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Parking citations go uncontested Students could avoid paying some tickets by filing appeals with parking office KATIE PIPER The Oklahoma Daily

Last semester nearly 85 percent of parking tickets appealed after first offenses or for valid reasons were dismissed, a Parking Services spokeswoman said.

Out of the 56,484 parking citations that were given out across campus last year, only 1,382

were appealed last semester, Parking and Transit Services spokeswoman Vicky Holland said.

The parking office voided 84.8 percent of those tickets, and the UOSA Parking Appeals Court reviewed the remaining number, Holland said.

Holland added that the parking office is lenient toward students, especially those who don’t understand OU’s parking system yet.

“We want to educate the new students the first week of school about parking, so parking

attendants normally hand out warnings instead of tickets,” Holland said Jessica Fowler, multidisciplinary studies junior, said she thinks tickets remain unchallenged because students forget or fail to take the time to try and void the ticket.

“That surprises me that so many people aren’t trying to get those tickets off of their bursar ...” Fowler said. “I know that my parents are

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HIGHER EDUCATION

Sooner delegates meet at Capitol Students lobby for higher education funding, passed info to legislators during trip

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ALEX EWALD The Oklahoma Daily

OU students met with more than 50 legislators Tuesday at the Capitol for a statewide event to promote higher education funding.

Students and state officials worked together on Higher Education Day, an annual event in which Oklahoma universities send delegates to the Capitol to meet with representatives and show how their votes personally affect students and faculty at public institutions.

UOSA organized OU’s delegation, which included nearly 50 students who took a bus to the Capitol Tuesday morning.

Event coordinator Rachel Tyrrell, economics and accounting junior, said OU off i c i a l s t o l d h e r t h i s y e a r ’s Higher Education Day was met with positive feedback at the Capitol.

Tyrrell said students worked hard to get their message across and in the end they passed information to every legislator.

Besides speaking with the 52 legislators who had scheduled meetings a month in advance, students also dropped off higher education information packets at the offices of the remaining 97 members of the Legislature, she said. “ You would think that all legislators would be really on board with higher education, but they actually think we receive too much funding and think that programs need to be cut,” Tyrrell said. “They want to know that the funding is making an impact, so if students are able to tell stories [about

Paul Krugman

Deficit, taxes key to relief Economist gives students long- and short-term economic solutions JARED RADER AND RACHEL CERVENKA The Oklahoma Daily

Solving the economic issues in America should be easy, but the political climate is making it difficult for politicians to make the right decisions, a Nobel Prizewinning economist told guests Tuesday.

Students and faculty jammed into Pitman Recital Hall Tuesday evening to hear Paul Krugman, a New York Times opinion columnist and professor of economics at Princeton University, discuss the current political and economic outlook nationally and internationally.

OU President David Boren asked Krugman what he would do if he could change the economy in the short and long term.

“If all political constraints were off, it would all be easy,” Krugman said.

Krugman said more economic stimulus is needed to help reduce unemployment and improve the nation’s infrastructure, and that lawmakers shouldn’t worry about the deficit for another two to three years.

When asked how U.S. lawmakers should tackle the deficit, Krugman said the key to reducing the deficit in the long term is reining in health-care costs and increasing revenue through a value-added tax.

The way health care is paid for must change so patients pay for results and not procedures, Krugman said. This would reduce waste resulting from paying for things that have no medical value.

Because raising income tax is so unpopular, Krugman suggested a value-added tax be imposed to assuage fears of those in higher tax brackets. A value-added tax is a consumption tax rather than a straight income tax.

Krugman also discussed his fears regarding future investment in America’s economy.

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Katherine Shrauner, history and Arabic junior, and Micaiah Chisholm, engineering junior, practice fencing Feb. 16 in the basement of Adams Tower. The fencing team meets to practice at 7:30 p.m. every Wendesday.

Fencing packs a thrust despite few members Newly created student club dedicated to growing support for fencing, president says

Zarachoff’s love of fencing began in high school when he was cut from the basketball team and needed a mandatory physical education credit. His choices were either a fencing class or an ordinary CARMEN FORMAN The Oklahoma Daily physical education class.

After stretching, team members don their prohe fencing club on campus was recently tective jackets and helmets and prepare for duels. recognized as an official student organi- You can hear the clash of metal as the fencers adzation. And though the club has only four vance and ward off parries and thrusts. members, they still meet weekly to practice their A bout begins when one fencer says the score, skills. asks if their opponent is ready and then counts to Matt Zarachoff, president of the three. When the fencer reaches fencing club and computer science three, both members of the bout sophomore, begins each practice spring into action. with stretching and jogging. The In a typical match, one of the fencers begin their stretching by fencers is very forward in his or doing lunges to prepare them for her attacks, while the other is more The fencing club meets thrusting with their swords during hesitant. The blades crash against 7:30 p.m. Wednesdays in practice or bouts. They also perform each other and maneuver through Adams Center Muldrow stretches like knee grabs and arm the air as if they weigh nothing at Tower basement rotations to add flexibility. all.

“Working the arm is incredibly The fencers’ feet move startlingimportant in fencing because if you ly fast as they parry back and forth don’t have a stretched-out shoulder that is nice across the floor. and relaxed, you won’t be able to hit anything,” Finally, when one of the fencers is able to touch Zarachoff said. “You might as well be trying to hit his or her opponent with the blade, the point is the Soviet Union.” won, and a new round begins.

Zarachoff founded the club when he came to the Matches may look similar, but fencing offers difuniversity two years ago, but the group didn’t be- ferent styles when combatants use different blades, come an official club until last semester.

“I love to fence. I guess I have always wanted to be in a collegiate program,” Zarachoff said.

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OU debate team takes top honors OU Shannon Self Debate Program members R.J. Giglio and Nick Watts took top honors at the 40th annual Henry Clay National Tournament at the University of Kentucky earlier this month.

At this point, the OU debate trophy case now holds a first-place trophy for all the major tournaments held this year, OU Debate Program head coach Jackie Massey said in a press release.

“The Henry Clay tournament is one of the most important collegiate debate tournaments in the nation, and the OU victory is further evidence of the university’s leadership in speech and debate,” President David Boren said in the release.

Giglio, petroleum engineering junior, and Watts, history senior, beat out more than 160 teams for first place, including representatives from Northwestern, Emory and Harvard, according to a press release.

