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WEDNESDAY OCTOBER 14, 2009

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CAMPUS BRIEFS CNBC’S JIM CRAMER TO SPEAK WITH STUDENTS AND ALUMNI Free student admission tickets to the taping of CNBC’s “Mad Money with Jim Cramer” will be available from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. today in the Oklahoma Memorial Union.

Cramer will visit OU Oct. 29 to speak with business students and alumni at a dinner, and Oct. 30 he will tape his show before a live audience of OU students.

For more information, contact the Price College Office of Alumni and Development at 325-2500.

FREE ART LECTURE BY TEXASBASED PHOTOGRAPHER Ar t photographer Michele Wambaugh will give a free lecture today at the Fred Jones Jr. Museum of Art, 555 Elm Ave. “From Degas to Abstraction” begins at 10:30 a.m in the Sandy Bell Gallery. Presented by The School of Art and Art History, the lecture is open to the public, but seating is limited.

Wambaugh, a Texas-based artist, is best known for her photographic series “Exposed: The Performer Backstage,” which documented the backstage environment of over 40 major dance, theater and opera companies in North America and Europe, including Broadway musicals.

Wambaugh’s other series include “Women and Tribals of India” and “World Signage.”

For more information or to see a calendar of future events, call 3252691 or visit art.ou.edu.

TRANSPORTATION COMMITTEE TO DISCUSS COMMUTER RAIL The City of Norman’s Transportation Committee will meet at 5:30 p.m.

Thursday to discuss a possible commuter rail service from Norman to Oklahoma City and Oklahoma City to Edmond, according to the meeting’s agenda.

The Association of Central Oklahoma Governments will discuss facilitating a commuter rail study from Norman to Oklahoma City and Oklahoma City to Edmond.

Other agenda topics include CART, SafeRIDE and extended service reports, as well as a review of streets to be considered in the existing fiveyear street improvements project.

The meeting will be at Norman City Hall, 201 W. Gray St.

DEADLINE FOR UOSA STUDENT CONGRESS SEATS APPROACHES The deadline to apply for a seat in the fall 2009 election in UOSA Student Congress is 5 p.m. Thursday in the Conoco Leadership Wing of the Oklahoma Memorial Union room 181.

Students can run for open seats in districts that represent their field of study.

Jeff Riles, UOSA fall 2009 general elections chairman, stated the following districts have open seats that students can apply for: 2 – Arts 1 – Architecture 2 – Business 1 - Atmospheric and Geographic 4 – Communications 1 - Continuing Education & Liberal Studies 1 - Earth and Energy 4 – Engineering 4 – Humanities 1 – Languages 4 - Life Sciences 2 - Physical Sciences 4 - University College —Daily staff reports

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Michael McCarter, entrepreneurship sophomore and president of the Sooner Scuba club, takes a dive at Davis Reef in the Florida Keys in March 2008. McCarter hopes to become a certified scuba diving instructor and get more students involved in the activity.

McCarter, entrepreneurship sophomore, is “He got me interested in the scuba club,” President of club encourages currently a certified Divemaster, one level below Johnson said. others to try scuba diving an instructor. He uses the certificaMcCarter said scuba diving gives tion to take people on scuba tours, him the opportunity to see things make money and help the Sooner others cannot by photographing BRITTNEY BROWN Daily Staff Writer Scuba club, established last year. underwater images. He keeps the McCarter serves as president of photographs on his iPhone.

He has dived in the Florida After just one dip into the water with an air the club and said he always tries to Keys, British Virgin Islands and the Dominican tank and some fins, Michael McCarter was get others interested in scuba diving.

Michael Johnson, aerospace engineering Republic, where he floated through a school of hooked. Now, he spends his free time scuba diving, getting other people interested and studying sophomore, was recruited for the club and became a certified scuba diver last summer.

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I-35 to be clear of construction for OU-Texas football weekend

Threat of bioterrorism out of the spotlight in recent years

Okla., Texas departments of transportation act to ease traffic backup

Expert says bioterrorism receives too much of U.S. defense funding

TROY WEATHERFORD Daily Staff Writer

I-35 between Norman and Dallas will be construction-free this weekend as thousands of OU students and fans make their way to the Lone Star State for the Red River Rivalry.

Officials in the Oklahoma and Texas departments of transportation say they have prepared for a large volume of traffic.

“This is a huge traffic day,” said Cole Hackett, public information officer with ODOT. “We’re

definitely aware of it, and we try to work around it.”

All lanes on I-35 will be open between Norman and Dallas, officials say.

“We’ll have all lanes open.

Unless there’s an emergency situation, you won’t see any highway workers out there,” said Adele Lewis, Wichita Falls public information officer with TxDOT. The high volume of traffic is something that TxDOT is aware of and plans around each year, Lewis said.

“We plan for this every year. We know,” Lewis said. “Sometimes, it’s in the contract itself [to not work on OU-Texas weekend].”

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OKLAHOMA CITY — While bioterrorism is a valid threat, the amount the U.S. spends for defensive programs is unnecessary, a bioterrorism expert told an audience Tuesday at the OU College of Public Health.

C o l . Te d C i e s l a k , t h e Department of Defense’s liaison officer to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, delivered the lecture, titled “Biowarfare and Bioterrorism: A Primer.” The

lecture discussed the history of biological warfare and its significance today.

Cieslak said bioterrorism is the most significant biological warfare threat, but it is not a threat that warrants the amount of money spent on it.

“Fifteen years ago, this was a lecture that needed to be given, because at the time, it was a valid threat,” Cieslak said. “However, over the past decade, too much emphasis has been put on bioterrorism, and too many billions of taxpayer dollars have been wasted on somewhat dubious efforts for bioterrorism defense.”

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OU to receive compensation, share of revenue for hosting U2 360° concert Revenue will go into athletics department’s operating budget CAITLIN HARRISON Daily Staff Writer

OU will receive more than $500,000 for hosting the U2 concert Sunday, with $300,000 for service fees and another $200,000 to rent the field, according to the Aug. 10 licensing contract.

The revenue produced at the concert’s Owen Field venue, part of the band’s “360°” tour, will go into the athletics department’s general operating budget. This has been the case as well for previous concerts hosted at Lloyd Noble Center, Kenny Mossman, OU athletics communications director, stated in an e-mail.

“The OU Athletics Department is one of very few in the country that is self-sustaining,” Mossman said. “Since we generate every dollar we spend, we seek innovative ways to support our initiatives.”

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An OU student who has been charged with performing lewd acts with a child will appear next week in court, according to a Cleveland County District Court affidavit.

Isaiah Christopher “Chris” Hamburger, drama sophomore, was charged Oct. 5 for molesting a 4-year-old girl.

The affidavit states Hamburger “denied any wrongdoing and requested counsel.”

Norman Police began looking into allegations of molestation July 6 when the victim disclosed to her mother that “Uncle Chris” had “made her do yucky things.” On July 8, the victim was taken in for forensic review at the Mary Abbott Children’s House where the child confirmed she was molested while visiting her grandmother’s house in Norman where Hamburger lives while attending OU. Hamburger posted bond and appeared with counsel Oct. 6, according to the Cleveland County Sheriff’s Department.

