s saw the first real push towards harsher drug legislation and enforcement. The Obama administration has shown signs that it no longer wishes to use the “Drug War” analogy, which is admirable. For all practical purposes however, the war mentality towards drug use is still the pervasive norm in our government.

The numbers don’t lie — 20 percent of incarcerated Americans are serving time for drug offenses. In case you are wondering what a drug offense is, it’s basically this: if you buy, sell, or make any type of drug, you’re going to serve some time.

“Well that’s good!” you might say.

“Those creeps deserve to go to jail.

Besides, drugs lead to other crimes.”

You’re right; drugs can lead to other crimes. In fact, a quarter of the property crimes committed in this country are done in order to get money for drugs. But the felons don’t break into your car because they are high; they do it because the price of drugs is hugely expensive. By making a product illegal you limit the supply, thus making it less attainable and more expensive.

Opening a meth lab can be a risky business decision, so the entrepreneur is

going to cover his costs.

What about alcohol?

It leads to a lot of crimes too, especially violent ones — in fact more so than drugs. A large number of homicides, stabbings, attempted rapes, and wife battering crimes are done under the influence of alcohol. So why don’t we ban alcohol, especially since it leads to even more severe crimes?

Well, we tried to do that, and it accomplished nothing. The only thing prohibition really accomplished was raising the price of alcohol, increasing the amount of moonshine, and creating organized crime.

By legalizing drugs, we would have less people in prison, less crime and protection under the law for those who wish to make a personal choice of consuming a drug. Imagine if people could have the law on their side while making a transaction involving drugs. There would be no incentive to use violence to coerce someone to pay you the money that they owe you.

You could simply settle it in court, like normal people. Wouldn’t that be something?

— Tucker Cross, letters senior

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As seen on OUDaily.com » Comments in response to Evan DeFilippis’ column, “Bush tax cuts ineffective, should end” “In direct opposition to supply-siders, Clinton raised the top marginal tax rate from 31 percent to 39.6 percent.

Contrary to the apocalyptic predictions forwarded from the Austrian school, the U.S. economy sustained the longest period of growth in U.S. history from 1992 to 2000.”

If the implication here is that the Clinton era tax rates were responsible for the boom years of late 90s, why not go back to the same tax rates for everybody again? My point is there were several other factors (dot com bubbles, lower defense spending and so on) besides those tax rates that were responsible for those boom years.

“The nonpartisan Tax Policy Center produced data which suggests that the Republican’s plan would cost $680 billion in revenue over the next 10 years.”

True, but also keep in mind that the same data (produced by the Treasury Department actually) also shows that extending all of Bush tax cuts would cost the government $3.7 trillion in lost revenue over 10 years. In other words, retaining just the “non-rich” provisions of Bush tax cuts, as favored by President Obama, would cost far more- $3 trillion over 10 years.

With the federal government projected to borrow about $10 trillion over the next 10 years, tax cuts for anybody is a luxury the country can no longer afford. In a mischievous way, I’m hoping President Obama will insist on extending just the “non-rich” provisions and the Republicans will insist on all-or-nothing extension, thereby leading to a gridlock and we’ll be back to pre-Bush era tax rates again.”

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“The flip side would argue that the tax cuts give more capital to those that provide jobs and would thereby stimulate job growth, which as was mentioned above appears patently false. Moreover, some argue that taxing the rich even more is wrong because they clearly work harder than other individuals and deserve to see the fruits of their labor. To that I would point out that of the top 10 members of the Forbes 400, 4 of them have the last name Walton.

They are the children of Sam Walton, founder of Walmart, and they have $24 billion, $20.1 billion, $20 billion, and $19.7 billion respectively. They didn’t do a damn thing to earn that money other than be the fastest sperm one could argue. Quit acting like the hyper-rich are victims. So what if they lose a few million extra dollars in taxes, they still are astronomically better off than the super majority of humanity.”

