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BIG EVENT TO SEE BIG NUMBERS Nearly 5,000 people sign up to participate in 160 projects KATHLEEN EVANS Daily Staff Writer

Saturday’s Big Event will be the biggest yet, with a record-breaking number of participants ready to give back to the Norman-Oklahoma City community.

Nearly 5,000 OU students, faculty and staff have signed up for the 2010 Big Event, the most yet, said Kaleb Potter, event chairman. The 70 students who comprise the executive team arranged 160 local projects, compared with 135 last year.

The Big Event is an annual occasion that started at Texas A&M University

and spread to more than 60 universities across the nation, according to the Big Event Web site. The goal of the day is to say thanks to the local community by participating in service projects throughout the area.

“The team has worked so well together,” said Potter, entrepreneurship senior.

“The last few years have been awesome, but this year we really improved communication and contact with the different job sites.”

Community gardens are becoming increasingly popular, and this year students will help at several different ones to lay the groundwork, Potter said.

The committee also met with Norman Mayor Cindy Rosenthal to arrange job

sites, such as cleaning litter off local highways.

Some of Saturday’s projects extend past Norman’s borders. An OU group will distribute safety packs in an Oklahoma City neighborhood.

“One neighborhood got a grant for these safety packs,” Potter said. “They will contain things like flashlights and batteries that people might need in a storm. The neighborhood needs help distributing them, though, so a group of volunteers is going to go to each house and do that.”

This year marks the 11th Big Event at OU, and it has become an OU tradition students look forward to each spring, according to the Web site.

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Stefanie Mathews and Adam Lane, anthropology juniors, fill out the census digitally Thursday. The U.S. Census Road Tour stopped in front of the Oklahoma Memorial Union to encourage students to fill out the census and take part in the census’ new social media feature.

Census group visits OU to raise awareness Approximately 300 students attend US census road tour event in front of the union, director says RICKY MARANON Assignment Editor

The U.S. Census Portrait of America Road Tour made a stop Thursday at OU. The census sets up the road tour to raise awareness for citizens to fill out the constitutionally mandated form, but a new social media feature was added this year where students were able to take their pictures and send audio and video messages to other states through its Web site.

Tham Vo, trip director, said she estimated 300 students came out to the event on the Asp Avenue side of the Oklahoma Memorial Union.

“We want to emphasize that the census is important to fill out,” Vo said.

Vo said students living on campus and in greek houses have intentionally not received a census.

“We are working with Student Life and Resident Life to make sure that we make sure everyone is counted,” Vo said.

Students living in Traditions Square received an e-mail

Students spend a day without shoes Shoe company urges people to give up footwear for a day as part of event to raise awareness AUDREY HARRIS Daily Staff Writer

Students walked to class barefoot Thursday as part of TOMS Shoes’ annual “One Day Without Shoes,” a nationwide event meant to spread awareness about the thousands of people in developing countries who don’t own footwear.

Jen Hilz, OU’s TOMS Campus representative, said she had issues hosting the event on-campus, so instead participants mingled and ate outside at The Cottages of Norman. Raising Cane’s and Red Bull donated food for the event.

Hilz, advertising junior, said she thinks TOMS is one-of-a-kind company, and she hopes to see more TOMS supporters at OU. Rachel Cunningham, University College freshman, went nearly all day without wearing shoes, walking from the dorms to both of her classes in Dale and Gittinger Halls barefoot. Cunningham also took her psychology test barefoot, although she briefly put on her shoes entering the building out of respect for OU President David Boren.

“I wore shoes into Dale because Boren’s first class is right there and I didn’t want him to see me walking barefoot into the building,” Cunningham said.

She said some students were hesitant about going barefoot, saying it was gross or weird. One person told Cunningham going barefoot would spread fungus, but she said she tried to convince them otherwise.

Last year, Oklahoma Sens. Andrew Rice, D-Oklahoma City, and Steve Russell, R-Oklahoma City, authored a resolution endorsing TOMS’ annual event that declared April 16, 2009, “One Day Without Shoes Day” in Oklahoma. On that day, while in their suits, the senators took off their shoes and spoke to the news media about the issue, according to the Oklahoma Senate Web site.

Supporters at the OU event ranged from TOMS rookies to devoted three-year customers.

Shayla Brewer, University College freshman, attended the TOMS event at The Cottages. Brewer said she heard the group wasn’t allowed to host the event on-campus because TOMS was a company.

“Yes, TOMS is a company, but it’s not the normal company. It doesn’t do the things normal companies do,” Brewer said. “They are actually giving back.”

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Wednesday about when their copies of the census would be delivered.

“Monday, several members of the Traditions staff will be delivering the census forms to your apartments,” said Ryan Fair, resident director of Traditions Square-East.

Vo said greek houses will be counted on one census form that will be delivered to the houses some time next week.

“We won’t have 40 census forms for one address,” Vo said.

Census workers at the event said they want to encourage seniors to fill out their forms as well.

“I remember when I was in college and I was about to graduate, the census didn’t mean anything to me either,” said Connie Yellowman, census partnership specialist. “Now that I look back on it, I realize that even though I was leaving, someone was going to take my place as a freshman. So seniors should fill this out even though they will be moving away.”

Funding in the Norman area could be greatly affected if no seniors fill out their census forms, Yellowman said.

According to the U.S. Census Bureau Web site, the census is now being used as a count to distribute government resources such as funding for government projects. The census also will do its traditional job by counting how many people are in what parts of the U.S. so congressional districts may be redrawn CENSUS CONTINUES ON PAGE 2

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Students urged to stand strong against prejudices Panel members say Oklahoma will move toward equality in time RICKY MARANON Assignment Editor

Prominent figures of the Oklahoma gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender community encouraged a group of students Thursday night in the OU College of Law to stand strong against prejudices.