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Michael McCarter, entrepreneurship sophomore, stands on the South Oval Tuesday morning. McCarter is a certified Divemaster and the president of the Sooner Scuba club at OU.

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“If you swim towards them, they part,” he said, “so if you float, they let you in.”

Kelsey Huse, accounting sophomore and Sooner Scuba secretary, said she likes scuba diving because it’s a risky activity.

“It’s an adrenaline rush,” she said. “But at the same time, its relaxing to be under the water and be exploring things.”

Because of the risk involved with scuba diving, McCarter has five different certifications and is studying to be an instructor. He said it is a very intense process.

“I’ve literally got 10 books on this stuff,” he said.

In order to become certified as an official instructor, McCarter said he must memorize all diving information, from how much oxygen a tank has to have at a certain depth to what happens if you go too deep

Revenue Continued from page 1 Regents and Live Nation UTours, also stated $200,000 could be in the form of an endowed scholarship for student athletes if Live Nation chooses to do so. Mossman said the company has either not yet made the decision or not shared it with the university.

The $300,000 service fee includes payment “for the personnel, services, rented equipment and other services and personnel related to the operations and security,” according to the contract.

OU often uses Lloyd Noble as a concert venue, but not its football field. The university hosted its last concert on the field 12 years ago when the Rolling Stones performed during the band’s “Bridges to Babylon” tour.

“We’ve been in the concert business at Lloyd Noble for quite some time, and [U2] was an opportunity

without the right mix of air.

McCarter said his goal is to become certified as an instructor, which would help the club cut costs when paying for an instructor to certify the new members.

Currently, club members have to have someone else certify them to scuba dive now, which is expensive, Huse said.

Additionally, McCarter said he would like to become an instructor because he loves scuba diving.

“I would love to instruct on the weekends after college,” he said.

McCarter said it is his dream to open a scuba shop.

“But I would do it for the love of it, not for the money,” he said.

For students interested in joining, Huse said they should find the Facebook group for more information.

“It never hurts to try it,” Carter said. “If you go and do it and like it, awesome. If not, you don’t have to do it again.” to do a concert on a grander scale, and we felt like it was an opportunity we wanted to take,” Mossman said.

UTours will also pay the university a deposit of $250,000 to replace the football field’s turf after the concert, as defined in the contract.

OU will refund any of the money if charges to replace the field are less than that amount.

Mossman said OU looked at similar concerts at other universities and found the high amount of field traffic and equipment kills the grass, rendering the field unplayable.

An Alabama farm will ship the new turf so installation can begin around Oct. 22, Mossman said. He said this is the same company that produced the sod for the National Championship game earlier this year in Miami.

“We found it would be best to get the field replaced so we won’t have any problems for the remainder of football season,” Mossman said.

The following is a list of arrests and citations, not convictions.

The information is compiled from the Norman Police Department and the OU Police Department. All those listed are innocent until proven guilty.

1616 E. Alameda St., Monday

POSSESSION OF DRUG PARAPHERNALIA Aaron James Anderson, 24,

COUNTY WARRANT Gary Wayne Pierce, 27, North University Boulevard, Monday

MUNICIPAL WARRANT Arlyn Francisco Franco, 23, 201 W. Gray St., Monday James Jimi Jackson, 37, 4111 Heritage Place Drive, Monday

Bioterrorism Continued from page 1 biological warfare, dating the first instance back to the 14th century.

He said biological warfare could be used for strategic, tactical and terrorist purposes.

He said biological weapons are considered a major risk because they are inexpensive to produce and can spread over great distances, sometimes in invisible clouds that are hard to detect until victims begin to show symptoms. The potential effects of such an attack include overwhelming medical facilities and causing panic.

However, in modern warfare, Cieslak said terrorism is the most common purpose for biological weapons, because very few largescale weapons exist that could achieve strategic or tactical ends.

“Osama bin Laden presumably does want to rule the world, and presumably will kill millions of

CAREER SERVICES Career Services will host a presentation on “Second Level Interviews” from noon to 12:30 p.m. in Oklahoma Memorial Union.

CHRISTIANS ON CAMPUS Christians on Campus will have a Bible Study from 12:30 to 1:15 p.m. in the Sooner Room of Oklahoma Memorial Union.

CAREER SERVICES Career services will help students learn job search strategies, and how to write resumes and cover letters from 1:30 p.m. to 4 p.m. in Oklahoma Memorial Union.

COLLEGIATE ENTREPRENEURS The Collegiate Entrepreneurs Organization will host COO of the Oklahoma Publishing Company from 7 to 8 p.m.

in room 3020 of Price Hall.

CAMPUS CRUSADE FOR CHRIST Campus Crusade for Christ will meet from 9 to 10 p.m. in the Santee Lounge on the fifth floor of Oklahoma Memorial Stadium.

GREEN WEEK Applications for Green Week 2010 Executive Team are now available online.

THURSDAY OU NAVY ROTC COTTON BOWL RUN The OU Navy ROTC will run to the Cotton Bowl when Coach Stoops hands off a game football to a midshipman at 7:15 a.m. at the Armory.

CAREER SERVICES Career Services will help with resumes, cover letters and job search strategies from 1:30 to 4 p.m. in the union.

people to do that,” Cieslak said. microbiology lab at this university, However, he said there are few and have access to the salad bar at weapons that exist that bin Laden an inaugural ball.” could use for such a purpose.

He said biological warfare He said modern terrorists mainly reached its peak during the Cold use biological weapons for publicity. War when the former Soviet Union “If publicity is all [the terrorists] created intercontinental ballistic are after, anything makes a good missiles loaded with two highly weapon,” he said. contagious diseases, smallpox and Cieslak gave an example of an bubonic plague. event that happened April 1997 in “[Biological warfare] hasn’t been Washington, D.C., when a postal as front and center in the news reclerk opened a letter cently as it was in the that claimed to con- “If publicity is all the early years of this tain anthrax. While said Gary terrorists are after, decade,” the letter did not actuRaskob, dean of the ally contain anthrax, anything makes a OU College of Public h e s a i d t h e e v e nt good weapon.”

Health. “Nevertheless made a great publicity it’s with us and constunt because it shut —COL. TED CIESLAK tinues to be an impordown the U.S. Capitol tant area for national during rush hour. security and public health.”

“Here’s a terrorist who got everyCieslak joined the CDC in 2006. thing he ever could have hoped for,” From 1996 to 2001, he served as the Cieslak said. “If he could do that chief of the operational medicine with nothing, imagine what you division at the U.S. Army Medical could do with an eyedropper full Research Institute of Infectious of anything you could find in your Diseases at Fort Detrick, Md.

Construction Continued from page 1 She said if a contract didn’t include a provision not to work this weekend, they would have given the contractor extra days so that the road would be open.

An alternate form of transportation can be found in the Heartland Flyer, an AMTRACK train that runs daily from Oklahoma City to Fort Worth. About 350 OU fans chose this method of transportation last year, according to an ODOT press release.

