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There have been 61 reports of sexual assault at OU in the last 12 years.

From these reports, only 11 people received any kind of punishment. None saw jail time.

Experts estimate one in six women in the U.S. is sexually assaulted during her life, and 73% of assaults go unreported. On college campuses, rape can feel like an ...

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omething was wrong. As she made being really nice, so she followed him upstairs. her way deeper into the house, “This is ridiculous,” she thought. He had she sensed the buzz of the party grabbed his guitar and started singing to her fade into the background and an when they got to his room. She was willing to uncomfortable feeling set in. She stick around the house — she didn’t want to leave her friend alone at the party, hadn’t put the pieces together yet, the ChalleNGiNG task of but she knew something was wrong. reportiNG aND pUNishiNG after all — but she wasn’t interested A special report in being serenaded, so his suggesShe had gone out that night with from The Daily tion to go back downstairs to wait for a friend. It was the first week of the her friend was welcomed. spring semester, and there were The first of a three-part series They approached an open living plenty of parties welcoming students back from winter break. She had never been room, but he didn’t stop walking — he continmuch of a partier, but she was hanging out and ued toward a smaller, closed-off room. As she socializing at a nearby fraternity house — until followed him, the uneasiness came over her.

Something was wrong. she twisted her ankle.

Fortunately, a Good Samaritan saw her limping Jordan Ward was raped. After multiple threats, around and offered to help. He suggested they her Good Samaritan coerced her into having sex. go to his room to get some pain reliever. He was And after he had his way, he got up and left.

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The Campus Activities Council is making some big changes to the largest student-led philanthropy— including the name of the event.

Dance Marathon is CAC’s official philanthropy and is also the largest student-led philanthropy on campus, said John Fraser, chairman of the event. This year, however, CAC coordinators decided the change the name from Dance Marathon to Soonerthon.

The change came in an effort to personalize the event to OU, Fraser said. Dance Marathon is the general name of the event that multiple universities participate in — which is hosted by the Children’s Hospital Foundation through Children’s Miracle Network SEE CAC pAGE A4

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it happeNs to meN, too While this story mainly focuses on sexual assaults happening to women, this crime is not only confined to men-on-women crimes. Although men sexually assault women more often than men are sexually assaulted, according to the U.S. Department of Justice. however, 1 out of 33 men become the victims of a completed rape, which the Department of Justice defines as forcible or threatened completion of oral, anal or vaginal sex. Furthermore, the low rate of sexual assaults actually reported likely further exacerbates collecting data. Because of the low reporting, the rate at which men are sexually assaulted may actually be higher than survey’s by the government and special interest groups have been able to calculate.

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*** Jordan Ward’s story is all too common on college campuses.

One in four college women has been a survivor of rape or attempted rape, and only 13 percent of these occurred on dates — suggesting that most of the crimes happen when the attacker and victim are in the same place, such as a party, according to information provided by the U.S. Department of Justice.

Factors that can facilitate rape include presence of alcohol, access to a private room and roommates willing to keep the crime a secret.

And although OU has implemented a mandatory online sexual assault course for students, extended the time students have to report a sexual assault on campus and specified the definition of consent to better address sexual assaults, there still are many obstacles in the system.

Navigating the punishment systems associated with sexual assault is a difficult dance in which the emotional needs of the survivor and the demands of those systems don’t always move in rhythm. In the last 12 years, 61 reports of sexual assault filed with OUPD led to only six arrests. Of those reports, 31 were classified as forcible rape and only one arrest regarding rape was made, according to OU police reports. The man

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There have been 61 reports of sexual assault filed with the OU police Department since 2000. This includes 31 incidents of forcible rape, 12 incidents of sexual battery, seven incidents of forcible fondling and 11 incidents of other sexual assaults at the university.

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“It became one of those situations where you don’t really realize what’s happening,” said Ward, multidisciplinary studies senior.

She describes that night in January 2010 as an outof-body experience. It was in that room, behind closed doors, where her attacker began forcing himself on her.

“Every time I told him ‘No,’ he would tap his foot into my injured foot,” she said. “He made the comment that we were in a house full of his (fraternity) brothers, and if what he wanted me to do didn’t occur, the situation would get really bad.”

When it was over, she went home like so many other women have — as a survivor of sexual assault.

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Punishments ranged from no-contact orders to suspension and sometimes even expulsion, according to university documents.

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About this series

SEX CRIMES

A special report Addressing from The Daily sexual assault is complicated because it’s not a black-andwhite scenario. The people who commit these crimes don’t always go to prison, and survivors’ needs aren’t always met.

While the university offers resources for support and justice, its systems are not free of problems. This series explores the challenges with reporting and punishing sex crimes when they happen on campus.

• Today — A spotlight on the issue • Tuesday — Deciding what path to take • Wednesday — What’s next at OU?

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Sex crimes: About 85% of attacks are by someone the survivor knows standard also requires only a 51-percent chance the person committed the policy violation, said Kathleen Smith, OU’s sexual misconduct officer. Smith is responsible for investigating sexual-misconduct claims — which include sexual assault.

That standard is counter to the criminal system’s stricter one — beyond reasonable doubt — but the university’s punishment system isn’t perfect.

AT A GLANCE General resources OU Police Department 405-325-1911 (emergency) 405-325-2864 (non-emergency) Norman Police Department 405-321-1600 or 405-321-1444 Women’s Outreach Center 405-325-4929 Counseling Center 405-325-2911 Counseling Psychology Clinic 405-325-2914 Sexual Assault Hotline 405-701-5660

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Women’s Resource Center 405-364-9424 Number Nyne Crisis Line 405-325-NYNE Rape Crisis Center 405-701-5660

Was it rape?

How to know if you were assaulted If you answer “no” to any of the following questions, what happened to you was sexual assault.

