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Committee to hold open forum BLAYKLEE BUCHANAN Campus Reporter

Students and members of the OU community will have the opportunity to voice their opinion today on the proposed campuswide

smoking ban.

The public forum will take place at 1:30 p.m. in the Oklahoma Memorial Union’s Beaird Lounge.

Committee Chairman Gary Raskob , College of Medicine dean, said the committee members hope to have a good turnout of students, faculty and staff.

“The point of this

discussion is to allow all members of the campus community the opportunity to have their opinions received by the advisory committee,” Raskob said.

However, some students think the committee members have already made up their minds to pass the policy, which would go into effect in the spring semester.

University College freshman Amy Miller said she thinks the committee either will ban smoking completely or at least pass a limitation on the areas in which smoking is permissible.

A mass email was sent out Friday to students and faculty of OU encouraging them

GO AND DO Tobacco forum WHEN: 1:30 p.m. today WHERE: Oklahoma Memorial Union’s Beaird Lounge

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Opera performer starts lessons, classes at school

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Dilip Mahale, biochemistry and mathematics senior, pipets antibodies into a solution Friday in the Stephenson Life Sciences Center. Mahale has been studying antibodies for a protein that transports iron in the lab of Philip Klebba since June 2010.

Students offered hands-on experience Motivated students sought for testing KATHLEEN EVANS

Senior Campus Reporter

Among beakers and test tubes, Dilip Mahale sits on a red-cushioned stool, waiting for a small plastic tube of solution to thaw. In the meantime, he measures out a volume of another clear

liquid and mixes it into a round, glass plate.

He fills a small beaker with water and lets the plastic tube thaw in the water.

This solution is an antibody Mahale is researching. The goal is to find an antibody that will bind to a protein involved in transporting iron and could be used in combating disease.

Though working in this

professional research lab and testing experiments for over a year now, Mahale is still only an undergraduate student at OU. He is the type of student OU is targeting to get involved in research at the university – motivated and wanting to apply knowledge outside the classroom in real-world settings.

“It’s a lot better way of learning than sitting in class

and studying,” Mahale said.

“You have to actively learn things related to your project, retain it and be able to use it.”

Throughout the past year, OU has put more of an emphasis on undergraduate research by trying to develop better ways of spreading information about opportunities and creating more programs for younger students.

OU is one of many universities across the nation looking to better undergraduate curriculum by complementing it with hands-on research experiences.

I n S e p t e m b e r, t h e Association of American Universities , a group of 61 top American universities, released a report SEE RESEARCH PAGE 2

JAKE MORGAN Staff Reporter

Legendary mezzosoprano Marilyn Horne offered her tempered pipes and tuneful wisdom Tuesday evening at a master class she led on vocal performance.

In what she recalls as her 12th season as an artist-in-residence, Horne has returned to OU this week to conduct two master classes and teach private lessons in coordination with OU’s School of Music.

Bradley Williams, professor of music in voice and Horne’s liaison for the university, said Horne’s involvement with OU gives students an invaluable opportunity.

“These master classes bring [students] her entire lifetime of experience,” Williams said.

OU is one of the first schools to launch a program of this kind, and this type of experience does well to attract musically talented students to the university, Williams said.

“There are few schools that have access [to] operatic royalty such as Ms. Horne,” Williams said.

Corinne Stevens, vocal performance graduate student, said the master classes offer people the opportunity to see what happens in a private voice studio.

“Seeing it done and seeing the bones behind it is the stuff we usually try to cover up and ... it is something special to witness,” said Stevens, who will be performing at Friday’s master class.

Stevens said she is unbelievably excited to receive Horne’s input and critiques.

“Having sung . . . from t h e s t ag e o f t h e M E T (Metropolitan Museum of Art) with the MET orchestra underneath [her], she’s going to have feedback that I can’t quite get from any other source,” Stevens said.

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reSearCH: Several programs offered currently Continued from page 1 about improvements needed for undergraduate education, particularly in sciences. These students tend to switch majors within the first two years of college, possibly because poor curriculum, according to the report.

In response to this, the association is working to find a way to encourage universities to change teaching styles to involve more active learning, discuss real-world problems and solutions and apply research techniques applicable to professions.

Though the report was released in September, OU officials were addressing this issue last spring with the creation of a focus group by the vice president of research.

TODAY AROUND CAMPUS An exhibit of artwork by School of Art and Art History faculty will be on display from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. at the Fred Jones Jr. Art Center’s Lightwell Gallery. The exhibit is free and open to the public. The art will be on display until Nov. 11.

A play titled “Two Gentleman of Verona,” set in the 1960s, will be performed by the OU Lab Theatre at 8 p.m. in the Beatrice Carr Wallace Old Science Hall.

