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Month not enough for black history Members of OU family call for additional black history education SARA GROOVER The Oklahoma Daily

One month is not enough time to properly appreciate the contributions of African Americans to our nation’s history, an OU professor said.

African Americans make many important contributions to the growth and continuing development of the United States, and the current secondary education system under-represents these contributions, said Maria-Elena Diaz, sociology

Law students tackle human rights

assistant professor.

“There are strong forces that prefer to leave the American history books as is, which continues to short-change minorities in America,” Diaz said.

Robert Parks called America the melting pot of the world’s cultures. However, other sociologists describe the United States as a mosaic of cultures, which promotes acceptance of multiculturalism and cultural diversity, Diaz said.

“The black and white color line was a significant social and political force in the United States for a very long time,” Diaz said.

Black history is learning about African-American roots all the way from early means of civilization to now and the

current education needs to focus on more than slavery and the civil rights movement, human relations senior Oral Blankson said.

“It is a good month to have, but everyone focuses on the month more than the history in general,” Blankson said.

“After February, and even before, Black history is not forgotten, but it is not amplified.”

Teaching of history needs to account for the amount of impact the minorities in America have had on our history, Blankson said.

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MIDDLE EAST CONFLICT, GAS PRICES RISE

OU alumnus responsible for Price College Student Support Center dies Tuesday RUSSELL TAYLOR The Oklahoma Daily

OU alumnus, ambassador and former Otis Sullivant Awardwinner Melvin Penn died Tuesday night.

Penn was the first employee of the Price College of Business Student Support Center, a department he helped build.

Penn accomplished and received many accolades throughout his 13-year career. He was chosen as Price College Alumni Association director and MBA Career Services Council president at OU. Penn graduated from OU in 1972 with a bachelor’s degree in business administration and in 1976 with a master’s in business administration. During that time he was also a drum major for the

OU College of Law sends students abroad to gather info on indigenous people JIYEUN HEO The Oklahoma Daily

OU College of Law students have visited indigenous communities in Uganda and Venezuela to gather information for reports they will submit to the U.N. Human Rights Council.

The reports, which the students hope to file by March 7, will focus on the status of the indigenous people and the challenges they face in the 21st century.

Cheryl Wattley, director of an international human rights clinic, went on the trip to Uganda with four law students to guide them with the interviews with the indigenous representatives.

The students received three hours of course credit for the trip, and afterward, they were chosen to work on the submission of the recommendation report to the U.N. on how the country’s indigenous communities can be helped, Wattley said.

Any country that is a member of the U.N. must submit a report every four years to the U.N. Human Rights Council about the status of the human rights of their country, Wattley said.

Each year the OU College of Law International Human Rights Clinic selects countries that are up for review and have significant indigenous populations, Wattley said.

Alvaro Baca, adjunct lecturer at International Human Rights Clinic, accompanied three law students on their trip to Venezuela.

“This year, for the International Human Rights Clinic, we had interviewed around 12 students and selected eight students,” Baca said.

“So for each group there were four students to participate on this project to review on the indigenous communities they visited and write a report afterward.”

Lori Murphy, a second-year law student, participated in the trip to Uganda.

“There was a requirement of prerequisite of having taken called the international law or the federal Indian law courses in order to apply for this trip,” Murphy said.

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Meterology senior Zachary Johnson pumps gas Tuesday at the 7-Eleven on Imhoff Road and Chautaqua Avenue.

Rising gas prices result of conflict in Middle East Oklahoma more resistant to rising gas prices than other states, gas analyst says

Norman gas prices by the numbers

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ecent unrest in the Middle East can be linked to rising gas prices, and Oklahomans are paying the price not only at the pump.

While gas prices have risen, Oklahoma is still in good shape when compared to the rest of the nation, said Robert Dauffenback, Price College of Business Research and Graduate Programs associate dean.

Gasoline prices are as high as $3.45 per gallon in California and $3.36 per gallon in New York, the Department of Energy’s Energy Information Administration reported. Gasoline prices in Texas, by comparison, are only $3 per gallon.

“The Egypt situation is part of why [gas prices] ramped up.” Dauffenbach said. “But, we’re just going to have to realize that we’re going to be facing higher energy prices in the future.”

Prices are linked to more than the cost of filling a car’s tank, Dauffenbach said.

“Every $1 increase in the price of gas represents $150

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Institute created to study water Newly created water supply institute accepting applications for program head CARMEN FORMAN The Oklahoma Daily

A new institute created to improve Oklahoma’s water supply and sanitation is in need of a person to oversee the program.

The Corix Institute — established Jan. 26 by the OU Board of Regents — will begin searching for candidates after the institute’s basic goals are drafted, said Paul Risser, OU Research Cabinet chairman.

Ber r ien Moore, College of Atmospheric and Geographic Sciences dean, will head a nationwide search, Risser said. Once the position is filled, the institute will create a permanent charter.

Risser said Moore will look for someone who brings national stature in water research, particularly sustainability.

A $2 million gift from Corix, a multi-utility infrastructure company, brought the institute to life.

Corix helps communities build and manage infrastructure for water, wastewater and sustainable energy, according to the group’s website.

The $2 million will be used as an endowment that will be used to pay

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A LOOK AT WHAT’S ON Visit the news section to read about upcoming events for Engineer’s Week which starts Monday.

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HISTORY: Professors call for black-history classes Continued from page 1 Every February since 1926 marks the celebration of Black History in America.

