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Voters increase shelter funds Facility could become no-kill home for stray or abandoned animals CHASE COOK

Managing Editor

Hundreds of adoptable stray dogs and cats may not be euthanized each year thanks to voters and homeowners in Norman.

A measure to give the Norman Animal Welfare Center $3 million to expand and renovate its facility passed by 68 percent Tuesday after a special election.

The measure will allow

the shelter to keep up with its growing populations of animals, said Maj. JD Younger of the Norman Police Department. The department is responsible for overseeing the shelter.

Currently, the shelter must euthanize hundreds of dogs and cats a year due to space, Younger said.

The increased space could allow the shelter to become a no-kill shelter, Younger

said. That means the shelter would not kill adoptable animals, those which are of sound temperament and good health for adoption. It would still have to euthanize animals in poor health or in no shape to be adopted.

It is an achievable goal with the new space, but it is not a guarantee, Younger said.

Funding the new measure will require an increase of property taxes for five years.

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A kitten looks pleadingly at visitors to the Norman Animal Welfare Center on Tuesday. Citizens of Norman voted in favor of increasing fundSEE FUNDS PAGE 2 ing for the shelter, which will allow the center to reduce euthanizations.

MEN’S BASKETBALL Junior forward Romero Osby stands in front of the banners hanging in the OU men’s basketball practice gym. The transfer from Mississippi State was forced to sit out last year due to NCAA transfer rules, but he is eligible and eager this season. The grandparents who raised him traveled all the way from Mississippi to see his debut with the Sooners against Northeastern State on Nov. 1.

Osby said much of who he is today is because of the influence of his grandparents, helping him be a better student, father and man.

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Student, athlete, father One player’s grandparents cross state lines to lend support RJ YOUNG

Sports Reporter

Pearl and James Osby are very proud of their grandson, Sooner junior forward Romero Osby.

The Grandparents Osby traveled all the way from Meridian, Miss., to attend Romero’s first game in a Sooner uniform against Northeastern State last Tuesday and Oklahoma’s game against Washburn last Sunday, both at Lloyd Noble Center.

“We decided to come here to see our grandson,” James said. “We wanted to see the first game he was going to play after sitting out for a year.”

The junior forward acquitted

himself well in his first game back on the hardwood with 10 points and eight rebounds in Oklahoma’s 85-51 romp of the RiverHawks. The game was Romero’s first since March 2010 after sitting out a year because of NCAA transfer rules.

“He said he was kind of tired after his first game back after not playing for a year,” junior forward Andrew Fitzgerald said. “But he did a great job. He was really good.”

Sophomore forward Tyler Neal said he knew Romero was going to be a big help to the team after seeing what he could do last season. Neal came off the bench in Oklahoma’s

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“I think [Romero] has been helping us out since last year, being on scout team because he couldn’t play,” Neal said. “Having someone that athletic and that talented playing against you every day really helped us as a team.

And now that he’s with us, it helps even more.”

The day after the Sooners defeated the RiverHawks, Pearl and James were back at Lloyd Noble Center.

This time, they were two of a handful of fans who came to watch Oklahoma

Shakespeare on the beach

It’s time to revise open records laws Oklahoma should make updates for the public.

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Shakespeare drama returns in 1960s

Sooners injuries could affect game

“Two Gentlemen of Verona” on opens Tuesday. (OUDaily.com)

Volleyball will face the Wildcats in Kansas today.

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Less plastic urged at OU Campus could be added to list of greener schools JOEL SHACKELFORD Campus Reporter

After two months of planning, Undergraduate Student Congress’ Problems and Projects committee passed its first piece of legislation last week, a resolution that urged The Coca-Cola Company to reduce the amount of plastic in its plastic bottles.

The committee deals with long-term projects and concerns such as SEE WATER PAGE 3

OKLAHOMA

Recent quakes shake Sooners Fault line to blame for record earthquakes JAKE MORGAN Staff Reporter

Record earthquakes have left OU students shaken during a weekend filled with Mother Nature’s temper.

The recent earthquakes constitute the largest and third-largest seismic events in Oklahoma’s recorded history. Before this weekend, the largest earthquake was a 5.5-magnitude quake out of Canadian County on April 9, 1952.