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APPEALS: Cars with unpaid tickets could be towed Continued from page 1

Today around campus

upset with me whenever they see that they have to pay parking tickets on top of my tuition.”

Parking citations range from $15 to $150 depending on the severity of the violation, according to the parking regulations manual.

Offenders have the option of appealing the ticket or paying it. If the ticket isn’t paid by the 15th of the month

following the citation, a $5 charge will be added to the balance. Appeals and payments can be made at the parking office’s website. The appeals process requires the offender to select the ticket they wish to appeal and state their case in a maximum of 2000 words.

Anyone who doesn’t appeal or pay their tickets may have their vehicle towed upon subsequent infractions, according to the parking regulations manual.

Abbe Meese, elementary education junior, usually pays her tickets after they appear on her bursar.

“Hopefully I won’t ever get towed because of that, but I don’t think I’ve ever accumulated that many tickets in a month, or even a full year,” Meese said.

Students might have issues with the parking office at the beginning of the semester, but the mix-ups tend to settle down as the semester progresses, Holland said.

More info For more information on campus parking and the appeals process visit Parking Services’ website at parking.ou.edu or follow @ouparking on Twitter for updates on available spaces and parking changes because of construction.

» Baseball will play Arkansas-Pine Bluff 3 p.m. at L. Dale Mitchell Park. » Patrick McGillan will present “Tender Comrades: The Hollywood 19” from 7:30 to 9:30 a.m. in the Gaylord Auditorium. » Shizuka Tatsuzawa will hold a Japanese calligraphy demonstration from 1 to 3 p.m. in Kaufman Hall, Room 230. » Jason Houston will host “Olive Oil Tasting and Selection” from 3 to 4 p.m. in Kaufman Hall, Room 230. » “Student Success Series: Managing Reading Assignments” will occur at 1 p.m. in Wagner Hall, Room 245. » “Student Success Series: Studying for the Sciences” will occur at 5 p.m. in Dale Hall, Room 211.

Thursday, Feb. 24 » The Multicultural Career Fair will be from 12:30 to 4:30 p.m. in the Kerr McGee Stadium Club at the Oklahoma Memorial Stadium. » Africa Week will host “Taste of Africa” at 7 p.m. in the Henderson-Tolson Cultural Center. Tickets are $5. » The Delta Gamma Anchorman Pageant will be at 6:30 p.m. in Catlett Music Center. Tickets can be purchased early from Delta Gamma for $4 and for $5 at the door. » Professor Gwendolyn Mikell of Georgetown University will speak at 5 p.m. in Dale Hall, Room 112. Her speech is titled “It Takes a Woman: Gender and African Leadership.” » Julia Abramson will host a French cheesetasting from 3 to 4 p.m. in Kaufman Hall, Room 232. » Judge Robin Cauthron will present “Founding Principles: The Importance of Judicial Independence” as part of Distinguished Alumni Public Presentation at 10 a.m. in the Oklahoma Memorial Union’s Scholars Room. » Bernard Albaugh will present “Education for Scientific Investigation” as part of a Distinguished Alumni Public Presentation at 1 p.m. in the Union’s Scholars Room. » Dr. Elaine Mardis and Dr. Richard Wilson will present “DNA Sequencing Technology: A Decade’s Perspective” as part of Distinguished Alumni Public Presentation at 2:30 p.m. in the Union’s Associates Room. » Dr. Dennis Kimbro will present “The Foundation of Success” at 4 p.m. in the Union’s Scholars Room as part of Distinguished Alumni Public Presentation, followed by a reception at 5:30 p.m. in the Associates Room. » Yanrong Qi will host a Chinese tea ceremony from 2 to 3 p.m. in Kaufman Hall, Room 230. » Julia Abramson will host a French cheesetasting from 3 to 4 p.m. in Kaufman Hall, Room 232. » Softball will play Georgia at 5 p.m. in the OU Softball Complex. » Softball will play Hawaii at 7:30 p.m. in the OU Softball Complex.

» This day in OU history

Feb. 23, 1936 Baseball begins outdoor practice Coach Jap Haskell called his men to the first official baseball practice of the year. Though Haskell had his pitchers and catchers out practicing for the past two weeks, this was the first chance hitters had to look at the ball in batting practice. Haskell had 15 team members returning from the last co-championship team.

Pi Zeta Kappa holds luncheon for rushees Pi Zeta Kappa, the national interdenominational religious sorority, hosted a Washington’s birthday luncheon for their rushees. The theme for decor was red, white and blue. The rushees received favors of dolls dressed like Martha Washington. Part of the entertainment for the afternoon included the singing of patriotic skits as well as a leap year skit.

— Source: The Oklahoma Daily archives

FENCING: New club sets sights on expanding to Huston Huffman Continued from page 1

trouble having enough dedicated people to get the numbers for organizational tournaments,” Wagner said.

The club has plans to travel to Houston computer science junior Frederick Wagner to compete toward the end of February, said.

The sabre, épée and the foil differ in Zarachoff said.

Zarachoff is working with the Huston blade and hilt size, Wagner said. OU’s club usually competes with the heavier épée Huffman Center to secure a room for the because none of the members have com- team’s practices so they don’t have to keep practicing in a small basepeted in sabre before. Wagner ment below Adams Center. is the only member that has Fencing is Practicing at the Huston used the foil.

Huffman Center will make Micaiah Chisolm, engifantastic; it t h e t e a m m o re o f f i c i a l , neering physics junior, said is a game of said. he began fencing last semesphysical chess.” Chisolm “Fencing is fantastic; it is ter, when his friends encoura game of physical chess, aged him to start. The plan — MATT ZARACHOFF, where not only do you have is to compete in a fencing FENCING CLUB to worry about manipulating tournament sometime soon, PRESIDENT your body and where you are Chisolm said. going to be, but at the same The very first club tournament the group competed in was held at time you are thinking strategy in your the Redlands Fencing Center last semes- mind; you’re thinking ‘how can I get my ter. Zarachoff took first place, and Wagner opponent to do what I want him to do so I took seventh place out of 10 competitors, can get the touch,’” Zarachoff said.

The fencing team practices once a week Wagner said.