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Comments in response to Steven Zoeller’s column “Fallin ads should focus on state issues, not national GOP agenda” “Mr. Zoeller, We will crush the liberals in November. Left-wing bias and spin tactics will not get results in Oklahoma anymore. Illegal immigration, of which you attempted to belittle to no avail, is a BIG problem. Mary Fallin took a hardline stance on this issue which, in my mind, separates her from the liberal left and the big business right. That takes guts. Her attacks of the national political make-up is relevant as it affects the individual states directly. Find a new spin doctor. We will not buy your illogical political diagnosis.”

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GSS needs to work for students, leave grudges behind The Graduate Student Senate chair submitted STAFF COLUMN his resignation Tuesday.

Anyone who witnessed Nicholas las Sunday’s GSS meeting could Harrison son understand why.

Members of the senate were stuck in Carson Hall for hours as people aired their personal grievances. The rules were suspended, parliamentary procedure went out the window and the meeting devolved into a shouting match — with members even being subjected to a long tirade from the wife of the now-resigned GSS chair, Silas DeBoer.

In the past, I have been active in the senate and other branches of student government. I can attest to the fact that, at times, it can be a trying experience. It’s usually offset by the opportunity to make a difference.

However, on Sunday, GSS wasn’t debating anything of real significance. They weren’t discussing tuition and fees, amending the university’s non-discrimination statement or forming a graduate student union. They were just doling out titles.

Apparently, the former chair of the senate, Susan AdamsJohnson, had applied to be a justice and a selection committee composed of representatives from five different parts of student government decided that the other candidates

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were more qualified. DeBoer challenged the composition of the selection committee — claiming that the student court shouldn’t get representation because most of the justices graduated last year.

The UOSA General Counsel, Amber Siddiqui, wrote an official opinion pointing out that the UOSA Constitution spelled out the court’s quorum requirements in Article V, Section 2.

DeBoer didn’t like that, so he decided to write legislation declaring that the Legislative Branch didn’t have to go to the student body to change that provision. Instead, they could just interpret it away themselves. And if anyone disagreed with their interpretation, they could be impeached. Then he killed the appointment in a committee and used a procedural trick to prevent the members of GSS from voting on it by unilaterally pulling it off the agenda.

According to Rule 5, Section 2 of the GSS’s Standing Rules, the appointment should have been placed in Special Orders.

Then, under Section 9-D-3 of the GSS’s bylaws, any senator could have appealed the committee’s decision and brought it to the floor for a vote. Unfortunately, there have been a number of changes over the years that allow the chair to kill things behind the scenes without anyone realizing what is happening.

Given the turmoil in GSS, it isn’t surprising that DeBoer resigned as chair. However, this issue is still likely to come up at

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the next meeting, so it’s important for all students to understand and appreciate exactly what’s at stake here.

The student court isn’t just a title to be doled out to a retiring GSS chair. It’s charged with protecting students’ rights.

That means appointees to the student court can’t have their own agenda. They can’t bring their own grudges and prejudices with them. They need to be people who can decide whatever issues come before them fairly and impartially.

The first words of the Oklahoma Code of Judicial Conduct are “an independent and honorable judiciary is indispensable to justice in our society.” The selection committee understood that. And the targeted appointee apparently understood that as well, as he resisted the current chair’s effort to impeach the entire court at the end of last year when he didn’t like one of their decisions.

However, none of that’s going to make a difference until GSS decides that it isn’t going to let people use their positions to settle personal scores anymore. Someone has to stand up and say that it’s time for people to put events from the past behind them and start focusing on things that really benefit the student body.

— Nicholas Harrison, law and business graduate

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Bus passengers’ attempts to stop driver go unnoticed, officials say KIEV, Ukraine — A train locomotive rammed through a stalled passenger bus on a railroad crossing in Ukraine on Tuesday, killing 43 people and injuring eight others.

Investigators said the bus driver ignored the siren of the oncoming train, and the bus stalled on the tracks as the driver tried to shift gears.

Witnesses said the driver also ignored a red light.

The bus was smashed into a pile of metal by the blue locomotive, which was not pulling any cars.

