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Sooners win Bedlam showdown, 8-3

Former “Project Runway” contestant Johnathan Kayne (shown left) tells about his business ventures since losing reality design show.

The OU baseball team defeated the Oklahoma State Cowboys on Tuesday night in Norman. The game was the first Bedlam matchup in Norman since 1996.

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Gould Hall near completion Architecture students will be able to move from Hobby Lobby into their new building for the upcoming fall semester KATHLEEN EVANS The Oklahoma Daily

The future home of OU College of Architecture will be ready for move-in this summer, according to OU officials.

OU started construction on Gould Hall in 2008, and students of the college have been

working in an old Hobby Lobby building on Main Street, university spokesman Chris Shilling said.

“At this point, [workers] have done most of the exterior work and are starting to gravitate toward landscaping,” Shilling said. “The inside is where they are focusing. The space itself is starting to take shape, and they are getting paint and furniture in.”

The building should be completed by the end of May, and students and faculty should start moving materials in from the Hobby

Lobby workplace throughout the summer, Shilling said. It will be ready for academic use in the fall semester, Shilling said.

“It’s tough mid-semester to start moving everything to a new facility,” Shilling said.

“Having it begin in the fall makes the most sense. The summer allows for the transition to happen smoothly.”

The university has not planned an official SEE CONSTRUCTION PAGE 2

Academic offices to move to Cate Residence hall renovations will make new location for economics department SARA GROOVER

Students ditch shoes for a day “One Day Without Shoes” campaign began four years ago CARMEN FORMAN The Oklahoma Daily

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University College freshman Brent Stenstrom walks barefoot to promote TOMS Day on Tuesday.

TOMS Day challenges people to go for one day without shoes to raise awareness of children who grow up without shoes in developing countries.

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tudents walked barefoot on campus Tuesday to raise awareness about a lack of shoes for children in impoverished regions of the world.

In conjunction with the TOMS Shoes “One Day Without Shoes” campaign, University College freshman Annahlyse Meyer said she went barefoot not only to raise awareness about the problem but also gain a sense of perspective about what life without shoes could be like.

“It raises awareness for people in other countries, around the world and even in our own country who don’t have shoes and can’t afford them,” Meyer said. “Going a day without shoes, that just allows us to step into — not their shoes because they don’t have them — but put ourselves in their position.”

The TOMS company began the “One Day Without Shoes” event four years ago to raise awareness for children living in poverty in other nations, according to the company’s website.

“Hundreds of millions of children are at risk of injury, infection and soil-transmitted diseases that most can’t afford to prevent and treat,” according to the company’s website.

Psychology sophomore Laynie Henry said she found out about “One Day Without Shoes” when she got an email from TOMS, but she also saw it advertised on Facebook and Twitter.

Henry agreed that “One Day Without Shoes” could be seen as a publicity stunt designed to sell more shoes, but said that doesn’t diminish the good that TOMS does.

University College freshman Troy Bowser decided one day is not enough time to go barefoot, and instead, he is going a whole week without shoes.

Bowser’s plan to go barefoot for one week is an attempt to raise awareness for those living in poverty, but also a way to get attention about his idea to start a TOMS club on campus.

“Well I’ve been thinking about starting a TOMS club for a while now and I just wanted to raise a little bit of awareness. I just figured this would kind of get our names out there,“ Bowser said.

Bowser said he was in a TOMS club when he was in high school and his friends encouraged him to start one at OU. He is currently working on writing a constitution for the club and getting a faculty adviser.

He said he hopes to have the club up and running by the end of the year in the hopes of facilitating a strong start in the next academic year.

“You could go along with saying, those kids can’t wear shoes so why should we wear shoes,” Bowser said. “But to me it’s more like I see that guy not wearing shoes, I want to learn more about it.”

Meyer said she would try to go the whole day without shoes, except if she ate at Couch Cafeteria or another restaurant.

But not wearing shoes didn’t stop Bowser from eating in the cafeteria, though he said he received some funny looks from other diners.

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Renovations to a residence hall will create a new home for the economics departm e nt w h e n t h e u n i v e r s i t y makes room for the College of International Studies, university officials said.

OU Facilities, with the architecture and engineering colleges, will begin renovations on Cate Center quad one immediately after the spring 2011 graduation ceremony, Honors College Dean David Ray said.

The OU Board of Regents allocated $2 million for the renovations, according to the regents March 2011 meeting agenda.

The renovations are part of a long-scheduled project to update the Cate buildings, Ray said. Cate Center quad four was renovated in 2009, according to Daily archives. The economics SEE RENOVATIONS PAGE 2

University attracts National Scholars OU ranks No. 1 nationally in number of National Merit Scholars enrolled LANEY ELLISOR The Oklahoma Daily

OU now ranks as the No. 1 public institution in the nation regarding the number of National Merit Scholars enrolled.

OU previously led all public universities on a per-capita basis, but now leads larger institutions in the total number of scholars.

The incoming fall 2010 class included 225 National Merit Scholars from 32 states, said L e e A n n V i c t e r y , Na t i o n a l Scholars Programs director.

