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Boren warns oklahomans Cuts cause Pres. Boren to advocate, purchase ads sTAFF RePoRTs

OU President David Boren personally paid to place ads in two of the state’s top newspapers to alert Oklahomans of Gov. Mary Fallin’s proposed budget cuts to higher education.

The ad was comprised of a letter from Boren warning Oklahomans of the consequences if more funding is cut from higher education.

A similar ad appears in today’s Daily.

OU Spokesman Michael Nash confirmed Sunday that Boren had paid for the ads himself.

In the ad, Boren said Oklahoma’s surrounding states, Texas, Kansas, Colorado, Arkansas, Missouri and New Mexico, all spend more money

on education than Oklahoma.

“We are on the wrong path,” Boren says in the ad.

Additionally, Boren attacked Fallin’s decision to cut income taxes while there are so many things to fix in the state. In the ad, Boren brought up damaged schools and colleges, the closed bridge between Lexington and Purcell and overcrowded prisons.

The ad included data from the Institute of Taxation and Economy Policy, which showed the amount of money different families, would save under the tax cuts.

Those with an average income of $1.2 million would save $2,009 in tax cuts, which those who make $42,400 a year would only save $29. Families making $24,4000 would save $8, according to the data.

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Bill bars noncitizens from in-state tuition Revised bill excluding non-citizens for in-state tuition elicits strong opposition ADAM BURneTT Campus Reporter

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President David Boren discusses his relationship with sandra Day O’Connor on Feb. 6.

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Spring time, walking on string time

An Oklahoma bill regarding in-state tuition, which has met opposition from minority groups and OU’s student congress, was never meant to be as controversial as it has become.

Senate Bill 1491 would change who qualifies for instate tuition in Oklahoma. Currently any Oklahoma resident who has lived in the state for one year or more qualifies for in-state tuition. This bill would change that policy to exclude anyone who isn’t a U.S. citizen.

The senate bill was initially presented to Congress as a way for students who graduated from an Oklahoma high school but had since attained residency in another state to receive in-state tuition, said Sen. John Sparks, D-Norman, who authored the bill.

An amendment made to the bill changed the language to include only U.S. citizens, Sparks said.

This change caused a negative response from minority groups, who felt this was a way to keep minorities out of higher education. This was not the case, however.

“The bill was initially written to entice students who graduated high school in [Oklahoma] to move back,” Sparks said.

The negative response reached all the way to OU where the Undergraduate Student Congress voted Tuesday to oppose the bill and urge the Oklahoma State Congress to not pass Senate Bill 1491.

Akash Patel, a graduate student at OU, brought this see higher edUCATion PAGe 2

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New restaurant to open in July Although construction is beginning, benefits may come from late opening Michelle JohnsTon Campus Reporter

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Cody Green, a member of the sooner slackliners group and a slackliner for three years, balances his way across a 100-foot slackline in sunday afternoon’s spring-like warmth on the south Oval. “it’s perfect weather for it,” Green said.

BEDLAM

Bloody Bedlam: semi-annual drive begins 600 donors needed a day to fill banks JAYe PelleY

Campus Reporter

OU and Oklahoma State University’s feud goes blood deep, and for part of this week, Sooners and Cowboys alike will be donating blood to fill blood banks across the state.

The semi-annual Bedlam Blood Battle

will come to OU’s ROTC A r m o r y F e b. 1 7 t o 2 1 .

Sooners can donate blood to win the competition against OSU, said Leslie Gamble, Oklahoma Blood Institute director of communications.

The blood drive will take place from 1:30 to 5:30 p.m. Monday and 11 a.m.

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during the Bedlam blood drive last fall. This year’s semi-annual Bedlam Blood Battle will be from today through Friday at OU’s ROTC Armory.

L&A: As if leggings were bad enough on women, some men are have questionable fashion senses. (Page 6)

The new Oklahoma Memorial Union eatery, dubbed The Union Market, will open by July 1, months after it was initially set to open.

The original opening date was this spring 2014, but construction issues, such as renovating the air conditioning and draining system, have pushed back the completion date, said Dave Annis, director of Housing and Food Services.

This will be the first time the space has been renovated in 30 years, Annis said.

