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cArT Wi-fi service repaired Cleveland Area Rapid Transit system reconfigures Internet settings Sam hiGGiNS

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A public transportation system has fixed issues with its new wireless Internet connection.

The Cleveland Area Rapid Transit system has resolved its Wi-Fi connection issues that have been plaguing the buses since it was installed, said spokewoman Vicky Holland.

The wireless Internet connection problems were due to the settings of the wireless

device, Holland said.

“The user limit was too low at 32, but it’s now at 144,” she said. This was limiting the number of users that could get on at one single time.

The time setting also was affecting the connection’s accessibility.

“The duration was set for a time, like 6 p.m., where as we wanted it set for a time limit, such as 15 minutes or however long that route was,” Holland said. “So it was basically a simple issue of the

number of users being set too low.”

The transit system began installing the Wi-Fi system this summer and finished in early August, The Daily reported on Aug. 20. All 22 of CART’s buses now have Wi-Fi that is free for commuters.

Holland said rider feedback was helpful in letting them know there were issues with the wireless Internet connection.

“We’re still working out some kinks with the new system,” she said. “And because people really like it, they let us

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Stephanie Sager, senior match support specialist, works in the Big Brothers Big Sisters of Oklahoma office on Main Street Dec. 1, 2011. Big Brothers Big Sisters is one of the many non=profits that could be affected if legislation passes that would require a vote to use taxpayer money to fund non-profits.

Lawmakers may change fundings Emma hamBLEN campus reporter

A new push for a change in the distribution of tax dollars could affect how non-profit organizations around Oklahoma receive funding.

State representatives Paul Wesselhoft, R-Moore, and Sally Kern, R-Oklahoma City, are calling for the end of taxpayer’s dollars going to non-profit organizations without first being voted on by state legislators.

Wesselhoft said he recently sent a letter to Governor Fallin

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calling for an end to taxpayers’ dollars going to non-profit organizations.

In a press release announcing the letter, Wesselhoft was quoted

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Jessica Jensen, a chemistry graduate student, rides the No. 40 SEE CART PAGE 2 cArT bus to access the free cart Wi-fi friday.

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as saying, “We do not think tax dollars should go to non-profit organizations. I believe this spending is unethical and, if not illegal, at least contrary to the spirit of the Oklahoma Constitution.”

He said if he had to do the press release over, he would change it to mean only those non-profits that don’t render a service should not receive tax dollars. He emphasized that his concern is not that non-profit organizations are receiving money, but the process through which they receive it.

Under the current system, funds are distributed to various department agencies who then distribute the money to various non-profit organizations each year.

“The House and the Senate approve the appropriations bill and the Governor signs it into law,” he said.

However, that bill is not specific in how the money is distributed, he said, so these agencies can give distribute tax money as they see appropriate.

The Oklahoma Department of Commerce is one of the departmental agencies that distributes tax money.

The department receives a lump-sum appropriation in the Omnibus Appropriation Bill —which the legislature passes to appropriate all money for all state agencies, said Don Hackler,

One law school student returned to his everyday life after spending a week a s a n O k l a h o ma d e l egate at the Democratic National Convention.

Second-year OU law student Erick Harris tried to play “catch-up” on his school work Sunday morning.

“I was rather exhausted Friday,” Harris laughed.

He didn’t get home until after midnight the final night of the convention. He was starving because he hadn’t been able to eat in the arena, he said. After an earlymorning dinner, he had to pack, then head to the airport for his flight back to Oklahoma City.

“I was basically running on 4 hours of sleep between two days,” he said.

Despite the chaos of that last night in North Carolina, Harris wouldn’t change his experience, which he likened to his own version of “the American dream.”

“To be a 25-year-old l aw stu d e nt hav i ng a coveted position people twice my age are trying to get … I felt very grateful for the opportunity,” Harris said.

He laughed that despite being so young, he was actually not the state’s youngest delegate. There was an 18-year-old freshman from the University of Central Oklahoma, he said.

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Sexual assault abroad usually goes unreported OU’s most recent incident recorded in 2010

students studying abroad, but that number may not reflect the truth thanks to federal regulations and the crime’s history of being ChaSE COOK under-reported. campus reporter OU’s most recent incident In the last five years one of sexual assault abroad was sexual assault incident recorded in 2010 as a Sexual has been reported by OU Assault Response Team

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counseling report. It’s the only incident related to sexual assault, happening to students studying abroad, that could be found, student affairs vice-president Susan Sasso said.

