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Grants could suffer shrink Supercommitee failure could decrease government funding BLAYKLEE BUCHANAN Campus Reporter

OU’s federal research grants could be in jeopardy because of the failure of a small group of U.S. representatives and senators to compromise on federal budget cuts. The Congressional Joint Select Committee on Deficit Reduction, known as the “Supercommittee” and made up of 12 members of Congress, was tasked with submitting a budget proposal that would cut $1.5 trillion over a 10-year period. The committee’s lack of consensus before the Nov. 23 deadline likely means acrossthe-board cuts for the federal budget. The Budget Control Act of 2011 established the committee along with a set of economic triggers that were to take effect if the committee failed. The $1.2 trillion in spending cuts spread equally across defense SEE BUDGET PAGE 2

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BY C A I T L I N R U E M PI N G • C A M P U S R E P O R T E R hile on a quest to obtain birth control, Shelby Brown texted her mother to figure out what their insurance policy would cover. The University College freshman said her plight to practice safe sex started with that text message, not her sexual education class in high school. “I told my mom I wanted her to set up a doctor’s appointment so I can get on birth control,” Brown said. “She didn’t text back, and I think she was getting over the shock. Then she told me I should go through

Goddard.” Brown acknowledged her Oklahoma high school sexual education class, which taught abstinence as the best option and down played other birth control methods, hasn’t helped her in the real world. Brown’s lack of formal education on contraception is similar to many Oklahoma residents, and research supports just how important sexual education is. A recent study found that though college students of all ages are engaging in roughly the same amount of sexual activity, high

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Core structures of the Egyptian government are heading toward a stable democracy, but over the next five years, the process is likely to be a rocky one, an international political analyst told students Tuesday night during a discussion about the unrest in the Middle East. Bruce Rutherford, doct o r a l g r a d u a t e f r o m Ya l e and author of “Egypt After Mubarak: Liberalism, Islam, and Democracy in the Arab World,” led a conversation about the wave of revolutions in the

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An exhibit of students’ photos will be on display all day at the Fred Jones Jr. Museum of Art’s Lightwell Gallery. The display is a presentation from the F-Stop Society, a new student-art organization. An opening reception for the exhibit will take place from 5:30 to 7 p.m. Dec. 5. The exhibit will be on display until Dec. 9. Wii Time with the Union Programming Board will take place from 11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. in the Oklahoma Memorial Union’s first floor lobby. A Mid-Day Music concert by student musician Kyle Reid will take place from noon to 1 p.m. at the Oklahoma Memorial Union’s food court. A seminar on final exam test management will take place from 4 to 5 p.m. at Wagner Hall, Room 245. This event is part of the Student Success Series. A meet and greet with film-maker Andrew Jenks will take place from 7 to 10 p.m. at Oklahoma Memorial Union’s Molly Shi Boren Ballroom. Jenks will talk about his show “World of Jenks” in which he moves with with a new stranger each week to tell their story. A Bible study by the Christians on Campus will take place from 12:30 to 1:15 p.m. at Oklahoma Memorial Union’s Traditions Room.

THURSDAY, DEC. 1 Wreaths will be hung from 3 to 4 p.m. at Oklahoma Memorial Union’s Beaird Lounge to honor the advisers of student organizations. A seminar on stress management will take place from 4 to 5 p.m. at Wagner Hall, room 245. The seminar is part of the Student Success Series. A poetry reading by poet Glenn Mott will take place from 7 to 8 p.m. at Fred Jones Jr. Museum of Art’s Nancy Johnston Records Gallery. Mott will compose and select poems that respond to Robert Rauschenberg’s “Lotus Series.” A meeting by the Animal Volunteers Alliance group will take place from 7 to 9 p.m. at Oklahoma Memorial Union’s Traditions Room. The meeting will feature T-shirt designing, Christmas crafts and other small events. The meeting is free and open to the public.

The spending cuts triggers set up by the act will now go into effect in January 2013 and will shave about $54.7 billion a year from defense and domestic spending.

Background: The Supercommittee was created in August as part of the Budget Control Act. The act saved the government from a shutdown, established a new debt ceiling and put in place a set of triggers to motivate the committee to find spending cuts and tax increases to lower the federal deficit. The committee’s deadline for this plan was Wednesday.

The Budget Control Act will cut $1.2 trillion across defense and domestic spending in 10 years ($54.7 billion a piece per year).

What’s next: OU receives about 75 percent of its research grants from the federal government. This cuts could mean OU would lose research money. Congress has contemplated repealing the cuts, but President Barack Obama said he would veto any trigger appeal.

What’s new: The committee failed to present a plan to the U.S. Congress by deadline.

DEFENSE Programs that will be cut: • Ship building and other construction projects • Large procurement programs • The size of the military • Civilian jobs with the military • Contractors working with the military Programs that won’t be cut: • War financing • The president can exempt military pay from cuts

“We will do our best to keep the cuts from eroding the academic excellence we offer to students. We have been blessed to live in very challenging times.” NANCY MERGLER, SENIOR VICE PRESIDENT AND PROVOST

thinking outside the box for research funding, Senior Vice President and Provost Nancy Mergler said state and local governments are preparing to absorb these cuts, and each institution within each state is reviewing the implications for its own budgets if it receives a direct allocation from the federal or state government. OU receives a direct allocation from the state through the Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education and federal funds for student financial aid and for many research grants and contracts, Mergler said. If future funding relies heavily on state allocation, there may be reason for concern that state funding has dropped over the last 25 years.

