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UOSA budget student-controlled, OU says However, Student Affairs vice president votes on hiring Information Technology officer, Senate chairman says KATHLEEN EVANS The Oklahoma Daily

UOSA is a sovereign body responsible for its own actions, including recent supposed violations of the Open Meeting Act and state statutes, according to members of the University administration.

Last week, The Daily found that the UOSA Undergraduate Student Congress and other branches have been in apparent violation of Oklahoma Statute title 74, section 3106.2(A) by failing to update websites with current information. Some spokespersons blamed this on administrative roadblocks.

One reason chairpersons mentioned the

websites were not updated was because they did not know how to update the website and wanted to hire an OU Information Technology student officer to work on it, said Graduate Student Senate chairman Silas DeBoer. “[UOSA leaders] want to get an IT officer for UOSA paid at student worker rates, but that has to come with our negotiations with Student Affairs, as they technically are the ones who spend our money for us,” DeBoer said by email. “We’ve been asking for an IT officer for three years running now.”

On Friday, Chris Shilling, university spokesman, said that is an inaccurate statement.

“Student Affairs does not control the UOSA budget,” Shilling said by e-mail. “It is fully under the discretion of UOSA. The statement that UOSA has been trying to hire an OU Information Technology student worker for three years but has been unable to do so

because Student Affairs controls UOSA’s budget is puzzling because it is factually incorrect.”

Since 1969, UOSA has been the sovereign student government of OU students, Shilling said.

On Sunday, when asked about UOSA’s ability to hire an IT officer, DeBoer said UOSA’s requests for an IT officer go to a four-way vote between Clarke Stroud, the UOSA president, the Undergraduate Congress chair and the Senate chair. He said this vote has been deadlocked in the past, but expects a change this year, should the hiring come to a vote.

Although UOSA has a staff adviser, Brynn Daves, assistant to the vice president of Student Affairs, members do not have to consult her or follow her instructions.

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» Correction The Daily has a long-standing commitment to serve readers by providing accurate coverage and analysis. Errors are corrected as they are identified. Readers should bring errors to the attention of the editorial board for further investigation by e-mailing dailynews@ou.edu. » A headline in a page 1 story in Friday’s edition incorrectly stated information about UOSA’s Executive Branch, Budget Council, Campus Activities Council and Student Congress’ websites. According to The Daily’s investigations, the four named websites appear to be in violation of Oklahoma Statute title 74, section 3106.2(A).

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Sophomore and forward Dria Hampton (9) takes a shot on goal against Texas Tech on Friday at John Crain Field. The Red Raiders beat OU 3-1.

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Norman to cut yard-waste collection services City to reduce trash pick-up; cuts Spring Cleanup event to balance budget SPENCER POPP The Oklahoma Daily

Reacting to last month’s failed rate increase request for sanitation services, the Norman City Council will reduce the frequency of yard waste collection this winter from weekly to monthly and canceling the 2011 Spring Cleanup event to balance the Sanitation Fund budget.

“We took detailed information to the voters about the City’s Sanitation Rates,” Mayor Cindy Rosenthal said in a release.

“More importantly, when the voters spoke, we listened. The Council is taking citizen input to heart and has begun the work to immediately identify short and long-term solutions. We believe that the voters spoke very clearly about their desire to see us live within our current revenues during these tough economic times and we share their concerns.”

Canceling the Spring Cleanup event is expected to save about $130,000, according to the release.

More info The Fall Cleanup 2010 event will continue as scheduled each Saturday from Sept. 25 to Oct. 23. *Source: City of Norman

The rate increase would have funded ongoing operations of the sanitation department, higher landfill tipping fees, wages, benefits, and insurance premiums for its workers. The price of purchasing replacement garbage trucks has also risen up to nearly $300,000, said Ken Komiske, City of Norman Utilities director.

For the winter months o f D e c e m b e r, Ja n u a r y a n d February, yard waste will be collected once per month rather than the current schedule of once per week. The reduction to onceper-month collections will save thousands of dollars each month in reduced fuel, maintenance and temporary labor, according to a release.

The changes came as a shock to the Council.

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“We were anticipating having a rate increase going into effect.

Usually in the past customers have voted to raise their own rates,” Komiske said. “Whether it was caught up in the economy, or caught up in the water vote or caught up in something, this rate didn’t go through so we are having to step back and say ‘OK where does that put us financially.’”

Almost 59 percent of voters, or 5,302 residents, voted against the sanitation rate increase, while about 41 percent voted in favor of it, according to the Cleveland County Election Board.

Norman resident Roger Gallagher, member of Citizens for Financial Responsibility and frequent City Council meeting attendee, said it was unfortunate the sanitation rate increase was on the same ballot as the water rate increase.

“We hoped it passed and were disappointed when it didn’t,” Gallagher said. “That’s a health issue and almost a public safety issue. We thought it would.”

The City of Norman is the only city in the state that requires customers to vote on their rates.

“Costs are increasing, price of

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fuels gone up a lot, price of vehicles has gone up a lot, insurance has gone up a lot, so we have to ask our customers to increase their own rate,” Komiske said.