Randy Keller, director of the Oklahoma Geological Survey , said the earthquakes occurred because of a slip at the Wilzetta fault line, which runs from Pottawatomie County to the western part of Creek County.

“The Wilzetta fault isn’t big, but it’s big enough to build up a significant amount of tectonic stress,” SEE RECORD PAGE 2

The Daily’s recent record requests Requested document and purpose

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Year: Junior Position: Forward Hometown: Meridian, Miss.

2011 stats (exhibition): 11.5 points per game, six rebounds per game, one assist per game, 0.5 blocks per game

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Brian Lamb receives third Gaylord Prize for civic involvement. (Page 3)

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Valentine, played by performance junior Jordan Blount, reacts as Speed (performance sophomore Tatum Price) presses her face against a tennis racket during Tuesday’s rehearsal of “The Two Gentlemen of Verona.” The Lab Theatre show debuts tonight at 8 p.m. in Old Science Hall. (Page 5)

Days waiting

Bob Stoops’ phone records — The Daily requested the records to examine to whom Bob Stoops makes phone calls on university-provided cell phones.

The Daily was informed the phone records could be made available but only if student phone numbers were removed from the records. OU stated the phone numbers are protected under the Federal Education Rights and Privacy Act, but it is important to monitor athletic officials use of university-provided phones to ensure they meet NCAA regulations.

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The OU Foundation’s donor records — The foundation acts as an investment firm for donors and uses funds to reimburse OU according to donor’s intent. The Daily requested the documents to see who is donating and why but was denied because the Open Records Act allows public universities to keep donor information private. However, the act doesn’t forbid the university from releasing the information.

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RECORD: More quakes expected from fault line Continued from page 1 Keller said. “By using the seismic data [from the earthquakes] and something we call focal mechanisms, we discovered that the east side of the fault shifted southward.�

While many Oklahomans remember three distinct earthquakes, the first event felt Saturday morning acted as a foreshock to the 5.6 magnitude quake later that night, according to the survey.

Consequently, Monday’s earthquake is considered an aftershock.

Keller said that Oklahoma has certainly seen an increase in seismic activity, but at the same time, the increase in the number of seismographs makes it much easier to detect earthquakes. Many of these seismographs are part of a National Science Foundation project titled “Earth Scope.� “When you listen more

TODAY AROUND CAMPUS A workshop offering advice for international studies students on the U.S. Department of State and how to apply to graduate school will take place at noon in Hester Hall, Room 170.

A Bible study held by the Christians on Campus will take place from 12:30 to 1:15 p.m. in the Oklahoma Memorial Union’s Traditions Room. This event is free.

A guided walking tour of Native American art will be hosted by art history professor Jackson Rushing at 2 p.m. in the Fred Jones Jr. Museum of Art.

Lincoln County was the epicenter for Saturday and Monday’s earthquakes.

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carefully, you’re going to hear more,� Keller said.

And the recent seismic activity has also sent tremors through OU’s geological curriculum.

Professor Barry Weaver, who teaches GEOL 1003 “Volcanoes and Earthquakes,� said he includes Oklahoma’s earthquakes in his curriculum, but the record-setting

FUNDS: Taxes increased

A chili cook-off by the Gamma Phi Beta sorority will take place from 7 to 9 p.m. at the sorority’s house, 1105 College Ave. Tickets are $4 in advance and $5 at the door. Proceeds will benefit the United Way.

Continued from page 1 worth about $100,000 will pay an additional 93 cents a month, which is roughly $11.21 a year, according to the special election’s informational brochure.

Norman resident Brian McGolden voted to pass the measure. He credits his own pets with his decision on the increase and said he does not mind the tax increase. “The city needs a better shelter,� McGolden said.

Citizens won’t notice any changes to the shelter immediately, but the shelter will start using the $3 millions dollars as soon as possible,

CORRECTIONS The Oklahoma Daily has a commitment to serve readers with accurate coverage and analysis.

Readers should bring errors to The Daily’s attention by emailing dailynews@ou.edu.

