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OU’s University Counseling Center will receive a 9.6-percent increase in funding from student activity fees to support an additional psychology intern position, pending

approval from the OU Board of Regents.

The $28,875 increase, approved by OU’s student activity fee committee March 2 , re p re s e nt s a fraction of the $3.3 million allocated for fiscal year 2013, according to Daily archives.

The university amassed $130,000 more this year in student fees.

Both the counseling center and the Women’s Outreach Center received more funding because of the increase in student fees, pending approval by the regents at their March 28 to 29 meeting, according to Daily archives.

The internship is part of a nationally recognized psychology pre-doctoral training program in which interns receive a year of applied

training while handling a full caseload of clients, said Scott Miller, associate director of the University Counseling Center.

The counseling center currently has three interns and is in the process of organizing a place for the additional fourth, Miller said.

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• Proposed Increase for Internship Position: $28,875 Increase approved by student activities fee committee March 2.

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Piers Hale, history of modern science professor, flips through copies of notes written by Charles Kingsley while sitting in his office Tuesday. Hale is looking to collect and publish letters that offer insight about Charles Darwin’s theory of evolution and Victorianera religion. He focuses on Kingsley’s correspondence with Darwin, Thomas Huxley and other scientists.

Letters leave clues to past OU professor works to discover insight on religion and evolution ARIANNA PICKARD Campus Reporter

An OU professor is working to collect and publish historical letters that offer insight into the relationship between Charles Darwin’s theory of evolution and Victorianera religion.

History of modern science professor Piers Hale is focusing primarily on Charles Kingsley’s correspondence with Darwin, Thomas Huxley and other scientists and major figures of the 19th century.

Kingsley was a popular writer and influential religious scholar who strongly advocated Darwin’s theories of evolution.

History of science, technology and medicine senior Jared Curran is helping Hale through OU’s Honors Research Assistant Program.

Curran said he became interested in Kingsley in 2009, when he took Hale’s class.

“It’s my first time doing [the Honors Research Assistant Program] because this is the first time I’ve noticed a really interesting topic,” Curran said.

To assist Hale, Curran is scanning microfilms of Kingsley’s

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Jared Curran — history of science, medicine and technology senior — scans some of Charles Kingsley’s letters and transcribes them Tuesday. Curran is helping history of modern science professor Piers Hale through OU’s Honors Research Assistant Program.

correspondence acquired from the British Library in London using a microfilm projector, he said. He scans the images into a Word document, deciphers Kingsley’s handwriting and types up exactly what is written.

“That’s the hardest part — reading his handwriting,” he said.

“There are some words that are just so difficult to read, there’s no hope in making it out.”

Hale has acquired “all kinds of

letters — a huge collection,” he said, including letters from Kingsley to Darwin, Huxley, his mother and his publisher, as well as letters to Kingsley from dukes, bishops, the royal family and his wife.

“Looking at Kingsley’s correspondence gives us a unique insight into the ways in which Victorians understood [evolution] and other important issues of their times,” Hale see RESEARCH page 2

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Student government leaders stated their case on how they have improved their offices and the lives of students during Wednesday’s State of the UOSA Address.

The address featured speeches from the UOSA president and vice president, Undergraduate Student Congress chair, Graduate Student Senate chair and Campus Activities Council chair. Each leader discussed his or her accomplishments and pending plans for the remainder of his or her terms.

While the other members of UOSA’s student leadership spoke about their accomplishments, the main focus of the event was on UOSA President Hannah Morris’ admin- HannaH istration and its accomplishments.

Morris UOSA’s executive office has assisted in the passage of OU’s tobacco policy, and it made revisions to the sexual assault policy and the student code, Morris said.

Morris said her office is working to finish new options for students seeking information on financial aid and working with Facilities Management to identify classrooms that need refurbishing.

However, even with projects completed and others still in the works, Morris said she is just starting to get the hang of things.

“By the time you figure out the job, you have to leave for office,” Morris said.

Morris was asked to grade her administration’s work but declined to do so.

“It’s a hard assessment,” Morris said. “At the end of the day, the students give us a grade.”

