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Senior forward Taylor Griffin (left) and sophomore forward Blake Griffin (right) hang their heads during the post-game press conference after losing 72-60 to the North Carolina Tar Heels in the Elite Eight of the 2009 NCAA Tournament Sunday evening in Memphis, Tenn. Blake Griffin finished with 23 points and 16 rebounds, while his older brother Taylor only mustered 4 points in his final collegiate game. See Page 11 for the story and log on to OUDaily.com for a photo slideshow.

LIFE & ENTERTAINMENT The Fred Jones Jr. Museum of Art opened a new photo exhibit last weekend. Check out more on the grand opening on Page 7.

Did you grow up glued to Sesame Street?

Check out Page 8 for the book review of “Street Gangs.”

SPORTS Inclement weather changed the baseball team’s weekend schedule, but the Sooners split a double header against Nebraska Sunday, winning 12-9 and losing 11-0. Page 9.

OU’s tennis teams were in action in Norman this weekend. The women were able to break their losing streak on Sunday, but the men dropped both matches this weekend. Page 9.

The women’s basketball team faced off against Pittsburgh Sunday night in Oklahoma City for a shot at the Elite Eight. To see how the Sooners did, see Page 12.

Candidates campaign for CAC chairman CADIE THOMPSON The Oklahoma Daily

UOSA Elections are in full swing and although there may not be a presidential race, the race for Campus Activities Council chairman is heating up.

The CAC chairman is the head of the programming branch of UOSA and is ultimately responsible for many events student activity fees go to, such as Homecoming, University Sing and Sooner Scandals.

The Daily interviewed both candidates running for the 2009-2010 school year about why they should be chosen.

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TYLER NUNLEY

Building leadership within CAC is at the forefront of Kely Van Eaton’s agenda.

Eaton, industrial engineering junior, said holding an executive position within CAC should be more than a resume enhancer, it should be a learning experience that helps students succeed in a future career.

One way Eaton plans to reinforce leadership development is by KELY implementing developmental workshops for leaders.

VAN EATON He also wants to establish “crash courses” for CAC executives to train them in public relations and how to organize events.

He said strengthening the structure of CAC will help enhance events for the student body.

“For me, the goal of CAC is to enrich the lives of the students who go here,” Eaton said.

Besides promoting the development of strong leadership skills within CAC, Eaton is also basing his campaign on increasing diversity within CAC and recognizing all students involved in the organization.

If elected, he plans to establish an event where all students involved in CAC can gather to build relationships and showcase the highlights of the events they worked on that semester.

Tyler Nunley said his primary goal if elected is to expand and diversify the student make-up of CAC. “I really want to open CAC up to everyone,” Nunley said.

Nunley, international and area studies junior, is running on four issues. According to his campaign Web site, he wants to increase diversity in CAC, introduce a new philanthropic event, enhance relations with campus organizations and make CAC events have a community service element.

TYLER He said one way he plans on promoting diversity in CAC is by NUNLEY reaching out to the leaders of student organizations and encouraging their members to become active in CAC. Another way he said he wants to better the relationship between organizations and CAC is by creating a unified online calendar that would list all student organization events.

Nunley’s idea to add a new philanthropic event came from his involvement as the philanthropy chair for Winter Welcome Week, he said.

He said the small events that went on during that week encouraged him to propose a new event that would help others while bringing the campus together.

The new philanthropic event would be added during the fall semester. The event would be a festival where student organizations could host activities for children in the Norman

• Student candidates share diverse platforms, common goal of leadership

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TODAY’S INDEX Campus Notes 2 Classifieds 10 10 Crossword Horoscope 11 Life & Arts 7, 8

News 3, 6 Opinion 4 Police Reports 2 Sports 5, 6 Sudoku 10

WEATHER FORECAST

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Student evaluations of professors transition to online • College will save $10,000 each semester in paper cost JACQUELINE CLEWS Contributing Writer A new online teacher evaluation system at OU is said to save time and money, but some professors fear it could do their careers more harm than good.

“A lot of my students don’t fill the evaluations out even when I give it to them on paper. I can’t believe they would take the time to do it outside the classroom,” marketing professor Jeff Schmidt said at the March 9 Faculty Senate meeting.

Zoology professor Laurie Vitt agreed response rates are a problem, but he said summer 2008 trial runs of the new system, called eValuate, show the response rates should improve over time as students get used to it.

Many professors support moving teacher evaluations online as long as students have some type of incentive to complete them, like giving bonus points or withholding grade reports until the evaluation is complete.

Communications senior Kaitlyn Boswell said she would not fill out the evaluations unless she had a strong opinion about the professor.

Some instructors feel if this were to happen, they would lose a lot of constructive criticism from students.

Teacher evaluations also are considered in determining promotions and salary increases. A foreign language instructor who chose to remain anonymous said employers for other schools request to see evaluations from instructors’ previous students before deciding whether to hire them.

Kelly Damphousse, associate dean of the College of Arts and Sciences, said while some universities use incentives like bonus points to encourage students to complete evaluations, the College of Arts and Sciences does not

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RUNNING THE NUMBERS Paper forms used by College of Arts and Sciences in the fall 2008 semester • 70,000 forms printed • 40,000 forms completed by students • 20,000 forms not filled out

Online evaluations completed in trial • 38 completed from 40 students offered extra credit • Five completed from 40 students not offered extra credit Source: Kelly Damphousse, College of Arts and Sciences associate dean; Loretta Bass, sociology professor

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CORRECTION In Friday’s edition, The Daily erroneously reported the Alpha Tau Omega fraternity wants to buy the former Kappa Sigma house in the story’s photo caption. The fraternity intends to lease the house.

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Kely Van Eaton, industrial engineering junior, and Tyler Nunley, international and area studies junior, stand together outside the Alpha Chi Omega House before speaking at the sorority’s weekly chapter meeting Sunday evening. Both are candidates for CAC chairman.

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Eaton also wants to educate the student body about what CAC does. One way it affects students is monetarily, Eaton said, because student activity fees go to CAC to sponsor events.

Eaton said he will work with UOSA Student Congress and executive members to help make student activity fees transparent.

“It’s a student’s right to know where their money is going,” Eaton said.

For more about Eaton’s campaign, visit his Web site at www.kelyforcacchair.webs.com

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community and raise money for the United Nation Children’s Fund.

“This event would give students the opportunity to give [back] to students all around the world,” Nunley said.

Nunley is also adamant about adding a community service aspect to all 15 CAC events. The service element would vary in form, but could include a charitable drive or donation to a charity.

For more information about Nunley’s campaign, visit his Web site at www.tylernunley.com.

Tamiflu medication stocked on the shelf in the pharmacy at Health for Friends, a local non-profit health care clinic. Recent findings indicate that Tamiflu is almost completely ineffective in counteracting the flu.

Tamiflu ineffective against flu • Simple measures can be taken to reduce flu risk ASHLEIGH WOODALL The Oklahoma Daily

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support giving grade incentives. He suggested faculty simply continue to inform students of why evaluations are important.

The College of Arts and Sciences is the first college on campus to transition evaluations online, Damphousse said. Professors can supplement the online evaluations by passing out their own paper evaluations.

Damphousse said the online system will save the college nearly $10,000 in paper costs per semester.

“I don’t think anyone understood how much time and paper costs the institution,” Damphousse said. “With staff having to move

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paper from place to place, move evaluations, put them in mailboxes, there was just a lot of staff time and classroom time used, so the online system is intended to solve a lot of those problems.”

Some professors at the March 9 Faculty Senate meeting also expressed concern about added stress on OU IT if the system went online.

Nicholas Key, OU IT spokesman, said it is difficult to determine the impact the switch will have on OU IT at this time.

Log on to eval.ou.edu April 28 through May 7 to fill out teacher evaluations for classes in the College of Arts and Sciences.

POLICE REPORTS

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Names are compiled from the Norman Police Department and OUPD. The reports serve as a record of arrests and citations, not convictions. Those listed are innocent until proven guilty.

