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CNBC’S ‘MAD MONEY’ HOST SAYS NOT TO FEAR FUTURE Jim Cramer advises students to invest, buy homes RICKY MARANON Daily Staff Writer

Editor’s Note: The following is part one of a two-part series covering an interview CNBC’s “Mad Money” host Jim Cramer gave The Daily before recording his show Friday at the Donald W. Reynolds Performing Arts Center. Today’s story covers Cramer’s financial advice, while tomorrow’s part two highlights Cramer’s memories of his career.

CNBC’s “Mad Money” host Jim Cramer said Friday students should not be afraid of the economic downturn with regards to their future investments and employment.

Cramer said he graduated under

circumstances similar to those students graduating this year and last spring face.

“I graduated from law school in 1984, and the stock market had been bad for years,” Cramer said. “I went around to many investment firms, and they all said, ‘We’re not hiring.’”

He also said the stock market in 1984 was similar to what students face today.

“They all asked me ‘Don’t you realize stocks are done? No one wants stocks anymore,’” Cramer said. “I said, ‘Good. There won’t be any real competition.’ [Goldman Sachs Group] hired two people that year, and I was one of them. Five years later, everyone wants to be in the business. Everyone was too afraid to apply for the job because they were afraid of the fierce competition.”

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Jim Cramer tapes his show “Mad Money” Friday afternoon in the Reynolds Performing Arts Center.

OWL CITY FLIES ONTO OU CAMPUS, BECOMES BIG HOOT AMONG STUDENTS

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Owl City singer Adam Young performs during a Campus Activities Council concert Sunday night at McCasland Field House. Young is the only member of Owl City.

Reproductive rights week planned to oppose new Okla. legislation

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Advocates say House Bill 1595 could be ‘damaging’ for women

Reproductive Justice, stated in a press release.

“We will no longer be silent or inactive.”

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The School of Art and Art History hosted its iron pour event, “Fuego Friday,” in the North Oval Friday evening. Students were in charge of melting and pouring the iron into molds.

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In response to a new Oklahoma legislation, some students at OU have planned a reproductive rights week beginning today that will culminate in a statewide protest on the state capitol Friday, according to a press release.

“This is not about being pro-choice or prolife, Republican or Democrat,” Sandra Criswell, English and women’s and gender studies senior, stated in a press release. “We were hearing plenty of outrage, but there seemed to be no place to focus all of this energy. Hopefully, this protest will do that.”

House Bill 1595 is a new provision on Oklahoma abortion laws requiring an official record and reporting system for all abortions occurring within the state. This information would be made public and includes demographic information on the women.

Students from the OU Women’s and Gender Studies Student Association led this initiative, but students from other campuses across the state have joined with them against this legislation.

“There is power in numbers, so it is pertinent to come together, especially in a state that has continually ignored a serious call for change amongst its younger citizens,” Cait Thompson, Oklahoma State University graduate and founding member of Oklahomans for

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Elizabeth Rucker, international and area studies and interdisciplinary perspectives on the environment sophomore, said she thinks reproductive rights week is a great way to start what could be an uncomfortable conversation but one that is important to address.

“I think this is a really good response to this bill,” said Rucker. “There wasn’t any publicity around this bill and there wasn’t a response in Oklahoma.”

Rucker said she views reproductive rights as a human right.

“Think of women in domestic violence situations or women who live in small spiritual towns,” she said. “It could be very damaging for them.”

Rucker said she really likes the idea of a march on the state capitol.

“What we’re hoping to get from the rally is to see people from everywhere there,” she said.

“It’ll bring people together who are women’s activists in a place where women are shamed for having sex or getting an abortion.”

Rucker said she wants this state’s government to know that if they want their votes, they aren’t going to be able to pass this kind of legislation.

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Money Continued from page 1 outlook on the financial and job markets at the time and also took a risk, he was able to find a job that he liked and succeed despite the tough job market he faced.

“I knew the job I wanted, and I went after it,” Cramer said. “Everyone else who wanted my job went off to become lawyers and investment bankers, but I was determined [to get the job I wanted].”

Cramer worked as a trader for Goldman Sachs Group, an investment banking and securities firm, after graduating law school, according to his biography on CNBC’s Web site.

Cramer also said students who are graduating should consider buying a house rather then renting an apartment.

“It’s a good time to get a house, if you can afford it,” Cramer said. “You should also look at taking advantage of the tax credits that are available right now for first-time home buyers.”

UOSA CONSIDERING RULES CHANGE The Undergraduate Student Congress will consider changing the rules for who can run for UOSA president next week.

Congressional Bill No. 820310 would change the rules of who may run for the school’s top student job by requiring that students complete a minimum of two sequential semesters or three non-consecutive semesters serving as any defined position in the Executive Branch or the Legislative Branch of the UOSA by the end of the semester during which the election takes place.

The bill, co-authored by Jason Robison, Student Congress congressional administration committee chairman, and Susan Adams Johnson, chairwoman of the Graduate Student Senate, would take effect immediately after passage.

Student Congress will also consider making changes to the Honor Council.

Congressional Bill No. 820309 would include changes to membership, changes in removing and adding members, and changing the name of the committee to the Integrity Council.

The bills were on the agenda for Tuesday’s regular Student Congress meeting, but because of a long debate over three previous bills, the consideration of the changes was moved to next week’s meeting.

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All students should also look into making a small investment that can grow over time, he said.

“The biggest mistake someone can make with their money right now is not to invest.”

Cramer said. “If you have the money, you should look into getting some shares in a company. Whether it’s one share, five shares or 10 shares, if you have the money, do something while many shares in a lot of companies don’t cost a lot.”

Cramer said students should look into Apple as a stable investment that offers long-term growth.

“Even if you buy one share of Apple, you’ll still benefit,” Cramer said. “They are going to continue to grow, especially with the iPhone. Smartphones like the iPhone are where it’s at right now, and I think it is a great stock for students.”

