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Rainfall decreased water usage by 30%

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On the cover: OU student Jesse High and co-director Nik Harper direct the Pixies new music video, “Bagboy.”

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City of Norman officials are urging residents to adhere to an odd/even yard irrigation plan in response to ongoing regional water shortages.

The generous rains that fell in Norman this past weekend were a welcome sight, reducing the citywide water usage by 30 percent, from the summer average of 20,000,000 gallons per day to 14,000,000 gallons, said Ken Komiske, Norman director of utilities.

But an odd/even irrigation schedule for the entire city would ease pressures on the city’s water utilities, he said.

“It doesn’t take water MACI SMITH/THE DAILY away from anyone; it just OU’s Unity Garden floods after rainfall over the weekend. City of Norman officials urge water conservation spreads everyone’s usage despite recent rainfall in the area. out,” Komiske said.

Under the odd/even being pushed during these water pressure in the sysday irrigation plan, which h o t s u m m e r m o n t h s , tems and makes gadgets neighbors like Oklahoma Norman’s water situation like sprinklers less effecCity already have mandatis dire enough that city of- tive, Komiske said. ed, Norman residents with There has been discusficials are looking into buyeven-numbered home ading water from Oklahoma sion within the Norman dresses would use their City utilities in the near fu- City Council that an odd/ irrigation systems on even watering requirement ture, Komiske said. even-numbered days, and This weekend “This weekend helped fill s h o u l d b e i m p l e m e ntvice-a-versa for odd-numup Norman’s water reser- ed year-round, but as of helped fill up bered homes, Komiske said. voirs, but we still have trou- now, any sort of city irrigaNorman’s water Norman was on a manble during water peaks,” he tion schedule is optional, datory odd/even watering Komiske said. reservoirs, but we said. schedule prior to the stormy During peak watering still have trouble weather earlier this sumperiods each day, the high mer. The mandatory con- during water peaks.” number of people using Bennett Hall servation ended June 5. benhall@ou.edu the utilities not only leads KEN KOMISKE, With the 21,000,000-galto high demand for usable lon daily water utility limit NORMAN DIRECTOR OF UTILITIES water, but it also lowers the

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PHYSICS

OU professor shares physics theory called ‘supersymmetry’ Baer expects fundamental results to take place in 10 to 12 years JOSEPH LYON

Campus Reporter

On July 4, 2012, a scientific breakthrough occurred below the ground in Geneva, Switzerland.

There, at European Organization for Nuclear Research known as CERN, deep in the tunnels of a new kind of particle accelerator known as the Large Hadron Collider, the Higgs boson particle was discovered after four years of smashing protons together at high energy levels. Physicists found the last subatomic particle needed to describe the laws of physics.

However, the laws of physics still seemed to be mathematically unstable, said Howard Baer, OU professor of high energy physics.

What could be the next step for particle

theory? Baer has an answer for that.

“The mathematical fix needed is known as supersymmetry,” Baer said. “It predicts a host of new matter states that should exist.

The [Large Hadron Collider] has been looking for those matter states, but it hasn’t found any yet.”

Physicists face the problem of how the Higgs boson particle can exist if it does not have any supersymmetric particles necessary to stabilize the mass with this model of physics. The issue is one HOWARD Baer hopes to resolve with BAER his updated theory of particle physics.

His theory, known as natural supersymmetry, was developed in response to this scientific conundrum. In this framework, the only supersymmetric particle needed is the Higgsino, Baer said.

But this particle would be very difficult to speed of light, according to the International see at the Large Hadron Collider where the Linear Collider’s website.

Higgs boson particle was found Having done the calcula“If and thus Baer is pointing to a tions, Baer thinks the future new development in particle supersymmetry of physics is looking good, accelerator technology, Baer in light of the International is discovered, Linear Collider’s proposed said.

The International Linear that would be development.

Collider, a proposed particle “If supersymmetry is discovrevolutionary ered, accelerator, is an electron-posthat would be revolutionfor the laws of ary for the laws of physics as itron collider worth $10 billion. Proposed to be housed physics as we we know them,” he said. “This in a Japanese city, this mawould lead to impacts in string know them.” chine would be able to see theory, grand unified theories, the Higgsino quite well and dark matter research and so HOWARD BAER, it would be a veritable Higgs OU PROFESSOR OF HIGH on.” boson factory, measuring the But when can we expect ENERGY PHYSICS properties of the Higgs boson for these fundamental results with even greater detail, Baer said. about the nature of nature itself to start rollThe machine would achieve this result ing in? by colliding tens of billions of electrons and Baer expects this will take place in the oppositely-charged positrons at nearly the next 10 to 12 years.

