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Keys in ignition beckon thieves Norman Police report an increase in car theft, advising extra caution CAITLIN SCHACHTER Campus Reporter

The recent cold weather has many Normanites leaving their started cars unattended in the morning so the cars can thaw while they can stay warm, but this practice has left some citizens carless.

There have been six cars reported stolen in the last month because of this practice, said Tom Easley, Norman Police Department captain.

“This is a self-inflicted crime,” Easley said. “If you don’t start your car and leave it unattended, then it won’t get stolen.”

The most recent incident occurred at 5:41 a.m. Feb. 11 when Norman PD received a call of a stolen vehicle on the 800 block of Brooks Street.

The victim reported he started his car and went back inside. When he returned it had been stolen, according to a press release.

A car matching the description of the stolen vehicle was seen entering Interstate-35 Northbound on Lindsey Street.

The pursuit went into Oklahoma City where the suspect, Glen Gregory, got out of the vehicle and ran, according to the press release.

Gregory was placed in the F. DeWayne Beggs Detention Center on charges of unauthorized use of a motor vehicle, eluding a police officer, driving under suspension and a valid Oklahoma County felony warrant, according to a press

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Though bike theft is the No. 1 reported crime on campus, car theft is also an issue, said Maj. Bruce Chan, OU Police Department spokesman.

Out of the 278 felonies reported last year, 13 of them were car burglaries, Chan said.

To prevent additional theft from occurring, students can use different preventative methods.

“I would suggest for students to lock their valuables in their trunk or in their glove compartment so they won’t be as visible to the thief,” Chan said.

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OU English literature junior to move on in college game show Whitney Thompson to go to semifinals of Jeopardy! College Championship KELLY ROGERS • CAMPUS REPORTER

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Art technology and culture senior Seth Feken looks bewildered at a piece of art on Thursday afternoon in front of the School of Art and History. When asked about the piece’s origin, art history junior Monique Mogilka said that she had just noticed it between classes on Wednesday, but she didn’t know why it was erected.

SAFETY

Building searched due to threat Bomb scare causes partial OSU closing KATE BERGUM

Campus Reporter

Emergency responders found nothing suspicious at Oklahoma State University Thurs day after a b omb threat shut down a campus building and parking garage.

Gar y Shutt, director of communications for OSU, said the OSU Police Department received a call regarding a bomb threat in the OSU Multimodal facility at 8:45 a.m.

Police were on site at 8:46 a.m. and examining the situation, Shutt said.

Around 10 a.m. students

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were notified of the threat isolated from most of cam- sends text messages and and warned to stay away pus and did not seem to leaves voice messages on from the Multimodal facility pose a significant threat to students’ cell phones, Shutt and the nearby parking ga- the rest of the grounds. said. OSU also has a safety rage, Shutt said.

OSU Police Department and the Stillwater police and fire departments conducted a preliminary search Obviously, had we found something, it might have of the building, changed the whole scenario.”

Shutt said.

The Oklahoma GARY SHUTT, OSU DIRECTOR OF COMMUNICATIONS Hi g hw a y Pa t ro l conducted a secondary search with dogs and “Obviously, had we found website and social media aca bomb squad. They found something, it might have counts, which were updated nothing suspicious, Shutt changed the whole scenar- during the scare. said. io,” Shutt said.

Classes continued during During the threat, stuthe threat. Shutt said the dents were contacted by the Kate Bergum Mu l t i m o d a l f a c i l i t y i s Cowboy Alert System, which kate.c.bergum-1@ou.edu

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U student Whitney Thompson made it to the semifinals of the Jeopardy! College Championship, after some smart wagering in the final Jeopardy! round.

The quarterfinal round of Jeopardy! College Championship aired Tuesday morning, pitting Thompson against two other collegiate students, James Fulwiler from Temple University and Sarah Stevens from the University of Delaware.

“Going from couch Jeopardy! with a dog on either side of me to standing behind a podium was way too exciting,” Thompson said.

After years of playing couch Jeopardy!, Thompson waited behind the podium for host Alex Trebek to introduce the topics that would make or break her chances of moving onto semifinals.

AT A GLANCE This round included the Previous OU topics “Names in Nature” t o “ B a c k i n g B a n d s .”

Jeopardy!

