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Rice makes late campaign stop at OU • State senator opposing incumbent for US Senate RYAN BRYANT Daily Staff Writer State Sen. Andrew Rice, Oklahoma Democratic candidate for U.S. Senate, urged young people to vote early in the upcoming election in a brief stop at OU Wednesday evening Oklahoma Memorial Union.

Rice asked students to vote early so they can spend Tuesday getting others to the polls.

“Try to find two or three friends and really challenge them to get out and vote,” he said. “You’d be surprised at the extra efforts. Don’t take it for granted. You may be really pumped and motivated about [voting], but not

In addition to encouraging early voting, Rice went on the offensive against his opponent, saying Sen. Jim Inhofe would continue to advocate the economic policies of the Bush administration.

“His plan, essentially, was ‘we’re going to continue doing what we’ve done,’” Rice said. “I’ve got to give it to the guy, when he says he’s stubborn, he’s stubborn.”

According to Inhofe’s campaign Web site, he is in favor of making Bush’s 2001 and 2003 tax cuts permanent because “Americans know how to save, spend and invest the money they earn better than Washington politicians and bureaucrats.”

However, Inhofe was one of the few senators to vote against the $700 billion bailout, which Bush’s administration proposed.

everybody is.”

Political science professor Keith Gaddie said early voters would almost guarantee a high turnout on Election Day. “I would expect a high turnout in Oklahoma when there’s a high-interest election like this,” he said. “Plus, there have been so many problems on Election Day, that if people go early, it definitely lessens these problems.”

While Rice said he anticipates a large turnout among young voters, Gaddie said he isn’t convinced.

“Every decade, there’s always a supposed surge in the youth vote,” he said. “But this is the first time we’ve actually seen the promise of it happening. I hope young people really surprise me and vote Tuesday.”

Voters can cast their ballots early at the Cleveland County Election Board on Friday and Monday from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m., and Saturday from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m.

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State Sen. Andrew Rice campaigns for a spot in the U.S. Senate on Wednesday in Oklahoma Memorial Union.

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CAMPUS BRIEFS Astronomy professsor honored as outstanding professor Astronomy professor Richard Henry was named the Kinney-Sugg Outstanding Professor in the College of Arts and Sciences.

The award was established in 2002 by OU alumna Sandy Kinney and her husband, Mike Sugg, to reward and retain outstanding professors within the college.

Henry has taught at OU since 1984. As a recipient of the Kinney-Sugg award. He will receive a $5,000 check and will be honored at a luncheon later in the semester.

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Members of Students for Action in Darfur lie on the grass Wednesday on the South Oval to show solidarity with people in the Darfur region of Sudan. The group wants to encourage students to make their votes count on Tuesday, and to keep in mind the stance of the candidates on the issue of genocide in Darfur. See story, page 2A.

Diabetes summit seeks to educate Okla. tribal leaders • One of six Native Americans living with chronic disease MEREDITH MORIAK Daily Staff Writer

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Many diabetics use glucose meters to measure blood sugar.

Native Americans in Oklahoma are the largest group of diabetics in the nation, and an inter-tribal coalition met Wednesday to address diabetes prevention.

The Oklahoma Inter-Tribal Diabetes Coalition hosted the summit at the OU Health Sciences Center.

“The main goal is to educate tribal leaders and decision makers about the importance of diabetic care and prevention programs within tribes themselves,”

said Darrell Eberly, director of Living with diabetes and control with the Oklahoma State Department of diabetes Health.

Read one student’s According to the department, 15.6 percent of Oklahomans story, Page 2 have diabetes, and 17 percent of the state’s diabetics are Native American.

One out of six Native American and Alaska Natives have diagnosed diabetes, said Judy Parker, summit speaker and Chickasaw Nation Legislator.

The summit focused on the onset of Type 2 diabetes, which is attributed to lifestyle choices, diet and exercise, Eberly said. Although diabetes can be hereditary, overall lifestyle contributes most to the development of the disease.

Oklahoma Diabetes Center director, Tim Lyons, said addressing the problem of diabetes in Oklahoma

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Low gas prices may cost state • Natural gas prices more important than oil numbers RAY MARTIN Daily Staff Writer A decline in energy prices is creating mixed emotions across Oklahoma.

Consumers say the lower the prices, the better, but state officials and those in the oil and natural gas industries disagree.

Cheaper heating bills and prices at the

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pump mean more money for consumers, but they thwart job creation in the energy field — which is a driving force of the state’s economy.

“It’s really a mixed feeling,” said Charles Collins, a mechanical engineering senior who hopes to work in the energy sector next year.

“Sure, my pocketbook likes the low prices more. But it’s pretty much better for me if they’re higher, and I think better for Oklahoma in general since it fuels lots and lots of jobs.”

The average nationwide price of regular unleaded gasoline fell to $2.589 a gallon Wednesday – the lowest it’s been since August 2005 – according to a survey released by the motorist group AAA. In Oklahoma, prices fell below $2 a gallon in some areas.

Natural gas, which has a greater impact on the state’s economy than oil, is down nearly 75 cents per thousand cubic feet from a month ago, according to a Henry Hub Natural Gas Report.

Robert Dauffenbach, associate dean of the Price College of Business, agreed that the decline in natural gas prices is more of a threat to Oklahoma than falling oil prices.

Oil production in Oklahoma has declined steadily over the past 40 years. In 1968, the state produced more than 221 million barrels of oil. Last year, it produced fewer than 70 million barrels, according to a 2007 Oklahoma Corporation Commission report.

“The price of oil is certainly important to the state, but not near as important as natural gas,” Dauffenbach said. “It’s beneficial to consumers. I’m of the opinion that gas prices are down now because of various reasons, including weakness in the U.S. economy.”

State Treasurer Scott Meacham said energy and agricultural resources — specifically natural gas — are what have kept Oklahoma’s economy afloat in the midst of a national economic downturn. He said natural gas collections in the first three months of the fiscal year, which begins in June, totaled $285 million. Since Oklahoma produces so much natural gas, he said, the state benefits immensely, especially in the area of job creation.

The Oklahoma oil and natural gas industry provides more than 322,000 jobs to the state, according to Oklahoma Energy Resource Bureau. But the industry and its employees suffer when energy prices decline.

“It impacts our income and sales tax collections,” Meacham said. “Obviously, consumers feel it when it’s more expensive to heat their house, but our state-wide economy gains.”

Lynn Gray, chief economist of the Oklahoma Employment Securities Commission, said if energy prices continue to decline, Oklahomans will undoubtedly feel the effects of a national recession, despite nearly $170 million in state surplus.

“Energy and the national economy are sure to have a linked effect,” he said.

But there might be a proper solution somewhere to the constant tension between the desires of consumers and the industry. Collins said he thinks a balance is achievable.

“I’m not sure exactly where the happy medium is,” Collins said. “But I think there is one.

I’m guessing it’s higher prices than we have now.”

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Students protest Darfur conflict as election nears • Demonstrators lay on the ground to symbolize suffering RYAN BRYANT Daily Staff Writer Students stretched out near the Bizzell Statue on Wednesday, holding black signs but remaining silent as they laid on the ground in a display designed to symbolize victims of genocide in Darfur.

Students for Action in Darfur coordinated the demonstration, called the Vote for Darfur Die-In, in an effort to educate students about the genocide with a visual representation of the death and suffering in the western part

of Sudan.

University College freshman Drea Segura said the demonstration caught her attention.

“It was kind of shocking and disturbing, but I’ve never seen anyone do something like this before,” she said. “This really just reaches out and grabs you.”

Students for Action in Darfur leaders wanted to inform students about the genocide and encourage them to vote in Tuesday’s presidential election, said Casey Prammanasudh, psychology senior and Students for Action in Darfur member.

“We’re trying to get the word out because it’s an issue we really care about,” she said.

Vietfil Do, microbiology senior and Students for Action in Darfur member, said the organization wants to make students aware of the candidates’ stances on the genocide. The group scored the presidential

Diabetes Continued from page 1A is a team approach and that all of the information and tools are readily available, they simply need implementation. “[Oklahoma does] a lousy job preventing diabetes,” Lyons said.

Diabetes, which was once only prevalent in adults, is now significantly affecting children and youth.

There has been a steep increase in the number of teenagers age 15 to 19 with adult-onset diabetes, a number which rose 128 percent from 1990 to 2004, said Parker, a nursing professor at East Central University.

candidates, giving them a letter grade based on their support of past Darfur legislation.

“Right now, [Barack] Obama has an A-plus based on his voting record in support for Darfur,” she said. “[John] McCain has a C.” Students seemed to react positively to the demonstration. Many ordered Darfur T-shirts and signed up for the organization’s e-mail list.

Vania Mardirossian, psychology junior, said the demonstration should have provoked students to contact government officials and urge them to support Darfur legislation.

“There are things we can do without having to use our military that would really help the people in Sudan,” she said. “If we can raise awareness about the genocide and vote for candidates who support Darfur, we can make a difference.”

“The diabetes epidemic has turned into a worldwide explosion,” Lyons said. “Oklahoma is more severely affected than any other part of the nation.”

The event drew members from 25 of Oklahoma’s 39 federally recognized tribes, showing unity among tribes that typically do not associate with each other, Eberly said.

“The biggest part of this summit is getting all these diverse groups together,” Eberly said. “We are trying to educate tribal leadership on the importance of diabetes care.”

