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CAMPUS BRIEFS DEADLINE FOR FILL THE TROLLEY APPROACHES The deadline to register for “Fill the Trolley,” an annual CART initiative that reaches out to OU departments and organizations donating gifts, is Oct. 28.

The 2009 trolley will drive around campus to collect boxes Dec. 2.

Last year, three trolleys were filled with toys, household items and teen gifts, according to a press release.

For the first time, this year CART has set its goal to fill four trolleys.

The departments and organizations wishing to participate in this event will receive a large, decorated box the first week of November.

Those wishing to participate can e-mail CART at FillTheTrolley@ou.edu or call 325-6080 with department or organization name, contact name, phone number, e-mail address and campus address.

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AWARD-WINNING DIRECTOR TO SCREEN DOCUMENTARY Gini Reticker, an Emmy Awardwinning and Academy Awardnominated documentary director and producer, will visit OU today to screen her documentary “Pray the Devil Back to Hell,” chronicling the Liberian women’s peace movement.

The public is invited to both the screening and Reticker’s talk following the lecture beginning at 7 p.m. in Gaylord Hall, room 1140.

Reticker’s visit was organized

by Women’s and Gender Studies Program director Jill Irvine as part of the program’s Women and World Politics Presidential Dream Course series, in which activists involved in the struggle for women’s and human rights around the globe were invited to campus for public lectures, film screenings and other activities.

Reticker produced the Academy Award-nominated short film “Asylum” and the Emmy Award-nominated film “A Decade Under the Influence.”

Director for the PBS series “Wide Angle,” she received an Emmy and the Society of Professional Journalists’ Sigma Delta Chi Award for “Ladies First,” which focused on the role of women in the rebuilding of post-genocide Rwanda.

For more information about Reticker’s visit, contact Barb Houser at (405) 325-3481.

-Daily staff reports

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The Society of Native American Gentlemen drum and chant Wednesday night at CommonGrOUnd diversity fest in the Oklahoma Memorial Union.

Organizers hope to spread feeling of inclusiveness to community TROY WEATHERFORD Daily Staff Writer

More than 60 organizations came together Wednesday night at the commonGround unity rally, organizers said.

Sam Scharff, co-chairman, said the purpose of the event was to create a feeling of inclusiveness at OU. “Our intent is to make every person feel like

they belong in the community,” said Scharff, zoology junior.

The inspiration for the unity rally came about a month ago when the Westboro Baptist Church staged a protest of OU Hillel’s celebration of Rosh Hashanah, Misheala Giddings, co-chair said.

At the protest, she said she noticed a huge outpouring of support for the Jewish organization.

She wanted to build on that support and share the feeling with the rest of campus. So, she and Scharff began planning the rally.

“We couldn’t ignore the positive energy,” Scharff said. “It was something that we had to take and run with.”

Scharff said what was initially inspired by the Westboro protest has grown into something much bigger.

“This is not a response to Westboro because this has evolved into something more than that,” Scharff said. “We’ve come together to lift up the community.”

Speakers at the rally included David Ray, honors college dean; Marcia Chatelain, African and African-American studies professor and Katie Fox, UOSA President and international and area studies and communications senior.

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‘Love Your Body Day’ addresses body image misconceptions Event includes film screening about embracing differences NATASHA GOODELL Daily Staff Writer

Some students say media have impacted the way they see themselves and their bodies, and a group of OU students Wednesday shared their stories of how they were able to look past these media images bombarding them every day.

“I was never satisfied,” said Sheena Marie, University College freshman. “I always felt overweight, but I was always where I needed to be.”

Marie said it was mostly the name-calling and rude compliments she kept receiving throughout school that made her feel insecure about herself.

“Also, reading Cosmo and other magazines always made me feel insecure,” Marie said. “I felt like I was never skinny enough for the public and I felt if the public didn’t feel satisfied looking at me, then I didn’t feel satisfied looking at myself.”

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Women and Gender Studies students and friends on Wednesday afternoon in the Physical Sciences Center in honor of “Love Your Body Day.”

Auction helps struggling non-profit group Campus safety threat exaggerated TROY WEATHERFORD Daily Staff Writer

For over 30 years the Norman Women’s Resource Center has been helping women who are victims of domestic violence and sexual assault.

This year, the agency lost 46 percent of its funding, has had to undergo cut-backs and layoffs and may have to close if more money isn’t found, according to a press release.

That fact makes the charity auction tonight vital to its continuation, an organizer said.

The Organization for the Advancement of Women in Law will host its 21st annual charity auction at 6 p.m. at Coach’s Brewhouse, 110 W. Main St. “It’s an absolutely vital agency providing critical resources

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to women and children in need,” auction chairwoman Krystina Hollarn said. “It’s very important for us to support an agency providing that, especially when they’re going through a tough time.”

The agency provides a number of services to the community through the Norman Shelter for Battered Women, a 24-hour crisis line, a rape response team, counseling services and a court advocacy program, according to its Web site.

The OU student organization is a longtime supporter of the agency. Last year’s auction raised over $10,000 and organizers hope to increase that amount this year, Hollarn said.

“We certainly feel more urgency knowing that our efforts might make the difference

between the Women’s Resource Center surviving or not sur viving,” said Mar y Sue Backus, Organization for the Advancement of Women in Law advisor.

Items being sold at the auction were donated by Norman and Oklahoma City individuals and have been packaged into theme packages, Backus said.

“We had an amazing array of donations last year including dinners and lunches, unusual theme parties, bowling outings, poker nights, roller skating, baseball tickets, theater tickets, golf and home-cooked meals,” Backus stated in a press release.

Admission is $5 and all of the money raised will benefit the Women’s Resource Center, according to Hollarn.

Fox 25 scares students with comparison to Virginia Tech RICKY MARANON Daily Staff Writer

A local television station caused some concern among students when it made comparisons between OU and Virginia Tech in its evening newscast Tuesday.

KO K H- Fo x 2 5 r e p o r t e r L i s a Monahan reported Tuesday that students at OU were facing a “potential threat to their safety,” and that university officials were denying them access to the information about the threat.

Monahan’s report made comparisons to the massacre at Virginia Tech in 2007, and asked students their opinion about an incident similar to what happened at Virginia Tech.

Monahan said a source told Fox 25

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that an expelled graduate student was going to come to the Zarrow Center for Learning Enrichment and “shoot everybody,” but then said administrators were hiding information from the public on events surrounding the potential threat.

“We made an open records request,” Monahan stated in the report.

“But OU’s open records officer Rachel McCombs denied the document.”

McCombs said she did not deny the request, and gave Fox 25 what she could within the means of the law.