Karen White, African and African-American studies senior, said the month is an excuse for awareness of black history to be put off.

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Black history needs to be included in the required education for college, and even high school, White said.

“Black History Month is not a realistic appreciation or attention on AfricanAmerican history,” White said. “Twenty-eight days is nowhere near enough time

to actively and in-depth give students the history of African-American contributions to this nation.”

Black history is put in a bubble by constraining it to a month, White said.

“OU could do so much more for the AfricanAmerican population being as large it is here,” White

WATER: Sustainability initial goal for project Continued from page 1

• A new water and sustainability program which has yet to be defined. Risser said sustainability is making decisions today that enable us to have resources for tomorrow.

“I think it’s fair to say that in the future, we all hope there will be lots more to that third part of the Corix Institute, or it could be educational programs as well as research type of programs,” Risser said.

The National Weather Center was selected as the home for the program because the center has tools that could be helpful to predict how much water will be needed to sustain water supplies, Risser said.

Water programs like the institute are important for development, said David Sabatini, water technologies center director. He said the goal is to provide basic resources that will enable people to be healthy and to focus on higher objectives for the betterment of their communities.

“Water for health, health for education, education for development and development ultimately for peace,” Sabatini said.

» Baseball will host William & Mary at 3 p.m. in L. Dale Mitchell Park. » Softball will host Southern Utah at 3:30 p.m. in the OU Softball Complex. » The College of International Studies will host Catherine Ragland and “Crossing Over: How Music Defies Borders in Latin America” from 9 a.m. to noon in the Oklahoma Memorial Union’s Scholars Room. » Learning & Teaching Program will have a live audio conference called “Responding to Academically Adrift: What Colleges Can Do” from 11:45 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. in Copeland Hall, Room 101. » Sooner hockey team will host Central Oklahoma at 7 p.m. at the Blazers Ice Centre. Admission is $5 for OU students.

said. “We are still not getting that change, we are still not completely educating everyone as a whole.”

Diaz, Blankson and White said college education, and even high school education, needs to require more history classes focusing on the history of minorities in America.

the head of the institute, Risser said.

The Corix Institute, which will be based out of the National Weather Center, will be composed of three parts: • The Water Technologies for Emerging Regions Center, also known as the WaTER Center, will focus on water and sanitation development in other countries. Risser said the center will send students to other nations to teach the importance of water sanitation processes. “We know that water is such a crucial part of all parts of the world, and certainly in developing countries having clean water is a real challenge.”

• The Oklahoma Water Survey, a group providing data of the state’s water supply. The survey will serve as an organizing framework for all water research on campus, Risser said.

He also said the group will make all information collected available to businesses, government entities and the general public.

GAS: Price tied to tax

PENN: Memorial services for university educator not finalized

» A symposium will honor the Chinese writer Han Shaogong from 3 to 5 p.m. at the Fred Jones Jr. Museum of Art.

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» “A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum” will open at 8 p.m. in the Rupel J. Jones Theatre.

billion of household spending,” Dauffenbach said.

In the past, the demand for gasoline has been relatively inelastic until the price reaches $4 per gallon, Dauffenbach said, because the price continues to rise because of pressure of supply and demand.

Patrick DeHaan, senior petroleum analyst for GasBuddy. com, said geopolitical factors, such as the Middle East, contribute to the cost of gas.

“Problems transfer from area to area; in Iran their opposition group is looking at doing what Egypt did — we get oil from Iran,” DeHaan said.

DeHaan also said unrest in the Middle East increases prices in oil because a steady flow of oil becomes uncertain.

Contracts also affect gas prices, DeHaan said.

Based on market studies and the season, investors will buy both long- and short-term contracts with the intention of selling them for a large profit down the road, DeHaan said.

As more investors buy these contracts, pressure mounts for the price to rise, DeHaan said.

Payton Williams, public relations junior, said he has been struggling to afford gas.

“I have a Scion XA, I get 35 mpg,” Williams said. “It’s always taken me $25 to fill up, the other day it cost me $37. It really has affected my budget — I have a second job now.”

Pride of Oklahoma Marching Band.

Penn came to OU in 1997 to start and run the new Student Support Center.

Through Penn’s direction the office has undertaken the task of providing OU MBA students with mentors, career planning and corporate development services.

His work garnered praise from OU

» The third-annual International Salsa Ball will take place 9 p.m. in the Union’s Molly Shi Boren Ballroom.

Saturday, Feb. 19 » Women’s basketball will host Texas at 5 p.m. in Lloyd Noble Center. » Baseball will host William & Mary at noon and 3 p.m. at L. Dale Mitchell Park. » Softball will host Sam Houston State at 11 a.m. in the OU Softball Complex. » Track and field will compete in the Sooner Invitational all day in the Mosier Indoor Facility.

Sunday, Feb. 20 » Men’s wrestling will compete against Oklahoma State at 2 p.m. in McCasland Field House.

» Corrections The Oklahoma Daily has a commitment to serve readers by providing accurate coverage and analysis.

Errors are corrected as they are identified. Readers should bring errors to The Daily’s attention for further investigation by e-mailing dailynews@ou.edu. » In Thursday’s edition of The Daily, Association of Fundraising Professionals President Emily Mapes was incorrectly reported as president of a different group.

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President David Boren.

