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UNDER PRESSURE Pressure to please parents among factors leading to unhealthy coping mechanisms JAMES LOVETT The Oklahoma Daily

A majority of college students are feeling stressed, and a substantial number are at risk of depression.

According to a new Associated Press-mtvU poll, 85 percent of students surveyed reported feeling stress in their daily lives, and cited grades, money and relationships among their major

worries.

The survey also found 42 percent said they had felt down, depressed or hopeless several days during the past two weeks.

The AP-mtvU poll surveyed 2,240 undergraduate students ages 18-24, and included interviews conducted at 40 U.S. universities.

Jessica Hawkins, director of prevention at the Oklahoma Department of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services, said college students often turn to unhealthy coping mechanisms when dealing with stress.

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OU BIOLOGISTS FIND KEY TO COMBATING CANCER Discovery takes cancer research to next level KYLE WEST The Oklahoma Daily

OKLAHOMA CITY — Researchers at the OU Cancer Institute have discovered how a particular cancer stem cell protein causes tumors to grow.

Cancer biologist Shrikant Anant and Dr. Courtney Houchin announced their discovery at a press conference Thursday in the Stanton L. Young Biomedical Research Center in Oklahoma City.

“I would like the public to know that we are taking a different approach to researching cancer,” Houchin said. “This idea has been around for a while, but it’s only recently become a hot issue. I believe it’s going to be the future of cancer therapy. This will make it easier to target specific cancers in specific ways.”

The researchers say this is the first evidence of a stem cell protein regulating a tumor suppressor, according to a statement from the institute.

By targeting this newly discovered protein, researchers hope to develop new therapies that would specifically target cancer stem cells, stopping cancer from growing and reoccurring.

Houchin and Anant have been researching cancer stem cells longer than others in the field, they said.

“It’s a big race right now,” Anant explained. “God’s given us the ability to find these cells. Though we’re a small group, we’re ahead of the others in many ways.”

He said since beginning their research, teams at Stanford, Harvard and the University of Michigan have started their own cancer stem cell research.

State Senator Johnnie Crutchfield, D-Ardmore, helped fund the team’s research.

“If you had to sum it up in one word, it’s hope,” said Crutchfield, a cancer survivor. “The very real bottom line for me as a survivor is the hope that if my cancer re-occurs, there will be a less traumatic, less invasive and more successful medicine that will allow me to live a normal life and continue as a functioning member of society.”

STEM CELLS “Stem cells make a signature of proteins which are unique to the cell,” Anant said. “One of these proteins we’ve identified is very unique in the stem cells. The protein is made in the cell and can become a cancer stem cell. We believe that if we target the stem cell we can stop the cancer.”

He explained how cancerous stem cells reproduce slower than normal cancer cells.

“Drugs kill rapidly dividing cells,” Anant said. “Stem cells don’t divide very fast, so the drugs we’re using don’t kill cancer stem cells.”

He said one of the problems with traditional cancer treatment is that it only targets fast-dividing cells. Though the cancer might go away for a while, cancerous stem cells still remain, which causes the cancer to reoccur later.

Cancerous stem cells cannot be killed effectively with traditional treatment.

“To kill those cells, we have to use a large amount of drugs,” Anant said. “That is more of a killer than the cancer itself.”

WHAT’S NEXT Houchin estimated that it would be another five to seven years before their research would be manifested into a viable therapy, depending on the amount of funding they receive. He also explained their research could be applicable to other forms of cancer research.

“We think this protein is not only a marker of stem cells,” Houchin said. “If we can block that protein, we can block cancer from growing or spreading.”

Fo r c a n c e r s u r v i v o r s l i k e Crutchfield, the promise of a more effective cancer treatment based on Houchin and Anant’s research is on the horizon.

Crutchfield said the completion of the OU Cancer Institute’s new building in 2010 will put Oklahoma at the forefront of cancer research.

“I think what we’ll end up with is a facility that we’re very proud of,” Crutchfield said. “It will give

Pressure “The 18-24 year-old age range is if I didn’t get the grades I made in high the most concerning for us,” Hawkins school, my parents wouldn’t be happy.” said. “Underage drinking and tobacco Dr. Kathryn Reilly, OU Physicians use is higher than for anyone else in family medical specialist, said everyone Oklahoma, and I think there’s no doubt has stress in his or her lives, but depresthat there is a relationship between the sion should be more of the cause for enormous amount of stress on college- concern. age people and that “Adolescence is a often is their go-to period in life when deIF YOU NEED thing. There is a direct pression is more comlink between substance mon than other times,” ASSISTANCE... abuse and depression.

