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CART to increase OU drop-off times Budget cuts lead metro transit system to develop faster route times on the South Oval DANIELA MCCORMICK The Oklahoma Daily

Cleveland Area Rapid Transit buses will increase its stops on the campus loop from every 30 minutes to every 20 minutes, despite budget cuts.

This will provide students more opportunities to reach their oncampus destinations.

Vicky Holland, CART spokeswoman, said this summer, the City of Norman cut Norman’s bus system’s budget by 26 percent.

Holland said CART decided to cut four of its routes.

According to a previous article

by The Daily, CART has eliminated two of its four runs on the Little Axe Link route, discontinued stops Lexington and Noble on the Cleveland County Express, and altogether discontinued the West Norman Link route on Saturdays while only operating after 9 p.m. weekdays. However, Holland said routes that go to and through the campus have been positively affected.

“Twenty-six percent for us meant about $100,000,” Holland said. ”What we did was basically not cut any services for the

student.”

Holland said the community hosted two meetings, and from both meetings, CART was able to make budget cuts based on the Norman community’s recommendations. These recommendations include a quicker route routine.

“We’ve improved the campus loop,” Holland said. “It used to be that we make it every 30 minutes.

Now, we’re making it every 20 minutes.”

Holland said another improvement was a new map that specifically shows the layout of the NEIL MCGLOHON/THE DAILY

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A CART bus Wednesday approaches the Van Vleet Oval bus stop. The bus system is cutting routes, but it will be accessing certain OU routes more often.

CRIME

BOOKSTORE | Back to the books

Bike theft expected to rise, Police say Police say there are basic ways to protect bikes from thieves JOSEPH TRUESDELL The Oklahoma Daily

With the arrival of more than 20,000 students for the fall semester, campus will again be filled with bicycles, leaving the next few weeks to become a shopping spree for bicycle thieves.

With more students enrolled in 2010 than in the previous two years, larcenies, including bike thefts, are expected to also rise.

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Political science sophomore George Lee helps Cassie Bates, University College freshman, find her textbooks Wednesday at the University Bookstore.

Bookstores compete for student dollars Multiple textbook options available for students at on- and off-campus stores KYLE SALOMON The Oklahoma Daily

Before every semester begins, a consistent buzz is heard around campus: the cost of textbooks. While the on-campus University Bookstore is the starting point for many students buying books, others rely on off-campus bookstores to prepare for class.

Boomer Book Co. on Lindsey Street advertises lower prices than other bookstores.

“Our goal is to match or beat everybody by price matching,” said Devon Toland, Boomer Book Co. general manager. “We want students to be able to go to college and learn by not having to empty their bank accounts on textbooks.”

Boomer Book Co. ow ns the S ooner Textbooks store that is located on Campus Corner, also using the price matching strategy to try and beat the other stores.

Ratcliffe’s Textbooks, located west of the dorms off of Elm Street, carries all the books that the University Bookstore contains.

“We wait and see what the University Bookstore does on prices because they are the main bookstore here so they have the right to price their books first,” Ratcliffe’s manager Charissa Siebert said. “We have all the textbooks that they have over at the university store, so we should be able to compete with them. Our most expensive books are mainly

the freshman-level science classes and business accounting books.”

While the off-campus bookstores do compete for lower textbook prices, books for courses such as freshman-level science classes and business and accounting classes remain costly.

At the University Bookstore the lower-level science classes have the most expensive books.

“The chemistry book is one of our highest priced titles, and would fall into that category of lower level science,” said University Bookstore spokesperson Scott Ripp. “The price for this book to buy is $206.50 new and $155 used. To rent would cost $92.93.”

An alternative to the bookstores is online book shopping. Websites such as Amazon. com and Half.com are popular for the lower retail rate.

Another option to buying textbooks is the bookstores’ rental programs. All bookstores now have rental prices available for students.

Rental prices are usually half of what the normal prices are to buy the book.

