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Living as a Jew in Christian Oklahoma Students share their stories as members of a campus minority PAIGHTEN HARKINS Campus Reporter

As elementary education junior Debra Goss walked across campus one day, a preacher offered her a copy of the New Testament. The preacher was one of the many preachers who frequent OU’s campus shouting at the students about

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salvation. This preacher had been handing out the books for a few days, and Goss had politely declined each time she was asked. Until then, there had been no incident.

This time, however, things changed.

“I guess it was the straw that broke the camel’s back,” she said in retrospect.

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That day, the preacher grabbed her arm as she walked away and asked her why she wouldn’t take the book.

“I’m Jewish,” she said.

“I don’t read the New Testament. I read the Old Testament.”

That’s when he told her she was going to hell.

The exchange didn’t faze Goss as much as it frustrated her.

“It’s just one of those things

that you have to shake your head at, but you shouldn’t have to deal with,” she said.

For people like Goss, the most frustrating thing about life as a member of a minority group is dealing with other people’s ignorance about her beliefs, she said — especially in Oklahoma where Jewish people make up 0.1 percent of the total population, according to the U.S. Census Bureau.

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Campus Reporter

A new director has been appointed to a program at OU designed to help faculty improve courses with new technology.

Teaching strategies expert Mark Morvant, a professor in the department of chemistry and biochemistry, will be appointed Oct. 1 as the executive director of the Center for Teaching Excellence, as long as the OU Board of Regents approves his appointment at its September meeting, according to an OU press release.

Morvant will work with Michele Eodice, associate provost for academic engagement, to “embed writing strategies within disciplines across the campus and increase the use of other high-impact instructional techniques,” according to the press release.

“I think the future for the University of Oklahoma is very bright … I think there’s an excitement among the faculty about improving the educational experience for our students, and I’m honored to lead our faculty in improving the students’ education,” Morvant said.

In 2006, Morvant began teaching at OU as a chemistry professor and was named assistant chairman of the chemistry and biochemistry department in 2011, according to the press release.

He will step down from teaching for a few years to build the Center for Teaching Excellence program but plans on eventually returning to limited teaching on a routine basis, Morvant said.

Morvant also will be stepping down from his position as assistant chairman of the chemistry and biochemistry department but will continue to have a faculty appointment in the department, he said.

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predominantly Christian state affects things as simple as where Jews can buy their food and how they interact with peers in the classroom.

The thing that bothers Goss the most as a Jewish student is the preachers on campus, she said. For herself and fellow Jewish classmate CJ Mays, the next in line are other students.

Mays, a Judaic studies

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Project on Student Debt.

However, OU’s average debt remains about $4,000 lower than the Eleven semesters of national average of $25,250, according to the report. education turned into 20 This can be attributed to several things like Oklahoma’s low years of payments. cost of living and lower tuition prices at Oklahoma instituAshley Paulus’ parents tions, said Matt Hamilton, registrar and Enrollment and helped her out during her Student Financial Services vice president. But even first year at OU, but after that, these factors don’t completely shield families Paulus was forced to take out from financial hardship, some of which was private loans to pay for tuition, fees caused by the mortgage crisis, he said. and other living expenses. She was able “We are going to see that they have to to graduate in 2007 after 11 semesters of borrow more [money] in some situaschool. Now she pays an average of $500 a tions,” Hamilton said. y month to pay back her loans while she works in The impact of the 2008 economic cridAiL e H n/t riso Germany. sis can be seen in OU’s financial aid data. r o m eVin n By “If I could do anything differently, it would be to Oklahoma’s unemployment more than doubled io t A tr Lus to iL not take out any private loans for school,” Paulus said — from 3 percent to 7 percent — from 2008 to 2010, accordpHo in an email. “It’s a constant battle that you feel like you will ing to labor records. During the 2009-2010 academic year, the number never win.” of students borrowing loans jumped 23 percent to 12,879, according to More students are borrowing money than ever before, and OU ofOU’s Factbook. The total dollar value of the loans jumped 25 percent to ficials are looking for ways to help students decrease their borrowing. about $136 million.

Paulus’ story is a cautionary tale that warns of the danger of borrowing These increases in financial aid for students led OU to hold a scholarmoney, especially using private loans. Private loans have higher interest ship drive with a current goal of $250 million, which Hamilton said was a rates and lack the protection of federal loans. “godsend.” This allowed the university to recover from some of the finanThe most recently available data shows that 13,553 students received cial losses in 2008, he said. loans at an average of $9,074 per student in the academic year 2010OU was able to provide $36.8 million in scholarships to 8,643 students 2011, according to OU’s Factbook. The number of students is at an allin 2010-2011, according to the OU Factbook. While it’s still fewer stutime high, while the average amount borrowed is a 10 percent decrease dents than the 8,665 that received scholarships in 2009-2010, the total from 2009-2010. dollar value of those scholarships increased by 6 percent.

