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OU officials are investigating a professor based on students’ claims that he experimented on them, broke research rules and practiced in unhygienic conditions.

Since May 2011, the OU Institutional Review Board has been investigating the practices of health and exercise science professor Chad Kerksick. One of his former graduate students, Patrick Dib, was the one who spurred the examination of Kerksick.

“It was the worst experience of my life,” Dib said. “I wouldn’t wish it on my enemy.”

Though other students were involved in the accusation as well, Dib said he offered to represent the group and spare them from having to continue discussing it.

Dib began his doctoral work at OU in August 2010 in Kerksick’s lab. The group’s CHAD first study began in November 2010, when KerKsICK it entered into an agreement with supplement company ThermoLife to study the effects of its creatine nitrate exercise supplement.

The Institutional Review Board approved the study’s protocol, and the group officially started in February 2011 with Kerksick as the primary investigator and Dib as the student coordinator, he said.

THE STUDIES From the beginning, Dib said he noticed things that made him uncomfortable, including Kerksick wanting to enroll himself in the study to speed up results, which is against research rules.

“He should know this stuff,” Dib said. “He’s the head of a research committee of a sports organization. There’s no excuse whatsoever for this type of behavior.”

Though Kerksick said he was unable to provide any comments, The Daily obtained the review board document that outlines the allegations and Kerksick’s responses. In it, Kerksick states he did not know it was against the rules to enroll himself. Usually it is hard to find people to participate in studies, and he wanted to help his graduate students gather data for their research, according to the document.

Besides enrolling himself in the study, Kerksick also wanted Dib to enroll untrained students who did not meet the research guidelines to get better results, Dib said.

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Freshman guard DaShawn Harden (22) steals the ball for a fast-break layup early in the first half to start a Sooner scoring avalanche during OU’s 117-55 win against Sacramento State on Sunday at Lloyd Noble Center. The OU women’s basketball team set a program record with 69 first-half points. The previous record was 66 against Midwestern State on Jan. 16, 1984. (Page 5)

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Low rates lure foreign students Euro worth more than U.S. dollar COCO COURTOIS Campus Reporter

Items in the U.S. do not always come cheap to American students.

A gallon of gas in Oklahoma is $3.25. A 13-inch MacBook Pro is $1,199.

But for exchange student Aris Phylaktou, coming to the U.S. actually saves money.

Phylaktou, an aerospace engineering student from Cyprus, has experienced this first-hand.

“My old computer broke, and it was cheaper to buy one now than to fix it and buy another one in Europe,” Phylaktou said. “I bought it

AT A GLANCE Price differences » One gallon of gas: U.S. — $3.19 France — about $7 » MacBook Pro (13-inch): U.S. — $1,080 France — about $1,560 » Levi’s jeans: U.S. — $39.99 France — about $121 Compiled by Coco Courtois

for $1,000 instead of 1,400 euros (about $1,895).”

In addition to some electronics being cheaper, the euro has been significantly stronger (between 1.30 and 1.45 on the dollar) during the

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past few months, which gives Europeans the equivalent of a 25- to 30-percent bargain on everything they buy.

And this is an opportunity Victor Vimeney , a French student in logistics management, doesn’t miss.

“I bought a MacBook Pro, a Nikon D7000 and a high-quality Bose headset,” Vimeney said.

On those items, Vimeney said he saved about $760 compared with the price he would have paid in France.

“I didn’t buy any expensive product before coming here on purpose. I waited all along to be in the U.S. to buy everything here; I consider it a long-term investment,” Vimeney said.

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electronics doesn’t even need the person to be there.

Francesco Simonato, an Italian business graduate student, is helping his friends back home .

“I’m going to buy the last iPhone for a friend back in Italy who asked me to,” he said.

But electronics are not the only things exchange students come looking for. Simon Cantarel, a French economics student, was able to advance his music interest.

“I had the same guitar for seven years, and I knew if I wanted to by a new one, it would be in the U.S.,” he said.

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Professor: Graduate students used for practice Continued from page 1

Today around campus OU IT’s eight-week sale continues today.

Every week, the OU IT store will put a new item or group of items on sale. The sale will run until Dec. 23. This week, currentgeneration MacBook Pro computers are 5-percent off.

A blood drive sponsored by the Oklahoma Blood Institute and Sooner Sports Properties will take place from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. at the ROTC Armory. The blood drive is the Bedlam Blood Battle, a competition between OU and OSU to gather the most blood donations.

A concert by the OU Chamber Singers and Norman Children’s Chorus will take place from 7:30 to 10 p.m. at Catlett Music Center’s Sharp Concert Hall. The concert is free and open to the public.

A concert featuring music professor Hal Grossman and guest artist David Hays will take place from 8 to 10 p.m. at Catlett Music Center’s Pitman Recital Hall. The Sutton Artist Series concert will feature music for two violins. Tickets are $8 for adults and $5 for students, faculty, staff and senior adults.

Tuesday, Nov. 15 A master class with David Hays for OU School of Music’s violin students will take place from 10 a.m. to noon at Catlett Music Center’s Pitman Recital Hall. Watching the class is free, and seating is limited.

