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HEALTH

West Nile Virus infects Oklahoma Virus can have no symptoms, 1 in 5 may experience fevers

The individual who died from the virus was over 70 years old, according to the release. The virus is transmitted by the bite of a female Culex mosquito, which is a genus of mosquito. This type of mosMOLLY EVANS quito feeds on infected birds thus infecting the Assistant Campus Reporter human when it bites.

West Nile Virus, transmitted by mosquito bites, There are usually no symptoms that accompany has killed one person and infected three others in West Nile Virus, but 1 in 5 people may experience Oklahoma County, according to a release from the fever, according to the Center for Disease Control.

Oklahoma City-County Health Department.

More severe symptoms, including body ache,

rash, vomiting and even neurological side effects, commonly occur in people over 50 years of age, according to the health department.

Those symptoms are treated with over-thecounter pain relief medicine or through hospitalization for enduring cases, according to the CDC. There are no medications for treatment of the virus, itself, or a vaccine to prevent the disease, SEE MOSQUITO PAGE 2

CONFERENCE

OU to host water talks Three-day event to discuss water issues

RUNNING THE BALL

Sooners pass game struggles, run game thrives

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OU redshirt freshman quarterback Trevor Knight prepares to pass the ball, Saturday in the Gaylord Family Oklahoma Stadium. The Sooners won the game against the West Virginia Mountaineers 16 to 7.

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An international water conference will be held at OU Sept. 23 through Sept.

25 to discuss regional and global water availability and safety problems.

Just as concerns for water availability escalate in Oklahoma and elsewhere around the world,, the biannual International WaTER Conference and International Water Prize Award Ceremony, established in 2009 seeks to bring experts from multiple fields together to confer about and find solutions to the most pertinent water problems, said conference co-chairman Jim Chamberlain.

The three-day event, hosted at the National Center for Employee Development Conference Center and Hotel in southeast Norman, will include two days of speakers and presentations and a third day of interactive workshops, Chamberlain said.

T h e W a T E R Conference’s theme since its inaugural year has been “Synergy at the Interface: Integrating Technology, Social Entrepreneurship and Behavior Change.”

“The mission is to bring people together in these three areas to come up SEE CONFERENCE PAGE 2

EXPENSES

AWARD

OU bookstore saves students money The Daily recognized Bookstore works to keep prices low RACHEL MONTGOMERY Campus Reporter

The OU Bookstore has saved Sooners over $1.9 million over the past year by offering book rentals on about half of its new and used books.

As of this year, 48 percent of new and used textbooks are available for rental, said store director Tina Wieden.

Offering students the option to rent books reduces book costs by up to 50 percent, Wieden said.

Furthermore, students who rent or purchase their books online and pick them up at the bookstore don’t have to pay for shipping and handling, a standard fee that most online rental websites charge, Wieden said.

The bookstore is also

as Pacemaker finalist

AT A GLANCE OU Bookstore job

Associated Collegiate Press ranks The Daily as one of top 10 college papers

Students interested in a position at the bookstore can apply online at jobs.ou.edu.

working to save students money by setting aside $10,000 from the bookstore’s budget every year and using it to fund a scholarship to offer 10 students $1,000 each to spend on books, Wieden said.

Students also can apply to work for the bookstore at the beginning of each semester when a workforce is hired to help with the rush of students purchasing books and school supplies, Wieden said.

The bookstore also sets up booths at all OU sporting

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Jialu Zhao, International Business Senior, searches for her next book at the University of Oklahoma Bookstore.

events. At all home football games there are booths set up near several gates, many of which are manned by students that the bookstore employs, Wieden said. This gives students the opportunity to work extra hours to help pay for their own book

L&A: Didn’t make it to Guthrie last weekend? Read about some of the highlights of the festival. (Page 7)

fees or start-of-school expenses.

“I think it is most important for students to know that we really work hard here to keep their costs down to the best of our ability,” Wieden said.

The Oklahoma Daily is a finalist for a national college newspaper contest for its coverage of campus and local news during summer 2012, fall 2012 and spring 2013 semesters.

The Daily is one of 10 four-year daily college newspapers in the U.S. ranked as finalists for the Associated Collegiate Press Pacemaker contest, according to the contest’s website.

“The Pacemaker is known as the Pulitzer Prize of college journalism,” said Judy Gibbs Robinson, journalism professor and faculty advisor for The Daily. “We’re incredibly honored to be among the ranks of some of the best newspapers in the country, which is what it means to be a finalist. I’m on cloud nine about this — it’s just great news.”