The iPhone went on sale for the first time in China during the interview Friday.

Cramer said the new Chinese sales show that Apple is already expanding the smartphone market and making money off its technology.

AUBREY MCCLENDON, JIM CRAMER DISCUSS ‘CLEAN COAL,’ TRADE LEGISLATION Chesapeake Energy Corporation CEO Aubrey McClendon and CNBC’s “Mad Money” host Jim Cramer spoke out against cap and trade legislation at OU Friday during a taping of Cramer’s show.

The two men said the legislation, intended to reduce carbon emissions to combat climate change, is just a legislative win for the coal industry and its lobbyists.

“Cap and trade is nothing but a big win for the coal industry,” Cramer said. “You hear people talk about clean coal, but there is no such thing as clean coal.”

Both men said clean coal is not a viable solution for the future of the U.S. “Clean coal doesn’t exist today,” McClendon said.

“It is a technological fantasy, and financially it’s insanity.”

“People aren’t just starting to realize America is the Saudi Arabia of coal, but they are also starting to realize it is the Saudi Arabia of natural gas,” Cramer said.

McClendon said it was only recently that natural gas companies have realized how abundant the fuel really is and that it was time to educate lawmakers in Washington. If political leaders would get around

Rights Continued from page 1 real experiences,” she said.

Rucker said she is trying to get the word out about the event.

“We need to respect everyone’s experiences and everyone’s viewpoints, and don’t attack people personally,” she said. “We need to listen to women because women are the ones not being listened to, on both sides of this, especially women who have had this experience.”

Lindsey Pease, letters junior, said she thinks Reproductive Rights Week is something really important and is glad the Women’s and Gender Studies Student Association have put so much work into it.

“Whether it is effective or not, I think it’s important that the Oklahoma community see that there is a body of women and men who find women’s rights important,” Pease said.

Pease said this legislature is something she had known about before, but she was excited to know that someone was doing something about it.

“I think it is imposing on women who are already in a fragile state, especially women

who live in small towns,” Pease said.

Pease said she thinks this bill allows people in small towns to identify women, and she said it gives a lot of organizations within Oklahoma ways to judge other women based on race and class.

“I’m looking forward to educating other people, as well as myself, on this issue,” she said.

PRO-LIFE Cacey Myrick, international and area studies sophomore, said she believes once the reproduction actually happens, no one has the right to stop that.

“A lot of people, when they think of the right to reproduce, they think of the right to abort, but once you have an abortion something has already been reproduced,” she said.

Myrick said she thinks the information should be made public as long as the individual woman is held in confidentiality where the information would be pure statistics.

“I don’t think this restricts women’s rights because women still have the first choice of whether they have sex or not,” she said. “And whether or not to have an abortion would be a second choice.”

Myrick said in the matter of domestic

natural gas, they could really make a difference and address important political issues, he said.

“It’s just a matter of time and education,” McClendon said. “For years, we’ve known that natural gas is a great fuel.”

He said incentives need to be created to get natural gas power plants up and running.

To prove natural gas can be usable in any vehicle, McClendon brought a natural gas-powered motorcycle. The motorcycle was made by Orange County Choppers in celebration of Chesapeake being in business for 20 years, McClendon said.

“It shows that natural gas is not only very practical but also very cool,” he said.

McClendon said the natural gas industry could put former automobile manufacturing workers back to work in the natural gas industry.

“We are not just talking about a natural gas as a bridge fuel, but it is a foundation to moving us away from dependence on foreign oil and reducing out carbon emissions,” he said.

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violence, she thinks it is the responsibility of the mother to get herself out of that situation because it is harmful for anyone to be in.

“I think it’s a very hard issue that needs to be discussed,” she said. “But it needs to be discussed in a civil way and not so much by yelling like we saw a lot of at the ‘Justice for All’ event last year.”

Andrew Magnus, classics senior, said he thinks any bill that would slow down the abortion rate is good and worth any price.

“I believe when it comes to abortion, you have to look at the rights, not only of a woman, but the fetus, as well,” Magnus said.

Magnus said he realizes there are two sides to this issue, but if people view the fetus as a person then there shouldn’t ever really be more than one side.

“That’s a basic right, to live,” he said. “I view abortion as genocide because it kills millions of people.”

Magnus said he thinks women should have rights, but when it comes to abortion, unless the woman’s life is in danger if she carries the child to term, she shouldn’t have the right to kill it.

“If there is a question as to when a human being gains personhood, it would be truly horrifying to end that life,” he said. “Why would anyone take the chance to murder?”

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Researchers create ecological forecaster Computer scientists and natural scientists team up to develop ‘cyberCommons’ program JARED RADER Daily Staff Writer

Researchers from around the world will soon be able to forecast ecological processes with the development of an “information cafeteria” a team of OU researchers is creating called cyberCommons.

CyberCommons will allow others to obtain electronic real-time data of ecological systems.

A $6 million grant from the National Science Foundation allowed researchers to fund this project.

“It’s taking the concept of forecasting we know so well on weather science and applying it to ecological science,” said Paul Risser, lead researcher for the project.

Ecological forecasting could be used to measure a number of important processes, such as the amount of carbon dioxide taken up by plants, how much nitrogen washes off the soil, how fast disease effecters are moved across the landscape, or what the effect of drought would be on the distribution of different plant or animal species, said Risser, chairman of the University Research Cabinet.

He said the program will be useful for business and policy makers and will enable students to learn from the study.

“The project is important because it allows us to think about ecological processes the same way we think about weather processes,” Risser said.

“It’s also interesting because it brings together computer scientists and natural scientists, and it has an educational component to it.”

Teachers and students will be able to download data, models and visuals to use in the classroom for learning about ecological processes, predictions, and the use and management of data, according to a press release from OU Public Affairs.

Risser said the information would be available on a Web portal that will be used to create for-credit courses and summer workshops for universities.

Ecological forecasting could aid scientific research of issues related to climate change because changes in climate will naturally lead to changes in ecosystems, Risser said.