Fulwiler began the game Contestants with “Backing Bands,” testing the contestants’ knowl2014: Whitney edge of new and old bands, Thompson and moved into the lead In-progress early on.

1995: Ben Lyon However, Thompson Season 11 Winner began racking up points, earning her first bit of 1992: Nick Jungman cash when Trebek asked Season 8 first the contestants to fill in runner-up (won the blank for the band $16,800) name, “Florence + the ____________.”

Thompson buzzed in with “What is ‘the Machine’?”

After moving on to “Novels by Quote,” though, Fulwiler quickly took the lead again in a war between buzzers.

“A classic: On the breast of her gown, in fine red cloth appeared the letter A,” Trebek said.

Fulwiler answered, “What is ‘The Scarlet Letter’?,” securing his lead.

Stevens stayed silent until the first two categories had cleared, chiming in with “Who is Sacagawea,” finally putting her on the board.

By the first commercial break, Fulwiler was in the lead with $3,000, Thompson in second with $1,600 and Stevens trailing behind with $400.

After the break, we got to know a little bit more about the student behind the Oklahoma sweatshirt.

Thompson’s basset hound is almost completely brown, a rare phenotype for the breed, which prompted her to write a children’s book on basset hound genetics for a

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Colleges.” Despite that, Fulwiler quickly regained his lead.

“Founded in 1961, Hamburger University is this chain’s training center,” Trebek said.

Fu l w i l e r i m m e d i a t e ly buzzed in with the answer that placed him in the lead once more: “What is McDonalds?”

The lead volleyed between Fulwiler and Thompson like a tennis ball at Wimbledon, with Stevens now a bystander in the competition.

With Thompson leading with $6,200, Fulwiler in second with $3,400 and Stevens last with -$200, the Double Jeopardy! round was underway.

But Stevens was determined to make a comeback and put herself on the board.

After correctly answering

By the end of Double Jeopardy!, Thompson was in the lead with $10,000, high school biology class, Fulwiler in second with Thompson explained in one $9,200 and Stevens in last long breath. place with $6,200.

She ended up reading the The small rectangubook to second graders, she lar screen flashed white said. block letters with the final Thompson didn’t recall Jeopardy! clue: Islands. that bit of Basset-related This word was daunting, knowledge unprompted, Thompson said, because she though. Apparently she and didn’t trust herself with this the other contestants had topic. filled out anecdote sheets to “I had studied capitals, share beforehand, she said. but I knew this topic was Four questions into the going to be near impossible,” “Names in Nature” categoThompson said. ry, Thompson hit the Daily The question revealed Double. on the screen was, “In a satThe small blue screen ellite photo, volcanic acread, “They have only one tivity can be seen on this cell each, but can take pride 10,000-square-mile island.”

Taylor Bolton/The Daily in their name, from the Greek The contestants scribbled Whitney Thompson, English literature junior, studies Feb. 9 inside Bizzell Memorial Library’s Great Reading for ‘first animals.’” down their answers. It was Room. Thompson recently competed on the Jeopardy! College Tournament over winter break in January.

Thompson strategized time to reveal the winner. and wagered a risky $600 in Stevens: “What is Crete?”

A b ov e h e r answer was a scribbled out, “What is Sicily?”

Crete was incorrect.

St e v e n s l o s t At this point, I was trying to focus on two things: $4,800.

Answering questions and not passing out.”

Fulwiler : “What is Fiji?”

Whitney Thompson, Fiji was English literature junior and Jeopardy semi-finalist incorrect.

Fulwiler lost attempt to pass Fulwiler who “Carrie” to the question, $9,200 on the wager. was still in the lead.

“Chloë Grace Moretz was the Thompson: “What is Thompson’s face, which title telekinetic teen in a 2013 Crete?” was sculpted in an ear-to-ear remake of this horror movie.”

S h e ’d w a g e r e d $ 0 .

Stevens even scored a Everyone had answered insmile for most of the competition, dropped when she verbal pat on the back from correctly. She won. missed the question, answer- Trebek, who said, “Good for “The penny didn’t actually ing “amoebas.” The correct you. You’re out of the hole.” drop with me until Alex had answer was protozoa.

Thompson hit the second said I had won,” Thompson Not all hope was lost for Daily Double in a fast-fir- said.

Thompson, who was still in ing round, though, finding Thompson will appear in second place with $1,800, herself tied with Fulwiler at the semifinalist round on leading in front of Stevens $7,400.