Eberly said it is very rare that tribal leaders attend events where other tribes are present.

However, the attendance of tribal leaders shows their dedication to educating the public about and preventing diabetes, Eberly said.

Eberly said the council hopes to create engaging conversation with the 14 tribes absent from the coun-

What’s happening in Darfur Fighting broke out in Sudan’s western region of Darfur in 2003 after local groups rebelled against the Sudanese government, accusing officials of oppressing non-Arabs and neglecting the needs of Darfur.

In response, the Sudanese government launched an attack led by the Janjaweed militia, which has been accused of committing several human rights violations against the non-Arab population in Darfur, including mass killing and systematic rape. Close to 400,000 have died, and millions have become refugees.

Source: savedarfur.org

cil. He attributes the lack of full tribal participation to lasting tensions between various tribes.

“They have a historical dislike and distrust, or simply don’t have the money to attend events like this,” Eberly said.

The free summit attracted about 150 attendees from all over the state. About 90 percent of the attendees held tribal affiliations, Eberly said.

Members of the coalition believe that change is coming through education and prevention mechanisms.

The blood-sugar levels of Oklahomans with diabetes decreased by 13 percent from 1996-2006, according to data.

U.S. legislation has approved $150 million a year for diabetes research and prevention from 2008 to 2011, Parker said.

“We can change this, and we know how to change it if we work together,” Lyons said.

Living with diabetes involves many daily dilemmas • Type 1 diabetes typically develops during youth POLLY DEBRON Daily Staff Writer The needle slowly and smoothly slides into his hip. He never flinches. Casually, he puts the needle back into its black carrying case.

He takes it with him everywhere and can’t live without it, literally.

This was one of the six or more shots he must give himself everyday. But there is no choice for psychology senior Kyle Weakley, who has been living with diabetes for 15 years.

Weakley was diagnosed with Type 1 diabetes when he was 10 years old, and like

many people, he didn’t know what the word diabetes meant.

“I probably thought it was something temporary,” said Weakley, who is studying to be a physician’s assistant in children’s endocrinology.

According to the American Diabetes Association Web site, Type 1 diabetes used to be known as juvenile diabetes, because it is diagnosed in children and young adults.

The Web site states that with Type 1 diabetes, the body does not produce insulin, which is a hormone needed to convert sugar, starches and other food into energy.

Weakley’s roommate, professional writing senior Evan Hart, knew Weakley had diabetes before living with him but also didn’t know much about the disease.

“That’s one thing I’ve learned from knowing him; it’s not strictly an obese thing,” said Hart, who has lived with Weakley for the last two years.

Most cases of diabetes are caused by lifestyle, old age and genetics. Weakley’s

diabetes was caused by none of these.

“It was bad because it was completely preventable,” said Mike Weakley, Kyle Weakley’s brother.

Kyle Weakley said the culprit of the disease was a bee sting. He said he was allergic to the bee sting and had a steroid shot to calm the reaction. Two weeks after the shot, however, the accumulation of stress from the steroids and allergic reaction took a toll on his body.

Weakley said his leg became red and signs of diabetes began to surface.

The doctor gave his mom two choices: cut off his leg or live with diabetes for the rest of his life.

Now he must monitor everything he eats and drinks. Almost anything, from stress to a baked potato, can affect his blood sugar level. His moods and energy level also can quickly change from high to low.

“Sometimes I’ll get ill-tempered or sporadic due to the diabetes, but it’s a small part,” Weakley said.

This is especially cumbersome when he is at work at Starbucks. Because his stress level is suppose to remain low, he’s not supposed to work while in school, but the health benefits make work a necessity.

Weakley said he often refuses to take the trash to the dumpster to avoid the bees.

“Damn bees,” Weakley said.

He normally makes frequent “bio breaks,” as he refers to them, where he tests his blood sugar level, and if needed, gives himself a shot.

He carries pink glucose tablets in case his blood sugar gets too low.

His friends sometimes play with them, passing them around the table and even eating them to see what they taste like.

“Tastes like candy,” one friend said.

When at a bar, “bio breaks” can be mistaken for having to urinate, and his black case can be a strange sight, especially if he’s on a date, Weakley said.

“I’ll let them ask me about it before I say anything,” he said.

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Homeless face obstacles on road to stability people in Ketchum’s situation a solution, director Christy Blair said. Patrons are allowed to stay for up to a year, but must have a job within 30 days of moving in and pay rent of $150 a month. The program allows people to save money to use on rent, utilities and other necessities when they leave.

JAMIE HUGHES Ketchum said he wasn’t aware of East Main Daily Staff Writer Place until after he moved in to his apartment and Living on the streets was easier for Mark Ketchum said if he had known about it before, he would have considered the program. than living in a new apartment.

“The church has helped me get in to an apartNearly empty cupboards and a bed made of ment; this is the journey I’ve started,” he said. sleeping bags and blankets are Before he had a roof over what the 50-year-old comes his head, Ketchum said he home to every evening. refused to accept the fact that What little Ketchum has in he was homeless. He never carhis stark apartment are leftried a backpack, but fears of overs from local garage sales. trespassing and the situation Three light bulbs illuminate his becoming permanent flooded apartment, one in the kitchen, his mind. one in the bathroom and one in “Everything they own is in the bedroom. those backpacks,” he said. “It Being able to afford food, made me extremely sad and getting transportation and findscared.” ing a job is a daily concern for people with jobs OU alumnus Alex andWatching the OU alumnus. He said it is homes made Ketchum feel difficult for the very poor to get Ketchum like an outsider, he said. even the bare essentials from “I had no hope in my heart,” charity. A number of Norman he said. “You feel like you can’t churches turned him away, get clean; there’s always this and some food shelters are too stigma on you.” far away for him to walk.

One church, he said, finally helped him. He Ketchum said the challenges faced by the recent- said he did not want to mention the name of the ly homeless aren’t being addresses adequately. church but said it consists of his “good friends.”

“Just because you’re off the streets doesn’t mean The church paid the first month’s rent and the secuyou’re healed,” he said. rity deposit at an apartment complex near Campus Corner, but now he struggles to pay his bills or fill his refrigerator.

• Transportation, food remain daily concerns

“The face of homeless is changing. [These] people are surfing the Internet.”

Losing it all

Prior to living on the Norman streets, Ketchum owned a landscaping business in Edmond that failed. Once he lost his livelihood, he lost his home.

Ketchum came to Norman to live on the streets because he said Oklahoma City felt too “cold.”

Ketchum said when he arrived in Norman, he wasn’t aware of the resources available to homeless people. He investigated living at Food and Shelter for Friends, a transitional housing program, but said the organization helps mostly families. He stayed a few nights at the Salvation Army, but since it is an emergency shelter, he was only allowed to stay for a few nights at a time. He also asked local churches for help and got rejected.

“I felt worse coming out than I did going in,” he said about asking the churches for help.

East Main Place provides long-term housing for the homeless. This Norman organization offers

Finding hope, and a job Ketchum recently found a job working at Café Plaid, but his fears are far from alleviated. He started working at the restaurant two and a half weeks ago, and his rent is due November 1. He said he fears he won’t have a paycheck by then to pay his landlord, and he will have to pay late fees.

Although he’s still worried about money for rent and food, Ketchum said he’s thankful to have a job. “[It] makes you feel more secure,” he said. “It makes you feel like everyone else.”

Jason Skeel, manager at Café Plaid, said he is a good employee.

“He’s been wonderful,” he said. “His job isn’t glamorous, but he’s all smiles. He’s never complained once, and he’s a real pleasure to be with.”

This isn’t the first time Café Plaid has hired someone in Ketchum’s position, though. Skeel said one of

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OU alumnus Alex Ketchum recently moved into his own apartment in Norman after being homeless for a few months.

Ketchum also noted it would be helpful for CART his best employees started out with a story similar to run on Sundays because many working-class to Ketchum’s.

Ultimately, Ketchum’s newfound employment has people can only grocery shop on Sundays.

“Transportation is a major issue for those living worked for both sides.

“He’s been very good,” Skeel said. “He’s a bless- in poverty,” Blair said.

Ketchum also suggested that local shelters post a ing.” list of resources on a Web site for easy viewing.

“The face of ‘homeless’ is changing,” he said.

One man’s ideas “People are surfing the Internet.”

Blair said shelters provide lists of resources, but Through his recent hardships, Ketchum has become an advocate for the homeless and working they aren’t online yet.

He also said transitional and emergency shelters poor, and said he has thought of many ways the “bureaucratization” of resources can be improved. should offer seminars about how to apply for jobs He said organizations that exist to provide help or how to act in social situations.

Most people forget how to do simple tasks, for people in his situation seem to be failing at because once someone accepts the fact that he or evaluating the needs of the people.

“Churches want to help, but they’re a little behind she is homeless, they have to act the part, Ketchum the curve,” he said. “A $5 or $6 bag of groceries isn’t said. “[Being homeless] takes away your points of really helping ... We want to tell ourselves we’re doing a good job, but we’re not in step with 2008 reference. Your structure is park benches,” he said.

Ketchum also thinks citizens and members of the financial realities.”

Blair said people in Ketchum’s situation are eli- homeless population should work side-by-side on gible for food stamps and can apply for them at the community projects.

“The homeless want to help,” he said. “They don’t Department of Human Services building at 631 E. have any money, but they want to give back.”

Robinson, which is on the CART route.

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OUR VIEW

Andrew Rice the right man for Oklahoma We are not ignorant.