“It will be nice when [ecological forecasting] becomes so far developed that it becomes a natural part of the [UN Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change] assessments,” he said.

The UN Millennium Assessment, a research program that studies changes in ecosystems over the course of decades and projects these findings into the future, relies heavily on ecological forecasting for its reports.

Risser said the quality of research conducted at OU was the reason the National Science Foundation gave the university the grant.

“Because of the research done here, we’ve established a reputation in being essentially a leader in this idea of ecological forecasting,” he said.

TYLER NUNLEY, VANESSA NIXON CROWNED HOMECOMING KING, QUEEN

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Homecoming queen Vanessa Nixon receives a hug Saturday after being crowned.

CAMPUS NOTES p.m. in the Union.

TODAY

TUESDAY

CAREER SERVICES Career Services will host Resume Writing 101 at 11:30 a.m. in the Oklahoma Memorial Union’s Crimson Room.

CHRISTIANS ON CAMPUS Christians on Campus will host a Bible study at noon in the Union’s Traditions Room.

CAREER SERVICES Career Services will have walk-in hours at 1:30

Career Services will host Interviewing 101 at 1:30 p.m. in the Union’s Crimson Room.

YOUTH FOR CHOICE Youth for Choice will have a meeting at 8 p.m. in the Union’s Alma Wilson Room.

POLICE REPORT 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 innocent until proven guilty.

PETTY LARCENY Adaria Lanae Benavidez, 19, 333 N. Interstate Drive E., Thursday Javier Adam Duque, 18, 601 12th Ave. N.E., Thursday Amy Nicole Driskell, 34, 3499 W. Main St., Saturday Lorenzo Guadalupe Jurado, 20, 2110 24th Ave. N.W., Saturday, also municipal warrants DISTURBING THE PEACE Charles Jordan Biddle, 24, 622 Albany Place, Thursday David Kyle Admire, 20, 744 De Barr Ave., Saturday Jana Rae Paulsgrove, 21, 3811

Quail Run Circle, Saturday

N. Interstate Drive E., Saturday

PUBLIC INTOXICATION Jason David Gee, 22, 946 N. Flood Ave., Wednesday John Joseph Bender, 44, 2900 Chautauqua Ave., Saturday, also molesting property Jerry William Brashers, 20, Havenbrook Street, Saturday James Dewayne Seaberry, 49, East Main Street, Friday Donald Wayne Wright, 44, 12th Avenue Southeast, Saturday

TRESPASSING Blake Tyrel Campbell, 22, 2200 Classen Blvd., Friday Lindsey Reagan Cleveland, 20, 2200 Classen Blvd., Friday Rachel Michelle Hatcher, 19, 2200 Classen Blvd., Friday Andrew Giles Russell, 22, 2200 Classen Blvd., Friday Chase Aaron Trippet, 20, 2200 Classen Blvd., Friday

COUNTY WARRANT Donald Wayne Wright, 44, 151 12th Ave. S.E, Wednesday Roland Derek Jester, 2300 W. Main St., Wednesday Russell Romer Chandler, 33, 24th Avenue, Saturday Michael David Ringwald, 40, 6851

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HOSTING, PERMITTING OR ALLOWING A PARTY WHERE PERSONS UNDER 21 WERE ALLOWED TO CONSUME ALCOHOL Daniel Warran Hayes, 19, 1601 E. Imhoff Road, Friday MINOR IN POSSESSION OF ALCOHOL Patrick Joseph McCarthy, 18, 1601 E. Imhoff Road, Friday Trent Shelby Guinn, 18, 769

Asp Ave., Saturday Andrew Martin Holsater, 18, 769 Asp Ave., Saturday DOMESTIC ABUSE Phillip Lee Morgan, 31, 5109 Cypress Lake Drive, Thursday DRIVING UNDER THE INFLUENCE Lennox Onesalt, 41, 48th Avenue Northwest, Friday Jordan Michael Smith, 18, East Alameda Street, Friday Kristen Nicole Hansen, 21, 1267 12th Ave. Southeast, Saturday, also transport of an open container of alcohol Ryan Jacob Merkow, 21, East Lindsey Street, Saturday Ryan Clell Whitten, 20, 2300 E. State Highway 9, Saturday MUNICIPAL WARRANT Blake Wesley Proctor, 21, 1200 Camden Way, Thursday, also public intoxication

Keven Michael C. Graves, 22, 12th Avenue Southeast, Friday Rhonda R. McGhee, 48, 901 N. Porter Ave., Wednesday B. D. D. Shackelford, 30, 1100 W. Main St., Saturday, also possession of a controlled dangerous substance AGGRAVATED DRIVING UNDER THE INFLUENCE Cameron J. Dunn, 24, South Webster Avenue, Saturday, also transport of an open container of alcohol OUTRAGING PUBLIC DECENCY Katie Lynn Latendresse, 24, 400 Buchanan Ave., Saturday Jessica Lynn Simmons, 24, 400 Buchanan Ave., Saturday DRIVING WHILE IMPAIRED Natalie Nicole McClintock, 23, North Porter Avenue, Saturday

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Midpoint Milestone Celebration for Construction of the OU Cancer Institute Building Ceremony 3:30 p.m.

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STAFF COLUMN

Homecoming should be about school spirit, not competition

Conference delivers message of hope

This weekend’s homecoming football game and festivities have come and gone.

And, as in year’s past, we fear this year’s events were dominated too much by competition among student groups instead of the desired focus of school spirit.

Each year, fraternities, sororities and other student organizations form groups to compete in a series of events, including building a float, chalking a piece of sidewalk on the South Oval and performing a dance, among others events.

This year, however, six greek organizations that normally compete in the events decided instead to pool their homecoming funds and put on a children’s carnival. Also this year, the theme was a little different, in that it focused on remembering favorite OU traditions.

While these things helped make the homecoming events less about brutal competition, this type of competition between student groups did occur, and that is unfortunate because homecoming should be a time when the entire OU community comes together.