The three recycling centers in Norman will continue to be open and operational. In addition, the springtime Household Hazardous Waste Event will continue to be held, providing customers the opportunity to dispose of hazardous waste in a safe and environmental manner, according to a release. Other changes will be considered after a recently completed route study has been presented to council, said Anthony Francisco, City of Norman Finance director.

Francisco said once the information is presented, other changes will probably be made.

“The desire is to maintain the basic services and to make reductions or alterations to the services that are considered additional like Spring and Fall Cleanup,” Francisco said.

“If it’s going to take another year or two [to pass a rate increase], as time goes on you run out of money, you have to do more drastic things,” Komiske said.

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The Graduate Student Senate voted unanimously Sunday night to pass a resolution to the Parking and Transit Services office asking for a written explanation about the changes in parking at Lloyd Noble Center.

At the beginning of the semester, Parking and Transit Services cut down the number of free parking spaces at the lot to only 600. The department only spread t h e n e w s a b o u t t h i s c ha n g e through its website and some posters, not other forms of mass communication.

OU President David Boren later expanded the number of spaces to 1,200. The parking administration did not follow laws saying they must notify students for four days prior to the change with advertisements in The Daily.

A resolution doesn’t affect the law in any way but rather expresses how the body feels about the act, said Esther White, Senate secretary and co-author of the resolution.

“I just want discussion about why we did not get e-mail from departmental secretaries,” White s a i d . “ [ T h e s o u t h R e s e a rc h Campus was] adversely impacted. The objective is just for clarity. We just want written clarification saying why they made these choices.”

The resolution specifically calls for explanation about the lack of warning, when and why the decision was made and how the administration agreed on the change, according to the agenda.

Although Doug Myers, director of Parking and Transit Services, made a formal apology to the Senate at the meeting, the group wants an explanation to the whole student body, White said.

The resolution does not mean the explanation will happen, White said. OU Parking Services can choose to ignore the resolution.

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SENATE: Asks for formal apology Continued from page 1

Today around campus » Author and guest speaker Hooman Majd will give a public lecture and host a book signing about modern Iran at 4:30 p.m. in the Sam Noble Museum of Natural History. » The Union Programming Board will have a mid-day concert with David Chang at 11:30 a.m. in the Oklahoma Memorial Union’s Will Rogers Room. » The Ballroom Dance Club will meet 2 to 10 p.m. in the Union’s Molly Shi Boren Ballroom. » The Student Organization for Fair Trade will meet at 4:30 p.m. in the Union’s Scholar Room. » The Film and Video Studies program will show Japanese movies from the 1960s at 7 p.m. in the Union’s Meacham Auditorium.

Tuesday, Sept. 28 » Christians on Campus will host a Bible study from 12 to 1 p.m. in the Union’s Sooner Room. » The First-Year Alcohol Program will meet 3 to 8 p.m. in the Union’s Frontier Room. » The Japanese Conversation Club will meet from 6 to 8 p.m. in the Union’s Governors Room. » The Sooner Ballroom Dance Club will meet 6:30 to 10:30 p.m. in the Union’s Scholars Room.

Wednesday, Sept. 29 » Bevo Burger Bash will be held 10:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. on the east side of the Union, and is free for OU students. » The OU Women’s Outreach Center will register team members for the Susan G. Komen Race for the Cure at 11 a.m. in the Union. Participants get a free T-shirt upon registration. » Christians on Campus will host Bible study at 12:30 p.m. in the Union’s Frontier Room. » Career Services will host a green careers panel for engineering students at 3 p.m. in the Union.

Thursday, Sept. 30 » The OK Regents Club will meet 6 to 8 p.m. in the Union’s Regents Room. » The Baptist Student Union’s Paradigm will meet 8 to 10 p.m. in the Union’s Meacham Auditorium. » College Republicans will meet at 6:30 p.m. in the Union’s Governors Room.

GSS also voted unanimously to change the structure of the Parking Appeals Board. The board is now the Parking Appeals Court.

Originally, the board was composed of two teams of three students that reviewed student parking appeals, according to the agenda. Now, the court will include eight judges and one chief judge.

The change will make the appeals process more efficient by no longer having two teams that meet at separate times.

Continued from page 1 “Students may choose to follow the advice provided or act independently,” Shilling said. “Even though Student Affairs doesn’t control UOSA’s activities and decisions, it does make every effort to educate and empower those in charge to make decisions on behalf of the student body.”

One such step was special training at the start of the fall semester to educate leaders about the Open Meeting Act and the state laws, he said. OU Legal Counsel met with the chairs of Congress, the Graduate Student Senate, Campus Activities Council and General Counsel.

DeBoer confirmed that OU Legal Counsel did meet with

Students given chance to learn Turkish for free The Turkish Student Association will offer free Turkish lessons for the first time, starting Tuesday.

President Arif Keceli said the group wants to engage more with American and international students and give them the opportunity to learn the language and culture of Turkey.

“Since Turkey is located half in Europe, half in Asia, the culture is very different, unlike anything else,” said Gizem Aydin, Turkish Student Association vice president.

They meet twice a month at varying times to celebrate their culture and speak their language.

Classes will meet 5 to 6:30 p.m. Tuesday and Thursday in the Physical Sciences Center rooms 321 and 359.