TV footage showed emergency workers piling bodies alongside the tracks outside the town of Marhanets in the Dnipropetrovsk region.

“The driver violated traffic rules,” said Lyudmila Bolshakova, spokeswoman for local police.

Ukraine’s Railways said the train driver saw the bus heading toward the tracks and sounded the distress siren, which the driver ignored.

The train driver applied the emergency brake system, but the locomotive was traveling at a speed of 47 miles per hour and was unable to stop in time.

Ukraine’s ombudsman Nina Karpachova cited crash survivor Dmytro Olyinik, 30, who was headed to work in a

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Man killed in protest over bad roads

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People react at the scene of an accident Tuesday outside the town of Marhanets, Ukraine, after a bus attempted to cross the track, ignoring a siren that indicated an oncoming train. At least 40 people were killed officials at the Ministry of Emergency Situations said.

A protest leader in the Dominican Republic says a man has been killed in a clash between police and demonstrators demanding highway repairs.

Victor Breton says riot officers opened fire with live ammunition, killing a 28-year-old man and wounding four other protesters. Police say they are investigating the incident in the province of Espaillat, but decline further comment.

Protesters in Licey al Medio and Canca la Reina blocked the road with burning tires Tuesday to demand officials fix potholes.

After the shooting, dozens more joined the demonstration to call for the arrest of officers who fired weapons. ___

2. Belgrade, Serbia nearby mine, as saying that the passengers tried to stop the driver from crossing the tracks when they saw the red light and heard the siren.

Local railway officials said the bus was packed with commuters traveling from Marhanets to the nearby city of Nikopol.

Road and railway accidents are common in Ukraine, where the roads are in poor condition, vehicles are poorly maintained and drivers and passengers routinely disregard safety

and traffic rules. But officials said this was the deadliest auto accident in the country’s history.

The Dnipropetrovsk branch of the Emergency Situations Ministry said 38 people died on the spot and five more in the hospital.

The victims included a child and two teenagers.

Ukraine President Viktor Yanukovych declared a national day of mourning Wednesday.

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Clinton calls for Serbian, Kosovo talks

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The scene of an accident Tuesday outside the town of Marhanets, Ukraine after a bus attempted to cross the track, ignoring a siren that indicated an oncoming train. At least 40 people were killed officials said.

U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton on Tuesday urged Serbia and its former province of Kosovo to settle their differences, more than a decade after NATO launched airstrikes on Serbia to halt violence against Kosovo’s ethnic Albanians.

Clinton made the call in the Serbian capital of Belgrade, the second stop on a three-nation tour of the Balkans aimed at pressing Hillary Clinton for reconciliation and reform in the region still politically splintered following the breakup of Yugoslavia in the 1990s and the bloody civil wars that followed.

Clinton said rapprochement between Serbia and Kosovo would put Serbia on the path to European Union membership. ___

Pope hopes to revive Christianity

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Recent scientific, social, cultural progress makes spread of religion difficult, Pope says

28 children rescued in police raids

VATICAN CITY — Pope Benedict XVI formally created a new Vatican office Tuesday to revive Christianity in Europe, his latest attempt to counter secular trends in traditionally Christian countries.

In a decree, Benedict said the new office would promote church doctrine, use the media to get the church’s message out and mobilize missionary-type activities.

But even on its first day of existence, the Pontifical Council for the New Evangelization ran into an all-too-typical Vatican snag: The four-page decree instituting the office was issued in only Latin and Italian.

Asked how the pope expected to bring the church’s message to the world in such relatively unknown languages, the head of the new office, Monsignor Rino Fisichella said he hadn’t been in charge until Tuesday and wasn’t responsible for how the decree was issued.

He stressed that he planned to have language sections in his department to deal with the faithful in English, Spanish, French, Portuguese, Italian, German and Slavic languages.

Fisichella denied the creation of the office was a mere bureaucratic attempt to fix a complex cultural phenomenon, saying Benedict had made an astute, pastoral decision to focus attention on a growing problem that had preoccupied popes for decades.