The Daily had three editors-in-chief during the period of time for which they were nominated as a Pacemaker finalist.

Laney Ellisor, the fall 2012 semester’s editor-in-chief, said the Daily became a finalist not through the work of any one person, but because of the strength of its editorial board and its staff.

“We had a really good core group of people who worked

Sports: The football team won against West Virginia Saturday, but we still learned plenty about this year’s squad. (Page 4)

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Mosquito: Bite season continues in Oklahoma Continued from page 1

Tuesday, Sept. 10 A free concert showcasing pianist Tom White will take place from noon to 1 p.m. in the Oklahoma Memorial Union food court.

A gallery talk will take place from 12:30 to 1:30 p.m. in the Cy and Lissa Wagner Gallery. Christine McHorse will lead visitors throughout her ceramics installation, “Dark Light.�

A free workshop will be held at 4 p.m. in Lissa and Cy Wagner Hall, Room 245. Quy Nguyen of Student Life will lead the workshop for students interested in joining a campus organization.

Wednesday, Sept. 11 A free concert by Ivan Duvet on piano will be held beginning at noon for Mid Day Music in Oklahoma Memorial Union’s food court.

A free food event will offer fried foods, a caramel apple bar and games, from 11:30a.m. to 1:30p.m. on the East Lawn of the Oklahoma Memorial Union.

An open audition will take place from 7 to 8:30 p.m. in the Traditions Room of the Oklahoma Memorial Union. Students will audition to be a comedic act during “Comedy Fight Night.�

A meeting for Union Programming board will be held at 9p.m. The board’s biweekly meetings are open to all students.

Thursday, Sept. 12 A free concert by Jeffery Weaver on piano will be held from noon to 1 p.m. for Mid Day Music in Oklahoma Memorial Union’s food court.

A free workshop to improve reading speed will take place from 4:30 to 5:30p.m. in Lissa and Cy Wagner Hall, Room 245.

An exhibition opening reception will take place from 6 to 8 p.m. in the Lightwell Gallery in the School of Art & Art History. The exhibit will showcase the work from the Zhang Sisters until Oct. 8.

An open call for student comedic acts to participate in “Comedy Fight Night� will be held from 7:30 to 8:30 p.m. in the Traditions Room of Oklahoma Memorial Union.

A free concert series showcasing student and local artists will kick off at 8 p.m. in the Beaird Lounge of Oklahoma Memorial Union. Oklahoma Cloud Factory will perform. Rocky Road ice cream will be provided to coordinate with the night’s theme “Rock ‘n Road.�

Friday, Sept. 13 A meet up for graduate students and faculty will take place from 10 a.m. to noon in Wagner Hall, Room 280. Refreshments will be provided.

A contest to guess the outcome of the Sooner football game against the University of Tulsa will take place from 11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. in Oklahoma Memorial Union’s food court. Those with the closest score can win a prize at the end of the season.

A lecture given by artist Christine McHorse will be held at 6 p.m. in the Mary Eddy and Fred Jones Auditorium. McHorse will speak about her career, inspirations and the creation of “Dark Light,� her ceramic exhibition.

according the CDC. In Oklahoma, the mosquito season lasts approximately from May to November with the highest risk months for West Nile Virus being July through October, according to the health department.

Oklahoma has had seven years of experience with West Nile Virus, according to the health department.

During that time, 318 confirmed cases of human disease have been reported and 20 Oklahomans have died from this virus, according to the health department.

Oklahoma is one of 35 states that have reported West Nile Virus infections in humans this year, according to the CDC.

AT A GLANCE “4 D’s� for prevention practices 1) Drain: Mosquitoes breed near standing water.

2) DEET: Apply insect spray with this chemical to repel the mosquitoes.

3) Dusk and Dawn: Stay inside during these times of the day when mosquitoes are most active and prevalent.

4) Dress: Wear long sleeves and pants to protect from bites.

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Female mosquitoes can transmit West Nile virus through their bites. Four cases of West Nile virus were recently confirmed by the Oklahoma City County Health Department.

Source: Oklahoma City-County Health Department news release

Water: Technology one factor in battle

Award: Winners to be announced in October

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with comprehensive solutions to the world’s water problems,� Chamberlain said.

