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PROFESSOR SHATTERS DISTRACTING LAPTOP Physics professor turns to destructive stunt to encourage students to pay attention while in his class TA’CHELLE JONES Daily Staff Writer

Some professors give warnings or grade deductions to students who fail to adhere to classroom policies. Others send them away with shattered laptops.

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physics professor, noticed that students’ laptop usage was a distraction during his lectures, he planned a scene to get students to pay attention. During a general physics for engineering majors class Monday, Mullen placed a student’s decoy, non-functioning laptop into a plastic container and poured liquid nitrogen on it.

“He said: ‘this is just liquid nitrogen, so it alone won’t hurt the computer. But this will’,” said Lindsey Brinkworth, University College freshman. “Then he threw it to the

ground and told him to have IT fix it.”

Most students usually find Mullen to be considerate of students and attentive to their needs, said Jonathan Scranton, University College freshman.

“He is one of those quirky kind of professors but to actually break someone’s laptop seems a little harsh,” Scranton said.

While many students thought the scene was a genuine display, others suspected it was a hoax staged only to warn them.

“I was a little concerned at first, but I thought later that it was a little too convenient that he would have liquid nitrogen and a Styrofoam box in a back room like that,” said Brinkworth. “Either way, he got his point across.”

The professor performed a similar stunt five years ago when he found students using cell phones during class. Mullen said students who are using electronic devices during class are distracting themselves and other students.

“It’s silly and ostentatious, but

it’s memorable,” Mullen said, referring to the stunt. “I just hope it drives the point home that if you’re in class, you really need to be here.”

Since the classroom display, various students have considered bringing their laptops to a lecture session as a group to see Mullen’s reaction, Brinkworth said.

“If I get an e-mail from the rest of class saying they’ll do it, then maybe I will,” Brinkworth said. “But my laptop was pretty expensive, so I’m not sure.”

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Medical Marijuana Day brings fight to Capitol Drug Policy Reform Network of Oklahoma organized day to lobby for medical marijuana, group official says JONATHAN BROU Daily Staff Writer

Advocates of medical marijuana met with lawmakers Wednesday to discuss medical marijuana, the people it benefits and doctors who agree it has medicinal purposes. This was apart of Medical Marijuana Day at the state Capitol.

Lawmakers were given a copy of the proposed legislation that would set up a task force to study the effects of legalizing marijuana for medical purposes. Senate Bill 732 authored by Sen. Constance Johnson, D-Oklahoma City, would create a commission that would study what diseases and conditions marijuana can be prescribed for, what

plant is considered marijuana, how much patients can have and who can diagnose and prescribe marijuana for patients.

The legislation is similar to other medical marijuana legislation passed in California and Colorado, according to the Drug Policy Reform Network of Oklahoma.

Johnson‘s bill states the commission will examine “the feasibility of legalizing Delta-9-Tetra-Hydrocannibinol in the State of Oklahoma.” However, Sen. Clark Jolley, R-Edmond, the chairman of the committee the bill would be introduced to has yet to bring the bill up for debate.

Medical Marijuana Day was organized by the Drug Policy Reform Network of Oklahoma, the political arm of the non-profit organization Drug Policy Forum of Oklahoma, as part of the Oklahoma Compassionate Care Campaign.

But instead of this just being a one day campaign to change the law, the fight to legalize medical marijuana will continue beyond the steps of the state Capitol.

A Medical Marijuana Day Parade is coming up, said Clinton Wiles, secretary of Drug Policy Reform Network of Oklahoma.

Wiles said that the group is trying to bring relief from the “drug war” for those who wish to use marijuana medically and to get people who use marijuana medically “out of the criminal system.”

Wiles said the organization contacted lawmakers to let them know that the event would be taking place

Students for a Sensible Drug Policy created to ‘get people talking,’ group president says CASEY PARVIN Daily Staff Writer

Drugs will kill you. Or at least that’s what propaganda has led the public to believe, according to the president of a new drug policy student organization.

Since today’s college students are a product of the D.A.R.E. generation, students have been scared into believing misconceptions about drugs and their effects, said Kaylee Burton, professional writing senior.

Students for a Sensible Drug Policy is a new campus organization and is the first student group of its kind in Oklahoma.

The group promotes changing policy and open discussion about sensitive issues related to drugs, Burton said.

“Our mission is not about promoting drug use,” Burton said. “We are trying to get people talking about this and ask what the facts are.”

Burton said one of the biggest issues will be with recruiting members.

“People are concerned about how their resumes look,” Burton said. “Employers are used to seeing students with various activism, much of which is controversial.

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All t h i s group is about is open discussion not promoting drug use.”

The group wants to open discussion about the benefits of legalizing marijuana, Burton said.

“If you were to regulate the sale of marijuana on a federal or state level, not only would you clear out the prisons of nonviolent offenders, violence goes away and the black market goes away,” Burton said.

Burton said first-time possession of marijuana under university jurisdiction is a misdemeanor, the same as minor alcohol possession. However, second-time possession is a felony and could end with prison time.

“We want to work with student government to change the three-strike policy,” Burton said. “It only includes drinking, but marijuana and drinking are both misdemeanors the first time, so instead of someone going to prison (the second time) and losing all their financial aid automatically, it would be included under DRUGS CONTINUES ON PAGE 2

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Drugs Continues from page 1 the university’s policy.�

Another issue Students for a Sensible Drug Policy wants to address is the number of non-violent offenders in prison, Burton said. “By being imprisoned, you are not helping them go back and fix their lifestyle,� Burton said. “We feel that is just not right. Rehabilitation should include education and treatment, not incarceration.�

Since the organization recently formed, film and video studies junior Aaron Bisogno said he has been speaking to

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people about the group and has not run into much skepticism yet. “We know it’s going to be a long process but even if we don’t accomplish anything, I have to take pride in getting the knowledge out there,�

Bisogno said.

W h e n s t u d e nt s w e re asked about the group, University College freshman Alex Broom said he would support this group and it would help campus. “This could be good,� said Juvenal Huizar, psychology and economics junior. “You can’t go wrong with more education.�

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Capitol Continues from page 1 and that some were receptive to their cause.

Mary McKnight, an activist for medical marijuana and a sufferer of many ailments treatable by medical marijuana, said that she has used narcotics for her fibromyalgia, two herniated disks in her back, and degenerative disk disease for years. “At this point, I’m sick of narcotics. I’m

Bennett said she was pro-legalization because the times have changed. “Alcohol and marijuana kind of do the same thing for people,� she said. “They are both gateway drugs, but the group sounds like a cool thing.�

Bisongo said this is a time of change and this is a very important issue, even if it is considered “different.� “Sometimes in the world, you feel like there are pockets of change that are erupting around us and sometimes you can’t continue to vary it or ignore it or your opponent will always succeed,�

Bisongo said.

ready to try something, anything ... you know?� said McKnight, “And part of the issue with my narcotics is that my doctor, last week, had to increase the milligram of my narcotics to take the edge off the pain so I can get motivated.�

McKnight said she has a permanent disability according to The Social Security Administration. She said she had made arrangements with both of her lawmakers, Sen. Ron Justice, R-Chickasha, and Rep. Phil Richardson, R-Minco, to talk about legalizing marijuana for medical purposes.