As a part of its Equality Week celebration, United Students hosted a discussion panel consisting of Oklahoma City attorney Brittany Novotny, News 9 Reporter Rusty Surette, State Reps. Al McAffrey and Ryan Keisel, and OU law professor Kathleen Guzman.

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(From left to right) Transgender Oklahoma City Attorney Brittany Novotny, State Rep. Al McAffrey, the first openly gay man elected to the Oklahoma House of Representatives and State Rep. Ryan Keisel, a notable pro-gay legislator, speak during a diversity panel event Thursday night in the OU College of Law. The event was a part of United Student’s Diversity Week celebration.

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“I don’t make my sexual orientation an issue when I’m running for office, and I really don’t have to,” said McAffrey, D-Oklahoma City, the first openly gay man elected to the Oklahoma House of Representatives. “Be yourself, and they can’t hold

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that against you.”

McAffrey said only one person asked him if he was gay when he first ran for office.

“I told him that I was and I asked him if that meant he wasn’t going to vote for me,” McAffrey said. “He said he would vote for me because I was honest.”

Novotny, a transgender candidate for the Oklahoma House of Representatives, said she hasn’t faced much criticism of her gender identity.

“It really hasn’t been an issue,” Novotny said. “I try to focus on the issues that affect my district. Many people have actually said they aren’t upset with me about my transition, but they are more upset with me about my stance on a municipal tax issue.”

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Students said they felt the event was an interesting way to get students involved.

“I think it helps get students involved in something that they often wouldn’t care about,” said Trevor Engles, multidisciplinary studies junior.

Engles said he enjoyed the new social media feature that came with the tour.

“It’s nice to know that other people can see that we are just like them,” Engles said.

The Portrait of America feature is a new part of the U.S. census road tour.

“My husband and I feel like the census is just a part of our civic duty just like voting, and I think this event and even the Portrait of America feature allows students to feel like the census is something that matters in their lives and this is something they should care about,” said Carrie MillerDeBoer, zoology graduate student.

Lizzy Anderson, 2007 OU alumna, also attended the TOMS event at The Cottages and volunteered at OU’s past TOMS Campus Club event. Anderson said she has purchased six pairs of the shoes and has communicated with TOMS founder Blake Mycoskie on MySpace. Mycoskie founded the company with the idea that for every pair of shoes purchased, TOMS would give a new pair of shoes to a child in need. To date, TOMS has donated more than 600,000 pairs of shoes, according to its Web site.

“I love what it’s doing, giving a pair of shoes to kids in need,” Anderson said. “It’s becoming a phenomenon. It’s amazing thinking about what it’ll possibly do.”

stories that involve his sexual orientation.

“I walked into the office that day and people were standing around a computer listening to Kern’s comments equating gays to terrorists,” Surette said. “For 10 seconds, it made me upset inside, but then I had to remember that I am in this business to get the facts.”

Surette said his experience with Kern, a legislator who is noted to be anti-gay, has been positive.

“She is actually one of the nicest people you’ll ever meet,” Surette said.

Because United Students mainly consists of law students, the discussion also touched on legal challenges facing GLBT

citizens.

“We are making progress when it comes to equality,” Guzman said.

Guzman said rights are coming into fruition for GLBT citizens.

Tolerance for GLBT equality has gained in momentum and most polls have shown a doubling in support for gay rights, she said.

The group spent time focusing on Senate Bill 1965, a bill that would restrict what Oklahoma could do in hate crime investigations.

“I am happy to say that I think that bill is dead,” said Keisel, a heterosexual legislator and adjunct OU law professor. “This bill does not silence bigoted assholes. This bill silences violent bigoted assholes.”

Kiesel, D-Seminole, said he was glad the bill died in the House judiciary committee Monday because he believed the Oklahoma House of Representatives would have passed the bill. There was a lot of political rhetoric and prejudice

that was pushing the bill, he said.

Panelists said they’re hopeful that Oklahoma will move forward.

McAffrey said he is expecting changes to occur within Oklahoma companies and municipalities.

“If Norman and Oklahoma City pass something, while they are in the middle of positive economic growth, and a city like Moore doesn’t want to pass a similar measure, they will most likely miss out on the new resources of people seeking to live in an inclusive community,” McAffrey said.

Keisel said change would come slower to the legislature compared with society.

“Social norms always change faster than political norms,” Keisel said. “Eventually, the change will come to lawmakers and in our political system, but it will take time, especially in Oklahoma.”

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SATURDAY APO OPEN HOUSE Service fraternity APO will host an open house 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. in the Sooner Room of the Oklahoma Memorial Union. Free food.

ART SYMPOSIUM The Fred Jones Jr. Museum of Art presents its sixth-biennial sympsosium, “Larger Than Life: Sculpture and the American West,” featuring award-winning sculptors, art academics and pro-

fessionals. The event runs 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. and is free to the public. The luncheon is $20 per plate or $10 with student ID. Participants may register for the luncheon by calling 405-325-5939 or by e-mailing russellcenter@ou.edu.

SUNDAY MEDIEVAL FILM SERIES “The Lion in Winter,” starring Peter O’Toole, Katharine Hepburn and Anthony Hopkins, shows at 3 p.m. in Meacham Auditorium. Event is free and open to the public.

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

• In the Our View on page 4 in Thursday’s edi-

tion of The Daily, the reason Wilma Mankiller left Oklahoma for San Francisco was misstated.

As a child, Mankiller relocated with her family to California under a government program.

• In the Weekend Update on page 11 of Thursday’s edition of The Daily, Ira Flatow’s name was misspelled.

