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POLICE CRACK DOWN ON DRUNKEN DRIVING Campaign against driving while intoxicated comes to a close LEIGHANNE MANWARREN The Oklahoma Daily

The OU and the Norman police departments will be out Labor Day weekend for the final days of their part of the national “Drunk Driving. Over the Limit. Under Arrest,” campaign.

While no official numbers have been released from either department, officials from both departments have agreed they have seen more drunken drivers than expected since the campaign began Aug. 21.

The Norman Police Department has

been allowed to enforce more checkpoints throughout Norman with a grant from the U.S. Department of Transportation’s National Highway Safety Administration, said Lt. Tony Riddles, a Norman Police Department officer that is part of the patrol.

“I think it is unfortunate that [the campaign] is so successful,” he said. “One of the checkpoints we had the other night, we had about [a] four times higher arrest rate than the national average.”

Riddle said the nation’s average arrest rate at drunken-driving checkpoints is 1 percent.

While the Norman Police Department has been enforcing checkpoints throughout Norman, the OU Police Department has LAUREN HARNED/THE DAILY

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Norman and OU police are taking part in a national campaign to minimize drunken driving.

Student overcomes challenges from snowboarding accident Sophomore finds support from friends and fraternity NATASHA GOODELL The Oklahoma Daily

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Sean Miller, marketing and supply chain management junior, civil engineering sophomore Logan Liles and University College sophomore Laura Gassaway stand outside the Phi Delta Theta house where Liles and Miller live. Liles is able to stand for brief periods of time.

When Logan Liles and his friends hit the ski slopes one morning during spring break, he thought it was just another day. He had no idea about the struggles he was about to face.

During his last run down the mountain, Liles, civil engineering sophomore, was in a snowboarding accident, which resulted in doctors classifying him as a quadriplegic.

“Our initial reaction was shock,” said Laura Gassaway, University College sophomore, who was on the trip with Liles. “We didn’t think it was too bad because he was talking and didn’t seem to be in a lot of pain.”

Liles said the doctors classified him as a C5 (cervical vertebra) quadriplegic, with a broken C4 (cervical) vertebra and an injured C5 nerve.

After four months in rehab at Craig Hospital in Denver, Colo., where Liles’ parents spent the majority of their time with him, along with many visits from friends, Liles said he is glad to be back at OU. “I’ve missed OU so much; it’s absolutely amazing,” Liles said. “All my classes are accessible and the Disability Resource Center has been very accommodating to whatever I need.”

Members of his fraternity, Phi Delta Theta, have been very supportive of his recovery, and some traveled to Denver to visit him during recovery, said Dan McCarthy, fraternity president and civil engineering junior.

McCarthy said he is amazed by the support Liles’ pledge brothers have offered.

“It was a very neat thing to see and experience,” he said. “It was a true show of

brotherhood.”

McCarthy said the fraternity has worked to accommodate Liles and adapted a room in the house for him, a project which took about two weeks to complete.

“It has been awesome,” Liles said. “All the brothers have been so accommodating. If I need help doing anything, they’ll help me out without any question.”

After four months of rehab, Liles went from an ASIA B classification, meaning the patient has a little bit of feeling but no movement below the injury, to an ASIA D classification, meaning the patient has movement below the injury, like standing, Liles said.

“Some people don’t even get [a change in the classes of ASIA],” Liles said. “I was just lucky, by the grace of God, that He allowed me to become an ASIA D.” Liles said his rehab was from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. every day, five days a week for three months.

“Rehab did wonders for my recovery,” Liles said. “But it was the hardest thing I’ve ever done in my entire life.”

Gassaway, who remained in Colorado the week of the accident and returned at the beginning of the summer for Liles’ rehab, said she was amazed with his resolve to handle things well and to keep pushing forward.

“Honestly, the entire time Logan was in the intensive care unit, he was the one encouraging me,” Gassaway said. “There was always a very comforting look in his eyes.”

She said there was a time during his recovery when Liles was a little discouraged and frustrated, but that period was brief.

“It has been amazing to see how far he has come and that has been really encouraging,” Gassaway said. “I admire his hard work, his faith and his strength.”

Liles said he is hoping to get back into rehab in a few weeks at the Jim Thorpe Rehabilitation Center in Oklahoma City.

“I do feel like I’ll be able to walk again by Christmas or by March,” Liles said.

Professor to talk about supernovae at astronomy lecture

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Lecture part of series honoring invention of telescope

The Norman Fire Department and an EMSStat ambulance responded to a call at 12:15 a.m. Tuesday when a student living at Campus Lodge overdosed on 20 pills of a generic antihistamine while also drinking alcohol. The subject was taken to Norman Regional Hospital complaining of heart problems, treated and released.

TROY WEATHERFORD The Oklahoma Daily

When many people see an exploded star, it’s because they’re watching the newest science-fiction film.

However, when Edward Baron, physics and astronomy professor, sees an exploded star, he sees a ruler to measure the universe with, and he’ll talk about why 7 p.m. Thursday during his lecture “Measuring Distance with Supernovae” at the Sam Noble Oklahoma Museum of Natural History.

A supernova is, “a star that blows up,” Baron said.

There are two types of supernovae, Baron said. Type 1A happens to solar systems with two smaller stars orbiting close to each other. Because these stars are not hot enough to burn carbon, when one of the stars goes out it leaves a planet-sized core of carbon, called a white dwarf, Baron said.

“When [the still active star] starts to get ready to slough off its material, it will puff up and it will start dumping material onto that white dwarf cinder,” Baron said.

When that white dwarf absorbs enough material to reach a certain size,

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it becomes what’s called a standard good for planets like ours, but it doesn’t candle, Baron said. help scientists determine distances to These standard candles are what other stars, Baron said. theorists like Baron use to determine Baron’s lecture is part of a series of the distance to other parts of the uni- celebrating the 400-year anniversary verse, he said. of Galileo inventing the telescope, Scientists use the standard candle’s Richard Henry, physics and astronomy absolute brightness (how bright it ac- professor, said. tually is) and its apparent brightness The series is sponsored by the (how bright it seems from the Earth) OU Homer L. Dodge Department to determine how far away the star is, of Physics and Astronomy, The Sam Baron said.

Noble Oklahoma Museum of Natural The other more common type of History, Norman Public Schools, the supernova, which Oklahoma City happens to massive Astronomy Club, NIGHT WITH THE STARS stars, isn’t helpful Odyssey Astronomy in measuring in- Who: Edward Baron C l u b , Te n A c r e terstellar distances, What: Will present his lecture “Measuring O b s e r v a t o r y , but is useful to the Astronomics and Distance with Supernovae” universe.