“The rental program is good for those who need to save money at the moment but in the long run if it is a textbook that you will need more than one semester it will cost you more to have to rent it more than once,” Seibert said.

“Our goal is to make it a little easier for students to learn without worrying about the cost of books,” Siebert said. “It’s not about the money, it’s about the education.”

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Textbook price comparisons Biology by Hoefnagels (ZOO 1114) ›› University Bookstore — New $162.75 Used $122.00 ›› Ratcliffe Textbooks — New $154.50 Used $116.00 ›› Boomer Book Co. — New $163.50 Used $124.00 ›› Amazon.com — New $121.20 Used $104.10 America Past and Present (HIST 1493) ›› University Bookstore — New $113.40 ›› Ratcliffe Textbooks — $110.00 ›› Boomer Book Co. — Unavailable ›› Amazon — $100.00 Chemistry by Brudge (CHEM 1315) ›› University Bookstore — New $206.50 Used $155.00 ›› Ratcliffe Textbooks — New $206.00 Used $154.75 ›› Boomer Book Co. — New $197.50 Used $150.00 ›› Amazon — New $156.68 Used $151.05 A History of Western Art (A HI 1113) ›› University Bookstore — New $127.40 Used None ›› Ratcliffe Textbooks — New $126.00 Used $95.50 ›› Boomer Book Co. — Unavailable ›› Amazon — New $114.44 Used $64.60

OU Panhellenic sororities gain 722 new additions Tuesday, as pledges accept bids DHARA SHETH The Oklahoma Daily

Rain showers at 2 p.m. Tuesday cooled down the final day of OU Panhellenic Recruitment, Bid Day. When OU’s 11 Panhellenic sororities announced their new pledge classes, 722 pledges rushed from the residence halls to their new sorority houses ONLINE AT once bids were OUDAILY.COM distributed.

Pledges ran » Video: Hundreds down College of Sooners rush to Av e n u e a n d accept sorority bid E l m Av e n u e with rain boots and umbrellas in tow to be greeted by their new sisters, a happy event after the five previous days, which involved girls in dresses and heels with their hair and makeup done, appearing to sweat profusely as they walk from house to house.

Recruitment, also known as rush,

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Future female engineers bond before classes More than two dozen freshmen and transfer students participate in event to promote female engineering careers MEREDITH MORIAK The Oklahoma Daily

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Female freshmen and transfer students participate in the College of Engineering’s Women’s Welcome on Wednesday afternoon in the ExxonMobil Lawrence G. Rawl Engineering Practice Facility.

Growing up around airplanes and getting her pilots license early in life convinced freshman Katie Gayon aerospace engineering is the major for her.

On Wednesday, the Keller, Texas, native wore a bracelet and a necklace adorning airplane charms as she played icebreakers, heard speakers and talked with upperclassmen engineers at the inaugural College of Engineering Women’s Welcome.

Gayon and 28 other women entering OU’s engineering program participated in a two-day event open to all female freshmen and transfer students.

Attendees heard from multiple women engineers, participated in team building activities, mingled with college faculty and staff and talked with upperclassmen about everything from study abroad

opportunities to career fairs, as well as buying books.

Event co-chair Tiffany Smith said there is a large need for women’s support programs in the engineering field.

Currently, women represent 20 percent of the college’s undergraduate population.

In the future, the college hopes women will represent 50 percent of the undergraduate population, said Smith, College of Engineering staff member.

OU alumna Lou Pritchett spoke about the impact female engineers have made. The 1982, the electrical engineering graduate was active in the Society of Women Engineers at OU and now does information technology for a winery in California.

“Women have a lot to offer engineering,” Pritchett said. “They have different dynamics and skills, and I think the industry is just starting to recognize those skills.”

Event volunteer and aerospace engineering junior Carly Young believes women have the potential to be better

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Most recruitment participants are freshmen, although some upperclassmen participate as well, according to Student Life.

All girls going through recruitment must live in the residence halls for that week. Many participate in recruitment to meet other girls.

“Rushing was a great way to meet people, especially older people,” said University College freshman Erin Gossett.

