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Ty Segall performs at the Main Stage during Norman Music Festival on Saturday in downtown Norman. The San Francisco rocker was one of the headliners for the three-day music festival that was held Thursday to Sunday. Visit the OUDaily.com multimedia section to view video of the event.

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orman Music Festival 4 may now be history, but during its three-day run, the festival drew a diverse array of performers and attendees to Main Street in downtown Norman.

This year’s festival featured musical performances in genres ranging from hip-hop to indie rock to a band called Foot Slave that sang exclusively about feet.

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WAR ON TERRORISM

Osama bin Laden killed, president announces al-Qaida leader killed

by U.S. forces, Obama declares Sunday night Osama bin Laden, the glowering mastermind behind the Sept. 11, 2001, terror attacks that killed thousands of Americans, was killed in an operation led by the United States, President Barack Obama said Sunday.

A small team of Americans carried out the attack and took custody of bin Laden’s remains, the president said in a dramatic late-night statement at the White House.

A jubilant crowd gathered outside the White House as word spread of bin Laden’s death after a global manhunt that lasted nearly a decade.

“Justice has been done,” the president said.

The development comes just months before the 10th anniversary of the Sept. 11 attacks SEE DEAD PAGE 2

Festival attendees gather in front of the Main Stage to watch Ty Segall perform Saturday during Norman Music Festival. Thousands of people gathered downtown during the three-day event.

The faculty-in-residence for the university’s study abroad program in Arezzo, Italy, has been appointed.

Suzette Grillot, College of International Studies associate dean, has accepted the position and will move to Arezzo before the beginning of the fall semester.

While in Arezzo, Grillot will teach two courses during both the fall and spring 2012 semesters.

“For me and my family it is a great opportunity to live overseas for the academic year, but more importantly it’s an opportunity for students that haven’t studied abroad or perhaps reluctant to study abroad on their own to provide them an opportunity to be with a faculty member overseas who can help them,” Grillot said.

Opportunities are still available to students hoping to study in Arezzo, regardless of major or class standing, Grillot said.

Students can have four courses each semester that will provide them general education credits, and then they will have language courses they can take, she said.

“They have a full spectrum of courses they can take while studying abroad and at the same time being enrolled at OU and being taught by OU faculty,” she said.

There are 29 OU students set to travel to Arezzo in the fall, but slots are still open for anyone interested in going, Grillot said.

“No matter what your major is, a global experience is beneficial not only just to be a better global citizen, but to provide the certain kinds of skills and experiences that are going to boost ones potential in the global workplace,” Grillot said.

Stomp competition shakes Lloyd Noble Sooner fraternity steps ahead of opponents on its way to grand prize

The event had a healthy turnout, filling several sections of Lloyd Noble Center, said Lauren Whiteman, public relations junior and event executive coSaRa GROOVeR chairwoman.

The Oklahoma Daily The event returned to Lloyd An OU fraternity stomped out Noble Center after taking place in the competition to win a cash McCasland Field House last year, prize during an annual event Whiteman said.

Alpha Kappa Alpha performSaturday at Lloyd Noble Center.

The OU chapter of Phi Beta ers considered their involvement Sigma fraternity won the Black in Stompdown this year a comeback of sorts, nursing seStudent Association and nior Christine Knighton National Pan-Hellenic said.

Council’s 28th annu- ONLINE AT “I’m speechless. a l S t o m p d o w n : T h e OudAILy.COM We have be en w orkUltimatum contest and » Video: ing so hard, and we are received the grand prize Fraternities, s o p a ss i o nat e ab ou t of $2,500 and the “The sororities Stompdown,” Knighton Most Motivated” award. compete at said. “We haven’t The contest featured Stompdown had a chance to be in sorority and fraternity Stompdown for a while, members performing and this is the first year choreographed dances, and students in attendance filled we have had a large chapter and the arena with cheers and rocked really come back into the scene.”

Knighton said she is proud of the bleachers while dancing her organization’s growth as both along to the music.

SARA GROOVER/THE DAILY Male and female runners-up a sorority and step team.

University of North Texas Omega Psi Phi fraternity members perform a stomp “Some of the girls on our team awards were presented to the routine Saturday night at Lloyd Noble Center.