Round-trip tickets can be purchased for $40 by calling 1-800-USA-RAIL and using the fare code X109, according to the press release.

The train will leave Santa Fe Station in Oklahoma City Friday morning at 8:25 and make stops in Norman, Purcell, Pauls Valley, Ardmore, Gainesville and Ft. Worth before arriving in Dallas’s Union Station at 2:10 p.m.

For up-to-date information, both departments of transportation have Twitter accounts they recommend drivers follow while not driving.

Oklahoma’s Twitter page is OKDOT and the applicable Texas county Twitter pages are TxDOTWF and TxDOTDallasPIO. Both ODOT and TxDOT officials caution drivers to leave early and be careful on the road.

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Students leaving for Dallas to watch the OU-Texas football game may face heavy traffic traveling south on I-35 due to construction on the highway.

“Make sure you leave plenty early so you’re not rushed and can get there safely,” Hackett said.

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Boren gives credit for Phase II of Gaylord Hall construction to donors Features of Phase II will ‘create new opportunities’ NATASHA GOODELL Daily Staff Writer

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Joe S. Foote, dean of the Gaylord College of Journalism and Mass Communications, introduces President David Boren to the audience for the Gaylord Hall Phase II dedication Tuesday.

“This all started with a $22 million gift that transformed a school into a college,” OU President David Boren said during the dedication ceremony for Phase II of Gaylord Hall Tuesday.

Boren, along with Gaylord College Dean Joe Foote, Christy Everest, chairman and CEO of the Oklahoma Publishing Company, Editor of The Oklahoman Ed Kelly and Savannah Mobley, advertising senior, spoke at the dedication of Phase II of Gaylord Hall.

Boren credited the building to Edith and Edward Gaylord, who gave money for its construction. Boren also thanked other major donors for the new phase, including the Ethics and Excellence in Journalism Foundation, the Inasmuch Foundation and the Gaylord Family Foundation. Representatives of all those foundations attended Tuesday’s ceremonies.

“This is a building that never sleeps,”

Boren said. “It’s an exciting place to be.”

Boren said OU’s journalism and mass communications program has never stood at the point of excellence as it is right now, with 1,400 students and 33 faculty members.

“In this time of enormous change, we understand that through it all we must maintain integrity and depth and accuracy in communication itself,” Boren said.

Phase II of Gaylord Hall features a student-led advertising and public relations studio, a 185-seat auditorium with a studio and sound stage and a video production studio, an OU press release stated.

“Our family is really excited about seeing the vision we had being complete,” Everest said.

Kelley, in a post-ceremony interview, said this is a great day for the progress at OU, which he said has come a long way in the last 10 years.

“The commitment President Boren has to not only keep journalism strong, but making sure it’s one of the reasons OU is known nationally is really inspiring,” he said.

UOSA approves funding for diversity celebration Student groups to sponsor event, organized by OU Hillel RICKY MARANON Daily Staff Writer

Student Congress approved a resolution at its Tuesday meeting to fund next week’s campus-wide diversity celebration, CommongrOUnd. Student Congress approved up to $1,000 for food and entertainment at the celebration, and passed a separate resolution agreeing to become a sponsor of CommongrOUnd. OU Hillel is organizing the celebration, while 50 student organizations will sponsor the event, said Sam Scharff, OU Hillel CommongrOUnd coordinator.

“This is one of the most important things we will do on campus all year,” said Forrest Bennett, political science and history sophomore, University College district.

“In a state that can be so closedminded, it is important for our

university and our society to see all of these groups come together.”

Bennett said the 50 groups that have signed up are groups that range from those that support civil liberties to those who support making the Earth greener.

“By giving CommongrOUnd funding, we are showing universities all over the country that it is how you can unite and bring students together,” said Brett Stidham, human resources management junior, business district. “We want to send Norman and even the entire state the message that we as a student body celebrate diversity at this university.”

Stidham and Isaac Freeman, international securities studies senior, social sciences district, said the CommongrOUnd celebration is based in part as a “positive response” to the “negative display” of free speech when the Westboro Baptist Church came to Norman Sept. 18.

“I was very upset when they were here, and I really wanted to go out and show them how angry I was,”

Freeman said. “This celebration of diversity is a great way to respond to what took place.”

UOSA Student Congress Vice Chairman Matt Gress said by Student Congress supporting CommongrOUnd, the event will now have access to catering by food services in the Oklahoma Memorial Union. Event coordinators will also have access to other university services.

Members of OU Hillel were present in the Student Congress meeting to share details about the event.

“This will be an event that will support diversity in epic proportions,” Scharff said. “We have a lot of speakers, live music and great food. Everyone should come out. It is going to be great.”

Scharff also said the keynote speaker for the event will be David Ray, interim dean of the Honors College.

“With all of the groups that have asked to be apart of this event, [this is going to be] a great display and celebration of diversity,” Scharff said.

Kelley said there are few presidents at universities around the nation who really understand journalism like President Boren does.

Foote said OU is fortunate to have had the opportunity to open two new buildings within five years, referring to the phases of Gaylord Hall.

“We are achieving a level of excellence few could have imagined a few years ago,” Foote said.

The Gaylord College of Journalism and Mass Communication is credited as being the fourth-largest academic college at OU, Foote said.

Mobley said she remembers when she first toured Gaylord Hall Phase I. “I never imagined I would see the completion of Phase II,” Mobley said.

Mobley contributed to the new student-run PR and advertising agency, Lindsey + Asp, that will reside in Phase II of Gaylord Hall.

“It was an honor to have President Boren and Dean Foote speak to all of us,” Stacy Kaplan, journalism senior and Gaylord Ambassador, said in a post-ceremony interview. “This is going to open a lot of doors and create new opportunities for students.”

UOSA WORKS FOR MORE STUDENT INVOLVEMENT The UOSA Executive Branch and the Undergraduate Student Congress are teaming up to urge more people to participate in student government.

The new campaign for student involvement encourages students to run in the fall general election and to also seek other jobs that are open.

“We want people to get involved in their student government,” UOSA President Katie Fox said. “There are a lot of ways people can get involved, and we want as many as we can to sign up.”

Fox said applications for many different kinds of offices are available in the Conoco Leadership Wing of the Oklahoma Memorial Union.

But the campaign is not necessarily a result of last spring’s election, said UOSA Student Congress spokesman Spencer Pittman.

“Last spring was not necessarily a failure,” Pittman said. “We have many leaders in Congress that have come out of the elections last spring. We are just trying to get more people involved and create a higher diversity in the number of candidates that run for seats in the fall general election.”

Pittman said if more people sign up for any office and not just those up for election this fall, student government will become more diverse to meet the needs of all students at OU. “If we have a lot of candidates then that gives students a real choice in who they are electing,” he said. “We want to fill every seat in Congress with a diverse group of leaders so we can have unique legislation and action taking place that will benefit all students.”

Student Congress has launched an interactive Web site at www.ou.edu/ congress, and they have also set up a booth in the union so students can ask them questions and sign up for jobs in UOSA. Jeff Riles, fall 2009 general election chair, said UOSA is making access to sign up to run in the fall election easier for students.