President David Boren attended the meeting to hear each leader’s accomplishments and present Morris with a plaque from the OU Board of Regents.

He thanked Morris for her service to the student body.

Boren also took a moment to thank students for their involvement in some of OU’s new policy decisions, including a revision to OU’s sexual assault policy, which began as a student initiative.

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The board will conduct a public hearing about tuition and fees April 19 and will act on any proposals June 21. (Campus)

Tom Farris’ newest American Indian pop culture exhibit, “Sign of the Times,” displays at STASH through April. (Page 5)

alyssa loveless — Undergraduate student Congress chairwoman Norman City Council candidates attended Student Congress meetings to help bridge the gap between the city and student government. laura Bock — Uosa vice president The vice president’s office implemented the Sooner Freshmen Council, which offers freshmen internship opportunities in UOSA’s executive office or Undergraduate Student Congress.

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The choral group, visiting as a part of their spring break, performed with OU group The Redliners outside Dale Hall.

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Today around campus A benefit concert for the Weitzenhoffer Family College of Fine Arts featuring Broadway stars Paul Bogaev, Brent Barrett and Teri Bibb will take place at 8 p.m. in the Reynolds Performing Arts Center.

Write Club will host an open mic night from 7 to 9 p.m. at Café Plaid. The event will feature OU poets and writers.

A lecture focusing on marriage and slavery in early Islam will be presented by Kecia Ali from 7:30 to 9 p.m. in the Fred Jones Jr. Museum of Art’s Mary Eddy and Fred Jones Auditorium.

FRIDAY, MARCH 16 A free organ recital featuring Craig Sproat will take place from 8 to 10 p.m. in Catlett Music Center’s Sharp Concert Hall.

The baseball team will compete against Texas at 6:30 p.m. at L. Dale Mitchell Park.

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of the need for additional help for a number of years, he said. The center has grown slowly over the past 10 years with OU’s help. The available funding provides a unique opportunity to introduce new assistance into the center through the internship position, Miller said.

This training is a required step for counseling or clinical psychology students on the path to becoming licensed doctors, Miller said.

Services provided by the interns include individual, couples and group counseling; first-time sessions (psychological intakes); a variety of psychological assessments; and walk-in sessions for students in crisis, he said.

After finishing their

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The Women’s Outreach Center does everything from putting on the Vagina Monologues, offering help with dating and violence awareness and providing information about LGBTQ.

training, interns either go into full-time employment and licensure or pursue a specialty in post-doctoral training.

“We’ve been careful to make sure our internship experience meets the criteria

for all 50 states, Canadian provinces [and others],” Miller said. “We follow that to make sure our training meets standards across the country.”

Many of the interns stay

in Oklahoma after completing their training and pursue a variety of careers within counseling centers, hospitals and other educational institutions, Miller said. “[The interns] are good for our staff, too, because they keep our staff on its toes,” Miller said. “Students always bring new information and new research. They’re eager to learn and challenge us to stay up on research. ... It’s good for us to have new energy and new perspectives.”

For the single internship opening, 250 pre-doctoral students applied, Miller said.

religion: Hale focuses on Kingsley’s argument Continued from page 1 said in an email.

The collection includes letters to Kingsley’s publisher that offer insight into how the publishing process worked at the time, as well as correspondence on women’s suffrage, improving education and sanitary reform, all of which Kingsley was very adamant about, Hale said.

In addition to learning about issues of the time, Kingsley’s correspondence offers “insight into Kingsley’s struggle for money and his concern for his wife and children,” Hale said.

“The most important thing is to get a biographical sketch of Kingsley the man rather than just his correspondence

with Darwin,” Curran said. “ It g i ve s u s better insight to why he corresponded with Darwin and why he Piers was so ada- Hale mant about popularizing evolution,” Curran said.

Hale has built his collection from the British Library in London, the Huxley archives in the Imperial College, the Darwin archives in Cambridge and the collections of private investors.

“Finding where the letters are is the hardest part of our research,” Hale said.

