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Students in the Gay, Lesbian, Transgender, Bisexual and Friends group are currently working on a genderblind housing resolution that would provide students with more options for on-campus resident living.

An excerpt of a drafted resolution states, “There are students living on campus who are put into uncomfortable and potentially dangerous situations due to the reinforced gendered stereotypes perpetuated by a binary being housed among a gender they may no longer identify with.”

This drafted resolution also addresses the financial burden placed on gender-blind students, whose only option is to live in a single-occupancy room that is more expensive than a two-person room.

The students of GLTBF think university housing with a roommate should be an option available to everyone, according to the drafted resolution. The final resolution has not been submitted to Housing and Food yet.

“As far as my opinion of the resolution, I think this is a great step toward resolving GLBT housing issues at OU,”

said Olivia Favela, sociology junior. “As of now, there aren’t many alternatives for those who are not comfortable with the current gender-based housing options.”

Favela said she never had trouble with her roommates or hall mates while living in the resident halls.

Lauren Royston, Housing and Food spokeswoman, said Dave Annis, director of Housing and Food Services, spoke with a student group earlier this semester requesting they put forth a resolution of their needs, which she said they have not received yet.

Students have not completed a final draft of the resolution yet.

Royston said there will be co-ed upperclassmen floors next year, an option that was available several years ago.

“After gauging students about what they wanted, we were able to reinstitute this as an option,” Royston said.

“OU Traditions East and West has been at capacity, and those who wanted to live on campus wanted co-ed floors as an option.”

Elizabeth Rucker, international studies and interdisciplinary perspectives on the environment sophomore, said she thinks co-ed upperclassmen floors are far from ideal but said she thinks it does bring them closer to their goal of gender desegregation in housing.

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INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS CROSS LANGUAGE BORDER Linguistic differences can be obstacles in and out of the classroom MEREDITH MORIAK Managing Editor

Editor’s Note: This is the first of a series of stories chronicling international students in their experiences at OU and in the United States.

Speaking English and communicating in the United States isn’t a problem for international student Muhammed Faraj. However, he believes speaking Kurdish, his native language, and communicating in Kurdistan, his home, might be a problem someday.

Faraj, University College freshman, said he has not found anyone who speaks Kurdish to converse with since moving to Oklahoma this semester and fears he might lose his native language during the next four years.

He began learning English in the fifth grade while attending school

in Kurdistan, an area in northern Iraq. When he was 15, he spent a year studying as an exchange student in Tucson, Ariz., where he first experienced the American culture and was forced to speak only English.

“I knew English before I came, but you have to be in the culture before you understand the language,” he said.

When he returned to Kurdistan, Faraj said he had a difficult time remembering Kurdish words and spoke mostly in English with his friends.

“My friends made fun of me for forgetting words, but I helped them with their English,” he said.

When Faraj returned to the United States this semester to study engineering at OU, he said it was like coming back to a second home.

Over the past four months, Faraj said he has begun losing his accent again, which happened while studying in Arizona, too.

“I was talking with my mom BORDER CONTINUES ON PAGE 2

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Muhammed Faraj, University College freshman and international student from Kurdistan, speaks about the challenges and surprises of coming to America. Before coming to OU, Faraj studied in Tucson, Ariz., as a foreign exchange student.

‘Gotcha’ program to be expanded to all campus libraries Program to teach students responsibility for items RICKY MARANON Daily Staff Writer

OU Libraries will expand its “Gotcha” program to include all OU campus libraries, said Sarah Robbins, OU Libraries spokeswoman.

OUPD started the “Gotcha” program about three years ago, hoping to teach students responsibility when it came to leaving their valuables unattended in the Bizzell Memorial Library, Robbins said.

“When a student leaves their valuables — whether it be a computer or a backpack — alone for more than five minutes or so, an employee or security personnel will pick GOTCHA CONTINUES ON PAGE 2

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Students who leave their items unattended in the library now risk collection of the items by library security personnel due to an increase in library thefts.

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Utility plant reduces Huffman parking spaces Building projected to be finished by fall 2011

senior, said the recent changes in the parking lots has caused her to be late for classes.

“They took away more spots than they made, so now everyone is fighting for those 235 spaces as opposed to the 600 spaces HANNAH RIEGER Contributing Writer there were a week ago,” Martin said. “I have to leave extra early so I allow myself time to Commuter students have one less place circle around the parking lot.”

The utility plant will look similar to the to park on campus due to the construction of a new OU utility plant in the Huston surrounding buildings and future projects in that area to come, Sandefer said.

Huffman Center.

“The exterior of the building has been The utility plant will be used to provide chilled water, steam and electricity nec- designed to utilize materials and architectural details to blend in haressary for expanding cammoniously with the Huston pus facilities, said Amanda CHILL FACTS Huffman Center and the Hearn, OU Physical Plant • Utility Plant #4 will be future Wellness and Fitness spokeswoman.

Center,” Sandefer said.

“This plant is most urgently operational by Fall 2011.

The project has been in needed to meet the needs of • There has been a temporary planning since 2006 and is new campus construction,” loss of 350 parking spots.

• The project has been in expected to be completed she said. and fully operational by fall Construction of the new fa- planning for three years. cility will temporarily take all • Parking Overview Map: 2011.

“Final design and acquiof the parking it is occupying, http://www.ou.edu/parksition of major equipment approximately 350 parking ing/ParkingMap.pdf items were approved by spaces, said Kathy Sandefer, Architecture and Engineering Services the OU Board of Regents earlier this year,” Sandefer said. spokeswoman.

This is a capital construction project, After completion of the building, approximately 135 spaces will be returned to use, being managed by OU Architectural and Engineering Services. she said.

For more information on parking lots Students are encouraged to use the new parking lot built on the east side of the designated for commuter students, visit the OU parking and transit Web site, ou.edu/ Huston Huffman Center, Sandefer said.

Missy Martin, multi-disciplinary studies parking.

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Gotcha Continued from page 1 up the item and take it to the circulation desk for safekeeping,” she said.

Robbins said in place of the item, a note will be left explaining where students can retrieve their belongings.

“Printed on bright-colored paper, it reads: ‘Gotcha!

Can you afford the loss of your property? Next time, it may not be the University Police Department or a staff member that finds your property left unattended.

Please don’t you leave property unattended! Security is everybody’s business,’” Robbins said. “Then there is a place for the date and time to be written on the slip.”

Robbins said although the note says “the University Police Department,” OU Police is not directly involved with the program.

“OU Police has a ‘Gotcha’like program in place on other parts of campus, but Bizzell has their own security personnel not directly associated with OU Police,” said Lt. Bruce Chan, OU Police spokesman. “OU Police does not take people’s personal belongings.”

Chan said OU Police will patrol Bizzell, but the only time OU Police will become involved is when something is intentionally stolen.

Robbins said the slips are going to be reprinted in the near future.

“We do this program for two reasons,” Robbins said.

“One, we want to teach students to be responsible with their items in the library.