Tuesday’s page 1 story about Lorne Matalon’s lecture incorrectly reported the day of the event.

The event occurred Tuesday.

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tremors over the weekend have made the class topical. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Anytime something this relevant to the class occurs, it creates a very positive learning experience,â&#x20AC;? Weaver said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;In this case, the students are learning how earthquakes directly affect their lives.â&#x20AC;?

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Designated campus smoking areas supported by 80 percent of congress Student Congress passed a resolution Tuesday encouraging the establishment of smoking areas on campus.

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The survey found that 80 percent of the 604 total respondents would favor smoking areas.

The resolution passed by a 17-8-1 margin.

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WATER: Other universities already ban bottles Continued from page 1 parking or housing, but they are not the only campus group in the country tackling the issue of plastic-bottle use.

Fourteen colleges in the U.S. and Canada have a campuswide ban on plastic water bottles, according to the Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education.

This includes schools such as Seattle University and Washington University in St. Louis. Emerson College soon will ban plastic bottles at its dining facilities, according to its student newspaper, Berkeley Beacon.

Last year, Duke University decided to go green by wearing commencement robes made out of recycled plastic bottles.

Committee Chairman Devin Smith, education district representative, said he had been working to add OU to this growing list for a couple months.

“The original idea was actually to completely ban plastic bottles on campus,” Smith said. “But I got too many negative responses to that, so I tried to work in a compromise that would still lessen the negative impact plastic bottles have on the environment.”

Many of the complaints Smith received about banning plastic bottles on campus stated that it would be too inconvenient for students to implement such a ban.

Smith presented his ideas on the issue to the general council of the Housing Center Student Association, but the group refrained from giving an opinion on an outright ban of plastic bottles and later questioned the extent to which this topic was under its jurisdiction.

“We realized that [Housing and Food Services], which is where [general council] has bearing, has minimal impact on the decision to reduce the amount of plastic used — the bottles are a part of the contract with Coca-Cola, which is actually done through the Student Life office,” HCSA Vice President Allie Kallmann said.

The general council was aware some of Coke’s products already contained reduced amounts of plastic in them, Kallmann, mathematics junior, also said.

“Coke would be the ones better suited to understand why there was a distinction,” she said.

Despite these concerns, Kallmann said HCSA’s response to the plan was positive, but members have some questions regarding the execution of a ban of plastic bottles on campus.

The company will receive a copy of the resolution, but even the author recognizes that it carries no binding authority over the company.

“This resolution may not even lead to anything actually happening since it’s under The Coca-Cola Company’s discretion whether they reduce the plastic content,” Smith said.

Congress Chairwoman Alyssa Loveless said she was proud of Smith and the committee’s work.

However, at least one member of Student Congress said she would like to see more done on this issue.

“I’d like to see a tentative plan that includes finding alternatives to plastic bottles, installing more filtered water stations around campus, starting in the union and making sure OU recycles all used plastic bottles,” said Shayna Daitch, international and area studies representative.

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The Gaylord College of Journalism and Mass Communication awarded its third Gaylord Prize to the founder and CEO of C-SPAN on Tuesday.

The reception for Brian Lamb was held in Oklahoma City at the Sheraton hotel in Bricktown with about 150 OU students attending as well as numerous faculty and staff members.

The college gives the Gaylord Prize to a notable journalism professional every three years. The previous two recipients are journalist and former PBS news anchor Jim Lehrer and New York Times columnist and author Thomas Friedman.

In his acceptance remarks surrounding transparency in government, Lamb said he was impressed with the progress of the current generation in that they are more prepared to take on the world.

“Change takes a long time, and I’m constantly impressed by the younger generation,” Lamb said.

Jari Askins, associate provost for external relations at the Health Sciences Center, has attended all three Gaylord Prize events.

“I think this award is an incredible tribute to the high standards of ethics that is expected in journalism,” said Askins, former lieutenant governor of Oklahoma.

Askins said she has always believed transparency in government is of the upmost importance due to her journalism degree from OU. “I had an opportunity to meet Brian Lamb, and coming from a background of journalism and serving in our state Legislature, we would not be where we are today if it were not for what he did in starting C-SPAN,” Askins said.