While technological innovations seem like the key to improving accessibility to water and water drinkability, experts understand that this is just one component of many in the global water battle. “We also need to find market-based solutions and behavior changes,�

Chamberlain said.

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hard every single day and I think those people carried us the most that semester,� she said.

The front page of the finalist edition features a dominant package on Oklahoma gun legislation written by journalism senior Bonnie Campo with a photo illustration by Blayklee Buchanan, journalism and English junior.

Winners will be announced at the Associated Collegiate Press/College Media Association National College Media Convention Oct. 26 in New Orleans, La. View the other Associated Collegiate Press Newspaper Pacemaker finalists.

Access the rest of the story online at oudaily. com or scan this QR code with your phone to go straight to the story.

Arianna Pickard aripickard@ou.edu

Campus Briefs Streets

Journalism

Lanes closed as a result of construction at 12th and Robinson

Four OU alumni recognized for outstanding career achievement

The outside southbound lane of 12th Avenue NE at Robinson Street is closed Monday while the contractor repairs sidewalk ramps.

The lane will be closed from 9 a.m. to about 4 p.m., according to a news release from the City of Norman.

The eastbound Robinson right turn lane onto southbound 12th Avenue will be closed at the same time and will stay closed until Friday night.

The outside westbound lane of Robinson Street may also be closed intermittently on Monday while the contractor, Markwell Paving Company of Oklahoma City, is repairing damaged concrete along Robinson, according to the release.

The Robinson Street and 12th Avenue Intersection Project is a $2.2 million street improvement project expected to be completed by Sept. 13, according to the release. The project is to widen the intersection to provide dual left turn lanes for northbound and southbound traffic, an exclusive right turn lane for eastbound traffic and a reconstructed east leg of the intersection, with new sidewalks along the north side of Robinson Street between 12th Avenue and Northcliff Avenue.

Four OU alumni were recognized at the Gaylord College of Journalism and Mass Communication Centennial Celebration Friday and Saturday.

U.S. Marine Corps Major General John Admire, Devon Energy corporate communication Vice President Shane Boyd and Nasa’s Jet Propulsion Lab Mars Exploration Program manager Donna Shirley were recognized for distinguished careers, according to a Gaylord College press release.

They were awarded the JayMac Distinguished Alumni award from the JayMac Alumni Association, according to the release.

ESPNU senior anchor and host Dari Nowkhah was also awarded as the Young Professional of the Year, which awards alumni under age 40, according to the release.

Admire graduated Phi Beta Kappa with a degree in journalism in 1965 and went on to receive four Master’s degrees in journalism, military history, international relations and national security/strategic studies, according to the release. Boyd graduated with an advertising degree in 1986. Shirley received two Bachelors’ degrees in journalism/professional writing and aerospace engineering in 1963 and 1965.

Nowkhah graduated in 1998 with a degree in broadcast journalism, according to the release.

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Corrections In a p. 3 brief, The Daily mistakenly reported that David Ross Boyd is one of the professors teaching the Presidential Dream Course “Mind Bending: Morality, Law, Science.�

Biology professor Douglas Gaffin is one of the professors teaching the course, and he has been awarded the David Ross Boyd Professorship for outstanding teaching.

The Oklahoma Daily is committed to serving readers with accurate coverage and welcomes your comments about information that may require correction or clarification. To contact us with corrections, email us at dailynews@ou.edu.

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Norman participates in National Night Out to increase crime awareness Norman residents are encouraged to lock their doors, go outside and spend the evening getting to know their neighbors Oct. 1 to encourage crime awareness and community involvement.

Norman is participating for the first time in the National Night Out, which is designed to encourage crime and drug prevention awareness, strengthen neighborhood communities and generate support for local anti-crime efforts, according to a news release from the Norman Police Department.

National Night Out is sponsored by the National Association of Town Watch in partnership with Target, according to the release.

Those interested in planning an event for National Night Out or starting a Neighborhood Watch group are encouraged to contact the Norman Police Department calling Sgt. Jennifer Newell at 405-366-5267 or emailing her at Jennifer.newell@normanok.gov.

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Journalism plays role in democracy Our View: Journalism is a principle foundation of our country’s democracy and it’s important we navigate the direction it’s headed.