And two, it is better that library personnel take the item where it can easily be picked up by the owner than

someone actually stealing the item and it never been seen again.”

According to OU Police reports, more than $12,000 in electronics and personal items were stolen on campus between Sept. 3 and Oct. 3.

“Students may be seeing an increase of these slips because we have dispersed the slips to other library departments for distribution,” Robbins said. “In the past, only library security distributed the slips, but now, other departments that work throughout the library have copies of the slip to place on unattended items. We are trying to raise student awareness on this issue of protecting personal belongings in public spaces, and this is just one way that we accomplish that goal.”

Students said they appreciate the thought behind the program but felt students should take responsibility for their actions.

“I saw a guy across from me one day get his laptop taken from a security guard,” said Chris Gibbons, botany and chemistry junior. “It seemed a little weird to me that an OU employee would be taking a student’s personal belongings.”

Gibbons said people understand the risk they take when they leave their items unattended.

“I leave my stuff unattended a lot for just a few minutes here and there when I’m in Bizzell,” said Shannon Monroe, zoology senior. “It makes sense that they would want to make us aware of the dangers of leaving your stuff around, but I think there is a better way to teach students how to be responsible than taking their stuff.”

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Border Continued from page 1 the other day in Kurdish and she said, ‘What is going on with your speech?’

There was English rhythm and inflection to it,” Faraj said.

Faraj and his roommate, Hasan Ali, often hold conversations in two different languages.

Ali, a University College freshman from Baghdad, speaks in his native language, Arabic, to Faraj.

Faraj then comprehends what Ali says in Arabic and replies in English.

“It’s kind of funny because [Faraj] fully understands [Arabic] but he can’t speak it,” said Ali, who has also spoken English since fifth grade.

Although all of his classes are in

Housing Continued from page 1 Rucker said gender-blind housing implies students could share a room and bathroom with students of different genders, and she said it would probably be an option on the housing form if that student would be comfortable living with people of different genders.

“In my opinion, and this is not a part of the official resolution or anything Housing and Food has said, is that the resident advisers for gender-blind floors should be chosen based on their expressed interest in managing such a floor and should complete specialized training in LGBTQIA [lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, intersex and asexual] needs and issues,” Rucker said.

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English, Ali said he speaks Arabic about 75 percent of the time and has found other students with whom to converse.

“You have to work on English, but it’s kind of easier for me than it is for other people,” Ali said.

He said he spends time helping friends who don’t understand the language.

“Saturday night I helped a friend from Kuwait who doesn’t understand English really well,” Ali said. “I just tried translating for him so he can make sense of it.”

For Wenyu Zhang, geology sophomore, living with three American men has helped him with the English language.

Originally from China, Zhang said he now speaks English half of the time

and his native language the other half.

“I’ve spoken English for about five years, which is not that long, so I still have a problem with accents and vocabulary,” Zhang said.

Whenever Zhang doesn’t understand something, he said he visits his professors during office hours to discuss it.

Although all three studied English before coming to the United States, Faraj, Ali and Zhang agreed they have been confused when they believe a word means one thing but the U.S. has a different interpretation.

“When I was living in Tuscon, my host mom kept saying I was spoiled ... I thought she meant I was dirty and rotten,” Faraj said. “It took a really long time before I realized spoiled means a family pays a lot of attention to you.”

She said GLBTF is the main force behind this campaign, supported by Students for a Democratic Society, the Women’s and Gender Studies Student Association and the Housing Center Student Association, which passed the co-ed housing legislation.

“I support gender-blind housing because it is imperative that transgender and homosexual students be able to live in safety, enjoy the OU community and express their identity freely,” Rucker said.

She said she would like to see opt-in gender-blind floors for freshmen implemented at OU before she graduates in May 2012.

“As women gain parity in the work place, society and culture, how can we expect to overcome gender discrimination if we continue to segregate people based on gender,” Rucker said. “We have international floors so students

can learn about cultures different from their own, we do not prohibit students of different economic classes from rooming together, and we do not house people according to their race.”

Rucker said she thinks living in a platonic setting with people of different genders will increase understanding and acceptance of nontraditional gender identities and sexual orientations.

Christopher Jay, political science and philosophy senior, said he thinks OU should uphold a standard of fairness and enlightenment, and discrimination is neither of these.

“This measure is needed in order to help real people,” Jay said. “Bisexuals, gays, lesbians, transgender and intersex people are dealing with the difficult tasks we all face, like finals and tough work schedules. Not only are they facing these challenges, they also meet with discrimination.”

will present “Fair Trade: The Power of Choice” at 6 p.m. in the Sam Noble Oklahoma Museum of Natural History.

TUESDAY CHRISTIANS ON CAMPUS Christians on Campus will

host a Bible study at noon in the union’s Sooner Room.

FILM AND VIDEO STUDIES Cinematographer Barry Braverman will give a free workshop on television documentaries and feature films from 6 to 9 p.m.

in Gaylord Hall, room 1140.

RELAY FOR LIFE OU Relay For Life will host a kickoff event from 7 to 9 p.m. in the union’s Ballroom.

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

In response to Friday’s news story, “Low turnout at discussion emphasizes student apathy” YOU CAN COMMENT AT OUDAILY.COM

OUR VIEW

“Low turnout doesn’t automatically imply apathy. In this case, I think it’s almost certainly a stronger indicator that the event was under-advertised.

I had no idea about it, and I’d have been interested in attending.”

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STAFF COLUMN

Housing resolution promotes tolerance A student group is drafting a resolution to submit to OU Housing and Food that would create gender-blind housing options (see page 1 for details). This resolution would accommodate students who are gay, lesbian, bisexual or transgender.

Currently, during their freshman year, these students sometimes must live with people who they do not identify with or who do not approve of them because of their identities as gay, lesbian, bisexual or transgender.

The resolution would allow these students to live with others who are tolerant of them. Now, they are often forced to live with someone who is intolerant or pay more to live alone.

We are saddened it has come to this. Part of attending a large university like OU is learning about cultures that are different from one’s own. Students should come into this experience with an open mind and a willingness to meet and learn from

others from different backgrounds.

But the need for this resolution shows that some students are not this open-minded. Not only are some not open-minded, but some don’t even have the common decency to respect their fellow human beings, regardless of race, income level or in this case, sexual orientation.

We hope this tragedy will someday become completely eradicated. But for now, we encourage OU Housing and Food to pass the resolution when it is completed and the group to apply urgency to completing it.

This would allow every student, including those who are gay, lesbian, bisexual or transgender, to have a great first-year experience at OU. It would allow these students the opportunity to live with someone who is tolerant of them, no matter their differences.

And the sooner this happens, the better.

Thumbs Up and Thumbs Down THUMBS UP The men’s basketball team won its first game Saturday against the Mount St. Mary’s Mountaineers.

Supreme Court Associate Justice John Roberts will visit the OU Law Center this week.

A meteor shower will light up the sky tonight.

A Cleveland County sheriff’s deputy bravely and quickly stepped in to stop a man wielding a knife Thursday in a Cleveland County courtroom.