R.A. Graphix, acMassive stars are When: 7 p.m. Thursday cording to the stars at least eight International Year times larger than Where: The Sam Noble Oklahoma of Astronomy 2009 our sun, with cores Museum of Natural History Web site. hot enough to burn An opportunity carbon. This means Astronomics will also give away a pair of to observe celesthat when a super- astronomical binoculars at the event. tial objects through nova happens, eletelescopes will folments are distributed across the uni- low the lecture, Henry said. verse, Baron said.

Organizers advise those wishing to “[The massive star] dumps the gas attend to show up early because there into the interstellar medium and then it is limited seating. gets incorporated in planets, new stars “It does fill up pretty fast,” Henry and people,” Baron said. said. “We even had big crowds over the This distribution of elements is very summer.”

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ASSAULT AT THE RESERVE ON STINSON According to a Norman Police report, a student was assaulted in her apartment around midnight Wednesday. Norman Police are still investigating the incident.

OUPD LOOKS INTO CAR VANDALISMS OU Police are looking into two cases of car vandalism on campus. In one instance, an OU staff member reported two acts of vandalism that allegedly took place in the Elm Avenue parking garage. A student also reported that her car was vandalized in the Cate Center parking area in front of the McCurtain House.

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NORMAN GROUP WELCOMES STUDENTS A Norman community group is inviting students to attend a volunteer orientation to help organize fall projects.

According to a news release, The Food and Shelter for Friends will meet at noon Saturday, Sept. 12 to give a tour of the shelter and detail the shelter’s mission. After the tour, the group will organize volunteer teams to plan fundraisers and projects.

Groups will oversee projects like sanitizing the shelter’s dining room, organizing a fundraiser, harvesting the community garden and scheduling artists to perform at the shelter during lunch.

For more information, contact Kara McKee at 360-4954.

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2 Thursday, September 3, 2009 Meredith Moriak, managing editor dailynews@ou.edu • phone: 325-3666 • fax: 325-6051

UOSA Student Congress kicks off session Positions still need to be filled in several districts RICKY MARANON The Oklahoma Daily

The UOSA Student Congress met for the first time this semester Tuesday and discussed six bills.

Three bills were congressional resolutions congratulating and welcoming new staff members into the fold. “We like to pass these kinds of bills as gestures of good will,� said Matthew Gress, Student Congress vice chairman.

One resolution congratulated professor David Ray on his promotion to interim dean in the Joe C. and Carole Kerr McClendon Honors College. “He is a wonderful professor and a wonderful administrator, and we

want him to know that we support him and that we are all behind him,�

Gress said.

Another resolution welcomed Andrea Baker and Nicole Pharaoh to OU, and wished them good luck.

Pharaoh will be a staff assistant to UOSA in the Conoco Student Leadership Center, and Baker is the new director of the Student Conduct Office.

Student Congress also focused on business pertaining to last spring’s election.

The congress compensated Alpha Phi Omega for running a voting booth last Spring, but tabled a motion to compensate Raymond Rushing for being the 2009 election chairman because he was not there to take questions on the events of the election.

UOSA President Katie Fox also mentioned to the congress that they are already taking applications to

plan for next spring’s UOSA elections, and wanted to avoid problems that occurred last spring.

Student Congress is also looking to fill multiple vacancies left by last spring’s election. “We are still looking to fill vacancies,� said John Jennings, UOSA Student Congress chairman. “We are looking to fill vacancies [this month].�

The Architecture, Earth and Energy, Continuing Education and Arts districts have vacant seats and are without representation. There are seats vacant in the partially filled districts of Social Sciences, Communications, University College, Humanities, Life Sciences and Engineering.

Four districts with full representation are Business, Education, Physical Sciences, and International and Area Studies.

POLICE REPORTS The following is a list of arrests and citations, not convictions. The information is compiled from the Norman Police Department and OUPD. All people listed are presumed innocent until proven guilty.

RECEIVING OR POSSESSION OF CONCEALED WEAPONS Brian Agular, 48, 300 Hal Muldrow Drive, Tuesday Jose Manuel Flores, 22, 300 Hal Muldrow Drive, Tuesday, also municipal warrant Jesus Mendez, 25, 300 Hal Muldrow Drive, Tuesday Fernando Ramierez, 25, 300 Hal Muldrow Drive, Tuesday PETTY LARCENY Jharem Shani Allah, 21, 333 N. Interstate Drive E., Monday POSSESSION OF MARIJUANA Korley Scott Anderson, 31, E. Hughbert Street, Tuesday, also public intoxication

MUNICIPAL WARRANT Roy Bret Blevins, 48, 2316 W. Lindsey St., Tuesday PUBLIC INTOXICATION Jeffrey James Hughbanks, 23, 400 W. Acres St., Tuesday DRIVING UNDER THE INFLUENCE Cody Lee Valentine, 26, N. Flood Avenue, Tuesday Sandra Elaine Whish, 50, York Drive, Tuesday Valerie Renee Perry, 27, 3rd Street and Asp Avenue, Tuesday DISTURBING THE PEACE Juan Carlos Rodriguez, 25, 3001 Pheasant Run Road, Sunday POSSESSION OF DRUGS Jessica Suzanne Quinn, 25, 2420 Classen Blvd., Tuesday OTHER WARRANT Marcus D. Mukes, 51, E. Alameda Street, Wednesday, Aug. 19

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been asked to be “especially alert� to drunken behavior on the road and “[to take] enforcement action,� said Lt. Bruce Chan, OU police department spokesman. “So far in this campaign, what I have seen is that there are too many drunk drivers on the roads,� he said. “I strongly encourage everyone to be safe this holiday weekend.�

Throughout the campaign, Chan said the OU Police Department is not singling out OU students in particular, but are looking for any drunken drivers on the street.

Riddles said he cannot speculate on how many arrests will be made during the final crackdown of the campaign. “I would be proudest if we got no DUI arrests from our [final enforcement of the campaign],� he said. “The point of the checkpoints [is] to stress public awareness and not about the arrests or padding the stats.�

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Cafeteria welcomes new technology for students Students give mixed reviews of changes in Couch Restaurants BRITTNEY BROWN The Oklahoma Daily

After years of remodeling Couch Restaurants, changes have been made to the furniture, fixtures, food and social atmosphere.

With the addition of several new media stations that include personal televisions for students to watch alone and hook-ups for gaming systems, students have mixed feelings about the amount of technology available at the dinner table.

A big screen television able to show four television programs at once, 13 personal sized LCD televisions and 10 individual televisions have been installed, said Lauren Royston, Housing and Food spokeswoman.

Susan Lambert, petroleum engineering junior, said she considers eating at the cafeteria a social activity.

“I go with people [to the cafeteria],” Lambert said. “It’s a social thing.”

Lambert said the amount of technology available in the cafeteria is not necessary.

