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Boren hopes tobacco ban begins July 1 President extends advisory committee’s deadline to submit recommendations about tobacco policy LANEY ELLISOR

Assistant Managing Editor

Whether OU will implement a smoking ban is no longer uncertain; the question is what that ban entails.

President David Boren aims for the policy to take effect July 1, he said in a press

conference for student journalists Wednesday.

However, the proposal will not reach the OU Board of Regents by its December meeting, Boren said. He guessed it would be on the board’s January agenda and said he would release his

recommendations to the public before that meeting.

In the meantime, the tobacco committee’s meetings will remain closed to the public, as will its recommendations to Boren.

“The tobacco committee is an advisory committee

and just that — I don’t have to take their advice,” Boren said.

The committee is made up of five student leaders, three faculty, three staff and three administrators. Gary Raskob, College of Public Health dean and former smoker, serves as chairman.

Boren listed cleanup costs

UPDATE proposed smoking ban Background: President David Boren announced in September that he would form a committee to explore the implementation of a campus tobacco policy.

What’s new: Boren said July 1 is the targeted date to launch an on-campus tobacco ban.

The advisory committee’s role is to determine the extent of the policy.

What’s next: The committee will continue to meet and will submit recommendations to Boren. A final policy will most likely be submitted to the OU Board of Regents in January.

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Uosa ELECTions

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Mr. Black OU struts his stuff

IFC head, student reps elected

Tuition hikes tied to funding Less money from state would mean higher tuition

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CHASE COOK

Campus Reporter

Representatives for UOSA’s Student Congress were selected Wednesday after two days of voting.

About 1,064 students — about 4.5 percent of the 23,850 Norman Campus student population — turned out to vote Tuesday and Wednesday, a decrease of about 300 students from last year’s fall elections.

The students approved on a single ballot question while electing Nick Coffery as the new IFC president and a myriad of Undergraduate Student Congress representatives.

The approved ballot question gives Congress the power to redistrict as programs at the university change. Student Congress will no longer have to consult the OU Board of Regents when making these changes.

The low turnout didn’t surprise election chairman Cole Jackson. Jackson said fall elections typically don’t have large voting numbers like the spring elections.

“That’s kind of what I expected,” Jackson said.

Apart from the turnout, Jackson said the election process went well. He said students didn’t use the polling places very much this year. Most students probably voted online, he said. “ No t h i n g w e nt b a d on our end I think the

Managing Editor

If OU’s state funding continues to dwindle, tuition will increase to avoid faculty and staff layoffs, course elimination and increased class sizes, President David Boren said Wednesday.

Boren spoke at a news conference regarding university decisions and current issues on campus. A theme of the conference was potential budget cuts see BUDGET PaGe 3

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OU to ask 200,000 grads for donations Boren reveals new plan to raise funds COCO COURTOIS Campus Reporter

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Felton Knighton Jr., zoology sophomore, is escorted by Whitney Lane during the formal-wear portion of the pageant Wednesday evening at Reynolds Performing Art Center during the 2011 pageant. Knighton was crowned as this year’s Mr. Black OU. The sophomore’s talent during the competition was a violin hip-hop arrangement. (oUDaily.com)

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OU President David Boren announced a new scholarship campaign, Every One Helps One, during a press conference with student journalists Wednesday.

OU will contact more than 200,000 alumni in the United States to help raise

Tobacco committee needs to hear all

Crews begin to demolish fire-damaged apartments

Meetings must be public to ensure opinions are being heard. (page 4)

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Many miss the food and culture of home sweet home. (page 5)

professor Chad kerksick’s recent employee contract — This document was requested to further understand Kerksick’s relationship with the university.

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Sooners attend annual cook-off to support students. (oUDaily.com)

Chili Bowl cook-off money goes to art students to show off art. (page 8)

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These documents were requested to gain further insight into the actions of the committee.

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smoking: Ban enforcement not yet determined Continued from page 1

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

A seminar on healthy eating hosted by the Health Sciences Center’s Nutritional Services will take place from 5 to 6 p.m. at Wagner Hall, Room 245. The seminar is part of the Student Success Series.

A concert by the OU Civic Orchestra will take place from 8 to 10 p.m. at Catlett Music Center’s Sharp Concert Hall. The performance is free and open to the public.

A concert by the bands Surf Minus Surf and Omega Snow will take place from 8 to 10 p.m. in the Oklahoma Memorial Union’s Beaird Lounge. The concert is free.

Corrections The Oklahoma Daily has a commitment to serve readers with accurate coverage and analysis.

Readers should bring errors to The Daily’s attention by emailing dailynews@ou.edu.

The headline for Tuesday’s page 1 story about college budgets was incorrect.

President David Boren only has asked officials to anticipate 2- to 5-percent cuts because of uncertain state funding.

and aesthetics as reasons for the ban but said the university’s main concern is health.