In addition to these letters,

Hale has on loan from a private collector Kingsley’s copy of Darwin’s “Origin of Species,” which dates back to 1866.

Learning about Kingsley certainly dispels the myth that evolution is on the opposite side of religion by showing that there are people on both sides and there are arguments on both sides, Curran said.

“Kingsley is one that argued that evolution is compatible with religion, so understanding why he thought those things could help us understand how they are compatible,” he said.

Kingsley believed “the Bible and nature have the same author,” Hale said. “He

thought science was a useful way to understand how God created the world.”

Darwin quoted Kingsley in his second edition of “Origin of Species,” writing, “It is just as noble a conception of the Deity to believe that He created a few original forms capable of self-development into other and needful forms, as to believe that He required a fresh act of creation to supply the voids caused by the action of His laws.”

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Protect yourself from drug abuse Our View: Even prescription medications must be taken seriously.

70 percent of prescribers and pharmacies participate, according to the bureau, that is not enough to combat the growing problem of prescription drug Oklahoma has a drug problem. And no, we’re not abuse. talking about meth.

House Bill 2468 would require physicians to These drugs don’t come from shady dealers in check the database before prescribing controlled back alleys. They aren’t smuggled across the border substances. Oklahoma’s legislators must pass this or cooked up in rural trailer homes. They act immediately to help track abuses of come in clean, normal pill bottles from the medical system and make it more difThe Our View your neighborhood pharmacist. is the majority ficult for prescription drug addicts to obopinion of They are prescription painkillers, and tain multiple prescriptions to feed their The Daily’s they killed more Oklahomans in 2010 than addiction. nine-member motor vehicle accidents, according to the This will help stem one primary cause of editorial board medical examiner’s office. In 2011, OU lost this problem: Patients who are prescribed one of our own: football player Austin Box, these drugs for legitimate conditions get who died of a prescription drug overdose. addicted — sometimes without realizing it’s hapBecause drugs like Oxycodone and Vicodin don’t pening — and then abuse the system to feed their come with the stigma of street drugs, it’s easier to addiction. rationalize their abuse and to ignore their danger.

That is what lawmakers can do, but there also are After all, a doctor prescribed them, didn’t he? They some things you can do to fight this epidemic and must be safe. protect yourself from risk: But the number of fatal overdoses in Oklahoma has more than doubled in the last decade. Of the • Most importantly, don’t blindly trust your doc739 overdose deaths in 2010, 673 involved prescrip- tor. Take responsibility for these steps yourself. tion drugs, according to the medical examiner’s • Tell your doctor what medications you are on. office.

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In fact, Oklahoma was ranked the worst state • Know what kinds of activities and substances to in the nation in prescription-painavoid while on painkillers. killer abuse in 2011. Almost 240,000 • Do not share medications with Oklahomans took prescription painanyone.

You never know how someLearn how to contact your killers for non-medical reasons over one else will react to the same medilegislators to express a one-year period ending in 2009, accation at the same dose. support for HB 2468. cording to a survey by the Centers for • Be patient and wait for the medioudaily.com/opinion Disease Control and Prevention. cation to work instead of taking more Painkillers are dangerous, powerful substances than the advised dose. that pose a serious risk if taken in combination with • More medication does not necessarily work the wrong substances or by the wrong people. This better. Don’t take more than the prescribed dose danger has been exhaustively explored in a week— ever. long series in The Oklahoman. They are highly ad• Properly dispose of expired medications. dictive, and their use should never be taken lightly.

• Make a cheat sheet of your medication and the Starting a painkiller regimen isn’t like popping an proper doses. Keep a copy with you. aspirin.

• If your tolerance is building, it’s time to ask To help combat this trend, the Oklahoma Bureau your doctor about other options — not time to take of Narcotics and Dangerous Drugs Control created more. the Prescription Monitoring Program database to • Double-check with your doctor frequently to track prescriptions of controlled substances. Since be sure you’re not on too much medication for too Jan. 1, pharmacists have been required to input pa- long. tient data into the database within five minutes of • If you have chronic pain and there is no treatfilling a prescription for a controlled substance. ment in sight, ask your doctor about non-drug pain But physicians and other health-care profession- management options. als are not currently required to check the database before prescribing these medications. Although Comment on this at OUDaily.com

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lection years are OPINION COLUMNIST exciting, and 2012 is no different. I believe it’s time to welcome new ideas, hear new plans and attempt to elect a president who wants what’s best for the country.