People die because their drinking water has shit in it.

Dirty water kills 5,000 children ever y day.

Diarrhea is a leading cause of death in developing countries. Across the globe, 2.4 billion people are without access to basic sanitation.

I’ve spent the majority of my comfortable life oblivious to such alarm- TJ ing facts, so I don’t know MOEN what it takes to get people to really think about the water and sanitation needs of developing countries.

Regardless, I don’t want to write a column of despair, littered with statistics that depict a lost cause and clichés that reek of insincerity.

Instead, I want to tell you why I have hope.

Last week, OU hosted the International WaTER (Water Technologies for Emerging Regions) Conference. Our university hosted leaders from all over the world — inspirational change agents from a variety of backgrounds — all equally determined to make a difference.

Executives of the World Health Organization, the Millennium Water Alliance and the Center for Disease Control discussed the water and sanitation challenges in developing countries and how they are working to solve these problems.

One attendee, a writer, emphasized the role of communication in working on water and sanitation projects.

Engineers discussed building latrines and wells in remote villages.

An entrepreneur from Nigeria presented a speech on his small business, which takes carcasses from a slaughterhouse (rather than allowing them to contaminate a nearby water source) and converts the waste into biogas to be sold as cooking fuel.

Scientists delivered findings regarding the effectiveness of various water treatment practices.

An economist from the University of California, Berkeley explained her study on the role of social marketing in point-of-use water treatment products.

Brilliant, successful people, all with vastly different backgrounds, came together with the

We are not saying this unity did not occur, and we realize many students worked hard, giving much of their time to organize and participate in homecoming.

But instances of students waiting until halftime of the football game to see the announcement of the homecoming competition winners and then leaving the game were frustrating.

What can be done to alleviate these problems?

We don’t know. Perhaps nothing.

But we would like to encourage students to think about what the true meaning of homecoming should be. It’s an event designed to foster school spirit. Despite our allegiances to different student groups, we are all members of the OU community.

This love of our university is what will inspire us to return to Norman after we graduate. Just remember that when we do come back, we won’t care about the student group rivalries that exist.

Instead, we will care about fond memories of our time here at OU.

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Financial expert and TV personality Jim Cramer visited OU last week and gave financial advice to students.

Parking on campus may be more difficult than usual thanks to the fencing off of part of the Huff parking lot.

OU men’s and women’s basketball teams kick off their seasons with exhibition games on campus this week.

OU ranks behind the University of Texas in sexual health services, according to a recent report from Trojan brand condoms.

Heisman-winning quarterback Sam Bradford is planning to complete his degree, despite having surgery that will end his OU football career.

Sam Bradford was completely taken out of the pre-game football video.

Despite reports of a sell-out, there were some noticeably empty seats at Saturday’s football game against the Kansas State University Wildcats.

President Barack Obama appointed OU President David Boren to his Intelligence Advisory Board last week.

understanding that no single person has the solution. Instead, with collaboration and dedication, the water and sanitation problems of the world are solvable.

This was the scene at the water conference last week.

In an environment in which so many people feel pressured to downplay their ambitions, it was uplifting to meet people who have the courage to dream big and to boldly say, “I’m going to change the world.”

Knowing that such wildly committed people are everywhere is what gives me hope.

Having met several dedicated college students, I have faith in our generation to lead the way.

And having learned about OU’s WaTER Center, I am confident that our very own university will make an impact in developing countries.

In fact, several of our classmates are already doing their part to help the people who need it the most.

This is why I have hope that in the end, we will find a way to solve some of the biggest challenges in the world.

This is also why, for those of us who are constantly trying to figure out what to do with our lives, I have hope that we can find fulfilling careers. After seeing the passion and commitment of the people at the conference last week, I know it’s possible, if not easily attainable.

I have never been more convinced that true fulfillment can only come via positively affecting others, whether the impact is felt in Norman, Oklahoma or Nairobi, Kenya.

I have heard variations of the “do what you love” and “help others” career advice hundreds of times, but I finally feel like I figured it out. So I know, you probably didn’t need me to tell you.

There are thousands of students on campus who figured it out well before me. There are thousands of students on campus who are already determined to make a difference.

And that’s why I have hope.

TJ Moen is an industrial engineering junior.

STAFF COLUMN

UOSA should let students vote on student government reforms Today marks another landmark in the battle between the Students for a Democratic Society and UOSA. For anyone who may have been hiding under a rock these last few weeks, the conflict started when SDS submitted a petition to add referendums to the next general election ballot. This petition outlined certain reforms to the stuMARY dent government, includSTANFIELD ing the creation of a branch made up of representation from student organizations and a re-election vote on anyone who ran uncontested in the last election.

In order for a petition to be considered, it must have a number of signatures equal to at least 15 percent of the votes cast in the last UOSA presidential election.

But since the last presidential election

was uncontested, the SDS only included soon as possible. one signature on its petition. UOSA rejected Students are not going to simply forget the SDS petition on the grounds that, while about these reforms. This attempt by the it was not technically violating the rules, it student government to put off a vote on would create chaos in stuthese issues is only delaydent government if it was If the UOSA wants to send ing the inevitable. to set a precedent for ac- a message to students Frankly, I find it a cowcepting petitions with one ardly shirking of their real that it is listening to our signature. responsibilities as repreSo today, UOSA Superior concerns, it will put these sentatives. Decisions like Court is set to hear the SDS issues on the ballot for this make it appear that appeal of that decision. they would rather focus on the upcoming election If the court sides in SDS’s minutia than the serious favor, SDS will be able to and let the student body reforms that many students add the referendums to a choose. have called for. future election. But probaBy not allowing the refbly not the upcoming one. erendums on the upcomUOSA has claimed that it is too late to add ing ballot (or any ballot at all, if the court the initiatives onto the ballot for the next decides that way), UOSA is basically circumelection, but this is an irresponsible decision venting the democratic process and making on the part of UOSA. Whatever your opinion the decision for us. of the intended reforms, it’s easy to see that If we do not get the chance to vote, then these referendums need to come to a vote as the student government has unilaterally

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decided not to have these reforms, at least for another semester.