“In response to that request, the Open Records Office provided Fox 25 with a copy of the requested report titled ‘Incident Report,’” McCombs stated in an e-mail. “Under the Oklahoma Open Records Act, certain law enforcement information is required to be made public upon request by any THREAT CONTINUES ON PAGE 2

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Early users experience issues with oZONE enrollment CHARLES WARD Assistant Managing Editor

Third-year law students experienced some problems Wednesday when they became the first students in the OU system to use oZONE’s new enrollment system.

One issue involved students not being able to enroll in classes with the same course number, but different course titles and content. The College of Law lists 22 classes with course numbers 6100, 6400 and 6700 in oZONE. OU’s old enrollment system looked at course titles, as well as course numbers and subjects to determine if a class was a duplicate, said Shari Black, OU registration implementation specialist. She said the new system does not look at course titles to resolve such conflicts.

Once the issue came to the oZONE team’s attention, they created both a short-term fix and prepared a long-term solution, Black said.

“In the short run, what [the College of Law] did is they gave all the students who were enrolling permission to enroll in a duplicate course,” she said.

Erin Maxwell, a third-year law student, ran into the duplicate course problem when she

Rally Continued from page 1 The event also included performances by the hip-hop group S.O.S and the Society of Native American Gentlemen.

A large banner was displayed at the rally for attendees to sign. Giddings, international and area studies junior, said they are trying to get OU to permanently display it somewhere on campus after the rally.

Threat Continued from page 1 member of the public, including the media.”

McCombs later stated she provided what she could to Fox 25, but she could not give out specific details of the incident surrounding the threat because of Oklahoma law.

In the report, Monahan stated that OU should have used its public alert system to tell students when the threat was made, but university officials said the use of the campus-wide alert system is more complicated than mentioned in the story.

“Any threat that is brought to the university’s attention is immediately assessed and addressed,” OU spokesman Jay Doyle said. “The type of notification used by the university depends on the specific situation.

Students, faculty and staff would be notified if there is a threat to the broader university community.”

Doyle stated Tuesday that authorities were consulted and are also monitoring the threat.

Monahan continued to make links to the potential threat from her source to a vague OU Police report that contains two sentences.

“A male subject made threatening statements to a University student off campus,” the OU Police report stated. “Report taken for informational purposes.”

Students in the Fox 25 report appeared concerned for their safety, but students interviewed Wednesday by The Daily about the incident indicated they were not concerned.

The Daily interviewed five students Wednesday outside of Price-Adams Hall about the Fox 25 report.

“It sounds like they are just exaggerating a potential threat to get a story,” said Corey Chancellor, advertising sophomore. “They

attempted to enroll at 8 a.m. Wednesday, the first opportunity for any law student to enroll.

Maxwell said Deborah Case, College of Law Registrar, helped her resolve the issue.

Black said she would implement the longterm solution to the problem Tuesday night and did not expect any problems with duplicate course numbers moving forward.

Students also had issues with oZONE requiring incorrect prerequisites for certain classes.

“I tried to enroll in First Amendment [law] and it said I lacked a prerequisite,” Maxwell said. “I tried again about five minutes later, probably, after trying to figure out what the prerequisite was, and it let me enroll that time.”

The College of Law’s Web site lists constitutional law as the only prerequisite for First Amendment law. First Amendment law is a required class for first-year students, according to the Web site.

Black said the College of Law provided her office with incorrect information regarding the prerequisites for First Amendment law.

She said if information in course catalogs is incorrect the issue may reoccur when other students attempt to enroll for spring.

“We have asked the departments to go in, during our training sessions, and check Scharff said the various organizations provided a lot of help in getting the rally planned in such a short period of time.

“We had the assistance of every organization at our disposal,” he said.

Quayor said he thought the rally was a good way to spread diversity.

“If you don’t reach out to other cultures, you remain ignorant,” Quayor said.

“Ignorance leads to fear, and fear leads to hatred.” need to learn the difference between a potential threat and an imminent threat. I think if OU actually thought something was about to happen, they would tell us.”

Chancellor said if he was randomly confronted by a reporter with a story about a potential threat to campus, he said he would be concerned.

“It sounds like they were trying to scare some students into getting them to give good quotes,” Chancellor said.

Students also said Fox 25 crossed the line when they compared the events that occurred at Virginia Tech to what could happen at OU. “Virginia Tech is a pretty sacred issue when it comes to college safety,” said Marissa Cassidy, management information systems and history senior. “The media usually blows things out of proportion, and what a better place to do it then on a college campus.”

Cassidy said she felt safe because of an incident that occurred on campus last semester.

“When the event happened last spring when the student kidnapped a teacher, the university and even my friends and other students looked out for each other and our safety,” Cassidy said. “I think OU is doing a good job keeping us safe.”

Chancellor said he feels safe on his campus even though things happen and have the potential to happen from time to time.

“Whether something happens or not, I think the report was a little exaggerated,” Chancellor said.

OU Police spokesman Lt. Bruce Chan said if anyone feels threatened on campus or sees any suspicious activity, they should call the police.

A spokesman for KOKH-Fox 25 stated the news station stands by its story and did not want to issue a response.

[the prerequisite information] and as they’re identifying [issues], we’re fixing them,” Black said. “If the catalog isn’t right, they’re going to be wrong. Departments have been trying very diligently to look at them, and we’ve been fixing them as they tell us about them.”

Adam Wilson, third-year law student, said the lack of trial schedules with the new oZONE system made enrollment more difficult. He enrolled at 4 p.m. Wednesday, and said he needed to find some back-up classes after courses he wanted filled before he could sign up.

“Now I’m stuck trying to find classes at the last possible minute and find the [course reference numbers] for them, which aren’t the same as the numbers on the old site, so you have to go back and look through a bunch,” he said. “And that’s creating a problem. Every minute you’re spending is a minute somebody else is taking your class.”

Black said SunGard, the company OU is working with to implement oZONE, is releasing an update which will allow students to create test schedules, but it won’t be ready for enrollment for spring.

Both Maxwell and Wilson said they preferred the old enroll.ou.edu system. “[oZONE] needs a better graphical interface so you can see what you’re doing,”

Wilson said. “The old system was really good about that.”

Maxwell said she preferred enroll.ou.edu’s user-friendliness and accessibility.

Matt Hamilton, OU’s registrar, said he pledged to continue to enhance the system.

“The functionality is not what we would like it to be yet, either, and I think that’s an important message,” he said.

Hamilton also said the oZONE team considered “bolting” the enroll.ou.edu system onto oZONE, but decided against it.