Each level offers 20 seats.

To enroll, e-mail keceli@ ou.edu.

» This day in OU history

Student organizations, YMCA raise $5,000 Christian organizations on campus partnered up with the Norman YMCA to raise $5,000.

The university received $3,500 for social, educational and religious programs. The remaining $1,500 was for the Norman YMCA to finance youth programs.

Spirit soars at bonfire for Sooner football team Two thousand students and a two-story bonfire sent off the OU football team in a spirited pep rally.

The Sooners faced the West Point Cadets in a game they lost 21-7 in front of a crowd of 25,000.

The game was considered one of the toughest games in OU football history. *Source: The Oklahoma Daily archives

» Correction The Daily has a long-standing commitment to serve readers by providing accurate coverage and analysis.

Errors are corrected as they are identified. Readers should bring errors to the attention of the editorial board for further investigation by e-mailing dailynews@ou.edu. » A photo cutline published in the Sept. 20 edition of The Daily incorrectly identified a tattoo artist at Hall of Tattoos. Mark Vass was shown working on a tattoo.

Because of the 30 percent increase in meetings this year, the Senate voted 53-1 with six abstentions to change the allowed absences from two per semester to 25 percent per semester.

This means that with the 11 meetings this semester, a senator can miss three before executives take action.

The Senate also voted unanimously to require students to fill out a form before proposing legislation to the Senate.

The form will include a section to define terms, explain any harm and clarify the bill.

» Resolution asking Parking and Transit Services for explanation of changes at Lloyd Noble Center » Legislation changing the Parking Appeals Board to the Parking Appeals Court and increasing the number of members » Legislation changing number of allowed absences from two to 25 percent of meetings » Legislation requiring new form filled out when filing legislation with Senate » Legislation approving changes to Senate committees

UOSA: Government branches were trained

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The chief judge is human resources management senior Alexandra Philbrick, according to the agenda.

The court members receive minimum wage salaries, not from UOSA but from OU Parking Services, according to the UOSA Code Annotated.

Also on the agenda was legislation changing the Senate absence policy. In the past, the Senate only met every other week, but officers changed the schedule this year to meet as much as possible to prevent legislation being backed up, Senate Chair Silas DeBoer said.

Meeting recap

OUPD to host free self-defense class during Rape Awareness Week The OU Police Department will host a self-defense class for OU students at 7 p.m.

Tuesday, the second day of the Women’s Outreach Center’s Rape Awareness Week, in the Tarman Tower basement of Adams Center.

OUPD Sgt. Tim Tucker said the class focuses on self-defense techniques and education about date rape drugs.

The class also aims to educate students on selfawareness.

“Personal safety is a mental thing,” Tucker said.

“You need to be aware of your surroundings.”

Any group can host a free self-defense course with OUPD, according to Tucker.

To schedule a free selfdefense course, call OUPD at 405-325-2864.

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the four chairs.

“These individuals were then charged with making sure each of their staffs understood the requirements of these laws,” Shilling said.

Vice President of Student Affairs Clarke Stroud also said in an e-mail statement that chairpersons were trained on the laws and are responsible for the actions of their branches.

“While we have provided training to the chairs, the very nature of UOSA sovereignty requires action on each body’s part to ensure they are in compliance,” Stroud said. “We will continue to work with them and do treat these matters seriously.”

The Senate website is current and does not have any apparent violations of the Open Meeting Act.

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Mexican police nab drug trafficker Mexican authorities have arrested an alleged trafficker known as “The Tiger” who they say shipped a half-ton of drugs to the U.S. each month and may have been poised to take over for a dead capo in the Sinaloa cartel.

Federal police said Saturday that Margarito Soto Reyes, 44, was detained along with eight alleged accomplices near the western city of Guadalajara, but could not immediately specify when or in what circumstances the capture occurred.

Police said Soto Reyes allegedly traded in synthetic drugs on routes established by former Sinaloa leader Ignacio “Nacho” Coronel, who was killed in a gunbattle with soldiers in July. ___

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Voters wait in line to cast their ballots during congressional elections outside a polling station Sunday in Caracas, Venezuela.

2. London

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New Labor leader says he won’t be ‘Red Ed’ despite union support

Venezuelan election will give opponents first chance at National Assembly in 12 years

Britain’s newly appointed opposition leader Ed Miliband insisted Sunday he won’t force his Labour Party toward the political left-wing after he harnessed the support of leftist labor unions to beat his better-known brother in a dramatic election.

Miliband, 40, narrowly defeated brother David, the 45-year-old, ex-foreign secretary, in their party’s leadership contest on Saturday, winning a slender majority of 1.3 percent of votes.

Critics have already dubbed Miliband “Red Ed,” claiming he is likely to shift the Labour Party away from the centrist, business-friendly platform of Tony Blair and Gordon Brown. ___

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President gives up police protection Romania’s president withdrew police protection in response to an “illegal” protest by 6,000 officers facing wage cuts.

Traian Basescu accused officers on Sunday of staging an illegal march outside his office on Friday, which he said undermined the state’s authority.