“I don’t really like the idea of individual TV spots,” she said. “It kind of encourages people to be alone more. You can be alone in your dorm room, on Facebook, but you’re not really interacting with people, so I don’t think it’s a good thing, necessarily.”

Lambert said she sometimes invites people who are watching TV alone to come eat and talk with her.

Royston said H&F wanted students to have the opportunity to choose whether to come to the cafeteria in groups and not watch TV, or to come alone.

However, not all students see the televisions and gaming systems as a bad thing.

Ryan McMahon, management information systems junior, said he usually goes to the cafeteria with friends from his hall.

“I just enjoy going with groups of people,” McMahon said.

McMahon said he thinks the new technology is a positive thing and it is an improvement over the previous years.

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Blake Parsley, University College freshman, sits in front of an individual television eating his food Sunday afternoon. The televisions are provided by the Housing and Food services.

“I think it’s pretty cool,” he said.

McMahon said despite the individual TV spots, he does not plan

to go to the cafeteria more than usual.

Lambert said she does not think

the technology is an improvement.

“It appears like a good feature, but I won’t use it,” she said.

CouchSurfing.com a cheap way to arrange international travel NAMISHA THAPA The Oklahoma Daily

As an alternative to the typical travel experience, many students have begun using a Web site, CouchSurfing.com, to meet strangers from other countries and find a place to sleep at night.

The site allows travelers to visit new places without having to pay for housing, by staying on couches for free.

“CouchSurfing is awesome for people who like to travel and see places but don’t have enough budget to do so,” said Lindsey Allgood, OU alumna and former Daily staff writer.

The site, which has gained large popularity in Europe, has users of all ages and specifically attracts college-aged students.

David Jennings, English junior, has used the site while traveling to 29 countries including Bolivia, Peru, Ecuador, Spain, France, Turkey and Australia during the past four years.

“I’ve met lots of friends through CouchSurfing,” Jennings said.

He said many of his foreign hosts have traveled to Oklahoma and stayed with him, continuing friendships they created online.

Meeting new people in person is not the only perk of the site.

Users are able to see new places through the eyes of their host.

Allgood said she CouchSurfed throughout Europe during summer 2008 and stayed with a college student in Rome, Italy.

She said the experience allowed her to see a different side of Rome that she wouldn’t have experienced from a tour guide.

The Web site’s purpose is to “internationally network people and places, create educational exchanges, raise collective consciousness, spread tolerance and facilitate cultural understanding,” as stated on the site.

Overall Allgood said this site is “ingenious” because it allows a person-to-person interaction, and it is also very reliable and secure.

“I’ve stayed in nice mansions and in slums, but I’ve never had a bad experience,” Jennings said.

Most students who use CouchSurfing.com said they were not too concerned about the site being unsafe.

“CouchSurfing works on a merit system, where users can write comments about other users,” Allgood said. “The site also has age preference, smoker or non-smoker, etc.”

“Some people are hesitant, but we take risks in everyday life too,” said Sarah Michels, anthropology senior, who has hosted through the site since March.

Even though many people may think CouchSurfing is unsafe, Michels said she considers it reliable and safe.

“I think it’s a really good way to not only meet people but to

experience different cultures,” said Michels. “It’s also a great way to avoid hotel cost.”

Michels said she has not traveled using the site yet, but plans to in the future.

CAMPUS NOTES The Daily draws all entries for Campus Notes from OUDaily.com’s comprehensive, campus-wide calendar.

To get your event noticed, visit OUDaily.com and fill out our user-friendly form under the calendar link.

TODAY CAREER SERVICES Resume Writing 101, which helps students build an effective resume, will be held at 2:30 p.m. in the Oklahoma Memorial Union.

WOMEN’S OUTREACH CENTER A law school informational session for women will be held at 3 p.m. in the Union.

TOMORROW CAREER SERVICES Resume Writing 101, which helps students build an effective resume, will be held at 11:30 a.m. in the Union.

COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING The College of Engineering will host a fall festival at 11 a.m. on the Felgar/Carson Lawn.

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COMMENT OF THE DAY »

Will Holland, opinion editor dailyopinion@ou.edu • phone: 325-7630 • fax: 325-6051

In response to Wednesday’s news story, “Unqualified freshmen must exchange incorrect permits” YOU CAN COMMENT AT OUDAILY.COM

“I got a Priority Housing permit my second freshman semester without problem. I had the hours but not the 2 semesters living there (I only had 1). I asked about getting the permit in the parking office and they said I qualified. Perhaps it was

because I was living in Cate instead of the towers but perhaps not.

Anyways I was able to get it and keep it without incident.

So was I really not supposed to have it that semester?”

-kcreasey

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Too many TVs in Couch Cafeteria could stop students from conversing Not long after freshmen move into the dorms, they make their way over to the Couch Cafeteria and, upon entering, are bombarded with rows of tables occupied by strangers, bars and buffets displaying a multitude of culinary creations and, as of this year, the results of a newly completed renovation.

And what a renovation it was. The “caf,” as it is known by many, looks great, and we are happy the powers-that-be at OU are willing to put forth the necessary funds to make the facilities used most by students as aesthetically pleasing and modern as possible.

We do have one problem with the

renovation, however. There are too many televisions in the Couch Cafeteria now. We know you’re probably thinking, “Don’t bite the hand that feeds,” right?

Well, while we realize the renovations look great and the newly added televisions make a great addition to some, we would like to think students who frequent the caf would like to talk and get to know one another over a good meal.

College is a time when many people find themselves, and part of that takes place because they become friends with people who were complete strangers when they arrived

at OU. Freshmen and transfer students meet so many people while living in the dorms and eating at the Couch Cafeteria, and we are afraid the predominance of TVs may hinder that.

Sure, there are times when you may not have someone to eat with. At times like these you may think, “TV will keep me company,” and you will trot down to the caf and eat your dinner by yourself.

But in the past, students who found themselves alone at mealtimes would have to try, albeit awkwardly at first, to make a new

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friend, thereby gaining a dining partner.

Sometimes these strangers became best friends, and sometimes they didn’t. But at least the student in question was broadening his or her horizons and trying to meet new people.

We hope that the admittedly powerfully alluring glare of the new televisions will not deter this year’s campus newcomers from the perennial pastime of making new friends in a new place while having a conversation over a meal of cereal and Chick-Fil-A.

LETTER TO THE EDITOR

Unfair practice of usury still exists today Our entire global economy is built on a practice that has been condemned by great thinkers since antiquity, and nobody is saying a word against it. Aristotle insisted that it was unnatural, Plato abhorred it, Muslims despise it and the Romans and the Chinese, though more tolerant, enacted harsh penalties if it was taken to excess.

Even Adam Smith said it should be held in check.