THUMBS DOWN A large portion of the Huff parking lot is closed to students for the construction of a water chiller plant.

Every candidate from the Oklahoma Students for a Democratic Society lost in last week’s UOSA fall general election.

The student section cleared out early in Saturday’s football game against the Texas A&M Aggies.

The Southern Poverty Law Center reported a rise in hate groups during the economic recession.

‘What do you have to say?’

George Orwell’s “1984” is a somewhat prophetic novel. If you haven’t read it, read it, and you’ll find yourself a more informed citizen. His book is just about dead on, save for one minor detail: We’re not controlled by the government so much as we are by the media.

We are all citizens under the “thought police,” which in our case is the media.

I have been taught what to think, you have been taught what to think and all of America has been taught what to think.

And this has been done not BROOKE by explicit statements – no, MYERS we’re far too democratic for that. The media has controlled our thoughts by subtly limiting what we are allowed to see or read. Certain voices have been made invisible – not because they have been denied a voice, but because they have been quietly denied publicity.

It’s ironic that I should state this in The Daily, but that irony plays into its ideality as my medium. For this paper is a perpetrator of this quiet, but nonetheless oppressive, act.

The beauty of the newspaper is its easy accessibility. I just have to walk through the doors of some building on campus, and I can pick up a copy of the paper and read it on my way to class.

But I pick up this paper each day, and it tells me right there on every page that there’s nothing going on in the world worth noting but that which is happening in the Norman, Oklahoma bubble.

And every day this paper neglects to do its duty of informing its public.

Every day it tells me what to think. Every day it tells me that my conversations about this paper will be limited to this Norman, Oklahoma bubble.

I don’t understand the fear of controversy.

I don’t understand the fear of getting people to talk, of getting people motivated, activated – whether they oppose an issue or support it.

I don’t understand why three guys around my age had to make a cheap documentary called “Invisible Children” so I could be informed of the horrors that occur every single day on the African continent.

I don’t understand how the media has filtered this huge and historic genocide out of its daily reports. Africa is a continent that can satiate every interest – humanitarian, political, scientific, religious – and yet it is left out, made invisible, forgotten or neglected.

At least someone has given them a voice, however small it is. But who else has been entirely left out? Who else have we not heard about because the media monsters whom we have placed our good faith and trust in have denied them publicity?

Local media outlets have an advantage because they don’t have to be victims to the corporate ownership that has tainted the big name media. They can offer a fresh and dynamic

perspective.

Especially on a college campus, a student newspaper should not stifle conversation, it should provoke it. It should shake students awake. We are the most powerful group of citizens, but our ignorance is our hindrance.

If someone writes too liberally for a reader’s taste, let him come forward and say something.

Media is meant to be communication, it is meant to ignite interaction, to set a flame to passions and actions.

Why would any form of media want to stifle actions for or against an issue by leaving their audiences ignorant of it?

Engage reporters, columnists and readers in a dialogue. How does knowledge become applicable unless we can apply it?

If local media is meant to enhance the sense of community among citizens, then let it do so by begging for participation from each part.

Don’t write articles about so-and-so who came to speak – let a columnist tell you what was said and what he or she thought. And let a reader who disagrees counter his column with one of their own.

Dynamic is so important – it is a crucial and critical element of a good paper.

There should never be a fear of engagement.

The media, through technology, has morphed into a much more communicative entity, which further develops the democracy we rave about.

The Internet is proof of this.

This newspaper is created right here on campus each day, so feedback is easily given and easily received.

The only obstacle is content. More readers will turn to the newspaper if there is more engaging content.

Audiences of media are no longer just audiences. Each individual has been given the opportunity to have his or her voice heard via the Internet, so upon tasting this, he or she only wants this opportunity to carry on into other media forms.

Audiences are now participants. He or she won’t give his or her attention, unless he or she gets the medium’s in return.

I hate to see missed opportunities because of a fear of controversy. And more than anything, I hate to see our university’s forum be limited to the Norman, Oklahoma bubble.

The Daily is the only university publication that reaches every single student on such a consistent basis; that is an enormous power and an even greater opportunity to evoke social changes.

Any publication is meant to demand its recipients to answer questions.

Let this one ask students and professors questions that will make them grow as interactive citizens of this community, and furthermore as activist citizens of this world.

What are you going to do?

What do you have to say?

Brooke Myers is an University College freshman.

STAFF COLUMN

‘The time you enjoy wasting is not wasted time’ As an industrial engineering major, efficiency has been ingrained into my way of thinking.

Japanese “continuous improvement” philosophies prohibit me from unloading the dishwasher without thinking, “What would Toyota do?” A quality control concept called “Six Sigma” leads me to believe only 3.4 people TJ per million readers found MOEN that last sentence to be worth even a smile.

As much as I am tempted to evangelize efficiency and continue making jokes you can’t relate to, I would rather explore the possibility that efficiency is completely overrated.

One recent trend in business, perhaps further spurred by the recession, is a focus on “lean” techniques. For many companies, this means an influx of efficiency experts, trained to scrutinize every manufacturing process and financial transaction.

What’s the problem?

Well, remember those IBM commercials

where employees simply “ideated” all day?

I can’t help but wonder if we are replacing too many creative, innovative “ideators” with data mining analysts.

Efficiency is vital in any business, but it’s important to remember that you simply can’t replace the power of a good idea — not even with a well-trained, analytically-minded industrial engineer.

Not every organization has the brainpower of G oogle,Inc. of course, but Google’s 20 percent rule, which dictates that employees spend 20 percent of their time exploring new ideas, comes to mind as the way companies ought to perform — thinking toward the future rather than overanalyzing the past.

Next, consider Wall Street. Isn’t it great how quickly you or I can get online to buy and sell stocks in the stock market?

Not necessarily. The information revolution, with all its great benefits, means the speed at which we can send and receive data is much faster than the rate at which we can actually comprehend it. So instead of carefully considering potential transactions, we let a computer command our every move.

(This revelation came to me during a fantasy basketball auction-style draft, when I accidentally spent $100 on Lebron James before realizing I had just used over half of my money.)

I also have to mention food. Industrial agriculture is certainly a clever design.

Cows are bred to get fat quickly and die, chickens are packed so tightly they never get to open their wings and fish are fed fertilizer from crop runoffs — all in the name of efficiency.

I can probably dream up many more examples of efficiency being taken too far, but the most important perspective to consider is that of a student.

For us, I think the problem is not that efficiency is overrated, but rather that it’s wrongly defined. For some reason, it’s usually only mentioned alongside work, studying, homework and other less-than-inspirational terms; there is no room for fun in the traditional meaning of efficiency.

Philosopher Bertrand Russell said it best: “The time you enjoy wasting is not wasted time.”

I should note that I am not trying to

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justify staring at Facebook for four hours a day; the following advice applies more to the highly-driven stress ball who simply refuses to take a break.

Do something w ithout a purpose once in a while. “Waste” some time. Be “inefficient.”

