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UOSA adds health advocacy programs Branch will confront health concerns; inform students about on-campus resources MELISSA MORGAN The Oklahoma Daily

Students concerned about the health of their peers have initiated a new advocacy branch in OU’s student government.

UOSA Health Advocacy will

work to better inform students of the health resources and promote healthy lifestyle practices.

After founding the Medical Ethics and Issues Discussion Panel last year, Niekia Franklin, z o o l o g y j u n i o r, f o u n d e d UOSAHA . She said the panel raised thousands of dollars and placed over 30 students in volunteer positions, which motivated her to start the UOSAHA subset.

Goddard Health Center and the Huston Huffman Center received a grant this year to start Healthy Sooners, which coordinates with UOSAHA’s goals, according to Franklin.

“We want to be very visible on campus and help Goddard and the Huff reach out to students who usually would not use their services,” Franklin said. “We also want to make sure that students leave the university with a well-

rounded education, including an important health education.”

Franklin said there are oncampus resources of which few students are aware.

“Many students do not realize that they are already paying over $100 per full calendar year for health services and promotion on campus, or that these fees help to provide free flu shots and $20 appointments that can cover dermatology, women’s

health and many other medical services at Goddard, even without insurance,” Franklin said.

In addition to the ser vices already available to students, UOSAHA will work to promote healthier fast food options, implement a smoking ban and increase mental health awareness.

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Senior forward Whitney Palmer (8) dribbles the ball away from Colorado College defenders Sunday at John Crain Field. Palmer and the Sooner soccer team battled the Tigers to a 1-1 draw while playing a man down for more than 70 minutes. To read the complete recap, see page 7.

Students participate in monthlong fast Muslims rely on the new moon to tell them when Ramadan begins

Ramadan occurs every year, but the dates change because the Islamic calendar doesn’t coincide with the Gregorian calender used in the United States. Mahmud said that Muslims use the new moon to determine the beginning of Ramadan, but there is always CHASE COOK The Oklahoma Daily a debate about the exact start. This year it started around Aug. 11, and it will end this Friday if the new moon permits.

For Oklahoma’s calendar, this means those participating in For Muaaz Mahmud and his fellow members of the Muslim Student Association, the blisteringly long walks between classes Ramadan must endure intense heat without quenching their thirst, from sunrise to sunset. aren’t greeted by a generous drink of water or a That doesn’t deter these students. Fasting satisfying bite into their favorite food.

Ramadan is a time when we during Ramadan is a spiritual obligation, and Instead, they are greeted with a hunger in Mahmud and the other members of MSA emtheir bellies. A hunger affording them deeper focus on our spirituality. But, brace it. spirituality and offering empathy for the lesswe also focus outward.”

“It’s a challenge whenever it starts,” said fortunate of the world.

Omar Alamoudi, a geophysics junior. “It’s They are celebrating the Islamic holy month — MUAAZ MAHMUD, a different routine where you don’t eat that of Ramadan, a special 30-day period where PETROLEUM ENGINEERING, ENERGY much or drink that much.”

Muslims are required to abstain from food, MANAGEMENT AND FINANCE SENIOR Alamoudi also said that students usually drink, sex and anything that is deemed sinful adjust their study schedules to cope with the from sunrise to sunset.

Mahmud, petroleum engineering, energy management and fi- lack of energy provided by the fasting, but that doesn’t come withnance senior, said its purpose is to remind Muslims of their con- out a challenge either. nection to Allah and their duty to the impoverished.

“Ramadan is a time when we focus on our spirituality,” Mahmud SEE RAMADAN PAGE 2 said. “But, we also focus outward.”

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T h e Na t i o n a l I n s t i t u t e o f Health awarded an OU College of Pharmacy professor a grant to study antibiotic resistance of a bacteria.

Dr. Nathan Shankar, professor of pharmaceutical sciences, is studying a way to treat the bacteria E. faecalis and how to treat an infection of it.

To aid in the study, the NIH awarded him $402,875 for a period of two years.

The bacterium is important to study because it is like many bacteria that cause infections in hospitals, Shankar said.

“It sticks to surfaces like catheters in hospitals and grows into a three-dimensional structure called a biofilm,” Shankar said. “These biofilms are difficult to clear with commercial antibiotics.

“Not many can clear the biological mass, and the immune system has a hard time clearing it.”

S h a n k a r s a i d 6 t o 7 p e rcent of admission end up with infections.

“A person comes in with unrelated causes and becomes infected,” he said. “The bacterium is highly antibiotic-resistant, so it is hard to clear.”

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RAMADAN: Muslims focus on charity, fasting Continued from page 1

Today around campus » Students who drop classes starting today will get the grade of W (withdrawal) for all dropped courses. » Career Services will critique resumes 9 to 11:30 a.m. and 1:30 to 4 p.m. in the Career Services office. » Women’s Outreach Center will provide information about breast cancer and breast health at 11 a.m. in the Oklahoma Memorial Union. » OU professor emeritus George Henderson will sign copies of his book, “Race and the University,” at 5:00 p.m. in the Union’s Beaird Lounge. » UOSA Student Congress will have its general meeting at 6:30 p.m. in the Union’s Regent’s Room. » University Theatre individual show tickets will be on sale from 11:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. at the OU Fine Arts box office. » Free public lecture by artist Katherine Polk at 3 p.m. in the Fred Jones Jr. Museum of Art. » The Society of Professional Journalists and the National Association of Hispanic Journalists will co-sponsor a panel discussion titled “My First Year as a Journalist,” featuring four recent OU graduates now working in the media at 7 p.m. in the Inasmuch Foundation Commons, Gaylord Hall. » First meeting of the Oklahoma Energy Club with free food and drinks from 7 to 9 p.m. in the Union.

“Some can’t study during the day because there is no energy,” Alamoudi said.

“It takes a lot of effort to reschedule yourself and get adjusted.”

However, once the students make it through the day, they break the fast after sunset. Some students head to Norman’s local Masjid (mosque) and attend the Maghrib (sunset) prayer.

Friends and families gather there, pray and then break the fast as a community.

