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Film highlights education pressures Documentary claims overwhelming workload stifles students’ ability to learn TREVOR SHOFNER The Oklahoma Daily

During its only screening in Oklahoma before its 2011 release, the documentary “Race to Nowhere” examined the cost of America’s push for its students to succeed. It was screened by the College of Education on Monday and followed by a panel discussion.

The film featured the stories of many students from elementary to high school who have suffered greatly from the stresses placed on them by homework loads and college applications.

Panel member Tyler Couch, a senior at College, said that different questions must be Norman North High School, said he identifies asked instead. with these pressures.

“As long as you’re blaming somebody, usual“It’s this cycle you get into with having all ly teachers or students, then you’re not asking this work to do and trying to also yourselves the important questions, make yourself look so good on an apsuch as what education should really plication that you have to perform so ONLINE AT be about and what we want our stuwell, but to do so you need your rest,” OUDAILY.COM dents to be,” Meinhart said.

Couch said. “But you have to forego The film and discussion seemed to » Story: The Daily’s raise more questions than answers. rest to get the work done. How can Janna Gentry you be ready for a test if you have to “This movie put into words all reviews the film cram all night just to spit it out on a the thoughts I’ve been having about test the next day?” education,” said Madeline Dillner, When an audience member asked who was education junior. “It’s perfect when they say to blame for these problems, panel member ‘race to nowhere’ because we’re all racing and Joe Meinhart, a professor at Oklahoma City racing, but where are we really going?”

University and Oklahoma City Community The film will be released in 2011.

Global power shift redefines nation’s role Students must learn from past 10 years, apply lessons to own lives, speaker says RENEÉ SELANDERS The Oklahoma Daily

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earning to change American leadership from an authoritarian to partnership style will be essential to creating positive relationships between the United States and emerging world superpowers, a CNN international political analyst told students Monday.

Fareed Zakaria, New York Times bestselling author, addressed a crowd of 200 students, faculty and Norman com- ONLINE AT munity members at an OUDAILY.COM informal lecture in the Fred Jones Jr. Museum of » Video: Footage Art’s Sandy Bell Gallery. of Fareed Zakaria’s Z a k a r i a a s s e s s e d t h e speech Monday United States’ current and future role as a world power among the rise of other world superpowers.

“These countries will have interests and views and perspectives that are not identical to ours, but you know what? Welcome to the big wide, wide world. That’s the nature of this new world,” he said.

The 2008 economic crisis signaled a significant change in the hierarchy of world superpowers, Zakaria said, paving the way for China and other countries, such as India, Brazil and Turkey, to assert themselves in the global community.

This change is challenging the United States to reevaluate how it interacts with other countries, Zakaria said.

“We’re going to have to figure out where we draw the lines and where we consider things unacceptable, because otherwise we are going to find ourselves in a world where we are constantly surprised, irritated, annoyed and in opposition to the natural rise of the rest, the natural process by which these countries are going to try to assert themselves,” he said.

Zakaria noted America’s swift economic

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Fareed Zakaria, a CNN international political analyst, speaks with OU President David Boren during a lecture Monday in the Fred Jones Jr. Museum of Art. Zakaria discussed America’s relationship with other countries and its changing role as a world superpower. Zakaria last visited OU in April 2009. transformation between 2001 and 2008, when the U.S. budget surplus became a deficit. Zakaria said students could learn from this change and the subsequent transformation of the nation’s role as a world superpower.

“The one lesson that I’ve taken from these last 10 years is be very aware of the distorting prism of good times,” he said.

OU President David Boren said he admires Zakaria’s ability to engage citizens in a discussion about issues of great significance

to America’s future.

“No one in our country is playing that role in a more effective way than Fareed Zakaria,” Boren said.

Ryan Geary, political science senior, said the lecture was enlightening and left him uncertain about America’s future as a dominant world superpower.

“It’s kind of frightening going out into this new world,” Geary said. “I just feel like we should educate ourselves about it, and that’s the best we can do.”

“ you learn a language, then all of a sudden this new world that I’ve been “If describing no longer becomes a threat — it becomes an opportunity.” d

FFAREED ZAKARIA on the most important skill students can have to be successful in the new world

Student group plans night to showcase Asian culture The Asian American Student Association will host Asian Oklahoma Night at 7 p.m. Wednesday in the Union’s Molly Shi Boren Ballroom.