BaN: Forum to help with final decision

A concert will be performed by the OU Jazz Bands from 8 to 10 p.m. at the Catlett Music Center’s Sharp Concert Hall. Tickets are $8 for adults and $5 for students, faculty, staff and senior adults.

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A fashion show hosted by Circle K International will take place from 5 to 7 p.m. in the Oklahoma Memorial Union’s Molly Shi Boren Ballroom. Tickets are $3, and proceeds will benefit UNICEF’s Horn of Africa Relief.

to take part in the details of this decision. In the email, recipients were encouraged to both email suggestions and attending the forum.

Miller was one of the students who emailed the committee her opinion.

“I told them it removes one of the responsibilities we as young adults are supposed to be learning: leading a healthy lifestyle,” Miller said.

“And while it stresses the fact that smokers cannot impose their activities on nonsmokers, it does allow nonsmokers to impose their beliefs on smokers.”

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problems,” Pendley said. “It is a trend, and OU definitely wants to make sure that we are challenging and engaging students.”

OU has several programs already in place, especially in the OU Honors College, which has two programs: the Undergraduate Research Opportunities Program available for all OU students and the Honors Research Assistant Program available only for honors students, Pendley said.

Other areas on campus, such as the classics department, are better at encouraging undergraduates to get more involved.

OU does not have a graduate school for classics degrees, so undergraduates are often encouraged to do the research that graduate

students would have done, letters chair Samuel Huskey said.

Senior Michael Fons was one of those students helping translate an ancient Latin text into English.

“It is uncharted territory,” Fons said. “If you’re stuck, you can’t use the Internet, ask for answers or look at the back of the book. It’s just you and a dictionary. It’s using your resources that you’ve learned in class and applying them.”

Although certain areas of the university are good pockets of research for students, the university wants to create a better network for faculty members to become better mentors to students and to find ways for more students to get involved in research earlier, Pendley said.

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University spokesman Mi c h a e l Na s h s a i d t h e point of the forum is to help the committee make a decision.

“The policy has not yet been created, as the committee members have continued their discussions and examinations of all aspects of a new tobacco policy on campus,” Nash said.

Raskob said the committee is eager to receive the feedback.

“We are looking forward to the opportunity for the broad OU community to have input in the tobacco policy for the Norman campus,” Raskob said.

Max Westheimer hangar doors damaged in Monday thunderstorm The OU Max Westheimer Airpark sustained damage because of Monday night’s thunderstorm, according to OU officials.

Wind speeds reached a maximum of 49 miles per hour at 11 p.m. in Norman, according to the Oklahoma Climatological Survey.

As a result of the blistering gusts, about 30 hangar doors were lifted off their tracks, university spokesman Michael Nash said in an email. Inspections do not show any damage to actual aircrafts, Nash said.

Officials also do not know the cost of the damage yet because inspections are still continuing, he said.

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OU President David Boren also emphasizes the importance of good undergraduate research opportunities for students.

“Undergraduate research provides students with an opportunity to apply the knowledge they have accumulated through their coursework,” Boren said in a statement.

“It gives students an opportunity to evaluate possible areas of graduate work and research as they make personal plans for the future.”

Joy Pendley , the coordinator of undergraduate programs for the vice president of research, was one of the women heading the group.

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Wagging tails await Sooners Shelter relieves students’ stress Victoria Garten Campus Reporter

Members of Student Congress brought local fourlegged friends to the South O v a l o n We d n e s d a y t o boost the morale of stressed students.

Puppies with UOSA began last fall, and its success brought it back to campus this year to not only bring smiles to faces but also to promote UOSA’s interaction with students and encourage students to volunteer at Second Chance Animal Sanctuary in Norman, UOSA spokesman Joe Sangirardi said.

“I know that midterms have just ended, and finals are going to be coming up soon, and a lot of people are just stressed out constantly at the end of the semester. This is just a fun thing to see puppies in the South Oval,” said Sangirardi, letters junior.

The event allowed students to take a short afternoon break from school with eager puppies.

“The idea is to surprise students and bring puppies out on the campus just to brighten everybody’s day, because people love puppies,” UOSA freshman council member Rachel Bock said.

Second Chance is a nonprofit, no-kill shelter that runs on donations and finds homes for more than 600 animals annually, housing up to 100 animals at one time.

The shelter provides the animals with spaying or neutering and vaccines when they enter the shelter.

“Last year was more of an adoption event because we had a different shelter come and do adoptions. This year

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Top: Benjamin Welch, University College freshman, spends a little quality time with a puppy named Trip from the Second Chance Animal Shelter on Wednesday on the South Oval. Trip was adopted out once and returned to the shelter since the owner was not ready for the responsibility of taking care of an animal.

Campus Briefs student government

Students, UOSA members come together to voice campus concerns Students and members of UOSA took time out Wednesday afternoon to voice their concerns about OU and the campus.