CAREER SERVICES

POSSESSION OF MARIJUANA

Career Services will offer free resume critiques at 9 a.m. and 1:30 p.m. in the Oklahoma Memorial Union.

Garrett Thomas Harmon Blake, 20, Rolling Hills Street, Friday Caleb Stephen Klusmeyer, 18, 333 N. Interstate Drive E., Saturday, also possession of a controlled dangerous substance Jared Michael Buck, 22, 1820 W. Lindsey St., Thursday, also possession of drug paraphernalia Samantha Ann Jones, 18, North Flood Avenue, Thursday, also driving under the influence, transporting an open container and possession of drug paraphernalia

SCHOOL OF MUSIC OU School of Music will present a performance by faculty pianist Jonathan Shames at 8 p.m. in Catlett Music Center.

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POSSESSION OF A CONTROLLED DANGEROUS SUBSTANCE

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Joshua Daniel Graham, 22, 1820 W. Lindsey St., Friday Jay Jonathan Buckmaster, 22, 1820 W. Lindsey St., Thursday, also possession of drug paraphernalia

Career Services will offer free resume critiques at 9 a.m. and 1:30 p.m. in the union.

BIBLE STUDY Christians on Campus will hold a Bible study at noon in the union.

SOCIETY OF VIETNAMESE STUDENTS The Society of Vietnamese Students will host VietNite at 7 p.m. in the Molly Shi Boren Ballroom at the union. Free entrance. Dinner ticket is $4.

POSSESSION OF ALCOHOL Caroline Ann Colbert, 19, 529 Buchanan Ave., Saturday Elizabeth Haslam, 20, 529 Buchanan Ave., Saturday, also public intoxication and interference with official process Kyle Alexander Hurst, 20, 529 Buchanan Ave., Saturday Kylie L. Schultz, 20, 529 Buchanan Ave., Saturday Kristin Louise Sisson, 19, 529 Buchanan Ave., Saturday

AGGRAVATED DRIVING UNDER THE INFLUENCE Amanda Michelle Cooley, 18, Main

Street, Saturday, also minor in possession of alcohol

DRIVING UNDER THE INFLUENCE Elaine Ann Davis, 19, South Ponca Avenue, Saturday, also possession of a fictitious driver license and transporting an open container Landon Keith Timmons-Tofpi, 21, East Lindsey Street, Saturday Sheri Louise Donovan, 42, 3000 120th Ave. NE, Thursday, also possession of drug paraphernalia

MUNICIPAL WARRANT Nathan Chad Holt, 26, South Flood Avenue, Friday Francisco Javier Franko, 19, 505 24th Ave. NW, Friday, also other warrant Brent E. Freeman, 25, 201 W. Gray St., Thursday Jack Edward Keenan, 52, 1161 12th Ave. NE., Wednesday, also possession of a controlled dangerous substance Gary Merle Osborne, 54, 217 Chalmette Drive, Thursday Andrew J. Vanhorn, 19, 203 S. Jones Ave., Thursday

Tamiflu, a commonly used flu medication, has become almost worthless.

Signs of flu resistance to the medication became prevalent in December, and the Federal Center for Disease Control and Prevention has started giving new solutions for fighting the flu.

The flu season started late this year in the Oklahoma City metro area, and the strain resistant to Tamiflu has been the only one found in the area, Gillian Air, OU Health Sciences Center professor, said in an e-mail.

The CDC is still asking physicians to use Tamiflu in cases concerning the type B virus, but to use Rimantadine, an older medication, when the strain type has not been identified, according to the center’s Web site.

“The emergence of the Tamiflu-resistant virus is puzzling, because the resistance is not associated with use of Tamiflu. The mutation seems to have started spontaneously,” said Air, who has been studying the flu’s resistance to Tamiflu.

Air said she believes the impact of the resistance will not be huge. She said the type of virus resistant to Tamiflu has the same symptoms as the other flu strains.

Tamiflu hasn’t been used as much lately because

it must be taken within 48 hours of showing flu symptoms, and most people either don’t recognize the symptoms or can’t get to the doctor fast enough, Air said.

Relenza, a medication similar to Tamiflu, still seems to be working. The problem with Relenza, however, is that it is an inhalant and shouldn’t be used by children under the age of 7 or by those who have asthma, the CDC’s Web site states.

Relenza has more drawbacks. Like Tamiflu, Relenza must be taking within 48 hours of showing flu symptoms and has an inconvenient nasal inhaler, Air said.

Amantadine, another flu medication, is still available for those who can’t use Relenza, but Air said the flu has started showing signs of resistance toward Amantadine also.

Getting flu vaccinations every year, whether it’s through a shot or nasal spray, is the best way to prevent the flu, according to the CDC’s Web site.

Some have a poor perception of flu vaccinations, however, because they get “bad press” for usually not being a good match to the virus that turns up in an area, but vaccinations will make the flu less severe, even in the worst years, Air said.

To keep from spreading the flu, the CDC’s Web site recommends practicing healthy habits, like avoiding close contact, staying home when sick and washing hands frequently.

“The usual recommendation of rest and plenty of fluids is followed (for those with the flu),” Air said.

“Tylenol helps reduce fever and aches, but don’t take aspirin because it is associated with risk of complications.”

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Islam awareness priority for Muslim student group • Islam is world’s fastest-growing religion JARED RADER The Oklahoma Daily

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Islam Awareness Week, hosted by the Muslim Student Association, aims to inform students about Islam.

The Muslim Student Association will host events every day this week as part of its annual awareness campaign.

Islam Awareness Week is aimed to help students better understand the religion, something that isn’t always portrayed correctly in the media, said Sara Ali, MSA public relations manager.

“The purpose of Islam Awareness Week is to help students understand Islam is a welcoming and peaceful religion,” said Ali, international and area studies senior.

Islam is the world’s second largest religion, and the fastest growing, said Anum Syed, MSA president.

“We really encourage individuals to attend and gain our perspective on the

religion,” said Syed, zoology and psychology junior.

Syed said the week’s events are also intended to promote interfaith dialogue.

“The week is not only meant to educate students about Islam,” Syed said.

“We’re really hoping Islam Awareness Week will encourage students to discuss with us and with others all the various religions represented on campus.”

There also will be a table located in front of Bizzell Memorial Library on the South Oval from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m..

The week’s theme is “The Five Pillars of Islam,” and the group will host events each day that represent a different pillar of Islam:

The group will host a showing of the PBS documentary “Inside Mecca” at 5 p.m. in the union’s Beaird Lounge.

Wednesday: Sawm, the month-long fast during Ramadan The MSA will ask members of the OU community to skip lunch and donate their lunch money to Pennies for Peace, a charity organization that funds impoverished schools in Afghanistan and Pakistan.

There also will be a free, multi-cultural food fair that will exhibit cuisine from different Muslim cultures at 7 p.m. in the Henderson-Tolson Cultural Center.

Thursday: Zakat, alms giving

The MSA will collect final donations for Pennies for Peace. The Tulsa Peace Academy will host a discussion about the A discussion about the importance of importance of Zakat at 7:30 p.m. in Dale Shahadah with Muslims, who will share Hall 218. their stories of the faith, will be held at Friday: Salat, the ritual daily 7:30 p.m. in Oklahoma Memorial Union’s prayers Muslims observe Frontier Room.

There will be a lecture about the

Today: Shahadah, the declaration of faith in one God

Tuesday: Hajj, the pilgrimage to Mecca

importance of the daily prayers at 1:30 p.m. on the South Oval.

Arbor Day celebrations rooted in campus tradition • 2009 marks 12th year of festivities KATE CUNNINGHAM The Oklahoma Daily Students will use the motto “Live on, UniversiTree” to celebrate OU’s Arbor Day on Wednesday.

Arbor Day celebrations are important because they are in the spirit of one of OU’s oldest traditions, said Kaleigh Kaczmarek, management information systems sophomore.

This year will be Kaczmarek’s second year to participate in Arbor Day celebrations at OU. “Most first-year students hear the story about [OU] President [David] Boyd stepping off the train when he first got to Norman and he saw nothing but vast fields and barren land,” Kaczmarek said in an e-mail.

