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Plants of the Arbuckles, a field trip that will take adults through the scenic landscape of the Arbuckle Mountains, will be Saturday from 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.

The trip is hosted by Wayne Elisens, botany professor and curator of the Robert Bebb Herbarium, and Phil Gibson, an evolutionary ecology professor.

The event is hosted by the Sam Noble Oklahoma Museum of Natural History. Space is limited and preregistration is required.

To register, call the education department at 325-4712.

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OUFCU TO OPEN NEW SERVICE BRANCH The University of Oklahoma Federal Credit Union is opening a new eastside branch in Norman next week.

The new branch, which is located at 1100 E. Constitution Ave. Suite 100, has set a grand opening date for Oct. 1. Business hours will be Monday through Friday 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. for the lobby and drive-thru, and Saturday 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. for drivethru only.

The OUFCU currently has an eastside express branch, but the lease is up Sept. 30, said Moneshay Logo Falepouono, marketing administrative assistant of the OUFCU. The new location is relatively close to the old location, which was 300 12th Ave S.E. around one mile away, Falepouono said.

The current east-side express location will remain open until Sept. 30.

Other OUFCU locations include the Oklahoma Memorial Union and 2000 W. Lindsey St. -Hannah Rieger/The Daily

FINAL SUMMER BREEZE CONCERT SET FOR SUNDAY The Summer Breeze concert series comes to a close Sunday at Lions Park, 450 S. Flood Ave. John McEuen and Sons will perform the final Summer Breeze concert of 2009. The concert begins at 7:30 p.m. and is free and open to the public.

McEuen, who plays banjo, fiddle, guitar and mandolin, is one of the founding members of the Grammy Award-winning Nitty Gritty Dirt Band.

He will be joined Sunday by his sons, Jonathan and Nathan McEuen.

For more information on Summer Breeze concerts or future events, visit The Performing Arts Studio’s Web site, www.thepas.org.

-Nicole Hill/The Daily

FILM DIRECTOR TO SHOW LATEST PROJECT Award-winning film director Roger Beebe is set to screen his latest project at the OU’s Weitzenhoffer Family College of Fine Arts.

After two years of experimenting, the project concurrently weaves live performance with projection.

“Beebe has exhibited at the Museum of Modern Art, the Sundance Film Festival, the CBS Jumbotron in Times Square, as well as such unlikely venues as McMurdo Station in Antarctica,” as stated on the Weitzenhoffer Web site.

“Films for One to Eight Projectors” will be shown at 9 p.m. Monday in the Lightwell Gallery exhibition space at OU’s School of Art. -Daily Staff Reports

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Appointments, emergency funding among topics at meeting RICKY MARANON The Oklahoma Daily

Student Congress appointed 13 new members and six associate members to fill vacancies left by last spring’s election at Tuesday evening’s meeting.

Ja s o n R o b i n s o n , c ha i r ma n o f t h e Congressional Administration Committee, said the committee interviewed potential candidates for six hours.

“We sat down and interviewed all those who wanted to be appointed last Sunday, and after talking to them, I recommend that all of these TEEKO YANG/THE DAILY

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UOSA board members meet in Couch Restaurants Tuesday night to discuss student concerns.

OU launches Web site to support green initiative Students can make environmental commitment to recycling fund CLARK FOY The Oklahoma Daily

As part of a university-wide initiative to raise sustainability support and awareness, OU recently launched its new “green” Web site, ou.edu/green.

The OU Crimson and Green Web site allows students to learn about sustainability on campus, how they can get involved and features a commitment form that will in turn raise money for additional recycling measures on campus, said Brandon Mikael, Office of Green Initiatives director and entrepreneurship junior.

The commitment is available to all current OU students, faculty and staff, said Amanda Hearn, Physical Plant spokeswoman. A menu of personal sustainability actions are listed on the Web site and include exercising, taking the stairs and using public transportation among many others.

“Everyone’s actions together really can make a difference and [add] up to something that really does make a difference, not just for us but for future generations as well,” Mikael said.

Every individual who submits a Crimson and Green Commitment will add $2 to a fund to help expand OU’s recycling program, Hearn said.

With money that has already been contributed by Student Congress, the Physical Plant can put 12 additional outdoor dualpurpose recycling bins across campus, Hearn said. The bins vary by price ranging from $4 for a desk-side bin, to $70 for a standard lobby bin.

And while the additional recycling bins will be a great help, they are by no means the first and foremost goal of the campaign, Mikael said.

“Those are really secondary issues to modifying behavior of people making individual choices for sustainability, and it’s not something hard; it’s something like turning off the light or riding the bus to campus, things like that,” he said. “That is what the commitment is really educating about: OU students, faculty and staff taking ownership of their actions.”

He also said the university is in no way behind other universities in recycling efforts and effectiveness.

Internal data from the OU Physical Plant in 2007-08 stated OU decreased waste by 15 percent and increased the campus’ overall recycling by 20 percent. OU was ranked first in the Big 12 after last year’s Recycle Mania, a conference-wide recycling effort, Hearn said.

Students have until Dec. 18 to make their commitments online and OU will recognize these commitments with a $2 contribution toward the campus sustainability project, according to the group’s Web site.

Fair Trade expands to provide more sustainable products

Goals of Crimson & Green campaign: • Adjust thermostats to 68ºF in the winter and 75ºF in the summer • Turn off the computer and monitor when not in use • Set the sleep mode on my computer and monitor when in use • Use compact fluorescent bulbs • Wash clothes in cold or warm water • Walk, bike, share rides, or take the CART • Take the stairs • Get into a regular exercise routine • Close fume hood sashes in labs • Use energy efficient lab equipment • Turn off non-essential lab equipment when not in use • Choose local, seasonal, and/or organic produce • Use reusable mugs, cups, and dishes • Use recycled paper • Double-side copy and print jobs • Reduce, reuse, and recycle • Recycle plastic pipette tip boxes in labs • Search out less toxic chemical alternatives in research projects • Drink tap water where it is available • Not leave taps running • Take shorter showers Source: OU’s Crimson and Green Web site, ou.edu/green

OSDS interrupts Student Congress meeting Student group voices concerns at meeting RICKY MARANON The Oklahoma Daily

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Clockwise from bottom left: Kara Joy McKee, Gene Perry, Ajit Bhand, Stephanie Bates and John I. Gutirrez discuss and plan upcoming Fair Trade events at Café Plaid Tuesday evening. October begins Free Trade Month.

Students begin meeting regularly in effort to increase awareness of products BREIA BRISSEY The Oklahoma Daily

Student Organization for Fair Trade, or SOFT, has begun meeting weekly in an effort to raise awareness of Fair Trade issues.

In the past, SOFT successfully petitioned OU President David Boren to ensure 50 percent of campus coffees and teas would be Fair Trade certified, said Cindy Woods, SOFT president.