Benedict has made reviving Europe’s Christian roots a priority. While the decree listed no specific geographical areas of concentration, the evangelization office is expected to also pay attention to Latin America, where evangelical movements are making inroads in traditionally Catholic countries such as Brazil.

British police took more than two dozen Roma children as young as 3 into protection Tuesday after raiding houses in London as part of a child trafficking investigation.

Officers raided 16 properties in east London in an operation “to safeguard potential victims of a Romanianbased Roma gang of child traffickers,” police said.

The 28 children would be assessed by child protection experts, police said. Seven adults were arrested, including three on suspicion of assault and child neglect.

The raids were part of a joint British-Romanian police operation against people traffickers from Romania’s Roma, or Gypsy, community.

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Pope Benedict XVI delivers his blessing Oct. 3 in the island of Sicily. Benedict outlined his biggest initiative to revive Christianity in an increasingly secular world by creating a Vatican office for re-evangelizing Europe and other traditionally Christian regions where the faith is falling by the wayside.

— AP

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In the decree, Benedict said with scientific, social and cultural progress, parts of the world that once had strong Christian roots had grown to believe they can exist without God. “While some greeted this as a freedom, they soon realized the interior desert that is born when man — thinking himself the architect of his own nature and destiny — finds himself lacking that which is fundamental to everything,” Benedict wrote.

— AP

Nobel winner’s wife hopes to get award Woman placed under house arrest; not formally charged, spokesman says BEIJING — The wife of the imprisoned Chinese dissident Liu Xiaobo said Tuesday she hopes to travel to Norway to collect the Nobel Peace Prize on his behalf, though for now she can only leave her Beijing home under police escort.

China, meanwhile, claimed the award was an attack on the country and retaliated by canceling another set of meetings with the Norwegian government.

Liu Xia said her husband has started receiving better food since the Oslo-based Nobel committee announced the award

Liu Xia last Friday — honoring his more than two decades of advocacy of human rights and peaceful democratic change that started with the demonstrations at Beijing’s Tiananmen Square in 1989.

The 54-year-old literary

critic is now in the second year of an 11-year prison term after being convicted of inciting subversion over his role in writing a 2008 manifesto for political reform.

“He said he hoped I could receive the award on his behalf,” Liu Xia said.

However, she said she was not optimistic about leaving since she has been placed under house arrest since the award was announced.

“At this point, I can’t even get out of my own house door, let alone the gates of the country,” she said.

China has been infuriated by the prize, accusing other countries Tuesday of using the award to attack the country and warning that it won’t change the communist nation’s political course.

“If some people try to change China’s political system in this way, and try to stop the Chinese people from moving forward, that is obviously making a mistake,” said Foreign Ministry spokesman Ma Zhaoxu.

Asked whether Liu Xiaobo would be allowed to collect the award Dec. 10 in Oslo, Ma would only respond by saying that it is “up to judicial authorities.” He avoided saying whether Liu’s wife would be allowed to go.

Liu Xia has not been formally charged with any crime but “soft detention” is a common tactic used by the Chinese government to intimidate and stifle activists and critics.

— AP

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A protestor raises her fist during the demonstration Tuesday in Paris, France. Workers tried to shut down France with strikes affecting airports, public transportation, schools and the postal service in a showdown with President Nicolas Sarkozy over his government’s attempt to raise the retirement age by two years to save money.

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Heather Raffo’s play “9 Parts of Desire,” INFO: For tickets, call 405-325-4101 which opens tonight on campus, looks closer at the experiences of Iraqi women in their consistently war-torn country. Roffo’s half-American, half-Iraqi heritage was something that was something she once experience has been great for me,” Millar described as “more a nudging of her soul said. and less of a day-to-day experience” due to Although the play focuses on the women her blonde hair and Midwestern accent. of Iraq, cast member and drama junior Her ambivalence toward her mixed heri- Anna Fearheiley insists the play is not solely tage changed when America entered the about Iraqi women’s issues.