Unfortunately, just because it’s the only reported incident doesn’t make it the

only one, she said.

The university has multiple tools for students to leverage when they want to report a sexual assault, such as contacting OUPD or the SART team. Students abroad may also contact faculty in their program, but that doesn’t always

mean students report sexual assaults.

The Department of Justice released a report in August stating 65 percent of rape and sexual assault were unreported from 2006 to 2010.

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DElEGATE: Convention busy but rewarding Continued from page 1

TODAy AROUND CAMPUS A workshop in which students can make “flower pens” will be held from 11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. in the first floor lobby of Oklahoma Memorial Union.

TUESDAy, SEPT. 11 A percussion concert will be held from noon to 12:30 p.m. in Sandy Bell Gallery in Fred Jones Jr. Museum of Art. A presentation about dressing professionally for interviews will be held from 4 to 5 p.m. and 5 to 6 p.m. in Oklahoma Memorial Union’s Regents Room.

Mid-day music will be held from noon to 1 p.m. in the food court of the Oklahoma Memorial Union.

Ivan Pena will play the guitar and Isaac Eicher will play the mandolin.

A free seminar will be given by Sophia Morren of Student life on study skills for college. The seminar will be from 4 to 5 p.m. in Wagner Hall, room 245.

WEDNESDAy, SEPT. 12 A free seminar will be given by Kris Akey of Instructional leadership and Academic Curriculum on improving your speed reading skills. The seminar will be from 3 to 4 p.m. in Wagner Hall, room 245.

THURSDAy, SEPT. 13 Mid-day music will be held from noon to 1 p.m. in the food court of the Oklahoma Memorial Union.

Dillon Gourd will play the guitar.

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at specific times, he said.

The delegates had to be at their first meetings around 3 p.m. and wouldn’t return to their hotels until midnight or later.

The delegates attended sessions with guest speakers and voted on the Democratic Party platform and the presidential platform. They also formally voted the incumbent as the party’s candidate after former president Bill Clinton nominated him Wednesday night.

It wasn’t stressful, Harris said, but it was a lot to keep track of.

Harris participated in the vote to add support of Israel as a free and independent state and add mentions of God to the party platform.

He supported both measures, he said.

The diversity of the delegates was one of the most unexpected things at the convention, Harris said. Not just racially, but also gender, age, background and orientation.

“It was really a melting pot to be honest,” Harris said.

This diversity represented different ideas, different experiences and different upbringings, Harris said; it represented how America wasn’t built by one group of people. It was a convention that mirrored that nation, he said.

One of the benefits of getting to attend the convention as a delegate was the diverse experiences he was exposed to, Harris said. He was excited to be around congressmen, senators and leaders in the party he wouldn’t normally see. He also attended a

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Erick Harris, second-year law student, stands with Nancy pelosi, Democratic Minority leader of the united States House of representatives, at the Democratic National convention in charlotte, N.c.

variety of forums as well as the African-American and women’s caucuses.

He also said he loved seeing how a convention could energize and re-focus a party. It also reinvigorated his own goals and solidified his vote for November, he said.

He said he particularly liked Bill Clinton’s speech. While he couldn’t t e l l you w h i c h s p e a ke r was the best, he said he would rank Clinton as

his favorite, followed by Obama, Michelle Obama, Julian Castro and finally Jennifer Granholm.

Harris said getting back into the routine of being a student isn’t a letdown because he expected it. He was incredibly thankful to have had the opportunity he did last week, he said.

Emma hamblen emmahamblen@ou.edu

BY the numBers Democratic Delegates

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total delegates

pledged delegates

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superdelegates Source: Democratic Convention website

ABrOAD: Study abroad office offers safety training Continued from page 1 reported nature of the crime and the fact that students are in a foreign place with new cultures and it’s difficult to determine just how often this happens, Sasso said. The university offers several different methods to report sexual assaults and faculty that travel abroad with students are trained to handle these situations, she said.

“You encourage people to use their heads,” Sasso said.

“It’s hard anytime you see a human being traumatized by anything.”