Monday.

Trebek asked, “In 439 A.D. who was -$200.

“At this point, I was try- Genseric the Vandal caping to focus on two things,” tured this North African city, Kelly Rogers kelly.n.rogers-1@ou.edu Thompson said. “Answering which became the Vandal questions and not passing Capital…” out.”

Thompson said, “What is Moving into the second Cairo?” losing $600.

And the correct anto last category, Thompson began picking apart the swer from Trebek: “What is questions themed “Other Carthage.”

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We love OU for its brazen squirrels who liven up campus wildlife, particularly Chester of Twitter fame. Although we prefer the greenery and lush flowers of spring, we love being able to walk over to OU, how do we love thee? Let us count the ways the Oklahoma Memorial Union on even the coldest, this Valentine’s Day. dreariest day to pick up a soul-warming coffee from We love OU for its campus, beautiful by day and Starbucks. The Union really is a mecca for things night, from its flowers in the spring to its archito love about OU. From playing with 3-D printers tecture. Standing in the middle of the South Oval at One University store to catching a free movie in with the Sower to our backs and majestic Bizzell Meacham Auditorium, what’s not to love?

Memorial Library in front, we can’t help but love And don’t forget to admire our darling OU’s unforyOU. The spring semester can be a hard time for your gettable statues scattered across campus. From an students, OU. We long for the roar and thrill of game- overweight winged woman to a group of gossiping day, for the fanfare and spectacle that only a tradiladies frozen midsentence, we love them all.

We love taking a break from classes to explore OU’s tion as strong and true as Oklahoma football can give us. Having to wait nearly 200 more days to hear, myriad museums, whether to get our art fix at Fred Jones Jr. Museum of Art or to quench a history crav“It’s football time in Oklahoma,” and to hold our breaths at opening kickoff seems unbearable. But we ing at the Sam Noble Museum of Natural History. know you have many more delights to tide us over For the active among us, we also can’t get enough until we can see the white visor of Coach Bob Stoops of OU’s rock wall in the Huston Huffman Fitness again.

Our view: This Valentine’s Day, we are reminded

of how much we love OU.

Center. It’s so fun, we almost don’t even know we’re working out. For the hungry among us, nothing beats “the Caf,” as long as you can find a freshman buddy to share their meal ticket.

And, we love OU’s administrators, who keep our favorite school in tip-top shape — especially President David Boren, or “DBo” as we affectionately call him. We love Dean David Ray for helping our honors college maintain excellence and Dean of Students Clarke Stroud’s bowties for making us smile.

So if you’re walking around campus feeling down that you don’t have a sweetheart for Valentine’s Day, just look around. There are places and people to love all around you. While OU is our Valentine every day, most of all we love you, our fellow students, for lending a helping hand whenever needed and making every student feel like a member of the Sooner family.

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Women’s tennis

Tennis team starts month-long road trip this weekend Sooners will take on Arkansas and Purdue this weekend in Fayetteville

Jennifer Rogers

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The No. 2 ranked Oklahoma women’s gymnastics team looks to take on No. 3 LSU, No. 17 Arizona and Kentucky in the Metroplex Challenge at 7 p.m. Saturday in Fort Worth.

Oklahoma looks forward to the Metroplex Challenge this weekend where they w i l l f a c e t w o nat i o na l ly-ranked opponents. The Sooners have proven to be a force to be reckoned with, holding either the No. 1 or No. 2 ranking nationally since the second week of the season.

After a difficult loss to the LSU Tigers at home Sunday, the Sooners are undoubtedly ready to go head-to-head with the Tigers for a second weekend in a row.

The Metroplex Challenge is the first podium meet for Oklahoma this year. Junior Rebecca Clark said the feel of podium meets is different, both physically and mentally, but the preparation is the same.

“We are focusing on the details. We didn’t have the best beam rotation (against L S U ) , b u t w e d i d h av e strong performances in the other events. We will continue to build off of those,” Clark said.

This week was also special for two athletes in particular. Freshman Chayse Capps earned her third Newcomer of the Week accolade this season after an incredible performance against LSU, including a

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Freshman Chayse Capps dances to the music during her floor routine against Louisiana State University on Sunday afternoon at Lloyd Noble Center. The Sooners fell to the Tigers 197.325-197.650. The Sooners will get a second chance to take on LSU, along with Arizona and Kentucky this weekend in the Metroplex Challenge in Fort Worth.