1. Did you actively, verbally and explicitly say yes to the sexual activity?

2. Did you feel safe to say no?

Sexual Misconduct Officer 405-325-2215

3. Did you consent freely, without pressure, intimidation or threats?

Women’s Shelter for Battered Women 405-701-5540

4. Were you sober enough to understand what was happening and actively agree to sexual activity?

5. Did you consent to every type of sexual activity and each escalation of activity?

an online sexual-assault training course for incoming students.

OU later implemented a more concrete definition of consent, which went into effect this semester. It defines consent as active and specifies that silence does not imply consent and alcohol and drugs can limit a person’s ability to consent to sex.

And while Ward, other survivors and administrators welcome these changes, surviving sexual assault and navigating between the systems and choices still is difficult.

Unlike the sometimes black-and-white nature of other crimes, sexual assault is muddled in a gray, complicated mire of shame, embarrassment and sometimes denial. About 85 percent of attacks on college women are by someone they know, according to the National Institute for Justice, which might contribute to the 73 percent of survivors who do not report the assault, according to the Bureau of Justice Statistics. *** Ward wasn’t able to seek justice against her attacker.

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After a year of wrestling with what happened to her, Police Department granting Ward decided she did not it jurisdiction on off-campus want to be one of the 73 per- property, most of the fratercent of sexual assault victims nity and sorority houses are who go unreported. She was on privately-owned land and therefore not on campus, acready to press charges.

When she tried to work cording to OUPD’s website. through the university’s system in 2010, she was turned “So rather than aw ay by t h e O U Po l i c e Department because of — at trying to change OU the time — a statute-of-limDisciplinary system itations period of 30 days.

Ward said she emailed an to better prosecute OUPD officer and told him felony crime, I feel the time limit was not fair to we should back out sexual-assault victims.

“Any woman who has of that business and been raped is rarely in the refer it to the proper mindset and ready to press authority.” charges within 30 school days,” Ward wrote in her OUPD officer in response email to the officer. to Jordan Ward’s remark The officer told her the about the university’s university’s system is the 30-day limit being unfair “feather duster” to the hammer and nail of the crimi“I hope our genuine denal justice system. Because Ward’s incident happened sire to help you resulted in at a fraternity house, which you knowing we care and is off-campus, the officer really want to be supporttold her to pursue criminal ive,” the officer wrote in his charges with Norman Police email. “I’m sorry you are not and allow the university’s happy with the situation, system to handle violations but I feel it is the way things have to be.” of the student code.

Ward didn’t think it was “So rather than trying to change OU Disciplinary sys- the way things should be.

210988A02v1 She pooled her resources tem to better prosecute felony crime, I feel we should and — with the aid of a letter back out of that business and from the U.S. Department of refer it to the proper author- Education — worked with 6.437" to get the ity,” the officer wrote in his other advocates university to change its statemail to Ward.

Although OUPD has an ute of limitations to one year agreement with the Norman and eventually implement

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6. Did you continue to consent for the duration of the encounter without withdrawing that consent?

If you were silent for any reason — including fear — or were under the influence of drugs or alcohol, you did not give consent. Absence of active protest is not the same as active consent.

Consent is two or more people actively and explicitly deciding to pursue the same kind of sexual activity without being influenced by fear, pressure, intimidation or a power difference.

Without your active, verbal and continued consent, what happened to you was an assault.

If you have been assaulted, you can take the first step toward getting help by calling the Sexual Assault Response Team at 405-615-0013.

Source: The university’s definition for consent in the sexual misconduct policy

would be difficult. Only 9 percent of reported rapes lead to prosecutions, according to the FBI’s Uniform Crime Reports for 20062010.

Ward was left adrift to deal with her emotional fallout through counseling and support from family and friends. Her grades began slipping, she developed a general fear of men — especially men who looked like her attacker — and she said she would lock herself in her dorm room for weeks in an effort to avoid seeing her attacker on campus.

“It was like seeing him everywhere when I actually wasn’t,” Ward said. “It became really exhausting to leave my room because I was always on guard that he

was around.”

Counseling has helped her through the emotional turmoil, and her life has been improving, she said.

She is less afraid to see her attacker on campus, although that has happened occasionally — the most recent sighting was last summer, she said.

Ward calls her attacker the person who turned her life upside down, but she said she is taking back control of her life. She is working toward a law degree so she can help change the criminal system from within. She hopes to change it to benefit — not penalize — survivors.

Chase Cook, chaseacook@gmail.com

Glossary Sexual assault terminology Forcible rape: Intercourse with a person, forcibly and/or against the person’s will or against the person’s will where the victim is incapable of giving consent.

Forcible sodomy: Oral or anal sexual intercourse with another person, forcibly and/or against that person’s will or against the person’s will where the victim is incapable of giving consent.

Assault with an object: The use of an object or instrument to unlawfully penetrate the genital or anal opening of the body by another person, forcibly and/or against that person’s will or against the person’s will where the victim is incapable of giving consent.

Forcible fondling: The touching of the private parts of another person for the purpose of sexual gratification, forcibly and/or against that person’s will or against the person’s will where the victim is incapable of giving consent.

Statutory rape: Non-forcible sexual intercourse with a person who is under the age of consent, which is 16 in Oklahoma.

Sexual assault: This is commonly used as an umbrella term to define things like rape, fondling and sexual battery.

Sexual battery: This is the intentional touching, mauling or feeling of the body or private parts of any person 16 years of age or older in a sexually offensive way without consent of the person.

Source: Terms as defined by the Clery Act and Oklahoma State Statutes

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All treats, no tricks for costumed kids tonight University College freshman Alishia Lancaster hands Optimus Prime candy in Adams Center last year.

The Housing Center Student Association will host its annual “Safe Trick-orTreat” event from 4 to 8 p.m. tonight in the Adams Center Residence Hall and on the WalkerAdams Mall. “The purpose of this event is to give another opportunity [for the Norman community] to have fun and interact with OU students, said Allie Kallmann, HCSA president.