Recruitment is executed by members of all 11 sororities. Current members spend the first two weeks of August working on skits, crafts, songs and chanting in preparation for rush.

“Recruitment is a long, tiring but amazing time for all the members,” said Ganga Moorthy, a Delta Delta

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campus loop that goes through the South Oval. Holland said posters will be put up on all four bus shelters before Monday.

“Hopefully, nobody will miss their bus,” Holland said.

“Basically, that’s why we’re here — to help the student.”

CART user Becky Varghese said her apartment is on East Basically, that’s why Lindsey Street and last year the bus would come every we’re here — to help hour. She said she thinks the student.” it’s wonderful that bus stop times have improved.

“There’s going to be less — VICKY HOLLAND, people r iding at once,” CART SPOKESWOMAN Varghese said, a biochemistry sophomore.

“There will be a lot less people because in the mornings, it can get crowded.”

Varghese said she had some concerns about the cut of non-OU routes since many people use it daily, not just OU students.

“This is a public transportation system,” Varghese said.”That’s not fair. Everybody uses it.”

English writing junior Matt Middleton said CART has been slow because of the construction on Jenkins Avenue and Lindsey Street during the summer and readjusting to the pace was difficult during the first days of summer classes, but he’s looking forward to bus making more stops.

“I like that a lot,” Middleton said. “That will give me leeway if I miss a bus. That won’t be a big deal since there will be another one.”

Sooner Schedule Today to Aug. 23

Today on campus Today around campus » The Bizzell Memorial Library will host the Libraries’ Welcome. Student can meet library staff members and learn how the library can facilitate their success at OU. Short tours are available at 1:30 p.m. in the library.

Friday, Aug. 20 » The Bizzell Memorial Library will host the Libraries’ Welcome. Student can meet library staff members and learn how the library can facilitate their success at OU. Short tours are available at 1:30 p.m. in the library.

Monday, Aug. 23 » Howdy Week begins. The event, sponsored by the Campus Activities Council, provides students with the opportunity to meet others and participate in free activities. This year’s Howdy Week is themed “Man, I Love College” and lasts the entire week.

By the numbers

398 1,958

Women in the College of Engineering Undergraduates in the College of Engineering *Source: 2010 OU Factbook

engineers than men.

As the only female in her aerospace classes, the Society of Women Engineers president was thrilled to learn about the welcome event and helped coordinate volunteers.

“I don’t want someone to give up because they’re the only girl,” Young said.

“They can do just as well as everyone else and I want them to avoid what I ran into.”

The event was sponsored by Williams Companies, a Tulsa-based energy company and attendees paid a $25 registration fee.

Delta and microbiology junior.

After anticipating Bid Day all month, Moorthy said its like Christmas in August, getting to share their sisterhood with the pledges.

And the pledges are as excited as their older sorority sisters are.

Out of the 847 women who attended open house, 85 percent pledged a sorority, according to the OU Panhellenic Association.

Katie Worsham, a Alpha Omicron Pi pledge, began the recruitment process not knowing what to expect and did find it slightly intimidating, but would “totally do it again.”

She said the involvement and leadership opportunities attracted her to the recruitment process, but that’s not all that brought her to join Alpha Omicron Pi. “I’ve found a place for myself to call home when I’m two hours away from my actual home,” she said.

By the numbers

847 95 0.01% 722 85% 635 88%

Women participated in Open House

Women withdrew from rush Women released

Women pledged Pledged during rush

Women received first choice bid Received first choice bid

THEFT Continued from page 1 Larceny on campus rose from 231 in 2008 to 305 in 2009, with a rise in bike theft from 81 to 100, said Lt. Bruce Chan, OU Police Department spokesman.

“I believe rises in [larceny] and bike thefts can be credited to more students being enrolled and more students having bikes than ever before,” Chan said.

With stress levels of class, excitement for fall sports and added time for personal clubs and activities approaching, riders must not get caught up and forget to protect their bikes from thieves. Simple things such as registering bikes and

locking them up can easily prevent these bike thefts.