The fraternity was one of five Univeristy of North Texas chap- just started stepping a month groups that performed stomp routines at the annual Stompdown. ter of Omega Psi Phi and OU ago.” Knighton said. “They are chapter of Alpha Kappa Alpha, like my babies.”

Stompdown is one of the largrespectively.

“We have literally been practic- est black student-led events at ing since January,” said Adryan OU, said Jaren Collins, entrepreMoorefield Phi Beta Sigma mem- neurship senior and event co» $2,500 grand prize — Phi Beta Sigma (OU) ber and modern dance per- chairman. » Runner-up in male division — Omega Psi Phi (University of North Texas) “Not only does it give us an opformance senior. “We wanted this so bad, and I think we were portunity to showcase the culture » Runner-up in female division — Alpha Kappa Alpha (OU) shocked [we won] because we of African-American students, » “The Most Motivated” — Phi Beta Sigma (OU) knew anything could happen in but it allows us to program on a large scale.” Collins said. this competition.”

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Discussion group meets for movies Students screen documentaries, debate current issues

He said while he is the group leader, he doesn’t like to think of himself as one. DeFilippis said his main duties are to open up the room, set up the equipment and lead the discussion.

“Everyone is really active in this, people don’t come to just Juan Sanchez The Oklahoma Daily to put this on their resume,” he said. “They come because they are genuinely interested in the discussion.”

Students interested in watching and discussing social, poThe group’s discussion topics have ranged from the meltlitical or cultural documentaries are invited to join a peer-led down of the financial markets from 2007 to 2009 to the future discussion group. of the U.S. public school system. Each documentary has won An Honors College watch party hosts a documentary awards at film festivals such as the Sundance Film Festival, screening 6 p.m. Fridays for anyone — not according to Honors College newsletters. just honors students — to discuss after the The next steps for the documentary viewing. Usually, the films are critically acgroup include expanding the participatclaimed, so students are familiar with them, ing audience and applying for funding said Evan DeFilippis, discussion leader and The Honors College hosts several to provide snacks during the screenings, political science and economics junior.

DeFilippis said. However, not feeding atstudent-led discussion groups.

So far the group has screened three films tendees has its benefits, Defilippis said.

For more information, email this semester — “Food Inc.,” “Waiting For “We kind of like not providing food, behonors@ou.edu.

Superman” and “Inside Job.” cause then you know the people are com— Source: www.ou.edu/honors Honors College Dean David Ray said ing not because they want lunch or dinner, promoting intellectual discussion on but because they actually care about the campus has been a goal of his since arrivdiscussion,” he said. ing at the Honors College. The bulk of intellectual discusDeFilippis said he enjoys the documentaries because they sion doesn’t happen in the classroom, but in dining halls or are a better way to facilitate discussion among the students among friends, Ray said. than getting them to read articles or books beforehand, which DeFilippis said Ray asked him and his friends for advice they don’t end up finishing due to other commitments or about how to start up more student-led discussion groups time conflicts. around the college. DeFilippis said he brought up the idea of Two more films remain for the documentary watch group a documentary watch group during a current events meeting to choose this semester. he attended with Honors College students.

“We’ve kind of democratized the process. I used to choose He said about 30 students have attended each of the three them all, but a lot of people are participating through the documentaries screened, while 15 of those students usually Facebook page, so I’m going to just throw up a question for stay for the discussion afterward. which film they want to see next,” DeFilippis said.

“I always think it’s incredibly impressive when kids on The watch party meets at 6 p.m. Fridays in the Joe C and a Friday will stay for discussion for four hours,” DeFilippis Carole Kerr McClendon Honors College, Room 180. For more said. information, call the college at 405-325-5291.

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Today around campus » The spring final exam preparation period begins. » The School of Art and Art History Capstone class will host their capstone work in a free exhibition from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. in the Fred Jones Art Center’s Lightwell Gallery. » Martin Kramer with the Student Center in Jerusalem will give a lecture for the Arab-Israeli Conflict Presidential Dream Course from 6 to 8 p.m. in the Fred Jones Jr. Museum of Art.