Students traveling abroad go through training focused on how these countries are different and how students should respond to threats and other dangers. The Education Abroad office offers a series of videos as well as other verbal training during it’s pre-departure orientation.

“They are really trying to condition students to realize it is different,” Sasso

said.

The Education Abroad office’s videos consist of powerpoint presentations accompanied by a lecture.

Some of the content discusses cultural differences, such as should women smile when being stared at, as well as urging students to dress modestly.

The videos also give out numbers and times when resources at OU are available to students.

Psychology junior Alexandrea Logan traveled to Arezzo, Italy, as part of OU’s Arezzo program. The videos and orientation were helpful and prepared everyone for the trip abroad, Logan said.

“It was a really good thing to have before going,” she said. “It was very helpful and very informative.”

The worse thing Logan said she experienced while studying abroad was that some men would whistle, but none of the locals acted on anything probably because everyone traveled in groups.

TrANSpOrTATiON: Students’ reports help CART’s Wi-Fi services Continued from page 1 know when it doesn’t work.”

Holland said as far as she knows, all the problems have been fixed.

“For the most part we got everything fixed [Aug. 31], so the downtime should be few and far between now,” she said.

at a GLance contact cArT If riders have problems, they can contact: Email: ridecart@ ou.edu Phone: 405-325-2278

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Sexual assaults that occur and are reported while students are studying abroad will be documented by the Education Abroad office, Title IX Coordinator Laura Palk said.

Higher education institutions participating in federal financial aid programs are required to report crime statistics such as sexual assault and murder on and near the institution’s campus, according to the Clery Act. However, that law only requires higher education institutions to gather and report information related to incidents happening abroad if the college or university owns, rents or leases the property.

The only program at OU that falls under the federal reporting requirements is OU’s Arezzo program, which will have its own Sooner Safety and Fire Report released this year, Sasso said.

The Arezzo program sends students to Arezzo, Italy, where they live and take classes at OU’s Italian campus. That report will detail crimes on and off campus as well as provide emergency information. Arezzo’s safety report, as well as OU’s main campus report, will be made available to students

by October.

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at a GLance Sexual Assualt response Team SART (Sexual Assault Response Team) - offers counseling to survivors of sexual assault. It operates 24 hours a day, seven days a week.

Contact: Call 405-6150013 or contact the Women’s Outreach Center or OUPD. Source: Student Affairs website

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Robertson wouldn’t say killed in train whether the woman was a student. The police do accident not know why she was on the tracks, but he said the For the second time in investigation was still under a little more than a week, way. a pedestrian was struck The last person struck and killed by a train mov- and killed by a train ing through Norman. occurred Sept. 1 near the A white female was intersection of Boyd Street killed after she was hit and Classen Boulevard. by a train near Main Michael James McNeil Street, lt. Jeff Robertson was hit by the train shortly said. Norman police before 10:30 a.m. It isn’t responded to the call at known whether alcohol 10:36 p.m. last night and played a role in his death were still trying to idenas it will be several weeks tify the body at about 1 before the medical exama.m., Robertson said. iner’s office releases its The train was stopped report. and was backed up Chase Cook all the way near the Campus Reporter

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non-profit: Legislatures working toward changing current system Continued from page 1 public information officer for the department.

“Each department gets X amount of dollars,” Hackler said. “After that bill is passed and signed by the governor, the department gets a letter signed — by usually a senior member of the House and of the Senate — which gives special directions on where to appropriate the funds.”

There is currently no application process on the part of the department agencies, he said, they just follow the directions given in the letter.

Wesselhoft said he believes this is a violation of the state’s constitution because the distribution of these funds is not being voted on as budget items. He is gathering support to change the system so all potential appropriations be debated on the floor and ultimately voted on, he said.

“The main thing we want is transparency and accountability,” Wesselhoft said.

He said this move is out of concerned that the current system could allow for bribery. He is not making accusations and has no evidence of any abuse of the system currently, he said.

We ss e l h o f t sa i d h e has received verbal support from around 15 other representatives.

“I’m not critical of these nonprofits,” he said. “I’m sure they do wonderful things…I just question one, whether it’s constitutional, and two, I should have a vote as to whether or not we should fund them with taxpayer money.”

Others are not as concerned as the representative.