For that reason, the university will promote programs to help smokers quit in conjunction with the ban.

Boren said he cannot estimate how the cost of those programs will compare to the current cost of cigarette cleanup.

Because people cannot be expected to quit smoking immediately, the plan will most likely provide for designated smoking areas, Boren said. Those areas would be in safe locations and would be roofed.

Designated areas would prevent smokers from having to go to nearby neighborhoods or Campus Corner and concentrate their litter there, Boren said. They also would accommodate Native Americans who smoke ceremoniously.

How to enforce the ban — and what to do on game days — is to be determined. The

AT A GLANCE Health effects from smoking • Smoking causes coronary heart disease, the leading cause of death in the United States.

• Compared with nonsmokers, smoking is estimated to increase the risk of stroke by two to four times.

• The adverse health effects from cigarette smoking account for an estimated 443,000 deaths, or nearly one of every five deaths, each year in the United States.

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OU President David Boren speaks with student journalists Wednesday at the Gaylord College of Journalism and Mass Communication.

university does little to police the 25-feet-from-buildings law, Boren said.

Five hundred universities in the United States already have implemented smoking bans, including

Oklahoma State University, the University of Central Oklahoma and OU’s own Health Sciences Center. OU will look at the policies of those institutions in modeling its own, Boren said.

• More deaths are caused each year by tobacco use than by all deaths from HIV, illegal drug use, alcohol use, motor vehicle injuries, suicides and murders combined.

Source: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Campaign: Current efforts have raised $184M Continued from page 1 money for additional scholarships, Boren said. Donors will be able to support a specific college or program or support wide, need-based scholarships, Boren said.

In fewer than five years, OU’s current campaign for scholarships has raised $184 million from private donors.

Boren said he would like to see the campaign reach $250 million in the next two years or sooner.

Ac c o rd i n g t o t h e O U Factbook, $34,660,234 in scholarships was allocated in 2009-10.

“Each year, the number of scholarship applications increases,” Boren said in a

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“We will try to contact every single of our graduates to bring this problem to their attention and to ask them to help us.”

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press release. “Even a modest scholarship can sometimes make the difference in keeping a student in school.”

Boren said many students and families have been affected by the economic downturn, and students need

help because of the tuition increase that resulted from decreasing state support.

“We’re going to send out (an) email blast, we’re going to send videos, we’re going to use the social media and we will try to contact every single

of our graduates to bring this problem to their attention and to ask them to help us,” he said.

The campaign is important to help students, Boren said.

“It helps keep the doors of opportunity opened to our students,” Boren said. “[The U.S. was] No. 1 in the world in the percentage of college-age students who go on to college less than 10 years ago. We’re now 12th. That’s how fast it’s falling.”

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TUiTion: 18% of FY12 budget was from state Continued from page 1

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Joseph Winterink, University College freshman, casts his vote during the UOSA fall elections Tuesday outside Dale Hall. To boost voting turnout, UOSA set up polling stations outside Dale Hall and by the Oklahoma Memorial Union’s food court.

Uosa: Student leaders pleased with results Continued from page 1 elections board and I had a good time doing this,” Jackson said.

Congress Chair Alyssa Loveless said she was pleased with how the elections went, “I think everything went great. There weren’t any problems, and I am very happy with our election chair, election board and the polling operators.”

In fall 2010 1,357 students, or about 6 percent of the student population, voted.

Chase Cook contributed to this report.

AT A GLANCE Uosa fall election results iFC president Nick Coffey — 468 votes Sam Peyton — 129 votes Ballot question yes — 518 votes No — 162 votes University College Brandon Dedmon Jackson Lisle Josiah Irwin Taylor Petersen social sciences Jessica Camp Jimmy Brown

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because of increased fixed costs and the possible decrease in state funding during a stalled economy.

The university faces upcoming challenges as it attempts to pay faculty competitive salaries, increased utilities and health care costs, Boren said.

These budget issues prompted Boren to send a letter to faculty and staff Nov. 10, which urged them to prepare for potential budget cuts of up to 5 percent. The letter said faculty and staff already are dealing with increased workloads and responsibilities as the university cuts costs and doesn’t fill vacated positions.

“This has been a tough time, and I think we have to recognize the sacrifices the people who have worked for the university ... have made,” Boren said.

In the last three years, OU has absorbed about $100 million in funding cuts. About $10 million of that money was covered by tuition and fee increases in the last three years, Boren said. Tuition and fee increases have averaged about 3 percent each of those years.

The main trigger for tuition increases has been the shrinking state funds that contribute to OU’s budget. In fiscal year 1998, state funding made up about 32 percent of OU’s budget. In fiscal year 2012, 18 percent of OU’s budget was state funding.

The shrinking relationship between OU’s budget and state funding has occurred because OU’s spending has increased at a greater rate than the state’s funding, according to the OU factbook. The state also has decreased funding to OU in four out of five prior fiscal years.