“As a new student organization with at 7:30 p.m. Wednesdays, in Adams Center rather flaky membership, we are having in the Muldrow tower basement.

Mentor programs created to aid, enhance college experience Applications for College of International Studies students hoping to participate in a sponsored mentor program are due today in Hester Hall.

The College of International Studies has developed a number of new programs, including a dual mentor program between underclassmen and upperclassmen, as well as between upperclassmen and career mentors.

A group of seniors brainstorming ways to improve the international studies program, said Sara King, international and area studies senior.

“We hope to create a bridge between experience and opportunity on an individual level in order to enhance and better steward our students’ [international and area studies] experience,” said King.

She said she hopes students in the mentor program will come full circle and take the role of a mentor later in their college career.

The college also has created a career mentor program, which will pair international studies upperclassmen with alumni with the same major, international programs adviser Brooke Hammer said.

Mentors will “elucidate their own career paths and advise students on the steps that must be taken to land their first position within a given field,” Hammer said.

King and Hammer said the program will start as soon as possible.

The college is in the process of capitalizing on its recent creation by expanding opportunities for students.

— Brooke Myers/The Daily

FUNDS: UOSA coached delegates Continued from page 1 successful programs] …

I think that was the most important thing to keep in mind for students.”

UOSA held mandatory training sessions on how to lobby effectively by telling personal stories and statistics relating to funding cuts in order to help its delegates prepare for Tuesday, student delegate Tufi Bell said in an e-mail.

Bell, a chemistry sophomore who works in UOSA’s departments of InteriorStudent Relations and Sustainability, said the sessions helped her prepare for speaking with legislators.

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Multicultural Career Fair slated for Thursday More than 80 business will be on campus to recruit students JANNA GENTRY The Oklahoma Daily

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or graduating seniors, there is a nagging anxiety about the prospect of leaving the comforts of college behind and stepping out into the real world.

This year, OU Career Services has joined forces with American Indian Student Life, African American Student Life, Latino Student Life and Asian American Student Life WHAT: to sponsor an event to Multicultural alleviate some of the Career Fair anxiety.

The Multicultural WHEN: 12:30 Career Fair is orchesto 4:30 p.m. trating about 80 comThursday panies that will set up shop Thursday in the WHERE: Kerr Kerr McGee Stadium McGee Stadium Club, on the east side Club, East side of Oklahoma Memorial of the stadium Stadium, in hopes of attracting students to their displays.

Companies are offering a range of positions from internships to full-time jobs and will be there from 12:30 to 4:30 p.m.

Career Services Director Bette Scott tesASHLEY WEST/THE DAILY tified to the effectiveness of these types of Members of the OU Career Services office Dan Kemp, Betsy Bishop, Bette Scott, Brenda Peters and Sarah Welch work as a team to put together career fairs for interview experience and the Multicultural Career Fair every spring semester.

This year’s fair is at 12:30 Thursday in the Kerr McGee Stadium Club. job procural.

“This fair is one of our oldest fairs,” Scott said. “My daughter came here when she was in school and got seven interviews just attend the event, Kate Beard and Chelsie walking around, and she got a job.”

To prepare for the fair, Scott recommends Baugh, expressed excitement and reservaIt’s wise to invest in a great “power one of the most important things students tions about the event. outfit” because you’ll certainly be “I am excited about the fact that it is an can do is research information about the going on more interviews — but that This is a “duh,” but many people under easy way to meet a lot of job recruiters at companies in their particular fields. doesn’t mean you have to spend a bunch of think it. Make sure hair is clean and “My suggestion would be that students once,” Beard said. money.

Guys, this means a suit, but if you combed. No bed head! Girls, this Baugh was a little more go to our Web page and don’t have the money to buy one, a buttonmeans wear your hair in a style that makes cautious in her assesslook at each company to down shirt with slacks will work just fine. you feel comfortable, whether it’s down or up. see what majors or posiLook at each company ment of the fair.

Temperature-permitting, a blazer and/or tie If you’re going to be tempted to play with it “I’m not sure how many tions the company is lookto see what majors or jobs there are going to be also adds a great impression. Ladies, this is during the interview, then wear it up. ing for,” she said. not the time to show off that party dress. A positions the company that are relevant to pubScott also recommends is looking for.” lic relations, so I am cauIron. This is perhaps the most essential white button-down shirt with a high-waisted students further educate pencil skirt is both stylish and universally tiously optimistic,” she step. All clothes should be neatly themselves about the comsaid. panies they are really interironed and free from lint, pet hair, etc. recognized as work attire.

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SERVICES DIRECTOR Lastly, be confident and smile. The tion to educating them“As a recruiter, I am inSmell good. This should be an “always” interviewer will pay more attention to selves on the companies terested in looking for peorule, but it is especially true during an your personality than to your outfit. ple who know what my company does and they are interested in, Scott also recominterview. Shower, spray on cologne/ who are interested in going to work for me,” mends students bring several copies of perfume and the same goes for your breath.

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THUMBS UP ›› OU students advocate for higher-education funding at state Capitol on Tuesday (see page 1)

OUR VIEW

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COLUMN

Negligence does not constitute an emergency The Graduate Student Senate may have illegally passed election legislation during its Sunday meeting, as The Daily reported in Tuesday’s page 1 story,“GSS meeting items not on agenda.”

All meetings of public bodies must provide notice to the public prior to voting on legislation and the Senate failed to post the items regarding the nomination of five new members to the spring election board and the establishment of polling sites for the election to the agenda, according to the Oklahoma Open Meetings Act. The Senate did not realize the immediacy of the items until 7 p.m. and decided vote on them so it would meet deadlines set by the UOSA Code Annotated, GSS supervisor George Ahmadi said.

While we support the legislation and don’t think the passage of the two pieces was malicious, we do not think it’s all right that GSS skirted the law for convenience.

GSS could have rescheduled the meeting for Feb. 27 to give the public proper time to review the legislation on the agenda while still meeting the deadline set in the Code Annotated.

As students, we can sympathize with being rushed to meet deadlines, but taking shortcuts and avoiding the intent of the law is not OK. All public bodies are required to follow the Open Meeting Act, and on Jan. 28, the Publications Board canceled its meeting after failing to post its meeting agenda. Yes, it inconvenienced board members, but the decision to cancel was made to ensure compliance with the law.