We’re pretty sure Rice is traditionally married. He has a wife, Apple, and We realize there are more issues to consider Tuesday than U.S. Sen. Jim two children, Noah, 3, and Parker, 1.

Inhofe’s infamously crass “three G’s,” or “God, guns and gays.”

And we’re pretty sure his Progressive Alliance Foundation’s fighting the We realize global warming exists. We were pretty sure that was com- state constitutional ban against gay marriage on the grounds that it was mon sense, though Inhofe thinks otherwise. unnecessary was not a push for gay marriage. According to nt to gay marriage.

We detest the fact that Inhofe has spent 14 years in Congress Rice’s Web site, he is indifferent making Oklahoma — and Oklahomans — a political punch Inhofe gets a lot of support from gun owners.

OUR VIEW line.

We wonder if they realize Rice is a member of the is an editorial That’s why we enthusiastically endorse Oklahoma state Sen. National Rifle Association. Orr that he defends the selected and debated by the editorial board earms.

Andrew Rice for U.S. Senate.

Constitutional right to own firearms. and written after a Rice is a promising young legislator who has shown genuine He does plan to improve background checks majority opinion is t’s good. compassion and a commitment to helping people. for potential gun owners. That’s formed and approved Rice is — and always has been — a humanitarian.

Though Rice is running against a man with by the editor. Our ess, Rice has plenty Inspired by missionary trips to Sri Lanka, India and Thailand more than a decade in Congress, View is The Daily’s official opinion. in the late ‘90s, Rice has shown passion in fighting against of experience. ealth and Human hunger.

He is co-chair of the Health d serves on the Rice wrote legislation creating the Oklahoma Hunger Task Resources Committee, and Force and the Oklahoma Food Security Act. Business and Labor, Public Safety and Homeland Security ess.

Rice has proven he envisions Oklahoma moving forward, unlike and the Criminal Jurisprudence committess.

Inhofe.

Inhofe is very experienced. But it is the wrong kind of Rice founded the Progressive Alliance Foundation to find reforms for experience. d” from the Oklahoma the state’s public policy problems.

He won the “Lifetime Service Award” We want Oklahoma to be a progressive state with new ideas and Independent Petroleum Association. Big oil, anyone? rsifying Oklahoma’s forward-thinking lawmakers.

Rice, on the other hand, advocates diversifying Inhofe, on the other hand, does not. energy portfolio. hampion T. Inhofe’s own Web site has him listed as “Courageous. Right wing.

In a state that boasts wind energy champion an like Unwavering.”

Boone Pickens, we do not need a man ive Unwavering? Really?

Inhofe who sees no need for alternative We want a congressman who is responsive to advice, input and chang- energy. ing situations, not one who is so stuck in his ways he is unwilling to conInhofe also was chairman of the sider alternatives or debate issues. (We won’t even get into the fact that he Senate Environment and Public Works refused to debate Rice more than once.)

Committee, which we were appalled We understand Oklahoma is a conservative state. to learn. That’s like putting North We also understand that Inhofe is lauded over and over again — mostly Korea in charge of a U.N. human rights by his own campaign — for being one of the most conservative members committee. of the Senate.

Inhofe has stated time and time But come on, Oklahoma. Inhofe merely plays an ultra-conservative again that he thinks global warming is political game — too well. the “greatest hoax ever perpetrated on Inhofe is proud of the fact that he is against gay marriage, claiming in the American people.” his commercials that Rice is “against traditional marriage.”

He and fellow Oklahoma Sen. Tom

Coburn this summer initiated the “We Get It!” campaign that protests climate-change action. Inhofe and Coburn’s campaign says “our stewardship of creation must be based on biblical principles and factual evidence.”

According to them, global warming is not factual. This is an embarrassing representation of our state that we want to see gone.

During his many years in office, offi Inhofe has been not forthcoming with information.

His campaign Web ssite contains no sign of an “issues” page. It is fil filled only with rhetoric and “Rice Reality Checks” (imbedded videos of Inhofe’s attack ads.)

Rice’s site, meanw meanwhile, contains a detailed layout of his plans for of office and does not contain the smear tactics Inhofe Inhofe’s does.

Inhofe has run a very dirty campaign with attack ads fueled by the politics of fear. Over and over and over again again, Rice is called “too liberal” in Inhofe’s commercia commercials, on his Web site and in his speeches.

We’re not saying Rice’s commercials are perfectly friendly, but they certainly do not play up old prejudices like Inhofe’s d do.

Rice, on the other han hand, has run a stellar campaign, traveling the state for months to tell Oklahomans his plans and ssuccessfully getting his name and issue issues out there.

In Inhofe’s site itself says, “Beat ba back the status quo.”

For us, Inhofe is the status quo.

He represents 14 years of ultra-conservative politics that highlight the differences between people, and it’s about time he was voted out in favor of a young politician who is willing and able to change things, for Oklahoma and America.

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STAFF COLUMN

Globalization good for world economy

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allows for an efficient allocation of resources.

If Mexico produces toys, then those who were producing toys in America can now focus their efforts on industries where they can be much more productive.

Under globalization, companies or even the government can provide continuJOE ing education HUNT resources to allow displaced workers to learn new trades.

Globalization will actually lead to higher, not lower, rates of employment.

It may lead to a decrease in demand for unskilled labor in the United States, but thanks to efficient allocation of resources, it will lead to greater demand for skilled labor.

Unfortunately, some politicians refuse to recognize the benefits of globalization. Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., is one of those who still clings to protectionist ideology.

For a “progressive,” I would have thought Obama would embrace rather than shun globalization taking into consideration its positive effects on the world, but I guess that’s what happens when you jump into bed with the AFL-CIO. Some critics maintain that globalization exploits the world’s poor and keeps them living in poverty.

Two good illustrations of this erroneous belief highlight why globalization actually reduces poverty and makes life better for the world’s poor.

Tariffs The first example relies on the idea that lower tariffs and fewer trade barriers spur direct foreign investment and economic growth.

Jagdish Bhagwati, a professor of economics at Columbia

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University and one of the world’s leading experts on globalization writes that during the 1960s, five countries – Hong Kong, Singapore, South Korea, Taiwan and India – were backwater places with high unemployment and low levels of production.

For the next 20 years, the first four countries lowered trade barriers and opened themselves to direct foreign investment, while India remained closed off and maintained a very protectionist oriented economy.

The first four countries’ economies exploded, with incomes and exports rising, and their poverty levels declined substantially, while India experienced appalling economic growth and its people remained locked in the poverty cycle.

Welcoming globalization The second example centers on India and China beginning in the late 1970s.

After seeing the meteoric rise in economic growth and steeply declining poverty rates in the first example, India and China followed the example set by the rest of Asia and began to lift trade barriers and welcome globalization.

The results are impressive. The poverty rates fell from 28 percent in 1978 to around 9 percent in 1998 in China, while in India the poverty rate fell from 51 percent to 26 percent during the same period.

Child labor The last fallacy I want to address is child labor.

Surprisingly, some anti-globalization people still cling to this fear that globalization increases child labor around the world.

Scare tactics like these have no ground to stand on. The International Labor Organization, a branch of the United Nations, estimates that around 150 million children under the age of fifteen work, and that two-thirds of them do not attend school. Instead of forcing children into factories and

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mines, globalization encourages children to go to school. Think about it – most children around the world work because their families are in absolute poverty.

It makes sense then that if families were able to escape poverty, their children would go to school.

Examples abound that this theory works in the real world.

The National Bureau of Economic Research shows that between 1993 and 1998, when Vietnam began to allow rice produced in that country to be sold on the global market, the price of rice rose 30 percent while the number of child laborers fell by 2.2 million.

This massive reduction in child poverty is due in large partto the effects of globalization – parents made enough money so that the children did not have to work.

Imagine that.

Critics of globalization often play on fears and argue that the phenomenon will cause drastic social maladies such as increased poverty, exploitation of children, and others, and yet it seems globalization does the exact opposite.

Globalization drags millions out of poverty each year, and it increases the quality of life for those already living in developed countries. This is especially important in an election year, especially this one considering the recent economic turmoil.

The temptation to close the borders, increase tariffs and enact protectionist legislation is high.

However, the real key to economic prosperity lies in freer global trade.

It raises economic production, decreases poverty, raises the standard of living, and allows for greater individual liberty in this country and others around the world.

Embrace globalization. It really is change we can all believe in.

Endorsement for Barack Obama had right message The recent Our View titled “Sen. Barack Obama best choice for president” compelled me to express my reaction to the piece.

I heartily applaud the tone of the editorial and the message that it conveys.

I really think that the piece did an excellent job in setting a positive and affirmative atmosphere conveying the distinctions between the the candidates without being negative against McCain or overly devotional toward Obama.

It made the point that our election is not only about how we manage our country domestically but how we are perceived globally.

I am not a nationalist, but I, too, think the U.S. can do much better, and there is hope for the future.

We should not vote for a candidate based on fear of what might happen. We should vote based on hope of what can happen.

It is no secret that the image of the U.S. has been significantly tarnished over the past eight years.

I have noticed it during my travels abroad and my interactions with international colleagues.

I was inspired by the editorial, both for the message AND delivery.

Kudos to the editorial board.

My vote is going for Obama.