This year’s Republican Paige Willett candidates have had some paigewillett@ou.edu of the best ideas for the U.S. in recent history, and as the primaries come to an end, I just want to remind everyone of an issue one candidate is addressing that is close to my heart.

Newt Gingrich cares about the moon, and so do I. I, for one, am glad there is finally a presidential candidate who is into space exploration and colonization as much as I am. Gingrich understands my passion to affect change in America, my excitement for science and long moonlit walks.

I am tired of hearing about women’s health issues, immigration, foreign policy and LGBTQ rights. These are issues that may never be solved completely, but we can do something about the moon with Gingrich’s help.

Gingrich is speaking to the young people to be the first citizens on the moon. According to his Northwest Ordinance for Space, after there are 13,000 residents, they can petition to become the smallest state in history.

Now, Mitt Romney has made fun of Gingrich’s plans for the moon, and you may think its absurd too, but consider the possibilities. The moon is the perfect place to make a colony with an extractive economy. Everyone knows it’s made of cheese.

Cheese would be the moon’s number one export. The best cheese is at the center of the moon, and cheese drilling companies can feel free to “drill, baby, drill.” America simply can take as much cheese as it needs with no consequences, besides making the moon smaller.

The citizens on the moon always will have a built-in job market as cheese miners. This will be an extremely important part of keeping the economy of cheese exports viable.

The best part is there is no need for cheese miner unions.

Moon cheese is edible even in its raw form, so if mining tunnels collapse on workers, they can simply eat their way out.

There also is a built-in housing market on the moon.

Cheese is highly malleable and easily carved, allowing for quick construction of cheese pueblos. They will be affordable, attractive and smell delicious — not to mention, they’d be durable. Over the years, homeowners will enjoy the effervescence of their homes as they change from cheddar, to sharp cheddar, to blue cheese.

Moon cheese will be wildly popular back on earth. The demand will keep the miners busy. Gingrich has had the foresight to create jobs all the way into his second term as president, which is when he promises this colony on the moon. In 2020, I expect we will be putting moon cheese on everything.

Mining for cheese on the moon creates competition for cheese manufactures in the U.S. This is where Gingrich’s plan really shines through. Cheeseologists in Wisconsin and California will be forced to come up with new ideas for creamy concoctions. Fostering innovation, or in this case cheeseovation, is what job creation is all about.

As a result, cheese producers will hire thousands of bright, young minds to come up with ideas and compete for the cheese market. This could turn the American economy around and proves Gingrich has wisdom in poverty reduction and understands the job market.

This of course all assumes that the moon belongs to the U.S. Some would argue that the moon does not “belong” to any nation, or that America has no right to colonize it. But Newt and I ask, why not? The moon is a valuable resource other countries have not found a way to utilize yet, and I say if Gingrich has a plan, then we should see how it plays out.

America must take the moon at the tip of a cheese chisel.

To quote Newt Gingrich on his plan for the moon, he says, “Together we’re going to unleash the American people to rebuild the country we love.” And I believe we can, too.

Through cheese.

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Instructions: Fill in the grid so that every row, every column and every 3x3 box contains the digits 1 through 9. That means that no number is repeated in any row, column or box.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20) -- Your luck does have its limitations, so be careful not to press it too far, by attempting to use it as a replacement for honest effort, for example.

There’s no substitute for putting in the work.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20) --If you fail to control events, they will end up dominating you. Unless you devise a sensible game plan and stick to it, you’ll be tossed and turned by the unforgiving winds of circumstance.