For the Islamic culture, charity and community are

» A Student Health Insurance seminar will be at 8 a.m. in the Union’s Alma Wilson Room. » Career Services will host a seminar “Professional Dress for Men” at 10:30 a.m. in the Union’s Frontier Room. » Career Services will host a seminar “Professional Dress for Women” at 10:30 a.m. in the Union’s Heritage Room.

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» CAC will have a general council meeting at 5 p.m. in the Union’s Heritage Room. » Colombian Student Association will hold a meeting at 8:30 p.m. in the Union’s Pioneer Room.

» This day in OU history

Sept. 7, 1965 Rush sets new mark An all-time record number of 1,277 men and women were pledged to fraternities and sororities at OU. A total of 866 women and 777 men registered for rush that fall.

‘Pop’ tickets go on sale Tickets for the Popular Artists Series went on sale at OU. Scheduled to appear were the Righteous Brothers, singer Glenn Yarbrough, clarinetist Pete Fountain, the Back Porch Majority and the main attraction Peter, Paul, and Mary.

Housing rates rise for fall Housing rates were increased due to raises in employee pay and everyone was affected.

Rates for room and board for single-student rooms were: Cate Center (non-air conditioned), $370; Cate Center (air conditioned), $385; Cross Center, $370; and The Towers, $410. *Source: The Oklahoma Daily archives

[the Oklahoma City Food Bank].”

By doing this, students are given an opportunity to gain the same empathy Muslims are awarded during Ramadan and at the same time help the less fortunate, she said.

The ThinkFast Challenge w i l l b e h e l d a t 7 p. m .

Wednesday in the Molly Shi Ballroom in Oklahoma Memorial Union. Ramadan may end soon, but for the MSA, its teachings will live on.

“You do it for a month, but you are supposed to do it for the other eleven months too,” Anwar said.

events.

Although OU has tried to address problems such as depression, eating disorders and obesity, Allen Knehans, UOSAHA also plans to distribute health advocacy professor and chairman of the Department of Nutrition, items such as bottled water, granola bars and condoms. said he hopes the health advocacy branch will be able to OU ranked 81st in Trojan’s Sexual better voice the concerns of students in Health Report Card in 2009. The ranking these and other areas. measures access and availability of sexual Good health is often taken for granted “I wish students could health information and resources across by students, since most have never expebetter appreciate what 141 colleges and universities, according rienced poor health, Knehans said. a gift good health is. to trojancondoms.com.

“I wish students could better appreciate If they did, they would “The University of Florida and the what a gift good health is,” Knehans said. “If University of Oklahoma may have played they did, they would certainly cherish and certainly cherish and a close BCS title game on the football nurture their good health.” nurture their good field, but for sexual health resources, The new branch not only has short term health.”

Florida ran up the score, coming in at plans but long-term goals as well, Franklin 24th overall, compared to Oklahoma’s said.

— ALLEN KNEHANS, 81st place ranking,” according to trojan“One of my most personal goals for this condoms.com. year is to host an event with OKC Million, DEPARTMENT OF Besides working with Goddard on its a Mick Cornett initiative, open to the OU NUTRITION PROFESSOR anti-smoking initiative and health hut and Norman community, with all proceeds promotions, UOSAHA will also produce a going into a scholarship for a student who monthly newsletter sponsored by Goddard and the Huff. faced a medical emergency while attending OU,” Franklin It will be sent out through mass e-mail and distributed in said. “Hopefully, this could become a yearly thing.” print on campus.

OKC Million is a challenge by Mayor Cornett to have The newsletter will include information about resourc- Oklahoma City lose 1 million pounds and maintain healthies found on campus and upcoming health advocacy er lifestyles, according to its website.

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Mission and we volunteer; we help serve food,” Sullivan said. “While we are fasting throughout the day, we are serving those who are poverty stricken.”

MSA is giving OU students an opportunity to do the same with the ThinkFast Challenge.

“Since we are fasting in the month of Ramadan as Muslims, we invite the whole campus, Muslim and non-Muslim, to fast for a day during the month of Ramadan,” said Sana Hanif, an elementary education senior and MSA president.

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paramount. Alamoudi emphasized this with an anecdote about his native Saudi Arabia.

“Instead of cooking a certain amount for only the house … they will cook double the amount to feed others,” Mahmud said.

The association is taking these themes of humility and charity, and applying them to Norman and Oklahoma City.

Sarah Sullivan, dental hygiene senior and Islam convert, said she helps out the less-fortunate — even when she fasts.

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Racial violence changes students, school After series of attacks on Asian immigrants, 50 students boycott school for a week, forcing administration to combat future violence PHILADELPHIA — Duong Nghe Ly can’t wait to begin his senior year at South Philadelphia High School. A day of violence there last year changed his life, and he wants to learn if his school has been transformed as well.

Last Dec. 3, after years of attacks on Asian immigrant students, something finally snapped.

Fueled by rumors, a group of students roamed the halls searching for Asian victims until one was attacked in a classroom. Later, about 70 students stormed the cafeteria, where several Asians were beaten. About 35 students pushed past a police officer onto the so-called “Asian floor,” but were turned back. After school, Asians being escorted home were attacked anyway by a mob of youths.

Almost all the attackers were black — but few observers believe the violence was due to racial hatred. Instead, they cite isolation of different groups within the school, certain students’ warped “gangster” values, and for some, simmering resentments over perceived benefits for Asian students.

About 30 Asians were injured that day; seven went to hospitals. Past attacks had been reported to administrators and police, but students say nothing seemed to change.

Ly (pronounced LEE) was in the lunchroom for what he calls “the riot.” Days later, he was followed home from school and punched in the face on his front stoop.

He had arrived from Vietnam two years earlier, speaking nearly no English.

Duong Ly’s parents, ethnic Chinese who grew up in Vietnam, worked 27 years to grasp the bottom rung of the ladder to American success.

Ly’s parents lived in Ho Chi Minh City, eking out a living selling “pho” noodle soup, rising at 5 a.m. and working in their shop until 9 or 10 at night. All extra money went toward school for Duong (pronounced YUHNG) and his older brother, and fees for immigration paperwork.

In 2008, after spending about $20,000 on immigration fees, the family was approved and came to Philadelphia.

“We finally achieved our wish: freedom,” Tu Ly says. “We finally had a chance for a better education.”

