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73°/53° owl.ou.edu CAMPUS BRIEFS ANNUAL FOOD DRIVE TO BE HELD SATURDAY Josh Heupel’s 14 Foundation will hold its ninth annual food drive Saturday prior to the OklahomaTexas A&M football game. Volunteers will be located outside the gates of the Oklahoma Memorial Stadium to accept cash donations.

Proceeds will benefit families in Norman and across Oklahoma.

Heupel, the current quarterbacks coach, started his foundation shortly after completing his playing eligibility with the Sooners in 2000.

CASH PRIZES UP FOR GRAB IN GPS SCAVENGER HUNT In celebration of International Geographic Information Science Day, the Geoinformantics Program, the Center for Spatial Analysis and the Oklahoma NASA Space Grant will sponsor the “GeoCa$h” geocaching contest Nov. 17-19.

Students may use their own GPS or check one out in the first floor of the Oklahoma Memorial Union from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. from Nov. 17-19.

Three cash prizes will be awarded after the contest is complete. For more information e-mail Melissa Brown at msbrown@ou.edu.

GOLF ARCHITECT TO SPEAK Tripp Davis, one of the leading landscape golf architects, will speak about landscape architecture contracts at 11:45 a.m. Nov. 18.

Davis, a former OU golfer, designs golf courses and approaches golf architecture from the prospective of a player.

The lecture is part of the OU Landscape Architecture Board of Visitors Speaker Program and will be held at the College of Architecture, 500 W. Main St. For more information call Chelsea Moore at 325-9481.

SOONER LAUNCH PAD ACCEPTING ENTRIES Sooner Launch Pad, an organization created to help current and former students launch their businesses, is currently accepting submissions for the inaugural Sooner Launch Pad Pitch Competition to be held Dec. 4.

The competition will provide students with skills to increase their entrepreneurial knowledge and allow them to compete for $10,000 in cash prizes. The competition entry deadline is Nov. 24.

For more information about Sooner Launch Pad and the competition, log-on to www.ou.edu/slp.

-Daily staff reports

HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS TO VISIT CAMPUS OU will host its annual Sooner Saturday, a preview day for high school seniors, transfer students and their families Nov. 21.

Sooner Saturday is hosted by Prospective Students Services and will include information sessions, open houses, house tours, lunch, campus tours and academics/ involvement browsing.

Check-in begins at 8 a.m. Nov. 21.

To register for Sooner Saturday or to view a full schedule of the day’s events, go to the Prospective Student Services Web site, www. ou.edu/go2.

-Hannah Rieger/Contributing Writer

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Kyle Wright and Dane Riggs, business juniors, play blackjack at their home Monday night. Gambling has increased in the state of Oklahoma, whereas gambling has decreased in the rest of the country. The Oklahoma Association of Problem and Compulsive Gambling has seen an increase in callers as well.

Students may be among those suffering from compulsion JARED RADER Daily Staff Writer

During the 2009 fiscal year, the number of Oklahomans calling a hotline dedicated to the treatment of compulsive and problem gambling increased, and it’s unclear if the problem is trickling down to the student population at OU. According to the Oklahoma Association of Problem and

Compulsive Gambling’s 2009 fiscal year report, the helpline took 912 calls. That number is up from 677 calls received during the 2008 fiscal year.

“There was a huge increase in calls this past year,” said Wiley Harwell, executive director of Oklahoma Association of Problem and Compulsive Gambling. “We treated 100 more people last year than the year before.”

However, Harwell said it is hard to know the exact number of students who deal with problem gambling because of a lack of research.

“We don’t have any federal

dollars investigating problem gambling,” Harwell said. “Part of our real problem is we don’t have the money to fund or finance good studies.”

Harwell said a number of studies at universities have revealed considerable numbers of students who deal with problem gambling issues.

He pointed to an August study by the University of Missouri that found 2 to 7 percent of students among Missouri universities reported they thought they had a gambling problem.

Harwell said this number is

about two to three times the national average.

“It’s more of an issue than people want to realize,” Harwell said. “And part of the problem is we don’t have any real research about how many college students are in trouble.”

According to the study, the most prevalent forms of gambling among college students consisted of slot machines, private poker games, other casino games and sports betting pools.

Harwell said part of the problem is that a student’s frontal lobe, ANTE CONTINUES ON PAGE 2

Dialogue begins between oZONE and students

UOSA FALL GENERAL ELECTION RESULTS

Facebook group allows concerns to be addressed CHARLES WARD Assistant Managing Editor

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(Left to right) Allie Bishop, multidisciplinary studies sophomore, and Jacqueline Hunter, zoology junior, run the voting tables in front of Dale Hall Wednesday as Forrest Bennett, political science and history sophomore and University College candidate, casts his vote.

All 16 members being considered for recall have been able to keep their seats. These members are: Matthew Gress, Sadaf Khalid, Kelly Lin, Shayna Daitch, Spencer Pittman, Rachel Tyrrell, Ruozhou Liao, Matthew Peters, Joe Ahrabizad, Jason Robinson, McKinzie B. Crews, Rebecca Hampton, Rickey Moham Jr., Forrest Bennett, Caroline Parrish and Isaac Freeman.

Uncontested representatives to the Undergraduate Student Congress include Zach Peters and Bryce Tucker, Arts District; Greg Hilton, Architecture District; Jonathan Vann, Kody Shipley and Whitney Cannon, Communications District; Matthew Johnson, Continuing Education and Liberal Studies District; Brittany Pritchett, Earth and Energy District. Interfraternity Council President Daniel Jones was also uncontested.

Ne wly elected representatives to the

Undergraduate Student Congress include Steven Sichterman, Atmosphere and Social Sciences District; Brandon Mikael and David Robinson, Business District; Braley Perry, David Ward, Jen Keller and Jordan Rogers, Engineering District; Baxter Schooley, Humanities District; Alyssa Loveless, Languages District; Andrew Nguyen and Robert Jackson, Life Sciences District; Joe Sangiardi, Kiel Ward, Sam Peyton, Spence Courtney, University College District.

The Constitutional Question regarding an amendment to redistrict, Article III, Section 2 of the UOSA Constitution, was adopted.

The results are unofficial and are subject to confirmation by the UOSA Superior Court.

Source: Jeff Riles, UOSA Fall 2009 General Election chairman

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“I Hate oZONE” began as a 21st century version of an angry town hall meeting: a Facebook group created for students to vent frustrations with OU’s new student portal, particularly its enrollment function.

“I went to the oZONE site, and that really was all [I] needed [to start the group],” said Michael McKeever, international and area studies senior.

McKeever said he started the group in late September, and the group has grown to 1,801 members, as of Wednesday evening.

But it’s also grown into a way for members of OU’s oZONE team to receive and respond to complaints about the system.