Take the time to enjoy a book that is not required by your instructor. Don’t let a lack of productivity prevent you from having fun at a concert or athletic event.

Try not to view the inch of empty space on your resume as a sign that you need to get involved in one more activity. Next time you’re in the middle of a long conversation, don’t think, “Hurry up and stop talking so I can leave and get some work done.” Instead, ask another question. Get to know their story.

It’s easy to feel pressured to constantly work toward that next big thing in life, even if you don’t yet know what it is. In all likelihood, though, you are the only person putting this pressure on yourself.

So take it easy. Have some fun. It’s just college.

TJ Moen is an industrial engineering junior.

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UOSA HONOR COUNCIL HOSTS FIRST INTEGRITY FORUM Panelists discuss benefits of honesty in academics, business KATHLEEN EVANS Daily Staff Writer

Academic integrity isn’t the most interesting topic, but needs to be discussed more often, said Breea Bacon, co-adviser to the UOSA Honor Council and assistant director of Academic Integrity Systems.

To foster discussion, the council hosted its first integrity forum Friday in Nielsen Hall.

The council invited professionals from fields such as medicine, engineering and law to appeal to a variety of students.

The forum featured a six-member panel of professionals who discussed how they use ethics and integrity throughout their lives and careers.

“The goal of this event [was] to show our student body that the integrity you learn and apply in your academics as a Sooner is not a temporary ideal, but a lasting virtue that will carry over into your professions upon graduation,” Bacon said.

Elizabeth Knowlton, zoology senior, said she enjoyed hearing Jerry Weber, education and human relations professor, discuss academic integrity because she wants to be a professor and thought his testimony was most applicable to students.

Knowlton, Honor Council secretary, said

Weber gave her a better understanding about involving dishonesty is not always easy. upholding integrity in real-life scenarios.

Josh Walker, asset manager for Chesapeake Weber stressed students should not trade Energy, said it is not always a clear-cut line. the long-term rewards of honesty for any “ To me, integrity is basically just short-term rewards of dishonesty. about doing the right thing,” Walker said.

“What you place at risk is so much more “Sometimes it might not be the easiest thing important than the 20 percent of your grade in the world to do, but as long as you follow you traded,” he said. that it will follow you He also mentioned PANEL MEMBERS with your career and in issues involving ineverything else will tegrity he would have Gina Hendryx — general counsel of the take care of itself.” no hesitation to con- Oklahoma Bar Association Other panelists Pam Fountain — president of Principal agreed that choosing front a colleague.

H o w e v e r, P a m Technologies and president of Oklahoma Ethics the most ethical acFountain, president Foundation Board tion isn’t always easy. the Oklahoma Ethics Jerry Weber — education and human relations People have to be Foundation board, said professor able to sleep at night confronting colleagues Josh Walker — asset manager for Chesapeake with whatever deciis sometimes easier Energy sions they make and said than done. they have to be able Cory Williams — state representative In business, it’s usu- Johnny Roy — chief of surgery at Edmond to reconcile with what ally one person’s word Medical Center and former OU Health Sciences they choose to do, said against another’s, so Center urology professor Cory Williams, a state reporting someone for representative. misconduct may come The panel mediator was Gregory Heiser, coAlthough students off as bad-mouthing. adviser to the honor council, assistant provost may not care about Although a person and OU professor. the consequences of might like everyone to unethical decisions know that someone is Source: ou.edu/honorcouncil right now, Fountain acting in an unethical said that they will manner, it is not always the right thing to do, have to be able to live with their consciences, Fountain said. which they will care about more as they grow Other members of the panel expressed that older. knowing the right thing to do in situations The UOSA Honor Council works to

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Pamela Fountain, Principle Technologies and Okla. Ethics Foundation Board member, speaks to students about academic integrity Friday afternoon in Nielsen Hall. educate students about academic integrity and also plays a role in academic misconduct hearings, according to its Web site. The council is also a chapter of the Oklahoma Business Ethics Consortium.

In the spring of 2010, the Honor Council will change its name to the Integrity Council to avoid any confusion with the Honors College and other programs, Bacon said. Its function will remain the same.

Architecture students use knowledge in the community OU’s Freedom by Design project needs funds and volunteers for building project NATASHA GOODELL Daily Staff Writer

OU architecture students are taking advantage of the lessons they learn in class to help a disabled man overcome the obstacles he faces at home.

The students are participating in the Freedom by Design program, a branch program of the American Institute of Architecture Students, enabling them to use the skills they are acquiring in class to help residents in the community.

“I think the part of [Freedom by Design] that’s rewarding is being able to enable someone to use their house,” said Courtney Sawyer, architecture junior and co-public relations chairwoman for Freedom by Design. “It’s nice to be able to make someone’s life easier for them and to use the skills we’re learning right now and apply them to a situation where we could help somebody.”

Sawyer said this year’s client is a Norman resident who has peripheral vascular disease and has recently lost both of his legs.

“Our main focus is to enable mobility and access for our

clients by making additions or modifications to their house or home,” Sawyer said.

She said the group is planning to add a ramp to the house, make sure the doors are accessible by Americans with Disabilities Act standards and add railings to his bathrooms.

Sawyer said this group is mostly funded through student fundraising initiatives.

She said they sold Halloween candy around school and will participate in a 5K run this spring. In addition, they have been asking for donations from companies around Norman.

“A big part of this project being scheduled depends on funding,” Sawyer said. “We’d like to start as soon as possible, but we’re looking at doing this in the spring.”

Sawyer said the Freedom by Design at OU currently has six students and two mentors, an architect mentor and a construction mentor, and she said they are planning to recruit more students in the OU College of Architecture.

“The construction project will probably take three to four days, depending on how many volunteers we have,” Sawyer said.

Sarah Abel, an architecture senior who sits on the national board of the American Institute of Architecture Students, said the Freedom by Design program has existed at a national

level for seven years with OU joining five years ago.

Abel thinks it is good that architecture majors can go out into the community because they are gaining so much by getting to build what they are designing.

“I think this is a good chance for architects to start building those relationships with clients,” she said.

However, Abel said, the hardest part about Freedom by Design is finding a client, which they aren’t really in a position to do well right now.

“We’ll go to different agencies to find a client, but they will say that they don’t have anyone,” she said.

Architecture junior Beth Pearcy said this is her first year to get involved with Freedom by Design.

“I think being able to go and use everything I’m learning in school and helping someone is really cool,” she said.

Pearcy said the American Institute of Architecture Students and Freedom by Design have been working together on this project.

“It’s really cool because we [architecture students] are all working together to do something for someone else,” she said.

Freedom by Design meets at 5:30 p.m. Wednesdays at the College of Architecture to discuss the building project.

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Okla. economy sees first sign of upturn State treasurer still suggests saving, using Rainy Day Fund CAITLIN HARRISON Daily Staff Writer

State revenues were down for the 10th straight month in October, but the state treasurer has tried to see the positive in the situation.

In October, revenue was 18.2 percent below state budget estimates. For the first quarter of the Oklahoma fiscal year, which began in July, revenue was 26 percent below estimates.