MORE INFORMATION ¡Delta-9-Tetra-Hydrocannibinol is the active ingredient in Marijuana ¡Sen. Constance Johnson’s bill on creating a task force to study the feasibility of legalizing Delta-9Tetra-Hydrocannibinol is Senate Bill 732 (2009)

¡The American Medical Association recently reversed their previous 70-year opposition to marijuana as a viable medical substance ¡Source: okmedicalmarijuana.org

OUR COMMITMENT TO ACCURACY The Daily has a long-standing commitment to serve readers by providing accurate coverage and analysis. Errors are corrected as they are identified. Readers should bring errors to the attention of the editorial board for further investigation by e-mailing dailynews@ou.edu.

In Wednesday’s edition of The Daily, a page 1 article about Higher Education Day at the State Capitol

incorrectly spelled the name of Rep. Lee Denney, R-Cushing. In a page 2 article about UOSA, The Daily incorrectly stated that UOSA failed to override the president’s veto. UOSA Student Congress failed to override the president’s veto. In the same article, The Daily also misstated the final UOSA vote count. The count should have read 23-18.

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Sooner sampler “I think it should be legalized to help people see better and things like that. I heard its good in small doses.�

-Vince Williams, chemistry major. “I think it should be legalized, because the research has proven its medical benefits, and it’ll do good as long as it’s legalized in quantities.�

-Khyra Chiles, modern dance performance senior. “I think marijuana should be legalized because it isn’t harmful in any way.�

Robert Frank, political science sophomore. “Absolutely. I think it’ll improve the lives of people who are affected by such conditions that require it. Obviously, if it’s going to be sold anyway, we [might as well] put a tax on it and make some money.�

-Charles Deltistal, history junior. “I think it should. If you have a terminal illness, I don’t see a reason why you shouldn’t be allowed to have some marijuana.�

-Kyle Hurst, history junior.

Thursday, February 18, 2010

SMOKELESS TOBACCO USERS URGED TO QUIT TODAY Great American Spit Out designed to increase awareness of tobacco’s negative health effects CAROLINE PERRYMAN Daily Staff Writer

This week is Through With Chew Week and today is the Great American Spit Out, encouraging snuff and chewing tobacco users to quit for at least a day.

Through With Chew Week is a nationwide educational campaign designed to decrease smokeless tobacco use and increase the awareness of its negative effects on health, according a press release from MyLastDip. com. The Great American Spit Out was established by the American Academy of Otolaryngology- Head and Neck Surgery Inc. in 1989. The MyLastDip.com is a free program focused at young smokeless tobacco users to quit for good. The online program uses proven methods that have helped thousands of smokeless tobacco users to quit. The program is supported by a research grant from the National Cancer Institute and hosted by Oregon Research Institute.

“The purpose of [The Great American Spit Out] is for people to consider the possibility of actually quitting,” said Brian Danaher, Oregon Research Institute senior researcher.

“Most of the people who use that kind of tobacco really would like to quit, just as well as smokers would like to quit. Sometimes it takes an event to encourage them to actually make the serious attempt to quit. So the purpose of it is to encourage that process.”

People who use snuff and chewing tobacco regularly are up to 50 times more likely

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to get oral cancer than people who don’t use smokeless tobacco, according to the U.S. Surgeon General.

Using chewing tobacco and snuff increases the risk of developing skin cancer in your mouth, Danaher said. It can also damage your teeth and gums.

According to the American Cancer Association, smokeless tobacco health effects include: oral and throat cancer, cancer in the esophagus, pancreatic cancer, stomach cancer, increased risk of heart disease, heart attacks, stroke, leukoplakia (white sores in the mouth that can become cancer), addiction to nicotine, receding gums, bone loss around the roots of teeth, abrasion of teeth, loss of teeth, stained teeth and bad breath.

According to the National Cancer Institute, there are 28 cancer-causing agents in chewing tobacco and snuff. Smokeless tobacco has three to four times the amount of nicotine delivered than by one cigarette.

DILLARD’S Dillard’s will present a program on careers in the fashion industry from noon to 1 p.m. in the Heritage Room of the Oklahoma Memorial Union.

INTERVIEWING 101 An Interviewing 101 program for engineering majors will be held from 1 to 1:30 p.m. in the Crimson Room of the union.

PRE-LAW CLUB Pre-Law Club will hold its

Rep. Jabar Shumate, D-Tulsa, has been asked to serve on a bipartisan task force of state lawmakers advising U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan.

“This is a great honor and an exciting opportunity,” said Shumate, UOSA president from fall 1997 to spring 1998. “Although the goals of the federal No Child Left Behind law are laudable, there is always room for improving that legislation and I look forward to giving Oklahoma a voice in that debate.”

The task force members will participate in a series of conference calls with Duncan and his senior staff on a host of education issues.

Shumate will participate in the first conference call at 3 p.m. today, focusing on reauthorization of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act, better known as the No Child Left Behind law.

“Since I was first elected to the state House, I have worked to increase educational opportunities for Oklahoma children,” Shumate said. “This task force will be a good platform for advancing those issues and I look forward to the work ahead.”

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BEER-BREWING BILL UP FOR VOTE It soon could be legal for Oklahomans to brew up to 200 gallons of beer a year under a bill that passed the House Economic Development and Financial Services Committee last week.

The bill will be put into law if it passes a full house membership vote, according Rep. Colby Schwartz, R-Yukon.

If the bill is signed into law, homebrewers will have to obtain a license from the Oklahoma Alcoholic Beverage Laws Enforcement Commission.

“The exclusion of beer from the previous law that allowed wine and cider home brewing was just an administrative oversight,” said Gary Shellman, American Homebrewers Association chairman.

Schwartz co-authored the bill allowing beer the same brewing rights as wine and cider and said “it’s just a matter of parity” that this bill pass the house vote.

The brewing of wine and cider has been legal for personal use for years. Home-brewed beer tends to have a lower alcohol content than homemade wines and ciders, Shellman said.

-Jennifer Marsh-Curtis/The Daily

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This week is Through With Chew Week. A national campaign established by the American Academy of Otolaryngology. MyLastDip.com is a free program focused at encouraging young smokeless tobacco users to quit.

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first meeting of the semester from 6 to 7:30 p.m. in Wagner Hall, room 135.

FRIDAY ENGINEERING College of Engineering faculty, staff and students are invited to E-Week Fluid Dynamics from 7:30 to 11 p.m. at O’Connell’s on Campus Corner.