The UOSA executive council met with students in the Oklahoma Memorial Union to remind them that UOSA is an avenue for voicing their concerns.

“Some students don’t know they have a student government that advocates for them,” UOSA President Hannah Morris said. “We represent [them] for the faculty and staff, the Board of Regents, the state Legislature, the federal government and the city of Norman, of course.”

For example, on the issue of tuition increases, 50 student ambassadors go to the state capital every year to personally talk to state legislators, Morris said.

At the meeting, Morris mentioned four main issues: improving the parking system, and the problems with earthquakes, tornadoes and rain. The problem of security on campus was also addressed.

“We want to make sure that we address the issues that affect the greatest number of students and that have the greatest need,” Morris said. “All the problems that were voiced before are being, or will be, taken care of.”

All additional issues or questions can be addressed to UOSA by email at uosapres@ou.edu or in the office in the Conoco Student Leadership Wing in the union.

CoCo Courtois, Campus Reporter

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Museum director, professor receives award for longtime service to field An OU professor is the recipient of a regional award for his work at the Sam Noble Oklahoma Museum of Natural History.

Peter Tirrell, who also serves as the associate director of the Sam Noble Museum of Natural History, was named the 2011 recipient of the Mountain-Plains Museums Association’s Hugo G. Rodeck Award of Excellence on Tuesday for his service to the museum field.

Recipients are noted for their contributions to the field of state, provincial and local history, art, anthropology or natural history.

Tirrell said in a press release that he was honored to receive the distinguished award.

“I was a maverick,” Tirrell said in the press release.

“They allowed me to test out my ideas. It is the association’s friendly, nurturing environment that helped shape my life.”

In addition to his duties at the museum, he serves as an adjunct professor for the College of Liberal Studies.

Jalisa Green, Staff Reporter

Right: Courtney Javine, multidisciplinary studies junior, plays tug-of-war with Dalton, a puppy from Second Chance Animal Sanctuary, brought by UOSA to the South Oval on Wednesday.

Second Chance is here, so we just wanted to focus more on how they can get involved with the students,” psychology junior Amy Currie said.

Energy management sophomore Nick Crossley said the event definitely raised his morale, and said there needs to be more events like it on campus.

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“Ensuring access to our own government should be one of our top priorities, arguably THE top priority.” (oudaily99, Re: EDITORIAL: EDITORIAL: Access needed for public information)

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Rights limited by privacy law Our View: Broad interpretation of privacy law is limiting your rights.

Records such as Stoops’ phone log allow us to check his compliance with NCAA regulations and to monitor how he is using a taxpayer-funded phone. Yes, OU has a compliance office charged The primary federal law protecting your academic records is also being used to limit your free with watching for any violations, but public scruaccess to information. tiny, whether individually or through the press, Along with providing students access to their offers an independent validation that the rules are own academic records and a way to contest incor- being followed. rect information, the Family Education Rights and As we’ve said before, it’s not that we have a perPrivacy Act protects those records from public sonal vendetta against Stoops or any other offiaccess. cial. But your money pays for these individuals.

This seems like a worthy goal. But FERPA doesn’t Everyone wants to trust them, and it’s completely actually protect much of our private inforpossible that they are deserving of that mation, such as phone numbers and adtrust. But how can we, or you, know for The Our View dresses. The university is allowed to release sure unless the public is able to ask quesis the majority tions and monitor what they do? those without prior consent. opinion of Some sensitive information, such as soOther universities have seen legal strugThe Daily’s cial security numbers and transcripts, it gles over access to something as simple as 10-member does protect. And it’s important to have parking ticket records. editorial board these restrictions. After all, individual stuParking tickets are clearly not academic dents’ grades are nobody’s business. information, and should fall under the But the current law essentially defines academic same category as campus police reports, which records as any record maintained by a university are not protected under FERPA. Access to these about a student, regardless of academic content or records would allow the public to hold the Parking personal information. The broad letter of the law Office accountable to its own rules and to watch for allows interpretations that far outpace the spirit, unfair enforcement. which was simply to protect the sensitive personal In states like Maryland and North Carolina, courts information of individuals in an academic setting. have recently ruled to limit the most destructively This vagueness comes from the ambiguous rela- broad interpretations of FERPA, but the country tionship between this broad general definition of has a long way to go. In order for real progress to be a student record and the more specific guidelines made, the Department of Education must reform layed out in the rest of the law. The former implies a the law to protect only what it needs to and no more. broader restriction and the latter implies only speFERPA needs a specific definition of what is an cific kinds of records should be closed. academic record — and therefore is restricted from So universities across the country can choose to public access — and what falls under the Open use FERPA to deny the public access to everything Records requirement of OU as a public, taxpayerfrom parking ticket logs to phone records of athletic funded institution. officials. The Daily has recently been denied acTranscripts and gender, race, identity and ficess to unredacted versions of football coach Bob nancial information should be private. Any other Stoops’ phone log with the athletes’ phone numrecords, especially those that just so happen to involve students, should be available for public bers intact. scrutiny.