“Mel Penn has been an inspirational mentor for countless students, not only in the College of Business, but all across the campus. As a former drum major himself, he has worked with every drum major of The Pride since he graduated,” Boren said. “The OU family has lost one of its most generous and devoted members.”

The arrangements for Penn’s memorial service have not been finalized.

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Veteran inspires students to lead

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djunct professor retired Maj. Gen. Jerry Holmes didn’t expect to still be teaching in 2011. In fact, he didn’t expect to be teaching in 1999, his third year of lecturing his now always full leadership and management course.

However, Holmes manages a morning and afternoon section with 55 and 56 students enrolled, respectively.

“I said ‘I’ll teach it a maximum of two years,’” he said. “I had no idea that I would love it so much. There is a great feeling of reward, of fulfillment in teaching this next generation of leaders about the mistakes that I’ve made, the successes I’ve had, the failures I’ve had and what I’ve learned from each of them.”

Holmes knows about leadership. He retired Sept. 1, 1989 from the Air Force with 130 tactical combat missions, fighter group, fighter wing and allied force commands to his name.

He flew fighters in Vietnam, and served at Air Force bases in Virginia, South Carolina, Idaho and at Tinker in Oklahoma City.

“At one time, the man led 50,000 people on one of his assignments,” said Bill Crynes, dean emeritus of the College of Engineering.

“Think about that.”

Crynes was dean when Holmes, then on the college’s Board of Visitors, told him engineering students needed the examples of strong leadership that taught his engineering classes at OU in the 1950s — Holmes received a bachelor’s in geologic engineering in 1958 and earned a master’s in aerospace engineering in 1964.

Back then, he said, many professors and faculty had served as officers in World War II. Crynes told the future adjunct to develop such a class. “I said, ‘I don’t know if I could do this,’” said Holmes, added he never trained formally as a teacher.

The course’s first semester had only 22 students and “was built pretty heavily around guest speakers,” according to Holmes.

Eventually, the new professor settled in MATT CARNEY/ THE DAILY and became extremely comfortable sharing his experiences as an Air Force commander Retired Maj. Gen. Jerry Holmes stands with patches and drawings that commemorate his time with OU students, many of whom benefit- in the Air Force Feb. 10 in his Felgar Hall office. Holmes is an adjunct professor in the College of ed from Holmes’ instruction outside of the Engineering and teaches leadership and organizational management. classroom.

Currently a doctoral student at Georgia that. There is a social side to it, where you little leadership experience unless they Tech, Deji Fajebe earned his bachelor’s de- learn how to work with others and achieve a went through Boy Scouts, Future Farmers of America or some sort of high school leadergree in his home country of Nigeria before collective goal.”

Fajebe said Holmes’ class was an enriching ship program,” Crynes said. earning a master’s in electrical and computer experience.

Mechanical engineering senior Todd Stair, engineering at OU, his first time in America.

“Taking his class opened who took Holmes’ class in the fall, said the It was in Norman that he my mind,” he said. “Getting course changed his outlook on his future. met Holmes, who would He really makes every results is more than just “General Holmes taught me the people eventually write him a letter student believe that doing a differential equa- skills that are elusive for many engineers,” of recommendation to docthey can be an effective tion and getting the result. Stair said. “My outlook on my career is more torate programs. leader.”

That’s not what it takes to be leadership- and people-oriented after tak“He was my professor in a leader.” ing his class, and he really makes every stuthe leadership and manCrynes confirmed that dent believe that they can be an effective agement class,” Fajebe said.

— TODD STAIR, MECHANICAL Fajebe’s experience was leader.”

“After that, he became like a ENGINEERING SENIOR closer to class standard 75 years old and twice retired, Holmes mentor to me.” than outlier. In hundreds said his reason for teaching the class is sharWhen asked about the most important thing he learned from of course and teacher evaluations, he’s ing in the successes of his students, many of Holmes, Fajebe struggled to narrow down to read glowing praises of leadership and whom he singles out and discusses with pamanagement. ternal fondness. a single answer.

Crynes also stressed the importance of the He thinks of them as his grandchildren, he “As an engineer, we want to find the problem and fix the problem, to solve the prob- development of such skills Holmes teaches said. “An officer and a gentleman,” Crynes said. “It’s a cliché, I know, but he personilem there and then,” Fajebe said. “What we for engineering students.

“Most students at this level have very fies it.” learned in the class is that life goes beyond

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A satirical show presented by former and present journalism students will poke fun at political figures to raise money for scholarships.

The OKC Gridiron Show is a satirical show written, produced, acted and sung by present and former journalists and a few friends that roasts local and national political figures, said Ellie Sutter, the head writer of the show.

It is hosted by the Oklahoma City Gridiron Club.

The annual show has raised $19,000 in the last three years to distribute to nine OU journalism students.

The Gridiron scholarship committee chooses up to five winners each year.

The committee also decides the amount of money each student will receive, depending on the student’s degree of excellence, Sutter said.

The event itself is open for everyone and tickets are $30.

The show is at 7:30 p.m. Feb. 23, 25 an 26 at the Lyric Plaza Theatre, 1725 NW 16th St. in Oklahoma City.

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OU College of Law creates $1M fund A new scholarship fund was created after an anonymous gift of $1 million was given to the College of Law on Tuesday, the college’s dean announced.

The college established the Oklahoma Scholars Fund specifically for Oklahoma residents. The gift is now the largest scholarship fund offered by the college, according to the College of Law website, “This definitely affects a great number of our students,” spokeswoman Evie Klopp Holzer said.