“Boyd planted thousands of trees in Oklahoma City, according to the on the OU campus, and that’s part of OU Web site.

“This is a celebration of our beauwhat makes the campus so beautiful tification here,” Dawkins said. “It today.”

Arbor Day is a nationally celebrat- allows people to come together, work together ed observance and to make OU that encourages ‘Tidiest’ student groups what it is.” tree planting and She said many care. Students Groups honored Wednesday prospective stuwill plant about by gardeners for the neatdents choose 78 trees around est areas are the HispanicOU because they residence hall American Student Association, think the campus buildings to celowes its beauty in ebrate the holiSooner Housing, Alpha Chi part to trees. day, said Kari Omega, Gamma Phi Beta, Kappa The celebraDawkins, student Kappa Gamma, Delta Tau Delta, tions also serve affairs volunteer Delta Sigma Theta and Phi Beta as a gift for future coordinator.

Sigma. generations of Arbor Day will Sooners. be celebrated Source: Kari Dawkins, Student Affairs coordinator Tarricke Mills, nationally on human relations April 24.

The celebration began in sophomore, said his vision for the Nebraska in 1872 and was brought future of Arbor Day has already to OU in 1997. In the past 12 years, begun.

“It is simply having students from more than 4,000 new trees have been planted at the Norman campus all walks of campus gather around and the OU Health Sciences Center and plant the future of their own

child or even grandchild,” Mills, second-time Arbor Day volunteer, said in an e-mail.

Wednesday’s events will serve as a finale for the reforestation efforts that began after the 2007 ice storm. About 1,000 trees on campus were destroyed during the storm, Dawkins said. A total of 1,600 trees will have been planted to replace those lost since the ice storm after Wednesday, she said.

A free picnic lunch accompanied by jazz music for volunteers will help kick off the event in David A. Burr Park until noon, when OU President David Boren will speak about the importance of Arbor Day, Dawkins said.

The park is located at 1501 Asp Ave., adjacent to the Huston Huffman Center. In the event of inclement weather, the picnic will be held in Couch Center Cafeteria.

Wednesday’s opening festivities will also recognize student organizations for the maintenance of their Adopt-an-Areas. OU gardeners judge

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As part of OU’s Arbor Day celebration on Wednesday, 78 trees will be planted around campus. the areas each Monday throughout the year and assign point values to the tidiest areas.

Tree planting is scheduled to begin at 1:30 p.m. and volunteers

may register at the Burr Park gazebo to receive their assignment, but no pre-registration is required, Dawkins said. All volunteers will receive a free T-shirt.

THANK YOU! Anne and Henry Zarrow Foundation

The remarkable lives of Anne and Henry Zarrow have always included a deep commitment to giving to those in need and ensuring access to social and medical services. When Henry Zarrow turned 93 in February, the Anne and Henry Zarrow Foundation chose an exceptionally fitting way to honor him and his beloved late wife, Anne, his partner in life and in giving for 65 years.

Their $5 million commitment to the University of Oklahoma School of Social Work will benefit future generations of students who will continue to help others through their work.

To honor the Zarrows’ commitment to society, the School will be named the Anne and Henry Zarrow School of Social Work and the School’s new building will be named Anne and Henry Zarrow Hall.

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Ray Martin, opinion editor dailyopinion@ou.edu phone: 325-7630, fax: 325-6051 For more, go to oudaily.com.

STAFF COLUMN

Time to overcome ice-storm paranoia Treat last week as extended Sunday You would have thought an avalanche was heading for Norman this weekend.

Mass hysteria surrounded campus and the Cleveland Country area. Administrators made the decision to cancel Saturday classes before 2 p.m. on Friday.

Why? A projected 2-4 inches of snow, according to the National Weather Service.

Not ice. Snow.

Classes were canceled on Saturday, a day when the high temperature most certainly exceeded 32 degrees, and when what little snow that fell was mostly gone by noon.

This is a result of ice-storm paranoia, something that many in the area, and the entire

state for that matter, need to overcome.

The 2007 ice storm was one of historic magnitude.

There were thouOUR VIEW sands of trees and housis an editorial es damaged, and even selected and debated by the editorial board more houses without and written after a electricity. majority opinion is It was something formed and approved by the editor. Our View we hope Oklahomans is The Daily’s official never again have to opinion. experience.

But since that time, no storm has come close.

Not even the storm earlier this year, when classes were cancelled for two-and-a-half

days.

Several students who take weekend classes were forced to miss a good chunk of their semester Saturday because of ice-storm paranoia, and others who might have needed to get to computer labs fell victim to the disease, too.

We’re all for shutting down campus when it’s dangerous, but it’s hard to know whether or not campus is dangerous when you make the call a day beforehand.

Saturday’s “storm” turned out to be nothing more than a bit of precipitation – something that should never cause administrators to cancel classes, no matter how terrible the ice storm they lived through two years earlier.

Check out more letters to the editor and the latest installment of the libertarian debate at the opinion desk blog at http://oudaily.com/weblogs/ opinion-desk-blog/

STAFF COLUMN

Vote against discrimination The University of Oklahoma Student Association’s two-day general election begins Tuesday. Many students will vote, but many have found little reason to care about this election.

This is a problem facing student government.

But this year’s ballot contains an issue that should make every student passionate.

This year’s ballot features a referendum, MARY proposed by Student STANFIELD Congress member Nicholas Harrison, to add sexual orientation to the University’s non-discrimination policy.

This policy guarantees against discrimination “in any of [the University’s] policies, practices, or procedures” – including “admissions, employment, financial aid, and educational services.”

This proposal is essential to our successful future, and our continuing commitment to being an equal opportunity campus.

Proof that this kind of discrimination is a problem on campus does not abound.

But even if no student or employee in

This proposal is essential to our successful future and our continuing commitment to being an equal opportunity campus. any organization or office of the university has ever been discriminated against because of his or her sexual orientation (a nearly impossible statement), this policy is still essential.

It is not simply the reality of discrimination that must be fought, but the perception that it might be allowed.

The non-discrimination policy serves as strong reminder that the campus itself is dedicated to equality.

For groups protected by the policy, this acts as a deterrent to not just acts of discrimination, but also the very attitudes that lead to them.

For groups not protected by the policy, the obviousness of the omission can actually strengthen those attitudes.

By having a non-discrimination policy that does not include sexual orientation, the university can be perceived as saying it does not support equality for gay and lesbian students.

Instead of a simple omission, it then becomes a statement – a statement that supports potential discrimination. As it stands, it can be justified as an oversight.

But given this chance to fix it, either outcome becomes an active decision.

Don’t help the OU community make the wrong decision. Universities across the country have taken the initiative to create truly inclusive non-discrimination policies over the past few years.

OU now has a choice to join the rest of the country and uphold it’s stated commitment to equality, or hold on to an antiquated intolerance and be left behind.

We are the ones with the power to make this decision.

So vote yes on this referendum and let OU know it is time to take its place in an inclusive future.

Mary Stanfield is a philosophy sophomore.

Nothing is like a late-March frosting and a Syracuse beating to cheer up our first week back from spring break.

Weatherman Gary England had the state – and Jon Stewart – on high alert. Blizzard-like conditions were storming our state!

The man would probably interrupt commercial programming for light fog. Savvy station managers at News 9 wisely declined to disrupt Oklahoma’s beat-down of the Orange.

I predict the inebriated crowd at New York Pizza would have violently revolted if even one of Blake Griffin’s dunks was missed. England thought the weather was bad – wait till a mob of basketball and booze-infused students stormed his NASA-esque compound. Radars do not protect from that kind of severe weather.

We needed this weekend.

First, it puts a serious dent in those Global Warming charges. Moscow had warmer weather than Norman on Saturday, according to the Weather Channel. Sen. Jim Inhofe can breathe a momentary sigh of relief.

Second, our Sooner ego was badly bruised in Miami only a short time ago. I understand it’s basketball. Ten National Championships in the MATT sport would not equal one in football. But, this first step on the road to recovery.

