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ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT Drunks, weirdos and one really tired manager: Late-night delivery men share their stories. Read A&E for more. Page 1B.

SPORTS Over the past three weeks, the football team has lived off causing turnovers. Sophomore cornerback Dominique Franks has been a big reason why. Page 5A.

Clemson swoops in, purportedly for Venables • Wilson denies being contacted by university JOEY HELMER Daily Staff Writer Clemson University Athletics Director Terry Don Phillips flew into Wiley Post Airport in north Oklahoma City Tuesday, reportedly to interview an OU football coach.

Photos of a private plane in Oklahoma City with the Clemson logo on its tail were published Tuesday by the Web site Soonerscoop.com.

It was initially unclear whether the interview would be with offensive coordinator Kevin Wilson or defensive coordinator Brent Venables, but ESPN.com has

quoted anonymous sources as saying that Venables was interviewed

by Phillips Tuesday evening.

During post-practice interviews Tuesday night, Wilson denied he had been contacted by anyone from Clemson University, located in South Carolina.

“I’d love to say there was some BRENT truth to it,” Wilson said. “But I have VENABLES not talked to anyone, as God is my witness. Coach [Bob Stoops] came up to me today and said, ‘Hey, I’ve got some guys calling me. You would’ve told me, right?’ I said, ‘Yeah I would’ve told you.’”

Venables, on the other hand, was not available for interviews. He went straight home after practice to be with his wife, who gave birth to the couple’s third

child Friday, OU Sports Information Director Kenny Mossman said.

Although the interview has been acknowledged in several online forums, coaches say it is not something they are addressing publicly at this pivotal point in the Sooners’ season.

“Everybody keeps throwing Brent’s name out there from time to time,” Wilson said. “But we don’t ever talk about it up [in the football office].”

Clemson, which was ranked No. 9 in the preseason, was supposed to be a powerhouse team this year.

But after a 3-1 start, the Tigers have fallen off the map. They lost four of their last five games, and head coach Tommy Bowden has been dismissed.

That has left Phillips, the former Oklahoma State athletic director, searching for the next person to coach the Tigers.

‘The God Delusion’ author to visit OU

CAMPUS BRIEFS Museum offers workshop on preserving treasured photos “What would you grab if your house was on fire and you could only take one thing?”

The most common answer to that perennial question is “photographs,” and Victoria Book, museum conservator at the Sam Noble Oklahoma Museum of Natural History, will teach a workshop on how to preserve treasured pictures in the museum at 7 p.m. tonight.

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• 2009 marks 150 years of theory of evolution

Elections results announced Online voting ended late Wednesday for the fall 2008 Interfraternity Council and UOSA Student Congress elections.

Senior Brian Ray was elected IFC president.

For district-by-district results of the congresional races, go to OUDaily.com.

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Today is national To Write Love on Her Arms Day, part of a non-profit organization that aims to provide assistance for those struggling with mental anguish.

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f you see people with the word “love” written on their arms today, it is no doodle.

Today marks the second annual To Write Love on Her Arms Day, which is dedicated to helping those who struggle with depression, addiction, self-injury and suicidal thoughts.

The non-profit group was founded in 2006 by a group of friends rallying around

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a struggling friend. The group members made T-shirts and sold them for money that went toward paying for their friend’s treatment. The group then went online to create awareness of mental anguish.

Many students plan to participate today to further the TWLOHA movement.

“I plan to participate by wearing a short sleeve shirt and writing love in huge font across both of my arms,” University College freshman Lauren Treml said. “The word needs to be spread.”

TWLOHA has a Facebook group that now includes more than 40,000 members.

Any member who is struggling can write on the wall and immediately get support from someone who has gone through or is

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“It’s a really good idea because so many girls are hurting and don’t have any other way to express themselves.”

Kayla La Munyon, University College freshman

No free time for ‘super students’ • Some say involvement is key to success in college PAIGE LAWLER Daily Staff Writer

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Richard Day, civil engineering sophomore, works Tuesday evening in the Resident Student Association office in Adams Hall. Along with being the RSA President of Adams Hall, he also is pursuing a master’s degree in civil engineering.

Architecture sophomore Beth Pearcy does not believe in free time.

She is the human embodiment of the Energizer Bunny.

“If I have a random hour, I can always find something to do,” Pearcy said.

She prides herself on heavy campus involvement. She said her major takes up a lot of time, but she gives

campus tours and is involved in her sorority, Sailing Club, Architecture Club and various Campus Activities Council events.

Pearcy isn’t like all OU students.

Although some think it is crazy to stretch yourself so thin, she and students like her think it is crazy not to.

Pearcy said OU overwhelmed her at first, but once she decided to get involved it became her community.

“The more I get involved, the more I want to get involved,” Pearcy said.

Senior Brian Ray has the same mindset. He has tackled not one, but three majors in accounting, finance and energy management,

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Oxford evolutionary biologist Richard Dawkins will deliver a public lecture March 6 at Catlett Music Center.

Dawkins, an outspoken atheist and the author of nine books, was invited to OU as part of the Darwin 2009 Project, a series of events that will celebrate the 200th anniversary of famed evolutionist Charles Darwin’s birth RICHARD and the 150th DAWKINS anniversary of the publication of his groundbreaking book, “On the Origin of Species.”

A wide array of departments and organizations at OU will collaborate on the events that comprise the Darwin 2009 Project.

Philosophy professor James Hawthorne, who is teaching Philosophy of Biology next spring, said in an e-mail he was excited that he would get the chance to see Dawkins’ presentation. Hawthorne said it would be relevant to his teaching because he will discuss ideas from Dawkins’ 1976 book, “The Selfish Gene,” in class.

He said that according to Dawkins, natural selection is a competition for survival happening entirely at the level of genes, and organisms are “nothing more than ‘survival machines’ built by genes as a way of perpetuating themselves.”

This view differs from that of other scientists such as the late Harvard biologist Stephen Jay Gould, who held that natural selection also occurred at the level of organisms, populations and species, Hawthorne said.

Gary Schnell, zoology professor and Sam Noble Oklahoma Museum of Natural History curator, has taught evolution for 39 years. He said that he has used Dawkins’

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Author Continued from page 1A 1986 book “The Blind Watchmaker” as a supplemental text for close to 10 years, and that Dawkins was good at clarifying basic concepts for a general audience.

“His major point in [‘The Blind Watchmaker], which is an important one, is that evolution is not directed toward a goal. He is very lucid and makes a compelling argument for that, which people sometimes get confused about when they discuss evolutionary biology,” Schnell said.

Even though Dawkins is an atheist, Schnell said no student has ever complained about Dawkins’ writing and theories in his class.

“In my view, there’s not that much controversy in ‘The Blind Watchmaker.’ He does have some controversial ideas with respect to religion, but none of that is found, except indirectly, in ‘The Blind Watchmaker,” Schnell said.

Hawthorne said “The Selfish Gene” was a “brilliant” book.

“Being at a university that is able to bring well known people such as Richard Dawkins and the other lecturers slated for next year is exciting. I am looking forward to hear him speak,” geology sophomore Vanessa Harvey said.

Harvey is the president of the Darwin Student Society, which formed this semester. She said the club’s purpose is to encourage the free discussion of the theory of evolution, and that they hope to host events at and promote the Darwin 2009 Project.

Philosophy professor Wayne Riggs, who is the faculty advisor for the Darwin Student Society and a member of the Darwin 2009 steering committee, said that the anniversary of Darwin’s birth would not be limited to events at OU. The University of Cambridge, where Darwin based his work, is holding a Darwin 2009 Anniversary Festival from July 5-10.

“It’s happening all over the world. It’s the kind of thing that’s going to be marked by events in lots of different places,” he said.

Super Continued from page 1A and Wednesday he completed a successful run for Interfraternity Council President.

“I’ve always been really busy,” Ray said.

He is also a member of several different clubs on campus and co-founded University Investing, a student group that teaches others to invest wisely.

The organization started with only nine students, but has risen to 175 since last fall. Ray said he has had put it on the back burner for a while to focus on his campaign for the business seat of Student Congress.

Despite Ray’s busy schedule, he said he still manages to find plenty of free time after the sun goes down.

“If you get your stuff done during the day, then you have the night for yourself,” Ray said.

In Pearcy’s case, many people think they don’t have what it takes to keep up with her and survive.

But instead of seeing involvement as a threat, she sees it more as a challenge.

“The more people told me I couldn’t, the more I wanted to,” she said.

Pearcy said many students think of the typical architecture student as a “hermit” who slaves away in a studio all night.

As it turns out, her busy schedule has been beneficial to her schoolwork.

Pearcy said her involvement has allowed her to meet many people. Through her experiences she has begun to understand people more, which has been helpful when it comes to designing spaces for them.