The function incorporates a variety of Asian organizations in its production, said Kristina Thai, health sciences junior and Asian American Student Association president.

The night will include a talent show and food from Healthy Sooners served afterward.

The purpose of Asian Oklahoma Night is to showcase Asian culture and spread awareness about the diversity of Asia, Thai said.

Asian Oklahoma Night costs $7 for nonmembers and $5 for members. Tickets will also be sold at the door for $8.

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A LOOK AT WHAT’S NEW AT Three OU alumni advised students on how to be successful in starting their own business

Journalism college to welcome Pioneer Woman blogger Ree Drummond, Bartlesville native and and a novel coming out, she has a real tie blogger, will speak at 3:30 p.m. Wednesday to professional writing,” said Chris Borthick, in the Oklahoma Memorial Gaylord Ambassadors advisers.

Union’s Molly Shi Boren Drummond graduated from Ballroom. the University of Southern Her first cookbook, “The California. On a visit back to her Pioneer Woman Cooks” was hometown, she met and fell in published in 2009. In the love with a cattle rancher, Ladd same year, her blog was named Drummond. The couple, along Weblog of the Year at the 2009 with their four children, live on a Bloggies, an annual blog awards ranch outside Pawhuska. event.

Reese Witherspoon will play Gaylord Ambassadors, Ree Drummond Drummond in an upcoming a student representative movie by Columbia Pictures. The organization for the journalism college, is blogger’s biography, “Black Heels to Tractor hosting the event. Drummond is the group’s Wheels,” will be published by William Morrow first speaker this year. and is due out Feb. 14.

“She’s a good blend of the current trend — Emily Hopkins/The Daily of blogging, and since she has a cookbook

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6 percent turn out for UOSA election Congress will work with staff and students to increase voting for future semesters CHASE COOK The Oklahoma Daily

The UOSA election chairwoman said she will try to get more student voters involved next semester after the fall 2010 Student Congress election results showed traditional apathy with a weak turnout.

About 6 percent of the Norman campus population cast 1,357 votes Nov. 9, according to the OU 2010 factbook.

Out of 11 districts up for election, six races were uncontested.

Of the 1,357 votes, 652 of them came from University College.

The architecture district had the lowest turnout with 14 votes, but it held only one candidate.

UOSA President Franz Zenteno said he is satisfied with the way the election was handled.

“We have planted seeds for more students to vote next year,” said Zenteno, graduate student.

Historically, OU’s spring semesters have a stronger voter turnout. In spring 2010, 5,645 students voted. In spring 2008, 5,836 students voted.

This happens because of the positions available, UOSA Student Congress Chairman Brett Stidham said.

The spring semester has the president, vice-president and Campus Activities Council president elections.

The fall semester suffers from empty districts, because some majors make it difficult to Fall 2010: take on responsibilities, said » 1,357 votes Stidham, human » 38 candidates resources management senior. Fall 2009: H e s a i d h e » 1,237 votes hopes to moti- » 47 candidates vate students in *Source: UOSA the more difficult election reports districts, such as architecture, and give students in those sections a candidate.

The results seem like students are more interested in events than government, UOSA Election Chairwoman Natalie Jester said.

However, the blame doesn’t fall only on the students, she said.

UOSA needs to implement changes to get more votes during the fall, said Jester, international area studies junior.

“We need to educate students so they know the significance of who and what they are voting for,” Jester said.

Elections by the numbers

Ethics team on its way to national event OU’s Ethics Bowl team ascended to the national level in their first semester with a victory Saturday at the Texas Regional Ethics Bowl.

The group’s background of philosophy and formal debate propelled them through the state and regional matches, philosophy junior Gregory Maus said.

In October, the team won the state competition at the University of Central Oklahoma. The victory admitted the group into the regional competition.

The team will travel to Cincinnati to compete in the Intercollegiate Ethics Bowl on March 13.

— Chase Cook/The Daily

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NEW MUSIC TUESDAY THE DAILY REVIEWS NEW AND NOTABLE MUSIC RELEASES Elliott Smith “An Introduction to Elliott Smith” Kill Rock Stars Released: Nov. 2 9.6/10 It’s been seven years since the world lost beloved singer-songwriter, Elliott Smith, and for most current twentysomethings, he was gone before they had moved past 50 Cent and Evanescence.

S m i t h s h o u l d r i g h tfully go down as one of the best songwriters of his generation, and the whole world would have been acquainted with him if drugs, alcohol and depression hadn’t taken him away so early.