South Philadelphia High looms over an entire city block in a poor section of South Philadelphia long populated by descendants of voyagers from Italy, other European nations and the black American South. Today, the school is about 70

OU closes Tulsa clinics TULSA — The University of Oklahoma has closed eight of its community health clinics that serve low-income families and will soon ask some patients to make a small co-payment for services.

In response to a loss of state funds and a realization that the private philanthropic community only has so much capacity to help, OU-Tulsa President Dr. Gerard Clancy said streamlining the clinic program was necessary.

“We want to be better stewards of the dollars given by private foundations,” he said. It costs OU roughly $3 million a year to run the clinics, and the restructuring should save about $750,000 a year, he said.

Clancy said the newly redesigned program will allow its open clinics to run more efficiently.

“We have seen a huge increase in the number of uninsured, but we realize our capacity to get private or public funds is limited,” he said. “Still, we’ve been able to maintain a lot of what we’ve always done.”

The eight clinics that are closing were under utilized, partly because their hours were irregular, he said.

Clinics at McClure, Skelly and Robert Frost Head Starts, Hawthorne Elementary School and Bixby Brassfield Fifth and Sixth Grade Center have closed, along with those at the Sandy Park public housing apartment complex, Neighbors Along the Line and Family and Children’s Services.

But most of the 19 remaining clinics will expand hours to accommodate “a huge increase in the number of uninsured” who have sought care, Clancy said.

“We want to have more regular hours at more regular places,” he said. More school-based clinics may be ramped up again when financing becomes available.

Also, some clinic patients who are able will be asked to make a small co-payment, Clancy said.

— AP

percent black and 18 percent Asian.

During Duong Ly’s first year, there were 45 reports of “dangerous incidents” such as weapons possession or assaults at the school of about 1,000 students, enough to earn a “persistently dangerous” label from the state.

There also were 326 reports of lesser crimes such as fighting, threats or robberies. The graduation rate was 48 percent.

About a dozen black students were suspended or expelled after Dec. 3. Their names have been kept secret, and they have not commented publicly.

MATT ROURKE/AP Wali Smith makes no exIn this Dec. 9, 2009 file photo, students cover their faces with signs as they march to a school cuses for the attacks, but understands where they board meeting in Philadelphia to protest the lack of action against assaults on Asian students. come from. A community specialist who holds workshops on anger management and Philadelphia youths. conflict resolution in various schools, he witnessed the Dec. Yet Duong Ly is still enthusiastic about his school. He 3 violence. says the English as a Second Language program is good, the The South Philly native says blacks have always felt mar- teachers care, there are plenty of computers with Internet ginalized in the neighborhood dominated by Italians and access — and it’s all free.

Irish. Now, some students feel an almost unconscious reThe boycott was not an easy step to take. Some students sentment when they see their Asian counterparts studying were afraid of being expelled. Many parents were against it, on their special second-floor sanctuary, which was estab- fearing their children would become even more conspiculished to provide language programs and provide a more ous targets. Some said local activists were making the situwelcoming environment. ation worse.

“Those (black) kids feel the majority of the staff there Once it started, though, attitudes changed. “After the boydoes not care about their education,” Smith says. “They see cott, I felt much more confident and powerful because our these Asian kids come in and be nurtured, and they want voices were heard by the people,” Duong Ly says. that same kind of comfort.”

The district installed 126 security cameras. A “50-50 club” The Asian students and activists reserve almost all of their took Asian and black students on group outings. More bicriticism for administrators and the school district, which lingual staffers and diversity training were added. Principal they say consistently failed to protect students.

LaGreta Brown was forced out on the eve of a faculty noA school district spokesman did not return a call for com- confidence vote after a local newspaper discovered her cerment. Administrators have insisted that they responded tification had lapsed. to Asian students’ complaints and tried their best to combat violence that has become part of the culture for some — AP

Homelessness costs OKC $29 million Yearlong study shows providing for homeless cost Oklahoma City $28.7 million OKLAHOMA CITY — A yearlong study of the cost of providing for the homeless in Oklahoma City puts the cost at nearly $29 million.

The study conducted by a private consultant on behalf of the city tracked costs in areas ranging from operating emergency shelters to medical costs and police response.

The Oklahoman reported that the study found the largest cost was about $8.7 million a year for emergency shelters.

City Planning Director Russell Claus said emergency shelter beds are far more expensive than other solutions.

“We are providing 812 beds per night every night of the year at a cost of about $30 a night,” Claus said. “Emergency shelter beds are a lot more expensive than transitional housing, which is about half that cost. It adds up fairly quickly.”

Providing permanent housing costs about 20 percent less than emergency beds.

Tom Jones, chief executive of the City Rescue Mission, said many people have a misconception that shelters merely provide a bed and a hot meal.

Jones said City Rescue Mission offers substance abuse treatment and access to legal help and social services, among other things.

The second-largest cost is medical services. Ward 2 Councilman Sam Bowman said that is one area where the city can make a quick difference if it can find some creative ways to address the issue.

Bowman said the city needs to fund more programs

We are providing 812 beds per night every night of the year at a cost of about $30 a night. Emergency shelter beds are a lot more expensive than transitional housing, which is about half that cost.”

— RUSSELL CLAUS, OKLAHOMA CITY PLANNING DIRECTOR like its detox center, which gives police a place other than a hospital to take a drunk person — homeless or not — to dry out.

“About 10 percent of these total costs are attributed to our first response, which is police, fire and EMSA,” Bowman said. “That might be a place we can move people out of these very expensive services. We’ve done that with detox; we just don’t yet have any way to address those EMSA and firefighter responses except to end up in emergency rooms.”

The study also found that less than half of the $28.7 million tracked, 41 percent, came from federal, state or local government.

The other 59 percent came from hospitals, faith-based and charity groups and private donors.

— AP

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Muslim holiday a time for understanding Islamic extremism has been a hot topic lately, fueling food and drink to the Oklahoma Food Bank. debates about the erection of a mosque at Ground Zero This doesn’t sound like the work of nefarious, Americaand a Gainesville, Fla. church’s planned public burning of hating terrorists.

Qurans.

At 7 p.m. students are invited to come to the Oklahoma In the midst of these hot topics, it’s easy to overlook the Memorial Union’s Ballroom to celebrate the end of the thoughts and feelings of our university’s significant Muslim day’s fast. community.