PHILLIP CHILSON ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR SCHOOL OF METEOROLOGY AND ATMOSPHERIC RADAR RESEARCH CENTER

Our View not clearly defined in daily description A brief description of Our View, constantly set within the editorial itself, calls it, “an editorial selected and debated by the editorial board and written after a majority opinion is formed and approved by the editor.”

It goes on to state, “Our View is The Daily’s official opinion.”

Previously, this is something that seemed easy to understand.

However, the added description of Our View in the Oct. 28 editorial which stated that the Our View “is The Daily’s stance on an issue. The Our View is the viewpoint of a group of students — The Daily’s section editors and editor-in-chief...”

This raises questions as to whether the small statement imbedded in editorials clearly and accurately describes the Our View.

Does this group of students constitute the entirety of The Daily?

No. Should it? No. As mentioned, reporters should not be involved in writing opinion.

Why are the section editors and the editor-in-chief forming editorials?

Even if those opinions are the majority consensus, should the consensus development and writing not be the job of the opinion staff?

How can it be stated that the Our View, “Is The Daily’s official opinion?”

How can an entire reporting agency develop an official opinion on non-profession issues when the reporting agency’s major function is to report and there is delineation between reporters and opinion writers?

Would it not be wise to state that the Our View is the official opinion of the opinion staff, the official opinion of the section editors and editor-in-chief (the editorial board, I assume), or something of that nature?

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Take for example manufacturing toys in Mexico and the United States. The United States has absolute advantage. It can produce more toys than Mexico, but Mexico has comparative advantage because it can produce the toy at a lower cost.

This is not a bad thing; it leads to increased competition between firms, which can ultimately lead to higher quality products and lower prices.

Politicians and labor unions argue fiercely that the toy model – which sates that, thanks to globalization, Americans who work producing toys lose their jobs – will apply to every situation. This clearly is not the case.

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Globalization drags millions out of poverty each year, and it increases the quality of life for those already living in developed countries.

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The argument makes sense, the logic is sound and the reasons to embrace the movement are many.

No, I’m not talking about the upcoming presidential election.

I’m talking about globalization.

It’s true that globalization has its detractors – some opponents are fringe actors such as Ralph Nader and Pat Buchanan – but there also are a lot of people who oppose globalization simply because they don’t know enough about it.

It is this large segment of the population that is most vulnerable to politicians who argue that American jobs are going to disappear en masse, that globalization abuses the world’s poor and that globalization is the root cause for the exploitation of children around the world.

I could not disagree with those sentiments more, and here’s why.

The myth that globalization will lead to a mass exodus of jobs in America is as popular today as it was in 1992, when presidential candidate Ross Perot warned that Americans would hear a “giant sucking sound” if the North American Free Trade Agreement passed.

Labor unions in the United States unceasingly promote the idea that globalization is going to send every job overseas, which simply is not true.

This argument fails to understand the basic economic principle of comparative advantage.

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Security gains in Baghdad allow life to begin to return to normal HAMZA HENDAWI Associated Press BAGHDAD — Engineering student Haifaa Salman has discarded the Islamic head cover she started wearing two years ago after militants threatened to “punish” her if she kept showing up at college with her hair uncovered.

“I was forced to wear it,” the 22-year-old says, recalling the day in 2006 when two men on a motorbike stopped her outside campus to deliver the threat. But, she adds, “It’s different now. Life is normal again. College women wear what they please. The extremist groups are gone.”

The decision by some women to shun the Islamic head cover, or hijab, is just one of the signs that Baghdad residents are growing increasingly confident in the past year’s security gains.

Children with backpacks can be seen walking to school. Sidewalk cafes remain open after dark. Families stroll through parks in the sunset.

But after five years of violence, many people are hesitant.

“Things are much better now,” said Ziad Mohammed, a 49-year-old government employee who lives in Karkh, a mainly Sunni Arab district on the west bank of the Tigris.

“But fear is still inside me,” he added. “I want to get rid of it. Maybe it will happen next year.”

For now, Mohammed continues to escort his children to school and picks them up because he fears they could be kidnapped.

Baghdad remains a very dangerous

place, and much of the capital looks like a city at war.

Giant billboards appeal for information to help arrest militants accused of “crimes against the Iraqi people,” with grainy images of fugitives, mostly bearded men in their 20s and 30s.

“I will always be here,” declares a reassuring message on other billboards depicting an Iraqi army soldier towering over two boys in the background.

Miles of concrete blast walls and dozens of fortified checkpoints dissect the city. Some neighborhoods remain almost entirely walled off, and sectarian hatreds that boiled over into a bloodbath in 2006 and early 2007 simmer below the surface.

A cautious Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki rejects calls to remove the blast walls, which have been so effective in curtailing violence.

“We will not take that risk,” he said this month. “It can be a very costly gamble.

They will stay until we are satisfied that we have total control over security.”

He is not the only skeptical about the durability of the drop in violence in Baghdad — overall attacks dropped to about 100 last month compared with nearly 650 during September last year, according to the U.S. military.

“I don’t want to remove a barrier and find out later that I had done so prematurely,” said Col. Mark Dewhurst, the U.S. Army brigade commander in charge of most of Rusafa, the mainly Shiite half of the city on the eastern bank of the Tigris.

“I will only remove them if I can help the traffic flow and at the same time retain the same level of security,” said Dewhurst, an

AP Photo

Iraqi students enter Baghdad University, as an Iraqi soldier keeps watch Sunday. The decision by some women to shun the Islamic head cover, or hijab, is just one of the signs that Baghdad residents are growing increasingly confident in the past year’s security gains.

Altus, Okla., native with the 10th Mountain Division.

The director of Baghdad’s National Museum, looted after the U.S. captured Baghdad in 2003, also remains skeptical.

Amira Eidan says the museum will stay closed to the public for up to two more years, until security in Baghdad is better.

Even some of the women who are doing

without the hijab fear the militants. They take the head cover off only in certain neighborhoods.

The secular look of liberal-minded women has not escaped notice.

“The clothes of female university students these days are shameful and more revealing than party dresses,” Sheik Muhannad alMoussawi said in a Friday prayer sermon in

Baghdad’s Sadr City district.

Suheir Abbas, a 20-year-old Arabic literature student at Baghdad University, doesn’t like that some of her female classmates come to class in revealing clothes.

“We live in a free country and everyone is free to wear whatever they want,” she says.

“But we live in a Muslim country, and the feelings of others must be respected.”

Congo rebels declare cease-fire Quake in remote Pakistan

border region kills 170

MICHELLE FAUL Associated Press GOMA, Congo — Congolese rebels said they reached the outskirts of Goma and declared a cease-fire Wednesday to prevent panic in the city, where retreating government soldiers were commandeering cars and firing wildly as people fled in torrents of human misery.

Gunfire crackled throughout the city with occasional booms from heavy artillery, apparently from fleeing army troops who residents said were out of control.

Tens of thousands of residents and refugees poured out of the city — in cars, on motorbikes or by foot. Some walked with backs doubled over from bundles of belongings, others dragged children, goats and pigs away from advancing rebel troops.

Goma’s governor, Julien Mpaluku, acknowledged that panic was spreading in the eastern provincial capital. He said he could not confirm that the army had deserted Goma, but stressed that

ASHRAF KHAN Associated Press

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Congolese tanks and thousands of displaced people stream into Goma in eastern Congo Wednesday. Thousands of refugees streamed into the eastern provincial capital of Goma in the afternoon, impeded by vehicles pulling back from the battle front.

U.N. peacekeepers were still in charge and that rebels had not yet entered the city.

Still, the U.S. embassy said its officials were leaving Goma and urged all American citizens to follow. Hundreds of foreign aid workers were also trying to evacuate.

Rebel leader Laurent Nkunda has threatened to take Goma despite calls from the U.N. Security Council

for him to respect a U.N.-brokered cease-fire signed in January.

“We are not far from Goma, but because there is a state of destabilization in the town we decided in our movement to cease fire and unilaterally to proclaim a ceasefire,” Nkunda was quoted as saying by the BBC. Nkunda called on government forces to follow suit, the BBC said.

ZIARAT, Pakistan — A strong earthquake struck before dawn Wednesday in impoverished southwestern Pakistan, killing at least 170 people and turning mud and timber homes into rubble.

An estimated 15,000 people were left homeless, and rescuers were digging for survivors in a remote valley in Baluchistan, the remote province bordering Afghanistan where the magnitude 6.4 quake struck.

Officials said they were distributing thousands of tents, blankets and food packages and sending in earth-moving equipment to dig mass graves. Many of those who survived were left with little more than the clothes they had slept in, and with winter approaching, temperatures were expected to drop to around freezing in coming nights.

Worst-hit was the former British hilltop resort of Ziarat and about eight surrounding villages, where hundreds of houses were destroyed, including some buried in landslides triggered by the quake.

“There is great destruction,” said Ziarat Mayor Dilawar Kakar. “Not a single house is intact.”

Aftershocks rattled the area throughout the day, including one estimated at magnitude 6.2 in the late afternoon. There were no reports of additional casualties or damage.

Kakar said the death toll from the quake was 170, with 375 injured. Around 15,000 people lost their homes, he said.

Kakar appealed to “the whole world” for help, but the head of Pakistan’s National Disaster Management Authority said an international relief effort would not likely be necessary.

In the village of Sohi, a reporter for AP Television News saw the bodies of 17 people killed in one collapsed house and 12 from another. Distraught residents were digging a mass grave in which to bury them.