Persian Gulf War during her “Its not just about Iraqi college years. She eventually women, but it covers a lot of visited Iraq after the Gulf War ground,” Fearheiley said. “I We all have more was over and witnessed the think people are going to be in common than devastation and beauty that forced to think about what we think we do. post-war Iraq had to offer. their thoughts were before When America was about and what their thoughts were Not only women’s to invade Iraq a second time, (of issues pertaining to lives, but humans’ after Raffo felt the need to be the Iraq).” lives around the vehicle in which the voice Millar hopes that through of the Iraqi woman could be the telling of these nine Iraqi world are linked heard, and “9 Parts of Desire” women’s stories, people will in ways we might was born. walk away with a renewed not have thought The play focuses on nine difsense of compassion, empaabout before.” ferent Iraqi women with expethy and kinship to their fellow riences ranging from a mixed man, she said. ethnicity woman (based on “They are just trying like — ALISSA MILLAR, Raffo) trying to come to terms “9 PARTS OF DESIRE” any other humans to get with both sides of her heritage through life and figure out DIRECTOR to a woman who loses her enhow to keep their families tire family during the war. safe and figure out how to Alissa Millar, director of OU’s Lab Theatre find love and figuring how to do all the same production of “9 Parts of Desire” said her things the rest of us are trying to figure out experience of preparing for the play was how to do,” Millar said. enlightening.

“We all have more in common than we “My understanding of the war has al- think we do. Not only women’s lives, but ways felt kind of inadequate to me, so to humans’ lives around the world are linked have a good excuse to spend a lot of time in ways we might not have thought about to understand Islam and the Iraqi woman’s before.”

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Joseph Utsler and Joseph Bruce, better known as Shaggy 2 Dope and Violent J, make up Insane Clown Posse. The pair has inspired legions of fans, who call themselves Juggalos and Juggalettes and wear similar makeup to the band members. Insane Clown Posse performs at 7:30 tonight at the Diamond Ballroom in Oklahoma City, where they’ll be opened for by AMB and Trip C.

Rapping clown duo garners insane following Oklahoma fans of hardcore hip-hop group see the Juggalo movement as an inclusive family LAUREN ABRAM The Oklahoma Daily

Insane Clown Posse, better known as ICP, is an underground phenomenon. It doesn’t get much radio airplay, it doesn’t produce popular videos and its lyrics are highly controversial but, if success is measured by influence on fans, then ICP just may be one of today’s most successful bands.

After all, it’s not every day that two shock rappers can say they started a national following.

The Juggalo — or Juggalette if you’re a female — subculture is an underground movement that’s only grown in popularity since the band’s inception in the late ’80s. Many consider it a cult while others write it off as just another gang, but most can agree if you’re not familiar with the lives and musical stylings of Violent J and Shaggy 2 Dope, then the Juggalo culture may seem, at best, a little bizarre. But for those within the phenomenon, it’s an inclusive group.

“Juggalos are about family,” said Matt Jingozian, a Norman Juggalo. “It’s about people that society rejected and made fun of — they needed a place in this world and ICP made a place for them.”

Still, painting your face like a clown, drinking a soft drink named Faygo and sporting a cartoon holding a hatchet is not a surefire way to gain respect. In fact, many have expressed a wave of negative backlash against the group.

“There’s definitely a stigma about us,” Jingozian said. “We have a really bad name around town because about 50 percent of us are idiots. It’s not right to label just us though because about 50 percent of all people are idiots.”

Ninja references and Hot Topic clothing aside, the Juggalo following would not have been possible without the graphic, impulsive music of ICP. “Yeah, there’s a lot of violence, gore and chauvinism in their songs, but you have to look past the surface and see that there’s more to the story,” said Randy aka “Noodles,” an Oklahoma City Juggalo. “Shaggy and Violent J also talk about unity and family — there’s a lot of subliminal religious messages.”

Perhaps this was the reason ICP decided to show its softer side with the 2009

release of “Miracles,” a song about— you guessed it — the little things we take for granted in life. This song’s out-ofthe-ordinary listings and public distrust of well-known scientific concepts put ICP under a lot of ridicule and scrutiny.