“My first reaction would be that w e have an appropriations process that works effectively in state government, and state representatives should know

as well as anyone how that process works,” said Diana Hartley, an adjuct professor that teaches non-profit management.

Hartley — who is also a non-profit volunteer and board member of Bridges — said a letter to the governor does not change issues it simply gains the attention of the media. If the representatives are concerned they should address the state agencies that are accountable for the appropriation, she said.

She said the appropriations system is not unique — hiring leaders who hire employees to do their jobs. Each of the agencies addressed in the letter has important missions to fulfill in our state and government cannot do it alone, she said.

Hartley also pointed out how commonplace publicprivate partnerships are throughout other parts of our government.

Public-private partnerships are when a government service is funded through a partnership between the government and a private sector company, according to the National Council for Public-Private Partnerships’ website.

These types of partnerships have existed for over 200 years, according to the website, and the average American city works utilizes these partnerships to perform 23 out of 65 basic municipal services.

Non-profit organizations rely on a diversity of funding, including public-private partnerships, Hartley said.

Hartley said limiting nonprofit organizations would be limiting an important part of the state’s economy.

“The non-profit sector provides an important economic benefit to our state,” she said. “Nationally, the non-profit sector is the third largest industry and in Oklahoma alone there

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President’s Associates dinner brings prestigious names to OU Students will have the opportunity to hear guest speakers lecture on political topics at OU this fall, President David Boren announced in a press release.

Candy Crowley, CNN corespondent, Judy Woodruff, PBS corespondent, and Erskine Bowles and Alan Simpson, co-chairmen of the National Commission on

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are a little over 18,000 nonprofits.”

“I don’t want to make an absolute statement that taxdollars should not go to nonprofits,” Wesslehoft said. He does realize that the private sector can do jobs much better than the government can sometimes, he said.

Hartley also pointed out that state funding for faithbased organizations could be questioned under this move, although they’re not mentioned in Wesselhoft’s letter.

Some faith-based nonprofits might be contracted and rendering services, so Wesselhoft said he wouldn’t say categorically that we shouldn’t give dollars to faith-based organizations.

Ultimately, it would make more sense to have

“I just question one, whether it’s constitutional, and two, I should have a vote as to whether or not we should fund them with taxpayer money.”

Paul Wesselhoft, Oklahoma State Representative

an application process so that all non-profits have the equal opportunity to receive those funds, he said.

Hartley said there is no way to know how much a change in the appropriations system would affect non-profit organizations.

“In terms of what would happen to individual non-

Fiscal Responsibility and Reform, will focus on the presidential election in three separate events on campus.

Crowley’s address, “The 2012 Presidential Election,” will highlight Boren’s second President’s Associates dinner this semester, according to the press release. The event will take place Sept. 26.

Bowles and Simpson will speak about “America’s Debt and Deficit Crisis: Issues and Solutions” on Oct. 8, and Woodruff will discuss “The Impact of the Presidential Election on America’s Future” on Nov. 12.

Invitations will be sent out before each event, according to the press release.

profits, that’s really difficult to say…it would depend on each organization,” she said.

The United Way of Norman Board of Directors has not taken an official stand on the issue, said president Kristin Collins.

However, she did say she knew that Wesselhoft and Kern and are not alone in their thinking.

“Of course, there are two sides to every story,” Collins said.

If this movement results in legislation it wouldn’t have a huge impact on United Way of Norman — which get’s a majority of its funding through individuals — but it would have a small affect and an even larger one on non-profits in general, Collins said.

United Way of Norman

does receive some government-directed funds. For instance, the Community Development Block Grant program gave $5,000 this year which contributed to the United Way of Norman’s ABC School Supply Program, she said.

Emergenc y Food and Sh e l t e r P ro g ra m f u n d s come through United Way of Norman to provide food, shelter and emergency assistance and those FEMA dollars would disappear government-directed funds disappeared, Collins said.

“On the other hand, we’re all about transparency and the faithful management of dollars,” Collins said. “I definitely respect that.”

Emma Hamblen emmahamblen@ou.edu

Crowley, CNN’s chief political correspondent, will be the first woman in 20 years to moderate a presidential debate on Oct. 3 in Denver.