She said students who haven’t made an effort to get out there and socialize would have more difficulty creating logical structures, since they will have less knowledge about what people want.

Her extensive contact list continuously pays off for her, she said. She said she always knows someone who’s taken a class that she has, or someone who has had a professor she has.

“The more people I know, the easier school is,” Pearcy said While Pearcy concentrates on contacts and networking, civil engineering sophomore Richard Day has narrowed his focus on academics.

Day said he is following the masters program for civil engineering, while simultaneously taking classes for mechanical and industrial engineering degrees.

He said he has a strong interest in all three subjects, and his indecisive nature has made it impossible for him to choose just one.

Day is also the Resident Student Association President for Adams Center, where he works close to 30 hours a week.

He said the workload is intense at times, but being involved always has been worth it. Pearcy agrees.

“Being involved is the No. 1 key to success in college,” she said.

She said she has met all kinds of people, and some of them have had a major impact on her life. When she feels overwhelmed, she said someone is always there for her to lean on.

Pearcy said she thinks students should snatch every opportunities, just to try it. She said it will help students grow and learn more about themselves.

“That’s what college is all about,” she said.

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KKK killing of Tulsa woman evokes bad memories in Louisiana MICHAEL KUNZELMAN AND KEVIN MCGILL Associated Press BOGALUSA, La. — Hattie Dillon got a first-hand taste of the racial hatred that gripped this city in the 1960s when a metal bolt flung by someone in an angry crowd gashed her head as she marched for civil rights.

On Wednesday, sitting on her front porch just off Main Street, the 61-year-old who is black said Bogalusa is better now. But the bloody legacy of racial violence and brazen Ku Klux Klan activity in the area remains — evidenced by the arrest of eight local people in the death of an Oklahoma woman shot when a weekend Klan initiation went awry.

“History was made this month,” Dillon said, referring to Barack Obama’s election as the nation’s first black president. “Then our eyes opened again.”

Bogalusa, a logging town dominated by a huge paper mill about 60 miles north of New Orleans, is the largest city in Washington Parish, which, like the whole state, was won by John McCain, not Obama last week.

Sunday’s killing was in St. Tammany Parish, just across the Washington Parish line and all the suspects are from Washington Parish, which more than 40 years earlier was beset by anti-desegregation violence. In 1965, Oneal Moore, the parish’s first black sheriff’s deputy, was slain in an ambush, a crime that has not been solved.

“In 1965, the Klan ran Bogalusa, and so it’s not at all surprising to see the legacy of that organization re-emerge in the form of a new generation of Klan advocates,” said Lance Hill, executive director of Tulane University’s Southern Institute for Education and Research.

In this week’s shooting, St. Tammany Sheriff Jack Strain said Cynthia C. Lynch, 43, of Tulsa was recruited over the Internet to participate in the KKK ritual in a rural area and then was to return to her state to attract members. Strain said the group’s leader, Raymond “Chuck” Foster, 44, shot and killed her after a fight broke out when she asked to be taken back to the town of Slidell.

“She came here freely to participate,” Lt. Joe Piconi, a spokesman for the sheriff’s office, said Wednesday.

Statements by the suspects suggest Lynch had gone through the group’s initiation ritual, Piconi said, “but just didn’t really mix well with the leader, the so-called imperial wizard, and after two days was ready to leave.”

Tulsa police arrested Lynch in May 2005 on charges of breach of the peace, resisting an officer and obstructing an officer, but those charges were later dismissed, Oklahoma court records show. She also was arrested for possession of a controlled drug, first offense, according to Tulsa County arrest records.

Foster faces a second-degree murder charge and was being held without bond. Seven others — five men and two women ages 20 to 30 — were charged with obstruction of justice and were held on $500,000 bond.

For Louisiana, the killing furthered its image of poor race relations that didn’t end in the civil rights era.

In the 1990s, former Klan leader David Duke was in such a tight gubernatorial race against incumbent Edwin Edwards that opponents, fearful business would shun the state if Duke was in the governor’s mansion, crafted a bumper sticker stating “Vote for the Crook, It’s Important.” Edwards, whose scandalous reputation inspired the slogan, won, though he was later jailed in a gambling payoff scandal.

As many as 20,000 marched in September 2007 in the north Louisiana town of Jena in defense of six black teenagers accused of attempted murder in the beating of a white classmate. The march attracted national leaders and was hailed as reviving the national consciousness on civil rights.

And since Hurricane Katrina in 2005, New Orleans black leaders have complained that blacks have not been treated fairly under federal recovery policies.

This week’s killing was at a campsite where investigators found weapons, Confederate flags and six Klan robes, some emblazoned with patches reading “KKK LIFE MEMBER” or “KKK SECURITY Enforcement.”

Authorities said the group’s members called themselves the Dixie Brotherhood.

Mark Potok of the Southern Poverty Law Center, which investigates and collects information on hate groups, wasn’t familiar with the group. Seven Klan chapters of “various stripes” are in Louisiana, Potok said.

Potok said while hate groups have grown over the past several years — coinciding with discontent over illegal immigration — Klan factions are not solidly organized in Louisiana or nationwide. He said 34 different named Klan organizations with 155 chapters operate across the country with as many as 6,000 members — small numbers in his estimation.

“Really, it’s a pathetic collection of losers and thugs,” Potok said. “Even across the radical right most people look down their nose at the Klan these days.”

Felton Adams, a white, 60-year-old retired boat captain and lifelong Bogalusa resident who acknowledges the 1960s racial strife, believes the weekend ritual was an aberration carried out by “wannabe Klansmen.”

“These people were just trying to be something they’re not,” Adams said.

On Wednesday, public officials promised to fight any perception Louisiana is sliding on race relations.

“It’s a setback, not only for my community, but for the whole area and it’s something I’m not going to tolerate,” said Bogalusa Mayor James “Mack” McGehee, who is white.

State Rep. Harold Ritchie, who represents the Washington Parish seat of Franklinton, said he wants to be sure the Klan group is no bigger than the “eight crazies” who were arrested.

“I thought we were long past that,” said Ritchie, who is white. “I hoped all I would have to do is read about this sort of thing in the history books.”

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Continued from page 1A going through a similar situation.

“I found out about the group through Facebook, and I was interested because I have a few friends that have personally struggled, and it really hit home for me and it seemed like a great group that would help people and spread awareness,” University College freshman Hilary Wright said.

In two and a half years, the group’s message of love has spread to more than 40 countries and 80,000 people through concerts, universities, festivals and churches. Bands including Lifehouse, Anberlin and Forever The Sickest Kids wear merchandise supporting TWLOHA. “I became interested in the group because I’d seen it at Christian concerts and saw it on T-shirts,” University College freshman Kayla La Munyon said.

“I then did some research on it, and I think it’s a really good idea because so many girls are hurting and don’t have any other way to express themselves.”

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Single mothers juggle class, kids • Money and homework remain constant obstacles JAMIE HUGHES Daily Staff Writer

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Nikkie Griggs, a University College freshman, kisses her one month old son, Mason, in their apartment Tuesday afternoon. Nikkie says it has been hard balancing the baby and school, but Mason was “a very nice surprise.”

In January, her first semester of college, Nikkie Griggs discovered she was pregnant. Since giving birth to son Mason in October, she has been trying to balance life as a student and single mother.

“Pregnancy was hard, but motivating,” she said. “Things don’t always go your way. It’s motivating knowing [you’re] taking care of someone and setting an example.”

One of the largest hurdles for the 19-year-old University College freshman was receiving assistance from professors and advisers.

Griggs said when she told her adviser she was pregnant, her adviser said she could take an incomplete in a course if she couldn’t handle the work load.

Since Griggs gave birth in the middle of the semester, she had to take a few weeks off from school. She said her professors have not been very helpful, and her grades are suffering.

After explaining the situation to her professors, two of them told her she would have to get class notes from a friend and would not give her any hard copies.

“They pretty much asked me why I’m still in school,” Griggs said.

Taking care of a child while in school is a challenge, especially for those who are not married, said Martha Skeeters, associate professor in the women’s studies program.

“Single parents have amazing

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courage, are brave and work hard to get a degree and have a better future for themselves and their child,” she said.

The reality of a degree isn’t impossible for these students, but close, Skeeters said.

“With hard work and luck [it] can be done,” she said. “But most people and students can’t imagine how hard or close to impossible it is.”

Child care and money are some of the tangible things lacking in a single parent’s life, especially for students, Skeeters said.

“We as a university and as a society need to make child care more affordable,” Skeeters said.

Skeeters said more financial aid should be available to single parents too.

With a father in North Carolina and a distant mother, Griggs said several girls who lived on her floor in the residence halls in the spring helped her through the pregnancy by throwing her a baby shower.