However its music is perceived though, the Juggalos continue to stick by ICP’s side as they grow and change with the music and its message too.

“The Juggalos are changing as well,” Noodles said. “I feel like it’s gotten considerably stronger, which means we all have to hang out and stay close together. Old Juggalos get a little scared about running into the nes b because they don’t new ones derstand what it’s reallyy und understand ab bout yyet. You have to all about h them theem — and that’s teach famiily.” family.

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ARIES (March 21-April 19) - Keep everyone who doesn’t belong out of affairs that pertain to your work or career. Without intending to, they could muck things up for you, and cause all kinds of complications.

SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 22) - Needless hurrying enhances carelessness, so for the sake of your own productivity and efficacy, pace yourself sensibly, especially where important work is concerned.

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SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 23-Dec. 21) - You might have to be on your toes so that a contest doesn’t develop between your prudent judgment and your extravagant whims. Keep a tight dominion over your wallet.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20) - It’s wrong to think that you have to depend on others to back you up on what needs doing, because you’re quite capable of handling everything. You’re not weak or ineffective.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) - Unless you’re careful, material issues could quickly generate much anger and a lot of friction in your household. If you let this happen, it will lead to nasty disputes and arguments.

CANCER (June 21-July 22) - Strive for a good balance in handling people over whom you have authority. If you’re not unduly dictatorial or too easygoing with them, you’ll get a lot more cooperation out of them.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 19) - Let bygones be bygones by refusing to revisit something that angered you in the past, especially if you find yourself dealing with an individual involved in that matter.

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Senior running back DeMarco Murray is approaching some prestigious records in his final season, and Murray said he is honored to be talked about in the same breath as OU greats.

“It’s breathtaking to be mentioned in the category of those great players,” Murray said.

The Las Vegas native is three touchdowns away from breaking Steve Owens’ allpurpose touchdown record of 57. Murray has 55, five games into his senior year.

Murray’s touchdown in the first quarter against Texas gave him 330 career points, making him second in that category, also to Owens, who had 342 career points.

Murray said he didn’t even know he was close to those records, but he will be proud if he reaches it nonetheless, especially if it is at home.

“I don’t pay attention to records — what they are or where it happens — but it’d be great to do it here in Norman,” Murray said.

Whether it’s true Murray is really unaware of the milestones he is on the cusp of achieving, if he does it will solidify his legacy as a Sooner.

Junior offensive lineman Stephen Good said the entire line would be proud to have blocked for Murray.

“We just know he is a good running back, and we try to block the best we can for him,” Good said.

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Senior running back DeMarco Murry carries the football during the OU-Texas football game Oct. 2 in Dallas. The Sooners defeated the Longhorns 28-20.

years at OU, coming in as a perceived home-run threat.

This season, he has taken on more of a workhorse load and learned to grind out the shorter runs patiently.

“My freshman year, I didn’t get a lot of carries, so I always tried to hit the home run every time I got the ball,” Murray said. “As I started playing more, I started being more patient.”

Offensive coordinator Kevin Wilson had a hand in

shaping Murray’s running style, Murray said. Wilson told him that if he got the short runs, the big breaks would come with that.

Regardless of the records, or whether he achieves them, Murray hopes his contributions will be remembered positively.

“I’d like to be remembered as someone who made a lot of plays, who worked hard and put the team before himself,” Murray said.

A look at the records » Murray is second in program history in allpurpose touchdowns (55), trailing Steve Owens’ 57.

Billy Sims is third with 53. » Murray is second in career points (330) behind Owens (342).

Bye week came at right time for OU Sooners use bye week break to rest lingering injuries, prepare for upcoming mobile quarterback challenges CLARK FOY The Oklahoma Daily

Bye weeks can do a lot of things for any football team. For the Sooners, many players agreed this bye week came at an opportune time.

Several players, like freshmen running backs Brennan Clay and Roy Finch, have missed several games with injuries.