The event is free and open to the public. It will consist of an outdoor carnival, the trickor-treat and rides on the “Spooky Bus,” according to the press.

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CAC: Organizers to promote change with short video series Continued from page A1 OU has participated in Dance Marathon since 2004, Fraser said. Last year the event raised over $105,000 and they are hoping to raise more, he said.

Money isn’t the only thing CAC coordinators hope to increase. Fraser said the 2012 event was more successful than the previous years due to numbers and involvement for fundraising. More than 1,600 students registered for Dance Marathon last year, and roughly 1,200 people attended the event throughout the day, he said.

Fraser said the strong

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AT A GLANCE ‘Run to the Rave’ When: 7:30 p.m. Nov. 17 Info: facebook.com/oucac

foundation CAC has laid for the event has allowed them to build up year after year — they keep ideas that have been successful and maintain brainstorming for new, fresh ideas to improve the fundraising strategies.

In order to spread awareness for this year’s Soonerthon CAC is creating a series of short video commercials to explain,

advertise and promote the event and its activities.

“We are also adding new events to mix things up, including moving our annual 5K and one-mile fun run to this fall”, Fraser said.

Soonerthon’s “Run to the Rave” 5K takes place at 7:30 p.m. Nov. 17. This is a glowin-the-dark run followed by a rave in Oklahoma Memorial Union.

“I am definitely spreading the word on this, it is a great organization and cause and the marathon is so much fun,” said drama senior Andrea Lopez. “I really recommend freshman especially to become involved in this because it may open

more opportunities to connect on campus in the years to come.”

Lopez said she has participated in Dance Marathon in the past and will be helping raise awareness for this year’s Soonerthon through her Facebook page and other social media.

CAC is the primary organizer for the Dance Marathon fundraiser, but this also means that the Dance Marathon is the entire student body’s philanthropy, Fraser said. Organizations from all over campus work together to help with the Soonerthon each year.

“The more people that register and raise money,

the bigger the impact we can make on the lives of the children and families here in Oklahoma.” Fraser said.

Some of the groups last year that joined were PLC, PCS, Rotaract, Engineer’s Club, Interfraternity Council, Panhellenic and other organizations that were in attendance and helped the fundraising efforts.

Those interested in getting involved can register with a group or organization that will then be put into one of the larger groups for the day of Soonerthon.

India Maxwell, indiajanetmaxwell@yahoo.com

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OU school receives $6M to fund center A new grant will allow the university to build a simulation center to better train students, physicians and faculty.

The OU School of Community Medicine received a $6 million grant from the A.R. and Marylouise Tandy Foundation to establish a medical simulation center that will allow students to practice in lifelike circumstances using life-sized models or virtual reality, according to the press release.

The School of Community Medicine is located on OU’s Tulsa campus. The simulation center is expected to be ready for use by the fall of 2015, said Tracy Kennedy, the director of university relations for OU-Tulsa.

The center will be named the A.R. and Marylouise Tandy Medical Simulation Center in appreciation of the grant, which will support the purchase of equipment, building renovation and construction.

All OU nursing and School of Community Medicine students, physician assistants, resident physicians and faculty will have access to the simulation center, and community hours will be offered to practicing medical physicians in Tulsa who need additional training and certifications, according to the release.

OU is working with the University of Tulsa to create a joint four-year community medical education program, according to the press release.

Emma Hamblen, Campus Reporter

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Our View

OU can do more to prevent rape Our View: OU could still do more to improve its

approach to sexual assault.

The Daily’s sexual assault series identified ways OU recently has improved its sexual assault policy, in response to student demands and U.S. Department of Education suggestions. But there is more to be done to create a strong policy that will best protect the needs of students while keeping campus safe.

We have compiled a list of suggested additions or changes to the university sexual misconduct policy, which were inspired by the model sexual assault policy designed

by Campus Action’s Inter-campus Sexual Assault Task Force.

2.In addition to the information provided in the online sexual misconduct quiz, a mass email should be sent to all students with information about sexual misconduct and campus resources. This information already is available online, but an email would give students a second chance to absorb it, as well as an easy-to-find resource.

This should include: • sexual misconduct policies • sexual assault and harassment myths and facts • information about on- and off-campus resources and support services • self-defense information • a step-by-step process for reporting sexual harassment or assault

3. For the first few weeks after the attack or during the time period in which a university hearing takes place, the about sexual assault at the beginning of each semester. university should provide some kind of trained protection This would help support and expand the lessons in for survivors who fear further harassment or retaliation. the online sexual misconduct quiz. Participation in at This would be similar to the SafeWalk program but would least one of these workshops should be mandatory for offer consistent protection for a certain period of time. graduation from the university, and it could be OU already provides transportation to combined with the current mandatory alcohol athletes and sends people to ensure they attend training, as long as it covers the necessary The Our View class. Surely the university has the resources to material. is the majority tend to assault survivors in the same way.

These workshops should include: opinion of Reducing the survivor’s feelings of fear after • myths about sexual assault The Daily’s an attack may help them feel more comfortable • information about domestic violence nine-member pursuing university or legal punishment for • statistics about sexual assault editorial board their attackers, as well as reduce the emotional • examples dealing with the giving of consent toll on survivors as they recover.

• education about the effect of drugs and alcohol on sexual conduct 4. OU’s sexual misconduct policy should • self-defense and safety tips be updated to include an explicit statement that the • definitions of date rape, acquaintance rape, marital university’s position is to strongly encourage students to rape and sexual abuse. pursue university and legal action against their attackers.

1. The university should offer in-person workshops

But it also should affirm that it is the student’s choice whether to do so.