We strongly encourage students from all different backMany of you may not know we are in the midst of a Muslim grounds and faiths to participate in these events and start holiday, Ramadan — during which praca dialogue of understanding with Muslim titioners abstain from eating, drinking, We feel the perception of students. smoking and sexual relations from dawn It’s easy to take a few verses out of context a religion should be based from any faith’s holy book and use those as until sunset for a whole month.

This fast is meant to bring Muslims on the actions of most of evidence for a faith’s supposed lean toward closer to God. its practitioners rather than violence. In our online comments section, Our predominantly Christian camwe’ve noticed people pulling verses from on cherry-picked verses pus may appreciate this, as fasting is both the Quran and The Bible to prove that from each holy book.” an important spiritual aspect of many both can be interpreted as violent and indenominations. tolerant religions.

In celebration of Ramadan, the OU Muslim Student However, we feel the perception of a religion should be Association will put on its annual Think Fast challenge based on the actions of most of its practitioners, rather than Wednesday to educate students about this holiday and on cherry-picked verses from each holy book. their faith.

Many who are suspicious of Islam point to the Sept. 11 The challenge asks students to commit one day to what attacks as evidence enough of the religion’s practitioners, Muslims go through for an entire month. Students are fur- but if you take a step back and observe the whole picture, ther challenged to donate the money they would spend on the actions of the great majority of the world’s Muslims do

not agree with the extremists.

In 2006, Gallup conducted the most extensive public opinion poll of the global Muslim population. It revealed that only about 7 percent of the world’s 1.57 billion Muslims agree with the views of Islamic extremists. And it was concluded only about 1 percent can actually be considered militants.

The study reveals many similarities in opinion between the world’s Muslims and American citizens, Muslim and non-Muslim alike.

When asked what they admired most about America, Muslims around the world responded its democracy and technology — the same response Americans gave.

Concerning what they disliked most about the West, Muslims responded “moral decay” and the “breakdown of traditional values” — the most common response among Americans as well.

Islam has suffered distortion in the media because of a small number of extremists. During this Ramadan, put away your preconceived notions and attend the Think Fast celebrations.

We’re certain you’ll witness a loving community of tolerant Muslims who aren’t much different from you.

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There is no room for co-ed housing arrangements

Heed caution with statistics

Editor’s Note: This is in response to Mary Stanfield’s column “Genderblind housing must be an option” which ran Aug. 30.

seen before. have an uncanny tendency to be We all know this is important right, or at least to have some elebecause of the innumerable ner- ment of truth. Just look the nearly vous breakdowns we keep hearing universal taboos against incest, Last Monday’s column for dual- of among recent college graduates or at the American Indians, who gender housing by Mary Stanfield when they find out that the person in somehow knew to process their the next apartment is corn into hominy, thus avoiding the may be re duced to not of the same sex. vitamin deficiencies that tortured four main points: we This also will, as Southerners for generations. a re matu re a d u l t s, STAFF COLUMN evinced by some Thus, whenever a significant pordual-gender housing m y s t e r i o u s “p e r- tion of the population is strongly opwill provide valuable sonal experience” of posed to an innovation, there must Gerard Keiser life experience, we Stanfield’s, mitigate be thought and care — preferably behave better because unnamed problems in the form of some rigorous studwe tailor our conduct ies — and not arrogant dismissals of around the opposite sex and we seen in single-sex housing.

As she offers no further explana- “ridiculous Puritan fears.” must protect those who cannot hanEspecially in light of a little thing dle the harsh realities of living with tion, her argument is irrefutable.

She then contradicts her previous by Brian J. Willoughby published members of the same gender.

The first claim is extraordinarily assertions by lamenting the plight last year in the Journal of American suspect. She says that putting men of those who don’t like to live with College Health, which tells us that those in co-ed dorms are tremenand women closer together, even their own sex.

If they are mature adults as she dously more likely to drink heavily sleeping in the same room — particularly men and women who says, they should be able to deal with and be promiscuous, and that this deliberately choose this option it, and it is surely a realistic prepara- appears to be more than just party people going to the party dorm. of living — will have insignificant tion for situations later in life.

For anyone who legitimately has Then, of course, there is the fact consequences.

However, a Military Medicine re- a problem, her claim about private that Oklahoma is against it. Stanfield rooms being “prothinks this is totally port contradicts her claim. irrelevant.

The study reports that women in hibitively expensive” Then, of course, there is Oklahoma taxthe U.S. Navy have about as many is bogus, or at least the fact that Oklahoma is payers, however, pregnancies as civilians — 60 per- very exaggerated.

The Housing and give us a bit of cent of them unplanned (82 percent against it. ... Oklahoma among single women), even though Food Services webtaxpayers, however, give money, so we ought to have some rebarely a majority of those who had site tells us that a us a bit of money, so spect for their opinchildren said that it was “compatible ro om for a single we ought to have some person in the towers ions, and rememwith a military career.”

If we see a lot of unexpected, in- is about 32 percent respect for their opinions, ber that they have nasty habit of cutconvenient babies in a group subject more, or, in Cate, 25 and remember that they ating funding. to strong discipline with an average percent more. have a nasty habit of And if you can’t As a result, makage of 25, we can’t expect things to ing things a little cutting funding.” go swimmingly in a hall of newly- afford that, you pereasier on a few holiberated 18-year-olds, who, as car haps shouldn’t be insurance ads often remind us, don’t overpaying for a convenient location mosexual students could have a big quite have all their brains yet, partic- and an extravagant meal plan in the impact on everybody, including first place, so this is only a big issue those same students. ularly the parts that deal with risk.

You know, this is Oklahoma.

Next, she would have us think that to poor freshmen who can’t argue we will become more socially adjust- their way out.

Having seen her arguments in — Gerard Keiser, ed and learn to navigate “life outside the academic bubble,” because, out favor, let us now entertain two con- linguistics and classical languages junior there, you can find yourself living in siderations about why we should be a small room with someone of the wary of further liberalization.

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Editor’s note: The Daily will run a media literacy column by GUEST COLUMN MN Sarah Cavanah, interim executive director of Oklahoma Scholastic Sarah Media and former Daily staff Cavanah writer, every Tuesday to give readers a behind-the-scenes look at The Daily and media coverage in general.