CANCER (June 21-July 22) -- Although you are likely to be fortunate where your material interests are concerned, this good luck isn’t apt to spill over into the realm of your reputation. Be careful regarding your self-image.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22) --As long as

you can treat whatever happens philosophically, it should be a good day for you. Lose your cool or overreact in any way, and you could suffer some negative consequences.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) -- Strive to be as fair to yourself as you are with others. After all, you’re entitled to the same consideration as everyone is and if you don’t give it to yourself, no one else will.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23) -If you team up with a partner, be sure it’s someone who behaves as you do.

You will be accountable for your counterpart’s tactics, procedures and behavior, and you’ll share the results as well.

SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 22) --Your objectives can be achieved, provided that you select a partner who envisions the end result the same way you do. If he or she sees things differently, it could be a bad scene.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 23-Dec. 21) -- If you’re planning a get-together with friends, invite only those who mix well with one another. Anyone who doesn’t could spoil everyone else’s good time.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) -- There are ample opportunities surrounding you, yet you could be oblivious to them. If you can’t or won’t recognize them, you will only have yourself to blame.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 19) -- It’s always important to treat everyone with whom you’re involved as courteously and amicably as possible.

Be careful that you don’t kowtow to the big shots while disrespecting everyone else.

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(Presley flick) 7 Clinched, as a victory 8 Drive recklessly 9 “My Name is Asher ___�

(Potok novel) 10 Not a fake 11 Elvis facial feature 12 ___ no good

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45 Wrestling victory 47 Groups of four 50 Scottish rejection 51 Cocktail made with lime juice and vodka 52 Ayatollah’s predecessor 55 Unsuitable 56 Poem composed of quotations 57 Alternative to a sport utility vehicle 58 Ski lift 59 Cloth ridge 61 “___ 18�

(Leon Uris novel) 62 Out yonder 65 Also improved, presumably 67 Razer’s supply

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WORKING IT OUT By Harper Dantley

Thursday, March 15, 2012 •

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Life&arts

This month marks the anniversary of Japan’s tsunami. One student shares his experience in Tokyo during the natural disaster.

local art

American icons revamped Local artist’s exhibit showcases pop culture influence

Lindsey Ruta, life & arts editor Mariah Webb, assistant life & arts editor dailyent@ou.edu • phone: 405-325-3666

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‘Stay Awake’ creepy, not provoking at all

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Westlee Parsons Life & Arts Reporter

In a vintage and handmade goods shop on Main Street — nestled with handmade baby clothes, posters and vintage trinkets — there is a display of paintings and colored pencil sketches of contemporary American Indian art.

Local artist Tom Farris now displays his newest art exhibit, “Sign of the Times,” on the back wall of the Norman shop, STASH. The pieces take American propaganda icons and transform them into American Indian pop art, Farris said.

Notable American icons, such as Rosy the Riveter, are transformed into fusions of Native American and pop cultures.

The World War II woman is painted as an American Indian woman, and the “We can do it” slogan is translated into Native American characters.

Some of the artwork adapts Oklahoma icons, such as Woody Guthrie and Will Rogers, with pop-art colors and technique.

Farris said most of his work is done with acrylic paints on canvas, but there were a few exceptions on the wall.

One of the more creative pieces is painted on target practice paper as opposed to canvas.

Farris said the idea of painting characters from the movie “Tombstone” (1993) on target paper came after he received a Groupon for a shooting range and thought it would be creative to use the bullet-marked paper in his art.

The final painting looks as though it has been riddled with bullets.

Another unique piece of the exhibit is a coloredpencil sketch on a piece of paper that is more than 100 years old.

Farris said he used colored pencils on this piece instead of paint because they used colored pencils during the time the paper was written.

The drawing mimics the

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This painting of a Native American “Rosie the Riveter” is just one of many contemporary Native American art pieces that are part of Tom Farris’ new exhibit, “Sign of the Times.” Farris’ work focuses on blending Native American and pop cultures.

WHEN: Through April 13

“I think Norman is making a statement that they are serious about supporting the arts and are willing to exhibit work that represents the great art that this state has to offer.”

WHERE: STASH, 412 E. Main St.

Tom Farris, local artist

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“Uncle Sam Wants You” propaganda that started in the early 1900s and became most famous during the World Wars.