GERARD But this is not about sweat- KEISER shops, or slavery or those nasty speculators. This is about usury; that is, taking interest on non-productive loans.

So, what is wrong with that? It has been practiced for thousands of years, and in the last few hundred it has become inextricably bound to our economy, our world, our way of life.

We can buy houses on interest, cars on interest, even couches and refrigerators and mattresses on interest. How could it be bad if everyone is doing it in our glorious age of enlightenment, fairness and tolerance?

Let’s begin with the theoretical arguments against usury. Money, unlike chickens, does not multiply over time.

Because of this, Aristotle argues that unless the debtor is going to use the money to buy something productive like chickens, then it is wrong to expect interest on the money.

It would be like lending someone a cup of sugar, then coming back the next week and demanding the cup plus a teaspoon.

(Please note that this argument assumes a currency without inflation. If the laws of

the universe mysteriously changed, and it took a cup and a teaspoon this week to do what a cup did last week, then the situation would be totally different.)

You could perhaps compare it to lending somebody a set of silver spoons. In that case, one could legitimately demand payment for the use of spoons.

So why not charge for the use of the money? Why can’t we rent out money just like anything else?

Aquinas, one of the most respected philosophers of all time, wrote that to use certain things, such as water and carrots, is the same as to consume them. As a result, their use should not be separated from themselves, for their use involves their own destruction; if you sell the use of a consumable, you are selling the consumable itself. It would then be ridiculous and unfair to charge for the use of a consumable along with selling it.

One might insist, as Aquinas does not, that the lender may charge a fee for the service, just as the shopkeeper makes a profit in return for having a place where one may conveniently buy flour. There is a vast difference, however, between charging a fee and charging 5 percent compound interest for ten years, thereby giving a 63 percent service fee to a pile of rich investors.

A much simpler argument is to say that usury is quite often a method of exploiting disadvantaged people. The usurer takes away what the debtor needs most: money.

Many will look at these theoretical arguments and say that it is all very nice, but that usury has vastly increased economic

growth. That is certainly true, but is it stable growth, and is it growth for everyone?

Hilaire Belloc, a writer and historian from the earlier half of the last century, warned that it was a major contributor to the decline of Rome, and argued that it is a great cause of economic inequalities and instabilities.

This is because the people who directly profit from usury already have money, and it increases debt. Then, when inequalities build up and the rich get richer, resentment can likewise build up and the poor get angrier, leading to class warfare and social strife.

Also, as we have seen countless times and are seeing again at this moment, usury encourages people to lend out too much money, so that a downturn sends everything to pieces.

This column will naturally be criticized for failing to give any solutions. I am very sorry, but there probably are none, at least for now; our economy is too dependent on it.

Others will find fault with the arguments. Some is my own fault, and some is lack of space, but others have written better and longer critiques, so please read theirs before dismissing this as anachronistic nonsense.

Finally, it is probably best to repeat myself, and explicitly state that I am not against taking interest on money used to buy farms and mines and supertankers, just on money used for non-productive things, like food, chairs, and enormous televisions.

THIS LETTER IS IN RESPONSE TO BRANDON SMITH’S TUESDAY COLUMN, “SMOKE-FREE CAMPUS WOULD BENEFIT STUDENTS.” I find it amazing how a student who exposes the truth on campus gets ridiculed and attacked by his peers. I find it more astonishing, however, that when you reveal the truth and facts agreeing with the author and his article, it is not posted on The Daily, insisting that the focus remains on the negative and one-sided argument of the prosmoking side.

However, that doesn’t stop the voice of the masses that continue to speak until they are heard.

I personally commend and applaud the author on his article about implementing a smoking ban on OU’s campus. Currently, we are one of the few college campuses left in Oklahoma that does not have a smoking ban, falling behind Oklahoma State University, the University of Central Oklahoma and other schools that have enacted this life saving policy.

Even recently, Norman has passed a tobaccofree recreational parks ordinance, where any form of tobacco use will result in nearly $150 in both fines and court costs. Also recently, President Obama signed into law a bill that gives the Food and Drug Administration the right to regulate tobacco products and to not only find out what is inside of these weapons of mass destruction, but also to prevent many lives from being destroyed by something that could be easily prevented.

But OU still lacks this policy, lagging behind with only a 25-foot rule that is nonexistent.

Joshua Trope Political science sophomore and member of Students Working Against Tobacco

Gerard Keiser is a classical languages sophomore.

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Anti-tobacco bill a step in wrong direction In the United States around 21 percent of the population smokes or uses a tobacco based product. To this near quarter of our population, I propose the following question: would a picture of a rotting lung on a box of cigarettes deter you from purchasing the pack?

While this might seem like a grim question, it is now a legitimate question as within the coming years, you are likely to see such grisly pictures on all forms CARSON of tobacco products.

PAINTER This is due to a new bill recently passed by both the House and the Senate.

Endorsed by the president in June, this new bill gives the Food and Drug Administration sweeping powers to regulate tobacco products.

The methods they are likely to employ are a slap in the face to the free market, and the smoking population.

According to the contents of the bill, the FDA will now have the power to regulate everything from advertising to the manufacturing of tobacco products which, while to many anti-tobacco lobbyists this may be a major step forward, it is a major step backwards for personal liberties and the tobacco industry.

Countries like Canada and Germany have already implemented such programs, and if we are planning to emulate them like the

bill proposes, our tobacco using population American town, you would not think so. The is in for a slideshow of black lungs, decaying smokers in our population are outrightly teeth, dead babies and other similarly mor- discriminated against. We have kicked them bid imagery. out of restaurants, bars and public places.

But is it really necessary to subjugate peo- Smokers have become a large portion of our ple to something like that? population that are treated as second class I mean, beer doesn’t come bottled with citizens just because they partake in a certain labels depicting decayactivity that many of ing livers, and cars don’t All in all, this bill is an us deem unhealthy. come covered with picAnd it is not just the tures of car accidents, infringement not only on the tobacco using populawarning us about seat rights of the American people, tion that we treat with belt safety. Concepts but a direct violation of the incivility, but the tosuch as drinking rebacco industry itself. free market. sponsibly and proper The bill will interfere car safety are considered with the tobacco incommon knowledge. dustry’s ability to marShould the dangers of smoking not be con- ket their products. Many flavored cigarettes sidered common knowledge as well? will be banned under the legislation, and If your high school was anything like mine, some congressmen are even looking to ban you spent entire weeks dedicated to say-no- menthol, a common additive to some cigato-smoking programs. A guy in a dog cos- rettes that makes for a milder smoke. On top tume probably gave a speech and handed of all this, the bill requires the tobacco indusout ribbons. try to pay for its own shackles.

