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Sports: Women’s hoops lost out in the Big 12 tournament. (Page 5)

Opinion: Texting while driving should be illegal.

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of Regents, university spokesman Michael Nash said.

The proposal will not be on the March Regents’ agenda, Nash said.

Amy Buchanan, Housing and Food Services spokeswoman, pointed The Daily to Nash for questions about the residential colleges.

As OU aspires to be, Rice University is a school with a residential college program. At Rice, undergraduates are sorted into one of 11 residential colleges. These colleges have their own dining halls, public rooms and residence halls, according to Rice’s website.

Students stay in their colleges throughout their undergraduate time at Rice, according to the website.

OU could be getting a residential college program for students who want to live on campus but aren’t freshmen.

Boren announced the future residential colleges Tuesday at the Honors College 50th Anniversary. During the event, Boren and a panel of former OU alumni and Rhodes Scholars discussed the future of education in the 21st century.

The residential colleges are meant to surround students with a social and educational environment throughout their time in college, Boren said.

University officials are still planning Shaida Tabrizi and Mike Brestovansky for the residential colleges, and the de- contributed to this report. tails won’t be finalized until the proposal is brought before the OU Board Paighten Hawkins harkinspd@gmail.com

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SGA postpones discussion of progress, plans Representatives from OU discuss higher education with legislators ADAM BURNETT Campus Reporter

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Students rush to and from their dorms on the Adams-Walker mall Wednesday afternoon.

The student dorms may soon be getting new additions for students who aren’t freshman but who want to live on campus.

SOONERTHON

The State of the SGA address, scheduled for Friday, has been postponed to an unspecified date later this semester, said Madeline Grunewald, Student Government Association president.

The State of the SGA is an annual address, where student government leaders discuss the developments and accomplishments of their branch of student government.

“We just have not done the prep work yet, and we are rescheduling for a later date,” Grunewald said.

In lieu of the address, SGA members spoke about Big 12 on the Hill Collegiate Conference.

Last week, SGA members hosted the conference,

Dance, dance Sooners

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Students raise over $300,000, 62 percent more than last year

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swell of Sooners erupted into cheers in the Jim Thorpe Multicultural Center Saturday night as a team of event executives held up cards saying the students had raised $318,711.14 for the Children’s Miracle Network.

“FTK, FTK,” the crowd chanted as lights flashed and streamers flew.

The chant — an acronym for “For the Kids,” the slogan of the event — encompassed the spirit of Soonerthon.

Soonerthon, sponsored by the Campus Activities Council, is a 12-hour event that raises money for the Children’s Miracle Network and helps provide care for children who need medical care.

This year’s Soonerthon not only raised more money than previous years, but was the 13th largest Dance Marathon event in the country, Soonerthon chairwoman Sarah Campbell said.

Participants raised about 62 percent more money this year than last year, when Sooners raised over $196,000.

F ro m 1 0 a . m . t o 1 0 p. m . , Soonerthon participants remained on their feet at the Huston Huffman Fitness Center. Soonerthon is one of many dance marathon events across the country.

To help students stand for the entire day, different activities were staged around the Huff. In the basketball courts, event organizers blared loud

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Student Government Association president Madeline Grunewald, prepares to answer students’ questions concerning student fees at the SGA Debate last year.

COURSES

New congressional class opens this fall Course to offer upperclassmen chance to research and explore constitution

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HOW PARTICIPANTS RAISED MONEY: • Emails to friends and families asking for donations • Text-message donations during the event — people could donate $10 from their phones CALEB SMUTZER/THE DAILY

Top: A child sits atop a Soonerthon participant’s shoulders as the Soonerthon talent show is held on stage.

Cutout: A Soonerthon participant dances her day away.

Above: A girl stands on the stage wearing a princess gown and a tiara during the 12-hour event.

WEATHER Sunny, with a high near 76. Southwest wind 9 to 14 mph, with gusts as high as 20 mph.

• Twitter campaigns — people donated cents for each retweet • Independent fundraising

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The Carl Albert Center and the Institute for American Constitutional Heritage are sponsoring a new course about the American congressional process during the fall semester.

The course, Congress and the Constitution, is a three-credit hour class that will teach students with issues and case studies pulled from the Carl Albert Center Congressional Archives.