Junior linebacker Austin Box also has missed all of the season with a back injury, but most of the Sooners could be gameready for Iowa State, coach Bob Stoops said.

“All those guys practiced. I’m not going to detail how all those guys practiced,” Stoops said. “The only guys who didn’t were [sophomore defensive lineman] Casey Walker and [freshman defensive end] Geneo Grissom.”

Stoops declined to comment any further on the condition of any of the other in» DT Adrian Taylor — leg jured players. injury (Sun Bowl, 2009) OU players were in large » DE Geneo Grissom — foot agreement that they feel injury (preseason) stronger after the bye week » LB Austin Box — back and ready to compete at a injury (preseason) higher level. » DE Frank Alexander — “I feel like that it couldn’t ankle injury (preseason) have come at a better time, » RB Roy Finch — foot injury the bye week,” senior defen(preseason) sive tackle Adrian Taylor said. » K Patrick O’Hara — muscle “It just felt good to have a bye strain (Air Force) week after a big win like [28» RB Brennan Clay — 20 over Texas], especially as a concussion (Air Force) senior.” » DT Casey Walker — knee Taylor has been plagued sprain (Cincinnati) by the same ankle injury that exited him from the Sun

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Bowl against Stanford last season. While he has made contributions, the ankle has been bothersome over the past few weeks.

But the weekend off did help, and he feels healthier after the break, Taylor said.

“It just gives us a little time for rest,” Taylor said. “We have a tough schedule left. Me personally, it did some good.”

It was not a totally stress-free week, though. Freshman safety Tony Jefferson found himself busy despite not having a game Saturday and said the break was well needed.

“Even though we had a bye week, we didn’t have a bye week in school, so that was just a better time just to focus on academics at that time and relax physically,” he said.

Like every team, the Sooners have several things that needed attention, senior defensive back Jonathan Nelson said.

Iowa State currently sits at 3-3 and revolves around dualthreat quarterback Austen Arnaud. In the coming weeks, both Missouri and Colorado have similar dual-threat quarterbacks, a player type the Sooners struggled with in games against Utah State and Cincinnati.

“To have some offenses like that coming up like Iowa State, Missouri and Colorado, I’m just glad that we got this week off so that we could just take a step back and sort of look at ourselves,” Nelson said. “Going into the Iowa State game, we can really hone in on them and critique it and fine tune all of the things we may have messed up on last week. That helps us out a lot.”

While all three of the defenders agreed the off week was well needed, Taylor added it was nice to get a chance to actually watch football on the weekends.

“It always is (a weird feeling),” Taylor said “Especially some days where you see the replays on Sunday and you see yourself, it’s kind of crazy, and to see some of the other teams and some of the other guys you know is kind of cool.”

RISING: SOCCER TEAM Following all five losses this season, the Sooners bounced back for five wins in the next scheduled games, leading to an 8-5-1 overall record. The eight wins already top last season (7), and the Sooners have six more chances to increase that total before possibly receiving a postseason berth.

EVEN: OU WOMEN’S GOLF Don’t be fooled — consistency is a positive when its near the top. The Sooners were in first place Monday after the opening round for the third straight tournament this season. Senior Ellen Mueller has set a new career best the last two tournaments and continues to lead the Sooners against increasingly difficult competition.

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FALLING: MEN’S GOLF The team entered final round play last weekend tied for sixth place. But four opponents passed up the Sooners on Sunday to leave the team with a finish in 10th place at the Brickyard Collegiate Tournament in Macon, Ga. Junior Riley Pumphrey carded a final-round 80 and sophomore Will Kropp shot a 5-over 77. These scores did not help the rest of the team. The other three team members each shot scores of 1-under, 1-under and 1-over.

— Daily staff reports

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Sooners set to battle Texas Longhorns have been a challenge for OU, coach Restrepo says GREG FEWELL The Oklahoma Daily

Football may be the sport that gets the most coverage in the rivalry, but the OU-Texas matchup is always heated, regardless of the sport. When the OU volleyball team faces the Longhorns at 6 tonight at McCasland Field House, though, the game holds more significance than usual.