Jamie Brown, nursing sophomore, gave birth to a girl in June.

She said her family lives almost four hours away, so their help is limited. Brown said her co-workers sometimes baby-sit for free.

Griggs and Brown said they don’t have significant support from the fathers of their children.

Brown said she decided to stay in school after becoming pregnant in September 2007, because she said quitting would leave her working at some “dead end job.”

“I prefer to be working toward something,” she said.

Brown and Griggs said they know staying in school means they will spend less time with their children, but they think it is worth it to land a secure job after graduation and provide a stable life for their children.

Griggs said she has never regretted keeping her son.

“If you’re determined to keep your child, nothing can keep you from it but yourself,” she said.

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40-day fitness challenge harder than anticipated As my second week of the 40-day fitness challenge comes to a close, I have a new outlook on this challenge: It isn’t easy.

I thought I had this 40day thing figured out, but nothing was further from KEVIN the truth.

HAHN The challenge is evolving and each day is becoming more difficult.

Part of this evolution is pre-planned by the people in charge at OU Recreational Services, the group hosting the challenge. But I am changing the way I look at the obstacles.

Melinda Williams, associate director for Recreational Services, said people involved in the challenge will receive e-mails telling participants about additional services.

There will be, for example, days designated for body mass index testing so people can understand their personal fitness level. There will be guided tours of the Huston Huffman Center for students so they will know what facilities are available.

As for me, I have decided to become more serious about the challenges. I’m not saying I haven’t taken the exercises seriously, but I am slacking on the mental challenges, like the deep breathing for 10 minutes exercise and random act of kindness.

Amy Davenport, director of Recreational Services, said a person’s well being is similar to a bicycle wheel.

Davenport said each spoke represents a different part of a person’s well being. Physical fitness is only one part of being healthy.

Mental wellness is another component. When one spoke breaks, the wheel has problems.

This means people can be physically fit, but if they are stressed from school or upset, they are not really healthy.

From this point forward, I will try to be more positive. When I play volleyball at the Huston Huffman, I will be less negative when I fall. And I will eliminate the arguments I have with myself about getting out of bed at 7 a.m. to ride my bike.

In 40 days this won’t be a struggle, it will be a habit.

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Go back to South Carolina It is a little unsettling when not worrying about losing their an airplane decked out in a coaching staff. university’s logo lands in your Clemson’s presence was not state without clarifying its rea- a violation of NCAA rules, but, sons for doing so. if the visit was made to recruit At least one athletics offi- a new coach, it was unsportscial from Clemson manlike.

University landed Though Clemson’s OUR VIEW in Oklahoma City football season is is an editorial Tuesday evening, pretty much over, selected and debated by the editorial board sparking suspicions OU’s is not. and written after a the university is interEven if they are majority opinion is viewing someone on looking into hiring formed and approved by the editor. Our View one of our coaches, OU’s coaching staff is The Daily’s official for Clemson’s head Clemson officials opinion. coaching spot. (See should have waited page1 for details.) to make the trip to While we don’t know exactly Norman. why the Clemson athletic repOU officials also should have resentative was here, we do been more open. know one thing: They didn’t We do not think Clemson’s have any business being here visit was a complete surprise in search of new hires this to everybody. Someone knew week. they were coming.

OU is in the most critical Without being honest about part of its football season, visiting schools, the athletic preparing for two important department’s policy of silence games against Texas Tech and only creates rumors.

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Editor’s Note: Martha Skeeters, associate professor of Women’s Studies, wrote in response to Thursday’s Our View titled “Photos good for debate despite discomfort.” The editorial was in response to the Justice for All anti-abortion display on the South Oval last week.

With roughly four weeks to go before the end of the semester, I am starting to feel the pressure.

Not from studying or exams or finding a job for the break, though. I’m feeling the pressure to be engaged.

It seems like at least once a day I hear of someone else getting engaged.

My regular Facebook distractions now consist of looking to see who is the latest couple to make the announcement, and, more importantly, to see who has posted engagement pictures (and figuring out whose are the best).

It’s almost like a game between my friends, and I now look to see who knows the most ladies who have been able to snatch that always-coveted diamond ring.

And with so many of these rings walking from class to class around campus, I am beginning to wonder: Why don’t I have a ring on my finger?

Just kidding. I know exactly why I don’t: I’m 19. And a sophomore in college.

And I have yet to explore the world.

I have yet to meet many people outside of my high school or college bubbles.

I don’t see the advantage to making that

I agree that on a college campus where many women face unplanned pregnancies, we need to be talking more about this reality and the options women have. However, to praise two billboards showing bloody fetuses and framing the issue to say that abortion is never a responsible or moral choice is ludicrous.

We live in a world in which women are still at a disadvantage in many areas of life, and men are not held accountable for unplanned pregnancies. Women who face impoverishment, loss of employment, dropping out of school, lack of health care, the aftermath of rape and many other circumstances have the right to decide what is responsible and moral for themselves.

Regardless of the way anyone cares to frame the issue, regardless of any onlooker’s perspective, the person best situated to decide what the responsible choice is can only be the woman whose life is at stake.

The singular and unique life of the woman is, of course, of extraordinary value. Should she decide that her life needs to continue in another direction, good for her. If her value system rules MARTHA out abortion but motherhood is not her immediate calling, and she chooses to bear a child SKEETERS for others to raise, I respect her decision. But regardless, no one else can make that choice for her, certainly not the government. This is why I am profoundly pro-choice — not pro-abortion.

I was both outraged and saddened by the billboard-sized display on campus. This was not an invitation to quiet consideration of the issues. In its violence and its failure to consider the unique and singular lives of young women on this campus, in it insistence that any pregnant young woman must become a mother, it was a reminder of the determined insistence by anti-choice voices that women do not count and that a fetus is more important than the woman in whose body it exists.

As I stood in silent protest, not a single young woman engaged me in conversation. Only young men, including one of the display’s organizers, did. He was professionally trained to intimidate and to frame arguments in a way favorable to his position. I observed him overpowering several students.

When he was unable to do the same to me, a 60-year-old woman with many years of research and teaching experience, he resorted to what I call “Fox Networkese.” He interrupted me, and when this proved unsuccessful, he talked over me.

This was no “space” for consideration of the issue of unplanned pregnancy. This was a violent and sensationalistic attempt to beat our young women students over the head with an anti-abortion message concerned only with requiring that they bow to those who would dictate their response to unplanned pregnancy. I am hopeful that real space to discuss this issue will emerge on campus. It is in no way heartening to see our women students brow-beaten by the national anti-choice movement’s using a few local students to present sensationalized images of the fetuses they purport to cherish.

I will continue to cherish the lives, the hopes and dreams and the possibilities of our women students and leave it to each one to assert her own destiny in accordance with her own values. May she value the unique contribution she has to make, the singular joy of the life she has to live, regardless of any challenge that comes her way, including unplanned pregnancy.

Because of the Roe v. Wade decision by the Supreme Court, every woman has the personal freedom to decide for herself how to deal with unplanned pregnancy. This is a treasured individual freedom to be cherished and protected.

If you believe that abortion is always wrong, then you can assert that view by never having one. But to insist that others follow your beliefs, regardless of their beliefs and circumstances, is simply un-American. Here, we value personal freedom. Wars have been fought to preserve our personal freedoms. There can be no greater personal freedom for a woman than dealing with the question of an unplanned pregnancy in the manner that she sees fit.

kind of lifelong commitment so soon.

With a life expectancy reaching nearly 80, how can anyone make a 60-year contract after having only garnered two decades worth of experience?

During a recent ladies’ luncheon, my friends and I decided there were only a few reasons behind the desire to be asked that speROSIE cial question SONTHEIMER so quickly.

The first of these is quite easy and obvious to guess: sex.

I bet you are thinking, “Wait a minute, doesn’t this crazy lady know you can have sex without getting married?”

Yes, I am well aware of that bit of information.

In fact, sometimes I feel like I should tell this to all of my engaged acquaintances, just in case they are for some reason uninformed.

A friend pointed out to me that, with the many young people committed to remaining abstinent until marriage due to either personal beliefs or parental pressures, early marriage is a quick way to get to the good stuff without breaking vows of single-

hood celibacy.

The second reason as to why people choose to wed so young is legal reasons.

Married people can claim each other for benefits, get a slight tax break and can get special perks related to a spouse’s job.

With healthcare as it is in this country, who wouldn’t love to buddy up with someone of the opposite sex (I’m not being a hater here, but this is still the only option in Oklahoma) for a chance to have better insurance?

But really, that sounds too boring to be a valid answer for college students.

We are thinking about degrees, drinks and about what I mentioned in the previous paragraph, not about paperwork and fine print.

My third guess as to why we teens and younger 20-somethings get hitched is security.