If you contact a public official, you are entering Until that happens, OU should lead the way in this into the public sphere. You and your fellow citizens own these officials and therefore have a right to important struggle to protect freedom of informafollow their actions. As such, in order to maintain tion by following the spirit of the law. The rest of the that access, you give up your expectation of privacy country can hide behind FERPA to deny clearly reawhen you engage with them publicly. sonable and important requests, but OU should be And since FERPA defines phone numbers as non- braver. protected material, these records shouldn’t fall under its protection anyway.

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Opportunity awaits Americans Editor’s note: President Barack Obama sent this letter to college newspapers to discuss his recent student loan policy decision.

mountain of debt. We didn’t come from wealthy families. By the time we both graduated from law school, we had about $120,000 worth of debt between us. And even though we were This is a tough time for a lot of Americans — especially young lucky enough to land good jobs with steady incomes, it still people. You’ve come of age at a time of profound change. The took us almost 10 years to finally pay it off. It wasn’t easy. world has gotten more connected, but it’s also gotten more Living with that much debt forces you to make some tough competitive. And for decades, too many of our institutions choices. And when a big chunk of every paycheck goes toward failed to adapt, culminating in the worst financial crisis and student loans, it isn’t just painful for you — it’s painful to our recession since the Great Depression. economy and harmful to our recovery.

For the last three years, we’ve worked to stabilize the econThat’s why we’re making changes that will give about 1.6 omy, and we’ve made some progress. But we still have a long million students the ability to cap their loan payments at 10 way to go. And now, as you’re getting ready to head out into the percent of their income starting next year. We’re also going to world, many of you are watching your friends take steps to help you consolidate your loans and classmates struggle to find work. You’re so that instead of making multiple payments to “We’ll help more wondering what’s in store for your future, and I multiple lenders every month, you only have to young people figure make one payment a month at a better interest know that can be scary.

The truth is, the economic problems we face out how to afford rate. And we want to start giving students a simtoday didn’t happen overnight, and they won’t college. We’ll put ple fact sheet called “Know Before You Owe” so be solved overnight. But the fact that you’re inyou can have all the information you need to vesting in your education right now tells me that more money in your make your own decision about paying for colyou believe in the future of America. You want to lege. That’s something Michelle and I wish we pocket after you be a part of it. And you know that there are steps had. graduate.” we can take right now to put Americans back to These changes will make a real difference for work and give our economy a boost. millions of Americans. We’ll help more young The problem is, there are some in Washington who just people figure out how to afford college. We’ll put more money don’t share that sense of urgency. That’s why it’s been so dis- in your pocket after you graduate. We’ll make it easier to buy appointing to see Republicans in Congress block jobs bills a house or save for retirement. And we’ll give our economy a from going forward — bills that independent economists say boost at a time when it desperately needs it. could create millions of jobs though the kinds of proposals That’s not just important for our country right now — it’s imsupported by Democrats and Republicans in the past. portant for our future. Michelle and I are where we are today Now, the best way to attack our economic challenges and because our college education gave us a chance. Our parents put hundreds of thousands of people back to work is through and their generation worked and sacrificed to hand down the bold action in Congress. That’s why I’m going to keep demand- dream of opportunity to us. ing that members of Congress vote on commonsense, paid-for Now it’s our turn. That dream of opportunity is what I want jobs proposals. And I hope you’ll send them a message to do for my daughters, and for all of you. And even in these tough the right thing for your future and the future of our country. times, we are going to make that dream real once again.

But we can’t wait for Congress to do its job. So where they I’m going to keep doing everything in my power to make a won’t act, I will. That’s why I’ve announced a new policy that difference for the American people — including young people will help families whose home values have fallen to refinance like you. Because here in America, when we find a problem, their mortgages. We made it easier for veterans to get jobs. we fix it. When we face a challenge, we meet it. We don’t wait.

And I’ve announced steps we’re taking to make college And I hope you’ll join me. more affordable and to make it even easier for students like you to get out of debt.

Barack Obama is the 44th president of the United States.

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ell, another OPINION COLUMNIST election day has come and gone, and it seems to show that the Democratic Party has gained some much-needed strength.

After the Republicans crushed the Democrats in Zachary Carrel 2010, the party has been zachary.d.carrel-1@ou.edu looking for some way to turn the Republican tide.

Tuesday was that day. There were major wins for the left across the country, and this newfound mojo could seriously help President Barack Obama and the democrats in 2012.