Allison Harris, Gaylord Ambassadors co-chairwoman and journalism senior, said Lamb’s accomplishments are inspiring and motivating.

“He bridged the gap between government and journalism and made it so transparent, it’s amazing that one person can make that much of a difference,” Harris said. “I think that is what is so inspirational to students, especially me as a senior — that he took an idea and grew it into what it is now.”

Journalism senior, Adriana Knight said this event is valuable to students because it gives students an opportunity to interact with professional journalists outside of classes.

“I think it is really important for students to attend events like this,” Knight said. “It gives them insight into everything they learn about in school outside the classroom.”

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EDITORIAL

Access needed for public info Our View: Public needs greater access to congressional and court proceedings.

the most important legal decisions in our country.

Maybe with this kind of access, people wouldn’t get so panicked about activist judges — or maybe those C-SPAN is an incredible thing. claims would be confirmed.

We know it’s not the most exciting programming The main concerns with allowing media coverage — in fact, its most significant role in most students’ into the courtroom are that judges will feel pressured lives is as a cheaper alternative to Nyquil. But just by public opinion or that defendants will use it as an think about what it represents. opportunity to act for the camera.

C-SPAN, whose CEO visited campus But it seems obvious that public opinion The Our View Tuesday, provides live television coverage of is already a pressure on court decisions. is the majority U.S. House and Senate proceedings, along After all, even with restricted access, media opinion of with other meetings around Washington. coverage can ignite a public firestorm. If The Daily’s With continuous coverage and no commenthat is enough to sway a judge’s impartiality, 10-member tary, it offers citizens a chance to see what editorial board then we already have cause for worry. their lawmakers are actually doing and to And cases are already decided in the pubmake up their own minds about what they lic sphere based on personalities and hearsee. say. Public opinion is swayed by emotional appeals And though C-SPAN continues to fight for greater and dramatics. The parties involved are already actaccess to governmental proceedings, its very exising. It seems like granting greater media access to tence is a victory. A victory for our rights, our power legal proceedings could only help this by providing as citizens and our ability to hold our public officials more solid facts. accountable.

But let’s start locally. The proceedings of OU’s But the struggle for greater transparency is far Campus Disciplinary Council, the campus court sysfrom over. Many congressional committee meetings tem dealing with academic misconduct and student — including the debt crisis ‘supercommittee’ — are code violations, should be accessible to the public. closed to such coverage. Why should these meetings These concerns hardly apply to OU’s legal system. of public officials, in which important decisions are But the possible benefits do. Media coverage of these made before bills even get to the floor, be closed to proceedings would help ensure that students are public scrutiny? getting a fair trial and a reasonable punishment.

These restrictions blind the public to the process We can understand academic misconduct probehind important decisions. In much the same way, ceedings being closed due to the regulations in citizens are losing out by being denied access to the FERPA, despite our misgivings about that law. But nation’s highest court. other disciplinary proceedings should be open to Why can’t the same live coverage be available for media coverage. the Supreme Court? It’s just as important for citizens Comment on this at OUDaily.com to witness and understand the reasoning behind

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To cast your vote, visit EDITORIAL

Information policies need to be revised Our View: Many freedom of information policies urgently need reform.

American public responds positively to being treated like children.

Politicians know if they tell us what we want to hear, we won’t ask for details, and we will support their bid for election.

Of course, this isn’t to say everyone will buy the garbage being sold to us, but enough of us will that the candidate with the best sales pitch will be elected — and that is all that matters in the political establishment.

If they promise us tax cuts, we don’t press them about the effects it will have on the debt. If they promise to cut government waste and balance the budget, we don’t ask for a list of specific programs that will face the ax and verify that the budget numbers add up. If they offer new programs, we don’t ask about the costs.

The American people have allowed themselves to be manipulated by the political establishment. Until we, as a society, learn to ask real questions and press the politicians for real responses, the cycle will never end.

Tom Taylor is a political science graduate student.