It probably feels nice to be able to say, “Oh, I don’t need to worry about finding someone to settle down with before I reach 30 because I am already married.”

Sometimes I do have nightmares of myself as an old lady with no one to love me but a few dozen cats and a plasma screen T V .

Maybe I am wrong.

Maybe

people aren’t getting married for the sole reason of fulfilling these holes and others like them in their single lives.

Maybe two people can find true love before they have even had a chance to explore life and to figure out who they really want to be when they grow up.

Maybe I’m just jealous.

Who knows?

But I do think it is important to at least wait a while to make sure your life-altering, longass-lasting commitment is the right choice.

So, I want to say congratulations to all you engaged or married ladies and gentlemen out there in the OU world.

But for now, I think I will appreciate your choice from the outside and be content marking the “single” box on my taxes while not worrying about losing anything as expensive as a diamond ring down the sink.

Rosie Sontheimer is a public relations and women’s studies sophomore. Her column appears every other Thursday.

Martha Skeeters is an associate professor of Women’s Studies.

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Three reasons to go to basketball games he last two years (and the only two) I’ve been at OU as a student I’ve purchased OU men’s basketball season tickets, and I’ve tried to go to as many men’s and women’s games as possible. I’ve done so because I enjoy basketball a lot, and I enjoy supporting OU. This year is turning out to be something really special for Sooner basketball, which leads me into my first reason you should consider going to as many basketball games as possible.

Both men’s and women’s teams are ranked better than No. 15 nationally.

The men’s team is ranked No. 12 in the AP poll and No. 14 in the USA Today poll, while the women’s squad is sitting at No. 4 in their AP poll and No. 7 in the USA Today poll.

Those are purely outrageous figures. Only four other schools can boast that both of their basketball teams are in the top 15. Those KYLE four teams would be North Carolina, Duke, BURNETT Tennessee and Louisville.

Okay, so Louisville and Tennessee are probably not the first choices that came to mind, but the Tarheels and the Blue Devils have been gracing the higher echelons of college basketball for a long time.

That proves to me that this year is going to be different: If there was a year you wanted to buy basketball tickets, this should be it.

This is your last chance to see some star athletes, before they go professional.

Lets start with seniors Ashley and Courtney Paris. Ashley’s statistics are really outstanding. For her career she has averaged 8.1 points, 7.2 rebounds and 0.82 blocks per game. Those are phenomenal numbers, especially when she shares time with her sister.

Courtney’s numbers are even crazier. She has put up 21.4 points, 15.3 rebounds and 3.38 blocks per game. Courtney has rewrote countless records and still has one more season to add to her impressive stat line.

On the men’s side of the court, senior forward Taylor Griffin will be graduating this year; and his brother, sophomore forward Blake Griffin may declare for the NBA draft at the conclusion of this season, although it is not confirmed.

Taylor has scored 5.5 points and hauled in 4.4 rebounds per game. His brother, Blake, has averaged 14.7 points and 9.1 rebounds in his two season of play.

You would not want to miss out on Taylor or Blake’s amazing play in their last year, and with OU nationally ranked, this year is the year to come out and partake in the excitement.

For those of you who were lucky enough to be in the stands when Adrian Peterson broke onto the scene, you may want to check out the Paris sisters and the Griffin brothers on the court.

Basketball is just as important as football.

Yes, I did go there. The games are only about two hours long, including halftime and they give out free T-shirts. The OU women play UC Riverside at 2 p.m on Saturday and the OU men play American at 7 p.m. on Friday. Both games are in Norman.

It’s basketball time.

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Sophomore Dominique Franks (15) runs with the ball after recovering a fumble against Texas A&M. Franks scored on the play, recording his second touchdown in as many weeks. In the past three weeks, he leads the team with three takeaways. For a full photo slideshow from the A&M game, visit oudaily.com.

Franks becoming ‘ball hawk’ • Sophomore has three takeaways and two scores in three weeks JOEY HELMER Daily Staff Writer Sophomore cornerback Dominique Franks has been a part of the starting lineup all season, but over the last three weeks he really has begun to make his presence known.

Against Texas A&M last Saturday, he recovered a fumble and returned it 39 yards for a touchdown, and racked up four tackles.

A week earlier against Nebraska, he intercepted Joe Ganz’s first pass of the game after perfectly reading a screen pass, and took it 18 yards for a score.

The week before that, he recorded seven tackles and had another interception against Kansas State.

Add it all up, and Franks has

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been a dominant force, with 14 tackles and three takeaways — two for touchdowns — in the last three games.

“It just seems like every time I look up he’s around the ball, and that’s what he does,” said redshirt freshman linebacker Austin Box. “He’s a ball hawk and he’s got a nose for it ...

Guys like that are always going to make big plays week by week, and that’s what he’s continuing to do.”

Franks is a major part of an improving secondary and defense that has been criticized for giving up too many yards in many midseason games this year.

Against Texas, Kansas, Kansas State and Nebraska, the Sooners allowed well over 400 yards of total offense, and Kansas State managed to outgain the Sooners with 550 yards of offense.

But the one consistency has been the Sooners’ ability to create turnovers, and Franks has been a big part of that.

“Dom’s been stepping up quite well,” said senior safety Lendy Holmes. “As you see him play, you see how he’s gelling.

He knows what he’s doing.”

“He’s a ball hawk and he’s got a nose for it ... Guys like that are always going to make big plays week by week.”

— Redshirt freshman Austin Box Franks has four takeaways on the season, which ranks second on the team behind Holmes.

Franks also has 28 total tackles, which ranks eighth on the team with two games left in the regular season.

Holmes said one of the most impressive things about Franks has been his ability to adapt quickly to his position.

“Just knowing that he’s a young guy and a young corner out there, but I can still make the [analysis] every week [that] he’s been ready to play out there,” Holmes said.

Box echoed Holmes’ thoughts.

“A younger guy like that stepping up and leading our defense and causing turnovers; he’s just been a great player for

us so far,” Box said.

Since he has been a tough defender for many wide receivers to shake off, Franks has also taken some of the pressure off the rest of the secondary.

And Franks’ timing for his solid play in the secondary couldn’t come at a better time.

Two of the most explosive offenses in the nation in Texas Tech and Oklahoma State loom in the near future.

Tech, which ranks second in the nation with 571.2 yards per game, and OSU, which ranks seventh with 504.5, are the Sooners’ final two opponents.

The OU secondary will be particularly tested against two of the best receivers in the country — Tech’s Michael Crabtree and OSU’s Dez Bryant.

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Women’s basketball prepared for season • After exhibition play, the Sooners know where they need to improve ANNELISE RUSSELL Daily Staff Writer After two exhibition blowouts, the OU women’s basketball team is gearing up for the coming season and trying to build a team that can make it deep into the NCAA tournament.

The Sooners lacked offense and stamina near the end of last year, and it arguably cost them in the playoffs.

They fell short of their goal of winning a national championship, losing in the second round of the NCAA tournament in overtime to Notre Dame.

However, this year’s team returns star senior Courtney Paris, who was unanimously selected to her third consecutive Preseason All-American Team.

The team has also seen an influx of new talent, including two talented freshmen.

After only two games, head coach Sherri Coale is already aware of the team’s strengths and weaknesses.

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Sophomore Carlee Roethlisberger (10) fights off a defender during OU’s 106-50 victory Tuesday. The Sooners are preparing to open the regular season Saturday.

Coale said the first thing the Sooners have going for them is their depth.

In exhibition games, teams do not generally play competitive Division 1 teams and it is a chance to get other players involved.

Usually it is the most playing time the eighth, ninth and 10th players will get.

This year could be different for OU. In both of its preseason match-ups, the leading scorer came off the bench.

“If you’re the sixth or seventh man you might be the leading scorer,” Coale said.

“So that may be the spot everybody’s vying for.”

A lack of experience and depth off the bench has hurt the Sooners in the past. But this year’s depth should give key players like Courtney Paris and Danielle Robinson a much-needed rest.

Another key to a successful Sooner team is building on its passing. So far, the passing has been a quick way to put points on the board for OU. “I think early indications are we are the best passing team I’ve had in a number of years,” Coale said.

Players like Robinson are able to use their speed to their advantage and make quick passes. Freshman Jasmine Hartman has also shown the ability to make quick passes.

“We do have some wow passers,” Coale said. “Jasmine Hartman can really pass.”

Hartman, though still working out the kinks, made a remarkable no-look pass to set the Sooners up for a score in the team’s second exhibition game.

The final major strength for the Sooners is freshman Whitney Hand.

She has the ability to open things up and spread the defense due to her outside presence and shooting skills. She was brought in as a shooter, but her defense and hard work are another aspect of her game Coale has lauded.