Bowles and Simpson are co-chairmen of a bipartisan commission that released a report in 2010 with a plan to reduce the nation’s $4 million deficit.

Woodruff is a senior correspondent for PBS “NewsHour” and is the 2012 recipient of the Gaylord Prize for Excellence in Journalism and Mass Communication.

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An OU professor will be inducted into his third hall of fame next month.

George Henderson, professor emeritus of human relations, will be inducted into the Oklahoma African American Hall of Fame in October.

Henderson was inducted into the Oklahoma Higher Education Hall of Fame and the Oklahoma Hall of Fame in 2003, according to the department of Human Relations’ website.

Henderson joined OU’s

faculty in 1967 as the university’s third African American faculty member, according to the department’s website.

He was appointed to the Oklahoma African American Hall of Fame by the NTU Art Association of Oklahoma, Inc. — a nonprofit organization founded in 1979, according to NTU’s website.

The organization chooses residents who have lived in Oklahoma for at least 10 years and have made significant contributions to the community or state of Oklahoma, according to its website.

Henderson was the first African American dean of a degree-granting college on OU’s Norman campus, according to a recent press release.

As a civil rights scholar, Henderson has lectured at cultural diversity workshops in the U.S. and abroad and has also received more than 50 awards and honors from OU and the community, according to the press release.

“Dr. Henderson’s induction into the Oklahoma African American Hall of Fame is a truly outstanding accomplishment and well-

deserved honor,” said university spokesman Michael Nash.

Henderson will be inducted into the Hall of Fame on Oct. 6 at the Jim Thorpe Sports Museum in Oklahoma City.

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Knowing the facts about suicide can save lives Recognize the signs

Our View: Can you recognize the signs of suicide

risk in yourself or a friend and get help?

The American Association of Suicidology has developed a mnemonic to help you remember the Today is World Suicide Prevention Day, part of warning signs of suicidal behavior: IS PATH WARM. National Suicide Prevention Week. Suicide among Ideation — talking about or threatening to hurt or high school students has been a high-profile issue kill oneself, or gathering the tools to do so lately, but college students actually are more at risk Substance Abuse — an increased reliance on than adolescents. Learning a few simple signs and drugs or alcohol familiarizing yourself with campus resources could Purposelessness — lacking purpose or direction save the life of yourself or a friend.

Anxiety — anxious or agitated behavior; the inabilIf you’ve never had personal experiences with sui- ity to sleep or a need to sleep all the time cide, it may be difficult to understand how anyone Trapped — feeling like there’s no way out of a could take their own life. But the numbers situation are clear: On average, a person commits suiHopelessness — feeling like a situation The Our View cide in the U.S. every 15 minutes, according is the majority never can improve or never will end to data from the Centers for Disease Control opinion of Withdrawal — isolation from friends and The Daily’s and Prevention. family, or anti-social behavior nine-member While suicide is the 10th leading cause of Anger — uncontrolled feelings of rage or editorial board revenge-seeking behavior death in the nation — homicide is number 15 — it is the third most common cause of Recklessness — acting recklessly or endeath among people ages 15-24. And the suicides gaging in unusually dangerous behavior peak around ages 20-24.

Mood Changes — Swift, dramatic shifts in mood, The CDC also reports that among that age group, seemingly without provocation more young people die from suicide than from all If you recognize any of those signs in yourself or diseases combined. At the time of their suicides, 90 your loved ones, consider seeking help. percent of those young people are suffering from a How to help diagnosable and treatable mental illness.

Get involved with your loved one and make your Students at OU are particularly at risk. Oklahoma time available. Show interest and support. ranks 12th in the nation for suicides. And while the Ask directly if he or she is thinking about suicide. college age group is particularly at risk, those who actually attend college are even more so, with 9 per- Talk openly about it.

Listen. Accept any emotions your loved one excent of college students seriously considering suipresses. Don’t tell him or her the feelings are wrong. cide, according to data from the American College Don’t debate and don’t lecture.

Health Association.

Don’t ask why or act shocked. That will only create With such a high risk for OU students and their distance and breed defensiveness. peers, all Sooners should make it a priority to learn Be empathetic, not sympathetic. Don’t offer glib the warning signs and know about the local resourcreassurance or pity. Assure your loved one you es that can help.

understand what it is like to feel helpless, anxious, etc.