5. The Sexual Assault Response Team, the Women’s Outreach Center and the University Counseling Center should maintain an anonymous sexual assault and harassment log book, which allows students to anonymously report as much or as little as they wish about sexual misconduct incidents on campus.

This will allow the university to track dangerous trends and will allow for a more accurate understanding of the nature and scope of sexual assaults on campus.

Having a clear idea of how many assaults happen on campus is essential to the university’s ability to reduce such incidents and provide proper resources for those affected. These log books would be reported to the sexual misconduct officer for inclusion in her reporting.

6. Preserving the survivor’s choice and control are incredibly important during sexual assault proceedings.

However, the university has a responsibility to protect all of its students.

If administrators become aware of a person who poses a threat to the community through repeat sex offenses, the university should bring charges against that person on behalf of the university even if each survivor declines to pursue charges.

OU already has improved its sexual misconduct policy so it complies with many other suggestions from the Intercampus Sexual Assault Task Force. Administrators should work to add these and other suggestions to the policy to continue improving the university’s ability to respond to and prevent sexual violence.

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Closing of EPA not a good move in new era of drilling initiatives

Democracy far from perfect, but it works

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hough there opinion columnist has been heavy AT A GLANCE EPA history discussion concerning the reasons to • Created in 1970 • From 1970 to 1990, abolish the Environmental led an effort to decrease Protection Agency in most air-pollution • Banned DDT (1972) emissions in the U.S. by recent months, oversight • Enforced removal of lead one-third to one-half. and accountability are gasoline (1973) important now more than Andrew Sartain • In the 1980’s, the ever — especially during tehbrawler@yahoo.com pollution standards index • Created drinking water a time when the answer improved by 50 percent in standards (1974) to our economic distress may lie in environmental major cities. manipulation.

• Began monitoring fuel The far right of the political spectrum has accused the efficiency standards Source: Britannica Online Encyclopedia EPA of being “job-killers,” a hindrance that impedes on (1975) the potential growth of the United States economy.

Even the left wing has qualms with the EPA, claiming the agency acts ineffectively and has downplayed data in The EPA should continue for the primary purpose it an attempt to ease the concerns of both parties. was created: to seek sustainable measures of growth that The Republican primary debates contained a variety of won’t devastate the future of the nation’s health, culture torturous claims regarding the fate of the EPA. or commerce.

Rep. Michelle Bachmann said she would lock the EPA’s As we have learned from the past, the oil and gas doors and shut off the lights. industry will sidestep responsibility unless it’s held Gov. Mitt Romney said the agency is “out of control” for accountable. wanting to make sure our drinking water A 21st century natural gas boom is taking is safe. He continued, saying he would end “Crossing your T’s hold. It is understandable to embrace new CO2 emission regulations for automobiles and dotting your I’s methods of attaining old resources in order and trucks. to buy time for sustainable, long-term is not prohibition; solutions to develop.

So is the EPA the best approach to environmental protection?

But is it wise to push for the death of the it is responsibility.

To date, the EPA’s best-known EPA while extending more pipelines than The EPA is not accomplishments stem back to the passing ever through the middle of the country — of successful legislation in the 1970s: perfect, and its pipelines that are no different than those the Clean Air Act, Clean Water Act and actions must be used for the last 100 years that have proven Endangered Species Act. imperfect? looked after. It Since then, the Sierra Club estimates that Crossing your T’s and dotting your I’s legislation administered by the EPA has must be monitored is not prohibition; it is responsibility. The prevented more than 200,000 premature is not perfect, and its actions must be in the same way EPA deaths from air pollutants, cleaned more looked after. It must be monitored in the than 2000 contaminated bodies of water it monitors other same way it monitors others. and helped eliminate deadly chemicals like The Bush administration did a wonderful processes.”

DDT and leaded gasoline. job of butchering the EPA’s initiative by But the achievements of the EPA have filling the agency with executives from been relatively downplayed. The 2010 Gulf buddy-buddy industries of oil and gas, agriculture and oil spill was the worst oil disaster in United States history. chemical companies.

The Gulf’s people, wildlife and economy were devastated Only in the last 10 years has the EPA finally regrouped and the contamination was immense. its executive management and narrowed its targets as it The EPA pushed BP and the initiative to clean up the did in the 1970s. Let’s not destroy what little responsibility Gulf of Mexico and, though such an event cannot be we have created. completely erased, the clean up job was quite effective.

Fossil fuels are not new, the problems are not new Let’s step aside from quantitative measures and shift and the industry is not new. But with the fragility of the toward the qualitative successes of the EPA. Prior to energy industry, economy and environment, the need for this organization, industry ran reckless through the oversight is more important than ever. environment, seeking the blood source of our economy: oil. The formation of this agency alone pressured business to at the very least make an effort to appear Andrew Sartain is an interdisciplinary perspectives on the responsible. environment and nonprofit management senior.

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opinion columnist o those complaining about partisanship, attack ads or picking the “lesser of two evils,” it’s been said before.

If you are unhappy with the choices on your ballot, welcome to American Storm Dowd-Lukesh politics. If you don’t like the storm.dowdlukesh@gmail.com extreme partisanship of our political parties or the vicious attack ads, you’re the next in a long line of Americans with grievances.

The “good ol’ days” of government are a myth of nostalgia. If you believe politics today are out of control, recall the election of 1800 when Thomas Jefferson called President Adams a “hideous hermaphroditical character, which has neither the force and firmness of a man, nor the gentleness and sensibility of a woman.”

If you think parties are too insular or unwilling to “It has been said compromise, look back to that democracy the 1840s and 1850s, when is the worst form congressmen brought guns to the House of Representatives of government, to protect themselves.

The truth is, democracy except all others.” is a system biased so Winston Churchill far towards frustration, logjamming tactics and painful compromise that it’s a wonder it works at all. When representation includes your crazy classmates, your boss and everyone in between, it becomes pretty tough to make anyone happy.