The university has handled these budget cuts without doing away with courses, cutting faculty and only a small increase in class sizes, Boren said. To keep current courses, faculty and class sizes small, Boren said he will be spending a lot of time at the state Capitol.

“I will be pleading with the governor, the legislative leaders, (to) at least give ... the higher education regents an increase this year,” Boren said. “We can’t cut anymore without beginning to affect quality.”

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OPINION

“It IS the fair thing to do! There is a difference between federally recognized rights between partners and accepting it as a ‘marriage’ within a religious context.” (applescruff84, Re: Staff Senate to explore extending benefits to same-sex couples)

EDITORIAL

We don’t buy it, President Our View: The smoking ban may be a foregone conclusion, but the tobacco advisory committee still has an important job — one students have a stake in.

begins the real work of hard compromises and specific details. It is in this work that the committee can make a difference by ensuring that any policy adopted is based on a fair hearing of all viewpoints and a balanced compromise of each group’s During a press conference Wednesday, President interests.

David Boren explained that the meetings of the adSooners have every right to ensure they are visory committee on tobacco policy will rebeing properly represented in this group. main closed to protect the members, whom Though the president bluntly admitted The Our View he likened to friends volunteering advice. that he does not have to base his decision is the majority Who, he asked, would want their name on on the suggestions of the committee, it is opinion of the front page of the paper just for offering a still the only official capacity in which pubThe Daily’s friendly suggestion? lic opinion might find a voice.

10-member We find this comparison ridiculous.

We simply want to attend the advisory editorial board The advisory committee members are committee meetings to see for ourselves not just a buddy who is offering advice to that all pertinent opinions are given fair the president. The committee is offering counsel on consideration. In keeping the meetings private, the smoking ban in an official capacity, ostensibly Boren is declaring that there should be no accountas a representation of the views of the campus com- ability for how these individuals handle these ismunity. And it has been the administration’s only sues and what they ultimately decide. concession to the need for student input.

So, advisory committee members, we call on If it is simply a group of individuals offering you to stand up for the public you were appointed Boren friendly advice, and not a group selected to to represent. Each of you has been handed the rerepresent the campus at large, it certainly does not sponsibility of representing the students, faculty address that need. If it is a group selected to repre- and staff of this school — to fight for a fair process sent the opinions of the larger campus, the public and a fair policy. certainly has a stake in its actions.

Boren is protecting you. But you can choose to It’s clear from Boren’s comments that OU is going be brave. You can choose to stand up for the pubto have a smoking ban. The tobacco advisory com- lic and insist on providing access to your meetings mittee suggestions will not speak to the prudence and final recommendations. Maybe that way, you of a ban, as we initially thought, but to the best way can be sure your hard work will actually have an to bring one about. This makes the committee even impact. more significant.

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Huntsman the best choice for Republicans

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Janna Gentry is an English education senior.

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“father figure,” though her ex-boyfriend claimed Berlusconi’s interest in her was less than fatherly.

Beyond his treatment of women, he has been accused of contributing to an already patriarchal Italian culture by portraying women in his media empire as sex objects. Berlusconi owns 90 percent of the Italian media, The New York Times reported, and his influence on popular culture is vast.

A popular feature of many of his TV shows are “velinas,” showgirls who parade around wearing little clothing. Some of these velinas have been put into positions of power by Berlusconi, and a recent poll taken among young girls in Milan revealed becoming a velina was their highest occupational goal. The message Berlusconi sent to young Italian women during his time as prime minister was that they should be beautiful, and if they are beautiful, they could become powerful.

Berlusconi no doubt will still be influencing Italian culture through his media monopoly after his premiership, but I hope the new prime minister will be a more respected role model for how to treat women.

I hope someday Italians will look back on the premiership of Berlusconi and wonder why they ever allowed such a dirty old man to stay in power for so long.

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he Greek debt crisis OPINION COLUMNIST was an intense situation that put global markets on edge and brought fears of a European Union collapse and another great recession.

But the EU came through with a bailout package that Zachary Carrell could possibly save the Greek zachary.d.carrell-1@ou.edu state from default. This has stabilized the euro system and the global economy, but it now means the focus must shift to other European states. Italy is the next storm on the horizon — but Italy is significantly different from Greece.

It is the eighth-largest economy in the world, and its banking sector is heavily connected to European, Asian and — especially — American banks. This connection could have disastrous consequences for the global economy. There are 10 banks in the U.S. that control trillions of dollars in liquidity, and unfortunately, they also hold a lot of Italy’s debt and the debt of its banking sector. This is a dangerous combination.

Italy is too big to fail, and if it were to go down — which, at the moment, isn’t the likely end result — there is nothing the EU can do. Greece’s debt is 350 billion euros, or $490 billion, and in comparison, Italy’s debt is more than one trillion

Should tobacco advisory committee meetings be closed to the public?

euros, or more than $1.35 trillion. That number is something the EU will not be able to handle with a bailout.