A concert performed by the Tuba and Euphonium studio will take place from noon to 12:30 p.m. at Fred Jones Jr. Museum of Art’s Sandy Bell Gallery. The concert is free and is part of the Tuesday Noon Concert series.

A gallery tour by professor Jane Aebersold will take place from 2 to 2:30 p.m. in the Fred Jones Jr. Museum of Art’s Eugene B. Adkins Gallery.

The tour will focus on Native American pottery and other ceramics from the Adkins Collection.

A seminar on properly sourcing papers will take place from 4 to 5 p.m. at Wagner Hall, Room 280. The seminar is free and is part of the Student Success Series.

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Document: Letter of termination of research Document: Allegations against Kerksick and his responses Document: Emails between Kerksick and supplement company

it because he would not leave me alone,” Dib said. “It was constant nagging: ‘When are you going to do yours? Your subjects will appreciate it.’”

In his statements, Kerksick maintains that these biopsies were solely for the educational purposes of his students, who were not coerced and consented. He also admits to saying in his grant proposal that he knew how to do the biopsies when he did not.

After completing the biopsy, Dib said he had massive bruising on his abdomen, which is documented with pictures. When he told Kerksick, Kerksick recommended putting some ice on it. In his statement, Kerksick said this is the first time he

THE INVESTIGATION At this point, in April, Dib said he decided to find another lab to do research in and talk to a higher authority about what was going on.

“I mean, I trusted [him] to be my mentor, and [he’s] not showing me those characteristics,” Dib said. “I don’t admire [him]. I don’t want to be like [him]. This is not something I look for in a mentor.”

OU officials were receptive of his complaints, and the review board terminated all his studies in June 2011, according to documents obtained

by The Daily.

As of Sunday, Kerksick’s lab remains listed on the health and exercise science website.

Dib said the leader of

the supplement company blamed him for the failure of the studies and even sent emails to Kerksick asking for “Dib’s head in a box, please” or “both his thumbs,” according to emails obtained by The Daily. Kerksick responded he would do what he could “to make it right.”

OU officials refused to comment on the investigation, saying it was still ongoing.

“The university takes very seriously any complaints it receives and endeavors to do a thorough investigation of all such complaints,” OU spokesman Michael Nash said in an email statement. “For purposes of protecting both the complainant and the accused in such investigations, strict confidentiality is maintained.

Rest assured, the university is dedicated to holding individuals accountable for findings of impropriety.”

Dib said he does not fault the university or the health and exercise science department for what happened to him and other students and is on good terms with them. “[Kerksick] acted by himself. I still think OU is great,” Dib said.

Money: Strong euro rates increase withdrawals Continued from page 1 Canadian guitar that cost him about $700.

Cantarel said he thinks he saved one-third of the price than if he had bought the guitar in France.

Sara Gil, a Spanish exchange student in engineering of industrial design, used the savings to update her wardrobe.

“I bought 10 pairs of shoes, and my mom is going to kill me,” she said. “I started buying because I needed them, then I continued to buy because they were cheap and pretty. In Spain, they would have been more than twice the price.”

Luisa Mencacci, an Italian graduate student in foreign language, uses the extra financial resources to travel.

She acknowledges travel is her biggest expense, but she said this is a precious opportunity to travel within the U.S., and she knew the exchange rate would help her achieve her goal.

Many European students assume that the euro is stronger — despite Europe’s current economic crisis — so they don’t pay attention to the evolution of the rate.

H o w e v e r, M a t t h i a s Gohrmann is an exception.

The German student in

English and history said he checks the rates almost daily.

“I am interested in the European mess we call ‘euro zone’ right now,” Gohrmann said. “I did not come to the U.S. for shopping, but what I did is I withdrew some bigger amounts of money from the ATM when the euro was better.”

Paul Raso, a French student in economics made a similar

decision. “ I w i t h d re w w i t h m y French credit card when the rate was good in order to put the money on my American account,” Raso said.

Sometimes, the evolution of a rate can have direct consequences.

Daniel Forrest, an English international business student, experienced just that when he paid an entire

semester at once because the value of the British pound was falling.

Sometimes, these consequences are for the best — at least for exchange students.

“Two weeks ago, we went to Sooner Mall, and we checked the rate: The euro was 1.45, stronger than the weeks before, so we were like, ‘Keep buying, the euro is stronger,’” Gil said.

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enrolled in one study and five of seven in another did not meet the approved standards. Students did not sign consent forms, and Kerksick kept poor records of his results, according to the review document.

These practices made Dib uncomfortable, he said, and he even offered to help implement a better note-taking system, but Kerksick declined.

In his statement to the review board, Kerksick accepts some blame for these practices but also said that as student coordinator, Dib had a responsibility to make sure the study was done properly.

During this time, Kerksick also wanted his graduate students to let him and others perform biopsies of fat tissue on them, Dib said. Kerksick had training in biopsies of muscle tissues but not fat. For a new study he was applying for, he needed to know how to biopsy fat and used his graduate students for practice.