In just 10 years, Smith was able to make his mark, and a career retrospective disc captures the early magic of what he was doing. “An Introduction” is largely absent of his material from “Figure 8” a n d “ XO,” s h o w c a s i n g his beginnings (“Roman Candle”), rising (“Either/ Or”) and swan songs (“From a Basement on the Hill”).

The 14-track compilation is brilliantly paced a n d w e l l p u t t o g e t h e r, scattering through his catalog instead of following chronologically. A good sampling of his greatest hits (“Needle in the Hay,” “Angeles” and an early version of “Miss Misery”) anchor the album, but

the leadoff entry, “Ballad of Big Nothing,” and “The Biggest Lie” feel all the richer given the aging of time.

The album’s title feels a p p r o p r i a t e ; t h e r e ’s an emptiness to greatest hits albums, and “An Introduction” is as satisfying as they come.

The Parting Gifts “Strychnine Dandelions” In The Red Released: Nov. 9 8.0/10 The Parting Gifts — consisting of Greg Cartwright (Oblivians) and Coco Hames (The Ettes) — does its best to rejuvenate the loud, loose and fun sound of the ’60s and ’70s with its capable debut, bringing about a few oldies enthusiasts to flesh things out.

Much like a less kitschy Eagles of Death Metal, The Parting Gifts sound more earnest in its attempted resurrection of The Animals and The Zombies, busting out grizzled ballads (“Strange Disposition” and “Born to be Blue”) and peppy anthems (“Keep Walking”).

Modern garage rock influences bust out in the mutinous “Don’t Stop” and equally rebellious “ D o n ’ t Hu r t Me No w ,” but guest spots from Dan Auerbach (The Black Keys) and Patrick Keeler (The Racounteurs, The

Greenhornes) keep it grounded in the past.

At times, “Strychnine Dandelions” feels muffled and trite, but brilliantly balanced and studied tracks like “Bound to Let Me Dow n” keep things rocking.

Girls “Broken Dreams Club” EP True Panther Sounds Releases: Nov. 22 8.5/10 Girls was all the buzz of 2009; indie bloggers and hipsters alike fell in love with the band’s romantic, jangly lo-fi anthems, and its debut — bolstered by beloved singles “Hellhole Ratrace” and “Lust For Life” — landed on nearly every year-end “best-of ” list.

2010 has been relatively quiet by comparison, but Girls has emerged with a (potentially) new direction as evidenced by its new “Broken Dreams Club” EP. In contrast with the fuzzed-out quaintness of “Album,” the EP largely feels more measured and glossy, shying away from the lo-fi production for something more traditionally appealing.

Surprisingly, the product remains strong, if losing some of the charm of its raw predecessor.

T h e l e a d o f f , “O h S o Protective One,” sounds like an entirely different

GIS Day Geocache Contest Win an Apple iPad! Celebrate International GIS Day - a day of education about geographic information science!

Sponsored by the Geoinformatics Program, Center for Spatial Analysis and Oklahoma NASA Space Grant Date: Tuesday, November 16th through Thursday, November 18th during the hours 8:00 am to 5:00 pm only Eligibility: Any OU student (students employed by CSA/ Geoinformatics 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. We’ll even give you a quick lesson! You can also use your own GPS or GPS enabled cell phone 1. Find your way to three locations on campus using the latitude / longitude coordinates and hints below Location #1 - N 35 12.442 W97 26.630 (Hint: Just a shot away from Price Hall) Question: What are the 5 components of a geographic information system?

Location #2 - N 35 12.601 W97 26.603 (Hint: South East of Tut’s Tomb) Question: OU has new degree programs and a new student organization in what field of study?

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2. When you are near the location look around for the hidden geocache container – the containers will be clearly marked 3. 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 4. Enter the drawing to win an Apple iPad by submitting your answers on paper at our table in the Union T/TH 10-2 or by email geoinfo@nwc.ou.edu or online at http://csa.ou.edu/geocash/ . 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 Thursday November 18th. Winners will be notified Friday, November 19th.

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band; the beach bum malaise is still there, but it’s now being channeled through a Beach Boysmeet-mariachi band filter.

The title track falls somewhere in the sleepy mid-’90s state of indie rock, ambling through a desert of tumbleweeds w ith Western guitar drifts and muted horns.

“Substance” follows suit, though a bit more upbeat.