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our women have accused Republican presidenthat you feel good about OPINION COLUMNIST tial candidate Herman Cain of sexually harassing yourself and your sexuality. them. Almost everything about Cain’s and the me- But most men will see it as dia’s responses to these accusations disgusts me. a sign that you want to get From Cain’s assertion that the women just don’t get laid,” Rottenberg wrote. his sense of humor to National Review columnist John Though Rottenberg later Derbyshire’s denial of the existence of sexual harassment, apologized for his cominappropriate comments abound. However, nothing upments, the damage was sets me more than one of the harassed women’s comment done. His comments were Kate McPherson that she would not come forward because she absurd, but kmcpherson@ou.edu didn’t want to become the next Anita Hill, the they reflect at“I’m upset that woman who accused Supreme Court Justice prevaour culture finds titudes Clarence Thomas of sexual harassment. lent in our society. In some people’s pervertit acceptable to ed worlds, it’s the victims’ fault they are raped Certainly, remaining anonymous is this woman’s prerogative. I’m not upset she’s not or sexually harassed. In other words, the four crucify women coming forward. I’m upset that our culture women Cain harassed were asking for it. who dare call finds it acceptable to crucify women who This notion is incredibly offensive. The best men out for their way to prevent rape or sexual harassment is dare call men out for their inappropriate comments. not to dress conservatively. The best way to inappropriate Hill, a former OU law professor, was called prevent these advances is not to rape or hacomments.” “a little bit nutty and a little bit slutty” for acrass someone. The problem is not the victims cusing Thomas of sexual harassment in 1991. but the perpetrators.

Twenty years later, society hasn’t moved away from such Cain’s victim is well within her rights to remain anonyvictim blaming. When CBS reporter Lara Logan was gang- mous, but our society must become one accepting of vicraped during the Egyptian uprising this July, writer Dan tims. As long as we continue blaming and shaming victims, Rottenberg lambasted her for not taking appropriate prewe will never focus on blaming and shaming those who cautions to prevent the assault. deserve it most: the harassers and rapists.

“Earth to liberated women: When you display legs, thighs or cleavage, some liberated men will see it as a sign Kate McPherson is a journalism sophomore.

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Oklahoma’s Open Records and Open Meeting laws provide important protections for freedom of information, both for the public and for the press. But they certainly aren’t perfect.

Both laws are plagued by vague wording and requirements. Such ambiguity leaves rooms for abuse. Sometimes, lawmakers purposefully write flexibility into the language of laws. But in the arena of the public’s right to information, we don’t need flexibility — we need strength.

1. The Open Meeting Act needs stronger wording to protect access to committee meetings. We can’t imagine a compelling reason why any committee meeting should be closed, but if some must be, then we want a specific outline of which meetings should remain open.

2. It’s also difficult to see why the identity of donors should be kept confidential. Donors for higher education are a specific protected class under the Open Records Act, but OU could choose to make them public. Why would OU want to keep its donors list private?

3. The wording in the Open Records Act requiring “prompt, reasonable access” is too vague.

What is reasonable? What is reasonable to someone who doesn’t want to provide records?

As in other states, there should be a specific deadline of three days by which the office must either provide the records or explain why it will take longer, giving a new deadline.

As it is, the vagueness of the requirement can lead to stonewalling and long waits with no explanation. These waits can tie up investigations and discourage citizens from pursuing records.

Another discouraging factor is the cost of records requests. The law limits the cost per page to 25 cents, but this adds up. We understand the office must pay workers and buy supplies. But we wonder how they calculate costs. The act should include a formula for this, to ensure fairness.

The law also should specifically require that any document which can be provided in an electronic format should be provided that way. This will make the process cheaper, greener and easier on the Open Records Office.

But the most dangerous ambiguity comes from the relationship between the Open Records Act and the federal Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act, which restricts access to educational records. Universities across the country have chosen to interpret very loosely what constitutes an “academic record.”

Ostensibly out of fear of being sued — because no administration would ever use it as an excuse not to provide information to the public — administrations have denied media access to everything from parking tickets to phone records of athletic teams under the guise of this law.

Legal opinion is swinging against this broad interpretation, with several courts recently denying protection of non-academic records under FERPA. But colleges, including OU, are still using the law to restrict access to essential information.

It’s time for a little bravery all around.

Oklahoma lawmakers must stand up in defense of the public and reform our vague, weak laws.