The student body has a right to enact these reforms, if that’s what the majority decides, and to put them into effect as quickly as possible.

If UOSA wants to send a message to students that it is listening to our concerns, it will put these issues on the ballot for the upcoming election and let the student body choose.

UOSA representatives have said that they do not see the need for reform because they are satisfied with the current state of student government.

But the general populace doesn’t seem to share their satisfaction. And if it does, then this election will be the perfect opportunity for UOSA to prove it and satisfy those calling for reforms.

What better way to thwart SDS? Mary Stanfield is a philosophy sophomore.

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NEW MUSIC » Every Time I Die has never been one to sugarcoat anything, and its new album, “New Junk Aesthetic,” is no different.

The album cover looks like what could easily happen to a tweaked out hipHANNAH pie if he or she LOFGREN were to stumble upon one of this metalcore band’s live performances, but fans of Every Time I Die won’t be complaining.

This is the band’s fifth studio album and arguably the heaviest, but its mature sound demonstrates that Every Time I Die shows no signs of slowing down.

T h e b a n d’s p ro g re s s i v e l y heavier sound could be attributed to Steve Evetts, the same man who produced their previous album, “The Big Dirty,” as well as “New Junk Aesthetic.”

Ever y Time I Die seems to be slowly shifting away from the more light-hearted sound o f i t s t h i rd a l b u m , “G u t t e r Phenomenon,” to the raunchy southern metal the band is associated with today.

No doubt, “New Junk Aesthetic” is its most venomous record to date, with a sound that is seeking to bite into your flesh before tearing you limb from limb in a fit of remorseless rage.

The first song on the album, “Roman Holiday,” sounds like the beginning of a soundtrack to a horror movie, and the lyrics can’t make anyone doubt that claim.

It opens w ith gr isly highpitched guitar feedback, while

heavy drums build up to a crescendo of lead singer Keith Buckley belting out his trademark virile screams, shouting, “We are the death of the party.

We are the life of the funeral.”

This first track is all you need to listen to in order to know this is going to be Every Time I Die’s darkest album yet.

“The Marvelous Slut,” the second song, is fast-paced southern metal at its finest. Andrew Williams and Jordan Buckley arrive early on with soaring guitars only to bring you back to reality with a solid breakdown and back up again with more heavy drumming and guttural screams as Keith Buckley shouts, “How ironic, I’m nailed to the cross while the vultures stuff their mouths.”

“Wanderlust,” the fourth track on the album, is an obvious first single for the band that has more distinct hints of its third album, “Gutter Phenomenon,” than any other song on the album.

The song breaks out in rhythmic chords filled with grungy southern charm as it builds into a memorable chorus that will likely be playing in the back of your head for days.

Hardcore moshing and foot tapping had never complemented each other so well, and Keith Buckley’s lyrical genius comes into play, coupled with melodic bursts of singing and cutthroat screams.

Lyrically speaking, Buckley has a way with transforming clichés into original emotions. In “Wanderlust,” he vehemently belts out, “I can’t say where I’ve been and only God knows where I’ll be, but there must be a place for a wretch like me.”

He has also mastered the art

The Daily’s Hannah Lofgren reviews the newest release from Every Time I Die

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Album cover for “New Junk Aesthetic,” the latest release from Every Time I Die.

of putting soul into otherwise angst-ridden lyrics, as he pithily cries, “Another road as empty as ever y promise is. If life is pointless, then point taken. Say amen.”

“New Junk Aesthetic” takes the

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high points of the band’s previous albums and combines them to form the ultimate Every Time I Die package wrapped in filthy metalcore goodness. Every Time I Die continues to push the envelope with each album, proving

that it is not tied to the boundaries of mediocrity that many bands of the hardcore genre succumb to.

Hannah Lofgren is a journalism sophomore.

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DEFECTIONS, COURT FIGHTS TEST SCIENTOLOGY The Church of Scientology is going through a difficult season.

Over the course of two days last week, a French court convicted the church of fraud and Oscar-winning filmmaker Paul Haggis’ resignation from the church over a litany of concerns was aired publicly. On one hand, it was just another bad press week for the embattled institution founded in 1953 by the late science fiction writer L. Ron Hubbard.

But for former Scientologists and scholars of the movement, the setbacks pose a greater challenge coming on the heels of defections of top-level Scientologists who lifted a veil of secrecy on the organization and alleged a culture of violence and control under Hubbard’s successor, David Miscavige.

“With any organization, the loss of a substantial number of your most experienced people and chaos at the upper levels is problematic,” said David Bromley, a Virginia Commonwealth University professor who studies new religious movements and has written on Scientology. “There are PR implications, the possibility of legal actions ... That dwarfs the other things.”

The church has strenuously denied the allegations against Miscavige, portraying the accusers as lying disgruntled exemployees.

Church spokesman Tommy Davis said Scientology is flourishing, with more than 8,000 Scientology churches, missions and groups in 160-plus nations. He said assets and property holdings have doubled over the past five years, including a new church in Rome and another opening this weekend in Washington, D.C. “From our perspective, things are going pretty great,” Davis said. “In fact, that’s downplaying it. Actually, what’s happening with the church right now is frankly spectacular. To the degree there are these various things happening, it really is a lot of noise.”

One major survey of American religion shows Scientology declining in the U.S., however. The estimated number of Americans who identify as Scientologists rose from 45,000 in 1990 to 55,000 in 2001, then plummeted to 25,000 in 2008, according to the American Religion Identification Survey.

Davis said that while the church avoids membership estimates, it’s “absolutely in the millions” globally and growing in the U.S. Scientology has long been controversial. The Internal Revenue Service granted the church tax exemption in 1993 after a nearly four-decade battle over whether it should be considered a religion. Critics say Scientology is a business, preying on people by charging exorbitant sums for services.