After Tuesday’s exhibition game, Coale

said the loudest she heard the crowd was after Hand recorded a monstrous block.

Weaknesses After concluding exhibition play, Coale was quite clear about the team’s biggest weakness: defense, particularly against screens.

“Defensively we’ve got a ways to go,” Coale said. “We’re not very good at defending screens, I’ll tell you that right now.”

The problem was particularly apparent against Oklahoma Christian, which regularly used screens.

The Sooners have shown the ability to score plenty of poins — scoring over 100 points in both exhibition games — but defense is key to any national championship team. Coale said OU cannot win games by simply exchanging points.

“We know what we’re supposed to do, but somebody has a breakdown,” Coale said.

Coale added that the problem should be alleviated as the season continues and younger players are able to work in the system and figure out where they need to be.

The team also struggled with turnovers during its two exhibition contests.

Against Oklahoma Christian, the Sooners had 20 turnovers. The Sooners still won 106-50, but turnovers will be costly against more talented opponents.

“I don’t think 20 turnovers is an accurate reflection of what we can do,” Coale said.

The Sooners will be looking to build on their strengths and correct their weaknesses when their season begins Saturday against UC Riverside.

Patience not necessarily a virtue at Kansas State • Head coach Ron Prince fired after three mediocre seasons PAT GRAHAM Associated Press BOULDER, Colo. — Missouri coach Gary Pinkel had time to turn the Tigers into a national power. Kansas backed Mark Mangino until the Jayhawks took flight.

Kansas State didn’t have the same patience with Ron Prince, firing him last week, effective at the conclusion of the season.

The pressure to win is immense and immediate.

Patience may be a virtue, but not for a Big 12 head coach.

“You throw a rock on the gas pedal and go as hard and fast as you can,” Colorado coach Dan Hawkins recently said.

Yet loyalty to a leader can be lucrative. Pinkel was a pedestrian 37-34 in six seasons before going 12-2 last year and capturing the Big 12 North.

No. 12 Missouri can claim a second straight title with a win at Iowa State, coupled with a loss by the Jayhawks against fourth-ranked Texas.

Not that Pinkel wanted to discuss the possibility until it actually happened.

“To think about the championships and all those things, I don’t think that’s wise. We know what’s out there,” Pinkel said. “We’ll see what happens.”

The Tigers sticking with Pinkel and the program’s rise to prominence gives other Big 12 coaches reason for optimism, even when they’re struggling.

Iowa State coach Gene Chizik has lost eight straight games. But he’s not fretting for his future, knowing that his boss, athletic director Jamie Pollard, realizes it takes time to develop a top-notch program.

“I’m very blessed,” Chizik said. “But I don’t think patience is forever.”

After not living up to the standard set by Bill Snyder, Prince is now a lame-duck coach still looking to land his team in a bowl, a possibility if the Wildcats (4-6, 1-5) beat Nebraska and Iowa State.

Prince had the misfortune of following Snyder, who was a consistent winner in 17 years as Kansas State’s coach. Snyder turned a team that won one game from 1987 to 1989 into one that reached bowl games 12 straight seasons in 1992-2003.

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“We are very proud of what we’ve done,” said Prince, who was signed to a contract that runs through 2012 over the summer. “We didn’t win enough games in a soon enough time — that’s the bottom line.”

The removal of Prince hasn’t led to any awkwardness with his players — the Wildcats remain committed to halting a four-game skid.

“At some other point, we’ll say our goodbyes,” Prince said. “Right now, we’re not thinking about any of those kind of things.”

Chizik is trying to keep the mood light at practice, just to loosen the tension after the Cyclones’ 28-24 loss at Colorado in which Alexander Robinson was stuffed 12 inches short of the goal line as time expired.

“We’ve lost eight straight, no one enjoys that,” Chizik said. “We try to keep it fun.”

So the Cyclones recently played dodgeball instead of running drills.

“There’s a lot of pressure to win fast and early,” Chizik said. “The bottom line is people are going to get anxious.”

As Prince found out.

Facebook account monitoring Oklahoma State coach Mike Gundy has warned his players to be careful. Oklahoma’s Bob Stoops informed them they’re being monitored.

What has these Big 12 coaches on alert?

Facebook accounts.

“We don’t have any policies other than just be really careful what you put on Facebook,” said Gundy, whose team is ranked 11th. “Just be careful.”

The fifth-ranked Sooners have their compliance office monitoring pages of players on Facebook, which is a social networking Web site.

“We make them aware of that,” Stoops said. “Anything that they put on there is going to be public. So, just make sure you’re smart about it.

From time to time, we have to bring guys in, and ask about it.”

Prince has warned his players they’re responsible for the photos they AP Photo place on Facebook. Anything risque on the site could come back to bite Kansas State coach Ron Prince watches the final moments of a game against them later in life.

Missouri on Nov. 17. Prince will not return for the 2009 season, stepping aside after failing to rebuild the Wildcats into a Big 12 contender.

Adam Kohut, A&E editor dailyent@ou.edu phone: 325-5189, fax: 325-6051 For more, go to oudaily.com.

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A&E BRIEFLY Lohan refers to Obama as ‘first colored president’ NEW YORK — Lindsay Lohan referred to President-elect Barack Obama as the country’s “first colored president” in an interview on “Access Hollywood.”

Describing her experience on Election Day, Lohan said: “It was really exciting. It’s an amazing feeling. It’s our first colored president.”

A spokeswoman for Lohan didn’t immediately return messages left Wednesday.

Interviewer Maria Menounos didn’t question the 22-year-old actress on her use of the term. “Access Hollywood” also didn’t cite her remark in its online story, but did post an “extended interview” video on its Web site that included the remark.

A spokesman for the syndicated entertainment news program said in a statement Wednesday: “We believe the word in question that Ms. Lohan used was unintelligible.”

Lohan blogged about her support of Obama during the presidential campaign.

Mitch Mitchell, drummer for Hendrix, found dead

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Will Whalen , fine arts sophomore, answers a late-night delivery call Saturday night at Fat Sandwich.

A late-night phone call away TYLER BRANSON Daily Staff Writer When someone makes the important decision to cap off their night with some after-hours grub, they might forget one thing: a person on the other end has to deal with it. And after midnight, anything is possible.

This is especially true with Norman after-hours restaurants and their employees. Many may not even know — or remember — their midnight-hour couriers, but rest assured, they remember you.

Cameron Ferguson, history senior and former Pizza Shuttle employee, said he made one particular delivery that stands out from all the rest.

“Late one night, I delivered to a house full of drunk girls,” he said. “One of them kept talking to

me as I was trying to leave, and she wanted me to sit down on the bed next to her and ‘stay awhile.’

She was seriously like ‘Hey, pizza guy, I like your shoes, you want a hug?’ And I was just looking at her friends like, ‘Is she going to be OK?’ But, I had hot pizza in the car, so I couldn’t [stay].”

Sometimes, delivery drivers don’t have to go far at night to witness something memorable.

And with Kelsey Shaw, advertising junior and current Pita Pit employee, the ruckus came to her.

“I once saw a guy get into an argument with an imaginary person,” she said. “He was sitting at the tables outside [the restaurant], and the conversation started out amiable enough; the guy was using a lot of hand gestures to get his point across to the empty space in front of him.”

Alarmed, yet slightly interested,

Shaw watched the argument turn ugly.

“Pretty soon, the guy was on his feet, arguing with the empty chair. He was holding a bunch of quarters in his hand and pointing to them, like he was trying to tell the imaginary guy that he had just been jipped in some kind of imaginary deal.”

With other restaurants that are open late, sometimes the insanity doesn’t involve customers, but the employees themselves.

A former Campus Corner eatery employee who asked that his name not be used said he witnessed a bizarre interaction at work.

“So we get a delivery order at work one night, and one of the drivers is about to take it to the customer,” the source said. “My manager comes up to him and says ‘Hey man, I’m going to be riding with you for this one.’ So [the two

of them] head to the customer, the driver delivers the food, and when he gets back to the car the manager says, ‘OK, now I need you to take me to the top of the parking garage at the OU Stadium.’ The driver is confused at this point and asks why, and the manager replies that he needs to take a nap. Keep in mind that this is 11 p.m. at this point” The driver reluctantly dropped off the manager on the top level of the OU football stadium parking garage and returned to the store, the source said. But the story doesn’t end there.

“Well, later that night we were getting closer to closing, and we had to call the other store for some reason and who answers the phone? It’s my manager. I’m pretty sure he ended up sleeping in the bathroom.”

PORTLAND, Ore. — Mitch Mitchell, drummer for the legendary Jimi Hendrix Experience of the 1960s and the group’s last surviving member, was found dead in his hotel room early Wednesday. He was 61.