“There’s a lot of work that we will be doing within the infrastructure, that doesn’t have to do with the actual remodel of the restaurant,” said Laura Tontz, Oklahoma Memorial Union director.

The eatery should open by July 1, giving its employees time to adjust to the space before the busier fall semester, Annis said.

“We’re looking forward to a slower summer in order for all of the processes to be worked out by the fall,” Annis said.

The renovation budget was set at $1.1 million, according to the Oklahoma Board of Regents meeting minutes. The location has been under construction for 18 months, Annis said.

Annis said employees currently are working to develop a cell phone app where Sooners can order something from the market, pay for it on their phone and then come pick up their meals later.

Once that app is finished, Annis hopes it will meal

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FOOD: ‘Union Market’ will offer healthier meals for students on the go Continued from page 1 exchanges as well, he said.

The Union Market was created to fill a void Tontz and Annis believed existed in Sooners’ current eating options. The two envisioned the market as a “grab and go” location where students could get healthy items on the go.

“Our students and customers have been telling us that we want healthier items and varieties,” Annis said. “[The Union Market] is a prairie market with prepared grab and go items like gluten free salads and sandwiches.”

The market w ill have a salad bar measured by weight and a hot bar rotating different entrées.

Students can order their meals via a kiosk system for

“Our students and customers have been telling us that we want healthier items and varieties.”

Dave Annis, Director of Housing and Food

efficiency, Annis said.

The restaurant will be constructed with recovered and sustainable materials and there will be a large community table made of natural tree wood in the center of the seating area, along with a fireplace and chandelier, Annis said.

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The proposed furniture and power plan for Oklahoma Memorial Union’s new addition, Union Market. Union Market is set to open by July 1, months after it was originally scheduled to be open.

EVENTs

Students to celebrate 101st engineering week on campus Week to feature 13 different events Michelle Johnson Campus Reporter

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This week marks the 101st engineers week. Engineer students fire off the cannon in celebration at the end of the week.

OU’s engineering students will celebrate their 101st engineers week Feb. 16 to 22, with a week full of events from a quiz bowl to a fluid dynamics lab.

This year’s Engineers Week has the theme “Here’s to the Next 100,” which the engineer’s will celebrate with 13 different events, ending with the annual engineer’s banquet in the Sam Noble Museum of Natural History, according to the event’s website.

“The whole point of the week is to celebrate the spirit

of engineering,” said David Vreeland, Engineers Week chairman.

The patron saint of engineering is Saint Patrick, and the week will include an homage to engineers’ Irish heritage with a visit to O’Connell’s Irish Pub and Grille.

Engineers will take part in a Fluids Dynamics Lab, which involves a beard and hairy leg contest and special green beer, Vreeland said.

The week is also a time for engineers to remember their long-standing feud with the Law College, Vreeland said.

“The rivalry is a historic one … It started in the early 1900s and continues to this day,” Vreeland said.

Engineers Week schedule Monday, Feb. 17 • Quiz Bowl, 4 to 6 p.m., Reynolds Engineering Practice Facility, Room 200.

• Games Tournament, 7 to 9 p.m., Willoughby Lounge.

Tuesday, Feb. 18 •Engineers Got Talent, 7 to 9 p.m., Oklahoma Memorial Union’s Wednesday, Feb. 19 •Casino Night, 7 to 9 p.m., Reynolds Engineering Practice Facility’s Dunham Student Leadership Center.

Thursday, Feb. 20 •E-Olympics, 6 to 8 p.m., Lloyd Noble Center’s Men’s Basketball Practice Gym. Friday, Feb. 21 •Rube Goldberg Project/Ice Cream Social, 2 to 4 p.m., Reynolds Saturday, Feb. 22 •E-Week Banquet, 6 to 9 p.m., Sam Noble Oklahoma Museum of Natural History’s Great Hall.

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BEDLAM: Save lives by giving blood, beat OSU higher education: Continued from page 1 Migrants tuition costs may rise 137 percent AT A GLANCE

complimentary snacks and an OU blood donor T-shirt while supplies last.

Bedlam Blood The bedlam blood drive Battle results comes during a blood shortage in the state, Gamble • Fall 2013 donors OU: 1,141 said.

OSU: 1,169 The shortage is because of the severe winter weather • Spring 2012 donors that hit the state in the last OU: 1,167 few weeks, Gamble said.