Basescu asked the interior ministry to withdraw his police protection shortly after the Friday protest. Basescu retains his own separate security outfit. ___

4. Sulaimaniyah, Iraq

Group of Iraqi women embrace American mothers of Nine American mothers whose children died fighting in Iraq were embraced Sunday by dozens of Iraqi women who lost their own children during decades of war and violence in a meeting participants said brought them a measure of peace.

The gathering in Iraq’s mostly peaceful northern Kurdish region was far from the roadside bombing sites that accounted for the majority of the more than 4,400 U.S. military deaths.

“I was overwhelmed at touch down. We were really on the ground in Iraq. I was almost in disbelief that it was real,” said a blog entry by Amy Galvez of Salt Lake City, whose son, Cpl. Adam Galvez, was killed in 2006. ___

5. Manila, Philippines

Inverted Philippine flag was honest mistake, U.S. Embassy says The U.S. government said it made an “honest mistake” when it displayed an inverted Philippine flag — which wrongfully signified that the Southeast Asian nation was in a state of war — in a meeting hosted by the president.

The flag was displayed upside down behind President Benigno Aquino III when leaders of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations met Obama in New York on Friday.

“This was an honest mistake,” U.S. Embassy spokeswoman Rebecca Thompson said in a statement. “The U.S. treasures its close relationship and close partnership with the Philippines.”

surveys also have shown a decline in his popularity, as disenchantment has grown over problems including rampant crime, poorly administered public services and inflation now at 30 CARACAS, Venezuela — President percent.

Hugo Chavez sought to hold on to his “We want a total change,” said Dieter control of Venezuela’s Congress on Jaaniorg, a 31-year-old auto parts sellSunday in elections that put his popu- er who was the first of dozens in line larity to a critical test. at a Caracas polling station, sitting in a Voters lined up at polling stations folding chair. He said he is fed up with before dawn after being awakened by crime, a bad economy and an authorirecorded bugles blaring reveille from tarian government. loudspeakers across Caracas. Chavez Chavez portrayed the vote as a called for his supporters to turn out choice between his socialist-oriented in large numbers, saying on Twitter: “Bolivarian Revolution” and opposi“Attack!” tion stooges whom he accuses of servThe opposition mounted a de- ing the interests of the wealthy and his termined challenge to try to break adversaries in the U.S. government.

Chavez’s monopoly of power in the “There are many benefits now National Assembly for the first time in with the president. I like the revoluhis nearly 12 years in the presidency. tion,” said Norma Torres, a massage “What’s at stake is for there to be therapist. more democracy,” said Stalin Gonzalez, Chavez warned during the cama 29-year-old opposition candidate paign his adversaries would try to oband former student prostruct his government’s test leader. “The country e f f o r t s i f g i v en t h e needs a more balanced chance — and some What’s at stake assembly.” opposition supporters is for there to be Chavez’s allies have said that is exactly what more democracy. had near total control they hope for. since opposition parties During campaignThe country needs boycotted the last legising, the president’s a more balanced lative elections in 2005, face was ubiquitous on assembly.” citing concerns about campaign posters for possible irregularities. the candidates of his — STALIN GONZALEZ, If Chavez’s opponents socialist party. Chavez OPPOSITION CANDIDATE pitched his allies like manage to deny him at least a two-thirds maa salesman, offering jority this time, they will Venezuelans new, lowhave more clout in trying to check his interest credit cards and discounted sweeping powers. appliances from washing machines to The vote also is seen as a referen- TV sets. dum on Chavez himself ahead of the Opposition candidates called the next presidential election in 2012. elections a crucial opportunity to dePolls suggest he remains the most fend democratic principles and freepopular politician in Venezuela, yet doms, saying the National Assembly

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has been simply taking orders from Chavez for five years and that they fear Chavez intends to lead Venezuela toward Marxism.

Opposition candidate Julio Borges said there are no longer checks and balances, and the vote could help restore some controls on Chavez’s actions.

Some government supporters argue that the opposition — a coalition made up of a range of political factions — has not presented a clear, viable alternative to “Chavismo.”

If Chavez’s allies manage to retain a two-thirds majority, it would give them the power to keep rewriting laws unopposed and to appoint officials including Supreme Court justices and members of the electoral council.

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OPINION

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OUR VIEW

COLUMN

Why keep an eye on UOSA?

Food bank helps local residents in need of assistance

Some students want The Daily to stop covering UOSA’s ineffectiveness and apparent violations of the Oklahoma Open Meeting Act, but not because they think we’re being unfair.

The most common response The Daily has received to its UOSA coverage is “who cares?”

This fact further highlights UOSA’s failure to convince students that it is a relevant governing body. But there are many ways in which UOSA affects you, and you should care.

More than half a million — $589,688 to be exact — of the OU-Norman campus budget was given to UOSA this year.

The Budgetary Committee is responsible for the allocation of this money, as well as some of the student fees you pay each semester. It’s a big deal, yet its website has not been updated since 2008.

For this much money, we would like to have all resources available to us so we can find out exactly where these funds have been going.

According to the 2008 budget

report, Student Congress was allocated $10,500. It’s hard to not care about a group given this much money.

There is no excuse for the Executive Branch, Undergraduate Student Congress, and Budgetary Committee to not have their websites updated.

But some of this confusion may come from the fact that neither Student Affairs nor UOSA understands who controls the budget.