We understand that as students it’s hard to reorganize a meeting to fit everyone’s schedule, but taking the extra effort to follow the steps outlined in the Oklahoma Open Meeting Act would insure the intent of the law is upheld.

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Juarez needs us more than ever I’ve been to Ciudad Juarez, Mexico, now known as the “World’s Most Dangerous STAFF COLUMN City,” seven times on mission trips to build homes for needMark Moreland nd ing families.

In areas outside the city, families live in shelters made of cardboard boxes and palettes. For years, these families have relied on missionaries to provide shelter and security, but the drug war has kept the mission I’ve been involved with, and dozens like it, from sending U.S. missionaries to provide aid.

A drug war has been brewing at our nation’s doorstep and our government has done little in the ways to assist our neighbors. There were 10,031 drug-related deaths in Mexico, according to a Los Angeles Times survey from January 2007 to June 2009. Then again, 53 people were killed in Juarez this past weekend.

The turf-war between the Juarez and Sinaloa cartels has taken a toll on hundreds of thousands of innocent bystanders and the United States government is not doing enough to help.

On Monday, New Zealand was hit with an earthquake that claimed 63 lives and the U.S. sent aid within 12 hours of the

disaster 8,000 miles away. Last year the U.S. had support on the ground in Haiti within six hours 2,000 miles away. So my question is, why have we not been present in Juarez, where the citizens are in just as much need?

If the government wants to fight the war on drugs in this country, it needs to increase involvement with Mexican federal police and help fend off the turf-war. We need to do our part, just as we have done for needy nations across the globe, and help our neighbors.

I’ve always thought, what is good for your neighbor is good for you. Not only will the United States benefit from cleaning up the violence in Juarez, but also the millions of Mexican citizens who will benefit from America’s involvement. The best thing America can do is secure the border and bankrupt the cartels. American lives have been put in danger, and many have lost their lives because of drug-related violence.

The drug war is occurring at our doorstep and even though Mexico may not be knocking for help, we need to open the door with the same response and support we always have.

—Mark Moreland, broadcast and electronic media junior

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LETTER TO THE EDITOR

Non-honors quote not intended meaning While I persistently nag my students to express themselves with clarity and precision, I failed to meet my own standards in a statement quoted on the front page of The Daily last week.

My good friend and colleague, Dr. Samuel Huskey, chairman of Classics and Letters, points this out in his letter to the editor, and I am grateful that his gentle remonstrance was expressed with characteristic civility.

I in no way intended to say all non-honors general education courses are unchallenging, but only some are. There are many challenging and intellectually stimulating non-honors general education courses, and honors students take them and report great satisfaction. I wish there were even more.

What I had intended to say is that when numerous honors students report frustration with unchallenging courses, those are almost always in a (hopefully small) subset of non-honors general education courses.

While two other faculty members have contacted me expressing dissatisfaction with my poorly phrased statement, I was struck that several others have thanked me for being “forthright” about a difficult problem. In the last analysis, my view is based only on what I’ve been told by many dozens of students, and its accuracy (or lack thereof) obviously can be best judged by students.

There is one misstatement in my original quotation which I wish to correct. I was only speaking for myself, and not for the Honors College faculty and staff, nor even for the leadership of the Honors College.

I hope my failure to state this was caused by my trying to do 10 things at once rather than administrative arrogance.

— David Ray, Honors College dean

New Zealand quake felt in Oklahoma I have never felt as far away from my home STAFF COLUMN country, New Zealand, as I did Monday night.

Patrickk While checking Twitter, McSweeney eeney I came across shocking news of the earthquake in Christchurch — New Zealand’s second-largest city.

The 6.3-magnitude earthquake hit Monday and caused many buildings to collapse. As I write this, the head of the civil defense agency has confirmed 38 deaths. However, the NZ Herald, one of New Zealand’s top newspapers, is estimating the death toll may end as high as 300.

As soon as I got out of class Monday night I called my parents in Ardmore to find out if they had heard from anyone. At that point there was no information from our family and friends living in and around Christchurch.

Most of the phone lines were down and most of the information I had received, including shocking pictures, came from Twitter. Unfortunately, none of my family has Twitter. I logged on Facebook to see if my family or friends had posted anything, and an acquaintance started a chatting with me.

“I just moved to Christchurch four days ago, scariest day of my life,” he said. “The road cracked in front of my car and you could see waves along the road.”

Though I hadn’t talked to him in awhile, he told me he eventually got back to his apartment The images and found his TV smashed on they showed the ground, ceiling sagging and were buildings floor wavy. One of the afterI knew and shocks threw him into a wall.

By Tuesday afternoon, my visited on parents eventually contacted vacations. most of my relatives, who are Seeing them OK. However, no one has made collapsed contact with my great aunt and is both uncle who live in a smaller town shocking and 35 minutes east of Christchurch.

I streamed coverage of the afoverwhelming.” termath through an Australian news station online and though I was horrified by the pictures; I could not stop watching.

The images they showed were buildings I knew and visited on vacations. Seeing them collapsed was both shocking and overwhelming.

Though I didn’t grow up in Christchurch, I lived in New Zealand until I was 12, and a lot of my family still lives there.

I would visit Christchurch every time we had a break from school, and it is a city that I have a lot of fond memories of.

New Zealand has a population of 4 million, so like everybody in Oklahoma knows someone from Tulsa, everybody in New Zealand knows someone in Christchurch.

Some buildings are completely destroyed and others are damaged to the point where they are too unstable and unsafe to occupy because aftershocks continue.

The pictures and video show signs of hope. Everybody who can is helping recover people from the rubble. The whole country is united behind Christchurch, offering any support they can. New Zealand’s neighbor Australia also has promised to give New Zealand anything it needs.

Australia has already sent over a search-and-rescue team.

When I see the “we can fix it” attitude of everyone in New Zealand, it reminds me of a phrase in the native language of Maori: “Kia Kaha Aoteoroa,” which means “Stay strong New Zealand.”

— Patrick McSweeney, University College freshman

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Confederate soldiers should not be celebrated as heroes These past few weeks, as a part of Black History Month, we’ve had the opportunity to attend events celebrating the AfricanAmerican culture.

In fact, just this weekend a new Miss Black OU was crowned. The night was a testament of the changes and accomplishments in the black community during the years.