“Basically, every time we would study this issue ... the complexity told us probably another six months and several hundred thousand dollars to do that,” he said.

Hamilton said he valued Wednesday’s enrollment experience as a chance to improve the system before the bulk of OU students enrolled.

“We certainly value the fact some law students had reported some issues to us and it actually gave us an opportunity to almost instantaneously improve the system and the enrollment experience for those that actually were coming on a little bit later in the process,” he said.

Enrollment for law students continues today at 8 a.m. and continues through Friday, according to an e-mail sent to law students.

NORMAN POLICE ISSUE HALLOWEEN PRESS RELEASE Norman Police are asking anyone celebrating Halloween by trick-or-treating to celebrate on Friday Oct. 30 instead of Saturday Oct. 31.

Because of the OU football game being the same night as Halloween, Norman Police stated in a press release that the increased traffic before and after the game could be a risk to children going door to door and crossing the street.

Norman Police stated that there are alternatives to going house to house for treats.

“For those parents seeking an alternative to door-to-door trick-or-treating, many nursing homes and assisted living centers usually participate in trick-or-treat, and other organizations may also plan to participate. Parents may wish to consult their local newspapers for ads from businesses and organizations that may host special events. Sooner Mall merchants have announced they will hand out treats from 5:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. on Friday, October 30, 2009,” the press release stated.

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Love Continued from page 1 that lasted for six months and the disorder was kept hidden from her family for quite a while.

“I worked out a lot and my diet was a slice of toast, a stick of gum and two chips in the evening, because you can’t eat only one,” Marie said.

She said her parents began noticing her poor eating habits and they started to take action.

“My family and one of my friends noticed I wasn’t eating enough and started to make sure I ate,” Marie said. “They held me down and forced food down my throat because they cared.”

She said after being forced to eat, she just got hungry one day and started to grow an appetite for food again.

“Your body would literally eat itself to get its nutrients,” Marie said.

She said she never went to the doctor but was classified as anorexic because of her behavior and the degree to which she had deprived her body of food.

“Don’t ever let anyone make you feel less than what you are,” Marie said. “You are beautiful no matter what because you are God’s creation.”

The Women’s Outreach Center and the Women’s and Gender Studies department

put together events on OU’s campus different ethnicities and ages ranging from Wednesday called “Love Your Body Day,” in 18 to 95 years old, portraying the realness honor of the national initiative to change the of women and countering the false images perceptions people have of their bodies. shown in the media.

Caitlyn Wright, women’s and gender studJennifer Cox, women’s and gender studies ies senior and undergraduate research assis- senior, said it was nice to see actual bodies in tant for the department, said the day is about this film. embracing one’s body and realness.

“I think the conversation is a continuous “We want to make our community aware process, believing that I am beautiful and to of unhealthy body images and affirm that love a natural body that deserves to be emyou don’t have to look like a supermodel to braced and celebrated,” Cox said. love your body and yourself,” Wright said.

Females aren’t the only ones who have The film “Fifty Nude Women” was shown body image misconceptions. as part of the day’s events.

“I have experienced Wright said the film is this a little too,” said about embracing differ- “My dad and my sister both Taylor Foltyn, University ences and realizing all struggled with this, but I tried College freshman. women are beautiful, not Foltyn said he was a just women portrayed by to not let it rub off on me.” husky child and it really the media. started bothering him in “Almost every woman I -TAYLOR FOLTYN, middle school. know has some body dis- UNIVERSITY COLLEGE FRESHMAN “When you start getmorphia because we are ting into girls you start bombarded by these imcaring about the way you ages,” Wright said. “It’s something I struggle look,” Foltyn said. with every day, embracing my differences.”

Foltyn said he changed his eating habits Yaisa Mann instructs a body image class at and that was about it, he said he never went OU and said she was hesitant to come to the about this in an unhealthy way. film based on its name.

“My dad and my sister both struggled with “Surprisingly, I felt at ease watching it even this, but I tried to not let it rub off on me,” though it was just nakedness,” Mann said. “I Foltyn said. loved the event and the group of people who He said he experienced bullying to a small attended.” degree, but it was never the media that influThis film featured 50 nude women of enced him to lose weight or work out.

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“Don’t do anything rash,” Foltyn said.

“Don’t starve yourself because it does more harm than good.”

Allison Bott, art history senior and undergraduate intern at the Women’s Outreach Center, said everyone has probably known someone who has dealt with body image issues and she said she thinks this is an important topic to address on a college campus.

“The media probably does impact the way you feel about yourself and not really having a positive role model to look up to does too,” Bott said. “I think having a good positive body image is good and healthy.”

MAKING HISTORY NOW The National Organization for Women celebrated its 12th annual “Love Your Body Day” Wednesday. This campaign is a stand against the fashion, beauty, diet and advertising industries, protesting the fake images they show to the public.

According to the National Organization for Women’s Web site, now.org, the NOW Foundation is fighting for real, diverse, strong and bold women to be shown in the media and for the messages targeting women and girls to make them feel insecure about their bodies so they will buy products to stop.

THE DAILY’S JACQUELINE JOHNSRUD ASKED STUDENTS, “IN HONOR OF ‘LOVE YOUR BODY DAY,’ HAVE YOU EVER STRUGGLED WITH YOUR BODY IMAGE AND HOW HAVE YOU OVERCOME IT?”

“Yes, I have third degree burns on my legs and stomach. The way I overcame it was by telling myself that I was beautiful every day. I started wearing shorts to let others know that I was comfortable with myself.”

“I have never really struggled with my body image. There were times that I was underweight, but I would just be more athletic so that I would be hungrier and eat more. I felt better being slim rather than unhealthily skinny.”

-MICHAELA MCCULLY, UNIVERSITY COLLEGE FRESHMAN

-MAX LEMASTERS, MULTIDISCIPLINARY STUDIES JUNIOR

“Yes I have, because I used to be in competitive dance and there was pressure to be a certain size. It took a strong support group of family and friends to overcome that.”

“In middle school I was overweight so I started exercising and lost weight. I put on 20 pounds freshman year but that was needed.

I’m losing it now, since I no longer have the Caf.”

-LAUREN STANFILL, ADVERTISING JUNIOR

-GARRETT DUTY, BROADCAST JOURNALISM SOPHOMORE

“I’ve never struggled with body image, because I have seen people that have struggled and what they’ve done to themselves and it’s terrible. I don’t understand how people can’t love their body.”

-LAURA NAGLER, ANTHROPOLOGY SENIOR

THIS WEEKEND AT YOUR UNIVERSITY Thursday, Oct. 22

Womens Tennis | ITA Central Region Championships, today through Sunday, all day. Visit soonersports.com for ticket information.

