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HSC officials still uncertain of ban’s savings Implementation at center’s campus has reduced number of smokers, officials say KATHLEEN EVANS

Senior Campus Reporter

OU Health Sciences Center officials are not sure if its campuswide smoking ban has saved money, but they said it has helped

reduce the number of smokers.

The center banned all tobacco products in July 2005, according to its handbook.

OU President David Boren is attempting to create a

similar ban for the Norman campus, citing the desire to cut cleanup costs, save insurance money and be a model of good health.

Landscaping employees estimate a smoking ban would save $45,000, according to Daily archives.

However, HSC Dean Gary Raskob does not know if

smoking saved the HSC campus any money in landscaping costs.

“I would anticipate they would be similar to what Norman is projecting to be saving,” Raskob said.

The center also was unable to determine if smoking

AT A GLANCE other colleges with a ban • Oklahoma Baptist University • Oklahoma Christian University • Oklahoma City University • Oklahoma State University – • Oklahoma City University • Oklahoma State University Tulsa

• Rose State College • St. Gregory’s University • University of Central Oklahoma • University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center Source: No-smoke.org

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Credit cards cover costs Employees using Pcards to purchase low-cost items JAKE MORGAN Staff Reporter

A university charge card is allowing full-time employees to cover costs ranging from invoices to classroom materials.

The University of Oklahoma Purchasing Card, otherwise known as the Pcard, is designed to maintain financial efficiency by simplifying small dollar purchases.

Each of these purchases must cost fewer than $5,000 as listed under the university’s Small Dollar Policy.

While the Small Dollar Policy limits individual purchases, monthly expenditure limits are set by designees and the Pcard team, according to purchasing’s website.

Full-time university employees who wish to obtain a Pcard must complete an application and attend a training session to learn what purchases are acceptable.

Once approved, cardholders have the license to purchase furniture, cellphones and even coffee supplies.

Suzanne Carter, administrative and Pcard manager, said most of the purchases are for everyday items that relate to the cardholder’s occupation.

“Food and beverage items, as a rule, are not allowable on the Pcard,” Carter said. “[However,] coffee and coffee supplies are allowable as … courtesy beverages.”

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top: Senior offensive lineman Stephen Good (center) puts his head in his hand in the waning seconds of the Sooners’ 45-38 loss to Baylor on Saturday in Waco. Oklahoma had never lost to the Bears in 20 previous meetings, but the Sooners surrendered 616 total yards of offense to Baylor junior quarterback Robert Griffin III and the Bears’ attack. right: Sophomore quarterback Drew Allen stands in disbelief as the game clock ticks down during OU’s loss to Baylor on Saturday.

Junior quarterback Landry Jones threw for 447 yards, no touchdowns and one interception in a losing effort, and redshirt freshman quarterback Blake Bell scored four touchdowns out of OU’s “Belldozer” formation.

More oU-BAyLor CoVerAGe Column: Injuries force once-promising season to fall short of team’s expectations, national title game (Page 7) Analysis: OU’s costly mistakes, Baylor’s lucky breaks lead to Bears’ first-ever victory against Sooners (OUDaily.com)

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Sophomore guard Cameron Clark drives down the court against Coppin State on Friday at Lloyd Noble Center. The Sooners defeated the Eagles, 92-65. (Page 6)

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Center: Ban nixes common smoking triggers Continued from page 1 had an impact on employee insurance costs because the center is a small fraction of OU’s costs, Raskob said.

But the campus has seen a reduced number of smokers because of the ban.

“There are good studies that there are likely to be increased quitting with this approach because it is the final motivation,” Raskob said. “I’ve heard anecdotal reports about how this was the final motivation to quitting smoking, particularly if people are provided enhanced benefits.”

The center is now providing more benefits for those who quit smoking, Raskob said. Compliance with the ban has not been an issue, although there are a few individual violators.

Young people, aged 18 to 24, have higher smoking rates than general adults in Oklahoma, so a campuswide ban could help, said Sally Carter, interim service chief for tobacco at the Oklahoma State Department of Health.

In Oklahoma, 23.7 percent of all adults smoke, but for adults 18 to 24, that number is 32.5 percent, Carter said.