However, the group disbanded about four years ago, she said.

Woods decided to restart SOFT this year as OU’s official Fair Trade organization.

“OU is a very progressive campus,”

said Woods, an international securities studies junior. “I know that we can get behind Fair Trade. We have in the past.

We’re just trying to push it more, and make it a big presence on campus.”

Fair Trade is a social action movement that focuses on six main principles: fair prices, fair labor conditions, direct trade, democratic and transparent organizations, community development and environmental sustainability, according to the TransFair USA Web site.

“It ensures that farmers and other producers are getting living wages for what they’re doing,” Woods said.

“So you might pay a little bit extra, but more of your money is going [to] the farmer. And if a farmer is certified Fair Trade then all of their practices are made public, and they’re not allowed TRADE CONTINUES ON PAGE 2

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Members of Oklahoma Students for a Democratic Society spoke out of turn and interrupted the Student Congress Tuesday evening as part of their “Take Back UOSA!” campaign.

The campaign, according to a Web site ran by OSDS, is a movement to address what they feel are inadequacies of Student Congress.

R e m a r k s f ro m O S D S started as a personal attack against Student Congress Chairman John Jennings and an accusation that Student Congress was hiding by holding their meeting in Davenport’s, a restaurant inside Couch Cafeteria, which caused members of Student Congress to make a motion to continue business as usual and not initially recognize OSDS. “We want to have a conversation that adheres to our bylaws and civil and respectful,” said Matthew Gress, UOSA Student Congress vice chairman. “We are glad you are enthusiastic about change and improvements that need to be made to

student government.”

According to the UOSA a g e n d a f r o m Tu e s d a y evening, Dave Annis, OU Housing and Food Services director, invited the members of UOSA to Davenport’s to share a meal and in return, UOSA was to honor Annis for being “one of the most responsive and customeroriented employees” of OU. Student Congress moved to continue regularly scheduled business without listening to a speech prepared for the meeting by Matt Bruenig, OSDS spokesman and philosophy junior.

Members of OSDS silently stood up the rest of the meeting.

At the end of the meeting, Student Congress members addressed issues brought up by OSDS members, and decided to add OSDS to next week’s agenda.

Three members — Issac Freeman, Shayna Daitch and Joe Arabizad — voted against adjourning the meeting so OSDS could be heard on the record before the entire Congress Tuesday rather than waiting until next week.

“It would be unwise of us to not listen and consider their ideas,” said Issac Freeman, social MEETING CONTINUES ON PAGE 2

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Matt Bruenig, a member of Students for a Democratic Society, begins addressing his concerns with members of UOSA at Couch Restaurants Tuesday night.

Congress Continued from page 1 members be approved,” Robinson said.

Brittany Pritchett was appointed as a representative from the earth and energy district. Taylor Bitting was appointed as a member to the humanities district.

Whitney Cannon, Griff Pippin and Kody Shipley were appointed to represent the communication district. David Ward, Whitney Leslie and Thomas Harrison were appointed to represent the engineering district. Madeline Li Sooey and Hadi Tawil now represent the life science district, and Jammie Walker and Christopher Fitzer now represent the arts district.

These new appointments now make the business, life sciences, earth and energy, humanities and the arts districts fully represented.

Student Congress appointed Jeffrey Riles, first-year law student, as the 2009 Fall Election Chair.

Riles will be in charge of overseeing UOSA Student Congress elections and elections for other positions.

“I’ve got good management skills, and I have experience with student

government,” Riles said.

Riles said he felt his previous experiences with student government at Oklahoma City University, where he studied as an undergraduate, will help him in the upcoming election.

Six new associate members were also appointed.

Jess Eddy, Jacquelyn Brown, Taylor Schmidt, Hannah Morris, Juan Casanovas and Anum Younus are now associate members to Student Congress. Associate members do not fully represent a district, but are still active members in Student Congress.

Student Congress also approved emergency funding for the Japanese Animation and Manga Society and the Latin Dance Club.

The Japanese Animation and Manga Society asked Congress for funds for a Halloween celebration.

“This isn’t just a Halloween party where people fool around,” said Brett Stidham, who represents the business district. “This party is more of a cultural exchange focusing on Japanese culture.”

The Latin Dance Club needed funding to bring professional dance instructors to OU, Stidham said.

sciences representative. “But at the same time, [OSDS] needs to see that there is a difference between throwing stones at a wall and helping to tear a wall down. I look forward to hearing what they have to say about ways we can improve, but I think we should work together as well.”

After the meeting, some members met with OSDS to discuss their problems with Student Congress.

Bruenig said OSDS showed up to the meeting to speak out against the inaction and ineffective government they saw in Student Congress.

“All we wanted was four minutes to express our concerns, and instead we watched this body that is supposed to represent the students, debate for twenty minutes on whether they will hear us this week or next week,” Bruenig said.

Bruenig said OSDS showed up to express specific inactions they have seen in

Congress.

“We haven’t seen any action in this body on the smoking ban and the amendment to the UOSA Constitution about sexual orientation,” Bruenig said.

A referendum was approved last spring to add sexual orientation to the list of nondiscriminatory clauses, but the referendum did not include to which documents the referendum would be applied.

Bruenig said another focus is to bring democracy back to UOSA Student Congress.

“These people are supposed to be elected and instead they were just appointed to fill vacancies,” he said. “An appointment does not represent the voice of the students.”

OSDS plans to recall all members who were not elected to a seat last spring, Bruenig said.

Despite the attacks made to UOSA from OSDS, OSDS members said personal attacks were not the focus of the meeting.

“We don’t have any problems with specific members of Student Congress,” said Furzanna Iqbal, classic and international and areas studies senior.

Trade

for people to find these products around Norman. But he said there’s still room for improvement on campus, so SOFT, Norman Fair Continued from page 1 Trade and OUr Earth are working on a petition to use pesticides or other harmful things for to convince the university to sell 100 percent the Earth. So it’s not just about them earning Fair Trade coffees and teas. Bhand said they more money. It also helps the environment.” already have more than 1,000 signatures.

OU graduate student and supporter of Fair “We should make sure that the dollars that Trade, Stephanie Bates, said TransFair USA is we are spending do not go towards child labor the only organization in the U.S. that certifies or child exploitation,” he said. “Also sustainproducts. able living means that According to its Web FAIR TRADE, PLEASE? we protect the envisite, TransFair USA ronment, and Fair started certifying coffee Where to find Fair Trade products on campus?