“Obviously, the name ‘I Hate oZONE’ didn’t make us love it at first,” said Lindsey Johnson, portal

content manager for OU’s Web Communications department. ”But it really gave us the opportunity to have a conversation with students in their environment, and I don’t think we would have been able to do that had this group not been created.”

Johnson said she discovered the Facebook group while the oZONE team was in the process of hosting public forums about oZONE’s new enrollment system.

“Those didn’t, I think, end up being the proper format to address the backlash from students,” she said of the public forums.

Instead, the oZONE team turned to “I Hate oZONE,” she said.

“I was almost kind of excited that that page was there,” Johnson said.

“Because I thought, ‘OK, finally, here is our outlet to really give students that information, show them what’s in the sausage.’”

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oZONE Continued from page 1 post on the group’s wall have been helpful, and they are trying to work with students.

“I’m glad they did, because that was kind of the point [of the group], to get them to fix it,” he said. “From what I can tell, I think they’re really taking what we say seriously.”

Johnson said four members of OU’s oZONE team are currently interacting on the “I Hate oZONE” wall: herself, OU information technology spokesman Nick Key, executive director of financial aid Brad Burnett, and director of academic records Rick Skeel.

The oZONE team considered creating an online alter ego to post on the group’s wall, but

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eventually decided it would be best for those individual members of the team to communicate with the Facebook group.

“We really thought it was best if [we] just posted as ourselves so people could see who we were and know there are faces and lots of people behind the whole process,” Johnson said.

The comments on the “I Hate oZONE” wall, along with comments left on sites hosting oZONE training videos, through oZONE and on the oZONE team’s own Facebook group (oZONE: The University of Oklahoma Portal), have already lead to changes, Johnson said. Some of those changes include moving the enrollment window to the top and middle of oZONE’s academics tab and renaming other items within oZONE,

Ante Continued from page 1 which recognizes future consequences resulting from current actions, is not fully developed in college-aged people.

“If you train your brain early enough to keep playing, that begins to impair the frontal lobe activity,” Harwell said.

He said a problem gambler is much more likely to spend money on roulette or slot machines, because rounds end quickly, and there is a constant temptation to play again or increase bets, as opposed to a state lottery where the gambler must wait until the next drawing to see results.

Harwell said legalizing gambling so the government could regulate it could provide a solution, but that it is unlikely in Oklahoma, because the state receives a large sum of money from casinos.

“It’s a delicate issue when it comes to regulating gambling in Oklahoma,” Harwell said. “Most of our representatives or senators don’t want to touch it because that’s part of their constituency.”

However, he said tribal casinos have been very supportive of the Oklahoma Association of Problem and Compulsive Gambling.

“The tribes understand that they have to be in the problem gambling business, and they do a lot to support our group and create awareness that there is a problem,” Harwell said.

Finding out if OU students have dealt with problem gambling is difficult. Goddard Health Center officials would not release any statistical information pertaining to students who have sought help for problem gambling issues. The state government does not collect any data on the issue of casino gambling among college students.

Tim Allen, Oklahoma depGAMBLING HELP uty treasurer for Policy and Problem and compulsive Administration, said nothing gambling resources: but revenue is collected from Oklahoma Association of tribal casinos that the state has Problem and Compulsive contracts with.

“We have contracts with Gambling 24-hour confidential various tribes, and they simply helpline: 1-800-522-4700 pay us a fee [as a] percentage on certain games, and we don’t collect any other type of data,” Allen said.

Kyle Wright, business junior, said he gambles whenever he has some extra money, but that the recent economic recession has affected how much he and his friends gamble.

“Money is definitely tighter now,” Wright said. “I support myself, and I don’t have as much money now to gamble.”

However, the numbers suggest that many Oklahomans still have plenty of money available for gambling.

Overall, state revenue from casinos hit a high of $106 million in the 2009 fiscal year, according to the state finance department. The total is about a 16 percent increase.

Total state gambling revenue, including casino revenue, lottery revenue and money from combination horse race tracks and casinos, totalled $189 million in the 2009 fiscal year, up from $163 million in 2008, according to the Office of State Finance.

A spokesman at State Treasurer Scott Meacham’s office said college students would probably not contribute significantly to the overall revenue.

Those numbers contrast with a 2.6 percent decline nationally, according to a September study by the Nelson A. Rockefeller Institute for Government.

The 2.6 percent decrease marks the first time in 30 years revenues have declined nationally.

Harwell said the best solution to problem gambling is to raise awareness and to train counselors specifically for problem gambling issues.

“You can’t assume your normal background in counseling and substance abuse treatment is going to be sufficient to treat your problem gambler,” Harwell said. “It’s a fairly unique disorder that needs some special help.”

she said. oZONE now also gets its weather information from the Oklahoma Weather Lab, a student-run forecasting organization, instead of from the Weather Channel, Johnson said.

However, McKeever said he and other student posters on the group still want other things, including trial schedules and improving the look of the site.

“I think they’re doing a really good job on working to fix a lot of the stuff,” he said. “Just maybe they should have worked to fix it before hand. I think that’s basically what the site’s about.”

Trial schedules are in the works, Johnson said. However, several members of the oZONE team have said they will not be available this semester.

“We definitely are working to make the whole thing look better,” Johnson said. ”Because it’s really 1995 right now, in there.

That’s definitely one of our focuses.”

McKeever and Johnson both said the oZONE team is working to set up a town-hall forum to address issues with oZONE and discuss the portal’s future.

SOUNDING OFF The oZONE team created instructional videos that offer an opportunity for viewers to leave comments. Those videos are available on OU’s official YouTube Channel at http://www.youtube.com/ user/UniversityofOklahoma. oZONE’s enrollment team can also be e-mailed at enroll@ou.edu.

TAKING BACK THE NIGHT: STUDENTS SPEAK OUT AGAINST SEXUAL ASSAULT

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Caitlyn Wright, women’s and gender studies senior, shares an experience during Take Back the Night. The event served to gather awareness about sexual assaults, as individuals were invited to speak about their own experiences.

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Disney provides magical college internships Media corporation offers semester-long program to college students JORDYN GIDDENS Daily Staff Writer

While most students experience internships in offices or laboratories, there are some who get a more unique experience.

One OU student spent more than eight months in sunny Florida hanging out with Mickey Mouse at one of the most magical places on earth, Walt Disney World.

From May 2008 to January 2009, Mallory Pace, advertising senior, worked at Disney World’s Epcot theme park through the Disney College Program, an internship program for college students.

“I wanted to do the program for several reasons.” Pace said. “I was bored with school at the time. The college program was a way to stay enrolled in school and keep my scholarships but still be able to have a change of scenery for a while.”

Pace attended an on-campus information session to learn more about the program before applying.

“We really encourage any student who’s interested to apply,” said Jillian Howell, a campus representative for the program, during an information session Wednesday evening. “It’s a great way to get work experience, especially with one of the most recognized companies in the world.”