However, younger adults do

Today around campus A free concert by student musician Atiba Williams will take place from noon to 1 p.m. at the Oklahoma Memorial Union’s food court.

A concert by the Wind Symphony and the Symphony Band will take place from 8 to 10 p.m. in Catlett Music Center’s Sharp Concert Hall. Tickets are $9 for adults and $5 for students, OU faculty/staff and senior adults.

Tuesday, Nov. 22 A young artist event will take place from 10:30 to 11:30 a.m. at Fred Jones Jr. Museum of Art’s Dee Dee and Jon R. Stuart Classroom.

The event will feature the children’s book “The Perfect Thanksgiving” by Eileen Spinelli.

Children ages 3 to 5 must be accompanied by an adult.

Free pie will be available from 11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. at the Oklahoma Memorial Union’s first floor lobby. The pie is courtesy of the Union Programming Board.

AT A GLANCE Help quitting The Oklahoma State Department of Health offers assistance to people who want to quit smoking.

Call 1-800-QUIT-NOW to: • Receive two weeks of free nicotine patches or gum • Be matched with a free coach who provides a tailored plan to quit

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University College freshman Mickey Mei smokes a cigarette Sunday on the Norman campus. The OU Health Sciences Center banned all tobacco products in July 2005.

not typically smoke as much or as often.

The biggest advantage of a smoking ban would be to take away triggers that make people want to smoke, such as seeing others smoking or smelling cigarettes, she said.

“The way I think about

college is that the purpose is to prepare students for the workforce,” Carter said.

“Most workplaces are adopting tobacco-free policies as well, so moving in that direction is more realistic. ...

It’s really about trying to set a precedent for readiness in

the workplace.”

The Oklahoma Legislature began banning smoking in most workplaces in 2003, according to the Oklahoma Hospitals Association. In 2010, it also passed the Clean Air in Restaurants Act, which encouraged restaurants to become smokefree as well.

Carter said she urges everyone to use the possible campus smoking ban as an impetus to quit smoking for good.

“What most people don’t understand is it’s a slow and brutal death,” Carter said.

“I lost an uncle to lung cancer. He had lung surgery and couldn’t breathe and was so ill and took so long to die. He just suffered and suffered.”

Money: All card purchases limited to $5,000

A free concert by student musician John Abney will take place from noon to 1 p.m. at the Oklahoma Memorial Union’s food court.

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A Bible study by the Christians on Campus will take place from noon to 12:45 p.m. in the Oklahoma Memorial Union’s Sooner Room.

restricted transactions include travel expenses and insurance.

Cardholders are responsible for recording their transactions by keeping itemized receipts and entering transactions into Works, Bank of America’s reconciliation website. Either the cardholder or the designee must sign off on these transactions.

Byron Burr Millsap, associate vice president for administration and finance, said the Pcard team conducts daily online reviews as well as on-site departmental reviews of the transactions to ensure Pcard policy.

“We have had good compliance with the Pcard program and have not discovered an instance that required legal or administrative action,” Millsap said.

For record purposes, a copy of the review is sent to Internal Auditing, and Oklahoma law requires that all Pcard transactions be sent electronically to the Office of State Finance, Millsap said.

Carter said Purchasing also has systems in place to prevent prohibited transactions from occurring.

“Our Pcard bank provides built-in mechanisms to

A gallery talk featuring Native American jewelry from the Eugene B. Adkins collection will take place from 2 to 2:30 p.m. at Fred Jones Jr. Museum of Art’s Eugene B. Adkins Gallery.

Professor Mary Jo Watson will discuss the history of metalwork in the Southwest.

A recital by the School of Music faculty will take place from 4 to 5:30 p.m. at Catlett Music Center’s Pitman Recital Hall.

Wednesday, Nov. 23 Thanksgiving break begins.

OU volleyball will play Texas Tech at 7 p.m. at McCasland Field House. Admission is free for OU students.

Thursday, Nov. 24 Thanksgiving Day.

Saturday, Nov. 25 OU football will play Iowa State at 11 a.m. at Oklahoma Memorial Stadium. This is the last home game of the season.