The church continues to fascinate, fueled by interest in celebrity adherents such as Tom Cruise, John Travolta and Kirstie Alley, as well as beliefs that don’t fit into typical American religious boxes.

Hubbard taught that the “thetan,” the equivalent of a spirit, can be cleared of negative energy from this and previous lives through a process called auditing. With the aid of auditors, Scientologists seek a state called “Clear” and then advance through various levels of “Operating Thetan.”

The allegations of violence were leveled by four former

high-ranking Scientology executives who told their stories to the St. Petersburg Times last summer. The executives said they witnessed Miscavige, chairman of the board that oversees the church, hit staff members dozens of times and urged others to do the same.

Davis called the allegations “absolutely, unquestionably false” and “sickening and outrageous.” ABC’s “Nightline” aired a report this month covering much of the same ground.

To critics of Scientology and ex-members who have grown increasingly vocal in recent years, it’s a breakthrough — critical voices from former members of the inner circle, not the media or outsiders.

“When you have dozens of people speaking out, it’s no longer too credible to say they’re all malcontents and criminals,” said Jeff Hawkins, a former Scientology marketing guru who defected in 2005. “(The church) is either going to reform or collapse, and I think it’s going to be the latter because they’re incapable of reform or admitting any wrongdoing.”

One defector, Marty Rathbun, who served on the church’s board and was a top lieutenant of Miscavige’s, said a growing movement of people hold to the tenets of Scientology, but reject the institutional church.

“I don’t foresee another church,” Rathbun said. “That was the first attack on me — that this was a coup, that I’m trying to tap a schism or start another church ... That’s not an objective of mine or a positive way to go.”

Haggis, the Oscar-winning director of “Crash,” was not a AP PHOTO high-ranking Scientologist. But his defection is significant, said actor Jason Beghe, who left the church in 2007 and has Eric Roux, legal representative of the Church of Scientology in France, speaks to reporters Tuesday after a court returned a become a critic.

“He was somebody the Scientology community was proud verdict of fraud against the group at a Paris courthouse. of, and therefore I’m sure he helped hold some of their base Defectors are overly optimistic about doing any real damin place,” said Beghe, who appeared in the film “G.I. Jane” age, said J. Gordon Melton, director of the Institute for the and TV’s “Everwood” and is cast in Haggis’ next film, now Study of American Religion in Santa Barbara, Calif., and edishooting in Pittsburgh. “Anybody who is a Scientologist is tor of a book on Scientology. harboring doubts.”

“If five cardinals walked out of the Roman Catholic Church It was Rathbun who obtained a copy of Haggis’ critical and turned on it and said there are bad things happening, it’d letter to Davis and posted it on his blog. Haggis complained be a storm, but the church would weather the storm,” Melton that Davis didn’t do enough to distance Scientology from said. “I think Scientology is big enough to where it can and proponents of California’s gay marriage ban. He criticized will weather the storm.” the church’s “smearing” of the high-level defectors.

Most religions, Scientology included, experience disThe filmmaker also wrote about the church’s practice of agreement and leadership turmoil after a founder’s death “disconnection,” in which members cut off contact with loved and survive, said Susan Palmer, a religious studies professor ones who leave or advocate against the religion — something at Dawson College in Montreal.

Davis said is not mandated.

“I think they’ll end up like the Mormon church or Jehovah’s A day after Haggis’ letter went public, a Paris court convictWitnesses, that were very controversial in our time but now ed the Church of Scientology of fraud and fined it more than are largely accepted,” Palmer said. $900,000, but stopped short of banning the group’s activities Others think the Church of Scientology is in trouble. Along in France. The organization’s French branch likened it to a with the defections and French court setback, Scientology modern-day Inquisition and said it would appeal. has been unable to stop Internet leaks of confidential mateDavis questioned the attention paid to the French verdict, rial that members must pay a premium for, said Hugh Urban, saying that little notice was given when the church won court a professor in the department of comparative studies at Ohio victories in Italy and Russia that cemented the church’s presState University. ence in those countries. He said the top-level defections are “They’re really losing what has been the bread and butter,” not troubling, but rather a gain for the church.

Urban said.

Some scholars of Scientology believe the recent setbacks are momentary.

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Internet believers: pastors open online churches Church volunteers greet visitors entering the lobby. The worship band begins its set and a pastor offers to pray privately with anyone during the service.

When the sermon is done, it’s time for communion, and the pastor guides attendees through the ritual. Later, worshippers exchange Facebook information and e-mail addresses so they can stay in touch.

There is nothing remarkable about this encounter, which is replicated countless times each weekend at churches around the world. It’s all happening online.

The World Wide Web has become the hottest place to build a church. A growing number of congregations are creating Internet offshoots that go far beyond streaming weekly services.

The sites are fully interactive, with a dedicated Internet pastor, live chat in an online “lobby,” Bible study, one-on-one prayer through IM and communion. (Viewers use their own bread and wine or water from home.) On one site, viewers can click on a tab during worship to accept Christ as their savior. Flamingo Road Church, based in Cooper City, Fla., twice conducted long-distance baptisms through the Internet.

“The goal is to not let people at home feel like they’re watching what’s happening, but they’re part of it. They’re participating,” said Brian Vasil, Flamingo Road’s Internet pastor.

The move online is forcing Christians to re-examine their idea of church. It’s a complex discussion involving theology, tradition and cultural expectations of how Christians should worship and relate. Even developers of Internet church sites disagree over how far

they should go. Many, for example, will only to choose “seats” in an auditorium, then click on surrounding seats to exchange Facebook conduct baptisms in person.

The staunchest critics say that true and Twitter addresses.

In this environment, evangelizing is nearChristian community ultimately requires inperson interaction. They deride the sites as ly effortless. Regular viewers and volunteers post messages to their entire online network religious fast food or Christianity lite.

But advocates consider the Internet just inviting them to the Web service in progress.