Reilly said. “I think the Binge drinking is a diproblem with the AP reOU Health Services offers free rect contributor to a lot port is that, unless their psychiatric services for any uniof the problems in the criteria for stress and versity affiliated student, faculty study.” depression were very or staff member. To schedule an Brendan Brock, fiwell defined, the numappointment, call 325-2911. nance sophomore, bers may not mean said most of his friends too much. I would be binge drink on the weekends. surprised if most people in the U.S., re“For us, it’s kind of like we study and gardless of age, didn’t express feeling go to school all week and then want to stress in their daily lives. Feeling down let loose on the weekend,” Brock said. “I can be a temporary reaction to minor guess it might be that we are coping with ups and downs in life, and is probably our stress through drinking, but I hadn’t different than feeling hopeless or even really thought of it like that before. I just ‘depressed.’” feel like everyone drinks, but this survey Both Reilly and Hawkins stressed the makes it sound like everyone is stressed, importance of seeking help when stuso I guess it makes sense.” dents begin to feel overwhelmed.

Brock said he thinks there is more “It’s important for college students pressure on college students to make to understand how many resources higher grades. are available to them,” Hawkins said.

“I always made A’s in high school, so “When you’re on your own for the first I didn’t want to let my parents down in time and away from home, a lot of the college,” he said. “I took Adderall fresh- young people don’t realize the resourcman year, but I didn’t really like how it es that are available, especially on their made me feel, so I stopped. I just felt like university.”

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us a world-class place where people can come and get top-notch, world-class cancer care. It was a dream — now it is a reality.”

Anant agreed the future of cancer research in Oklahoma is

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Researchers Shrikant Anant and Courtney Houchin of the OU Cancer Institute hope to develop new therapies to fight cancer using stem cells.

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COUNTY WARRANT Keon Robert Bell, 24, 1000 N. Interstate Dr. W., Saturday Nicholas Eugene Orrie Rockholt, 19, 1300 E. Lindsey St., Saturday Simon M. Shaw, 27, Franklin Rd., Saturday

DOMESTIC ABUSE Christopher Paul Cook, 30, 826 Denison Dr., Saturday Gwendalynn Dee Tyon, 32, 2913 Woodview Dr., Saturday, also county warrant

DRIVING UNDER THE INFLUENCE Cody James Decordova, 21, Eddington St., Saturday Amber Dawn Poole, 28, Jenkins Ave., Saturday Christopher Don Watts, 21, 2300 24th Ave. SW, Sunday

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NEWS BRIEFS Baker appointed new OU judicial services director

W. Frank St., Saturday Jacob Louie Jones, 22, 617 N. Peters Ave., Saturday Jeanie Marlene Columbus, 43, 225 Chalmette Dr., Saturday Mary Ann Sewell, 25, 225 Chalmette Dr., Saturday

Andrea Baker has been appointed the new OU judicial services director.

Baker served as UOSA general counsel as an OU law student, and currently serves as the deputy general counsel for the office of Gov. Brad Henry.

Baker is replacing Justin McFeeters, who left for a job as a pastor.

OU judicial services is responsible for the day-to-day administration of the university discipline system, due process under the Academic Misconduct Code and alcohol education programs.

PUBLIC INTOXICATION Robert Mac Hughes, 42, 2400 W. SH9 HWY, Saturday Michael Gregory Wilson, 37, 2400 W. SH9 HWY, Saturday John David Martin, 24, 710 Asp Ave., Sunday Johnny Clifton Payne, 46, 114 Keith St., Saturday

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David Michael Reed, 27, 2005 Oak Hollow, Saturday Shawn Thomas Boswell, 30, 1515 Lindale Cir., Saturday

Norman police are investigating a Sunday night shooting that resulted in the death of one man on the city’s east side.

Police said officers responded at approximately 5:40 p.m. Sunday to a report of a gunshot victim in the 400 block of north Crawford Street.

The victim was found dead at the scene when officers arrived. As of Monday night, the victim’s name had not been released pending notification of his family.

The incident is under investigation by the Norman Police Department Criminal Investigations Bureau.