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Date: Tuesday, November 22, 2011 Cultural Program: 6:00 pm at Meacham Auditorium in the Union Dinner: 8:00 pm at Jim Thorpe Multicultural Center Free for all OU Students, Faculty and Staff For accommodation on the basis of disability please contact SAB at SAB@ou.edu or call (817) 584-7989

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enforce single transaction limit caps,” Carter said.

“Merchant category code restrictions are used to block prohibited purchases.”

Through October, $22.06 million has been processed through the Pcard system for this fiscal year.

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f you’re here for Thanksgiving break, don’t let it just be another weekend come and gone. Get out and enjoy the attractions that put you in the holiday spirit. Here are a few you won’t want to miss.

Thursday Happy Thanksgiving!

Before you eat the turkey and all the stuffing, take time to serve others through a morning run. If you have a knack for running, register for the Lake Norman Turkey Trot around lake Norman.

There are a 5k and 10k run, both benefiting AMESPA Children’s Research and Treatment Foundation.

Registration costs for the 5k is $30 until Tuesday and $35 thereafter; and $35 until Tuesday and $40 thereafter for the 10k. For more information, visit www.epicsportsmarketing. com/events/lake-normanturkey-trot.

Friday With Thanksgiving Day in the rear-view mirror, many look onward to Christmas,

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including Oklahoma City.

Kicking off the approaching holiday is the seventh annual Devon Energy Holiday River Parade.

Starting at 6 p.m. there will be a firework show, followed by a parade on the river of approximately 20 floats of many different shapes and statures.

In addition to the uniqueness of the event, the Holiday River Parade is free.

“It is amazing to see the development that has taken place on the river since [the first river parade],” said Ron Norick, Oklahoma City Riverfront Redevelopment Authority chairman, “not to mention the special events that have attracted thousands of people to our river.”

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For more information, visit okcparade.com.

of holiday festivities for all to enjoy, with holiday attractions consisting of ice Saturday skating, snow tube rides, As for other weekend free water taxi excursions activities, Downtown in and much more.

December, begins this “Our two most popular weekend in Oklahoma City events are the Devon Ice that are sure to keep you Rink at the Myriad Gardens entertained. Downtown in and the Chesapeake Snow December is a 50-day series Tubing at RedHawks Field,”

said Gentry McKeown, communication coordinator for Downtown in December. “You’ll definitely want to [see] those.”

Additionally, be sure to check out the festival’s free attractions, including the SandRidge Tree Lighting Ceremony, OCCF’s Free Museum Sundays, Wimgo

A float during the 2010 Devon Energy Holiday River Parade in Oklahoma City floats down the Oklahoma River. The annual parade is held every year in Oklahoma City as a fundraiser for the Oklahoma river.

Holiday on the Canal and OG&E Free Crystal Bridge Sundays.

For a complete listing of holiday events and pricing, go to www.downtownindecember.com.

Brooke Buckmaster is a University College freshman.

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Vegans stick to lifestyle for National Vegan Month Students choose healthful foods for Thanksgiving Alex Niblett

Life & Arts Reporter

When households plan their Thanksgiving meals, it usually includes a turkey or ham, cranberries, potatoes, stuffing, dinner rolls and pumpkin pie, but you wouldn’t find half of those foods on a vegan’s dinner plate.

November mainly means Thanksgiving to most people, but November is also National Vegan Month.

Defined by the American Dietetic Association, a vegan is a strict vegetarian who eats no animal products: no meat, poultry, fish, eggs, cheese, milk or other dairy products.

Just 3.2 percent of U.S. adults follow a vegetarianbased diet, and about 0.5 percent of those adults are specifically vegans, according to a 2008 study reported in Vegetarian Times, a magazine that promotes healthy eating habits.

For some, choosing to become a vegan falls on ethical reasons based on the mistreatment of animals. For others, it is simply a matter of improving their health.

Ben Strickland, astrophysics junior, made the decision to become a vegan for health purposes. After doing some research and learning more

“I think the most common misunderstanding of being a vegan is that it’s really hard.”