The course will consist partially of lecture and discussion about the different interpretations of the constitution, as well as about archival research. The other part will be focused on an archive-based research project, according to the course description.

While the course will be open to any student who has taken at least PSC 1113, only 20 students will be accepted in the class, and it will only be offered on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays from 9:30 to 10:20 a.m.

Cindy Simon Rosenthal, Carl Albert Center director and curator, and political science professor Ron Peters, will teach the course.

The course should appeal to upperclassmen who are interested in primary research and learning about the constitution from a perspective other than that of the courts, Rosenthal said.

The course is being offered in connected with OU’s Digital Humanities Project on Congress and the Constitution, Rosenthal said.

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SOONERTHON: Students, groups stand and raise money for local kids Continued from page 1 music as participants learned dances, and the racquetball courts held tables for board games, blackjack and crafts.

None of the rooms had chairs.

The walls of the basketball courts in the Huff were a display of brightly colored signs that explained the significance of standing 12 hours: Ill children can spend 12 hours on dialysis.

There are 12 types of pediatric cancer. Nurses work 12-hour shifts when providing care to children, standing the whole time.

At the opening ceremony, Campbell told participants to think of the reason for the event when their feet hurt or they felt sore — the children.

“Everything we’re doing today and during the past few months is going to help amazing families and people in our neighborhoods,” Campbell said to the crowd.

Public Relations junior Megan Young, who was on the recruitment committee for the executive board of Soonerthon, said she appreciated the event because of her love for children and her desire to help them.

“They deserve every penny,” Young

said.

Soonerthon participants heard from the children and their families who were aided by the Children’s Miracle Network.

University College freshman Madi Duncan said her favorite part of the night was the spirit tunnel when the children moved through an aisle in the basketball courts surrounded by screaming OU students.

Seeing the children smile made standing for so long worth it, Duncan said.

Duncan also said she appreciated the talent show, where the children showed off some of their skills to the audience.

“They’re celebrities here,” Duncan said.

Psychology senior Denny Geyer was dancing during the first session of the event, sporting a purple and gold tutu and her hair bound in two buns.

Geyer’s outfit — like the event — was for the children, Geyer said.

“I want to make them feel comfortable and know I’m just a big kid myself,” Geyer said.

Though the event was exhausting, being able to help children made it worth it, human relations senior Taber

Stockstill said. Stockstill raised $750 for the event.

Stockstill held a garage sale to raise the money, and her mother sold lunches to her retail co-workers during the holiday season.

Thirty-nine people raised $1,000 or more for the event, Campbell said during the closing ceremony.

A contest was held to see which campus groups could raise the most money. The groups were split into two categories: a small group category, for organizations with fewer than 100 members, and a large group category, for organizations with more than 100 members.

Alpha Chi Omega won the small group category, and Kappa Kappa Gamma won the large group category.

Erin Curtis, the manager Dance Marathon events in the Southeast, Texas and Oklahoma, expressed her gratitude to participants during Soonerthon’s closing ceremony.

“We would not be here without each one you individuals standing here for 12 hours, giving up your Saturday, raising all this money,” Curtis said.

Kate Burgum, kate.c.bergum-1@ou.edu

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Top: Two girls sing their hearts out for the Soonerthon talent show.

Above: A girl bowls with miniature bowling pins while a boy behind her gets his face painted.

Left: Soonerthon participants fold an origami crane for the Soonerthon talent show.

Soonerthon was held from 10 a.m. to 10 p.m. on Saturday at the Huston Huffman Fitness Center. All proceeds, which totaled over $300,000, went to the Children’s Miracle Network.

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The Digital Humanities Project is an ongoing project to integrate digital archives and online collections with the current physical archives of the Carl Albert Center, Rosenthal said.

Students in the course will help build the digital component to the archives, Rosenthal said.

“The marriage of technology and the congressional archives will ... allow other students and users in the future to access and learn more about how the constitution shapes and is shaped by our actions,” Rosenthal said.

Rosenthal said she hopes students can interact with some of the former congress members whose papers they use in the class.

Enrollment for the Fall 2014 semester begins on March 21.

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STUDENT GOVERNMENT: Members of Big 12 schools join forces, lobby Continued from page 1 where they lobbied to legislators for issues regarding higher education with other Big 12 student government members, according to a press release.