“We can’t dig separate graves for each of them, as the number of deaths is high and still people are searching in the rubble” of many other homes, said Shamsullah Khan, a village elder.

Candidates skirt controversial ballot issues DAVID CRARY Associated Press Social issues so volatile that the presidential campaigns sidestep them will be on the ballots in several states next week, including measures that would criminalize most abortions, outlaw affirmative action and ban same-sex marriage in California, one of only three states that allows it.

In all, there are 153 proposals on ballots in 36 states.

In Washington, voters will decide whether to join Oregon as the only states offering terminally ill people the option of physician-assisted suicide. Massachusetts has three distinctive measures on its ballot — to ban dog racing, ease marijuana laws and scrap the state income tax, a

step that could unleash budgetary tumult.

The main presidential rivals, Democrat Barack Obama and Republican John McCain, have rarely made proactive comments during the campaign about samesex marriage or affirmative action — issues on which the public is deeply divided. Abortion also has seemed like an uncomfortable topic for them at times, although Obama makes clear he supports abortion rights and McCain says he would like to ban most abortions.

But in a half-dozen states, these three issues are front and center.

Florida, Arizona and California have constitutional amendments on their ballots that would limit marriage to a man and a woman.

More than two-dozen states have previously approved such amend-

ments, but none were in California’s situation — with same-sex marriage legal since a state Supreme Court decision in May and thousands of gay and lesbian couples already wed.

The rival camps view the California vote in epic terms, with the outcome of Proposition 8 having enormous influence on prospects for same-sex marriage rights in other states.

“If we lose California, if they defeat the marriage amendment, I’m afraid that the culture war is over and Christians have lost,” said Donald Wildmon, founder of the American Family Association.

“California is a big dam, holding back the flood — and if you take down the dam in California, it’s going to flood 49 other states.”

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Party kicks off OKC Thunder home opener Sacramento — have been successful.

“You get a sense in a smaller marOKLAHOMA CITY — Desmond ket that the presence of a majorMason went through opening night league franchise is a unifying elefor Oklahoma City’s first NBA team, ment,” he said.

Outside the arena in the hours the displaced New Orleans Hornets.

Now that Oklahoma City has a before the game, the team held a team to call its own in the Thunder, block party, complete with live music, he expects crowds to be even more inflatable figures, sport courts and frenzied than they were during the BMX stunt shows. Fans sat in chairs provided by the team, hoping to buy Hornets’ two-year stay.

“It’s hard to try to put in words one of the 200 tickets the team held what’s going to happen tonight,” said back for game-day sales.

Near the front of that line was Mason, a former Oklahoma State star who joined the Thunder in an offsea- 7-year-old Christian Alvarez, who son trade. “The atmosphere out there wore an Oklahoma City Thunder shirt and held a sign with a simple is going to be unbelievable.”

A sellout crowd of about 19,000 — request.

“Please give us tickets! Today is my many wearing blue Thunder T-shirts Daddy’s birthday! given away to comWe have proof!” memorate the occathe sign read. “Go sion — jammed the OKC Thunder!”

Ford Center to watch The Thunder their new, permanent sold out its 13,000 hometown team take season ticket packon the Milwaukee ages in five days Bucks. and individual tickAfter getting a ets for the game taste of the NBA dursold quickly, ing the Hornets’ stay Lucinda Lopez, also but the franchise that ended in 2007, known opening game formerly Oklahoma City fans as the Seattle are eager to have specator S u p e r S o n i c s a team to call their pledged to always own. have tickets avail“Yes, I’m excited to able on game be here, and yes, I think this team night. is going to do well here,” said NBA Lucinda Lopez, Christian’s mother, commissioner David Stern, who rec- deemed the chance to attend the ognized the fan support for the dis- Thunder’s first-ever regular-season placed Hornets by vaulting Oklahoma game as a good enough reason to City to the top of the league’s reloca- allow Christian to skip school. tion list.

“This is history, because this is When the Seattle SuperSonics — happening in Oklahoma City,” she with an Oklahoma City-based own- said. “I brought my son out here to ership team led by Clay Bennett — realize what we’ve got now. This is declared their intentions to relocate, special for Oklahoma.”

Stern supported the move. He said Banners from each NBA team lined that the NBA’s history has shown the street outside the arena for the that teams in other markets with first regular-season NBA game since only one major-league team — such the New Orleans Hornets ended a as Portland, Salt Lake City and two-year stay in Oklahoma City in

TIM TALLEY Associated Press

MURRAY EVANS Associated Press

“This is history, because this is happening in Oklahoma City.”

AP Photo

Oklahoma City Thunder fans receive a free Thunder T-shirt as they arrive for the first regular-season home game of the NBA basketball team Wednesday in Oklahoma City. The team moved from Seattle after last season.

2007. A large sign noted that it was “Opening Night” for the Thunder.

About four hours before the game was scheduled to start, Bennett — the chairman of the Thunder’s ownership group — walked out of the Ford Center, looked around and smiled, then gave the fans waiting in line for tickets a thumbs-up before going back into the arena.

Another fan, Charlie Heatly, couldn’t stop smiling while looking at the scene outside the arena. Long

retired from his career coaching girls basketball in Lindsay, Heatly thought back decades, to when hosting an annual holiday college tournament was considered one of the biggest things in Oklahoma City.

“This just means a lot to our state,” said the 74-year-old Heatly, who bought season tickets for the Thunder, just as he had for the Hornets. “I think people will take to this team just as they took to the Hornets.”

OKLAHOMA CITY — House leaders on Wednesday reprimanded a state legislative assistant for distributing an e-mail about Democratic presidential nominee Barack Obama that one black lawmaker described as “very offensive, racist and very inappropriate.”

Rep. Mike Shelton, D-Oklahoma City, accused Republican Rep. Doug Cox’s legislative assistant, Jane Mitchell, of distributing the e-mail about Obama to other House staffers including Shelton’s own legislative assistant, who is also black. Shelton demanded that Mitchell be reprimanded and said he believed a public apology was also warranted.

The e-mail, distributed Wednesday morning, is in the form of an illustrated knock-knock joke. An introduction to the e-mail reads: “I don’t care if you are repubs or demos, I think that this email that my daughter sent to me is funny.”

The e-mail shows a closed door and reads: “Knock knock. Who’s there? Eyes. Eyes who?” It then contains an image of Obama’s face within the frame of an open door and says: “Eyes yo new Prezident.”

Shelton said state House administrators have warned legislative staffers that House policies prohibit sending such e-mails.

“I cannot tell you how appalled I am that such an e-mail was disseminated among the staff, and that Ms. Mitchell thought it was funny,” Shelton states in a letter to House Chief of Staff Chad Warmington. “It was not funny and in bad taste.”

Warmington said Mitchell was issued a written reprimand for violating House policies that prohibit the distribution of partisan, campaign, racist or offensive material with state-owned equipment. House staffers were reminded of the policy as recently as Oct. 14, Warmington said.

Cox’s office was locked Wednesday afternoon and Mitchell could not be reached for comment. Warmington said Mitchell left the state Capitol after apologizing to Shelton’s legislative assistant and sending an e-mail apology to all who received the original e-mail.

“She was very upset about it,” Warmington said. He said he believes a public apology was not warranted.

Cox, a Miami physician, said he had not seen the e-mail and knew nothing about its distribution. But Cox apologized for the e-mail’s content.

“I have the utmost respect for Representative Shelton.

He is an excellent representative for his district. He certainly has my apologies,” Cox said.

Cox also defended his legislative assistant and said he was sure she “didn’t mean any personal offense.”

“Jane has been a very good legislative assistant and helps me deal with constituent issues,” Cox said. “I have never known her to have a racist thought or a racist bone in her body.”

Shelton said Cox personally apologized to him in a telephone conversation Wednesday afternoon.

“I just basically told him that I was disappointed that something was generated out of his office like this,” Shelton said. “I appreciate it, but that apology needs to go Capitol-wide. I was not the only person offended and disappointed with that.”

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Sooners prepare to renew storied rivalry • Players respect past rivalry despite lost luster JOEY HELMER Daily Staff Writer Fans outside Oklahoma Memorial Stadium ran around hugging each other like brothers and sisters, soaking in the moment, screaming at the top of their lungs.

Fans inside stormed the field and brought goalposts down.

Later, cars rolled along Lindsey Street honking with people yelling out the sides of their windows.

All was well in Norman. The Sooners had just launched themselves back onto the national radar screen after defeating No. 1 Nebraska.

The year — 2000.

“My fondest memory is just that game and the way our atmosphere was,” said head coach Bob Stoops. “I don’t think to this day I’ve ever seen as many people outside of the stadium.”

Sophomore quarterback Sam Bradford — who was 12 years old at the time — was playing a hockey game that day.

“I remember the first thing after the game was over I asked my dad if we’d won, and he said that we did,” Bradford said.

A lot has changed since that day. The Sooners have remained among the elites of college football, while Nebraska has fallen off the map.

The Cornhuskers have been reeling for the past few years, and are looking for a signature win and a coach to propel them back to national prominence.

The days of OU consistently playing Nebraska for the Big 12 title are now gone, but the legacy of the Tom Osborne and Barry Switzer days has had a major impact on both teams’ current situations.

Stoops said he gives a lot of credit to Osborne for helping jumpstart his career.

“I told Coach Osborne this at a meeting this past year: that I thought competing against them [while at Kansas State] was a major influence in my career and finding ways to defend them and to do it successfully and slow them down and to give ourselves a chance to win because of how detailed and how good they were,” Stoops said.