The following is a list of arrests and citations, not convictions. The information given is compiled from the Norman and OU Police Departments. At times, the Cleveland County Sheriff’s Department and the Oklahoma City FBI will contribute to these reports. All those listed are innocent until proven guilty.

COUNTY WARRANT Zachary Lawrence Compton, 21, West Franklin Road, Wednesday

MUNICIPAL WARRANT James Dean White, 22, 201 W. Gray St., Wednesday

ASSAULT AND BATTERY Jacob Aquila Dunn, 35, 750 E. Lindsey St., Tuesday

PETTY LARCENY Jayme Ellen Franklin, 38, 333 N. Interstate Drive, Tuesday, also trespassing

POSSESSION OF CONTROLLED DANGEROUS SUBSTANCES Ricky Allen Gerard, 27, 3750 W. Main St., Wednesday, also a county warrant and possession of drug paraphernalia

DISTURBING THE PEACE Randall Wayne Hanson, 21, 300 Hal Muldrow Drive, Tuesday

DRIVING UNDER THE INFLUENCE Krista Lynn Jimerson, 41, East Robinson Street, Wednesday Erica Renee Reid, 32, 4450 E. Lindsey St., Wednesday

PUBLIC INTOXICATION Craig Benson Rosser, 50, 2501 Jenkins Ave., Tuesday John Arthur Williams, 49, 201 Woodcrest Drive, Wednesday

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COMMENT OF THE DAY »

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

In response to Reches’ column against the decriminalization of marijuana.

“There should be NO DECRIMINALIZATION of marijuana or any other illegal drug. Furthermore, we should demonize those who use drugs recreationally or in any other manner. These people should be put in jail for long periods of time. They are failures at life.

- matthewmurrayday Failures at life? Carl Sagan, Michael Phelps. Examples of a great mind and a great athlete that both use cannabis.

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OUR VIEW

STAFF COLUMN

OU students need to learn Oklahoma history and culture Texas schools will now teach history from textbooks that downplay certain pieces of American history, according to the Washington Post. In an interesting juxtaposition, both of time and space — Oklahoma schools are doing the opposite by going out of their way to include an important piece of our own state’s history.

Oklahoma schools will now require textbooks of Oklahoma history to cover the April 19, 1995 bombing of the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building in Oklahoma City. The reasoning is because “a study of bombing and its aftermath can help students learn the impact of violence, the senselessness of using violence to solve problems or change their government, and the importance of personal responsibility,” according to the bill Gov. Brad Henry signed into law Tuesday.

This is absolutely great. People going to school in Oklahoma should know a little about state history, which despite popular opinion, is quite rich and fun to study.

But why are high schools stepping ahead of OU in informing people of current events?

There should be a greater focus on Oklahoma history, literature and culture in OU’s curriculum. It wouldn’t be out of line to require out-ofstate students to take a class in local history as a general education class.

People should know about the places in which they live, whether openly exotic or not.

We should know our history of stealing land from American Indians (land run), a serious populist movement and the Tulsa race riots.

These are not light topics worth ignoring for four to five years while already studying so much of

the history of the rest of the world.

Many people come to OU from other states where they didn’t get to hear about this history.

The average OU student learns little or no Oklahoma history or culture even though they’ve signed up to spend four or more years of their life here.

Not only do we bring people from out of state, we bring students from around the world and surround them with other people who don’t know the history or culture of this part of the world.

There is clearly a need for greater education on Oklahoma affairs, so we need to start giving students more incentives to take classes on Oklahoma issues.

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Jesus was an anarchist Jesus was not a capitalist, he was definitely an anarchist. My logic is simple and sound.

The man and Son of God loathed the establishment.

He also appears to have been against the financial system a majority of the world has adopted in greater numbers and sometimes with more faith than the religion based off his life work.

And who can blame the man?

I’ll start with the anti-capitalist Jesus. As he wandered across t h e d e s e r t, Je s u s preached his philoso- JOHN phies and beliefs to BEST all who would listen.

These views included a compassion for the poor that went beyond any personal desires for wealth or comfort.

He asked all who were rich to give their possessions to the poor and follow him. He actually demanded them to give up the pursuit of wealth, give up on the idea of capitalism.

Where is the financial growth, the entrepreneurial spirit in such demands? Spiritual, not financial growth was the most important pursuit in life. Jesus could have had himself a comfortable life as a carpenter. The Son of God would have probably made some quality tables.

Instead he chose a purposeful life of poverty and pain.

Consider this: Thousands flock to see Jesus. No one brings anything to eat. In such a situation, it makes sense for people to bring food to sell for higher prices, like the overpriced hotdogs at an OU football game.

The disciples recommend the people be dispersed into town so they can purchase food. But no; Jesus takes the charity of a small child and turns it in to a way to feed the masses, not to profit from them.

In the Gospel of Luke, Jesus says, “blessed are you who are poor, for yours is the kingdom of God.” He is not saying you are blessed because now you are making money, he is saying that the poor are further separated from the sinful nature and dangers of capital accumulation. The blind, lame, sick and outcast come to Jesus, but none come asking monetary blessing from him.

Where in the Bible does Jesus talk about the benefits of competition? Is there any talk of the genius of an invisible hand? I have yet to see an invisible hand in the teachings of Jesus.

Now for the anarchist Jesus.

Jesus made no pledges to any nation. In fact, the accepted interpretation of a messiah during his time was a political leader who would lead to the people to rise up against Roman rule and occupation. That was not

his purpose though. Jesus cared little for government. The Devil tempted Jesus in the desert with the power to rule kingdoms.

Even though his immediate influence would have been greater, governmental leadership was rejected.

He loved the poor. But never once does Jesus talk about the state’s role in taking care of the poor.