Whether the news is covering something positive or negative, there is always something important taking place somewhere in the world – news never stops. So what is the point of rambling on about journalism’s signifiJournalism has played a large role in our country’s democracy for well over cance in society? To remind you of what role you can play in saving the dying 200 years. Whether you can recall when government secrets were released, career that provides you with insight on issues you need to know about. the tragedies that took place among battlefields or when the local grocery Print news began to thrive as the number of advertisers were more and store donated money towards a scholarship fund, chances are you learned more interested in spending substantial amounts on the limited space, but this information thanks to journalists. A journalist isn’t defined as a now the Internet has deterred that interest since online is cheaper person with a journalism degree, but rather, someone reporting releand essentially limitless. Online journalism eventually came to be, The Our View vant information appropriate for public knowledge. is the majority and today it is able to flourish thanks to the quick access, capability Technically speaking, there are arguably more journalists in the of updating and virtually expansive room for creativity. opinion of world now than there ever were before, and yet somehow the career The online realm and the print realm are only a couple of the The Daily’s nine-member field itself is slowly dying. Journalism was born in America in the many forms of journalism, but there are different purposes for each, editorial board all being important.

1700s and has continued to live on. It’s not as impactful as it once was, and that’s something our country should be concerned about.

It’s our job to provide you all with information we hope will affect Gaylord is celebrating 100 years of journalism excellence this year. you in one way or another. We can go out and investigate, document If we want to look forward to another century of prominent journalism on and publicize the facts, but it’s up to society to support the continuation our campus and in our society, we are going to have to find a solution to of this system. Some publications have suggested there be small taxes enkeep the career alive. It shouldn’t just be important to those who dream to dowed upon citizens that would help financially support the sinking jourbe a journalist or reporter one day, it should be important to anyone who nalism ship. cares about our nation.

It’s not an entirely irrational idea – almost everyone references the news at Journalism is supposed be educational, confrontational and beneficial for some point, no matter what source it comes from. Whatever solution there every active member in society. As a news organization, it is our job to inmay be, we hope to see our community continue to encourage and support form you of what is happening around your local living community, around journalism. We’re not ready to write it off, and we hope you aren’t either. the country that controls the laws you follow, and around the world that stills revolves because of the current relationships between countries.

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The right way to do it

African Bees pose danger, bee-ware

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heart. If exes are still friends, they also deserve some friendly consideration.

We often see those with the most visible happiness after a breakup as a sign of “winning” a separation.

Thanks to social networking sites, the lives of the newly Brandon Frye single are put on display in Bramfry@gmail.com a public forum. An updated relationship status to “sinoung love is heatgle” is often accompanied ed and exciting. by an increase in uploaded Young breakups are also heated and exciting photographs with smiling friends, social gatherings by soap opera standards. and new interests. It seems Throughout our college to scream, “Look at me years, relationships tend being just fine, having more to come and go. College is fun than I did while I was in where young people find a relationship, and more fun themselves and explore with other people. One kink than my ex!” Putting out the illusion of happiness is far in the dating mill system is from true happiness. the tendency to turn what Feeling bad enough could be amiable partings about a break up to spur into quests for coming out on a battle of the exes is on top. We want to win normal. Actually battling it when we are hurt but we out, in the subtle ways we seem prone to do it the do, that is normal as well. wrong way.

This is because feeling bad Handling a split as if it is itself normal after losing were a race or a boxing a connection to someone, match is a means to only and what we do with negaone end – turning hurt into tive emotions can often be happiness, and at the expense of everyone involved. irrational and unhealthy.

This is why what we do with Any joy found this way is fleeting, and the destruction that pain deserves some attention. it risks is not worth it.

If the goal is to turn hurt The best way to win a into happiness, or at least breakup is to not play. a calmed mind and heart, Winning or losing a breakup there are many more posis not an option if it is not a itive alternatives to comcompetition, and it never peting. Competing rediis a competition outside of our own minds. Many of the rects the hurt to someone we cared for with an “I’ll steps we take to “win” are show them” attitude, and it unhealthy and hurtful, so wounds the self with feeldon’t make them. ings of inadequacy that reA common measure of quire compensation. winning—if we allow it to Truly winning a break up be called winning—is to see occurs on a personal level. It who jumps into a new reis when negative emotions lationship first. Collapsing are handled in a healthy into the arms of someone way, and the positives of the else while tension and situation are observed and emotions are high with appreciated. one another is unfair and Admittedly, each situunhealthy on all accounts.