LATIN DANCE CLUB Latin Dance Club will host its second annual International Salsa Ball from 9 p.m. to 2 a.m.

in the Molly Shi Boren Ballroom of the Oklahoma Memorial Union. Admission is $5 and attendees must be 18 or older.

WANT TO HAVE YOUR EVENT PUBLISHED? Go to OUDaily.com and scroll down to the event calendar.

Click on the ‘Submit Event’ tab underneath the calendar.

All event submissions are pending approval by The Daily Editorial Board.

Four Cleveland Area Rapid Transit bus routes will deviate from their regular stops beginning Wednesday due to construction on Jenkins Avenue, Lindsey Street and Brooks Street. The construction and alternate stops will last approximately two months, said Kris Glenn, CART spokesman.

The routes affected by the detour include: Alameda or East Norman, The Campus Loop, Main Street and Lindsey east route. All effected routes and stops can be boarded or offboarded at the South Oval.

The OU campus closed stops are located at: • Jenkins Avenue and Felgar Street • Jenkins Avenue and Boyd Street • Jenkins Avenue and Duffy Street • Jenkins Avenue and Brooks Street • Asp Avenue and Felgar Street “Those who typically board the bus at closed stops are encouraged to find a stop along the temporary route. Riders who board the bus near OU campus should go to the South Oval instead,” Glenn said.

The duck pond parking lot stop will not be affected by the detours. For more information and a detailed map of the alternate routes, visit CART’s Web site at www.RideCART.com or call 325-CART. -Jennifer Marsh-Curtis/The Daily

POLICE REPORTS The following is a list of arrests and citations, not convictions.

The information given is compiled from the Norman and OU Police Departments. At times, the Cleveland County Sheriff’s Department and the Oklahoma City FBI will contribute to these reports. All those listed are innocent until proven guilty.

POSSESSION OF DRUG PARAPHERNALIA Arianna Roxanne Aguilar, 20, 1800 Northcliff Ave., Tuesday COUNTY WARRANT Ronald Patrick Eary, 40, East Boyd Street, Tuesday

Gina Rinay Henderson, 19, Southeast 12th Avenue, Tuesday Felton Wade, 50, 401 SE. 12th Ave., Tuesday DOMESTIC ABUSE David Dewayne Smith, 32, 625 Iowa St., Monday

THIS WEEKEND AT YOUR UNIVERSITY Thursday, Feb. 18

UC Action | Come to Wagner Hall, Room 245 to use our new state-of-theart computer lab! We have 21 computers and several printers for you to use.

Revisiting the New Deal: Government Patronage and the Fine Arts | new exhibition on display now through May 9 in the Fred Jones Jr. Museum of Art. Visit www.ou.edu/fjjma for more information.

Intramural Update | 4x4 volleyball entries today at the Huston Huffman Center! For more information visit recservices.ou.edu or call Jonathan Dewhirst, (405) 325-3053.

“To Kill a Mockingbird” | 8 p.m. in the Max Weitzenhoffer Theatre.

University Theatre presents Christopher Sergel’s dramatization of author Harper Lee’s classic novel, “To Kill a Mockingbird.” The production will continue at 8 p.m., Feb. 13 and 18-20 and Feb. 14 and 21 at 3 p.m. Tickets are $22 for adults, $18 for seniors and OU faculty/staff and $14 for OU students. Call the Fine Arts Box Office for more info., (405) 325-4101.

Friday, Feb. 19

Intramural Update | week four regular season basketball schedules available at online at http://recservices.ou.edu/. Dodgeball tournaments today through Saturday, ror more information visit recservices.ou.edu or call Jonathan Dewhirst, (405) 325-3053.

Free Candy and Spring Movie Schedules | 11:30 a.m. in the first floor lobby. Get some FREE candy and a schedule of the movies that the Union Programming Board and CAC Film Series will be showing in Meacham Auditorium this semester.

Free Movie: “Princess and the Frog” | free screenings at 4, 7, 10 p.m. and midnight in Meacham Auditorium, Oklahoma Memorial Union. Presented by the Union Programming Board and Campus Activities Council Film Series.

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“To Kill a Mockingbird” | 8 p.m. in the Max Weitzenhoffer Theatre.

Tickets are $22 for adults, $18 for seniors and OU faculty/staff and $14 for OU students. Call the Fine Arts Box Office for more information, (405) 325-4101.

Saturday, Feb. 20

Men’s Basketball: OU vs. Kansas State | 5 p.m. at the Lloyd Noble Center.

Visit soonersports.com for ticket information.

Pink & Black Ball | 8 p.m.-midnight in the Molly Shi Boren Ballroom, Oklahoma Memorial Union. Support Breast Cancer Awareness and Research by attending the annual Pink & Black Ball that benefits the Susan G Komen foundation. The ball will feature a live band, DJ, dancing, casino tables, photo booth, prize raffle, chocolate fountain and assorted hors d’oeuvres. Semi-formal pink and black attire is encouraged, tickets are available online at ticketstorm.com. Presented by the Women’s Outreach Center and Student Life.

“To Kill a Mockingbird” | 8 p.m. in the Max Weitzenhoffer Theatre. Tickets are $22 for adults, $18 for seniors and OU faculty/staff and $14 for OU students. Call the Fine Arts Box Office for more information, (405) 3254101.

Sutton Concert Series: Oklahoma Chamber Players | 8 p.m. in the Morris R. Pitman Recital Hall, Catlett Music Center. Tickets are $8 for adults and $5 for students, faculty/staff and senior adults. Please call the Box Office at (405) 325-4101 for more information.

Sunday, Feb. 21 Sunday Science Film Series: “Dr. Ehrlich’s Magic Bullet” | 2 p.m. at Sam Noble Oklahoma Museum of Natural History. In the late 19th and early 20th centuries, Dr. Max Ehrlich makes several valuable contributions to medical science. Among these was the ability to develop a serum to fight diseases such as typhoid by slowly building up natural immunities. From these successes, Erlich moved on to using chemicals as a cure for disease. His success at finding a cure for syphilis proves his ideas to be correct but he is forced to defend them in court when he sues a colleague for libel. Unrated.

Free with paid museum admission.

Movie Night at the Museum | 5:30 p.m. at Sam Noble Oklahoma Museum of Natural History. Bring your pillow and sleeping bag for this family movie night in the museum’s Great Hall featuring “Fantastic Mr. Fox.” Galleries open from 5:30 to 7 p.m. Movie begins at 7:00. Evening museum admission, which includes movie admission, is $5 for adults, $4 seniors age 65 and up, $3 youth ages 6 to 17, and free for children ages 5 and under. Museum members receive a $1 per ticket discount. Snacks will be available for purchase during the show.