“I had reservations for doing this, and I made that very clear, even though I had to do

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Other allegations against Kerksick are that he used the same scales to weigh human tissues as he did to weigh the supplements participants would consume. He also used the same instruments to practice on chicken meat as he would to research on humans, Dib said.

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Open up tobacco committee Our View: Meetings of the Advisory Committee on Tobacco Policy should be open to public attendance.

We call on them to prove it.

There’s no obvious reason the committee should be closed to the public. Yes, technically, these committee meetings don’t fall under the Open Meeting On Thursday, the Advisory Committee on Act, because the committee is not a decision-makTobacco Policy held an open forum to encourage ing body. public input on the proposed smoking ban. Later But even outside of legal requirements, the adthat day, it held a meeting to discuss the reministration could still choose to open sults of that forum. This meeting, like all the them to public attendance.

The Our View others, was closed to the public.

We’re not asking for time at every meetis the majority We have to wonder why. ing for the public to speak before the comopinion of The open forum was a good attempt to The Daily’s mittee. That would slow down the process 10-member encourage outside input and give students considerably. And it would be no more efeditorial board fective than the means people have already and faculty a chance to air opinions on both sides. utilized to express their opinions.

But because of the nature of the commitWe simply want the public to be able to tee and its work, it was impossible to get a real anattend the meetings and watch the discussions, to swer to any of the questions. Each answer amount- ensure those opinions are being taken into account ed to, “That’s a good point. We’ll be sure to take it and hold the committee accountable to its promise into consideration.” to consider all sides of the issue.

Which is exactly the purpose of the advisory It’s possible that the committee is worried that committee. But how does the public know their the public’s conduct could get out of hand due to opinions are really being taken into account if they the passion evoked by this issue. After all, we can are barred from the meetings? see from the letters and comments we’ve received, The university has often stressed its commitment as well as the remarks at the public forum, that the to transparency and student input. It has claimed smoking ban proposal inspires fervent opinions that this committee’s recommendations will be from both sides. an important part of any decision made about the So students, if the administration decided to smoking ban. open the meetings, you would need to show that If the administration is serious about these this right is important by attending them and reclaims, it should be willing to prove them. Prove to frain from disrupting the proceedings by remaining us that our opinions are actually being taken into respectful observers. account, and that the committee is actually expectWe’re not sure why the administration has choing its work to matter. Let us witness these things sen to keep these meetings closed, but whatever for ourselves by attending the meetings. the reason, we urge it to reconsider.

Some members of the OU community have exA little transparency in this process could go a pressed doubt that the committee’s work will mat- long way toward helping both sides better underter at all, claiming that the decision was made as stand each other’s arguments, which could lead to soon as Boren announced his support for a caman effective compromise — or at least reduce the puswide ban. inevitable bitterness from the losing side.

The tobacco committee and the administration have both been insistent that this is not the case.

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Health care bill constitutional For advocates of the Patient Protection and Affordable distinction between “activity” and “inactivity” in the marCare Act, a small victory was won Tuesday in Washington, ketplace. Their argument is that because the individual D.C. By a 2-1 decision, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the mandate compels a citizen who has chosen not to engage District of Colombia upheld the act as constitutional, the in commerce to do so by purchasing a product they do not third such appeals court that has upheld the law. But the want, there would be no limit to Congress’s power to reguvictory is small, as the imminent battle in the Supreme late interstate commerce.

Court will ultimately decide the bill’s fate.

However, there are many problems with this perspecBut is the act really constitutional? Before one answers tive. The health insurance market is unique. The possibilthis question, it is important to review the Supreme Court’s ity to “opt out” of the health-care market is not possible. If jurisprudence over the commerce clause of Article I, an individual gets sick, there is no other choice but to seek Section 8 of the Constitution. medical treatment.

The commerce clause states that Congress shall have Furthermore, very few individuals can afford to pay for power “To regulate Commerce with foreign Nations, and their own care when the time comes. This causes costs to among the several States, and with the Indian tribes.” The be shifted from the government and hospitals to paying Supreme Court has long given Congress expansive power customers in the form of higher premiums whenever these under the Commerce Clause. Early 20th century cases such individuals receive care in an emergency room. as The Lottery Case and The Shreveport Case confirmed This distinction between “activity” and “inactivity” is Congress’s plenary power over interstate simply misguided because individuals cancommerce.

“If an individual gets not stay inactive in the health-care market These two cases applied not only a forforever and there will be a time that an indisick, there is no other vidual needs care. malist test of products crossing state lines but also a realist test over the regulation of Even if this “inactivity” distinction is recchoice but to seek intrastate activity as a means to the end of medical treatment. ... ognized, this does not eliminate the indiregulating interstate commerce. vidual’s effect on the market. Because this Very few individuals “inactivity” is a decision that will ultimately Then, the decision in Wickard v. Filburn arrived. The Court ruled that production can afford to pay for shift one’s own costs to others in the form of quotas on the purely intrastate consumpcosts and premiums, the substantial their own care when higher tion of wheat were constitutional under the effects on the health-insurance market are the time comes.