“It is going to happen again — where we are going to have a miss, and they are going to have to handle that pressure. So it is good practice for the future. Those are mistakes they don’t normally make it practice.”

K.j Kindler, women’s gymnastics coach

9.95 on vault, a career-high.

“It is an incredible honor to have received this award three times.

It really is a surreal exp e r i e n c e,” Ca p p s s a i d .

Sophomore Haley Scaman received her first Big 12 Gymnast of the Week award after the meet against LSU. Scaman scored a 9.9 or higher in all of her events against the Tigers.

“These awards are truly a reflection of their hard work throughout the season,” coach K.J. Kindler said.

It is no doubt that these individual accolades are impressive. Oklahoma is currently first in the Big 12 for weekly awards. West Virginia is second on the list and has six fewer awards than OU. The balance beam is

typically a strong event for OU, despite their uncharacter istic per for mance last weekend. Kindler acknowledged the previous performance and the mental errors that occurred but seemed very optimistic for the upcoming meets.

“It is going to happen again — where we are going to have a miss, and they are going to have to handle that pressure, so it is good practice for the future. Those are mistakes they don’t normally make in practice,” Kindler said.

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The OU women’s tennis team will travel to Fayetteville, Ark., to face the Arkansas Razorbacks and the Purdue Boilermakers this weekend. It is the beginning of a month-long road trip. The Sooners won’t play another home match until March 21. The Sooners will also travel to Albuquerque, PLAYER PROFILE N.M., Stillwater and Tulsa Whitney Ritchie during the trip.

Tennis coach David Year: Mullins’ expectations are Senior no different on the road than at home, and he said Position: he expects the team to competes play as good without the in doubles and singles home crowd as with it.

“Even though it’s away Statistics: from home, it’s a region 6-0 in singles and 4-1 in we are very familiar with. doubles this season A lot of the older girls have played in Arkansas several times,” he said.

Although the environment should have no effect on the players, Mullins did say the courts in Arkansas are different than the courts in Norman.

“The courts in Arkansas are a little faster, so we’ve been trying to take time away from the players, giving them no rhythm, making them feel a little uncomfortable, which is how they’re going to feel on Friday and Saturday.”

Senior Whitney Ritchie shares the beliefs of her coach and said that the team is just trying to play as well on the road as at home “We just have to play like we do at home,” she said.

No. 24 OU is 5-1, No. 44 Arkansas is 5-2 and No. 30 Purdue is 3-2. The Sooners are hoping to move to 7-1 after the weekend in Fayetteville.

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SPORTS baseball

Sooners open season against Seton Hall Warm tempetures welcome baseball season in Norman

Frigid temperatures picked the right time to leave Norman, as the Oklahoma baseball team opens its 2014 campaign this weekend with a home series against Seton Hall.

Snow covered grass and a freezing chill hasnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t created ideal baseball conditions for first-year coach Pete Hughes and his squad leading up to opening day. The Sooners have often been forced to resort to indoor practice. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The last two weeks have been challenging. If thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s snow on the ground, or if itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s below 30 degrees, then I wonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t do it,â&#x20AC;? Hughes said of practicing outdoors. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I think itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s dangerous.â&#x20AC;?

With spring-like temperatures projected for the weekend, Hughes wonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t have to worry about the weather.

Heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll be more focused on his inaugural game as a Sooner.

Oklahoma hired Hughes in June following Sunny G o l l o w a y â&#x20AC;&#x2122;s d e p a r t u r e .

Having been in Norman for months, the former Virginia Tech coach has settled in nicely and is eagerly anticipating his OU debut. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t wait,â&#x20AC;? he said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m finally getting used to wearing crimson, and Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m starting to like it.â&#x20AC;?

His players are also having trouble waiting for Friday to roll around. The Sooners have gone through plenty of practices since their loss in last seasonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s super regional round.

To achieve the often-spoken goal of getting to Omaha for this seasonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s College World Series, OUâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s level of focus and intensity during practice hasnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t faltered.

The Sooners said they

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In this file photo, then-sophomore right fielder Colt Bickerstaff watches the ball go over the outfielders for a two RBI double last season against Texas Tech. Oklahoma opens up its season against Seton Hall today, tomorrow and Sunday in coach Pete Hughesâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; debut as a Sooner.