No burden is placed upon the government to take care of the poor.

Following Christ and taking care of the poor did not mean founding a government that would take care of the poor and sick so they burden was removed from you. It meant actually taking care of the poor and sick.

He was no revolutionary anarchist though. No calls to overthrow the establishment were uttered from his lips. As I said before, the troubles of government were not his concern. So when placed with a question of tax evasion, Jesus says to acknowledge government and pay what taxes are required of you; and all else save for God and your spiritual growth.

The establishment, whether it be the religious establishment or the political establishment, were of particular concern to Jesus. He also was of particular concern to them. After all, it was the Roman government that sentenced him to death and the Jewish theocratic government that led his first trial.

What kind of a government could exist with a turn the other cheek mentality?

The anarchist, anti-capitalist views of Jesus are best seen in the actions of the early Christian church. In the early church, the believers felt that what they owned was not their own; they shared everything they had. And although these early Christians were not working for maximum capital gain, they did not attempt to rely upon a welfare state to take care of their material needs while they pursued spiritual needs. There was no poverty among them, because people who owned land or houses sold them. It was the people, not the government, who took care of the poor.

Besides, even if the government would have been involved, the people’s way of living was more socialist than capitalist anyway.

It may be hard, sometimes nearly impossible to live outside of government or capitalism. But it is what Jesus preached both through words and actions.

John Best is a biochemistry and Asian studies senior.

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Ricky Ly is a biochemistry sophomore.

STAFF COLUMN

Reason needed in marriage debate First, I would like to thank Patrick O’Bryan for writing a response to my last article about representative democracy. While O’Bryan failed to rebut my argument regarding the superiority of representative democracy over direct democracy, he did point out a detail I took for granted in writing the column.

What I took for granted is, as O’Bryan stated in his ar- JEROD ticle, “a fair-minded, intel- COKER ligent human being could not be against same-sex marriage.”

While I took this for granted, I did not overlook it. I do indeed believe that all fair-minded, intelligent people understand gays are part of the “all men” who were created equal, and should thus be granted equal civil rights with all other people.

Indeed, I have yet to encounter any fair-minded, intelligent reason or argument as to why gay and lesbian couples should not be allowed to get married. The reasons I have heard have all been largely traditionalistic, homophobic or fundamentalist religion induced. And I say this as objectively as possible. I have honestly never heard a rational, reasonable argument against same-sex marriage.

It’s always either “God says it’s wrong” or “I just don’t believe it’s right” or “well, marriage is supposed to be between a man and a woman” (aka “God made Adam and Eve, not Adam and Steve”). These, in my humble opinion, are not fair-minded or intelligent.

These reasons are in opposition to fair-mindedness and intelligence, and I simply cannot see a rational basis for them. Rather, I see them as backward and irrational. Indeed, Belgium, Canada, Netherlands,

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Norway, South Africa, Spain and Sweden recognize gay marriage as fully equal to heterosexual marriage. Others countries like Aruba and Israel recognize them, but do not perform them because of religious reasons. Even more countries nationally recognize civil unions and registered partnerships.

While I’m on the topic of gay rights, I would like to take this moment to lament the death of a nationallyrecognized gay rights activist, Keith Kimmel. Kimmel was found dead March 31 morning in a friend’s apartment. I’ve spoken with Kimmel on several occasions and can personally say he was a very honorable, respectable person.

Kimmel gained national recognition for suing the Oklahoma Tax Commission after it rejected his application for a personalized license plate reading “I’M GAY.” According to his blog Kimmel died two days after a brutal encounter with Tulsa police. He filed a formal complaint detailing the abuse, the file of which can be downloaded from his blog (keithontap.wordpress.com).

While it is not clear whether the Tulsa police’s actions are the cause of Kimmel’s death, the fact that he is no longer with us is deeply saddening to me personally. I will continue to monitor the case, and urge an investigation to be launched into officers’ actions directly to Tulsa Police Department. I ask any concerned readers to do the same.

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

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Marijuana laws oppress us all More than 847,000 individuals are arrested per year in America due to repressive marijuana laws.

It is puzzling to me that it is legal to purchase, distribute and consume alcohol and tobacco, yet marijuana remains a criminal substance. Roughly 50,000 people die from alcohol poisoning and 400,000 due to health complications attributed to tobacco usage every single year.

Marijuana has yet to take a single life. According to the medical journal The Lancet, marijuana causes no harm JESS to an individual’s EDDY health.

In reality, “no acute lethal overdoses of cannabis are known,” according to an article in British Medical Journal by M.D. Steven Sydney.

That begs the question: What reasons are there for prohibition of the consumption, cultivation, and distribution of marijuana?

If the reason is due to the intoxication one undergoes through the smoking or baking of marijuana — the “high” — we also must consider alcohol and tobacco, which are quite legal and also alter the consciousness of the consumer. This contradiction, coupled with the arbitrary punishments, should no longer be bearable for the American people.

As a modern society, founded in logic and reason, our public policies should reflect our views. According to NORML. org — the National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws — 25 million Americans admitted to having smoked marijuana. Those 25 million Americans represent a significant minority, and their concerns should be of concern to our government.

Throughout America’s history, our predecessors have established our rights as citizens, and we — the citizens of this country — have been bound by necessity to fight for our freedoms.

American society has maintained that we have a right to live under rational law that protects the self from the acts of others. And, we have made explicit our convictions that the rule of law has no jurisdiction in personal matters that don’t affect others in an invasive manner. Therefore, the consumption of cannabis — at no cost to anyone but yourself — does not present a rational justification for a stringent set of laws and regulations that prohibit you from doing so.

To be clear, decriminalization would simply allow people to cultivate and possess small amounts of marijuana.

