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Students struggle for open parking With Huston Huffman lot under construction, students look for alternatives

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With ongoing construction in the Huston Huffman Center parking lot, OU Parking Services says there are still convenient and accessible parking options available all over campus.

Both the Duck Pond lot east of the stadium and the Jenkins Avenue lot east of the Huston Huffman Center

provide open spaces throughout the day, said Vicky Holland, Cleveland Area Rapid Transit spokeswoman.

“The Duck Pond always has spots available,” Holland said.

She said there were nearly 500 spaces open Monday afternoon.

The multi-purpose lot is open to anyone with a valid parking permit.

It also offers students a free shuttle ride to the South Oval every 20 minutes, Holland said.

Shuttle pickup is available on the northeast end of the lot.

She said OU Parking Services sells nearly 12,000 permits per year, and there are more than 14,000 parking spots available on campus.

Criminology senior Garrett Rosser said he understands parking is hectic during the first week of school.

“If I lived off campus, I would definitely take the shuttle,” Rosser

said. “Parking is tight around campus for commuters.”

The construction on Lindsey Street and in the Huston Huffman Center parking lot have made things frustrating for commuting students.

Kelsey Voytovich, energy management senior, said she has given up on trying to park close to campus.

Voytovich said she parks at Lloyd Noble Center and takes the shuttle

Correction In Monday’s issue of The Daily, the day OU-Texas tickets go on sale was incorrectly reported. Student tickets for the Red River Rivalry go on sale Aug. 31.

Student tickets for all other OU football away games go on sale at 7 a.m. today.

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The Jim Thorpe Multicultural Center is located south of Couch Tower. The center will be open 5 to 11 p.m. Sunday through Thursday for student organizations to meet. The building cost $4.4 million, said Chris Shilling, university spokesman.

Renovations, projects near completion date Construction occurring on road, four campus buildings

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Construction on the OU campus is in full swing with four buildings either under construction or nearing completion, and road construction is being finished on Lindsey Street between Jenkins and Asp avenues.

The construction on Lindsey Street began in the spring, when both Lindsey Street and Jenkins Avenue were closed for nearly six months.

The construction was originally planned to be completed in midJuly, but weather and a punctured natural gas line under the road have postponed the completion to sometime in September.

OU officials said they hope to have the project finished before Sept. 11, when the second football game of the year will take place.

Other construction on campus includes Gould Hall, which will house the College of Architecture; the new Jim Thorpe Multicultural Center; and Zarrow Hall, which will house the College of Social Work.

These projects are on schedule and are moving at a nice pace, OU spokesman Chris Shilling said.

UTILITY PLANT NO. 4 Construction started: October 2009 Expected completion: Fall 2011 Cost: $72 million ZARROW HALL Broke ground: April 2010 Projected opening: Fall 2011 Cost: $11.44 million GOULD HALL Renovations started: January 2009 Expected completion: Summer 2011 Cost: $33 million

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Collings Hall, located on the South Oval between Copeland Hall and Kaufman Hall, houses the College of Education. It will open this fall.

COLLINGS HALL Renovations started: October 2008 Renovations complete: Fall 2010 Cost: $9.5 million

Voting information Polls are open 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. today at designated polling locations.

JIM THORPE MULTICULTURAL CENTER Renovations started: July 2008 Renovations complete: Fall 2010 Cost: $4.4 million

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The College of Architecture is expected to move back on campus into Gould Hall late this fall.

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City of Norman voters will determine today whether to increase the city’s water and sanitation rates.

If the water and sanitation propositions pass, a residential sanitation bill will increase from $14.50 a month to $15.50 in 2011, $16.50 in 2012 and $17.50 in 2013.

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Spreading the increase over three years will allow customers to know the next years’ rates so they can better plan and budget, according to the City of Norman.

“The rate increase will help assure a reliable, flexible (and) sustainable water supply as well as help maintain and operate our current system,” the city said in the pamphlet.

Also on the ballot for registered Republican voters is the statewide runoff to determine the Republican candidate for insurance commissioner between John Doak and former state Insurance Commissioner John Crawford.

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Pi Kappa Phi returns to OU Fraternity left in 2007, now focused on recruitment RENEÉ SELANDERS The Oklahoma Daily

Today around campus » The Bizzell Memorial Library will host OU Libraries Orientation. Students will learn how to access the library’s online resources, plus take a quick tour of Bizzell. Meet at the Information Desk located inside the west doors of Bizzell Memorial Library. Pre-registration is not required. The orientation sessions begin at 11:30 a.m. and 4:30 p.m. and last approximately 45 minutes. » Eskimo Sno Sno Cones will be handed out noon to 2 p.m. on the South Oval for Campus Activities Council Howdy Week 2010. The year’s theme is “Man, I Love College.” » Free lunch will be passed out on the South Oval for Howdy Week.

Wednesday, Aug. 25 » The Bizzell Memorial Library will host OU Libraries Orientation. Students will learn how to access the library’s online resources, plus take a quick tour of Bizzell. Meet at the Information Desk located inside the west doors of Bizzell Memorial Library. Pre-registration is not required. The orientation sessions begin at 9 a.m. and 2 p.m. and last approximately 45 minutes. » Movie night featuring “Killers” with Ashton Kutcher and Katherine Heigl from 9 to 11 p.m. at Couch Restaurants for Howdy Week.

The OU chapter of Pi Ka p p a P h i i s m a k i n g a comeback to OU after a three-year absence, adding an 18th brotherhood to the Interfraternity Council.

The Pi Kappa Phi Alpha Gamma chapter took a leave of absence from OU in 2007 to graduate older members and allow enough time to cultivate new membership, said Curt Herzog, national director of new chapter development for the fraternity.

“They essentially surrendered their charter back to the national office, and they said this is something we don’t really want to do anymore,” Herzog said. “So we took that back and said we’ll clean house and come back in three years and kind of start over.”

The fraternity’s national office sent a letter of interest to the OU IFC at the beginning of 2010 and received approval for recolonization in April, Herzog said.

After getting approval, he said the national Pi Kappa Phi organization sought out OU students who represented the fraternity’s values and asked them to help with the

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From the left: Bryan Janzing, leadership consultant for Pi Kappa Phi; Andrew Wertz, assistant director of OU Alumni Association; and Curt Herzog, national Pi Kappa Phi director of New Chapter Development welcome a prospective recruit on Monday in Kappa Hall. recolonization effort.

Shane Pruitt, microbiology senior, was one of the students recruited to help with Pi Kappa Phi’s new establishment at OU. Pruitt said he was involved in campus organizations for three years without being in a fraternity.

Once he was approached by the national office of the fraternity, he said the core value system — character, leadership, achievement, scholarship and service — attracted him to Pi Kappa Phi.

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Thursday, Aug. 26 » The Women in Technical Studies sorority, Alpha Sigma Kappa, will host a meet and greet for interested female students at 5:30 p.m. in the Cate Center social lounge. » Comedian Michael Palascak will perform 8 to 10 p.m. on the Union East Lawn. Palascak is presented by the Union Programming Board as part of Howdy Week. » Midnight breakfast from 11:30 p.m. to 1:30 a.m. at Crossroads.

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Friday, Aug. 27 » Eskimo Sno Sno Cones will be handed out noon to 2 p.m. for Campus Activities Council Howdy Week 2010. » CAC will host the “Welcome Back BBQ” from noon to 2 p.m. on Walker Adams Mall. » Union Programming Board and the CAC Concert Series presents Ben Kweller in concert from 8 to 10 p.m. on the Union East Lawn. » Free lunch will be passed out on the South Oval for Howdy Week.

» This day in OU history

Aug. 24, 1984 Baby-sitting program to begin To lower costs for student parents, the student organization Commuter Center started a free baby sitting co-op service.

Instead of paying for a baby sitter, student parents would watch one another’s children in exchange for the other parents doing the same for them.

Drug tests to begin next week for Sooners All OU football athletes were required to take part in a drug test for illegal drug activity, such as heroin and cocaine.

The then-football head trainer Dan Pickett said after a second positive a player would enter a “strictly confidential counseling program.”

While members of the team were tested for illegal drugs, they were not tested for steroid use because it was not illegal at the time and the testing was “too expensive.”

recruitment week, he said.

Kevin Estep, IFC adviser, has been involved with the Pi Kappa Phi staff in its recolonization efforts on campus, and said he is excited about the future prospects a new fraternity brings to the council.

“Having a new group join the council always adds additional energy to the fraternity community,” Estep said in an e-mail, “so we expect that their re-colonization will not only benefit Pi Kappa Phi, but also the entire IFC community.”

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» Free lunch will be passed out on the South Oval for Howdy Week.

» Free lunch will be passed out on the South Oval for Howdy Week.

“I realized what a great opportunity it was for me to leave my legacy on campus through building a fraternity chapter here,” Pruitt said.

The new chapter is focusing heavily on recruitment so they can build a strong foundation of leaders for future members.

Though the chapter does not have a house, the new brotherhood is using Kappa Kappa Gamma sorority’s Kappa Hall as a recruitment location, Herzog said.

The sorority loaned them the use of the hall for

Construction on Monday at the parking lot north of the Houston Huffman Center limits open student parking spots. The project is scheduled to be completed this fall, OU Parking Services says.

from there to campus.