It has been decades since segregation was outlawed and more than a century since the ratification of the 14th Amendment, which gave rights to all people born in the United States. Though equality and racism have been ongoing struggles in our country for many years, one would assume that the bulk of this type of hatred is behind us.

Unfortunately, people are still celebrating the malevolent customs of yesteryear. I believe it is important to know about history and the journey our country has taken to get to where it is today, but I think it is outlandish to commemorate Jefferson Davis, president

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of the Confederacy.

Recently, hundreds of STAFF COLUMN UMN people gathered in Alabama to honor the 150th anniverMariah sary of Davis’ inauguration.

Najmuddin in The throng of people, mostly dressed in Civil War-era attire, participated in a re-enactment ceremony filled with speeches and gunfire.

Led by the Sons of Confederate Veterans, an organization dedicated to preserving the ancestry and legacy of Confederate soldiers, the event sought to correct the wrongful assumptions the group feels burden its ancestors.

One spectator, Kelley Barrow, was quoted as saying, “people of the Confederacy have been forced to the back of the bus,” suggesting that stereotypes about Confederate soldiers are comparable to the persecution many suffered during the Civil Rights movement in the ’60s.

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Yes, slavery was not the only cause for southern secession, but it is not a factor that is easily forgotten nor should it be taken lightly. Our country has tried for many years to break through the barriers of racism and stereotyping, but by holding such events to such high esteem we are condoning past mistakes.

Not only does this event inaccurately represent American culture of the late 19th century, but also it commends the acts of men who resorted to secession. As an American first and a minority second, I do not think secession is an act worthy of praise. Beyond the racial implications, the Sons of Confederate Veterans are applauding the treason and the waging of war against America. The organization openly contends its predecessors are the true victims of the Civil War.

It is important to remember the past and learn from history. We should educate ourselves about our nation’s upbringing, but we fool ourselves when we try to see a side that isn’t there. The truth is that slavery and rights for all people were significant causes of the Civil War. Coupled with high taxes and states’ rights issues, the Civil War was inevitable, but to say that it was justifiable and worthy of celebration is an unwarranted acclamation.

The fact is, the South didn’t win, and emancipation prevailed, and the triumph went to the true American heroes. Equality for all, not the man who led half the nation in revolt, is something worth celebrating.

— Mariah Najmuddin, University College freshman

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6.3-magnitude quake rocks New Zealand Could rank among island’s worst quake with death toll still rising

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Rescue workers search for victims after an earthquake Tuesday rocked Christchurch, New Zealand. The 6.3-magnitude quake hit at the height of a busy workday, toppling tall buildings and churches, crushing buses and killing dozens.

CHRISTCHURCH, New Zealand — Search teams using dogs, heavy cranes and earth movers worked through dawn Wednesday in one of New Zealand’s largest cities, trying frantically to find survivors amid the crumbled concrete, twisted metal and huge mounds of brick left by a powerful earthquake.

But they fear that the death toll — officially at least 65 as of Wednesday morning local time — could quickly rise, ranking the disaster among the island nation’s worst earthquakes in 80 years. Officials say at least 100 more people are missing.

“There are bodies littering the streets, they are trapped in cars, crushed under rubble and where they are clearly deceased our focus ... has turned to the living,” Superintendent Russell Gibson said. “We are getting texts and tapping sounds from some of these buildings and that’s where our focus is.”

Gibson said 38 bodies were in a temporary morgue at the central police station. “I know the figure of 65

(killed) has been mentioned (by Prime Minister John Key). It will be considerably higher than that,” he warned, without elaborating.

Some survivors have emerged without a scratch, while others had to have a limb amputated before they could be freed, he said.

Medical workers brought the injured to a triage center set up in a park in central Christchurch, while military units patrolled near-empty streets disfigured by the huge cracks and canyons created in Tuesday’s 6.3-magnitude quake, the second powerful temblor to hit the city in five months.

The quake toppled the spire of the city’s historic stone cathedral, flattened tall buildings and sent chunks of concrete and bricks hurtling onto cars, buses and pedestrians below.

“People were covered in rubble, covered in several tons of concrete,” said web designer Nathaniel Boehm, who was outside on his lunch break when the quake struck just before 1 p.m. He saw the eaves of buildings cascade onto the street, burying people below.

“It was horrific,” he said.

The earthquake knocked out power

There are bodies littering the streets, they are trapped in cars, crushed under rubble.”

— RUSSELL GIBSON, SUPERINTENDENT and telephone lines and burst pipes, flooding the streets with water.

Christchurch’s airport was closed for a time, and reopened for emergency flights. Officials said domestic flights would resume on Wednesday.

Thousands of people in the city moved into temporary shelters at schools and community halls. Others, including tourists who had abandoned their hotels, huddled in hastily pitched tents and under plastic sheeting as drizzling rain fell, while the Red Cross tried to find them accommodations.

A more powerful 7.1 magnitude earthquake hit Christchurch, a city of 350,000, on Sept. 4, but caused no deaths.

— AP

Somali pirates kill 4 Americans Friends were hijacked after almost a year of sailing together, could not be rescued by Navy SEALS in time SANTA MONICA, Calif. — Adventurous yacht enthusiasts from California and Washington were living their dreams, friends say, retiring and sailing around the world until they were shot and killed Tuesday by Somali pirates.

The yacht’s owners, Jean and Scott Adam of Marina del Rey near Los Angeles, along with Bob Riggle and Phyllis Macay of Seattle were taken hostage on Friday several hundred miles south of Oman. The pirates fired a rocketpropelled grenade at a U.S. warship following the hijacked vessel Tuesday, then gunfire erupted and the Americans were fatally wounded.

“We are heartbroken. They were an extraordinary couple,” Monsignor Lloyd Torgerson said of the Adams during morning Mass at St. Monica Catholic Church in Santa Monica.

Friends, family and fellow sailors said the four were meticulous planners who knew the dangers they faced. The Adams had been sailing around the world since December 2004 with a 58-foot yacht full of Bibles to distribute to remote regions, and were joined by Riggle and Macay, who left Seattle nine or 10 months ago.

The four had traveled with a large flotilla to stay safe from pirates earlier in the trip, but had left the group when the attack occurred, said Macay’s niece, Nina Crossland.