Applications to run in the fall 2009 general election are due by 5:00 p.m., on Thursday in the Conoco Leadership Wing of the Oklahoma Memorial Union.

—Ricky Maranon/The Daily

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Rivalry game looms, trash talking increases Editor’s Note: In preparation for the OU-Texas football game Saturday, The Oklahoma Daily and the University of Texas’ student newspaper, The Daily Texan, agreed to run an editorial from each newspaper side by side today. The editorials criticize the opposing university.

The University of Texas Longhorns are superior to the OU Sooners.

Dear UT-Norman, It’s our understanding that we will be participating in a football match with you in the near future. We’re certainly delighted and wish you the best of luck.

We would like to do anything we can to accommodate you as you visit us in our great state.

Really, could we spot you a skill position player or two? Perhaps an offensive line? What about a victory in a BCS bowl?

Anything at all — we strive to be great hosts.

We still humbly feel that we were more deserving of being in the national championship game last year and are taking every precaution this season to ensure that we will make it to Pasadena.

Naturally, one tremendous obstacle we face is our game against your fine university, namely the negative impact it will have on our strength of schedule. Luckily we have UTEP to balance that aspect of the BCS formula for us — at least they’ve beaten a ranked team.

Texas, like any other state, has been struggling with the economy, thus we sincerely thank the fans at your institution for making tickets available to the game on your side of the field for such bargain prices. Additionally, we thank you for all of our logos that you purchase and place upside down (we really do appreciate the royalties). But we do feel your money might be better spent purchasing players... oh, it seems you’ve already done that, which is why your program is on probation right now.

When it comes down to it, we still don’t quite understand why there is such animosity between our schools. We mean, after all, we both have a lot in common. For example, we all applied to the University of Texas out of high school.

But we should really distance ourselves from these petty insults. It gets really old tossing around unfortunate observations about the poor dental hygiene of Oklahomans, the constant embarrassment you cause our conference on the national stage, your inferior academic rankings across all disciplines, the inability to field a team with athletes

actually from Oklahoma and the fact that your state polluted the world by offering it Reba McEntire.

We’re ready to move beyond this childish name-calling and simply accept you as the second highest ranked university in a state founded by land thieves.

We’re expecting a very fun and sportsmanlike match and are truly hoping this will serve as a good tune-up game for us before we play Central Florida in a few weeks. Of course some of our fans, still enchanted with your lofty and undoubtedly deserved pre-season ranking, may be dismayed by the actual skill level of your team. Just know that when we chant our fight song we’re not shouting “OU Sucks” emphatically, but rather in a surprised sense: “Oh, you suck?”

When you do leave Dallas disappointed, know that you’ll have 45,000 burnt orange faithful wishing you a safe trip back up I-35. We’re certainly hopeful your band of duct-taped 1980 Ford Pintos are able to make the trip back to your sinkhole without fail.

Good luck in the game. Hook em’ horns!

Hugs and kisses, The Daily Texan

The OU Sooners are better than the University of Texas Longhorns.

Hello to all you hippies, nerds, cowboys and criminals down there in Austin.

We too have heard some murmurings about an upcoming football matchup, and we are looking forward to it.

Sure, we’ve had a tough go so far this season. We’ll readily admit a 3-2 start is not what any of us expected. But the season is young, and there’s a lot of football left.

We remember feeling blue after a tough loss last season. Things looked bleak, as our national championship hopes began to fade. But then with one reception and a magical touchdown in last year’s Texas Tech-UT game, something changed.

We don’t know exactly how to describe it, but we’ll do our best. It was like “we dreamed it in our heads.” Weird.

Anyway, we wouldn’t be too upset about your loss to Texas Tech last year. After all, the Red Raiders were really good, and you fought really hard. They almost beat everyone they played. Almost.

But that was last year. This year is a little different. Quite honestly, we’re not used to being the underdogs. With the most wins since World War II, seven national

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Quarterback Sam Bradford prepares for the snap during the last game against Texas, Oct. 11, 2008.

championships, six Big 12 titles in the last decade and five Heisman Trophy winners, how could we be?

Oh, and speaking of the Heisman Trophy, we have a funny story. OU quarterback Sam Bradford won it last year. That made us giggle.

Now don’t get us wrong, Colt McCoy is really good, especially when he’s got his good ol’ fishin’ buddy Jordan Shipley by his side. Honestly, we hadn’t heard anything about how Colt and Jordan are so close until last weekend, when the commentators of the Colorado-UT football game let us in on a very well-kept secret: Colt and Jordan are fishin’ buddies!

We couldn’t believe our ears! Two teammates who are also fishin’ buddies!?

Who’da thunk it?

We heard that one time Jordan even hopped on a boat and Colt done did throw him a football from the shore! That made us giggly giggle too!

But let’s put football aside for a second.

While we don’t doubt that everything in your editorial was well researched, we do take issue with one statement. You said, “we all applied to the University of Texas out of high school.”

Did we now?

We think you might be taking for granted that everybody aspires to attend a massive university that provides its students with little-to-no personal attention in a big city.

Personally speaking, we like OU. A lot.

Here’s why: It’s located in a relatively small college town that doesn’t feature maddeningly molasses-like traffic. We actually know our professors, and we at least recognize or know most of the other students in our majors. We can walk anywhere on campus in less than 30 minutes.

The price of living isn’t astronomical. And even though Norman is a smaller city, we are only 30 minutes away from a large metropolitan one, Oklahoma City.

These are just a few of the many reasons why we chose to attend OU. And, as a university, we would like to thank the good ol’ Lone Star State for oh-so graciously giving us some of its best and brightest.

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Arguments against Oklahoma abortion law miss mark Responsibility and accountability are words currently thrown about with less clarity than my eyes without corrective lenses.

Everybody wants to portray themselves as relevant, responsible and politically astute.

But sometimes in JON doing so we conMALONE tradict ourselves.

Case in point, the current controversy over recent abortion-related legislation in Oklahoma. In April, the state government approved, and a Democratic governor signed, a law which, at the time, seemed highly necessary.

House Bill 1595, as it is available from the Oklahoma Legislature’s Web site, asserts two specific (but pretty clearly connected) purposes: to prevent abortions that are performed on the basis of the sex of the child alone, and to require specific and confidential information from both the mother of the child and the doctor performing the abortion.

The first purpose is certainly not a problem for anyone in Oklahoma, particularly feminists. The second purpose, however, has recently been the source of some level of controversy.

As numerous media outlets report, two Oklahoma women have challenged the bill on the grounds that it is unconstitutional. But the group representing the two women is the New York-based Center for Reproductive Rights, and the grounds on which they base their case is an assertion that the bill itself covers more than one topic. It’s interesting that they don’t challenge the content of the bill itself.

No, that job was left to The Daily’s Our View editorial from last Friday, which blasted the bill for a number of reasons. The three primary arguments were that the bill would “create an atmosphere of ‘big brother’ government,” that theoretically the information about the women could, in a small town, be disclosed, and it “could make women feel uncomfortable and possibly affect their decision to abort.”