Commerce Clause. This is because this pernot negated. sonal consumption affects interstate comRegulating these effects is an essential This causes costs merce in the aggregate by altering supply part in a broader regulatory activity and is to be shifted from and demand and that leaving it unregulated clearly within the power of Congress to regthe government and ulate under the commerce clause. would undercut Congress’s “broader regulatory scheme.”

Furthermore, the act is constitutional behospitals to paying This ruling stood for decades until the cause of how it functions. The penalty that customers.” case of United States v. Lopez, in which the the individual mandate places on individuCourt identified three broad categories in als who do not purchase health insurance which Congress may regulate interstate commerce: the use collects revenue from part of that individual’s income tax. of channels of interstate commerce, the instrumentalities This will help the government generate revenue that will of interstate commerce and activities that “substantially af- reimburse the health-care costs the uninsured fail to pay. fect” interstate commerce.

If one’s position is that Congress cannot tax for the purFurther cases have added a distinction in the third catpose of providing health insurance, one clearly hasn’t egory of “substantial affects” of interstate commerce belooked at their pay stubs recently. This is done already, tween non-economic activity and economic activity, as the through programs like Medicare and Medicaid. ability to regulate the possession of guns in a school zone Imposing a tax directly on the free riders of the industry is not a matter that can be regulated by Congress due to the who shift costs to other paying consumers is a clear exernon-economic nature of the activity. This third category cise of the power to tax. While framing the law in this way is is extremely important for “Obamacare,” as regulating the not politically convenient because higher taxes are political health insurance industry is clearly economic in nature. taboo, it is exactly what the law does.

Principal arguments on “Obamacare” rest on whether Congress has the power to enact the so-called “individual mandate” through its power under the commerce clause.

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ust last week, I was OPINION COLUMNIST required by one of my classes to attend a university-sponsored lecture.

I was completely prepared to sit for two hours and listen to someone jabber on and on about Kimm Johnson something I had little to kimm.johnson@ou.edu no interest in.

I mean, I’m all for learning, but sometimes I’d rather just sit at home watching that rerun of “Friends” rather than get up and be “intellectually stimulated.”

However, this particular lecture dramatically changed my opinion of speakers that OU brings to Norman. The lecture I attended was presented by Dr. Maureen Clemmons about how the pyramids were built.

On the flyer I saw, it said she was going to talk about how she believes the ancient pyramids were built with wind power. At the time, I could not even picture how that would work, but I went and I listened.

Clemmons explained how she was just your average Joe with a doctorate in innovative change and an executive MBA — and not someone with a super sciencecharged background.

Not once did she try to talk over our heads or use big crazy words to convey her educational prowess, as I had expected. Clemmons’ way of presenting things was humorous while maintaining the level of intellect the university wants to see.

During the presentation, she would show us pictures of ancient Egyptian artifacts and then relate it to how those objects could be used as tools: A picture of an ancient onyx next to a modern-day carabineer “This lecture looked like they could be drastically changed used with the same purpose in mind. Clemmons my mind about this with a few other speakers that are did objects, and I have to say brought to campus. my mind was sufficiently blown.

OU actually tries that, she showed to bring interesting usAfter video clips of how she people to help us moved an 11-ton obelisk with just wind power, kites, learn and love to ropes and pulleys. learn.”

I had never put two and two together like that, and I thought it was extraordinary that she did.

Yet her discoveries were met with much skepticism.

A huge emphasis was placed on the fact that she had to keep going and believing in herself.

Was it stressful at times? Of course. But Clemmons realized that any time you are trying to change the mind of an entire community, it is not going to come without resistance.

Because she kept pressing on, she earned a 2004 documentary on the Discovery Channel, a place on the 2009 Women of Discovery trading cards, a book written about her and the respect of NASA, CalTech engineering professors, the National Society of Engineers and numerous other people around the globe. Her research has also helped with new low-cost construction methods in South America.

One of the best things about the lecture was that Clemmons was still down-to-earth and inspirational.

All of the work that she put into the project was her time, her effort and her money.

In history class and numerous textbooks, I have always heard about people having that much drive but seeing it in person and seeing it pay off was something I had never been able to experience before.

All in all, this lecture drastically changed my mind about speakers that are brought to our campus. OU actually tries to bring interesting people to help us learn and love to learn.

Although you may be a skeptic at first, try attending one of these presentations. Your tuition is going toward them, anyway. If you are anything like me, they might be a lot better than you ever dreamed they would be.

Either way, just give it a shot; you could be pleasantly surprised.

Kimm Johnson is an environmental design sophomore.

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OUDaily.com ›› Stanford and Boise State lost, but OU still has work to do in the BCS to make a trip to New Orleans, The Daily’s Greg Fewell says.

Volleyball

Bears hand OU fourth-straight loss

Sports Briefs Wrestling

Oklahoma remains undefeated at 13th Brockport tournament

Sooners struggle against Baylor’s slide offense

The No. 10-ranked OU wrestling team remained undefeated by winning its first tournament of the season at the Brockport/Oklahoma Gold Classic on Saturday in Brockport, N.Y. OU remains the only team to win the tournament, which has been held annually for the past 13 years. After opening its season with a 33-6 victory over Oklahoma City University, the Sooners earned five individual titles en route to the team victory in Brockport.