Specifically, they lobbied for the passage of House Bill 3892, which would provide a safety net for students with college loans.

HB 3892 reinstates a six-year statute of limitations on collecting loans and provides for a payment plan for students.

SGA representatives also lobbied for reformation of Pell Grants. These grants help students pay for tuition, housing and books, according to the press release.

Student government leaders also asked legislators to increase funding for research at the university level, according to the press release.

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Since the dawn of the text, people have been texting and driving. Two recent Oklahoma bills have proposed a ban on cellphone use while operating a vehicle. One would ban drivers from making calls in a school zone unless using a hands-free device or making an emergency call. The second would ban sending or reading a text message while driving.

Texting can wait, your life is worth more should behave as they desire without intrusion from Our View: Texting while driving is irresponsible and dangerous behavior, and we support a bill that the government or other entity. However, once a would outlaw it in Oklahoma. person’s actions are harmful to those around them, those actions should be curtailed. Texting while We all know it’s a bad habit, yet so many of us driving is a perfect example of when public safety choose to do it on a daily basis. We feel so compelled should come before personal desire. to respond to a text or check an update that we put We aren’t kidding about the dangers of texting our lives and the lives of those around us in jeoparand driving. According to National Highway Traffic dy. We think, “This red light is enough time to send Safety Administration, driving while texting is six out a clever tweet and respond to this group text.” times more dangerous than driving while intoxicatWrong. We believe texting while driving is inexcused. Considering the stigma and illegality of drunk able and should be against the law. driving, we believe texting while driving should be As such, we support two Oklahoma bills that illegal as well. Known as “distracted driving,” texting would restrict cell phone use while driving. The first while driving is dangerous because it requires drivbill would ban drivers from making phone calls in ers to take their hands off the wheel and their eyes school zones unless using a hands-free device or and focus off the road. making an emergency call. The second bill would Texting while driving is especially prevalent ban sending or reading a text message while driving. among teenage and college-aged Americans, acBoth have already passed through an Oklahoma cording to a CBS New York article. Texting while Senate committee, and we’re hopeful they will soon driving kills more teens than drunk driving, and half become law. of the students surveyed said they text while driving, We believe, in most cases, that adult Americans according to the article. The number of motorists

texting while driving continues to increase, despite national “It Can Wait” ad campaigns and the introduction of texting laws in several states.

Oklahoma lawmakers worry that the proposed legislation could turn out to be ineffective because of the difficulty of enforcing texting laws. However, we believe not adopting a law showing our state’s disapproval of the practice is not an option. Although police officers can’t catch every single motorist who texts and drives, they will catch offenders and set a precedent that if you text and drive, you’ll have to pay the price.

Even if the bills do not become law as we hope, we encourage every Sooner to put the phone down when they get behind the wheel. Shooting back a two-word text to your friend is just not worth risking your life. Drive responsibly, and we guarantee your texting pals will be happier you made it to your destination safely than upset that you took a while to respond to a text.

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Cold War not over, U.S. must adapt to counter Putin’s plans

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Opinion Columnist n 2012, during the third presidential that Russia may have violated the debate, Obama derided Romney’s Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces foreign policy platform with his stateTreaty, signed in 1987, by testing a new ment, “The 1980s are now calling to ask for ground-launched cruise missile. Russia their foreign policy back because, you know, is proceeding with former defense the Cold War’s been over for 20 years.” Quite minister Sergei Ivanov’s suggestion to the contrary. Call it what you will, the Cold George W. Bush that the two nations War has existed in some form or another abandon the treaty. since the 1940s.

This kind of behavior should be exCorbin Brown Claims that the Cold War ended with the pected from Vladimir Putin, a former brown.corbin.h@ou.edu fall of the Berlin Wall are analogous to stateKGB agent who, quite literally, defendments that the Korean War ended with the ed the Soviet Union to the end. Putin 1953 armistice. Hostilities still exist between their respec- was stationed in Dresden when the Berlin Wall fell. While tive participants. facing down crowds seeking to loot the local KGB offices, During the Putin and Medvedev administrations, the he declared, “This is Soviet territory and you’re standing Russian government has displayed many of the expanon our border … I’m serious when I say that I will shoot sionist tendencies that characterized the Soviet Union, trespassers.” In 2005, Putin described the collapse of the from its sponsorship of authoritarian regimes in the U.S.S.R. as the “the greatest geopolitical catastrophe of the Middle East to its invasions of sovereign nations in Eastern century.”