We aren’t talking about legalizing the drug trade. Drug dealers won’t be free to roam the streets anymore than they are today. We are talking about a small step in the right direction. We are talking about progress.

Although the question of whether or not marijuana should be decriminalized appears to revolve around the argument of whether or not marijuana is harmful, this is not the question that lies at the core of this issue. The discussion of whether or not marijuana should be decriminalized is more closely associated with whether or not an individual should have the right to choose whether or not they want to consume marijuana.

You are not free to consume marijuana, and you should be, because the state does not have the right to do make that choice for you.

“Emancipate yourself from mental slavery. None but ourselves can free our mind.” – Bob Marley Jess Eddy is a political science and religious studies sophomore.

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Former OU guard Willie Warren moves the ball down the court during the men’s basketball game against Texas Tech on Feb. 9 in the Lloyd Noble Center. Warren declared for the NBA Draft on Thursday.

quickly. He was a consensus first-team freshman All-American in the 2008-2009 season and averaged 14.6 points and 3.1 assists per Sophomore guard Willie Warren an- game while shooting .473 from the field and nounced Wednesday he will forgo his final .372 from 3-point range. He also was named two seasons at OU and pursue a career in the Big 12 Rookie of the Week seven times and set NBA. OU freshman records for games started (34) Warren said the decision and 3-pointers (67), and was a stressful one. finished the year ranked “I didn’t like how things TALE OF TWO SEASONS third in school freshman went this year with my injury history in points (525), and everything, but I also feel In his time with the Sooners, fifth in assists (113) and like I have the skills to take guard Willie Warren had two very fifth in steals (41). He also the next step,” Warren said. different seasons. was named freshman of “Some of the things I need During his freshman year Warren the year by Athlon Sports. to work on like being a better teamed with former Sooner “My sophomore year leader and being more vocal Blake Griffin to take OU to the was up and down and are things I can do at the next Elite Eight. tough on all of us,” Warren level.”

His second season, however, said. “It was a roller coaster Warren was a second-team was plagued by injuries and disof a ride, especially for me All-Big 12 pick as a freshman appointment, with OU finishing with my ankle injury and and an honorable mention being sick.” with a losing record and missing selection this season. He “But if I had to make my the postseason. averaged a team-high 16.3 decision all over again, I points per game this season would make the same one along with 3.3 boards, 4.1 asto attend OU. It was the sists and 1.0 steal. best experience of my life and I want to thank He missed 10 games during the season, all the Sooner fans who were behind me. My eight of which were due to his ankle injury. ankle is doing great and now it’s time to take Warren was benched against Nicholls State the next step.” and missed another game due to illness.

Capel also announced Wednesday the “I’m very happy for Willie and definitely resignation of assistant coach Oronde think he’s ready for the next level,” said head Taliaferro. coach Jeff Capel. “I appreciate everything Taliaferro joined the OU staff in May 2007 he’s done for our program and look forward and has indicated he plans to focus on other to watching another Sooner in the NBA.” employment opportunities.

While his sophomore year did not go as A search will begin soon to fill the vacant planned, Warren took to the college game position, according to a press release.

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Sooners return home for series against Big 12 rival Missouri JONO GRECO Daily Staff Writer

The No. 12 baseball team’s week started off well with a victory against the Texas Christian Horned Frogs, but this weekend’s matchup against the Missouri Tigers at L. Dale Mitchell Park will be important for the Sooners following last weekend’s embarrassment.

OU (23-6, 3-4) hosts the Tigers at 6:30 tonight, and the series will continue 2 p.m. Saturday and 1 p.m. Sunday.

The last time the Sooners played a Big 12 opponent at home, they were swept in convincing fashion by the Texas Longhorns, so this series with the Tigers (17-11, 2-4) means a lot in terms of not just Big 12 standings but also personal pride.

Here is a look at how the two teams stack up coming into this series.

PITCHING The best part of the Sooners’ game at the moment is its pitching staff that has a 3.46 ERA. The ERA is the third best in the Big 12.

OU’s Friday and Saturday starters, junior pitchers Zach Neal (3-1, 5.25 ERA) and Bobby Shore (4-1, 2.21 ERA), have been solid during the past few weeks, and the bullpen has been almost perfect in close games.

Neal has improved after a slow start by striking out 20 batters and allowing four runs in his last two conference starts.

In those two games the Sooners are 1-1, but Neal threw well enough to earn victories in both games.

Shore has been the most consistent and dependable starter in OU’s rotation. He has had a quality outing in every game of record this season, and a two-run double and the lack of run support are the only reasons why Shore does not have a

perfect record.

The Sooners are still searching for a quality Sunday starter. In two Big 12 Sunday games, OU is 0-2 and has used two pitchers, freshman Ryan Gibson and senior J.R. Robinson, and will go with a new pitcher, senior Jeremy Erben (6-0, 0.73 ERA), to end the team’s Sunday woes.

The Tigers will send junior pitcher Nick Tepesch (2-2, 4.81 ERA) and freshman pitcher Eric Anderson (1-1, 3.94 ERA) to the mound Friday and Saturday, and a Sunday starter has not been announced yet.

Missouri has the sixth-best ERA (4.60) in conference, and holds opposing hitters to a .280 batting average. The only red flag about the Tigers’ pitching staff is that it has recorded just four saves this JEREMY DICKIE/THE DAILY season, meaning it may have trouble the Bobby Shore, junior pitcher, attempts a pick to sophomore first baseman Cameron Sooners at bay in the eighth and ninth Seitzer against South Florida on Saturday afternoon. The No. 17 Sooners swept the innings.

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HITTING The Sooners are coming off their worst hitting weekend of the season by far and scored four runs in their midweek victory against TCU, so the offense is still looking to break out against someone.