“Alright” bridges the gap between the new sheen and dusty old, playing with improved musicianship and equipment while not losing its quirkiness.

But it’s “Heartbreaker” — which could easily assume the slot occupied by “Lust For Life” on 2010 lists — that really delivers.

The single does its best to move for ward while looking back. The occasional tambourine flashes and cheery guitar chords drift like clouds, and lead singer Christopher Owens is particularly on point, both melodically and emotionally.

“Broken Dreams Club” is a testament to the enigma of proper recording; sometimes, you lose the magic and romance of the first take, but hounding over a song has the potential to create that many more sparks.

— Joshua Boydston, psychology junior

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OPINION

THUMBS DOWN ›› Only 6 percent of the Norman campus voted in the Nov. 9 UOSA elections (see page 1)

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Let’s educate the undocumented Journalism The California Supreme Court upheld a law on Monday student that isn’t looking to cause trouble or steal jobs. that grants undocumented immigrants in-state tuition The solution to the immigration mess would be for for the state’s colleges and universities, according to the Congress to pass the Development, Relief and Education Chronicle of Higher Education. for Alien Minors Act — better known as the DREAM Act. This is great news, because you can bet that any undoc- The act would allow people who have been in the U.S. for umented students already have plenty of odds stacked more than five years, arrived when they were younger against them just to graduate high school, and given that than 16 and have a high school diploma or GED to begin California’s budget crisis has caused tuition costs to sky- the process of becoming a legal resident. The process rocket, many of these students are having a hard enough would also involve requiring immigrants to complete two time affording college as it is. years of college or two years of military service.

Many undocumented students are from low-income Currently, it can take up to 20 years to obtain a visa families and are the only hope for parents granting legal status, according to the U.S. struggling to make ends meet. They must State Department If undocumented work extremely hard to be granted private The DREAM Act has been brought up in students have scholarships for college because they are just about every legislative session for the unable to get federal aid without the proppast three years, but has failed each time. an easier path to er papers, like a Social Security card.

However, Politico reported on Monday citizenship, that will Last year, California raised its tuition 32 that President Barack Obama is schedmean more students uled to meet with representatives today percent in the midst of the school year to can obtain higher deal with the unavailability of state fundto discuss the bill in hopes that it could ing, according to the Chronicle story. If get passed during the lame duck session. education degrees, undocumented students had to pay outThe story also reports that House Speaker which in-turn means of-state tuition, they would have to pay Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., could bring the more higher paying thousands more on top of the already DREAM act to the floor this week. increased tuition. At California State If this happens, we encourage you to call jobs and a stronger University and the University of California, your representatives and tell them to supstate economy.” out-of-state students must pay $11,160 port this legislation. and $23,000 more respectively, according If undocumented students have an easto the Chronicle. ier path to citizenship, that will mean more students can Oklahoma used to have a law similar to California’s until obtain higher education degrees, which in-turn means anti-immigration crusader Rep. Randy Terrill, R-Moore, more higher paying jobs and a stronger state economy. authored HB 1804, which ended the allowance of in-state Isn’t that what our newly elected leaders talked about all tuition to undocumented students residing in Oklahoma. campaign season? They should be the first to support the While it exempted those students who had already en- DREAM Act. rolled within the 2006-07 academic year, the future just Critics of immigration often complain that they don’t looks bleaker for undocumented students. want to compete against undocumented workers for jobs, During the 2008-09 school year, even OU had 12 un- but this goes against the very spirit of our capitalist econdocumented students, according to an Oct. 3 article on omy. If undocumented students go through the effort to NewsOK.com. There are undoubtedly a handful in some make good grades, pay for tuition and graduate, then they classes this semester. You may even sit next to an undocu- have more than deserved the life the U.S. offers. mented student, without realizing he or she isn’t a legal resident. But you do know that he or she is a hard working Comment on this column at OUDaily.com

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‘Blind Side’ mother’s story should resonate with students When a blonde lady from Tennessee says she’ll “beat your butt” if you don’t change your ways, you change your ways.

Leigh Anne Tuohy, the sassy mother of the family that inspired the movie “The Blind Side,” made the above threat Friday at the Oklahoma Memorial Union. Tuohy came to OU to speak about the importance of giving back, and her message resonated all the way to my seat in the far back of the Molly Shi Boren Ballroom.

It’s almost Thanksgiving, so almost every story in the trashy magazines I am hopelessly addicted to focuses on giving back.