“It’s pretty annoying to be honest with you,” Voytovich said.

“I used to park at the Huff parking lot, but it’s impossible now.”

For students who don’t want to purchase a permit this year, Lloyd Noble parking lot offers a free shuttle to the South Oval.

A section on the north side of the parking lot has been set aside for students without a permit.

The shuttle departs Lloyd Noble Center every five to

10 minutes from 7 a.m. to 6 p.m., and every 20 minutes from 6 to 9 p.m., according to a release.

Elsewhere in the lot, a permit is required. With no rise in permit prices in the last six years, Holland said OU Parking Services wants to make sure everyone now pays for parking.

OU parking services will issue warnings to people parking without a permit and not in the shuttle area today, and will issue tickets on Wednesday, Holland said.

— Staff writer Kyle Salomon contributed to this report

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Vote ‘yes’ on rate increases If you are a registered Norman voter, you can vote on an increase in water and sanitation rates today.

Norman is an ever-expanding city, and water and sanitation are continuing concerns for city leaders. Most pressing is our city’s need to find additional clean water sources to keep up with Norman’s population growth.

Everyone is strapped for cash right now, especially students. And the last thing on our minds is a letter we received at our apartments asking us to vote on water and sanitation rate increases.

We encourage you to get out and vote yes on these propositions.

Let us explain.

The rate increases are spread out over three years. According to a City of Norman letter mailed to residents, your monthly sanitation bill will increase $1 – from $14.50 a month to $15.50 a month – during the 2011

fiscal year. The monthly rate will continue to increase $1 every year until the 2013 fiscal year.

For a person who uses 7,000 gallons of water a month - the average for Norman residents - the monthly water bill will increase $2.25 during the 2011 fiscal year, and then $1.05 each year until 2013.

We know you have tuition to pay, bills to pay, and things to buy, but we think you can do it. Consider the 2011 fiscal year, which begins October 1.

If Norman voters decide to increase water and sanitation rates, you will be charged an extra $3.25 per month. The key is to find ways to cut this amount out of what you already spend.

If you’re like us, you probably drink quite a bit of Starbucks, no matter how expensive it is. If you go once a week and order a delicious $3.95 grande white chocolate mocha, that’s about $16 a month spent on

Starbucks coffee. Cut out just one of those drinks, and you save yourself 70 cents - and 470 calories.

For students, this could be a good lesson in prioritizing money.

We know there are many in this city who may not be able to afford the rate increases, even if they only amount to an extra $4 or $5 dollars a month.

According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, about 6 percent of Norman’s labor force was unemployed in May. That’s more than 14,000 people in a city of about 240,000.

However, the city has a program for low-income residents who may not be able to afford the rate increases.

Anyone who qualifies will pay only 75 percent of the normal rate.

Norman hasn’t increased the rates for six years and these propositions must be passed to ensure we have clean water and frequent trash pickup.

COLUMN

Traditional marriage already dead In a highly publicized decision, Judge Vaughn Walker ruled California’s Proposition 8 restricting marriage to “one man and one women” unconstitutional under the Due Process and Equal Rights clauses in the U.S. Constitution. Greeted by applause from opponents of Proposition 8 for his pointed arguments and criticism from its supporters for judicial activism and perceived bias (Walker himself is gay), the ruling will likely be appealed to the 9th Circuit and then to the Supreme Court.

Walker’s argument is essentially that there is nothing substantively different between a same-sex marriage and a heterosexual marriage, a claim that his detractors say demolishes the millennia-old tradition of monogamous heterosexual marriage in Western civilization.

Last Sunday, to significantly less fanfare, New York became the 50th state to adopt no-fault, unilateral divorce, ending a process that began with California’s similar liberalization of divorce laws in 1970.

Under these rules, a spouse who wants a divorce does not have to cite any reason beyond “incompatibility” and does not suffer any adverse consequences regarding children or financial settlements for being the party to end the marriage.

Proponents have argued that such measures make it possible for the unhappily married to mutually divorce and get on with their lives with minimal legal costs, and that at-fault divorce laws, which require the plaintiff to prove their spouse had wronged them, lead to lawsuits involving legal fictions in which spouses falsely allege adultery or cruelty in order to justify their divorce to the court.

Concurrent with the adoption of easy divorce has been a relaxation in social attitudes about marriage and family.

Compared with mid 20th century Americans, for whom having a marriage and family was a social expectation, we are more likely to view it as one lifestyle choice among many.

As claimed by the boosters of less restrictive marriages, we should see that the smaller share of people who are married today chose it more freely than their grandparents and are more free to leave should they become unhappy in their marriage, and thus they should be happier

than previous generations forced to stick it out in unhappy marriages.

However, the share of married women who reported to be very happy declined from 67 percent in 1973 STAFF COLUMN OLUMN to 60 percent in 1990, and Patrickk has flatlined as divorce O’Bryan an rates have tapered off.

Paradoxically, in a culture in which it is more normal to choose not to be married or to get out of an unhappy marriage, fewer people rate their marriages as happy.

This parallels with recent discoveries in the psychology of happiness, which show people grow accustomed to situations they are committed to but continually secondguess decisions they are given the option to change, leading to decreased satisfaction with those decisions (see Dan Gilbert’s talk at the 2004 TED conference).

The ideal of traditional marriage, while not always followed, was characterized by, among other things, lifelong commitment, and was only broken in cases of abuse, infidelity, or abandonment.

And in most cases, it worked. More children grew up with two parents and a greater proportion of people reported being happily married.

Now, however, marriage is not one final choice but reconsidered and second-guessed as circumstances dictate. This change was not caused entirely by no-fault divorce laws, since divorce rates began trending upward in the 1960’s.

However, it is rather telling that it is easier to get out of marriage, once viewed as the foundation of society, than a business contract. Not only is this a formula for increased dissatisfaction even among those in the 60 percent of marriages that have not ended in divorce, it constitutes a fundamental shift in the definition of marriage, one that did not require any assistance from a San Francisco judge to implement.

›››› Sooner Sampler: What do you think about the parking situation and construction on campus?

“It was pretty hard to find a parking spot, especially on move-in day with all the construction.”

— BRAXTON GODFREY, UNIVERSITY COLLEGE FRESHMAN

“They need to get Lindsey [Street] fixed first. I could live without Jenkins [Avenue], but Lindsey [Street] is the main road.”

— KELLEY KEPPINGER, UNIVERSITY COLLEGE FRESHMAN

“This is f***ing ridiculous. I would have suggested not planning construction so close to the school year.”

— BRAD HENRY, LETTERS JUNIOR

“I’d like to be totally clear on why they’re doing [construction].

They could have made sure everyone was better informed.”

— BLAKE JENKINS, LETTERS JUNIOR

— Patrick O’Bryan, economics and letters sophomore

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Despite hardships, students should harness the power to make a better world It’s good to be back. Walking down the South Oval, one can see freshmen searching for their classrooms, returning students high-fiving and graduate students sitting with their mentors in the precious shade. Here on campus, life is comfortable, pleasant, enjoyable.

Beyond Boyd and Chautauqua, however, the world is frightening.

Unemployment remains at an all-time high. The U.S. economy continues to sputter, and new data keeps emerging predicting the bankruptcy of the nation’s GUEST COLUMN N Social Security fund. Despite recent legislation, health care costs in our country are Jay Kumar higher than those of any other. Partisan politics continue to pepper the headlines with deep-seated divides between the parties, characterizing the recent major votes – only one Democrat voted against, and five Republicans for the nomination of Elena Kagan to the Supreme Court.

At the global level, things are no better.

The Arab-Israeli conflict persists, with leaders on both sides incapable of coming to solid and meaningful peace negotiations. North Korea and Iran remain obstinate.

President Ahmadinejad just unveiled an unmanned aerial bomber, boasting that it would bring the “entire planet Earth” into Iran’s range. The Pakistan-Afghanistan border continues to serve as a breeding ground for violence and

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Every month, yet another gigantic iceberg breaks off and falls into the ocean to remind us that global warming continues unabated.

But, as we watch the bubbly, vigorous, idealistic freshmen of the class of 2014 invading the campus to claim their moment in time, one cannot help but feel uplifted by their innocent and infectious energy. Perhaps there is no need to feel somber about the future, as long as we remember what challenges await us.

Education is a greater asset than any weapon or business strategy. Here at the university we have the unique opportunity to devote our time and effort to improving ourselves and our community. By throwing ourselves into our classes, reading widely and engaging with our university, we begin the process.

To the freshmen sitting in Dale Hall’s giant lecture room, to the upperclassmen making lunch plans later this week and to the graduate students organizing the year’s research plan, I encourage you to remember why we are here. I implore you to help us make our university great. I charge you with shaping our country’s future for the better.

— Jay Kumar, microbiology sophomore

— RYAN BUI, UNIVERSITY COLLEGE FRESHMAN

“I haven’t had too much of a problem, except for the construction. They should have had loading and unloading zones for move-in.”

— ELISE MCCARTHY, UNIVERSITY COLLEGE FRESHMAN

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Court hears case on Medicaid fee Attorneys argue over $1.2 billion budget shortfall, health care access

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Oklahoma Supreme Court Justice Tom Colbert gestures Monday during arguments for a lawsuit that challenges a law designed to raise up to $240 million for the state’s Medicaid program.