“To Kill a Mockingbird” | 3 p.m. in the Max Weitzenhoffer Theatre. Tickets are $22 for adults, $18 for seniors and OU faculty/staff and $14 for OU students. Call the Fine Arts Box Office for more information, (405) 3254101.

Men’s Tennis: OU vs. Alabama | 6 p.m. at the Gregg Wadley Indoor Tennis Pavilion. Visit soonersports.com for ticket information.

Men’s Tennis: OU vs. OSU | 6 p.m. at the Gregg Wadley Indoor Tennis Pavilion. Visit soonersports.com for ticket information.

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Max Avery, opinion editor dailyopinion@ou.edu • phone: 325-7630 • fax: 325-6051

In response to Tucker Cross’s column on male privilege.

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“Very funny. Unfortunately, there are some people on this campus who are both dim-witted and lacking in any sense of humor. They will take offense and seek to punish this writer.

I hope he remains steadfast.”

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“WHAT’S SO FUNNY ABOUT THIS...YOU WERE MOCKING AND CRITICIZING ABBY’S ARTICLE YET YOU PRAISE THIS ARTICLE??”

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OUR VIEW

WHAT SHOULD THIS SEMESTER’S BIG ISSUE BE? A university’s primary job is to promote an environment of scholarship.

Last semester, we had five articles and 13 columns about abortion. We covered many sides of the issue and expressed many opinions.

Since we are at OU and are of supposed higher intellectual prowess than the average American, we should have more intelligent debates. We feel presenting several views on salient topic would be a good way to promote this debate.

Today, there will be nine topics The

Daily’s Opinion staff believe we should discuss in greater depth this semester. You may go online and vote on whichever topic you want to hear more about. The polls will be open for one week.

The winning topic will not be covered as extensively as abortion was last semester, but we will cover the leading topics in more detail.

But these aren’t the only topics. If you think we should hear more about another topic like: democratic theory, indigenous rights, gun control, poverty, sex, nuclear

STAFF COLUMN

Let’s make gay OK With President Barack Obama and top military officials pleading for the abolition of the barbaric “don’t ask, don’t tell” rule regarding gays in the military, the stage has officially been set for a new wave in the gay rights’ movement. From service in the military to marriage, it’s time for America to catch up with the rest of the civilized world and grant equal rights to our gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender citizens in all areas of the law.

Regarding the military, to tell a member of the armed forces they can’t serve their country and be who they truly are at the same time is ridiculous.

Regarding adoption, paranoid homophobic rhetoric claiming that gay couples can’t provide stable homes or the proper love for a child is ignorant (although not as ignorant as the idea that they will somehow turn an adopted child gay). Regarding marriage, to tell two people who love each other they can’t officially recognize that love because they happen to be of the same sex is appalling.

Along with marriage, gay and lesbian couples should be granted all of the rights heterosexual couples are granted, including Social Security benefits, tax benefits, medical decision making rights, citizenship for immigrant spouses and all other benefits.

The current (largely) religion-induced homophobia, claiming mor- JEROD alistic “family values” is anything COKER but moral. Denying the civil liberties of our fellow citizens based on who they love is as immoral as it can get. The fight for homosexual rights should be fought by every American with an inkling of moral fiber until we are brought out of the dark ages and into the 21st century.

Jerod Coker is a professional writing, political science and philosophy junior.

proliferation, UOSA, greek life, developing nations, the media, the economic crisis, technology, hegemony, immigration, paternalism or any other topic you feel is worthy of greater discussion, please e-mail a 300-word explanation to dailyopinion@ ou.edu.

We are in college and should be reading and discussing great thoughts on topics we’re interested in when we aren’t in class. We should be nurturing an environment of intellectualism on this campus, not something snobbish and exclusionary,

but something useful. Something you want to talk about. Something that genuinely makes you think.

This way we can gain a clearer understanding of the topic that interests you.

We hope we can present ideas with which many intelligent students have not come into contact so students can apply and challenge these ideas. If we succeed at presenting these themes and you succeed at applying and challenging them, we will have an intellectual discourse. Something no university should be without.

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Remember Afghanistan

We need more answers to the health care debate

While this is not a new topic, NATO’s war in Afghanistan is going to be a hot topic in 2010. The Obama administration believes now is the last chance to secure long-term peace in this turbulent country. As a result, there has been new energy devoted to the Afghan war. This conflict, which has lasted longer than World War II, will grab DANIEL headlines in The Oklahoma Daily RECHES because more war leads to more reporting.

During the presidential campaign, President Barack Obama painted the war in Afghanistan as the “right war.”

Since he entered office, he has demonstrated this belief time and time again. As America drew forces from Iraq, a surge strategy has dramatically increased forces in Afghanistan. Last week, NATO reaffirmed its commitment to win by launching “Operation Moshtarak”, the largest operation in seven years.

The Obama administration has reignited this eightyear-old war, but they do not want to spark headlines.

Escalating a war that seems endless is not politically popular, but people do not care about this war. As a result, military actions have been eclipsed by “bigger” world events.

Operations and casualties have been overshadowed by celebrity deaths, political battles and financial news. It would be very naive to think the administration has nothing to do with it. It seems highly unlikely the largest operation since 2001 coincidentally started on the same day as the Winter Olympics. Despite their best attempts, those who escalate a war cannot disguise it.

NATO forces are taking all the necessary steps to guarantee victory, but they are making many mistakes and creating many headlines. Afghan drug exports are at an alltime high, NATO airstrikes are killing civilians, coalition casualties are rising and popular support is dwindling. If there is one issue that should be repeatedly debated, it is the long forgotten NATO war in Afghanistan.

I will be the first to say: I don’t have all the answers.

I cannot solve all the problems of health care for the United States. In fact, it would be safe to say the intricacies and complicated nature of our problems are beyond me. But I can say, there is probably something I can contribute. I can provide at least one piece to the puzzle. I have not yet discovered which piece, but I know my piece is out there somewhere. And I think it is safe to say it will be much easier to find out what I can do through further discussion of the issue. Not through arguing over the argument.

Our politicians in the recent past have done a wonderful job of frustrating and confusing and misleading the American public. Whether it be the constant debate about the debate, or the “looming” threat of death JOHN squads whose sole purpose is to end BEST your grandmother’s life, the discussion over proper plans for American is now crippled.

This is a call to arms. I propose that you, the readers and writers of The Oklahoma Daily, start to voice your opinions about this pressing issue. Although your knowledge of parliamentary procedure is probably sub-par, I know each and every one of you can contribute just as much to this discussion of health care as your humble columnist here. No one can solve this issue, but the marketplace of ideas can. I am asking each and every one of you to take this time in the upcoming semester to talk about this issue. Use your homes, classrooms and local newspapers to facilitate debate over this crucial issue. Good luck.

John Best is a biochemistry and Asian studies senior.

Daniel Reches is an international business, entrepreneurship and history senior.