OU ranks fifth among public and private institutions in the number of scholars enrolled, ahead of universities such as Yale, Princeton and Stanford and just behind University of Chicago with 268 freshman scholars, Harvard College with 261, University of Southern California with 250, and Northwestern University with 227.

The Honors College and numerous study abroad

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Today around campus » Gray Hale’s Exhibition will be on display from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. in the Fred Jones Jr. Museum of Art’s Lightwell Gallery. » OU Fitness and Recreation will offer a free health and fitness seminar on designing and sticking to an exercise plan from noon to 12:45 p.m. » University College’s UC Action Staff will present “Time Management” from 2 to 3 p.m. in Adams Center’s Muldrow Tower, Room 105. » The College of International Studies and Center for the Creation of Economic Wealth will present a symposium, “The Role of Technology in the Developing World,” at 5 p.m. in the Fred Jones Jr. Museum of Art. » Men’s tennis will play Oklahoma State at 5 p.m. at the Gregg Wadley Indoor Tennis Pavilion.

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Gould Hall will be ready for academic use for fall 2011, university spokesman Chris Shilling said.

CONSTRUCTION: Furniture will fit new design Continued from page 1 dedication of the building yet and is working out scheduling with donors and guests, Shilling said.

The construction has gone over its January deadline because of extensions to the projection and some problems with asbestos, but it has not exceeded its $33 million budget, said David Nordyke, Architectural and Engineering Services director and senior project manager.

“They’ve spent most of it, but not over it,” Nordyke said.

“The furniture’s been ordered, and the contractor’s within three weeks of finishing, so mostly it’s been paid for.”

The furniture will be new, Shilling said. The old building did not have a lot of functional furniture, and OU President David Boren and his wife Molly Shi Boren really try to create

a mood within each building through its furniture and art, Shilling said.

“The new gallery is going to include a lot of new stuff that fits the new design,” Shilling said. “From being an architectural student, I was able to work in the old building. There was not a lot of furniture and the space was narrow. There were very few things in the way of comfortable furniture, which is going to change.”

The new space should be a good place for students and professors to interact, Shilling said. After the renovations all five architecture programs will be in the same building for the first time, Shilling said.

Renovations have been performed by Bockus Payne Associates Architects and the contractor, Flintco, as well as OU Architectural & Engineering Services, according to OU’s website.

» Softball will play at Kansas at 4 and 6 p.m.

RENOVATIONS: No construction date set

» The United States Air Force Band will perform a free concert 8 to 10 p.m. in Catlett Music Center’s Paul F. Sharp Concert Hall.

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Thursday, April 7 » OU Career Services will host its last career fair of the semester from 12:30 to 3:30 p.m. in the Oklahoma Memorial Union’s Molly Shi Boren Ballroom. Students should wear professional dress and bring a copy of their resume. » OU Libraries and guest Steve Beleu will give a workshop on federal government websites about Native Americans from 1:30 to 4:30 p.m. in Bizzell Memorial Library, Room 149D. » Harry Green and the School of Geology and Geophysics will discuss “How do earthquakes occur deep inside Earth?” from 3:30 to 5:30 p.m. in Sarkeys Energy Center, Room A235.

» This day in OU history

April 6, 1968 Martin Luther King Jr. memorial held on campus About 1,500 students, faculty and staff gathered on the South Oval for a memorial service dedicated to Martin Luther King, Jr. The service was organized by Campus Christian Ministries and included statements by sociology professor George Henderson, a graduate student and the president of the Afro-American Student Union. A tape recording of one of King’s speeches was also played. King was killed April 4, 1968, in Memphis, Tenn.

— Source: The Oklahoma Daily archives

» 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 emailing dailynews@ou.edu. » In a page 1 photo cutline in Tuesday’s issue, Athletic Director Joe Castiglione’s name was misspelled.

department will permanently relocate into Cate Center quad one after the renovations are complete, said economics chairman Alexander Holmes.

Currently, Cate Center quad one houses the Honors College Writing Center and one honors classroom. The writing center will be closed during the renovations, Ray said. After the renovations, the building will also host Honors College residences and two honors classrooms as well as the economics department, Ray said.

The time span of the renovations on Cate Center quad

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Free art show to celebrate Native American Heritage Month A student organization will host a free art show on Friday in OU’s Jacobson House celebrating Native American Heritage Month.

Native American Women and Others for Multicultural Preservation is planning the event and inviting traditional and non-traditional Native Americans to bring artwork for display, said the student organization’s adviser Susan Shannon.

Celebrating Native American Heritage Month is important because of the high number of Native Americans attending the university, Shannon said.

Any art entered into the show will be judged and the winners will be announced during the exhibit, Shannon said.

The judged categories are contingent upon what types of art are entered.

The art show takes place from 6 to 9 p.m., according to the Jacobson House website.

All alumni, staff, faculty and students are encouraged to attend, Shannon said.

Jacobson House is located at 609 Chautauqua Ave. — Chelsey Kraft/The Daily

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one is not set and the renovations are still in the planning stages, said architecture and engineering project manager Roger Klein. However, university spokesman Chris Shilling said the renovations should be completed by the end of the summer.

“The renovations will have minimal affect on students and the offices currently in Cate One.” Shilling said.