Tuesday, May 3 » University College will host an event providing tips on managing stress from 4 to 5 p.m. in Wagner Hall, Room 245.

dead: News comes 10 years after 9/11 attacks Continued from page 1

Wednesday, May 4 on the World Trade Centers and Pentagon, orchestrated by bin Laden’s al-Qaida organization, that killed more than 3,000 people.

T h e at t a c k s s e t o f f a chain of events that led the United States into wars in Afghanistan, and then Iraq, and America’s entire intelligence apparatus was overhauled to counter the threat of more terror attacks

» University College Action Staff will give tips on test management for final exams from 2 to 3 p.m. in Adams Center’s Muldrow Tower. » Beth Sievers will present the Sooner Strings Project from 5:30 to 7 p.m. in Catlett Music Center’s Paul F. Sharp Concert Hall.

Thursday, May 5 » OU softball will play North Texas at 6 p.m. at Marita Hynes Field.

Osama bin Laden

ONLINE AT oudaily.coM » Story: Read student responses to the news about al-Qaida leader Osama bin Laden’s death at home.

Al-Qaida also was blamed for the 1998 bombings of two U.S. embassies in Africa that killed 231 people and the 2000 attack on the USS Cole that killed 17 American sailors in Yemen, as well as countless other

plots, some successful and some foiled.

In a statement Sunday night, Former President George W. Bush said Obama called that U.S. forces had killed bin Laden.

Bush said, “This momentous achievement marks a victory for America, for people who seek peace around the world, and for all those who lost loved ones on Sept.

11, 2001.”

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News is important as ever

Use your educational advantage responsibly

During the past couple of years, the field of journalism employees. We hope to continue to provide such quality has faced many hurdles. Newsrooms are shrinking, tech- journalism to our readers, but with problems like what the nology is advancing faster than we can and budgets are University of Colorado are facing, the future looks bleak. being cut across the board. To compound this problem, In April, Colorado’s Board of Regents decided to shut universities have begun to completely shut down their down their school of journalism. It had been open for 49 journalism programs. This means, even less people are years when the 5-4 decision was made to shut it down. going to be able to go into the profession to help improve Instead of getting a strictly journalism degree, Colorado our plight. students wanting to practice journalism are forced to Journalists around the world have banded together to double major with mass communications. This is unfair spread the word about our shrinking industry for Tuesday’s to their students; they are forced to take additional classWorld Press Freedom Day. es that would take away from the time they could spend Yes, as practicing journalists we have a vested interest studying journalism. when it comes to the future of journalism and how we can We are already a struggling industry, and muddling up recover from this financial slump, but it our classes with having to double major is our hope that we can express our deddoesn’t help improve the situation. We ication and love for this industry to our We are not ready to give are not ready to give up on our profesreaders. sion, and we would hope universities up on our profession, As stated above, one of the greatest across the nation wouldn’t either. and we would hope hurdles we are facing is the shrinking “I know that each newspaper and universities across the newsroom and lack of funding for proper media outlet are wrestling with how to nation wouldn’t either.” respond to these changes, and some are journalism. With fewer journalists in the newsroom, it would be impossible for us struggling simply to stay open,” Obama to cover every aspect of a topic. The news — which we feel said. “And it won’t be easy, not every ending will be a is so important — for our citizens to stay informed about happy one. But it is also true that your ultimate success as what is going on in their governments would not be as ex- an industry is essential to the success of our democracy. Its tensive and our representatives could take advantage of what makes this thing work.” this gap.

Citizens have become used to getting all of their news President Barack Obama said Saturday night at the for free on the Internet, but even when they choose to go White House press Correspondence Dinner, “I may not this low-cost route the information is gathered from what agree with everything you write or report … but I do so with we would hope is a legitimate news sources. the knowledge that when you are at your best, you help me It is sad when more people probably tuned in for the be at my best by holding us accountable, by demanding NFL draft and royal wedding this weekend than picked up honesty, by preventing us from taking shortcuts and fol- a newspaper. We have become a society so obsessed with lowing into easy political games that people are desper- famous people and what they are doing that we have forately weary of. That kind of reporting is worth preserving. gotten about what is going on in our government.

Not just for [journalism’s] sakes but for the public’s.”