Trade practices ensure in 1999. Since then, the Bedrock Café that that happens. We organization has added Bookmark Café are all in this together. tea, herbs, cocoa and Café DNA If we are going to polchocolate, fresh fruit, Redbud lute the environment sugar, vanilla, rice, flowin one place, it’s going Roscoe’s ers and honey to the list to eventually affect us Starbucks (Café Estima Blend) of certified products. as well. It’s also sort of The Sam Noble Museum of History Gift Shop Ajit Bhand, OU grada moral responsibility Xcetera uate student and an oras a global citizen to ganizer of Norman Fair do the right thing.”

Trade, said there seems to be a lot of interest Woods said buying Fair Trade products for a movement like this, but he said a lot of sometimes means paying a little more money, people still might not know anything about which can be tough on the college-student Fair Trade. budget. But, she said, buying Fair Trade helps Bhand said with businesses like Native her maintain a good conscience. And to her, Roots Market and Café Plaid, it’s easier that’s the most important thing.

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Expensive permits that ‘ensure a spot’ in high demand High price does not deter people from buying reserved parking permits RICKY MARANON The Oklahoma Daily

A few members of the OU community have paid quite the price to have exclusive on-campus parking.

One hundred and seven faculty and staff members hold a reserved parking permit, which ensures a spot in either the Elm Avenue or Asp Avenue parking garage, said Kris Glenn, parking and transit services spokesman.

“The reserved parking permits are a premium price, but it is also a premium product,” Glenn said. “The reserved parking permit ensures a guaranteed parking space.”

The permits are $889 and Glenn said two types of people qualify for the reserved parking permit.

“The reserved parking permits are available in two categories, commuter student and faculty-staff,” he said. “Those who have the commuter version may park in any commuter lot, multipurpose lot or the reserved space they purchased.

The faculty-staff reserved parking permit holders may park in any faculty/staff lot, multipurpose lot or the reserved space in which they purchased.”

Glenn said despite paying the high price for the year-round permit for an exclusive parking space, demand for the spaces remains consistently high.

“The reserved parking spaces continue to be very popular,” he said.

He said demand for the spaces ranges from 75 percent to 85 percent occupancy of all spaces each year.

Glenn said, however, there was a restriction to the permit.

“The reserved parking permits are only valid for one of the facilities, not both,” Glenn said. “Permit holders may choose the facility in which they wish to park.”

In the Elm Avenue parking garage, 65 out of 68 spaces are currently occupied, and 42 out of 75 spaces in the Asp Avenue parking garage are currently being occupied, according to the number tallied from reserved permits sold in August 2008 and August 2009.

Out of five students interviewed by The Daily, all of them have heard of the spaces but said the price is a deterrent from buying the permit.

“It sounds kind of ridiculous to LAUREN HARNED/THE DAILY spend $900 on a permit,” said Kelsie Universal parking permits allow students to have full access of all parking lots. These Guthrie, public relations junior. “I permits are now available for purchase at the Parking office for $889. would rather just park farther away and walk and get the exercise.”

Guthrie said with the number of parking spaces available “If they want to pay for them, then I guess that’s their deto students on campus being more difficult to access, dwin- cision,” said Aubrey Folmer, University College freshman. “I dling these commuter passes should give students and fac- can think of other ways I can spend $900.” ulty access to more parking spaces.

Young Conservatives of Oklahoma aims to educate New student organization focused on teaching the ‘meaning of conservatism’ KRISTIN SIEGEL The Oklahoma Daily

A new group on OU’s campus, Young Conservatives of Oklahoma, is trying to create a sense of community among conservative students, said Rick Farbro, one of the founding members of the group and energy management and finance junior.

“The purpose of the group is to educate young people,” he said.

“The Young Conservatives aim to provide members with a better grasp of the actual principles behind conservatism. It allows them to grow in their ideals,” said Farbro.

The students involved with the

Young Conservatives of Oklahoma conservative in a mainstream are united by a belief in conserv- sense to people who are considing the original premises on which ered conservative in the older the nation was founded, like indi- sense of the world, those genervidual rights and social contract ally considered libertarians.” theory, said Jason Byas, University The group differs from other College freshman political and member of campus or“The Young Conservatives the group. ganizations All too often, aim to provide members in that the conservatives feel with a better grasp of the group is not a l o n e o n O U ’s loyal to policampus, Farbro actual principles behind ticians and conservatism. It allows them candidates, said.

The portions of to grow in their ideals.”

Byas said. the OU campus They are prithat identify with -RICK FARBRO, ACCOUNTING JUNIOR marily ideoconservative idelogical and als are, through concerned this group, being provided with a with education of the student forum for their views to be heard body about the meaning of by other like-minded individuals, conservatism.

Byas said.

Young Conservatives also plans “This group seems very in- to be very careful with endorseclusive,” he said. “It ranges from ments. Lynndi Gibbons, social people who consider themselves studies education sophomore,

said that it would take a lot for the group to endorse a candidate.

Farbro added that the candidate would have to represent truly conservative ideals.

The group plans to create a rating system for legislature so that when it comes time to vote, students can better choose a candidate that truly represents their beliefs, Gibbons said. They are also committed to raising voter awareness on campus.

In the coming meetings, the group hopes to draft a constitution and outline the principles under which the group will function, Gibbons said.

The group meets twice a month, one Tuesday and one Wednesday, to accommodate varied student schedules. The next meeting will be Wednesday, Sept. 30 at 9 p.m. in the basement of the Beta Theta Pi house.

CRIME REPORTS Three backpacks and one purse stolen on campus OU Police is investigating who stole three backpacks and one purse between 12:48 p.m. and 3:23 p.m.

Monday. According to the OUPD report, two backpacks and one purse were stolen from the Bizzell Memorial Library and one backpack was stolen from Michael F. Price Hall. The purse was found off campus shortly after it was listed as stolen, but several items had been taken from it. The total value of the items stolen is $1,441.

Juveniles arrested at The Commons on Oak Tree Two juveniles were found to be in possession of marijuana at The Commons on Oak Tree, according to a Norman Police report. The two juveniles were arrested for truancy.

-Ricky Maranon/The Daily

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“Unfortunately, some people do not deserve to be listened to or included in the full breadth of debate.

Some people are so inherently misguided in their worldviews and perceptions that to engage them in any way is merely provoking them to further their antagonistic and violent ideologies. I’m thinking par

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ticularly of 9/11 Truthers, Westboro Baptist Church, Terrorists, etc. I like the idea of tolerance, but I draw the line at abhorrent doctrines of hate and violence. They don’t deserve anybody’s open mind.”

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OUR VIEW

Oversight of UOSA good for students Tuesday evening, members of the OU student organization Students for a Democratic Society (SDS) attended the regularly scheduled UOSA Student Congress meeting to voice their displeasure over what they perceived as a lack of Student Congress activity.

While we don’t agree with everything SDS stands for, or even the group members’ chosen method of making their grievances heard (presenting their concerns out of order at UOSA’s meeting), we do appreciate the fact that they have taken an interest in making sure UOSA is doing its jobs, of which there are several, and doing them well.