Stoops still remembers the day Osborne gave him a compliment.

“I got a great note one time from Tom Osborne stating how well we played him, and I always thought that was pretty neat because he respected the way we challenged him,” Stoops said.

Despite the weakening rivalry, Stoops and the team still understand the significance of the great traditions and past between the two programs.

“As more of a young guy coming up … after Thanksgiving you couldn’t wait to watch this game,” Stoops said. “[With] the great players that were on the field, two great coaches, I was just always really excited to watch the game.”

One particular game that will never be forgotten between the two schools came on Thanksgiving in 1971 — one that became known as the Game of the Century.

That day, Nebraska — coached by Bob Devaney — was ranked No. 1 in the nation and OU — coached by Chuck Fairbanks — was ranked No. 2.

In what was a back-and-forth contest featuring stars on both sides — such as NU flanker Johnny Rodgers and tailback

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Quarterback Sam Bradford (14) hands off to DeMarco Murray (7) during OU’s Oct. 18 victory over Kansas. Bradford and the Sooners have watched tape this week of OU’s Game of the Century against Nebraska in 1971 to become familiar with the meaning of the rivalry between the two teams.

Jeff Kinney, and OU quarterback Jack Mildren and running back Greg Pruitt — the Huskers had the last laugh.

OU stormed back from two 11-point deficits, but Nebraska went on to a 35-31 victory en route to winning back-to-back national championships.

Stoops used that game’s film as motivation earlier in the week.

“We just showed a big history of a good number of games, and there were many clips there of the ’71 game,” Stoops said.

Bradford said he understood the

nature of the rivalry already, but watching the film gave him and his teammates a new understanding of how significant the OU-Nebraska rivalry was.

“I think for some of the younger guys, it probably was a little bit eye-opening because now since we play Texas and Oklahoma State every year those have become probably our biggest rivalries,” Bradford said. “But this is a game that we’ve had marked since the beginning of the year. It’s been a long-time rivalry. It’s a big game for a lot of people in this state.”

While the rivalry might not seem the same, the tradition is still there.

And Saturday’s game will have a little extra meaning.

Players and coaches from the 1971 will take part in a halftime ceremony commemorating the game.

The most notable absence from the festivities will be Mildren, who died in May after a battle with stomach cancer.

“It’s disappointing Jack Mildren won’t be there with them all; I thought of that immediately,” Stoops said.

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Soccer enters make or break game

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• OU’s postseason hopes on the line against No. 10 Oklahoma State

ith the end of the college football season drawing near, things are still unclear in the Big 12 South. Texas and Texas Tech are undefeated, and OU is close behind.

Since the loss to Texas, Sooner fans have been hoping someone jumps up and takes the Longhorns down. But if Texas loses only one game, it would have to be to a South division opponent for it to make a difference to OU. The Longhorns face only three South teams from here out: Texas Tech, Baylor and Texas A&M. Barring a catastrophic meltdown or an injury to Colt McCoy, they will easily handle Baylor and Texas A&M, which makes this weekend’s matchup with Texas Tech perhaps the most important Big 12 game of the year.

If the Red Raiders manage to pull off a monuCOREY mental upset, things could get very interesting in the Big 12. If Tech beats Texas and OU beats DEMOSS Tech, it could force a three-way tie at the top of the South division.

When more than one team is tied at the top of the division, the tiebreaker first goes to the team with the best overall record. In this hypothetical situation, the three teams would still be tied.

It would then come down to which team had the better division record. This is why a Texas loss to Kansas — the only other legitimate threat on UT’s schedule — makes no difference to OU. Kansas is a part of the North division.

If the Longhorns beat everyone else, they would still win in the tiebreaker. But if Tech, Texas and OU beat each other and only finish with one loss, they would still be tied.

The decision would then fall to records against the North division. Another tie.

Finally, it would come down to which team is ranked highest in the BCS. That would essentially doom Texas Tech, so it would come down to OU vs. Texas.

The Sooners’ loss to Texas would not help their standing, but the quality of their non-conference schedule might. Which is why OU fans will need to start rooting for a previous enemy: TCU. The Horned Frogs are already up to No. 13 in the BCS, and would jump into the top 10 with a win over No. 10 Utah. The computer rankings give teams a bonus for beating a top-10 team, so OU’s victory over TCU could become huge.

If all this has just confused you, I can boil it down to four steps that need to happen for OU to jump over Texas (assuming Texas doesn’t lose twice): 1) Tech must beat Texas this weekend.

2) OU must win the rest of its games.

3) Tech must beat everyone but OU. If Tech loses twice, it would leave OU tied with Texas only. The tiebreaker would automatically go to the Longhorns, thanks to their win in Dallas.

4) TCU would need to win the rest of its games. If TCU and Tech both finish in the top 10, that would give OU two quality wins to Texas’ one (over OU).

Obviously, lots of things have to fall OU’s way, but crazier things have happened. — COREY DEMOSS IS THE SPORTS EDITOR AND A JOURNALISM SENIOR.

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JONO GRECO Daily Staff Writer The situation the OU soccer team finds itself in is almost like the ending to a cheesy sports movie: the underdog having to prove itself against a powerful rival in order to reach greener pastures.

In the script for the Sooners (3-14-1, 2-6-1), the opponent takes the form of No. 10 Oklahoma State, which is looking to claim its first Big 12 title in school history.

The Bedlam Series matchup is slated for 7 p.m. Friday at John Crain Field in Norman.

After starting the Big 12 schedule 0-4, OU has gone 2-2-1 in its last five games to pull within two points of Texas Tech for the final spot in the conference tournament.

OU head coach Nicole Nelson said she feels confident going into the Bedlam game.

She said her team has shown vast improvement over the last month of the season — which includes two wins in OU’s last three games — but she knows the task at hand will not be an easy one.

With the Big 12 title within its grasp, Oklahoma State (15-1-2, 6-1-2) will not just go through Friday’s game in cruise control. “[OSU] has played very well down the stretch,� Nelson said. “So I expect a lot from them. I expect them to come in and be a handful.�

During their one-loss season, the Cowgirls have outscored their opponents 65-15 overall and 27-9 during conference play.

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Freshman forward Jordan White (7) maneuvers the ball around an Iowa State defender in OU’s game last Sunday against Iowa State. The Sooners won that game 2-1, giving them two wins in three conference games, which has kept them in contention for the Big 12 tournament. However, they will now have to beat No. 10 Oklahoma State in order to qualify. against No. 7 Texas A&M. Defender Katie Corbitt said this game will be a battle to the end. She said it is Oklahoma State’s style to attack early and often. “They’re definitely going to come out hard,� Corbitt said. “They’re obviously playing for the Big 12 championship, so they want to win just as bad as we do.�

Overall, the Cowgirls have a 10-2-1 record against the Sooners and have won the last three meetings. In those 13 games, only two games have been decided by more than one goal.

This Bedlam matchup will be the fifth time in the past eight seasons that the postseason fate of one of the teams will be decided. “It’s Bedlam, anything can happen,� Corbitt said.

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Even though Dickenson has been on the team all four years, she has only recently made her first start between the pipes.

She took over the reins Oct. 10 against Missouri.

Dickenson also plays for the OU softball team and was an All-Region and All-Big 12 performer at second base during the 2007 season.

In her five career starts she is 2-2-1 — one of which was a 1-0 shutout against Baylor — and has made 24 saves. “I’m always thankful for getting an opportunity to play and to come in and contribute is awesome,� Dickenson said.

“Whatever I can do for the team is great.�

Corbitt has started 63 of her 74 career games and has recorded one goal and 4 assists.

Corbitt said this game is big for her personally for more than one reason. “Last game at home is emotional anyway,� Corbitt said. “But knowing that we have a chance to get into the tournament and potentially take a Big 12 championship away is going to make it a bigger game. And it’s OSU.�

Along with honoring the two seniors during pregame, kids can trick or treat at the stadium before the game and there will be a Halloween costume contest for OU fans of all ages.

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Darrin Nobles (above), business management senior, is the founder of Watermelon Democracy, a T-shirt company. The business’s name is a parody of Banana Republic, a popular clothing store.

OU student starts T-shirt company CALLIE KAVOURGIAS Daily Staff Writer Darrin Nobles, business management senior, was obsessed with Bill Gates.

“I always thought it was because Darrin liked computers, but I think of it more so now that Bill Gates did something for himself — something great,” said Nobles’ mother, Kim. Now, Nobles has done something for himself — he’s created his own company.

“I never had aspirations to just sit around,” Nobles said. “I always wanted to start something different.”

While hanging out with friends one day Nobles said, as a joke, that the opposite of the apparel store Banana Republic would be called Watermelon Democracy.

Though it might have been nothing at the time, the idea of Watermelon Democracy kept Nobles up all night.

He began to develop his idea about what Watermelon Democracy could mean.

One of the T-shirts available on WatermelonDemocracy.com, the Web site for Nobles’ T-shirt company has a picture of a sliced watermelon with the words “Hard body, rich soul.” The watermelon represents “the development of the our core and strengthening of our outer surface we can achieve the success, power and true freedom that we desire,” according to the site.

Evolution, power and freedom are the three key ideas of Watermelon Democracy, Nobles said.

Nobles has a vision. Watermelon Democracy is not just a T-shirt company, even though it currently only sells T-shirts. Nobles said he wants to make Watermelon Democracy a brand. Within the next year he hopes to sell jeans and collared shirts. Eventually, he wants to open his own store.