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and domestic spending was created to incentivize the committee to reach an agreement. Now that there is no deal, the cuts will slice $54.7 billion from defense and domestic spending a year for 10 years. With these budget cuts, higher education is preparing for a possible decrease in funding for collegiate institutions, especially research dollars. Kelvin Droegemeier, OU’s vice president for Research, said about 75 percent of Norman campus’ research grants and contracts is funded by federal agencies, including the National Science Foundation, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, National Institutes of Health, NASA, the Department of Energy, and the Depar tment of Defense. Droegmeier said OU is doing better than many u n i v e r s i t i e s, t ha n k s t o the launch of a Strategic Initiative in Defense, Security and Intelligence, which includes a $10.7 million grant to develop a video game for training intelligence officers. “The DSI initiative began around the time of the nation’s budget challenges, thus putting the Norman Campus ahead of the game in preparing for challenging federal research budgets,” he said. In addition, other centers were created to support research when federal funding may be unavailable. These include the Center for Applied Research and Development, which provides administrative framework for pursuing grant and contract work and gives researchers opportunities to interface with private companies. The Center for Research Program Development and Enrichment, another created support center, helps faculty develop long-term strategies for their research programs, thus preparing alternatives if traditional funding sources are uncertain. Droegmeier said other universities now are pursuing similar activities, but OU was among the first to recognize their importance. O t h e r t h a n

For the Norman campus, 38.6 percent of funding came from the state in 1985. For the fiscal year 2012, 18 percent of the university’s budget came from the state. A 5-percent tuition increase was approved by the OU Board Regents in June. It was the second time tuition has increased in two years. Tuition increased by 4.5 percent during the 20102011 academic year. But administrators such as Mergler, who insists no cuts or plans to cut budgets have been made yet, say they are hopeful. “We will do our best to keep the cuts from eroding the academic excellence we offer to students. We have been blessed to live in very challenging times,” Mergler said.

DOMESTIC Programs that will be cut: • Medicare payments to providers and insurance companies would be cut by no more than 2 percent • Border patrol • Justice Department • Internal Revenue Services • Transportation Security Administration • Environmental Protection Agency • National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration • Bureau of Prisons Programs that won’t be cut: • Social Security • Medicaid • Children’s Health Insurance Plan • Food stamp program • Child nutrition • Supplemental Security Income • Refundable tax credits such as the Earned Income Tax Credit • Veterans benefits • Pell Grants • Federal employees’ retirement

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SEX: Students share reasons for abstinence, stress need for knowledge Continued from page 1 school sexual health education classes play a role in how college students handle protection. The study, which was conducted by Texas Southern University graduate student Debra A. Lewis, compared how abstinence-only and abstinence-plus sexual education effected college students’ sex lives. The study found that 35.4 percent of the 164 participants perceived themselves as being sexually active, and regardless of what type of sexual education they received, 20.1 percent did not use condoms consistently. The study also found that students who received comprehensive sex education were more knowledgeable regarding sexually transmitted diseases than those who received abstinence-only education. For students at OU who attended Oklahoma public schools, this may be bad news. Oklahoma currently has no laws requiring sexual education, but does require schools that teach sexual education to stress abstinence, according to the Sexuality Information and Education Council of the United States. In fact, all sexual education classes must state one of their primary purposes as “the teaching of or informing students about the practice for abstinence.” The teaching of abstinence often has college students left in the dark when it comes to different forms of contraception, said Lauran Larson, Women’s Outreach Center sexpert. As part of OU’s Sexperts, Larson, psychology and sociology senior, hosts presentations to a variety of campus organizations. The main purpose of Sexperts is to educate students about safer sex, but Larson said the panel is a safe place for students to have their questions answered. “Sometimes, people seem really clueless, and sometimes they’ll say ‘I never knew that,’” Larson said. “I think it’s pretty basic stuff that everyone with sexual education should know, but then again I’m trained in that.” Because so many students are blind to the variety of protection available, Larson can’t help but think the worst. “If they don’t know the information, and they’re having sex, they must not be using protection,” Larson said. “If they are, they must not be using it properly.” Larson said she thinks a lack of proper sexual education in high school is to blame for some college students’ naivete. “It’s sex. Everyone is involved in sex in some point of their lives,” Larson said. “They’re going to need to know this stuff.” While many may share L a r s o n ’s v i e w , m a n y Christian students, like Adebola Ibidapo feel that abstinence is another way to strengthen their relationship with God and protect their hearts at the same time.

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Middle East known as the “Arab Spring.” Having studied Egypt for 25 years and lived there for 6 years, Rutherford focused on the events surrounding the overthrow of President Hosni Mubarak and the path to an Egyptian democracy. President David Boren, who was in attendance Tuesday, said he decided to invite Rutherford to speak after CNN’s Fareed Zakaria recommended Rutherford’s book. “The events surrounding this generation of students rival the drama other generations watched with the fall of the Berlin Wall,” Boren said. Rutherford explained that the military, the Muslim Brotherhood and the labor

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• The Women’s Outreach Center (Oklahoma Memorial Union, Room 247) — resources, awareness programs, access to contraceptives and the Sexperts educational program.

• Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, Transgender and Friends (Union’s ConocoPhillips Wing, Room 284) — access to contraceptives and a resource library with sexual health information for all students.

• Goddard Health Services (620 Elm Ave.) — STD testing, access to birth control options, pregnancy testing and support, and men’s and women’s sexual health care.