And this is not just in our schools. You see Using mandatory fees, the Congressional anti-smoking ads all over TV, radio and the Budget Office believes that they will make newspapers. $500 million every year from the tobacco inBecause of the strong presence of the anti- dustry by the year 2013. smoking groups, we all know the dangers of Essentially they are extorting private sector tobacco use. Now even though we all know tobacco companies in order to fund the dethese dangers, it is inevitable that some peo- struction of the tobacco industry. So while we ple will choose to ignore them, and they have waste our money on bailing out auto makers the right to do so. and other failed businesses, we turn around Or do they? and attempt to destroy an industry that, if If you took a look around the typical left alone, would be fairly successful. This is

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insane.

All in all, this bill is an infringement not only on the rights of the American people, but a direct violation of the free market. It marks a huge step by the government into an industry that is already knee-deep in trying to appease non-profit organizations.

Some would say that we are far behind countries like Brazil and Canada in our efforts to end the tobacco industry once and for all, and to that, all I can say is let’s hope it stays that way.

Carson Painter is an international business and finance junior.

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BP drills deepest-ever Officials discuss privatizing Okla. oil well in Gulf of Mexico workers’ comp NEW YORK — Nearly seven miles below the Gulf of Mexico, oil company BP has tapped into a vast pool of crude after digging the deepest oil well in the world.

The Tiber Prospect is expected to rank among the largest petroleum discoveries in the United States, potentially producing half as much crude in a day as Alaska’s famous North Slope oil field.

The company’s chief of exploration on Wednesday estimated that the Tiber deposit holds between four billion and six billion barrels of oil equivalent, which includes natural gas. That would be enough to satisfy U.S. demand for crude for nearly one year. But BP does not yet know how much it can extract.

“The Gulf of Mexico is proving to be a growing oil province, and a profitable one if you can find the reserves,” said Tyler Priest, professor and director of Global Studies at the Bauer College of Business at the University of Houston.

The Tiber well is about 250 miles southeast of Houston in U.S. waters.

At 35,055 feet, it is as deep as Mount Everest is tall, not including more than 4,000 feet of water above it.

Drilling at those depths shows how far major oil producers will go to find new supplies as global reserves dwindle, and how technology has advanced, allowing them to reach once-unimaginable depths.

Deep-water operations are considered to be the last frontier for pristine oil deposits, and the entire petroleum industry is sweeping the ocean floor in search of more crude.

BP needs to invest years of work and millions of dollars before it draws the first drop of oil from Tiber.

Such long waits are not uncommon. Three years after announcing a discovery at a site in the Gulf called Kaskida, BP has yet to begin producing oil there.

Projects like the Tiber well will

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The ultra-deepwater semi-submersible rig Deepwater Horizon, which drilled the Tiber well, is shown operating in the U.S. Gulf of Mexico. The Tiber well was drilled to a total depth of 35,055 feet (10,685 meters), making it one of the deepest wells ever drilled by the oil and gas industry, BP said Tuesday. not reduce U.S. dependency on foreign oil, which continues to grow.

But new technology does permit access to major oil finds closer to U.S. shores.

BP expects Tiber to be among the company’s richest finds in the Gulf on par with its crown jewel, the Thunder Horse development.

Thunder Horse produces about

300,000 barrels of oil equivalent per day, as much crude as half of Alaska’s famous North Slope.

Even if Tiber produces that much, it would still be a trickle compared with the largest oil producers in the world — the Ghawar field in Saudi Arabia, which produces 5 million barrels per day.

—AP

OKLAHOMACITY—Nevada’s selling the agency or mutuworkers’ compensation in- alizing it, meaning it would surance rates have dropped be owned by its members. since that state privatized the CompSource has about 26,000 agency providing such insur- policyholders and writes 35 ance, Nevada executives told percent of workers’ compenan Oklahoma legislative task sation policies in the state. force Wednesday.

Other employers are insured The task force is consider- by private companies or are ing privatizing Oklahoma’s self-insured. w o rk e r s’ c o m p e n s a t i o n Dirks said Nevada officials a g e n c y , C o m p S o u r c e opted to mutualize its agency Oklahoma. after deciding against a stock Ne v a d a o p e n e d u p i t company because the state is workers’ comprohibited from pensation insur- “Rates have gone owning stock in a ance market 10 down fairly conprivate company. years ago when sistently since the “We believe it transformed market was opened.” that what we did the agency from in Nevada worked a monopoly to a DOUGLAS DIRKS, PRESIDENT very well for us,” mutual insurance Dirks said. The agency owned by AND CEO OF EMPLOYERS company’s share its policyholdof the workers’ ers, said Douglas HOLDINGS, INC. compensation Dirks, presiinsurance mardent and CEO of ket fell from 65 Employers Holdings, Inc. percent to just 6 percent, but “Rates have gone down Employers Holdings now profairly consistently since the vides insurance to small busimarket was opened,” Dirks nesses in 30 states, he said. said.

Nevada officials worked The Oklahoma Legislature with the Internal Revenue created Compsource — for- Service to determine that merly known as the State policyholders’ share in the Insurance Fund — in 1933 as new mutual company would the state’s workers’ compen- not be a taxable transaction sation insurer of last resort, and obtained guarantees issuing policies to employers that all the agency’s workers that private insurers will not still would have a jobs with accept. the state, said Ann Nelson, State law requires all em- executive vice president of ployers to have insurance to Employers Holdings. compensate injured workers.

“Every single one of our But some state lawmakers employees found a home,” believe Oklahoma should not she said. be in the business of writing The statute creating the workers’ compensation in- Oklahoma task force requires surance and that a state agen- it submit a report of its findcy like CompSource should ings to the governor and not compete with private legislative leaders by Dec. 1, insurers. including suggestions for any The legislative task force legislation. members are considering —AP

THIS WEEKEND AT YOUR UNIVERSITY Thursday, Sept. 3 Intramural Update | Duathalon at the OU pool today! For more information visit recservices.ou.edu or call Jonathan Dewhirst, (405) 3253053.

In Case of Emergencey (I.C.E.) Table | 11 a.m.-1 p.m. in Cate Center Main hallway. Presented by Residence Life.

Women in Law School Informational Session | 3-4 p.m. in the Presidents Room, Oklahoma Memorial Union. The Women’s Outreach Center will be hosting representatives from the Gonzaga University School of Law in an informational session on women in law and professional schools. This is a great opportunity to learn about the law school admissions process and to ask questions! For more information, contact the WOC at (405) 325-4929.

Karaoke Party | 6-8 p.m. at Couch Restaurants. Stop by for some Karaoke fun and rootbeer and Coke floats! Presented by Residence Life.

Astronomy Lecture Series: Measuring the Universe with Supernovae | 7-8 p.m. at the Sam Noble Oklahoma Museum of Natural History.