Howell said the company looks for applicants who show a genuine enthusiasm for the program.

“My advice for applicants is just be yourself and be enthusiastic,” Howell said. “The interviewers really can tell if you’re smiling over the phone or not.”

Pace was hired for food services at the Orlando park.

“During my internship I worked at Epcot Outdoor Foods,” Pace said. “I was a stocker for the outdoor concession carts.”

Friends of Pace knew she would benefit from the experience.

“Mallory was thrilled when she found out she was going,” said Lindsey Haase, a longtime friend of Pace and communications senior. “I’ve known her for years, and she’s always loved trying new things, so I knew she’d have a blast.”

Pace said the Disney College Program gave her the opportunity for much more than an internship.

“Since I finished my program I have been back to Orlando two or three times to visit.

I have several friends and my boyfriend that still work at Disney,” Pace said.

Haase said she could see it was hard for Pace to be away from home so long, but her friend clearly enjoyed herself.

“As her friend, I’m really glad she did it,” Haase said. “I know that she loved meeting all the new people and made a ton of new friends while she was there. Everything she told me about her time there was positive.”

For Pace, the program was a way to see a little of the country while still working on her degree.

“OU considers the program to be co-op

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Erica Nowak, a Disney recruiter, speaks in the Oklahoma Memorial Union Wednesday evening informing students about the Disney College and Career Start program, which offers college students semester-long internships at Disney theme parks.

so you can stay enrolled while you are gone,” Pace said. “Essentially all you have to do is get an evaluation from a manager at the start and finish and write a paper about your experience.”

According to Pace, in order to participate in a professional internship with Disney,

one must first complete the Disney College Program.

The program allows college students to custom design their own curriculum most compatible with their interests and learning needs.

OU Army ROTC sees increase of freshmen women Current group of female trainees around twice the average number KAITLYN BIVIN Daily Staff Writer

Women are making up an increasingly larger percentage of OU’s Army ROTC program, an instructor for the program said.

Maj. Joseph Hasper, an ROTC instructor, said of the 35 freshmen in the program, 13 are women, a number roughly twice the average,..

One of the women, Megan King, University College freshman, said she came to OU familiar with the demands of military drill and decorum.

“I was interested in ROTC because I did Army [Junior] ROTC in high school,” she

said. “Ever since seventh “They are just as much ROTC started at OU in grade I’ve felt the need to 1917 during World War I, soldiers as we are, and we according to the program’s support my country.”

The training is the same respect them for that.”

Web site. for women as it is for men, According to the site, Hasper said. when ROTC opened its JONATHAN OLIVER, UNIVERSITY “They are given the COLLEGE FRESHMAN doors to women in 1973, same tasks in physical two women enrolled in training,” he said. “They OU’s program. Hasper said are given the same leadership opportunities the girls in the program have formed strong as well.” bonds both in class and during training.

Physical training consists of a two-mile “This year they have a tighter clique of run, two minutes of push-ups, and two min- girls,” he said. “This is the first year I’ve utes of sit-ups, King said. seen [a group this close]. They tend to stick “[Physical training] seems like the hard- together.” est thing at the time,” she said. “But, after Men in the ROTC unit respect the women you’re done you feel good and know it’s for in their units, said Jonathan Oliver, University the best.”

College freshman.

“They are just as much soldiers as we are, and we respect them for that,” he said.

Oliver said he knew women could perform military duties efficiently based on family experience.

“I already knew females could make it in the military, because my mother has put in 24 years so far and is still going strong,” he said.

ROTC benefits students through scholarship opportunities and pre-military training.

King said she believes ROTC has already helped shape her.

“I mean, I’m only a [first-year cadet], so I have a lot more to learn,” she said. “But overall, it’s molding me into the officer I hope to become someday.”

THIS WEEKEND AT YOUR UNIVERSITY Dad’s Day and Family Weekend | Welcome OU Dads and Families!

Visit http://cac.ou.edu for a full schedule of events.

Screenwriting Workshop | 4-7:30 p.m. in Old Science Hall, 323. The Student Film Production Club is hosting a Screenwriting Workshop with writer Sheryl Fletcher and producer Joel Hulett of Dolphin Bay Films.

Come to learn both the creative and business side of screenwriting. For more information, email sfpc@ou.edu or go to www.soonerfilms.com.

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

Women’s Basketball: OU vs. Mercer | 7 p.m. at the Lloyd Noble Center.

Visit soonersports.com for ticket information.

Student Success Series: Getting Financial Help, FAFSA | 4 p.m. in Wagner Hall 245. Presented by University College.

Family-A-Fair, celebrating Dad’s Day/Family Weekend | 7 p.m. in the Oklahoma Memorial Union Food Court. Bring your family for a FREE world of fun with carnival games, music, food and more! Presented by the UPB, there is ALWAYS SOMETHING at the union.

Thursday, Nov. 12

Lecture: “Deceit and Self Deception” | 7 p.m. at the Same Noble Oklahoma Museum of Natural History. Presented by Robert Trivers Professor of Anthropology and Biological Sciences, Rutgers University.

Union Jazz Lounge | 8 p.m. in Beaird Lounge, Oklahoma Memorial Union. Come to the Union programming Board’s Union Jazz Lounge series and enjoy great music and free food in a relaxed atmosphere.

There’s ALWAYS SOMETHING at the union. Visit www.ou.edu/upb for more information.

“The Laramie Project” | 8 p.m. in Old Science Hall Studio Theatre.

A poignant drama centered around the town of Laramie, Wyoming, and its experiences in the wake of Matthew Shepard’s tragic death.

Written by Moisés Kaufman and the Members of the Tectonic Theater Project. Admission is $5 at the door, shows will run through Nov. 15.

Friday, Nov. 13 EA Sports Lounge: NBA Live | 11 a.m. in Crossroads Lounge, Oklahoma Memorial Union. Presented by EA Sports and the Union Programming Board.

Guess-The-Score | 11:30 a.m. in the union food court. Think you know Sooner Football? Prove it at the Union Programming Board’s pregame predictions for a chance to win great prizes. Play every Friday during football season to earn points and increase your chances of winning.

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

Free Movie: “G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra” | free screenings at 4, 7, 10 p.m. & 12:30 a.m. in Meacham Auditorium, Oklahoma Memorial Union. Presented by the Union Programming Board and Campus Activities Council Film Series. ALWAYS SOMETHING at the union!

Art “à la CART” | 6-9 p.m. at the Fred Jones Jr. Museum of Art. Enjoy hands-on art activities, live music, independent film and refreshments with Art à la CART!. Visit www.ou.edu/fjjma for more information.

University Theatre: “The Three Musketeers” | 8 p.m. in the Max Weitzenhoffer Theatre. Tickets are $22 for adults, $18 for seniors and OU faculty/staff and $14 for OU students. Call the Fine Arts Box Office for more information, (405) 325-4101.