• Planned Parenthood (2100 W. Lindsey St.) — STD testing and treatment, access to birth control options, pregnancy testing and support, men’s and women’s sexual health care.

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“Sometimes, people seem really clueless, and sometimes they’ll say ‘I never knew that.’ I think it’s pretty basic stuff that everyone with sexual education should know, but then again I’m trained in that.” LAURAN LARSON, OU WOMEN’S OUTREACH CENTER SEXPERT

“A lot of people think Christians are lame or God doesn’t want them to have sex, and that couldn’t be further from the truth,” Ibidapo said. “God created sex, and He wants us to have it —just read Genesis. I kind of think of it this way, if I have an iPad ... am I going to ask Steve Jobs for help or ask some 7th grade kid who got one for Christmas? I think the creator of sex knows better than we do, so when He says ‘flee from sexual immortality [sic],’ I believe it, and I obey.” Though Ibidapo’s faith is one reason she abstains, she said she feels that she would make this decision regardless. “Society says sex is just physical or sex in a ‘committed relationship’ is OK, but what is more committed than

marriage?’ Ibidapo asked. “Even if I put my faith aside, I can just see that the results of this prove otherwise. As humans, we weren’t meant to function like that.” Though the abstinenceonly programs throughout Oklahoma may have increased the number of students remaining abstinent, Larson believes that students should know about safe sex regardless of their sexual activity in order to help those who may be sexually active make the safe decisions. “It’s important they know about safe sex, whether they’re having sex or not,” Larson said. “At some point, someone is going to need advice, and they’re going to come to you. It’s unfair to keep this information from other people.”

UNREST: Issues brewed for decades Continued from page 1

Chemistry senior Morgan Foreman (left) passes out condoms and information about safe-sex practices during OU Women’s Outreach Center’s Coffee, Condoms & Cocoa event Monday on the South Oval. The Women’s Outreach Center’s Sexpert program provides information on contraception and other methods of birth control for students who missed out on comprehensive sexual education or need a refresher. The Outreach Center is in Oklahoma Memorial Union, Room 247.

movement are the three essential actors on the Egyptian stage. The Egyptian military, which holds power in transitional Egypt, may want to play a bigger role in the drafting of the new constitution, BRUCE and it worries RUTHERFORD whether it can function within a new democracy, Rutherford said. “The military is very nervous for public accountability, and it needs assurances to relax,” he said. “Negotiation is essential, but a compromise is likely to leave the military dissatisfied.” The Muslim Brotherhood, also known as the Freedom and Justice Party, has called

for free elections, an independent judiciary and the protection of civil rights, but the public has become skeptical over the party’s intentions, Rutherford said. Rutherford identified the labor movement as the culmination of the poor working conditions and low salaries suffered by citizens. “Essentially, we’re watching decades of grievances come up to the surface,” Rutherford said. “People want to get progress on these issues that they’ve been frustrated with, but at the same time, [the widespread strikes] hurt the economy.”

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Students need better sex ed Our View: College students suffer from a lack of

only curricula may deter contraceptive use among sexually active teens). By age 20, 75 percent of Americans have had sex Let’s talk about sex. before marriage, according to a study by Public We know it’s hard to do in the U.S., given the naHealth Reports. Sex education must take into action’s awkward and repressive attitude toward sexu- count this reality. ality. But recent studies illustrate a dangerous lack Without reliable sources of information, adolesof sex knowledge in America’s youth, and it cents are forced to gather information from looks like it’s time to start talking. friends — or, worse, the Internet — which The Our View College students received an average leads to the perpetuation of dangerous is the majority score of 64 percent on a sex knowledge test misconceptions. opinion of given in a study by the University of Central Of course, once students arrive at college, The Daily’s Florida. This is just one of several small studthey have access to many more resources 10-member ies that all point to the same trend: Students for reliable information about sex. But by editorial board are reaching adulthood without a basic unthen, it might be too late. If you’ve been sexderstanding of one of the most universal facually active for years, are you really going to ets of human life. go out of your way to ensure your conceptions about So what is to blame for students receiving a failing sex are accurate? grade in sex? It’s pretty clear that the abysmal state of And, college students are no safer from the consehigh school sex education is the root of the problem. quences of unsafe sex than high school students. In Most sex education in public schools is based on fact, while nearly half of all pregnancies in the U.S. an abstinence-only model, which teaches students are unintended, college-age women have the highthat refraining from sex until marriage is the only est rate of unintended pregnancies of any age group, way to avoid pregnancy and sexually transmitted according to a 2006 article in Perspectives on Sexual diseases. Many schools switched to this model when & Reproductive Health. a vast amount of federal funding became available New York recently passed a law requiring compreonly for such programs. hensive high school sex education. Oklahoma owes These programs rarely include information about at least that much to its students, both high school contraceptives or safe sex practices, and blatantly ig- and college. nore gay, lesbian and bisexual students. Abstinence No one should reach adulthood and enter colis, of course, a valid and safe choice that should be lege still thinking she can get pregnant from oral sex offered to students. The problem comes when it is or prevent pregnancy by showering after sex — real taught to the exclusion of safe sex and essential inquestions students asked of one sex educator. formation about human sexuality. And while many Sooners are already sexually acSuch programs are inaccurate (11 of the 13 comtive, it’s never too late to educate yourself. Email monly used curricula contain outright falsehoods, woc@ou.edu to find out how you can attend the next according to the House Government Reform meeting of the Sexperts, OU’s peer sex education Committee), ineffective (the congressionally mangroup. Even if you think you know your stuff, we urge dated evaluation of four abstinence-only programs you to check it out. found they had no impact on students’ behavior) Comment on this at OUDaily.com and unhealthy (the same report found abstinenceearlier sex education. How much do you know?