Intramural Update | flag football bracket placement meeting today at 7:30 p.m. in the Huston Huffman Center room 130. Also, whiffleball entries today and punt, pass and kick at the IM fields from 4-6 p.m.! For more information visit recservices.ou.edu or call Jonathan Dewhirst, (405) 325-3053.

Mid-Day Music | noon in the Oklahoma Memorial Union Food Court featuring Ted Jurcsisn. Presented by the Union Programming Board.

Comedy Fight Night Auditions | 5-7 p.m. in the Associates Room, Oklahoma Memorial Union second floor of the union. Be a part of Comedy Fight Night on Nov. 6 and win a scholarship for being the class clown! Please have two minutes of stand-up material prepared for audition. Presented by the Union Programming Board Sutton Concert Series: Jonathan and Stephanie with Ricardo and Crissy Souza, Piano and Percussion | 8 p.m. in the Paul F. Sharp Concert Hall. Tickets are $8 for adults and $5 for students, faculty/ staff and senior adults. Please call the Box Office at (405) 325-4101 for more information.

Friday, Oct. 23 EA Sports Need for Speed: Shift Demo | 11 a.m.-1 p.m. in Crossroads Lounge. Presented by EA Sports and the Union Programming Board.

Guess-The-Score | 11:30 a.m. in the union food court. Think you know Sooner Football? Prove it at the Union Programming Board’s pregame predictions for a chance to win great prizes. Play every Friday during football season to earn points and increase your chances of winning. There’s ALWAYS Free Movie: “The Ugly Truth” | free screenings at 4, 7, 10 p.m. and 12:30 a.m. in Meacham Auditorium, Oklahoma Memorial Union.

Presented by the Union Programming Board and Campus Activities Council Film Series. ALWAYS SOMETHING at the union!

Staged Readings | 6 p.m. in the Mary Eddy and Fred Jones Auditorium, Fred Jones Jr. Museum of Art. From Russet Mantle by Lynn Riggs, featuring students from the OU Drama Department

Family Night Out: Falling for Leaves | 6-8:30 p.m. at the Sam Noble Oklahoma Museum of Natural History. Come celebrate the colors of autumn as we learn how and why some leaves change colors in the fall.

We will start with a walk around the Museum groups to collect some fall color. After dinner, we will use some brightly hued leaves to make a wearable art project to take home. For more information and to register, call (405) 325-4712.

University Theatre: “How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying” | 8 p.m. in Rupel Jones Theatre. Tickets are $22 for adults, $18 for seniors and OU faculty/staff and $14 for OU students. Call the Fine Arts Box Office for more information, (405) 325-4101.

Casino Night and Poker Tournament | 7-10 p.m. in the Oklahoma Memorial Union Food court. Play the tables and win prizes at our Casino Night and Poker Tournament. Email upb@ou.edu to register for the poker tournament, seats are limited. Presented by the Union Programming Board, ALWAYS SOMETHING!

Saturday, Oct. 24

Explore the Darwin Family Day | 1-4 p.m. at the Sam Noble Oklahoma Museum of Natural History. Join us for an exciting adventure as we celebrate the discoveries of Charles Darwin! Children’s book authors Carolyn Meyer and Anne Weaver, both authors of books about Darwin and his travels, will be reading selections from their books and signing books! Visit the Darwin at the Museum exhibit, featuring first editions of all of Darwin’s books and some of his letters. Then take a journey of your own as you explore the museum, and imagine what it might be like to discover new places. Complete your adventure with a fun Darwininspired craft to take home!

University Theatre: “How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying” | 8 p.m. in Rupel Jones Theatre. Tickets are $22 for adults, $18 for seniors and OU faculty/staff and $14 for OU students. Call the Fine Arts Box Office for more information, (405) 325-4101.

Sunday, Oct. 25 University Theatre: “How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying” | 3 p.m. in Rupel Jones Theatre. Tickets are $22 for adults, $18 for seniors and OU faculty/staff and $14 for OU students. Call the Fine Arts Box Office for more information, (405) 325-4101.

Sutton Concert Series: Accademia Filarmonica with OU Combined Choirs – Mozart, Requiem Mass | 8 p.m. in the Paul F. Sharp Concert Hall. Tickets are $8 for adults and $5 for students, faculty/staff and senior adults. Please call the Box Office at (405) 325-4101 for more information.

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Op-Ed page would occasionally publish an outright liberal stance on things instead of hiding them behind satire. Just a thought.”

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Benge sets good example for alternative energy use Oklahoma Speaker of the House Chris B e n g e , R -T u l s a , testified in front of the Congressional Natural Gas Caucus Wednesday in Washington, D.C., according to a press release.

Benge spoke about the pieces of legislation promoting alternative energy, specifically natural gas, that he introduced in the state House during the 2009 legislative session, the release stated. These bills include the implementation of tax credits to incentivize the use of natural gas vehicles in the state.

AP PHOTO While we don’t always agree with Speaker of the Oklahoma House Chris Benge, right, R-Tulsa, everything Benge or answers a question in Oklahoma City, Monday. any other politician the existence of global warming. says or does, we do want to commend his But by introducing these bills, Benge has effort to promote alternative fuel sources. promoted unity. He has reached out to the By doing this, he has crossed party lines, Democratic minority in the state House, which is sometimes difficult in this day and perhaps made his fellow Republicans and age. think more deeply about the use of alterAnd he has encouraged his fellow native energy sources.

Oklahomans and Americans to utilize a Quite frankly, we are used to some of resource that is plentiful in our state. This Oklahoma’s prominent politicians saypromotes the national use of Oklahoma’s ing things that embarrass our state (Jim resources, which could help boost our Inhofe’s stance on global warming and economy.

Sally Kern’s “proclamation for morality” We feel the use of alternative energy spring to mind). sources, like wind, electricity and natuBut it’s nice to see an Oklahoman sayral gas, can sometimes be a controversial ing and doing things that set an example and partisan issue. And this is unfortunate for other states. given the problems of high gas prices and

Co-ed housing option a step in right direction, but more needed At Monday’s Housing Center Student Association meeting, Housing Marketing announced plans for a co-ed floor option on the 2010 housing application. This is a great boon for all students, allowing greater flexibility in our choice of living environments.

But it is a particularly significant victory for students with non-traditional MARY gender expressions or STANFIELD sexual orientations. These students often face problems within a single-gender housing system, when they do not fit other students’ gender expectations.

Such students have long been suggesting a gender-blind housing or one in which assignments are decided with no consideration of gender. This new policy appears to be an answer to those demands.