The new interest deserves a ation is different. But no relationship founded upon matter the circumstance, it cannot hurt to be mindful of an appreciation of them, not the tattered remains of a how negative emotions are recently failed one. Anyone guiding actions within that finding his or herself recent- experience. ly single deserves any new romantic endeavors to be Brandon Frye is a built on the solid foundajournalism graduate. tion of a sound mind and

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Attack of the African Bees

Andrew Sartain Andrew.sartain@ou.edu

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he plight of the honeybee is an issue that has risen to the foreground of environmental science, and we need to take notice. In October 2006, a wide range of beekeepers reported losses of 30-90 percent in hive populations - much higher than the usually anticipated losses of winter. The issue responsible for wiping out major populations of bees is known as Colony Collapse Disorder [CCD].

The main symptom was very few or a complete absence of adult honeybees in the hive. The queen was still reproducing, so babies were found and honey was present, but there were no dead bodies and no adults.

This is introducing future problems with bee populations around the country, including Oklahoma.

Honeybee populations have been carefully watched for decades.

In the ’50s and ’60s, Africanized honeybees were introduced to the Brazilian wild in an attempt to strengthen the existing populations. African honeybees have since spread into the southern United States, presenting a few problems we may not be equipped to handle.

Firstly, Africanized honeybees are far more aggressive than the prevalent Europeanized bees that have inhabited in the U.S. since the 1600s and 1700s. All bees attack as a defense, most often in defense of the hive, but Africanized bees are far more violent. Reports often include swarms of hundreds of bees chasing victims for miles. Many individuals have been stung to death with up to thousands of sting wounds. In June a Texas man was stung more than 1,000 times before dying. This presents big problems to both beekeepers and farmers, for Africanized bees have been found in over 10 states. Before we nuke the bees in the war on terror, let’s review the severity of the honeybee disappearance.

Roughly 15 percent of all the food Americans eat comes directly from the pollination of bees. An additional 15 percent of the American food supply includes animals that depend upon plants pollinated by

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bees. Larger predictions estimate nearly 80 percent of all crops benefit in some way from honeybee activity.

It is even said that the meat supply could collapse as a result of the bees’ disappearance, though it is more likely to be drastically reduced because certain plants like alfalfa have back-up pollinators. Nonetheless, the bee disappearance is still a major problem.

Over $15 billion is attributed to the agricultural benefits of the honeybees. With the budgeting skills of our nation reflected in an ever-growing national debt, this clearly isn’t going to fall on the government’s priority list anytime soon. However, it would be wise to work on the same team as the bees sooner than later. So what is causing the honeybees’ strife?

The Environmental Protection Agency finally took steps in defense of the bees in August, when it called for an immediate reduction in the use of widely used pesticides, which are confirmed as one of many factors leading to the catastrophic symptoms of CCD. This decision does nothing, however, to help several bee species that did not survive the year, including pollinators of blueberries and many fruit and nut trees.

The EPA’s target is now neonicotinoids, a quickly expanding class of synthetic pesticides largely produced by the companies Bayer CropScience and Syngenta – two companies not unfamiliar with environmental manipulation. These pesticides are used in more than 140 crop varieties and

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are often coated on seeds beforehand so they can be incorporated in the gene pool.

To refresh, around one-third of the bee population is disappearing annually, and the native populations are being replaced with more aggressive, deadlier Africanized bees.

Be cautious of the populations you encounter and keep a wary distance.

Don’t agitate any beehives, particularly if you live in the southern United States. As a country, we must reign in the reckless and ruthless power struggle taking place between agricultural chemical companies and the health and environmental organizations aware of this behavior.

The European Union has questioned U.S. decision-making regarding pesticides for several years. Are we going to settle for half the food system capacity we have now? Will we be the country that wiped out nearly three continents worth of bee species in only a few generations?

Only time will tell, but it will not be a result that goes unnoticed. It is clear the bees may be more significant to humanity than most of us ever realized.

Andrew Sartain is a interdisciplinary perspective on the environment senior.

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Saturday JULIA NELSON • SPORTS EDITOR

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ith game two in the books, Sooner fans have gotten a better look at this year’s squad. The 16-7 win against West Virginia might not have been the prettiest, but the defense got the job done.

Here’s a look at the Top 5 things we learned from this Oklahoma win.

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FULLBACKS MAKE IT HAPPEN

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The volleyball team traveled to Oregon over the weekend. Find out how it bounced back from its first loss this season at the PSU tournament.