Mitchell was a powerful force on the Hendrix band’s 1967 debut album “Are You Experienced?” as well as the trio’s albums “Electric Ladyland” and “Axis: Bold As Love.” He had an explosive drumming style that can be heard in hardcharging songs such as “Fire” and “Manic Depression.”

The Englishman had been drumming for the Experience Hendrix Tour, which performed Friday in Portland. It was the last stop on the West Coast part of the tour.

Hendrix died in 1970. Bass player Noel Redding died in 2003.

An employee at Portland’s Benson Hotel called police after discovering Mitchell’s body.

Erin Patrick, a deputy medical examiner, said Mitchell apparently died of natural causes. An autopsy was planned.

Fan of Abdul found dead near ‘Idol’ judge’s home LOS ANGELES — A fan of Paula Abdul whose failed audition for “American Idol” aired in season five was found dead in a car near the home of the pop star and judge she admired, authorities said Wednesday.

Police indicated that Paula Goodspeed, whose rendition of “Proud Mary” was roundly criticized by Simon Cowell and rejected by Abdul and Randy Jackson, had possibly committed suicide, said Ed Winter, assistant chief of the Los Angeles County Department of Coroner. An official cause of death had not been determined.

Authorities found Goodspeed’s body Tuesday evening in a car that photos show bearing the vanity license plate “ABL LV” in a Los Angeles Lakers frame.

Her parents had reported her missing hours earlier and expressed concern that she might hurt herself.

Los Angeles police spokeswoman Julianne Sohn says officers responded to a call about 6 p.m. Tuesday and arrived in the Sherman Oaks area to find the body.

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Hear a symphony from the sofa •OU School of Music Web site allows for live audio and streaming video of concerts KATE CUNNINGHAM Daily Staff Writer

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Dean Martin, played by Nigel Casey, Frank Sinatra, played by Stephen Triffitt, and Sammy Davis Jr., played by David Hayes, perform in an undated production of “The Rat Pack — Live at the Sands.” The show will run through Sunday at the Oklahoma City Civic Center.

The Rat Pack in the city CASSIE RHEA LITTLE Daily Staff Writer Jazz fans may have thought they missed the chance to see Frank Sinatra, Sammy Davis Jr. and Dean Martin perform live, but the Rat Pack reunited Tuesday night at Oklahoma City’s Civic Center Music Hall — and will continue to do so through Sunday.

The national Broadway tour of “The Rat Pack — Live at the Sands,” transported the audience to the early 1960s, when Frank and his pals were filming the original version of the casino robbery caper, “Oceans Eleven,” in Las Vegas. Performances in the movie, prominently featured in the Sands Hotel, helped birth the Rat Pack legend.

“I remember listening to them when I was a little girl,” said Kay Shough, who attended Tuesday’s

show. “I was a little apprehensive about tonight’s show, but it exceeded my expectations; it was really excellent.”

Shough said the Rat Pack’s music inspired many people during their years together, and has a romantic quality that makes all of the girls go crazy. She said the rendition of the Rat Pack’s “Live at the Sands” performance is the best knock off she’d seen but admitted that nothing can compare to the real thing.

The performance featured all of the Rat Pack classic melodies including “Luck Be a Lady,” “That’s Amore” and “Mr. Bojangles.” The cast transformed through voice, demeanor and attire to become the Rat Pack.

Larry Payton, president of Celebrity Attractions, said his team decided to bring the Rat Pack to Oklahoma after he saw the show in

London several years ago.

“When we saw the show we thought our audience would enjoy it,” Payton said. “They are not the real thing, but they do a really good job.”

Payton said he hopes bringing the Rat Pack to Oklahoma will be a great way to reflect on the days when the Rat Pack was stealing the hearts of many. He said the group is one that has a strong legacy to date and the show is the perfect way for younger audiences to experience the music of the Rat Pack live.

Carolyn Good, who attended Tuesday’s show, said she said she wished she had been able to see the real Rat Pack perform, but was pleased with the performance.

“There is nothing like the original, but they are doing a great job imitating the group,” Good said.

“I was just wishing that Marilyn Monroe would pop out.”

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There are so many things happening on campus every day that it’s difficult for students to make it to all the events they would like. The OU School of Music realizes this, and is making it possible for the public to view live concert feeds on its Web site from the comfort of home.

Students can access the concerts by visiting music.ou.edu and clicking on the “Upcoming Events” tab. If there is a concert streaming at the time, click on the “Live-Stream” link. Within a matter of seconds, the music will start streaming onto your computer.

Stefan Ice, assistant to the director of School of Music, started the streams in the fall of 2007 as a way for people to hear students’ performances, even if they could not physically be in the auditorium.

“We have international students that have their parents listen from as far away as China,” Ice said.

Although it is possible to stream footage from any venue within the Catlett Music Center, only concerts in the Paul F. Sharp Concert Hall and Gothic Hall are broadcast online. These are reserved for the major performances, including recitals of graduate students.

According to Seth Garrepy, Information Technology group technician and choral conducting graduate student, the process of bringing a concert from the stage to your home computer is not as difficult as it sounds.

Using equipment completely funded by the School of Music, technicians use the auditorium’s existing microphones to pick up the sound of a concert. The signal is then sent to an interface that converts it from an analog to a digital recording. After that, the recording travels via Ethernet to a large server, which translates it out of ones and zeros, into a language that QuickTime can understand. From this point, it streams freely on to the Web site.

In order for the stream to work, users will need a broadband connection that can handle at least 96 kilobytes-per-second and QuickTime 7 or higher. They will also need at least a Pentium 3 processor for a Windows computer or a G4 for a Macintosh.

According to Ice, OU is the only university in the Big 12 that streams live concerts.

“Until lately, [this technology] has been in the realm of radio stations. Its technology is something that hasn’t been exploited to its potential,” Alan Hiserodt, concert hall manager, said.

Hiserodt also emphasized that the streams can be used as a recruiting tool for the School of Music, especially as they target students that live outside of Oklahoma.

Hiserodt said that he hopes that, in the future, they will be able to stream video as well as audio online, but, he said, “that’s a long way down the road.”

Garrepy is similarly entrenched in the technological side of streaming live concerts, but he also thinks that what he is doing has value beyond technological advancement. “[Live streaming] extends more of a feeling of community with OU students and their families far away,” he said.

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Paulson says troubled assets will not be purchased MARTIN CRUTSINGER Associated Press WASHINGTON — Urgently shifting course, the Bush administration is abandoning the centerpiece of its massive $700 billion economic rescue plan and exploring new ways to shore up not only banks but credit-card, auto-loan and other huge nonbank businesses. Democrats are pressing hard to include a multibillion-dollar bailout for faltering automakers, too — over administration objections.

Unimpressed by any of the talk on Wednesday, Wall Street dove ever lower.

“The facts changed and the situation worsened,” Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson said at a news briefing, explaining the administration’s switch from its original plan to help financial institutions by buying up troubled assets, primarily securities backed by bad home loans.

Despite its new flexibility, the administration remained opposed to using the rescue fund to bail out the ailing auto industry or to provide guarantees for home loans, an idea that supporters contend offers the greatest hope for helping legions of Americans who are facing foreclosure.

Congressional Democrats felt otherwise on autos, and strongly. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid were pressing for quick passage of a major package for carmakers during a postelection session that begins next Tuesday, and one key House Democrat was putting together legislation that would send $25 billion in emergency loans to the beleaguered industry in exchange for a government ownership stake in the Big Three car companies.

Not all the news was bad, Paulson suggested. He said the rescue program approved by Congress a month ago has already had an impact in dealing with the most severe financial crisis in decades, a credit squeeze that is threatening to push the country into a deep and prolonged recession.

“Our system is stronger and more stable than just a few weeks ago,” he said. But he cautioned that

WASHINGTON — After years of suspense and suspicion, Iran still denies it is trying to make a nuclear bomb.

Analysts foresee the Iranians’ success in a few years at most, but they disagree widely over a likely timetable.

President-elect Obama says Iranian efforts to develop nuclear weapons are unacceptable. At a postelection news conference, Obama said, “We have to mount an international effort to prevent that from happening.”

Senior diplomats from the United States, Britain, China, France, Russia and Germany are meeting Thursday in Paris to discuss efforts to stop Iran’s

Oklahoma poised to become renewable energy leader in US SEAN MURPHY Associated Press

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Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson speaks Wednesday at the Treasury Department in Washington. much more needs to be done before the economy can turn the corner.

To accomplish those goals, Paulson said the administration would continue to use $250 billion of the $700 billion rescue fund to make direct purchases of bank stock as a way of supplying hundreds and potentially thousands of banks with extra capital in hopes that they will resume more normal lending.