OKLAHOMA CIT Y — An attorney for Insurance Commissioner Kim Holland’s office asked the Oklahoma Supreme Court Monday to strike down a new law designed to raise revenue for the state’s Medicaid program.

Attorney Michael Ridgeway told the high court state lawmakers did not follow constitutional guidelines when they passed the bill.

Their errors included failing to get a required threefourths vote of the House and Senate, he said.

The law sets a 1 percent fee on claims paid by private health insurers and companies with self-insured health care plans to support Medicaid, which provides

health care to low-income and elderly residents.

Attorneys for the Oklahoma Health Care Authority, the state’s Medicaid provider, and other state agencies urged the court to uphold the new law and said it was meant to increase residents’ access to health care services provided by Medicaid.

Assistant Attorney General Scott Boughton said state lawmakers were grappling with a massive $1.2 billion budget shortfall when they began crafting a budget for the fiscal year that began July 1 and adopted the Medicaid fee to help balance the budget.

“They had to act and they had to act quickly,” Boughton told the court’s nine justices during oral arguments. The new fee is scheduled to go into effect Friday.

— AP

CRIME

Pastor’s death still unsolved 1 year later Community coping with tragedy; holding on to hope for closing ANADARKO — It’s been a year since the body of an Anadarko church pastor was found mutilated behind the altar of the sanctuary where she preached Sundays to small congregations.

Authorities are still waiting for a break in the investigation into the killing of the Rev. Carol Daniels. No arrests have been made, but Daniels’ mother has not given up hope.

Daniels, 61, was pastor of Christ Holy Sanctified Church. On Aug. 23, 2009, she traveled from Oklahoma City as she always did on Sundays.

It apparently was one of those Sundays when no

How to help State investigators said there is a $15,000 reward offered for information in the slaying of Rev. Carol Daniels. Anyone who has information is asked to call the Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation at 1-800-522-8017. *Source: Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation

church members showed up for services, but someone did enter the building.

Police found Daniels’ nude body in what appeared to be a “crucifix position.”

In the past year, there have been fewer than

100 possible leads in the case, said Stan Florence, Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation inspector.

“We’ve had some good leads, but they have not come in like you’d expect in a high-profile case,” Florence said.

LEARNING TO COPE The pastor ’s mother, Charles Etta Dunlap, 82, of Oklahoma City, said that with the passage of time, she is coping better.

She said she keeps in touch with members of Daniels’ congregation.

“I’m still hoping they find whoever did it,” she said.

“This will be particularly hard now (to solve) because it has been a year.”

Florence said he thinks the case will be solved.

“We firmly believe there is somebody who has some information about this case,” Florence said.

FEAR SUBSIDING Rev. Ezra Randall said funds are being raised for a permanent memorial.

Randall, pastor of Christ Holy Sanctified Church in Elk City, said the fears people had about going to church in the days after the killing have subsided.

Dunlap said she does not think her daughter died in vain.

“I just hope people will live the life that Carol did and turn to Christ,” she s a i d . “G o o d c a n c o m e from something terrible happening.”

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Earthquake simulation project set MIAMI — The similarity of Ottawa County’s soil to that of earthquake-prone areas in other parts of the country has led to a quake simulation project in the region.

The northeastern Oklahoma county is not prone to earthquakes, but researchers want to improve bridge building in places like San Francisco and areas of Arkansas and Missouri that sit along the New Madrid fault line.

So next month, pipes that represent bridge pilings will be shaken during the simulation project being led by OU researcher K.K. “Muralee” Muraleetharan.

He says a 500-pound, 6-foot-long hydraulic actuator will be used to shake the giant pipes buried near the Neosho River bridge on Miami’s south side. He says Miami residents should not feel any vibrations during the hour-long test.

Oklahoma City warden’s wife wants judge to dismiss felony charge OKLAHOMA CITY — Attorneys for an Oklahoma warden’s wife have asked a judge to dismiss a charge that accuses her of helping a convicted killer escape 16 years ago.

Motions to throw out the felony case against Bobbi Parker were filed Friday afternoon in Greer County District Court.

Parker is accused of helping convicted killer Randolph Dial escape from the Oklahoma State Reformatory in Granite in 1994. They were discovered living together on a chicken ranch near Campti, Texas, in 2005. Dial has since died.

Defense attorney Garvin Isaacs claims Parker was kidnapped by Dial. Isaacs has asked District Judge Richard Darby to dismiss the case because prosecutors have not provided evidence he claims will prove her innocence.

Parker is scheduled to be tried Sept. 20.

Oklahoma school district officials investigating OKC student’s death OKLAHOMA CITY — School district officials are looking into the death of a Putnam City High School student who collapsed last week.

A statement from the district, located in west Oklahoma City, says the 11th grade student was participating in offseason conditioning when he collapsed Friday afternoon.

The student was taken by ambulance to an Oklahoma City hospital where he died about 9:45 a.m. Saturday.

District spokesman Steve Lindley confirmed the student’s identity Monday as 16-year-old Traquan Patton.

The statement says students participating in the conditioning class had the choice of running, jogging or walking a course after the end of the regular school day Friday.

Officials say the students were supervised by four teachers who are also coaches, and water stations were positioned at the beginning and about halfway through the course.

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Meeting planned on mosque near WTC site ALBANY, N.Y. — Gov. David Paterson said Monday he’ll meet with Archbishop Timothy Dolan to discuss a mosque and Islamic community center planned two blocks from ground zero.

The private meeting will be held Tuesday at the Democratic governor’s Manhattan office.

Paterson spokesman Morgan Hook wouldn’t detail the agenda of the meeting, which will be closed to the press. But Paterson and Dolan have sought to offer an alternative site because of the tensions surrounding the current plan.

Some Republicans have called the current proposal an insult to Americans and those died in the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks.

Opponents and protesters say the mosque should be moved farther away from where Islamic extremists destroyed the World Trade Center in 2001. Supporters

say religious freedom should be protected.

Paterson also has renewed his Aug. 10 offer of state assistance to the project’s developers if they want to move.

Hook said the offer still stands despite little response from the center’s planners.

He said no meeting is scheduled between the governor and the center’s organizers, including The Cordoba Initiative.

Cordoba co-founder Daisy Khan has declined to comment on whether the organization would consider a move.

Khan, the wife of Iman Feisal Abdul Rauf, told reporters in recent days that proponents hope to soon meet with Paterson, families of victims of the terrorist attacks and others. That appears to be a departure from Friday, when Cordoba announced no AP PHOTO meetings were scheduled with Paterson.

Abdul Malik, center, and Matt Sky, right, stand in front of a proposed site for an Islamic cultural —AP

Calif. man gets 20-year sentence in anthrax hoax SACRAMENTO, Calif. — A Northern California man was sentenced Monday to 20 years in federal prison for sending hoax anthrax letters to President Barack Obama and Social Security Administration offices in three states.

Timothy Cloud, 63, pleaded guilty in May to charges of sending the letters, to threatening the president, and to failing to register as a sex offender. The letters all contained a white powder.

The letter to Obama called the president “just another lying” politician and contained a newspaper photo of the president with crosshairs drawn across his face.

Other threatening letters went to Social Security Administration offices in Baltimore; Kansas City, Mo.; and New York City. The New York office was evacuated and four employees quarantined as a result.

Envelopes sent to the Social Security offices contained cards reading, “you stole my money” and “die.”

Cloud, who is a transient from the Sacramento area, previously had been convicted of a sex offense in Texas but failed to register as a sex offender in California.

—AP

Denver official resigns amid police video anger DENVER — The man who oversees Denver’s police force has resigned amid anger over his decision not to fire two police officers caught on video hitting a man during a violent arrest last year.

Denver Mayor John Hickenlooper said Monday that Ronald Perea resigned as the city’s manager of safety. Perea will step down Aug. 31.

Hispanics and African Americans called on Perea to resign or fire the officers. The city’s independent police monitor has said the officers should have been fired for trying to cover up what happened.

The video showed the officers striking a man talking on his cell phone as he watched his friend’s arrest. The police department recently opened an internal investigation, after which the FBI said it would continue with its own probe.

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Stray bullet prompts call for more border security EL PASO, Texas — Texas Gov. Rick Perry is again calling for the federal government to step up border security after officials said at least one stray bullet from a weekend shootout in Mexico hit a University of Texas-El Paso building.

A 30-minute fire fight between gunmen and police broke out Saturday along the border in Ciudad Juarez. That’s just across the Rio Grande from El Paso and is ground zero in the Mexican drug cartel war.

The next day, university officials found a bullet lodged in an office door frame inside a campus building. Police believe it flew across the border during the shootout.

El Paso Police spokesman Darrel Petry says investigators also are looking into a report that a window of a passing car was shot out during the fire fight, but no injuries were reported.

center Monday in New York. “I am mad that Muslims are being slandered,” said Malik, responding to opponents of the center concerned about its proximity to the World Trade Center site.

SeaWorld fined $75,000 for whale trainer’s death ORLANDO, Fla. — The federal job safety agency fined SeaWorld Orlando $75,000 on Monday for three violations uncovered while investigating the February death of a trainer who was grabbed by a killer whale and dragged underwater.