The phenomenon is so new that no one another neighborhood where real relationships can be built. Rob Wegner, a pastor at has an exact count of interactive online campuses. The Leadership Granger Community Network, which studChurch of Indiana, ies and supports inw h i c h w i l l s o o n “The goal is to not let people at novative churches, launch its Internet home feel like they’re watching campus, calls the Web what’s happening, but they’re part has found at least 40.

Churches with the the church’s “front of it. They’re participating.” sites say they reguporch.” Pastors who larly receive calls from back the sites say they other pastors starting feel a religious duty to —BRIAN VASIL, FLAMINGO ROAD’S their own. harness this new way INTERNET PASTOR An Oklahoma for reaching the spirimegachurch named LifeChurch.tv in a nod tually lost.

The sites share the same basic approach: to its use of technology is considered the rock-style worship music and a sermon re- pioneer of the form. The congregation had corded at the in-person weekend service that already expanded to physical sites in several is quickly mixed with live or recorded greet- cities when in 2006, pastors launched what ings expressly for online viewers. Volunteers they now call Church Online. on live chat emphasize that day’s Bible teaching and block inappropriate posts. (During one recent service, a man who said he was logged on from India wrote that he was looking for a Christian wife.)

At Seacoast Church, based in Mount Pleasant, S.C., online viewers can repent by posting a private record of their sins on a cross. Thumbnails of viewers’ Facebook profiles appear during worship on Central Christian’s Facebook Church so people can click on each others’ pages to quickly connect. On the Granger site, visitors will be able

LifeChurch.tv now broadcasts more than 25 online services each week and plans more.

The services collectively draw up to 60,000 unique views weekly, although the number of new computers that log on for several minutes is about 5,000, LifeChurch leaders say. Broadcasts are listed in Greenwich Mean Time, drawing viewers from more than 140 countries.

LifeChurch.tv has even found a way to attract people surfing for experiences that are far from pious. The congregation buys Google ad words so that a person searching for “sex” or “naked ladies” sees an ad inviting them to a live worship service instead.

Bobby Gruenewald, a pastor who oversees the online efforts at LifeChurch.tv, said the goal is to move people into some in-person Christian experience, in church, a small Bible group or even a group that watches online services together. He noted that many people watch online and attend a local church.

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FIRST AND 45 ... NO PROBLEM FOR SOONERS JONO GRECO Daily Staff Writer

Unless someone is playing a video game, a firstand-45 situation usually ends in either disaster or a punt.

This was not the case for the Sooners Saturday evening in their 42-30 victory over the Kansas State Wildcats, and the conversion probably saved the game from turning into a narrow defeat.

“Our thought was that it was kind of bad, but could we get to three?” offensive coordinator Kevin Wilson said. “We got lucky and got seven out of it. So that was a big deal.”

With seconds remaining in the third quarter and most of the momentum being on the Wildcats’ side, the Sooners were penalized for 25 yards on a first-down play, which appeared to be a touchdown pass from freshman quarterback Landry Jones to sophomore wide receiver Ryan Broyles.

“I’m displeased, of course, with the penalties to put us in the position,” head coach Bob Stoops said.

After a draw play and a dump-off pass to junior running back DeMarco Murray for 18 yards, OU was left with a third-and-24 situation that set the scene for the play of the game.

Jones connected with Broyles well short of the first down marker, but Broyles sidestepped four defenders and tip-toed the sideline for 25 yards and a back-breaking first down.

“I thought he had a chance,” Stoops said. “As soon as he caught it I started yelling to make them miss, and sure enough he does.”

Broyles said he knew the importance of picking up the first down at that point of the game based on how the offense was becoming stagnant during the second half.

“I knew we needed a first down, and I did whatever I could,” Broyles said. “I saw the first down marker, and I knew I needed to get there.”

Six plays later, the Sooners found the end zone when Jones found Murray open for a six-yard score that gave OU a 35-23 lead.

The first-and-forever conversion was not important

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Sophomore tight end James Hanna (82) runs the ball Saturday during the Sooners’ football game against Kansas State. The Sooners beat the Wildcats 42-30, despite a second half surge by the Wildcats. just because it led to a touchdown, but also because it proved the offense’s resiliency when faced with adversity. “[I am] excited in the way we were able to overcome it when we really had to,” Stoops said.

Before that drive, the Wildcats’ defense held the Sooners scoreless since the first half while the offense quietly turned a 19-point deficit to a five-point deficit.

“They made some plays, too,” Stoops said regarding why it was difficult to prevent Kansas State from mounting a comeback.

Jones fills role as OU football’s leader JAMES ROTH Daily Staff Writer

The Landry Jones era officially began with Saturday’s victory over the Kansas State Wildcats. If he can continue to repeat performances like this, the Jones era looks promising.

In front of a crowd of 84,021, Jones went 26 for 37, racking up 294 yards passing and four touchdowns as the Sooners pulled out the victory over the Wildcats 42-30.

“Really excited about what Landry Jones did again today,” said head coach Bob Stoops after the victory. “He and many of the receivers executed very well late in the game.”

Jones and the rest of the Sooners’ offense had to answer multiple times in the second half after the Wildcats were able to cut the Sooners’ lead down to as close as five points at one point.

Jones looked poised when it counted and was able to connect with five different receivers on the night. It is

also hard to deny the chemistry between Jones and wide out Ryan Broyles; they connected for eight catches and 91 yards with two touchdowns.

“The kid [Broyles] is just a playmaker,” said Jones, “I just have to put the ball in his hands, and he is going to make something happen.”

Jones also looks like he has found a reliable number two receiver in Dejuan Miller, who had nine catches for 94 yards and a touchdown.

In a year when Sooner receivers have been in question, it is nice to see a true number one and two receiver emerge, and it gives hope for a promising future for the rest of the year and the next.

“We stepped up in the second half and got things rolling again like we did in Kansas,” Jones said. “We just got to keep it going and get better every week.”