OSU: 1,024 To keep a steady supply of blood, the institute needs • Fall 2012 donors 600 donors a day,.

OU: 1,310 OSU: 1,448 Every person who donates will undergo a miniSource: Leslie Gamble, Oklahoma Blood health check, which inInstitute director of communications cludes checking temperature, blood pressure and cholesterol levels, Gamble said.

The blood also will be tested for possible diseases or viruses, which is one of the many benefits to donors, Gamble said. In addition, Sooners save an average of three lives every time they give blood.

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Katie Howard, European studies senior, gives blood during the Bedlam blood drive in the Armory last fall. This year’s semi-annual Bedlam Blood Battle will be from today through Friday at OU’s ROTC Armory.

Corrections In a Feb. 13 cutline, The Daily erroneously reported that the painting “Shepherdess Bringing in Sheep” was stolen by Nazis in the 1950s. It was stolen during Nazi Germany’s occupation of France in the 1940s.

The Oklahoma Daily is committed to serving readers with accurate coverage and welcomes your comments about information that may require correction or clarification. To contact us with corrections, email us at dailynews@ou.edu.

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resolution before the Undergraduate Student Congress on Tuesday night.

“SGA is backing it to … maximize access to students to higher education,” Patel said.

If the bill were to pass, any Oklahoma resident who wasn’t also a U.S. citizen would experience a raise in tuition from the in-state level to the out-of-state level, Patel said.

Going by the fall 2013/spring 2014 rates, this would raise these students’ undergraduate tuition and fees by about 137 percent, from $8,915.50 to $21,104.50, according to the tuition and fees website.

This would affect any student who: has his or her green card, are permanent Oklahoma residents, are in the process of immigration or are affected by the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrival program but are not citizens yet, Patel said.

The number of students this bill would affect if passed wasn’t available by press time.

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Monday, February 17, 2014 •

SOUTH AFRICAN MINERS

Illegal miners choose dirt over arrest

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Trapped miners stay underground to avoid authorities CHRISTOPHER TORCHIA The Associated Press

JOHANNESBURG (AP) Emergency workers in South Africa cleared a mine shaft entrance of debris Sunday, allowing miners who had been trapped below the chance to escape.

The only problem was that the miners were working illegally at the abandoned mine, and some stayed underground because they feared arrest if they came out, according to officials.

At least 11 miners were escorted to safety at the mine in Benoni, on the outskirts of Johannesburg, but an undetermined number of their comrades were still in the gold mine, emergenc y responder Kobus Du Plooy said by telephone late Sunday.

Police were preparing to question those who came out about anyone left underground, local media reported.

After nightfall, some mine security officials remained at the site, but rescue workers had packed up and left, leaving behind a ladder in the shaft for those still below.

“Should they have a change of heart and mind, they then have at least some access to get out of the shaft,” Du Plooy said.

He said he didn’t know how many people were still in the shaft. Earlier, reports said more than 200 miners had been trapped. But the ones who emerged were tightlipped about the colleagues they left behind, apparently concerned about trouble with the police.

“They don’t want to give away too much information,” Du Plooy said. It was

WORLD NEWS BRIEFS 1. SKOPJE, MACEDONIA

2 children sustain serious injuries from explosion in Macedonia An explosion wounded five Roma children in a Macedonian town west of the capital Sunday, and investigators were trying to establish what type of device caused the blast, police said.

Two 14-year-old girls sustained serious limb and chest injuries from the explosion in Tetovo and were rushed to a hospital in Skopje. Hospital officials said they were in stable condition after surgery. Three other children were slightly injured and have been discharged from Tetovo’s hospital.

2. MADRID, SPAIN THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

A trapped illegal miner at a disused gold mine shaft near Benoni, South Africa, is bought to the surface Sunday. Debris trapped a group of miners who were working illegally in an abandoned mine in South Africa, but rescue workers cleared the mine shaft entrance, and at least 11 miners were escorted to safety. Some of the miners still below the surface in the gold mine shaft near Johannesburg appear to be reluctant to emerge because they fear they would be arrested.

“Should they have a change of heart and mind, they then have at least some access to get out of the shaft.”

KOBUS DU PLOOY EMERGENCY FIRST RESPONDER

unclear how long the holdouts, who seemed to have few options, planned to prolong their stay in the mine.