Visibly shaken and holding back tears, Crossland said her 59-year-old aunt was shot but alive when Navy SEALS boarded the Quest. She died later.

“My aunt is a very smart and avid sailor,” Crossland said.

“I think she was smart enough and planned ahead and prepared to not be in this type of situation.”

Mariners were warned about traveling through the area because of the dangers of pirate attacks, but friends and fellow sailors said danger is part of the reality of sailing.

Riggle “would never do anything to jeopardize Phyllis,” Hank Curci, a fellow Seattle Singles Yacht Club member.

Joe Grande, of the yacht club, said the deaths were like losing a member of the family to those who knew the pair.

“Great sailors, good people. They were doing what they wanted to do, but that’s small comfort in the face of this,”

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Msgr. Lloyd Torgerson embraces an unidentified parishioner after a special prayer for two members, Jean and Scott Adam, and their two companions, all slain by Somali pirates who seized their yacht off East Africa, at morning Mass at St. Monica’s Roman Catholic Church on Tuesday in Santa Monica, Calif.

Grande said.

The U.S. flag flew at half-staff Tuesday at the Del Rey Yacht Club in Marina del Rey, a community of more than 8,000 surrounding a huge man-made small boat harbor on the Los Angeles County coast.

Gary Deitsch, commodore of the club, said that the membership was devastated by the killings.

“We are deeply saddened,” he said at a press conference.

“We hope their deaths will bring about the world’s focus to eliminate this violence.”

The Adams had been club members since 2001 and had sailed full-time for the past seven years, many times with other club members.

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n the entertainment industry, the movie business can be brutal and cut-throat. This is why studios are insistent upon ensuring that the films they distribute will acquire a hefty income. This explains why each season, as well as the annual holidays, are infested with interminable sequels, remakes and adaptations.

Who cares if we’re on the 22nd installment in the awesome James Bond franchise? Series of this nature, with a built-in audience, allow curiously familiar territory to cover new grounds, while providing studios with the monetary security they need to keep Hollywood’s vital cinematic pulse pumping. Most audiences go to the movies to escape the stress and tedium in their busy lives, to be entertained and to cherish Hollywood’s most beloved talents. Providing viewers with everything from crazed psychopaths to iconic superheroes, the year 2011 promises to be an exhilarating year for movies.

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Daniel Radcliffe as Harry Potter and Ralph Fiennes as Lord Voldemort in Warner Bros. Pictures’ fantasy adventure “Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2,” a Warner Brothers Pictures release.

— Laron Chapman/The Daily

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part II

Scream 4 Release April 15 (The Weinstein Company)

Release July 15 (Warner Brothers)

More than a decade ago, director Wes Craven redefined fear with his ingenious “Scream.” The film took the conventions of the horror film and turned them upside down by creating characters that had been “schooled” on how they function in the plot. Now, with a new decade and new rules, Craven and Dawson’s Creek creator Kevin Williamson return for a third sequel attempting to satirize the torture porn, media-savvy culture we inhabit. Bringing back the original trio (David Arquette, Neve Campell, Courtney Cox) as well as some new blood (Marley Shelton, Hayden Panettiere, Adam Brody), the latest installment is sure to garner howls of laughter and piercing screams.

The climate has changed in the latest installments of the revolutionary “Harry Potter” series.

Harry (Daniel Radcliffe), Hermione (Emma Watson) and Ron (Rupert Grint) are no longer galloping down the corridors of the majestic Hogwarts, enjoying an afternoon game of Quidditch or exploring new spells and chants. They’ve grown up and matured and they are about to embark on the most perilous battle of their short-lived lives. As author J.K. Rowling’s epic franchise approaches its inevitable conclusion, Harry and his friends must take on much darker and urgent responsibilities. The epic showdown between Harry and his sinister archnemesis Lord Voldemort (Ralph Fiennes) has almost arrived. It’s just about time to say goodbye to the characters so many have come to admire. However, what will be left behind is a franchise that is sure to be cherished for years to come.

Sucker Punch

Cowboys and Aliens

Release March 25 (Warner Bros)

Release July 29 (Universal Studios)

“300” and “Watchmen” director Zach Snyder returns to the silver screen with his new dazzling action fantasy “Sucker Punch.” The film depicts the vibrant imagination of Baby Doll (Emily Browning), a young girl forced into an insane asylum by her cruel stepfather in the early ’50s. To escape the haunting aspects of her new reality, she retreats to a fantastical world in her mind alongside her feisty female inmates — Sweet Pea (Abbie Cornish), Rocket (Jena Malone), Blondie (Vanessa Hudgens) and Amber (Jamie Chung) — to engage in a visionary warfare against the evil forces that threaten her very existence. Now, immersed in an alternate universe plagued with dragons, serpents and gun-slinging robots, Baby Doll and her vengeful, gun-toting comrades must achieve the impossible to bring order to their new existence.

Joining two of the most prolific Hollywood archetypes, producer Steven Spielberg and “Iron Man” director Jon Favreau present the sci-fi action thriller “Cowboys and Aliens.”

With a concept this absurd, the film is sure to be on everybody’s guilty pleasure list. It tells the tale of Jack Johnson (Daniel Craig), a cowboy whose wrist is encased with an intricately engineered shackle, serving as the only artifact of his forgotten past. Upon his arrival to a deserted Arizona landscape, he bumps heads with the territory’s leader, Colonel Dolarhyde (Harrison Ford). As their rivalry ensues, it becomes undermined by the invasion of an alien force that aims to destroy the Earth. With a great cast, a campy premise and great special effects, the film is sure to provide “out of this world” entertainment.

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OU alumna becomes accidental author Sociology graduate never planned to write professionally, now has two books published, two more in the works

like her. They liked her in the first book and they love her in the second book. In terms of plots from my own life, not a lot. I would say 95 percent of each book is strictly fiction.

EMILY HOPKINS The Oklahoma Daily

The Daily spoke with author and 2005 OU graduate Tierra Allen about her second novel, “For Better or Worse,” which was released this past December.

Allen, a self-published writer, made her literary debut nine months ago with her first book, “Safe in His Arms.” An Oklahoma native, she currently WHEN: 10 resides in Houston, a.m. to 4 p.m.

Te x a s , w h e r e s h e Saturday works as a book editor and a career and WHERE: Penn life coach.