FELTY is the No doubt spring break left some spring broke – both academically and financially.

There are two types of people right now: those who had tests and papers due after spring break, and those who did not.

The latter category re-acclimated fine. They got some extra sleep, went to class and took their time.

The former scrambled to study. They cursed themselves for not budgeting any time over the break to prepare.

Blame should be shared equally. Professors who schedule a test, or make a paper due that first week, border on cruelty.

Don’t professors understand the first week back is one big Sunday? A day to recover, replenish and remember what actually needs to be done. Grades only suffer when professors try it the other way.

UOSA may need to get involved. I would challenge our default-President and Vice President, Katie Fox and Dewey Bartlett, to push through legislation that prohibits professors from such brutal scheduling tactics. I believe our future leaders are progressive and student-sensitive. A pledge to, at the very least, investigate the matter would only confirm my beliefs.

Do I speak from experience on such matters?

Yes. My return flight from Las Vegas landed in Oklahoma City at 2:30 a.m. on Monday. I had a decent-size paper due in 10 hours. We were supposed to arrive hours earlier, but wind gusts in excess of 60 miles per hour shut down the airport.

I had taken only naps while I was in Las Vegas. I had to sleep if I even hoped to form a coherent sentence. I did turn the paper in on time.

But, I would still appreciate my student leaders to pass legislation that offered protection from 1) my own procrastination and 2) a professor’s unkind due date.

A thought or two on Las Vegas for potential visitors: it is an overload on the senses.

There is no place like it in the world. It is a city built on other people’s money. I likely contributed to someone’s weekly paycheck while I was there. But it is fun.

Guys, be forewarned. Unless you are accompanied by a plethora of beautiful women, entry into a club will be long and frustrating. Unless, of course, you feel led to splurge on bottle service for the small fee of $800. Or, you are Flavor Flav.

Where else in the world could a 4-foot man decked out in more bling than a Lil’ John video celebrate his 50th birthday with photographers snapping pictures of him like he is Justin Timberlake?

All you can do is smile and shake your head. At least I was not doing laps at 747.

Matt Felty is a public administration senior.

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- ROBERT WARREN, METEOROLOGY SENIOR

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Tucker Cross does right to call our attention to the fact of plummeting fertility rates throughout the western world.

This will result in major changes in the future, many of which are disquieting. In the short term, demographic trees will end up shaped like mushrooms, the top-heavy load collapsing retirement funds and social security. In the long run, Europe will be taken over by Islamic fundamentalists and liberal democracy will go extinct.

I also think Cross has a good point that declining fertility is being unfairly shut out of the public discourse, though I don’t see the point in blaming the boogeyman political correctness.

About halfway through his column, Cross finally tips his hand, revealing the ideology through which he will put these facts to work. And to do so, he makes a claim that does not stand up to rigorous examination.

“Statistics,” he writes,“ are showing us the traditional family structure is the most effective and ideal setting for high fertility rates.” In this country, we are currently avoiding falling under replacement rate, and it’s not because of the diligent efforts of fundamentalists who remember learning in Sunday school that a woman’s place is in the home. It’s because of a tremendous gain in babies born to unwed mothers.

Anti-abortion activists are still losing in the courts, but as it turns out, they are winning the battle for souls - pregnant teens are more likely to give birth now than they were 10 years ago.

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for the idea, so important in our time and place, of personal freedom. Fertility has plummeted in our society because people now have the luxury and the freedom to ask themselves questions like “what would make me happy?” Children come into this world extremely needy, expensive and potentially damaged. There is no law, policy or constraint that can encourage free people to have children unless the social context helps them see the benefits for themselves.

My modest proposal is to let social retirement money programs collapse- freedom means more than doing whatever you like, it also means facing the consequences of your actions. I anticipate that future thinkers will confront a drastic need for re-evaluation of what really makes us happy.

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Overpopulation crisis ignored In saying a declining birth rate is a crisis of our time, Tucker Cross blatantly disregarded the environmental impacts and humanitarian crisis related to overpopulation.

The three “popular crises” that he mentioned (global warming, dense urbanization and economic concerns) can all be directly or indirectly related to overpopulation.

In this article, we are told to “think again” about overpopulation. However, the only real argument for increasing birth rate given regards the aging baby boom generation and the strain they will put on social security. The notion that solving the social security crisis with more babies demonstrates total ignorance of the issue. By 2018, there will not be enough money coming into the system via payroll taxes as will be needed to pay promised benefits. Babies born in the

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Charles Collins, the author of the column about President Obama’s faith, suggests the Freedom of Choice Act is designed to create divisions in America.

This is simply not true. Such divisions already exist - if they did not, then the bill would not be generating the controversy that it is.

If we wish to find the source of the divisions within America, and indeed the world, we need look no further than religious faith.

Like so many Christians, the author of this article speaks tirelessly of sin and of right and wrong as dictated by God. A brief examination of the Bible, however, reveals that God has little concept of right and wrong when compared to the moral obligations we hold today.

Fortunately, God does not exist so we need not concern ourselves with his opinion. Rather, as intelligent and moral life forms, our efforts should be focused on maintaining life and minimizing suffering.

Freedom of choice on the issue of abortion is an important part of this.

While I feel abortion should be avoided whenever possible, I cannot, as a rational human being, conceive why, for example, a 14-year-old rape victim should be denied the right to terminate the developing fetus that resulted from the unthinkable crime she suffered.

Nor can I understand how anyone could believe that this denial would be in any way morally justifiable.

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next five years will be under 10 in 2018, and not of working age. By 2042, when funds are expected to run out, those same children will be 30 and would not have worked long enough to make any real contribution to social security reserves. Also, the majority of baby boomers will have died by the time children born in the next 10 years will have worked long enough to impact it.

By increasing the number of children to pay for the bubble of retiring baby boomers, we will not solve, but simply push, that debt onto future generations, who will then be paying for our retirement.

Americans constitute 5percent of the global population, yet we consume nearly 25 percent of the world’s resources.

By increasing our own population, we would only continue to add strain to already overstretched water, food and energy supplies. Since Americans have barely begun the shift to sustainable lifestyles, increasing birth rates would make a daunting task impossible.

Cross makes indirect and irrelevant stabs at non-traditional child raising in his discussion of divorce rate and secular families. Religious families may have higher birth rates, but so do illiterate women. Such an assertion cannot be made without evidence or consideration of other factors.

Ironically, in the same issue of The Daily, an article explained that families are already experiencing the economic strain of having more children and turning to drastic measures. Instead of producing more children, we should be focusing on educating and preparing the children we do have to create a more socially and environmentally just society.

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8 die in NC nursing home shooting CARTHAGE, N.C. — A gunman burst into a North Carolina nursing home Sunday morning and started “shooting everything,� killing seven residents and a nurse and wounding at least three others.

Robert Stewart, 45, of Moore County, was charged hours later with eight counts of first-degree murder and a single charge of felony assault of a law enforcement officer. Authorities offered few other details, allowing only that Stewart was not a patient or an employee at the nursing home, and isn’t believe to be related to any of the victims. “It’s a horrible event in any size town, particularly, though, when you deal with a small town such as Carthage,� said Police Chief Chris McKenzie. “It’s hard. This is my home, my small town. I was born and raised here so, yeah, I take it to heart a little bit.

All you can do is move forward.�

Authorities said Stewart began his rampage around 10 a.m. at Pinelake Health and Rehab, a nursing home in the North Carolina Sandhills about 60 miles southwest of Raleigh. A police officer, 25-year-old Justin Garner, was also wounded before

Stewart was shot and apprehended.

Sen. Harris Blake, a Moore County Republican, said six people were killed at the scene and two died later at a hospital in nearby Pinehurst. He said sheriff’s officials told him that Stewart “comes in and just starts shooting everything around.�

The victims were identified as residents Tessie Garner, 88; Lillian Dunn, 89; Jessie Musser, 88; Bessie Hendrick, 78; John Goldston, 78; Margaret Johnson, 89; Louise Decker, 98; and nurse Jerry Avent, whose age wasn’t immediately available.