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We should continue the abortion debate

Sex education needs more salience

It’s incredibly ignorant to assume any topic should be The Daily’s next big abortion-sized issue except, of course, abortion itself. The reason for this is obvious: We never settled on a decision.

It’s a crime to leave an issue as important and socially relevant on the table unfinished.

We were so close too, and we gave up. I was sure one more column would do it.

This is America, the land of the free. Free speech and the right to make our own decisions without the oversight of an oppressive government are critical to our constitutional rights as citizens.

JORDAN We must continually exercise this, even when the debate is ex- ROGERS hausted to the point of seeming garrulous.

In America we discuss the topic of liberties freely and openly until we come to a liberty-inspired conclusion in which one side is liberty-ruled illegal. If we don’t like something we need to make it illegal — that’s democracy.

We know how to live life the right, healthy, family-based way. To abort the

The U.S. has the highest teen pregnan- contribute, the institute’s research clearly cy rate of all developed nations, accord- points to decreased contraceptive use as ing to UNICEF. MTV’s line-up is filled the main reason for the increase. with shows like “16 and Pregnant” and Whether this is a direct result of absti“Teen Moms.” And, after a sharp drop nence-only education or not, it’s clear in the 1990s, teen pregnancy rates are that any program devoted to lowering on the rise in 26 states. This is a serious teen pregnancies rates should focus it’s problem. efforts on increasing the availAccording to research by the ability of and education on conGuttmacher Institute, a nontraceptives of all kinds. profit research organization That’s not to say that the idea focusing on sexual and reproof abstinence has no place in sex ductive health, teen pregnancy education programs — after all, rates rose 3 percent across the it is the only absolutely effecnation in 2006 (the most recent tive method of birth control and year with available data). That a valid option for many people. was the first increase since the But we need to provide young MARY late ’80s, when pregnancy rates people with balanced, real inbegan a steady decline. And this STANFIELD formation about how to protect is not some vague national trend. themselves along with the horror Oklahoma’s teen pregnancy rate rose 10 stories of the dangers of sex. These rising percent from 2005 to 2006, according to numbers clearly show the harm involved the National Center for Health Statistics. in campaigns based on misinformation The institute claims the abstinence- and fear. only health programs that monopolized It’s time we had a widespread, passionfunding during the previous decade are ate debate about the best way to combat at fault for the increase. While other fac- the rise in teen pregnancies and the most tors — such as the popularization of teen responsible way to educate our youth pregnancy and the increased acceptance about sex. of children out of wedlock — obviously

topic of abortion prematurely is to stop believing there is one right answer and we have it; without that we are nothing.

What will America say when we are installing democracy in other countries, beseeching we-know-what’s best for them, and they ask, “You guys have it all figured out. What did you do about abortion?” Can we handle the shame of admitting we’re working on it?

We can’t claim democracy is best for other countries — and it’s our job to establish it — if we can’t claim to know if abortion should be legal.

It’s downright deceitful!

What if the Iraqis see our predicament, lose faith in democracy and fight back under the flag of oligarchy — at least they‘d make some decisions!

That’s why we need to continue debate and fight for legislation regulating our actions. Otherwise, democracy will crumble and we‘ll lose our individualism. Bring abortion back to The Daily.

Our way of life depends on it.

Jordan Rogers is an industrial engineering senior.

Mary Stanfield is a philosophy sophomore.

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In response to Wednesday’s Our View on athletes wasting opportunities.

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I’m a big fan of OU athletics and could give you a long list of arrests and citations over the past four years since me coming here. Just because you don’t remember doesn’t mean all of us don’t. I care about our university’s image and hate nothing more than recruiting bad apples. I love winning but would rather recruit good kids than bad ones.

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THREE MORE BIG ISSUES FOR YOU TO CONSIDER Let’s keep it up with Haiti No issue deserves the coverage in media or time spent in debating the issue of abortion over the years.

This is no doubt even more the case in this opinion page, whose contributors tend to wax redundant on our favorite special interests and pet issues.

But if any issue deserves harping on like abortion has been, it is the crisis in Haiti, already covered-to-death but now, mere weeks since the earthquake, all but abandoned by the mainstream news media.

Questions demanding fresh and vigorous ideas include more obviously how to rebuild that island nation and how to house, clothe, feed and treat its wounded populous in the near and long term.

And the swift, generous outpour- SLATER ing of aid by Americans and people RHEA around the world is an important, newsworthy example of how we best react in times of need.

But while the vast need in Haiti demands our concerted attention, on a deeper level the situation holds vital and complex lessons about our own crises.

We in the United States remain intractably plagued by deep and various calamities — from New Orleans, where the only public hospital stands still shuttered some five years since Katrina, to Washington, where congressional gridlock on every issue is now infinitely trite but also inescapably true.

The situation in Haiti requires us to consider not merely how to rebuild in Haiti, but how to rehabilitate a wider but finite world similarly impoverished by the decisions of the few, and ravished and strip-mined and vulnerable.

The earthquake in Haiti was so devastating because the land was so sorely abused, and unwitting slumlords and innocents abandoned their traditional, sustainable farmlands to swarm a glutted capitol.

And in the coming months, the world, one way or another, will decide how to proceed.

Slater Rhea is an English and letters senior.

Bread quality is abhorrent In the midst of the furious wrangling over our morals and mores, it is natural to neglect the physical in favor of the metaphysical. We must, however, periodically remind ourselves of the unprecedented catastrophes that have befallen our food, and foremost among these tragedies is the deplorable downfall of our bread.

For our vegetables are coated in pesticides; our milk is homogenized and polluted with artificial hormones; our fruits are picked unripe so they can be shipped pointless thousands of miles.

But it is our bread, our daily bread, which has been perverted and corrupted out of recognition. That gift of bountiful Ceres, which for centuries fed the grateful masses of Europe with its nourishing treasures locked within hard crusts, which countless starving zeks slaved for in the fatal Siberian winters, is now become a flimsy sack full of fluff and falsehood.

How we abuse you! A madness impels us to strip you of your wholesome covering, foolishly profligating your worth.

Perhaps, after that sickening humiliation, Demeter in her mercy might still forgive us, but after that you are shamefully bleached, a treatment so cruel that many now do not even inflict it upon their very clothes. Finally, we pretend to replace the lost riches with manufactured vitamins and indigestible minerals, only increasing the insult.

Some profit might still be gathered from the wreck of our own doing; with careful baking, it might be possible to make something not wholly poisonous. But somehow we surpass ourselves in our perversity, producing slices of foam that quickly become “hard, tasteless pearls” beneath any sort of pressure, and which, mysteriously, are so deadly that they can resist the onset GERARD of mold.

KEISER So let us no longer support such sickening monstrosities, and let us neither be deceived by those false fabrications that pretend to have the essence of true bread, while in fact having only a small number of lying accidents. But do not fear; though supermarkets may turn against you with their cunning tricks, remember this: you can always make your own bread.