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MUSIC FESTIVAL

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GO AND DO Center of the Universe Festival When: July 19-20

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Jesse High, broadcast and electronic media senior and co-director of the Pixies music video, films a scene from the “Bagboy” music video, which includes colored smoke bombs, a playground and a Froot Loops cereal and milk bath, among many other colorful scenes.

An OU student and his filmmaking friends direct a music video for alternative rock band, the Pixies.

MEGAN DEATON Life & Arts Editor

An OU student and his co-directors are getting attention from music news outlets like Rolling Stone with their self-produced music video for Boston-based alternative rock band, the Pixies.

The video for the band’s new single “Bagboy” — shot in Norman — features a mischievous boy who spends his day causing trouble in a house with everything from colored smoke bombs to a baseball bat. The project has gotten attention from TIME Magazine, The Huffington Post, Billboard and more.

Jesse High, broadcast and electronic media senior, and his co-partner Nik Harper make up LAMAR+NIK. The two friends started directing together about three years ago.

“Before that, we were just filming skateboarding montages, ended up working on a couple small projects together, and we wanted to do more,” Harper said. “Soon after that, we both started going to the [Oklahoma City Community College] film program.”

LAMAR+NIK’s website displays many examples of their past work, including music videos for Samantha Crain

and Lushlife.

The duo’s previous work caught the attention of the Pixies’ manager. He sent the filmmakers an email about directing a video for the Pixies.

“The whole process was really secretive,” High said.

“We had to keep it really quiet since it was their first release in nine years.”

High and Harper accepted the project and pulled it off with the help of Spenser Sakurai, director of photography for the video.

Contrary to popular belief, a band often has little influence over the concept of its own videos, Harper said.

“It’s fun to think that Lady Ga ga c o m e s u p w i t h t h e ideas for her videos, but she doesn’t,” Harper said. “The reason why one director is preferred over another in the

music video world is because of their ideas.”

The whole process was really secretive.

We had to keep it really quiet since it was their first release in nine years.”

JESSE HIGH, MUSIC VIDEO CO-DIRECTOR

The video was shot in Norman, with the majority

of the scenes taking place in High’s mother’s house.

Locals may also recognize the Homeland on Lindsey Street and glimpses of Norman’s Main Street area.

The directors faced a challenge when trying to find a place to film their project, Harper said.

“Well, two main problems were finding a house we could trash and finding a kid that didn’t have to check in with his parents all day,” Harper said.

They decided to use High’s mother’s home and Harper’s little brother as the setting and star of the video, Harper said.

From the looks of the video, Harper’s brother got to have quite a bit of fun during the process. The kid smashes dishware, fills the house with

thousands of bubbles and even takes a Froot Loops cereal and milk bath.

“We’ve had that idea for a while now so it was great to finally do it,” Harper said.

“When the Froot Loops were added, it was a nice touch that we hadn’t originally planned on.”

High has some advice for anyone with big aspirations.

“If you want to make something then go make it,” High said. “Don’t ask permission, don’t wait until you have money. If you want something bad enough, you’ll make it happen.”

Megan Deaton meggiejennie@ou.edu

usic fans rejoice. Brady Arts District patrons stock your pantries. A music festival is coming.

Over 70 bands are expected to play July 19-20 in the Brady Arts District in downtown Tulsa for the Center of the Universe Festival.

Headliners include OneRepublic and OK Go. “Getting big names like our headliners isn’t easy,” said festival spokeswoman Ashley Fuller. “Sponsors make the world go ‘round.

We are so grateful to the partners who have jumped on board this year. Also, 60 percent of the festival is funded by upgraded ticket sales.”

This is the first year of the music festival, which made it challenging for the coordinators, but well worth the stress.

No bother for Phil Kaiser, festival co-organizer and owner of Cosmo Café in Brookside and Laffa Medi-Eastern Restaurant & Bar in the

Where: Brady Arts District, downtown Tulsa Price: free, VIP tickets available

The VIP pass will get you a parking pass, upfront access to the outdoor stages and most notably, access to Cain’s Ballroom, which is providing free beer. The BOK pass will get you upfront access to the stages in the BOK Zone and access to The Yeti and SoundPony.