Gretchen Kelly, a spokeswoman at FirstHealth Moore Regional Hospital in nearby Pinehurst, said six people were brought to the hospital from the nursing home. Two died, two were discharged and two were still being treated. She wouldn’t release further details on the injuries or conditions of those hospitalized.

Late Sunday afternoon, authorities appeared to be conducting a search of the nursing home’s parking lot, which they had blocked off with yellow police tape. Among the items they found was

a camouflaged-colored rifle or shotgun, which was leaning against the side of a Jeep Cherokee.

The road leading to the home was filled with parked cars, both of police and relatives of those living at Pinelake. Howard McMillian, of Lakeview, said he raced to the scene as soon as he heard about the shooting. His 56-year-old sister lives at the nursing home, and McMillian said his brother had gotten a call from officials saying she was unharmed. “I know she’s real nervous,� McMillian said. “I just want to make sure she’s OK.�

A nursing home Web site said the facility that opened in 1993 has 110 beds, including 20 for those with Alzheimer’s disease.

Carthage is a small town of roughly 1,800 people in the North Carolina Sandhills, an area popular AP Photo among retirees and home to several noted golf Investigators examine a weapon at the scene where a courses, including the famed Pinehurst resort and gunman opened fire at a nursing home Sunday morning, its No. 2 course that regularly hosts the U.S. Open.

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Few in flood zone have insurance MOORHEAD, Minn. — As the Red River crept within view of their backyard this past week, Denette and Billy Narum had an extra incentive to pray their sandbags held. Like most people in the path of potential floods, they have no flood insurance.

Fewer than 800 homeowners in the North Dakota and Minnesota communities most threatened by the swollen river hold insurance policies covering flood damage despite a decade-long push by state and federal officials to get people signed up, according to federal records obtained by The Associated Press.

Like the Narums, who bought their home five years ago, many forgo the insurance because they have never seen a historic flood. Others don’t want to shell out up to $800 a year for coverage, instead gambling that city dikes will protect their homes.

That leaves residents exposed to huge losses, and they can’t count on a government bailout. People who don’t have insurance can get limited federal help if their county is declared a federal disaster area, but it’s usually in a loan that must be repaid. “This was never supposed to happen here,� Denette Narum said hours before she and her husband evacuated Friday, giving up on their six pumps as water seeped under sandbags topping a levee and water filled their basement.

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Water sprays up at volunteer fire fighters as they attempt to pump flood water from the Red River out of a basement and outdoor hot tub area Saturday in Moorhead, Minn. residents had been urged to evacuate, although most homes are still OK. Thousands of volunteers reinforced miles and miles of dikes with sandbags as the river rose to record levels. Even though the National Weather Service said the river appeared to be receding, it was still more than 20 feet above flood stage Sunday and expected to remain that way for days, testing the integrity of dikes that have already suffered some breaches.

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Agency reports show that in the besieged city of Fargo, N.D., with a population of 92,000, only 586 homeowners have policies — including just 90 in the area of highest flood risk. In neighboring Moorhead, a city of 30,000, that number is a mere 145.

In fact, only 4,558 homeowners in the entire state of North Dakota and fewer than 9,000 in Minnesota carried flood insurance as of January, the most recent figures available.

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SCHOOL FUNDING DEADLINE NEARS OKLAHOMA CITY — The Oklahoma Legislature is again in danger of missing its self-imposed deadline for drawing up an education budget.

The April 1 deadline was written into law because legislators felt teachers should get maximum warning if their jobs were in jeopardy because of budget cuts, but that deadline hasn’t been met for ďŹ ve years.

School administrators remain uncertain of how much money they can expect from the state and whether they can aord to retain their stas. “It really puts them in a tight situation to do that,â€? said Je Mills, executive director of the Oklahoma State School Boards Association. “It does create problems for schools, especially when budgets are tight.â€? “I think it’s frustrating for all of us,â€? said Roy Bishop, president of the Oklahoma Education Association. “It puts everybody in a diďŹƒcult position when the Legislature doesn’t follow through on its promise.â€?

The legislative deadline was part of the Fund Education First initiative passed in 2003 that required the Legislature to submit an education budget to the governor no later than April 1.

The deadline was met the following year, when lawmakers passed an education budget in March 2004 for the 2005 school year.

Lawmakers almost met the deadline in 2007, when the House and Senate passed a $6.9 billion

general appropriations bill that included money for education. Most of that measure was vetoed by Gov. Brad Henry, who complained it was prepared without his input.

Another education funding deadline looms this week, but legislative budget writers began the process of putting together a budget for the ďŹ scal year that begins on July 1 just last week and are likely to miss it again.

Critics of the April 1 deadline have characterized it as a political stunt that has become little more than an April Fool’s joke. Lawmakers face no penalty for not meeting the deadline. “My fear was that it was just to look good, that is was for show and there wasn’t any teeth to it,�

Bishop said. “To this day there isn’t any teeth to this whole thing.�

But the deadline is not meaningless, according to Rep. Ken Miller, R-Edmond, chairman of the powerful House Appropriations and Budget Committee. “I think it’s a good goal,� Miller said. “It does have meaning because we strive toward that goal.�

Miller’s job is complicated this year by an estimated $900 million budget shortfall caused primarily by the slowing economy, a drop in oil and natural gas prices and the loss of one-time funds used a year ago to balance the budget.

The budget process has also been slowed by the $787 billion federal stimulus program, which will funnel $2.6 billion to the state for a variety of state and local government programs.

— AP

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“Osbournes: Reloaded” FOX, 8 p.m. Tuesday If you were a fan of “The Osbournes,” then you’ll want to catch the series premiere of Ozzy and family’s new variety show.

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Edward S. Curtis’ 1930 photograph, “A Comanche Girl,” is one of many photographs on exhibit at the Fred Jones Jr. Museum of Art. The exhibit runs through May 17.

Dedication to faces of the past “90210” this way, Curtis believed he was “gathering fragments” (the name of the exhibition), or capturing a way of life and perspective that was slowly being swallowed up by assimilation into white culture.

Curtis also was celebrated for his anti-modernist tendencies, which included his out-of-doors, on the field approach to photogTYLER BRANSON raphy, away from a studio, completely immersed in Nature, White The Oklahoma Daily said.

One anomalous aspect of the Curtis exhibition is the amount The Edward S. Curtis exhibition, “Gathering Fragments,” cel- of time it took him to get to Oklahoma after embarking upon the ebrated its opening reception Friday night at the Fred Jones Jr. mission of photographing Native Americans, Price said. “When I Museum of Art. began to look at Curtis’ career,” he said, “I thought, why did it take Curtis, famous American photographer, is most known for his him so long to get here? We’re volume 19!” expressive portraits and poignant porPrice suggested that perhaps, by 1926, trayals of Native American tribes and Curtis viewed Oklahoma tribes past the customs. The 111 photos of Oklahoma point of interest for his 19th century Indians taken in 1926 represent just one style depictions of Native Americans. part of his ambitious “North American Many tribes dressed in Western attire Indian” portfolio, and comprise the and held conventionally white perspecexhibition photos on display. tives, Price said. For instance, when The exhibition was preceded by Curtis attempted to interview and pholectures from Mark White, Eugene B. tograph the Osage tribe, he found many Adkins curator and Byron Price, exhibiof them away on vacation. Price said tion curator and director of the Charles What: A 20-volume photo exhibit featuring Oklahoma’s the assimilation already occurring may M. Russell Center. The two spoke about Native Americans in the 1920s be the reason many of the Eastern “civthe legacy of Curtis, whose photographs ilized” tribes in Oklahoma were absent represent the iconography commonly Where: Fred Jones Jr. Museum of Art, 555 Elm Ave. from his Oklahoma volume of photoassociated with Western American graphs. Those tribes that are repreIndian tribes.