Winston Churchill wrote, “It has been said that democracy is the worst form of government, except all the others,” which clarifies complaints. There is no way to get the whole of what you want or to avoid partisanship and power-hungry politicians. America isn’t perfect, but put your concerns into perspective.

Would you run for president or become a politician?

Most answer no — it’s a thankless, difficult and risky career path in which a small minority succeed. There is a direct correlation between the un-average person willing to pursue politics and the candidates we end up with.

With few exceptions, our leaders will be those who rise to the top based on cutthroat instinct and unwavering motivation. If you have something to say about the options on our ballot this election cycle, look past the names and to the system — a system heralded as a blueprint for the expansion of the free world and a revolutionary success.

Yes, it is unlikely either of the two options on your ballot share every one of your opinions. But take a moment and appreciate the system we have. There has never been a perfect politician or a perfect government, but we’re fortunate to have a pretty remarkable political process.

Storm Dowd-Lukesh is an economics freshman.

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Huckabee releases ad in support of embattled candidate Todd Akin Former presidential candidate Mike Huckabee is making another appearance on Missouri television screens in support of Republican Senate candidate Todd Akin.

Akin’s campaign said the new ad will start Saturday. In it, Huckabee says: “I know a good man with a Christian heart, who’s withstood a test of fire and emerged from the flame as strong as steel. His name is Todd Akin.”.

Huckabee stood by Akin in August when other top Republicans urged him to drop his challenge to Democratic Sen. Claire McCaskill because of a remark that women’s bodies have ways of avoiding pregnancy in what Akin called “legitimate rape.”

Some voters cited Huckabee’s earlier ads for Akin as the reason they supported Akin in the Republican primary.

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2. WASHINGTON, D.C.

Insurance companies could lose big if Romney is elected Health insurance CEOs are getting nervous about what could happen if Republican Mitt Romney wins the White House.

Although the industry hates parts of President Barack Obama’s healthcare law, major companies, such as UnitedHealth Group and BlueCross BlueShield stand to rake in billions of dollars from new customers who’ll get health insurance under the law, and the companies already have invested tens of millions to carry it out.

Insurers would be in for months of uncertainty as a President Romney attempts to repeal the law.

Also, federal and state governments and the health care industry face a rush of legal deadlines for putting it into place.

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Romney, Obama change agenda because of inclement weather Steering clear of the superstorm bearing down on the East Coast, Mitt Romney returned to Ohio to woo voters nine days before the election.

The GOP presidential hopeful had planned to campaign Sunday in Virginia, but instead joined running mate Paul Ryan in Ohio. The weather threat also left President Barack Obama’s campaign schedule in flux.

The storm presents both sides with an unlikely October surprise as polls continue to show an extraordinarily tight race.

Hurricane Sandy has each camp discarding carefully-mapped-out itineraries as they work to maximize voter turnout while avoiding any appearance of putting politics ahead of public safety.

Romney campaigned Saturday in Florida while Obama worked to nail down New Hampshire.

Obama plans to fly to Florida late Sunday.

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The more they observe it, the more the experts worry about the water — which usually kills and does more damage than winds in hurricanes.

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“You have a lot of wind acting over a long distance of water for hundreds of miles” and that piles the storm surge up when it finally comes ashore, Masters said.

Even though it doesn’t pack much power in maximum wind speed, the tremendous size of Sandy — more than 1,000 miles across with tropical storm force winds — adds to the pummelling power when it comes ashore, he said.

Jennifer Peltz in New York contributed to this story.

Harden leaves Thunder for Rockets “We made several efforts to try to make this work”

Small-market reality hits Oklahoma City Thunder with Harden deal OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — The first big dose of smallmarket reality has hit the Oklahoma City Thunder.

Before the Thunder even played their first real game following a trip to the NBA finals, the franchise parted ways with Sixth Man of the Year James Harden in a trade with the Houston Rockets, fracturing the team’s core and substantially changing the second unit.

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In a measurement of pure kinetic energy, NOAA’s hurricane research division on Sunday ranked the surge and wave “destruction potential” for Sandy — just the hurricane, not the hybrid storm it will eventually become

The storm surge energy numbers are bigger than the deadly 2005 Hurricane Katrina, but that can be misleading. Katrina’s destruction was concentrated in a small area, making it much worse, Masters said.

Sandy’s storm surge energy is spread over a wider area.

Also, Katrina hit a city that is below sea level and had problems with levees.

National Hurricane Center Director Rick Knabb said Hurricane Sandy’s size means some coastal parts of New York and New Jersey may see water rise from 6 to 11 feet from surge and waves.

The rest of the coast north of Virginia can expect 4 to 8 feet of surge.

The full moon Monday will add 2 to 3 inches to the storm surge in New York, Masters said.

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“I think there’s a point in every negotiation where you start to realize where things are lining up, and at that point you have to play the hand that you’re dealt. I feel like as an organization, we’ve made some tough decisions. This one was right up there with them.”

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Sophomore quarterback Blake Bell (10) walks off the field to the cheers of Notre dame fans after OU’s 30-13 loss to the Fighting Irish on Saturday. Bell had the Sooners’ lone touchdown, scoring on a oneyard run in the fourth quarter. OU was the first team to score a rushing touchdown against the Fighting Irish defense so far this season.

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landry Jones: 35 completions on 51 attempts for 356 yards and one interception.

everett golson: 13 completions on 25 attempts for 177 yards. also ran for 64 yards.

Damien Williams: 29 yards on 13 carries and no touchdowns, averaging 2.2 yards per attempt.

theo riddick: 74 yards on 19 carries and one touchdown, averaging 3.9 yards per attempt.

Jalen saunders: 181 yards on 15 catches for an average of 12.1 yarrds per catch.