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his semester, I saw the Lab Theatre production of “Spring’s Awakening.” The play was the most sexually graphic play I have ever seen, and more than once I averted my eyes in embarrassment and shock, but the premise of the play was intriguing and relevant to our ultraconservative state. The play centered around a group of kids coming of age in early 20th century Germany. Growing up in a society in which the sensitive subject of sex was not broached by anyone in authority, these children were left to fend for themselves when they began to experience foreign thoughts and feelings. Western society’s attitudes toward sex have changed significantly since the 19th century. Being gay is no longer a punishable crime, and having a child outside of wedlock no longer brands women as irreparable harlots, but like 19th century Germany, there is still a tendency among conservatives to shy away from the difficult issue of sex education. During the Bush administration, there was a strong push for abstinence-only education in public schools, and I think abstinence education is important and good. Abstinence is an ideal alternative for developing young minds and bodies, and I wish all middle and high school

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students were involved with extracurricular activities and turned on by learning that they didn’t need to be turned on by the opposite sex. But this just isn’t reality. According to a press release by the Centers for Disease Control in 2011, 46 Janna Gentry percent of teenagers have janna.f.gentry-1@ou.edu had sex. Obviously, almost half of America’s teenagers are not reaping the benefits of an abstinence-only sex education, and it is wrong for public school systems to withhold education that could protect that half of America’s students from disease and pregnancy. In our conservative state and much of the south, abstinence-only education is used in many school systems. I hope public policy will eventually reflect the need we have to properly give our youth a more comprehensive sex education. Janna Gentry is an English education senior.

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ew York reOPINION COLUMNIST cently passed a bill mandating comprehensive sex education throughout its public schools. It’s probably a good move to have such programs, considering risks such as teen Jason Byas pregnancy and sexually jason.l.byas-1@ou.edu transmitted diseases, but, as always, the decision has become the center of controversy. Take a second to consider how odd it is for issues as personal and seemingly irrelevant to the political functioning of a community as sex and (with similar recurring controversy) evolutionary biology to become heated subjects of contention within government. Shouldn’t our concerns be more in areas such as overcrowded prisons or foreign policy? There is a simple answer to how such seemingly intrinsically personal issues have become integral to political discourse. The moment a service becomes a public good financed by government, the problem of public values will then loom over it. The curriculum of a school should be up to the educators

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of that particular school, with parents able to make the real choice of paying for their own children to be educated as they so choose. Pandering politicians have a tendency to cater to the coarsest elements of society, caring more about what is popularly perceived as good than what is actually good. Those who are in no way related to the exchange (voters and politicians who are neither educators nor parents with children at the school) should have no say in something that will affect developing children in drastic ways. The idea of providing a good education for the public may be of the best intentions, but it loses sight of the fact that there are different ways people want that good provided. There must be a better way to educate children (or provide a number of other services) than providing a universal package that many give problematic public values power over individuals’ lives and distorts incredibly apolitical issues such as science and sex into subjects of political concern. We should allow people to choose what they will in a competitive market. However, this is only viable when prices are not artificially high because of the publicly financed status quo’s effects on the demand for affordable private education. We can only hope for this to be rectified in the future.

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Vegan diet fights for fair treatment of ‘nonhumans’ Re: “Vegans Stick To Lifestyle for National Vegan Month,” by Alex Niblett from the Nov. 21 issue. I’m surprised professor Paul Branscum cited calcium and protein sources as the most pressing for vegans and others eating plant-based diets. Registered dieticians Ginny Messina and Jack Norris, both vegans, have frequently debunked myths about complete proteins and calcium sources. According to their review of nutritional data and research, eating foods like edamame, lentils, and pinto beans can easily fulfill the Recommended Daily Allowance for Essential Amino Acids. Foods like tofu, quinoa and soy milk do as well as milk and eggs in providing the amino acids needed. Leafy greens such as spinach and kale are rich in calcium, as are most fortified non-dairy milk substitutes and orange juices. It would have been smarter to encourage students considering a vegan diet to be sure to take a vitamin B12 supplement daily, in a dissolving tablet or spray to get best absorption. Talking about Vitamin D sources and supplements (D2 is vegan, whereas D3 comes from animal sources) also would have been preferable when discussing calcium absorption and overall bone “All students should health. These are issues that not just vegans should be take a look into concerned with, as omnihow support for vores are also susceptible to liberation of humans low B12 absorption and calcium deficiencies. and nonhumans Those points aside, I felt is tied to greater what the article lacked oversocial struggles all was a discussion about the ethical reasons why vegand not just our anism is compelling, and personal health relevant to all people in our community. I’ve been an in a time where protest against the outspoken vegan for two years, but I won’t tell you state’s actions is vegan diets are the only healthful diets. I eat very well met with violent on a Graduate Assistantship police brutality salary, and my health in that and supported by regard has never been much different than my omnivore ridiculous legal days. loopholes that But what you’ll hear me protect the wealthy.” talk about most often is the extreme exploitation and abuse of nonhumans raised for food, or the labeling of animal rights activists as “terrorists” by federal law, even for as little as hosting a website run by Stop Huntingdon Animal Cruelty to educate and support activists who hold accountable Huntingdon Life Sciences (who engage in medical testing exploitation of nonhumans) and their corporate affiliates. In a time where protest against the state’s actions is met with violent police brutality and supported by ridiculous legal loopholes that protect the wealthy, all students should take a look into how support for liberation of humans and nonhumans is tied to greater social struggles and not just our personal health. Nonhumans such as cows, chickens and pigs are sentient, feeling creatures with rich lives and unique experiences. Respecting them means going vegan, and not exploiting whole species for food, clothes, entertainment or in any other aspects of our lives. Those seeking more information about how animal liberation and veganism fits within a social justice framework should visit www.becausewemust.org Jennifer Cox, educational studies and women’s and gender studies graduate student