The economics offices are currently located in Hester Hall, for which OU has also scheduled renovations, according to the regents March 2011 agenda. The College of International Studies takes over Hester Hall after renovations are completed on the building, according to Daily archives.

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Students are sworn in as representatives for the 86th session of Undergraduate Student Congress Tuesday evening in Adams Hall. The 11 students were elected during the March 29 and 30 UOSA elections and represent different academic disciplines.

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CAC chair runoff election held today Emde, Mock will face off again after March 29, 30 elections produced no winner CHRIS MILLER The Oklahoma Daily

Students have a final opportunity to cast their votes for the next Campus Activities Council chair today.

Greg Emde, microbiology junior, and Melissa Mock, international and area studies junior, are the two candidates remaining in CAC chair runoff election.

The initial three-way CAC chair election took place March 29 and 30 and ended without a clear majority winner, necessitating today’s runoff.

In the March election, Emde received 1,477 votes and Mock received 1,457 votes, according to the UOSA election board. Bridgitte Castorino, public relations junior, also took part in the initial election but did not receive the requisite

votes to take Emde or Mock’s place in the runoff, according to the UOSA election board.

The process of putting together the runoff has been relatively smooth for her organization, election board chairwoman Natalie Jester said.

“All we had to do was reset up the [voting] website and find people to man the physical voting location,” said Jester, international security studies junior.

Emde and Mock were separated by 20 votes in the initial election, and Jester said she hopes students will return to the polls today.

“People have had ample time to hear both candidates’ platforms,” Jester said. “All that’s left is to make their choice.”

Students can vote at the physical polling location from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. at the top of the South Oval by Bizzell Memorial Library and online from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. at elections.ou.edu.

opportunities distinguish OU among these public and private institutions, Victery said.

“The remarkable achievements that OU has experienced with the leadership of President David L. Boren, coupled with OU’s top-ranked academic programs and faculty, attracts students from around the nation to OU,” Victery said.

University College freshman Dehra McGuire is among the National Merit Scholars who chose OU. The scholarships available from the university — $45,500 for Oklahoma residents and $89,500 for nonresidents — played a role in her decision to come to OU, McGuire said. Other benefits include a laptop allowance, travel-study stipend and early enrollment, McGuire said.

“It’s possible to get an Ivy League education at OU as long as you’re willing to put forth the time and effort into taking the right classes and picking the right professors, and I knew I couldn’t get that at any other school ... along with the type of family environment that comes with being a Sooner,” McGuire said.

McGuire was recruited by many institutions, she said.

It’s possible Yale sent her an application, to get an and Baylor sent her an applicaIvy League tion that was already half-comeducation at pleted, McGuire said.

“What sealed the deal for OU as long as me was that OU was the first you’re willing school to send me a letter to put forth the that someone had handwrittime and effort ten my address on and actuinto taking the ally signed their signature with a real pen instead of just a right classes printer,” McGuire said. “It told and picking me that they knew who I was. the right I wasn’t just some name in a professors.” computer.”

McGuire said she could not — DEHRA MCGUIRE, be happier with her decision to NATIONAL MERIT attend OU and has plans to stay SCHOLAR for medical school.

“This school has my heart and soul and always will,” McGuire said.

Virginia Duke, a film and video studies senior from Billings, Mont., also said the scholarship package first attracted her to OU. Duke then visited campus and fell in love, she said. “[OU] was a perfect fit for me,” Duke said.

OU is continuing its efforts to attract the best students because having these scholars on campus motivates other students to strive for academic excellence as well, Victery said.

The National Scholars Programs recruit and retain the more than 700 National Merit Scholars, Victery said.

When prospective scholars visit campus, they receive a personalized visit, including a tour and a meeting with an adviser in an academic area they are considering.

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Charity should be selfless Retard — a At The Daily, we like charities. Nonprofit organizations shoes anyway, this deal is perfectly fine. But customers provide help and money to the people who need it most should not feel obligated to shop with TOMS just because — building homes for low-income families, raising money a portion of the sale goes to a good cause. This is an unfair for cancer research or buying shoes for children who can’t marketing ploy. afford them.

This is especially true when only a fraction of consumAs nonprofit groups, charities often ask for donations er’s money actually ends up going to a nonprofit cause. to fund their activities. In 2010, Habitat Starbucks’ RED campaign donates $1 for Humanity raised over $100 million in per every pound of RED blend sold to A problem arises when cash donations, nearly a third of is operGlobal Fund. But since a pound of cofbusinesses use the idea of fee makes a lot of coffee, and Starbucks ating budget for the year, according to donating to put pressure on coffee sells for around $3 a cup, this the organization’s website.

However, a problem arises when means that the coffee shop makes far consumers to choose their businesses use the idea of donating to more off profits than it donates. product over those from put pressure on consumers to choose Customers should feel free to shop another business.” their product over those from another where they want, free from pressure to business. make every purchase part of a gift to a On Tuesday, some students gave up wearing shoes as nonprofit group. part of an effort to encourage others to donate to TOMS Charity should be a gift, not an obligation. Instead of Shoes’ “Day Without Shoes” campaign to buy shoes for feeling like you need to buy certain brands to donate, why children living in poverty. not just go the extra step and donate all of that money to As part of the campaign, for every pair of shoes that is charity? purchased from TOMS, the company will donate a pair of shoes to charity. One for one.