And someone must bite the bullet and speak out against the abuses of FERPA: either OU or state legislators.

It’s up to the administration whether OU ends up spearheading this movement as national leaders or following behind, tail between its legs.

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n one year, the people OPINION COLUMNIST of the U.S. again will decide who will represent them in Washington, D.C. As a political consultant, campaign season is a blessing for me, as it usually means an extra source of Tom Taylor income. As a citizen, it is a tomtaylor.home@gmail.com curse, as it means that I have to survive another wave of political communication hitting the airwaves, the phone lines, the mail boxes and my doorstep.

Don’t get me wrong, I am very interested in knowing where politicians stand on the issues. Unfortunately, that is not the information provided in most political pieces.

Instead, we are given sound bites, misinformation and oversimplifications.

Politicians and political consultants treat the American public like children and do so for good reason: The

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1960s beach party becomes setting for school’s take on classic play Brooke Buckmaster Life & Arts Reporter

An Elizabethan play set on a tropical beach in the 1960s. While this may seem like two ideas from opposite ends of the spectrum, Rena Cook, director of OU’s “The Two Gentlemen of Verona,” begs to differ.

OU School of Drama will perform Shakespeare’s “The Two Gentlemen of Verona” starting today and running through Sunday in the Lab Theatre of Old Science Hall ­— but not as one would expect.

In order to allow students to experience Shakespeare in a whole different way, OU’s version of “The Two Gentlemen of Verona” will take on a beach scene set in the 1960s, Cook said.

“Placing it in the ’60s on a beach would give us that feel of fun, carefree, frolicon-love kind of mood,” Cook said. “The show is very high energy.”

The show is chock-full of activities including a luau, a song and dance number and even a live dog, Cook said.

“I wanted an environment where the actors could play freely and have fun without certain behavior and costume expectations weighing them down,” Cook said.

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“Placing it in the ’60s on a beach would give us that feel of fun, carefree, frolic-on-love kind of mood.”

Rana cook, director of “two gentlemen of verona”

Set designer Catherine Diaz said she worked to create this upbeat and outdoorsy mood with a weathered boardwalk, bright colored and printed costumes, palm trees and surfboards — everything one could think of when it comes to a typical beach scenario.

“The process has been really creative and collaborative,” Cook said. “I have really relied on them to create

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Performance alumnus Brett Marley (left), wonders at the sight of bubbles with performance juniors Riley Pierce and Jack Welborn during Tuesday’s rehearsal of “The Two Gentlemen of Verona” in Old Science Hall.

things; a director can’t come up with all the ideas.”

And based upon her expressiveness of how the show has turned out thus f a r, C o o k ha s y e t t o b e disappointed.

Taking the lead of the show as the two gentlemen,

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Valentine and Proteus, are seniors Mitchell Reed and Jordan Blount.

“Individual performances are so strong, so layered, so detailed,” Cook said.

“Every person has reached beyond what is normally expected of them and has

grown as performers into really well developed, textured characters.”

A d d i n g t o t h e p l a y ’s uniqueness, each cast member has gone above and beyond to create a 1960s dance number for the curtain call.

“In every case the actors have far exceeded what you would typically expect from them. They have reached beyond their usual level of work,” Cook said, “It’s so wonderful to watch them succeeding in such a major way.”

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OSBY: Junior forward balances family, fatherhood, school and basketball Romero said. “They got a chance to do something with themselves, and I want to be one of the frontrunners and show them that you can get your degree.”

James supported Romero’s d e c i s i o n t o t ra n s f e r t o Oklahoma and is happy to see his grandson is happy.

“He chose to come here,” James said. “That was his choice. The system that he was in at Mississippi State, it just didn’t fit his style of play.”

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Pearl said she has scrapbooked newspaper articles — mostly from The ClarionLedger in Jackson — highlighting Romero’s athletic career since his name first started appearing in print.

At practice, Pearl was dressed in OU socks, white pants, a crimson OU shirt and an OU necklace hung around her neck. A red and whitebeaded bracelet decorated her left wrist.