Junior 125-pounder Jarrod Patterson, senior 133pounder Jordan Keller, sophomore 141-pounder Kendric Maple, sophomore 157-pounder Matt Lester and junior 184-pounder Erick Schmidtke all finished in first place in their respective weight classes to pace the Sooners. OU also had five top-five individual finishers, culminating in an easy victory over second-place Maryland.

Rutgers, Army and Clarion rounded out the top five in the tournament.

The Sooners will be back in action and looking to stay undefeated Friday, when they host Missouri at McCasland Field House.

Greg Fewell, Assistant Sports Editor

Luke McConnell Sports Reporter

In a close match, every little thing matters.

The OU volleyball team didn’t do enough of the little things Saturday night against Baylor, committing 12 service errors and 26 attack errors to drop its fourthstraight match, 3-1 (28-26, 25-27, 22-25, 22-25).

“We w ere not able to keep the ball in play when it counted the most,” OU coach Santiago Restrepo said. “At crunch time, we didn’t come through, and we made way too many mistakes on our side.”

Senior right side Suzy Boulavsky led the offense with 19 kills, and senior middle blocker Carlee Roethlisberger had 15 kills with a .652 hitting percentage.

Boulavsky said the team has to learn how to play with a better sense of urgency and learn from the tough time they’re going through.

“We keep saying every match, ‘We need to win this to help with our position for the tournament,’” Boulavsky said. “It’s going to be tough to swing the momentum from where it’s gone.”

Senior setter Brianne Barker played through a hand injury suffered Wednesday against Kansas State and contributed a double-double with 43 assists and 20 digs.

Briana Tolbert led Baylor with 19 kills, and Zoe Adom added 15 for the Bears, which also had five players record double-digit digs.

James Corley, sports editor dailysports@ou.edu • phone: 405-325-3666

Cross Country

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Sophomores Sallie McLaurin (14), middle blocker, and Keila Rodríguez, outside hitter, try to block a Baylor player during OU’s 3-1 loss to the Bears on Saturday at McCasland Field House. OU has lost four straight.

Tolbert had most of her kills of the slide, an offensive scheme that has given OU fits this season.

“It’s all about us defending and putting the right people in the right place at the right time,” Restrepo said.

The S ooners won the hard-fought opening set, 28-26, but dropped the next three sets to lose their fourthstraight match.

Restrepo said Oklahoma

struggled against Baylor’s stepped-up defense.

“We have a good offense,” Restrepo said. “But teams are digging us a lot more, and we are not responding very well to the challenge.”

After taking the final three sets, Baylor handed OU its second home loss in as many games.

Roethlisberger said leading by example was the only way to keep the rest of the

team mentally focused.

“As seniors, you have t o l e a d b y e x a m p l e ,” Roethlisberger said. “You have to communicate with them and show you have confidence in them. As a team, we have to play together and be confident in each other.”

The Sooners return to action at 6 p.m. Wednesday when they face the Kansas Jayhawks in Lawrence.

The OU men’s cross country team, currently ranked fifth in the nation, earned an automatic bid to the NCAA Championships by finishing second in its regional Friday in DeKalb, Ill. The Sooners were barely edged out of first place by in-state rival Oklahoma State.

The Cowboys, currently the top team in the country, beat the Sooners by three points to take the regional crown.

Senior Kevin Schwab paced the Sooners with a time of 31 minutes, 22.10 seconds.

The finish was good enough for Schwab to KEVIN land in second place in the regional for the SCHWAB second year in a row. The Sooners, meanwhile, will be heading to their third consecutive NCAA Championship.

While the women’s team did not qualify as a unit, junior Jessica Engel finished in fifth to earn a spot in the women’s championships. She finished with a time of 21:04.33.

The men’s cross country team will aim for a national championship Nov. 21, when it travels to Terre Haute, Ind., for the NCAA Championships.

Greg Fewell, Assistant Sports Editor

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PLAYER TO WATCH Cameron Clark Year: Sophomore Position: Guard Hometown: Sherman, Texas 2010 stats: 9.3 points per game, 1.0 assists per game, 0.8 steals per game, .373 3-point percentage

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Everyone is more athletic in Texas, or so players from Texas say.

But the abilities and achievements of sophomore guard Cameron Clark can illustrate that. He’s at his best with the ball in his hands and defenders in his way.

He’ll be asked to drive the ball toward the basket more this season, but he has a sweet pull-up jumper in his repertoire he can pull out if the game dictates.

He started all 32 games last season for the Sooners and averaged 9.3 points per game as a freshman, shooting a shade under 50 percent from the field at 47.4.

Before donning the crimson and cream, he was rated as the fifth-best prep small forward in the country by Rivals.com. He was ranked the No. 32 prep ballplayer in his class by ESPN.com and was a two-time, first-team All-State player at Sherman (Texas) High School.

He averaged 23.7 points and nine rebounds per game as a high school senior.