If, with these low numbers, revenue has bottomed out, the state might see revenue increases, Scott Meacham, Oklahoma state treasurer, said.

“This is the first sign of an uptick we’ve seen,” Meacham said. “Our corporate income tax collections were up for the first time in months. We’re hoping that the worst of this is behind us.”

Gov. Brad Henry cut state agencies’ budgets by 5 percent earlier this year – a cut that will last until June 30, 2010, the end of the fiscal year, Henry said.

The state has transferred $24.1 million from cash funds to keep the cuts at just 5 percent, and the money must be repaid by June 30, according to the state’s allocations chart.

“At this point, there’s no need to cut further than that,” Meacham said, “but we’re certainly monitoring the situation very closely.”

Despite Meacham’s positive predictions, Oklahoma House Speaker Chris Benge, R-Tulsa, warned state agencies this week in a press release about a possible billion-dollar budget shortfall.

“There is nothing to indicate a reversal in our state’s economic trend anytime soon, which means we must be realistic as we work to ensure a balanced budget for this fiscal year,” Benge stated in the release.

If the current trend continues, our state could be looking at as much as a billion-dollar shortfall to overcome, which means further cuts must be considered now, coupled with usage of funds from the state’s Rainy Day account.”

The state already will have to use some of the Rainy Day Fund, which holds about $600 million.

In order to access the fund, the State Board of Equalization must first declare a state revenue failure. The seven-member board, chaired by Henry, is likely to declare a failure at its December meeting, Meacham said.

When revenue failure is declared, the state has access to three-eighths of the Rainy Day Fund – or $225 million

– to appropriate the current year’s budget gap, Meacham said.

“If this isn’t a rainy day, I’m not sure what is,” Meacham said. “This is exactly the type of situation the Rainy Day Fund was developed to address.”

Currently, the Oklahoma Legislature deposits 10 percent of the prior year’s collections into the fund, but that amount could increase to 15 percent next year if the Legislature approves a bill filed recently by Sen. Andrew Rice, D-Oklahoma City.

“Given that our economy in Oklahoma tends to run in up and down cycles, the Legislature needs more flexibility to stow away more revenue during good times in order to deal with future economic crises,” Rice stated in a press release.

For now, state agencies should save as much money as possible, Benge said.

“While there are no good options available, the current practice of transferring dollars from other funds will inevitably make for more difficult decisions in the months ahead,” Benge stated in a release.

“For now, I strongly urge all state agencies to look at ways to save every dollar possible while also looking for additional areas to cut so any further reductions are less painful down the road.”

PALIN TO VISIT NORMAN FOR BOOK TOUR Former vice presidential candidate and Alaskan governor Sarah Palin will visit Norman next month during her national book signing tour.

Palin will sign copies of her book, “Going Rogue: An American Life,” at 7 p.m. Dec. 3 at Hastings Books, 2300 W. Main St. “Going Rogue: An American Life” will hit stores Tuesday.

-Daily staff reports

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CRIME REPORT BODY FOUND IN BACK OF BURNING CAR At 4:47 a.m. Sunday, Norman Police received a phone call reporting a car on fire in the area of 144th Ave. N.E. and Indian Hills Road. The Norman Fire Department, Norman Patrol and EMSStat were dispatched to the scene, Jennifer Newell, Norman Police spokeswoman, stated in a press release.

Newell stated that upon arrival, the vehicle was found to be on fire. Once the fire was extinguished, a search of the vehicle revealed a body in the trunk. The Norman Police Investigations Bureau and the Norman Fire Department will investigate the incident as a homicide.

The victim was released to the Medical Examiner’s office, and Norman Police will have no further information until the medical examiner has had the opportunity to examine the body, Newell stated.

GRENADE FOUND BY CITY EMPLOYEES Norman municipal employees found a grenade around 9:45 a.m. Friday, Norman Spokesman Mike Praizner stated in an e-mail.

Praizner stated City of Norman employees were trimming trees along a fence in the area of Sooner Road and Franklin Road when they found the grenade laying on the ground.

Norman Police Bomb Squad recovered the grenade, and after examining the device, believed the grenade was authentic, Praizner stated.

The device was later destroyed by Norman Police, stated Praizner, and it is unsure whether the device was left at the scene to cause deliberate harm to someone.

The device appeared to have been at the scene for a long time, he stated.

-Daily staff reports

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.

ASSAULT AND BATTERY Maria Angeles, 47, 232 N. Carter Ave., Thursday MUNICIPAL WARRANT Richard Gene Butler, 27, 203 S. Jones Ave., Thursday Jeffrey James Hughbanks, 23, 201 W. Gray St., Thursday Sherman Lee Tiger, 44, 7200 E. Alameda St., Thursday Fernando Blanco, 26, 939 24th Ave. S.W., Friday Elise Janette Grotts, 22, 3003 River Oaks Drive, Friday

Teresa Jean Ralls, 39, 201 W. Gray St., Friday Michael Anthony White, 22, 201 W. Gray St., Friday Timothy David Griffis, 20, East Alameda Street, Saturday, also possession of a firearm while intoxicated, eluding a police officer, driving without headlights and possession of a controlled dangerous substance with the intent to sell Jeremy Wayne Morrison, 40, 15700 E. State Highway 9, Saturday Melanie Irene Peck, 41, West Lindsey Street, Saturday COUNTY WARRANT Daniel Ray Dodson, 29, 216 E. Tonhawa St., Thursday Amanda Marie Lairson, 23, 930 N. Jones Ave., Thursday William Ray Miller, 54, West Rock Creek Road, Thursday

Rokki Lawan Harper, 33, 300 Hal Muldrow Drive, Saturday Danielle Nichole Hooks, 28, 1000 E. Robinson St., Friday Tony McDonald Viddaurri, 39, 1150 E. Alameda St., Saturday PETTY LARCENY Jose Manuel Hernandez Suarez, 26, 601 12th Ave. N.E., Wednesday Marco Antonio Martinez Suarez, 28, 601 12th Ave. N.E., Wednesday, also interfering with official process Spencer Garrett Dye, 19, 333 N. Interstate Drive E., Thursday Sam Allen Chambers, 21, 3499 W. Main St., Sautrday, also county warrant Steven Wayne Smith, 20, 333 N. Interstate Drive E., Friday

POSSESSION OF DRUG PARAPHERNALIA Jon Wesley James, 19, 333 N. Interstate Drive E., Thursday Brandon Garrett Bocco, 19, Stubbeman Avenue, Friday

1724 24th Ave. N.W., Friday

ELUDING A POLICE OFFICER Cody Ray Lusk, 22, East Lindsey Street, Thursday, also driving without a valid license and failure to maintain proof of insurance