“A lot of Oklahomans choose to come to the OU College of Law for their law degree so this just gives them that many more resources financially.”

According to the 2010 factbook, 72.3 percent of law students claim Oklahoma as their residence.

Holzer said no reason was given for the anonymity of the donor; some benefactors simply don’t want to draw attention to themselves.

Even the recent $6 million donation to the college by OU Law Professor Emeritus Frank Elkouri and his wife Edna, although named, was low-key, Holzer said.

The Oklahoma Scholars Fund is available to Master’s students in fall 2011 as well as first-, second- and third-year law students.

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THUMBS UP ›› Few events honoring Black History Month occur on campus during February (see page 1)

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OUR VIEW

The Daily’s commencement wish list After Wednesday’s announcement about former Secretary of State Henry Kissinger’s visit to OU, we reflected on the notable speakers who have visited our campus recently.

We enjoy having well-known, intelectually stimulating FORMER U.S. speakers on campus and have been happy to hear from inspiring speakers like international political analyst Fareed Clinton was the first presiZakaria, U.S. Supreme Court Chief Justice John G. Roberts dent many remember in and controversial evolutionary theorist Richard Dawkins. office. He appealed to the Last year, Pulitzer Prize-winning author Doris Goodwin youth vote by appearing on Kearns spoke at commencement. Though she totes an imMTV and was the hippest pressive resume, she didn’t have graduating seniors and president in the last 40 years. their families anxiously awaiting her address.

He may have had issues We don’t mean to degrade Kearns, but after years of studywith a sexual scandal, but ing, graduates deserve a commencement speaker worthy of it’s hard to deny the political their efforts who can offer a fresh perspective and a laugh. mind that left America with We’ve compiled a list of our top choices and hope a budget surplus. Clinton President David Boren will use his connections to bring one would offer insight into the of these to the Oklahoma Memorial Stadium on May 13. political climate and educate students with a perspective emboldened by experience.

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Give us a chance to explain before you dismiss this candidate. George Clooney is very passionate about humanitarian efforts in Darfur. Talking about the atrocities in Darfur is a bit depressing for a graduation speech, but it would be an important message for the furture leaders prior to going off into the real world.

Paul McCartney

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From his time as a boy band heartthrob to his later role as counterculture icon, Paul McCartney has crossed the globe, filling arenas with screaming fans. He has done it all. Parents may find this music legend to be too liberal for a commencement speech at a state university, but we are the ones who sat in the classes and earned the grades to earn us our degrees.

Probably the least known candidate on the list, he is best known for being the brother of Run-DMC’s Rev Run, Simmons is a selfmade millionaire, the cofounder of the record label Def Jam Records and the creator of Phat Farms clothing line. Well spoken, he’s always looking to inform the younger generation about his road to success and how they can pave their own.

About halfway through his first term as President, he undoubtedly has a few interesting stories to share.

If you have ever watched one of Obama’s speeches, no matter what your political affiliation, you have to give the man some credit for his ability to hold an audience. The only potential problem is if he turns his commencement speech into a campaign rally.

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Betty White

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The beloved comedian turned political commentator of “The Daily Show” would give us a speech that not only motivates, but will have us laughing out loud. Stewart’s popularity amongst the college crowd is not a secret.

Plus, his Comedy Central cohort Stephen Colbert is already booked for Northwestern University’s commencement.

It’s hard to imagine a television comeback when you’re pushing nine decades, but Betty White managed to do it. Thanks to a widely recognized Super Bowl ad last year and a much-watched Saturday Night Live performance, Betty White is back. Once a Golden Girl from St. Olaf, Minn., White makes being a senior citizen cool.

U.S. Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, is the second woman to be nominated to the bench. She graduated first in her class at Cornell, but her route to the Supreme Court was initially rebuffed. Despite a recommendation from the dean of Harvard Law School, Justice Felix Frankfurter refused her application to clerk because she was a woman.

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Socialism a necessary part of American life The profit motive is not always good. Almost everySTAFF COLUMN UMN one agrees with that. That’s why we don’t have private Jerod Coker ker police, private judges, private courts and private fire departments or a slew of other necessities that are solely or almost solely public.

The reason? We recognize, as a society, people shouldn’t profit off emergencies. Sometimes we deviate from this norm, though.

As I write this, federal prosecutors in Pennsylvania are trying to send Judge Mark Ciavarella to prison for his illicit dealings with a private juvenile detention center called PA Child Care.

Ciaverella is an example of what happens when you try to privatize things that should never be privatized. He is being accused of trading $2.8 million over several years in exchange for countless children’s liberties.

The profit motive is not always good. It is for this reason that we have, in a sense, sectioned-off socialism in the United States. We recognize that ulterior economic motives present themselves when profit is allowed into certain systems. Our justice system is but one of them.

People’s civil liberties are much too important to give anyone a chance to violate them. Justice should be the only consideration, not the bottom line.

It is for this reason that another system needs to be sectioned off: health care. Republicans are threatening to dismantle, if not repeal, what they not-so-lovingly call “Obamacare.” And I honestly don’t care if they succeed.

The bill was intended to give the almost 50 million people without health care in the United States affordable and universal access for the first time. A noble cause, but

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as I’ve said before, the health-care bill, while a historic Single payer wouldn’t help this at all. Doctors milked milestone, is woefully short of what should be done.