No matter what your loved one makes you promise, don’t keep this a secret.

Take action. Seek out help from local resources, encourage your loved one to seek help themselves and try to remove any easy means your loved one may have to harm him- or herself.

How to get help For emergencies, you can contact a counselor confidentially from 8 p.m. to 4 a.m. on the campus Number Nyne Crisis Hotline, 405-325-NYNE, or 24/7 on the national hotline, 1-800-273-TALK. If the situation is less dire, you can sign up for a counseling session with Goddard Health Center counseling services. Sooners can call 405-325-2911 to schedule an appointment.

All services through Goddard Health Center are confidential and affordable. The center even has a discrete side entrance for counseling services.

If there is an immediate medical emergency or a serious threat, never hesitate to call 911.

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reflect a deep bias against labeling white American citizens as terrorists.

These events reflect an even larger problem of racial profiling in the media. A 2008 study by The Commission on Racial & Ethnic Disparity in the Criminal Justice System found that not only were media oulets guilty of significant minority bias, they were unwilling to accept accountability for their actions.

This is a dangerous practice.

If we in the media are determined to influence the minds of Americans, we are culpable for the effects of this type of blatant discrimination.

As instances of domestic terrorism go unreported and thus unaddressed, violence against minority groups increases. If the media do not portray a minority as equal, Americans will not see minority groups as equal.

The solution is not as clear as writing a senator or staging a protest. All of us, including those of us who participate in journalism, are consumers of media.

Andrew Garrison/The Daily As consumers, we must stop watching and reading last year reported significant beginning of the threat to when our actions have seri- those sources most guilty of this bias. By turning off CNN increases in violence against minority groups in America. ous consequences.

Muslims in the U.S. Instead Journalists, from those at The temple shooting is not and FOX news, you are fightof calming down after Sept.

The Daily to those at the New even the only example of do- ing the control of racially prejudiced and self-serving 11, attacks are on the rise.

York Times, constantly talk mestic terrorism that went media outlets.

The second trend it sugabout how the news matters. under-reported over the More than that, awaregests is that the media are Reporting the news, it is said, summer. Last week, prosness and sympathy for these significantly biased toward is a duty and a responsibilecutors uncovered terroratrocities against minorities acts of terrorism perpetrated ity. Journalists see ourselves ist motivations in two 2011

by U.S. citizens. This protec- as public servants who can shootings by a small group of will bind us together as what we all truly are: Americans. tionist attitudes masks horshape audience sentiments. army personnel. The group rific attacks that beg to be reIf journalists desire to have had amassed an arsenal and ported and addressed. If FBI this much influence over were planning to overthrow Mark Brockway is a political reports and recent events are their readers, it also becomes the government. science senior. any indication, the events necessary for those who reAgain the lack of coverin Wisconsin are just the port the news to be culpable age on the subject only can

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he shooting at the Oak Creek Sikh temple this summer was perhaps the most significant terrorist attack since Sept. 11. Not only was the attack incredibly violent, killing seven people, it is the most significant example of backlash terrorism by a U.S. citizen.

The gunman, 40-yearold Army veteran Michael Page, apparently mistook the Sikh for an Islamic group.

According to the Southern Poverty Law Center, he has been accused of having ties to neo-Nazi movements.

Attorney General Eric Holder called the shooting, “an act of terrorism, an act of hatred, a hate crime.”

So why does it seem like no one has heard of it?

The attack, which came in the wake of another shooting at a movie theater in Colorado, was barely touched on by the major media outlets and dropped just days after it happened.

At the same time, the Colorado shooting received constant coverage. Pictures of the killer’s bright orange hair were omnipresent on all the major news channels.

The Colorado shooting, while terrible, was an act of pure insanity. There likely was no real motivation or global political undertones.

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There are two causes for concern.

First, the shooting itself suggests a growing wave of violent anti-Islamic action in the United States. The FBI

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Senior receiver Justin Brown looks downfield as he searches for a hole during one of his three punt returns against Florida A&M on Saturday. Brown gained 102 yards returning punts, including a 62-yard return that gave the Sooners the ball at the FAMU four yard line.