Luckily, Italy is a large economy, and its government has done some work to escape default. The most important of which was to ask former Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi to resign, which will free up the government to create a new legislative coalition to take on its debt. For the moment, the European economy has slightly stabilized, but that does not mean this is permanent.

During a recent Republican debate focused on the economy, a question was asked about the European financial crisis. It is understandable this is not an easy question to answer, and there is not a lot the U.S. president can do to help with this situation, but it would have been nice if the candidates would have shown some knowledge about the issue.

Every candidate answered with a statement that Italy and the banks that support them should be allowed to fail. Even more unnerving was the view that the U.S. economy is completely isolated from the rest of the world and that the only way to fix our economy is to ignore the international markets.

As president, you must at least know what is going on in the world. I hope the candidates will eventually show some ability to run the largest economy on the planet.

Ex-Italian leader lacked respect

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he presidential OPINION COLUMNIST election is coming up relatively soon, and you know what that means: people making fools of themselves trying to be good politicians.

Now, understand, watching the Republican Jacob Oller primary debates has never jacoboller@ou.edu been a soothing or reassuring experience. The amount of warmongering and pandering to extreme viewpoints present in these televised publicity stunts is enough to drive people remotely moderate or centrist to buying a cabin in the woods and becoming mountain men or women while spending the rest of their days avoiding the craziness that is humanity.

However, the political climate is one of upheaval and change. People are mad as hell, and they aren’t going to take it anymore. But really, when the leading opposition to the current establishment can’t remember what the names of the government departments that he’s been campaigning against are — or is fighting off multiple allegations of sexual harassment — you’re not setting yourself up for success. And yet, the one rational GOP candidate has been written off in this race: Jon Huntsman.

You don’t know who Huntsman is? I’m not surprised.

The former governor of Utah and ambassador to China has been described by The Huffington Post as “a conservative technocrat-optimist with moderate positions who was willing to work with President Barack Obama.” If you have no idea what a technocrat is besides some sort of Daft Punk-loving dictator, I’ll save you the trouble of looking it up. This basically means Huntsman is in favor of “Someone like decision makers being Huntsman, with selected based upon how reasonable ideas knowledgeable and skillful and ideals, an ability they are in their field.

Seems like a pretty good to keep religion plan to me. Why aren’t all and scientific fact politicians technocrats?

He mixes conservative separate, relevant fiscal policy with mildly international conservative social views, experience in politics restricting abortion and gay but also denouncand a propensity for marriage ing the recent Mississippi sticking to his values, personhood vote as “going too far” and being a staunch could offer some of civil unions. healthy competition supporter And in response to for Obama.”

Rick Perry’s loudly touted creationist worldview, Huntsman warned the Republican Party shouldn’t become the “anti-science” party, saying, “To be clear, I believe in evolution and trust scientists on global warming.

Call me crazy.” But hey, he’s religious, too. And he’s not even insane regarding that either, talking about how spirituality can transcend the typical definitions and how diverse his family’s beliefs are. He’s the full package.

But wait, there’s more. Foreign policy, you say? Well, he just got off the job being our liaison to China, and he thinks we should use negotiation and diplomacy to prevent war and increase international communication. Wow. No invasions, Huntsman? Seems a little odd.

Now, I’m not pretending to be a die-hard Republican.

Nor am I a card-carrying Democrat. I assign my views on a candidate-by-candidate basis in every race. Someone like Huntsman, with reasonable ideas and ideals, an ability to keep religion and scientific fact separate, relevant international experience in politics and a propensity for sticking to his values, could offer some healthy competition for Obama. And in doing so, regardless of the outcome, our nation would benefit.

Voters may have a reason to actually listen to issues and candidates instead of blindly clinging to party lines.

Interest in political thought may blossom. Appropriate change may occur. Mutual learning from conversations and debates started about real issues from candidates who are open to compromise and have a willingness to adapt and learn from criticism will improve our country — as opposed to the current catchphrase-spouting, gaffe-making, intelligence-insulting, ragtag circus sideshow that is the rest of the potential Republican nominees.

COLUMN

hree cheers for the OPINION COLUMNIST retirement of former Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi.

After three terms, Berlusconi resigned this past week after austerity measures were passed by the Italian parliament.

Janna Gentry The new candidate for janna.f.gentry-1@ou.edu prime minister, Mario Monti, is an economist whose expertise I hope will help Italy’s debt problem. In addition to fixing Italy’s economic woes, I hope he’ll also bring back the respect of Italian women that was absent under Berlusconi.

Berlusconi’s personal record regarding women is far from pristine. He is probably most infamous for his sex parties, known in Italy as “Bunga Bunga,” named after a dance allegedly performed by nude women at these parties.