The increased number of OU students getting loans comes at a time OU also has given out a record number of tuition waivers with 10,197 when the average student debt for 2010 OU graduates is $21,517, which students receiving a total of $37.7 million in is about $800 above the Oklahoma average, according to a report by The reductions to tuition, according to the OU

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Program offering more sessions to help students get through college Lecture-based seminars focus on participation

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The university’s Student Learning Center has made changes to its free walk-in seminars to encourage student participation.

The “Student Success Series” — which is hosted

by OU’s Student Learning Center — offers seminars to OU students to help them improve on skills to increase their success in college.

Seminar topics include time management, choosing a major or minor and developing a study skills system, among others.

The center increased the number of seminars from 34 to 38 this semester, said Student Learning Center director Mark Walvoord. The increase in seminars came about because of an increase in teachers available to host sessions, Walvoord said.

Now sessions also are offered by appointment as

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Finance and accounting students take notes during professor Cindy Cuccia’s Intermediate Accounting One Tutoring on Thursday. The tutoring session took place in Wagner Hall.

one-on-one study consultations to all students, he said.

Another change is the increase in technology-based topics for the seminars, Walvoord said.

There also is a new

seminar on how to prepare and apply to graduate school to help upper-class students.

The seminars are interactive instead of lecture-based to help increase student

participation, he said.

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DEBT: Students face increasing education costs Continued from page 1

Today around campus A free lecture entitled “The Nature of Pain and the Appearance/Reality Distinction” will be presented by Michael Tye of the University of Texas from 3:30 to 5 p.m. in Dale Hall Tower, Room 607.

Art “à la Carte” will be held from 6 to 9 p.m. in Fred Jones Jr. Museum of Art. Students will play a scavenger hunt game that uses student drawings to find original artwork in the museum.

Free screenings of the film “Brave” sponsored by the Union Programming Board and Campus Activities Council will be held at 6, 9 p.m. and midnight in Oklahoma Memorial Union’s Meacham Auditorium.

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amount can’t hurt, Hamilton said.

The financial aid office hasn’t ironed out any specifics on how that communiFactbook. cation would work or what it would look Increased scholarships and tuition like, Hamilton said. waivers do not mean all students gradu“We would like to see debt be as miniate from OU without debt. mal as possible,” he said. “We know there Paulus was forced to take out loans are things that have occurred in this because she didn’t anticipate the “net economy and some students are trying to cost” of college, which not only factors in live lifestyles a little higher than they can tuition and fees but also living expenses afford.” and books.

On top of communicating debt levAfter she graduated, Paulus’ loan total els, the financial aid office has increased ballooned up to $52,000 after the six the number of financial aid counselors month deferred payment period. Her from two to eight this fall, Hamilton said. loan continued to gather interest during These counselors talk to students and that time. inform them of available tuition waivers, After five years of payment, Paulus’ as well as help them understand the risks loan balance sits at $45,295. The payand rewards of using loans, he said. ments average about $500 a month, but It will take some time to determine it only reduces the loan amount by about whether or not the changes to the finan$200 dollars each month, Paulus said in cial aid office will impact the financial aid an email. students are receiving. The 2011-2012 “Having loan payments has prevented data is currently being compiled and isn’t me from doing things that I would have available yet, Hamilton said. However, loved to do,” Paulus said in an email. “I the 2010-2011 numbers were trending have a lot of friends, especially here [in upward, and it’s possible that those numGermany], that did not graduate with any bers will continue to increase as more debt. The way they live their life is comstudents enroll and take advantage of fipletely different from the way I live mine.” nancial aid opportunities.

Situations like Paulus’ where students The best thing students can do is be borrow a higher portion than average informed of their options and the consestudents has led the financial aid office quences of those actions, Hamilton said. to consider warning students when their loans exceed average values.

There are already systems in place like Chase Cook entrance counseling when students take chaseacook@gmail.com out federal loans, but more communication about the size of the student’s loan

In depth Is financial aid keeping up with tuition?

The percent increase of OU scholarship and tuition waiver dollar values is about double that of tuition and fee increases from academic year 2007-2008 to 2010-2011.

From 2007-2008 to academic year 2010-2011, OU tuition and fees increased by about 3.6 percent per year, according to OU’s Factbook.