The University of Michigan football team has won a higher percentage of their games (.737) than any other team in NCAA Division I FBS football. Then again, the University of Florida has won more games in the past 20 years than any other team.

But those stats are meaningless, because the Sooners are the “winningest” team since World War II, when the “modern era” began. Or at least that’s when the modern era began here in Norman, because we wouldn’t be able to say we’re the best if it started at any other time.

Last week, “dargus,” a commenter on OUDaily.com, expressed concern about The Daily’s use of statistics in stories.

“Dargus” was mainly worried about stats not being attributed in opinion columns.

According to editorial adviser Judy Gibbs Robinson, all Daily news staffers are trained to provide a source for any information that either they didn’t observe for themselves or is not common knowledge.

The opinion section is something different. These writers can choose whether they want to be neutral or practice advocacy journalism.

The difference is like the difference between writing the official NCAA history of college football (neutral) and writing a book targeted at a specific set of fans (advocacy).

For instance, if I wanted to write a column stressing that teachers need to be paid more, I would cite the Economic Policy Institute’s stats that teachers make 14.3 percent less than workers in comparable occupations.

If I wanted to advocate that the teacher-pay situation was overblown, I would give out the Hoover Institute’s finding that American teachers make $3,200 more per year than the average full-time worker.

Both pieces of information are derived from the same data sets, but the organizations promoting them have found a way to express their opinions through the presentation of the numbers. In a news story, ideally, the reporter would give you the philosophical backgrounds of these organizations.

Opinion writers have a choice. If I’m an ethical writer and sure of my position, I would tell you where I got my stats.

But, if I’m feeling a little shaky, I might give out those numbers without attribution, leaving less sophisticated readers to believe they descended from above on a magical spreadsheet bathed in light.

In terms of the opinion section, it’s up to readers like “dargus” to question those figures. We wouldn’t want people thinking Michigan is the most successful football team.

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3 issues that must be resolved Three issues were clearSTAFF COLUMN LUMN ly noticeable as a result of Saturday’s game and the 421 Clark Foy oy offensive yards Utah State compiled on the Sooner defense.

1. Secondary — Everyone saw the defensive backs struggling. Had it not been for a few overthrown balls, the score could have been much different.

Junior cornerback Jamell Fleming did not prove why he should start over several cornerbacks on the roster, and while senior cornerback Jonathan Nelson played well at some points, he was on his back twice after an Aggie receiver made a big play.

If the Sooners are to be competitive for the rest of the season, consistency has to be developed and seniors like Nelson have to step up into leadership roles on the field.

2. Quarterback — Might as well have titled this section Landry Jones, because I believe the job is his — period. The quarterback we saw Saturday did not look like the improved potential Heisman candidate many expected. His completion percentage was below 50 percent and he threw two picks to go with his two touchdown tosses to junior wide receiver Ryan Broyles.

After the game, Jones admitted to holding onto the ball too long, as well as not trusting his blockers. I believe Jones to be the most talented quarterback on the roster, but the confidence and swagger is just not there. Confidence is a hard thing to come by, and an even harder thing to gain once it is lost, but Jones will have to do just that if the Sooners are to be what many had hoped.

3. Kicking — Again, this is a problem dating back to last season, where the Sooners tried several options to meet their kicking needs. After a walk-on tryout that found no capable kickers to fill the void, the Sooners are left with sophomore Patrick O’Hara and junior Jimmy Stevens.

O’Hara got the nod against the Aggies and served his role. Well, kind of. In the third quarter, he made possibly the ugliest-looking field goal in OU history, and when the Sooners were faced with a fourth and eight in the first half, Stoops passed on the kicking team and kept the offense on the field.

The conversion was good, but the lack of confidence in the kicking unit is concerning, especially when Utah State was lining up for 50-yard field goals.

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Running back DeMarco Murray (7) dodges Aggie players during Saturday’s football game. The Sooners defeated Utah State 31-24.

Utah State serves as wake-up call Saturday’s game reminded the Sooners they’re not invincible AARON COLEN The Oklahoma Daily

The No. 8 OU football team escaped Saturday night’s game with a close win, but the most valuable thing that may have come out of the game was a wakeup call. “It just reminds us that we can get beat by anybody at any time,� senior defensive tackle Adrian Taylor said.

The Sooners struggled to stop the Aggies offense, and part of that can be attributed to the secondary. Coach Bob Stoops emphasized the importance of the defensive backfield being sound on every single play. “ T h a t ’s j u s t h o w a

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Stoops said. “You can play 20 plays perfect and only have one bad one and the scoreboard lights up and it’s a bad day. That’s just the nature of playing that position.�

The consensus among the defense seemed to be that technique issues were the root of the Sooners’ inability to shut down the Aggies. “We have to continue to focus on technique,� senior safety Jonathan Nelson said. “You can’t stray too far away from the fundamentals.�

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And it leads to points.�

Wo r t a c k n o w l e d g e d he let emotions get the best of him, and the mistakes put a damper on his performance. “ There were positive things about the game for me, but the negative stuff killed me,� Wort said. “I’m going to keep my enthusiasm but I have to learn how to control it.�

Junior defensive tackle Casey Walker said the pace in practice will be faster and more similar to a real game now. “We’re going to play out here like it’s a real game every day,� Walker said. “We’re going full speed, the scouts aren’t going to run on us or catch any balls.

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have another 60 plays that counted for 100,� Lewis said. “Those 12 plays we slipped and made mistakes and we were off our edge, and that’s what happens.�

Not only did the close call against Utah State sharpen the team’s focus in practice, but it raised the players’ intensity as well, said redshirt freshman Tom Wort. “We definitely have a chip on our shoulder this week,� Wort said. “You can sense it among the players at practice.�

Wort showed intensity during the game, at times too much for his own good.

He picked up two personal foul penalties. Stoops said these crossed the line from being enthusiastic to immature. “It was just very poor, selfish play,� Stoops said.