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Mock, Emde vie for CAC chair Editor’s note: A runoff election for Campus Activities Council chair will be held from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. today at elections. ou.edu. In the March 29 and 30 election, chair candidate Greg Emde recieved 1,477 votes — 20 more than Melissa Mock. Both were selected for the runoff, beating out candidate Bridgitte Castorino. To win the election, one candidate must recieve more than 50 percent of the vote.

Chair should bring, Chair should bring encourage diversity vast experience More than 300 students are on a Campus Activities GUEST COLUMN Council event committee. More than 1,000 students participated in Dance Melissa Mock Marathon. CAC is responsible for 13 events, including Howdy Week, College Bowl and Mom’s Day. Almost every student is bound to have some contact with CAC, whether by getting hot chocolate during Winter Welcome Week or by enjoying the sidewalk chalk competition during Homecoming.

The CAC chair is responsible for overseeing all of these events— that’s the reason you should vote. Your experience as a student is affected by CAC. To get the most out of OU, you should vote for CAC chair. With platform issues that encompass many aspects of campus, I believe you should vote for me.

I’ve already made a difference in CAC as the current public relations chair. As such, I oversaw advertising for all of the CAC events.

One of my main goals this year was to make sure OU knows about CAC through PR. I ran a PR campaign that promoted the diversity of CAC. I’ve worked with many international students, and I believe To get the most the diversity of our students out of OU, you makes OU strong. should vote for Because of this, I want to CAC Chair. With co-program with a variety of platform issues groups on campus. I also want to educate the OU commuthat encompass nity through workshops about many aspects of sponsorship, publicity and procampus, I believe gramming. This will help other you should vote organizations prepare for their for me.” own events.

Furthermore, I want people to get more out of CAC than just attending events. I want to add a philanthropy aspect to every event.

I’m proud that CAC supports Children’s Miracle Network through Dance Marathon, and I want CAC to give back to the community around us.

CAC has the ability to make a difference by supporting many organizations. CAC can also give back to students who volunteer on CAC Crew. I want to grow Crew to more than a volunteering experience. I want all those who participate to have the opportunity to learn leadership skills.

Through all my platform issues, I believe I can be the difference in CAC. I want to keep all the great things CAC already does, but I know CAC can be more.

I know CAC can create a community for you. For more information, please visit www.votemm.com. I’d appreciate your vote on Wednesday.

— Melissa Mock, international and area studies junior CAC chairwoman candidate

E.M.D.E — Experience, Meaning, Dedication and Effect. I am Greg Emde and GUESTT COLUMN these four leadership attributes are what I will stand by Greg Emde if elected by you to Campus Activities Council Chairman.

Throughout my time at the University of Oklahoma, I have served in the leadership of multiple organizations on campus. My love for OU and CAC, as well as my experience and note-worthy contributions, are why I ask you to join me in creating a memorable year for us all.

My campaign platform includes three specific goals: education through workshop series, internal support through smoother transitions and inclusion through student group liaisons. Through workshops, I will make sure CAC vitalizes campus groups that support it, bettering their operations.

Every year, CAC events incorporate amazing new ideas.

While successful, they get lost in the transition between event chairs. I will work with chairs to not only change events from year to year but grow them as well.

My final platform point is to create liaisons within student groups. Creating a CAC representative will bolster and organize a group’s involvement in CAC events and bring CAC Every year, CAC even closer to complete campus participation. events incorporate Experience, the first key facet amazing new of my campaign acronym, is ideas. While shown through my involvement successful, here at OU. My freshman year, I they get lost in was on CAC Film and Big Event Operations Staff as well as other the transition roles on campus. between event My sophomore year, I became chairs.” the first full-term sophomore event chair in over 10 years as CAC Film Series chair. I was also involved as a SafeWalk resident adviser and a Camp Crimson small group leader.

Currently, I serve daily as the CAC Executive Treasurer.

I have also been involved this year as a Big Event vice chair of public affairs, a resident adviser, a Camp Crimson Crew Member and have volunteered extensively throughout Norman.

They aren’t just titles though. Last year, I quadrupled the attendance at the annual OU Student Film Festival and created the first ever Script Writing Contest. This year, I worked with the Association of Fundraising Professionals and the Union Programming Board to create the first ever CAC Sponsorship Seminar, setting the groundwork for my first platform point, the workshop series.

Thank you for your time and commitment throughout this entire process. More details can be found on my website, www.EmdeForCAC.com and please be sure to vote this Wednesday between 8 a.m. and 8 p.m. at elections. ou.edu.

— Greg Emde, microbiology junior CAC chairman candidate

medical term, not an insult We all say it : one of our friends says someSTAFF COLUMN LUMN thing completely foolish like “President Barack Mubeen Shakir Obama is a Muslim,” we hear about how somebody started studying for a midterm the day of the test or how someone blatantly copied an online paper and submitted it. We use the word all the time.

Retarded.