Medicare out of almost $50 billion last year, according Even a single-payer system is short of what should be to the Office of Management and Budget. Expanding it done. What we must adopt is U.K.-style socialized medi- would only lead to more overcharging and waste. If the cine. This is the best way to eliminate the kinds of ulte- doctors and hospitals were government-owned and oprior motives that lead judges to send kids to prison for erated (like public schools, courthouses, police and fire money. stations), there would be no incentive to overcharge or Right now the primary motive for health-care pro- waste. fessionals is profit. In most industries, I’m all for this.

A $100 box of tissues would just be a silly accountCapitalism is king. Go for it. However, health care is not ing trick that wouldn’t benefit anyone. The only incenone of these industries. tive would be to do whatever one could When we’re talking about tennis shoes to make the patient better. Oh, and the or digital music players, the dog eat dog, 40-something million people without We have always had sink or swim ideology is fine. But we’re socialism in the United health insurance could now receive not talking about tennis shoes or digital States, it has just been treatment. music players. We’re talking about peoThe word “socialism” has been so pasectioned off. Police ple’s health. thetically abused and misused in this and fire departments, The only motivation that doctors country that I no longer have a problem should have is making their patients betusing it. schools, courts. ter. They should run the tests that their According to the modern American Socialism, socialism patients need; no more, no less. They consensus of the meaning of socialand more socialism.” should give their patients medicine when ism, we have always had socialism in they need it; no more, no less. the United States — it has just been secThe way to ensure that health-care professionals are tioned off. Police and fire departments, public schools, only focused on bettering their patients is to eliminate courts. Socialism, socialism and more socialism. the other motive that stands in the way: profit. The only Health care needs to be sectioned off next. Until that way to do this is full socialization. happens, we’ll have judges sending kids to jail for money As it stands, hospitals overcharge patients a whopping while doctors sell wheelchairs to dead people. $10 billion a year, averaging about $1,300 per patient.

These overcharges include things like $100 boxes of tis- — Jerod Coker, sues and $300 bedpan changes. There are countless hor- journalism senior ror stories of people going over their itemized hospital bills, similar to the stories where students actually look over their bursar charges.

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Road to Omaha begins today OU starts 2011 season against William & Mary today in home opener

Hot shots compete in Norman Because of the Big 12 Championships next weekend, OU will have a limited number of athletes competing in the Sooner Invitational on Saturday.

Events begin at 10 a.m. at the Mosier Indoor Facility as the Sooners take on athletes from conference foe Oklahoma State and nonconference opponents Angelo State, Grambling, North Texas, Stephen F. Austin, Texas State and Central Oklahoma.

Many of OU’s ranked athletes are being held out of competition, including junior sprinter Mookie Salaam.

Salaam holds the No. 1 ranking in the 60-meter dash since taking the spot last month.

Oklahoma’s throwers will still be in competition Saturday. Sophomores Karen Shump and Tia Brooks are scheduled to throw in the shot put.

Shump continues to hit NCAA qualifying marks. Her top throw of 56-10.75 has her at No. 3 nationally.

Brooks has also been hitting the NCAA qualifying mark with a new personal record of 56-4.0 last week at the Akron Invitational in Akron, Ohio.

On the men’s side, senior weight thrower K.P. Singh will be looking to take home the title at the Sooner Invitational for the second straight year. Singh has a top throw this season of 69-2.75, which is good enough for No. 6 nationally.

ZACK HEDRICK The Oklahoma Daily

The OU baseball team opens this year’s campaign 3 p.m. today at home against William & Mary.

Last year’s success has Norman buzzing about Sooner baseball this season. Because of the quality of the returning players, the Sooners have been ranked as high as No. 5 in preseason polls and have been selected by Big 12 coaches to win the regular season Big 12 Championship.

OU coach Sunny Golloway said he appreciates all the preseason awards and accolades but wants what is at the end of the road — Omaha, Neb. “We’re hungry,” Golloway said. “I think it’s left a taste in our players mouths and our program to get back to Omaha and accomplish our goal of winning a national championship.”

The Sooners return seven position players and two weekend starters, as well as senior closer Ryan Duke, from last year’s College World Series squad.

Of the seven position players returning, five of them hit over .300, hit 10 or more home runs and drove in 40 or more runs last year.

Senior starting pitcher Michael Rocha will be on the hill to open the season.

Rocha finished strong last year, posting an 8-2 record with a 3.53 ERA and 55

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Third baseman Garrett Buechele bats during OU’s 14-0 win over Dallas Baptist on April 27 last season. Buechele and the Sooners open the 2011 season against William & Mary today. strikeouts.

He said he is ready to contribute to the rotation from the beginning of the season after starting last season in the bullpen.

“It’s been a dream of mine since I got here to do that.

Definitely a little nervous about it, but I just got to take it as a normal game, a normal start,” Rocha said.

William & Mary will give the ball to preseason All-

American junior starting pitcher Matt Davenport.

He posted an 8-2 record last year while setting the school record for ERA with his 1.96 mark. He also led the William & Mary pitching staff last year in strikeouts and innings pitched, striking out 88 in 96.1 innings.

It will be good for the Sooners to face a quality pitcher to start the season.

Today’s home opener will

be the first meeting between the two teams.

OU is 23-4 in season openers since 1984, including winning the last 19.

Friday’s game will be the first in a four-game series with William & Mary over the weekend.

The teams will play a doubleheader at noon and 3 p.m. Saturday, and the series will conclude at 11:30 a.m. Sunday.