I will respond to each argument.

First, this is an ironic twist to the

language of the Our View section, which mere weeks ago strongly asserted that, on the hot-button topic of universal health care, “we are not naive enough to tell you how to feel or which side to support when it comes to this hotly debated issue.”

So, one week opposition is shown to choosing a side on a controversial issue which is often characterized by those who oppose it as “big brother” legislation (governmentmandated health care for every U.S. citizen), but accountability for doctors who perform abortions and acquiring information that is confidential about the women involved is grounds for speaking out? I’m confused.

Secondly, there also seems to be much sentiment that this bill would reveal personal information and the identities of the women involved.

However, in the only article I could find in which one of the authors of the bill was interviewed (a piece by KTUL TV in Tulsa), Rep. Dan Sullivan (co-author of the bill) makes an observation about the issue of privacy itself, asserting that “‘There are only three counties in the state where abortions

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are performed. Tulsa County, Oklahoma County and Cleveland County.’ [Sullivan] says there’s no way to trace a women back to the rural county where she lives.”

The bill itself has very strong language protecting privacy, saying in section 2D that “In every proceeding or action ... the anonymity of any female upon whom an abortion is performed or attempted shall be preserved unless she gives her consent to such disclosure.”

Third, the argument is that this legislation could be detrimental to a mother’s decision to destroy her pregnancy.

The Tulsa World article that the Our View quotes provides an argument from “Jennifer Mondino, a staff attorney at the Center for Reproductive Rights, [who] said, ‘These bundled abortion restrictions have nothing to do with protecting the people of Oklahoma and everything to do with lawmakers who have political agendas trying to make it harder for women to get abortions and harder for doctors to provide them.’”

But isn’t that what lawmakers by nature have, political agendas?

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And since when is it a bad idea to make it more difficult to get an abortion? Ironic that this rugged individualism comes from the leftleaning Center for Reproductive Rights, which readily advocates (along with the president) the ideas of accountability and informed decisions on issues of policy in health care. It seems that the issue of abortion plays by a different set of rules.

Ultimately, the purpose of the bill is obviously to limit and reduce the number of abortions performed in Oklahoma.

By discovering some of the information given, we can learn the motive for many of the women behind their decision and provide some accountability to doctors.

But in the end, I hope and pray that this legislation and others will indeed be a step in the direction of remembering the hundreds of thousands of women whose lives, hopes, dreams and futures have been destroyed since Rowe v. Wade legalized the brutality of abortion.

Jon Malone is an English education graduate student.

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« FOOTBALL Coverage of the Red River Rivalry ivalry continues Thursday.

A TALE OF TWO GOLIATHS: BRADFORD VS MCCOY The Daily’s Jono Greco breaks down the matchup at quarterback between the Sooners’ Sam Bradford and the Longhorns’ Colt McCoy.

FAVORITE TARGET •Jordan Shipley, 47 receptions for 583 yards •3 touchdowns

•Brandon Caleb, 21 receptions for 340 yards •2 touchdowns

BIGGEST WEAKNESS Hasn’t proven he can take a hit. Hanging onto the ball for too long against Texas may result in more than just a bum shoulder.

Doesn’t spread the ball around. You know where he is throwing too often.

See above.

KEYS TO SATURDAY Get the ball to stay in as many players’ hands as possible.

Avoid the quickness of OU’s defensive linemen and exploit the slow linebackers.

RIVALS ON THE FIELD, FRIENDS OFF THE GRIDIRON – OU junior quarterback Sam Bradford on his relationship with Texas senior Colt McCoy.

SAM BRADFORD • 37-63 completions • 485 passing yards • 2 passing touchdowns • 0 interceptions • 133.9 quarterback rating • 3 carries for -5 yards • 0 touchdowns

• Missed three games due to a right shoulder sprain • Career record vs.

Texas: 1-1

“Colt’s a great guy. I think him sending me text messages after I got hurt told me he was praying for me, stay with it and keep my head up, that just says a lot about the type of guy he is.”

“If we win I’ll probably send a text and say something, and I’m sure if he wins he’ll say something to me. It’s all in good fun.”

COLT MCCOY • 135-184 completions • 1,410 passing yards •10 passing touchdown • 6 interceptions • 149.2 passer rating • 35 carries for 58 yards • 1 touchdown

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McDaniels, Orton perfect for Denver Two months ago, new Denver Broncos head coach Josh McDaniels had already put himself on thin ice without even starting the season.

He traded franchise quarterback Jay Cutler to the Chicago Bears based on unhappiness and disagreements, and followed the bold move with another by suspending dynamic wide receiver Brandon Marshall for poor behavior.

Five games into this season, McDaniels and team hold an undefeated record and have arguably the toughest defense in the league.

Thus far, the defense has shut out teams known for scoring like the New England Patriots, Dallas Cowboys and Cincinnati Bengals. Not to mention a league best 43 points given up, just a little over eight points per game.

Have we ever seen such a young coach do something like this? He’s one of the first coaches to ever start 5-0.

MJ Quite frankly, he’s just executing perCASIANO fectly and making a name for himself.

All of this years success noted, he’s just 33 years of age.

Only a few years ago he wasn’t allowed to drink alcohol, and he looks so young, it wouldn’t surprise me if he still gets asked for identification at the casino. There are even a handful of players who are older than him on the active roster.

McDaniels was in New England for eight years with the Patriots, and the rise of Orton reminds me a lot of Tom Brady when he broke out.

The comparison, of course, reflects the ability to win and rarely making mistakes, as Brady did in McDaniels’ early days. Orton has seven touchdowns and only one interception this season, while Cutler has already thrown four interceptions and fumbled four times.

Orton is starting to look like a good decision. If he was a pitcher, he would win the Cy Young Award because he’s 26-12 career as a starter and has beaten names like Brady, Tony Romo and Carson Palmer this year.

When McDaniels stepped in, sent Cutler packing and claimed Orton as his starting quarterback; he was feeling the negative heat of the media.

Now, he and Orton have gone from one of the most doubted, to one of the most respected coach-quarterback tandems in the entire league.

And they deserve it.

MJ Casiano is a broadcast and electronic media junior.

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‘ANTIGONE’ CAST FAILS TO LIVE UP TO SCRIPT Written more than 400 years before Antigone, which divides loyalties severethe birth of Christ, Sophocles’ “Antigone” ly when Creon discovers it was she who still holds a remarkable illegally buried the enemy of the state.

The action takes place on top of an amount of relevance for a play that’s pushing 2 unimaginative collection of triangular structures with nary a scenery change to 1/2 millennia.

Its prominent theme be found in the entire show, which runs of the morality of civil without an intermission.

The subtle lighting design by Steven disobedience against unjust rule carries plenty of Gillmore does help lend a better sense of progression to his own monotonous scephilosophical weight.

R e d u x i o n T h e a t r e nic design, however.