The biggest issue of this election year was the referendum on Senate Bill 5 in Ohio. After the Republican gains in 2010, the new governors and state houses took it upon themselves to balance their states budgets by attacking the collective bargaining rights of public employees. In Wisconsin, Michigan and Ohio, bills were passed that stripped public workers of their rights to stand up for fair wages and other labor issues. This led to massive protests across these states and strong efforts to repeal these laws.

In Ohio on Tuesday, the people were able to achieve this goal, and Senate Bill 5 was defeated by a 2-to-1 margin. This was a landslide victory with 62 percent of voters against it. The teachers, police and firefighters unions, along with other organized labor groups, were able to raise an unprecedented amount of money to defeat this legislation. This shows that organized labor is not out of the game and could be an incredibly influential force in next year’s election.

In Mississippi, another major piece of legislation was put before voters — a constitutional amendment that would have legally called a newly fertilized egg a human being. It was called the “personhood amendment,” and it would have made all forms of abortion and many forms of birth control illegal. This amendment to the Mississippi constitution was a direct attack on Roe v. Wade, and it was expected to pass in one of the most conservative states in the U.S. But a surprising majority of voters turned out against it. This was truly a stunning victory for pro-abortion rights advocates.

In Maine, an effort to get rid of election day registration, which was put forth by Republicans, was also turned down by the people. This law is one of many across the country that Republicans have tried to pass to limit voters.

It’s a tactic that was adopted after it was discovered that election day registration works in the Democrats’ favor.

In Iowa and Virginia, there were major efforts by Republicans to take complete control of these state governments. The Iowa election was to replace a state senator who stepped down. This election became focused on gay rights issues since it’s the Iowa Senate that has stood in the way of Republican plans to ban same-sex marriage in the state. However, the Democrat in this election swept the votes, and the Senate still remains in democratic hands.

In Virginia, six Democratic senators were up against well-funded Republican challengers, but only one has been officially defeated, and one race is still too close to call. This one race could decide whether the democrats will keep control of this chamber — the only area they control.

Finally, in Arizona, the representative who sponsored that state’s incredibly controversial immigration law, SB 1070, was defeated in a recall election. His Republican challenger beat him by a wide margin for his seat representing a conservative suburb of Phoenix. This race was considered a referendum on that specific bill and shows that voters are beginning to desire more humane treatment of illegal immigrants.

Although this election was not the most important, it gives us a preview of the political climate. Tuesday could be a bellwether for the 2012 elections. If that is the case, then it appears that Democrats might be on the positive end this cycle. President Obama needs to take advantage of the current political climate and invigorate his base, which includes organized labor and the Occupy movement. If the Democrats successfully do this, his Republican challenger, whomever that may be, won’t stand chance.

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James Stoia, first-year vocal performance graduate student, receives performance and voice instruction during a private lesson with visiting faculty member Marilyn Horne on Monday in Catlett Music Center’s Pittman Recital Hall.

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Travis Cude, petroleum engineering senior, stuffs his face with chilis and becomes this year’s chili pepper eating contest winner at the 23rd Annual Gamma Phi Beta Crescent Classic Chili Cook-Off on Wednesday. The event was held to raise money for the Campfire Girls USA through United Way. The event raised $7,000 last year and hopes to raise $8,000 this year, organizers said.

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Norman public services to experience detours, delays due to holiday parade Norman bus and shuttle services will be delayed Friday because of Norman’s Veterans Day Parade, which will travel along James Garner Avenue and Jenkins Avenue.

Passengers riding the Cleveland Rapid Area Transit system should expect delays and canceled stops, as the service must adjust to the parade route. “ We w h o l e h e a r t e d l y

support this renewed effort to salute our veterans,” said Doug Myers, director of OU Parking and Transportation, in a press release. “However, we do want to emphasize that traffic issues will arise.”

Wayne Wickham, CART operations manager, is working on a plan to manage any issues from the parade, CART spokeswoman Vicky Holland said. For now, passengers

should look at the parade route and plan ahead, she said.

“We are going to do our best to get you through,” Holland said.

The veteran’s parade will be the first to happen in the city in 67 years. It will begin at 8:45 p.m. and feature a speech from U.S. Rep. Tom Cole.

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left to begin Tuesday’s master class, the recital hall erupted into applause. Horne greeted the audience, and then immediately got down to business.

One by one, the graduate students performed their respective pieces, and Horne offered her critiques, often wildly gesturing in a didactic manner. Pitman Recital Hall seemed to inGO AND DO flate as her musical lines Second Master saturated the air.

Class And Horne has a decorated history to back up WHEN: Friday at 7 p.m. her commanding voice.

Since her operatic WHERE: Catlett Music debut at the Los Angeles Center’s Pitman Recital Guild Op era in 1954, Hall Horne has performed for celebrities including Johnny Carson and Igor Stravinsky and appeared on stages from the Metropolitan Opera to the Royal Opera House.