During these increases, university officials such as President David Boren have said that scholarships and tuition waivers are being increased alongside tuition and fees to help students continue affording college.

The university seems to have kept that promise as the dollar value of scholarships and tuition waivers has increased by 7.3 percent from 2007-2008 to 2010-2011, according to OU’s Factbook.

The university is still compiling current data so these numbers are based on the most current data available in OU’s Factbook.

series: Center continues to improve seminars Continued from page 1 rewarding.

“I found the seminar to be very informative and beneficial,” Kerrigan said.

“I learned different methods for studying like study groups.”

Sophia Morren, director

of the McNair Scholars Program, has taught a study skills system seminar for many years.

“Even though technology has changed, students still need the same main topics for seminars every year,” Morren said.

She has seen an increase in student participation this

early in the year compared to years past, she said. Morren constantly researches up-todate study techniques and is always improving the seminar, she said.

Morren isn’t the only one improving her seminar. The center is always looking for ways to improve the series, Walvoord said.

After every seminar, students are given a survey asking them for new ideas to improve each seminar’s success rate, he said. Students are entered to win a prize after they complete the survey, he said.

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rELIGION: Journeys to Israel change students’ views on their beliefs Continued from page 1

or New York, she said.

“Unfortunately, we don’t have the luxury of going to the store and getting meat,” Goss junior, shares many of the same classes with said.

Goss — who is a Judaic studies minor. On This is part of the reason why neither Wednesday, the two didn’t go to their student keeps a kosher diet — it’s just too Judaism: A Religious History class because difficult. they were set to discuss the issue of prophMays said he hopes to change that once he ecy — the act of becoming a prophet. leaves the state for graduate school. He said if The two didn’t want to attend because the the food was more readily available, keeping class is “dominated” by a Christian major- kosher is something he could do. ity, and when you try and refute what they While Goss was raised in a Jewish home say, “You have all these angry eyes looking at her entire life, Mays had a slightly different you,” Mays said. experience.

“We don’t feel comfortable going to class,” Mays was born into an extremely conserMays said. vative Christian home and had almost no Ignorant students, however, aren’t even exposure to other religions. When he came the extent of their problems on campus. to OU, he joined OU Hillel and converted to During their time at OU, the two have wit- Judaism in 2010. nessed several instances of hate and insensiFor Mays, Judaism offered him a home and tivity toward their religion. family, whereas in his Christian faith, he felt a Last year, the menorah in front of the OU huge disconnect, he said.

Hillel building was vandalized, Mays said.

“Judaism really had the sense of commu“Someone took a bat and just went down nity I was really lacking,” he said. the line smashing candles,” he said.

Both Mays and Goss have visited Israel They also regularly have to deal with an and have found that their experience there onslaught of Holocaust jokes. has helped them grow in their religion, they After working at a nursing home, in which said. one of his patients is a Holocaust survivor, Goss’ year in Israel helped her realize and after hearing her stories, he doesn’t find much more about the country, she said. those jokes very funny and “Israel isn’t just about doesn’t understand why “Israel isn’t just about war and politics,” she said. anyone would trivialize a war and politics. It’s a “It’s a lot about culture, and time in history that put so it made me want to bring many people through “hell lot about culture, and that to OU Hillel.” on earth.”

Mays spent this sumit made me want to “I’m the kind of person mer in Israel, which he debring that to OU Hillel.” scribed as “the dream of the that will laugh about myself, but the Holocaust isn’t Jewish people actualized.”

DeBRA GOSS, really a topic that I would Throughout history, so eLeMentARY eDUCAtIOn JUnIOR touch,” Mays said. many countries and peoIn addition to the ignorance they encoun- ple have been hostile toward Jews. Israel ter on a daily basis, Oklahoma hasn’t provid- is a safe haven from those people — where ed them with as many opportunities to prac- Jews could practice their faith without being tice their faith as they would like. scorned for it, he said.

While Mays admits the Homelands in Ultimately though, traveling to Israel astown do have a kosher food section, he said sured Mays that he’d made the correct reliit’s so expensive he can’t afford to eat strict- gious decision. ly kosher foods. A Jewish person living in “As a new Jew, it solidified my choice to Oklahoma has limited availability to kosher convert to Judaism,” Mays said. meat as well, Goss said. They have to get their Now the two students are both active in meats from Dallas or flown in from St. Louis OU’s Jewish community, serving on the

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OU Hillel religious chair Matthew Lorch, criminology senior, opens the arc to reveal the group’s Torah scrolls. The group will hold a dinner and religious services at 5:30 p.m. sunday to celebrate the eve of rosh Hashanah.

board of Hillel as well as helping out in beginning Hebrew classes.