There’s a new No. 1 in men’s gymnastics: the Oklahoma Sooners.

In Monday’s rankings, No. 4 OU displaced previous No. 1 Stanford. The Sooners are set to face off with the Cardinal this weekend in Palo Alto, Calif.

To reach the top spot, the Sooners (6-0) jumped ahead of Stanford, Illinois and Penn State with a big win over No. 9 Nebraska and No. 13 Illinois-Chicago last weekend.

OU also is the top-ranked squad on the floor and vault, and senior Steven Legendre is currently the nation’s top all-around gymnast.

Oklahoma has been ranked No. 1 in men’s gymnastics at some point during each of the past seven seasons.

One-loss Stanford, now No. 3, will host the undefeated Sooners at 9 p.m. Saturday.

— Greg Fewell/The Daily

Team to face giant-killer, K-State NCAA makes changes to regulations affecting the 2011 baseball season A couple of notable changes were made to NCAA baseball rules during the offseason.

Umpires will enforce a 90-second limit between innings during non-televised games to maintain the pace of the game, according to a release by the baseball rules committee.

Gary Overton, chair of the committee, said “enforcing these time limits will keep the pace of the game moving without artificially altering the game.”

If a batter is not in the box under the allotted time, a strike will be called against him. Alternatively, if a pitcher does not begin his delivery in time, a ball will be awarded to the hitter.

The NCAA also will no longer be using the Ball Exit Speed Ratio certification for the bats used in collegiate baseball. The BESR method measured the exit speed of the ball after it left contact with the bat.

All bats must now be Ball-Bat Coefficient of Restitution certified as of Jan. 1. The BBCOR measures how powerful the collision is between the ball and the bat.

Some concern about the new bats has been expressed by collegiate coaches and players around the country, but OU senior third baseman and team captain Garret Buechele is not worried what it will do to the team’s offensive production.

“I think our baseball team has handled them well,” he said.

“If you hit a baseball square with anything, it’s going to go.”

— Zack Hedrick/The Daily

The Sooners (12-13) head to Manhattan, Kan., to face a Kansas State Wildcat team that just upset one of the nation’s best teams, No. 1 Kansas. Tipoff is scheduled for 3 p.m. Saturday.

This battle will be tough for the Sooners, but the last four games — though they lost — have given them valuable experience they can use this weekend.

OU will lean on sophomore forward Andrew Fitzgerald, who has been the Sooners’ most consistent scorer and overall player. Guards Carl Blair, freshman, and Cade Davis, senior, also will be key in this game as they will look to stifle the backcourt of Kansas State, specifically preseason All-American senior guard Jacob Pullen.

In the Sooners’ game against Nebraska on Wednesday, they fell short one point, 59-59, because Davis’ lastsecond 3-point attempt was ultimately ruled a two-point basket.

The game will air on the Big 12 Network and ESPN3.com.

WOMEN’S GYMNASTICS — Jordan Marks/The Daily

Sooners return to Norman for routine conference meet No. 4 Oklahoma hosts Missouri after spending three weeks on the road GREG FEWELL The Oklahoma Daily

The fourth-ranked Sooner women’s gymnastics team finally competes again at home tonight after three weeks on the road.

OU hosts Missouri at 7 p.m. at Lloyd Noble Center.

Oklahoma is coming off its biggest win of the season over No. 25 Iowa State last weekend, 197.225-195.375.

The score was easily the team’s highest of the year, and the Sooners are now one of only three teams to score above 197 this season.

The Sooners also hold the nation’s longest regularseason winning streak. The team has not lost a regularseason meet since the 200607 season.

The picture does not look as good for Missouri. The Tigers have only come out on top once in six competitions this season.

Most recently, the Tigers lost two straight at home to conference foe Nebraska and Illinois.

Mizzou also has not scored as highly as OU. The

Men’s tennis plays on after loss The OU men’s tennis team added a match against No. 59 Arkansas after being eliminated from the ITA National Indoors event.

The Sooners (3-2) face the Razorbacks at 5 p.m. today in Fayetteville, Ark. Arkansas (3-1) has won three straight matches after dropping its season opener to UNLV. Senior Ionut Beleleu (No. 28) is 3-2 in singles play in the No. 1 spot, and fellow Romanian sophomore Costin Paval (No. 69) is 4-0 in the second slot.

The pair is the 68th-ranked doubles team and is 2-3.

— Daily staff reports

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Sophomore Natasha Kelley competes on the beam during OU’s quad meet Jan. 21, the last time the Sooners competed in Norman. Oklahoma hosts Missouri tonight at Lloyd Noble Center.

Tigers notched their two highest scores of the year in their latest losses with totals of 195 and 195.400.

As OU ’s season-high team score last week shows, the Sooners are showing off their best gymnastics of the season right now.

Freshman Taylor Spears won Big 12 Newcomer of the Week for the secondstraight week following the

dismantling of Iowa State, and sophomore Natasha Kelley won Big 12 Event Specialist of the Week for the first time this season after winning individual titles on bar and beam last weekend.

Kelley also became only the second NCAA gymnast to score a 9.95 on the bars this year.

She has scored at least a 9.9 in five beam routines

this season and is currently ranked No. 5 nationally on the apparatus.

After facing Missouri, the Sooners hit the road one final time to face Michigan on Feb. 26.

Then the team closes out the regular season with two home meets before heading to the Big 12 Championship to compete for a thirdstraight conference title.