Graduate Student Senate chair Silas DeBoer told The Daily that UOSA has been asking Student Affairs for an Information Technology officer for “three years running,” because Student Affairs “technically are the ones who spend our money for us.”

But university spokesman Chris Shilling said this is “factually incorrect,” and that the budget is “fully under the discretion of UOSA.” There’s a communication problem here that UOSA and Student Affairs need to clear up.

If UOSA is breaking the law, you should care about it.

The Open Meeting Act is in place to

ensure any governing body maintains transparency. UOSA should be held to this standard.

If The Oklahoman uncovered a particular section of the state legislature breaking the law, the attorney general would investigate them.

Yes, the issues are on a different scale, but that’s not the point. UOSA is what matters to the OU community.

We could never spend enough ink educating the public about laws that keep governments transparent. If UOSA members are allowed to violate these standards now, nothing ensures they will act differently if elected to actual state or federal positions later.

As journalists, we have no more rights than you do.

Our profession calls for us to be stewards of the community.

OU is our community, and we’re here to make sure that your representatives listen to you, work for you and operate in accordance with the law.

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COLUMN

Being government watchdog is a duty of American journalists Editor’s note: The Daily runs a GUEST COLUMN UMN media literacy column by Sarah Cavanah, interim executive director Sarah of Oklahoma Scholastic Media Cavanah and former Daily staff writer, every Tuesday to give readers a behind-the-scenes look at The Daily and media coverage in general.

This week, the column is running today in preparation of Tuesday’s OU-Texas edition of The Daily.

“The basis of our governments being the opinion of the people, the very first object should be to keep that right; and were it left to me to decide whether we should have a government without newspapers or newspapers without a government, I should not hesitate a moment to prefer the latter.” — Thomas Jefferson, letter to Edward Carrington, 1787.

I would never dream of arguing with Thomas Jefferson, but I don’t think he spent much time in a newsroom. They are chaotic, often harsh and emotionally draining places, where both obscure facts and obscene jokes are shouted across desks. I wouldn’t recommend journalists for teaching pre-kindergarten education, conducting international diplomacy or taking care with nuclear codes.

Journalists shouldn’t make public policy. But that was why Jefferson was so devoted to their existence. He believed in the idea of the Fourth Estate, or that the press should work as the fourth check in the great checks-and-balances system we all learned about in elementary school social studies textbooks. Newspapers didn’t have any official power, but as long as the First Amendment was upheld, they did have the opportunity to show people if the executive, legislative or judicial branches were attempting to seize too much power and upset the balance we depend on.

It’s worked.

It’s worked for more than 200 years. It worked when Nellie Bly exposed inhumane treatment of psychiatric patients in hospitals. It worked when Edward R. Murrow ended the false Red Scare by bluntly asking Sen. Joseph

McCarthy if he had no shame. And, yes, it even worked when Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein used a porn film to nickname a controversial source who helped bring down a presidency.

Before this turns into just another cheer for free speech, I should say that it doesn’t always work.

It didn’t work when William Randolph Hearst promoted the idea of war with Spain in order to sell more newspapers.

It didn’t work when southern newspapers published false reports of African-American depravity in order to combat the Civil Rights Movement.

And it didn’t work when journalists completely neglected their duty and their fundamental role after Sept. 11.

Whether it was popular or not — whether the American public wanted to hear it or not — journalism had a responsibility to question whether there were really weapons of mass destruction in Iraq.

I was an editor at a national magazine on Sept. 11, albeit one that covered organic farming more than overseas affairs. The media didn’t report the story, and I’ve never been so ashamed of my profession.

I have no objective proof, but I have a strong belief that the U.S. media held back out of fear of saying what was unpopular at the time. They didn’t want to lose viewers, readers or listeners, and what’s more, they didn’t want to be hated.

But that’s our job. That’s our duty. That’s what makes the U.S. the most free and fair country on Earth.

So, maybe you don’t want to hear that UOSA isn’t following laws correctly, as you might have read recently in The Daily. Maybe you don’t care. And that’s your right. But for our society to continue, for our very way of life, it’s essential that the press at least give you the opportunity to know.

What you do with the information is your business.

— Sarah Cavanah, professional writing and journalism graduate student

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LETTER TO THE EDITOR

Thursday’s SQ 744 story is unfair, inaccurate I recently read the Sept. 23 front-page article, “OU, OSU ask campaign to pull ad,” and I was troubled by the lack of balance and accuracy in the article.

The ad in question no way implies that OU and OSU either support or oppose State Question 744. It merely points out how we refuse to be beaten on the football field (a good thing) but we are routinely beaten in the classroom when it comes to our pre-kindergarten through 12th grade schools. I, for one, do not want to be beaten in either area.

In addition, we have all seen the political candidates who have tailgates set up on Saturdays that feature the use of the same university logos (I have seen many “Sooners for Jari” and “Sooners for Mary” T-shirts on my walks to home games this season), yet we heard nothing from either university president about this.

What concerns me most is that there was virtually no effort to tell both sides of the story when it comes to SQ 744. The reality is that SQ 744 does not call for a tuition increase nor does it call for cuts to any other areas. If you do not believe me, look for yourself in the actual ballot measure.