We believe Obama summed up the media’s importance We would like to applaud Obama for his glowing re- best: “A government without newspapers, is a government marks about our profession, and hope our readers share without a tough and vibrant media of all sorts is not an ophis sentiments. We have been able to produce good con- tion for the United States of America.” tent providing students information from how student fees are divvied out to unwarranted raises for certain OU Comment on this column at OUDaily.com

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Trump is bad choice for America Anyone who honestly believes Donald were continuously in the verbal crosshairs Trump is a valid option for being president of others, but thinking you can be presiSTAFF COLUMN of the United States is sorely mistaken. Over dent and not have to deal with the countthe past few weeks, Trump has moved from less citizens, politicians, comedians and Tim French talk show to talk show, leaving hints to viewpress outlets who will be scrutinizing your ers about whether or not he is actually going every move is ludicrous. to run for president.

Trump’s current claim to fame is getUnfortunately, he has been able to find support from ting Obama to relent and finally release his long-form birth a few members of the Republican party, lending even certificate. However, Trump did not hold up his end of the more unwarranted credibility to his potential campaign. bargain. In return for the birth certificate, Trump was supHowever, those who have actually watched some of posed to publicly release his tax forms. Why isn’t anyone Trump’s non-talk show media appearances will realize hounding Trump for his documents in the same way Trump what a media whore he really is. treated Obama? The man is too hypocritiFrom appearances on Wrestlemania cal and egocentric to do what is best for to his reality television series, Trump America as a whole.

For those who have has proven it is all about his ego — a This leads to my next problem with actually watched some trait no one should want in a president.

Trump as president, the man is far too of Trump’s non-talk show involved in the stock market and with his Whenever anyone attempts to challenge media appearances they own business to be neutral in his policy the mogul’s authority he lashes back will realize what a media making. Why wouldn’t he pass numerquickly and violently in order to reestablish his alpha-dog status. ous bills that would benefit his compawhore he really is.”

What would happen if this were a fornies further on down the road? Why not eign power? What if Kim Jong-il speaks ill of Trump’s char- give him and his billionaire buddies a huge tax break? If he acter? If past reactions are any indicator, he is going to do screws up the country, he can use his billions of dollars to whatever it takes to heal his ego, whether that means start- move — something most Americans can’t afford. ing a war, or creating animosity between nations.

I am not attempting to advocate one person over another Trump’s ego is not an asset America needs right now. in the upcoming election season; I am simply stating that We are still recovering from the financial crisis and cannot Trump in 2012 is the last thing America needs. even decide on a proper way to balance the budget. We I would like to leave you with a quote from Seth Meyers from need a leader who will listen and negotiate, not simply say the correspondent’s dinner: “Mr. Trump may not be a good “my way or the highway.” choice for president, but he would definitely make a great To reinforce the fact that Trump’s ego cannot handle press secretary. How much fun would that be? Kim Jong-il is the responsibilities of being the president, Saturday night a loser, his latest rally was a flop. I feel bad for Ahmadinejad, at the White House Press Correspondent’s Dinner, both the guy wears a wind breaker, he has no class.”

President Barack Obama and Saturday Night Live writer Seth Meyers took quite a few verbal jabs at Trump. At first, — Tim French, Trump chuckled along but after a few minutes his grin journalism, senior quickly turned to a frown.

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— Sarah Garrett, anthropology senior

LETTER TO THE EDITOR

Practicing what you are preaching This is a response to Grant Keeter’s letter, “Atheists need stronger arguments.”

I would like to start by noting I didn’t choose the headline of my letter. I was rather shocked The Daily slapped such an incendiary title on it.

It would seem you have little interest in actually paying attention to what I said and where it was directed and instead would rather be snide and patronizing, making grand, sweeping assumptions. I did not seek to demean religion in general.

I made four basic points that were directed specifically at the original letter I replied to.

First, Christianity’s main purpose is to prepare you for death. The original author stated that his goals were “useless” before he dedicated himself to Jesus, a sentiment I’ve had argued to me over and over from various people.