“I want this to be something that your grandkids will wear,” Nobles said. “In the mall you’ll walk

by American Eagle, Banana Republic, and then Watermelon Democracy.”

Nobles works with Rudy Mullen, a designer who is a friend from high school. If Nobles has an idea he’ll call Mullen, who attends school in Dallas, and Mullen will create what Nobles had envisioned.

Nobles said his favorite shirt is black with a picture of a skull sprouting a flower. The words “We are the creators of our own evolution” are emblazoned across the front.

“The leaf from the top of the head symbolizes that from our brains we spawn growth,” Nobles said.

Nobles and Mullen attended a fashion trade show last weekend in Dallas, where they showed their designs in the “urban street wear” floor.

“Buyers wanted to know why we were on that floor,” Nobles said. “They thought we were more contemporary and modern clothing.”

Because of the success at the event, some Watermelon Democracy T-shirts will be featured in, Red’s Swagger, a clothing store in Dallas.

Since Watermelon Democracy clothes will soon be available in the store for around $35, Nobles said he will have to raise the prices on his Web site by the end of the week.

Nobles said he decided to start Watermelon Democracy while in Norman, even though it would have been easier if he was in Dallas and around more people.

“We need our own stuff here,” Nobles said. “I wanted to use OU as the campus to get us off the ground.

I wanted to give students a chance to get the shirts before the prices go up.”

NEW YORK — A platinum CD is hardly a disappointment, especially in these rocky times, when even veteran acts find it hard to crack the one-million mark.

But John Legend admits to being slightly disappointed to the response to his last album, “Once Again.” It’s not that it was flop compared to his debut, “Get Lifted,” which also went platinum. And it’s not like he didn’t win accolades off of his sophomore CD: He earned a Grammy, and now has five to put on his mantle.

But the retro-soul CD, while a critical and commercial success, didn’t have any true breakout hits, and didn’t grow his audience like he had hoped.

So with his new CD, “Evolver,” Legend is aiming to become an artist that can fill arenas, not just theaters. He has some bigtime help: Not only is friend and mentor Kanye West back for an assist, Legend also called in Andre 3000, Ne-Yo and Pharrell.

You say your new record features a new side of you.

One of the things that I was thinking was, “You know, I wanna go from a theater artist to an arena artist.” And, part of my thinking when I was doing this was what album do I have

to make to make that transition?

First of all, (I need) to make songs that are going to fill up an arena and feel like they belong in that big space, so I wanted to make bigger sounding songs and more anthemic sounding songs.

And then I just wanted to be more successful even than I’ve been in the past. ... But when you actually get in the studio, it’s not really about the overall goals, it’s about going in trying to make a great song, trying to make a great record.

Estelle is your artist and she made a big debut on the charts this year in the United States. How did working on Estelle help you in your creative process?

We finished Estelle’s album pretty much before I even started mine, so I think I actually learned from making her album with her, because I was very involved. I think it actually helped me realize that my writing voice could be applied to different beats than what I was using on the second album. It made me realize that because I wrote the chorus for “American Boy” — why I can’t I write the same kind of chorus for myself over the same kind of beat? So I think it opened me up to different kind of songs.

Do you think to be an arena artist you have to put yourself out in the media more, or in the tabloids?

I don’t want to. Coldplay doesn’t have to. You don’t read about read about Chris Martin every day in the tabloids, Bruce Springsteen, any number of artists. You read about for instance, Britney Spears all the time and her last album didn’t even sell that well. You read about Lindsay Lohan all the time her last album didn’t sell that well, nor have her movies sold that well, so “I don’t think there’s that strong of a correlation between tabloid coverage and album sales.

You’ve been an active Barack Obama supporter. Did you plan to be as involved as you have been?

Truth be told, I actually haven’t done that many events.

But they’ve been high profile things, particularly the “Yes We Can” video was very high profile and seen by so many people. So it seems like I’ve been working nonstop for Obama even though it’s only been six or seven days out of my time. But I’m glad to have even been able to have done that much, because we have been able to make an impact.

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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. “American Artist from the Russian Empire; Exhibition Tour,” presented by Ghislain d’Humieres, Art History. For more information call (405) 325-4938.

Art After Hours: The American Scene, Raphael Soyer (1899 – 1987) | 5:30 p.m. in the Dee Dee and Jon R. Stuart Classroom, Fred Jones Jr. Museum of Art. Soyer depicted people in contemporary American settings, such as the streets and subways. However he avoided subjects that were critical of society. For more information call (405) 325-4938.

Fred Films: “The Fountainhead” | 7 p.m. in the Mary Eddy and Fred Jones Auditorium, Fred Jones Jr. Museum of Art. Fred Films Presents “The Fountainhead” (1949/screenplay by Ayn Rand) 114 minutes. Free admission to students with a valid OU ID. For more information call (405) 325-4938.

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Family Weekend Halloweenie Roast | 6-8 p.m. in the food court, Oklahoma Memorial Union. Bring your family to the union for free hot dogs, pigs-in-a-blanket, cupcake decorating, pumpkin painting and more! Presented by the Union Programming Board.

Who Loves You, OU? A Night at the Arts | 6-9 p.m. at the Fred Jones Jr. Museum of Art. A night of world renowned art collections, live music and food provided by Johnny Carino’s. Presented by the Fred Jones Jr. Museum of Art and the OU Alumni Association.

Oklahoma Soccer OU Student Night: OU vs. OSU | 7 p.m. at John Crain Field. As always, OU Students are admitted FREE to OU Soccer with a valid OU Student ID. First 250 fans get a free OU Beanie. For more information, please visit soonersports.com.

Late Night Snacks | 9:30 p.m. in Meacham Auditorium Lobby. Enjoy some free snacks courtesy of the Union Programming Board and then see the 10 p.m. showing of “Rocky Horror Picture Show.” Who Loves You, OU?

Saturday, Nov. 1 Pre-Game Tailgate | 5 p.m. on the North end of the South Oval. Presented by OU Housing & Food Services and the OU Parents’ Association. Tons of food and fun for the whole family on the South Oval, don’t miss out!

Sooner Football: OU vs. Nebraska | 7 p.m. at the Gaylord Family Oklahoma Memorial Stadium. Visit http://soonersports.com for ticket information OU vs. Nebraska Watch Party | 7 p.m. in Meacham Auditorium, Oklahoma Memorial Union. Don’t have tickets? Come and see the game for FREE on the big screen in Meacham. Presented by the Union Programming Board.

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International Advisory Committee’s International Bazaar | 9 a.m.-4 p.m. in the Molly Shi Boren Ballroom, Oklahoma Memorial Union. Join us for a presentation of the cultural diversity OU’s Campus has to offer.

Sutton Artist Series: Collegium Musicum | 3 p.m. in Gothic 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.

Guess The Score | 11:30 a.m. in the union food court. Think you know Sooner Football?

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Norton Artist Series: Tami Lee, violin | 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.

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The people here are presumed innocent unless proven guilty.

PETTY LARCENY Audra N. Agent, 21, 2400 block W. Main Street, Monday Danielle Marie Baker, 20, 2400 block W. Main Street, Monday

RECEIVE/POSSESS/CONCEAL STOLEN PROPERTY Cassie Rae Browning, 32, 2400 block W. Main Street, Tuesday, also uttering forged instruments

MUNICIPAL WARRANT Colita R. Delacruz, 35, N. Flood Avenue, Monday, also county warrant Christopher Wayne Strawn, 23, 2400 block Classen Boulevard, Tuesday Danyeal Leann Wilson, 24, 900 block N. Main Street, Tuesday

POSSESSION OF ALCOHOL Brayden Dale Hallet, 19, 7500 block E. Alameda Street, Monday

DRIVING UNDER THE INFLUENCELIQUOR OR DRUGS/ACTUAL PHYSICAL CONTROL Norma Kate McElwee, 57, 700 block Jenkins Avenue, Tuesday Alberto Ramos Navarette, 27, Stubbeman Avenue, Tuesday, also no valid driver’s license and failure to maintain security/insurance

POSSESSION OF MARIJUANA Kelli Ann Reagan, 22, 2400 block W. Boyd Street, Monday, also possession of drug paraphernalia

COUNTY WARRANT James Earl Shockley, 26, 800 block E. Lindsey Street, Tuesday

Thursday, Oct. 30, 2008

Comedian Al Franken in Minn. Senate tossup race PATRICK CONDON Associated Press MINNEAPOLIS — From the Department of You Can’t Make This Stuff Up: Comedian and “Porn-ORama!” author Al Franken may end up in the U.S. Senate, swept in mostly by an anti-Republican wave that threatens Sen. Norm Coleman.

Franken, the “Saturday Night Live” writer and performer whose own party saw no humor in the X-rated essay and initially shunned him, and Coleman are in a Senate race — the most expensive in the country — that is now considered a tossup.

The Democratic establishment is now firmly behind Franken, in no small part because he could help the party reach or at least approach a 60-vote Senate majority required to block Republican filibusters.

Many voters would not see the prospect of a Democratic president and a powerful Democratic congressional majority as a good thing. Not surprisingly, Hillary Rodham Clinton does.

“Al Franken could very well be that 60th vote,” the New York senator, former first lady and one-time presidential hopeful says in a campaign ad.