What SQ 744 will do is raise what we invest per child

in pre-kindergarten through 12th grade education up to the regional average. As the TV ad mentioned, right now we are dead last in the region.

We also are 49th in the nation in per student funding and 48th in teacher pay (listen up education majors).

Would we tolerate those types of numbers in the BCS rankings? No. The group supporting the measure, YES on 744, is supported by a diverse, statewide coalition of groups including American Indian tribes, community groups, civic organizations and education groups.

If we want to get as competitive with our economy as we are on the field we need to improve our commitment to pre-kindergarten through 12th grade education. If we do, we will have stronger students, a better workforce and more economic opportunities for people all across the Sooner State.

I urge you all to ignore the scare tactics being spread about SQ 744 and educate yourself on the issue. Go to www.yeson744.com to learn more.

— Joe DuVall, political science senior

September is Hunger Action Month.

STAFF COLUMN MN Yeah, I know what you’re thinking: This is where I Mary guilt trip you about starvStanfield ing kids in countries you only recognize because of high school geography. But hunger isn’t strictly a thirdworld issue.

One in five children in Oklahoma struggle with poverty and hunger, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture. Overall, Oklahoma ranks eighth in the nation in people per capita who face hunger. Even more shocking is that 32 of Oklahoma’s 77 counties are classified as “food deserts” — places where at least 25 percent of the population lives 10 miles or more from a supermarket. And nine of those counties are “severe food deserts,” which means the whole population has limited access to food outlets.

This is a real, local problem.

Struggles like this are completely unacceptable anywhere, especially in a country like ours. But people are already working to make a difference. The Regional Food Bank of Oklahoma distributes enough food for 77,000 Oklahomans each week. Last year, it sent out 36.5 million pounds of food. And since it was founded in 1980, the food bank has distributed more than 321 million pounds of food.

In order to continue it’s effective and essential work, the food bank needs your help. They need your money — every $1 donated provides seven meals — but more importantly, they need your time. The food bank relies on volunteers to help sort and pack food, to distribute food at their distribution sites and to help staff special events.

I’ve volunteered at the food bank twice now, tagging along with the service fraternity Alpha Phi Omega. It was an early morning and three hours of work that left me achy and covered in cardboard shrapnel. But I can’t wait to go back.

It’s not just that it sent me home satisfied and filled with the warm fuzzy feeling of helping people in a direct and measurable way. Honestly, it was just a lot of fun. My enjoyment may have had something to do with the line of Alpha Phi Omega members singing Lady Gaga while we worked, but I know it wasn’t only that. The staff at the food bank works hard to create an open, fun and supportive environment. And it’s work that anyone can do and know they’re contributing to an important effort.

This Saturday when I volunteered, we packaged 19,000 pounds of food. That’s 15,000 meals. Overall, we packaged 5,184 bags of assorted necessary food items. That’s 5,184 people who will now have meals they would otherwise have gone without. For that kind of direct, measurable and efficient impact, I would put up with a week’s worth of One in five children pointy cardboard particles and dust-covered hands. in Oklahoma Without a service like this, struggle with those 15,000 meals would poverty and hunger, never get to the people who need them. And that’s the according to the point.

U.S. Department People have argued that of Agriculture. charity allows people to beOverall, Oklahoma come complacent with the social conditions that lead ranks eighth in the to poverty in the first place nation in people — after all, if they can just per capita who face donate some money and feel hunger. Even more like it’s taken care of, why would they work towards shocking is that substantial change? That is 32 of Oklahoma’s unbelievably naïve.

77 counties are If these services didn’t classified as “food exist, it’s not like we would all suddenly realize we needed deserts” — places to care about impoverished where at least citizens or the conditions 25 percent of the that lead to poverty. Even if population lives 10 we did suddenly decide to miles or more from a address these problems, that kind of reform would take supermarket.” years to work out and get through our governmental system, and it would take years more to implement it and see its effects. Meanwhile, the families that now benefit from food bank services would simply have to go without food until our crusading was successful.

These people don’t have the option to wait while we fight political battles and climb the arduous hill towards social reform. They are hungry now. Their children are hungry now. And places like the food bank are filling that very basic need through volunteer labor and essential supplies.

So don’t stop working for the kind of changes we need to see in our country. I hope we eventually make the food bank unnecessary by addressing the root issues that lead to poverty and hunger in our country. But until then, do the most helpful thing you can for the immediate future and donate or volunteer at the Regional Food Bank or a similar organization.

— Mary Stanfield, philosophy junior

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The University Theatre production of “Rent” stars (from left to right) Damian Chambers as Angel Dumott Schunard, Jamard Richardson as Tom Collins, Christopher Rice as Mark Cohen, Skyler Adams as Roger Davis, Sophie Menas as Mimi Márquez, Emily Mechler as Maureen Johnson and Adrianna Hicks (shown with Mechler) as Joanne Jefferson. “Rent” is on stage through Oct. 3 on campus.