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OU hurdles into elite club with 800th win

Total wins 1. Michigan — 878 2. Texas — 846 3. Notre Dame — 838 4. Nebraska — 828 5. Ohio State — 820 6. Alabama — 814 7. Penn State — 812 8. Oklahoma — 800 9. Tennessee — 784 10. Southern Cal — 776

Weeks ranked No. 1 by the AP 1. Oklahoma...............97 2. Notre Dame.............95 3. Ohio State...............93 4. Southern Cal...........90 5. Nebraska................70 6. Miami (Fla.)............68 7. Florida State...........60 8. Texas......................45 9. Florida...................41 10. Alabama..................39

Number of 10+ win seasons 1. Oklahoma..............30 1. Alabama................30 3. Nebraska................26 4. Michigan................25 5. Southern Cal...........24 6. Texas......................23 7. Penn State..............21 8. Tennessee...............19 8. Ohio State...............19 10. Florida State..........18 10. Georgia..................18

Unanimous All-Americans 1. Oklahoma..............31 1. Notre Dame..............31 3. Ohio State...............29 4. Southern Cal...........26 5. Michigan.................25 6. Texas......................22 7. Nebraska................20 8. Alabama................18 9. Miami.....................15 10. Pittsburgh...............19

OU joined a prestigious group of college football’s STAFF COLUMN LUMN finest Saturday, picking up its 800th win in a shaky 31-24 James Corley orley win over Utah State.

The Sooners are only the eighth program to reach the milestone.

Michigan and Notre Dame, programs that dominated college football in its humble beginnings more than a century ago, racked up several wins in the early years because they were the only premier programs.

However, OU has enjoyed more success since World War II than any other 800-win club member, which raises the question: What would the most wins list look like if each program had started with equal footing from the beginning?

Or what would it look like if success in college football’s “modern era” held more weight than early success? Or what if consistency, Heisman winners and championships were factored?

Here’s how I would rank college football’s 800-win programs adjusted to include the total accomplishments (with more weight on recent success and consistency).

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OKLAHOMA SOONERS Credentials: Seven national championships, five Heisman Trophy winners, .724 winning percentage (third), 509 weeks in the AP top 10, 30 10+ win seasons

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Junior wide reciever Ryan Broyles (85) leaps over Utah State defender Rajric Coleman (27) in the It’s hard to argue with the most wins of any Division 1 second quarter Saturday. OU defeated the Aggies 31-24 and earned its 800th win in program history. program since World War II. OU also has three of the top25 best win streaks in college football, including the longest ever (47). The Sooners also are tied with Alabama for the haven’t been really consistent since the ’70s, they stay where most 10-plus win seasons and are second in weeks in the AP they were on the 800 list despite their all-time success.

The Daily’s top 10. OU is the ideal picture of consistent success.

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OHIO STATE BUCKEYES NEBRASKA CORNHUSKERS Credentials: Five national championship, seven Credentials: Five national championships, three Heisman Trophy winners, .717 winning percentage Heisman Trophy winners, .701 winning percentage (fifth), 512 weeks in AP top 10, 19 10+ win seasons (seventh), 499 weeks in AP top 10, 26 10+ win seasons The Buckeyes have everything you’d look for in a top proOnly one other program has won more hardware than gram — titles, Heisman winners, weeks in the top 10, solid Nebraska (five titles, three Heismans) since our parents were winning percentage — except for recent success. Before in diapers (USC with five titles, five Heismans). Nebraska 2002, the last Ohio State championship was 1968. That gives also appeared in 35-straight bowl games from 1968 to 2003, it just one title since 1970 and three Heisman winners. The the longest streak in bowl history. During the Tom Osborne Buckeyes’ overall bumped them up, but the lack of domiera (1973-1997), the Huskers never won fewer than nine nance lately is no excuse in the Big Ten. games and had an .835 winning percentage. I put Nebraska over Alabama and Notre Dame because of its consistent winning and modern success.

ALABAMA CRIMSON TIDE Credentials: Eight national championships, one Heisman Trophy winner, .695 winning percentage NOTRE DAME FIGHTING IRISH (eighth), 409 weeks in AP top 10, 30 10+ win seasons Credentials: Eight national championships, seven Heisman Trophy winners, .732 winning percentage With last year’s title, the Crimson Tide moved into a tie (second), 496 weeks in AP top 10, 15 10+ win seasons with Notre Dame for the most recognized national championships in the country. But before last season, it had been 17 The Fighting Irish have the best numbers on paper until years since ‘Bama had won the big one and 13 more to the you look at them in the last three decades. Since 1977, Notre one before that. Alabama also failed to snag a Heisman until Dame’s only title came in ’88. It’s hard to look past its most last season. The overall resume is there, but it hasn’t been as recent plight and how bad its been in my lifetime. I mean, strong recently until the last couple seasons. they’ve only had 15 seasons with 10 or more wins. Since I’m putting more weight on modern success and the Irish — James Corley, journalism senior

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The OU football program won its 800th game Saturday night when the Sooners defeated Utah State 31-24 in Norman.

Here are the four prominent coaches in Sooner football history who account for more than half of the program’s all-time victories.

OU is the only major college football program to produce four coaches with more than 100 wins.

— Aaron Colen/The Daily

BOB STOOPS (1999-Present) » 118-29 overall » 78-17 conference » 5-6 in bowl games » Six conference titles » One national title BARRY SWITZER (1973-1988) » 157-29-4 overall » 100-11-1 conference » 8-5 in bowl games » 12 conference titles » Three national titles BUD WILKINSON (1947-1963) » 145-29-4 overall » 93-9-3 conference » 6-2 in bowl games » 14 conference titles » Three national titles

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OU holds off Colorado College with 1-1 draw Sooners play majority of game a man down after defender receives early red card TOBI NEIDY The Oklahoma Daily

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Senior defender Lauren Alkek takes an indirect kick Sunday afternoon against Colorado College. Alkek received a red card in the 1-1 draw against the Colorado College Tigers for unsportsmanlike conduct.

The OU soccer team collected its first draw of the season during Sunday’s match against Colorado College, finishing 1-1 in doubleovertime at John Crain Field.

With the tie, the Sooners move to 2-1-1 for the season.

Sunday’s match featured aggressive performances from both teams on both sides of the ball with a total of five cards issued in the first half.

Both goals scored in the game were off penalty kicks.