DUSTY SOMERS Performances are strong, especially Company opened its second season with the Gardner in his emotionally wrenching tragedy last week, but concluding scene and Crowther, who exhibits a serene sense although it’s an earnest of duty as the tragic production highlighted heroine. by several exceptional Drama sophomore performances, its bareMadison Niederhauser bones approach tends to R e d u x i o n T h e a t r e also makes a good imdull some of the material Company pression in a dual role rather than give it the raw that allows for about the quality that was likely “Antigone” only comic characterintended. ization, which comes off Drama junior Aimee Crowther stars as 8 p.m. Thursdays, Fridays well-surrounded by the dolefulness of the rest of Antigone. Her brothers, and Saturdays the characters.

Eteocles and Polyneices, But despite a technicalhave both died on the Now through Oct. 24 ly proficient production, battlefield leading rival it’s difficult to shake the armies in the Theban civil war. The king of Thebes, Tickets are $15 for feeling that it’s anything more than a dramatized Creon (Will Gardner), adults, $12 for students reading of the text. has issued an edict proSophocles’ words are hibiting the burial of certainly engaging, but a Polyneices, but Antigone play needs to transcend ignores the rule and the pleading of her sister Ismene (drama a simple academic experience, and sophomore Hannah Broom), and buries Reduxion’s “Antigone” rarely does.

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TOP 20 PRIMETIME PROGRAMS IN THE NIELSEN RATINGS

The Daily’s Osi Aken’Ova reviews three of this week’s most notable comic books.

“DEADPOOL #900” Yes, “Deadpool #900” comes out today. And no, there haven’t been up to 900 issues of Deadpool, and I d o n ’ t t h i n k t h e re ever will be. But this issue boasts 104 pages and a variety of Deadpool stories f ro m s o m e o f t h e greatest artists in OSI the industry today AKEN’OVA to justify its $4.99 price.

O f c o u r s e, t h i s issue is for Deadpool fans, but if you’re into screwball humor and violence this could be the perfect chance to be introduced to one of the coolest characters in the comic book industry.

“THE UNWRITTEN #6” After Tommy Taylor is wrongly arrested for the massacre at Villa Diodati, he is sent to prison in the South of France where another adventure awaits him.

“The Unwritten” is the story of Tommy Taylor, the title character in his father’s Harry-Potter-like book series that is world famous.

After his father’s mysterious disappearance, Tommy lives off his father’s earnings until he is accused of being an imposter at a book convention and characters from his father’s novels show up and try to kill him.

This book contains very random but well-constructed information about some of the most famous novels written in the past 200 years without seeming like a literature class.

The book is full of surprises and many of mysteries surrounding Tommy’s true identity that should keep readers coming back for more.

I would recommend “The Unwr itten” for people who are interested in reading comic books but don’t know where to start.

Trust me, it’s a fascinating read.

works undercover for Cecil Stedman’s government agency, The Faces’ plans for world domination are finally revealed to the readers. “ Wo l f- Ma n ,” l i k e a n y R o b e r t Kirkman comic, is worth reading for many reasons, but mostly because no matter how central a character might be to a story, Kirkman isn’t afraid to kill them off.

This might seem like a cheap gimmick but coupled with Kirkman’s writing style, it’s one of the most interesting books out there.

Osi Aken’Ova is a film and video studies senior.

Primetime viewership numbers were compiled by The Nielsen Co. for Oct. 5-11. Listings include the week’s ranking, with viewership for the week and season-to-date rankings in parentheses.

1. (1) “NCIS,” CBS, 20.7 million viewers.

2. (5) “Dancing With the Stars,” ABC, 16.35 million viewers.

3. (3) “NCIS: Los Angeles,” CBS, 16.31 million viewers.

4. (2) “Sunday Night Football: Indianapolis at Tennessee,” NBC, 16.02 million viewers.

5. (7) “CSI: Crime Scene Investigation,” CBS, 14.9 million viewers.

6. (8) “The Mentalist,” CBS, 14.7 million viewers.

7. (14) “60 Minutes,” CBS, 14.54 million viewers.

8. (4) “Grey’s Anatomy,” ABC, 14.13 million viewers.

9. (9) “Criminal Minds,” CBS, 14.05 million viewers.

10. (5) “House,” Fox, 13.74 million viewers.

11. (14) “The Good Wife,” CBS, 13.69 million viewers.

12. (12) “CSI: Miami,” CBS, 13.43 million viewers.

13. (12) “Desperate Housewives,” ABC, 13.42 million viewers.

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14. (14) “Two And a Half Men,” CBS, 13.3 million viewers.

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15. (18) “The Big Bang Theory,” CBS, 12.52 million viewers.

16. (17) “CSI: New York,” CBS, 12.43 million viewers.

17. (19) “Dancing With the Stars Results,” ABC, 12.42 million viewers.

18. (9) “Sunday Night NFL Pre-Kick,” NBC, 12.32 million viewers.

19. (20) “Survivor: Samoa,” CBS, 11.69 million viewers.

20. (24) “The Amazing Race 15,” CBS, 10.52 million viewers.

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MORMON LEADER: RELIGIOUS FREEDOM AT RISK The anti-Mormon backlash after California voters overturned gay marriage last fall is similar to the intimidation of Southern blacks during the civil rights movement, a highranking Mormon said Tuesday.

Elder Dallin H. Oaks referred to gay marriage as an “alleged civil right” in an address at Brigham Young University-Idaho that church officials described as a significant commentary on current threats to religious freedom.

Oaks suggested that atheists and others are seeking to intimidate people of faith and silence their voices in the public square, according to his prepared remarks.

“The extent and nature of religious devotion in this nation is changing,” said Oaks, a member of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles, a church governing body. “The tide of public opinion in favor of religion is receding, and this probably portends public pressures for laws that will impinge on religious freedom.”

Oaks’ address comes as gay-rights activists mount a legal challenge to Proposition 8, the ballot measure that overturned gay marriage in California. His comments about civil rights angered gay rights supporters who consider the struggle to enact same-sex marriage laws as a major civil rights cause.

“Blacks were lynched and beaten and denied the right to vote by their government,” said Marc Solomon, marriage director for Equality California, which spearheaded the No on 8 campaign. “To compare that to criticism of Mormon leaders for encouraging people to give vast amounts of money to take away rights of a small minority group is illogical and deeply offensive.”

Solomon said the Mormon church hierarchy has every right to speak out, “but in the public sphere, one should expect that people will disagree.”

In an interview Monday before the speech, Oaks said he did not consider it provocative to compare the treatment of Mormons in the election’s aftermath to that of blacks in the civil rights era, and said he stands by the analogy.

“It may be offensive to some — maybe because it hadn’t occurred to them that they were putting themselves in the same category as people we deplore from that bygone era,” said Oaks, a former Utah Supreme Court justice who clerked for Chief Justice Earl Warren at the U.S. Supreme Court.

The Salt Lake City-based Mormon church, or The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, has shied from politics

historically but was a key player in the pro-Proposition 8 coalition. The LDS First Presidency, its highest governing body, announced its support for Proposition 8 in a letter read at every California congregation, and individual Mormons heeded the church’s calls to donate their money and time.