OU is hitting .305 this season, which is 18 points lower than its batting average was this time last week. The team’s batting average decrease can mostly be attributed to how good Texas’ pitching staff was, so the Sooners should be able to put up more runs and take advantage of the hitter-friendly confines

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The Tigers have the same batting average as OU, but they have nine fewer home runs and have struck out seven more times.

But, senior first baseman Aaron Senne is having a monster year at the plate. He has a .450 batting average while playing in every game and his eight home runs is tied for the second most in the Big 12.

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Softball travels to face Texas A&M in weekend series TOBI NEIDY Daily Staff Writer

The OU softball team will finish its sixth-consecutive road game in Big 12 conference action against Texas A&M this weekend in College Station, Texas.

The first game is scheduled for 2 p.m. Saturday, followed by a noon game Sunday to finish the series.

OU moved to 29-9, 3-2 for the season with the loss to Oklahoma State on Wednesday night.

Texas A&M is coming off a two-game win streak at home, with wins against Stephen F. Austin, 7-0, and No.16 Texas, 1-0. The Aggies will be playing the third and fourth games of a five-game home stand this weekend.

Before the Bedlam matchup Wednesday evening, senior infielder Amber Flores and freshman pitcher Keilani Ricketts were selected to the 2010 Amateur Softball Association Player of the Year top-25 finalist list.

OU is one of the five schools to have multiple finalists and was the only team from the Big 12 Conference to have teammates selected for this honor.

Only two other Big 12 players, Blaire Luna from Texas and Rhea Taylor from Missouri, were selected.

Flores was named to this year’s preseason top50 watch list Jan. 27. After beginning with a field of 50 players, the finalist list was decided as the teams begin preparing for conference tournaments and the post season. The top-10 list will be released May 12 before the final three finalists are chosen to compete for the 2010 USA Softball Collegiate Player of the Year award. Although players are not required to be on the watch list in order to make the top-25 list, the national Player of the Year will be one of the top-25 finalists.

The winner will be announced before the first game of the 2010 Women’s College World Series in Oklahoma City. University of Washington junior Danielle Lawrie was last year’s recipient. Among her numerous achievements, the ace pitcher for the Huskies dominated six school pitching categories and led the nation with 521 strikeouts in 352.2 innings pitched.

The Sooners will return to the friendly confines of Marita Hynes Field to begin a four-game home stand with back-to-back games against Texas Tech at 5 p.m. and 7 p.m. Thursday before facing Texas in the Red River Rivalry showdown.

The first game against the Longhorns will begin at 2:00 p.m. on April 17, followed by a 2 p.m. game April 18. The Sooners are 11-1 in games played in Norman.

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Senior Ben Blundell watches his shot after striking the ball during a practice session in the fall.

OU looks to build on hot streak in Ohio tournament RICKY LY Daily Staff Writer

After finishing the Cowboy Classic on Tuesday, the OU men’s golf team will have only four days of rest before it tees off Saturday at the Robert Kepler Intercollegiate in Columbus, Ohio.

While competing in the Cowboy Classic in Scottsdale, Ariz., the Sooners extended their recent run of improved play by finishing fourth in the 24-team tournament.

OU has finished in the top four in three out of its last four competitions.

Head coach Ryan Hybl said the team had issues with chemistry earlier in the year, but has come together well in the last couple months.

“We’re starting to understand who needs to be playing and who needs a little more work,” Hybl said. “Our guys are really gelling now and getting better every single day I feel like as a team.”

As a result, the team will take the same group of golfers that competed in Scottsdale.

SOONERS IN WNBA Thursday was the WNBA draft and one Sooner senior is staying put—sort of.

Senior forward Amanda Thompson was drafted by the Tulsa Shock in the second round of the 2010 WNBA draft.

“Our fans were talking about how much they’ll miss me,” Thompson said. “It will be a great opportunity to still play in front of them.”

Thompson was chosen 19th overall.

Center Abi Olajuwon and guard Nyeshia Stevenson were drafted in the third round Thursday afternoon.

Olajuwon is headed to the Windy City to join the Chicago Sky and former teammate and Sooner-great Courtney Paris, who was drafted last year.

Stevenson is headed to the desert to join Ashley Paris and the Phoenix Mercury.

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The Sooners will be led by the trio of senior Ben Blundell (third), junior Liam Logan (seventh) and senior Tyler Rody (12th), as each posted top finishes in the individual standings of the Cowboy Classic.

Redshirt sophomore Riley Pumphrey and junior Ryan Sirman will round out the rotation for OU in Columbus.

And while Hybl said he was impressed by the improvement he has seen in the team since the beginning of the season, he also knows the team can improve in many facets.

“Attitude, short game, managing play and understanding what it takes to be a winner are all areas we need to work on,” Hybl said. “We’re still not where we need to be, but as a coach there’s always things you feel the team can improve on.

“Overall we’ve gotten a lot better about understanding what we need to do to become as good as we can be as a golf team. That alone gives me a lot of confidence in how we’re going to play the rest of the season.”

OU will tee off its final regular-season tournament with two rounds Saturday, and play the final round of the 54-hole competition Sunday.

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Slight sins atoned for with strong performances in ‘Heaven’ Life in a Shaker community sure is a paradise. There’s the constant chore load, the bland food and the celibacy.

There’s even time for leisure activity — confessing every sin.

Heaven on Earth is severe and austere in “As It Is In Heaven,” Arlene Hutton’s play about upheaval in a 19th Century Kentucky Shaker community.

OU Lab Theatre is staging the play through Sunday.