Saturday, Nov. 14 UOSA Tailgate | 2 p.m. on the Southwest corner of Lindsey Street and Asp Avenue. Free food, music, games and EA sports will be on hand to demo games! Presented by the University of Oklahoma Student Association and Housing and Food Services.

Men’s Basketball: OU vs. Mount St. Mary’s | 1 p.m. at the Lloyd Noble Center. Visit soonersports.com for ticket information.

Philip Zoellner Band | 3-5:30 p.m. on the East Lawn of the Oklahoma Memorial Union. Presented by the Union Programming Board.

OU Drumline Performance | 3:45 p.m. on the East Lawn of the Oklahoma Memorial Union. Presented by the Union Programming Board.

Sooner Football: OU vs. Texas A&M | 6 p.m. at the Gaylord Family Oklahoma Memorial Stadium. Visit soonersports.com for ticket info.

Sooner Football Watch Party | 6 p.m. in Meacham Auditorium.

Presented by the Union Programming Board.

University Theatre: “The Three Musketeers” | 8 p.m. in the Max Weitzenhoffer Theatre. Tickets are $22 for adults, $18 for seniors and OU faculty/staff and $14 for OU students. Call the Fine Arts Box Office for more information, (405) 325-4101.

Sunday, Nov. 15 University Theatre: “The Three Musketeers” | 3 p.m. in the Max Weitzenhoffer Theatre. Tickets are $22 for adults, $18 for seniors and OU faculty/staff and $14 for OU students. Call the Fine Arts Box Office for more information, (405) 325-4101.

This University in compliance with all applicable federal and state laws and regulations does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, sex, age, religion, disability, political beliefs, or status as a veteran in any of its policies, practices or procedures. This includes but is not limited to admissions, employment, financial aid and educational services. For accommodations on the basis of disability, please contact the sponsoring department of any program or event.

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COMMENT OF THE DAY »

Will Holland, opinion editor dailyopinion@ou.edu • phone: 325-7630 • fax: 325-6051

In response to Wednesday’s news story, “Students raise poverty awareness, funds during Shack-a-thon” YOU CAN COMMENT AT OUDAILY.COM

OUR VIEW

“You know, Shack-a-thon is great and all, but I REALLY hate it when some guy dressed as last year’s favorite super hero follows me around badgering me for not donating the nickel I may or may not have in my pocket. One year, they created a “toll rope” to raise and

lower (and generally piss off students). Let’s hope it’s not like that this year.”

-OUguy

GUEST COLUMN

UOSA needs more power Five fun facts about or should be abolished climate change About five hours before the UOSA General Election polls closed yesterday, a reporter from The Daily conducted a very informal poll in which about 20 students were asked if they had voted in the election. Of that group, about three students said they had.

Sure, this poll was probably not extremely accurate. But it, along with previous UOSA election turnout numbers, illustrates again the majority of students don’t care enough to vote in UOSA elections.

Voting is extremely easy to do, but most students still don’t vote. We think this shows many of them simply don’t care about what UOSA is doing.

Perhaps this lack of care is unfair (after all, some UOSA representatives work really hard to achieve their “policy goals”), but the fact remains, apathy exists.

Quite frankly, it’s not super surprising to us, either. Unless a student personally knows one of the candidates, odds are they aren’t going to vote. And why would they? Most students don’t know what UOSA does. It is pretty

complicated, after all.

Also, students don’t care because they know UOSA really has no meaningful power. Sure, UOSA is fighting for bike racks and condom machines. Who cares? Very few obviously.

We think if UOSA had real power, which was easy for students to understand, more students would care enough to spend five minutes voting between classes. So we come to the question: whose fault is this?

We don’t think the blame should be put on UOSA because, as we said earlier, they don’t have any real power. We’re sure if they could, they would give themselves more power.

No, the blame should go to OU’s administrators, who ultimately decide what powers UOSA does or does not have. We think these administrators should grant UOSA more power (or for that matter, some power).

If that’s not going to happen, stop funding UOSA because right now it seems that money is being used for an organization that has no meaningful power, when it could be used for more meaningful programs.

STAFF COLUMN

Abortion should be seen as human rights issue Human rights discussions are everywhere these days, from the local coffee shop trumpeting its fair trade beans to demonstrations on various campuses regarding atrocities in Darfur and weekly debates on Palestinian/Israeli relations.

History is brought into the matter, as the events on campus this week will have shown by the time this prints. We discuss all these things, labeling some right and some inherently wrong.

But we miss something big in the midst of the ruminations.

Rather, someone very small.

Perhaps the most often cited JON and remembered example of MALONE flagrant abuse in history has been the Holocaust in Europe in the 1930s and ‘40s by the Nazi regime of Adolf Hitler.

The mass extermination of over six million Jews, both in amount and in manner, has justifiably horrified many in the last eight decades. Monday marked the 71st anniversary of “Kristallnacht,” which the OU Hillel Web site states was “the un-official start of the extermination of German Jewry.”

As such, the anniversary was marked with a lecture by OU professor of Judaic Studies Dr. Carsten Schapkow, and the title of the talk was “Shedding Light on Human Rights in the Shadow of the Holocaust.”

The awful and regrettable history of the brutal extermination of a group of people truly is great, and remembering it will hopefully remind us of what humans can and often will do to each other in the name of perceived “progress” or “advancement of civilization.”

Discussions also abound in a more contemporary context concerning the living situation and conditions in the situation of Palestine and Israel.

Ironically brought about at least to some degree by compassion from the world for a Jewish national state following the Holocaust, many now allege that violations are made on the part of Israel in its dealings with its Arab neighbors.

Obviously, the situation is complicated, and when I visited the area it was fascinating to hear the rhetoric and passionate opinions of many, both Jew and Arab.

The stateside exLAUREN HARNED/THE DAILY ample which comes Activists gather at the state to mind for many Capitol Friday afternoon to A m e r i c a n s, o n e protest House Bill 1595, which still brings which would ban gender up strong emotion based abortions. at times, was and is

the civil rights movement.

Great work was done by Martin Luther King Jr. and many others in the attempt to eradicate not only the presence and influence of slavery in the U.S., but also discrimination and inequality in this country on the basis of skin color.

One of the watershed moments in the movement was the brutal kidnapping and murder of Emmett Till, of which a powerful documentary was made and shown during my undergraduate program in several of my classes.

The decision by Till’s mother to open the casket at his funeral was strongly opposed, due to his unrecognizable features and the horrific actions of his killers. But his mother remained convinced that the world needed to see the brutality of racism.

Even though the men responsible for his death got off with light sentences, the event was recounted and discussed throughout the U.S., shedding light on the reality of the situation.

While discrimination on the basis of skin color has, I hope, been reduced in the last 50 years, the conversation is recounted on a daily basis throughout academia.