Some of the 11 who came out were dehydrated but otherwise in good health. They were believed to have been trapped since Saturday morning and police patrolling in the area heard their screams for help, the South African

Press Association reported.

Rescue vehicles and equipment were brought to the site to stabilize the ground before the removal of the rubble began.

Illegal mining is common in South Africa, a major producer of gold and platinum.

Workers brave unsafe conditions below ground amid reports of the involvement of organized crime and even clashes between rival groups seeking to extract precious metal from the shafts.

Authorities suspect the miners in B enoni w ere robbed by a rival group that blocked the mine exit, reported Eyewitness News, a South African media outlet.

Illegal mining remains a serious concern, despite

progress in curbing it, South Africa’s mineral resources department said in a statement. It attributed the improvement to “illegal mining forums,” in which stakeholders in the mining industry seal open shafts and seek to detain illegal miners, according to the South African Press Association.

Some analysts say the problem could increase if legal mines close or downsize, forcing skilled workers who have lost their jobs to turn to illegal activities.

South Africa’s mining industry, a pillar of the economy, is struggling with rising costs. Tens of thousands of workers in the platinum sector are currently on strike.

Spanish man enters comatose state after eating pot cake A university student in Spain’s capital went into a comatose state early Sunday after he ate a birthday cake baked with marijuana. Nine others were also hospitalized, officials said.

The comatose man wasn’t responding to stimulus when admitted to a Madrid hospital, but he later recovered, city emergency services spokesman Javier Chivite said. The man was still hospitalized.

It wasn’t immediately clear if the pot cake directly led to the man’s comatose state, if he had ingested other substances or had underlying medical problems.

3. KARACHI, PAKISTAN

Bomb derails train in southwest Pakistan on Sunday, kills 8 A bomb placed by an ethnic separatist group derailed a train in southwest Pakistan on Sunday, killing eight people, police and the militants said.

Three of the dead were children, and another 20 people were wounded by the blast in Kashmor district, which caused several train cars to run off the track, police official Mohammad Azeem .

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EDITORIAL

OSU’s response to threat inadmissible Our View: An hour and 15 minutes is according to The Daily O’Collegian. too long before students are notified of Nothing dangerous or suspicious a possible dangerous situation. was found, and OSU officials are now investigating who made the bomb It’s better to be overly cautious, threat, according to OSU’s student especially when it comes to campus newspaper. We hope OSU finds and safety. Here at OU, we all found that is able to prosecute whoever made out during our shooting scare a few the false threat. Students should not weeks ago. Even though there ended ever have to walk around their colup being no danger, it made us all feel lege campus fearful for their personsafer to know that in such a situation, al safety. However, if a threat does emergency first responders would be occur, students should have some on campus almost immediately, and idea of what that threat is. students would be notified within Looking back at O’Colly archives, minutes.

OSU students did not know for cerWe can’t speak so confitain that a bomb threat had dently for our favorite rivals been made until around The Our View is the majority noon on Thursday. That at Oklahoma State University. opinion of They too experienced an is unacceptable. Leaving The Daily’s on-campus threat last week, students wondering why eight-member a bomb threat in one of the editorial board helicopters and canine campus parking garages squads are on campus for and bus terminals. The OSU hours is a dangerous lack of Police Department received the communication. bomb threat at 8:45 a.m. Thursday, During OU’s Jan. 22 shooting scare, and authorities were on the scene at we experienced the opposite; we per8:46 a.m., the Daily reported Friday. haps received too much information While it is commendable that autoo quickly. The university sent out thorities arrived so quickly, we’re not texts to the student body warning of quite sure why the university waited a shooting on campus before the aluntil around 10 a.m., an hour and 15 leged shooting had been fully invesminutes later, to warn its students of tigated. On the other hand, it caused the possible threat. Even then, OSU students to take the situation seristudents received the vague mesously and comply with emergency sage of a “possible threat” from the instructions. OSU students just knew university’s emergency alert system. they couldn’t go back to their cars Classes continued throughout the in the threatened garage, but they threat because the area searched is weren’t told why for nearly four hours set apart from most of campus, the after the threat was made.

Daily reported.