But while it is a huge step in the right direction, it does not completely solve the problems these students face.

For some, the on-campus living situation can not only be frustrating and awkward, it can be downright dangerous.

The current system of single-gender housing forces gender-nonconforming, intersexed or transgendered students into the potentially harmful situation of cohabiting with a gender they no longer identify with. This causes discomfort for these students and their roommates, and can create a negative and unsafe living environment.

For homosexual or bisexual students attempting to live with heterosexual roommates, the same kind of problems can result.

And, of course, some students simply prefer to live with members of the opposite sex.

For all these students, the current singlegender housing policy is unnecessarily restrictive.

The current housing policy not only

assumes a binary gender system and encourages gender stereotypes that many reject, but it is also based in heteronormativity.

By assuming that every student has the same gender expression and the same sexual orientation, OU ignores the needs of a significant student minority.

While the majority of students at OU express their gender in standard ways and identify as heterosexual, we must recognize that many students do not. And these students have different needs.

One of these needs that must be addressed

by OU is safe, supportive campus housing.

The option to live on a co-ed floor is a great option for all students, as it offers a chance to live among a more diverse group.

But the option for gender-blind suitemate and roommate selection is the next necessary step.

All students, but especially those of alternative gender expression and sexuality, should have freedom of choice over whom they share their most intimate living space with.

The only current option that gives students that choice is the single-occupancy room. But this is an expensive option.

Affordable, on-campus housing in a safe environment should be available to all students. Only the inclusion of a completely gender-blind housing option will accomplish this.

But the fact that co-ed floors won’t solve the problem in one single step should not detract from our appreciation of the good it will do. It is a historic step for OU, a step toward the safety and comfort of all students.

OU’s progressive attitude goes a long way toward fulfilling its responsibility to all students.

But more could, and should, be done.

Mary Stanfield is a philosophy sophomore.

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‘National Freedom of Speech Week’ reminds us of core value Freedom of speech is one of the most essential freedoms in the United States, and its value and importance on college campuses cannot be understated.

This week is “National Freedom of Speech Week,” a perfect time to reflect on the importance of free speech and how it is being viewed and upheld here at OU. Colleges and universities are among the most JAMES common organizations LOVETT to regularly advertise allegiance to free speech on their campuses.

When first applying for college, many of us looked through different universities’ prospective student brochures. Almost all of them proclaim that one of the school’s core missions is to promote academic free inquiry, diversity, tolerance or public discourse.

The OU Student Code echoes this commitment to these freedoms, stating that “principles of academic freedom and freedom of expression require tolerance of the expression of ideas and opinions which may be offensive to some, and the university respects and upholds these principles.”

In the illegal downloading e-mail sent to the OU community Tuesday, the university again expressed a commitment to preserving the free exchange of ideas on campus.

“Our goal is to maintain an environment of academic freedom,” the e-mail stated.

“The intent is not to block or monitor content, but instead to limit the illegal sharing of media files.”

But while I understand the school’s motives in limiting peer-to-peer network use as an attempt to curb illegal downloading, I call into question the idea that the school can deny outright the use of a computer program simply because it may be used for

illegal downloading.

LimeWire, KaZaA and Gnutella, the three peer-to-peer programs specifically cited in the e-mail, can be used to transfer perfectly legal files, applications and documents.

If a student receives a copyright violation notice, I understand taking away his or her ability to use the program that contributed to the violation. But the university’s ability to enact a preemptive ban on something that can be used for a completely legal exchange of information should be further questioned and investigated.

Another issue concerning freedom of expression and Internet usage by the OU community was raised during the 2008 campaign season.

In September of last year, Nick Hathaway, vice president for executive and administrative affairs, sent a university-wide e-mail stating that the OU e-mail system “may not be used to endorse or oppose a candidate, including the forwarding of political humor/commentary.”

This restriction caught the eye of several OU students as well as a national free speech advocacy group, who contacted OU President David L. Boren and expressed concern over the limitations of free speech.

Boren issued a clarification of the school’s policy Oct. 27, and expressed appreciation to those who questioned the limitations on free speech.

“I applaud those who asked the questions about this policy which was worded to make it appear overly restrictive,” Boren said in the clarification e-mail. “I am encouraged by the vigilance of members of the OU family in defense of free expression.”

Perhaps the most blatantly obvious attempt to suppress free speech on the OU campus came last year when Oklahoma representative Todd Thomsen proposed two resolutions condemning the March 6 lecture by evolutionary biologist Richard

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Dawkins, and asking the university to disinvite him.

Thomsen attacked Dawkins’ stand on evolution, claiming that his views “are not shared and are not representative of the thinking of a majority of the citizens of Oklahoma.”

The idea that Dawkins shouldn’t be allowed to speak because his views do not fit into the normal line of thinking with the rest of Oklahoma is completely contradictory to the core reason why free speech is important.

The “marketplace of ideas” that is essential to a university’s academic strength cannot exist when students, faculty or invited guests are unable to freely express their

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As students in the age of the Internet, we have more ways to express our thoughts than any generation before us. I urge the OU community to think critically and skeptically about what restrictions are being placed on the exchange of ideas, to respect one another’s right to hold and express his or her own opinion, and to participate in debate and dialog with one another so that OU can truly be a university of free expression.

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Thursday, October 22, 2009

Allegations continues in poultry waste trial TULSA — Arkansas poultry companies claimed Wednesday that an Oklahoma agency could have gone to court long ago to enforce water quality standards in a sensitive watershed, but failed to do so until 2005, when it filed a federal lawsuit blaming the companies for pollution there.

The accusation came during poultry company attorneys’ questioning of Teena Gunter, the deputy general counsel for the Oklahoma Department of Agriculture, Food & Forestry.

Gunter described a state agency that seemed overwhelmed and understaffed, with only two poultry inspectors responsible for dozens of chicken houses in the 1 million-acre Illinois River watershed, which spans parts of Oklahoma and Arkansas.

Oklahoma is suing 11 companies, accusing them of polluting the river valley with tons of bird waste.

The companies have maintained their contract growers — the farmers who raise the birds — have broken no laws in their handling of the waste because they received permits from Oklahoma and Arkansas to spread the waste as an inexpensive fertilizer on fields or sell

it to other farmers.

Mark Hopson, an attorney for Tyson Foods, Inc. and its subsidiaries, Tyson Poultry, Inc. and Tyson Chicken, Inc., pointed to a 1998 opinion by the Oklahoma attorney general that essentially gave Gunter’s agency the power to go to district court and get an order to stop practices it believed were violating water quality standards.