It’s no wonder he’s from the state of Texas. After all, Texas is one of the most athletic states in the country.

Earl Campbell was born in Tyler, Texas. Ernie Banks was born in Dallas, as was Grant Hill.

The state is home to nine professional sports franchises: one MLS, one NHL, two MLB, two NFL and three NBA teams. Two of those franchises competed for world championships in the last calendar year (NBA’s Dallas Mavericks and MLB’s Texas Rangers), won of which brought home the trophy (Dallas).

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Sophomore guard Cameron Clark (21) guards a Washburn player during OU’s 85-59 exhibition win Nov. 6. Clark is one of five players from Texas on the OU men’s basketball roster, and OU coach Lon Kruger said he hopes to recruit more aggressively in Texas.

“Texas is on the rise, man,�

Clark said. “Texas is coming up in football, basketball. I mean, Texas is what it is right now, man.�

A third of Oklahoma’s men’s basketball roster hails from Texas — junior guard Carl Blair (Houston), sophomore guard Cameron Clark (Sherman), senior guard T.J. Franklin (Fort Worth), freshman guard James Fraschilla (Dallas) and senior forward

Barry HonorĂŠ (Garland).

Only two Sooners are home-grown: sophomore forward Tyler Neal (Oklahoma City, Putnam City West) and senior forward C.J. Washington (Stringtown).

The players on the roster from Texas were recruited during the Capel era, but Kruger likes the idea of recruiting Texas, and he expects to delve into the state’s abundance of athleticism in

the future. “There’s a ton of students at OU from Texas, so it’s a very natural recruiting base,�

Kruger said. “We certainly want to establish, initially, the home state, the players in Oklahoma. We want to get after them very aggressively. But ... we want to go into Texas aggressively.�

And why not? 13 of ESPNU’s top-100 prep players in the 2012 recruiting

class are from Texas. Players in the state benefit from developed high schools and involved AAU programs.

Texas Express Basketball Club owns six AAU national championships since it was first formed in 1995, according to the club’s website. Over 130 players — boys and girls — who have played for the club later played collegiate basketball.

Those who are from the

state aren’t shy about bragging about it, and the Texas natives on the men’s basketball team aren’t any different. “We always joke about it in the locker room,â€? HonorĂŠ said. “We’ll gang up on people and say, ‘Don’t want none of the Texas boys’.â€?

HonorĂŠ was named S o u t hw e s t e r n At h l e t i c Conference Freshman of the Year for the 2007-08 season at Southern. He, too, said it would be prudent for Oklahoma to recruit his home state. “I think [Texas] is one of the most underrated states as far as basketball players because it’s so big, it’s easy for people to get lost,â€? HonorĂŠ said. “It’s so many players and so many schools and teams.â€?

Blair said he joins in the fun of the interstate rivalry among his teammates. He’s entering his second season at Oklahoma after playing his freshman year at New Orleans. “I know it’s a lot of great talent where I come from, a lot of guys you’ll never see because they messed up in high school or something,�

Blair said. “I know all over the state, it’s great players in Dallas, everywhere. You can even see it on the football team. I mean, Texas is a great pool for athletes.�

Women’s Basketball

Sooners open with victory Oklahoma cruises in season-opener KEDRIC KITCHENS Sports Reporter

The OU women’s basketball team set a school record during a 117-55 win against Sacramento State in its regular-season opener Sunday.

OU led the entire game and scored 69 points in the first half. The previous record for points in a half (66) had stood since 1984. “I thought the first half, we were extremely difficult to guard,� OU coach Sherri Coale said. “You play like that, you play together and you share the ball like that, change sides of the floor, you’re going to be hard for anyone to guard.�

The Sooners shot 61.1 percent from the field, 50 percent from beyond the 3-point line and 84.2 percent from the free-throw line. OU held the Hornets to only 25.6 percent from the field and 26.7 percent from 3-point range to head to the locker room with

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The starters sat most of the second half. OU had seven players in double figures with sophomore guard Aaryn Ellenberg leading all scorers with 28. Hand added 18 points of her own, and

sophomore center Nicole Griffin was a perfect 6-for-6 from the field in her careerhigh-tying 14 points.

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Students dance their hearts out on Saturday night at the Resident Student Association Zombie Prom. The Prom was held in Couch Restaurants and was attended by students dressed up as zombies and humans.

The dancing Students, ‘zombies’ dance at Zombie Prom in Couch Alex Niblett

Life & Arts Reporter

Couch Restaurants was taken over by human and zombie OU students at a Zombie Prom on Saturday, as some students came dressed as zombies while others just as themselves.

The Zombie Prom event was put together and sponsored by all of the Resident Student Association offices.

The dance lasted from 8 to 10 p.m. Most students stayed the whole time, enjoying the free pizza, loads of glow sticks and the energetic music played by a disc jockey in the spirited atmosphere. Students danced the night away, with “fake” blood trickling down their faces.

Pre-physical therapy sophomore Brianna Versteeg, Traditions West Resident Student Association president, was responsible for the Zombie Prom idea.