But Paulson said the administration had decided that the original focus of the bailout program — the purchase of distressed mortgage-backed securities and other troubled assets on the books of banks — would not be employed. He said the administration had changed the emphasis because of a need to get money into the financial system much more quickly because of a worsening credit crunch. Setting up a

purchase program for the bad assets was taking too much time, officials said.

It was another rough day on Wall Street as investors received more bad news on corporate earnings and were also disappointed by Paulson’s decision not to mop up bad assets of financial institutions.

The Dow Jones industrial average fell for the third straight session, plunging 411.30 points to close at 8,282.66, the lowest close since it hit a 5½-year low on Oct. 27.

But lawmakers applauded Paulson’s switch, saying the administration was finally recognizing that its initial plan was flawed.

“I am glad that Secretary Paulson and the rest of the Treasury team have finally seen the light,” said Sen. Charles Schumer, D-N.Y.

Analysis: For Obama, Iran presents unique problems BARRY SCHWEID Associated Press

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nuclear program with sanctions, but Russian and Chinese reluctance has stymied efforts for a unified stance.

In dealing with Iran’s nuclear ambitions, Obama faces questions that include whether to keep a U.S. military threat on the table, whether to temper or increase economic sanctions on Tehran and whether to offer economic and diplomatic concessions to Iran, directly or indirectly, in exchange for a verifiable suspension of suspicious nuclear activity.

Anthony H. Cordesman of the Center for Strategic and International Studies in Washington said in a report this month that Iran now has a technology base to make nuclear weapons, limited only by its current level of

uranium enrichment.

“The worst case for a nuclear device is 2009, but it could well be 2011-2015 before Iran gets there,” Cordesman said in an interview Tuesday. He added: “The critical issue is when Iran could have an effective nuclear-armed missile force. That could easily take two to three years longer.”

Israel says Iran could have enough nuclear material to make its first bomb within a year. The United States estimates that Iran is at least two years away.

“Estimates differ on the status of Iran’s nuclear program because there are simply few hard facts,” said Michael Makovsky, foreign policy director of the Bipartisan Policy Center.

In a recent report by the Bipartisan Policy Center concluded that once Iran produces 700 kilograms (1,543 pounds) of low-enriched uranium it could be capable of producing 20 kilograms (44 pounds) of highly enriched uranium, the minimum necessary for a nuclear device, in as little as 16 days.

OKLAHOMA CITY — With a huge wind corridor in western Oklahoma and local researchers working on creating biofuels from perennial native grasses, experts say Oklahoma is poised to become a leader in the renewable energy industry.

Speaking Wednesday at the Oklahoma Biofuels Conference in Oklahoma City, renewable energy experts said the emphasis on biofuels and wind energy likely will continue under President-elect Obama’s administration.

“We have 40,000 megawatts of wind potential in western Oklahoma, and that industry is exploding out of the ground as we talk,” said Oklahoma Energy Secretary David Fleischaker. “The Obama administration’s attitude toward bringing wind into the grid will really benefit that industry in Oklahoma.

“In addition, to the extent we have the ability, we’ll see a lot more funding of research important to pushing the conversion of biofuels technology.”

Fleischaker said using perennial native grasses, like switchgrass, as a source for biofuel has a number of advantages over annual crops, like corn, that take much more energy to produce.

“If you have an annual, you’ve got to pull the tractor out of the barn and plant it every year, which takes a lot of energy,” Fleischaker said. “If you have a perennial, it grows back every year automatically and you can leave the tractor in the barn.”

Ernie Shea, coordinator of the 25x’25 Alliance’s plan to have renewable energy comprise 25 percent of U.S. energy needs by 2025, agrees switchgrass shows much promise as a biofuel source.

“We can actually produce an energy crop and at the same time improve soil and water quality, sequester carbon dioxide through the plants that grow and improve air quality,” he said. “So, we’re providing very valuable and important environmental benefits while we provide these national security benefits in terms of domestically produced fuels.”

Shea also said there was a lot of misinformation about biofuels diverting food for fuel production and, as a result, driving up food prices and impacting poverty and world hunger around the world.

“That is simply not true,” Shea said. “There are plenty of well-vetted studies that have documented that while food prices have been influenced by biofuel production, it’s been very marginal. The primary reason for higher food prices is the high price of oil.”

Shea said he also believes an Obama administration will be supportive of renewable energy efforts and likely would increase government programs to incentivize the development of wind and biofuels industries.

“I think we’ll probably see all policies revisited, but at the end of the day I think the support will be there to maintain the appropriate incentives and appropriate standards to ensure the industry is viable.”

THIS WEEKEND AT YOUR UNIVERSITY T hursday, Nov. 13

Student Success Series: Staying a Healthy, Successful College Student | 3 p.m. in Carnegie Building, Room 200. Presented by University College.

Dream Course: Russian Artists in Europe and America during the 20th Century | 4 p.m. in the Mary Eddy and Fred Jones Auditorium, Fred Jones Jr. Museum of Art. “Russian Dancers in America,” presented by Nancy Reynolds, Guest Dance Historian. For more information call (405) 325-4938.

Art After Hours: Interior Landscapes, Pavel Tchelitchew (1898 – 1957)| 5:30 p.m. in the Dee Dee and Jon R. Stuart Classroom, Fred Jones Jr. Museum of Art. In 1943, Tchelitchew began painting “interior landscapes,” which displayed the body’s interior workings while simultaneously depicting its external features. For more information call (405) 325-4938.

Fred Films: “Soy Cuba” | 7 p.m. in the Mary Eddy and Fred Jones Auditorium, Fred Jones Jr. Museum of Art. Fred Films Presents “Soy Cuba,” [I Am Cuba] (1964/dir. by Mikhail Kalatozov) 141 minutes. Free admission to students with a valid OU ID. For more information call (405) 325-4938.

Sutton Artist Series: OU Percussion Orchestra | 8 p.m. in the Paul F. Sharp Concert Hall, Catlett Music Center. Adult admission $8, student, faculty/staff and senior admission$5.

Please call F.A.C.T.S. Fine Arts Tickets Service at (405) 325-4101 for more information.

American Artists from the Russian Empire Art Exhibition | Now through January 4, 2009 at the Fred Jones Jr. Museum of Art. Comprised of over ninety works by artists such as Nicolai Fechin, Leon Gaspard, Jacques Lipchitz, Mark Rothko, Ben Shahn, Pavel Tchelitchew, and Max Weber, this exhibition examines the impact of American culture on Russian artists living in the United States during the first half of the twentieth century as well as the lasting influence these same artists had on the development of American art. For more information call (405) 325-4938.

Friday., Nov. 14

Concert: Amos Lee | 8 p.m. in Meacham Auditorium. Presented by the Campus Activities Council Concert Series and the Union Programming Board. Tickets available on okctickets.com.

University Theatre: “Pride & Prejudice” | 8 p.m. in the Rupel Jones Theatre. The classic English tale of romance, Pride and Prejudice is a young lady’s journey of selfdiscovery and love. In a world where manners and birth mean everything and reputation means as much as gold. Adapted by Jon Jory from Jane Austen’s novel Pride and Prejudice. Rated G. Call the Fine Arts Box office for ticket information, (405) 325-4101.

Saturday, Nov. 15 OU Women’s Basketball vs. UC Riverside | 2 p.m. at the Lloyd Noble Center. OU Women’s Basketball will play the first of four possible Preseason WNIT games as they open the tournament by facing UC Riverside. Visit http://soonersports.com for ticket information.

University Theatre: “Pride & Prejudice” | 8 p.m. in the Rupel Jones Theatre. The classic English tale of romance, Pride and Prejudice is a young lady’s journey of selfdiscovery and love. In a world where manners and birth mean everything and reputation means as much as gold. Adapted by Jon Jory from Jane Austen’s novel Pride and Prejudice. Rated G. Call the Fine Arts Box office for ticket information, (405) 325-4101.

Sunday, Nov. 16 University Chorus with Men’s and Women’s Choirs | 3 p.m. in the Paul F. Sharp Concert Hall, Catlett Music Center. Please call F.A.C.T.S. Fine Arts Tickets Service at (405) 325-4101 for more information.

University Theatre: “Pride & Prejudice” | 3 p.m. in the Rupel Jones Theatre. The classic English tale of romance, Pride and Prejudice is a young lady’s journey of selfdiscovery and love. In a world where manners and birth mean everything and reputation means as much as gold. Adapted by Jon Jory from Jane Austen’s novel Pride and Prejudice. Rated G. Call the Fine Arts Box office for ticket information, (405) 325-4101.

Intramural Update | Badminton Tournament today! Pickle Ball Tournament tomorrow, Nov. 15, and Table Tennis Tournament Sunday, Nov. 16. For more information visit recservices. ou.edu or call Mark List, (405) 325-3053.