Europe.

Many commentators consider Putin to be a follower of Russia’s recent offensive in Crimea is simply the latEurasianism, a grotesque combination of Nazism, comest in a long list of egregious actions. A 2013 U.S. State munism and “Mother Russianism.” Stated generally, this Department’s report lists a number of the Russian govern- ideology pits Western liberalism against Russian imperialment’s human rights violations. Among these are “restric- ism and traditionalism. tions of civil liberties” and “discrimination against racial, The leader of the Eurasianist movement is political theethnic, religious and sexual minorities.” orist Aleksandr Dugin, who has called for the “strategic The report references two laws signed by Putin that pro- control of the USA, and the refusal to allow liberal values hibit “the distribution of material that promotes nontradi- to dominate (Russia).” tional sexual relationships to minors” and the “intentional If the Russian president is truly a follower of or public offending of religious sentiments.” Numerous Eurasianism, his machinations can be somewhat anticother pieces of legislation centered on the suppression of ipated. The underlying Russian desire to regain territory Putin’s political opponents also exist. lost when the U.S.S.R. was disbanded help drive Putin’s In addition to demonstrating a scorn for human rights, policies. Western democracies must act accordingly, Russia has violated the terms of several treaties. Russia’s whether through economic and financial sanctions, stroninvasion of Crimea serves as a violation of the 1994 ger treaty enforcement, covert action or military engageBudapest Memorandum. This treaty states that its signato- ment, if all other options have been exhausted. ries, the U.S., Russia and the U.K., must respect the soverOur current policies have let Putin trample on neigheignty, independence and territorial integrity of Ukraine. boring states, ignore international agreements and violate The economic sanctions Putin has threatened Ukraine human rights. Considering the dictatorial and expanwith likely violate the memorandum’s fourth section, sionist propensities of the Russian government, a more which says that signatories must “refrain from economic aggressive U.S. foreign policy, similar to that established in coercion designed to subordinate to their own interest the the 1980s, may prove essential to the peace and stability of exercise by Ukraine of the rights inherent in its sovereignty Eastern Europe and much of the world. and thus to secure advantages of any kind.”

Corbin Brown is a University College freshman.

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t’s about time for students to start enrolling for the summer and fall semester, and some students are beginning to look for jobs. So The Daily asked Debbie Boles, Career Services assistant director, to discuss the do’s and don’ts of career planning, and to break down what resources are available to students at OU. Career Services has walk-in hours Monday through Thursday from 1:30 to 4 p.m. to help students update resumes, review cover letters and teach them how to search for jobs, Boles said.

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If you treat your career research like you would a class and set time aside each week, or each day, you will find that you will be more organized and prepared in the job search. We also offer mock interviews, workshops and spotlights where an employer can come in and speak more in-depth about their company.

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WOMEN’S BASKETBALL

OU over-matched by UT in Big 12 Tournament

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Texas has better paint presence, bench, forces Sooners to give up first-half lead CARSON WILLIAMS

Women’s Basketball Beat Reporter @CarsonWilliams4

Under the bright lights of Chesapeake Energy Arena and in front of their hometown crowd, Sherri Coale’s Sooners could not hang on in the second half against Texas, falling 82-72.

“We let missed lay-ups or free throws kind of affect us on the defensive end, and we weren’t aware on the defensive end and made just silly mistakes,” OU guard Morgan Hook said.

Oklahoma (18-14, 9-9) led 41-35 at the half behind a buzzer-beating bank shot by freshman T’ona Edwards, her first long bomb of the season.

In the first half, the Sooners shot lights out from beyond the arc, making 8-of-16, most of which came from Sharane Campbell and Nicole Kornett.

But after the break, the roles were reversed, and it was Texas that shot lights out. The Longhorns made 54 percent of their shots in the second half.

“I think most of it was just us doing it to ourselves, not knocking down easy shots and making plays, and then brain farting on defense and losing people who are shooters,” Sooners guard Aaryn Ellenberg said. “I mean, I think most of it was us to ourselves.”