And it costs less.

Nature is our everything There is nothing more important than the planet upon which all of us live. Many other current debates are eclipsed by the gravity of environmental concerns.

Numerous humanitarian issues are commonly given precedence over ecological dilemmas actually stem from environmental degradation. It’s a similar story with many political and economic concerns. American corn subsidies (which wreak havoc on the environment by encouraging overuse of chemicals to produce vast amounts of monoculture corn that cannot even be consumed) cost the government, and therefore taxpayers, roughly $4.5 billion each year. If we do not find solutions to such pressing predicaments, both the environment and society will suffer.

Education is the place to begin.

We have to seek awareness of global issues and examine how they are affected by individual actions. Yet concern for the environment isn’t just about reducing, reusing and recycling. It is about examining lifestyles and values, and reevaluating social LAURA and cultural norms. It is imperative WIEDERHOEFT that we eliminate overconsumption and excessive materialism. Focus on oil, natural resources and material wealth must shift to community, creativity and other goods that actually become more plentiful when drawn upon.

So let’s talk about difficult environmental issues and what can really be done to address them. Alternative energy sources, climate change, hybrid cars and organic food are only the beginning. Let’s examine the recent disputes between developed and lesser-developed countries over responsibilities to the environment. Let’s deliberate peak oil, conservation versus preservation, overpopulation and carbon cap and trade systems. Perhaps most importantly, we should ask what is happening on OU’s own campus. Let’s tackle our own inadequate value systems and assess how our skewed priorities affect our environment. Let’s become aware, informed, and engaged in the environmental debate.

Laura Wiederhoeft is a French and letters senior.

Gerard Keiser is a classical languages sophomore.

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HUNTSVILLE, Ala. — Students banded together to let administrators know something wasn’t quite right about professor Amy Bishop. She taught by reading straight out of the textbook, never made eye contact and liked to remind people constantly that she went to Harvard.

“We could tell something was off, that she was not like other teachers,” said nursing student Caitlin Phillips, who was among those who complained to administrators at least three times a year ago that the biology professor was unsettling and ineffective in the classroom. Some students also signed a petition against Bishop.

Students said they had no reason to think she might turn violent. But after Bishop’s arrest Friday on charges of shooting to death three colleagues during a faculty meeting at the University of Alabama in Huntsville, the complaints add to the picture that has emerged of her as a brilliant but erratic figure.

While police have not released a motive for the shootings, colleagues said the 44-year-old neuroscientist was simmering with resentment over being denied tenure last March.

Her court-appointed lawyer, Roy W. Miller, declined to comment on the case.

“It is just so premature,” he said. “I just got involved.”

Since the shooting, other disturbing behavior from Bishop has come to light.

In 1986, she killed her 18-yearold brother with a shotgun blast in Braintree, Mass., then demanded a getaway car at gunpoint from an auto dealer, authorities said. She claimed the gun went off accidentally, and she was never charged.

Rep. William Delahunt, D-Mass., the district attorney at the time, said Wednesday he has limited memory of the case. He spoke with The Associated Press in Israel, where he was traveling.

“I understand I haven’t had a real opportunity to get into the details of the case, but I suspect when I return I’ll have an opportunity to become debriefed,” the

STATE BRIEFS BILL CALLS FOR REGISTRY OF METH OFFENDERS A House panel has passed a bill to create a registry of meth offenders similar to the state’s sex offender registry.

The House Public Safety Committee on Wednesday approved the bill that would apply to anyone convicted of possession, manufacture or distribution of methamphetamine.

Anyone listed on the registry would be prohibited from purchasing or possessing pseudoephedrine, a common ingredient used to make meth.

The Oklahoma Bureau of Narcotics and Dangerous Drugs would maintain the registry, which would include the name and date of birth of offenders, along with information about their conviction.

The bureau reports there has been an increase in meth lab seizures in recent years after a new recipe surfaced that requires smaller amounts of pseudoephedrine.

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University of Alabama spokesman Ray Garner speaks with members of the media during a news conference on the campus of the University of Alabama in Huntsville on Saturday, congressman said.

Current District Attorney William Keating said reports his office released this week show a “glaring” lack of communication between state and local police on the case.

Bishop and her husband were also scrutinized in 1993 after someone sent pipe bombs to a Harvard professor with whom she worked. The bombs did not go off and no one was ever charged.

In 2002, Bishop was charged with assault, battery and disorderly conduct after a tirade at the International House of Pancakes in Peabody, Mass. Police said Bishop became incensed when she found out another mother had received the restaurant’s last booster seat.

Bishop began shouting profanity and punched the woman in the head while yelling, “I am Dr. Amy Bishop!” according to the police report. She admitted to the assault in court, and the charges were dismissed six months later after she stayed out of trouble.

Prosecutors asked that she be required to participate in an anger management

program, but the judge did not go along with the request.

Bishop’s husband, James Anderson, said in an interview Wednesday that “the whole incident was just stupid.” Asked if he was referring to his wife’s action, he said: “Everything.”

“It was way overblown,” he said.

“Someone trying to make something out of nothing.”

He also defended his wife’s teaching, saying the “vast majority” of students were happy with her. He said his wife taught what was regarded by nursing students as the “cut course” — they would either go on toward a degree or quit the program based on how they did in her class.

“If they didn’t make it through, they didn’t make it,” he said. “So it’s natural for some to be unhappy.”

He said classroom performance was not an issue in her tenure file, which has not been made public. Tenure decisions are voted on by the professors who already have tenure.

Oklahoma motorists can skip a visit to their local tag agency and register their vehicles online through a new state Web site.

The Oklahoma Tax Commission on Wednesday announced the new Web site, cars.ok.gov.

Dubbed CARS, the Convenient Auto Renewal System is a partnership between the commission and the state’s official Web site.

Besides vehicles, motorists can register their commercial or farm trucks under certain conditions.

The site also allows motorists to sign up and receive an e-mail when it is time to renew their tag.

MAN FOUND DEAD IN BURNED HOME, DEATH ‘SUSPICIOUS’ The Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation say a man’s body was found in a burned mobile home in Logan County and the death is considered suspicious.

The body was found early Tuesday in the home just north of Edmond in southern Logan County.

OSBI spokeswoman Jessica Brown says there is trauma to the body and it has been sent to the state medical examiner to determine the cause of death.

The man’s name has not been released.

Logan County deputies were called to the home about 12:30 a.m. Tuesday to investigate a domestic disturbance. The fire was reported about three hours later.

Deputies referred questions to the OSBI. Brown said she doesn’t have details about the disturbance.

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OU softball dominates in first home game against St. Gregory’s TOBY NEIDY Daily Staff Writer

Senior infielder Amber Flores and freshman catcher Jessica Shults each hit home runs in the Sooners’ 9-1 run rule victory against St. Gregory’s in their home opening game on Wednesday afternoon at the OU Softball Complex.