Savannah Logan, astrophysics and music junior

about veganism, he said he doesn’t regret his decision changing to a vegan diet and believes the lifestyle change will benefit his health in the long term.

“I equate it to cigarettes,” Strickland said. “There’s a stronger correlation among the average milk consumption in a country and death by prostate cancer as there is between cigarettes and lung cancer. I don’t smoke cigarettes because I don’t want to die early, so why would I eat animal protein if I don’t want cancer?”

After watching a documentary called “Forks Over Knives” and doing further research, Strickland said he concluded that it is healthier to stay away from any foods containing animal protein in order to decrease his chances of getting cancer when he gets older.

Though he said he believes it’s a healthier lifestyle, some people question whether vegans deprive themselves of certain nutrients their bodies need, whether the nutrients come from meat or

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AustinKipp, management information systems sophomore, and Bridgitte Castorino, public relations senior, examine the menu at Laughing Tomato in Oklahoma Memorial Union on Friday. The restaurant is a favorite of vegetarians and students wishing to cut down their meat consumption, and is one of the only places that offer a large variety of vegetarian dishes.

dairy.

Paul Branscum, a professor in the department of health and exercise sciences, said he believes no one can specifically say that one diet plan is truly more healthful than another, but that our conscious choices of how we choose to eat can make a difference.

“If you choose not to include any type of milk in your diet, you may be at greater risk for not having enough calcium in your diet,” Branscum said. “But you can get calcium from other foods such as calcium-fortified orange juice or soy milk or even green, leafy vegetables.”

Without meat in one’s diet, protein might be an issue because meats generally have “complete proteins,” as to where vegetable and grain sources generally just have “incomplete proteins,”

Branscum said.

Advertising sophomore Jonathan Seales said he doesn’t see the benefits of being a vegan.

“I can stay healthy through exercise and watching how much I eat,” Seales said. “I heard that vegans live seven to eight more years than omnivores, but what’s the difference between dying at 82 and 90? A few wrinkles and Alzheimer’s?”

Savannah Logan, astrophysics and music junior, became a vegan for health and environmental reasons, as well as animal rights.

“I think the most common misunderstanding of being a vegan is that it’s really hard.

It actually isn’t once you get used to it,” Logan said.

On Logan’s Thanksgiving dinner plate, she plans to have foods she regularly eats that are considered vegan.

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“This is a very good point, but the way the university handles money and the funding problems aren’t mutually exclusive issues.” (braceyourself, Re: EDITORIAL: State cuts the real threat to higher education)

EDITORIAL

Privacy infringed upon by act Editor’s Note: This editorial is the first in a two-part series on proposed copyright infringement legislation. Tuesday’s editorial will elaborate on the ways this law would endanger citizens.

AT A GLANCE Major supporters of SOPA • Time Warner Inc. • NCAA • Wal-Mart Stores Inc. • Nintendo • Netflix • Comcast • MPAA (representing The Walt Disney Company, Paramount Pictures, 20th Century Fox, Universal Pictures and Warner Brothers)

Our View: The Stop Online Piracy Act threatens

privacy, free speech and the Internet as we know it.

• RIAA (representing EMI Music, Sony Music, Universal Music Group and Warner Music Group) • Business Software Alliance (representing Adobe, Apple, Dell, Intel, Intuit, McAfee, Microsoft, Sybase, Symantec and more)

The Stop Online Piracy Act, a bill before the House Judiciary Committee, would require Internet service providers to block access to sites that contain copyright-infringing content. These sites would be targeted by court orders sought by Source: Sept. 22 letter to Congress copyright holders.

We’re all for the proper protection of copyrighted material and intellectual property, but this act vast- abuse and censorship. This act gives the government unprecedented control over the Internet, a ly oversteps this goal and dangerously broadens serious overreach that empowers the courts to crethe power of the government to censor the internet, creating blacklists based on a vague and easily ate digital blacklists and mandate the censorship of online content. abused complaint framework.