On Sept. 17 Mays, Goss and the rest of the Jewish community will be celebrating Rosh Hashana, which is commonly known as the Jewish New Year.

Rosh Hashana is one of the Jewish holidays in which Jews are required to refrain from work or school. They also use the 10-day period after Rosh Hashana to reflect on the past year and ask for forgiveness and make amends, Mays said.

Rosh Hashana also is the start of the Jewish holiday season, followed by Yom Kippur — the Jewish holiday of Atonement.

Looking forward to the holiday season, despite the hard times they experience as a minority, the two said they still stay strong in their religion.

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Previous walks have had good turnouts, with even more participants expected this year, said event coordinator Ladonna Williams.

“The walk has grown ELYSSA SZKIRPAN Campus Reporter from 2,500 participants last year to three to four thouAn annual walk to raise funds for curing Alzheimer’s sand this year,” Williams said. “Every year, [the disease takes place this Alzheimer’s Association] weekend. gets more [participants] The Walk to End than they are expecting and Alzheimer’s begins at more participants than they 10 a.m. Saturday at the Bricktown Ballpark Mickey plan.”

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New clinics to service lowincome areas Campus Reporter

The university’s physician group opened two new clinics this week to better serve Oklahoma City residents.

OU Physicians — a group made up of more than 560 doctors — partnered with the Oklahoma City-County Health Department to open a clinic at the department’s headquarters at 921 NE 23rd St. and another at the county’s West Clinic building at 4330 NW 10st St., according to a press release.

Planning has been underway for more than six months, said OU Physicians spokesperson Paul Sund.

The goal of the clinics is to make medical services more readily available to low-income areas rather than limited to a single campus, Sund said.

“The goal has been to take medicine to underserved communities,” he

said.

As health care evolves and becomes more available, a close proximity to patients is essential, Sund said.

“To improve health care access and convenience, we are expanding our presence in area communities and [providing] services in settings close to patients’ homes,” said Brian Maddy, chief executive office of OU Physicians. “We are looking forward to working with the Oklahoma City-County Health Department to expand health care offerings, particularly in the area of preventive care.”

The OU Physicians Community Health Clinic

will offer medical services for both children and adults, according to the press release.

“The goal is to complement each other’s services, not duplicate, and the additional clinical support that OU Physicians Community Health Clinics brings to the Oklahoma City-County Health Department is a wonderful benefit for our clients,” department director Gary Cox said. “The more we can do to address the health care needs of our citizens, the better for the community as a whole.”

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EDITORIAL

Data shows an inclusive military is a stronger one Our View: Study showing no negative effects from

Corps jobs still are closed to women, according to the repeal of Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell proves facts are Pentagon statistics. needed in military culture wars.

This is a critical time in the effort to increase the inclusivity of the military and the equality of opporIn the year since the Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell policy tunities for all servicemembers. The same factless, was repealed — allowing GLBTQ Americans to serve emotional rhetoric that was used against Don’t Ask, openly in the armed services — the military has seen Don’t Tell often is used against women’s access to no negative effects, a study revealed this week. The direct combat positions. repeal may even have improved military readiness.

Now that data has shown the fallacy in those arguThe results of this study stand as a welcome conments, it’s time to look more seriously at what kinds firmation of the logic used by those who argued for of evidence are used in these discussions. the repeal, as well as an affirmation that the U.S. Women are already serving alongside direct commilitary is healthier than it was before. But bat units in intelligence, police and support in the context of the continued debate about roles. They serve in many positions that, due The Our View military inclusion — not just for GLBTQ seris the majority to the practical aspects of war, see action no opinion of vicemembers, but also for women — these one could deny qualified as combat. And The Daily’s results become even more important. yet, these women’s combat experiences are nine-member The study (the first to analyze the effects not recognized. editorial board of the repeal with a scholarly approach) Leadership positions within the military revealed no negative effects on important and the Defense Department are largely reareas of military readiness, such as cohesion and served for those with combat experience, so denying morale. Recruitment and retention were “unafall women servicemembers access to this experifected,” and the study found only two confirmed ence (and denying the experiences they already are resignations because of the repeal. It also found no having) essentially bars them from the upper echincrease in assaults or harassment. elons of defense leadership.