The No. 13 ranked Sooners are now 3-1 for the season as the outstanding offense attributed to the second run rule for the Sooners this season.

“We’ve been shy swinging bats,” head coach Patti Gasso said about the team’s performance last weekend in Florida. “And it’s probably not getting to see live pitching.

We played a clean game (today) … I felt them in every pitch.”

St. Gregory’s jumped out to an early lead off of an early walk and single to left field to put the Cavaliers up by one in the first.

Flores responded with a home run in the bottom of the first to give the Sooners a 2-1 lead. The home run was the first for Flores this season.

Flores is six runs shy of tying Samantha Ricketts’ record of 48 career home runs.

“It was good to be out there,” Flores said about getting to finally play on the home field. “We had a pretty good crowd. It was all around a good game today.”

The Sooners continued to dominate on offense throughout the game, scoring

in the first four innings before the run rule took effect.

Shults hit two home runs over the rightfield fence for the game. The first came in the third inning to extend the Sooners’ lead to 8-1, with the second long shot hit in the fourth to provide the eight runs needed to apply the 8-after-5 run rule.

Shults is the first player since senior catcher Lindsey Vandever (May 21, 2009) to hit multiple home runs in one game.

“She hasn’t played like a freshman,” Gasso said about Shults. “She has solidified for me the fourth hole position. She’s unique especially for a freshman.”

Gasso also compared Shults to last season’s fourth hole, OU great Samantha Ricketts.

“Hitting behind Amber Flores is tough,” Gasso said on Flores and Shults as third and fourth holes in the batting lineup.

“Samantha Ricketts could handle it well and so could this one [Shults].”

Freshman pitcher Michelle Gascoigne earned the win, allowing only two hits and one walk through three innings.

Sophomore pitcher Kirsten Allen relieved Gascoigne in the top of the fourth inning, collecting three strikeouts.

The Sooners will be back in action this weekend in the Louisville Slugger Desert Classic in Las Vegas. The Sooners are scheduled to face Cal State Fullerton at 3:30 p.m. and Northwestern at 5:45 p.m.

Friday.

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Amber Flores, senior infielder swings at a pitch during OU’s home game Wednesday against St. Gregory’s. The Sooners won 9-1.

Sooners fall to Buffaloes; remain winless in conference road games CLARK FOY Daily Staff Writer

Sooners fall once again away from home despite return of Warren and Gallon

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Junior guard Cade Davis drives to the basket against Texas Tech on Feb. 9. OU lost 72-71.

After keeping it close in the first half, OU fell in Boulder to the Colorado Buffaloes 77-67 Wednesday evening.

The Sooners trailed 33-30 at the end of the first half, but were outscored 44-37 in the second half.

Sophomore guard Willie Warren made his return to the squad after missing the Oklahoma State game in Stillwater with a mild case of mononucleosis. Also making his return was freshman forward Tiny Gallon, who missed the OSU game with a team suspension the basketball team has yet to make a comment about.

Freshman guard Tommy MasonGriffin led the Sooners along with Warren, both putting up 19 points each.

Mason-Griffin added three boards and three assists but had seven turnovers in the loss.

Freshman forward Andrew Fitzgerald had nine points in the first half, an unusual trait for the young athlete, however, he did not continue his streak into the second half as he did not score any additional points.

As a team, the Sooners shot 7-20 from the 3-point line, or 35 percent, while shooting 24-55 from the field, 43.6 percent.

Colorado had four starters in double digits at the game’s end. As a team, the Buffaloes shout 28-56 (50 percent), including 6-14 (42.9) from behind the arc.

Oklahoma fell to 13-12 on the season, 4-7 in Big 12 play after the loss while Colorado improved to 12-13 and 3-9 in conference after starting the conference schedule 1-1.

The loss extends the Sooners’ losing streak to three games. OU has lost five of its last seven as they enter the most difficult part of its schedule to end the season.

OU will return home Saturday as they take on the No. 7 Kansas State Wildcats.

The Sooners have

lost just one game at home this year, which came against Texas Tech on Feb. 9.

WARREN’S RETURN Even though the Sooners lost to Colorado, there was a bright spot for the team.

Sophomore guard Willie Warren scored 19 points in 30 minutes of play time.

Warren played after suffering from mono earlier in the week, when some media were speculating that he could miss several weeks.

-Daily Staff Reports

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SOONERS SENIORS SAY GOODBYE MJ CASIANO Daily Staff Writer

The OU wrestling team's win over Oregon State on Sunday capped the final home action for seniors Eric Lapotsky, Kyle Terry, Chad Terry and Shane Vernon.

All four seniors have been crucial in the program's success over the last few years, leaving voids for next season. These grapplers winning stature should not go unnoticed:

ERIC LAPOTSKY - 197 POUNDS The current No. 6-ranked blonde Pennsylvanian started his collegiate career at Bucknell University before transferring to OU at the end of his freshman campaign.

He recorded a 21-5 record (13-4 duals), while second on the team with 60 total wins and eight total pins. Lapotsky led the team last season with 11 pins, and won the Lindenwood, Wilkes and Missouri Open events.

Lapotsky also won the Brockport/ Oklahoma Gold Classics two years in a row.

Last season, Lapotsky qualified for his second NCAA Championships at 197 pounds, then fell one win short of being an All-American.

Possible replacement: Keldrick Hall (RS FR)*

KYLE TERRY - 149 POUNDS Terry is a Midwest City native. He boasts a No. 6 ranking and leads the team with 79 total victories, 16 more than Lapotsky who is in second.

He recorded 33 straight dual victories dating back to last year, while recording a 23-2 record (15-0 duals) this season.

A 2009 Big 12 Champion, Terry is 4-0 against Big 12 competition this season and 9-0 the past two seasons.

Crowned champion at Oklahoma Open, while placing third at Brockport/Oklahoma Gold Classis and Cliff Keen Las Vegas Invitational. Voted "Most Outstanding Wrestler" at 2009 Sooner Awards Banquet, while being named to the NWCA AllAcademic team last season.

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OU wrestler Jake Patterson holds down a member of the Chattanooga Wrestling team Friday night during “Beauty and the Beast” in Lloyd Noble Center.

This was the third annual “Beauty and the Beast” event.

Possible replacement: Dylan Joiner (RS FR), Matt Lester (FR), Seth Vernon (RS SO)*

CHAD TERRY - 157 POUNDS Twin brother of Kyle Terry, and perhaps a bit overshadowed. Fifth on the roster with 52 total victories and holds an 8-2 record this season. Last season, Terry won Wilkes Open and the Oklahoma Open. Represented OU at Big 12 Championships last two seasons, as well as the NCAA Championships last year.