Hopson added that Gunter’s department was supposed to notify the poultry companies of any violations that their contract growers were cited for and said she could have proposed regulations to curb any pollution problems.

Gunter did not deny any of Hopson’s claims. At one point, U.S. District Judge Gregory K. Frizzell asked Gunter directly if there was “any action� by her department to limit the application of chicken waste in the watershed. “No, sir,� Gunter responded.

Gunter’s testimony came in the afternoon session of the trial, which began last month.

Earlier Wednesday, geologist J. Berton Fisher, who first took the stand Oct. 8, finally wrapped up his testimony as an expert witness for the state.

As usual, the trial slogged

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said.

Duncan-based KellPro, Inc. currently operates a Web site with case information from 64 counties and two tribal courts in the state. Information from 13 other states is maintained on the state-run Oklahoma State Courts Network.

Currently, only a few counties on the state network provide online access to scanned documents, but Edmondson said the plan is to eventually make all court documents available online, except for some statutorily exempt documents like mental health records, adoption records and records sealed by a judge. “That’s the objective, aside from those documents that are made confidential or private,� he said.

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Okla Supreme Court plans court data merger online OKLAHOMA CITY — Court filings from each of the state’s 77 counties will be available to the public online for free in the next three years under a plan being pursued by the Oklahoma Supreme Court.

The court has signed a $1-million contract with a Duncan company to prepare electronic court records from 64 counties to merge into one publicly available online system, Chief Justice James Edmondson said Wednesday. “It’s time to get in gear with a 77-county, integrated system,� Edmondson said. “So we’ll have one system that’s state of the art and a uniform case management system for the entire state.�

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The move by the state’s highest court is a sharp departure from an order issued in March in which the court — citing concerns about identity theft — planned to restrict public access to court records online. The new rules, which were to take effect June 10, were withdrawn before going into effect after public outcry from lawyers, free-speech advocates, law enforcement, journalists and businesses.

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CATLETT MUSIC CENTER Guest artist Eric Honour will perform contemporary music for saxophone and electronics from 6 to 7 p.m. in Catlett Music Center’s Pitman Recital Hall.

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All those listed are presumed innocent until proven guilty.

MUNICIPAL WARRANT Shannon M. Crossland, 26, 3428 Jenkins Ave., Tuesday Shelia Maria Harjo, 41, 14400 E. Franklin Road, Tuesday

Peters Ave., Tuesday POSSESSION OF A CONTROLLED DANGEROUS SUBSTANCE Anthony Frank Matulis, 47, 100 12th Ave. S.E., Monday, also possession of marijuana and county warrant PETTY LARCENY Randall Wayne Nelson, 45, 333 N. Interstate Drive E., Tuesday

ASSAULT AND BATTERY Robert Earl Douglas, 52, 318 E. Hayes St., Tuesday

POSSESSION OF MARIJUANA Christian Ovando, 22, Main St., Tuesday, also possession of drug paraphernalia

PUBLIC INTOXICATION Richard Dwayne Langford, 49, 801 N.

COUNTY WARRANT Curtis Ray Robinson, 45, 2300 W. Main St., Monday

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Thursday, October 22, 2009

«FRIDAY FACE-OFF Is the Oklahoma City Thunder better than .500 this season?

Annelise Russell, sports editor dailysports@ou.edu • phone: 325-7630 • fax: 325-6051

OU volleyball takes down No. 21 Texas A&M JAMES CORLEY Daily Staff Writer

The Sooner volleyball team beat ranked opponents in back-to-back games for the first time in school history, sweeping No. 21 Texas A&M in three sets [25-23, 25-21, 25-23].

OU defeated No. 19 Baylor in Norman Saturday and grabbed a tough win Wednesday in College Station, where the Aggies were previously undefeated, to secure the historic pair of wins over ranked foes.

Both teams started strong in the match, and neither team led by more than three points in the very close opening set.

Texas A&M committed three errors that allowed the Sooners to close the first.

The Sooners never trailed in the second set, leading by as much as seven at 19-12. The Aggies had a late surge to pull within two, but OU closed the set to take a 2-0 match advantage.

Oklahoma hit effectively in the first two sets, notching a .315 attack percentage.

OU turned around its recent pattern of slow starts after the break, taking an early 7-2 lead. The Sooners could not keep the early burst going, allowing Texas A&M to fight back and steal the lead.

Although Oklahoma only hit 0.15 in the set and committed six errors, the Aggies squandered their lead at 1919, giving the Sooners the opportunity to complete the sweep.

OU finished with a .257 attack percentage and held Texas A&M’s powerful offense to a .185 percentage. The Sooners also out-blocked the Aggies 7.5 to 7.

Sophomore Suzy Boulavsky led the team in digs with 16, adding four kills and two block assists, to help the Sooners edge the Aggies in digs 55-51.

Sophomore outside hitter Caitlin Higgins led the team offensively with 11 kills, followed by junior middle blocker Sarah Freudenrich and senior outside hitter Bridget

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Caitlin Higgins (10), sophomore outside hitter, and Sarah Freudenrich, junior middle blocker, reach the net to block a Baylor player’s spike Saturday. The Sooners notched the match 3:2.

Laplante with eight each. Freudenrich hit a team-high .353 attack percentage.

Junior middle blocker Francie Ekwerekwu added seven kills and five block assists. Sophomore setter, Brianne Barker had 31 assists, 12 digs and five kills.

OU (13-6, 6-4) finishes its five-match streak against ranked opponents Saturday against the No. 5 Huskers at 7 p.m. in Lincoln, Neb. The Sooners came close to beating Nebraska Aug. 30 in Norman, taking the Huskers to five sets.

WNBA players deserve more respect than they receive It was announced this week that Tulsa was the new home of a WNBA team, and most of the sports world took very little notice.

The WNBA was established during the mid-1990s to give women the same professional sports opportunities as men, but since that time many in the sports world view this league as merely a necessity rather than a luxury.

As I was writing this article, a friend told me nobody would read this because nobody cares about the WNBA. This sentiment represents a large swath of people who would rather watch the Scripps National Spelling Bee than catch a WNBA game on ESPN. It’s not my intent to try to convince people to watch a sport they genuinely do not find interesting, but at the same time there is a growing disrespect for these women who will now be representing our state.

Many people complain that the WNBA is uninteresting and boring to the point that they could not stir themselves to watch more than five minutes.

I must admit that I do not follow the WNBA

as closely as I used to, but I still admire these game, even if only half the stands were full. women who follow their athletic ambitions to These three women for the Comets were play the sport they love. like Michael Jordan, Scottie Pippen and I remember the first time I watched a Dennis Rodman for the Bulls, my favorite WNBA game.