Hornsemble and Brass Chamber Music | 3 p.m. in the Paul F. Sharp Concert Hall, Catlett Music Center. Please call F.A.C.T.S. Fine Arts Tickets Service at (405) 325-4101 for more information.

OU Men’s Basketball vs. American University | 7 p.m. at the Lloyd Noble Center. OU Men’s Basketball opens their regular season schedule as they take on American University.

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FREE Concert: Copeland | 7:30 p.m. in the Oklahoma Memorial Union Food Court.

See Copeland with special guests Lovedrug, Lydia and Lights for FREE. Presented by the Union Programming Board and the Campus Activities Council Concert Series.

Who Loves You, OU? The Union Programming Board does!

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Thursday, Nov. 13, 2008

BUDDHA’S BACK

TODAY STUDENT MEDIA Free portraits will be available at 10 a.m. in the Oklahoma Memorial Union.

UPB •Holiday cards will be available to make at 11:30 a.m. in the Union’s lobby.

•A health seminar will be at 3 p.m. in the Carnegie Building, room 200.

FRED FILMS A film will be shown at 7 p.m. at the Fred Jones Jr. Museum of Art. CIRCLE K INTERNATIONAL “JAM for Service” will be at 7 p.m. in the Union’s Molly Shi Boren Ballroom.

AMERICAN INDIAN STUDENT ASSOCIATION A general meeting will be at 7 p.m. in the Jim Thorpe Multicultural Center.

SCHOOL OF MUSIC As part of the Sutton Faculty Concert Series, a percussion performance will be at 8 p.m. in the Sharp Concert Hall.

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Ram Bahadur Bamjan, center in white, believed to be the reincarnation of Buddha is surrounded by Buddhist monks Wednesday in Nijgadh town, about 100 miles south of Katmandu, Nepal. Bamjan, 18, has re-emerged after retreating into the jungle for more than a year in southern Nepal, attracting thousands of devotees, officials said Tuesday.

FRIDAY SCHOOL OF MUSIC •There will be a multimedia lecture on Richard Wager by Dr. Gottfried Wagner from 1 to 3 p.m. at Meacham Auditorium in the Union.

•Opera singer Marilyn Horne will hold a master class open to the public at 7 p.m. in Pitman Recital Hall.

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NORMAN RESOURCE CENTER Debbie Marshall Gill from the Norman Resource Center will speak on sexual assault prevention at 7:30 p.m. in the Henderson Tolson Cultural Center.

POLICE REPORTS Names are compiled from the Norman Police Department or the OU Department of Public Safety. The report serves as a public record of arrests or citations, not convictions.

The people here are presumed innocent unless proven guilty.

DRIVING UNDER THE INFLUENCELIQUOR OR DRUGS/ACTUAL PHYSICAL CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE David Alan Birdwell, 31, 1500 block E. Lindsey Street, Tuesday, also operating vehicle without proper tag/decal and failure to carry security verification/no insurance David A. Minor, 53, Boyd Street, Tuesday Carol Diane Riemer, 52, 1700 block 24th Avenue S.W., Tuesday

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DOMESTIC ABUSE BY STRANGULATION Michael A. Mallory, 51, 500 block S. University Boulevard, Tuesday, also assault/battery with a deadly weapon

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Thursday, Nov. 13, 2008 SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 22) -- One of your biggest problems will be an inclination to treat minor situations in a heavyhanded manner. Try not to take everything so seriously. Relax and let live.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20) -- If you are forced to spend time with someone with whom you’ve previously had contrary words, don’t respond negatively, even if you sense storm clouds brewing.

Stay above the fray.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 23-Dec. 21) -- If you have any tasks that require concentration and know-how, get them out of the way as early as possible. Your temperament and patience may lose control as the clock ticks on.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20) -- Others won’t be in the mood to cater to your whims, so don’t expect them to do anything that you can easily do yourself.

Instead, be willing to do what you can for them.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) -- Your social graces might not have a whole lot of staying power, so try to make early retreats or exits when socializing with others. The less time spent with people the better.

CANCER (June 21-July 22) -Regardless of how right you think you are, don’t attempt to impose your views on others. You might win the opening rounds, but if you keep it up, your friends are apt to apply a knockout punch.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 19) -- It’s rare that you show your temper, but when you do, woe unto those who anger you. This could be one of those days when the possibility for misinterpreting intentions is high.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22) -- Unless you fully explain what you see from your vantage point for making changes, your family is likely to rebel. Instead of making waves, take the time to explain your intended actions.

PISCES (Feb. 20-March 20) -Have the courage of your convictions, and don’t be intimidated by someone who comes on as a know-it-all; this person could attempt to put you down in front of others.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) -- Someone with whom you’re achieving a common goal might have a better idea than you do, but if your pride affects your ego, you’ll stubbornly deny its value.

ARIES (March 21-April 19) -- Before you start spending incoming funds on your present desires, it might be wise to pay off some old obligations. Once cleared up, you’ll feel like a new person.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23) -- You might be sharp as a whip in advising another about managing his or her affairs, but when it comes your own dealings, this wisdom could be totally lost on you -- or ignored.

DRIVING UNDER SUSENSION Michael Glen Morgan, 30, 200 block N. Lahoma Avenue, Tuesday, also improper registration and county warrant

ASSAULT/BATTERY WITH A DEADLY WEAPON Timothy Bryan Phillips, 29, 500 block S. University Boulevard, Tuesday

Maureen Ann Hall, 43, 200 block W. Gray Street, Tuesday

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News Briefs

Thursday, Nov. 13, 2008

STATE NEWS Okla. Gang violence rising OKLAHOMA CITY — Gang violence is increasing in Oklahoma and gang members are becoming more brazen as they challenge police in shootouts that endanger officers and the public, a member of the Oklahoma City Police Department’s gang unit said Wednesday.

Officer Tim Hock, speaking to police officers and others at a conference on violent crimes and terrorist threats, said the increasing number of gang members and the escalating level of violence in the state and elsewhere pose the biggest domestic threat in the U.S. “These guys are becoming increasingly violent,” Hock said. “These guys are challenging and taking on officers now.”

“I’ve been involved with three shootouts with these guys and I’ve killed one of them. These guys are an absolute threat. These guys are a threat to the U.S. as a whole.”

Hock said there are between 6,000 and 7,000 gang members in Oklahoma City who are affiliated with six major gangs, including some Hispanic gangs and others based on the West Coast.

The level of violence directed at police is reflected in tattoos on some gang members and even in gang names.

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After Calif. loss, gays get right to wed in Conn.

North Korea to shut DMZ border with South Korea

WEST HARTFORD, Conn. — Same-sex couples exchanged vows Wednesday for the first time in Connecticut amid cheers and tears of joy, while gay activists planned protests across the country over the vote that took away their right to marry in California.

Surrounded by red roses and smiles, Jody Mock and Elizabeth Kerrigan, who led the lawsuit that overturned the state law, emerged from West Hartford’s town hall to the cheers of about 150 people and waved their marriage license high.

“We feel very fortunate to live in the state of Connecticut, where marriage equality is valued, and hopefully other states will also do what is fair,” Kerrigan said.

The Connecticut Supreme Court ruled 4-3 on Oct. 10 that same-sex couples have the right to wed rather than accept a 2005 civil union law designed to give them the same rights as married couples.

A lower-court judge entered a final order permitting same-sex marriage Wednesday morning. Massachusetts is the only other state that allows gay marriages.

SEOUL, South Korea — North Korea’s powerful military announced Wednesday it will shut the country’s border with the South on Dec. 1 — a marked escalation of threats against Seoul’s new conservative government at a time of heightened tension on the peninsula.

The military’s chief delegate to interKorean talks informed his South Korean counterpart that the North will “restrict and cut off ” cross-border routes next month, state-run Korean Central News Agency said.

Analysts called it a pointed political move designed to humiliate Seoul by hobbling a joint industrial park in the city of Kaesong, just across the border, that has served as a beacon of hope for reconciliation.

Relations between the two Koreas — separated by troops, tanks and one of the world’s most heavily armed borders since a three-year war that ended in a truce in 1953 — have been frosty since South Korea’s President Lee Myung-bak took office in February.

Lee pledged to be tough with communist North Korea, an abrupt departure from his predecessors’ decade-long policy of fostering reconciliation with aid and other concessions.

AP Photo

South Korean tourists wait for a train near a signboard showing the distance to the North Korean capital Pyongyang from Imjingang Station near the border village of the Panmunjom (DMZ) in Paju, north of Seoul, South Korea, Sunday, Oct. 19, 2008. The village has separated the two Koreas since the Korean War. North Korea will make an “important announcement” on Monday amid speculation over the health of its leader Kim Jong Il, a Japanese newspaper reported Sunday.

— AP

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