Possible replacement: Kyle Detmer (FR), Richard Immel (RS FR)*, Clay Reeb (FR),

WOMEN’S TENNIS WINS SIXTH CONSECUTIVE MATCH The No. 55 OU women’s tennis team (6-0) won its sixth straight match of the season, upsetting No. 32 Tulsa 4-3 on the road.

With the team’s sixth win of the year, the Sooners are off to their best start since 2003.

Sophomore Marie-Pier Huet clinched the win by defeating Tulsa’s JoAnne Karaitiana in the tiebreaker match. After losing the first set 3-6, Huet won the last two sets 6-3, 7-5.

Huet was in a familiar spot, as she clinched the Sooners’ win over then-No. 32 Tulsa last season.

The Sooners get a break before facing Memphis in Fayetteville, Ark. on Feb. 27 and No. 17 Arkansas on Feb. 28.

-Daily Staff Reports

Bobby Williams (FR).

SHANE VERNON - 157 POUNDS A Broken Arrow native, and older brother to Seth Vernon, Shane was viewed as a utility wrestler at times. Vernon holds seventh on the team with 47 total wins, and is currently ranked No. 11 in the nation. Riding a six-match win streak, Vernon owns an 18-4 record this season. This season Vernon Brockport/Oklahoma Gold Classic, while placing second last year. Accomplishments also include winning Wilkes Open and placing second at Oklahoma Open sophomore

year. Vernon was voted "Scholar Athlete Award" by OU coaches at Sooner awards banquet, while being named first team Academic All-Big 12 last season.

Possible replacement: Same as Chad Terry.

With arguably the best recruiting classes over the last two seasons, the future is bright for OU wrestling.

"Great kids, all scholars, 3.0 GPAs and above, academic All-Americans," head coach Jack Spates said. "They're winners and they wrestle hard. We're excited for contributions they made and we wish them the best."

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Decorated ensemble goes for baroque MATT CARNEY Daily Staff Writer

The concert, titled“The Cycle of Love: Enchantment to Betrayal,” will feature piecRare instruments and foreign nomencla- es composed by Barbara Strozzi, Claudio ture will be aplenty Friday night when re- Monteverdi and Luigi Rossi. The program’s nowned baroque Italian ensemble Armonia selections progress from the early stages of Celeste plays a free concert at Gothic Hall in young lovers’ awakening to passion, seduction and consummation before steering off into beCatlett Music Center.

“I think this music is quite ornate,” said trayal, unrequited love and suffering. Don’t let Eugene Enrico, professor of musicology. “The such rocky material prevent you from bringing a date though, as the concert ends on a hopeful beauty of the three women note, Rossi’s “Fan battaglia”. singers’ voices will be quite CONCERT DETAILS Musicians and opera fans entertaining.” will constitute only part of The performance coWhat: Armonia Celeste the showing’s audience, as incides with Enrico’s 26th Enrico’s special offers much public television special, a When: 8 p.m. Friday for history buffs as well. production for PBS entitled These early baroque com“Culture Wars of Venice and Where: Gothic Hall in Catlett posers did well to create such the Birth of Public Opera” Music Center beautiful and provocative that will feature four songs music in an oppressive enperformed Friday by visiting Cost: Free vironment — the very same ensemble Armonia Celeste, inquisition that reduced a group noted for their use Galileo to house arrest for the of instruments genuine to a remainder of his life. These golden age of learning within classical music.

“One of the instruments featured is a triple composers found a safe haven in Venice, a city harp…it allows a very rich sound,” Enrico said, friendly to publishers and public opera. Enrico will document this conflict in his special which himself a conductor and active musician.

Also featured will be the theorbo and lute, will shoot on location this summer in Padua.

Armonia Celeste is the product of fellow acadistant ancestors of the modern guitar. A film and rehearsal production assistant, musicol- demic musician Lyle Nordstrom, whose work ogy graduate student Jaime Carini said the Enrico has followed since the 1960s and praises as “outstanding”. The ensemble will play free concert will be a learning experience.

“Come to this concert expecting to encoun- of charge for students at 8 p.m. Friday. “The students are getting a free concert that they ter something new,” she said.

PHOTO PROVIDED Italian or not, listeners will be moved by the wouldn’t have if we hadn’t done this piggyback Musical ensemble Armonia Celeste display a few of their its instruments. The group performs at 8 aesthetic beauty of opera’s native tongue as it [with the special]”, Enrico said. p.m. Friday in the Gothic Hall at Catlett Music Center. cleverly addresses the many forms of love.

OLYMPICS HELP NBC SKATE TO THE TOP OF THE RATINGS NEW YORK – The first three nights of the Vancouver Olympics helped make NBC the audience favorite last week, but viewers also flocked to Fox for another kind of competition on “American Idol.”

Friday’s Opening Ceremony of the Winter Olympics was the most-watched program of the week, seen by nearly 33 million viewers. Primetime coverage on Sunday and Saturday ranked third and fourth, respectively.

But Tuesday’s “American Idol” ranked second for the week, and Wednesday’s episode of the show ranked fifth, the Nielsen Co. said.

Overall, NBC won last week with an average of 16.1 million viewers (8.9 rating, 14 share), and could be in for two more weeks of Olympics dominance.

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Fight the power with Henry Rollins — former Black Flag frontman and political activist — at 7 p.m.

Saturday when he marches into the Diamond Ballroom, 8001 S. Eastern Ave.

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We sure aren’t in Kansas anymore, but you can see if Dorothy makes it home if you catch the production of “Wizard of Oz” at 7:30 p.m. tonight, 8 p.m. Friday, 2 and 8 p.m. Saturday and at 2 and 7 p.m. Sunday at the Civic Center Music Hall, 201 N. Walker Ave.

4. ON CAMPUS

Dust off your dancing shoes and swing by for free salsa lessons at the 2nd annual Salsa Ball at 9 p.m. Friday at the Molly Shi Boren Ballroom in the Oklahoma Memorial Union.

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Kelly Harkins,occupational therapy junior, wears a gray blazer, white v-neck, jeans and black boots.

Matt Jamison, European studies senior, dons a black leather jacket, jeans and black sneakers

Tanna Stowers, advertisiing junior, sports a camel dress, brown leggings and boots.

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hat I loved about this outfit is its polished look. The his proves that a tailored blazer can do wonders he fit of your clothes is a big factor in whether or uniformity of the color palette is offset by the differfor a pair of jeans and a white T-shirt. A blazer not an outfit works. In this case, the fit makes the ent fabric choices and the synching at the waist is just can instantly dress up an outfit. I also liked the outfit. The layering of the fitted leather bomber minimalistic quality of the outfit. Sometimes, less is and gray sweatshirt give the outfit a casual, street-chic enough to be flattering but it also gives the dress a chic, slouched look. Finally, the gold accessories tie everything together. more. look.

Courtney Silva is a journalism sophomore.

You can look for the latest Sooner Chic every Friday on the yOU L&A blog at OUDaily.com