“I went to the Party Galaxy store and saw zombie things and thought, ‘Oh hey, it’d be really cool to have a zombiethemed event!’” Versteeg said. “It went really well, really smooth.”

Versteeg said her favorite part was seeing everybody dance and not afraid to get on the dance floor. It wasn’t just Versteeg who was happy

“I went to the Party Galaxy store and saw zombie things and thought, ‘Oh hey, it’d be really cool to have a zombie-themed event!’

It went really well, really smooth.” brianna versteeg, Pre-physical therapy sophomore

about the Zombie Prom’s outcome.

Management sophomore Angela Bullock said she enjoyed the dancing too.

“My favorite part was dancing with friends and just seeing everybody have fun,” Bullock said.

Besides the dancing, the fact this event was free and on campus eased the mind of microbiology junior Andrea Osunbor.

“Events in school like this are safer, because there’s always more of a risk of people getting into fights, for example at events off campus,” Osunbor said. “Parents will feel their kids are safer, and the students feel safer as well.”

It also was a nice break for students who are busy studying, with just five weeks left of the semester, Versteeg said.

Versteeg said the Zombie Prom event may not occur next year.

“We’d like to try something similar, but we like to change

[the events] every year,” Versteeg said.

Osunbor said this Zombie prom was without a doubt a great success she said the only thing that could’ve made it even better would’ve been a larger show of people.

“It was a lot of fun, but I’d like to see more people come to events like this. It’s a nice way to meet other people and make new friends,” Osunbor said.

Bullock said that she went to the prom “to go socialize and have fun.”

Environmental Sustainability sophomore Abby Skinner said she enjoyed herself and commends everyone who put this event together.

“I think Brianna did a great job,” Skinner said. “It was a great collaboration of all of the RSA’s. I had a blast.”

According to the RSA offices RSA plans to hold more social events, as well as academic events in the future.

entertainment brief Greek Life

Fraternity to host weeklong events, poetry slam Students will battle it out with poetry during Omega Delta Phi’s Poetry Slam in the Oklahoma Memorial Union’s Beaird Lounge, as part of the fraternity’s ODPhi Week.

The comp etition w ill begin Nov. 16 at 7 p.m. and will offer a $250 cash prize to the winner, as well as cash to the second- and third-place contestants.

“It is an opportunity for students to be able to express their creative side through recitation and enactment of

poetry, while giving them the opportunity for competition and a chance to win cash prizes,” fraternity President Jason Lugo said.

Interested Students must sign up by Nov. 15 at 5 p.m. and submit the application to the ODPhi mailbox in the Student Life Office in the Union.

The Multicultural Greek Council fraternity will host several other events during ODPhi Week. A benefit night at On the Border from 5 to 9 p.m. Tuesday will earn funds for ODPhi’s national philanthropy, Court Appointed Special Advocates for Children. A Thanksgiving Mixer at the HendersonTulsa Cultural Center at 7

p.m. Thursday will give students the opportunity to make holiday cards for elementary school students.

The week will close Friday w i t h t h e To m a s R i v e ra Educational Empowerment Conference.

“The goal of the TREE Conference is to empower high school juniors and seniors by educating them over the numerous opportunities available to them as they pursue a higher education,” Lugo said.

The TREE Conference will bring in more than 400 students and award more than $10,000 in scholarships, Lugo said.

Megan Deaton, Life & Arts Reporter

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Left: Performance junior Kelcie Miles, holds a dog onstage during rehearsal for The Two Gentlemen of Verona. The production opened in Old Science Hall Wednesday and finished Sunday.

Two many Shakespeare play adapted to be 1960s-themed

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U Lab Theatre’s Life & Arts Columnist re-imagined “The Two Gentlemen of Verona” could be called an average teen comedy — if every average teenage comedy featured William Shakespeare’s complicated, verbose dialogue.

Sydney Allen The show was a lively sallen@ou.edu affair; complemented by the perfect ’60s soundtrack, this beach-bum take on Shakespeare worked surprisingly well. The set, designed by University College freshman Catherine Diaz, was garish yet appropriate for the beach setting. At times, however, it was hard to tell when locations changed.

The play, often regarded as the Bard’s first work, tells of falling in love, falling out of love and lusting for your best friend’s girl, with some traditional Shakespearean crossdressing thrown in for good fun.

Proteus, played by performance senior Mitchell Reid, is a hopeless romantic considered foolish by his love-scorning buddy, who is, appropriately enough, named Valentine.

Valentine, played by performance senior Jordan Blount, travels to Milan without Proteus, who stays to pursue his love, Julia, portrayed by performance senior Emily Jackson.

But Proteus’ mother arranges for him to go to Milan anyway, and, after a tearful goodbye with his ladylove, Proteus is off.

Unfortunately, Proteus discovers that Valentine has fallen in love with Silvia, played by performance senior Tiffany

Right: Performance senior Emily Jackson, reacts to performance junior Lindsey Kite during rehearsal of The Two Gentlemen of Verona.

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Mack, and that’s where all the trouble starts. Proteus also falls for Silvia, vowing, “Julia is dead to me.” Harsh. At the same time, Julia is plotting to join Proteus in Milan, dressing as a man to stay safe on the journey.