Christianity does indeed teach that a life not lived preparing

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We are approaching the end of another acaSTAFF COLUMN demic year. Our stacks of approaching deadlines Sarah Garrett and finals are thinning, and between the reckless celebration of these circumstance and studious preparation for our last intellectual endeavors of the semester, many of us are thinking the same thing, “What am I going to do with my life?”

We are all bound to do something to feed ourselves.

Many of us are privileged to know that because of our degrees, we’ll be able to find work that allows us to support our body’s caloric needs.

Securing shelter is next, and if you’ve got those two things covered, sip a glass of clean, readily available water because you’re sitting prettier than half of the world’s population.

So you’ve got the toolkit to knock out your basic human necessities. You’ve got your biological requirements met, and now you need to satisfy your social responsibilities.

You should be honest with yourself about your place in the world. As a person with an education, you know how to think and to write and to begin to accomplish your goals.

This knowledge, and the power you have gained through your degree, gives you an advantage over almost every other human who has ever existed, and over a vast maYou should be jority of all the people alive in the world at this moment. So what? honest with yourself about What are you going to do with all you’ve got going for you? your place in Are you going to use your privithe world. As lege to reproduce the same cona person with ditions of our world — which, dean education, spite devils living in the details, you know how we can all agree is rather messed up — or to change them? to do think Don’t tell yourself lies to help and to write yourself sleep better. You know and to begin that job with Exxon or the state to accomplish department isn’t a direct route to making the world a healthier, your goals.” safer and more enjoyable place for all the people in it.

Will you use your knowledge of math and economic theory to assist capitalist economies that deliver enormous wealth to a just a few, exploiting the labor of the starving masses? Will you use your well-honed writing skills and your knowledge of logical fallacies to keep the rhetoric machine that makes us think war is OK running smoothly? Do you plan to sell yourself to the forces that keep themselves going by keeping other people down?

Make your own decision; I support your freedom and right to self-autonomy and determination.

My realization is this: my freedom and ability to determine my own life is linked to yours, the guy sitting next you, the freedom and ability of people in China, Brazil, Libya, Iran and Angola to do the same, to determine our own lives.

I plan to use the skills I’ve developed here, and the piece of paper that certifies them, in the service of destruction — destruction of market alienation, destruction of racism, sexism and hetero-normativety.

I plan to use it to start a class war, to call attention to, and to destroy the economic system that enslaves all of us — except those rich enough to buy their freedom.

I plan to use it to call out and shut down all of the unspoken things that lull us into cooperating with the mantra “decent lives for a few, misery for the rest, and money for me”.

What are you going to do with your life? Are you going to work in the service of liberating your fellow human beings, or are you going to use your power and your abilities to help keep things the way they are?

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you for death is meaningless. Second, many of the laws in the Bible are culturally biased, something the original author insisted was not the case. I Timothy 2:12 states “but I suffer not a woman to teach, nor to usurp authority over the man, but to be in silence, for Adam was first formed, then Eve.” Third, most Christians I have discussed the subject with have this assumption that atheists have a “love of sin,” a term I’ve heard bandied about more times than I can count. I guess the assumption is that if you’re not a Christian, you’re just dying to use meth and strangle children or something. Finally, you can most certainly have a fulfulling life outside of religion.

—Colin Kirk, aerospace engineering sophomore

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Monday, May 2, 2011 TAURUS (April 20-May 20) -- The size or intricacies of a big project won’t intimidate you. Your talents come more sharply into focus when you’re involved in something huge and significant. It behooves you to go for broke.

SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 22) -- It’s your attitude that determines the type of responses you get from others. If you want colleagues to be convivial, offer them friendliness in an earnest, sincere and cooperative manner.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20) -Don’t underrate your hunches or premonitions, with the exception of negative ones, because all they’ll do is stop you from trying your best. Use the positive ones to score big.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 23-Dec. 21) -- Exerting your efforts on behalf of those you love will make your actions seem larger than life. As a result, your sense of accomplishment will be huge to you as well.

CANCER (June 21-July 22) -- Whenever there is harmony of purpose, the will to succeed will win out every time. It behooves you to pursue collective endeavors, because if the group wins, everybody wins.