This may not seem as dangerous when The act also would require ad networks viewed in the light of illegal content. But and payment services to revoke service to The Our View these sites, and it would call for search enis the majority this bill is too vague and openly worded to adequately protect legal content. gines to hide links to offenders. Search enopinion of The Daily’s But the most frightening concern over gines and sites that host user-created data 10-member this bill is the precedent it would set for such as YouTube and Tumblr would lose editorial board future policy. The passage of such a strong current protections and be liable for copymeasure would be a clear declaration of right-infringing content on their servers. the nation’s priorities.

This is far from a reasonable way to block Passage of this law would be an explicit endorseaccess to illegal content. Blocking access to specific ment by Congress of widespread censorship and Internet Protocol addresses will require service providers to monitor the data sent and received by privacy violations. It would be a message to the inusers and analyze that data for infringing material. ternational community that the free, open nature of This amounts to a serious violation of users’ rights the Internet is not worth protecting.

Help prevent a new era of China-inspired to privacy.

Internet policy by signing the petitions at Change.

Under current laws, this information could be kept for years, freely accessed and requested in fu- org and AmericanCensorship.org, and urging your representatives to vote against this dangerous bill. ture court cases. Essentially, it would be warrantless wiretapping of every Internet user.

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Women can do more than cook

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n Friday, “Women Who Dont [sic] Cook” trended as a topic on Twitter. Intrigued, I clicked on the link to see what people were saying. I figured there would be some sexism, but I was unprepared for the offensiveness of what I read.

People were tweeting that women who don’t cook aren’t women, shouldn’t have children, should never get married, will never find love and will probably be creepy cat ladies.

That’s just the tip of the iceberg. Many more offensive and sexually explicit things were written and posted.

I’m sure some of these tweets were jokes, but they highlight a mindset that ought to be erased. Women should not be defined by their culinary abilities any more than they should be defined by their reproductive abilities. Misogyny is alive and well, and it is neither funny nor cute.

In the 21st century, women are politicians, Fortune 500 CEOs, Supreme Court justices, athletes and scholars. But they still face enormous obstacles. In Oklahoma, women earn less than 75.1 percent of what men earn, according to the U.S. Census Bureau. Despite making these gigantic strides toward equality, women are still faced with a glass ceiling that often keeps them from reaching their full potentials. Trending topics like “Women Who Dont Cook” reinforce stereotypes and make this glass ceiling that much

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thicker.

I’m not saying women should never cook or have children, nor am I saying women should never stay home with their kids. As long as women choose that option and are not forced into it, more power to them.

Kate McPherson My mother chose to stay kmcpherson@ou.edu home with me and managed to teach me that women can do anything a man can do. However, to assume that a woman’s sole purpose is to cook, as those tweeting have, demeans the choices that stay-at-home moms make. It also is offensive to working women, stay-at-home dads and men who cook.

Before you join a trending topic like this one or before you tell a woman to go make you a sandwich, stop for a second and think. Whether you’re joking or not, what you’re saying, writing or tweeting is offensive and undermines the work of your mother, grandmothers, sisters, daughters or friends.

Kate McPherson is a journalism sophomore.

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Courts still deciding on Proposition 8

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OPINION COLUMNIST n Thursday, the California Supreme Court released an important judgment about Proposition 8 — the 2008 law banning samesex marriage. The ban had been ruled unconstitutional, forcing the issue into the 9th Zachary Carrel Circuit Court of Appeals. zachary.d.carrel-1@ou.edu Marriage equality advocates then filed a case against the Prop 8 defendants arguing they had no standing to defend a California constitutional amendment, as the state had decided to no longer defend Prop 8. This forced the 9th Circuit to go to the California Supreme Court.

Well, this complicated case has now reached its next stage.

The California Supreme Court decided that supporters of Prop 8 did have legal standing to argue the case.

Had the Court ruled against them, the 9th Circuit most likely would have agreed with the initial federal judge, deeming the law unconstitutional. This seems like it would be a win for anti-gay groups, but it wouldn’t.

Now the case will go back to 9th Circuit where it is still very likely that the court will uphold the federal judge’s decision. This would mean that all constitutional bans on same-sex marriage within the 9th Circuit’s jurisdiction could be deemed unconstitutional. This would be an incredible win for marriage equality and the gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender community.