Of course, by the end of the show, all the mess is righted.

Proteus realizes he still loves Julia, Silvia is allowed to marry Valentine and everyone goes home happy — including the audience.

Although the dialogue was rushed at times, all the actors seemed well-practiced on how to effectively deliver the complicated verses, especially performance sophomore Tatum Price, who managed to infuse her character, silly servant Speed, with energy and enthusiasm through her voice.

Another impressive performance came from Blount, who

damnquails

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When two local artists formed their band, neither of them could have known that its music would soon be claiming radio airtime in far-off places like France and Australia.

In d e p e n d e nt s i ng e r s and songwriters Gabriel Marshall and Bryon White joined to create The Damn Quails. Both talented artists, the men combined efforts to create a folk, Americana, rock ‘n’ roll sound that transcends stereotypical band genres.

The Damn Quails will soon tour in Texas, Missouri and Kansas, but Norman music lovers will have chances to hear them Monday night at The Deli before they go abroad.

The band recently released its new album “Down the Hatch,” which has received high marks for its unique sound.

“Seven of the songs are songs that I wrote and sang lead vocals on, and seven are Gabe’s,” White said. “It’s a joint effort, but we are each independent songwriters.”

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People often confuse The Damn Quails as a political band name, Marshall said, but the name actually has much simpler origins.

“It’s actually because of Christmas tree ornaments,” Marshall said. “We would come in at night, and there was this Christmas tree with these quail ornaments, and we’d always end up knocking them off and saying, ‘Those damn quails!’ We were just sitting around one night, and I said, ‘The damn quails. That would be a good band name.’”

The Damn Quails regularly play at The Deli in Norman but have also received attention internationally. A French radio

Sydney Allen is a broadcast and electronic media sophomore.

Gabriel Marshall and Bryon White make up local band, The Damn Quails.

The band wil perform today at The Deli before going abroad for their current tour.

Local singer-songwriters attract fans from around the world with transcendent sound Megan Deaton

made us see his mental anguish at being torn between his love, his best friend and his best friend’s girl.

And, of course, drama professor Alissa Millar’s dog, Daisy, stole the show as Crab, an unfeeling dog that refuses to weep for its owner. Daisy played the part stoically, not letting one puppy whimper free.

“The Two Gentlemen of Verona” is a charming work that defies any notion of Shakespeare not being accessible to a young audience.

He wrote the book on love triangles before any teen romantic comedy.

show, “Big Cactus Country,” featured the band as artist of the week and regularly plays its tracks.

“It’s kind of odd because we’re not doing anything different than before,” Marshall said. “It’s weird to think that people that far away are lisphoto provided tening to us.”

White chuckled when asked if he had any crazy stories about being on the road and touring and said there were too many to count.

“Touring is some of the most fun for us on a person- Celebrate international GIS Day -- a day of education about geographic al level,” White said. “Getting information science! to hang out with people and hearing what they have to Sponsored by the Geoinformatics Program, Center for Spatial Analysis say about us is awesome.” and Oklahoma NASA Space Grant The musicians pull inspi- Date: Monday, November 14th through Wednesday, November 16th during the hours ration from Woody Guthrie, 8:00 am to 5:00 pm only.

Bob Dylan and Tom Petty, Marshall said.

Eligibility: Any OU student (students employed by CSA/ Geoinformatics not eligible) “They’re the people that we grew up listening to,” What is geocaching? It’s a high tech scavenger hunt using GPS units.

Marshall said. “We don’t copy anything, but we can How to Play? definitely take some point- -Go to the Oklahoma Memorial Union and check out a GPS unit with valid student ers from them.”

ID from 10 am to 2 pm on Monday, November 14th or Wednesday, November 16th.

The Damn Quails empha- We’ll even give you a quick lesson! You can also use your own GPS or GPS enabled size their availability to fans cell phone Monday, November 14th through Wednesday, November 16th 8:00 am to and can be reached through 5:00 pm. their website, Twitter profile or Facebook pages.

-Find your way to three locations on campus using the latitude and longitude

2011 Geocache Contest

Enter to Win an Apple iPad!

coordinates and hints below.

Being

NUMBER ONE is nothing to celebrate.

-When you are near the location look around for the hidden geocache container – the containers will be clearly marked.

-Follow directions in the container to answer 3 questions. Directions for two caches require entering a nearby building to get information and answer the question - these caches can only be completed during business hours 8 am to 5 pm -Enter the drawing to win an Apple iPad by submitting your answers on paper at our table in the Union M/W 10-2 or by email geoinfo@nwc.ou.edu . All entries must include name, phone and email address in addition to 3 answers as on the form below.

Entries must be received by midnight Wednesday November 16th. Winners will be notified Friday, November 18th.

This year, more than

172,000 people will be diagnosed with lung cancer, and more than 163,000 will die — making it America’s

NUMBER ONE cancer killer.

But new treatments offer hope.

Join Lung Cancer Alliance in the fight against this disease.

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For more information or accommodations on the basis of disability contact geoinfo@nwc.ou.edu or 325-4871.