Chan said OUPD tries to make registering a bike as convenient as possible. Bikers can register their bikes at either the OU police department or the police office at Cate Center.

The reason for registering a bike is for police to have record of the bike’s serial number, make, model and color. With this information, if a bike is stolen, the police can get it back to its owner.

Otherwise, they will be left with a generic bike and will not know who to return it to.

Chan said most people lock their bikes but some are so cautious they take their bike into their apartment

or dorm. If students decide to lock their bike on a rack outside, Chan said OUPD prefers for students not to use “flimsy chain locks.”

“Cheap and flimsy locks are very easy to defeat. Small bolt cutters and even wire cutters can defeat cable locks. (Instead), U-bolt locks are more sturdy and a better quality lock,” Chan said.

Chan also said any lock can be defeated, but it would take a cutting torch to defeat a good, sturdy U-lock. Some lock companies will insure a bike up to $3,500, said Ryan Lenhart, an employee at Buchanan Bicycles, 561 Buchanan Ave.

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The Daily’s campus survival guide FRESHMAN GUIDE TO SUCCESS DHARA SHETH AND RENEE SELANDERS The Oklahoma Daily

The stress of heading back to school affects everyone from incoming freshmen to fifth-year seniors. Cover all the back-to-school bases by making sure you’ve got the books you need, the websites to check and the fuel to get you through the first week of classes.

Where to buy books

Where to eat

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Websites to know

Crossroads, open 24/7 beginning Sunday.

Find everything from burgers and fries to pancakes, any time of the day.

– Oklahoma Memorial Union

University Bookstore – 1185 Asp Ave. Located inside the Gaylord Family Oklahoma Memorial Stadium, OU’s University Bookstore is the oncampus spot to find and buy textbooks. The store’s ground level sells official OU merchan dise; textbooks, reference books, scantrons and other school supplies are downstairs.

Ratcliffe’s Textbooks – 1105 Elm Ave. Ratcliffe’s is the off-campus bookstore closest to the dorms, west of Adams Tower.

Sooner Book Co. – 745 Asp Ave. Sooner Book Co. is down the street from the Oklahoma Memorial Union on Asp, just north of campus in historic Campus Corner.

Beat the Bookstore – 1217 W. Lindsey St. Located on the main stretch of Lindsey between I-35 and OU’s campus, Beat the Bookstore is on the northwest corner of Berry Road and Lindsey Street.

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Boomer Book Co. – 1337 W. Lindsey Street. The parent company of Sooner Book Co., Boomer Book Co. has a location further west of campus.

Room Service from Cate ala Carte. Call in your order, use and have lunch or dinner delivered to the residence halls, Kraettli Apartments or OU Traditions Square apartments.

– Cate Center The Laughing Tomato - This campus restaurant uses biodegradable containers and incorporates locally-grown produce into its menu.

- Oklahoma Memorial Union Couch Restaurants - Commonly known as “the caf”, Couch Restaurants is the campus cafeteria that features 14 different restaurants.

– Located west of Couch Tower.

Roscoe’s – A coffee shop that also offers teas, snacks and sushi, Roscoe’s will reopen for its regular hours with the start of classes Monday.

– Cate Center Couch Express – Famous for its grilled cheeses, Couch Express is great for on-the-go meals.

It will reopen for regular hours Monday.

– Couch Tower

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Learn.ou.edu – Desire 2 Learn, or D2L, contains a list of your classes and allows you to access class rosters and any documents your professor may post. Keep track of your assignments and grades on D2L as well.

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Ozone.ou.edu –Use this website to search for and enroll in new classes, view financial aid information and pay your bursar balance. Ozone is also a dock for links to other OU websites.

Exchange.ou.edu – Access your OU e-mail account through this website. Look for e-mails from professors about classroom location changes and university-wide announcements for back-to-school events.

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MyEdu.com – Sign-up with this website and get access to the new Pick-A-Prof website. Get professor reviews, as well as average grades for a particular class and drop rates.