ASSAULT AND BATTERY WITH A DEADLY WEAPON Jesse Alan Workman, 26, 1805 Twisted Oak Dr., Saturday

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Sooners lose two games in the Big XII Tournament EDDIE RADOSEVICH The Oklahoma Daily

For the fourth time in the last 109 years, OU will host an NCAA Regional when they welcome Arkansas, Washington State and Wichita State to L. Dale Mitchell Ballpark Friday.

Oklahoma (41-18), the No. 7 national seed, joins seven other teams from the Big 12 in the field of 64, including Texas — who wrapped up the Phillips 66 Big 12 Chamionship in Oklahoma City Sunday, securing the No. 1 national seed.

OU puts itself in a good position as they get set to start post-season play. With the opportunity to play at home, the Sooners have a chance to control their own destiny as they won’t have to leave Norman on their road to Omaha.

This comes after a weekend of disappointment at the Bricktown Ballpark, in which Oklahoma went 1-2.

The Sooners got things going early in the tournament, beating Texas Tech in their opening game. Paced early by Friday night starter Andrew Doyle, Oklahoma rolled to a 5-2 victory.

Ross Hubbard delivered two key hits and tied a career-high four RBIs leading the Sooners offense. Jamie Johnson and Casey Johnson added two hits apiece.

That was all the run support Andrew Doyle needed. He won his eighth game of the year after he limited Texas Tech to four hits and two runs, both unearned, in eight innings of work.

The Sooners’ first loss came against Texas

A&M, a team that came into the Big 12 tournament reeling at the hands of a sweep the previous weekend in Norman.

Scoring six runs in the top of the first inning was not enough for a shaky and suspect Sooner pitching. Starting pitcher Michael Rocha was ineffective after two previous end of the year outings that turned many heads.

Rocha was pulled after two-thirds of an inning, giving way to five other Sooner pitchers throughout the night.

Trailing seven runs with only three outs left, OU mounted a rally but fell short losing 17-15 — a total closer to a football score from the two Big 12 South rivals.

Saturday’s third and final pool-play game matched No. 2 seed Oklahoma versus No. 3 seed Missouri.

After losing a 3-2 lead in the bottom of the sixth inning, the Sooners rallied with a single run in the next innning to cut the lead down to one run. In the eighth inning, the Sooners loaded the bases, but pinch hitter Kaleb Herren grounded into an inning-ending double play.

In the ninth inning, center fielder Jamie Johnson led off with a double down the leftfield line. Down 5-4, the Sooners placed runners on the corner bases following a Matt Harughty single to left.

Once again, Missouri slammed the door shut.

The Tigers reliever Phil McCormick came up big, striking out Oklahoma first baseman Aaron Baker for the first out of the inning.

Big 12 Player of the Year J.T. Wise then grounded into a game-ending double play.

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The Sooners celebrate their win against the Red Raiders (5-2) at the AT&T Bricktown Ballpark in Oklahoma City, May 20. Oklahoma will go on to lose the next two games, but would clinch a home berth at the NCAA Regionals.

Missed opportunities proved costly for the Sooners.

“This was a tremendous disappointment for our young men to come in here, where we feel like we have a lot of the pieces of the puzzle,” head coach Sunny Golloway said.

The good, the bad and the ugly

“We are an extremely talented ballclub and we just broke down.”

OU finished the game 4-for-14 with baserunners in scoring position.

With the loss, Oklahoma fell to 22-22 alltime in the Phillips 66 Big 12 Championship.

The best and the worst of the Sooners’ Big XII Tournament run

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Oklahoma center fielder Jamie Johnson is tagged out in the 5th inning by Missouri first basemen, Steve Gray.

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Catcher, J.T. Wise misses the tag allowing center fielder Greg Folgia (10) to score during Saturday’s game. The Sooners will go on the lose their second game 5-4.

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Oklahoma shortstop Bryant Hernandez (2) trips and misses the ball Saturday against Missouri.

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Pitcher Antwonie Hubbard (11) bobbles the ball during Friday night’s game against Texas A&M.

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The Sooners look on as the lead slips through their fingers against the Aggies Friday night at the AT&T Bricktown Ballpark.