The cost is $245 and $135 respectively.

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Kruger brings basketball team OU rowing team reaches success at impressive speed back to Oklahoma’s former glory SPORTS EDITOR

Jono Greco jonogreco13@gmail.com

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he fact the Oklahoma rowing team had a season featuring two conference titles is not too surprising — the team has shown improvements recently — but how quickly the team rose to success is surprising, especially to those who were on campus when the sport was added in 2009.

During the rowing team’s infancy, the team would take anyone who wanted to be part of it. Experience was not an issue, just the passion to be part of the team and build a new program within OU athletics.

Their initial recruiting attempt wasn’t fruitful, as OU wasn’t able to field a full team.

The team saw borderline success after being able to fill a full team in 2010, finishing second in the Big 12 — a finish the Sooners accomplished in 2011 and 2012, too — and fourth in the Conference USA in 2010.

OU saw improvement in Conference USA play as it improved to a third place finish in 2011 and 2012.

For a young team, those are great finishes, especially when rowing is a novel concept to the state.

Now, Oklahoma’s rowing

SPORTS REPORTER team has made a name for itself not just within the area but around the nation.

Coach Leeanne Crain, who has been the program’s only coach in its history, built up a program that brought home a Big 12 title and a Conference USA title, as well as a trip to the NCAA Championships.

The Sooners had to win two conference titles because the Big 12 is not a big enough conference to send a representative to the national championship. So OU joined Conference USA to make a run at its first championship appearance.

And that appearance came in the program’s fifth year.

Like in football, a coach shouldn’t be judged until his third or fourth year — if the coach lasts that long. For an entirely new sport that once had to gain members by handing out fliers, the fiveyear mark is a good point to start to judge the program’s success.

And the judgment is favorable.

The Sooners won not only its first conference title in 2013, they won two

AT A GLANCE OU Rowing

• OU won the Big 12 and Conference USA • They finished 17th at NCAA championships Source: soonersports.com

conference titles and finished 17th in the NCAA Championships.

The fact the rowing team has become a national contender in its fifth year is a testament to that coaching staff and the rowers who devote so many hours of their lives to a sport.

Although the Sooners didn’t bring home a national title or even finish in the top 10, the fact the program has accomplished so much in its fifth year of existence not only is surprising, but impressive.

Jono Greco is a journalism graduate student.

Julia Nelson julia.nelson33@gmail.com

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et ’s be real for a minute. Once Blake Griffin finished his time with the Oklahoma basketball team, things got a little rough. From 20092012 the Sooners couldn’t put together a w inning season.

Enter coach Lon Kruger.

In his second year with the Sooners he brought them back to their former glory, winning 20 games and making an appearance in the NCAA tournament.

Sooner Nation got a little spoiled. They fell back so quickly into their winning ways, they forgot to be thankful for the successes.

Even more, they forgot successes doesn’t always come this fast.

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outcome at the beginning of the season. Yes, Kruger had a reputation of rebuilding teams before he came to Oklahoma; and after landing transfer forward Amath M’Baye, things began falling into place. But realistically, nobody was thinking about the NCAA tournament before the season started.

Two years is a pretty quick turnaround for a program in distress.

Leadership from senior forward Romero Osby propelled the team forward, but young talent from a slew of freshmen was the b i g g e s t s u rprise of all.

Freshmen guards Buddy LON KRU- Heild, Isaiah GER C o u s i n s and Je’lon Hornbeak were some of Kruger’s first recruits t o s t e p o nt o t h e c ou r t.

Unpredictably, the contributions from these three freshmen might have held the key to this team’s success.

Heild, Cousins and

Hornbeak played beyond their years, but they still made mistakes.

The magic was in the formula. Kruger surrounded the freshman with older players on the court. Not only were the three great learners, but they had great teachers.

Plenty of Sooner basketball fans will tell you O klahoma should have made it much farther into the NCAA championship.

And maybe that’s true.

But making it into the tournament in the first place was an even bigger obstacle than winning the game. Making the tournament signified Oklahoma was back on the national radar.

The Sooners came out on top in the perception war.

Even after an underwhelming showing in the Big 12 Tournament, they managed to snag a 10 seed. And that might have been the biggest surprise of all.

Julia Nelson is a journalism senior.