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The show must go on Musical opens on time despite snow setbacks Guest director says OU theater students exhibit working habits better than some professionals

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Left: Skyler Adams, as Hero, and Ryan Woods, as Pseudolus sing “Free.”

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his is guest director James Brennan’s first trip to Oklahoma, and he has one small criticism: the ground.

“It was overall greener than I expected, but the grass is kind of brown here,” said Brennan, laughing. “It’s also very flat. And the wind really sweeps down the plain. They play [Oklahoma, the state song] a lot here.”

In his element, the Rupel J. Jones Theatre, Brennan seems to be fitting in among Okies quite well, joking with drama p ro f e s s o r s a n d t e c h n i c a l WHAT: “A Funny Thing crew before a rehearsal of his Happened on the Way University Theatre musical, “A to the Forum” Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum.”

WHEN: 8 tonight The musical is a farcical retelling of ancient Roman plays WHERE: Rupel J. written by Burt Shevelove and Jones Theatre Larry Gelbart and composed

by Broadway legend Stephen PRICE: $15 students, Sondheim. plagued the Norman area. $25 faculty, $30 adult “[OU] really has a capable, tal“We lost a week of rehearsal,” Brennan said. “But when ented, amiable student body,” that first big snowfall hit, we were ahead of schedule beINFO: 405-325-4101 Brennan said about his team cause the cast was so on top of things.” of 28 student actors. “And they Even with the minor setback, Brennan stayed positive. must be well trained, because “The snowstorm merely negated our advantage,” he their working habits are better than some professional quipped. actors.”

Although Brennan doesn’t hesitate to lay most of the As a professional director and actor originating from New credit for the show’s success on his actors and crew, the cast Jersey, Brennan has a history with this mufeels differently. sical-theatre classic.

“When you’re working with him, he has “He actually played one of these roles Honestly, I feel like I a specific vision, but he still gives you the at Music Theatre of Wichita,” said Sophie space to create,” said Carl Culley, musical spend most of these Menas, musical theatre junior and theater junior. Culley plays Hysterium in rehearsals crying, Tintinabula in the show. Menas later speciproduction. laughing at everything.” theMusical fied that Brennan’s role was Pseudolus, the theater junior Nicole Arnone lead character. said Brennan is hilarious.

— NICOLE ARNONE, MUSICAL Even the highest amount of profession“Honestly, I feel like I spend most of THEATRE JUNIOR alism and experience can’t defy acts of these rehearsals crying, laughing at evnature, however, and Brennan credits the erything,” said Arnone, musical theatre hard work of the student cast and crew with keeping the junior portraying the role of Panacea. production on schedule during the snowfall that recently Joking aside, the cast realizes the magnitude of working

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“It’s great to get to perform the type of comedy that we learn in class,” said Alicia Clark, a musical theater junior playing Vibrata. “That’s what we’re going to have to do in the real world.”

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ENGINEERS WEEK 2011 Let the Good Times Roll

the EVENTS Sunday, February 20 -Road Rallye (REPF 200, 2 pm) A campus wide scavenger hunt with a celebration at the final destination. Cash prizes to the top three teams!

Monday, February 21 -Engineering Quiz Bowl (REPF 200, 4 pm) Students compete in a tournament style quiz bowl .

Cash prizes to top three teams!

-Games Tournament (Willoughby Lounge, 7 pm) Partners compete against other teams in pool, foosball and ping-pong. Cash prizes to the top three teams!

Tuesday, February 22 -Stress E-liminator (REPF 200, 10:30am-12:30pm & 1:30-3:30pm) Reduce your stress with food and massages courtesy of Heritage College.

-Engineers Got Talent (Jim Thorpe, 7 pm-9 pm) Engineering students studying various disciplines show off their many talents to win cash prizes.

Wednesday, February 23 -Blood Drive (REPF 200, 11 am-3 pm) -Casino Night (Willoughby Lounge, 7 pm) Try your luck in our Las Vegas style games. Bring canned goods for extra chips.

Thursday, February 24 -E-Olympics (Devon/REPF Lawn, 2 pm) Enjoy a new event that brings out the athlete in everyone (three-legged races, dizzy bat, etc.) and win cash prizes!

Friday, February 25 -Corporate Showcase (Devon Atrium, 11 am3 pm) Network with E-Week sponsors.

-LKOT Fireout (Felgar/Carson Lawn, 4:39 pm) -Fluid Dynamics Lab (O’Connell’s Campus Corner, 6:30-11:00 pm) The study of the movement of low viscosity, green, effervescent fluid into human oral cavities.

Saturday, February 26 -Banquet (OMU Ballroom, 6:30 pm Social & 7 pm Dinner) Outstanding students, faculty, and staff recognized, as well as event winners.

the LEGEND St. Patrick’s Day is drawing near, and it will once again be time for the Engineers to pay homage to their patron saint, St. Patrick, who is revered through legend as the oldest Engineer. In modern times, we do this by electing new E-Club officers, listening for the distant rumble of the cannon being fired in the night, and consuming healthy portions of green brew.

In the spring of 1903, the University of Michigan began construction of a new Engineering building. While the construction crew was digging, a large stone with a faint inscription was unearthed. The stone told the adventures of St. Patrick and his ties to the Engineering profession. Later that year, a geology instructor from Missouri brought a small piece of the stone to Oklahoma where OU Engineers kept it. Each year thereafter, graduating seniors would survey their way into the woods, bury the stone, and leave their calculations for the next year’s seniors to locate and rebury the stone.