New Sooner offers hope Transfer Justin Brown makes an impact James Corley

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The Sooner special teams have the first glimmer of hope the unit has seen in nearly a decade other than consistent punting by senior Tress Way. The unit has been in need of good news after multiple seasons of missed field goals and inconsistent Justin return coverBrown age that have drawn much criticism.

Transfer wide receiver Justin Brown had an electric Owen Field debut during OU’s 69-13 win against Florida A&M on Saturday.

He returned three punts for 102 yards, including a 62yard burst that was nearly a touchdown and another that barely missed the end zone.

The senior was among several former Penn State players to take advantage of

an unrestricted transfer, free of NCAA sit-out penalties, following last year’s federal investigation and program sanctions.

After just his second game in crimson, Brown has people talking about OU’s special teams again.

“He’s got some strength to run through some trash,” cooffensive coordinator Josh Heupel said. “You can have a speed guy back there, but ultimately, ... when somebody’s running through an arm tackle, he’s got some strength to do that.”

OU coach Bob Stoops said Brown reminds him of former Sooner return specialist J.T. Thatcher, who played with Heupel on Stoops’ 2000 national championship

“My life gets a little easier when it’s football season.”

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team. Thatcher was known for his toughness as a returner and ability to run through would-be tacklers.

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rAPID RECAP OU 69, FAMU 13 Key stat: Junior running back Damien Williams finished with 156 yards and four touchdowns.

Key performer: Williams became the first OU player since Ryan Broyles (2008) to score touchdowns during his first two games.

Key opponent: Redshirt sophomore wide receiver Travis Harvey had the Rattlers’ only touchdown of the game with a 75-yard reception in the second quarter.

Tobi Neidy, Sports Reporter

records for single-game (160) and single-season (599) punt-return yards in 2000. “[Brown’s] not a guy you get ahold of his jersey and swing him down,” Stoops said. “Once he decided to come here, I said [he] isn’t

like a guy who hasn’t played big-time football.

“The guy’s got it all.”

Brown credited the Sooner punt return team for his success Saturday, saying it created wide running seams that allowed him to push for the end zone.

“I tried to go all the way, but I got pushed out,” he said about his 62-yard return.

“Hopefully, I’ll get another one.”

Brown said his unit coaches and teammates made it really comfortable for him to make an impact early after joining the team last month.

Now on the other side of the turmoil with the Nittany Lions’ program, Brown said he’s happy to be playing again.

“When I’m on the field, that’s about two or three hours I get to just worry about something I love to do instead of the extra stuff that’s been happening,” Brown said. “My life gets a little easier when it’s football season.”

Sports columnist he Oklahoma offense was a scoring machine after churning out 10 total touchdowns against Florida A&M on Saturday night.

Without a doubt, it was the positive performance Tobi Neidy the Sooners needed after tneidy@gmail.com coming off a mediocre 24-point performance in the season opener.

But even with the 69-point, 662-yard performance, the Sooner coaching staff admitted the offense is still a work in progress after producing two turnovers and key penalties in the first half.

“I’m not happy, necessarily, with the progress we made into week two,” co-offensive coordinator Josh Heupel said. “There are a lot of things out there that we need to clean up to be as efficient as we are capable of.”

One area of concern was the penalties assessed to the team, including a personal foul by junior center Gabe Ikard when the Sooners were pressing into FAMU territory.

Ikard’s penalty cost OU 15 yards after junior running back Brennan Clay advanced the ball to FAMU’s 25 yard line.

From there, the series eventually led to a punt.

Penalties hurt the Sooners a week ago, and figuring out how to limit the punishment calls will be something OU will Damien need to work on in upcoming games.

Williams “Similar to a week ago, we’re getting down in scoring position and we have a penalty that destroys the drive,” coach Bob Stoops said. “I was disappointed in that.”

But even with the mistakes against the Rattlers, the Sooner offense made some positive steps in the right direction.

Senior quarterback Landry Jones looked better than he did a week ago, finishing the game with 252 yards on 19 completions.

Jones put up two passing touchdowns, connecting with his go-to-guy, junior receiver Kenny Stills, and newcomer receiver Trey Metoyer for the freshman’s first collegiate touchdown.

However, Jones’ performance was outshined by junior running back Damien Williams’ four rushing touchdowns, but getting OU’s running game back on track was something the Sooners had worked on in practice.