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LEO (July 23-Aug. 22) -- Something you’ve been overlooking for quite some time can be of significant benefit. Fortunately, you should finally start seeing it for what it actually is and what it can offer.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) -- It behooves you to at least attempt to put back on track a valued relationship that has been faltering lately. Squarely face the problem and do what you can to mend it.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23) -Something rewarding might be beckoning you, but you might hesitate if it’s in an unfamiliar area. Remember, nothing ventured, nothing gained. Go for the gold.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) -- Your executive qualities will be exceptionally sharp, so if you find yourself involved with a group that needs organization, step to the fore and organize matters.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 19) -- If you’re negotiating a delicate but important matter, remember that everything comes to those who wait. Patiently cling to the end results, and the victory you envision will come to pass.

PISCES (Feb. 20-March 20) -- Curiosity can be good when it is used to inform and learn. Don’t hesitate to ask questions about something a group involvement that you fail to fully comprehend.

ARIES (March 21-April 19) -- Although you’re a cool-headed individual, your emotions and sensitivities could be more acute than usual, working to your advantage by helping you better understand another.

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My first Norman Music Festival While some hardened Norman Music Festival goers managed to craft STAFF COLuMN their weekend schedule with the bestpossible bands, I wasn’t sure I would attend my first festival until Friday, when I Sydney Allen decided I should immerse myself in one of the only hipster events Norman has.

9:30 P.M. — Meet three of my friends outside the Sooner Theatre to plan our evening. We pore over a crumpled schedule. I get distracted by the carnival across the street.

9:45 P.M. — Get to the Opolis, where we plan on seeing Stardeath and White Dwarfs. We pile into the tiny venue. I get a beer spilled on me.

9:55 P.M. — We realize Stardeath is playing at the outside Opolis venue. We rush for the door.

10 P.M. — The bands are either an hour behind or the schedule was wrong. We decide to scrap this band and head down Main Street to find something else.

10:15 P.M. — We stop and watch a Latin rock band

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Top: Oklahoma City-native Jabee performs at the Sooner Theatre during Norman Music Festival on Saturday in downtown Norman. Jabee was one of 13 acts to perform at the theater during the threeday festival.

called Monte Negro at the Jagermeister Stage. I drool over the fair food. Music isn’t the dominant thing on my mind right now.

10:30 P.M. — We head over to the Blackwatch Stage to catch the end of the Burning Hotels. After asking a security guard where we were, he informed us the festival had its own iPhone app.

11 P.M. — We watch The Pretty Black Chains. The lead singer comments on all of the weed in the audience.

The man next to me pours vodka into a Big Gulp cup.

11:45 P.M. — We leave for the Brewhouse Stage, where there is a line forming for Hush Hush Commotion.

12:30 A.M. — Hush Hush Commotion finally goes on.

Worth the wait.

1 A.M. — We head home, exhausted and smelling of smoke. I think my night was a success. — Sydney allen, University College freshman

MUSIC: Festival family friendly, attendee says Continued from page 1

Right: Jacob Abello sings to a crowd at the Blackwatch Stage during Norman Music Festival on Friday.

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19 musical venues and was situated in an alley between brick buildings and a power station.

During The Pretty Black Chains’ set Friday, the area around the stage was filled with attendees standing shoulderto-shoulder while watching the performance.

Also on Friday, the group

Monte Negro performed at the Latin Stage. Band members sang in both English and Spanish and stayed in near-constant motion during their set.

Hip-hop artist Jabee, whose lyrics told his story of growing up in Oklahoma City, performed Saturday at the Sooner Theater.

Festival attendee Maddie Lee said the diversity of the crowd was an added incentive to attend. “I like the variety of it all,� she

said, “It brings out so many different people — people I didn’t even know lived in Norman — and I love it because of that.�

Jennifer Brightwell attended the festival with her children and said she was impressed by the festival’s family-friendly atmosphere. “I think this festival is just a great place to bring your family and have a good time,� Brightwell said.

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ROWING » Sooners finish second at Big 12 Championship for second straight year

Softball

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Oklahoma players selected in later rounds of 2011 NFL Draft Four Sooners were picked in the NFL Draft over the weekend. OU didn’t produce three of the top-5 picks like 2010, but with first-round talents Travis Lewis and Ryan Broyles opting to return for their senior years, 2011 was as good as expected.