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SPORTS BRIEFS

SPORTS

Sooners make Team USA debut

Sooners acquire transfer pitcher Softball head coach Patty Gasso announced Tuesday that the Sooners will add a new pitcher to their lineup.

Kelsey Stevens just finished her freshman year at Stanford and has transferred to Oklahoma. She will have three years of eligibility left beginning in the spring of 2014.

This past season at Stanford, Stevens KELSEY finished 15-7 with a 2.99 ERA and a teamSTEVENS high 163 strikeouts in 136 innings. In her 21 career starts, seven of those were shutouts. She was also named to the All-Pac 12 Freshman team in 2013.

“We’ve watched Kelsey since she was in high school and were impressed with her skills,” Gasso said in a press release. “She refined those skills at Stanford and was very tough against us when we faced her last season.

We look forward to her joining our pitching staff.”

Against Oklahoma last season, Stevens struck out seven batters and limited the Sooners to just one run and two hits after entering the game in the second inning.

Chamberlain, Martinez help team win silver DEMETRIUS KEARNEY The Oklahoma Daily

Team USA embarked on a mission to claim its seventh straight World Cup of Softball championship.

Unfortunately, Team USA fell short to Japan in the championship game losing 6-3 and claiming the silver in the tournament, ending a streak of six straight World Cup Championships.

Two OU softball players had the honor of representing the Sooners and America as members of that team. Junior infielder Lauren Chamberlain and senior outfielder Destinee Martinez.

The California natives, coming fresh off of a national championship victory with the Sooners made their Team USA debut to much adulation from an enthusiastic crowd.

Both Chamberlain and Martizez made positive contributions to the team throughout the tournament, even though neiLAUREN CHAMBERLAIN ther started in the title game, both saw acton at their respective positions.

Chamberlain, the NCAA leader in home runs this past season saw action in four of the five games and made several plays from the first base position. The first baseman was also active in the batting rotation for Team

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Lauren Chamberlain and Destinee Martinez represented OU in the World Cup of Softball. Though she started, Chamberlain had an RBI doulbe against Puerto Rico and saw action at first base. Martinez started againt Puerto Rico and had the game-winning run.

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Martinez’s team-high batting average during the WCWS Source: soonersports.com

USA, going 1 for 8 including an RBI double in the third inning against Puerto Rico.

Martinez a valuable contributor, playing in all five games, making a start in the game against Puerto Rico.

The Center fielder made several key plays for Team USA, including a run at the bottom of the fifth that would prove to be the game winner in a run-rule victory over Puerto Rico.

Te a m U S A f i n i s h e d t h e t o u r na m e nt w i t h a 3-2 record, with both

losses coming to Japan. The Oklahoma standouts played well when given their opportunity to perform;However, Team USA had several players who also made key plays in their silver medal winning effort.

F o r m e r Te n n e s s e e Volunteer, Lauren Gibson played an excellent tournament, in the opening game against Canada, Gibson, who stole 46 career bases while at Tennessee, was 3 for 3 in stolen bases and hit a two run home run over the

center field fence to cap off the win.

Former Michigan All American Amanda Chidester was also a key contributor for team USA batting 5 for 15 with two RBI’s and a home run.

Former Mizzou standouts Rhea Taylor and Nicole Hudson also performed well. Hudson was 2 for 4 with two RBI’s and Taylor was 4 for 9 with two runs scored.

Even though USA claimed silver in the tournament, the team looks solid and fully prepared to dominate as they prepare for the Canadian Open Fastpitch Invitational in Surrey, British Columbia, July 16-22.

Demetrius Kearney dvkearney1@gmail.com

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WOMEN’S BASKETBALL

Coale-lead Team USA wins gold Led by OU women’s basketball coach Sherri Coale, Team USA defeated Russia 90-71 to win gold the World University Games Championship Final in Kazan, Russia.

It was the third consecutive and ninth overall World University Games Title for USA Women’s basketball.

SHERRI “I’m so proud of them,” Coale said.

COALE “This is such a difficult thing. You can say, ‘Look how good these players are,’ and they are, they are very, very talented, but fitting all that together in a short amount of times against these teams that have years of experience together is a real challenge. I think our success speaks to the selflessness of these guys on this team who were willing to play roles, whatever those roles might be, different roles on different nights.”

Joining Coale on Team USA was Oklahoma standout guard Aaryn Ellenberg. Though she only scored two points in the final, she averaged 9.2 points for the entire tournament and tied the team high with nine 3-pointers.

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