Conducted by the Palm Center, a research cenMilitary inclusivity is essential not just to give ter focused on sexual minorities in the military, the women equal opportunities to serve and to access study was designed and carried out by professors leadership positions, but also to ensure that the most at the U.S. Military Academy, Naval Academy, Air qualified servicemembers end up in these imporForce Academy and Marine Corps War College. tant combat positions — without regard for traits It included surveys of servicemembers across that do not affect their ability to do the job. branches, interviews with nearly 100 servicememThe current policy is limiting to the military and bers and officials, Pentagon data on recruitment insulting to women servicemembers. It is based on and retention, observations of field unit behavior an outdated model of sex differences that assumes and interviews with the highest-profile opponents of all men and women have inherently different abilithe repeal (who researches said most likely were to ties. While general trends about physical ability know of evidence of negative effects). might be predictable, we now know no such absoResearchers even reached out to the 553 retired lute statements can be made. generals and admirals who signed a 2009 letter preIf military leaders want the most qualified candidicting repeal would “break the All-Volunteer Force.” dates for the job, they must give women a chance In the end, the study concluded not only was there to prove they can do the same jobs men can. If no no net negative impact, but also, “In balance, DADT women meet the qualifications necessary for the job, repeal has enhanced the military’s ability to pursue then no women will fill these positions. But a blanket its mission.” ban only protects this outdated mindset and fails to But this progress is not set in stone. This year’s give women a chance to prove it wrong.

Republican Party platform includes a plank disThose involved in these continuing debates couraging “social experimentation” in the military. should be sure to read carefully the Palm Center Not only would Republicans see Don’t Ask, Don’t study’s findings and take them seriously. Perhaps Tell reinstated, but they support the current ban on then they can participate in a discussion grounded women serving in frontline combat units. in reality, and the debate about women’s military In February, the Pentagon announced it would service can benefit from the facts that have so long be opening thousands of new positions closer to been missing from these discussions. the front lines to women servicemembers. But 34 percent of Army jobs and 32 percent of Marine Comment on this on OUDaily.com

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OPINION COLUMNIST ne quote at the center of soundbites and speech gaffes this election season comes from President Barack Obama.

For the interest of context and addressing how conservatives have taken this quote Nolan Kraszkiewicz out of context and skewed nolan.kraszkiewicz@ou.edu it, here is the full quote from Obama’s July 13 speech in Virginia: “If you were successful, somebody along the line gave you some help. There was a great teacher somewhere in your life. Somebody helped to create this unbelievable American system that we have that allowed you to thrive. Somebody invested in roads and bridges. If you’ve got a business — you didn’t build that, somebody else made that happen.”

“The Internet didn’t get invented on its own. Government research created the Internet so that all the companies could make money off the Internet. The point is, is that when we succeed, we succeed because of our individual initiative, but also because we do things together. There are some things, just like fighting fires, we don’t do on our own.”

The cardinal mistake Obama made was a slip in grammar.

When Obama said ‘that’ he used a singular demonstrative pronoun, instead he should have used the plural demonstrative pronoun ‘those.’ But this is not where Republicans have aimed their critiques and attacks.

Obama’s main thesis of small business startups being fragile and not wholly self-generated is sound. The Small

Business Administration, a bipartisan government agency, cites the failure rate of small businesses in a normal and stable economic environment at 50 percent.

A recent study by Dun & Bradstreet, an economic research firm, paints a stark new picture. The report concluded the average national failure rate for small businesses increased by 40 percent since the onset of the 2007 economic recession. The data extended until the end of the 2010 fiscal year.

At a failure rate of nearly 90 percent, small business owners have the will, but that does not mean they are successful.

What Obama couldn’t expect was the malicious, ignorant nature of the Republican camp’s response.

Republicans have skewed this quote to imply that Obama meant to attack small business owners by saying they didn’t build their family’s business. At the forefront of this egregious error is Fox News, where pundits have continued this lie to extraordinary ends. Even when Fox News tried to provide context, in order to adhere of their claim of being ‘Fair & Balanced,’ they omitted significant portions of the speech.

The continuation of this lie is not an accident.

So when vice presidential nominee Paul Ryan stands on stage at the party convention in front of a sign reading, “You did build that,” not only is he an unethical liar, but this GOP intellectual leader utilized a non-sequitur logical fallacy.

What makes this situation worse is that it’s not just people on the periphery of the Republican campaign perpetrating this lie — it’s the candidates themselves.

Nolan Kraszkiewicz is a political science and religious studies senior.

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t can be said with OPINION COLUMNIST great confidence that OU athletes train hard, play harder and win fairly. Sadly, this ethic is one vanishing from the world of sports.

Steroid use tarnishes the pride, hardwork and reSarah Sullivan katsar313@netzero.net spectability inherent in sports.

The U.S. Anti-Doping Agency should adopt more stringent policies and utilize a top-bottom approach to combat inauthentic athleticism and steroid use.