Communication is essential in Campus authorities and the high-stress situations. We are of Oklahoma Highway Patrol conduct- course grateful and relieved that ed searches of the parking garage OSU’s bomb threat ended up being as and bus terminal mentioned by the false as our shooting scare. However, caller who made the bomb threat, if there actually had been danger

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A parking official stands outside the Multimodal Transportation Center near the Monroe Street Garage at Oklahoma State University. OSU received a bomb threat last week, and both the Monroe Street Garage and the Multimodal Transportation Center were evacuated.

present, OSU did its students a disservice by allowing classes to continue and not sending out specific information.

We have a lot of fun exchanging insults with OSU students over Bedlam

games. But when it comes to keeping students safe, we are of one mind.

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COLUMN

Giraffe killings inhumane, unnecessary and unacceptable OPINION COLUMNIST

animals. Yet, the simple possibiliCopenhagen Zoo claimed ty that this young giraffe could face that killing the giraffe was a necessity to prevent inbreed- death or capture in the wild led to a ing within the zoo, according death sentence in order to … protect him? to the AP article.

The inadmissible excuses given Every zoo faces the probfor this tragedy reflect nothing but lem of inbreeding. Several a publicity stunt. The Copenhagen other zoos, and even private Zoo did something many zoos don’t individuals, tried to obtain Marius from the Copenhagen accomplish often. Every news station Andrew Sartain and publication in the Zoo so he andrew.sartain@ou.edu country has slapped could be in an “I realized that environment the zoo’s name on the no matter how oos have always held without an overlapworld stage. a special place in my ping gene pool and It is a shame that much good zoos heart. Zoos provide children all not have to be killed, such a barbaric event do for humanity’s has received so much over the world an opportunity to according to a Time experience the natural world in article. What was the attention. As I’ve understanding ways they likely would never get to problem? grown older, I faced a of animals, they otherwise.

The Copenhagen sobering reality about would always be a my childhood dream As a child, I dreamed of starting a Zoo said that sendzoo and revolutionizing the zoo ining Marius to anrepresentation of of owning a zoo. I redustry. So when I heard that last week other facility would alized that no matter human selfishness. how much good zoos the Copenhagen Zoo in Denmark risk putting him in a killed Marius, a perfectly healthy ado- lower-quality enviNo matter what we do for humanity’s lescent giraffe, I felt an overwhelming ronment, like a cirof anlearn from them, we understanding sense of confusion and disgust. cus or trade show. imals, they would allearn it as a result ways be a representaWhat could have possibly led a zoo What about the wild? to take a gun to the back of a healthy Giraffes have been of human selfishof putting ourselves tion giraffe’s skull? Even worse, after the successfully released ness. No matter what ahead of the natural we learn from them, giraffe was killed “visitors, including before and the linchildren, were invited to watch while eages still left in the we learn it as a result world.” the giraffe was then skinned and wild have plenty room of putting ourselves fed to the lions,” according to an AP for Marius to thrive ahead of the natural article. genetically. world.

The zoo claims this was to demonBut no, the Copenhagen Zoo reIs it okay to lock away the wild in strate the natural order in the wild fused, claiming that releasing the order to learn from it? Is it acceptable and the educational value of the giraffe into the wild would put him at to make intelligent creatures slaves in event. risk for poaching and illegal trading. order to teach children that animals The natural order in the wild has Apparently, the Copenhagen Zoo are important? I still can’t say I know nothing to do with a human with a was so concerned with every unlikely the answer, but I do know I believe we gun and surgical blade. If the zoo repossibility Marius faced outside the can do better. ally wanted to educate visitors, they zoo wall that the only logical option should have shown a video of a giraffe was to execute him publicly. being hunted by lions, not one being Today, there are thousands of wildAndrew Sartain is an environmental shot in the head. life refuges all over the world and studies senior.

Even more ridiculously, the tagging systems to keep track of wild

IN DEPTH Giraffe Facts • Both male (bulls) and female (cows) giraffes live up to about 25 years and live even longer inside captivity.

• Giraffes are the tallest mammals on Earth.

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• A giraffe’s long legs help it run as fast as 35 mph over short distances.

Source: National Geographic website

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AN URGENT MESSAGE FROM DAVID BOREN Dear Fellow Oklahomans, I am writing to you as a concerned private citizen.