She has received four Grammy awards, one of which is a Lifetime Achievement Award, and performed at former President Bill Clinton’s 1993 inauguration. In 1994, she began the Marilyn Horne Foundation as a leading nonprofit vocal arts organization.

“Been there, done that,” Horne more aptly said during the master class.

Horne said the students are always eager to learn and absorb her experience.

“I want to give them back anything I can, and it’s marvelous to see how they progress over the years,” Horne said.

At the same time, the 76-year-old legend said she benefits from her involvement just as much as the students do in the classes and programs.

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Friday, Nov. 11 Intramural Update: Badminton Tournament | time TBA at the Huston Huffman Center South Courts, $1 entry fee (free to students living in OU housing). For more information visit http://www.ou.edu/far or call Jonathan Dewhirst, (405) 325-3053.

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Grand Canyon to visit Norman for exhibition Sooners seek to toughen defense before beginning regular-season schedule

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When the No. 25 OU volleyball team faced off against the Kansas State Wildcats, the Sooners were looking to snap a two-match losing streak that had prevented them from starting the second half of conference play strong.

Instead, OU lost the match and its leader, falling to the Wildcats in five sets (-18, 23-25, -16, 21-25, 12-15).

Senior setter Brianne Barker left the match in the second set with an injury with the score tied at 21 apiece and did not return.

Senior right side Suzy Boulavsky led the Sooners with 15 kills, and junior outside hitter Morgan Reynolds returned from a back injury to put up 14 kills and notched a .364 hitting percentage.

Barker had 22 digs before leaving with the injury. Senior Kylie Cowan and freshman Caroline Weir combined for 19 assists in Barker’s absence.

Kansas State middle blocker Kaitlynn Pelger, slowed by injury, played the final four sets of the match only on the back row. Pelger suffered an injury against Texas A&M on Saturday.

Lilla Porubek recorded 23 kills and 14 digs for the Wildcats, and Caitlyn Donahue added a doubledouble with 51 kills and 20 digs.

In the first set, OU broke a

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Senior setter Brianne Barker serves during a game earlier this season. Barker left OU’s game Wednesday against Kansas State in the second set and did not return. The Sooners lost, 3-2.

13-13 tie and controlled the rest of the set, downing the Wildcats, 25-18.

The Sooners suffered a huge blow in the second set when Barker left the match.

KSU took advantage of the setback and OU’s inability to quickly regroup, stealing a close 25-23 set from Oklahoma.

After the break, OU turned up the defensive pressure, forcing 13 KSU attack errors in the third set and holding the Wildcats to a -.143 hitting percentage. But OU struggled to adjust offensively to Barker’s injury, hitting only .133 with just eight kills.

OU took a commanding lead in the fourth set and

appeared to have the set and match well in hand. But the Wildcats, down 21-18, rallied to take the next seven points to win the set, 25-21 and force a decisive fifth set, which the Wildcats also won, 15-12.

OU will get another shot at ending its streak against Baylor at 7 p.m. Saturday at McCasland Field House.

The OU women’s basketball team will look to patch any lingering leaks in its final exhibition game at 7 p.m.

Thursday against Grand Canyon, a private university from Phoenix.

After what junior guard Whitney Hand and OU coach Sherri Coale described as a terrible defensive performance by the Sooners against Central Oklahoma in their first exhibition, OU AT A GLANCE will look to be tougher on OU signees defense.

Hand and sophomore The Sooners received two guard Aaryn Ellenberg National Letters of Intent on spoke following the last Wednesday, the first day of the NCAA’s early signing period. game about the awkwardNicole Kornet — a guard from ness they felt on the court.

Lantana, Texas — and Maddie The team relied on the Manning — a guard from Ankeny, leadership of graduated Iowa — will join the Sooners next guard Danielle Robinson year. Both are ranked by ESPNU for four years, but now the HoopGurlz at No. 19 and No. 33, de facto leaders are strugrespectively. gling in that role.

Source: OU athletic department With junior center Lyndsey Cloman and senior guard Jasmine Hartman, both team captains, sidelined for the season with knee injuries, Hand will need to take a firmer leadership role.

Hand also will need to carry more weight for the offense.

She led the team in minutes against UCO with 30, but she took only eight shots.

Sophomore guard Morgan Hook all but locked up the starting point guard position in the first exhibition, and she could finalize the starting spot with another solid game against Grand Canyon.

The Antelopes are ranked No. 14 in the Division II USA Today Coaches Poll — a list on which OU’s previous exhibition opponent, UCO, didn’t even crack the top 25.

The Lopes finished a record-high ninth last year after the school’s first-ever Sweet 16 appearance.