Square Mall Saturday, Allen will hold a book signing from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. at Penn Square Mall in Oklahoma City.

Both of her novels can be purchased from her website, www.tierraallen.com.

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THE DAILY: As a sociology major, how did you become a writer?

ALLEN: It actually just kind of spawned out of boredom. I’ve always written, I’ve always kept a diary, I’ve always excelled in English. I was actually teaching when I came upon writing. After Hurricane Ike, my roommate and I were without cable for a few weeks so I decided to write a short story since I couldn’t watch TV. So the book kind of spawned out of that. So after the first book, putting it out and having people love it, I knew I really liked this and I knew that I could do this. So that’s how the second book came about.

THE DAILY: Why did you decide to selfpublish?

ALLEN: I had a publishing company approach me, but when I looked at the pros and cons it just seemed in my best interest to go ahead and publish it myself. Not that I believe independence is the way to go, but it gives me the opportunity to still maintain creative control and to put the books out the way I want and how I like. It also gives me the opportunity to be more hands-on.

THE DAILY: From where do you draw inspiration for your books?

ALLEN: For “Safe In His Arms,” it started out with me thinking what I would do if my

THE DAILY: Since your second book had a spin-off character, are you going to do that again?

ALLEN: Well, eventually I’m going to write a sequel to the second book. It’s already 338 pages and it doesn’t fully accomplish everything that I wanted to accomplish. It gives you a good bit of story, but people still want to know more and know what happens to them, if they get married and what happens to their families. That’s been the feedback that I’ve gotten so far, and I wrote it with the intention of writing a sequel eventually. The other book I’m thinking of, whichever one I decide to do first, it’s a new set of characters.

And I’m highly considering doing that whole setting in Oklahoma.

THE DAILY: How do you think your writing has evolved from the first book to the second book?

ALLEN: You can definitely tell a difference. Before, I was just writing recreationally. The writing is good but you can notice a difference. Now I write with more intensity, more passion. The first book is 188 pages and the second book is 338 pages. I’m writing and I’m enjoying everything that I write.

The first book definitely helped me because I was able to write freely and put something out. The second time I was writing intentionally. I’m writing to draw the crowd in. I want you to gasp when you read something, PHOTO PROVIDED I want you to laugh, I want you to connect OU alumna Tierra Allen autographs a copy of her book. Allen will hold a book signing from with the characters. My writing style is very 12:30 to 4:30 p.m. Thursday at Penn Square Mall in Oklahoma City. direct. It’s playful but I’m serious about my craft, so you’ll get an analogy and a metaphor. But it’s definitely more thorough, I can say, from the first one to the second ex wanted to get back with me. And then domestic violence or cheating or anything one. the characters took a life of their own. For like that. It’s just like, well what happens “For Better or Worse,” Nikki is a spin-off when things you can’t control get in the THE DAILY: Are you working on a third character of the first book. It’s not a situa- way. book? tion where you have to read the first book ALLEN: I have not started my third book. I to catch up. This is a whole separate story, THE DAILY: Do you draw from scenarios know what I want to do for both my third and but she was the best friend to the main in your own life or use any of your own per- my fourth books but I can’t decide which character in the first book. She was origi- sonality traits for the characters? one I want to start first. nally just a support system. So you get a ALLEN: The characters definitely have little bit of Nikki in the first book, not a lot, some of my personality traits. They encomTHE DAILY: Do you have a timeline of but in the second book it’s all Nikki, her pass a lot. People will read the first book when you think the third book will be whole life, her whole situation. With her, I and say, “Oh, Tyran is all you.” And then released? developed what her issue was going to be. they’ll read the second one and say, “Oh, ALLEN: I definitely feel like by the end I knew that she was going to have a perfect Nikki’s all you.” Nikki is kind of a culmina- of this year. I work pretty quickly when guy. My basis is that you can’t control. So tion of me, my best friend, my sisters and I can. I wanted to do both of them this it’s not necessarily that you’re in a relation- just other women I know. So she’s very re- year, but I’ll definitely have at least one ship and the relationship is bad and there’s latable and I think that’s why a lot of people out.

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As a student on the University of Oklahoma campus, Taylor Mokate is an imposing man. With a 6-foot4-inch, 235-pound frame, he is commonly mistaken for a player on the Sooner football team.

But he does not play football for OU, nor is he a member of the basketball or baseball team — Mokate plays rugby, and serves as captain of the OU rugby team.

The OU rugby team has been one of the best in the nation for nearly a decade, but its reputation has been based on word-of-mouth and the individual accomplishments of its players.

Players like Mokate.

Mokate debuted for the USA Rugby National team, T h e E a g l e s, d u r i n g t h e 2011 USA Sevens Rugby Tournament on Feb. 12-13 in Las Vegas.

“It’s a dream to play for the international team,” Mokate said. “It’s the place I’ve always wanted to be.”

In the tournament, Mokate made appearances against Japan and Uruguay.

Participating in the series and gaining his first international cap has put Mokate on the shortlist to represent the U.S. in rugby for the 2016 Olympic Games.

As a part of the Sevens Wo r l d S e r i e s, t h e U S A Sevens tournament is the largest rugby event in North America. Teams from all over the world compete every year in the series, and many professional rugby careers have been launched after participating in the series.

Mokate, psychology senior, is one of 15 players across the nation who were invited to participate in the series in 2011.

Mokate, a Dallas native, said he started playing rugby in high school.

“I started my freshman year,” Mokate said. “I had a buddy of mine tell me to take my football pads off after practice one day, and seven years down the road

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Senior captain Taylor Mokate carries in OU rugby’s 53-12 win over Kansas State on Sunday. Mokate scored six points.

I’m stuck with [rugby].”

Since beginning his rugby career, Mokate has been named to the High School All-American, Collegiate All-American and the U.S. Under-19, Under-20 and Sevens international teams.

Mokate is only the second rugby player in OU history to accomplish the feat, joining current OU coach Tyson Meeks (2004).

“I’m glad he got the opportunity,” Meeks said.

“Taylor is a special player with a great work ethic. He has the opportunity and the ability to be the best player to ever come out of OU.” Mokate’s teammates also have taken notice of his impact.