After the measure prevailed, its opponents focused much of their ire on Mormons, organizing boycotts of businesses with LDS ties and protests at Mormon worship places. While some demonstrations were peaceful, in others church windows were shattered and slurs were hurled at the church’s founding fathers.

Some of the most pointed comments in Oaks’ Tuesday address focus on Proposition 8. Oaks said the free exercise of religion is threatened by those who believe it conflicts with “the newly alleged AP PHOTO ‘civil right’ of same-gender couples to enjoy the Protesters hold signs in front of the Mormon Church during a “No on Prop 8” privileges of marriage.”

“Those who seek to change the foundation of rally in Los Angeles to protest the church’s monetary support of Prop 8, Nov. marriage should not be allowed to pretend that 6. The anti-Mormon backlash after California voters overturned gay marriage those who defend the ancient order are tram- last fall is similar to the intimidation of Southern blacks during the civil rights pling on civil rights,” Oaks said. “The supporters of movement, Elder Dallin H. Oaks, a high-ranking Mormon said in a speech Proposition 8 were exercising their constitutional delivered Tuesday at Brigham Young University-Idaho. right to defend the institution of marriage ...” your mind, to participate in the election,” Oaks said. “But you Oaks said that while “aggressive intimidation” connected don’t have a civil right to win an election or retaliate against to Proposition 8 was primarily directed at religious people those who prevail.” and symbols, “it was not anti-religious as such.” He called Fred Karger, founder of the gay rights group Californians the incidents “expressions of outrage against those who dis- Against Hate, said Oaks’ speech is part of a public relations agreed with the gay-rights position and had prevailed in a offensive to “try to turn the tables on what has been a compublic contest.” plete disaster for the Mormon church ... They are trying to be “As such, these incidents of ‘violence and intimidation’ are the victim here. They’re not. They’re the perpetrators.” not so much anti-religious as anti-democratic,” he said. “In In his address, Oaks also rejected any religious test for their effect they are like well-known and widely condemned public office. He said that if “a candidate is seen to be rejected voter-intimidation of blacks in the South that produced cor- at the ballot box primarily because of religious belief or affilirective federal civil-rights legislation.” ation, the precious free exercise of religion is weakened at its The Mormon church has faced criticism for its past stanc- foundation ...” es on race; it wasn’t until 1978 that the church lifted a prohiIn the interview Monday, Oaks said he was referring in bition that denied full church membership to black men of part to the 2008 presidential bid of former Massachusetts African descent.

Gov. Mitt Romney, whose Mormon faith troubled some In an interview Monday, Oaks said the Proposition 8 saga evangelicals. was one of several trends that motivated him to deliver the address, but it was “not the trigger.”

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UCLA student pleads not guilty to attempted murder LOS ANGELES — A UCLA student charged with slashing a classmate’s neck during a chemistry lab brought a concealed, six-inch kitchen knife into the class and stabbed the woman five times, police said Tuesday.

Damon Thompson, 20, pleaded not guilty to premeditated attempted murder for the unprovoked attack on a female student standing next to him.

Los Angeles police Detective Alan Behnke said authorities were unable to determine a motive or whether the victim had been chosen at random. The woman, whose name was not released, was in good condition after spending time in intensive care.

Behnke said Thompson was cooperative but declined to speak to police about the incident.

The attack was deemed premeditated because Thompson allegedly brought the knife to the lab, but authorities had not determined how detailed his plans were.

“He hasn’t clarified what his motive was,” Behnke AP PHOTO Damon Thompson appears during his arraignment hearing, Tuesday, Oct. said.

Several people witnessed the attack, and a teaching 13, in Los Angeles. Thompson is a UCLA student accused of slashing the throat of a female student in a lab on campus last week. The arraignment assistant and a professor were able to stanch the blood flow by applying pressure to the victim’s neck. was moved to Oct. 27.

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Witnesses told police Thompson then walked calmly into a student information office and told a staff member he had stabbed someone.

Thompson’s bail was increased from $1 million to $3 million during his arraignment Tuesday. A call to his public defender, Robin Berkovitz, was not immediately returned.

Police found the knife at the scene of the incident — a lab on the top floor of a building in the heart of the university on the west side of Los Angeles. Behnke said the attack lasted about 15 seconds, with the woman stabbed three times in an arm and hand and once each in the back and neck.

Thompson and the victim had no known relationship other than working in the same class.

UCLA history professor Stephen Frank told the Los Angeles Times that Thompson wrote several e-mails last year complaining about classmates making offensive comments while he was taking a written exam.

Frank said he was present during the entire exam and saw nothing to support Thompson’s complaints.

Thompson’s relatives have said he is an only child who left his mother’s home in Belize two years ago to attend UCLA. He is due back in court Oct. 27.

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‘LEGAL FREAKS’ ENCOURAGES STUDENTS TO AVOID MUSIC PIRACY Group advocates legal downloading to avoid viruses, legal consequences CASEY PARVIN Daily Staff Writer

With October being Cyber Security Awareness month, one campus group is making a push to inform students about the dangers of pirating music and providing alternative, legal options.

Legal Freaks, a group headed by OU IT, is geared toward promoting legal music downloads and alerting students about monetary fines they may face for illegal downloads.

“We are trying to make sure students know how to be safe and legal on the Internet and how to protect them from two things,” OU IT spokesman Nicholas Key said. “One, to protect them against fines and potential court appearances and two, to protect them from possibly harmful peer-to-peer files that have not been scanned and checked for viruses.”

To catch student interest, the group is marketing themselves like a typical band with tour dates and concert stops, Key said.

Philosophy junior Jerod Coker said he uses the university’s “We want to get people using free and legal music,” Key wireless Internet network because it has a fast connection, said.

The Recording Industry Association of America is a group but doesn’t consider the legal aspect with obtaining this that will take legal action against a person for illegally down- music.

“Peer-to-peer downloading is cheap and I’m not even sure loading music from the Internet, Key said.

“A copyright organization contacts OU IT and, from there, that it’s illegal,” said. “The band will survive without my purthe university is bound to try and identify the person that has chase. I’m not worried about getting caught.”

If the RIAA does catch piracy, they take acbeen illegally downloading,” Key said. “OU tion through the university.

IT gets about 1,500 complaints per year and INFOBOX “If they can identify the person downloadabout 50 percent of those are found on OU’s Hear what the Legal Freaks have ing illegally, then the RIAA offers that perwireless network.” to share from 12:45 to 3 p.m. son a settlement document that costs about According to the RIAA Web site, they be$3,000,” Key said. “If they person declines, it lieve that university leaders have a respon- today in Cate Main. could cost them up to $80,000 per song.” sibility to acknowledge campus piracy and http://twitter.com/legalfreaks Once a student is charged with downloadshould take steps to prevent the theft from ing music illegally, the matter moves into the occurring in the first place. They should also demonstrate leadership in teaching students that music has Office of Student Conduct and OU IT no longer deals with the issue, Key said. value and there are right and wrong ways to acquire it.