What is often kept under wraps today is different, packaged under another name and kept from sight by those who would oppress for the perceived economic and social benefits. Popular culture has bought it in a very different sense, one which revolves around the popular terms “choice” and “women’s rights.” That issue is, of course, the act of abortion.

But it has gone far too long under the mantle of a political issue or a political rights issue. This is equally a human rights issue.

If it really is true that a fetus is alive at the point of conception (read a biology textbook, and you’ll find out that’s when the cells begin splitting and reproducing), there is no fundamental difference between destroying a person on the basis of his or her nationality or religion or skin color and destroying a person on the basis of his or her age or physical level of development.

Although some may disagree, I would assume that most reading this column would be disgusted at infanticide, when parents choose to kill their child on the basis of convenience or seeming usefulness to the family or society. But what’s the difference? An unborn person is still a person.

It’s time to stop pretending that this is an issue of the empowerment of women. The cries of millions of women which have been legally silenced in the last 36 years cannot be avoided. It’s time to open the casket.

If you call yourself a promoter of human rights, there cannot be a double standard.

Abort73.com has information and videos which, in a disturbing way, open that very casket.

I urge you to examine them and decide whether this is a political issue or something deeper. As the Web site champions on a t-shirt, and as this week’s events on campus urge, we are to “speak for the weak.”

This is true whether the weak are in sub-Saharan Africa or right here in Norman.

Jon Malone is an English education graduate student.

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believes the other 1 percent of our energy comes from, but I digress.

We blame the sun’s presence for our nauseatingly hot summer doldrums and its absence for frigid winter nights. Why not just point to that Let’s take a moment and get some big flaming ball in the sky and accuse things straight about this whole cli- it of heating our climate?

If only it were that easy. mate change argument, shall we?

The output of energy from the sun The debate has been given a lot of does indeed change; it oscillates on attention lately, an 11-year cycle.

However, this oscillation accounts both in the national press and in The for a 0.1 percent change in solar output, which is the equivalent of a 0.03 Daily.

Tarrant Carter’s degree Celsius change in temperacolumn just last ture here on Earth.

In other words, the sun does everyweek proclaims the virtues of skepti- thing to keep our climate going, but DAVID nothing to change it. cism in science.

SHERMAN Fact 4: It’s speed, not size, that reSkepticism may indeed be a virtue, ally matters.

So what if humans are changbut ignorance is not, and too many global warming arguments are laden ing the climate? The Earth has been much warmer in the past! with ignorance of a few basic facts.

True, but in the late Cretaceous Fact 1: Not everyone involved in Period, when dinosaurs roamed as this debate is an expert.

Former Vice President Al Gore is far north as Alaska and polar ice caps not a scientist. Neither, for that mat- were nonexistent, climate change ter, is Oklahoma Sen. James Inhofe. occurred on timescales of millions of We would do well to stop treating years.

Life had plenty of time to adapt to them as such.

The former vice president makes the pleasantly warm temperatures of connections between anthropo- the greenhouse.

Humans, masters of efficiency genic (man-made) global warming that we are, have and natural disasmanaged to speed ters (i.e. Hurricane Skepticism may up this process imKatrina) that are indeed be a virtue, but mensely. Change shaky at best.

The senator is ignorance is not, and too that once took millennia is now ocwell known for his many global warming curring in decades, inane rants about “the greatest hoax arguments are laden with and the pressure that we’re putting to be perpetrated ignorance of a few basic on life around us is on the American facts. immense. public.”

The Earth will be Carter scoffs at “appeals to authority” in his column, just fine long after the climate has but he displays as limited an under- changed. The question is, will we be standing of the climate system as our around to enjoy it?

Fact 5: There’s a lot we don’t know dear senator.

Sure, anyone can talk about cli- yet.

There is a great deal of debate mate change, but shouldn’t the words of scientists who have devoted their about climate change among scilives’ work to climatology mean more entists today! However, contrary to than those who have casually read a what the public may like to believe, this debate has shifted from if we’re few climate articles?

I wouldn’t have the audacity to causing the climate to change to what assume I knew more about health the change means for us.

Our projections of future climate than a medical doctor, and I think the same respect should be afforded to are based primarily on numerical models, which are inherently limited. climatologists.

Fact 2: Climatology is not a faith- Unfortunately, the work we’ve done modeling our past suggests that our based science.

One cannot choose to “believe” models are far more likely to underor “disbelieve” in anthropogenic estimate future change than overesclimate change any easier than one timate it.

Whether or not this is true, scienchooses to believe in gravity. Gravity, after all, is just a theory (look up “the- tists have generally come to the conory of universal gravitation” for more sensus that the people most affected by climate change will be those least details).

Humans are either warming the equipped to deal with it.

Carter suggests that “maybe” the climate, or we aren’t, regardless of Third World will be negatively imindividual beliefs.

Carter supports his beliefs by pacted by climate change legislapointing out that correlation does not tion. This statement is without basis imply causation. True, but in the case and completely ignores the negative of CO2 and temperature, basic phys- impacts of doing nothing to curb cliics supplies the causation. The effect mate change.

Here in the U.S. we have the rethat greenhouse gases play in warming the atmosphere has been well un- sources to adapt to whatever Mother derstood for over a century and is not Nature throws our way. In droughtstricken Ethiopia or flood-prone debated in any scientific circles.

More CO2 means a warmer cli- Bangladesh, people do not.

As far as how we should best deal mate, plain and simple. The “belief” that 6.5 billion power-consuming hu- with climate change, well, there are mans can’t possibly affect the climate no easy answers.

A lot of industries and interest system is unforgivably naïve.

Fact 3: We can’t just blame the groups have a stake in any legislation about this issue, and as always there sun!

Tucker Cross, another climate will be winners and losers.

However, it’s important to get a few change skeptic, was published in The Daily’s “Letter to the Editor” sec- things straight in this debate: Climate tion a few weeks ago. He points out change is real, we’re causing it and that “about 99 percent” of Earth’s we must choose to stop it or deal with energy comes from the sun, so we the consequences. should look to it for a global warming David Sherman is a meteorology graduate explanation.

I’m curious to know where Cross student.

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THE DAILY’S KATHLEEN EVANS ASKED STUDENTS WHETHER OR NOT THEY VOTED IN TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY’S UOSA ELECTIONS.

“Yes – I had a friend running. He “No – I did not really know about it.” told me to vote for him. That’s how I – FINANCE SOPHOMORE ANDREA FREEMAN found out about the elections.”

- UNIVERSITY COLLEGE FRESHMAN KEVIN WATSON

“I did not vote. It was kind of weird this year. There was a lot of protesting, and I did not get enough info about [elections].”

“No – I did not know who was running and did not think it was cool to vote for someone just because everyone said to.”

– COMMUNICATIONS JUNIOR CONNER MCMAKIN – UNIVERSITY COLLEGE FRESHMAN KATE SANDOVAL

“I did not [vote]. I did not know much “No - I have not been told about it. about it and did not know when and I do not know what they [UOSA] do, who they are, or what their signifiwhere it was going down.” cance is.”

– INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS SOPHOMORE LESLEY MARTIN

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SHACK-A-THON BUILDS SUPPORT FOR HABITAT FOR HUMANITY

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Participants in the 2009 Shack-A-Thon stand along the South Oval to raise money for Habitat for Humanity. To persuade students passing by to donate, participants offered various services, including hugs, kisses and ninja lessons.

“No - I was not aware it happened.”

– PROFESSIONAL WRITING JUNIOR MIKE KING

“Yes – I had a pledge brother running. He really has a good idea of what should be going on at OU.” – UNIVERSITY COLLEGE FRESHMAN RYAN CARTER

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REUNITED BAND TO PERFORM THIS WEEKEND “[We’ve missed] seeing friendly It’s not too often that the chance to see a band that cites “basketball play- faces and just having fun playing toers who sleep with a lot of women” gether, just seeing people have fun at as an influence rolls our shows,” Palmer said.

The band’s split was a civil one, around.

But Saturday night mostly just adults moving in new will provide just that directions.

Some members got new jobs and opportunity when others moved, but the chance to reSmarty Pants, a forunite to play for those smiling faces mer power-pop stalwart of the Oklahoma seems to be just too much to turn music scene, reunites down.

JOSHUA It also seems like there might be for an evening at the BOYDSTON a few chances to see the band again Conservatory with redown the road. cently reunited Euclid “Six years ago we said we broke up Crash, indie-power[but] this show feels like we’re not brohouse Student Film and ambient-gaz- ken up,” Palmer said. “Sure, it would ers Little League Hero. be fun to play shows every year or two; Smarty Pants entertained many in we’ll have to think about that.” its active years earlier I get the impression this decade. that its fans will deCONCERT DETAILS It s c h e e k y , n e rd mand regular perforpsychedelia had fun at mances, and that the heart, as noted by its band will have a hard • Smarty Pants with Euclid self-released “E=MC time turning down the Crash, Student Film and Hammer” and boastopportunity to play for Little League Hero ing influences like them.

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So being unaware of Smarty Pants members left no reason for a single audience member to not have a grin back in its heyday might be a blessing in disguise; new, younger fans might plastered across his or her face.

Chris Palmer, the band’s lead gui- very well have the best time of all.

You’ll just have to show up on tarist, noted that the band has been longing to play for those beaming Saturday to find out. faces during Smarty Pants’ six-year Joshua Boydston is a psychology sophomore. absence.

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Smarty Pants smiling with instruments. The band will perform at 8 p.m. Saturday at the Conservatory.

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«FOOTBALL Friday, The Daily previews the Texas A&M game this weekend.

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SOONERS MUST REDIRECT SEASON’S GOALS • Goal one: Win the national championship.

Impossible.

• Goal two: Win the Big 12 South and conference. Not going to happen.

• Goal three: Win a bowl game. Still working out the kinks on that one.

Through nine games the Sooners post a 5-4 record and have yet to become bowl eligible.

“Some of our goals are gone now, but we feel like there’s still a goal out there that we haven’t been able to do in a while is win a bowl game,” freshman center Ben Habern said. “We feel like we need to win out, and whatever bowl game we go to we feel confident in trying to win.”

The Sooners have played during bowl season in every season with head coach Bob JONO Stoops at the helm.

GRECO The last season without a bowl appearance came when head coach John Blake was in his final season as coach in 1998.

Even though OU is a familiar face in bowl games, the team has developed a poor reputation as of late for not being able to win those games.

The last time the Sooners were victorious in a bowl game was in 2005 when they beat the Oregon Ducks 17-14 in the Holiday Bowl, and they have a 4-6 record in bowl games during the Bob Stoops era.

Habern said making and winning a bowl game is a matter of pride for not only current players but also former players.

“You go back to think of all the guys who have played before you, and that’s a big deal for most of the guys here,” Habern said. “We still feel like we need to win out and go to a good bowl game and try to win that, too; and kind of prove to the guys in the past that have played here that we are still Oklahoma and we can still play with the best.”

It is not like the Sooners do not have a shot of reaching bowl-eligible status, though.

The Sooners need to win one of its next three games, and any win after that will make them eligible for better bowl games.

But, OU has already missed one opportunity to secure this season’s coveted bowl bid.

Nebraska denied the Sooners to reach that feat last week with its 10-3 victory that was headlined by five interceptions from redshirt freshman quarterback Landry Jones.

Returning home should give OU an advantage to become bowl eligible over an Aggies team that is also pursuing the same goal.

The Sooners boast a 28-game winning streak at home, but Stoops said he cannot rely on that fact to ensure an OU victory.

“No matter what our situation is I never count on just because you’ve done something before doesn’t mean you do it again,” Stoops said. “That’s always our mentality, again, regardless of our situation.”

Stoops said even though securing a bowl game as early in the season as

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A Florida defensive player tackles sophomore wide receiver Ryan Broyles during the BCS National Championship Game in Miami, Fla. The Gators won the game 24-14. possible is a big focus, he is not going to look past Saturday’s game against Texas A&M. “I’m looking to Saturday,” Stoops said.

“In our situation I’m not past today’s practice. That’s as far as I’ll go.”

Even though the Sooners are on the verge of a bowl berth later in the season

than the team wanted to be, junior defensive tackle Gerald McCoy said the team has to stay motivated to accomplish its most realistic remaining goals.

“You can’t let a loss or four losses bring you down,” McCoy said. “You’ve got to keep on pushing, and finish out strong.

We’re not about giving up here.”

SOONER FOOTBALL PRACTICE NOTES Jeffries bruises shoulder in practice Head coach Bob Stoops said junior offensive lineman Tavaris Jeffries bruised his shoulder in practice Tuesday, but should be able to play Saturday against Texas A&M. “Bruised his shoulder a little bit, but he should be okay,” Stoops said. “He should be [able to play]. We’ll see.”

Jeffries has started three games for an OU offensive line that has seen multiple personnel changes because of injuries and poor play.

The line is a little thin at the moment since two of its regular starters – senior Brody Eldridge and sophomore Jarvis Jones – will miss the rest of the season due to injuries.

Jeffries worked his way into the starting lineup earlier this season,

but missed a couple of games due to disciplinary and family issues.

He is listed second at right guard on the depth chart.

Kicker yet to be named for Saturday’s game Head coach Bob Stoops said he has not decided who will be the starting field goal kicker for Saturday’s game against Texas A&M. He said the starting-kicking race is between sophomore Jimmy Stevens and freshman Tress Way. “We’ll see who can be the most consistent, but games are different stories,” Stoops said. “We’ll just see how I feel through the week, and who I think deserves it.”

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Column: Men’s basketball rises above shadow of football OU has always been and, most likely, will always be a football school. And don’t get me wrong, there is nothing wrong with that widely accepted statement.