Farris’ take is a picture of an American Indian man in Uncle Sam’s suit that reads, “I want you to fight against the U.S. Army.”

Fa r r i s s a i d h i s w o r k , which he best describes as contemporary American Indian pop art, is less about a message and more about

integrating pop culture with another culture.

“I don’t necessarily think that there is a stigma regarding American Indian art,” he said. “I do think that the term ‘Indian art’ does evoke the idea of paintings of warriors on horseback, but I think that there is a great group of young artists out there that are doing work that is changing this notion.”

The child of art collectors, Farris said he has had a lifetime exposure to art that gave him a deep appreciation for it.

While he is a self-taught artist, he is starting to work

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Farris said this is the first time he has displayed his work at STASH, and he hopes it won’t be his last.

“I would love to show with STASH again if they would have me,” he said. “I think Norman is making a statement that they are serious about supporting the arts and are willing to exhibit work that represents the great art that this state has to offer.”

Farris said his upcoming project will feature a series of pieces focused on American Indian pop icons.

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hoosing a new Life & Arts Columnist book is like choosing what to major in college. Some people know exactly what they want, while others take their time and make their decision carefully.

Other people quickly Katie Piper choose one, then change piper_katie@ou.edu their mind and make a complete mess of their enrollment, creating chaos and making their advisors hate them.

I belong in the third category, both in school and when choosing a book. So when I went to Barnes & Noble last week to peruse its new releases selection, I knew it could get messy.

And it did.

When I went to check out, my total was $104. Since I am 22 and by no means wealthy (I live off frozen pizza, mostly by choice), I had to choose one or two books.

After much deliberaAt a glance tion, I decided I needed ‘Stay Awake’ some thrilling short stories to read.

That’s where “Stay Awake” by Dan Chaon came in. I haven’t read a short story book since high school, and although I wasn’t the biggest fan of them, I decided I had to give them another shot.

I’ll just cut to the chase: “Stay Awake” is creepy.

I expected psychologically thrilling stories, but each short story left me Author: Dan Chaon with a bad taste in my Publisher: Ballantine Books mouth. It was hard to finish the book because I Publication date: Feb. 7 was really disturbed by each individual story.

Rating: «« I also remembered why I don’t like short stories. I need more content, more detail and, most of all, actual endings. I hate it when stories just end without any conflict resolution.

I realize the author’s point was to leave each story dangling with uncertainty and fear, but it bothers me, and this was the type of book with which I needed some closure.

Between stories of abandoned children and babies born with two heads, I felt like I had been pulled into something that was just depressing, not thoughtprovoking.

It felt like Chaon had Googled the most disturbing things he could find and then wrote a few short stories about them. He tried to pick topics that society naturally stays away from, but instead of writing about them in a tasteful and honest way, Chaon took the low road and used each story to further solidify the fear and prejudice against certain topics.

Overall, the book was grotesque and not wonderfully chilling, instead I felt unnerved and did not want to look at that book’s cover again. I took it back to Barnes & Noble the next day. He can’t have my $25.

Katie Piper is a journalism senior.

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• Thursday, March 15, 2012

SPORTS

OUDaily.com ›› The 12th-ranked Oklahoma wrestling team begins its bid for a national title today at the NCAA championships in St. Louis.

Greg Fewell, sports editor Kedric Kitchens, assistant sports editor dailysports@ou.edu • phone: 405-325-3666

Softball

OU to play 5 games in 3 days Pitching tandem among nation’s best in strikeout averages

Winchester improves NFL draft stock with impressive showing One of the biggest surprises of the day was James Winchester’s superb performance.

Winchester, a deep snapper and backup receiver during his time at OU, posted team highs in the vertical jump, broad jump, 40-yard dash and threecone drill on his way to being dubbed “White Chocolate” by coaches and teammates.

Winchester posted a solid 38 inch James vertical jump, a full two inches higher Winchester than Sam Proctor, the next closest performer. He also had an impressive showing in the 40yard dash, running it in 4.58 seconds, almost a full 10th of a second faster than the next closest competitor.