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Free Laser Tag | 7-9 p.m. on the East Lawn of the Oklahoma Memorial Union. Come and enjoy free laser tag, a giant slide, other games and FREE FOOD courtesy of the Union Programming Board. Visit www. ou.edu/upb for updates in case of inclement weather. There’s ALWAYS SOMETHING at the union!

Safe Walk Open House and Bike Safety | 8-10 p.m. in Cate Center Main hallway. Free food and soft drinks, presented by Residence Life.

CART Late-Night Flex Route Program | 10-10:30 p.m. in front of Couch Restaurants. Free giveaways, presented by Residence Life.

Friday, Sept. 4

EA Sports: Grand Slam Tennis Demo | 11 a.m.-1 p.m. in Crossroads Lounge, Oklahoma Memorial Union. Come and demo the new EA Sports Grand Slam Tennis for Nintendo Wii and get some free giveaways.

Presented by EA Sports and The Union Programming Board.

Guess-The-Score | 11:30 a.m. in the union food court. Think you know Sooner Football? Prove it at the Union Programming Board’s pre-game predictions for a chance to win great prizes. Play every Friday during football season to earn points and increase your chances of winning.

There’s ALWAYS SOMETHING at the union!

Free Movie: “Terminator Salvation” | 4, 7, 10 & 12:30 a.m. in Meacham Auditorium, second floor of the Oklahoma Memorial Union. Presented by the Union Programming Board and Campus activities Council Film Series.All-Campus Grill Out | noon on the South Oval. Presented by IFC, Panhellenic & the Multicultural Greek Council.

Movie Night at the Museum | 7-11 p.m. at the Sam Noble Oklahoma Museum of Natural History. Bring your pillow and a blanket for this cool family movie night in the museum’s Great Hall featuring “Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian” Galleries open from 7 to 8:30 p.m.

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Saturday, Sept. 5

OU vs. BYU Watch Party | 6 p.m. in Meacham Auditorium, Oklahoma Memorial Union. Don’t have tickets? Come and see the game for FREE on the big screen in Meacham. Presented by the Union Programming Board.

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SOONERS PREPARE FOR WEEKEND AWAY JONO GRECO The Oklahoma Daily

Wright says early test will benefit Sooners

Bradford more concerned with winning games than Heisman Junior quarterback Sam Bradford said at his Tuesday press conference that matching former Ohio State running back Archie Griffin’s achievement of winning two Heisman Trophies will be a difficult task, but he is more focused on this Saturday’s matchup against No. 24 Brigham Young University.

“I think the award has been given out for 70-plus years now, and nobody’s ever won it twice except for him,” Bradford said. “Me and [Florida senior quarterback Tim] Tebow are going after our second one, and I think that’s the last thing on our minds.”

Bradford was named the Heisman Trophy winner in 2008 and Tebow won his following the 2007 season. Texas senior quarterback Colt McCoy is also in the running for college football’s greatest individual honor.

Defensive backs coach Bobby Jack Wright said that it would be good for OU’s defense to face a tough opponent in the Cougars to start the season.

“We’ll be tested right off the bat with our top defense,” Wright said. “We’ll be tested and challenged very hard in that ballgame, which is great.”

The Sooners have not played against a strong team in the season opener since the 2005 season when they lost to the Texas Christian Horned Frogs 17-10.

Wright confirms Jackson is behind, but eligible to play Sophomore defensive back Desmond Jackson is practicing with the team but has a lot of work to do before seeing any playing time, Wright said.

Jackson was academically ineligible to play through the summer practices, but Wright said he has been cleared to play.

“He’s back with us, he’s working every day with the scout team, and as far as I know he’s able to play,” Wright said. “He’s got a lot of make-up work to do, obviously. He missed all of the two-a-day camps and he’s way behind. We’re still working with him and trying to get him into shape and get him back to [being] game ready.”

Coaches agree that players have worked hard during preparation week Wright said the players have been working hard in both practice and in the film room preparing for this weekend’s game, and it is probably one of the best weeks of preparation the team has ever had. “[The coaching staff and I] commented last night when we were watching practice film that this has been about as good a preparation week as maybe we’ve had since we’ve been here,” Wright said.

The players have been watching tapes to prepare for BYU for the past week, and will put that knowledge into action this weekend against the Cougars.

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Minnesota’s NBA pick is a bust I can’t decide who looks worse here: Ricky Rubio, the 18-year-old Jonas Brother look alike point guard, for opting to stay in Spain for the next two years, or Minnesota Timberwolves President David Kahn and crew for giving the barely legal teen a chance.

Rubio was the fifth selection in this year’s NBA draft, the first of Minnesota’s four picks in the first round.

At first, mock drafts had Rubio going as high as second (behind Blake Griffin, of course), but Rubio began losing draft stock as his future in the NBA was always left with a big question mark regarding CLARK his contract in Spain.

FOY For any team to sign Rubio they would have not only had to pay him a multimillion dollar salary, but they would also have had to buy out his contract in Spain for $5 million.

Also, NBA rules state that Minnesota could only contribute $500,000 to buying out his contract.

Kahn reportedly went to Spain three times arranging for the buyout with help from sponsors and the like, and had a deal in place that Rubio seemed to be happy with, only to change his mind days later to stay in Spain for the next two years.

Luckily for Minnesota, it picked up another top-tier point guard in this year’s draft with the sixth overall pick right after Rubio: Syracuse’s Jonny Flynn.

Flynn will undoubtedly get the start at point guard, and Kahn says the club has the utmost confidence in him. Great Minnesota, but if I may ask, why even draft that arrogant Rubio punk in the first place?

Last time I checked, the Timberwolves were one of the worst teams in the league for a reason. They lack depth everywhere, especially at both guards, and the only two players that show up every game are Al Jefferson and Kevin Love.

If Flynn is such a great fit, then why not spend that other pick you had in the first round on a prospect shooting guard like shooter Stephen Curry of Davidson? Or the athletic, slashing guard DeMar DeRozan out of USC? This way you would avoid starting Damien Wilkins who put up a whopping 5.3 points per game last year and also has little upside being 29 years old.

And yes, Minnnesota, it is easy to criticize the pick now that everything is said and done, but other teams, such as the Oklahoma City Thunder, passed on Rubio, and your Timberwolves should have too.

There was just way too much risk from the beginning and another point guard (Flynn) with a lower downside out there that could (and now will) fill the same roles as Rubio.

The only good side of this for Kahn and his team is that the Timberwolves still hold the rights to Rubio when he comes to the NBA after his contract in Spain expires in two years. Kahn, you heard it from me first, trade the rights away for some more prospects to put on your hopeless team.