AT A GLANCE Why people go vegan • Health benefits • Concern for animal welfare • Preservation of resources such as grain and water • Environmental concern • Avoidance of potentially harmful hormones in meat • Reduction of waste

• Concern for indigenous people displaced from lands used for farming • Stopping deforestation • Avoidance of some neurological diseases • Saving money Source: www.TheVeganSociety.org

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New stadium, jerseys won’t make you winners certain it won’t be pretty. You see, in Norman, we know what it’s like to prepare for and win championship-clinching football games. After seven national championships and 43 conference championships, it’s kind of our thing. Your team, which hasn’t won an outright conference title e’re worried for you, Cowboy fans. We really are. since the 1930s, would happily consider a season that inHeading into Saturday’s Bedlam matchup in cluded a loss to Iowa State as the greatest in its history. But Stillwater, your team is on the verge of completthere’s nothing wrong with that, dear Pokes. ing the greatest regular season in its long, lackWe know it’s tough living life in our shad“You don’t look cool luster history, and we Sooner fans know you ow, so we Sooner fans applaud your commust be a nervous wreck. ... and, sadly, when mitment to cheering your team through thin As fans of a program with an all-time win your team takes the and thinner. percentage hovering around .500, you can be In recent years we’ve noticed a concerted forgiven for hoping this is finally the year you field each Saturday it effort on the part of your administration break out of decades of obscurity to actually looks like a group of and athletic department to increase your achieve something of note nationally — but parking-cone orange, program’s stature on the national stage, that’s where our concern for you comes in. but come on guys and gals, that’s just not In Norman, we’re afraid all this optimism third-rate Ducks.” Oklahoma State. surrounding your program will burst and beFirst came the donation of T. Boone Pickens’ millions, and come a dark, all-encompassing despair in the wake of your most recently your football team underwent a wardrobe team’s inevitable Bedlam defeat at the hands of the boys in change, but sadly neither stadium renovations nor new jercrimson and cream. seys alone will fill your locker room’s bare trophy cabinets. We don’t know how you will react to choking against Even after Boone Pickens Stadium’s recent face-lift, it’s a two-loss, injury-riddled Sooner squad, but we’re fairly

Editor’s note: In the spirit of the Bedlam rivalry, The Daily O’Collegian, Oklahoma State University’s student newspaper, and The Oklahoma Daily agreed to exchange editorials poking fun at each other and run them at the same time.

clear your team will never truly compete on a patch of grass as revered or imposing as Owen Field, and your jerseys are simply an affront to good taste. The mix-and-match uniform thing had been done long before you guys implemented it this season, but you know that. Don’t you, Oregon of the Midwest? You don’t look cool, you aren’t being original and, sadly, when your team takes the field each Saturday it looks like a group of parking-cone orange, third-rate Ducks. If we’re honest, everything about Oklahoma State these days stinks of a sort of nouveau-riche (look it up) “look at me, look at me” desperation for attention that, in time, you’ll find comes as no substitute for tradition or on-field success. Our hope for you, beloved Cowboy fans, is that after Saturday’s defeat you finally make up your minds once and for all to leave the pursuit of championship trophies and glitzy, prime time BCS bowl appearances to the big boys of the collegiate football scene. Embrace the mediocrity that is your birthright, cowboys and cowgirls, and leave the spotlight to those who have earned it. We can’t wait to see your Co-Big 12 Champion* rings. So adorable. Boomer Sooner!

OSU’S VIEW

‘Gooners’ cheat, steal their way to season-ending game

s the slowly-dwindling Big 12 has lost a championship quorum, the conference office and TV executives have decided to move Bedlam to “Championship Weekend,” showcasing this historic rivalry, giving our conference a “big game” presence during this key weekend. To that end, we hope our strong disdain for all things Gooner will not disappoint. Of course, whenever Bedlam comes to mind, it’s hard not to conjure a mental picture of the famous mental ward. The similarities are striking: First, that hospital was originally known as “Bethlehem” which locals couldn’t pronounce and just called “Bedlam,” and secondly, because Gooners are nuts. From an academic perspective, the only way anyone could one-up spending $281 million on a new stadium is by spending $5 million a year on just the coach (not that Bob Stoops doesn’t earn every penny with his amazingly awkward weekly pressers). The ironic thing is with Stoops now routinely losing to coaches making less than

half his salary. Guess that’s why they pay him the big bucks. It’s the pervasiveness of collegiate athletics around these parts that’s historically been a pillar of Oklahoma’s image. Likewise as OU’s football is renown, many outsiders wonder if non-football edumacation is offered at OU. Rumor has it there is indeed some educating going on, including a journalism program named “Gaylord,” and architecture housed in an old strip mall. Still, we can’t blame those skeptics; OU is one scary fan base. Just look at all those OU shirts on PeopleOfWalmart.com. Perhaps as an alternative means of Texas fleecing the rest of the conference, they could simply start an orthodontistry business in southern Oklahoma. That would easily solve everyone’s concerns with conference realignment, or is at least likelier to succeed than David Boren threatening to move us out west, or stalling West Virginia. As once-great programs like Kansas State got pushed to the sidelines of realignment, maybe OU should also consider the single-