Also, this case most likely will make it all the way to the U.S. Supreme Court, where the California judge’s decision likely will be upheld. All bans on same-sex marriage across the country then would be deemed unconstitutional.

The U.S. Supreme Court ruled that marriage is a right that cannot be impeded upon by government when it ruled against laws banning interracial marriage. Ignorance can and will be defeated. These intolerant groups have shown that they have absolutely no case to uphold the ban, and when the general public and the Supreme Court finally get to hear their anti-equality argument, the U.S. will be one step closer to the tolerant and equal society that so many have worked and died for.

Zachary Carrel is an anthropology and international and area studies senior.

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Sufficient data needed to support tobacco ban First, let it be known that I am a nonsmoker. The detrimental, and eventually lethal, effects of smoking are supported by mountains of scientific data. They are cited ad nauseum by opponents to the habit and are the same arguments used by our university officials to support the campuswide tobacco ban, even though they know no argument on their part is necessary (“Their campus, their rules” rings true).

The harmful effects of tobacco use, specifically cigarette smoking, are extensively researched and undeniable, as was previously mentioned.

The unintentional inhalation of secondhand smoke presents dangers as well, and most applaud any effort to combat the harmful effects of inhaling secondhand smoke.

Most of the data collected on the effects of secondhand smoke are done in households, restaurants and bars. These places are confined spaces where smoke has a high likelihood of lingering in the air. The chances of inhaling the toxic, carcinogenic clouds of smoke are higher than they would be nearly anywhere else.

For this reason, smoking bans in these places “The intentions of the are reasonable and not proposed tobacco challenged convincingly.

The data from such ban are worthy. An places cannot, however, environment without be applied to a large outdoor area like the OU the harmful chemicals campus sidewalks and in cigarette smoke lawns. would be a healthier Although it is a more extreme example, this one — this is not the argument would be issue. The issue is the similar to adding more lack of valid evidence members to a police force in Salt Lake City presented by the because crime rates in proponents of the Los Angeles were shown ban.” to have increased — the situations of the two places are obviously unable to be compared with any validity, aside from the fact that they both involve law enforcement personnel.

The data in the Utah area would have to be examined in order to make the appropriate decision.

The same is true for outdoor cigarette smoking on the OU campus. No data are present that discuss whether such a policy would have any positive health effect on the student population because no data exist proving that the current smoking regulations have a deteriorative effect on the health of the nonsmoking students.

One of the arguments that the proponents of the smoking ban use is that of financial benefit. If a campuswide ban was enforced, finances originally used to clean up cigarette butts discarded on the sidewalk, grass, etc. would be used for more important pursuits.

This is only a supplementary portion of the original argument. Piles of cigarette butts are not a pleasant sight, but I would argue that neither is the yellow grass that comes with the winter season or the sidewalk chalk we have become all too familiar.

The “cosmetic” side of this argument does not hold any real weight. Creating more and better-labeled cigarette disposal bins would be a much more appropriate response to this problem.

The intentions of the proposed tobacco ban are worthy. An environment without the harmful chemicals in cigarette smoke would be a healthier one — this is not the issue. The issue is the lack of valid evidence presented by the proponents of the ban. As the noted author and public intellectual Christopher Hitchens likes to say, “That which can be asserted without evidence can be dismissed without evidence.”

This statement holds true for the proposed ban: Real evidence simply does not exist to prove the main arguments.

Put aside personal biases and oppose the ban on the grounds that sufficient evidence should be presented to support the administration’s proposal.

Will Bryant is a letters junior.

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• Monday, November 21, 2011

SPORTS

OUDaily.com ›› Baylor caught some breaks and OU committed crucial errors in the Sooners’ 45-38 loss to the Bears on Saturday, The Daily’s Greg Fewell said.

James Corley, sports editor dailysports@ou.edu • phone: 405-325-3666

Volleyball

A&M ends OU’s short-lived success Sooner win streak hopes haulted

by Aggies in Texas Luke McConnell Sports Reporter

The OU volleyball team isn’t in Kansas anymore.