And yes, Kahn, I am available for hire. Just hit me up next year around May. I will (hopefully) be graduating, and would love to be on your staff as a draft analyst. No thanks required, and I’d work for half the seven figure salary you are paying some of those other idiots.

Clark Foy is a journalism junior.

Schilling considering a run for U.S. Senate BOSTON — Curt Schilling, the former major league pitcher who won the allegiance of Bostonians by leading the Red Sox to the 2004 World Series, said Wednesday that he has “some interest” in running for the seat held for nearly 50 years by Democratic Sen. Edward M. Kennedy.

Schilling, a registered independent and longtime Republican supporter, wrote on his blog that while his family and video game company, 38 Studios, are high priorities, “I do have some interest in the possibility.”

“That being said, to get to there from where I am today, many, many things would have to align themselves for that to truly happen,” he added.

Any other comment “would be speculation on top of speculation,” Schilling said, adding, “My hope is that whatever happens, and whomever it happens to, this state makes the decision and chooses the best person — regardless of sex, race, religion or political affiliation — to help get this state back to the place it deserves to be.”

Schilling told New England Cable News that he has been contacted “by people whose opinion I give credence to,” but he did not elaborate. He declined to comment when The Associated Press called his office.

The 42-year-old lives in suburban Medfield and campaigned for President George W. Bush in 2004 and Sen. John McCain in 2008.

As a player, he won three World Series, in 2001 with the Arizona Diamondbacks and in 2004 and 2007 with the Red Sox. He became a Sox legend when he won Game 6 of the 2004 American League Championship Series while blood from an injured ankle seeped through his sock. He retired in March.

He and his wife, Shonda, have four children ages 7 to 14.

Reaction among the Red Sox was decidedly jovial Wednesday.

“If he runs, good luck,” said first baseman Kevin Youkilis. “I don’t know if I’d want to do that job.”

Team manager Terry Francona said Schilling should do whatever makes him happy but noted, “I don’t think he’d want me as his campaign manager.”

So far, no major Republicans have taken out nomination

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SOONER SOCCER PLAYER RECOGNIZED OU junior forward Whitney Palmer was named Big 12 Player of the Week after a strong game during the Sooner 3-1 victory over Tulsa Sunday.

In the weekend game, the junior recorded the second hat trick in OU Soccer history. The last Sooner with a hat trick was Logan Womack in 2002.

Palmer also shined in a 2-0 victory over Oral Roberts Friday with a total of three shots on goal, and nine for the entire weekend.

With her goals from the weekend, Palmer moves up to fourth on the all-time scoring list for the Sooners.

Palmer will have another chance to increase that total when the Sooners hit the road Friday to take on Middle Tennessee.

- The Daily Staff

WOMEN’S ROWING ANNOUNCES SCHEDULE The OU women’s rowing team announced its 2009-2010 schedule this week.

OU women’s rowing was added at OU as an NCAA sport in 2008, and the Big 12 hosted its first conference-wide rowing championship in 2009.

The Sooners are coached by Leeann Crain who is now in her second season with the OU rowing team.

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VOLLEYBALL PROMOTIONS ANNOUNCED

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Boston Red Sox pitcher Curt Schilling listens to a reporter’s question Nov. 3 in Boston during a fundraiser for a Lou Gehrig’s disease charity. papers to be a candidate in the Jan. 19 special election.

Former Lt. Gov. Kerry Healey and state Sen. Scott Brown are among those considering campaigns.

Democrats said to be considering a campaign include U.S. Reps. Stephen Lynch of Boston, Michael Capuano of Somerville and John Tierney of Salem, as well as Kennedy’s nephew, former U.S. Rep. Joseph P. Kennedy II. So far, only state Attorney General Martha Coakley has taken out papers for a Democratic campaign.

Kennedy died last week at age 77 from a brain tumor. A special election to replace him is scheduled for Jan. 19, although the Massachusetts Legislature is considering a bill that would allow Gov. Deval Patrick to appoint someone to the seat on an interim basis during the campaign.

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The Sooner volleyball team has announced a number of home game promotions for the 2009 season, which include giveaways and discounts.

The season opens against Missouri, and fans who attend the match will receive free admission, due to the OU-Tulsa game.

Students who attend the Wednesday night matches can eat pizza while watching the match. After the Nov. 18 match, students can listen to the Matt Boggs Band from CMT’s “Can You Duet?”

ESPNU will air the Sept. 30 match, which honors head coach Santiago Restrepo’s son, Javier, who died from leukemia in July.

September is Childhood Cancer Awareness month, and the first 1,500 fans receive a “Fight like a Champion” bracelet.

The team will host a kids’ clinic on Oct. 3. The clinic runs from 10 a.m. to 11:30 a.m., and 250 snap bracelets are available for those who stay to watch the match.

Greek Night is Wednesday, Oct. 7 and 250 OU volleyball sunglasses are up for grabs for students. The team will honor the OU faculty and staff on Wednesday, Oct. 28. The first 250 fans through the doors receive an OU volleyball koozie.

For more information on volleyball promotion nights, visit soonersports.com.

- The Daily Staff

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Can’t make today’s guest lecture with art director Jay Shuster?

Get details about the event in tomorrow’s Life & Arts section.

Long Island band to stand tall on Opolis stage I still remember my very first encounter with As Tall As Lions.

I was a seasoned music vet at that point, having heard a little bit of everything from all kinds of bands.

So, when “Into The Flood,� a song off an EP of the same JOSHUA n a m e w a s re BOYDSTON leased about two years ago, I was shocked by what I heard. ATAL fits no mold, and its music is something special.

Immediately when you hear a band, you can almost immediately peg them in with another band.

After listening to “Into The Flood� though, I could do no such thing, and that’s an exciting feeling as a music fan.

ATAL’s sound is a very rich, textural one. The band members are definitely true artisans, ones that look to push and break at any chance they get.

There is a heavy sense of experimentation, but with a pop music boundary, so the songs are not only interesting, but also meant to sing along to. This all came across in that one song. “Into The Flood� opened the floodgates for me as I scrambled to find more from the band. Each song ATAL I listened to thereafter had a similar tone that dipped between all sorts of moods.

They range from head rocking anthems (“Break Blossom�), shivering gentle melodies (“Ghost of York�), subtle introspection (“Milk and Honey�) and glowing heart warmers (“Love, Love, Love�). That last one will steal your heart away, I promise.

As Tall As Lions’ latest release, “You Can’t Take It With You,� proves to be just as flexible. From the shimmering “Circles� to the mighty “In Case of Rapture,� the album took me all over the map, and was a fun journey throughout.

The ride will continue tonight at the Opolis when ATAL comes to town with locals Berkeley to D.C. and Map the Sea supporting.