Recently, a sports superstar, idolized by thousands, lost the respect of fans, fellow cyclists and competitors alike. Lance Armstrong’s alleged steroid use rocked the participants and followers of cycling.

The agency has stripped Armstrong of all seven Tour de France titles and has banned him from participating in the sport for life.

As shocking as it was to hear that Armstrong’s record titles were won while supposedly using steroids, it was even more shocking to hear that he was to be stripped of those titles and barred from ever competing again.

“It is a sad day for all of us who love sport and our athletic heroes,” Travis Tygart, the USADA’s chief executive officer, told The Washington Post.

It is a sad day when our athletic heroes are randomly picked to be scapegoats for the faults of many in the fight to stop steroid use.

How can we justify this punishment being imposed on one while others do the same thing without repercussions?

The tragic reality is that we have created such a lax environment for sports that it is increasingly necessary for those who are committed to their sport to find an effective way to give themselves a leg up.

Instead of requiring that someone have some level of talent and that they must work for what they get, we let them think they can do anything and deserve a reward, even if it hasn‘t been earned. Even in elementary school everyone gets a trophy and everyone makes the team based on the principle of inclusion.

Everyone wins even if you lose. It isn’t uncommon to attend an adolescent soccer match and have a team get a trophy for coming in tenth place.

This has eliminated the “gracious loser” and the ability to accept defeat when it is appropriate. Instead, instilled in our youth is the idea that you are entitled to a positive outcome no matter what — because that‘s what is fair. With this set up, is it any wonder athletes feel it is okay to give themselves an advantage by using steroids?

This advantage poses serious risks to their physical well-being. Because of this, it is necessary that we stop athletes’ use of steroids before it becomes an epidemic.

The majority of efforts in the anti-steroid movement are focused on athletes in a pre-professional position at the high school or junior high school levels. However, those kids still are using them, so we must be working from the wrong angle.

How can we expect high school and college athletes to listen to parents and coaches when their idols are doing the opposite with raging success and without castigation?

A top-down approach would be a better resolution.

A clean sweep across the board, of all national sports teams, would be an excellent start. But this will not be possible with the current testing method.

Typically, athletes are subject to a urine analysis, which can easily be cheated. Hair follicles would be a much more reliable testing method, revealing an athlete’s drug use history in its entirety.

If a player tests positive for steroids, their contract should be suspended — a strictly enforced zero-tolerance policy for everyone.

Until that policy is set in place and until the U.S. AntiDoping Agency is willing to punish everyone who uses steroids, the association does not have the right to punish anyone.

Sarah Sullivan is an English writing junior.

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Sooners to test consistency in tonight’s game Sooners to face Rice Owls after hitand-miss weekend Ross Stracke Sports Reporter

After a weekend where the Sooner soccer team’s play resembled the bipolar personalities of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, Oklahoma is searching for a more consistent mentality.

In last week’s game, OU played possibly its best game of the season, beating the previously unbeaten Oklahoma State, 1-0. Then they turned around and lost a Sunday afternoon game to Oral Roberts — who, prior to Sunday, had a sloppy (2-3-1) record against weak opponents.

S ophomore defender Molly Richey said the road to becoming more consistent starts with the team’s focus and preparation.

“I think it’s a change in mentality more than anything,” Richey said. “I think that we were still overjoyed by the win, and we weren’t as focused or prepared as we

should have been.”

As usual, coach Matt Potter stayed positive. Wednesday at practice, he said that, while he was not pleased with the result, it might not be as bad as one might think at first glance.

“Our mindset and discipline in the Oklahoma State game was spot on,” Potter said. “The Oral Roberts game, it was a little looser, and it cost us. Overall, our performances are not as discouraging as we maybe think they are.

Film has shown us that there were great moments in the Oklahoma State game, and there were great moments in the Oral Roberts game.”

The Sooners will look to mentally erase their mistakes when they take on the Rice Owls tonight. Sophomore defender Emily Bowman said the team is focusing on repeating its stellar performance against OSU when the game kicks off at 7 p.m. in Houston.

“We split up the season into phases, and this one is all about consistency,” Bowman said. “So we are

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really working on trying to repeat what we did [last] Friday and really trying to deliver that sort of play, game in and game out.”

Potter said the team has its usual scouting report that it does for every team, but at the moment they are more focused on themselves than anything else.

“In terms of us, we have got to have a more consistent performance,” Potter said. “That’s what we can control — we can control our own performance. A thing we talked about is that every game deserves your best effort. That’s the beauty of this game, and that’s why it’s the world’s game. It deserves your best effort every time you step out there.”