Cierre Wood: 74 yards on seven carries and one touchdown, averaging 10.6 yards per carry.

Kenny stills: 86 yards on seven catches for an average of 12.3 yards per catch.

tJ Jones: 55 yards on five catches for an average of 11 yards per catch.

tony Jefferson: a teamhigh 11 tackles including nine solo.

Manti te’o: a team-high 11 tackles and one interception.

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Junior wide receiver Jalen Saunders (18) dodges a Notre dame defender during a game against Notre dame on Saturday in Norman. OU lost the game 30-13. Saunders led the Sooners with 15 catches for 181 yards and set an OU record with eight catches in the first quarter.

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aturday night, OU lost at home for the third time in its last seven home games, and a calamitous trade sent Thunder guard James Harden to the Houston Rockets.

I just don’t know anymore.

The (sports) world — as

I know it — is collapsing down around me, and I’m left grasping at straws. I don’t know what to do.

Just when you think you have everything figured out or you think you know how things work, the world turns on its head and shuffles the deck.

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last night was that the Sooners were a fickle, unpredictable bunch that ran a different team out on the field every game. But the more I thought about it, the more OU’s loss to Notre Dame made sense.

Notre Dame was a bad matchup for OU, plain and simple, and the Irish out-

executed the Sooners on multiple occasions and when it mattered most.

Turns out, it’s my perception of the Sooners that’s fickle and unpredictable.

After the game, I wrote that Notre Dame used see BAD DAY Page b2

When the OU football team fell at home to Kansas State on Sep. 22, the Wildcats exposed the Sooners’ weaknesses : an inconsistent running game, shoddy red zone offense and a defense susceptible to the run.

In short, the Sooners matched up poorly with a physical, disciplined team like Kansas State that had a ball-control offense and a solid, fundamentallysound defense.

And even though OU dominated its next three games and looked like it had put its early-season woes behind it, Notre Dame proved those deficiencies remained — they just laid dormant.

Saturday night, the Irish followed K-State’s gameplan almost to a T in their 30-13 win against OU, see LOSS Page b2

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Bad day: Thunder guard Harden traded during Sooner loss Continued from page B1 the blueprint drawn up by Kansas State to beat OU on Owen Field, and as similar as the two teams are, I should have seen this coming.

But I didn’t. I jumped on the bandwagon as OU whooped Texas Tech on the road, walloped Texas at the Cotton Bowl (much to Big Tex’s dismay) and whomped Kansas at home.

I let the idea of what I thought OU should be, a

BY THE NUMBERS dominant national title contender dead set on OU-Notre Dame running the table, cloud the reality of what OU actually is — a solid Big The diiference in 12 team that needs the time of possession stars to align to have between OU and Notre any shot at a conference Dame. crown.

After the Kansas State The percant lost, I was convinced it of third downs that the was just a bump in the Sooners converted road from which the against Notre Dame.

Sooners would recover on their way to Miami.

Total number I was wrong. Really of rushing wrong. yards the Sooners had I ignored the glaring in the game. weaknesses OU had, Number of thinking its bye week tackles by immediately following Notre Dame senior the Kansas State game linebacker and had been the cure-all Heisman candidate for every ailment that Manti Te’o. plagued the Sooners.

Source: ESPN.com And although there’s no question the Sooners have improved since Sep. 22, Saturday proved some of the same problems they had a month ago still exist.

With three of its last five games on the road — at Iowa State in Ames, at West Virginia in Morgantown and at TCU in Fort Worth — OU’s final stretch is treacherous.

However, the Sooners can take comfort in knowing that despite the loss to Notre Dame, nothing really changes for them. Sure, it was a disheartening home loss, but OU still can contend for a Big 12 title and has an outside shot of making a trip to a BCS bowl.

The Sooners will just have to win out. And that’s no easy task.

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The OU defense faces off against the Notre Dame offense in a game Saturday. The Sooners lost the game 13-30 after losing the time of possession battle by nearly five minutes.

Loss: Sooners fail to get defense off field in loss Continued from page B1 improving their record to 8-0 while dropping the Sooners to 5-2.

Through four quarters, Notre Dame imposed its will on the Sooners, utilizing a power running game complemented by misdirection and play action to keep OU’s defense on its toes and control the tempo of the game.

“I thought they ran the ball effectively in that they made things, anytime somebody can run the football, your secondary has to start biting down on the run, and they can go over the top, and that’s kind of what happened in the fourth quarter,” defensive coordinator Mike Stoops said.

rAPID RECAP Irish 30, OU 13 Key stat: The third quarter was dominated by the Irish, who held the ball for 11:25.

Key Sooner: Junior receiver Jalen Saunders had 181 yards on 15 catches.

Key opponent: Senior linebacker Manti Te’o had 11 tackles, a sack and a game-ending interception.

Dillon Phillips, Assistant Sports Editor

OU’s defense allowed 215 yards rushing and held the Irish to 188 yards passing — 50 of which came on a fourthquarter bomb — but like the

K-State game, the OU defense failed to get off the field when it mattered.

“Fourth quarter, in these two losses, we just didn’t play good enough against football teams,” Stoops said.

“Our execution wasn’t good enough really in any capacity.

That was disappointing that we didn’t play well down the stretch.”

While OU’s offense didn’t contribute to the loss with costly turnovers like it did against K-State, the Sooners’ complete lack of a running game made the offense onedimensional.

OU rushed for just 15 yards on 24 carries and had difficulty keeping its defense off the field, especially in a third quarter where the Irish held the ball for 11:35 of its 15 minutes.

“That’s frustrating,” junior safety Tony Jefferson said.

“That’s frustrating just to hear that (statistic).”

Perhaps the most telling statistic for the Sooners, though, was the offense’s third-down efficiency of 29 percent.

“There are not many times that you’re going to win when you go 4-14 on third down, ” co-offensive coordinator Josh Heupel said.