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sport membership idea, as you might have to pull the plug on some programs. Such may be the best possible outcome for the men’s basketball program, again mired in NCAA sanctions, lately incurred while already on probation. Sheesh. Can’t you guys go just a few years without major infractions? Especially while on probation? One would normally expect the NCAA to look especially hard at a program who’s mascots are cheaters (Sooners) and thieves (Boomers). We must at least admire how Gooners have stayed true to those values all these years later. Seriously though, this Bedlam is huge, perhaps the biggest ever. While OU has lost both its leading receiver and rusher, up

in Stillwater we do still fear the stache, or peach fuzz or whatever that is. And lastly, before you attempt reading the piece from the Gaylord School of Journalism, we’d like to mention our appreciation for your support during these last few weeks. Your campus community resembles more class than perhaps we give you credit for, especially with that enlightened fan base and all. To them we add this friendly public service announcement: Please wait until after the score is final to commence the wife-beating activities. Normally we’d be unequivocally opposed, but it’s probably a lost cause with 3 losses on OU’s season. Orange Power!

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Students walk on campus Tuesday in their winter wear. With winter fast approaching, studentsâ€™ wardrobes will begin to shift from shorts and tanktops to sweaters and warm wool coats. As winter sweeps over campus there are dos and donâ€™ts to winter style. One key tip is to add warm winter boots and sweaters to your on-campus look.

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Decorated leggings and tights are also very fashionable when done correctly. Try to avoid exposed ankles. Knee-high boots or Uggs look great. Flats work well when paired with tights. No one wants cold feet, Dusti Gasparovic but socks were never intenddustikristine@gmail.com ed to be worn with flats. Itâ€™s time to bring out the boots. Ugg boots, rain boots, cowboy boots, riding boots and Steve Madden boots are just a few of the many options. Wool socks are great accessories to any pair of great boots, plus they keep your feet more cozy. Scarfs and warm hats are also great accessories for the cold months. Warm hats, however, should be worn with a warm sweater or cardigan, not a T-shirt.

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Mu s i c p ro f e s s o r Ca r l Rath, above all things, feels blessed. One will find his students and musical talent among the blessings he counts, and Rath attributes his success and happiness to his good fortune. â€œIâ€™ve been blessed with phenomenal students,â€? Rath said. â€œWhen Iâ€™m with them, I feel like Iâ€™m 20, as a spirit.â€? Back in 1973, when Rath was twenty in both body and spirit, he was working for his Bachelor of Music Education while studying

bassoon and percussion. Though Rathâ€™s father was a professional drummer, Rath strayed from percussion and took up bassoon in junior high. â€œI was the only one who actually knew what a bassoon was, and when the teacher asked if anyone wanted to play bassoon, I said yes,â€? Rath said. â€œI had to get out of the trumpets before they killed me.â€? After graduating from Lawrence University Conser vator y of Music, Rath began his teaching career and unveiled his passion for teaching others in his trade. While teaching classes like â€˜Rock and Rollâ€™ and â€˜The Beatles,â€™ Rath maintains his identity as a musician by performing in the band he

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and his fellow music professors, Eldon Matlick and Kenneth Stephenson, created. Known as â€˜the worldâ€™s most educated rock group,â€™ MidLife Crysis provided the trio with a musical outlet away from teaching. Though Stephenson has left the group, Rath and Matlick remain, along with various other colleagues coming and going along the way. â€œA couple of them were really fantastic musicians that could really be rock stars,â€? Rath said. â€œMany of

them played in rock bands in college on the side.â€? With the remainder of his free time, Rath performs the bassoon with the Oklahoma City Philharmonic Orchestra and var ious music festivals. A member of the Philharmonic Orchestra since 1992, Rath has played with notable musicians such as Betty Johnson and Ben Folds, front man of the â€œBen Folds Five.â€? Rath takes this experience he has gained from performing and approaches teaching in the same manner. â€œI want to reach out to my students like I do my audience,â€? Rath said. â€œHopefully, my students can find themselves and enjoy their life like I did.â€?

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MTV personality to disclose time as show host on recent program A n d re w Je n k s, s t a r o f M T V â€™s â€œ W o r l d o f Jenks,â€? will speak at 7 p.m. Wednesday in the Oklahoma Memorial Unionâ€™s Molly Shi Boren Ballroom. The event, hosted by Campus Activities Council Speakers Bureau, will feature Jenks talking about his experiences with his show, which features a week in the life of people such as an autistic man, a rapper and an NFL cheerleader. The second season of â€œWorld of Jenksâ€? will premiere in early 2012, according to its website. CAC Speakers Bureau Chairwoman Allison Mrasek said Jenksâ€™

inspiring message will affect students in a positive way. â€œWe try to host at least one big speaker each semester with an impactful message,â€? Mrasek said. â€œWe think that he has the potential to draw a big audience with a message that is relevant and timely to students.â€? Mrasek said she believes Jenksâ€™ fresh approach to reality TV is unique and will open students up to new experiences. â€œHis message is applicable for everyone â€” what does it really take to understand someone elseâ€™s reality?â€? Mrasek said. â€œWhile many people try to relate to the experiences of others, few have actually taken a walk in someone elseâ€™s shoes. Jenks can provide that perspective through the access and experience his documentary work and TV show have granted him.â€? Sydney Allen, Life & Arts Reporter