UOSA represents the entire student body and deals with a lot of the money students pay to attend OU. These are important jobs, and its not a bad thing when an organization comprised of some of the students UOSA represents makes sure the congress is getting stuff done.

We’re not saying UOSA is doing a poor job, but like any other governing body, it should not go unchecked.

But SDS should not be the only ones taking an interest in the activities of UOSA. Every student should. Perhaps it is often forgotten, but UOSA impacts every students’ experiences during their years at OU. These UOSA responsibilities include allocating where student fees are spent.

This is important stuff, and we worry all too often students don’t realize UOSA is in charge of these things, which can lead to a lack of student participation.

UOSA does a lot of good, including organizing campus events, but it also wields a lot of responsibility. And as we said before, maybe SDS didn’t go about it in the best way, but the group did shine a light on UOSA, which we hope will make the students who make up the Student Congress work even harder.

STAFF CARTOON

Eli Hull is a broadcast and electronic media junior.

STAFF COLUMN

Human innovations often beat ‘natural’ solutions “Natural” has been co-opted the air we breathe is a composite by frauds, marketers and charla- of many chemicals. tans. They’ve used the word as a In physical terms, to say somemarketing tool. Its meanthing is chemical-free, as ing has been diminished one recent commercial into a feel-good word, a for a particular cleanfuzzy nonsense word, a ing agent has claimed, is meaningless word. Along nonsense. with its ugly twin, “organOf course, this is not ic,” the word “natural” what people mean by provokes a feeling in us, “chemical-free.” They but is devoid of any clear mean it hasn’t sufdefinition. fered the harsh touch of DUSTYN When you see “all-nat- ADDINGTON human engineering. ural” on a label or in an Because, as we all advertisement, exactly know, our artificial prodwhat comes to mind? It’s hard to ucts, our Frankenstein goods, our come up with an answer. cobbled-together creations are “Natural” seems like it refers not for human consumption. Our to an attitude, rather than a qual- bodies have not evolved to ingest ity of the product. Usually people or be exposed to such toxins. We say that it means it’s chemical- were meant to eat the yield of the free, that it’s better than “artifi- Earth, not of the laboratories. cial” products or that it’s safer in But this equation of good and some vague way. natural, bad and artificial, has To c l a i m t h a t a p r o d u c t too many counterexamples to be i s c h e m i c a l - f re e i s a b s u rd . taken seriously.

Obviously, everything is comArsenic is as natural as it gets. prised of chemicals. Water is a Carcinogens are found not only chemical, silver is a chemical and in cigarettes, but also apples and

lettuce. The millions of parasites desiring to munch on our innards also speak against the inherent goodness of this blue and green world of ours. Nature sets its wickedness upon us far more often than our laboratories.

And let’s not forget that it was human engineering that created vaccines, the “golden rice” which helped alleviate vitamin A deficiency in Asia, and enabled us to have a problem of gluttony rather than starvation (a far more preferable problem, if you ask any country not drowning in its own excess).

These counterexamples, and the thousands more available through the slightest amount of research, are enough to dispel the false connection between the natural and the good, and the artificial and the bad.

The most insidious use of this anti-artificial intuition is the superstitious rejection of genetically modified foods. Genetically modified foods (or “GM foods”) are products which have been

intentionally altered through breeding and hybridization in order to produce better food.

This means they’re tastier, bigger, more nutritious or spoil more slowly. Farmers have been doing this for thousands of years. The opposition to this practice claims that this is “playing God” or tampering with the natural goodness of the Earth’s bounty.

But farmers have been doing this for thousands of years, albeit unintentionally. The modern versions of bananas, cows and corn look nothing like their unaltered ancestors. But somehow, these changes are acceptable, while modern alterations are not.

This double standard is absurd at best.

While humans have undeniably done a lot of harm to themselves by acting irresponsibly with their agricultural and natural resources, we have done much to improve it too. Increasing crop yields, healthier foods and lifechanging medications are all the result of humans enhancing the

natural world.

If it were only that people were using the term “natural” incorrectly or as a marketing tool, there wouldn’t be a problem. The trouble lies in the ethics behind the label.

It implies that humans necessarily taint, destroy and corrupt the things they affect, rather than improve them. While some people do gravitate toward this position, it’s clearly untrue, given the examples cited above.

This attitude attempts to curb life-saving research in both medicine and agriculture. We must remember that “natural” does not indicate the value or quality of a product, but a marketing strategy. In terms of human longevity, wealth and living standards, the world is much better than it’s ever been.

And this is a result of human action, not a benevolent Earth.

Dustyn Addington is a philosophy senior.

STAFF COLUMN

OU museum mishandling intelligent design documentary The Discovery Institute will show the movie “Darwin’s Dilemma” at 7 p.m. Tuesday at the Sam Noble Oklahoma Museum of Natural History. The movie discusses the Cambrian Explosion and the implications and problems it presents to Darwin’s theory.

The museum released this statement pertaining to the event: “The Sam Noble JELANI Oklahoma Museum of Natural History is dedicated SIMS to science and to elucidating the remarkable evolutionary history of life on Earth. The museum actively engages in public programs, undergraduate and graduate education, outreach education and other efforts to increase the scientific literacy of visitors to the museum and the people of Oklahoma.

The museum does not support antiscientific views masquerading as science, such as those espoused by the Discovery Institute, although the museum respects the religious beliefs of all people. Moreover, the museum is obligated to rent its public space to any organization that is engaged in lawful activities, free speech and open discourse.

We invite everyone interested in an accurate description of how life developed over the last four billion years to visit our exhibits, which illustrate through real specimens and science, the fact of evolution as first described by Charles Darwin and that has

been continually supported by all branches readily support Darwin’s idea of gradual evoof science ever since that time. The museum lution and therefore raises problems with his also recommends that people interested in theory. evolutionary science review the more than It is a question that Darwin still hasn’t an1,000 publications by our swered, even as curators and professional The museum should not have his 200th birthstaff that are based in evoday has come opposed the event in this way. lutionary biology. The muand gone. seum does not discriminate Rather than hijacking the night of This is why against recognized campus the documentary presentation with members of the organizations based on an opposing seminar and free extra scientific comtheir religious beliefs, pomunity at OU litical philosophy, scientific hours of operation, it should have and in Norman literacy or any other factors. let the event stand on its own. are opposing The museum’s many gallerthe showing of ies of evolution will be open the documenbefore and after the showing of the intelligent tary. They have resorted to calling those indesign film so that the public can learn there terested in intelligent design “illiterate,” deis no scientific controversy involved in evolu- claring that the Discovery Institute espouses tionary science’s explanation of the develop- “crap” rather than science. ment and history of the Earth’s biodiversity.”