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Professors — adhere to textbook deadlines Class starts Monday and it’s time to buy textbooks. professors don’t give the bookstores enough time, we’re However, after going to four bookstores, we still can’t not quite sure how they expect us to be ready for class. round up the required readings for the 12 hours we’re takSometimes it’s just a matter of the time it takes a publishing this fall. er to ship large quantities of textIt’s frustrating for the student and the bookbooks. On the other hand, how store employees who must deal with disgruntled long this process takes also deIf students are willing to students like us. pends on faculty who must turn spend hundred of dollars in their textbook request lists to You would think that by now we would have buying textbooks they learned to buy our textbooks through Amazon. department chairs before they’re com or Half.com, and after the two hour textbook should be able to get them sent to Norman bookstores. trot across Norman, that’s exactly what we did.

According to the Nor man before classes start.”

But, we shouldn’t have to wait for those books Campus Faculty Handbook, proto show up on our doorstep. Instead, we should fessors should meet a deadline to be able to walk into the Norman bookstores, pull the books turn in textbook requests. For the fall, it was April 9. for our classes, swipe our debit cards to pay for the overHowever, what ensures faculty members meet this priced reading materials and be on our way. deadline?

In a perfect world, we would be able to get our books Nothing. in one place, and professors would turn in their textbook While we appreciate the university’s continuing efforts requests on time, too. to improve the textbook ordering process, there are no We believe one of the main reasons local textbook stores provisions for deadline enforcement and local bookstores can’t fulfill our needs is because professors do not sub- say this can be a problem. mit their requests in a timely manner. Professors often reIn compliance with standards set by the Faculty Senate quest out-of-print publications or those that require the in February, all professors are required to post a syllabus bookstores to place merchandise on back order. When and necessary course materials online. This year, books

are posted in oZONE and students can view the information when enrolling in classes.

Professors are advised to use electronic reserves in the library to keep costs low. Also, there’s a greater emphasis on faculty only using “instructional materials that will actually be extensively used during the course of the semester or term.”

This logic sounds great and we hope most faculty will stick to the new standards, but we also expect the university to hold faculty accountable.

If students are willing to spend hundreds of dollars buying textbooks they should be able to get them before classes start.

Sure, there are a few slackers who will probably never buy their books, but the majority of us want to be prepared.

We would rather professors be up front about whether books are necessary or not.

We want to buy the books, but we don’t want to waste money on books we’ll only open twice.

And we also don’t want to fail the first three quizzes, because we couldn’t buy the book on time.

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Glamming up the campus proves to be costly to students, taxpayers Universities across the country are spending too much money on nonacademic expenditures.

Instead of squeezing every penny into attracting highquality faculty or improving laboratory and library facilities, universities are dedicating large portions of their budget toward amenities aimed at attracting students.

A high-profile example of this trend is Stanford’s new dormitory, which costs $200,000 per bed to construct. While it might seem like this kind of spending would be contained to schools for the wealthy, examples of this trend can be found at OU. Students at OU are familiar with the extravagant Couch Cafeteria’s renovations over the last few years.

There are now places in the Couch Cafeteria where one can see more than 20 televisions from a single seat.

Additional expenditures include over-the-top Gaylord Hall. According to a 2009 report of university capital development projects, phase two of Gaylord Ha l l c o s t $ 1 9 , 9 5 0 , 0 0 0 .

Nearly $11 million was anticipated to come from private sources, $9 million was in university bond funds

and $100,000 in college funds.

OU’s intent to acquire a multi-million dollar monastery in Italy for study abroad is another example.

In some cases, the bulk of the cost is shouldered by outside donors, and this fact is often used to stonewall any criticism of the projects.

Absent from this excuse is the ongoing maintenance and insurance costs with which elaborate projects will burden future budgets.

Additionally, it is fair to

Everyone loses in this competition as the price of education rises while the quality of it stays the same or even drops.” ask whether this is the best expense of donor money.