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Senior forward Renae Cuellar (10) works to advance the ball down the field against Oral Roberts at John Crain Field on Sunday. Cuellar is the team’s leading scorer, with four goals and one assist on 20 shots.

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the better quarterbacks in a conference known for elite signal callers. Suspensions rocked TCU in the offseason, as coach Gary Patterson suspended four players — most notably, the Horned Frogs’ returning leading tackler, linebacker Tanner Dillon Phillips Brock — in the wake of a drug bust that resulted in the arrest Assistant Sports Editor of 17 TCU students. But despite the dismissals, expect TCU to Editor’s note: This is part two of a two-part series preview- be in the thick of the Big 12 title race at season’s end. ing the Big 12 football teams.

No. 14 Texas (2-0) With the Big 12 football season fast approaching — it ofTexas was missing three things during its disappointficially kicks off with Kansas-TCU on Saturday — The Daily ing 2010 and 2011 campaigns: a Big 12 title, a win against takes a look at all the teams in the conference.

Oklahoma and solid quarterback play. If the Longhorns Oklahoma State (1-1) hope to meet their high expectations in 2012, they’ll need Oklahoma State is fresh off its best season in school his- to have all three. After losing twelve games in two seasons, tory — during which the Cowboys won their first Big 12 title Texas is looking to reclaim its spot among the Big 12’s elite. and made their first trip to a BCS bowl game — but with the The Longhorns’ quarterback play has been pedestrian the loss of school record-holders Brandon Weeden and Justin past two seasons, but despite its struggles under center, Texas Blackmon, OSU has experienced a lot of turnover offensive- has as strong a defense and running game as any team in the ly. The Cowboys return junior running backs Joseph Randle nation. The ‘Horns will rely on both to contend for a Big 12 and Jeremy Smith, who combined for nearly 1,862 yards rush- title this season. Texas returns sophomore running backs ing and 33 touchdowns, but are breaking in a true freshman Malcolm Brown and Joe Bergeron and also adds the nation’s quarterback, Wes Lunt. Defensively, the Cowboys are a little top-rated running back recruit, Jonathan Gray, all of whom shaky up front, and the secondary, led by senior cornerback will need to contribute this season.

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Local shop to have birthday bash tonight Stash to hold birthday party with local music, art Megan Deaton

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After two years of support from the community, local boutique Stash is saying thanks to local supporters.

A birthday bash at the store from 6 to 10 p.m. today will combine food, art and music into a memorable birthday.

Stash owners Della Patterson and Rebecca Bean held their grand opening in September 2010. Their merchandise focuses on products made in the U.S. or items ethically made elsewhere, most with a vintage vibe.

“We wanted to share what we love,” Patterson said. “It’s a mix of well-made, well-curated and long-lasting items with a lot of support for local artists.”

headline the event. Norman restaurant, Local, will be caAT A GLANCE tering the bar at the event.

Stash birthday bash “We really just want to show our appreciation, and 6 to 10 p.m. today this is a fun way of doing that,” Patterson said. “The Stash, 412 E. Main St. past two years have been absolutely amazing and more The bash coincides with than I ever could have imagMain Street’s 2nd Friday ined and hoped for.”

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A local boutique, Stash, on Main Street will hold its second birthday bash from 6 to 10 p.m. tonight. The birthday bash will feature local musician Jacob Abello and food from Big Truck Tacos.

Retail store to hold grand opening Massive boutique to open on Main Emily hopkins

Life & Arts Reporter

A 26-year-old lo cal screen printing company is celebrating the grand opening of its retail store today.

Massive Graphics is opening a retail store, Massive Downtown, at 301 E. Main St., and the grand opening will take place from 6 to 10 p.m. today during Norman’s 2nd Friday Circuit of Art. “It’s just a natural fit,” owner Kent Johnson said.

“We’re an artsy, creative kind of place, and an art walk seemed like the ideal time to open. It’s the greatest exposure for downtown Norman, so the timing was perfect.”

Not only will the shop sell Doin’ Fine Clothing Company products — Massive’s line of pre-printed T-shirts — but it also will carry disc golf products and feature a full-service hair salon.

Disc golf products may seem like an odd fit with a clothing and accessories boutique, but Johnson said he noticed a void in the market and decided to fill it.

“Disc golf is a passion of mine, and I played professionally for five years,” he said. “We had a little extra room in the store, so

Exhibit to have closing reception Attendees can make own prints

School of Art & Art History includes both simple, black and white pieces and brightly-colored geometrics, said Joshua Boydston, Norman Arts Council communications director.