I admit I have used this word frequently to describe how stupid a person has been or how ridiculous a certain homework assignment or exam question was. No doubt most of us have used this word in a similar context.

We don’t ever have any cruel or foul intentions when we call something “retarded,” rather, we are just describing something in the best way we deem possible.

However, each time we call something or someone “retarded,” we are committing a great offense to those in our community, family and friends who are often unable to defend themselves.

When they were first introduced, the words “mental retardation” or “mentally retarded” were medical terms used to describe those with intellectual disabilities in a clinical setting.

Today, the words “retard” and “retarded” have evolved to become synonymous with pejorative terms like “dumb” and “stupid.”

In 2004, at the request of Special Olympic athletes, the Special Olympics changed their terminology and classification of athletes from “mental retardation” to “intellectual disability.”

In addition, in 2008 the Special Olympics launched the site www.r-word.org to fight the inappropriate use of “retarded” in common language.

I became aware of my insensitivity to the “r-word” while The Special watching The Colbert Report Olympics aims last week as Tim Shriver, the at amplifying the Special Olympics Chairman, gifts and positive served as Colbert’s guest for attributes of its the evening.

As I listened to Shriver exparticipant’s plain to Colbert and his audilives, while ence about the inappropriate dispelling the use of words like “retard” and “retarded.” I began to realize stereotypes how close-minded and crass and negative we all have unintentionally attitudes that been. most view them The Special Olympics aims with.” to amplify the gifts and positive attributes of its participants’ lives, while dispelling the stereotypes and negative attitudes that most view them with.

“Retarded” has now been so closely associated with stupidity and idiocy that to continue labeling those with intellectual disabilities with the term is not only an insult to the tremendous work that organizations like the Special Olympics do, but an insult to millions all over the world who live with such disabilities.

As individuals, we all have our own gifts and strengths that we should be proud of. When we label a foolish friend who got a DUI when he could have called SafeRide as retarded, and in the same token describe those with intellectual disabilities with the same word, we are demonstrating a severe form of intolerance and ignorance.

Regardless of whether we mean it or not, we are essentially categorizing all those with intellectual disabilities as idiots and voicing a sense of superiority over them.

In using the r-word we continually forget about the courage and fortitude of those who are intellectually disabled. We continually dehumanize and mock those who are contributing members of society and have done no wrong to us.

There are Special Olympics athletes who can accomplish physical feats that most of us would never dream of. But do we call ourselves physical retards? Of course not.

Obviously, most of us who have used the r-word have not meant it with such negative connotation. However, to those family, friends, and those with actual intellectual disabilities, as people continually label them as “retarded,” we are committing a form of hate speech.

It is time for us to curb our usage of this word, and end the discrimination, exclusivity and intolerance that go along with it.

— Mubeen Shakir, University College freshman

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NATION NEWS BRIEFS 1. Phoenix

High court grants execution stay for Ariz. inmate A man set to be the last person put to death in Arizona using a controversial three-drug lethal injection method has won a reprieve while the U.S. Supreme Court considers an unrelated issue in his case.

The high court on Monday granted a stay of execution for Daniel Wayne Cook, 49, less than 24 hours before he was scheduled to die for killing a man and a teenage boy in 1987 after torturing and raping them for hours.

It is on hold until the Supreme Court makes a decision on an argument by Cook’s lawyers that he received ineffective counsel during post-conviction proceedings.

2. Poughkeepskie, N.Y.

Cops: Couple stole $1.9M from Vassar College Fancy cars and watches along with unregistered guns and fake IDs were seized at the suburban New York City home of a couple accused of stealing nearly $2 million from Vassar College, a 150-year-old liberal arts school in the midHudson Valley, authorities said Monday.

Arthur Fisher, 44, and his wife Jennifer Fisher, 38, of Ossining were arrested Friday after investigators determined $1.9 million had been embezzled from the capital spending account at Vassar, where Fisher worked as a construction project manager from 2005 until December.

3. San Francisco

Judge overturns $625.5M patent suit against Apple A federal judge has overturned a federal jury’s order that Apple Inc. pay $625.5 million in damages for violating patents held by a Mirror Worlds LLC. The decision by U.S. District Judge Leonard Davis in Tyler, Texas, disclosed in a court filing Monday, dismisses one of the largest-ever patent infringement verdicts.

The judge said that “Mirror Worlds may have painted an appealing picture for the jury, but failed to lay a solid foundation sufficient to support important elements it was required to establish under the law.”

PHOENIX — Boeing was surprised when a section of a Southwest jetliner’s fuselage ripped open in flight because they didn’t think the plane was old enough to be worrisome, a company official said.

The airline cleared most of its older 737 planes to return to the skies Tuesday.

Southwest said it had inspected nearly all of the jets it grounded after the accident on Friday. Five were found with the same kinds of cracks suspected of causing the 5-footlong hole to open as the jet cruised around 34,000 feet. The planes are being repaired, the airline said.

Boeing engineers did not expect to see the cracks because they thought they had designed the joints that hold the 737300s’ aluminum skin in place to be more robust.

They believe the planes would not need inspections for at least 60,000 pressurization cycles, the number of times that a plane takes off and lands. The company hadn’t even issued inspection specifications because none of the planes involved were anywhere near that old.