The Occupational Safety and Health Administration categorized the most serious AP PHOTO violation as “willful,” or showing indifference or In a Feb. 24 photo, three killer whales swim in tanks at the intentional disregard for SeaWorld park in Orlando, Fla. Earlier in the day, an orca killed a trainer who slipped or fell in its tank, drowning her in front of an employee safety.

That citation, carrying audience. The federal job safety agency fined SeaWorld $75,000 a $70,000 penalty, was on Monday, for three violations uncovered while investigating the for exposing workers to death of Sea World trainer Dawn Brancheau. drowning hazards when when the body of a man who location in Orlando,” OSHA interacting with killer had sneaked by SeaWorld said in a statement released whales.

The agency proposes not Orlando security was found with the report.

The second citation, allowing trainers to have draped over him.

Sea World trainers were deemed serious, was for failany physical contact with Tilikum, the killer whale re- forbidden from getting in the ing to install a stairway railsponsible for trainer Dawn water with Tilikum because ing system beside the stage in Shamu Stadium. That Brancheau’s death, unless of the previous deaths.

B u t t h e k i l l e r w h a l e citation carried a $5,000 protected by a physical s t i l l m a n a g e d t o g r a b penalty. barrier.

The third citation was The OSHA report de- Brancheau’s long hair as scribed Tilikum as having she laid on her stomach on a considered “other-than“known aggressive tenden- cement clab in three inches serious” and was for failing cies.” The six-ton whale was of water. The cause of death to have weather-protected one of three orcas blamed was drowning and traumat- electrical receptacles at the stadium. That citation for killing a trainer in 1991 ic injuries.

“SeaWorld trainers had didn’t have a penalty. after the woman lost her SeaWorld spokesman balance and fell in the pool an extensive history of unat Sealand of the Pacific near expected and potentially Fred Jacobs said the park dangerous incidents involv- will contest the citation.

Victoria, British Columbia.

Tilikum also was also ing killer whales at its variinvolved in a 1999 death, ous facilities, including its —AP

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Sufjan Stevens “All Delighted People” Asthmatic Kitty Released: Aug. 21 8.9/10.0

Not only do the Syracuse, N.Y., sextet’s sorrowful strings and morose arrangements bring about a bit of sadness, but the band’s buzz rose right along with the news that John Pike — Ra Ra Riot’s chief lyricist and drummer — had died in a tragic accident.

And while “The Rhumb Line” searched inward for resolution, “The Orchard” seemingly has found that sense of peace, as evidenced by a bouquet of garWhat better way to prove the world isn’t a messy, tangled, den hymns and ever-blooming melodies. revolting blob of coincidence and meaningless chance than by As though it was a somber, but cheery, celebration arranging an epic, baroque composition of indie pop and ex- with friends, Ra Ra Riot’s second proper release pops claiming your achievement to said world? with color, blossoming at every turn.

Sufjan did it. It’s the 11-and-a-half-minute opener to his hourThe quaint self-titled track plucks the album to life long, suddenly-released-without-any-previous-indication-on- with an elegant, Victorian charm before launching Saturday double-LP EP, “All Delighted People.” into a cascade of spirited singles and choruses.

Wait a minute, a double-LP EP? Shave “All Delighted People “Boy” pushes the brilliant string duo of Alexandra (Original Version)” and the whopping 17-minute closer Lawn and Rebecca Zeller to new heights with a pre“Djohariah” off each end, and you’re left with cise, reverberating bass shuffle, while 30 minutes of tunes, a proper amount for an lead singer Wes Miles shines in the EP. upbeat, shimmering “Too Dramatic,” But to do that would eliminate the Michigan a balance of porcelain coos and STAFF COLUMN UMN songwriter’s newfound greatest strength: his choppy, airy chants. ability to construct epic, climactic songs — full The triumphant pairing of Matt Carney ney of so much beauty and wonder — tailor built “Shadowcasting” and “Do You for his signature whispery vocal performance.

Remember” recovers from a casual The ending of “All Delighted People (Original swoon — brought about by the cyclic Version)” gives the frenetic, violin-charging “Massachusetts” and ambling “Foolish” finish of “A Day in the Life” a run for its money.

— with “Kansai” whirling in with a tightSTAFF COLUMN Seriously, The Beatles, but way more ornate. ly orchestrated chamber poppiness The whole song is lovingly arranged, with afterward.

Joshua climaxes of horn arrangements, apocalyptic The starry “Keep It Quiet” brings Boydston on banjo interludes and plenty of the backing the evening to a close in a delicate, restrings and electronic elements you’d exstrained manner, capped by an echoing, pect from the songwriter who once gave you definitive thud.

“Chicago.”

Chris Walla (Death Cab for Cutie) does a great job Stevens has long been interested in the existential and spiri- pushing the performers in their craft, but also lifting the tual, even before exploring the transfiguration of Christ and expansive sound — buoyed by the string section and barecording worship songs on 2004’s sparse, intimate “Seven roque arrangements — beyond any restraints that had Swans.” previously shackled the band.

In both arrangements of “All Delighted People” (there’s a Ra Ra Riot’s lofty melodies soar higher than ever — “Classic Rock Version” complete with a guitar and electro freak- mimicking a bird that has just been freed from its cage out), he reviews his decisions, questions meaning and even of- — both in sound and emotion. The strings fly higher, the fers a shout-out to Simon and Garfunkel — all sentiments that vocals reach further and any burden of sadness has been echo throughout the remainder of the record. shed far below.

But all is not lost and in the dark. Halfway through his dream, -JB a light is lit by a neon God as everybody bows down to pray and no reason not to love what !!! does here.

Sufjan takes refuge in the arms of his God: “I tried my best, I tried “You can change the station. There’s !!! in vain, do you love me a lot? Do you love me from the top of just no replacement,” frontman Nic Offer “Strange Weather, Isn’t It?” your heart?” chants in “AM/FM.” Happy piccolos whistle as he walks hand-in-hand with this Warp Records That pretty much hits the nail on the head.

God, comforted by omnipotent power. “What difference does it -JB Released: Today make if the world is a mess?” he asks.

“I tried my best, I trained in vain, oh but the world is a mess,” 7.6/10.0 Someone Still Loves You Boris Yeltsin he moans as violins shriek and big, orchestral drums summon up God’s thunder around him. !!! (pronounced chk chk chk) is one of a kind, a group influ- “Let It Sway” The remainder of the album seeks to sort through some of enced by post-punk riffs just as much as glammed-up electro Polyvinyl Records these finer feelings. “Arnika” explores existential exhaustion, jams.

Released: Aug. 17 and the little gem “Heirloom” is a soft and lovely song of helping “Strange Weather, Isn’t It?” follows along those lines, with others through the same.

7.9/10.0 even more diverse offerings and assemblies of inspirations.

But the strength of the album rests firmly upon its bookends: The group’s fourth disc melds along with previous efforts, the epics. Sufjan gets existentially lost, but in the best way, chan- just as layered and intricate as ever. Though the album is relaOnce a name is out there — and more importantly, familiar neling the experience into this newfound musical venue. tively straightforward in its chic, hypnotic dance aspirations, !!! to people — there really is no changing it. Which is a shame, beThe EP caps off with “Djohariah,” allegedly named for Sufjan’s opts to amass its music in a cluster of disco hooks, hyperspace cause Someone Still Loves You Boris Yeltsin just doesn’t really sister. Like “Sister” from “Seven Swans,” the track just builds on echoes and swanky blues grooves. suit this Springfield, Mo., four-piece. louder waves of choral aahs and guitar work until nearly five A name like Someone Still Loves You Boris With an endless array of twists and turns with minutes in when Djohariah, his sister’s name, becomes clear no apparent beginning or end, the product beYeltsin points to a band that is chocked full of in the mix. He finally starts singing with five minutes left in the gins to resemble an M.C. Escher drawing — coneccentricities, who would hardly craft anything 8.5-10.0/Essential track, encouraging his sister to leave her room and take joy “for trolled chaos observed from a static viewpoint. resembling what should be on the radio, but that 7.0-8.5/Exemplary the woman is the glorious, victorious mother of the heart of the is exactly what SSLYBY (whew) does.

At just nine tracks, “Strange Weather” 5.0-7.0/Worth a Listen world,” backed by an electronic beat and hand claps.

Any quirk the group had was purged in its skirts the droning sensation you often get from 2.5-5.0/Aural Junk Food It’s as weird as it sounds, but in a way that’s elegant and over- six-minute dance anthems, no doubt in part debut, “Broom,” while the bedroom musings in 0.0-2.5/Frisbee whelming. As though it’s from far away, like Jónsi and Sigur Rós. its follow-up, “Pershing,” hinted at the direction thanks to its ever-revolving But Sufjan’s not from Iceland. He’s an angel from above.

“Let It Sway” took off in: alterna-pop. set of styles that mesh in a -MC Sounding much like Weezer and Semisonic fresh manner with each when they were on top of their games, SSLYBY’s junior effort submission. “ W a n n a g a i n cranks things up to 11 (OK, six), ratcheting up a bevy of powerRa Ra Riot Wannagain” brings about a harsh pop anthems meant to please the masses.

“The Orchard” The quartet gets all “Buddy Holly” on “Banned (By the ’90s house music vibe, while Barsuk Records Cracks” Man),” maintained by a steady stream of fuzzy guitar riffs and “Steady As The Sidewalk C simmers with Latin flavor, a sizzle carefully constructed breakdowns. “Sink/Let It Sway” takes that Released: Today guitars and formula and adds an impossibly smooth slur of optimistic lyrics of vanishing, shuttering guit 8.5/10.0 and sunny drum bursts. loose, carefree choruses.