MINOR IN POSSESSION OF ALCOHOL Dakota Tyler Clark, 18, 1123 E. Constitution St., Friday Kyle Taylor Gore, 20, 1123 E. Constitution St., Friday Benjamin N. Pinkston, 18, 1123 E. Constitution St., Friday Tyler Lane Brannon, 19, 2657 Classen Blvd., Friday Steven Garrett Buechele, 20, 730 Stinson St., Friday Andrew John Garcia, 20, 2657 Classen Blvd., Friday Valerie Lauren Miller, 730 Stinson St., Saturday

PUBLIC INTOXICATION Richard Leslie Shults, 42, 2420 Classen Blvd., Wednesday Justin Ray Anderson, 27, 750 Asp Ave., Friday Jimmie Dane Manry, 57, East Acres Street, Thursday Jacob Alan Vaughn, 24, 750 Asp Ave., Friday Candace Mary Zint, 42,

DISTURBING THE PEACE Leigha Jo Tuell, 23, 2021 E. Alameda St., Wednesday Brandon Wayne Sevier, 21, 2815 Dewey Ave., Friday

Matthew Patrick Stanfill, 20, 730 Stinson St., Friday Matthew Mitchell Whitehurst, 19, 2657 Classen Blvd., Friday PUBLIC DRUNKENNESS Jack Edward Keenan, 52, 718 E. Gray St., Friday DOMESTIC ABUSE Gina Marie McTee, 38, 1916 Fillmore Ave., Friday Jonathan M. Wilson, 39, 1916 Fillmore Ave., Friday Derek Deshone Pearson, 31, 375 Triad Village Drive, Saturday HOSTING, PERMITTING OR ALLOWING A LOUD PARTY David Edward Bailey, 22, 730 Stinson St., Saturday Matthew Aaron Klein, 21, 730 Stinson St., Saturday Paul Richard Lembecke, 21,

730 Stinson St., Saturday DRIVING UNDER THE INFLUENCE Michael Blake Greene, 23, 3400 W. Lindsey St., Saturday Jason Kyle Ring, 28, West Apache Street, Saturday, also driving with a suspended license and transporting an open container of alcohol Michael Shannon Woods, 38, Meadow Ridge Road, Saturday POSSESSION OF MARIJUANA Joshua Alexander Key, 19, Stubbeman Avenue, Friday MOLESTING PROPERTY Marybeth Alexis Murphy, 19, Briggs Street, Friday Eric Michael Staib, 20, Briggs Street, Friday Kyle David Wilson, 21, Briggs Street, Friday

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Junior running back DeMarco Murray (7) runs the ball past an opposing Texas A&M player for a touchdown Saturday evening in Oklahoma Memorial Stadium. OU clinched the 65-10 victory.

MURRAY STABILIZES OU OFFENSE JONO GRECO Daily Staff Writer

the past three years he has not played up to fans and critics’ expectations.

Much of the lack of production can be attributed to Junior running back DeMarco Murray’s arsenal of injuries. weapons was unleashed in Saturday’s There has yet to be a season during 65-10 victory over the Texas A&M Aggies, Murray’s career where he has played MURRAY’S STATISTICS every single and was a major factor in the Sooner ofgame, and for many games fense’s 640-yard performance. following the injuries his productivity Total yards: 243 Murray totaled 223 yards, 80 rushing suffered.

Rushing: 80 yards and 143 receiving yards, in a game Now that Murray is healthy, the coachthat featured an offense that strongly reRecieving: 143 ing staff can call more plays for him and sembled the record-breaking one from find different ways to get him the ball.

OU offense: 640 yards last season.

He has started to be used in similar ways Touchdowns: 2 “[Offensive coordinator Kevin Wilson] that Southern California used running told me he needed to get the ball in my back Reggie Bush. hands a little bit more than we have been Murray has become the featured rundoing,” Murray said. “It was a great game that he called, ning back, has lined up at wide receiver and taken direct and the offensive line did a great job blocking.” snaps out of the wildcat formation.

So why is it that the full realization of Murray’s abilities The Sooners ran the ball out of the wildcat formation has not been showcased before now? multiple times Saturday, and on each of those plays, There is no doubt that Murray is a great player, but for Murray took the snap and ran the ball.

He would fake a handoff to sophomore wide receiver Ryan Broyles, who had his first career rushing touchdown on a reverse in the first quarter, on many of those plays.

“Just trying to find different ways to get seams and get the ball in DeMarco’s hands more and [senior running back] Chris [Brown],” head coach Bob Stoops said.

“Those are three guys you can play hide-and-seek with on who has the ball and hopefully be productive as we go forward.”

Murray is not going to have to put up statistics just like the ones he had Saturday for the Sooners to win their remaining two regular season games and eventual bowl game, but he is going to have to be a big part of the offense.

“DeMarco is a really special talent in that he is not just a running back,” Stoops said. “He catches the ball well, runs pretty good routes, is a good out of the backfield and also is a strong, powerful runner. He had another big night, and it is good to see him get out and make some big plays.”

Jones bounces back after catching flack JAMES ROTH Daily Staff Writer

Sooner resdshirt quarterback Landry Jones caught a lot of flack after throwing five interceptions in the loss to Nebraska; it was obvious after Saturday’s victory over Texas A&M that his poor performance was a fluke.

Jones and the entire offense were back on track after the rout of Texas A&M 65-10. Jones threw for four touchdowns in the victory and only one interception as the Sooners rolled.

Jones was able to re-connect with sophomore wide receiver Ryan Broyles after an off week against Nebraska. With Broyles’s big play ability and Jones putting the ball where it needed to be, they jump started the Sooners’ offense and it looked like the Sooners of old. “[Jones] definitely knows he doesn’t have to carry the whole load,” Broyles said. “We have guys who can

make plays, and I think it gives him confidence.”

Jones and the offense did start out slow against the Aggies; it took a couple of series into the first quarter before they began to roll, but once the momentum started, it did not stop.

Jones was able to throw screen passes to both Broyles and junior running back DeMarco Murray and let them do the work.

As the game progressed, more down-the-field opportunities opened up and Jones connected with multiple receivers for big gains.

“It’s nice to see when you throw a two-yard pass they take it for 80,” Jones said. “They all played great tonight.”

Fans are used to seeing this big playmaking ability from their team, and for awhile during the season it was seriously lacking.

Even with two games left in the year, if the Sooners can continue to have these game-changing plays and quick strikes against Texas Tech

and Oklahoma State, it will be a great weapon for the offense going into next year.

However, that is next year, and next week the Sooners will travel to Lubbock to face Texas Tech, and it is apparent that the Sooners struggle when they are away from Owen Field.

All of the losses this season have come when OU plays outside the confines of the Oklahoma Memorial Stadium.

Jones and the rest of the team will have to maintain this big play momentum by taking everything one game at a time.

If Jones can ease into a game and get the ball to his playmakers early, it will make his job much easier as the game progresses. And as the game progresses, big plays will follow.

“You just have to settle in, and you have to be sure of yourself,” head coach Bob Stoops said about Jones, “The more he plays the more comfortable he will get.”

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OU redshirt freshman quarterback Landry Jones (12) prepares to make a pass during Saturday night’s game against Texas A&M.