It’s far from certain that Democrats, who hold a 51-49-seat majority over Senate Republicans, will gain the nine seats needed to reach the crucial threshold. If they do, any newly elected Democratic senator could claim to be the 60th vote.

That is why Republican candidates, from GOP presidential nominee John McCain on down, warn: Vote Republican or the government could be run by Democrats in the White House and Congress at

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TODAY SUSAN G. KOMEN FOR THE CURE “Komen on the Go” will be at 9 a.m. on the Oklahoma Memorial Union’s east lawn.

UNITED WAY A fun walk will be at 11:30 a.m. on the North Oval.

PSYCHOLOGY CLUB A social event will be at 7 p.m. in Dale Hall, room 200.

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Turning your clock back may help your heart STEPHANIE NANO Associated Press

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In this June 7, 2008 file photo, Minnesota Democratic Senatorial candidate, comedian and satirist Al Franken, addresses a question and answer session at the Minnesota state Democratic convention in Rochester, Minn., prior to the endorsement vote by delegates. a time when checks and balances are most needed.

Coleman is combining that message with the hardship of the worst economic crisis since the Great Depression.

In an interview, he predicted that the Democrats’ economic policies would drive up inflation and hurt the dollar. “I’d be in that position, I believe, to stop some very bad

things from happening,” he said.

Democrats counter that oneparty rule might mean quicker fixes for the economy.

Several recent polls give Franken a slight lead; neither candidate is getting much over 40 percent. Complicating the race is the Independence Party’s Dean Barkley, a Jesse Ventura ally, who is polling in the high teens.

FRIDAY

UPB A seminar on healthy habits will be a 3 p.m. in the Carnegie Building, room 200.

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Open house for residence halls and Traditions East, 1-4 p.m., and family lunch at Couch Restaurants from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m.

A panel discussion regarding conflicts in the media, the military and the public will be at 7 p.m. in the Robert S. Kerr Auditorium of the Sam Noble Museum of Natural History.

FRED FILMS Two films, “The Fountainhead” and “Working under foreign conditions: Russians making movies in other lands”, will be shown at 7 p.m. in the Fred Jones Jr. Museum of Art.

INTERNATIONAL ADVISORY COMMITTEE An international bazaar will be at 9 a.m. in the Molly Shi Boren Ballroom in the Union.

CAMPUS ACTIVITIES COUNCIL University Sing, a showcase of artistic, vocal and acting abilities of the OU community, will be at 8 p.m. in Holmberg Hall.

SCHOOL OF FINE ARTS

FRED JONES JR. MUSEUM OF ART

A guest pianist will perform as part of the Norton Visiting Artist Concert Series at 8 p.m. in the Sharp Concert Hall.

A night featuring art collections, live entertainment and food will be at 6 p.m. at the Fred Jones Jr. Museum of Art.

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NEW YORK — Turning your clock back on Sunday may be good for your heart.

Swedish researchers looked at 20 years of records and discovered that the number of heart attacks dipped on the Monday after clocks were set back an hour, possibly because people got an extra hour of sleep.

But moving clocks forward in the spring appeared to have the opposite effect. There were more heart attacks during the week after the start of daylight saving time, particularly on the first three days of the week.

“Sleep — through a variety of mechanisms — affects our cardiovascular health,” said Dr. Lori Mosca, director of preventive cardiology at New York-Presbyterian Hospital, who was not involved in the research. The findings show that “sleep not only impacts how we feel, but it may also affect whether we develop heart disease or not.”

The study was described in a letter published in Thursday’s New England Journal of Medicine by Dr. Imre Janszky of the Karolinska Institute and Dr. Rickard Ljung of Sweden’s National Board of Health and Welfare.

Janszky said he came up with the idea for the study after last spring’s time change, when he was having problems adjusting.

“I was on the bus, quite sleepy, and I thought of this,” said Janszky, who has done other research on sleep and health.

They took advantage of Sweden’s comprehensive registry of heart attacks to see if the disruptions to sleep and the body’s internal clock caused by a time change had any effect on heart attacks from 1987 to 2006. They compared the number of heart attacks on each of the seven days after the time shift with the corresponding day two weeks earlier and two weeks later.

Overall, in the week after “spring forward,” there was a 5 percent increase in heart attacks, with a 6 percent bump on Monday and Wednesday and a 10 percent increase on Tuesday. In the week after “fall back,” the number of heart attacks was about the same, except on Monday, which had a 5 percent decrease.

“The finding that the possibility of additional sleep seems to be protective on the first workday after the autumn shift is intriguing,” the authors wrote.

Doctors have long known that Monday in general is the worst day for heart attacks, and they usually blame the stress of a new work week and increased activity. The Swedish researchers said their findings suggest that the minor loss of sleep that occurs at the end of ordinary weekends — with people going to bed later on Sunday and getting up early on Monday — might also be a contributing factor.

Last year, a study by American researchers found there were more pedestrian deaths during the evening rush hour in November than October as drivers and pedestrians adjust to the earlier darkness. They said the risk for pedestrians drops in the spring when clocks are set back and daylight comes earlier.

Daylight saving time in the United States ends this year at 2 a.m. Sunday. All states except Arizona and Hawaii will make the switch. Sweden and the rest of Europe turned back their clocks last weekend. More than 1.5 billion people worldwide live in countries that use daylight saving time, the researchers said.

HOROSCOPE

By Bernice Bede Osol

Copyright 2008, Newspaper Enterprise Assn.

Thursday, Oct. 30, 2008 SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 22) -- If you require a partner to accomplish something big and important, go to a reliable friend or co-worker first. With the right help, that which was overwhelming will be reduced to a manageable size.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 23-Dec. 21) -- You won’t be afraid of a little competition, especially where work or career is concerned. Rivalry is what encourages people to take on huge challenges.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) -- What you learn -- through personal experiences or from books -- will be retained and used to your advantage later in ways you never would have suspected.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20) -- A current partnership arrangement will continue to grow considerably, providing larger benefits for both partners as the events of the day should prove.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20) -There’s a strong possibility that, in a situation where you weren’t fairly compensated or acknowledged, someone has gone to bat for you, making it possible to rectify this neglect.

CANCER (June 21-July 22) -Your great diligence and patience in carefully planning and executing an important project will pay off. You don’t have to move mountains; you merely have to apply a strong, sustained effort.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 19) -- There are times when a little bravado can be skillfully applied to mask a shaky situation. Your bluffs will prove to be quite useful and effective.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22) -Through hard work, an opportunity will enable you to alter a negative situation that’s been standing in your way. You’ll now realize the rewards you deserve.

PISCES (Feb. 20-March 20) -This might be one of those days where you find it impossible to work things out by yourself. Seek advice from someone you trust, like a friend or family member who can offer wise counsel.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) -- Merely keeping busy won’t cut the mustard. You must have something to do where your industrious inclinations can come into play and produce some worthy rewards.

ARIES (March 21-April 19) -- Larger earnings than usual can be generated from more than one source. Some new possibilities to cash in are right under your nose, so instead of doing business as usual, look around.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23) -- There are strong possibilities for financial gains, but, when the dust settles, it will become clear that your large gains were all due to the strong efforts you applied toward these ends.

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Thursday, Oct. 30, 2008

Stock up on scary: where to shop for Halloween

Lindsay Cole/The Daily

LEFT: Customers can purchase Halloween candy, costumes and decorations in one stop at Party Galaxy, 2270 W. Main St. RIGHT: Halloween Express, 3030 William Pereira Dr., offers over 10,000 Halloween-related items.

PARTY GALAXY

VIBE

HALLOWEEN EXPRESS

2270 W. Main St. 446-1008

301 W. Main St. 447-4777

3030 William Pereira Dr. 573-1855

If easy one-stop shopping and low prices sound enticing when looking for Halloween costumes and decorations, Party Galaxy is a dream come true.

Here, customers can pick up their Halloween candy and decorations at the same time as their costumes.

“We are 30 to 40 percent cheaper than other stores,” said Party Galaxy manager Donna Morin.

Party Galaxy carries costumes ranging from $6.99 to $139.99, Morin said. With a selection of over 750 costumes, the store is full of ideas for almost every Halloween shopper.

“We are the best party store in Norman,” Morin said. “The customer service is super.”

Known for its savvy selection of vintage clothing and costume rentals, Vibe is the perfect stop for a unique mix of Halloween greatness.

Whether customers want to dress as an elaborate mermaid or as Joe the Plumber, the costume can be created at Vibe. The front half of the store works as a vintage shop. Stowed away in the back are hundreds of costume rentals.

Jason Parks, Vibe employee, said the shop is one of the only costume stores in Norman with a boutique-like atmosphere. Storeowners at Vibe personally buy the items sold in the shop, keeping the inventory individual and uncommon.

“We have costs that no one else has,” Parks said. “And we help style the customer.”

Located in Norman only during the Halloween season, this costume superstore is full of everything needed for the scariest day of the year.

Among the 10,000-plus items in Halloween Express, customers can find everything from wigs and make-up to faux tombstones.

Maggie Chaparro, Halloween Express manager, said this is the store’s third year in Norman.

“We have the largest selection,” Chaparro said. “If you are looking for a last minute costume, your best shot is here.”

She said along with the always popular pirate costumes, movie characters like the Joker and Iron Man are especially in demand this season.

Don’t let the treats come back to haunt you.

Eat and drink sensibly this holiday season.

Questions? Schedule an appointment with a dietitian by calling 325-4441.

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