In addition to cranking up the volume, the band intro“Jamie, My The dangerous “Jami No band’s identity has been marked with melancholy ly to duces slight Southern inspirations in the twangy “My Terrible Intentions Are Bass” bounces bo quite the degree Ra Ra Riot’s has. like a Bond villain, but it’s Personality” and appropriately titled “Back in the Saddle.”

All the songs make for easy pills to swallow. The production the thudding, ru ruthless “The Hammer” Hamme that ear of indie-pop aficionado Chris Walla (Death Cab For Cutie) grips your you hips only helps, and his guidance sets SSLYBY on a clear path.

Arguably, some of the charm of “Pershing” is lost in the transand gets you moving more lation. The band had already nailed the slow, subtle ballads that most bands of this sort struggle with but doesn’t pack any along than any o other. !!! lacks lack a cer- for “Let It Sway.”

But the vintage guitar melodies and dazzling simplicity are tain repeat repea value that mak makes for a charming enough to make one overlook most of the faults … intruly great dance cluding the name.

-JB record, aand the album lacks lac any — Matt Carney, professional writing senior connection deeper — Joshua Boydston, psychology junior. dance-hall than its dan facade. But the adcraftsmanmirable craf ship and temptt ing hooks make Weather” “Strange We listen, and worth a liste band have fans of the ban

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Fall semester has potential to be gamers’ paradise This fall is going to be a busy season for video games.

Sequels, reboots and reviving franchises have the potential to keep gamers busy throughout the fall semester. It may become a daunting task to pull oneself away from these titles to study for a CHEM 1315 midterm or write that term paper.

“Metroid: Other M” Wii Aug. 31

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but did not ultimately live up to expectations. Developers have been working to improve the game’s targeting system and making a story equivalent to “The Empire Strikes Back,” they say. It would be impressive for them to make the story longer, the first game was just hitting its stride when it ended.

to make other improvements to the game. The game takes place within Rome, and allows the player to command legions of assassins and send them out on missions. Da Vinci will continue to create weapons, and there will also be multiplayer in this game, where assassins would chase each other, trying to kill one another.

“Rock Band 3” PS3, 360, Wii, DS Oct. 26

“LittleBigPlanet 2” PS3 Nov. 23

Samus is back and ready This game is still quite a ways out, but it has the potential to kick ass. “Metroid” is a colto reinvigorate the dying music game genre. The big question laboration between Nintendo and Team Ninja, the developer behind the “Ninja Gaiden” series. The gameplay alternates mark is the heavily publicized “Pro Mode”, which allows the between first-person and third-person, involving explora- gaming peripherals to be used specifically to teach playtion and combat, elements the Metroid series is famous for. ers the basics of how to play a real instrument. Gameplay additions from “The Beatles: Rock Band” “Other M” is also expected to delve deeper and “Green Day: Rock Band,” such as vocal into Samus’ backstory and have a more narONLINE AT OUDAILY.COM harmonies, will bee present, and the entirety rative feel than previous iterations. nloadable content will be » Story: Read more fall video game of the series’ downloadable playable, at least in n the normal mode.

“Halo: Reach” Xbox 360 Sept. 14

previews, including “Pokémon Black and White,” “Civilization V” and “Medal of Honor.”

Master Chief may be dead, but the “Halo” series is still going on. Anyone who bought “ODST” has been trying the “Reach” beta. The full release of the game isn’t far out, and the story, a prequel to the original “Halo,” will help to set the backstory for the war between humanity and the Covenant.

“Guitar Hero: Warriors of Rock” PS3, 360, Wii Sept. 28 Activision’s credibility has fallen sharply in recent months, as has the popularity of the music game genre. In an attempt to salvage falling sales, the new iteration of the “GH” series is making some significant changes. The game appears to go after the same vein as “Brutal utal Legend”, with a story about liberating the “demigod of rock” ck”, and the metal themes are very pleasing, even if the soundtrack dtrack isn’t.

“Fallout: New Vegas” s” PC, PS3, 360 Oct. 19 For a country that got nuked uked by the Chinese in the “Fallout” series’ alternate reality, Las as Vegas got pretty lucky. Sin City was spared nuclear annihilation, hilation, but apparently became even crazier than it is in real eal life, with factions fighting a war for domination of the entiree region. Landmarks including the Hoover Dam are present in n the game, and it will be interesting to see Vegas in the 1950s 0s “Fallout” culture.

“Star Wars: The Force orce Unleashed II” PS3, 360, Wii, DS Oct. 26

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“Fable III” PC, 360 Nov. 1

Tom Petty oncee sang “It’s good to be king, whatever it pays.” s.” In “Fable III,” you actually play most of the game as the ruler of Albion. It’s a new mechanic ic on gameplay in the “Fable” series: You get et to charge taxes and deal with all of the civicc problems that such a position comes with. Albion can also be commanded to war, making king “Fable III” seem to be a strategy game ass well as an RPG.

“Call of Duty: y Black Ops” p ” 360, PS3, Wii, PC Nov. 9 Treyarch’s stepping in for Infin Infinity nity Ward in the iteration “Call of Duty” series, and this ite eration will be several set in the Cold War. There are se everal significant new weapons for the game, including a scoped crossbow that fires ex-plosives. The game will take place at least partly during the Vietnam War, and given Treyarch’s record, requires the following question: Commie zombies?

“Assassin’s Creed: Brotherhood” PS3, 360 Nov. 16 I loved “Assassin’s Creed II,” particularly partticularly the attitude and bravado of Ezio Auditore, Auditore, protagonist, assassin and all-around bad-ass. Thiss sequel se el promises romises

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The Daily’s James Corley analyzes the Sooners’ upcoming football schedule and forecasts potential outcomes for Stoops’ troops.

UTAH STATE, SEPT. 4 – NORMAN The Sooners open the season against a team that finished 4-8 and seventh in the Western Athletic Conference. Not a shameful powderpuff matchup, but nothing special either.

Prediction: W, 42-3

FLORIDA STATE, SEPT. 11 – NORMAN The Seminoles can be formidable and are ranked preseason No. 20. FSU’s senior quarterback Christian Ponder will test OU’s secondary, but the Sooners are nearly unbeatable at home.

Prediction: W, 38-24

AIR FORCE, SEPT. 18 – NORMAN After their 8-5 season was topped by the Falcons’ 47-20 Armed Forces Bowl win over Houston, the Air Force gained a lot of national respect.

They’re not quite giant killers yet, though.

Prediction: W, 45-14

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MISSOURI, OCT. 23 – COLUMBIA, MO. The Tigers could be contenders for the Big 12 North title and have the luxury of hosting the Sooners, but I’m not real high on Blaine Gabbert or Missouri without a star receiver.

Prediction: W, 38-14

COLORADO, OCT. 30 – NORMAN Coach Dan Hawkins has the right idea for Colorado’s offense but not the right personnel. The Buffaloes don’t have many chances to improve on last year’s 3-9 record, especially not this game.

Prediction: W, 35-7

TEXAS A&M, NOV. 6 – COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS Nobody wants to go play the Aggies at Kyle Field. Jerrod Johnson and Von Miller will bring everything the Sooners don’t need to this game. The 12th Man has an eerie power to get inside opposing quarterbacks’ heads, and Jones proved last year he gets rattled on the road.

Prediction: L, 24-28

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CINCINNATI, SEPT. 25 – CINCINNATI, OHIO The Sooners’ first road challenge in 2010 is a doozy. The beasts of the Big East are a little less scary without slinger Tony Pike to lead them to another undefeated regular season.

Prediction: W, 31-27

TEXAS, OCT. 2 – DALLAS This one’s always big. The Longhorns might be looking at a rebuilding year with sophomore Garrett Gilbert as quarterback, but both teams always play a little extra scrappy in Dallas.

Prediction: W, 24-17

BYE, OCT. 9 The Sooners would probably rather have this bye before the Texas game, but a little recharge before the rest of conference play never hurts.

IOWA STATE, OCT. 16 – NORMAN The Cyclones have lived in the Big 12 North basement since Seneca Wallace left, and no one really expects anything different this year because of their gauntlet of a schedule.

Prediction: W, 62-3

TEXAS TECH, NOV. 13 – NORMAN Who knows what the Red Raiders are going to be like this year in Tommy Tuberville’s system? Definitely different than Mike Leech’s ADD. offense, but probably not different enough to off the Sooners at home.

Prediction: W, 49-10

BAYLOR, NOV. 20 – WACO, TEXAS I’m a Robert Griffin fan. The kid’s brought hope to an otherwise hopeless fanbase. Now that he’s healthy again, I expect Baylor to win a lot of games this year. Just not this one.

Prediction: W, 36-14

OKLAHOMA STATE, NOV. 27 – STILLWATER The Cowboys are probably going to have a very down year, but even at their worst—OU was one of only four teams OSU beat in 2001—they’ve found a way against the Sooners.