Texas (21-10, 11-7) was led by Nneka Enemkpali who, despite a subpar 4-of-11 from the field, managed to record a double-double with 10 points and a game-high 13 rebounds.

Chassidy Fussell led the Longhorns in scoring with 16 while Imani McGee-Stafford added 15 and seven rebounds.

Enemkpali, Fussell and McGee-Stafford combined for half of Texas’ points.

Oklahoma was led by Ellenberg who scored a game-high 21 points, including four made three pointers. Three other Sooners also scored in double figures.

Two areas specifically gave Texas the edge over Oklahoma.

In the paint, the Longhorns outscored the Sooners 22-8.

Texas’ bench also gave them a solid outing, outscoring Oklahoma 25-11.

“I thought our bench was really good too,” Texas head coach Karen Aston said. “Everybody that went in the game gave something, and it’s really what our team is all about. We don’t have a superstar really, so it was a team effort.”

Wednesday: • Women’s Tennis vs.

Tulsa at 5 p.m. in Tulsa, Okla.

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Oklahoma guard Aaryn Ellenberg drives around Texas guvard Brady Sanders during the first half of the OU vs. Texas game in the Big 12 Tournament this weekend.

The game saw five ties and 14 lead changes, most of which came in the first half as the two rivals were battling back and forth.

Now, Oklahoma awaits their postseason destination. While the Sooners are far from a lock in the NCAA Tournament like they have generally have been in the past, Coale believes they will still get in.

“Well, I think we’ve done enough to get in,” Coale said.

“When you go 9-9 in the No. 1 RPI league in the country, I think you’re in. I’m disappointed because I think a win tonight would have really, really helped us in terms of where we might end up.”

For now, the Sooners will end up back in Norman hoping to hear their named called come Selection Monday.

Carson Williams carson.williams@ou.edu

MEN’S BASKETBALL

Tyler Neal named the ‘Man’ Senior named CoBig 12 Sixth Man of the Year RYAN GERBOSI

Men’s Basketball Beat Reporter @RyanGerbosi

T y l e r Neal’s hard work has finally paid off.

The senior forward shared the Big 12 Sixth TYLER M a n o f t h e NEAL Ye a r Awa rd

with Oklahoma State guard Phil Forte.

Neal played in all but one game for OU this season, averaging 15.7 minutes per game off the bench.

The Oklahoma City-native scored 6.4 points per game, adding 3.4 rebounds each time out.

OSU sophomore Forte earned a sharp-shooting reputation this seas on, shooti n g 4 5 p e r- BUDDY cent from HIELD three-point range this season. He averaged 13.2 points in 27.7 minutes per game, starting eight games for the Cowboys. His 90

three-pointers were second most in the Big 12.

One of two seniors on the OU roster, Neal had career highs in points, r e b o u n d s , CAMERON m i n u t e s , CLARK three-pointers (31), field goals (62) and field goal percentage (45 percent).

He had his best scoring output in OU’s 91-86 road loss in overtime to West Virginia. In that game, Neal had 16 points, hitting 10-11 from the free-throw line.

Neal played some of his best games this season against his co-winner. In two games with Oklahoma

State, Neal scored a combined 28 points and was 5-8 from deep.

Though Neal was the only one named to an individual award, teammates Buddy Hield, Cameron Clark and Ryan Spangler were also recognized this season.

Hield was named to the All-Big RYAN 12 Second SPANGLER Team, Clark was named to the All-Big 12 Thirs Team and Spangler recieved Honorable Mention.

Ryan Gerbosi rgerbosi@ou.edu

Friday: • Baseball vs. Belmont at 6 p.m. at L. Dale Mitchell Park • Men’s Golf at Border Olympics in Laredo, Texas • Women’s Golf at Sun Trust Gator Women’s Invitational in Gainesville, Fla. • Women’s Gymnastics vs. Arkansas at 7 p.m. in Fayetteville, Ark. • Softball vs. Louisiana-Lafayette at 6 p.m. in Lafayette, La.

Saturday: • Baseball vs. Belmont at 6 p.m. at L. Dale Mitchell Park • Men’s Golf at Border Olympics in Laredo, Texas •Men’s Gymnastics vs.