However, the shadow the football program tends to leave others in the dark, namely men’s basketball.

After its revival by coach Jeff Capel and players like Blake Griffin, the team has enjoyed a bit more publicity than it has traditionally received over the past few years.

Last season we saw one of the best seasons in some time, and definitely the best season in Capel’s reign as head coach.

Truth be told, the men’s basketball team here at OU is one of the most underrated programs in the NCAA. And again, it is hard to measure up to the prestige of the football team, but take a look at the current condition of the program and there is a lot to be excited about.

1. Different lineup, same coach There is perhaps no better up-andcoming coach than Capel. Since his arrival in 2006, he has made the most out of the hand he was originally dealt.

CLARK Despite the top three recruiting FOY prospects leaving after the departure of Kelvin Sampson, Capel kept positive and managed to grab McDonald’s All-American Blake Griffin in his first recruiting class.

He has followed with a host of other top-tier players including current team captain Willie Warren.

If he continues at this pace, Capel is on track to doing some very special things with this program.

Fitzgerald was an ESPN top-100 prospect and played significant minutes in the exhibition game against British Columbia.

All three have the chance to be great players for this team and to build potential careers into the NBA. Oh, and did I mention Willie Warren?

In the same press conference, Capel mentioned the possibility of playing Crocker at post, three additional guards and a center/power forward figure, most likely either Gallon or Wright.

This scheme would focus on running the floor and the fast break, and will be the most interesting part of the season to watch.

SOONER FRESHMEN Once you see Crocker at the four, ex4. A more exciting strategy and pect a lot of speed, long-range shooting playing style #2 Steven Pledger and fast-break offense–three of the most At the men’s basketball media day, exciting things to watch as a sports fan. #4 Andrew Fitzgerald Capel alluded to two changes to this Bottom line: this season is a great opyear’s game plan, more running and #11 Tommy Mason-Griffin portunity for students. more threes. #22 Ryan Randolph Rarely does any team feature so much The Sooners feature a fleet of down#24 Tiny Gallon young and promising talent as this year’s town marksmen including the usual #25 Kyle Hardrick team, and it’s the current OU students suspects of Warren, Davis and Crocker, who have the privilege of watching these but take into account the freshmen players mature into dominant athletes class (are you seeing a theme here?) and NBA draft picks. and that group becomes even more deadly.

The first game tips off at 1 p.m. Saturday at Lloyd Both Mason-Griffin and freshman guard Steven Noble.

Sounds like a great place to start to me.

Pledger shot 4-6 from downtown in exhibition play with sophomore guard Ray Willis also showed his range.

Clark Foy is a journalism junior.

2. A great returning cast So the Griffins are gone as well as players like Austin Johnson, and while their time here was much appreciated, their departure in no way makes this season less significant.

Key players such as Big 12 Freshman of the Year Willie Warren, who is currently considered one of the top five prospects for the 2010 NBA draft, and veteran marksman Tony Crocker, among others.

Also look for players like UCLA transfer Ryan Wright and Cade Davis to step up, as they will both be seeing increased playing time.

3. A host of young talent with several future-NBA prospects It is a privilege to be a student at OU with this group of young guys.

Take a look at the group of talented freshmen Capel managed to grab this year, and you will notice two were honored as McDonald’s All-Americans.

These are, of course, forward Keith “Tiny” Gallon and guard Tommy Mason-Griffin. Forward Andrew

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Freshman guard Tommy Masons-Griffin (11) attempts to steal the basketball from a British Columbia University player during the Sooners’ exhibition game Nov. 3. OU won the game 93-53.

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Obama honors veterans at Arlington cemetery A R L I N G TO N, Va. — O n a commemoration, no praise that can c o l d , ra i n -s o a k e d Ve t e ra n s truly match the magnitude of your Day, President Barack Obama service and your sacrifice,” he said. walked slowly through the white, The nation observed Veterans stone markers at the section of Day from remembrances at the Arlington National Cemetery re- nation’s capital to a New York City served for troops killed in Iraq and parade to ceremonies in towns Afghanistan, the two wars he over- and cities across the nation and sees as commander in chief. overseas.

Obama led the nation At Camp Eggers in Kabul, solWednesday in observing Veterans diers observed a moment of silence Day with a traditional wreath-laying for the more than 800 U.S. service ceremony at the Tomb members have died in of the Unknowns at “To all of them — to Afghanistan, Pakistan Arlington before an and Uzbekistan since unannounced visit our veterans, to the the 2001 invasion to the section re- fallen and to their to oust the Taliban served for those who families — there regime. fought in Iraq and is no tribute, no The Navajo Code Afghanistan.

Talkers were special “We gather here commemoration, guests at the New mindful that the gen- no praise that can York parade’s opening eration serving today truly match the ceremony, where a already deserves a was laid at the magnitude of your wreath place alongside preWorld War I Eternal vious generations for service and your Light Monument in the courage they have sacrifice.”

Madison Square Park. shown and the sacAs young Marines rifices that they have PRESIDENT BARACK during World War made,” Obama said in OBAMA II, the Code Talkers a brief speech followused secret Navajo ing the wreath-laying. language-encrypted Obama pledged he would do right military terms that the Japanese by all veterans and families, saying: were never able to crack.

“America will not let you down.”

As the Code Talkers were introThe president spoke one day duced, the crowd — which includafter honoring the victims of a ed World War II veteran and actor shooting rampage at Fort Hood, Tony Curtis — let out a loud cheer.

Texas. He said he was struck by the Boston College dedicated a determination of the soldiers there, 70-foot-long granite wall bearing a quality that unites generations of the names of 209 alumni who lost American servicemen. their lives while serving in a war “To all of them — to our vet- zone. Bells tolled in three sets of 11 erans, to the fallen and to their from the college’s historic Gasson families — there is no tribute, no Tower, symbolizing the exact time

AP PHOTO

President Barack Obama, left, and Brig. Gen. Karl Horst, right, greet a visitor to Section 60 during an unannounced visit Wednesday at Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington, Va. that an armistice was declared in World War I. Harvard unveiled a plaque on campus to honor the university’s alumni who have received the Medal of Honor. The university has 16 winners.

Hundreds of Minnesota military

veterans and family members filled a community center gymnasium in the suburbs of St. Paul to hear words of thanks from state political leaders. The ceremony drew veterans ranging from young enlisted soldiers to retired generals.

“The title of veteran deserves great respect in America,” Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty said.

“Veteran stands for a life dedication to our nation’s greatest cause — the cause of freedom.”

—AP

Demonstrators protest firing of charity founder OKLAHOMA CITY — Several demonstrators gathered not for authorized cause.” The suit seeks more than $10,000 outside Oklahoma City-based charity Feed the Children on in damages.

Wednesday to protest the firing of the charity’s founder, Larry “Larry Jones has devoted the bulk of his adult life to Jones.