“We already know he’s a great player and very capable,” Pearl said. “But after sitting out for awhile, it makes a great difference. He did a great job [last Tuesday night], but he will do better. We know that. When the Big 12 [season] starts, you’re really going to see what he can do.”

Pearl talked about each of the returning players as if they were each a grandson of her own.

She watched many of OU’s games last season and said Romero will make a difference in the team’s rebounding this season.

“Last year, I think that was one of the shortcomings [of Oklahoma],” Pearl said.

Pearl, a former assistant principal and an educator for more than 42 years, is a newly indoctrinated OU fan.

When Romero transferred to Oklahoma, so did Pearl.

She’s since stickered her car with OU emblems.

“I started wearing OU when Romero transferred,” she said. “He’s a Sooner, we’re a Sooner. We watched every game we could watch last year. By the time we got here this year, we knew all the players except the new ones.”

Romero knows his grandmother is his biggest fan, and he said he loves her dearly for that. He knows she’ll go to bat for him at any time.

“When it comes to me, she don’t play that,” he said. “If somebody’s disrespecting me or somebody’s talking bad about me, she’ll step in. In a

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Junior forward Romero Osby (24) drives to the basket during OU’s 85-59 exhibition win against Washburn on Sunday. Osby finished with 13 points.

minute, she’ll step in. She’s always been like that.”

“I have a lot of respect for the man Romero is.”

Andrew Fitzgerald, Junior forward

Leaving Mississippi Two years ago, Pearl and James were only a 90-minute drive from seeing their grandson play college basketball at Mississippi State, and the proud grandparents didn’t miss a single home game.

“We’ve always followed him,” Pearl said. “He’s our oldest grandson.”

The Pearl and James have five grandchildren ranging in age from 21 to 11.

Also, Romero has a daughter of his own. Saniya Osby will turn 2 years old in December.

“He has grown-man priorities,” Fitzgerald said. “He has to take care of him, his daughter, his family. I have a lot of respect for the man Romero is.”

Romero and senior forward C.J. Washington both have children and have remained active fathers in their children’s lives, even though

Romero and Washington remain committed to the life of a student-athlete.

Washington and Romero were roommates last year, and Romero said they talked about fatherhood most of their time together.

Romero’s girlfriend and daughter live in Meridian.

They often speak with each other, though it happens most often via Skype, email and telephone.

“I try to see [Saniya] as much as possible,” Romero said. “I try to get her and my girl to fly up as much as possible. It is hard being so far away from them.”

Romero made the move in March 2010 to attend Oklahoma and had taken enough credit hours as a sophomore to become classified as a junior when he transferred. As a freshman

at Mississippi State, he was named to the SEC Freshman Academic honor roll.

The 6-foot-8-inch, 237pound forward is scheduled to graduate with a communications degree in December 2012 — one semester earlier than his classmates. In Romero’s family, he said you are expected to finish college with a diploma in hand.

“I always felt that’s what you’re supposed to do,” Romero said. “My mom was working two jobs, and she got her degree, and I saw her work hard. I saw my dad go

back and get his degree after the military. And I saw my grandmother and my aunt get their master’s and Ph.D. “I always knew that I would graduate college.”

He averaged 22.4 points, 14.6 rebounds, 4.7 blocks and 3.9 assists as a senior at Northeast Lauderdale High School in Meridian.

The two-time All-State selection’s No. 24 jersey — the same number he wears at OU — was retired at Northeast Lauderdale in 2008.

“I just wanted to represent for Meridian and represent for Mississippi because we down-play [the state] a lot. ... I know a lot of people in Meridian that are really talented and really good kids,”

Pearl and James have taken an interest in all the activities of their grandchildren.

Pearl said her husband never missed a junior high or high school game Romero played.

“When I started playing basketball and my dad was off in Dallas, my granddad took it upon himself to make sure I made it to AAU tournaments,” Romero said. “He took the responsibility of even making sure I made it to the gym on the weekends.”

Pearl and James have been key figures in Romero’s life, and he’s thankful for their love and devotion to him and the life he has chosen.

“They’ve always been there for me,” he said. “They’ve been there for me since I was a young kid.”

Romero said a lot of the manners and traits he possesses at 21 came from his grandparents.