Prediction: W, 28-10

BIG 12 CHAMPIONSHIP, DEC. 4 – ARLINGTON, TEXAS The Sooners (11-1) will face their traditional Big Eight rival, Nebraska (12-0). OU didn’t fare well in their last trip to Jerryworld. In this last meeting before Nebraska jumps ship for the Big Ten, the Huskers’ defense pulls out a stunner in the end.

Prediction: L, 28-31 — James Corley, journalism senior

LETTER TO THE SPORTS EDITOR

Sooners and ‘Horns didn’t deserve any first place votes Sports are awesome. I know it, you know it, I love to talk experience, deserves to be No. 1 based solely on a good deabout them, you love to talk about them. As the fall sports edi- fense and a chance the green quarterback can keep his team tor, I’m giving you this space every week to do just that: talk near the top. sports.

Last year, Jordan Shipley amassed 1,485 receiving yards for I’ll include excerpts from a few of the best emails I get and the Longhorns, more than the next three receivers combined. respond to them. So, send in your comments, questions, His 118 receptions dwarfed the next-highest (48), and his 13 thoughts and concerns. I’m here for you. touchdowns were just three This week, it’s all me. So let’s get this started. fewer than the entire rest of the STAFF COLUMN LUMN The Associated Press released its preseason receiving corps combined. top-25 poll during the weekend. Texas, OU and If Shipley were back for James Corley Nebraska represent the Big 12 Conference in Garrett Gilbert (310 yards, two the top 10 at Nos. 5, 7 and 8, respectively. touchdowns, four interceptions Alabama was voted No. 1, the first time since EMAIL JAMES AT in 2009) to throw to, I could posBear Bryant’s days that the Tide has sat atop the DAILYSPORTS@OU.EDU sibly see enough for a first-place vote. But all preseason rankings.

Gilbert has to rely on is an inexperienced receiving Not surprisingly, the defending national champions re- squad and a run game that was co-dependent on the offense’s ceived 54 first-place votes. However, it was surprising that passing success.

Texas and OU each received one first-place vote.

That last bit sounds a little familiar. It sounds a little like the It’s interesting that one individual decided Texas, who will Sooners, who are fresh off their worst season since Bob Stoops’ start a sophomore with just three quarters of actual game debut in 1999. I’m not saying OU will not have a season that

fans can be proud of or won’t surprise a lot of folks, but I’m not sold on OU deserving a No. 1 vote.

Landry Jones will get consistency from Ryan Broyles and can lean on the experience of once-again-healthy DeMarco Murray, but the rest of the receivers will have to step up before OU is first-place worthy. The team will also need to solve its road-game issues, especially with a trip to College Station on the schedule this year.

Alabama is returning almost exactly as the same team it had last year. The same team that soundly handled Texas in the national championship. The same team that’s led to battle by last year’s Heisman Trophy winner, running back Mark Ingram.

I see no reason except voter stubbornness why Alabama didn’t deserve every single first-place vote. The Crimson Tide has earned that top spot, and it’s theirs until they do something to lose it.

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“I’d say there are some (position races) that are tight, especially at the skill spots. We’re trying to get our 11 best on the field, and we think our 11 best might be 13, 14, 15 different guys — not necessarily backup receivers. Big guys, little guys, a lot of mix, hopefully getting a chance to get (Ryan) Broyles in different matchups from game to game.”

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“Landry has been a great vocal leader as well as performing on the field for us. He’s been making some great throws for us, a lot of deep balls and things like that, so he’s definitely mature enough to handle that role, and he’s taking it full speed.”

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Friday night’s road opener, a 1-0 loss against the 19thranked Oklahoma State Cowgirls, wasn’t the way DeMARCO MURRAY, running back, on Landry Jones’ development head coach Nicole Nelson and her team wanted to kick off the 2010 season.

In light of last season’s 4-0-1 start, the best start since 2002, a loss in “We’ve been excited about the way that he’s continued to Stillwater was not what the change and evolve as a quarterback. He’s much more mature Sooners anticipated after reand understands our offense. Just a year under your belt makes turning several key starters a lot of difference. Plus being ‘the guy’ gives him the chance to on offense and adding the have more of a leadership role than he had a year ago, so he’s largest recruitment class in excited about the season.” the program’s history. The talent was there, and the depth was added; the goals JOSH HEUPEL, quarterbacks coach, on Jones’ development just weren’t finding the back of the net.

Now the Sooners make one more road stop before their home opener against Stephen F. Austin this weekend. The team travels to Tulsa to take on the Golden FOOTBALL Hur r icane at 7:35 p.m.

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Last year, the Sooners downed TU 3-1 in Norman with help from then junior forward Whitney Palmer’s Key updates from the Mu r ray . C o a c h e s h av e hat trick, just the second in history. Palmer was Sooners’ two-deep ONLINE AT OUDAILY.COM stressed all preseason that school red hot then; can she be the the No. 2 tailback position depth chart released » Story: Read the full depth difference for her team this is up for grabs. chart online “He’s been surprisingly AARON COLEN The Oklahoma Daily good,” offensive coordinator Kevin Wilson said. “He’s DEFENSE the second wide receiver, been explosive, he’s made Sophomore defensive along with senior Cameron some plays and he’s been tackle Casey Walker is listed Kenney at the other out- physical. He’s separated as the starting nose guard, side spot and junior Ryan himself a little bit.” with the still-recovering se- Broyles in the slot.

Murray said Madu being nior Adrian Taylor listed as Stills missed most of last back at tailback after spendthe backup. week with a groin pull but ing some time at receiver According to defensive participated in practice last season has brought line coach Jackie Shipp, Monday. Wilson said the Madu back to his comfort Walker was having the best time off during two-a-days zone. camp of all his defensive can set players back, espe“He’s working harder linemen. cially freshmen. than he ever has,” Murray Sophomore defensive “That was a critical miss said. “He knows this is his tackle Jamarkus McFarland and a lot of time,” Wilson year. This is where his heart said Walker’s improvement said. “Nothing against him, is, at running back, so he was like night and day and because he was hurt, so to is definitely going to make came very suddenly. me he needs a great week some plays for us.”

“I feel like it came over- this week. We need to get More youth will be innight,” McFarland said of him up to speed.” jected into the offensive Walker’s improvement. “We Junior Dejuan Miller and starting lineup, as freshman were all in the same boat, sophomore Jaz Reynolds fullback Trey Millard is listand one day he just had an are notably absent from ed as the starter in the most outburst.” the starting lineup. Miller is recent depth chart.

Sophomore Stacy McGee listed behind Kenney, while “Millard has been a betis currently ahead of sopho- Reynolds is absent from the ter blocker,” Wilson said. more Jamarkus McFarland, two-deep depth chart.

“He’s probably the most who was a high profile reSenior Mossis Madu is skilled guy, but he has also cruit for the Sooners, for the still listed as the backup blocked better [than the defensive tackle spot. tailback to senior DeMarco other fullbacks].”

Shipp said the main thing McFarland needs to work on is his technique.

“He has the ability,” Shipp said. “The main thing with this whole group is putting everything together.”

Redshirt freshman Tom Wort is listed as the starting middle linebacker, a spot he was competing for with junior Austin Box, who suffered a back injury last week and could miss three to six weeks.

Sophomore Jayden Bird is currently listed as the backup.

Freshman linebacker Corey Nelson has had a strong preseason, pushing himself into the two-deep depth chart as backup to junior weak side linebacker Travis Lewis.

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Maybe the team shouldn’t be placed entirely on Palmer’s shoulders. New transfer forward Caitlin Mooney proved on her first day in a Sooner jersey that she was a force to be reckoned with, adding the program’s third hat trick in the 6-1 exhibition win against Northern Colorado Aug. 13.

Mooney transferred from Maryland, who made the Sweet Sixteen in the NCAA tournament last season. The forward knows what it takes to beat solid teams, and the experience she brings to the team will be essential to her teammates.

Last year’s assist leader, sophomore Dria Hampton, also returns to continue her career at OU. With four assists, Hampton recorded the third most assists by a freshman last season. This year, Hampton already has one goal and two shots on goal on her stat sheet.

The Sooners have the ability to score; OU’s soccer program has seen a total of three hat tricks in the program’s history, two of them

from players currently active on the roster.

So if scoring isn’t really the issue, then what is?

The real reason a win in this upcoming road game is critical is because history says it is.

The Sooners need to redeem themselves for last year’s disappointing performances away from home, John Crain Field. Of the seven wins the Sooners collected in 2009, only one was a road win.

And with road games at places like USC, Missouri, Kansas, Texas A&M and Texas, road wins will be difficult to come by this season.

A win this weekend could put the Sooners back on track and in the hunt for a Big 12 championship. The team missed last year’s postseason and haven’t seen an NCAA tournament since 2003. Road wins are key to making both, and the Sooners will need all they can get.

—Tobi Neidy, public relations senior

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Favre’s first go lasts four plays SAN FRANCISCO — Brett Favre completed one pass and also got sacked for 10 yards Sunday.

Favre’s first game back with the Vikings lasted four plays and one series in a 15-10 loss to the 49ers in a preseason game at Candlestick Park, the only NFL show of the night.

The 40-year-old quarterback completed a 13-yard pass to Adrian Peterson on his first play from scrimmage, but was sacked by Pro Bowl linebacker Patrick Willis two plays later and the Vikings wound up punting.

World Cup increases South African tourism JOHANNESBURG — The South African government says the country’s hotel industry saw a World Cup increase in business of more than 50 percent.