The museum, through their statement, Furthermore, at 5 p.m., before the presen- joined the opposition. tation of “Darwin’s Dilemma,” a presentation “The museum does not discriminate entitled “The Cambrian Explosion and the against recognized campus organizations Burgess Shale: No Dilemma for Darwin” will based on their religious beliefs, political be held. They will also provide free admission philosophy, scientific literacy or any other to the museum from 5 to 11 p.m. It is clear that factors.” the Sam Noble Museum is reluctantly faciliThis statement assumes that those pretating the presence of the Discovery Institute senting the documentary and supporting it and the showing of its documentary. must be religious, have conservative political The reason for their aggressive, albeit pas- views and lack scientific literacy, while dissive statement, is because the documentary guising the museum’s malicious shot at those raises questions about the Cambrian era and people and groups as tolerance. how organisms came into being fully formed The release also denies intelligent design at the beginning of time. as science, stating that “the museum does not The fossil record from that period does not support antiscientific views masquerading

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as science, such as those espoused by the Discovery Institute, although the museum respects the religious beliefs of all people.”

Again, the museum hides its opposition to the free exchange of ideas in jargon that makes it appear tolerant.

However, the museum’s actions, in surrounding the Discovery Institute presentation with pro-evolution events, reveal its true sentiments clearly.

The museum should not have opposed the event in this way. Rather than hijacking the night of the documentary presentation with an opposing seminar and free extra hours of operation, it should have let the event stand on its own.

And, rather than releasing a statement of vehement opposition, thinly veiled in tolerance, it should have said nothing.

OU and the surrounding halls of learning and education should be places of academic freedom and the open exploration of ideas.

Instead of fostering and working toward this ideal, the Sam Noble Oklahoma Museum of Natural History has chosen to align itself with the many mean-hearted voices that wish no one would hear any alternative outside of evolution, which, along with intelligent design, is just a theory at the end of the day.

Jelani Sims is a religious studies and professional writing junior.

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Funeral service held for Okla soldier killed in Afghanistan NORMAN — When Tim and Michele Wright returned to Oklahoma after receiving the body of their son, a letter from 1st Lt. David Wright II was waiting at home for them.

Wright, 26, of Moore, had written the letter just before he and another soldier were killed Sept. 14 when a roadside bomb hit their vehicle in southern Afghanistan.

LT. DAVID “He was full WRIGHT of life and enthusiasm,” the Rev. Randy Nail said Tuesday at Wright’s funeral, attended by about 400 people at Journey Church in Norman. “The honor he felt for his country, the love he had for his men dripped from this letter.”

In it, Wright described how he and his platoon had been working to protect a village and engaging with Taliban fighters. Although some of the villagers were angry at the American soldiers, Wright wrote he felt no hard feelings toward them.

“These people deserve a better existence,” he wrote, “and hopefully my efforts will help, in a small way, provide that to them.”

Nail, a customer for years at Combat Team, 2nd Infantr y Michele Wright’s barbershop in Division.

Moore, said he grew to know her Dicks also read letters at the son from sitting in the barber chair service from some of Wright’s getting haircuts. platoon members who are still in “I knew about his desire to serve Afghanistan. his country,” Nail said. “It was 9/11 In one, a soldier who served that did it for David. He wanted under Wright wrote that he always to do something about it, and he treated his men with respect and, did.” unlike some officers, always ate A 2002 graduate of Moore High with them. The soldier, who was School, where he played football with Wright when his unit came and ran track, Wright attended under attack, told his family that if the University of Oklahoma on a they didn’t feel Wright’s presence at track scholarship. He graduated in the funeral, it was because he was December 2006 still in Afghanistan before enlisting watching over his These people deserve in the Army. troops.

Sgt. 1st Class a better existence and “Dave won’t let R o b e r t D i c k s , hopefully my efforts will even death stop W r i g h t ’s d r i l l help, in a small way, him from completsergeant at Fort ing his mission,” the Benning, Ga., re- provide that to them.” soldier wrote. called how Wright A f t e r t h e s e rstood out among –1ST LT. DAVID WRIGHT II vice, dozens of the young troops. uniformed officers While it normally takes drill ser- from the Moore Police Department, geants a week or two to select one where Tim Wright works as a lieusoldier to serve as a platoon lead- tenant, lined the sidewalk outside er, “it took me day one to pick Lt. the church while his son’s flagWright,” Dicks said. draped coffin was loaded into a W r i g h t a t t e n d e d O f f i c e r white hearse.

Candidate School and deployed Wright was buried with full to Afghanistan in July. He was as- military honors at a cemetery in signed to the Fort Lewis, Wash.- Norman. based 2nd Battalion, 1st Infantry Regiment, 5th Stryker Brigade –AP

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Michele Wright kisses the top of her son’s, U.S. Army 1st Lt. David Wright II, casket as her husband, Moore police officer Tim Wright, wipes his eye during a service at IOOF Cemetery in Norman, Okla., Tuesday. Wright was one of two soldiers killed Sept. 14 by an improvised explosive device in Afghanistan.

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OKLAHOMA CITY — With Oklahoma already among the states hardest hit by swine flu, state health officials are bracing for even more problems once the traditional seasonal flu season begins in about a month.

Two deaths in Oklahoma have been blamed on the swine flu, or H1N1 virus, and nearly 30 people have been hospitalized so far this month, including 13 children, according to the Oklahoma Department of Health.

Oklahoma was one of the first dozen states in which the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said the virus was widespread. That list has since grown to 21 states.

Oklahoma’s traditional seasonal flu season generally begins in late October, and although difficult to predict, state epidemiologist Dr. Kristy Bradley says it’s likely the state could see a second

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CHRISTIANS ON CAMPUS Christians on Campus will host a Bible study at noon in the Union.

DAVID ROSS BOYD LECTURES The Eleventh Series of the David Ross Boyd Lectures will present “Darwin and Intelligent Design” at 5 p.m. in Dale Hall.

KAPPA PHI CHRISTIAN SORORITY The Kappa Phi Christian Sorority will have a service

wave of seasonal flu in the winter swine flu vaccines, which are due months. in early October. The first ship“Because we are seeing such ment will be in nasal mist form, pronounced activity of the H1N1 followed later by the vaccine’s flu right now, it’s possible we injectable form, Bradley said. might see a lot of early waves Health officials do not know that will be predominantly the exactly when or how many doses H1N1 flu,” she said. “Then as that the state will receive. Bradley said decelerates once the state and goes to a “It’s possible we might see a knows how lower level, many doses it we may see a lot of early waves that will be will get, a prisecond wave predominantly the H1N1 flu.” ority list can during the be developed more tradi- –KRISTY BRADLEY, EPIDEMIOLOGIST for those who tional flu seawill receive son in late December, January the vaccine. and February.”