QUARTERBACK BATTLE STILL WIDE OPEN

It only took a game and a half, but redshirt freshman Trevor Knight was pulled in the fourth quarter in favor of junior Blake Bell. Co-offensive coordinator Josh Heupel said he thought Knight played better this week, except for his two interceptions. Bell only attempted one pass in his 15-minutes leading the Sooner offense.

Coaches did not comment on the status of the quarterback situation in Norman, but it’s safe to say the job is up for grabs again.

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CLAY LEADS THE WAY

Senior running back Brennan Clay had a career night rushing for 170 yards on 22 carries. As a whole, the team rushed for 316 yards. The rush took pressure off the shaky passing game and allowed the team to move the ball when things weren’t taking off through the air. While coaches prasied the running game and Clay’s efforts Saturday night after the game, they said the passing game was not acceptable. Coach Bob Stoops said rushing for 316 yards is a definite positive, but we would like to see more balance from the offense.

Much of Clay’s success running the ball came from the blocks from senior fullback Trey Millard and junior fullback Aaron Ripkowski. The two lined up and helped pave the way for the running back. The style is very reminiscent of the Belldozer formation, but instead of Bell, Knight or a running back carried the ball. Credit also goes out to the offensive line for the improved run game. The unit is finally healthy this season and with key junior-college transfers, the line features more variety.

STINGY DEFENSE

The defense bailed the offense out of this game. It’s rare that 16 points will win a Big 12 football game, but hat was all the offense needed Saturday. The defense put up a dominant performance, allowing only 387 yards. Led by senior defensive back Quentin Hayes with eight tackles and senior linebacker Corey Nelson with seven tackles, the defense pulled through in key moments. Off of turnovers, the unit forced key three-andouts or a turnover of their own. With the Sooner defense leading the team, the game was never in question.

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CHANGE IS UNDERWAY After two games in Norman, it’s clear this is not the pass-happy offense Sooner fans have come to know so well. The team is more than capable of moving the ball on the ground, and should continue to do so no matter who is under center.

The quarterbacks are joining the fun, too. Knight broke off for multiple 10-yard gains and averaged 6 yards a carry. Bell had two runs to add to his name and averaged 10.5 yards a carry. The bubble-screen passes that became former quarterback Landry Jones’ bread and butter seem to be a thing of the past. They were used to essentially extend the run, but that is no longer a problem for the Sooner offense.

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Women’s golf looks to tee off in Tulsa for season opener SPORTS COLUMNIST

Trent Crabtree Trent.J.Crabtree-1@ou.edu

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his coming golf season, the OU women will try to build off a successful 2012 campaign where they finished ranked in the top-10 nationally.

They have been in the middle of the national title hunt for the last two seasons and expectations will be no different this time around.

Chirapat Jao-Javanil knows this and most certainly knows the spotlight will be on her.

The senior, who is arguably the greatest golfer in OU women’s history, will

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The women’s golf team poses for a team photo. Led by seniors Chirapat Jao-Javanil, Anne-Catherine Tanguay and Emily Collins, they will look to build off its past few successful seasons.

be at the top of the tournament lineup and is expected to be a regular contender throughout the season.

Let’s just hope she will do the same in the postseason.

It is well known that she made history in 2011 by winning the first individual NCAA golf championship in OU history. She was only a sophomore, making the

achievement even more impressive.

In last years postseason, however, she struggled. She finished tied for 17th in both the NCAA Central Regional and NCAA Championships.

Granted, she still had a great year. She won two tournaments and had multiple top-10 finishes. I get it.

But any athlete knows the way you finish is what truly counts.

If this is true, last year was a setback in her book.

We can’t speculate, because only she knows what went wrong and how she can fix it.

Luckily for her, it looks like all she will have to worry about this year is her

own game. She will be surrounded by veteran talent, which will take the scoring pressure off of her and make her less likely to force the issue come Regionals.

Seniors Anne-Catherine Tanguay and Emily Collins will have to maintain consistency and use their experience to guide the younger players through the long

schedule. They also need to keep their scoring average around a 72 throughout the season and make the clutch putts when they need to.

This might just determine how the team as well as JaoJavanil finishes the year.

In the end, fans can be confident that Chirapat will bounce back. She is a winner. She has that kind of talent you just can’t teach.

She will, in fact, go down as the greatest golfer in the history of the women’s program. I just can’t deny someone with 20 top-10s and five wins in a career that still isn’t over.