Even though the Sooners rediscovered themselves against the Jayhawks on Wednesday in Lawrence, snapping a four-game losing streak, Oklahoma must have left its offense and defense in Kansas for Saturday’s match against Texas A&M. OU hit just .154 and allowed the Aggies to hit .300 as Texas A&M took the match, 3-1 (26-24, 16-25, 22-25, 17-25), and swept the season series for the first time since 2008 — and the last time since the Aggies are bound for the SEC. Freshman middle blocker Grace Whitley was the sole bright spot for the OU offense, putting down eight kills with a .615 clip and adding a block solo and two block assists.

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Senior middle blocker Carlee Roethlisberger spikes the ball into Aggie territory Saturday at McCasland Field House. After winning the first set, the Sooners could not fight off Texas A&M and lost the match, 3-1.

Freshman outside hitter Tara Dunn added seven kills, and junior libero María Fernanda had 21 digs to lead all players.

Texas A&M Aggie Allie

Sawatzky registered a triple-double with 51 assists, 12 digs and 10 kills. Alisia Kastmo led the Aggies with 17 kills.

Megan Pendergast led

four Aggies in double-digit digs with 19.

Texas A&M led for most of the first set and was at set point, 24-22, before OU rattled off four straight points to

take the set, 26-24.

The Aggies dominated the match offensively, jumping out to a 9-4 lead in the second set and cruising the rest of the way for a 25-16 win, knotting the match at one apiece heading to the intermission.

Texas A&M made an early 6-0 lead stand up in the third set, downing the Sooners, 25-22.

OU made a valiant attempt to tie the score but was unable to do so despite cutting the Aggie lead to one on several occasions.

The Aggies continued to roll through the fourth set, leading by as many as 11 in the 25-17 victory.

OU is down to its last two games of the regular season this week. The Sooners close their home slate at 7 p.m.

Wednesday against Texas Tech.

The Sooners close the regular season on the road against Texas on Saturday night. The Sooners defeated the Longhorns, 3-2, on Sept.

28 in Norman.

Wrestling

Oklahoma pins Missouri during weekend Sooners win 2nd dual meet victory this season Friday RJ Young

Sports Reporter

No. 12 Oklahoma dropped No. 9 Missouri, 19-18, on Friday night at McCasland Field House.

Friday night’s takedown

was the second dual meet win of the season for the Sooners after they shot down the Oklahoma City University Stars, 33-6, to open the 201112 season.

“It feels good to win,” Oklahoma coach Mark Cody said. “I think our preparation at some weights wasn’t as good as others. Our team has to realize that everybody

in the wrestling room is getting the same coaching. It comes down to whether or not they are going to come out here and apply it or not.”

No. 8 - ra n k e d s o p h o more Kendric Maple’s 15-3 major decision against Missouri’s Brandon Weist gave Oklahoma the one extra point needed to seal its victory as both teams won five

matches each.

Maple took Weist down five times in the match, managed near-fall points and accumulated 3:31 minutes of riding time.

On Sunday, Oklahoma travels to Ames for its next Big 12 dual meet against Iowa State. It will look to keep its unbeaten streak alive against the No. 23 Cyclones.

AT A GLANCE OU vs. Missouri 125 - OU W by forfeit; 133 - Mizzou 2-1; 141 - OU 15-3; 149 - OU 1-0; 157 OU 5-2; 165 - Mizzou 8-3; 174 - Mizzou 8-5; 184 - OU 6-4; 197 - Mizzou W by forfeit; Hwt - Mizzou 6-4

Sports Briefs Men’s basketball

Eagles defeated at Lloyd Noble The OU men’s basketball team crushed Coppin State on Friday at Lloyd Noble Center, 92-65, for its second regular-season win in as many games.

Junior guard Steven Pledger led OU with 20 points. Junior forward Romero Osby added 11 points and 10 rebounds..

The Sooners out-rebounded Coppin State, 61-27, and held the Eagles to 36.4-percent shooting.

Eleven different Sooners collected points.

RJ Young, Sports Reporter

Women’s basketball

Sooners edge out New Mexico Points were a premium in The Pit as the OU women’s basketball team narrowly defeated New Mexico, 58-56.