“Being on time, always ‘Yes, ma’am,’ ‘No ma’am’ — you know, those things, those good qualities came from them,” Romero said. “They’ve been so beneficial to my life.”

The day after the Washburn game, Pearl and James said goodbye to their oldest grandchild and boarded a flight back to Mississippi.

They’ll see him again soon.

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The No. 25 OU volleyball team will be taking the court with a different mindset Wednesday night when it takes on the Kansas State Wildcats in Manhattan, Kan. The Sooners are coming off a 3-1 loss to No. 13 Iowa State last Wednesday that essentially ended OU’s hopes of a Big 12 championship.

So with that goal no longer attainable, the Sooners will be looking to snap out of their two-game skid to the start the second half of Big 12 play.

OU coach Santiago Restrepo said the Sooners have been working extensively on serving and passing, problems that plagued the Sooners in each of their losses this season.

“Every team in the country has to win the battle of serve and pass in order to win any matches,” he said. “We have to continue working on serving tough and passing every day.”

In preparation for Kansas State, the Sooners also are continuing to work on blocking the slide, a tactic KSU middle blockers Kaitlynn Pelger and Alex Muff used to shred the Sooner defense during OU’s 3-1 win Oct. 22.

AT A GLANCE Kansas State Wildcats 2011 record: 17-8 (6-5) Last game: Beat Texas A&M, 3-2, on Saturday in Manhattan Last game vs. OU: Lost to the Sooners, 3-1, on Oct. 11 in Norman Key players: Sophomore MB Kaitlynn Pelger (4.47 kills per

set, 2.79 digs per set, 1.07 blocks per set), junior middle blocker Alex Muff (1.19 kills per set, 1.06 blocks per set) sophomore OH Lilla Porubek (3.26 kills per set), junior setter Caitlyn Donahue (11.15 assists per set, 2.67 digs per set)

Restrepo’s take: “They hit a lot of balls very deep (last time).

They’re very talented in the middle, and they hit the ball at a very high point. Both middles got a lot of kills off the slide.”

Pelger and Muff combined for 39 kills and a .395 hitting percentage against OU. But as good as Muff and Pelger were, the rest of the Wildcat offense didn’t help.

The Wildcats had 29 attack errors and seven blocking errors in the first match between the two teams.

However, Restrepo wasn’t concerned with last time, since the Wildcats were on the road and at the disadvantage

the first time.

“They play 20 times better than they do on the road at home,” Restrepo said. “We’re going to have to buckle up and play our game and play a lot better than what we did at home.”

A potential problem for the Wildcats is the status of Pelger. The sophomore middle blocker went out in the first set of the Wildcats’ match Saturday against Texas

A&M with an injury and did not return.

While not having Pegler would be a blow to KSU both offensively and defensively, Restrepo was quick to point out the Wildcats overcame a 2-0 deficit without her.

“The bottom line is they are very talented off the bench,” Restrepo said. “They brought another middle in, and they were able to beat Texas A&M without her. We don’t take anything lightly.”

KSU will be dealing with a new injury while OU will be welcoming back one of their own from an injury.

Ju n i o r o u t s i d e h i t t e r Morgan Reynolds is expected to play Wednesday night, her first action since Oct. 8 after sitting with a back injury the past few weeks.

“I just want to make sure she doesn’t take two or three steps backward,” Restrepo said. “I want to make sure she maintains her health going forward.”

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Heupel’s foundation raises more than $34,000 to serve holiday meals The 14 Foundation collected $34,655 this past weekend during its 11th annual food drive. The foundation, started by former OU quarterback Josh Heupel in 2001, works to serve meals to those in need during the holiday season.

Heupel, now OU’s co-offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach, said the foundation will serve 15,000 meals this year, adding to the more than 100,000 meals served since the first food drive.

“I can’t thank all the people involved in JOSH the project directly and, just as importantly, HEUPEL all the people who gave,” Heupel said. “It’s a special cause and really shows the heart of the people of Oklahoma.”

Groups helping the foundation include the Fellowship of Christian Athletes, the Regional Food Bank of Oklahoma and U.S. Foods.

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