However, the Lopes lost about 50 percent of their offense when guard and reigning DII Player of the Year, Samantha Murphy, graduated last spring.

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Joe Paterno fired as Penn State coach Controversy brings end to storied career STATE COL L E GE , Pa. ­— Penn State trustees fired football coach Joe Paterno and university president Graham Spanier amid the growing furor over how the school handled sex abuse allegations against an assistant coach.

The massive shakeup Wednesday night came hours after Paterno announced that he planned to retire at the end of his 46th season.

“I have come to work every day for the last 61 years with one clear goal in mind: to serve the best interests of this university and the young men who have been entrusted to my care,” Paterno said Wednesday afternoon.

“I have the same goal today.

That’s why I have decided to announce my retirement effective at the end of this season.”

But the outcry following the arrest of former assistant coach Jerry Sandusky on molestation charges proved too much for the board to ignore.

Speaking at his house to students, Paterno said, “Right now, I’m not the football coach, and that’s something I have to get used to.”

According to Grand Jury reports, Paterno was informed of one sexual assault case involving Sandusky and a 10-year-old boy that occurred in the showers of a campus athletic building in 2002.

Mike McQueary, a graduate assistant at the time and currently the Nittany Lions’ recruiting coordinator and receivers’ coach, reportedly witnessed Sandusky in the shower with a boy.

McQueary reported the incident to Paterno, who then

AT A GLANCE Penn State controversy 1969: Jerry Sandusky starts his coaching career at Penn State as defensive line coach.

1977: Sandusky founds The Second Mile, a group foster home dedicated to helping troubled boys.

1998: The mother of an 11-year-old boy reports an incident to university police of Sandusky showering with her son in the locker rooms.

With the mother’s permission, investigators eavesdrop on two conversations the mother has with Sandusky. He said he has showered with other boys.

The mother tries to make him promise never to shower with a boy again, but he will not.

Sandusky admits wrongdoing to investigators. A county district attorney decides there will be no criminal charge.

June 1999: Sandusky retires from Penn State but retains emeritus status.

Fall 2000: A janitor sees Sandusky performing sexual acts on a boy between the ages of 11 and 13 in the showers. The incident was never formally reported.

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Penn State coach Joe Paterno looks on during football practice Wednesday. Paterno, amid a child sex-abuse scandal involving one of his longtime assistants, was forced to step down by the university Wednesday night.

“Right now, I’m not the football coach, and that’s something I have to get used to.”

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passed on McQueary’s eyewitness testimony to athletic director Tim Curley and a vice president, Gary Schultz.

Curley and Schultz have stepped down amid charges of perjury.

Paterno has not been accused of any legal wrongdoing, but one key question has been why Paterno and other

top school officials didn’t go to the police or done more to prevent any of the 40 child sex-abuse allegations Sandusky has been charged with.

The state police commissioner called Paterno’s lack of efforts a lapse of “moral responsibility.”

Paterno says he should

have done more. Spanier has said he was not told the details of the attack.

Sandusky has denied the charges.

Defensive coordinator Tom Bradley will serve as interim coach while Rodney Erickson will serve as interim school president.

Earlier in the day, Paterno

March 2002: A PSU graduate assistant, Mike McQueary, sees Sandusky performing sexual acts on a 10-year-old boy. The GA reports what he

said in a statement he was “absolutely devastated” by the case, in which Sandusky, his onetime heir apparent was charged with molesting eight boys in 15 years, with some of the alleged abuse taking place at the Penn State football complex.

“This is a tragedy,” Paterno said. “It is one of the great sorrows of my life. With the benefit of hindsight, I wish I had done more.”

John Surma, the vice chairman of the board of trustees said, “these decisions were

saw to coach Joe Paterno the next morning. Paterno informs PSU athletic director Tim Curley. Curley and a PSU vice president, Gary Schultz, meet with the GA to hear his story and say they will look into it.

The GA is never questioned by university police or involved in any investigation until testifying in grand jury in December 2010.

March 2011: The Harrisburg (Pa.) Patriot-News reports that a grand jury is investigating Sandusky on allegations of indecent assault against a teenage boy.

Saturday: Sandusky is arrested and released on bail after being arraigned on 40 criminal counts.

Monday: Curley and Schultz step down from their positions and surrender on charges that they failed to alert police to complaints against Sandusky.

The Pennsylvania attorney general says Paterno is not a target of the investigation into how the school handled the accusations.

Wednesday: Paterno announces he’ll retire at the end of the season but is fired Wednesday night.

Source: ESPN, based on a grand jury report in Pennsylvania state court

made after careful deliberations and in the best interests of the university as a whole.

“The past several days have been absolutely terrible for the entire Penn State community. But the outrage that we feel is nothing compared to the physical and psychological suffering that allegedly took place,” he added.