“College students are at a disadvantage because they are “Legal Freaks will be in the South Oval and other high-trafall confined to one space and usually use the university net- fic areas around campus to get students interested in how to work,” Key said. “It is easier to find where the person down- download legally,” Key said. loading and who the person is.”

City council approves police department’s use of grants Uses of grants will include alcohol and traffic enforcement and disability accommodations TROY WEATHERFORD Daily Staff Writer

The Norman City Council approved a receipt of more than $100,000 in grants for use by the Norman Police Department at Tuesday’s City Council meeting.

A grant for $80,500 from the Oklahoma Highway Safety Office will be used for alcohol and traffic enforcement and

advanced collision investigation training.

A representative of the police department said the money will be used to target high collision traffic areas, such as the intersection of Alameda Street and 12th Avenue.

The money will fund enforcement, but will also go toward education about the dangers of drunk driving, the representative said.

Another grant of $43,684 will be split between the Norman and Moore police departments. Norman police will use their portion, $29,170, to purchase 16 Tasers, software licenses and a rifle.

The council also accepted a $103,920 grant to improve CART bus stops to better accommodate those with disabili-

NORMAN HEALTH SYSTEM HONORED FOR CLINICAL EXCELLENCE Norman Regional Health System received an award from the Oklahoma/Arkansas regional office of VHA Inc. for achieving clinical excellence in the areas of improving overall clinical quality, outstanding performance in infection prevention and outstanding performance in emergency department care.

Norman Regional also won the Superior Clinical Performance Award, beating out 30 other organizations.

“Being awarded the Superior Clinical Performance Award, especially when surrounded by other very accomplished hospitals is a wonderful achievement. This speaks to the dedication of our staff to quality care and patient safety,” said Norman Regional President and CEO David Whitaker in a press release.

The award for improving overall clinical quality is based on Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services and joint commission core measures.

VHA Inc. is a national care network based in Irving, Texas, with 17 regions across the U.S. “By recognizing these selected hospitals with clinical quality awards, we hope to demonstrate that hospitals can overcome the financial obstacles that often stand in the way to achieving clinical excellence,” said Dr. Bruce Naylor, vice president of clinical improvement and medical director for VHA’s Oklahoma/Arkansas region, in a press release.

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ties from the Oklahoma Department of Transportation.

After a citizen attending the council meeting said a CART stop on 12th Street dropped riders off on a grassy spot with no disability access, Shawn O’Leary, Norman’s Director of Public Works, said the city has been trying to address deficiencies. He said the grant will help out a lot.

O’Leary called CART’s accessibility “a work in progress,” and asked for patience.

The council also approved a purchase of 1,500 new polycart trash carts at $41.75 each, and accepted a scoreboard donated by a local business, valued at $6,158, for use at the Whittier Recreation Center.

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Marine’s widow gets bipartisan Senate help NASHVILLE, Tenn. — A Marine’s widow who has been fighting to remain in the U.S. with her 8-monthold son is now getting bipartisan help from the Senate.

Hotaru Nakama married Sgt. Michael Ferschke by phone in 2008 while he was stationed in Iraq and she was in Japan. He died in combat a month later, but a 1950s immigration rule says the couple’s marriage was not consummated though she was already pregnant with their child. Hotaru and her son have been staying temporarily with her in-laws in Tennessee, but immigration officials denied her request for a permanent visa.

Sen. Jim Webb, a Democrat from Virginia, and Tennessee Republican Sens. Lamar Alexander and Bob Corker announced Tuesday they would sponsor a private bill to match an effort in the House to allow her permanent residency.

Webb said the bill would “right a wrong for a Marine’s family who paid the ultimate sacrifice for his country.”

The couple were together about 13 months before she found out she was pregnant. Not wanting to wait until his tour was complete, the couple agreed on a proxy wedding.

STATE BRIEFS LAWTON VOTERS TO DECIDE SCHOOL REQUESTS Voters in Lawton will be deciding on a temporary sales tax increase and a proposed bond issue with money from both to help the Lawton school district.

A proposed five-year, halfcent sales tax increase would raise money for new school buses and to help pay for construction in the district.

A $37.3-million bond issue would be used to build new classrooms and to pay for projects ranging from bathrooms to security improvements.

The district is preparing for an influx of students because of federal military base realignments that is to send many new military personnel to nearby Fort Sill.

Polls are open from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. Tuesday.

HEARING SET FOR TULSA OFFICER ON DRUG CHARGES A preliminary hearing is set for Nov. 20 for a Tulsa police officer facing drug charges.

Officer Travis Ludwig appeared in court Monday and pleaded not guilty. Prosecutors have charged the 37-year-old officer with possession of cocaine and possession of scales used by drug abuses.

Police say the cocaine was found in Ludwig’s police car during an unrelated investigation.

Ludwig’s attorneys say the officer doesn’t know where the drugs came from but that a suspect may have dumped them in the patrol car.

POLICE FIND MISSING ARDMORE WOMAN

Authorities have canceled a Silver Alert after a missing 85-year-old woman was found unharmed.

According to the Oklahoma Department of Public Safety, June Brooks was discovered in Davis on Tuesday and was taken to the local police department.

The alert was issued after police said Brooks disappeared from her home sometime Monday night or early Tuesday.

ASSAULT LEAVES ONE WOMAN DEAD The Comanche County sheriff says the rape and murder of a Cache woman and the beating of her husband is one of the worst cases he’s ever seen.

Sheriff Kenny Stradley says Martha Faye Miller died late Monday at a Lawton hospital.

Her husband, Carl, remained hospitalized in critical condition and her son, Shawn Monk, was treated for injuries he received while fighting with the intruder.

Authorities arrested Mica Martinez on complaints of murder, rape, first-degree burglary and aggravated assault and battery. Martinez is in jail without bail.

Stradle y says deputies responded to a shooting call and an intruder call about 5 a.m. Monday. When officers reached the residence, they found Monk and the intruder fighting.

Carl Miller was discovered in a detached garage, and Martha Miller was in a bedroom.

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Hotaru Ferschke said she and her husband got their proxy marriage simply by completing the paperwork and their marriage was finalize on July 10, one month before he was shot during a house search.

While the military has recognized her marriage, she was denied when she applied for permanent residency. The Immigration & Nationality Act says that, for the purposes of immigration law, the definition of spouse does not include a “wife or husband by reason of any marriage ceremony where the contracting parties thereto are not physically present in the presence of each other, unless the marriage shall have been consummated.”

U.S. Rep. John Duncan of Tennessee first introduced a private bill into Congress this summer. A private bill does not affect immigration policy.

Corker said private bills should only be used as a last resort, but that all administrative and judicial remedies have been exhausted.

“This bill seems to be the only way to honor the wishes of the late Sgt. Michael Ferschke and allow Hotaru to raise their child in the United States,” he said.

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Robin Ferschke, right, mother of Sgt. Michael Ferschke, and her daughter-inlaw Hotaru Ferschke, stand next to a banner with Michael Ferschke’s photo outside their home in Maryville, Tenn., March 6. Hotaru is holding her son, Mikey. U.S. immigration authorities do not recognize Hotaru’s marriage to Michael Ferschke, even though the military does.