If a limited number of vacBecause the swine flu has cines are available, priority will spread so broadly, state health be given to pregnant women, officials stopped reporting indi- people who care for young chilvidual case numbers by county dren, and health care and medilast month, consistent with na- cal personnel with direct patient tional surveillance programs. contact.

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«VOLLEYBALL The Sooners take on Big 12 foe Kansas tonight on the road. OUDAILY.COM

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SOFTBALL GEARS UP AARON COLEN The Oklahoma Daily

The OU softball team will begin its fall season tonight at 6 against Northwestern Oklahoma State University, the first game for the Sooners since their May loss against Tulsa in the NCAA Regionals .

The Sooner women return 12 letter winners from OU V. NOSU last season’s team, which What: finished OU softball fall season 41-16 and won the reguWho: lar season Big OU v. Nor thwestern 12 title with a Oklahoma State 14-4 conferUniversity ence record.

A m o n g When: the returnWednesday at 6 p.m. ing players is senior inHighlight: fielder Amber OU returns Amber Flores, Flores, who Big 12 Player of the Year w a s t h e Bi g

12 Player of the Year and a first-team AllAmerican The Sooners will have to pick up the load left by graduating seniors, including former Sooners first-baseman Samantha Ricketts and pitcher D.J. Mathis, who were both drafted by the Akron Racers of the National Pro Fastpitch league.

OU will also be participating in the 2009 Fall Festival this weekend, beginning with pool play against Connors State College Friday.

Bracket play will begin on Saturday afternoon. Games will be played at the OU Softball Complex and Reaves Park.

The Sooners will also face Odessa State College and Texarkana State College in pool play.

Other teams joining them in the tournament are Rose State College, Paris Junior College, Western Oklahoma State College, and Murray State College.

The Sooners first game of the Fall Fe s t i v a l i s s c h e d u l e d t o b e g i n a t 4:45 p.m. Friday at the OU Softball Complex.

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Francie Ekwerekwu, junior middle blocker, and Suzy Boulavsky, sophomore right side, block at the net during Saturday’s match against Missouri.

VOLLEYBALL

Sooners face the Jayhawks JAMES CORLEY The Oklahoma Daily

The OU volleyball team (9-2, 2-0) will travel to Kansas tonight to play a very challenging Jayhawks squad at 6:30 in Lawrence, Kan. Kansas (7-3, 0-1) has a very quick offense that utilizes deception to mask ball movement and attacks. The Jayhawks have powerful outside hitters and strong blockers that compliment their tenacious defensive play.

“We will have our hands full,” said OU coach Santiago Restrepo.

Kansas has a very loyal and large following. The Jayhawks have the 35th best attendance in the nation, averaging nearly 1,000 fans per match.

The crowd will be loud, and the Jayhawks will feed off the crowd’s energy.

But the Sooners will be prepared.

Last Saturday was OU’s first match played in Norman. The previous 10 had been on the road, so the Sooners are no strangers to traveling—and winning.

The team regularly meets with a sports psychologist, and Tuesday’s meeting was focused on preparing for Kansas’ tough

home environment.

“It’s tough to play on the road, and it’s tough to win on the road,” Restrepo said.

“But we will be prepared.”

Fernanda named Big 12 Volleyball Defensive Player of the Week Freshman libero María Fernanda, whose defensive tenacity has had a huge impact on the Sooners already, was named the Big 12 Defensive Player of the Week.

“It is an honor and privilege to be recognized by the Big 12 and your peers,” coach Santiago Restrepo said. “It is not only great recognition for her but for the whole program.”

Fernanda is second in the conference with 4.67 digs per game, helping the Sooners lead the conference defensively as a team in digs per game (17.83).

“She has been a big part of our wins,” Restrepo said.

Fernanda is the seventh Sooner to receive weekly conference honors and the first this season, joining current Sooners Sarah Freudenrich and Caitlin Higgins, who received the honor last season.

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Freshman pitcher Kirsten Allen (40) winds into a pitch in the first inning against Stephen F. Austin University in a doubleheader Feb. 18.

SOONER FOOTBALL BYE WEEK: PRACTICE NOTES • Balogun out for season • Lewis and teammates • Safeties impressed OU • Sooner players pay watching Miami this coaching staff attention to coaches Senior linebacker Mike Balogun has been officially rather than headlines ruled ineligible to play during the 2009 season. He week Defensive coordinator Brent Venables said safeties was settling the issue out of court with the National Collegiate Athletics Association, but he was ruled ineligible Monday.

“[I am] disappointed in what they’ve ruled so far,” head coach Bob Stoops said. “I think there’s still one more step to go, and we’ll just see where that is. We’ll just proceed like we have the last three weeks.”

Sophomore linebacker Travis Lewis said Balogun is still in high spirits despite the ruling.

“It’s tough, the situation that he’s going through, but he’s still upbeat,” Lewis said. “He’s still joking around and climbing on people like he always is.”

Lewis said he has watched the Miami Hurricanes’ games against Florida State and Georgia Tech on television and will be watching them Saturday against Virginia Tech. He said he has learned a lot about Miami from watching their two previous games, and has used those experiences as preparation.

“It’s definitely benefited us that I got to watch both games, and I’ve got a bye week going into playing them,” Lewis said. “I feel like we’re going to have an edge when it comes to playing them.”

Lewis and the rest of the team have been able to watch the Hurricanes because their two games have been played on a Monday and a Thursday instead of the usual Saturday games.

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junior Quinton Carter and sophomore Sam Proctor have switched safety positions since the beginning of the season, and have been impressive since the switch.

Venables attributes Carter and Proctor’s success to hard work and their speed on the field.

“They’ve done real well, and they’ll continue to get more comfortable,” Venables said. “Both can really run, and I think it’s an improvement in regards to speed.”

Lewis said he likes seeing how hard Carter and Proctor hit opposing players.

“I think these two safeties bring the hat way more than our [safeties] have the last few years,” Lewis said. “I’m not taking nothing away, but [Carter] will come up and strike you.”

Lewis said the team does not pay attention to what people say or write about it because that’s where some problems stem from.

“We don’t listen to the good things that people say,” Lewis said. “That’s when you get caught up in that trap that people want you to fall in. We don’t listen to the good or bad, all we listen to [is] our coaches. That’s how you become great players and a great team.”

He said the team was written off after the loss to Brigham Young, but when junior quarterback Sam Bradford returns everyone will be putting the No. 10 Sooners back on the front page.

Wednesday, September 23, 2009

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COLUMN

Outfielder’s campaign Usually when a professional athlete wants out of their contract or city, they’ll be sure to get the point across, and that’s exactly what Chicago Cubs outfielder Milton Bradley has been campaigning for the entire season.