The Associated Press Penn State Daily Collegian staff writer Mike Still contributed to this report.

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Rachel Pilant was born a Girl Scout. “My grandma was a Girl Scout, my great-grandma was a Girl Scout, my mom was a Girl Scout, I’m a Girl Scout,� Pilant said. “At one point we had the most living generations of Girl Scouts – we still do – in the United States at five.�

The Girl Scout organization was founded in 1912 to teach young women the values of courage, confidence and character, or what the organization calls its “three C’s,� according to the group’s fact book.

There are more than 3.3 million Girl Scouts, but only 900,000, or 27 percent, are adults who are involved in the program, according to the fact book. This number includes paid officials, troop leaders and adult volunteers.

Pilant, 21, falls into the adult volunteer category, a small group of women who have stayed involved throughout the years, she said. Fifteen years, in her case. “First I joined because I had moved to a new town

and wanted to make friends,�

Pilant said. “I stayed in because it’s not something I am going to stop. I am going to keep doing it no matter what. ‌ It’s just a really fun atmosphere because it’s a bunch of like-minded women.â€?

Now a history senior at OU, Pilant is originally from Locust Grove.

At OU, she used her leadership skills to create the Oklahoma Campus Girl Scouts, a student organization for other lifetime Scouts like herself or for people with like-minded ideals, she said. “She’s very hardworking,� organization secretary and engineering junior Emily West said of Pilant. “She has great leadership qualities. She has really gotten Oklahoma Girl Scouts started over the past year, just the fact that she got it started from scratch. It was pretty much an entire year she spent getting it organized and funded.�

West said she was grateful for Pilant’s initiative beAubrie hill/the daily cause she would not have had another way to stay Rachel Pilant, History senior, Alyx Stanco, University College freshman, and Nicole Gibens, University College freshman, sit on a bench on the South Oval on Monday. The girls are members of a student organization, Oklahoma Campus Girl Scouts, founded by Plant.

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Cookie: Leadership skills help Girl Scout form new student organization Continued from page 9 connected with Girl Scouts, which she has participated in for the past 11 years.

What makes Pilant unique is that she is able to see problems with Girl Scouts and think of her own solutions to keep more girls involved, organization Vice President Sarah Vance said.

On a summer road trip with Pilant, conversation always turned to Girl Scouts and ways to improve it. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Sheâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s really enthusiastic about Girl Scouting, and she takes the time to focus a lot on it,â&#x20AC;? said Vance,

â&#x20AC;&#x153;Girl Scouts all have varying religious, political ideas, all sorts of ideas, but everyone agrees that girls should go to college, girls should have equal pay.â&#x20AC;?

Rachael Pilant, history senior

Spanish graduate student. â&#x20AC;&#x153;She loves Girl Scouting a lot. She really enjoys that it is changing and recognizes the need, but she doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t always agree with the way Nationals changes it.â&#x20AC;?

Because of the Girl Scouts Pilant said she was able to see the world through sponsored trips to Taiwan, the United Kingdom and India.

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â&#x20AC;&#x153;I think the things that stand out most are learning about other cultures, not just in the U.S. or just in my travels,â&#x20AC;? Pilant said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Especially being from rural Oklahoma, it exposed me to a lot of different cultures I wouldnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t have otherwise been exposed to.â&#x20AC;?

Most girls do not make it to the age where they can

start traveling internationally, Pilant said. The national structure of Girl Scouts does not offer much for girls aged 11 to 14, causing most people to quit.

Girls quitting at that age is detrimental because it is an age when they are feeling the most vulnerable and could benefit the most from the lessons of Girl Scouts, Pilant said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s amazing we can pinpoint it to that year, but thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s when numbers in troops fall from 25 to five,â&#x20AC;? Pilant said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s just thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s when people start really doubting themselves and self-esteem goes down. Girl Scouts carried

me through that.â&#x20AC;?

Pilant admits to wanting to quit several times over the two-year period when she was 12 and 13.

Now, she said sheâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s glad she did because of her international travels and for her enhanced camp experience.

Even though her leadership and hard works are the qualities that first come to mind, her friends said they also enjoy her softer side, most often seen at Camp Tall Chief, where Pilant, West and Vance worked together for the past four summers.

Though Girl Scouts

provides cultural exposure, leadership experience and fun, all of these tie into one underlying quality of Scouts â&#x20AC;&#x201C; cultivating mature, independent women. This is the common thread in all activities and what Pilant said she hopes to continue in her future work with Girl Scouts and Oklahoma Campus Girl Scouts. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Girl Scouts all have varying religious, political ideas, all sorts of ideas, but everyone agrees that girls should go to college, girls should have equal pay, things like that,â&#x20AC;? she said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s all about womenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s rights and womenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s education.â&#x20AC;?

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