The jet was 15 years old and logged 39,000 cycles.

“I would say that it’s regrettable that we had to accelerate our plans to recommend inspections based on an event of this nature,” Boeing chief 737 engineer Paul Richter said. He said the company has given repair instructions to Southwest for three planes.

A “service bulletin” from Boeing and an emergency Federal Aviation Administration order that will be issued on Tuesday mean inspection on 737-300s, 737-400s and 737500s will be done starting at 30,000 cycles.

The FAA order is aimed at finding weaknesses in the metal exterior, but virtually all of the affected aircraft will have already been inspected by the time the order takes effect.

Obama to address black voters today The president has an 84 percent approval rating with blacks, according to last week’s poll On Wednesday, President Barack Obama is scheduled to make a foray into racial territory by speaking in New York at the Rev. Al Sharpton’s national convention — an early step on the tricky path that Obama must navigate in order to engage black voters who are crucial to his re-election.

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Aside from the timing of Obama’s speech — two days after his reBARACK election bid was made OBAMA official — Wednesday’s events at the National Action Network gathering are heavily political. Obama’s top campaign aide, David Axelrod, is to address a special plenary, followed by the secretaries of education and housing, the attorney general and the EPA administrator.

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blacks who voted chose Obama. In a Gallup poll last week, 84 percent of blacks approved of Obama’s overall performance, about the same percentage as six months ago.

It’s actually harder for Obama to reach out to black voters than it would be for a white president, said Mark Anthony Neal, an African-American studies professor at Duke University, “because there’s a narrative that he’s catering to a black constituency.”

“Obama needs Al Sharpton as a certain kind of surrogate for black voters,” Neal said. “Symbolically, his willingness to speak at the convention is a subtle message to black voters that he is paying attention to their concerns.

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Sooners win first rivalry game played in Norman since Big 12 formation ZACK HEDRICK The Oklahoma Daily

The No. 10 Oklahoma baseball team beat No. 23 Oklahoma State, 8-3, Tuesday at L. Dale Mitchell Park in a heated mid-week, nonconference game.

The Sooners have won their last five with Tuesday’s win and six of their last seven.

“It was fun,” OU coach Sunny Golloway said. “I probably sound like an OU commercial, but it was really a special night.”

OU hosted the Cowboys for the first Bedlam game on the OU campus since the Big 12’s inception in 1996, when Bedlam games moved to Tulsa and Oklahoma City.

The Sooners played OSU in Stillwater last year, losing 7-6.

After Sunday’s win that completed a sweep of Texas Tech last weekend, the Sooners already were gearing up for Tuesday’s game against their in-state rivals.

Senior third baseman Garrett Buechele called the game against Oklahoma State a “nice little tuneup” for the Bedlam weekend series that will count in conference April 15-17.

“It’s a big game Tuesday,” junior shor tstop Caleb Bushyhead said on Sunday.

“We need to go out there and prove what kind of ballclub we are.”

Against OSU, the Sooners trailed early after giving up three runs in the top of the second inning. Junior starting pitcher Jack Mayfield

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Sophomore Max White hits against Oklahoma State in OU’s 8-3 nonconference win over the Cowboys on Tuesday. It was the first time since 1996 the two teams met in Norman. allowed a solo home run to start the inning.

After getting two outs on a double play, two more runs for Oklahoma State came across and Mayfield was relieved by freshman Dillon Overton after facing just 12 batters.

Overton was solid in relief. He pitched 6.1 innings and struck out a career-high eight batters during his work in relief of Mayfield.

Golloway said he was impressed how the freshman came into the ballgame and carried most of the load. “[Overton] was nothing short of spectacular,” Golloway said. “Not so much what he did early in the game to stabilize it and give our bats a chance, but what

he did late in the game.”

Overton was the beneficiary of two double plays turned behind him that got him out of a couple of jams.

While Overton’s pitching kept the Cowboys off the board, the Sooners’ offense got to work.

OU waited until the third inning to get on the board but put up three runs to tie the game. OU also scored in the fourth, fifth and sixth innings.

OU once again cleared the double-digit hit plateau for the 16th time this season, collecting 13 hits against the Cowboys.

The Sooners have collected 10 or more hits in every game during their current five-game winning streak.

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For athletic departments, STAFF COLUMN money is the bottom line, and success is a perk bring James Corley in more dough.

Consider four Sooner coaches: • Women’s basketball coach Sherri Coale, who just wrapped up her 15th season at OU, built a program out of nothing to one of the country’s premier competitors.

• Softball coach Patty Gasso, 17th season, is one of the winningest coaches at OU and recently surpassed 800 career wins with the Sooners.

• Baseball coach Sunny Golloway, sixth season, has maintained a program among the nation’s elite, bringing in fresh talent year after year to build on past success.

• Recently hired men’s basketball coach Lon Kruger is the newcomer of the bunch. Although Kruger has enjoyed success in his other coaching stops, he has yet to show he’s got what it takes to bring OU back to elite status. But of the four coaches, Kruger easily will pull in the largest paycheck.

Fair? Not really. But that’s how things are.