However, that argument has nothing to do with the present.

She needs to step up now and make her final season count.

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Sooners fall flat in Florida games Oklahoma played close with top teams, couldn’t keep up

in Tallahassee. The Sooners did their best to stay in the game, keeping it scoreless for the entire first half. The Seminoles scored RYAN GERBOSI in the 75th minute, the only goal of the Soccer Beat Reporter game, to win 1-0.

Oklahoma’s trip to Florida to play with Florida State midfielder Dagny the nation’s best didn’t end with sunny Brynjarsdottir had the lone score, her third skies. OU lost two games of the season. Stade did against top-10 teams to “The Sooners hoped her best to keep OU in the bring their record to 2-4. game, recording seven The Sooners were shut to prove they belong saves for the Sooners. OU out for the first time in 2013 with the nation’s elite had only one shot on goal on Friday night, falling to programs and hung all game, an early chance the Florida Gators 3-0. The from freshman Caren close for the better Nelson.

No. 10 Gators gave OU more than it could handle, putting part of two games.”

The Sooners hoped to three goals in on eight shots. prove they belong with the OU fell behind early, alnation’s elite programs and lowing Florida midfielder Pamela Begic to hung close for the better part of two games. score in the ninth minute past goalkeep- Oklahoma returns Friday for a match with er Kassidie Stade. This was all the Gators Oral Roberts in their second home game of needed, but two more goals in the second the year. half sealed the game. Oklahoma only had three shots against Florida with only two of Ryan Gerbosi those on goal. rgerbosi@ou.eduv Sunday, OU met with No. 2 Florida State

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Top: OU senior running back Bennan Clay hurdles Mountaineer and fellow Sooners as he avoids being tackled Saturday on Owen Field.

Above: West Virginia senior linebacker Doug Rigg is carried off of Owen Field on Saturday after a hard collision. He had movement in his extremeties and later tweeted out that he’s “Alright.”

Left: OU redshirt junior offensive lineman Tyrus Thompson is escorted off Owen Field on Saturday.

Thompson was holding his leg after he went down.

Bottom Left: OU senior wide reciever Jalen Saunders and freshman defensive back L. T. Moore meet a couple of young Sooner fans after their Saturday victory against West Virginia on Owen Field.

Below: OU head coach Bob Stoops watches the Sooner offense set up against the West Virginia defense on Saturday on Owen Field.

Bottom: OU senior wide reciever Jalen Saunders avoids a tackle from West Virgina sophmore free safety Karl Joseph on Saturday.

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ractors pulling trailLife & Arts Editor ers full of hay bales brought crowds of eager festivalgoers to Cottonwood Flats last weekend. The grassy field was the makeshift home of Mumford & Son’s Gentlemen of the Road Tour, which stopped in Megan Deaton Guthrie, Okla., for a two-day meggiejennie@ou.edu music festival.

The area was transformed from an empty lot to a concert venue to rival any city set. A gigantic stage loomed over the field and vendors sold everything from turkey legs to coconut smoothies in tiny wooden booths. The only difference here was the sweet smell of hay drifting in on the thick summer breeze washing over the crowd.

As the heat of the day gradually lessened as the sun set, the first band took the stage. Here are some of the highlights from both days of the festival:

EdwardSharpe&theMagneticZeros As the crew began bringing more and more instruments onto the stage, I realized the Edward Sharpe & the Magnetic Zeros concert was going to be quite the party. The hippie band came on stage, and I lost count of how many members the band had. From a tambourine player to multiple keyboard players, Edward Sharpe was practically an orchestra.

Barefoot and clad in a half unbuttoned white linen shirt, lead singer Alex Ebert took the stage looking like a folk music prophet, ready to spread the Edward Sharpe gospel.

The band churned out song after song, including their hits “40 Day Dream” and “Man On Fire.” Ebert interacted with the crowd, letting audience members sing into the microphone, and even taking someone’s smart phone up onto the stage to video the crowd.

Finally, Ebert asked the crowd what we wanted to hear, and we all screamed, “Home!” He obviously wasn’t surprised, and the crowd sighed as the band broke into what was seemingly a different song. But it was all a trick.

Suddenly, the bongos began beating out the rhythm of “Home,” and members of the audience began jumping up and down with joy. Everyone danced as Edward Sharpe & the Magnetic Zeros brought the evening “Home” for the best concert of the evening.