Next week the Sooners will face the Nebraska Cornhuskers. Jones and the rest of the offense will have to continue to grow and take another step forward if the Sooners want a chance to beat the Cornhuskers.

In the end, the game did not come down to that set of three plays, but OU could have been talking about rebounding from a tough loss if Kansas State could have come up with a stop at that point of the game.

Broyles, among other players and coaches, said he had never converted a first down from 45 yards out, but he was glad the offense was able to when it needed to.

“Never in my life,” Broyles said. “I’m glad we did, though. We needed it.”

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Monday, Nov. 2, 2009 SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 22) -- Know the difference between persistence and just plain stubbornness. If you keep butting your head against a brick wall, you’ll only end up with a headache.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20) -- There is a strong chance that you may commit yourself to zigging when everyone else is zagging. Being out of step usually doesn’t hurt, but right now it’s a mistake.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 23-Dec. 21) -- That mean old piper will be waiting in the wings to see how you handle common-sense matters. If you overdo activities or overindulge yourself, he will exact a heavy price.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20) -- There are times when other people can trip you up, but your biggest source of frustration will come through your own actions.

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CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) -- Don’t expect unswerving loyalty from friends whom you’ve recently stabbed in the back. What goes around comes around, and it’s payback time.

CANCER (June 21-July 22) -- Attempting to impose your will on colleagues or peers will generate unpleasant repercussions. Mind your own business, and let everyone else run his or her own show.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 19) -- Rumbles might again develop within the household if you and your mate fail to let go of a volatile issue that has been disruptive for quite some time.

Make peace, not war.

PISCES (Feb. 20-March 20) -- Be extremely careful not to allow yourself to be pressured into signing something that won’t serve your best interests.

In order to find peace, you might do what’s expeditious and not what’s right.

ARIES (March 21-April 19) -No matter how tempting, don’t add to your financial troubles by taking on a new long-term commitment in order to make a payment on existing bills Find a

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22) -- If you see that the route to achieving your objectives is uncertain at best, don’t compound these conditions by tilting at windmills along the way. Keep your nose to the grindstone.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) -It’s a waste of time to be drawn into a religious or philosophical debate, especially when the issue can’t be resolved. It will only bring a heated argument that will cause hurt feelings.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23) -- Thread your way through financial matters carefully because there could be a number of hidden pitfalls waiting to trip you up Don’t let anyone make

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>> Looking for staff picks? Find the results in Tuesday’s paper OU VOLLEYBALL POSTS WINNING SEASON JAMES CORLEY Daily Staff Writer

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During the match Wednesday night, freshman defensive specialist Maria Fernanda passes the ball. The Sooners beat Colorado 3-0.

It paid off.

Against a visibly exhausted Kansas State squad, OU reacted quickly, attacked with power Add “winning season” to the 2009 Sooner and killed a few spiders that wandered onto the volleyball team’s list of accomplishments. court. Senior Bridget Laplante had seven kills With its win in four tough sets over Kansas and one block in the third set, and the Sooners State Saturday, OU (15-7, 8-5) guaranteed a won 25-21. winning season and could easily earn a spot in “In the Big 12, we’re the team that has the the NCAA tournament. most digs, we have the best defense, we’re used The opening set saw 18 ties and six lead to those long rallies,” Boulavsky said. “We did changes. Kansas State jumped out 2-0 early, but lose that first game, but after that we knew they the Sooners tied it back up at 6-6. The teams were tired and done.” scored back and forth until OU gained a 10-9 The final set was almost all OU. The Sooners advantage. grabbed the lead and didn’t relinquish it, utilizOU tried several drop hits ing a mix of drop hits and powerful early, but Kansas State defendcorner attacks from Boulavsky and SOONER BOX SCORE ed them well. The Wildcats junior Francie Ekwerekwu to finish struggled to defend Suzy off the Wildcats 25-17.

Boulavsky’s left-handed atOklahoma (15-7, 8-5) “You have to have the courage to tacks, though. def. try something new,” Boulavsky said.

The lead changed hands Kansas State (8-13, “If it doesn’t work, it doesn’t work. a couple of times, and OU 2-9) I just try to do different things beemerged with a 24-22 set-point [29-31, 25-20, 25-21, cause it messes with their heads.” opportunity to put the game 25-17] OU was held to a .197 attack peraway. KSU pulled it to 24-23, centage in the opening set, but the and the Sooners were unable to capitalize on two other setSooners improved each set to raise point chances. the overall percentage to .246, helped along by The Wildcats stole the lead at 27-26 and fi- a .366 clip in the final set. nally closed the game three set-point chances Both teams had seven blocks, but the Sooners later to win 31-29. edged KSU 97-92 in digs.

“The first set could have gone either way,” OU Brianne Barker, sophomore setter, led the coach Santiago Restrepo said. “Unfortunately, Sooners defensively with 22 digs and added we didn’t get the ball to fall our way at the end, 49 assists for her 17th double-double of the but the team rallied back and played well.” season. She also had one kill. Freshman María Boulavsky finished with 8 kills in the first set Fernanda had 19 digs and a service ace. alone for the Sooners.

Four Sooners finished with double-digit kills, The second set started how the first ended, led

by Boulavsky with 17 kills. She also had 16 tied at each point, until OU grabbed the lone digs for her second career double-double. lead change with a 12-10 advantage. The Ekwerekwu’s 17 kills and five block assists Sooners pulled away slowly with a mix of smartwere both season highs. er attacks and Wildcat errors to win 25-20.

Bridget Laplante and Sarah Freudenrich OU had an 85-percent sideout percentage in had 10 kills apiece, followed by Caitlin Higgins’ the set to get nearly half of its total points when eight kills and two killed spiders. Laplante also Kansas State served.

The Sooners proved they’ve broken this sea- had 17 digs and five block assists.

The Sooners travel to Waco to face No. 25 son’s third-set slump by coming back after the Baylor at 7 p.m. Wednesday. break relaxed, smiling and having fun.

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