All the improvement the Sooners have shown during the past month appeared to regress Saturday night, and with five games left in a backloaded schedule, OU will have something to prove in each contest.

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Sooners swept by Longhorns in Norman OU held to seasonlow eight points in third and final set Chris Tyndall Sports Reporter

The Oklahoma volleyball team went into Sunday’s matchup against the No. 8 Texas Longhorns looking for its second-straight home victory over the Longhorns but could not overcome Texas’ perfection and its own errors.

The Sooners (16-8, 5-4 Big 12) were swept (23-25, 10-25, 8-25) for the second time in as many matches and were swept earlier this year against the Longhorns in Austin. Texas now leads the all-time series 40-3, including a 16-3 advantage in Norman.

Texas (18-3, 10-0 Big 12) now has won 23-straight c o n f e re n c e g a m e s a n d looks to be ready to win its second-straight Big 12 Championship.

The Sooners were unable to generate much offense after a thrilling 23-25 first s e t a n d s c o re d o n l y 1 8 points over the next two sets, with a season-low eight points coming in the third set. They had no players generate double digits in any offensive categor y, despite freshman setter Julia Doyle giving her teammates 29 assists.

Coach Santiago Restrepo said he felt his team performed admirably despite the loss.

“We played extremely well in the first set,” Restrepo said. “But after that, we didn’t have the same type of energy in the next two sets.”

The Sooners committed 17 errors and hit only .195 of their kills, with a .125 hitting percentage in the second set and -0.77 percentage in

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Junior Sallie McLaurin (14) goes for a kill during a match against Texas on Sunday. The Sooners lost in three straight sets to the Longhorns. OU was swept for the second match in a row, dropping the Sooners to 16-8 overall and 5-4 in Big 12 play.

the third. The Longhorns hit .571 of their kills, including an impressive .905 in the second set.

“You have to play perfect a g a i n s t Te x a s t o b e a t them, and hope they make mistakes,” Restrepo said.

“But today we didn’t, so they won.”

T h e L o n g h o r n s w e re l e d by s o p h o m o re A l l American outside hitter Haley Eckerman and junior outside hitter Bailey Webster, who each hit a match-high 11 kills.

Eckerman, the Big 12 leader in kills, hit almost a full point lower than her 4.64 k/s

AT A GLANCE All-time vs. Texas The Sooners are 3-40 all-time against the Longhorns, netting all three victories in Norman where they are 3-16.

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average, but her teammates picked up the slack.

Sophomore middle blocker Khat Bell and senior utility Sha’Dare McNeal each hit eight kills with Bell

contributing a match-high three blocks. Bell hit eight of her nine attempts for a match-high .889 hitting percentage and had one service ace.

The first set was a backand-for th str uggle and featured 19 ties and six lead changes with the last tie coming at 23 all. Senior outside hitter Morgan Reynolds hit five of her six kills for a .883 hitting percentage.

The Sooners had 18 kills compared to 16 kills for the Longhorns, but Texas won the set with back-to-back kills from Webster to take a

1-0 lead.

In the second set, the Sooners and Longhorns continued the highlycontested match with the score at 10-7 in favor o f Te x a s. How e v e r, t h e Longhorns went on an 11-1 run, which featured six straight Longhorn points, and took a 21-8 lead. The Longhorns scored three more points behind kills from Webster, Eckerman and Bell to take the second set, 25-10.

The third set was more of the same with the Longhorns scoring seven straight points before the

Sooners got their first. By the time the Sooners had scored five points, Texas already had 15 points and secured the win with a 10-3 run to take the third set 25-8.

The Sooners look to rebound against Texas Tech at 7 p.m. Wednesday in Lubbock for their second of three home matches this week. The Sooners swept the Red Raiders in three sets Oct. 17 in Lubbock and have won 14 straight matches against Tech since 2005.

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MONDAY, OCTOBER 29, MONDAY 29 2012 There is a good chance that in the year ahead you will develop a mutually beneficial alliance with someone who initially rubs you the wrong way. Once you get past this abrasive stage, a genuine friendship will blossom.

SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 22) -- Be extremely tactful with all your one-on-one relationships, especially those that feature a comfortable rapport. You could unintentionally say something way out of line.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 23-Dec. 21) -- Some big responsibilities or critical tasks you’ve been successfully sweeping under the rug could come up for air. Once they’re out, they could get nasty.

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CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) -- Someone you know only casually could make a play for your friends.

Sharing friendships is one thing, but crossing you out of the picture is another.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 19) -- You have exceptional leadership qualities, but don’t become too selfserving. Victory will be far more gratifying if you include everyone involved.

PISCES (Feb. 20-March 20) -- You naturally wouldn’t like it if someone put you in a position to have to defend everything you say. Bear this in mind should a friend make a statement that you disagree with.

ARIES (March 21-April 19) -Although you’re in a favorable cycle for joint endeavors, there could be a few conditions attached. Any

colleague you have must be able to offer as much as you can.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20) -- When it comes to a matter of mutual concern in which you and another are diametrically opposed, a compromise is required. Be the first to propose a solution that both parties can accept.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20) -- A weightier problem than you originally anticipated may fall to you. If someone for whom you’re responsible fails to take care of something, it’ll be left to you to do the job.

CANCER (June 21-July 22) -- Even though you’re likely to be a welcome addition to a social gathering, don’t be the last to leave.

Head for the door before your host or hostess starts to yawn.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22) -- You’ll have to be methodical, bold and organized if you hope to achieve any kind of important objective.

If you don’t endow yourself with these qualities, it isn’t likely you’ll succeed.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) -- Avoid the company of friends or associates who have a tendency to impose their views on others. Your tolerance for self-appointed know-it-alls is slightly above zero.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23) -- Take extra pains to manage your resources as prudently as possible.