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CANCER (June 21-July 22) -- If you have worked hard on behalf of another’s interests, there is a good chance that your reward is at hand. You could be selected for that big advancement by the powers-that-be.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22) -- Being kind and thoughtful won’t dilute your strength; it will do just the opposite. Talking softly brings tremendous power to make people want to comply with your wishes.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) -- Those very people to whom you’ve been lending a helping hand will be there for you. They will do a job you can’t, allowing you to accomplish something extremely important.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23) -- Don’t hesitate to promote your ideas with flair. The more relaxed you are, the better your chances will be to sell your thinking to those you want to impress. Just be you.

SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 22) -- Your inherent sixth sense will guide you when it comes to money matters; trust it. It can be extremely relevant if negotiations or bargain making are of vital importance.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 23-Dec. 21) -- It won’t take much to set aside more serious concerns and to let your hair down a bit. You will be doing yourself a world of good; don’t hesitate when the mood strikes.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) -- Nothing is ever too good for those you love. If one of them wants or needs something, you’ll find a way to help out materially and emotionally.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 19) -- You can be a charismatic person so it shouldn’t be any surprise if people automatically follow your lead. Even those who are heading in another direction will join in.

PISCES (Feb. 20-March 20) -- It is natural for you to be humble and inoffensive in situations where assertiveness is not required. Yet you are likely to be a power to be reckoned with when it comes to something important.

ARIES (March 21-April 19) -- Because you are likely to see the world with greater sensitivity, a much-anticipated opportunity to better your position in life could suddenly appear. Be ready.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20) -- Objectives and goals have better chances of fulfillment if you share your desires only with those who aren’t in competition with you. Better yet, keep them to yourself.

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Luke Atkinson, opinion editor dailyopinion@ou.edu • phone: 325-7630 • fax: 325-6051

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Stress will get worse even after college years go by According to a poll released by the Associated Press and mtvU, 85 percent of college students are reporting feeling stressed and a large portion of those students are at risk for developing depression.

Unfortunately, this isn’t going to be going away anytime soon.

This new feeling of worry is just setting in and will set the stage for the troubles you will face and worry about in the “real world.”

College can be stressful, especially during exams, and taking these first steps into your independent life are almost guaranteed to have some kind of bumps.

College is definitely more difficult than high school, and it is designed to test you.

But let’s face it, when times are really tough,

you have your friends, stress-relieving programs within the university and other mechanisms of coping you may not have after you gradute.

Whenever your class or exam is over for the day, you have an opportunity to unwind and gather yourself. In your later life, you may be facing stress with finances, family matters, your day-to-day job among other things.

Fortunately, you are still young and it is summertime.

Regardless of whether or not you are taking a summer course, use this time to enjoy a break from the spring semester.

Find yourself a swimming pool, a stretch of open road or a great destination to enjoy one of the few breaks you have left to be young.

Eli Wimmer is a multiple disciplinary studies senior.

COMMENTS OF THE DAY IN RESPONSE TO THURSDAY’S OUR or not. When that decision is made, the matter be about making a “law” in the form of a VIEW, “SEPARATION OF CHURCH WILL legislative decision that is all about religion.

AND STATE IN JEOPARDY” The Oklahoma State Capitol represents “We don’t want to sound anti-religious or anti-Christian...”

I do. The very rep. who is going to pay or this is a pretty big idiot. He traces the law thusly, and I’m paraphrasing: “The 10 commandments influenced roman law and gave us our law.”

Which is of course not true.

The 10 have no historical value. Only 3 of them are laws! Moreover, why do we need a monument to laws, when there exists no other?

It is pretty clear what is going on. Christians are trying to put a monument up so as to pick a fight then look like the victims so they’ll win more for their cause.

If they put it up, I’m gonna take a deuce on it.

all people in Oklahoma, not just Christians.

Keep religion and display of precepts in private homes and houses of worship, where they belong, not in our State Capitol, where they do not.

- DenaliDad

Since the announcement of 1330, i’ve been wondering: is the ACLU out of business? anytime somebody incorrectly breathes, the ACLU is all over it. what’s up?

- kdbp1213

I say we let this lie. Allow the rest of the country to move ahead in the 21st century, while we go ahead and stick to the past for a while. We’ll catch up eventually.

- jfreezy

- mythman

This seems like a very slippery slope to me.

At some point, somebody will want a monument displaying another religion’s precepts. At that time, somebody on the Legislature staff will have to make a decision to display and “honor”

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More swimming pools needed for summer fun Thanksgiving has turkey dinners.