In 2010, an underage Moroccan belly dancer admitted these parties were large orgies and she had a relationship with Berlusconi. She wasn’t the only underage girl with whom he was accused of having a relationship. Berlusconi’s second wife filed for divorce after he attended the birthday party of an 18-year-old girl, who said she thought of Berlusconi as a

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International

Students look back on little things Favorite foods most commonly missed things about home CoCo Courtois Campus Reporter

Tuesday marked the threemonth anniversary of arriving in Oklahoma for many OU exchange students, and it’s almost the end of the trip for those who will spend the holidays with their family.

What all exchange students share, no matter how long their tenure at OU, is missing what made their home sweet home.

And for many, it’s often the food.

Ana Maria Meléndez, a psychology student from Colombia, said she misses real fruits and vegetables.

“Here, you buy an apple, you don’t eat it for a month, and it’s still good. I don’t know what they put in their apples, but I fear it’s not good,” Meléndez said.

She said she also misses the lack of variety and doesn’t like that most fruits have sugar added.

“Oh, and I also miss real juice made of real fruits, of course,” Meléndez said.

For Moerowam Al-Chaabi, a German graduate student in engineering, yogurt seems to be his problem.

“Germans are crazy about yogurts; we have so many different brands and flavors,” Al-Chaabi said. “Here, I can only find nonfat and lowfat yogurts. I want fat in my yogurts.”

For Torsten Kremer, a German student studying management, quality beer is what he misses.

“When I go to another country, I always try to drink domestic beers to get a impression of the beer the locals prefer. I (have) traveled

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Léa Lerouvillois, a foreign languages student from France, looks at a picture of her horse, Mezzo, hanging on the wall of her room Wednesday afternoon. Lerouvillois said spending time away from horse riding has been one of the toughest things about being away from home.

over 10 countries now, and for me, the beer here was the worst beer I had,” Kremer said.

Beer has a long tradition in Germany, Kremer said.

Each beer has its own character, whereas most beers in the United States are like soft drinks.

“Why even produce a light beer? If I want a beer, I would like to have a real beer,” Kremer said. “Have you ever heard of a light wine or champagne?”

Despite being a

“I do miss sex. All of us in a relationship miss it. How would you not miss that?”

Matt Poole, Exchange student from England

multicultural country, the United States doesn’t offer all types of food — or at least not to everyone’s taste. “ They have so many Chinese buffets in the U.S., but everything tastes the same; it’s not real Chinese food,” said Moge Wang, a Chinese translation student.

“I will never go to a Chinese

buffet. I think I can cook better than them.”

What Adrian Espallargas, Daily columnist and journalism student, craves is his traditional Spanish food.

“Jamon serrano, chorizo, good bread, paella, my grandmother’s gaspacho,” Espallargas said. “I never thought I would have said

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that, but I miss fish.”

Juliette Faraggi, a French student in foreign langu ag e, sa i d s h e m i ss e s Saint Nectaire, her favorite cheese.

“I’ve been raised with real stinky cheese,” Faraggi said.

“This is the food that you eat with real bread, not a toast or a bagel.”

But food is not the only thing students miss.

Yuki Nakatsuka, a Japanese student in business, said he misses doing double-dutch, a sport he played in Japan.

“It’s not really popular here, and I can’t seem to find anyone to play with,” Nakatsuka said. “Now that I think about it, I guess I also miss my teammates.”

Matt Poole, an English mathematics graduate student, said he misses his girlfriend and all the things that come with it.

“I do miss sex,” Poole said.

“All of us in a relationship miss it. How would you not miss that?”

Guillaume Sicard, a French student in architecture, misses something a bit more peculiar.

“I got a really old guitar at home, like from the ’60s or something, and I grew really fond of this particular guitar,” Sicard said. “I did buy a guitar here, but the one I told you about has a history of its own; it’s like if you were missing your cat.”

Not doing her favorite outdoor activity has proven hard for Léa Lerouvillois, a French student in foreign language.

“Since I got here, I couldn’t d o a n y h o r s e r i d i n g ,” Lerouvillois said. “I can feel it — my back is hurting and my ankles are crunching.”

Lerouvillois said she’s been riding since she was 4 years old and never stopped for more than a month.

“Riding is my way to relax.

I need it,” Lerouvillois said.

“Without it, I feel deprived of my oxygen.”

Most students have at least one piece of home they routinely reflect on, but Calum Raffle, a Scottish student in finance, seems content where he is.

“I don’t miss anything.

I like it here,” Raffle said.

“Basically because a lot of things here are the same, or at least I do the same things: eating bad food and watching sports.”

Saturday, Nov. 19

Asian Cuisine at Kraettli | 5:30 until supplies last on the grassy area North of Kraettli 212A. Come check out the new Roll House Traveling Trailer and get some FREE food and drinks. For more information, please contact Glenn at glenncube616@ou.edu.