The Shakers broke off from the Quaker community in the 1700s, fueled by the belief that God was both mother and father, and leader Ann Lee was the second coming of God on Earth. Fifty years later, a revival of sorts broke out in the commuDUSTY nity, revealing generational rifts, as seen in Hutton’s play.

SOMERS Hutton’s feelings toward her characters are established early, as the play opens with the nine sisters engaging in group confession for some egregious sins — not finishing one’s dinner, taking pride in a new apron or teasing the chickens. The scene is played for laughs, but these women are deadly serious. The Shakers strived for perfection on Earth by working to eliminate sin completely.

That makes for a tenuous utopia sustained by rigid structure, with the women’s interludes of song and dance the only seeming respite.

What’s expected gets PLAYBILL interrupted when one of What: “As It Is in Heaven” the younger sisters, Fanny When: 8 p.m. Friday and (drama junior Michelle Saturday Roberts), begins claim3 p.m Sunday ing to see heavenly visions Where: E. Frank Gilson Studio of angels and Mother Ann Theatre, Old Science Hall Lee herself. Fellow young 640 Parrington Oval in Norman women Izzy (musical theCost: $5 at the door ater freshman Alie Walsh)

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A shot from Huntington University’s production of “As It Is In Heaven.” OU students will put on the play at 8 p.m. Friday and Saturday and 3 p.m. Sunday at E. Frank Gilson Studio Theatre, 640 Parrington Oval. and Polly (drama senior Danielle Rohr) experience the visions as well.

The older generation of women is variously skeptical, angry and confused that their order is being upset and that they themselves seem unable to experience the same. A series of overblown non-chronological scenes shows the older women interrogating the younger, Gestapo-style.

These scenes punctuate a tedious rhythm that envelops the audience in the same kind of stupor of routine that the Shakers depend on. The actors mime sewing and fold sheets with a kind of dazed boredom, while simultaneously rejoicing in their own slice of heaven.

Hutton’s ambivalence toward her characters turns into something rather nastier in the play’s final scenes that relay an eruption of joy among the sisters. I suppose one could take the ultimate harmony that seems to result at face value,

but there’s a sense that each sister is either a hypocrite or just plain crazy.

OU’s production, directed with rigorous blocking by Alissa Millar, is bolstered by a community of strong performances, particularly those playing the trio of young women.

Drama sophomore Kourtney Kae also does excellent work as Hannah, who is most resistant to the heavenly outbursts, and struggles to reconcile her beliefs with the increasingly apparent changing of times.

“As It Is In Heaven” keeps its subjects at arm’s length — and the sheer unfamiliarity of the Shaker mindset to our modern sensibility makes this an understandable choice.

It’s a valid artistic decision, but it ensures a theater experience nearly as ascetic as the lifestyle of those it portrays.

Dusty Somers is a journalism senior.

Monthly art event aims to kick start community involvement RYAN QUERBACH Daily Staff Writer

A Norman Arts Council-sponsored event will provide students and other members of the Norman community a great opportunity Friday to see what Norman’s art scene has to offer.

The event, 2nd Friday Circuit of Art, which also is sponsored by Norman Gallery Association and its participating organizations, is a monthly art walk that includes stops on campus and all the way down Main Street and its surrounding arts venues. It allows Norman residents to support local artists, some of which are students.

“We have an incredibly diverse and complex arts community,” Norman Arts Council spokeswoman Shagah Zakerion said. “But Norman rarely gets the recognition.”

This month’s event will have a new feature called Community Kick-stART. This will be an evening full of free fun and entertainment for the community. Free chips and salsa will be provided by Freebirds World Burrito to snack on while guests enjoy a live performance featuring Norman’s own music group, Off Boyd Jazz, she said.

The event also will feature an interactive community collage. Paints and brushes will be provided for the event, though community members are encouraged to bring any kind of

art supplies (including flat artworks and printed photographs) to attach or use on a large canvas designed to represent the city of Norman.

The special event will take place 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. next to Lions Park.

“We couldn’t be more thrilled with the concept and hope to continue it in the future,” Zakerion said.

In addition to Community Kick-stART, there will be many other options for the community to check out. Some of the galleries to be featured include Gallery 123, Dreamer Concepts Studio & Foundation, Fred Jones Jr. Museum of Art, Lightwell Gallery and more.

“Each gallery or venue has complete control over what their 2nd Friday event will be

like, making each month completely unique,” Zakerion said.

For only 50 cents per ride or $2 for the whole evening, visitors can park and hop on a CART trolley at Republic Bank & Trust on the corner of Main Street and University Boulevard, or any other stop on the route, and visit participating art galleries and organizations from 6 to 10 p.m.

CART riders can get on or off at any of the multiple stops throughout the evening.

“Seeing the streets of Norman crowded with arts enthusiasts is thrilling,” Zakerion said. “ We are without a doubt the regional leader in the arts.”

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ACROSS 1 Places for rent (Abbr.)

5 Prove useful 10 Kitchen utensils 14 Master of the double take?

15 Like Hagar 16 Sundance home 17 Like the Reaper 18 Australian eucalyptus eater 19 Puff on a cigarette 20 Words from an optimistic poet?

23 “Um, no thanks” 24 Friend of Morpheus and Trinity 25 Author Jong and others 27 Out on ___ (in a fix) 29 Eyebrowraising 32 Mud brick 33 No exemplar of grace 35 Texas strike 37 Hawaiian food 38 What a poet gets from a plane?

43 In need of a doctor 44 Mo. for fools 45 Group of scouts 46 Hide, as loot 49 Balaam’s mount

51 Twist into a knot 55 Thickly tangled, as hair 57 Split ___ soup 59 Place to gambol 60 Crooked poet’s conclusion?

64 Biblical murder victim 65 Fancy bathroom fixture 66 Feeling fit 67 Make a tunnel 68 Ammonia compound 69 Skillful server on the court 70 Dermatologist’s diagnosis 71 Top man in the choir?