Kruger was successful in coaching tenures at Kansas State, Illinois, Florida and UNLV, leading all four to the NCAA tournament. He’ll make around $16 million during the next seven years — or about $2.3 million per year — pending approval by the OU Board of Regents.

Coale makes more than $900,000 a year, and Gasso will receive about $200,000 a year with the extension she signed last fall. Even with a new deal Golloway agreed to in October, he will only pull in $295,000 each year. Each coach’s salary is fairly standard in the national picture for their respective sports, though Coale could be paid a little more.

It’s sad, but for departments across the country, it’s all about the Benjamins.

Men’s basketball was the only program other than football that brought in money last year — about $2.7 million, according to the OU athletic department. Don’t expect it to make money soon, since OU will be paying out former coach Jeff Capel’s contract — $1.55 million a year, plus $2.1 million for early termination — on top of Kruger’s new pricetag.

Kruger’s contract barely touches football coach Bob Stoops’ $4.875 million contract, but the football program raked in almost $40 million in 2009-10.

The message OU sends with Kruger’s contract is it’s willing to pay for success but only if that success produces a big pile of money. The sad truth is football and men’s basketball make money if they win, and other sports typically don’t.

That’s why Golloway was sitting on the front row of Kruger’s introduction Monday to welcome a man who’ll make almost 10 times more than he will next season.

—James Corley, journalism senior

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OU hopes to ruffle feathers Sooners to duel weary Cowboys OU coach looks to stay perfect against Oklahoma State in home Bedlam match

the four-match losing streak, downing the Cowboys, 6-1.

Ne x t , No. 5 Te x a s A & M s h u t o u t Oklahoma State. Then, No. 7 Texas topped JOSH HELMER OSU, 6-1. 19th-ranked Texas Tech handed The Oklahoma Daily the Cowboys their most recent setback, a When the Sooners and Cowboys met 5-2 loss.

Meanwhile, the Sooners enter the reFeb. 25, OU had to take 4-of-6 singles match as winners of nine of their last 11 matches for a 4-3 rally win.

The 26th-ranked Oklahoma men’s ten- matches and are coming off a 4-3 victory over then-ranked No. 31 nis team (11-4, 1-1 Big 12) Tulsa. hopes today’s game is not The Sooners split matchas close. es with the Longhorns and OU hosts the unAggies, beating then-No. 4 ranked Cowboys at the WHAT: OU vs. Oklahoma St. Texas, 4-3, in dramatic fashH e a d i n g t o n Fa m i l y ion March 25 before falling Tennis Center for the secWHEN: 5 p.m. today to then-No. 6 Texas A&M, ond round of Bedlam at 5 5-2, two days later. p.m. today.

WHERE: Headington Family OU is led by senior Ionut Oklahoma State (3-9, Tennis Center Beleleu and All-American 0-3 Big 12) has struggled sophomore Costin Paval. mightily this season durBeleleu, a native of Romania, ing its difficult schedule.

Nine of the Cowboys’ 12 past opponents is ranked No. 30 in singles play, while fellow Romanian Paval checks in at No. 79. are currently ranked 61st or better.

Paval and freshman Peerakit O S U ’s t h r e e w i n s c a m e a g a i n s t Sacramento State, No. 52 UNLV and in- Siributwong are the nation’s 42nd-ranked doubles pair. state foe Oral Roberts.

With the win earlier in the season over The 6-1 win over ORU is the most recent Cowboys victory, coming over a month OSU, Oklahoma coach John Roddick boasts a perfect 3-0 record against the ago on March 3.

Since the win over the Golden Eagles, Cowboys in his time at OU. Free pizza will be available at today’s OSU has run into a gauntlet of Texas schools. No. 61 Southern Methodist started match while supplies last.

Team visits struggling Kansas Jayhawks for mid-week doubleheader TOBI NEIDY The Oklahoma Daily

The No. 14 OU softball team (29-10, 2-2 Big 12) heads north for a two-game series against the Kansas Jayhawks at 4 p.m. today in Lawrence, Kan. OU is currently in the middle of a four-game road stretch in conference action and will play the second game of the doubleheader against the Jayhawks (27-10, 0-6 Big 12) at 6 tonight.

Oklahoma leads the alltime series against KU, 47-41.

The Sooners won both contests last season and is 7-3 in their last 10 games.

The Sooners just completed a series split against Texas Tech last weekend in Lubbock, Texas. After losing the first game, 5-0, Oklahoma held onto a 7-6 victory.

The Jayhawks have are 1-7 in the team’s last eight games, including series losses to Missouri, Texas and Nebraska to open their Big 12 schedule. The lone win for Kansas during the stretch came against the University of Missouri-Kansas City, 4-2, on March 30.

K U ’s M i s s o u r i a n d Nebraska series were home games for the Jayhawks.

KU is led on offense by sophomore Maggie Hull, who holds a .355 batting average to lead the team.

Sophomore Keilani Ricketts and the OU pitching staff will look to limit Hull and the rest of the Jayhawk

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Senior Chana’e Jones leans back to dodge an inside pitch during OU’s 8-3 win over Central Arkansas on March 29 in Norman. offense.