S ometimes donors approach OU with a specific project in mind, such as Gay l o rd Ha l l . In t h o s e cases, it is sensible for the administration to accommodate reasonable project proposals instead of risking the donation altogether.

Other times it is clear that OU’s administration is encouraging donors to

participate in particular dollars into water comprojects. plexes, decked-out cafeteFor instance, it seems un- rias, and domes that glow likely that any donor came in the dark (looking at you to OU’s administration with Gaylord Hall). the goal of buying If only one unia multi-million versity is innovatdollar monastery ing in that way, in a foreign counthen perhaps it will try. So, even when be more attractive it is donor money, to certain students that does not and the costs will mean there is no be justified. But it trade-off between is not only one unisome other way versity that is takthe administration Matt Bruenig ing this approach. could direct it to Across the be spent. board, universiOU administrations de- ties feeling pressured by the fend these non-academic spending at other universiprojects, claiming it is nec- ties follow suit. Everyone essary to recruit students. loses in this competition as While it is understand- the price of education rises a b l e t h a t u n i v e r s i t i e s while the quality of it stays compete for students, the the same or even drops. current arms race toward The trend toward luxury greater luxury spells more in higher education will costs for everyone with no cost us all. educational benefits. And Unless the current OU costs across the board will administration seeks to have to rise, which will ulti- simply build a legacy for itmately be borne by students self by littering the campus or taxpayers. with fancy buildings, it will A d m i n i s t r a t o r s a n d buck this recent trend and those in the position to dedicate funding for edumake spending decisions cation, not luxury. must consider the overall social cost of this kind of — Matt Bruenig, philosophy competition. senior From a single university perspective, it might make Comment on this column sense to sink millions of at OUDaily.com

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LIFE&ARTS While you spent your summer traveling the country, working an internship or just sleeping in, a lot of music came out. The Daily’s Joshua Boydston and Matt Carney catalog the releases your ears may have missed.

Arcade Fire “The Suburbs” Merge Records Released: Aug. 2 Arcade Fire packed just over an hour of songs into its third and longest album, “The Suburbs,” which finds the band reaching to new heights electronically. Each one is topically obsessed with a youth spent driving around mini-malls and flash-built housing — literally the suburbs — though singer Win Butler is specifically detailing his childhood in The Woodlands, Texas. Regine Chassagne’s voice enthralls in “Sprawl II (Mountains Beyond Mountains),” practically stealing the whole show as Win drives us through a wasteland of American splendor at the album’s end. “The Suburbs” may not be this summer’s best album, but you’d be hard-pressed to find one that’ll wrench your heart as hard.

-MC

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Big Boi “Sir Lucious Left Foot: The Son of Chico Dusty” Def Jam Recordings

Released: July 6 Best rap album of the summer? It’s a no-brainer in Big Boi’s favor. Long in the making, “Sir Lucious” was hampered by a recording company spat that limited OutKast bro André 3000’s involvement in the album (and essentially killed a terrific early Internet release “Royal Flush”).

No matter. Big Boi surrounded himself with plenty of quality contributors —most noticeably growly rapper Gucci Mane and supernova singer Janelle Monáe— resulting in solid singles and a cohesive gem of a record dripping with ’80s synths. Best album name of all-time?

Has to be.

-MC

The Black Keys “Brothers” Nonesuch Records Released: May 18 Sure, blues-rock is a little dated, but that couldn’t prevent Dan Auerbach and Patrick Carney from whipping up a quality summer rock album. Honestly, those first four tracks alone were worth whatever you paid for it. Recorded at the infamous Mu s c l e S h o a l s S o u n d Studio in Alabama, “ B r o t h e r s” s e e t h e s with down-home organ creeps, lyrics about evil women and Auerbach’s voice that always sounds like it’s on the verge of desperation.

-MC

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Drake “Thank Me Later” Cash Money / Universal Released: June 15 Championed by indie bloggers and radio DJs alike, Drake finally pulled the trigger on his longawaited full-length debut.