The Sooners were forced to play one man down for 72 minutes of the game after senior defender Lauren Alkek received a red card in the first half.

Coach Nicole Nelson said she was proud of the team’s ability to last the remainder of the game short-handed.

“Defensively, all week we’ve been working on pressing higher on the field, our forwards pressing higher on the field,” Nelson said. “We were playing well before playing with a man down, and we played well afterward.”

Nelson said she learned a lot about her team.

“The fight and guts that they showed playing nearly 90 minutes a man down was tremendous,” she said. “It tells me a lot about how much they can accomplish this year.”

The Sooners led early in the contest after senior forward Whitney Palmer took advantage of a penalty kick at the four-minute mark.

The score — Palmer’s third career penalty-kick goal — brought her career goal total to 30, four shy of tying OU’s career recorder holder, Logan Womack (2000-03).

“It felt really good,” Palmer said.

“I felt like I was in a slump. Being a man down, we played our way through it. I think our team did really well today.”

Colorado College responded in the 32nd minute to even the score

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Outstanding player of the game Whitney Palmer Senior forward Whitney Palmer took advantage of a penalty kick situation at the four minute mark to score for the Sooners.

Palmer, who has scored 30 goals in her career, is four goals shy of the career goal record holder Logan Womack.

She currently holds five other OU records. with a goal by forward Tiffany Brown. Brown’s goal off a penalty kick was her second of the season.

The Sooners had a chance to score in the second overtime period after Caitlyn Mooney broke a quick pass from midfield. Mooney moved the ball in open space left to right, just overshooting Palmer in the box.

The team hits the road next weekend to face Missouri State at 7 p.m. Friday in Springfield, Mo. OU returns home to face Rice at 1 p.m.

Sunday at John Crain Field.

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68 Acute, as vision DOWN 1 “George of the Jungle” star Brendan 2 ___ borealis (northern lights) 3 Reacted to a punch 4 Language spoken in Limerick 5 Like taffy 6 Revolutionary diplomat Silas 7 Act like a lunatic 8 “Your turn” to a CBer 9 Untidy, disordered condition 10 “... but to no ___” 11 Pal 12 “That’s the guy!”

13 Former capital of Japan

21 Faulty part of the shuttle Challenger 22 Bowler or beret 26 Durable wood 27 Companion of flow 29 Accelerator particles 30 Army hitch, e.g.

31 Hunger pain 32 With the bow, in music 35 100 cents, in France 36 Whiskered circus performer 37 Say it isn’t true 38 Tailless amphibian 39 In a clumsy way 40 You might use one with reservations 41 Victoria’s Secret

selection 44 Prickly seed casing 46 Cut with a scalpel 47 You might find one under the Christmas tree 48 Sponsored boy at a baptism 50 A day’s march 51 French wine-growing region 52 Playful aquatic critter 55 “I need it yesterday!” initials 56 “What did I just get myself ___?”

57 Extremely heavy makeup 58 Frenzied way to run?

59 “I see” sounds 60 ___-up-and-go

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NEW MUSIC TUESDAY THE DAILY REVIEWS NEW AND NOTABLE MUSIC RELEASES

Interpol “Interpol” Matador Release: Today 7.9/10.0

The Thermals “Personal Life” Kill Rock Stars Released: Today 8.2/10.0

It’s been a relatively rocky three years for New York’s postpunk revisionists Interpol.

The group’s third album, “Our Love to Admire,” proved to be a mixed bag for critics and fans alike. The band left Capitol Records, albeit on amicable terms, and bassist Carlos D. — arguably the heart of the group — departed to pursue other projects.

Luckily, Interpol’s self-titled fourth disc proves to be a return of sorts, both back to the group’s early sound and old label (Matador). The restoration proves to be largely successful.

Interpol led a revolution in 2002 with the brilliant “Turn on the Bright Lights,” a brooding composition of sky-high soundscapes and ominous, haunting undertones. “Antics” carried the momentum onward, but 2007’s “Our Love to Admire” was the sound of a band losing its hunger.

“Interpol,” by comparison, feels starved and ambitious, and lets listeners know that the old Interpol doesn’t have to be a distant memory.

The band hasn’t soared this high since “Untitled,” and does so on several occasions (“Lights,” “Safe Without” and “All Of The Ways”).

Most promising, and startling, are “Barricade” and “Try It On,” a pair of tracks that act as little experiments in a disc full of throwbacks, and they prove to be bright spots.

“Barricade,” built on a base of choppy drums and ever-retiring base lines, sounds sparse in comparison to Interpol’s “wall of sound” technique, but works itself into a poppy but powerful ballad with a few tricks up its sleeve. The simple piano quaffs in “Try It On” are especially poignant.

The bass grooves are back and strong as ever as well, but as Carlos D. was still a part of the group as of recording, Interpol’s next effort will be the deciding factor on whether the band can continue on successfully in the post-Carlos era.

But with Paul Banks’ cherished vocals, and the supportem, Interpol ing cast again crafting a space worthy of having them, rlit streets in seemingly has returned home — the empty, starlit New York City — and is staring straight ahead at a world of endless possibilities.

“Personal Life” is the sound of the ship being righted.

The Thermals’ brand of pop-punk follows what should have been the genre’s natural trajectory before Fall Out Boy hijacked it.

But “Personal Life” is just as inspired by “Slanted & Enchanted” as it is by “Dookie,” a tactful blend of simple restraint, intelligence and crowd-pleasing melodies.

The Portland, Ore., trio has an ear for pop melodies with bite, as one can clearly hear in the chomping “Your Love is So Strong” and “Not Like Any Other Feeling.”

The angsty “Power Lies” is constructed with beaming, timeless riffs and fastened with ’90s guitar breaks, while “A Reflection” sounds only shades removed from prime Pixies.

“I Don’t Believe You” — brimming with oohs and aahs — is enchanting with its unfussy melody and breakneck pace, a sophisticated “Sugar, We’re Goin Down.”

There are a few clunkers (the sleepy “I’m Gonna Change Your Life” and cyclic “Never Listen to Me”) but the finished product is sleek, stylish and catchy.

Just like pop-punk should be.

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Joshua Boydston

Various Artists “Yo Gabba Gabba! Music Is Awesome!