“A week ago, (our run game) had some (creases) but not as many as I thought we would,” Stoops said. “I thought we picked them up, identified and recognized them better.

“And of course Damien Williams had a big night.”

OU’s run game took a major hit last season after then-junior running back Dominique Whaley went down with a season-ending injury against Kansas State last October.

Having Williams compete for the starting job along with Whaley can only mean good things for OU’s ground game from here on out.

And Williams’ scoring success in front of the home crowd helped the Sooners accomplish the team’s goal of getting the offense back on track.

“The whole week we’ve been saying we need to light it up,” Ikard said. “That was our slogan, and we said we were going to light the scoreboard up for our defense since we kind of disappointed them last week.”

Tobi Neidy is a public relations senior and sports reporter for The Daily. You can follow her on Twitter at @Tobi Ann

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The Sooners rebounded from a loss to No. 1 Nebraska with a 3-1 win over No. 19 Kentucky on Friday in Lincoln, Neb.

OU won its home debut in impressive fashion Saturday night, blowing out FCS foe Florida A&M, 69-13.

The win marked the first over a ranked opponent this season for the Sooners.

The Sooners’ offense looked much improved from a 24-7 win against UTEP last weekend, gaining 662 yards of total offense.

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Norman celebrates art, picnic in grass Art organizations hold luncheon COLBY FREDERICK Life & Arts Reporter

Underneath a sunny sky, people dined on the grass of Lions Park on Sunday.

Local art organizations teamed up to put on the third-annual Luncheon on the Grass. On top of food, there was musical entertainment by Native American groups, and kids could draw on the sidewalks.

The community event was rescheduled after being cancelled in May due to inclement weather. Visitors brought picnic blankets, chairs and food.

The event was a

collaboration by the Fred Jones Jr. Museum of Art, Norman Arts Council, Firehouse Art Center and the Jacobson House Native Art Center.

Native American sounds from the Jacobson House included flute music, storytelling and powwow singers.

“It is so very difficult to maintain our culture and language within the modern world,” said Dan Brackett, C h a i r o f t h e Ja c o b s o n Foundation House Board.

“Jacobson House puts a firm emphasis in the importance and expression of visual arts such as painting, sculpting and even film making.”

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Kieran Mullen, OU physics professor (left), and daughter Sarah, 8, paint on the red board Sunday at the third annual Luncheon on the Grass at Lions Park.

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he world of electronic dance music has evolved more than any genre in modern music.

The genre is now known for its subgenre dubstep, but before dubstep there was EDM. Deep in the music

underground during the 1970s, existed a scene where people went to hear live disc jockeys. This movement, disco, started in Chicago then moved to Europe.

After cultivating in Europe for what seemed like forever, EDM came back to the U.S. with some serious attitude

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Sam Noble Oklahoma Museum of Natural History Robert S. Kerr Auditorium Kevin Reinhart is Associate Professor of Religious Studies at Dartmouth. His Ph.D. is in Comparative Religion with specialization in Islamic religious studies. He was trained in the study of religion at Harvard (M.A., 1978; Ph.D., 1986) and in Middle Eastern and Arabic Studies at the University of Texas, Austin (1974); he joined the faculty of Dartmouth in 1986. His research focuses on Islamic legal thought, primarily in the pre-modern period. His book, Before Revelation: The Boundaries of Muslim Moral Knowledge, a study of Islamic theories of moral knowledge, was published by SUNY Press in 1995. He has just finished a book on the variety of Islamic practices in different locales.

During 1995 and 1996 he was in Turkey working on Turkish language and Turkish Islam. He has lived, worked, and traveled extensively in Egypt, Turkey, Iraq, Morocco, and other parts of the Arabic speaking world for the past four decades.

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and skill. With DJs like David Guetta (France) and D.J. Tiësto (Netherlands), the U.S. slowly became more influenced by this new heartpounding house music.

During the late-1990s and into the new millennium, EDM gained more popularity in the U.S.

Benny Bennasi’s hit single “Satisfaction” dropped in 2001, and electronic music was never the same.

After that, other prominent underground DJs started releasing music, including Kaskade and relatively unknown Deadmau5. The EDM scene was growing in

the U.S. Brent Stenstrom is a broadcast and electronic media junior.

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