“He’s the No. 1 effect on the team,” said Blake Hodges, one of Mokate’s OU rugby teammates. “He won’t make the rest of us do anything he won’t do.”

Fellow teammate Arrynn Wilkinson echoed Hodges’ assessment of his leader.

“He’s one of those guys who keeps everyone together,” he said. “We’re a better team because Taylor is our captain.”

Mokate looks to set an example for his team and be a mentor for his younger teammates.

OU rugby club 2011 schedule Feb. 26 — Tulsa March 5 — Texas A&M March 12 — Varsity Alumni March 19 — Training March 26 — Arkansas State April 2 — Tennessee April 9 — LSU April 16 — Open April 23 — Notre Dame April 30 — Life May 7 — Quarterfinals May 14 — Semi-finals May 21 — Final

The No. 16 OU women’s basketball team is taking its show on the road to play Colorado tonight.

The Sooners finally found the intensity they had been lacking during a 91-62 romp of Texas on Sunday. The goal this week will be to maintain that same vigor.

The Sooners’ early success may rest on the shoulders of Whitney Hand.

The sophomore guard posted 23 points against the Longhorns and was the first-half spark behind the OU offense.

“It was kind of a confidence boost for our entire team, I think,” Hand said.

Hand’s performance was reminiscent of a time when she wasn’t worried about nagging knee injuries — it simply looked like she and the Sooners were having a good time.

“We wanted to have fun together again, and that was what we did, and it worked,” Hand said.

One potential obstacle to the Sooners’ success is Colorado’s Brittany Spears.

“She’s a really, really good offensive player, very hard to guard, and capable of hanging 30 on you,” OU coach Sherri Coale said.

The senior forward averages 17.1 points per game for Colorado and leads the

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Sophomore guard Whitney Hand pulls up for a long jumper in OU’s 69-47 win over Missouri on Feb. 12. team in total rebounds, averaging 8.2 in conference play.

The Buffaloes are no UConn or Baylor, but most of the Sooners’ woes have been self-inflicted this season.

Progress for OU has been about the growth of the team rather than simply beating opponents.

Coale said the answer to whether OU is moving in the right direction may be found in the opening minutes.

“Our start could really signal an ascension from where we left off Saturday or a need to grind it out again,” Coale said. “In late February, you need to ascend.”

May 28 — 7s Tournament or training June 4 — Collegiate 7s National Championship

Graduating?

July 11 — College All Stars (Bold indicates game at Tarzan Pitch in Norman) “If you don’t have [guys to look up to for advice], you don’t have the passion,” Mokate said. “If you don’t have the passion, you don’t have the motivation — and that’s what kills. I want my guys to have that passion.”

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OU golf 6th in Puerto Rico The 36th-ranked Oklahoma men’s golf team placed sixth in the 15-team Puerto Rico Classic on Tuesday.

OU shot an even 864 to finish three strokes ahead of No. 6 Texas and one shy of No. 50 Virginia Tech.

The loaded field featured 14 teams ranked in the top 50 of the Golfweek/ Sagarin rankings.

“Great tourney for us this week,” OU coach Ryan Hybl said. “I am proud of our guys for their effort, and this is six consecutive and consistently good rounds for us as a team.

That is a great sign for us to see.”

Oklahoma entered the tournament after recording its best finish of the season by placing second at the Oak Hills Invitational in San Antonio.

Junior Riley Pumphrey led the Sooners, tying for eighth place in the 75-player field after recording a three-day total of 212 (-4).

The Georgetown, Texas, native finished six strokes out of first, held

by Georgia Tech’s James White.

State Senate to honor OU The Oklahoma state Senate will recognize the OU football team and coach Bob Stoops today in the Senate Chamber.

The Sooners, who won the Fiesta Bowl and took home the Big 12 Championship this season, will be recognized shortly after the Senate convenes at 1:30 p.m., then will take photos with senators and staff in the Senate Lounge afterward.

— Daily staff reports

McGee held on drug citation OU junior defensive tackle Stacy McGee was arrested on a marijuana possession citation and released over the weekend.

According to a Norman police log, McGee was cited with possession of marijuana and drug paraphernalia Sunday evening on East Lindsey Street in Norman.

McGee played in all 14 of the Sooners’ games last season and started 11 times. He had 26 tackles.

He is the third Oklahoma starter arrested

by Norman police in a month. Freshmen receiver Kenny Stills and safety Tony Jefferson were arrested on a complaint of driving under the influence and interfering with official process, respectively, last month.

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Oklahoma lays waste to Lions Sooners rout ArkansasPine Bluff, 27-7, in first of two-game mid-week series ZACK HEDRICK The Oklahoma Daily

The Sooners scored 14 runs in the eighth inning, tying a school record, to dismantle Arkansas-Pine Bluff, 27-7, Tuesday in the first of a two-game series.

It was the third straight game in which the Sooners scored 13 runs or more and the first time the Sooners have broken the 20-run barrier this season.

The Sooners scored eight runs in the first inning, putting away any doubt early.

OU outscored the Lions 69-11 in seven meetings, winning all seven.

Pitching was not a bright spot for either team. The game featured 19 walks — eight for Oklahoma and 11 for UAPB. The Lions compounded

Sooners lead conference After opening weekend, the Sooners led the Big 12 in multiple categories, including hits (51), runs (42) and home runs (7).

OU pushed its Big 12-leading total for hits and runs to 72 and 69, respectively.

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If you go WHAT: Game 2 against Arkansas-Pine Bluff WHEN: 3 p.m. today REINA LYONS/THE DAILY

Sooner senior right-handed pitcher Michael Rocha pitches during Saturday’s 13-4 win over William & Mary. OU continued its success with a 27-7 win over Arkansas-Pine Bluff on Tuesday. their poor pitching by hitting three batters in the first inning, four for the game.

The walks and hit batters set the table for Sooner hitters, who racked up 21 hits to

score 27 runs.

OU coach Sunny Golloway stressed after the opening weekend series the bottom of the lineup would be key for this team, and the bottom

third of the lineup had its best production this season.

The bottom three guys scored 13 of the Sooners’ 27 runs and collected 11 of the team’s 21 hits.

WHERE: L. Dale Mitchell Park PRICE: Free admission for students with valid OU ID. INFO: Redshirt freshman Jordan John will make his first start on the hill for the Sooners.