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Why Oklahoma football

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The state’s pride was wounded, and OU football did little to lift its spirit. George Lynn Cross believed if Oklahoma won games, the state would be better for it. by RJ Young, Sports Reporter “He told me in 1944, when he became president of the University of Oklahoma, Oklahomans had a mass inferiority complex. He wanted to do something to combat this depression. And best way we can do it — to bring pride in ourselves and in our state — is to have a winning football program.” Tramel understands the situation but believes the university set out to revive the state’s image of itself. “I don’t know if the football team changed the attitude, but I do believe the regents and George Cross set out to change the attitude,” Tramel said. “I think they did a lot to improve people’s self-image. Now whether that wiped out PHOTO PROVIDED ‘The Grapes of Wrath’ or not, I don’t know, because that Former OU football coach Benny Owen’s first Sooner football team was heavy.” Cross and the regents sought to recruit a winner to lead poses for a photo in 1905. Oklahoma Memorial Stadium’s field is Oklahoma and found one — Jim Tatum. An innovator, named after Owen, who coached the Sooners until 1926. Tatum perfected the split-T offense and made a name for himself as an assistant at Iowa Pre-Flight school under Hall of Fame coach Don Faurot. AT A GLANCE OU football success But Tatum didn’t get the job at Oklahoma because of his Oklahoma’s record before Oklahoma’s record before Bud coaching prowess alone. A respectful and solemn assistant Bennie Owen (1895-1904) Wilkinson (1927-1946) by the name of Bud Wilkinson had more to do with that. » 29-15-5 » 101-66-19 “When Tatum interviewed, he brought Wilkinson with him,” Tramel said. “And they were so impressed with Oklahoma’s record under Oklahoma’s record under Bud Wilkinson, they decided to hire Tatum.” Bennie Owen (1905-1926) Wilkinson (1947-1963) » 122-54-16 » 145-29-4 But Tatum’s tenure didn’t last long. The coach from » Three conference titles » 14 conference titles, three McCall, S.C., became upset about how he was asked to national championships coach, so he quit after leading Oklahoma to an 8-3 record to take the head coach position at Maryland the following year. “He only stayed a year because he was a rabble-rouser, Tatum,” Tramel said. “So it worked out great for [Cross and the regents]. They were all fired up about that. And then Wilkinson was fantastic.” Wilkinson orchestrated 31- and 47-game winning streaks in 17 years as head coach at Oklahoma. His 1950, 1955 and 1956 national championship teams are legendary, and his mark on the university is everlasting. And his winning program helped resurrect a downtrodden state. Finally, the state of Oklahoma could be proud of its football team — of itself — once more. That is why Oklahoma football matters.

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he Great Depression nearly broke the state of Oklahoma. Families starved, and fortunes were lost. Oklahoma was nicknamed “The Dust Bowl” because winds during the 1930s swirled enough dirt to make it nearly impossible to see. Oklahomans could do little to keep the dust from covering furniture and food into their homes. Novelist John Steinbeck captured the environment of the state in his 1939 Pulitzer Prize-winning novel, “The Grapes of Wrath.” Steinbeck wrote, “To the red country and the gray country of Oklahoma, the last rains came gently, and they did not cut the scarred earth. … In the last part of May the sky grew pale and the clouds that had hung in high puffs for so long in the spring dissipated.” The state’s pride was wounded, and OU football did little to lift its spirit, even after 22 years of original Sooner magic, which was first conjured by legendary coach Bennie Owen. Owen — for whom Owen Field is named — began building Oklahoma into a football giant in 1905, one year before the formation of the NCAA and two years before Oklahoma’s statehood. This isn’t news to The Oklahoman’s sports columnist, Berry Tramel, though. He’s an authority on Oklahoma football and has GEORGE written about sports professionally for more LYNN than 30 years in the Sooner state. CROSS “Bennie Owen won a bunch of games,” Tramel said. “He’s in the College Football Hall of Fame. He brought all kinds of innovations; a pioneer in the forward pass. He was also one of the ones who laid out the stadium and built the stadium for crying out loud. He gets left out. He deserves a lot of credit.” From 1924 to 1934, Oklahoma beat Oklahoma State just twice, losing five and tying four games. From 1936 — when the Associated Press began running its national college football poll continuously — to 1945, the Sooners were ranked just twice. The foundation Owen spent 22 years building in Norman began to crack and crumble. Oklahoma had lost to Oklahoma State in consecutive years leading into the 1946 season. The Sooners hadn’t won a national championship in the modern era and didn’t deserve one. Following the 1945 season, OU brass fired coach Dewey “Snorter” Luster, who finished his career 27-18-3 with two Big Six conference championships in five years. Luster’s firing might have been the first significant step in a program-rebuilding direction by former OU president George Lynn Cross. Cross believed if Oklahoma won football games, the state would be better for it. “We benefit from George Lynn Cross,” former OU coach Barry Switzer said at the unveiling of his statue Nov. 5.