When: March 27 - May 17 sented, Price said, like the Comanche, According to White, Curtis’s ambiCheyenne and Wichita, “are mainly tious project began in 1898, when he More Info: For more information, the museum’s Web those that more clearly conformed to undertook the enormous task of phosite is www.ou.edu/fjjma or call at 325-4938. ideas and conventions of Indians than tographing as many Western American when [Curtis] started his project [in Indian tribes as possible, with the help 1898],” he said. of investor J. Pierpont Morgan and Though Curtis wasn’t doing anything new, as there had been counsel of President Theodore Roosevelt. He made it to Oklahoma by 1926, and the subsequent photographs represent the 19th volume many photographers in Oklahoma since before statehood, Curtis is celebrated especially for his mastery and artistry in the field, in his enormous anthology, “The North American Indian.”

Throughout his career, Curtis photographed 80 tribes and devot- Price said, which includes the ability to give portraits the characed 30 years of his life to his massive portfolios, White said. teristics of paintings.

“Obviously early photographers [in Oklahoma] had the advanStylistically, Curtis strove to recreate a 19th century image of the Indian, an image Curtis believed to be fading away with assimilation tage of being involved in historical events,” Price said. “But Curtis’ artistry with photography is superior than most people before into white society.

“Curtis tends to depict tribes [in a way] that would be culturally him.”

The Edward S. Curtis exhibition will be on display at the Fred expected,” White said. For instance, plains tribes were commonly depicted on horses, coastal tribes on boats, and so on, he said. In Jones Jr. Museum of Art until May 17.

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The CW, 8 p.m. Tuesday After a long midseason hiatus, “90210” returns. Watch out for the new Dylan, bad boy Liam and Donna’s (Tori Spelling) first appearance.

“Pedro” MTV, 7 p.m. Wednesday Dustin Lance Black, the screenwriter of “Milk,” wrote this made-for-TV movie.

The film is about Pedro Zamora, a “Real World: San Francisco” cast member, who fought for AIDS awareness.

“ER” NBC, 9 p.m. Thursday After 15 seasons, “ER” ends Thursday. Will George Clooney make a cameo appearance?

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“Oscar the Grouch” makes an appearance with Michael Davis at the January book tour promoting the upcoming book, “Street Gangs.”

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Elias Koteas (left), Amanda Crew (center) and Kyle Gallner (right) gather for a ritual in Gold Circle Films’“The Haunting in Connecticut.” The film in is theaters.

‘Haunting’ worth your money • Horror film brings the scares of supposedly true haunting Like horror flicks?

“The Haunting in Connecticut” is a horror film attempting to recreate and embellish the allegedly true story of a family’s stay in a haunted house in Southington, Connecticut.

Understandably – being a movie – liberties were taken in creating a cinematic story different than what “actually” occurred.

However, these liberties make the film a spooky, psychological thrill ride almost from start to finish.

The horror genre is KYLE known for cheesiness WEST and clichés, and “The Haunting” certainly has its share. But surprisingly, the movie also has a lot of originality that helps it stand on its own. While the movie largely follows the formula of what makes any horror movie tick, there were also a few surprises that might catch a few horror veterans off guard.

The movie begins by introducing the Campbells, a dysfunctional but surviving family of six. To the film’s credit, these more important characters are sufficiently complex to serve the purposes of the film.

For example, through backstory, the father is revealed to be a recovering alcoholic, which serves as a plot device later in the film. The plot centers around the oldest son, Matt, who has cancer. Matt’s cancer causes the struggling family to move to Southington, Connecticut to be next to a clinic where Matt receives treatments. Unsurprisingly, they opt to rent the haunted house, which is very cheap for some inexplicable reason (sarcasm).

If viewers can forgive this cliché, then they will be rewarded with the suspense and psychological mind games that will soon

begin. Probably the best aspect of the film is the ingenious use of spooky sounds, which do more to build suspense than the actual images and cheap scares that pop out of nowhere. In one scene, for example, Matt is in the kitchen when spooky whispering seems to come from behind him. In fact, the way sound is used just might be the scariest part of the film.

Throughout the film, Matt, the son who has cancer, becomes increasingly agitated and distressed, becoming possessed by some spirit or demon that is not at rest. As the movie progresses, the nature of the haunting becomes clearer, revealed through Matt’s visions which show the family who lived there perhaps a century before, who assumedly are now haunting the house. The creepiest part of the house is definitely the basement, the site of a mortuary where a little bit more went on than preparing bodies for burial.

One of the best aspects of the movie is the use of the house’s backstory to explain the events going on in the present day. Not all is revealed until the end, of course, helping keep the suspense tight throughout the movie, although a few sections occasionally slowed the pace.

One thing “The Haunting” should be applauded for is its answering of “why” the house was haunted – this question is often left poorly or even fully unanswered by many horror films. But in this regard, “The Haunting” does an above average job.

All in all, “The Haunting in Connecticut” is a good horror film that just might be photo provided worth your money if you’re looking for a scare. The movie experience probably won’t be as good on DVD unless you have surround sound – it’s definitely best seen in the theater.

Sound really helps deliver the scares. Though it’s not a great or amazing horror film, “The Haunting” still does a decent job delivering scares while having a plot that makes sense.

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• New book chronicles history of Henson and the muppets The newly released “Street Gang: The Complete History of Sesame Street”

by Michael Davis presents a history of the 40-yearold television show, from the first inklings of thoughts by its creators to its incepSARAH modern tion.

DORN The book reads more a novel than as a historical recount, which helps move the first several chapters along faster than they would otherwise.

Subtitles to the chapters would have been helpful, and would have fit into the novel quality of the book, but as the book reads chronologically, they aren’t strictly necessary.

The first chapters are several loosely linked tales of the people who would become pivotal to the creation of ‘Sesame Street,’ and focus more on why these people were drawn toward the show, instead of how they were involved technically.

For those of us who picked up the book because of our lingering childhood love for the ‘Street,’ this book picks up in the colorful world we recognize in the doubledigit chapters. Here, we finally get

many behind the scenes glances at the beloved television show.

One of my favorite parts was chapter 11, which explained the origins of and debates surrounding the iconic theme song.

Although the music was thought to be genius from the start, the lyrics were highly disliked by the staff. Eventually, the writers edited to the version we have today that has “become a siren song for preschoolers.”

Chapter 12 was also fascinating.

It discussed how a puppet gets its character. Before being shown to the audience, the puppeteer(s) will play with voices and mannerisms to give the puppet its distinct character. Most interesting was reading how Frank Oz found the vastly different characters of Bert, Grover and Cookie Monster (who in recent years of the show has been put on a diet, and has become the “Sometimes-Cookie Monster”).

Overall, this was a great read.

The second half of the book is far more interesting than the first.

Really, readers should pick up the book, skip straight to the section of photographs on page 125, and read forward from there.

Despite the slow-moving first section, this was a fun book to savor a few nostalgic chapters at a time.

Those who were ‘Street’ fans in childphoto provided hood will find themselves thinking, “So that’s how they did that!”

By the end of the book, you’ll know we have Elmo to thank for saving Sesame Street from cancellation, and readers of ‘Street Gang’ will thank Davis too for reminding us of Jim Henson’s “inspiring raft of characters that make you smile just thinking about them.”

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Sooners split two Sunday against Cornhuskers JONO GRECO The Oklahoma Daily This weekend’s cold weather was not able to cool off the No. 12 baseball team’s bats, but did have a lasting effect on the pitching staff as it gave up 20 runs in a split double-header against Nebraska on Sunday.

The Sooners (22-6, 3-2) dropped their first game of the season at L. Dale Mitchell Park 11-9 in the double-header finale after starting off the afternoon with a 12-9 victory in game one.

Despite having multiple chances to tie the second game, the Sooners were one foul ball in the ninth away from possibly sending the game into extra innings. The ball, which barely went foul, would have been a two-run homer down the left-field line that would have evened the score at 11.

“It’s a tough call when it goes against you,” head coach Sunny Golloway said.

“When you look at the wind it’s kind of pushing against [the ball], it certainly didn’t aid the ball to try to stay fair. Those things happen and that’s baseball.”