Feed the Children,” Jones’ attorney, Mark Hammons, said Jones, known for his nationally televised appeals for do- Wednesday. “It is absolutely awful.” nations to the charity, has been locked in a Jones also alleges in his suit that the charpower struggle with the board of directors “My major concern is that ity continued to use his likeness to raise for control of the Christian relief organizamoney even after he was fired, sending a the children around the tion that generates more than $1 billion in letter Friday afternoon with Jones’ signaworld continue to be fed.” ture to 2,000 key donors. revenue each year.

Jones founded the charity 30 years ago, A telephone message left Wednesday but the board Friday voted to fire him as JOAN GREENWOOD, LONGTIME afternoon with an attorney for Feed the president.

FEED THE CHILDREN SUPPORTER Children was not immediately returned.

“My major concern is that the children A spokesman for the charity also dearound the world continue to be fed,” said clined to discuss any pending litigation.

Joan Greenwood, a longtime supporter of “We’re continuing to feed children every the charity and one of about a half-dozen protesters. “There day,” said spokesman Tony Sellars. “That’s our mission, and are plenty of charities to go to, but this is one that we have that’s what we’re continuing to do.” trusted ... and Larry Jones is the face of this ministry.”

Jones came under fire in August after a private investigaOn Tuesday, Jones’ attorney filed a wrongful termina- tor found “remnants of wiretapping devices” in the offices of tion lawsuit in Oklahoma County District Court, claiming three top executives, according to a police report. he was fired “for reasons of personal malice and spite and Hammons said the devices were legal and that Jones

POLICE REPORTS The following is a list of arrests and citations, not convictions. The information given is compiled from the Norman Police Department and the OU Police Department. All those listed are presumed innocent until proven guilty.

CARRYING A FIREARM WHILE INTOXICATED Joedan Nix Bigham, 28, 1800 Northcliff Ave., Tuesday MUNICIPAL WARRANT David Christopher Coon, 18, 3499 W. Main St., Tuesday Candice Fay Graves, 24, 2420

CAMPUS NOTES

TODAY CAREER SERVICES Career Services will answer questions about resumes, cover letters and job search strategies at 1:30 p.m. in the Oklahoma Memorial Union.

FILM BLITZ SCREEN Films from last weekend’s 24-hour film blitz will be shown from 9:30 to 11:30 p.m. in Dale Hall, room 200.

FRIDAY STUDENT FILM PRODUCTION CLUB The Student Film Production Club is hosting a screenwriting workshop with producer Joel Hulett and writer Sheryl Fletcher to talk about the creative and business side of screenwriting from 4 to 7:30 p.m. in the Old Science Hall, room 323.

wanted to ensure any conversations he had with the executives were accurately reported.

Under Oklahoma law, recording one’s own conversation is legal, even if other parties are not aware of the recording device.

According to the nonprofit charity watchdog group Charity Navigator, Feed the Children had more than $1.1 billion in revenue in the fiscal year that ended June 2008, the most recent year for which statistics are available.

Of the revenue generated, nearly 92 percent was spent on programs, less than 2 percent on administrative expenses and about 6.2 percent on fundraising, a ratio that earned the charity four stars, its highest possible rating, said Charity Navigator spokeswoman Sandra Miniutti.

“The benchmark, if you had to draw a line is the sand, is 75 percent on programs, so they’re outperforming most other charities in that metric,” she said. “Feed the Children is one of those charities that has their financial health in order.”

—AP

HOROSCOPE

By Bernice Bede Osol

Classen Blvd., Tuesday David Lester Onco, 51, 722 Vicksburg Ave., Tuesday, also county warrant Anthony Charles Pope, 26, 1830 12th Ave. SE, Monday, also public intoxication Curtis Anthony Williams, 24, 201 W. Gray St., Tuesday

DISTURBING THE PEACE Angela Harrison, 38, 214 S. Lahoma Ave., Monday Krystal Fawn Looney, 19, 311 Skylark Court, Tuesday

COUNTY WARRANT Jeffrey Michael Gent, 32, 3499 W. Main St., Tuesday Thomas John Nelson, 21, 901 24th Ave. SW, Monday Donald Glenn Redmon, 46, 2600 Van Buren St., Tuesday

ASSAULT AND BATTERY Crimson Lanora King, 25, 1823 Beaumont Drive, Tuesday

MOLESTING PROPERTY Jared Lee Hoskinds, 19, 4119 W. Main St., Tuesday

PETTY LARCENY Kevin Don McInroe, 49, 333 N. Interstate Drive East, Monday

Megan Catherine Schmidt, 20, 3499 W. Main St., Monday PUBLIC INTOXICATION Charles William Pope, 58, 2420 Classen Blvd., Monday INTERFERING WITH AN OFFICIAL PROCESS Gregory Matthew Spicer, 31, 113 S. Ponca Ave., Tuesday, also obstructing an officer OTHER WARRANT Jimmy Dale Tucker, 45, 1526 E. Lindsey St., Tuesday

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Thursday, Nov. 12, 2009 SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 22) -- Don’t make a commitment unless you intend to give it your all. Once you give others your word, they will be depending on you to follow through, even if you run into a problem.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20) -- Don’t balk at being asked to work a bit harder than usual because the extra responsibilities are likely to hold rewards for you as well. You might get a bonus or a new job offer.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 23-Dec. 21) -- If someone in particular keeps popping into your head, try to establish a line of communication. There is likely to be a reason why you’re thinking of this person, and you need to know what it is.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20) -- Because your charisma is exceptionally strong, don’t be surprised when people gravitate toward you. This might even include someone who previously treated you with indifference.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) -- Provided you’re properly motivated, you can overcome some big obstacles and achieve some major objectives. It’s all up to you, so give yourself a pep talk and keep your eyes on the prize.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 19) -- Sound, logical thinking and knowledge acquired through experience will equip you to handle a complex development that might arise. Keep your wits at all times.

PISCES (Feb. 20-March 20) -- Whereas normally making unsolicited changes might intimidate you, not so at this time. You’ll actually thrive on an array of changing conditions, engineering them to work well for you.

ARIES (March 21-April 19) -Think twice before listening to unsolicited advice. The person might mean well, but unless this individual is an expert on the subject, blaze your own path.

CANCER (June 21-July 22) -With a little bit of conscientious effort, you could considerably enhance both your life and the well-being of your entire family. Give domestic affairs top priority.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22) -Friends and associates respect what you have to say because they’ll instinctively know what you’re saying is likely to benefit them, even if they don’t like the message.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) -- If you’re looking to make a major purchase, this might be the day.

Your commercial instincts are particularly strong, and you’ll recognize a good deal when you see it.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23) -- Now is the time to take on those tough, long-neglected jobs because challenges aren’t likely to intimidate you. You’ll actually welcome doing things that might normally intimidate you.