From the ideals and values set forth by St. Patrick, each year a student is elected the St. Pat of the College. His of her fellow students acknowledge that student’s devotion to the Engineering profession and to the Patron Saint of Engineering, St. Patrick.

Engineers’ Club would like to give a special thanks to UOSA for their support of Engineers Week.

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The rivalry between Engineers and Lawyers is one of our most time-honored traditions. The beginning of the rivalry at OU can be traced back to 1915, when a group of Engineers “confiscated” a cannon and fired it to honor St. Patrick. The firing destroyed every window in the Law Barn, and so began the rivalry.

Although the Engineers have clearly shown their superiority through the years, the Lawyers have had their moments. In 1919 a female law student gained entrance to the Engineering Banquet and managed to spike the coffee with a mixture containing pepper, “Old Trusty #7,” LKOT’s cannon. A cannon much like this one was castor oil, and other assorted ingredients. The combination caused first fired in 1915, which destroyed the windows of the Law Barn. considerable gastric distress among the guests. Some guests caused an interruption due to their nausea-related exit. In the seventy-five years following this incident, the best the Lawyers have managed to do is campaign for a few of their less desirable female cohorts for E-Queen and paint scales on top of the LKOT shields. What the lawyers lack in imagination they make up for in Engineers’ Club was founded in 1910 and has grown to become the gullibility.

In 1926 the owl on the Law Barn received the first of many largest Engineering program in the Sooner State. With more than future coats of paint, which have continued to this day.

2,200 undergraduate and 700 graduate students, it is the largest In 1980 Engineers posing as construction workers poured a student organization on the University of Oklahoma campus. E-Club’s cement footing on the lawn of the new law center in broad daylight. purpose is to promote fellowship among Engineering faculty and students and to help students develop leadership skills in addition to Later that night, a large concrete tombstone was erected on the footing with the inscription, “IS THE RIVALRY DEAD?” Due to their technical expertise.

There are several opportunities for students to become involved extremely cold temperatures, the tombstone was not fully cured with Engineers’ Club. Regular activities include general meetings on and was found the next morning on the Engineering lawn upside the first Thursday of each month, hamburger feeds before each down with the words “HELL NO!” spray-painted on its face.

In 1982 a couple of fine Engineering students attached a green home football game, along with annual events like Fall Festival, dye injection system to the law center’s water supply. Every time a Career Fair, Open House, Engineers Week, and Williams Student fountain was turned on or a toilet flushed, green water Leadership Retreat.

Engineering Open House is the oldest annual event that is still “mysteriously” appeared. That E-Week the law center was held at OU. It offers high school students from across the state a ceremoniously decorated each night with green toilet paper. The taste of what Engineering is all about. Students design and produce Lawyers responded by presenting a restraining order to LKOT entries for contests such at the Egg Drop, Rubber Band Vehicle during fireout, stating that the cannon could not be fired. The restraining order was rolled up and placed exactly where it races, and Load-Bearing Bridge competition.

Engineers Week is celebrated nationally each spring as a time for belonged: in the muzzle of Old Trusty. There was not much left students to escape the pressures of the classroom and have fun after the first shot sounded. A small riot ensued and the Lawyers with fellow Engineers. The principles of dedication, perseverance, once again found themselves on the wrong end of the beating stick. and hard work, on which E-Club was founded, are still apparent If they had only remembered a few years later, when a “Lawyer” was found buried face-down (with only his feet to be seen) on the today and guarantee its continued and successful future.

Engineering lawn. The epithet classically read: Here lies the poor lawyer His legal work undone He mouthed off to an engineer When he should have run During the winter of 1985, a profuse growth of winter rye grass A group of Engineering students “confiscated” an old civil war in the shape of a shamrock adorned the north-side lawn of the Law cannon which became known as “Old Trusty,” and decided to Barn. Accusations were raised but what would Engineers know establish a tradition of firing the cannon on a regular bases. In about gardening anyway?

1920, the Loyal Knights of Old Trusty was formed, and the university In 1989 the Engineers were once again blamed for a law school and the College of Engineering have been under their watchful eye computer malfunction that resulted in letters being sent to more ever since. This year is actually the 90th anniversary of LKOT and than 500 law students informing them that their records had been they have not lost focus of their purpose continuing to make a lost due to computer error. Fearful that they would not graduate, difference on and off campus. they proceeded to call the 24-hour hot-line listed on the letters; The membership of LKOT is made up of students who actively good thing it was the law dean’s home phone number. participate in College of Engineering programs and organizations.

It has been quiet lately; rumor has it the law students don’t have The members closely monitor all events within the college and act what it takes to play with the Engineers anymore. Don’t be accordingly to ensure that traditions are observed, upheld, and disappointed, there is always the business college… continued. Their service to the college is selfless. Public appearances are limited to their annual fireouts and other special occasions such as St. Patrick’s Day and Engineering Convocation.

The spring fireout will take place on the lawn between Carson and Felgar on Friday, February 25th at 4:39 pm.

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the CANDIDATES Queen Candidates (from left to right): Sheila Baradaran, Alyse Burgess and Cassie Gonzales Vote Online at elections.ou.edu Monday through Thursday of E-Week. Winners will be announced at the E-Week Banquet.

King Candidates (from left to right): Chris Golden and Will Nichols

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