Junior guard Whitney Hand put back her own miss to take a two-point lead with under 20 seconds left. Hand had been only 2-of-16 from the field.

Shooting woes persisted across the board for the Sooners. Sophomore guards Aaryn Ellenberg and Morgan Hook were a combined 10-of-27 from the field and 2-of-9 from 3-point range.

OU rallied around its defense, however, nabbing 14 steals and forcing 23 turnovers overall.

Kedric Kitchens, Sports Reporter

SPORTS

Monday, November 21, 2011 •

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Battered and beaten Loss knocks Sooners out of national title contention

OU loses to Baylor for first time in series history

Sooners surrender record number of yards to Bears

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Sophomore running back Roy Finch (22) is taken down by a Baylor defender during the OU-Baylor game Saturday in Waco. OU’s 45-38 loss was the first time Baylor had beaten the Sooners in 21 tries.

Injuries crippling Sooners SPORTS COLUMNIST

AT A GLANCE Sooner injuries in 2011 August 9: LB Travis Lewis misses five weeks with broken bone in left foot

James Corley jcorley@ou.edu

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he Sooners are banged up and beaten down following a 45-38 loss to the Baylor Bears on Saturday in Waco, Texas.

Junior quarterback Landry Jones did his job Saturday, delivering the ball in the right place — often in tight spaces — most of the evening.

But it was evident he was missing his go-to receiver, senior All-American Ryan Broyles.

Broyles, the NCAA leader in career receptions, is out for the season with a torn ACL. OU also played without its leading rusher, junior Dominique Whaley.

Though the battered Sooners battled on without two key offensive

Sept. 24: C Ben Habern misses five weeks with injured forearm Oct. 29: RB Dominique Whaley suffers season-ending ankle

playmakers, something definitely seemed off.

Jones’ receivers dropped passes that should have been first downs. The quarterback and the remainder of his receiving corps looked out of sync most of the game.

And things may only get worse from here.

Everything seems to point to sophomore wide receiver Jaz Reynolds, a key cog in the Sooners’ offense, likely missing time against Iowa State and even Oklahoma State with a shoulder injury suffered against the Bears.

An already depleted receiver unit could be down one more playmaker.

But the woes aren’t

injury against Kansas State Nov. 5: WR Ryan Broyles suffers season-ending knee injury against Texas A&M Saturday: DE Ronnell Lewis suffers knee sprain; WR Jaz Reynolds suffers shoulder injury

limited to the offense — the defense took a few crucial hits, too.

OU coach Bob Stoops said junior defensive end Ronnell Lewis will not play against Iowa State or OSU because of a knee sprain.

When Lewis went out against the Bears on Saturday, so did any ounce of pressure the Sooners had put on Baylor quarterback Robert Griffin III. Junior safety Javon Harris left the game in the second half with an undisclosed injury and didn’t return.

The good news is sophomore linebacker Tom Wort looked good as new Saturday, chasing down Griffin for a loss in the first

KINGSLEY BURNS/THE DAILY

Junior defensive end Ronnell Lewis lies on the trainers’ table during OU’s 45-38 loss to Baylor on Saturday in Waco. Lewis suffered a knee sprain during the game and may miss the next two games.

half and looking rejuvenated throughout the game.

But the loss of Lewis and potentially Harris leaves OU’s defense in a tough position with two games to go in the regular season.

The Sooners sure could use a break from the injury bug.

Senior linebacker Travis Lewis and junior center Ben Habern suffered injuries earlier this season, and

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though both have returned to game action, neither has looked 100 percent.

The loss — Baylor’s first time to beat the Sooners in 21 tries — knocked OU out of contention for a national championship.

A loss to Iowa State or OSU would knock OU out of contention for a BCS bowl and maybe even the Cotton Bowl if Kansas State beats Iowa State to finish 10-2.

Once again, a season that started with such promise may end in disappointment because of multiple injuries.

Oklahoma needs to find its Sooner Magic again or it may find itself limping into the Alamo Bowl in January.

James Corley is a journalism senior and the sports editor for The Daily. You can follow him on Twitter at @jamesfcorley.

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