Ricketts continues to be an asset for the Sooners in the circle, leading the conference in strikeouts (249), appearances (28) and games started (21).

The ace southpaw started both games against Tech and is 17-6 going into today’s doubleheader.

F re s h ma n o u t f i e l d e r Destinee Martinez continues

to cause trouble at the plate for opposing defenses.

Martinez’s 52 hits leads the Big 12, and the Corona, Calif., native was the only Sooner to get a hit during the 5-0 shutout loss to Tech last weekend.

The Sooners return home this weekend to host No. 17 Baylor. First pitch is set for 2 p.m. Saturday at Marita Hynes Field.

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Oklahoma earns 3 seed for NCAA Championships

Starting pitcher earns Big 12 weekly honors

The OU women’s gymnastics team earned a three seed at the NCAA Championships, the association announced Monday.

Seeds were determined using each team’s National Qualifying Score, which is calculated by adding the Regional Qualifying Score to the team’s score during regional competition.

The Sooners won an NCAA Regional meet Saturday in Norman to claim a second consecutive berth in the championships, which start April 15 in Cleveland, Ohio.

Oklahoma competes alongside No. 2 seed UCLA, No. 6 Michigan, No. 7 Georgia, No. 10 Arkansas and No. 11 Illinois in the first semifinal round.

The top three teams from each seminal will advance to the Super Six at 4 p.m. April 16.

Senior Michael Rocha was named Big 12 Pitcher of the Week, the league announced Monday.

It was the third career conference award for the Buda, Texas, native and his second this season (March 7).

Rocha threw his second complete game this year Friday against Texas Tech in Norman.

Michael Rocha He allowed three hits in nine innings with one run and five strikeouts.

Rocha leads the nation in victories with a 7-0 record as a starter and is third in the Big 12 with a 0.97 ERA. — Daily staff reports

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Hollywood legend Elizabeth Taylor died March 23 from congestive heart failure. Taylor’s film career began in the early 1940s.

lizabeth Taylor: The violet-eyed Hollywood legend, whose stunSTAFF COLUMN MN ning beauty, glamorous lifestyle, compelling screen performances and unLaron tiring humanitarian efforts ended up makChapman n ing her one of Hollywood’s most famous and iconic entertainment figures.

Taylor died March 23 as a result of congestive heart failure, ending her reign as one of the last great actresses of Hollywood’s Golden Age of cinema. While her death marks the end of a venerable era in Hollywood’s history, the fruits of her labor continue to influence entertainment today, demonstrating the power of her talents and concern for humanity and equality.

As a child, she was an American residing in London with her parents and brother. Even given her uncommon grace, radiant beauty and fiery spirit, the London-born star was renowned for her professional career which began in the early ’40s. She attracted much attention as a child performing in MGM films, most notably for her role as a courageous youth who formed an unlikely bond with her race horse in the enduring classic “National Velvet” (1944).

This film marked the birth of her long-standing stardom, spanning more than 50 unforgettable portrayals, two of which she received best actress Oscars for — “Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?” (1967) and “Butterfield 8” (1961).

Taylor’s performances commanded audience attention, exuding her playful innocence, blossoming sensuality, conviction and versatility.

However, acting was just one of

Taylor’s strong suits. She also was considered a social activist. Much of her compassion, dedication and worldliness was credited to her companionship with troubled stars Michael Jackson and Rock Hudson.

On numerous occasions, Taylor spoke out, opposing the negative allegations that plagued the final moments of their lives.

Following Hudson’s death from AIDS in the mid-80s, Taylor co-founded the American Foundation for AIDS Research, raising over $270 million and becoming one of the first celebrities to call attention to the epidemic and make its relevance known worldwide. In 1992, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences bestowed her with a prestigious humanitarian award for her efforts in bringing about AIDS awareness.

A spokeswoman for countless charities, mother of four children, actress of several huge movies, fashion and jewelry guru and yes, wife of many husbands, Taylor lived a rather lavish and eccentric life. She married eight times and made no excuses for her choices, but rather found humor in them. “The Telegraph” quotes her stating jokingly, “I’ve only slept with men I’ve been married to. How many women can make that claim? I am a very committed wife. And I should be committed, too — for being married so many times.”

Despite the criticism that surrounded her sometimes drunken and abusive private life, Taylor remained tactful and optimistic, focusing her energies on more serviceable causes.

Taylor’s passing gives fans and admirers a chance to reflect on a life fully-lived and reveals a legacy that will live on for years to come. She embodied everything it means to be a star. She had the fame, fortune, beauty, talent, compassion and personality.

— Laron Chapman, film and video studies junior

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Local Style Soon after graduating g from New York City fashion school, Project Runway star Johnathan Johnatha Kayne returned to Norman following follow his reality show success HUMA KHAN HUM The O Oklahoma Daily

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Johnathan Kayne, “Project Runway” season three contestant, works on one of his original designs. His line of evening gowns and shoes can be found at Oklahoma City stores as well as on his website.

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“My goal is not to make girls look beautiful, typically works 12 hour work days and that number can significantly increase if he is in- anyone can do that,” Kayne said. “I want to make them feel beautiful.” volved in a major event.”

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