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SOONER BASKETBALL OU men rely on rookies CLARK FOY Daily Staff Writer

OU men’s basketball opened season play with a home win against Mount St. Mary’s 95 - 71, displaying just why this year’s freshman class is called one of the best.

“I thought our four freshmen played tremendous, especially in their opening game,” coach Jeff Capel said. “All of them played really well. I still think they have such a huge ceiling and chance to get better.”

Freshman guard Steven Pledger led all scorers with 21, 12 of which came from behind the arc. Freshman center Keith “Tiny” Gallon had 18 points, not to mention grabbing 15 boards as well.

Andrew Fitzgerald proved he deserves a big chunk of minutes, putting up 14 points and grabbing five boards, not to mention doing the dirty work diving for balls all over the court.

“Those guys are good,” Capel said.

“Andrew does a lot of things that don’t show up in a box score; winning things that help the team. Steven Pledger can really shoot the ball. He gives you really good effort off the

bench, and he is trustworthy; I see him hit shots like that every day in practice.”

Sophomore guard Willie Warren managed a double-double, putting up 15 points and dishing 11 assists.

Perhaps the most impressive stat was the 28 free throws the team earned, and then managing to make 25 of them.

The Mountaineers offense was able to capitalize in the first half off the weak transition defense displayed by the Sooners. OU allowed 38 points in the paint, most of which came off of easy layups in transition. The defense did, however, improve in the second half, holding the Mountaineers to 37.1 percent from the field.

“We have a lot of work to do,” Capel said.

“I was not pleased with our transition defense. We have to do a better job of really listening and understanding a scouting report and transferring that to a game. Our communication in transition was not where it needs to be.”

Play will resume at 7 p.m. Tuesday as the Sooners host Louisiana-Monroe at Lloyd Noble Center.

OU women drop one to No. 21 Georgia ANNELISE RUSSELL Daily Sports Editor

The OU women’s basketball team headed to Georgia Sunday where they were handed thir first loss of the season 62-51.

OU was coming off its season opening 108-66 win Friday over Mercer, but the Bulldogs cut the celebration short this weekend.

Neither team pulled away in the first half with each team sinking only one three pointer in the first half. OU only allowed the Bulldogs two offensive rebounds in the half. The lead was minimal at half with the Bulldogs going into the locker room up 22-18.

While the first half was heavy on defense and low on scoring, the Bulldogs changed

it up in the second half, going 13-2 to kick things off. OU struggled to play catchup, but OU tied the game at 43 with only 6:51 remaining. The Sooners’ rally would end there, with OU never leading in the contest.

A Sooner standout in the game was Abi Olajuwon who had 10 points, nine rebounds and a personal best of three blocks.

Whitney Hand took 10 three point shots but ended up with just 13 points coupled with six rebounds. Danielle Robinson also put up just nine points to accompany her seven turnovers.

As a team, OU turned the ball over 24 times.

OU returns to the hardwood Saturday when the team hosts TCU at 2 p.m.

JEREMY DICKIE/THE DAILY

Freshman guard Tommy Mason-Griffin (24) tries to get the ball past an opposing Mount St. Mary’s player during Saturday afternoon’s game in the Lloyd Noble Center.

ELI HULL/ THE DAILY

Junior guard Danielle Robinson (13) jumps for a lay-up during the game against Mercer Friday night. The Sooners trounced the Bears 108-66.

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Enter to win a cash prize by participating in the $GeoCash$ geocaching contest First Prize $300, Second and Third Prizes $100 each Sponsored by the Geoinformatics Program, Center for Spatial Analysis and Oklahoma NASA Space Grant Date: Tuesday, November 17th through Thursday, November 19th during the hours 8:00 am to 5:00 pm only Eligibility: Any OU undergraduate – individuals or teams (CSA/ Geoinformatics student employees not eligible) What is geocaching? It’s a high tech scavenger hunt using GPS units How to Play? Go to the Oklahoma Memorial Union and check out a GPS unit with valid student ID from 10 am to 2 pm on Tuesday, November 17th or Thursday, November 19th. You can also use your own GPS or GPS enabled cell phone (you can start and end in the vicinity of the Union) 1. Find your way to three locations on campus using the latitude / longitude coordinates and hints below Location #1 - N 35 12.436 W 97 26.571 (Hint: Under the watchful eye of our national bird) Question: What is the title of one map or poster in the display?

Location #2 - N 35 12.560 W 97 26.616 (Hint: Not up but under) Question: What website has information about the Geospatial Summer Institute?

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VOLLEYBALL

OU regains rhythm with win JAMES CORLEY Daily Staff Writer

The Sooner volleyball team bounced back from a disappointing loss to Missouri Wednesday to sweep Texas Tech in three sets [25-15, 25-19, 25-21] Saturday in Lubbock, Texas.

OU never trailed in the opening and final sets of the match, and the second set only saw three lead changes at the beginning.

Sophomore Suzy Boulavsky paced the Sooners offensively with 16 kills, followed by junior Sarah Freudenrich’s 14 kills.

Freudenrich added three block assists to help the Sooners gain 6 team blocks.

Brianne Barker recorded her 20th double-double of the season. The sophomore setter had 34 assists and led the Sooners with 12 digs.

Freshman libero María Fernanda curiously had just five digs (1.67 per set) against the Red Raiders, despite her 4.49 per set season average.

OU played its second straight sloppy game Saturday, committing 22 errors against the Red Raiders after committing

21 against Missouri Wednesday.

Even though Texas Tech (2-23, 0-16) is clearly the basement team in the Big 12 this season, the win was key for the Sooners to regain momentum after a hard loss to Missouri in three sets [22-25, 20-25, 18-25] earlier last week.

Against the Tigers, sophomore Caitlin Higgins led the Sooners on defense with 22 digs, one shy of her season and career highs, but it wasn’t enough to stop Missouri’s offense that was powered by a 21-kill performance from junior Paola Ampudia.

The Sooners were held to a low .115 attack percentage, and only Boulavsky reached double-digit kills with 10, followed by junior Francie Ekwerekwu with nine and Higgins with eight.

After splitting the two-game road stint one win and one loss, the Sooners return to Norman to host the tough Texas A&M Aggies at 7 p.m. Wednesday.

OU will play its final home game against No. 1 Texas a week from Wednesday, then will finish the regular season on the road against No. 10 Iowa State the following Saturday.

NEIL MCGLOHON/THE DAILY

Setter Brianne Barker (1) sets up the ball during the Sooner women’s volleyball game against Colorado on October 28 in the McCasland Field House.

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Staff Pick Results Oklahoma vs. Texas A&M Missouri vs. Kansas State (11) Ohio State vs. (10) Iowa Purdue vs. Michigan State (4) TCU vs. (16) Utah (25) WVU vs. (5) Cincinnati (19) Okla. State vs. Texas Tech (17) Arizona vs. California

SPORTS THIS WEEK: Tuesday: Men’s Basketball Louisiana-Monroe 7 p.m.

Lloyd Noble Center Norman Wednesday: Volleyball Texas A&M 7 p.m.