Alabama Shakes

No music festival in the south is complete without a little true blue southern rock. Alabama Shakes provided so much soul that the whole audience couldn’t keep from dancing.

Lead singer and guitarist Brittany Howard belted out the

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Crowds gathered for the Gentlement of the Road Tour stop in Guthrie last weekend.

songs effortlessly with enough soul to fuel the entire South.

With her big hair and guitar, Howard struck an imposing figure and commanded the stage with an incredible presence.

It was clear that she was giving it her all, as sweat rolled off her face in the scorching heat of the setting sun. The spectators around me argued that Alabama Shakes might have been the best performance of the whole weekend.

Mumford & Sons

The British band kept the crowd waiting past their scheduled stage time, but since the sun had finally set, the wait wasn’t as painful. When the men finally took the stage, 30,000 people screamed in unison to welcome them.

They began playing “Lovers’ Eyes” in darkness, but as they reached the second chorus, the stage burst into light and illuminated the enormous crowd that gathered to hear the folk rock band.

Mumford played song after song, blasting through their two most recent albums. “I Will Wait,” “Below My Feet,” “Roll Away Your Stone,” “Little Lion Man” and “Awake My Soul,” were among some of the crowd favorites the band played.

One of the highlights of the night was definitely the moment when Mumford brought all of the band who played over the weekend onto the stage once for a cover of The Beatles’ “Come Together” and another time for a sing-along to “With A Little Help From My Friends.” The energy coursing from the bands to the audience was incredible as the entire field full of people sang along to the songs.

When it was finally over (or so we thought), the band left the stage without playing “The Cave,” a hit I was sure they’d include in their set. The crowd screamed for an encore, and after minutes of agonizing silence, the band returned to gather around a microphone for an acoustic set. They then sang a gorgeous a capella song before finally getting their instruments out again to play “The Cave.” At that point, the night was complete. Weary spectators gave everything they had to singing along with the evening’s performances, and left exhausted but filled with an intense satisfaction.

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Overlooked songs of the summer life & arts columnist

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hen people think back to the summer of 2013, what music will be the soundtrack to the different memories and events? You couldn’t turn on a radio or watch a talk show without Robin Thicke crooning “Blurred Lines” or Miley Cyrus singing “We Can’t Stop.” And not that there’s anything wrong with those songs, but what about all of the other great music released this summer that passed under the radar? We take a look at some of the best music from the past three months that you may have missed.

1.) “Dance Apocalyptic” by Janelle Monae “The ArchAndroid” with a fancy for tuxedos released what was probably the best dance song of the summer in July. It has a mile-a-minute beat and slick vocals from Monae as she sings about “doin’ that dance, while smokin’ in the girls room.” Before her sophomore album, “The Electric Lady,” drops Sept. 10, check out her equally impressive new single, “Q.U.E.E.N. (feat. Erykah Badu).”

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2.) “The Wire” by HAIM This group of three sisters from Los Angeles has been building buzz since it burst onto the scene last year with the release of its LP, “Forever.”

With Haim’s debut album, “Days Are Gone,” set to be released Sept. 30, it’s about time you listened to what is probably one of the best songs of the summer, if not the year. “The Wire” brings the sound of The Eagles into the 21st century with alternating vocals between the three sisters, a very 2013 groove and a gigantic beat.

3.) “Shine” by Wild Belle Has there ever been a song more perfect for driving in the summer with your sun roof down? Almost every song off Wild Belle’s debut album, “Isles,” seems tailor-fit for a summer drive. The music is sun-soaked ska pop at its finest, and “Shine” is the most fun of the bunch. Also worth mentioning is the reggae-influenced “Keep You” and psychedelic “June.”

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4.) “Diane Young” by Vampire Weekend At this point, Vampire Weekend is basically the soundtrack for every college student. Its new album, “Modern Vampires of The Cities,” is a bit more somber than previous efforts, but “Diane Young” retains that jaunty pop-rock vibe we’ve come to know and love about Vampire Weekend.

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5.) “Better Days” by Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeroes Another summer, another album by Edward Sharpe.

There was nothing exactly groundbreaking about their newest self-titled release, but why mess with a good thing in the first place? Edward Sharpe and his crew of misfits have combined elements of folk and gospel with psychedelic rock and more over three albums. “Better Days” is a fun, folksy, thumping summer anthem. What else could you ask for from the guys who brought you “Home?”

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