Volume 2” Filter Released: August 31 7.4/10.0 “Yo Gabba Gabba!” — the go-to children’s program for parents who dress their children in Radiohead T-shirts — is most certainly the coolest television show around, ffor kids and grown-ups alike.

Kids like iit because of the bright colors, fun characters c and poppy kid songs.

Grown-u Grown-ups like it because those poppy kid songs are sung by band bands like The Shins and of Mon Montreal.

It’s a win-win for hipsster parents. They get new music to listen to from their favorite bands while setting their kids up to

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later realize nothing Wilco ever does will top “Yankee Hotel Foxtrot.”

But beyond insuring a bright future for music snobbery, “Yo Gabba Gabba!” teaches kids values, life lessons and preschool basics. Adults can even learn a few things themselves from the show’s second soundtrack release.

Did you know Weezer’s lyrics are significantly better when they are writing a song about insects instead of anything off “Raditude” (Compare “He’s colorful and wonderful/His wings are strong and powerful/He’s a dragonfly” to “I’ll take you out to dinner at Palermo’s/We’ll split a cheese fondue”)?

Remember Hot Hot Heat? No? Anyway, they have a promising future as a children’s band, or maybe they could just stick to writing things as catchy as they do here with “Time to go Outdoors.”

Oh, and MGMT get even trippier when limited to kidfriendly subject matter.

The Yo Gabba Gabba! band interludes are a little alienating for the older crowd, but each original effort from the established artists are charming and delightful, even if those artists don’t always come off that way otherwise.

Hopefully they learned something too.

-Joshua Boydston, psychology junior

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Kathryn Polk’s “Balanced Woman II” is one of her works currently on display at the Lightwell Gallery as part of her “Non-Indigenous Woman” series. The exhibit is open through Friday.

Lithographer crafts art using greener methods Printmaker Kathryn Polk finds inspiration in music by Korn, M.I.A.

home in suburban Tucson, Ariz.

“That was part of the impetus for them to get as green as they could, because they were actually living in that environMATT CARNEY The Oklahoma Daily ment,” Jones said.

Their efforts haven’t gone unnoticed Half a century passed before Kathryn by the world printmaking community.

Polk first experimented with lithography Begaye praises Polk as bringing “new, — printing text or artwork onto a surface fresh energy to an age-old process.”

— in 2002, at the suggestion of her print“She and him have really spread the maker husband, Andy. word on it over the last couple In the eight years since, years,” Jones said. “A lot of the s h e’s b e c o m e o n e o f t h e people that I know that teach When I’m foremost printmakers in the have just gone over enprinting, I need a litho world, widely recognized for tirely to the way that they do it rhythm to move her efforts to cut down on because it’s so much easier.” volatile organic compounds Polk chalks such praise me on ... music ( V O C s ) p ro d u c e d by t h e up to the closeness of the gets me through process of stone lithograworld printmaking comit. It paces me.” munity. “It’s like there’s no phy, as well as her permanent art collections that are b o u n d a r y b e t w e e n s t at e s — KATHRYN POLK, on display on five separate o r e v e n c o u n t r i e s ,” s h e continents.

LITHOGRAPHER said. “Internationally we all “We’ve been pressing to get communicate.” rid of lithotine (a high-toxicity chemical), The exhibition of Polk’s work, which which is one of the big, basic ingredients includes various selections in addition to in working with stone,” Polk said. her “Non-Indigenous Woman” series, has Polk will deliver a free public lecture at been on display in the Lightwell Galler at 3 p.m. today in the Fred Jones Jr. Museum the OU School of Art since Aug. 23. It’s a of Art both promoting her collection of sketches and d i s p l ay e d s e r i e s t i t l e d reliefs full of symbolism “ The Non-Indigenous and satire.

Woman” and discussing “I think a lot of it is just her brief but storied career out of self-por traiture, What: Kathryn Polk’s in printmaking. psychological self-portrai“Non-Indigenous Woman” Professor Curtis Jones ture,” Jones said.

When: 8 a.m to 5 p.m. t e a c h e s l i t h o g ra p hy at Polk said that much of Now through Friday OU and is very excited for her art is heavily influWhere: The Lightwell Polk’s arrival. He said that enced by an array of music, Gallery on the second the OU School of Art, in including favorite artists floor of the Fred Jones Art an effort he spearheaded she employs for specific w ith professor Mar w in Center, 520 Parrington purposes, like System of Begaye, has adopted many Oval in Norman a D o w n , Ko r n , R e g i n a of Polk’s green improveSpektor and M.I.A. ments on printmaking in “Music is such a critical the last year and a half. aspect for me,” she said.

“They (Kathryn and “I literally choreograph Andy) started researching it with some the music that will get me through this other people in the country and figured process and when I’m graining a stone, out all these ‘Home Depot’ solutions to I have to have something so hard and so printmaking,” Jones said. “They work fast to get me through graining. When I’m great.” printing, I need a rhythm to move me on Creating a greener means of produc- ... music gets me through it. It paces me.” tion was critical for Polk and her husPolk’s series at the School of Art is band, who actually work within their available for viewing through Friday.

Exhibit Info

Second Van Gogh work exhibited at Fred Jones The Fred Jones Jr. Museum of Art will exhibit a Vincent Van Gogh painting that has never before been on display in the United States.

The painting, “Peasant Woman; Portrait of Gordina de Groot,” joins another Van Gogh work in the Fred Jones Museum — “Portrait of Alexander Reid.”

“Portrait of Gordina de Groot” is on loan for a limited time, and will be exhibited through Nov. 29.

The painting is part of a series Van Gogh created in 1884 and 1885, where he painted almost 40 portraits of peasant men and women in a small town in the Netherlands where he lived.

Gordina de Groot would later feature prominently in one of Van Gogh’s most wellknown works, “The Potato Eaters.”

“Portrait of Gordina de Groot” is on loan from a private collector.

The Fred Jones Jr. Museum of Art is located at 555 Elm Ave. in Norman. Admission is free to all OU students with a current student ID. — Daily Staff Reports

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Vincent Van Gogh’s “Peasant Woman; Portrait of Gordina de Groot” will be on display at the Fred Jones Jr. Museum of Art now through Nov. 29. The painting features the central figure from his renowned 1885 work “The Potato Eaters.”

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