FREE Film Screening: “Disney’s Phineas & Ferb Across the 2nd Dimension” | 11 a.m. in the Mary Eddy and Fred Jones Auditorium, Fred Jones Jr. Museum of Art. Stay after the screening to see series co-creator and animator Jeff “Swampy” Marsh, who will be drawing character cartoons and signing autographs for visitors. Limited seating.

Hockey: OU vs. Liberty University | 7:30 P.M. at the Blazers Ice Centre, 8000 S. I-35, Oklahoma City, OK. Wear your OU Hockey shirt and get in for $1 along with valid OU ID. Call the Blazers Ice Centre at (405) 631-3307 or see www.ouhockey.com for more information.

Greek Ally | 1-4 p.m. at the Jim Thorpe Multicultural Center South of the residence halls. learn how to stand up and support members of the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer (LGBTQ) community. Free and open to any Greek members. Register at lgbtq@ ou.edu.

Union Sound Lounge | 8-10 p.m. in Beaird Lounge, Oklahoma Memorial Union. Come to the Union Programming Board’s mellow concert series and enjoy FREE music from student bands and local talent! There’s ALWAYS SOMETHING with the Union Programming Board, www.ou.edu/upb.

Hockey: OU vs. University of Arizona | 4 P.M. at the Blazers Ice Centre, 8000 S. I-35, Oklahoma City, OK. Wear your OU Hockey shirt and get in for $1 along with valid OU ID.

Friday, Nov. 18 FREE Movie: “30 Minutes or Less” | 6, 9 p.m. and midnight in Meacham Auditorium, Oklahoma Memorial Union. Come to see this comedy blockbuster before it’s available on DVD, courtesy of the Union Programming Board and Campus Activities Council.

Art After Hours: “Form and Process, Lee Mullican & Sam Francis” | 6-7 p.m. at the Fred Jones Jr. Museum of Art. For more information, please contact Susan Baley, sbaley@ou.edu (405) 325-3270.

FREE Film Screening: “Project Nim” | 7 p.m. in the Mary Eddy and Fred Jones Auditorium, Fred Jones Jr. Museum of Art. From the Oscar-winning team behind “Man on Wire,” comes the story of Nim, the chimpanzee, who in the 1970s, became the focus of a landmark experiment aimed to show that an ape could learn to communicate with sign language if raised and nurtured like a human child. Special guests Bob Ingersoll, who befriended Nim, and Elizabeth Hess who wrote Nim’s biography will be present.

Limited seating!

Men’s Basketball: OU vs. Coppin State | 7 p.m. at the Lloyd Noble Center. Student Tickets are on sale now for $40! Visit soonersports.com for more information.

Wrestling: OU vs. Missouri | 7 p.m. in the McCasland Field House. Post-game autographs and get a free popcorn with a non-perishable food donation. Admission is FREE for student with valid OU ID! Visit soonersports.com for more information.

Hockey: OU vs. University of Arizona | 7:30 P.M. at the Blazers Ice Centre, 8000 S. I-35, Oklahoma City, OK. Wear your OU Hockey shirt and get in for $1 along with valid OU ID. Call the Blazers Ice Centre at (405) 631-3307 or see www.ouhockey.com for more information.

Soda Pop Shoppe | 8-10 p.m. in Crossroads Lounge, Oklahoma Memorial Union. Come to the Union Programming Board’s soda shoppe and customize your own float, sundae or ice cream blast! We will also have a team trivia contest with prizes and demos of pre-released games for PS3 and Playstation’s new 3D TV technology! There’s ALWAYS SOMETHING with the Union Programming Board, www.ou.edu/upb.

Call the Blazers Ice Centre at (405) 631-3307 or see www.ouhockey.com for more informa-

tion.

Volleyball: OU vs. Texas A&M | 7 p.m. at the McCasland Field House. Military appreciation night and post-game autographs. FREE admission for students. Visit soonersports.com for more information.

Sutton Concert Series: Concerto Gala with OU Orchestra | 8 p.m. in the Sharp Concert Hall, Catlett Music Center. Tickets are $5 for students, OU faculty/staff and seniors and $8 for adults. Call the Fine Arts Box Office, (405) 325-4101, for more information.

Sunday, Nov. 20 Fred Jones Jr. Museum of Art Family Day | 1-4 p.m. at Fred Jones Auditorium, Fred Jones Jr. Museum of Art. Come explore art of the American Southwest in the museum’s new Stuart Wing, and enjoy hands-on activities for the whole family. We’ll be making some turkeythemed in anticipation of Thanksgiving. Admission is FREE on Family Day! Sutton Concert Series: Collegium Musicum | 3 p.m. in Gothic Hall, Catlett Music Center.

Tickets are $5 for students, OU faculty/staff and seniors and $8 for adults. Call the Fine Arts Box Office, (405) 325-4101, for more information.