â&#x20AC;&#x153;Since Coach Hughes first got here, weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve been grinding pretty hard, so nothingâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s changed. But itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s just exciting. The adrenaline starts going.â&#x20AC;? tyler alspaugh, junior outfileder

arenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t treating this week any differently. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Since coach Hughes first got here, weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve been grinding pretty hard, so nothingâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s changed,â&#x20AC;? junior outfielder Taylor Alspaugh said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;But itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s just exciting. The adrenaline starts going.â&#x20AC;?

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the new season will tell whether or not the Sooners are the real deal. OU lost several key players from last yearâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Big 12 champion squad.

Ev e n t h e f i r s t- y e a r coach is intrigued to see how his team performs this weekend. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t know what kind of guys I have,â&#x20AC;? Hughes said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;You only see that w h e n y o u â&#x20AC;&#x2122; re p l a y i n g against someone else and the scoreboard is on.â&#x20AC;?

First pitch is slated for 3 p.m. Friday at L. Dale Mitchell Park. Oklahoma and Seton Hall will also play at 2 p.m. Saturday before concluding the series at 1 p.m. Sunday.

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Sweet event comes to Memorial Union Sama Khajawa

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The only thing in the world that is better than chocolate is free chocolate. This year the Union Programming Board w ill host a Willy Wonka-themed event called the Chocolate Factory from 7-9 p.m. Friday in Oklahoma Me m o r i a l Un i o n ’s Wi l l Rogers Room.

“We decided to do Willy Wonka because people can relate to that,” said Alex Len, advertising sophomore and coordinator for the event.

The Chocolate Factory is held annually in conjunction with Valentine’s Day and this time it is happening the very same day.

There is an assortment of entertainment lined up for the night. And no chocolate-based event is complete without a chocolate fountain.

David Thibodeaux, international business sophomore and food supervisor for the event, explained how there will be a table laden with fountain dipping tidbits — ranging from the ordinary such as marshmallows, to the bizarre like pickles and potatoes.

“We’re also bringing in chocolate-covered insects because why not?” Len said.

Chocolate-covered bacon was the highlight of last year.

This time the UPB wanted to get something just as different and adventurous, Thibodeaux said.

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cott Spencer’s 1979 novel “Endless Love” is a work concerning the passion that surrounds first love. In some ways a “Fifty Shades of Grey” for a younger generation, “Endless Love” exposes the vulnerability of love and all

of the complications that can arise from it.

The 2014 adaptation of “Endless Love” might as well not have even used the same title. Gone is the gritty world where love and sex clash within one young couple’s blooming romance. In its place is PG-13 eroticism and a narrative that fails to grab your attention.

“Endless Love” tells the story of a privileged girl, Jade, who has always been on the outside of the social circle. After her brother tragically passed away years earlier, she closed herself off and instead sought the comfort

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Union Programming Boards’s Chocolate Factory event coincides nicely with Valentine’s Day. Stop by from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. today in Oklahoma Memorial Union’s Will Rogers Room for some free chocolate.

“We wanted to at least get one item that was different from last year,” Thibodeaux said. “[We’re] kind of curious how that one will turn out.”

Other than the chocolate, there will also be some interactive games for people to enjoy.

“It’s like ‘Minute to Win It’ kind of games,” Len said.

Bianca Herrera, University College freshman and event decorator, said the games will be one to two minutes long where contestants will have to complete a task as quickly as possible. By the end of the night, prizes will be handed out to the winners.

“For those who haven’t seen ‘Willy Wonka,’ it’ll be playing as well,” Herrera said.

Len said that the UPB held a poll regarding the older and newer version and interestingly enough, the older

version won by popular vote. Nostalgia certainly has a way of swaying the audience.

Finally, the cherry on top will be Willy Wonka himself strutting around the Union if anyone wishes to capture a moment with, as Grandpa Joe put it, “the most amazing, the most fantastic, the most extraordinary chocolate maker the world has ever seen.”

The Chocolate Factory is an open event where people can come and go as they please. It is full of interesting activities to indulge in and enjoy with friends and loved ones.

“Everyone loves free and everyone loves chocolate,” Thibodeaux said.

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