The government said Monday that in June 2010 there was a 55.3-percent increase in income earned by the accommodation industry compared to June 2009.

Hotels charged high season prices during the World Cup throughout June, which is winter and a low tourism season.

South Africa hosted the World Cup which ran from June 11 to July 11.

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BELGRADE, Serbia — Oklahoma City Thunder center Nenad Krstic said Monday he fears he’ll be suspended for the world championships because of his role in a bench-clearing brawl during Serbia’s game against Greece.

Krstic hit Greek player Yannis Bouroussis in the head with a chair in the fight that broke out during the Acropolis tournament Aug. 19 in Athens.

FIBA, the international basketball federation, said it will review the incident and announce possible sanctions by Wednesday.

“It’s not killing me, but I can’t say I’m not a bit nervous,” Krstic said of a possible suspension. “What keeps me calm is that I no longer can do anything

It’s not killing me, but I can’t say I’m not a bit nervous.”

— NENAD KRSTIC, OKLAHOMA CITY THUNDER CENTER about it.”

Krstic said earlier that he picked up the chair in selfdefense after Greek fans and players rushed toward him.

The incident occurred before the Aug. 28 to Sep. 12 basketball world championships in Turkey, where both teams will play.

Another Serbian player who could face sanctions, Milos Teodosic, said he was sorry about the incident.

“Sincerely, I’m ashamed about the fight, and I apologize to the people in Greece and Serbia,” said Teodosic, who plays for the Greek team Olympiakos.

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Serbia coach Dusan Ivkovic said if Krstic and Teodosic are suspended, “We won’t be able to make it through the group stage.”

Serbia, the runner-up at the European championship last year, plays in Group A with Angola, Argentina, Australia, Germany and Jordan. Greece, second at the last worlds in 2006, is in Group C with China, Ivory DARKO VOJINOVIC/AP Coast, Puerto Rico, Russia Serbia’s player Nenad Krstic watches his team before a game and Turkey.

against China on Sunday in Belgrade, Serbia. Krstic may face a suspension after a brawl Thursday in Athens.

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MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL

Arjun Atwal claims 1-shot victory at Wyndham Championship GREENSBORO, N.C. (AP) — Arjun Atwal has won the Wyndham Championship by one stroke, becoming the first Monday qualifier to win on the PGA Tour in 24 years.

Atwal, who led or shared the lead after each of the first three rounds, shot a 67 on Sunday. He finished at 20-under 260 and earned $918,000.

He’s the first Indian-born player to win on tour and the first to win both the qualifier and the tournament that follows since Fred Wadsworth at the 1986 Southern Open.

David Toms (64) was 19 under. John Mallinger and Michael Sim both shot 62s and were joined by John Rollins (65) and Justin Leonard (65) at 18 under.

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Arroyo earns 100th career win LOS ANGELES — Bronson Arroyo earned his 100th career victory, Joey Votto homered and drove in three runs and the NL Centralleading Cincinnati Reds beat the Los Angeles Dodgers 5-2 Sunday.

The Reds took two of three in the series and held their 3½-game division edge over St. Louis.

Arroyo (14-7) allowed two runs and seven hits in seven innings, striking out six and walking none. The right-hander came in 0-3 with a 5.56 ERA lifetime at Dodger Stadium.

Votto hit a tiebreaking homer in the sixth and added a two-run single in the ninth.

The win put Arroyo one shy of the careerhigh win total he established in 2008 and equaled last season.

At one point, he fanned the heart of the Dodgers lineup — Andre Ethier, Matt Kemp, James Loney and Casey Blake — in succession after giving up a leadoff infield single to

Ryan Theriot in the sixth.

Kemp homered for Los Angeles’ first run and A.J. Ellis added an RBI single.

Francisco Cordero pitched as perfect ninth for his 34th save in 40 attempts.

Clayton Kershaw (11-8) struck out 11, allowing three runs and five hits over seven innings. He threw a career-high 118 pitches.

Votto, who came in leading the NL with a .321 batting average, gave the Reds a 3-2 lead in the sixth when hit his career-high 29th homer.

The solo shot broke a 1-all tie and was his first homer in 38 at-bats.

The Reds loaded the bases in the ninth against Jonathan Broxton, who fanned pinch-hitter Scott Rolen for the second out of the inning before Votto lined a 3-2 pitch to left field to increase his RBI total to 86, three shy of league leader Albert Pujols.

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Chilean miners receive supplies after wait COPIAPO, Chile — Trapped nearly half a mile inside the earth and facing perhaps four months before rescue, 33 Chilean miners began getting food, water and oxygen from above ground Monday as rescue teams worked to gauge their state of mind and brace them for the long wait ahead.

Through a newly installed communications system, each of the men spoke and reported feeling hungry but well, except for one with a stomach problem, a Chilean official said.

It was a positive sign, and Chile’s president said the nation was “crying with excitement and joy” after engineers broke through Sunday to the men’s refuge. It had been 17 days since a landslide at the gold and copper mine caused a tunnel to collapse and entombed them more than 2,200 feet below ground.

The miners reported that a shift foreman named Luis Urzua had assumed leadership of the trapped men.

Rescue teams sent oxygen down after the miners suggested there was not enough air in the stretches of the

mine that run below where the main shaft collapsed.

The shelter, a living-roomsized chamber off one of the mine’s lower passages that is easily big enough for all 33 men, is far enough from the landslide to remain intact, and the men can also walk around below where the rocks fell. The temperature there is around 90 to 93 degrees.

Rescuers also sent down questionnaires to determine each man’s condition, along with medicine and small microphones to enable them to speak with their families during the long wait.

Meanwhile, an enormous machine with diamondtipped drills capable of carving a 26-inch-wide tunnel through solid rock and boring at about 65 feet a day was on its way from central Chile to the San Jose gold and copper mine, outside Copiapo in north-central Chile.

Engineers were also boring two more narrow shafts to the trapped men, but stopped Monday just above their refuge while they made sure that the lifeline was fully secure. Only when these three shafts are

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In this photo released by Chile’s government La Moneda press office, Chile’s President Sebastian Pinera, second from right, smiles while watching a video tape showing one of the 33 miners trapped in a collapsed mine Sunday in Copiapo, Chile. The miners have been trapped below the surface of the mine since the main access collapsed on Aug. 5 due to tons of falling rock. complete will they begin carving out the tunnel large enough to fit a man, Mining Minister Laurence Golborne said.

“We cannot be 100 percent precise, but the idea is to establish three or four points of contact so that we can guarantee better life conditions to our comrades down there,”

he said.

Above ground, rescuers and family members thought that might be Mario Gomez, who at 63 is perhaps the oldest of the veteran miners down below. Gomez’s letter to his wife, Liliana, which the miners tied to the drill bit, was full of expressions of faith

and determination, revealing to the world that the miners were holding strong.

“Even if we have to wait months to communicate ...

I want to tell everyone that I’m good and we’ll surely come out OK,” Gomez wrote, scrawling the words on a sheet of notebook paper.

“Patience and faith. God is great and the help of my God is going to make it possible to leave this mine alive.”

The miners’ survival after 17 days is very unusual, but since they’ve made it this far, they should emerge physically fine, said Davitt McAteer, who was assistant secretary for mine safety and health at the U.S. Labor Department under President Bill Clinton.

“The health risks in a copper and gold mine are pretty small if you have air, food and water,” McAteer said.

Mine officials and relatives of the workers were determined not to give up hope that the men were safe below where the tunnel collapsed Aug. 5 at the mine, about 530 miles north of Santiago, the capital.

The miners’ relatives are suing and claim loved ones were put at risk working in a mine known for unstable shafts and rock falls.

Company executives have denied the accusations and say the lawsuits could force them into bankruptcy.

— AP

Spanish hostages freed by al-Qaida-linked group OUAGADOUGOU, Burkina Faso — Two Spanish aid workers kidnapped almost nine months ago by an al-Qaida affiliate were freed Monday in Mali after a multi-milliondollar ransom was reportedly paid — a sign of the terrorist group’s growing sophistication in bankrolling operations through kidnappings, experts said Monday.

Aid workers Roque Pascual and Albert Vilalta were abducted last November when their convoy of 4-by-4s was attacked by gunmen on a stretch of road in Mauritania. They

were whisked away to Mali, whose northern half is now one of the many stretches of remote desert where al-Qaida of Islamic Maghreb, or AQIM, has stretched its tentacles.

The helicopter sent to Mali to retrieve the aid workers also included high-level officials from the entourage of Burkina Faso’s President Blaise Compaore.

An adviser to Compaore is believed to have helped in the hostage negotiation.

When they stepped off the plane, the two aid workers appeared clean, wearing polo shirts and khaki pants. One of

them propped himself up on a cane as he walked.

It was most likely Vilalta, who suffered multiple bullet wounds to his leg when he tried to flee his abductors on the day of the kidnapping last November. The two were driven to the Ouagadougou airport where they were expected to board a Spain-bound flight.

“This has been 268 days of suffering for them and their HECTOR RETAMAL/AP families,” Spanish Prime Minister Jose Luis Rodriguez Spanish aid worker, Roque Pascual, Spanish Secretary of State, Soraya Rodriguez, Albert Vilalta Zapatero told reporters in and Spanish Ambassador Cristina Diaz Fernandez-Gil, talk after leaving a helicopter in the grounds Madrid. of the presidential palace Monday in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso after their release Monday.