UC Action Tutoring: Human Physiology | 6-8 p.m. in Wagner Hall Rm 240. Looking for assistance in your Human Physiology course? UC Action is offering a FREE walk-in tutoring session at this time every week! (Need help in another subject? See our full weekly schedule at http://uc.ou.edu/action)

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OU co-offensive coordinator Jay Norvell says he expects a collective effort by the entire offense to make up for the loss of Ryan Broyles.

Volleyball

Sooners spike losing streak Win against Kansas first for OU in 2nd half of Big 12 play

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Men’s basketball

Former player reflects on career Corey Brewer returns to OU to finish African-American studies degree

Luke McConnell Sports Reporter

Oklahoma regained its swagger against the Jayhawks on Wednesday.

After Saturday’s loss to Baylor, OU volleyball coach Santiago Restrepo lamented that the Sooners played very good offense but weren’t adjusting well to the way defenses played them.

Against Kansas, OU made all the right adjustments and rode a dominating offensive performance to snap a fourmatch losing streak by defeating the Jayhawks, 3-1 (-20, 24-26, -23, -17), in Lawrence.

The Sooners hit .316 for the match, one of their highest totals this season.

Senior right side Suzy Boulavsky led the offense with 17 kills and just one error from 37 swings.

Boulavsky also hit a match high .432 attack percentage.

Freshman outside hitter Tara Dunn added 15 kills with a .316 clip.

Senior setter Brianne Barker directed the offense with 47 assists, showing little signs of the hand injury she sustained last week against Kansas State.

Junior libero Mar Ă­a Fernanda led the defense with 19 digs, and sophomore outside hitter Keila Rodriguez added 15.

OU also had 9.5 team blocks and six service aces.

Kansas was led offensively

by Allison Mayfield, who had 18 kills. Caroline Jarmoc had 14 kills, and Sara McClinton chipped in with 12.

The Jayhawks were unable to overcome 26 attack errors and eight service errors. Kansas hit .211 for the match despite out-hitting OU, 60-55.

The match was tight throughout each set.

RJ Young

Sports Reporter

Former Oklahoma guard Corey Brewer stood at the end of the practice court, arms crossed, in an Oklahoma Sooners shirt and blue jeans while he watched his former team practice Tuesday afternoon at Lloyd Noble Center.

He had come back to OU to finish what he started — a degree.

The former All-Big 12 guard returns to Norman after spending the last 13 years pursuing a professional basketball career in Europe.

As a senior, Brewer averaged 20.8 points per game and led the Sooners to a 22-11 record during the 1997-98 season. He was a second-round pick by the Miami Heat in the 1998 NBA Draft but never played in a regular-season game.

He played briefly for Grand Rapids Hoops in the Continental Basketball Association (1998-99) and the New Mexico Slam in the COREY International Basketball League (1999- BREWER 2000).

In 2000, Brewer began playing professionally overseas with nine teams in six countries (Italy, Spain, Greece, Belgium, Croatia and Latvia).

Brewer retired from pro basketball this year and hopes to become a collegiate assistant coach. He will begin classes this spring.

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Senior middle blocker Carlee Roethlisberger (right) spikes against Kansas’ Caroline Jarmoc during OU’s 3-1 win against the Jayhawks on Wednesday in Lawrence. The victory snapped a four-game losing streak.

OU broke a 15-15 tie in the first set to break open a 20-16 lead.

Kansas cut the lead to 21-19, but the Sooners withstood the Jayhawk rally to take the set, 25-20.

Kansas controlled the entire second set, but OU refused to go quietly.

Down 22-17, the Sooners fought back, eventually tying the match at 23 and staving off a match point at 24-23.

However, Kansas took the last two points to win the set, 26-24.

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After the break, Kansas led most of the third set until OU took a 22-20 lead behind a Kansas attack error and a Dunn kill.

Kansas rallied to tie the score at 23, but two Boulavsky kills finished the set and gave the Sooners a 2-1 lead in the match.

The fourth set was all OU as the Sooners broke a 3-3 tie and never looked back.

OU steamrolled through, hitting .345 and holding Kansas to a .100 clip with nine attack errors, to win the set, 25-17, and its first match since Oct. 22.

It also was the Sooners’ first win in the second half of Big 12 conference play.

Sports brief Football

Landry Jones named semifinalist for Walter Camp Player of the Year award OU junior quarterback Landry Jones has been named one of 15 semifinalists for the 2011 Walter Camp Player of the Year award. The list of semifinalists was released Wednesday by the Walter Camp Football Foundation.

Jones’ 372.1 yards per game land him at second in the nation in that category, and the junior also has helped lead the

No. 5-ranked Sooners to an 8-1 record.

Jones now holds numerous passing records at Oklahoma.

He broke the school’s single-game passing record with his 505-yard performance against Kansas State on Oct. 29 and is now also the school leader in passing yards and passing touchdowns with 11,265 yards and 92 touchdowns in his career.