NBA team at the time. They were good by It was over the summer at my grandpar- themselves, but almost magical together. ents’ house in the middle of nowhere This spring at the NCAA Women’s in Texas.

Final Four in St. Louis, we were drivThey had one of those satellite ing through the city and I automatidishes that looked large enough to cally starting freaking out when I realsend signals into outer space. There ized the woman on the sidewalk was were not many choices as far as teleWitherspoon. One of those WNBA vision was concerned, and my aunt titans who initially hooked me on the happened upon a game between the game was simply taking a walk.

Houston Comets and the New York Could you imagine an NBA great ANNELISE Liberty. like Larry Bird or Michael Jordan just These were the days of Rebecca RUSSELL walking down the street without anyLobo and Sophia Witherspoon for one taking notice? the Liberty and Sheryl Swoops, This is where the WNBA and NBA Cynthia Cooper and Tina Thompson for the really differ.

Comets. I remember this game vividly beThe WNBA is nothing like the NBA, a cause I was shocked by the bright red lipstick league defined by the glamorous life of suof Thompson and the interesting last name of perstars, fan clubs and multi-million dollar “Witherspoon.” endorsements. The WNBA is basketball in You could tell they had a passion for the its simplest form: It’s about the game and the

team.

These women graduate from college and playing professional ball means something very different to these athletes. Most NBA players have money in their pocket before they ever make it onto the court, while WNBA players make less than some college professors.

For WNBA players, it is all about the game because to make so little compared to their male counterparts means there must be something that keeps them coming back. It is a love for the game that drives these players to Europe in the off-season just to be able to work year-round.

Women’s basketball will probably never garner the fan base of the NBA, but they deserve a level of respect. They commit themselves to a game that challenges and inspires others, so at the very least we can all appreciate and respect these role models. As a young sports fan, they taught me what a love for sports was all about.

Annelise Russell is a journalism and political science junior.

Thursday, October 22, 2009

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Strong defense a necessity against Kansas Even though the Sooners lost last weekend to Texas the defense looked very good.

They were able to hold Heisman hopeful Colt McCoy to only 127 yards passing. The Sooners’ defense will have to repeat this same type of performance this week when they face Kansas.

Kansas has a trio of players on their offense that the Sooners will have to game= plan for if they want to beat Kansas.

First is the Jayhawks’ JAMES quarterback Todd Reesing.

ROTH He is a mobile quarterback who likes to scramble and is dangerous when he gets out of the pocket. Not only is he a threat to run for a lot of yards, but he also does a good job at keeping his eyes downfield and hits receivers for big gains when he is on the move.

The Sooners’ defense has done a very good job this year keeping running quarterbacks within the pocket, and they are still able to apply pressure. The defensive line will once again have to do this for the Sooners to get the win on Saturday.

“He [Reesing] puts pressure on us,” linebacker Austin English said. “We can’t ask our secondary to cover receivers all day; we have to get him down and contained in the pocket.”

The other two threats the Sooners will have to watch out for are wide receivers Kerry Meier and Dezmon Briscoe.

Currently Briscoe is averaging 134 yards receiving per game, which is the best in the nation. Meier is second in the nation in

receptions, averaging nine catches a game.

Last year, Briscoe caught 12 passes and set a school record for most reception yards in a game with 269 yards. This year, the Sooners’ secondary cannot allow these two receivers to have big games.

Last year, Sooners defensive back Brian Jackson had a hard time containing Briscoe.

On Saturday, Jackson will have to step up and hold Briscoe to limited yards if he wants to give this Sooners team a chance to win the ball game.

“Briscoe did have a great game last year, but he can’t walk in with that game this year,” defensive back Sam Proctor said. “It’s going to be a collective effort, but I know that match-up is something B-Jack is looking forward to.”

The Sooners defense will have to contain the Kansas offense which is ranked top ten in the nation in eight different categories.

With Sam Bradford out once again with his shoulder injury, and the offense’s continuing to struggle to score points, it will be up to the Sooners’ defense to stop Kansas in its tracks.

If the game becomes a shootout the advantage is going to be in favor of the Jayhawks.

The Sooners no longer have a shot at a national title, and they have a very slim chance of playing for another Big 12 championship.Still, they cannot afford to lose another game.

If the Sooners win out and finish the year with only three losses, all to ranked teams, OU will have a chance to play in a solid bowl game, and it starts this weekend against MICHELLE GRAY/THE DAILY Kansas.

Sam Proctor, sophomore defensive back, tackles Texas quarterback Colt McCoy Saturday at the James Roth is a journalism senior.

Bradford continues silence JONO GRECO Daily Staff Writer

Mum’s the word out at Sooners’ camp Wednesday with the much-awaited announcement of Heisman-winner Sam Bradford’s future being postponed for at least another day.

He a d c o a c h B o b St o o p s, w h o o n Tuesday said Bradford would address the media after Wednesday’s practice, said Bradford needs more time to make a decision.

“He’ll have something to say when he knows what his path will be, and that isn’t right now” Stoops said. “I’m not the one to answer it, and he will and I will once he feels he’s ready to and knows for sure what he wants to do.”

Stoops said Tuesday’s press conference

Cottonbowl in Dallas. The Sooners lost to the Longhorns 16-13.

SOONER FOOTBALL BRIEFS McCoy named a quarterfinalist for the Lott Trophy

was canceled because Bradford still had a few more people to talk to and was not able to address all of the issues.

“He just wasn’t ready to fully answer everything that wanted to be asked,” Stoops said.

With Bradford’s most recent injury to his right throwing shoulder being his second injury of the season, it is rumored the most likely option he will pursue will be to surgically repair his shoulder.

“I’m not going to confirm or deny anything,” Stoops said. “[The announcement] will be when he’s ready to do it.”

An exact date of when Bradford will make a statement about his future is uncertain, but it is expected that either he or the team will make some sort of announcement within the next few days.

OU defensive tackle Gerald McCoy was named amongst 20 quarterfinalists for the Lott Trophy this week.

McCoy is an All-American candidate and leads the Sooners’ defense with 9.5 tackles for a loss this season.

Last season, McCoy was named All-Big 12 first team by the coaches and led all interior defensive linemen with 30 tackles.

As a whole, the OU defense in ranked in the top five within five different statistical categories.

The award is given in honor of Hall of Famer Ronnie Lott, and is given every year to college football’s Defensive IMPACT Player of the Year.

The award is sponsored by The Pacific Club IMPACT Foundation in Newport Beach, Calif.