Stories of service are everywhere, and they will be until Christmas when they’ll silently go into hibernation until next year. You can’t escape articles exhorting you to do good.

Sadly, the act of doing good itself is easy to escape. I certainly evade it.

It’s much easier to care only about myself; it saves me money and time. I avoid the awkward interactions that inevitably ensue when I step outside my comfort zone.

But, easy isn’t always better. Tuohy certainly didn’t seem to think so. Bouncing about the stage, she presented a challenge to the OU community: do something for someone else today that you didn’t do yesterday.

“If you got up this morning, got dressed and got to this room tonight, you are capable of changing a life,”

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offers a real way to educate Editor’s note: The Daily GUEST COLUMN UMN runs a media literacy column Sarah

by Sarah Cavanah, interim Cavanah executive director of Oklahoma Scholastic Media and former Daily staff writer, every Tuesday to give readers a behind-the-scenes look at The Daily and media coverage in general.

If you went in the Oklahoma Memorial Union on Monday you might have noticed it was a little more crowded — and the people were a little shorter — than normal.

That’s because it was Oklahoma Scholastic Media’s Fall Media Monday, a conference for high school broadcast, online, newspaper and yearbook programs in the state.

Monday was the biggest Media Monday in recent history, with nearly 700 students and advisers cramming into the Union.

It seems kind of counterintuitive for scholastic media events to be growing while the media industry itself seems to be in free fall. After all, if every student who came to Fall Media Monday brought a dollar with them, we could have bought the entire Newsweek magazine operation 700 times over. But scholastic media, and in some ways collegiate media, isn’t just about the product. It’s about the process and the educational opportunities that process provides.

I should say right up front that I’m not a fan of standardized testing, at least not in the way it’s come to dominate schools. That’s despite the fact that I’ve made a good chunk of change writing standardized testing preparation curricula for schools. Actually, it’s because I’ve written test prep that I feel this way. I know the limitations of this form of measurement.

To me, if you want to know if a student can grasp concepts about government, English, business etiquette and math, send that student to cover an official body discussing budget changes. Have the student attend the meeting, interview the players and produce a concise report of what it all means for the community. That’s a better assessment of acquisition and synthesis of knowledge than a question with an answer of A, B, C or D. (Never in my life has a boss come to me and said, “Sarah, we have a problem. But I guarantee you the solution is one of the four following. Choose the correct one.”)

It’s not just reporting. Page layout requires students to understand concepts from both art and algebra. Photographers are better if they understand the scientific theories about light. Online journalists have to understand basic computer programming. And broadcast journalism requires planning, people management and teamwork to go off well.

Are all 700 of the students who came to Fall Media Monday going to go on to be journalists? Not even close. Will they all have an enhanced learning experience because they participated in scholastic journalism? Absolutely.

You might even say that when it comes to high school media, no student journalist is left behind.

Kate McPherson on — Sarah Cavanah, professional writing and journalism graduate

Tuohy said.

It’s really easy to write Tuohy off as some crazed Southern belle who’ll beat you with her parasol if you disagree with her.

There’s no mistaking her Tennessee heritage when she speaks, and her claim to fame started when she yelled at her husband to turn the car around so she could help a burly teenager, whom she later adopted. Tuohy appears to be fearless.

I’m decidedly not fearless, but I find myself buying into Tuohy’s argument.

In 2008, 11.4 percent of Cleveland County residents lived below the poverty line, and Oklahoma was the fourth-hungriest state, according to the United States Department of Agriculture.

It’s hard not to be affected by those statistics.

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UOSA should condemn SQ 755 Editor’s note: Andrew Kierig is scheduled to speak at today’s Undergraduate Student Congress meeting on State Question 755 NEIL MCGLOHON/THE DAILY

Simply put, I’m lucky. I have a warm place to sleep, a meal plan and more clothes than I really need.

I don’t presume to know your financial state, but even if Take a second to reflect on you’re fighting to pay what you have. Take another your rent this month, second to reflect on what the fact that you’re others do not have. Find a way reading this column to bridge those seconds, and means that you have something to give give an hour of your time to back: according to the someone who needs it.”

Oklahoma Department of Libraries, one in five That’s 11.4 percent of Oklahomans grow up withmy community struggling out the literacy skills needed to survive, and my biggest to survive. You’re lucky.