Largely, it doesn’t disappoint, fulfilling most of the promise early efforts had in-dicated. Loaded with a host off long-winded narratives, “Thankk Me Later” dips between poetic and awkward. Drake’s heartfelt, honest verses sometimes hinge on being too literal, but his storytelling is mostly charming, and especially poignant in tracks likee “Fireworks.” And when the lyrics css connect, it’s a hit.

-JB

The Hold Steady “Heaven is Whenever” Vagrant Records Released: May 4 “Heaven is Whenever” is a pretty decent album until the seventh track, “Hurricane J,” comes on. After its nearly three minutes of classic rock nostalgia and message of selfless love, “Heaven is Whenever” reverts back to so-so status, prompting the listener to scroll through his or her iPod back to 2006’s transcendent “Boys and Girls in America”.

The Hold Steady is absolutely terrific live and a few tracks off “Heaven is Whenever” (“A Slight Discomfort,” “The Weekenders,” “Rock and Roll Problems”) proved excellent fodder for its Oklahoma City summer show. The album doesn’t tell the best stories: funny, druggy anecdotes and tales of epic parties that define it as a band.

-MC

Janelle Monaé “The ArchAndroid” Bad Boy/Wondaland Released: May 17 Relea Janelle Monaé is one funky piece of work, and her Jane newest release is nothing short of brilliant. The genrebending, bendin style-shifting and groove-inspiring “The ArchAndroid” ArchAn delves into every fanciful whim and fascination, cinatio but maintains an admirable balance of experimentation and crowd-pleasing melodies that culminate mentat in the ssong of the year: “Tightrope.” Beyoncé should be jealous jealou of the soulful ballads Monaé pulls out of her carefully careful tailored sleeve, and one hopes more and more people start to pay attention to this superstar in the making. making -JB

M.I.A M.I.A. “Maya” “May XL/Interscope XL/In Released: July 13 Relea There’s nothing about “Maya” that doesn’t scream The confrontation. confro It’s confronting her newly minted popstar sta status, her politically charged routines and her questioned authenticity and credibility. It’s purposefully questio dysfunctional dysfun and riotous in a way that makes “Arular” sound like Raffi. Ironically, she’s at her most accesso sible in tracks like “Xxxo” and “It Takes A Muscle,” which, fittingly enough, only add to the confusion in true M.I.A. style.

-JB

The National “High Violet” 4AD Released: May 11 The National hasn’t released a bad album, and “High Violet” might be its greatest one yet. Smart, driven and ambitious, The National crafts tasteful, sorrowful melodies that dodge self-pity, landing firmly in thoughtful introspection instead. Matt Berninger is quickly becoming the lyricist of the generation, and his words have newfound poignancy in this time of national struggle. “Afraid of Everyone” and “Sorrow” dig for deeper meaning; “Bloodbuzz Ohio” finds it.

-JB

Various Artists “Eclipse Original Soundtrack” Chop Shop/Atlantic Released: May 25 “Twilight” soundtrack releases have, oddly enough, become something that indie kids and hipsters salivate over, what with their inclusion of big names like Beck and Thom Yorke. But “Eclipse” is a bit of a let down from “New Moon.” The names are just as big, but don’t mesh as well.

Some of the bands’ tracks are overwrought (Muse), lazy (Band of Horses), awkward (Vampire Weekend) and just boring (The Dead Weather). There are some highlights (Cee Lo Green, Sia and Beck with Bat For Lashes), but the album is disjointed, messy … and oddly enjoyable.

-JB

Wavves “King of the Beach” Fat Possum Records Released: July 13 “King of the Beach” is a complete reinvention.

“Wavvves” was a harsh, fuzzy affair, while Nathan Williams’ junior effort is, brace yourself, the pop album of the summer. Critics claimed it sounds like “Dookie” or “Enema of the State,” and it sort of does, but that simplifies what he’s done with this jewel of a release. It’s pop punk meets lo-fi meets surf rock meets psychedelic electro. Songs like “Post Acid” and “Idiot” are too fun not to enjoy, and his high risk album is ultimately greeted with a high reward.