-Daily staff reports

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« ASTRO BOY Read a review for “Astro Boy” in Friday’s Life & Arts.

AUSTEN NOVELS RECEIVE WELCOMED MONSTER UPDATES Jane Austen probably never fathomed that she would one day write in the re a l m o f m o n sters and “things that go bump in t h e n i g ht,” b u t the English nove l i s t ’s d a y h a s finally come, at LUNDEN least according ENGLAND to the newly released “Sense and Sensibility and Sea Monsters.”

Almost two centuries after Austen’s death, Philadelphiabased publisher Quirk Books is giving the author a posthumous opportunity of genre-crossover.

Contemporar y author Ben H. Winters teams himself with Austen’s original work, “Sense and Sensibility,” to construct a more unorthodox situation for the Dashwood women, Austen’s original protagonists. No longer must these heroines struggle only with displacement and the quest for love, but also with ravenous hermit crabs “the size of German Shepherds,” and other monstrosities emerging from the sea in hopes of a meal of human flesh.

While the finished product aims to be as faithful as possible

to Austen’s original work (she is credited as co-author, after all), the transformed narrative requires explanations of its unusual phenomenon.

The novel tells of the great alteration, which “had turned the creatures of the ocean against the people of the earth; which made even the tiniest darting minnow and the gentlest dolphin into aggressive, blood-thirsty predators, hardened and hateful towards our bipedal race.”

Similarly, Austen’s iconic novel “Pride and Prejudice” was re-released in April with a new interweaving of horror elements.

“Pr ide and Prejudice and Z o m b i e s,” t h e w o rk o f S e t h Grahame-Smith, still follows closely the relationship between Mr. Darcy and Elizabeth, who must now take greater care when stepping out of their respective front doors, lest the unwelcomed bites of the walking dead forever interrupt their blossoming romance.

Although some seasoned Austen fans may feel inclined to see these updates as tasteless or disrespectful to the visions of a great writer, the monster makeover is lending Austen’s original tales a new intrigue, making them

appeal to younger generations, who likely know more about “Halo 3” than early 19th century English novels.

It stands as a reasonable guess that the carnivorous zombies added into “Pride and Prejudice” (a reworking that has already been optioned for a movie) will hold a greater horror appeal to readers than the unforgiving sea creatures that now swim throughout the pages of Austen’s “Sense and Sensibility.” Each revision proves itself to be a noble effort in the greater realm of parody, commanding the attention of a new readership.

Ultimately, Quirk Books is providing a great service to the dusty works of Jane Austen—has it not been the habit of parents to enhance broccoli with gooey cheddar cheese to get their finicky children to eat the yet-unloved vegetable?

Now, finally, in 2009, disillusioned readers are getting their chance at a cheese-covered, more accessible Jane Austen. One which, even through the guise of a horror writer, they are sure to find insightful and lyrical.

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SWEENEY TODD COMES TO LYRIC THEATRE Lyric Theatre opens it 2009-2010 season with Stephen Sondheim’s Tony Award-winning musical thriller, “Sweeney Todd, the Demon Barber of Fleet Street.”

From October 22nd through November 1st, Lyric will present the live version that features the sinister Mrs. Lovett and her special recipe for meat pies, and Sweeney Todd and his barber’s blades.

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Broadway in 1979 and won eight Tony Awards, including Best Musical and Best Score. Lyric Theatre’s production of “Sweeney Todd” features Broadway star Jeff McCarthy as Sweeney Todd and Tony Awardnominee Emily Skinner as Mrs. Lovett.

Tickets for Sweeney Todd are $40. Senior discounts, group discounts and student discounts are also available. Special $15 student

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rush tickets can be purchased 30 minutes before performance time in person with ID, cash only.

Performances are on Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays at 7:30 p.m., Fridays at 8 p.m., Saturdays at 2 p.m. and 8 p.m. and Sundays at 3 p.m. Oct. 22 through Nov. 1.

Tickets can be purchased at www.

LyricTheatreOKC.com or by calling 524-9312.

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Thursday, Oct. 22, 2009 LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23) -- If you see others aren’t receptive to your ideas, there’s likely to be something wrong with your presentation. They might feel you’re forcing your views on them or think the ideas are a bit strange.

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SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 23-Dec. 21) -- Monies upon which you’re counting may unexpectedly run into a snag and be withheld. Until the funds are safely in your bank account, don’t consider anything a fait accompli.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) -- Do not ignore your better judgment and go blindly along with someone who is undependable or ill informed. There’s no reason to think this person has things right this time.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 19) -- Any irresponsible habits are likely to catch up with you.

Unfortunately, that closet where you’ve been stuffing all those unfinished jobs might finally give way.

PISCES (Feb. 20-March 20) -Selecting the wrong companion could force you to explain your way out of a complicated situation. Be more discriminating.

ARIES (March 21-April 19) -- Unless your objectives are clearly defined, you can expect to get off to a bad start that will take you no place fast. Once this happens, it could be difficult to get back on track.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20) -- Keep your ego out of the picture, and don’t be afraid to ask questions about things you don’t understand, especially with regard to a critical assignment. Play it smart.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20) -- Avoid anything to do with buying or selling if you can. It will not be one of your better days for doing either because in each instance, your thinking is likely to be off track.

CANCER (June 21-July 22) -- Don’t ask just anyone for advice on something important to you. You’ll get plenty of suggestions, but if you act on one and it turns out badly, it will compound your problems even further.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22) -- Leave plenty of room for repair, because if your methods are too firmly structured and you run into a problem, there will be no room left to patch things up.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) -- If you don’t have the patience to listen closely to what a good friend is saying, a misunderstanding is likely to occur. Sadly, it will be difficult to patch things up.

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WEEKEND UPDATE » ▲

ROCKABILLY WEEKEND

The Daily’s Life & Arts staff put together a list of some of our favorite things happening around Norman this weekend.

Clyde Stacy will perform as part of Rockabilly Weekend at 7 p.m.

Friday at the Oklahoma History Center.

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CONCERT

The Grown Ups will perform with Revival Drive at 8 p.m. Friday at the Opolis, 113 North Crawford in Norman.

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Reliant K will perform with Copeland & Barcelona at 6:30 p.m. tonight at Cain’s Ballroom, 423 North Main St. in Tulsa.

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The University Theatre will present “How to Succeed in Business without Really Trying” at 8 p.m. Friday through Sunday in Rupel J. Jones Theatre, 563 Elm in Norman.

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GALLERY

The Paleozoic Gallery is now permanently open in the Sam Noble Museum of Natural History, 2401 Chautauqua in Norman.