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Cowgirl recalls coach’s impact Player remembers Budke’s positivity Nearly two weeks after her college coach died in a plane crash, the Tulsa Shock’s Andrea Riley wishes it was just a nightmare. Riley said Tuesday she was devastated when she got the news that Oklahoma State coach Kurt Budke and assistant Miranda Serna were killed in a Nov. 17 crash in Arkansas and she still finds herself crying when she’s alone. Riley was the best player Budke recruited to Oklahoma State. She became the program’s alltime scoring leader and helped the Cowgirls to three NCAA tournament appearances, including a trip to the Sweet 16. “He knew what to do to motivate each and every person,” Riley said. “He wanted to bring the best out of everyone and just to let your light shine.” Riley, who is currently playing professionally in Turkey, said she’s been reminded recently of her early time at Oklahoma State, when she considered quitting several times. “I didn’t know if I could do it,” she said. “I think that he would just be in my ear, telling me that I could conquer anything. “That’s just the type of man he was. He would make you believe anything, that you could do anything.” Budke instilled that belief in Riley even before she stepped on campus in Stillwater when he convinced her to choose OSU instead of Miami (Fla.). “He just was somebody that showed so much belief in me. He never gave up on me,” Riley said. “He had my back. He just always fed me positive energy.” Before Budke arrived, the Cowgirls had finished with a losing record in five of their previous seven seasons and never finished more than a game over .500 during that span. Then in his first season, OSU went 0-16 in Big 12 play. Yet Riley couldn’t stay away. “ H e s a i d , ‘ We c a n change Oklahoma State together, but we need you.’ I didn’t think little old me was going to be able to be a part of something like that, but he made me believe that we both bring something to the table that would help Oklahoma State grow,” Riley said. Together, they turned OSU into a top-25 team. Perhaps their best time came in an upset of No. 6 OU in 2008. Riley scored 45 points in the Cowgirls’ first win against Oklahoma in nine years. “That game was just something special,” she said. “It wasn’t just because of the night that we had — it was because he made us believe we could do anything. We felt like we were on top of the world.” That was a common feeling for Riley when Budke was around, though. She considered him a father figure who also was determined and competitive. “He showed me from day one that he would be there for me no matter what. And he really was,” Riley said. Riley believes Budke’s influence will continue to keep the program strong even after he’s gone. “Their legacy will live on because Oklahoma State has a winning attitude with anything,” Riley said. The Associated Press

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Broyles optimistic about NFL future Senior receiver’s recovery on track JAMES CORLEY Sports Editor

Senior wide receiver Ryan Broyles is back on his feet after 25 days. The Norman native is off crutches and able to walk with a brace on his left knee, and he said his recovery is going well. “I see improvement every day,” Broyles said Tuesday at OU coach Bob Stoops’ weekly press conference. He suffered a complete ACL tear against Texas A&M on Nov. 5 in Norman. Despite the injury, Broyles said he wouldn’t do anything differently. “I have no regrets at all,” he said. “I’ve played nine games and had fun. I’ve grown a lot since last season and really made some big steps in my life.” He said he doesn’t feel he would have been mature enough to handle some of what the NFL throws at players if he’d decided to enter the draft after last season, so he isn’t second-guessing his decision to return for his senior season. The injur y appears to have given him a fresh perspective, too.

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Senior wide receiver Ryan Broyles (85) fights off a Texas A&M defender during OU’s 41-25 win against the Aggies. Broyles suffered a season-ending ACL injury during the game.

“I definitely took running for granted,” he said. “When I’m up and running again, I’m not going to stop.” But Broyles seemed optimistic about his future in the NFL.

He plans to enter the draft this year and hopes teams will look past the injury at what he can do on the field. “I’m just going to go in there and compete,” he said.

He said he doesn’t care if the injury causes him to slip down a round or two, though. “My dream’s always been to play in the NFL — not to be a first-round draft pick

but to be a pick,” he said. As the NCAA leader in career receptions, Broyles still would be valuable to NFL teams looking for the next Wes Welker. Broyles said he has heard the comparisons of him to the New England Patriots’ star slot receiver. “ Pe o p l e s ay that,” he said. “I feel like I’m Ryan Broyles.” Even though his knee prevents him from playing, Broyles has kept himself busy with the team. “I’m out there (at practice) every day. I’m still coaching the guys up,” he said. “I still help them with play calls and want to know when guys mess up. I give them my two cents here and there.” Broyles said fans should give the players replacing him at the slot position time to develop. “You can’t just throw a guy in there (in the slot) and expect him to be good from the beginning,” he said. The All-American said though he’s looking forward to Saturday’s Bedlam matchup, he feels the same about missing it as he did about missing the last two games — he doesn’t like it. “It’s no different,” he said. “It’s still another game I’m missing.”

Congratulations OU!

You raised 15,389 Pounds of Food for Governor Fallin’s Feeding Oklahoma Food Drive! Thank you to all of the organizations that participated: Administration and Finance Admissions Alpha Gamma Delta Bird Library Career Services CART Central Mail Service College of Allied Health College of Arts & Sciences College of Business College of Continuing Education College of Dentistry College of Education College of Fine Arts College of International Studies College of Nursing College of Pharmacy College of Public Health Delta Delta Delta Delta Gamma Delta Phi Omega Delta Upsilon Department of Communication Department of History Department of Philosophy Department of Political Science Department of Zoology Facilities Management Family Medicine Center Fiancial Services Financial Aid Services Fitness & Recreation Harold Hamm Diabetes Center Health Services Henderson Scholars Honors College Housing & Food Services Housing Center Student Association HSC Admissions and Records HSC Information Technology Uiversity College OU Athletics Department

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• Wednesday, November 30, 2011