McCasland Field House Norman Saturday: Football Texas Tech 11:30 a.m.

Lubbock, Texas Women’s Basketball TCU 2 p.m.

Norman Lloyd Noble Men’s Basketball VCU 6:30 p.m.

Richmond, Va. Sunday: Wrestling Arizona State 2 p.m.

McCasland Field House Norman For updates on all of these Sooner sports, visit OUDaily.com.

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CAST ATTEMPTS TO REIGNITE A FAMILIAR TALE There have been numerous iterations of “The Three Musketeers” since the novel

by Alexandre Dumas was published in the 1840s, and as the years have passed, it ’s become increasingly DUSTY difficult to SOMERS bring anything novel to the tale.

The familiarity of the story makes University Theatre’s production a safe bet, but not a particularly interesting one.

There are some genuine comedic triumphs tucked away around the play’s edges, but pushing three hours, it’s too bloated and too expositionpacked for its own good.

Still, the show is quite enjoyable to look at, thanks to the impeccably detailed and impressively comprehensive costume design by Mike Buchwald.

Retiring in May after decades of designing costumes for the S chool of Drama, Buchwald is not going out quietly. The sheer number of costumes for the 30-plus member cast is staggering, especially considering that many characters don two or three different costumes.

Drama senior Jordan Brodess stars as D’Artagnan, the ambitious young Gascon, who travels to Paris to bec o m e o n e o f t h e q u e e n ’s

musketeers. He soon falls in with three of the finest musketeers, Athos (drama senior Paul Stuart), Porthos (drama junior Colin Ryan) and Aramis (drama freshman Jordan Blount).

Together, they seek to protect King Louis XIII and Queen Anne (drama sophomore Brandon Simmons, drama junior Monica Gonzalez), while going head-to-head with the guards of Cardinal Richelieu (drama professor Darryl Cox), led by the Count de Rochefort (drama senior Jonathan Contreras).

Meanwhile, D’Artagnan falls for the queen’s dressmaker, Constance Bonacieux (drama sophomore Georgia Hays).

The first act often seems to take a page from the 1993 Disney film adaptation (and, somewhat, the 1948 Gene Kelly MGM entry), opting for pratfalls and slapstick swashbuckling humor, which wasn’t all that funny when Charlie Sheen did it, and isn’t much better here.

The frequent swordplay, choreographed by fight director Matthew E. Ellis, is occasionally convincing, but becomes forced and artificial when it’s expected to provoke laughs as well as thrills.

The second act shifts into heavy exposition, extensively exploring the schemes of the traitorous Countess de Winter (drama junior Aimee Crowther). The detailed narrative stays true to the novel,

but it feels like too much is attempted in the second act, and the tonal dichotomy kills the momentum.

As the three musketeers, S t u a r t , Ry a n a n d B l o u n t achieve the necessary charisma and chemistry as a trio of bickering, yet affectionate comrades. Brodess is a capable comedian, and his wideeyed enthusiasm translates well to the part of D’Artagnan, but his mousy demeanor provides for a less suave swordsman than the part usually features.

Stealing nearly every scene he’s in (as he did in “Is He Dead?” earlier in the semester) with his mischievous silliness is drama sophomore Kevin Percival as Planchet, D’Artagnan’s manservant.

Simmons also stands out for his confident and funny turn as the obliviously narcissistic king.

Scenic design, by Jon Young ,opens up the confinements of the Weitzenhoffer Theatre nicely, giving the large cast room to breathe, while lighting design, by Steven Draheim, is at its best when emphasizing the sinister nature of the cardinal.

University Theatre’s “The Three Musketeers” is mostly a case of nothing ventured, nothing gained. It has its moments, but with few risks taken to add some verve to the familiarity, the end result is far from remarkable.

Dusty Somers is a journalism senior.

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Members of the University Theatre cast dancing at a ball in “The Three Musketeers.”

Actors Jordan Brodess (left) and Jonathan Contreras performing in a fight scene during the University Theate production of “The Three Musketeers.”

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NEW COLLECTION HIGHLIGHTS OKLAHOMA’S PRESENCE IN FILM The Sooner State is finally getting yesterday and today.

Contributor and former Oklahoma due recognition for its contributions to resident Ryan Taylor centers his essay, American cinema.

The new collection from Oklahoma City- “Baptism by Substitute: ‘The Outsiders’ and based publisher Forty- How It Singlehandedly Got Me Through Sixth Star Press, “Sooner Middle School” on Francis Ford Coppola’s Cinema: Oklahoma Goes 1983 film, which was shot in Tulsa.

In his reflective essay, Taylor relies upon to the Movies,” foregrounds the locale upon which we a warm and inviting nostalgia in his recolstand—one that historical- lections of watching “The Outsiders” as a ly has not received proper young teen and what the film’s themes have recognition in the greater meant to him on a personal level.

He writes: “It was no mere accident realm of filmmaking.

LUNDEN that our teachers left behind Francis Ford E d i t e d by L a r r y Va n ENGLAND Meter, the collection of 19 Coppola’s nostalgic ode to teen angst for the essays calls attention to subs to play. They knew the score. Showing ‘ T h e Ou t s i d e r s’ t o a the hisgroup of Okie tweens tory of films that have was something akin to either been shot or gassing the classroom in set in Oklahoma, a haze of Ritalin vapor.” f r o m m o r e p o p u l a r “These authors employ the In this statement, titles such as Rodgers’ force of their varying backTaylor demonstrates a n d H a m m e r s t e i n ’s grounds both to afford the the sentiment that is “O k l a h o ma ! ” t o Jo h n largely present throughFord’s “The Grapes of collection a healthy dose of Wrath,” to lesser known stylistic diversity, as well as to out the collection: that f i l m s s u c h a s “ T h i s grant Oklahoma a new appeal O k l a h o m a c i n e m a works to shape our Stuff’ll Kill Ya!” and “Okie among today’s film-savvy identities as greatly as Noodling.” any “more glamorous” Although a handful of generations.” settings popularized in the films included in the the traditions of visual collection have warrantstorytelling. ed more staying power In addressing the efin popular culture than their brethren, the authors succeed in mak- fects of “The Outsiders,” Taylor unknowing a solid case for the significance of the ingly speaks also to the overall spirit of respective films in the canon of American “Sooner Cinema: Oklahoma Goes to the Movies.” cinema.

I n a p a s s a g e t h a t “d o e s p r o u d ” These authors employ the force of their varying backgrounds both to afford the col- Oklahoma’s greater cinematic heritage, lection a healthy dose of stylistic diversity, Taylor writes of “The Outsiders”: “Still, as as well as to grant Oklahoma a new appeal the venerable Wizard of Oz might say, ‘it’s got one thing those other films haven’t got.’ among today’s film-savvy generations.

They approach this noble task as writ- Oklahoma. And lots of it.” ers, as academics (including OU Film and Video Studies professor Katrina Boyd), as librarians, and as Oklahoma residents of Lunden England is a film and video studies senior.

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