— James Corley/The Daily

DeMarco Murray | 3rd Round, Pick 71 | Dallas Cowboys This pick made all parties involved happy.

Sooner fans have another reason to make the trek down I-35 to JerryWorld, Jerry Jones will have a few thousand more butts in his seats and bucks in his pocket and Murray joins a Cowboy backfield with a strong chance to see the field early and often as a running back and DeMarco special-teams contributor.

Murray Dallas’ move to acquire Murray further signals the expected departure of Marion Barber, who didn’t do much last season, and that’s great news for Murray.

Though Felix Jones and Tashard Choice will get carries before Murray, neither have been entirely what Dallas had hoped.

Quinton Carter | 4th Round, Pick 108 | Denver Broncos Denver and new front-office man John Elway addressed the defense over the weekend, taking two linebackers and two safeties with four of the Broncos’ first five picks.

Elway tweeted that Carter was high on the organization’s draft board and that he was happy the safety was still around for Denver.

Quinton Carter could have an impact early because Carter the Broncos’ current secondary consists of aged, veteran players in need of youth, energy and speed.

Jonathan Nelson | 7th Round, Pick 229 | St. Louis Rams Nelson joins former Sooners Mark Clayton, C.J. Ah You and Sam Bradford on the Rams’ roster. The Arlington, Texas, native was an anchor on the Sooners’ otherwise-young secondary last season.

Jeremy Beal | 7th Round, Pick 247 | Denver Broncos Few expected Beal to drop deep into the seventh round, but Elway spoke highly of Beal’s talent and productivity in a tweet after the Broncos acquired the Carrollton, Texas, native.

Most analysts agree the defensive end was a big steal for Denver so late in the draft to polish off the Broncos’ defenserebuilding project.

Sooners split Texas series Team upsets No. 3 Texas on Saturday for Longhorns’ first conference loss Tobi Neidy

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With nothing to lose going into the series, the No. 15 Oklahoma Sooner softball team found a way to hand Texas its first conference loss of the season with a 5-2 win Saturday before settling for a weekend split in Austin.

The Sooners lost the second game of the series, 5-3.

OU made multiple lineup changes over the weekend but found ways to play as a team against a Longhorn program that had only four losses this season.

Sophomore home-run hitter Jessica Shults started at the designated player position, allowing freshman Brittany Williams some experience as catcher.

S o p h o m o re i n f i e l d e r Brianna Turang did not play in the first game after suffering an injury before Wednesday’s game against Oklahoma State.

On Sunday, sophomores Michelle Gascoigne and Keilani Ricketts split the work on the mound.

Ricketts allowed six hits and four earned runs before Gascoigne was brought in to finish the game.

Gascoigne allowed two hits and struck out three during 2.2 innings After falling behind in the first inning for the second time over the weekend, Texas mounted a three-run performance in the third to take the lead for good.

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Sophomore pitcher Keilani Ricketts pitches in a game earlier this season. The Sooners beat Texas, 5-2, on Saturday before falling to the Longhorns, 5-3, on Sunday in Austin.

The Sooners mounted a two-out rally in the seventh inning after falling behind, 5-3, in the fifth.

Shults hit a single to right field before Ricketts walked to bring the go-ahead run to the plate in senior third baseman Dani Dobbs.

But Dobbs flied out to center field to end the game, ending the come-from-behind opportunity.

The Sooners jumped to a 1-0 lead in the first inning Saturday after Shults

knocked in senior Chana’e Jones.

OU tacked on runs in the third and fifth innings before junior Katie Norris blasted a solo homer to give the Sooners the team’s largest lead, 5-0.

The Longhorns put up two runs in the bottom of the seventh, but the Sooners still ended Texas’ unblemished 12-0 conference record.

Ricketts was instrumental in the Longhorn defeat, capturing OU’s single-season

strikeout record with 10 Ks in the game. Ricketts limited Texas to four hits and three walks.

North Texas is next on the Sooners’ schedule. OU hosts the Mean Green for a mid-week matchup at 6 p.m. Wednesday at Marita Hynes Field.

The North Texas game begins a three-game home stand for the Sooners as they finish the regular schedule with a series against Iowa State this weekend.

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