It is time we asked ourselves some basic questions: Who are we as a people? What kind of state do we want? What kind of state do we want to pass on to our children and grandchildren?

A few months ago our state government asked businessmen and women across our state a question: What will bring higher paying jobs and more investment to Oklahoma? The resounding answer was: Invest more in achieving excellence in education.

Is our state investing its resources in this critical area? The answer is NO! We rank near the bottom nationally in what we invest in education. We spend less on schools and colleges and universities than we did in 2008. Under the proposed budget, we will continue to invest less in education per student than any of the states that surround us – Texas, Kansas, Colorado, Arkansas, Missouri and New Mexico. This budget must be changed! We are on the wrong path.

One of the questions we need to ask ourselves is: Can we afford another tax cut when it would cut vital state services? It is not only schools and colleges that are damaged. What about bridges like the one being closed between Lexington and Purcell? What about overcrowded prisons that are ticking time bombs?

Who will get this proposed tax cut? Is it fair? Is it worth hurting education more?

As the chart below demonstrates, 60% of Oklahomans would get $2.50 or less per month!

Average Tax Cut Per Household Per Year Under the Proposed State Budget

$2,009

$359 $0 Lowest 20%

Average Income: $11,000

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Avg Income: $42,400

Avg Income: $68,200

$168 Next 15%

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Next 4%

Avg Income: $242,100

Top 1%

Avg Income: $1,235,900

Source: Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy (www.itep.org) | February 2014

I am among those who would receive a larger financial benefit. Some of the most generous and community-minded citizens in our state fall into that category. Like me, they would rather the money go to vital services, especially those which benefit Oklahoma’s children.

I am proud to be an Oklahoman. In national surveys over many years Oklahomans have been ranked at or near the top in generosity. Oklahomans are not greedy. Oklahomans are unselfish. Oklahomans believe in fairness. Oklahomans believe in giving opportunity. We are as willing as our parents and grandparents to make sacrifices to help our children and others who deserve our help. It is our turn and we as Oklahomans are ready to do the right thing.

Sincerely,

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I have never asked one of the male legging pioneers about their motivations— mostly because I don’t want to have to stand within earshot of one.� creature from “Star Wars�) fur mega parka and boots that each required a sheep to give up their life. But their legs will be covered in one-sixteenth an inch of

The organization was brought to OU last spring by entrepreneur sophomore Olivia Gray. “It’s not huge in the United States yet — it started in Scotland — and so I thought it would be good to bring it here to help spread it,� Gray said. “Our ultimate goal is to raise enough to money to build a kitchen.�

To raise the money, the organization holds various fundraisers throughout the year including one at Second Wind Coffee House earlier this month. “Second Wind donated 50 percent of their profits throughout the day to us,� fundraiser chair woman Arden Pentz said. “We have a T-shirt fundraiser coming up and we’re trying to plan another event before the year is over.� The exact dates for future fundraisers have yet to be determined, accounting sophomore Pentz said.

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ome time in the recent past a woman woke up one morning and decided leggings were a suitable replacement for pants. Obviously the wisdom of this decision has spread since.

Now, not even subzero temperatures and arctic wind gusts can keep girls out of leggings and into any type of weather-appropriate garment. While the legging revolution is undoubtedly one of the great humanitarian leaps forward of our age, it comes with a dark twin.

That’s right — leggings on dudes.

There is plenty I don’t understand about this glorified saran wrap that most girls and, fortunately, only a few men wiggle into every morning. One conundrum that often drives me to distraction is the shaving protocol that must accompany the leggings lifestyle. I’m assuming that unless you have shaved your legs in the last 15 seconds that hopping into these contraptions must seem like pulling a porcupine backwards out of a pipe.

What sort of Area 51 materials science goes into making these “push up bras of the butt?� Invariably women wearing these tights will have on some sort of tauntaun (the giant hairy

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Women will inevitably claim the only reason they even own these garments is because “they are so comfortable.� I have never asked one of the male legging pioneers about their motivations — mostly because I don’t want to have to stand within earshot of one.

I usually see them walking forlorn dogs who strain against their leashes, desperate to throw themselves into traffic and end forever the osmotic torrent of shame their lives have become. It’s like the saying I just made up that goes — most dudes stare at a girl in tights, but everyone stares at a guy in tights.