72 Sea salts DOWN 1 Severe sore throat 2 Gateway 3 Chinese martial art 4 Yiddish jerk (Var.) 5 Spat locale 6 It may involve dolls and pins 7 Omani, e.g.

8 Land in the water 9 Demand at a breakup 10 Foul-smelling 11 Ear examination

instrument 12 Acknowledge applause 13 Haggard woman 21 Open, as a bolted door 22 Reagan or Christian 26 Variety of whale 28 Extinct kiwi relative 30 They make things happen 31 Like many a home improvement project, for short 34 Govt. product-tester 36 Emulated Rudolph 38 Priest’s assistant 39 Talks foolishly 40 Hot tub 41 Unlikely

42 43 47 48 50 52 53 54 56 58 61 62 63 64

steakhouse patron Part of many hotel names “Imperial” follower Slender dagger Skirt’s edge Big name in small swimsuits South American fleece source Less of an illusion Hens, but not roosters Ledger entry “Poly” attachment Bit of pocket change One-eyed god of myth “All ___ Jazz” “Desperate Housewives” network

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POETIC PUNS by Armond Greene

Friday, April 9, 2010

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At its best when it’s flaunting a grimy, downShannon certainly rtainly in-the-dirt rock ’n’ roll attitude, “The Runaways” has the most fun is half unhinged, maniacal fun and half trea- (and easily steals als cly biopic convention. his every scene),, Maybe that comes with but Stewart also the territory, but like the makes good as titular band it’s based on, Jett, even if “The Runaways” thrives her lower proon punk-ass rebellion file in the film and unstable super- is somewhat charged sexuality. The d i s a p p o i n tsunny, placid life on the ing. When she other side of stardom — c a n d r o p t h e DUSTY not so much.

“Twilight” mooddSOMERS Dakota Fanning stars iness, Stewart’s t’s as Cherie Currie, who able to delve into nto wrote the book the film is based on. characters with a natFanning’s persona not only doesn’t thwart ural ease. the film’s attitude, it enhances the tartedStill, the film is stuck on up, jailbait image developed for Currie Cherie, and when hen the band after she’s picked to front The Runaways, jets to Japan for a series of highan all-girl rock band. profile gigs, thee film constantly Started by rhythm guitarist Joan Jett looks back on her er left-behind sis(Kristen Stewart) and drummer Sandy ter and sick father her in the suburbs.

West (Stella Maeve), The Runaways is Cherie is oblivious, ous, thanks to the incarefully shaped by wildly toxication of stardom and eccentric record produccocaine — the lethal biopic formula.

SHOWTIMES er Kim Fowley (Michael The film is strong when it lets the music take the Shannon), who sees the forefront, with both Stewart and Fanning doing AMC Quail Springs Mall 24 band becoming as big as passable musical work. Writer-director Floria 2501 W. Memorial Rd., OKC The Beatles.

Sigismondi’s music video know-how gives these Early formation scenes scenes the stylistic edge, along with the hazy, dingy 10:35 a.m., 1:35, 4:25, 7:05, seethe with energy and photography that often bookends them.

9:45 p.m. and 12:25 a.m. are steeped in trailer That doesn’t stop the film from treading the trash grubbiness. Fowley ground that almost all films of this ilk do, though. doesn’t exactly use slick Cherie’s inevitable epiphany is both briefly and shalproduction methods, and the scenery- lowly realized, and soon The Runaways fades into the background, chomping Shannon distills his rock-song even though the band endured for several years after her departure. mentality down to its basest element: “I Despite the film’s title, this is never really a film about the band, want an orgasm!” he growls as he builds with lead guitarist Lita Ford (Scout Taylor-Compton) and amalgamhis masterpiece. ated bassist Robin (Alia Shawkat) barely registering. Currie’s story fits Later, he puts the band through heck- nicely into the rags-to-riches-to-rags motif, but Fanning doesn’t pull ler training, raining trash and feces upon off the transitions convincingly enough, and her eventual soft landhis protégés to prepare them for the un- ing back into normalcy hits a dull note.

PHOTO PROVIDED friendly world of rock ’n’ roll. The training It may be a nice ending, but it’s not very rock ’n’ roll.

Dakota Fanning and Kristen Stewart share a moment in a still from “The comes in handy. Fowley may be deranged, Dusty Somers is a journalism senior.

Runaways.” The film expands nationwide today. but he knows what he’s doing.

Obscura plays picturesque performance

OPERA LEGEND TEACHES CLASS TONIGHT World-renowned opera singer Marilyn Horne will teach a master’s class to OU opera students tonight on campus.

Horne — one of the most accomplished and well-known opera singers in the world — visits OU each semester to teach a week of classes to music students.

Between her visits, she acts as the vocal program director at the Music Academy of the West in Santa Barbara, Calif.

She also is known for her fight, and victory, against pancreatic cancer.

Horne’s session tonight is open — and free — to the public.

Those who wish to sit in on her class simply need to come at 7 p.m. The class will be held in Pitman Recital Hall inside Catlett Music Center, 500 W. Boyd St. -Daily Staff Reports

JOSHUA BOYDSTON/THE DAILY

Glasgow group Camera Obscura performed Thursday night in Mecham Audtiorium of the Oklahoma Memorial Union. The band is in the middle of a U.S. tour with Los Angeles shoegaze band Princeton. The group had a college radio hit with 2006’s “Lloyd, I’m Ready to be Heartbroken” and became even more popular stateside after its latest album, “My Maudlin Career,” which was released a year ago.

For a review of the show, go to OUDaily.com.

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