All of a sudden it seems like his hopes became a reality Sunday after being suspended for conduct detrimental to the team in a newspaper interview MJ the day before, according CASIANO to ESPN.com.

General manager Jim Hendry said he made the decision to suspend Bradley based on remarks to the Daily Herald of Illinois in which Bradley said, “You understand why they haven’t won in 100 years here.” Bradley was referring to the last World Series won in 1908 and the lack thereof since.

“Recently, it’s become intolerable to hear Milton talk about our great fans the way he has,” Hendry said. “We pride ourselves on having the greatest fans in baseball, so at this time we felt it was best to send him home for the rest of the season.”

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remaining on a three-year, $30-million contract, the relationship seems unsalvageable.

It’s simple, Cubs fans (and most other teams’ fans) boo Bradley every time he steps to the plate, trots to the outfield or has his name or picture on the big screen.

And they have reason to since Bradley has struggled at the plate, batting .257 with 12 homers and 40 RBI’s, which is not deserving of top dollar money.

Not to mention he’s been injury prone, suspended by an umpire and sent home by head coach Lou Piniella all within this season. It’s definitely embarrassing when Piniella isn’t the biggest hothead on the team.

As for Bradley’s future, he’s easily replaceable. Tyler Colvin, a 2006 firstround pick, will soon be calling right field at Wrigley his home.

This leads me to believe that Bradley will be on the open market this offseason, just as an unhappy player wants. Except in Bradley’s case, nobody will want him.

At age 31 and having already played for seven teams, Bradley may have just made the most expensive mistake of his life.

M.J. Casiano is a broadcast and electronic media junior.

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Freshman forward Dria Hampton drives down the field during Sunday’s game against USC.

Q &A with soccer standout The Daily’s Tobi Neidy sat down with freshman Dria Hampton to find out a little more about the rising freshman star.

1) Hardest part about transition into college?

• Homesickness: “I’m really close to my family.”

2) Hardest part about playing college sports?

•New coach and new teammates. “It’s challenging..you earn the respect of the older girls.”

3) Best part about playing college sports?

• “I’m really excited to play in front of our university. I’ve been a Sooner fan, and it’s exciting to represent OU.” 4) Major?

•{Probably} education and sports management, but still undecided.

5) Favorite Movie?

•Home Alone 2 6) Favorite song?

“Fishin’ in the Dark” by Nitty Gritty Band.

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« THIS WEEKEND Check out the weekend update in tomorrow’s Life & Arts section to see what’s happening around Norman this weekend.

‘OZ’ RETURNS TO BIG SCREEN FOR ANNIVERSARY “Oz” fans are getting a p e r s o n n e l a n d c a s t i n g shifts before production unique opportunity.

For tonight only, cin- could fully commence.

Several directors were ema’s favorite fantasy will l i g h t u p tapped before Victor screens in Fleming took on the projo v e r 4 4 0 ect, and although fans t h e a t e r s would be hard-pressed n a t i o n - to separate ideas of Judy w i d e i n Garland from Oz, child c e l e b r a - star Shirley Temple was tion of the originally considered for film’s 70th the role of Dorothy Gale.

Jack Haley, who plays a n n i v e rLUNDEN the roles of Hickory and the sary.

ENGLAND A t 7 Tin Man, was hired after p.m., au- several weeks of shootdiences will be afforded ing to replace actor Buddy a larger-than-life view of Ebsen who became ill after Dorothy and her noble repeated exposure to the peers as they journey to aluminum powder used in the Emerald City to re- the Tin Man’s makeup.

Unfortunately for quest the audience of Oz’s Margaret Hamilton, resident wizard.

Ebsen’s was M G M’s not the film’s “The Wizard only miso f O z ” p re hap during miered in production.

August of A one-time-only, high Hamilton, 1939, imdefinition presentation who plays mortalizof “The Wizard of Oz” with the roles ing L. Frank introduction by Robert of Elmira Baum’s 1900 Osborne will be shown Gulch and c h i l d r e n ’s at 7 p.m. across America the Wicked book “The including the Hollywood Witch of the Wo n d e r f u l We s t , s u fWizard of Spotlight 14 Theater, fered burns Oz.” 1100 N. Interstate Dr. in to her face Audiences Norman. and hand of past and d u r i n g present can shooting. be thankful Still, the film’s creative to have “The Wizard of Oz” at all, when considering team overcame the trithe bleak setbacks which als of production and, the film suffered before with a budget just under $3 million (the highest of and during production.

The production went any MGM film up to that t h r o u g h a n u m b e r o f date) created the story that

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“The Wizard of Oz” is back in movie theaters across America tonight for a special viewing celebrating the film’s 70 anniversary. “Oz” premiered in the 1930s and has been an American classic ever since.

audiences know today.

The film garnered five Academy Award nominations and earned Oscar wins for Best Song (“Over the Rainbow”) and Best Original Score.

To n i g h t ’s p r e s e n t a tion of “Oz ” w ill begin with a special introduction by film historian and Turner Classic Movies host Robert Osborne, as well as a screening of “To Oz! The

Making of a Classic,” an exploration into how the iconic film came to be.

The event precedes the release of a digitally restored Collector’s Edition of the film, which is set to

hit shelves on September 29th, in both DVD and Bluray formats.

Lunden England is a film and video studies senior.

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Wednesday, Sept. 23, 2009 LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23) -- Be careful about attempting to push your desires onto a peer group when meeting with fierce resistance. Drop it and let the majority rule, or you’ll end up being a lonely orator.

ARIES (March 21-April 19) -- Don’t think twice but multiple times about funding a personal endeavor that isn’t paying off.

It may be cheaper to write it off once and for all.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20) -- Be extremely careful about whom you bring home, especialSCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 22) ly if that individual is resented -- A skillful liar may try to use by another family member. You you as a scapegoat, crediting could start a brouhaha that will you with incoherent phrases and explode in your face. incriminating comments actually said by this person. Be prepared GEMINI (May 21-June 20) -to defend yourself.

Your image might not be enjoying much popularity with certain SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 23-Dec. people you have to deal with 21) -- Usually your ideas are all the time. Don’t do anything good, but you may want to out of spite that could make you think twice about going into an look like a troublemaker. untested area. You could end up in a quagmire difficult to CANCER (June 21-July 22) escape.

-- Usually you’re realistic about things and use good, practical CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. judgment. If you let emotions 19) -- It’s good to try to be the get in the way, however, it could best you can be at all times, but take you down a road that when it comes to fun activities, immobilizes you. don’t make winning or losing a matter of life or death. You will LEO (July 23-Aug. 22) -- You ruin the event for everyone. must be exceptionally careful with regard to financial and AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. business matters. Be particu19) -- Don’t discuss budget or larly careful about getting into money matters with family something that could become members at this time, especially costly or difficult to exit. if you hold different ideas. Tempers are short, and you could VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) create unnecessary problems.