Ohio State and Temple at 3 p.m in Columbus, Ohio • Men’s Tennis vs.

Duke at 12 p.m. in San Diego, Calif.

• Women’s Golf at Sun Trust Gator Women’s Invitational in Gainesville, Fla. • Softball vs. Louisiana-Lafayette at 4 p.m. in Lafayette, La.

Sunday: • Baseball vs. Belmont at noon at L. Dale Mitchell Park • Men’s Tennis vs. San Diego at noon in San Diego, Calif.

• Women’s Golf at Sun Trust Gator Women’s Invitational in Gainesville, Fla. • Softball vs. Louisiana-Lafayette at 6 p.m. in Lafayette, La.

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LIFE&ARTS

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OU Theatre’s weekend production of the opera “Alcina” an enormous success.

WRITING

Alumnus pens ambitious first book Former political science student collects short stories, fables and poems in ‘Cold Ambitions’ SAMA KHAWAJA • LIFE & ARTS REPORTER

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t’s not easy taking that first step toward following But it wasn’t easy. Corley said there weren’t many your dreams. The fear of failure can often stifle self-published students on campus that could help him ambition. But instead of being inhibited by that, with his goal. He sought advice from Melvin Odom, a Brent Corley, a 2011 political science graduate, used it as professional writing professor in the Gaylord College of fuel to publish his first book “Cold Ambitions.”

Journalism and Mass Communication.

“Sometimes, we’re the only ones that can stop us,” Odom said that independent publishing is a viable Corley said. way for writers since it has a lot to offer students at any Corley first came to the OU with the desire to be a stage in their careers. broadcast journalist. However, during the 2008 elec“It was a much longer process for me because I was all tions, he switched to politics because they sparked his on my own,” Corley said. interest in law and philosophy— themes that would Through Authorhouse, a division of Penguin Group later play out in his work as a writer. publishing, Corley finally managed to make his dream Throughout his life, Corley enjoyed writing stories but a reality. And he received a lot of support when he held was always too nervous to share them. But then Corley a book signing two weeks ago in Oklahoma Memorial won a prize for a poem he entered at Norman Public Union, he said.

Library’s 16th annual poetry writing contest in 2012.

“There were people who supported me because they “I was somewhat surprised, but it defiliked to read and especially because they nitely gave me some confidence,” Corley were interested in the book,” Corley said. said.

The book doesn’t badmouth ambition, The poem was about man’s ambition. but rather the decisions made through it, He expounded on that idea and for the next he said. two years, Corley worked out story after “People have this lofty goal, and instead story until he had enough for an anthology, of taking the rightful path, they try to cheat,” People have which was when he decided to publish it.

Corley said. “The thing that motivated you this lofty goal the most can actually lead to your own “When Brent told me, I thought he was crazy because he realand, instead demise.” ly needed to focus on school Corley’s pen name “The Wonton” is of taking the based right now,” said Charvis on an ancient Chinese doctor who rightful path, would hand out medicine to his patients Johnson, industrial engineering senior and secretly wrapped up in a wonton. they try to one of Corley’s clos“The pen name seems to say, ‘I don’t cheat.” est friends. want you to focus on me— I want you to Johnson said it focus on the work itself,’” Johnson said.

BRENT CORLEY, wasn’t impossiMichael Murphy, an OU alumnus and OU ALUMNUS ble, but it would be real estate investor, said he found the contime-consuming. cept excellent, and that it should appeal to However, Corley students who wish to follow their dreams. was adamant on getting his “It should be on someone’s reading list,” he said. work published. He said the two It’s difficult to publish books consistently, but now themes of his book were never that he has had a taste of it, Corley said he would like to be afraid to take the first step, continue. and once you took that step, be “I definitely have some ideas under work and can’t true to who you are. wait to start on them,” Corley said.

“I’m writing about this stuff, so why not live it and personify it?

Take that first step and just don’t be afraid of what anyone has to say,” Sama Khawaja sama.khawaja-1@ou.edu Corley said.

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“Cold Ambitions” was released at the end of last year. Brent Corley wrote the book under the pseudonym “The Wonton” and held a signing for the book two weeks ago in Oklahoma Memorial Union.

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