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Sports Reporter

The No. 7 OU softball team prepares to defend its 11game winning streak against three top-ranked teams in the Judi Garman Classic this weekend in Fullerton, Calif.

The Sooners face No. 24 DePaul (14-5) at 3 p.m. and No. 19 Michigan (16-7) at 7:30 p.m. during Thursday’s doubleheader.

Then, the team follows that up with another doubleheader Friday, playing Virginia at 3 p.m. and Penn State at 7:30 p.m. before meeting No. 3 Washington (23-1) in OU’s tournament finale.

“We’ve played some tough competition in the past couple of weeks, especially out on the road,” head coach Patty Gasso said. “But now we’ve settled back down and are looking forward to facing some tough competition out in California this weekend.”

The Sooners bring the 11game unbeaten streak after sweeping opponents in the Oklahoma Spring Festival last weekend.

OU outscored Indiana and Wichita State 48-2 while blasting 17 home runs during the five games.

After last week’s performance, the Sooners are now ranked fifth nationally, averaging 1.48 home runs per game.

On top of that, the Sooners now lead the Big 12 Conference in slugging percentage (.569), on base percentage (.430) and home

OU Football pro day

Alexander happy for another chance after health problems

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Senior Kirsten Allen winds up for a pitch during the Sooners’ March 6 game against Austin Peay. The senior pitched a complete-game one-hitter in the outing, gaining an 8-0 run-rule victory in the fifth inning. The Oklahoma pitching staff has been dominant this season, only giving up 18 total runs in its 18 games.

UP NEXT Judi Garman Classic Where: Fullerton, Calif.

Game 1: vs. DePaul, 3 p.m. today Game 2: vs. Michigan, 7:30 tonight Game3: vs. Virginia, 3 p.m. Friday Game 4: vs. Penn State, 7:30 p.m.

Friday Game 5: vs. Washington, 1 p.m.

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runs (34).

Freshman infielder Lauren Chamberlain currently leads the Big 12 in home runs after collecting her ninth career homer last weekend. Chamberlain, who is

a member of the U.S. Junior National team, also averages 1.30 RBIs and 2.43 total bases per game.

OU is just as prolific on the mound.

Bringing in the nation’s second-ranked pitching staff with a combined .83 ERA, the Sooners pack a one-two punch in the circle that keeps opposing offenses from gaining any momentum.

Junior ace Keilani Ricketts (10-3) and junior pitcher Michelle Gascoigne (9-0) have two of the nation’s top strikeout averages.

The two pitchers currently are ranked No. 2 and No. 3

respectively after averaging over 11 strikeouts per seven innings each.

The Sooners regularly participate in the annual Judi Garman Classic in order to be matched up against some of the nation’s best teams, and Gasso knows that success this weekend will be even more important later down the road.

“We’ve got some things that we need to work on defensively,” Gasso said. “But I’m so excited and anxious for the outstanding competition coming up because this will prepare us for tough Big 12 action.”

Former OU defensive end Frank Alexander arrived at the NFL combine in Indianapolis last month ready to take the next step toward his NFL dream. However, when he was told by a doctor during his pre-combine physical that he could not participate due to a possible hole in his heart, that dream was put on hold.

“It was scary. You’re working all your life to get to this point, and you get there,” Alexander said. “And then you hear some news and can’t go.”

Fast forward to Wednesday, though, and Alexander was on the practice field with his teammates once again trying to show pro scouts what he can do. After going to a specialist for a follow-up, Alexander was told that his heart was just fine, and he was cleared to play.

“It’s left up to God now,” Alexander said. “I just feel blessed to be able to be here today.”

Lewis preparing for position change in hopes of higher stock Early entry Ronnell Lewis displayed his versatility with impressive showings in both linebacker and defensive end drills during OU’s Pro Day. Lewis, a defensive end at OU, more than likely will play linebacker at the professional level. Knowing that, he has been preparing himself for the position during the offseason.

“I had about a month or so to really get used to dropping (into coverage as a linebacker) and learning defensive coverages,” Lewis said.

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