Members of Map the Sea were thrilled for the opportunity to open for a band they have admired for a while now. “We have definitely been big fans of As Tall As Lions for the last couple of years,� said Joe Rigazzi, PHOTO PROVIDED the band’s basist. “Their musical As Tall As Lions is a indie-rock band based out of Long Island, NY. It will play at 9 p.m. tonight at the Opolis, 113 N. talent, innovation and strong work Crawford Ave. in Norman. ethic set a good example for all aspiring bands.

Rigazzi seems to mirror my that poppy sense of experimenta- bouncy guitar strolls that draw show tonight, don’t fret. It will be musical admiration of the band as tion with ATAL, though it seems comparisons to Death Cab For making two more appearances in Oklahoma in 2009; first on Oct. 24 to be no accident as it is one of Cutie. well.

So, with two great locals and a at Cain’s Ballroom in Tulsa and “As Tall As Lions is just an awe- the band’s top influences. Its some indie-rock band,� Rigazzi song “The Day I Planned� glows band that is pushing the musical again on the 27th at the Diamond said. “[Its] rhythm section is tight like stars viewed from beneath envelope, there is really nowhere Ballroom in Oklahoma City. Both and the over all tonality of [lead the ocean as it swims along the else to be on Thursday evening, shows are in support of the equalespecially considering that ATAL ly exciting MUTEMATH. singer] Dan Nigro’s voice is ex- current.

Fellow opener, Berkeley to is notorious for some stellar live tremely original, as well as aurally D.C., haS bubbly pop tunes with shows. appealing.�

Joshua Boydston is a But if you can’t make it to the psychology sophomore.

Map the Sea happens to share gorgeous weaving melodies and

DJ AM autopsy finds pills in stomach NEW YORK — DJ AM had prescription pills in his stomach and one in his throat when police found him dead in his apartment, a New York City official said Wednesday.

The official told The Associated Press that six pills were found in the celebrity disc jockey’s stomach and that the pill in his throat appeared to be the powerful painkiller OxyContin.

The official didn’t know how strong a dose each pill contained and wasn’t sure what kind of pills were in DJ AM’s stomach.

The official was familiar with the preliminary autopsy report released last week but was not authorized to talk publicly about it and spoke on condition of anonymity.

The 36-year-old, whose real name was Adam Goldstein, was found Friday evening in his apartment in New York City’s trendy SoHo neighborhood after a friend called 911. Paramedics had to break down the door before they found him, shirtless and wearing sweat pants, in his bed around 5:20 p.m. There was no evidence of foul play.

A crack pipe and prescription pill bottles were discovered there. Final autopsy and toxicology reports are pending.

Goldstein had openly discussed past addictions

to crack cocaine, Ecstasy and other drugs. In October, MTV was to debut his reality show, “Gone Too Far,� in which he and concerned families staged interventions for drug abusers. MTV hasn’t said whether Goldstein’s show will air.

In an interview with the AP last month, he said the show provided a “terrifying� reminder of his own addiction.

Goldstein was critically hurt in a plane crash last September in Columbia, S.C., that killed four people.

He was flying in a Learjet after a performance with Travis Barker, a drummer for the pop-punk band Blink182 and Goldstein’s partner in the duo TRVSDJ-AM. Barker and Goldstein were burned. Goldstein had to get skin graft surgery but resumed performing about a month later. Over the weekend, Blink-182 pulled out of a show in Saratoga Springs, N.Y., saying band members were grieving over the death of their friend.

Goldstein rose to fame several years ago as a DJ known for his mashups — blends of at least two songs.

He performed in clubs, on concert stages and at exclusive Hollywood parties. His personal life also garnered attention, as he dated actress-singer Mandy Moore and reality TV star Nicole

Richie.

Documents filed Wednesday in Los Angeles

by G oldstein’s mother, Andrea Gross, show the entertainer was trying to sell his Hollywood Hills home and his attorneys were in settlement discussions in a lawsuit filed over the plane crash.

Goldstein had sought $20 million in damages, but any award would have been decided by a jury if the case went to trial.

Goldstein was earning $400,000 a year, according to the records, which state that he died without a will and that Gross is his legal heir.

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Thursday, Sept. 3, 2009 VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) -- Three friends might introduce new elements into a shaky social situation. With their intercession, things will turn around in ways that will please you.

They have your best interests at heart.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23) -- Be alert for the many opportunities that could benefit you financially and career-wise.

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PISCES (Feb. 20-March 20) -Don’t stand idly by watching an inept individual fall down on the job. Step in, and take charge of the situation because, instead of resenting your input, this person will be thrilled you rode to the rescue.

ARIES (March 21-April 19) -- Keep everything moving forward regardless of the hurdles.

Once you put the finishing touches on what you’re trying to accomplish, the end results should be to your liking.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20) -Don’t let negative thinking prevail with regard to your friends.

Set the tone by elevating your level of hopes, aspirations or expectations of them, and they will respond in kind.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 23-Dec. 21) -- Although joint ventures seem quite promising, should you find yourself with friends who fail to grasp what you’re trying to do, break loose from them and operate on your own

GEMINI (May 21-June 20) -- Regardless of how things start out, major achievements are possible concerning your financial affairs and career matters.

However, even if they are interrelated, treat each individually for the best results.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22Jan. 19) -- Something quite significant can be accomplished by strengthening bonds of an important alliance. If you nurture it well, this association can become even more prominent.

CANCER (June 21-July 22) -If you treat life like a game and play to win, you’ll attract a lot more players to your side of the field. Your influence over peers will be remarkable.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 19) -- Although you may be in a propitious financial cycle, it will have its peaks and valleys.

Today could turn into one of the high points, so be sure to make hay while the sun is shinning.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22) -- Don’t be disturbed by changes made to your work by others because their little touches are likely to turn what you started into something quite superior. Since it’s your project, you’ll get all the credit.

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Looking for something to do this weekend? The Daily’s Life & Arts staff puts together a list of our favorite activities happening this weekend.

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GUEST SPEAKER

Jay Shuster, art director for Pixar Animation Studios who worked on films like WALL-E and Cars, will speak at 3 p.m. today at the Fred Jones Jr. Museum of Art. The lecture, “Pixar: A Design Story,� is free to the public.

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The Union Programming Board will show “Terminator Salvation� at 4, 7, 10 p.m. and 12:30 a.m. tomorrow in Meacham Auditorium, second floor of the Oklahoma Memorial Union.

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The folk/pop group O Fidelis will play at 9 p.m. tomorrow at Othello’s, 434 Buchanan St.

The Union Programming Board will host free laser tag from 7-9 p.m. on the East Lawn tonight.

The event will include food and other inflatable activities and is free with an OU student ID card.

CONCERT

The Box Elders will play with The Dead Armadillos and The Bells at 8 p.m. tomorrow at the Conservatory, 8911 N. Western Ave.

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