Junior shortstop Bryant Hernandez extended his hitting streak to 10 games with an RBI single in the bottom of the first before he was caught stealing second.

Nebraska (16-9-1, 4-4) took a brief lead by scoring two runs in the top of the second, but could not hold onto it for long as senior catcher J.T. Wise and freshman third baseman Garrett Buechele hit backto-back solo homers in the bottom half of the inning to reclaim the lead.

Wise’s homer was his second of the day and ninth of the season, which is two more than his career single-season high.

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Senior catcher J.T. Wise reaches for a pitch in the first game of OU’s double-header against Nebraska on Sunday. OU won, 12-9. “[Wise] hits like a veteran who’s been through Division I baseball, which he clearly has,” Golloway said. “He fights hard and he’s one of those fierce competitors [who] expects to get a hit every time.”

Nebraska freshman third baseman Cody Asche and junior catcher Jed Hanson put together a set of back-to-back homers of their own in the third inning, giving the Cornhuskers a 5-3 lead.

Sooners’ sophomore pitcher Michael Rocha (3-2) could not get out of the fourth inning, as his five runs over three-and-twothirds innings of work was all Golloway needed to go to the bullpen.

But, the relievers were not able to stop the bleeding, as they allowed six runs in five-and-one-third innings of work. The Sooner stayed in the game, however, as the offense scored six runs during that stretch. “[The pitchers] just have to find us and trust us,” Wise said. “One little mistake in this wind will just kill a pitching staff, so they just have to have focus and confidence when they go out there with their pitches and know that they can just locate and get anybody out.”

Leading the way for the Sooners’ offense in game two were Hernandez, Wise and senior second baseman Matt Harughty, who combined went 7-11 with five singles, a double and a homer with five RBIs. Nebraska’s bullpen shut down the OU offense in the late innings by allowing only a RBI sacrifice fly to junior first baseman Aaron Baker in the eighth before recording the final out in the ninth with the bases loaded.

Sunday’s loss snapped the Sooners’ 16-game home winning streak. The last loss at L. Dale Mitchell Park was on May 8, 2008 against Kansas State.

“We really thought we were still in the game even when we were down by five,” Golloway said. “We really felt that we could come back, [but] you just need somebody to stabilize the game.”

In the first game of the day, the Sooners never trailed the Cornhuskers, but OU’s pitching staff had some difficulty closing out the 12-9 victory.

Wise, last week’s Big 12 Player of the Week, continued his hot streak in the bottom of the first by sending an errant Nebraska pitch over the left field fence.

His eighth home run of the season drove in three runs and capped off a four-run first inning.

Hernandez went 2-4 at the plate with a double and three RBIs during Sunday’s opener.

Junior pitcher Andrew Doyle’s day ended with one out in the seventh inning, after allowing two runs in the inning.

In six-and-one-third innings, he allowed five runs on nine hits while striking out four and was credited with the win to improve his record to 3-2.

Junior pitcher J.R. Robinson came in to relieve Doyle in the seventh and stopped the bleeding with the Sooners leading 9-5.

After a walk in the eighth by Robinson, junior pitcher Chase Anderson took over on the mound. On his fourth pitch, he gave up a two-run home run to Nebraska freshman pinch hitter Boomer Collins to cut the four-run lead in half.

Sophomore pitcher Ryan Duke came in with one out in the eighth and a runner on first, and retired his only two batters of the inning.

Baker and Wise added three insurance runs for OU in the eighth.

Wise went 3-5 during the first game with a homer, two singles while driving in four runs.

Duke struggled in the ninth as he allowed a two-out, two-run homer to Tezak before inducing a game-ending groundout to second to secure his fifth save of the season.

The Sooners conclude their series with Nebraska at 3 p.m. Monday at L. Dale Mitchell Park.

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Men’s, women’s teams struggle in Big 12 play this weekend • Men lose twice, women go 1-1 JAMES ROTH The Oklahoma Daily Both tennis teams were in action this weekend in Norman continuing their Big 12 schedule, but it was not a particularly successful weekend for either team.

The women’s team extended its losing streak to five matches by falling to Kansas 5-2 on Friday, before snapping the streak Sunday in a 6-1 victory against Kansas State.

The men, however, ended their twomatch winning streak by first dropping a 5-2 match against No. 14 Texas A&M and then losing 5-2 to Texas on Sunday.

For the women’s team, Friday’s match marked its first time to hold a match in the newly-built Gregg Wadley Indoor Pavilion. Unfortunately for the Sooners, they were not able to get the win, falling to Kansas 5-2.

“We were excited to play here tonight along with the men’s team. It brought out a big crowd,” senior Brittany Baldy said. “We fought hard but in the end we were not able to get the win.”

The loss gave them their longest losing streak of the year. The team had a quick turnaround and played Kansas State on Sunday, where the Sooners won 6-1. The Sooners are now 7-10, and 1-5 in the Big 12 on the year.

The men’s team came into its Friday match against No. 14 Texas A&M trying to extend its win streak to three matches. However, the Sooners were over-matched by the Aggies and lost by a score of 5-2. The Sooners got down

early in the match, losing the doubles point and losing in the top two positions in singles play.

“The other guys just had more talent than us in the early matches,” senior Sergey Avdeyev said. “At this level, if you get down a set it is very hard to come back.”

Sophomore Ionut Beleleu and freshman George Chanturia were the only Sooners to win their singles matches.

The men’s team continued Big 12 play on Sunday as they faced the No. 12 Texas Longhorns. The Sooners fell big in the match, 6-1, bringing their overall record on the year to 9-7.

The men will now take a break from Big 12 play, as they host Rice Friday at the Gregg Wadley Indoor Pavillion.

As for the women, they will begin a three-match road trip beginning on Friday by travelling to Ames, Iowa to face Iowa State.

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Men’s Basketball

Tar Heels catch Sooners flat-footed “We couldn’t get stops and we couldn’t make open shots and it killed us.”

• OU falls to Carolina, 72-60 in Elite Eight DANIEL MARTIN The Oklahoma Daily MEMPHIS, Tenn. — In Sunday’s game, North Carolina took advantage of OU’s mistakes early and often, leading the No. 1 seed Tar Heels to a 72-60 win.

Nine first-half turnovers by the Sooners led to 13 points for the Tar Heels and a nine-point lead at the break.

The Tar Heels were hitting shots from all over the floor while the Sooners’ only baskets came from inside the paint. OU went 0-9 on three-pointers in the first half.

Frequent double teams and quick defensive rotations by North Carolina had OU shaken up for most of the first half.

“I think North Carolina came out and executed the whole game,” sophomore forward Blake Griffin said. “I felt we were in rhythm at times, but we couldn’t get stops and we couldn’t make open shots and it killed us.”

OU guards, freshman Willie Warren, senior Austin Johnson and junior Tony Crocker were held to just four combined first-half points on one of nine shooting from the field. North Carolina’s guards, on the other hand, were a combined seven of 16 from the field with 20 first-half points.

The second half was a slight continuation of the first. OU struggled to find offensive consistency, while the Tar Heels were draining shots left and right.

Griffin contributed 23 points and 16 rebounds in the losing campaign and Warren added 18 points, but it wasn’t enough to match the talent and athleticism

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Senior forward Taylor Griffin hides his head after fouling out of OU’s Elite Eight matchup against No. 1 seed North Carolina with only four points Sunday. The Sooners lost the game, 72-60. The game was Griffin’s final as a Sooner. of North Carolina.

“It’s a challenge guarding those guys, they have pros at every position,” head coach Jeff Capel said. “They are incredibly efficient, they have great players and great depth and they used it against us.”

Capel said despite North Carolina’s talent, it came down to OU’s inability to make shots. He

said he didn’t think there was a lack of effort, and if the Sooners could have made a few more shots it would have been a completely different game.

The dagger came when North Carolina forward Deon Thompson’s monster dunk extended Carolina’s lead to 15 points with just 11 minutes to play in the game, and the Tar

Heels really took control of the game. Four minutes later, North Carolina had a 19-point lead and the Tar Heels never looked back.