Take a second to reflect hardship is the fact that I have to eat my ice cream a on what you have. Take anpint at a time because I do other second to reflect on what others do not have. not have a freezer.

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UOSA has an opportunity tonight to voice its concern about State Question 755. I strongly believe it should take it.

This state question has the potential to be quite damaging to our state’s reputation both within the United States and abroad. Indeed, it already has. Speaking recently to friends and colleagues in Austria, Germany, Italy and the United Kingdom, it has been universally disapproved as antiMuslim. Speaking to contacts within the far-right Austrian party, the Alliance for Austria’s Future (which I have studied extensively), it has found universal praise after stories in the prominent Viennese newspapers Der Standard and Die Presse. Dubious praise, indeed.

Furthermore, as the Middle East gains prominence as a world center for international commerce, this amendment may be seen as a slap in the face of their culture and traditions, notwithstanding our own university’s prominence in the field of petroleum and geological engineering research.

It will and has harmed our reputation as a place where international companies may come to invest and create jobs.

The Tulsa World has already pointed out that the provisions of the amendment dealing with international law may cause consternation amongst international corporations with regards to the enforceability of their U.S. contracts.

Finally, what purpose did this state question serve? The fervor with which this question was touted was enough to make one think that district judges regularly quote the Quran in their rulings.

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— Andrew Kierig, history senior

Leigh Anne Tuohy signs copies of her book, “In a Hearbeat,” Friday evening in the Oklahoma Memorial Union’s Molly Shi Boren Ballroom. Tuohy challenged the audience to commit to giving back to the community.

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Find a way to bridge those seconds, and give an hour of your time to someone who needs it.

Whether you tutor someone in reading, drop some change in the cups of whatever organization is collecting on the South Oval or adopt a 300-pound homeless football player — what you do today can impact someone else’s tomorrow.

Furthermore, a simple change you make today could save your butt from the wrath of Tuohy.

The Oklahoma Daily is a public forum and OU’s independent student voice.

Guest columns are accepted and printed at the editor’s discretion.

Letters should concentrate on issues, not personalities, and should be fewer than 250 words, typed, double spaced and signed by the author(s). Letters will be edited for space. Students must list their major and classification. Submit letters Sunday through Thursday in 160 Copeland Hall. Letters also can be e-mailed to dailyopinion@ou.edu.

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Columnists’ and cartoonists’ opinions are not necessarily the opinions of The Daily Editorial Board.

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Tuesday, Nov. 16, 2010 SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 22) Although you won’t be putting on any airs or affectations, you are likely to make a far more dynamic impression than usual on others, simply by relaxing and being the person you really are.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20) Someone you recently met would like to introduce you to the social circle s/he is part of. Go with your social side and meet these people, because they could open up a brave new world.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 23-Dec. 21) - By doing something different, such as preparing a special food that everybody likes or bringing home a person whom the entire family loves, you could make this day special and extremely upbeat.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20) - Do not give up on an objective that is appearing to be unreachable and/ or elusive. Things could take on a surprising twist and put victory in the palm of your hand.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) - What gives you the edge over everybody else is your ability to think on your feet. This will be especially advantageous if you’re involved in some kind of competitive involvement.

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AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 19) Try to get anything of a monetary nature finalized, especially if it is something important. You will be highly successful at gaining your aims and fulfilling your goals.

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ARIES (March 21-April 19) - Use both your intuitive and deductive faculties for sorting out information that could be vital when sizing up something of importance. You must be a shrewd analyst.

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Beal earns program’s senior award

Sooners outlast Eagles in overtime It took an extra period, but the OU men’s basketball team closed out its game Monday night against North Carolina Central with a 71-63 win in overtime.

In their second game as a Division I program, the Eagles nearly snapped OU’s 20-game non-conference win streak at Lloyd Noble Center.

The Sooners have won 79 of the last 81 non-conference home games going back to Jan. 3, 2000.

Sophomore forward Andrew Fitzgerald led OU with 22 points, nine rebounds and five steals. Calvin Newell Jr. added 10 points off the bench for the Sooners.

NCC led at halftime, 35-32. OU shot just 27.6 percent from the field in the first half and wasn’t much better in the second (29.4).

But after sophomore guard Steven Pledger hit a threepointer in the closing seconds to force the overtime period, OU made the shots when it counted most.

The Sooners were 4-for-4 in overtime, including a threepoint shot, and 4-for-4 from the free throw line to outscore the Eagles 13-5.