The exhibition is strictly printmaking, but the pieces are strikingly patterned and impressively layered, Boydston said.

Jones will participate at the gallery reception by helping visitors create their own prints for $5 as souvenirs, Boydston said. Visitors

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Curtis Jones’ “Circles and Squares” will be from 6 to 10 p.m. today at Mainsite Contemporary Art Gallery.

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can bring materials, such as a canvas from home, or use materials provided at the reception, he said.

This printmaking may become a staple of Mainsite’s monthly 2nd Friday event, Boydston said. The prints would coordinate with the gallery’s current exhibition, he said.

Guests can see the exhibition until Sept. 22 at Mainsite, 122 E. Main St. Molly Evans, mollyevans@ou.edu

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I thought we could provide a place where local players can get advice and get the right equipment and have it all downtown.”

The idea for a hair salon came about because the building used to be a restaurant, and Johnson said the space was perfect for a salon.

“We kind of wanted to make a lifestyle destination point to where you could get your look on, including your hair, and get some locallymade, really cool clothes,” he said.

The grand opening will feature work by local digital and analog artist Anthony Roberts, a good friend of Johnson’s. Roberts is internationally-known and does a lot of CD jackets for European bands, Johnson said.

“I talked him into putting some of his work out because the local area rarely gets to see any of it,” he said.

“Our goal is to feature different artists every month and have that kind of be a revolving show, and obviously local artists is what we’re after, especially hidden gems like Tony.”

The grand opening will have food provided by Local and music by Norman singer-songwriter Chelsey Cope, as well as selected markdowns and drawings for free giveaways.

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‘All the world’s a stage. . . ’ Auditions to be held Sunday at Norman library Megan Deaton

Life & Arts Reporter

Calling all ye lords and ladies, Norman’s Medieval Fair is holding auditions this weekend for members of the Fair Court. Though the fair is not until the spring, the directors are looking for people willing to be transformed into medieval nobles and townspeople.

Assistant director of the court Cody Clark said there will be spots for everyone interested in being part of the court. He is looking for people to play everything from royalty to rat catchers and said no previous acting experience is required.

“We want people to bring new blood and to bring excitement,” said Clark, who also is an OU Housing and Food Services courier.

“We need people who really enjoy putting smiles on the faces of people.”

The court’s responsibilities include dressing in costume, speaking in medieval tongue and acting as the hosts of the fair. Clark assured there are plenty of roles, and no one will be turned away if they want to participate.

Medieval Fair coordinator Ann Marie Eckart warns that participating in the fair can be addictive.

“Once you start Medieval Fair, it’s very hard to get away,” Eckart said. “There’s just a whole lot of fun to be had in making people laugh.”

Norman resident Carrie Bowden has been involved with the Medieval Fair for

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Cody Clark, courier for OU Housing and Food, acts out his character as King Edward III in Norman’s Medieval Fair. The auditions for the fair will be held from 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. Sunday at the public library.

about five years and plans to audition this year as a lady in waiting to the queen.

She admitted she is not familiar with Shakespeare or medieval speak before auditioning.

“As I spend my time in service, I should become more comfortable in my duties,” Bowden said. “To serve my queen is the highest honor for any lady.”

The directors are looking for people to fill the roles of some familiar historical characters, including English poet Geoffrey Chaucer.

Clark, who has not missed a fair since the first one in 1977, will be playing the

role of King not going Edward III, to be able AT A GLANCE Medieval Fair Auditions though he has to keep that played many u p ,” C l a r k Go and do Tips characters in advised. the past.

Actors will 1 p.m. to 5 p.m.

Share your talents “Just about bear a time Sunday Be relaxed any hobby you commitcould have ment to the Norman Public Library, Be yourself today, there fair, but Clark 225 N Webster is a medieval said he aims Don’t bring a prepared equivalent,” to be flexible routine Clark said. with sched“If you can ules and estijuggle, let us mates about know. Even three hours if your hobby you try to put on an act to o f p ra c t i c e today is working on a com- get something that you’re every other weekend until puter, there’s an equivalent going to have to live with for the few weeks leading up for that.” at least 10 hours a day over a to the Medieval Fair, which “Be yourself, because if three day weekend, you’re is scheduled for April 5, 6

and 7. Participants also will be expected to make their own costumes, but they will have plenty of help, he said.

“What does any lady truly love?” Bowden said.

“Spending her lordship’s coin in the ample number of shops. However, a good joust, lively music, a human chess game and the Royal Gauntlet provide an abundant source of delightful blissfulness from everyday castle life.”

Megan Deaton, meggiejennie@ou.edu

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