-JB — Joshua Boydston, psychology junior — Matt Carney, professional writing senior

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M.I.A. released her latest album, “Maya,” on July 13 on XL Recordings/Interscope.

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Box’s injury forces change

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St. Louis Rams quarterback Sam Bradford drops back to pass against Minnesota on Aug. 14 in St. Louis. Bradford was sacked four times in the preseason game with the Vikings.

Rams must protect Sam Those who did not see former OU quarterback Sam Bradford make his preseason debut for St. Louis on Saturday night could have missed a peek into the future.

The big concern this year for the No. 1 draft pick is the still-dreadful Rams offensive line. Bradford may have come out firing on his opening drive, but the offensive line’s deficiencies quickly caught up with him.

The line, as it is, offers little protection for Bradford to keep his surgically repaired right shoulder off the turf.

The Vikings sacked him four times, including twice in his final three plays.

That’s not counting all the hurries, hits and batteddown passes.

The rookie finished 6-13 for 57 yards. That’s not bad, but not great.

If the line protects him,

he has the tools to be a solid quarterback for years. If the line doesn’t, oh boy.

Watch the highlights from Saturday’s preseason game, and see for yourself the severity of hits Bradford took.

He barely had a chance to three-step drop before defenders had hands on him.

That won’t be enough for Bradford to excel, or last.

A real example is David Carr, the Houston Texans’ No.1 pick in 2002. Carr has been sacked 265 times in his eight-year career.

During his rookie year, Carr was collecting grass stains 76 times because of a woeful Texans’ offensive line.

Carr amassed the majority of those sacks in his first five years with the Texans.

The last three years, he’s been used sparingly as a backup.

The lack of protection

The Sooners are already having injury issues that bring back haunting memories from 2009.

Austin Box, expected to be a jack-of-all-trades this season on OU’s linebacker corps, will miss some time with a back injury. The loss of Box hurts the Sooners’ depth, but won’t affect the starting lineup.

Travis Lewis, a two-year veteran and future NFL talent, is back at weak side linebacker.

The assumed starter at middle linebacker is highly touted redshirt freshman, Tom Wort, who missed all of last season after tearing his ACL in a preseason practice.

Wort had been mentioned by coaches as one player they are most excited

to see. Since returning with a dominating performance in OU’s spring game, the hype has only increased. Box was listed as Wort’s backup.

The strong side is anc h o re d by b i g - h i t t i n g sophomore Ronnell Lewis, who is most noted for the devastating hits on defense and special teams late last season. While the bruising backer, now nicknamed “The Hammer,� has accumulated more highlights than most, Box still figured into this position as well because of game experience.

The main impact of Box’s injury will be who defensive coordinator Brent Venables calls to step into the versatile role Box provided for the Sooner defense.

After practice Tuesday, Ve n a b l e s n a m e d t w o

from his offensive line caused him to go from prized franchise quarterback to league journeyman.

That’s not the future the Rams want for their $80 million top pick.

For perspective, recently unretired (again) Brett Favre has only been sacked 503 times during his 20-year career.

The offensive line needs to improve. Soon the Rams may have to decide whether to start Bradford and let him take the hits or save him and let the young line develop protecting AJ Feeley until at least mid-season.

After that opening performance, can there be much optimism that the O-line can gel fast enough to protect Bradford?

The line has to for his sake. Soon.

ONLINE AT OUDAILY.COM Âť Story: OU LB Austin Box out 3-6 weeks with back injury possible replacements: sophomores Jaydan Bird and Daniel Franklin. Bird is a bit thicker, but Franklin is a little taller.

Bird logged two tackles in 2009 after appearing in 12 games on special teams, while Franklin did not appear in any games last season. Both were three-star recruits and have little game experience. Which one, if either, will step up is anybody’s guess for now.

One thing is for sure: Box’s versatility will be missed. — Clark Foy, journalism senior

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