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U.S. commander: Afghanistan more than a year away from building a good-sized security force, must recruit and train A senior U.S. commander on Monday wouldn’t predict when Afghanistan might take control of its own security and warned that NATO needs at least another year to recruit and train enough soldiers and police officers.

The assessment by Lt. Gen. Bill Caldwell, the head of NATO’s training mission in Afghanistan, further dims U.S. hopes that the planned U.S. withdrawal next year will be significant in size.

President Barack Obama has said that troops will begin pulling out in July 2011, the size and pace of withdrawal depending on security conditions. Defense officials, including Defense Secretary Robert Gates, have said they believe next summer’s pullout would be modest.

In a Pentagon briefing, Caldwell told reporters that Afghan army and police forces won’t reach sufficient numbers until Oct. 31, 2011 — three months after Obama’s deadline to start U.S. withdrawals.

NATO has set the goal of creating an Afghan military and police force of 305,600 personnel — 171,600 army and 134,000 police.

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halt attacks and take other steps demonstrating a desire for peace.

The Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, or FARC, said in a statement on an affiliated website that it is willing to “search for a peaceful way out of the conflict.” It offered to discuss its ideas before presidents whose countries belong to the Union of South American Nations.

The FARC has traditionally expressed willingness to discuss peace with Colombian governments, and at times has addressed such offers to the international community or bodies such as the United Nations.

Asked about the rebels’ statement, Vice President Angelino Garzon repeated the government’s stance that the guerrillas must first stop violent acts.

Garzon also reiterated that President Juan Manuel Santos believes “building paths to peace doesn’t require intermediaries.”

Santos, a former defense minister who took office earlier this month, has said his government is open to dialogue with the rebels, but only if they take concrete steps including halting armed attacks, freeing hostages and expressing a willingness to lay down their arms. ___

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Police and SWAT members assault a tourist bus to rescue hostages at Manila’s Rizal Park Monday in Manila, Philippines. Philippine police stormed the bus Monday evening after shots were heard from the hostage-taker.

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Mexico police recover 7 bodies from mines, suspected makeshift graveyards

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Police have recovered seven bodies from two mines in central Mexico that authorities say were being used as a clandestine graveyard by drug gangs.

Hidalgo state prosecutor Carmen Archundia says investigators were led to the mine by a group of suspects, including three police officers, arrested last week.

Archundia said Monday the bodies were recovered over the It looked like a hostage rescue in slow motion: Police creeping weekend from a mine in the city of Pachuca, the capital of Hidalgo up on the bus with sledgehammers and smashing first one window, state, and from a mine in the nearby town of Mineral del Chico. then another, then trying and failing to rip open the door.

In July, authorities recovered 55 bodies from an abandoned When they finally got inside, authorities said, they found nine mine near Taxco, a colonial-era city popular with international bodies: eight Hong Kong tourists and the ex-policeman who had tourists. seized the bus to demand his job back.

The bloody denouement to the 12-hour drama in the heart ___ of the Philippine capital, witnessed live on TV, rattled a country already accustomed to kidnappings and violence blamed on Muslim rebels. It provoked demands from the Hong Kong 4. Bogota, Colombia government for an explanation, and an acknowledgment from Philippine President Benigno Aquino III that his police need more training and equipment.

It was 10:15 a.m. Monday in Manila when Rolando Mendoza, 55 and married with three children, hitched a ride with the tourists as they visited historic sites in the city. He wore a camouflage Colombia’s largest rebel group is offering dialogue on the uniform and carried an M16 rifle but didn’t seem unusual in the country’s conflict, saying in an Internet posting Monday that it is heavily policed capital. willing to present its ideas to a forum of South American leaders.

Then he announced that he was taking the travelers hostage to The government rejected the idea of any intermediaries and win back his job. repeated its stance that negotiations will happen only if the rebels ___

Philippines in shock as 9 die after fired cop hijacks Hong Kong tour bus

Colombian rebels reiterate willingness to talk with South American leaders

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Outdoor mass bans alcohol, pets in first papal visit to Britain since 1982 Britons planning to attend open-air services by Pope Benedict XVI next month have been told it’s OK to bring a picnic — but leave the wine at home.

Organizers of the pontiff’s visit released a detailed list Monday of what is allowed and barred from two large-scale gatherings.

Sunscreen, banners, flags, cushions and folding chairs are all permitted, and people are encouraged to bring a “pilgrim picnic.”

But barbecues, candles, musical instruments, pets and alcohol are banned because they “could pose a threat to yourself or others.”

Some 80,000 people are expected to attend a Sept. 18 prayer meeting in London’s Hyde Park, and 65,000 a Mass in Birmingham’s Cofton Park the next day.

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Tuesday, Aug. 24, 2010 VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) - It’s good to be your own person, but not to the point of being uncooperative in things that could be mutually advantageous for you as well as for all concerned. Don’t trip yourself up.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23) - Good planning is generally required in areas where you hope to be productive and successful. If you don’t know what you’re doing, but attempt it anyway, you’ll set yourself up for failure.

PISCES (Feb. 20-March 20) - If you and another cannot agree on something important, get a third party whom you both respect and trust to arbitrate the situation, rather than let one give into the other, giving rise to bad feeling.

ARIES (March 21-April 19) - Topics or projects about which you have little or no interest aren’t likely to receive your full attention, if any.

Consequently, you may not get something essential taken care of.

SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 22) - Normally you are someone who likes to be helpful and very cooperative when the situation calls for it.

However, you might agree to help when your better judgment warns you against doing so.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20) - If you can’t play a competitive, social game just for the fun of it, perhaps it would be better not to get involved at all. Should winning become too important, you could be a poor sport.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 23-Dec. 21) - Important competitive situations must be realistically analyzed before entering the fray. If you don’t take the time to know your competition, you’re destined to lose.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20) - It’s nice to help out another at work, but make sure you’re not just being jockeyed and manipulated by a person who uses people like puppets in a marionette show.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) - Someone who always thinks s/he is right, but often is wrong, might once again try to coerce you into rejecting your own thoughts in order to get his/her way. Don’t fall for it.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 19) Ignoring good common sense and succumbing to a strong desire to have something immediately that you can’t afford will put you in the poorhouse. Don’t allow your sense of value to be distorted.

CANCER (June 21-July 22) Don’t allow yourself to get dragged into a discussion on a subject about which you know little, in hopes of bluffing your way through. The chances of you succeeding are slim to none.

LEO (July 23-Aug 22) - Though you may feel that the universe wants something from you, often it’s just your own ego projecting itself. Try to adopt a more holistic perspective, and live a less resultsoriented life.

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Instructions: Fill in the grid so that every row, every column and every 3x3 box contains the digits 1 through 9. That means that no number is repeated in any row, column or box.

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Universal Crossword Edited by Timothy E. Parker August 24, 2010 ACROSS 1 Duck’s habitat 5 Small Carolina singers 10 Dorm designation 14 Alternative to butter 15 Aquarium buildup 16 Bone by the radius 17 Community elders, perhaps 20 Foot bottoms 21 Hidden supplies 22 Nice ’n Easy user 25 It travels on its stomach, proverbially 26 Vintner’s container 29 “The best ___ schemes of mice and men ...”

31 Make downhearted 35 “Rosemary’s Baby” author Levin 36 Hard-tocontrol impulses 38 Chocolateand-cream cookie 39 Part of a budget spreadsheet 43 Prayer-closing word 44 Not hurting for space 45 Unexciting grade 46 Do some grapplin’ 49 Large sums, as of money

50 China’s Mao ___-tung 51 Place for a joint tenant 53 Wordsworth, for one 55 University of Wyoming site 58 “Get your hands off me!”

62 McQueen/ Newman film (with “The”) 65 All over again 66 Football’s British relative 67 Minimumrange tide 68 Many lipstick colors 69 Sergeant’s order, “___ were!”

70 Trees used to make longbows DOWN 1 Has fun with bubble wrap 2 Spicy dinner medley 3 “Ain’t Misbehavin’” actress Carter 4 Allotted 5 Raw reversal?

6 Jekyll and Hyde creator’s monogram 7 They’re full of hot air 8 1994 treaty acronym 9 Alaska Purchase arranger 10 It provides a paycheck, no sweat 11 “Ye ___ Curiosity

Shoppe” 12 Genesis grandchild 13 Waterway barrier 18 Political protection 19 Words after “woe” 23 Be deserving of 24 Extreme hardship 26 Certain man of the cloth 27 Sommelier’s criterion 28 Adventurer’s stock 30 Clear up, as a windshield 32 Put up, as a building 33 Dwarf planet discovered

by Piazzi 34 “We’re off ___ the wizard ...”

37 Get inquisitive 40 Twists off, as a bottle cap 41 Boss on a

shield 42 First-person figure 47 Shakespeare’s “King ___” 48 City SW of Ithaca 52 Blanket-toting “Peanuts” character 54 Diminutive 55 The ___ Ranger 56 Flabbergasted 57 Like quiche or custard 59 Orange or lemon holder 60 Emulate a chipmunk 61 “Clumsy me!”

62 Black paving material 63 One of Nigeria’s principal languages 64 Greenwich Village campus, briefly

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