The teams are battling for sole possession of second place in the Big 12. With Nebraska in control of the conference with an 8-0 record, OU and Texas have been able to separate from the rest of the pack.

The Sooners can take control of their own destiny with a victory over Texas.

If won, this game also can serve as a statement. OU is 0-4 against ranked teams this year, and the Sooners are only 3-33 against top-15-

ranked teams since 2004.

As daunting as that history may seem, coach Santiago Restrepo said this match against No. 11 Texas could be the time to break that trend.

Lately, the Sooners have looked improved since bad losses to Iowa State and Nebraska just a few weeks ago.

Since the back-to-back defeats, OU has set a consistent lineup and has three straight conference wins under their belt. Thanks to players like freshmen middle blocker Sallie McLaurin — who had her first career double-double Saturday night — stepping up, the Sooners now have both consistency and depth.

“It’s a big game,” Restrepo said. “We know that we are both fighting for second place, so it will definitely be an opportunity for us. “(The team) has talked MARCIN RUTKOWSKI/THE DAILY about this being a challenge Junior outside hitter Suzy Boulavski (2) spikes the ball against — a test — and what we’re Texas on Nov. 25, 2009, in Norman.

The Sooners face the going to do with this chalLonghorns at 6 p.m. today in the McCasland Field House. lenge ahead of us.”

BRIEFS

Caitlin Mooney named Big 12 Soccer Newcomer of the Week Sophomore forward Caitlin Mooney was named the Big 12 Newcomer of the Week.

Mooney, who transferred from the University of Maryland after the 2009 season, had her best two-game performance at OU with two goals and an assist in two games last weekend.

Mooney is second on the Sooner squad in goals scored this season (5).

Sooner men’s gymnastics team ranked third in preseason poll The OU men’s gymnastics team is third in the preseason Coaches Poll and received two first-place votes. Stanford and Michigan are Nos. 1 and 2.

The Sooners have started the season ranked in the top 3 each of coach Mark Williams’ 12 seasons at OU, including five preseason No. 1 rankings.

Danielle Robinson named to preseason All-Big 12 squad Senior guard Danielle Robinson was named to the women’s basketball preseason All-Big 12 team on Tuesday.

Robinson ended last season on the All-Big 12 first team.

Baylor’s Brittney Griner and Melissa Jones, Iowa State’s Kelsey Bolte and Texas A&M’s Danielle Adams join Robinson on the preseason all-conference team.

— Daily staff reports

COLUMN

Crimson Tide’s loss benefits everyone T h e p re v i o u s l y No. 1 - ra n k e d Alabama Crimson Tide’s 35-21 to then-No. 19 South Carolina sent ripples of excitement throughout college football.

“We have a chance now,” everyone outside of Tuscaloosa thought collectively.

Alabama was thought to be untouchable by most of the talking heads, but the Gamecocks held junior Heisman Trophy-winner Mark Ingram to just 41 yards on 11 carries and hand-delivered senior quarterback Greg McElroy’s first loss as a starter since his eighth-grade year.

Now, without an undisputed No. 1 at the top of the heap, all the other top 10 teams underneath have a shot at the national championship.

Including OU. The Sooners have a tough road ahead, with road games against Texas A&M and No. 20 Oklahoma State still staring OU in the face. But wins over those teams, coupled with a win over No. 5 Nebraska in the Big 12 Championship, could be enough to put OU in the big game.

Plus, newly-crowned No. 1 Ohio State still has games against Wisconsin, Iowa and Michigan on the schedule

that could trip up the Buckeyes.

Oregon could stumble in its Pac-10 schedule, and OU should hope to not meet Boise State in January again.

There’s several paths OU could take to end up in the national title game, but the Sooners wouldn’t have had the chance to without an Alabama loss.

So take a second, Sooner Nation, to thank the Ol’ Ball Coach, Steve Spurrier, for being the David to topple Goliath so college football could be a little more interesting.

— James Corley, journalism senior

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