Later, when it becomes time to pay off these obligations, they could hinder you at just the wrong moment.

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“As a kid, I suppose it was because of my parents you know, they would always play music throughout the house, and that was my first experience with music,” JonathAn Fowler, Fowler VOLKSWAGEN OF nORMAN general manager

Fan instrumental to music scene Local music makes Norman resident Jonathan Fowler’s heart sing Brent Stenstrom Life & Arts Reporter

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Norman music-lover grew up dreaming of becoming a musician, but when that dream didn’t pan out, he decided to bring music into the lives of others.

Jonathan Fowler, the general manager of Fowler Volkswagen of Norman, has been instrumental in bringing free shows to the Opolis such as, Twin Shadow, Washed Out and Dan Deacon.

Fowler was engulfed with music from the ver y beginning.

“As a kid, I suppose it was because of my parents you know,” Fowler said. “They would always play music throughout the house, and that was my first experience with music.”

When Fowler became a teenager, he was influenced by his older brother’s musical taste, but Fowler began to develop his own musical identity as well. When he turned 13 or 14 years old, he began to play the guitar.

It wasn’t until he began playing the guitar that he decided he wanted to be a musician, but he never became good enough to be a guitar player in a band.

That didn’t stop his love of music.

First experience “My first experiences with music were as a fan … following all these local bands around and going to their shows,” Fowler said.

Fowler was 18 years old when he came to OU. He started going to concerts on a regular basis at venues, such as the Deli on Campus Corner and the Opolis when it first opened.

After college, Fowler still loved the local music scene in Norman, but he didn’t really get involved until Marta Burcham, the Norman Arts Council executive director at the time, approached him and asked if he wanted to help start the Norman Music Festival.

“That is really when my passion kind of took off to another level,” Fowler said. “That is when I started to get involved in the local music scene.”

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General manager of Fowler Volkswagen of Norman Jonathan Fowler stands next to a car in Fowler Volkswagen. Fowler was instrumental in bringing musical acts, such as Twin Shadow, Washed Out and Dan Deacon to perform at the Opolis.

been going to shows at the Opolis for years and knew the owners before they knew who he was.

“Andy (Nunez, owner of the Opolis) was actually one of the founding members of the Nor man Music Festival,” Fowler said. “So that first year of the music festival was when Andy and I became friends.

Nunez said he was worried about how the festival was going to be Norman Music Festival After being part of Norman Music Festival, Fowler began financially successful, but Fowler meeting new people in the Norman music scene. He had started raising money for the events,

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which made them more successful.

After the positive outcome of the Nor man Music Festival, Fowler Volkswagen began sponsoring shows at the Opolis.

“I think the credit gets misplaced a lot because we have our logo on the stuff that we sponsor, but all we are doing is sponsoring what they (the Opolis) have prepared,” Fowler said. “Any credit I receive is much appreciated, but really Andy at the Opolis deserves a lot of credit and all the credit in my opinion

alongside his wife, Marian.”

Fowler really helps bringing in some big-name bands, bands people should be excited about, Nunez said.

“It is a win-win for everyone, we (The Opolis) get to sell beer, Jonathan gets advertising and the fans get to see a free show,” Nunez said.

Brent Stenstrom, brent.e.stenstrom-1@ou.edu

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In a bind?

“Take every opportunity to tell everyone that a ‘dolla makes you holla.’”

8 tips, ideas to have spooky, fun costumes last minute

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Cheap/Homemade Costumes As college students, we can’t always afford expensive Halloween costumes.

However, you don’t have to spend a lot of money to Shannon Borden buy an impressive costume. shannonborden@ou.edu There are plenty of cheap alternatives. You even can make your own costume if you are up to the challenge.

The Ghost We can do a little better than a sheet with two holes for eyes, can’t we? Wear an all white tuxedo or dress and paint your face white and gray to make you look like the actual ghost of a dead person, rather than an old sheet.

Honey Boo Boo This little girl’s rising popularity has inspired an amazing Halloween costume idea this year. You better “redneckonize” how amazing this costume is. Wear as much glitter and tulle as you can. Finish off the costume with a sash and your best tiara. Take every opportunity to tell everyone that a “dolla makes you holla.”

Gangnam Style by Psy This became a pop culture phenomenon in September. The song seemed to gain popularity overnight. Psy has a signature style that you can capture for your Halloween costume. Find a powder blue or gray suit jacket over a white button up and black bow tie with black slacks. Finish off the look with Psy’s classic black sunglasses and

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The Witch The witch is one of the most popular Halloween costumes of all time. It may seem an impossible feat to breath new life into such an old costume, but it’s not. My recommendation would be to do a theme witch. Being a witch is a little lame, but being a punk witch or an ’80s witch will make your costume more unique.

Thrift Stores This is a great way to find pieces to put together a costume for half the cost of storebought costumes. Pair thrift items with cheaper accessories you find at costume shops. For example, animals are easy costumes to put together on a budget. Most costume shops sell ears, tails, antennae and wings at low costs. You can wear a thrift store outfit with cheap animal accessories for a costume that won’t make you even more of a broke college student.

Top: Jacob Mild, environmental engineering senior, as a pirate.

Left: Kayla Blood, nursing sophomore, as Honey Boo Boo. Right: Tinesha Anderson, health and exercise sophomore, as a witch.

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alloween is Wednesday, and if you are like me, you waited until the last minute and still haven’t thought of a good costume. Fear not, Halloween procrastinators! Here are some Halloween tips to help you avoid being the man or woman who shows up to the party without a costume.

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Another cheap option is to make your costume, if you have the time. If you are feeling creative, make your costume out of duct tape. I’ve seen people make dresses out of duct tape to be things like iPods or crayons.

Costumes like these likely will be used only once but are sure to stand out among other costumes.

Shannon Borden is a professional writing sophomore.

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