Landon Clement led NCC with 22 points and four rebounds, making six of nine three-point attempts. C.J. Wilkerson added 16 points for the Eagles.

OU improved to 2-0 with one more game before the Maui Invitational in Hawaii next week.

Defensive end given high OU honor Saturday in last home game of his career AARON COLEN The Oklahoma Daily

S enior defensive end Jeremy Beal may not get a lot of national attention, but his teammates and coaches certainly don’t take him for granted.

“He sometimes goes under the radar, but not with us,” coach Bob Stoops said. “He has been as reliable, consistent and solid a player as we’ve had here.”

Beal was a semifinalist for the Lombardi Award, which goes to the best lineman in the nation, regardless of whether the player is offensive or defensive.

While he didn’t make the list of three finalists, his presence as a candidate established him as one of the top at his position.

Before the Texas Tech game Saturday, Beal received the Don Key Award, given to the senior who most exemplifies excellence on the field and in the classroom. It is one of the highest honors a football player can receive at OU. He shared the award with senior defensive tackle Adrian Taylor.

Beal leads the Sooners in tackles for loss with 16 and sacks with 7.5.

But the Carrollton, Texas, native’s impact extends beyond the lines of the field.

“Every day, he is a great leader and a great young man, as well as being great i n h i s a c a d e m i c w o rk,” Stoops said.

Senior offensive lineman Eric Mensik said he

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Senior defensive end Jeremy Beal (44) closes in on Colorado junior tailback Rodney Stewart (5) during OU’s 43-10 win over the Buffaloes on Oct. 30 at Oklahoma Memorial Stadium. Beal was given the Don Key Award, OU’s senior honor, before the Texas Tech game Saturday.

gets to line up against Beal a couple of days each week at practice, and he said the experience has been beneficial to his development.

“He’s one of he best I’ve gone against, and I’m glad he’s on my team,” Mensik said. “He gives me a good feel of what’s out there.”

Beal has a reputation for not being necessarily the fastest or the strongest player on the team, but his knowledge of the game makes up for it, Mensik said.

“His work ethic and how

he looks at the game, breaking it all down helps him,” Mensik said. “He just knows what he’s doing.”

Beal represents OU well, and his leadership in the locker room is invaluable to the Sooners, said junior linebacker Travis Lewis, who also is a leader for OU on defense and in the huddle.

“He didn’t win that award we give to the seniors for nothing,” Lewis said. “He is what it means to be a Sooner athlete, and he is a great teammate.”

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Championship game tickets on sale today online, at ticket office Student season-ticket holders will be able to buy tickets for this year’s Big 12 football championship game from 7 a.m. to 5 p.m. today at SoonerSports.com.

Wide receiver nominated for annual award Junior wide receiver Ryan Broyles was named one of 10 semifinalists for the Biletnikoff Award, presented annually to college football’s

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Oklahoma State (9-1, 5-1) leads the Big 12 South Division, followed by Texas A&M (7-3, 4-2) and OU (8-2, 4-2). If the Sooners beat Baylor on Saturday and Oklahoma State on Nov. 27, they will earn a spot in the conference championship because of tiebreakers over OSU (head-tohead) and Texas A&M (record).

Senior guard honored as Big 12 Player of the Week

guard Mariah White, a Midwest City native.

Robinson had a game-high 20 points, 11 assists and eight steals in OU’s season opener against Milwaukee on Saturday, leading the Sooners to a 76-59 win with her first double-double of the year.

Senior guard Danielle Robinson was named this season’s first Big 12 Player of the Week on Monday.

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All-American recruit signs letter of intent with men’s hoops

top receiver, Monday.

Broyles is joined by Oklahoma State sophomore Justin Blackmon and Texas A&M junior Jeff Fuller representing the Big 12.

The list will be cut to three finalists Nov. 22.

— Daily staff reports

Ryan Broyles

The OU men’s basketball program received a national letter of intent from preseason junior college

All-American Robert Goff, OU coach Jeff Capel announced Monday.

The sophomore forward sat out last season after following coach Steve Eck from Cowley County (Kan.) Community College to Hutchinson (Kan.) Community College.

During his freshman

season at Cowley, he averaged 9.2 points, 6.9 rebounds and 1.5 blocked shots per game.

“Robert’s a perfect fit,” Capel said. “We identified him very early as someone we really wanted, and we’re fortunate that he’s a Sooner.”

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