What are these men

thinking? That they got a great deal on fiftey percent of a ninja costume? Or perhaps they are rambunctiously flatulent as I imagine the tight weave of the fabric is excellent at fart retention.

Alas, after weeks of pondering and much careful observation, I have not unraveled the mystery and majesty of leggings. I still don’t know if it is even possible to put them on backward. I don’t even know if the correct term for them is leggings, tights, compression trousers or January bikinis. For now I will stick with my jeans and self-respect, content never to delve deeper into the secret world of tights.

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kitchen running, said John progress,� Putnam said.

Interested students can Putnam, public relations senior and social media coor- get involved at the Mary’s dinator for Mary’s Meals at Meals at OU Facebook page.

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Your goals are within reach. With concentration and dedication, the hopes and dreams you have been harboring for so long can be realized. Voice your opinions with confidence. If you maintain your focus and determination, this will prove to be a great year for you.

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Demonstrate your skills to those in a position to help you advance.

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Enjoy a little romance or devote time to someone you think is special. Memories will help you choose the right path.

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Julia Nelson, sports editor Joe Mussatto, assistant editor dailysports@ou.edu • phone: 405-325-3666 oudaily.com/sports • Twitter: @OUDailySports

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he Pete Hughes era of Oklahoma baseball officially began over the windy weekend as the Sooners took two of three games in a season-opening series against Seton Hall.

OU lost its opening day affair 7-5 but then bounced back to pummel the Pirates in the next two contests — 8-2, 15-6.

Here are the top five things to know after the first three games of the season.

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ALSPAUGH DOES IT ALL Junior outfielder Taylor Alspaugh displayed his full arsenal of ability over the weekend. Alspaugh did everything Hughes asked of him whether it was lying down a bunt to move a runner over or hitting a sacrifice fly to score a run.

The Broken Arrow, Okla., native finished the series with five hits and three RBI, reaching base in each game. Alspaugh’s solid play wasn’t limited to the plate.

He fielded his right field position reliably all weekend and even showed off his athleticism with a diving grab Saturday. After Saturday’s contest, Hughes said he had given Alspaugh the game ball.

SIT BACK AND RELAX Hughes’ aggressive approach may have been misunderstood in OU’s opening day loss. The Sooners looked tight and were unable to find any semblance of rhythm in the game.

Following the contest, Hughes said he told his team to play loose, have fun and relax. His players heeded the advice of their leader during the next two games.

Oklahoma outscored Seton Hall on Saturday and Sunday by a combined 15 runs. The Sooners loosened up but maintained an aggressive approach at the plate, on the mound and on the base paths.

HUGHES’ PROGRAM From the style of play to the enhanced atmosphere at L. Dale Mitchell Park, the Oklahoma baseball program has undergone a drastic change with Hughes leading the squad.

The first-year Sooner coach has gained the respect of both fans and players by implementing a system that preaches good, hard baseball. Hughes has settled in well to his new role and said he is getting used to donning crimson and cream.

The new campaign got off to a rough start after losing the first game of the season, but Hughes rallied his players to win the next two.

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YOUNG GUNS The trio of Sooner starting pitchers this weekend showed that the future on the hill is bright for Oklahoma. Hughes called upon a pair of sophomores — Jacob Evans and Adam Choplick — and one freshman, Jake Elliott, as his starters.

The defending Big 12 champions lost two of the nation’s premier pitchers a year ago, and questions surrounded the mound this season. While not all doubt was erased, Oklahoma’s young arms proved to be reliable.

Evans was roughed up in the first contest,but Choplick collected a win on Saturday while Elliott notched his first career victory to close out the series. It’s clear Hughes has placed his trust in the inexperienced staff.

POWER PLAY Few balls soared over the deep fences of L. Dale Mitchell Park a year ago, but through their first three games of the season, the Sooners have already recorded three home runs.

Sophomore Hunter Haley mashed a home run, with some help from the wind, Sunday and freshman Sheldon Neuse and sophomore Anthony Hermelyn hit back-to-back deep balls Saturday. It was the first time since 2010 that Oklahoma recorded consecutive home runs.

Hughes has preached an aggressive philosophy at the plate, and it has shown through thus far. The Sooners have played little small ball, and it has enhanced the squad’s offensive numbers.

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