“North Carolina is probably the best offensive team in the nation, but we were doing what we have been all year,” senior forward Taylor Griffin said. “We were getting good looks. They just weren’t falling.”

Southwest Regional MVP and North Carolina point guard Ty Lawson led the North Carolina offense throughout most of the game with five assists, five rebounds and 19 points. Danny Green added 18 points and last year’s Player of the Year, Tyler Hansbrough, contributed just eight points and six rebounds, but it didn’t matter, as it was more than enough for a win.

OU shot an atrocious 35 percent from the field in the first half, and the Sooners’ first threepointer didn’t come until the fiveminute mark in the second half.

North Carolina had too many weapons for the Sooners to handle as they quickly took back control of the game and held it until the buzzer sounded.

“We had a great season and I am crushed just like my guys are, but we won 30 games this season,” Capel said. “It’s not a season lost, it’s a foundation for what we’re trying to build in our program.”

The No. 8 softball team left Austin winless after getting swept in two games against the Texas Longhorns over the weekend.

The Sooners fell short in a comeback attempt Sunday afternoon, losing 9-7. On Saturday, they were not able to keep up with the scoring of Texas, falling 15-6 in five innings.

OU’s pitchers struggled to find their rhythm in the first game. Senior pitcher D.J. Mathis got the start, but was replaced by freshman pitcher Kirsten Allen

in the second inning. Allen allowed six runs. Mathis returned in the fourth before freshman pitcher Samantha Bachman came in and gave up two runs in one-third of an inning. Mathis gave up seven earned runs in two total innings.

Mathis picked up the loss, dropping to 8-3.

The Sooners scored six runs on six hits, including a two-run home run by freshman infielder Karolyne Long, her second of the season.

In the second game, the Sooners jumped out to a 2-0 lead before allowing seven runs; two in the fourth and five in the fifth inning. OU answered with

SPORTS BRIEF Track and field sets regional marks over weekend At the Bobby Lane Invitational Saturday at the University of Texas-Austin, the Sooners grabbed five regional-qualifying marks and two event titles, with senior Leslie Cole winning the 200-meter dash, and junior Mikaela Johansson taking the hammer throw.

Cole’s title was her second in as many years at the event, as she recorded a regional-qualifying time of 26.63.

Johansson’s toss of 184 feet., five inches in the hammer throw gave her a second-consecutive qualifying mark.

Also hitting qualifying marks were junior Amy Backel in the shot put, junior Latoya Heath in the 100-meter hurdles and freshman Alex Madkins in the long jump.

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Guards the difference between OU, Carolina or people who follow the NCAA Tournament every year, it’s almost a cliche phrase: To advance deep in the tourney, a team must have great guard play.

In Sunday’s game, the Tar Heels had it. The Sooners didn’t.

Compare these numbers.

North Carolina’s big three on the perimeter, juniors Ty Lawson and Wayne Ellington and senior Danny Green, plus freshman guard Larry JOEY Drew II, scored HELMER 48 points.

OU’s three s t a r t i n g guards, senior Austin Johnson, junior Tony Crocker and freshman Willie Warren combined for only 24 points, 18 of which came from Warren, and the backups failed to get in the score book.

That’s the recipe for how the Tar Heels handled the Sooners.

The Sooner guards turned the ball over seven times, while Carolina only turned it over six, but several of those turnovers for North Carolina were late in the game when the outcome was already decided.

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inconsistent in the inside-out game with sophomore forward Blake Griffin. On the other side of the court, Carolina’s guards were efficient moving the ball around the perimeter and when they weren’t hitting 3s, they fed it to forwards Deon Thompson and Tyler Hansbrough for an easy deuce.

That’s another recipe for how the Tar Heels handled the Sooners.

Not until nearly the five-minute mark in the second half did OU finally make a 3, with a shot from Warren that cut the Tar Heel lead from 17 to 14.

Warren later hit another one in the final minute of play, but the Sooners as a team from the outside shot only 2-19.

Contrast that to Friday’s South Regional Semifinal against Syracuse.

The Sooners were 9-21 from the 3-point line, including a 6-11 performance from Crocker.

Those 21 points make a huge difference in a game against a quality opponent.

There was no question Griffin was the best player on the court.

He had Hansbrough in early foul trouble and made him basically a non-factor, but in the end, it was OU’s inability to score points with perimeter players that cost the Sooners a trip to the Final Four.

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five of its own in the sixth inning to tie the game, but the Longhorns took the lead for good in the bottom of the sixth with two more runs.

Freshman pitcher Allee Allen started the game and pitched four-and-one-third innings, allowing six earned runs. She was replaced by Kirsten Allen, who allowed three runs and was charged with the loss.

Kirsten Allen is now 7-6 this season.

With the two losses, OU is now 27-10, 4-2 Big 12.

The team returns to Norman to host a double-header against Baylor on Wednesday.

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Freshman Hand leads OU to Elite Eight • Hand scores 22 in OU’s 70-59 win, propelling Sooners into Elite Eight ANNELISE RUSSELL The Oklahoma Daily The Sooners clinched a spot in the Elite Eight after trouncing Pittsburgh 70-59 Sunday night at the Ford Center in Oklahoma City.

The home court advantage was undeniable for this NCAA regional game as the Sooners had a loud crowd behind them before the game even began.

OU nabbed the tip-off, but senior center Courtney Paris was unable to convert underneath the basket. The Sooners made up for it on the next trip down the court when Paris knocked down an inside layup.

Freshman guard Whitney Hand was the early answer for the Sooners.

She made smart defensive plays and scrapped for rebounds after every missed basket. Hand threw herself on the floor multiple times to dive for loose balls.

Even with the strong play from Hand, Pittsburgh was not easily knocked off its game.

The Panthers responded with inside buckets and mid-range jumpers of their own.

OU maintained a 22-18 lead with seven minutes left in the first half, and Paris put up another two points after the timeout.

The flood-gates began to open up for the Sooner offense, led by Hand who scored 17 firsthalf points, and OU began to run all over Pitt.

The Panthers could not score on the other end and the Sooners made them pay.

OU cooled off a bit before the half and did not put up high-percentage shots, but OU still went into the locker room with a 41-32 lead.

Pitt had the first possession out of the half and came up empty, but once it was the Sooners’ turn, junior guard Nyeshia Stevenson hit a shot from three to extend the lead.

The Sooner onslaught continued and after the first four minutes of play, OU extended its lead to 51-35.

One of the things OU avoided in the game was poor shooting and forcing passes down low to the post.

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Freshman guard Whitney Hand signals to the official that the possession of a loose ball should belong to the Sooners as the ball leaves the court and Pittsburgh’s guard Shayla Scott looks on. OU won the game 70-59 and advanced to the Elite Eight.

The Sooners continued to rush the Panthers and cause confusion in the second half. Eight minutes into the half, Pitt had only scored five points.

The Panthers tried every combination of players, trying to find an offensive spark, but in the process failed to stop the Sooners defensively as OU extended the lead to 25.

Junior forward Amanda Thompson, who was been benched due to a foot injury for most of the NCAA tournament, made an appearance for the Sooners in the second half.

Thompson played just three minutes, and failed to register a point or rebound.

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the second half, but the attempts were too little, too late.

Hand put together arguably her best game of the season, and easily her best of the NCAA Tournament Sunday night, finishing with 22 points and eight rebounds. Hand’s big night comes following a Big 12 tournament in which she failed to convert a field goal.

Senior forward Ashley Paris and sophomore guard Danielle Robinson also put up solid games for the Sooners posting 12 and 12 rebounds, and 10 points and six rebounds respectively.

With the win, the Sooners move on to play Purdue, who defeated Rutgers 67-61 earlier Sunday, for a berth into the Final Four.

PLAYER OF THE GAME

WHITNEY HAND

Minutes: 34 Field goals: 7-11 Three-point field goals: 4-8 Free throws: 4-4 Points: 22 Rebounds: 8 Assists: 3 Steals: 2