Jones still has some time to pad his rĂŠsumĂŠ in games against Baylor (Saturday) and Iowa State (Nov. 26) before the five finalists are announced on Nov. 30.

Greg Fewell, Assistant Sports Editor

The Daily: Why did you decide to come back to OU? Corey Brewer: I retired from basketball. I wanted to be able to come back and finish school. I need 26 hours to finish my degree. Being back here is actually more home to me than where I’m from. I came back here because I wanted to be an assistant coach. By being here and working with everybody that’s here, I think that’ll help me out a lot. I like just being here in Oklahoma.

Daily: Are you working with the team while you’re going to school?

Brewer: As of right now, no; nothing right now. But I’m sure I’ll be talking to coach (Lon) Kruger and the other assistant coaches and my friend (athletic trainer) Alex (Brown) about different things, like what you have to do in that process in order to be an assistant coach.

Daily: What are you majoring in?

Brewer: It’s African-American studies and physical education. It’s all mixed in together, but it totals 26 hours. It’s what I need to do to be able to get my degree. I’m happy for that. To be able to play a long time overseas and come back and be able to get your degree, that’s important in the world.

Daily: What do you think of the team?

Brewer: I was at the game (Friday). Everyone is always jittery in the first game. It’s a process. It’s going to be a long season, and they have a chance to get a lot better.

I think they should do OK and surprise some people. I see them working really hard in practice. That should have a good carry-over to games, and they should be a little bit better than what we saw in the first game.

Daily: What wisdom would you give OU’s players?

Brewer: When I was playing here, I might have missed one practice each year. I was dedicated to basketball and working hard and trying to improve each year. So, I’d tell them to just work hard because that’s going to carry you if you want to play professionally. You have to work hard. If you’re here and you’re working hard every day, it’s going to carry over into your everyday life.

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Disney movie creator will pay a visit to OU this weekend at the Fred Jones Jr. Museum of Art and Gaylord Hall.

Katherine Borgerding, life & arts editor dailyent@ou.edu • phone: 405-325-5189 Left: Attendees line up to try one of the 42 types of chili At the Arts Alliance Chili Bowl event in the Lightwell Gallery on the second floor of The School or Art & Art History on Wednesday.

Top right: Pumpkin chili was one type of chili offered at the Arts Alliance Chili Bowl event in the Lightwell Gallery.

Bottom right: Hand-made ceramic bowls were available first come, first serve for an extra fee to the attendees of the Arts Alliance Chili Bowl.

Photos by AUBRIE HILL/THE DAILY

Sooners remain friends after annual Chili Bowl cook-off Event helps fund student travel Caitlin Ruemping Life & Arts Reporter

“Do you kiss your chili with that mouth, Bradley?” was the response to Brad Stevens’s last trash-talk jab.

The blow, dealt by art history senior Andy Couch, his colleague at the Fred Jones Jr. Museum of Art, was one of the many fighting words that were exchanged as the two began preparing for Wednesday’s fourth annual Arts Alliance Chili Bowl cook-off.

“I keep coming back because it’s a good fundraiser to help the students.”

Jennifer gourney, Administrative assistant

“My personal favorite was ‘Eat my beans, Bradley,’” Couch said. “I began calling him ‘widdle Bradley.’”

Stevens, last year’s cookoff winner, began trash talking with Couch on Monday, and the rivalry spread to their mutual friends before too long.

“I was the mediator,” said mutual friend Josh Puckett, a first-year administrative

leadership student. “I’m the friend who had to deal with all this.”

Though Couch believed his family recipe and distinctive use of buffalo meat from his family’s ranch would set him apart from the rest, neither his chili nor “Brad’s Southwest Buffalo Chili” took home the prize.

With flavors rated on a spicy scale from 1 to 5,

the flavors ranged from the ultra-spicy “Satan’s Breakfast,” made by Sam Craig, to the more mild “Yo Momma’s Green Chili Stew”

by Jennifer Gourney, School of Art and Art History administrative assistant.

In fact, Gourney said she has been back every year to compete for the title.

Though she has never taken first prize, she’s driven by another purpose.

“The proceeds go to student travel awards so that students can present their

artwork and research in museums,” Gourney said.

“I keep coming back because it’s a good fundraiser to help the students.”

Those very students receiving the travel awards had their chance to help out with the fundraiser by creating ceramic chili bowls that the Arts Alliance sold alongside the all-you-caneat chili bar.

The bowls, made by the ceramics class, provide a souvenir for the patrons, and computer science

senior Andrew Nguyen said he has started quite the collection.

“I’ve been to the other ones before,” Nguyen said.

“I use the bowls at home for taco soup and other snacks.

The bowl is nice, the chili is good, and hey — I didn’t have anything else to do.”

As the intensity of the chili cook-off subsides, Couch said he believes he and Stevens can remain friends — at least until next year’s competition rolls around.