‘Rent’ defuses cynicism with resonant love stories In this age of irony, what’s a show like “Rent,” with all the unforgiving industrial look of the marginalized state. That’s the way it is for of its unabashed earnestness, to do? Four Tony Awards, a Broadway set design, “Rent” takes place Roger and Mimi, for Tom and Angel and STAFF COLUMN MN Pulitzer Prize and 12 years on Broadway later, the show in and around an abandoned music pubfor Mark’s ex Maureen (musical theater now exists in a world that’s rather removed from the un- lishing building in Manhattan’s Lower East senior Emily Mechler) and her girlfriend Dusty Somers ers mistakable ’90s setting of the rock opera.

Side. Aspiring artists Mark Cohen (Rice) Joanne (Hicks). Love conquers despite Today, the themes of the show are riper for parody than and Roger Davis (Adams) live in the builddisease, poverty, societal norms and for the heartfelt reflection of a song like “Seasons of Love.” ing, assured by their former roommate and strong wills.

Instead, we have “Everyone has AIDS!” the now-wealthy owner of the building, Basing any piece of art around “the power of love” from “Team America: World Police” or Benjamin Coffin III (University College brings with it the risk of running into hackneyed senti“Avenue Q,” which is effectively “Rent” freshman Storm Lineberger), that they mentality, but the feelings in “Rent” are often the real restaged with vulgar puppets. Irony is a could live there rent-free. thing, irony be damned. Consider the impact of numbers cultural commodity, and “Rent” rarely That promise gets broken, leading to “Another Day” and “Seasons of Love,” and try to retain a WHAT: University Theatre’s “Rent” pauses to stop taking itself seriously. a proclamation that the artists will never shred of cynicism. Both numbers can enact a chokehold And yet, there’s no denying the pay rent — just the first in the show’s long on the heart as they’re simply being sung by the cast in a WHEN: 8 p.m. Wednesday, timelessness of the exuberant enseries of defied bourgeoisie conventions line formed at the front of the stage.

Thursday and Saturday ergy the show displays in its best moand celebration of the Bohemian life.

That’s because they’re not artificial Hallmark senti3 p.m. Sunday ments, which there are plenty of in the Still, there’s plenty not worth celebrat- ment — Larson reached deep for those songs, and created University Theatre production of the ing about life in “Rent,” with the menace something universally resonant.

WHERE: Rupel J. Jones Theatre, musical, now on stage through Oct. of HIV/AIDS looming large — Roger University Theatre’s production succeeds exactly be563 Elm Ave. 3. Jonathan Larson’s labor of love is a is HIV positive, and the artists’ friend cause it embraces that resonance. Just a decade-andnatural fit for OU’s School of Musical and former roommate Tom Collins a-half removed from its premiere, “Rent” isn’t nearly PRICE: $15 for students, $25 Theatre, and the show gives both the (Richardson) has AIDS, as does Tom’s as edgy as it might have once appeared, and some of for faculty and $30 for adults. program’s veterans (musical theater drag queen boyfriend Angel (Chambers). its numbers are undeniable duds (especially the turgid For tickets call 405-325-4101 seniors Skyler Adams, Christopher When Roger meets the seductive Mimi “What You Own”), but it’s difficult not to believe the best Rice and Adrianna Hicks) and its risMárquez (Menas) as she’s looking for a about “Rent.” ing stars (musical theater sophomores light, he’s hesitant despite the intense atAfter all, that’s probably what its characters would do Damian Chambers and Jamard Richardson and junior traction until he discovers that she too has HIV. for you.

Sophie Menas) plenty of opportunity to showcase their At the heart of the show are these bonds formed by talents. disenfranchised statuses, but it’s the power of love that’s — Dusty Somers, With scenic designer Jon Young effectively recreating an even stronger force than the sharing of a common journalism senior

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Dance school hosts preview of upcoming fall production The OU School of Dance and a dance alumni club will host a sneak preview of the upcoming Contemporary Dance Oklahoma production Oct. 5 in the Donald W. Reynolds Performing Arts Center.

The event, titled “Fall for Dance,” also will feature a presentation from former Oklahoma City resident Tom Maguire about his collection of historic dance materials.

Maguire’s collection of Ballets Russes materials includes acquisitions from the Diaghilev ensemble and Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo.

The School of Dance is presenting the event with Dance Partners, an OU Alumni Club affiliate.

Dance Partners was formed in 2003 for the purpose of supporting the School of Dance with scholarships and audience development.

The group has raised $142,000 in scholarship funds since its inception.

A reception will follow the event, allowing attendees to visit with this year’s scholarship recipients.

OU’s dance program was founded in 1963 by Yvonne Chouteau and Miguel Terekhov, former principal dancers with Original Ballet Russe and Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo.

“Fall for Dance” takes place at 7:30 p.m. Oct. 5 in Studio 3002 of the Reynolds Performing Arts Center.

The upcoming Contemporary Dance Oklahoma Production will open Oct. 29.

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The good news: OU won its first game of the season on the road. The bad news: Nothing about the game seems to indicate the Sooners have overcome the problems that plagued them all last season.

The first problem: Tackling.

OU’s coaches have said for weeks the Sooners’ tackling has been sub par. Against Air Force, the Sooners were gashed by the Falcons’ running game, partially due to missed tackles.

Another problem during the Air Force game resurfaced against Cincinnati, which was the inability to stop the run up the middle.