-- Be extremely careful when dealing with people who disPISCES (Feb. 20-March 20) agree with your thinking -- do -- Your fellow workers might be not attempt to force your ideas difficult to get along with, so on them. You’ll merely awaken don’t attempt to tell them what greater opposition. to do or how to do it, even if you’re merely trying to help.

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Wednesday, September 23, 2009

HALO 3: ODST ALLOWS FANS TO EXPLORE NEW SIGHTS, SOUNDS What some gamers thought would be a quick fix to satisfy them until Halo: Reach hit stores in late 2010 has evolved into a superior Halo experience that no gamer should be without.

Halo 3: ODST reimmerses gamers into the war-torn cities of 2552 A.D. Earth wedged in between the events of Halo 2 and Halo 3. Fans LUKE will immediately recogATKINSON nize the surroundings of the futuristic African city of New Mombasa, yet will still marvel at the level of depth and detail given to the massive metropolitan landscape.

ODST will also give players that nostalgic Halo feeling, returning them to familiar controls, story and style, while still keeping that new game smell by adding lots of new features. In this latest installment, you ditch your role as the armorclad, death-defying Master Chief and

assume the part of an underdog simply known as “The Rookie.”

Rookie’s story starts aboard a vessel orbiting Earth, filled with other orbital drop shock trooper squadmates bickering about an objective briefing. Knowing the near-suicidal mission they are undertaking, the squad gathers their gear and climb inside their pods. The pods are detached, free-falling into Earth’s atmosphere, leading gamers into an awesome opening cinematic sequence. As Rookie nears the planet’s surface, a Covenant cruiser enters slip-space (which Halo faithful will notice as Master Chief ’s doing), generating a shockwave, scattering the squad across the city.

Six hours pass by as Rookie sits unconscious in his pod. He awakens and leaps out, consequently falling several stories. As he hits the ground, gamers understand the new health system, which can be described as a mix between Call of Duty games and Tom Clancy’s Ghost Recon series. No fancy over-shields here!

In order to survive, Rookie must

fight – or sneak – his way through New Mombasa, collecting clues as to where his squadmates have wandered to.

ODST’s campaign mode introduces gamers to new weapons and a new HUD, complete with night vision and advanced targeting outlines. These new additions will be essential in finding your way around, especially in the game’s near-free roaming environment. The map is nearly completely open, free for you to wander and explore to your heart’s desire.

Gamers will notice that the difference between night and day environments are nearly as different as, well, night and day.

The game runs on the same Halo engine, but the art between every overturned car, damaged road or devastated staircase makes ODST the most eye-appealing of the Halo franchise. Along this welldetailed world, you’ll run into random Covenant troops, and discover interesting locations and dialogues that will further link you into the depth of the Halo Universe.

The game delivers an amazing

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Gamers can add a new video game to their collections with Halo 3: ODST, released this month.

» “WOLVERINE: OLD MAN LOGAN GIANT SIZE #1” Logan finally pops his claws after the Hulk gang murders his family out of some combination of boredom and retaliation while waiting on the rent extension they’ve granted him.

However, this initial massacre only whets Wolverine’s appetite for revenge, and he OSI sets out to kill the enAKEN’OVA tire Hulk clan for the murder of his family, A battle that promises to make up for the disappointment that was “Ultimate Wolverine Vs. Hulk.”

This basic premise underlies what is, in reality, a complicated and wellorganized post-apocalyptic western with occasional nods to movies like “The Good, The Bad and The Ugly” and “Unforgiven.”

Although writer Mark Millar rehashes his super-villains-defeating-superheroes storyline from “Wanted,” this comic is still a really interesting read because it’s about Marvel characters that we’ve grown to know and love.

soundtrack that will elicit an emotional response from gamers, including making every Covenant encounter more engaging or stressful than the last. The tradition of powerful scores are common in the series, but ODST goes further than any other game by adding beautiful symphonic compositions that will dip you into a feeling of being lost and alone, searching for your downed team while avoiding being crushed at the hands of eight-foot-tall monsters.

In addition to an eventful campaign, Halo 3: ODST brings a new multiplayer dimension to the Halo Universe called “Firefight.” In this approach to multiplayer (also known as the “Nazi Zombie” mode in CoD and “Horde” in Gears of War 2), gamers will team up with three friends to fight wave after wave of Covenant troops. Each wave will consist of different aliens with different abilities, and sometimes, a Halo skull that will give the enemies uncanny abilities – which make the fight exponentially harder. Players can work together to defeat the waves, and can manipulate the map from being advantageous to being outmanned.

The only downfall for Halo 3: ODST would be its length. The game isn’t a fullon sequel, but it is more than just an expansion. The campaign should take you eight to ten hours to complete if you play on easy, but expect a longer time if you play on the more difficult settings. This unfortunate problem will be forgotten, though, once players begin their journey into the great storyline and multiplayer mode.

ODST isn’t the best game ever, but it is a great addition to an amazing franchise.

If you are a Halo fan, go pick it up; it’s well worth the price tag of $59.99. If you are not, you should enjoy the new aspect this game has achieved. And don’t worry about not being able to get caught up with the story — it isn’t that difficult and everything can be explained.

Luke Atkinson is a broadcast and electronic media senior.

The Daily’s Osi Aken’Ova reviews his picks for this week’s most notable comic books.

Wolverine might be the most overused character in the Marvel Universe, but Millar is able to paint him in a new light. For the first time ever, we see him as a man who has been broken after a very traumatic incident, rather than the traditional berserk pugilist.

Plus, as the title implies, this comic is giant-sized, which means it comes with a lot of bonus material, ranging from cover sketches, to pin-ups and maybe even an extra story.

This is definitely a must-read for both Wolverine and western fans. If you haven’t started reading this, most of the back issues are available in comic stores in Norman.

“DETECTIVE COMICS #857” In the conclusion to the “Elegy” storyline, Batwoman must race against time to confront Alice and stop her from destroying Gotham and killing her father before time runs out.

I expected Detective Comics to be kind of lame without Batman, but writer Greg Rucka is great when it comes to female characters like Batwoman (who had a short run in the “52” storyline).

The story is pretty good but the greatest thing about this book (outshining even Rucka’s inspired writing) is the art by J. H. Williams III. Take especial note of his splash pages; the hallucination in issue #855 manages to be both ethereal and visually pleasing.

I feel somewhat obligated to at least mention the extra “Question” ser ies that’s at the end of the comic book, but I don’t really think it’s worth mentioning.

Not that Greg Rucka isn’t a great writer, it’s just that ever since the original Question, Vic Sage, died, it’s been hard for me to get into the new one. So naturally, I hate it.

Osi Aken’Ova is a film and video studies senior.

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