Cincinnati’s scoring drives were fueled by runs up the middle that set up deep passes over the top. Bearcats junior running back Isaiah Pead rushed for 169 yards with an 8 yard-per-carry average.

Pead’s rushes set up the Cincinnati passing game — particularly for junior wide receiver D.J. Woods, who gained 171 yards receiving.

It goes without saying the Sooners are pleased to come away from the first game outside of Norman with a victory. But they can’t be encouraged by their defense, which — with the exception of some turnovers — could not stop Cincinnati when it counted.

In a two-point game in the fourth quarter, an OU drive stalled, forcing the Sooners to punt. If it wasn’t

By the numbers

461

Yards allowed

by OU’s defense Saturday against Cincinnati

314

Yards gained by the Sooners’ offense in the first half

113

Penalty yards against OU, compared to 72 penalty yards against the Bearcats

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Average yards of sophomore Tress Way’s punts through four games this season

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Yards junior kicker Jimmy Stevens’ second-quarter field goal was, tying his career long

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Consecutive passes redshirt sophomore quarterback Landry Jones completed during the game

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for a botched fair catch by Woods — which resulted in the Sooners recovering the ball in the red zone, leading to an OU touchdown — who knows what the result would’ve been.

Even with that break, the Sooners couldn’t stop Cincinnati from driving down the field for a touchdown to draw within two points again.

So much emphasis has been put on redshirt sophomore quarterback Landry

OU defensive coordinator Brent Venables (right) discusses plays with the Sooner defense during Saturday’s game against the University of Cincinnati Bearcats at Bengals Stadium in Cincinnati. The Sooners defeated the Bearcats 31-29.

Jones and his performances this year, but the defense has possibly been the biggest issue of the season.

Jones went 36-51 in the game, with 370 yards and two touchdowns — a good performance, especially on the road. OU’s receivers also continued their improvement, with freshman Kenny

Stills and junior Dejuan Miller supplementing junior Ryan Broyles’ usual production.

The problem seems to be that an offense averaging 34 points per game is, more often than not, barely beating its opponents.

When you throw out the Florida State game which

— in the grand scheme of things — seems to have been an anomaly, the Sooners have won the other three games by a combined total of 12 points and have given up an average of about 24 points per game.

At 4-0 through the end of their very tough non-conference schedule, the Sooners

are still contenders for the national championship.

But a team that wants to win the title should be able to make stops when it counts, and the Sooners haven’t yet shown that ability consistently.

— Aaron Colen, journalism senior

OU football report card: OU-Cincinnati LANDRY JONES: AThe redshirt sophomore showed greater composure on the road Saturday in Cincinnati. He completed 70 percent of his passes for 370 yards and a pair of touchdowns, but he wasn’t perfect. He overthrew a few receivers and made a poor decision that ended in an interception, but overall he has improved.

RUNNING GAME: CThe Sooners’ longest rush was 12 yards by senior Mossis Madu. Senior DeMarco Murray only gained 67 yards. The team managed only 82 net rushing yards, compared to a startling 169 yards by Cincinnati junior running back Isaiah Pead. OU, from backs to blockers, has certainly had better days on the ground.

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DEFENSE: D The defense recovered three fumbles and grabbed an interception, but the Sooners still only won by two points — and it wasn’t the offense’s fault. OU let Cincinnati run the ball right up the middle, luring in the secondary so the Bearcats could throw the deep ball. Cincinnati junior wide receiver D.J. Woods and Pead combined for 349 total yards. At this point for the defense, the Florida State game looks more like a fluke than a turnaround.

UCLA: A+ 34-12 win over Texas. In Austin. Go Bruins.

The No. 8 OU football team went on the road to Cincinnati, and picked up its first road victory of the season with a 31-29 win.

The Bearcats were the first to put points on the board, with an early field goal, but the first quarter ended with the Sooners on top 14-3.

Despite holding a 24-9 lead in the third quarter, Cincinnati clawed back with a third-quarter field goal and a 17-point fourth quarter. The Bearcats attempted an onside kick, but junior receiver Ryan Broyles dove on the ball and the Sooners were able to run the clock down for the win.

OU faces the Texas Longhorns at 2:30 Saturday in Dallas.

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Individual game leaders PASSING Oklahoma

Comp

Att

Yds

Pct

TD

Int

Landry Jones

36

51

370

70.6

2

1

Cincinnati

Comp

Att

Yds

Pct

TD

Int

23

38

305

60.5

3

1

Rush

Yds

Avg

Lng

TD

FumL

28

67

2.4

9

1

0

Cincinnati

Rush

Yds

Avg

Lng

TD

FumL

Isaiah Pead

21

169

8.0

35

0

0

Oklahoma

Rec

Yds

Avg

Lng

TD

FumL

Ryan Broyles

10

100

10.0

31

1

0

Cincinnati

Rec

Yds

Avg

Lng

TD

FumL

D.J. Woods

7

171

24.4

69

1

0

Zach Collaros

RUSHING Oklahoma DeMarco Murray

RECEIVING

9 A.M. UNTIL 10 P.M. LOCATED MINUTES FROM CAMPUS (24th and Robinson)

405.204.8319 405.436.1029

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