Christmas has present exchanges. The fourht of July has fireworks. What does Memorial Day have?

Cookouts and swimming.

This past weekend was the first of the “Let’s go to the lake!” summer holidays. Unfortunately, if you are like me and spent your Memorial Day in Norman, DARA you may have found there MIRZAIE were not too many ways to enjoy this holiday.

Campus Corner looks like an abandoned city – the town’s population is a tenth of what it was just two weeks ago – and the new Transformers movie is still a month away.

However, a few friends and I were still going to try to celebrate Memorial Day Weekend. This year, we decided the best

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place to observe the holiday was poolside.

We quickly found out that unless you have your own place to swim, it can be hard to find a pool in Norman.

We attempted to visit various apartment complexes before being told that the pool was for residents only. After being reminded of the iSwim debate two years ago, we figured the place to go would be OU’s very own swim complex. However, we were surprised to not only find out that it was closed this weekend, but that it was not because of Memorial Day. According to OU’s Recreational Services website, “The outdoor pool will not be open Memorial Day weekend due to the low water temperatures.”

I do not know about you, but low water temperatures are exactly what I look for when trying to find a pool.

It makes me think OU simply just did not want to open their pool this weekend, and if that is the case, the least they could

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have done is come up with a better excuse than having a pool that is too cold – which is about on par with a restaurant closing because their grill is too hot.

Left with the only other option of getting a gym membership, we decided to pass on our dreams of swimming and resigned to backyard grilling, as that was the only thing left to do.

After searching online, I found out that Oklahoma City has over 15 public pools, while Norman only has one – the Westwood Water Park.

The problem with this, is the Westwood Water Park over crowded on a daily basis with people ranging anywhere from toddlers trying to learn to swim, to the elderly still trying a get a summer tan. Also, at least one day a week it is rented out to private parties.

Until the new swim complex is built, OU only has two swimming pools available for students.

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Public swimming pools may not seem like a pressing issue, but it does have many benefits.

It provides the community with a place of entertainment and potentially a good source of exercise. It is also a cheap and effective way to cool yourself off during these hot summer months, instead of running the air conditioning and using hundreds of dollars worth of electricity each month.

The lack of public pools is not just a Norman issue either, in Virgina officials have began replacing public pools with what they call sprinkler-filled playgrounds, which is basically a grass field with sprinklers in it, claming that public pools are not only costly but dangerous.

So next time you slip on those trunks and jump off the high dive, remember that many of your fellow Normaners won’t be quite that lucky today.

Dara Mirzaie is an economics senior.

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Andy Boatman demonstrates how to make a glass bowl Monday at Blue Sage Studio during the Paseo Arts Festival in Oklahoma City.

Boatman is one of eight artists who currently work in the studio.

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Andy Boatman works in a t-shirt, shorts and tennis shoes, with his sunglasses on, his hair in a curly ponytail and his beard in pigtails.

He spins, dips, cools, rolls, shapes and blows, and all the while he tells fascinated onlookers about the process, which takes at least thirty individual steps.

A furnace called The Glory Hole burns brightly and its heat fills the warehouse.

Observer Mike Holmes has taken lessons for about seven months, but he is still impressed with Boatman’s finesse.

“He makes it look easy,” Holmes said.

Boatman is a glassblower, and his artistic home is Blue Sage Studios in Oklahoma City. He and other Blue Sage Studios artists participated in the Paseo Arts Festival this Memorial Day weekend in the Paseo Arts District of Oklahoma City.

Some of the artists also remained at Blue Sage and gave glassblowing demonstrations.

For Boatman, the art runs in the family – he was introduced to glassblowing by his aunt. In 2003, he opened a studio with a few friends in a barn in Arcadia and moved to his current location in Oklahoma City in 2007.

“Anytime we are working, people are welcome to come in and watch,” Boatman said. “I hope we cultivate a laid back atmosphere where people feel welcome. We always have ice cream in the freezer, too.”

The open studio encourages observers to experience what Boatman calls the Zen qualities of glassblowing – “being in

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This Swedish outfit provides the perfect summer cool-down with their debut release. The side project of producers Bloodshy and Avant (the men behind releases from Christina Milian, Kylie Monogue and even Britney Spears’ “Toxic”) enlisted friend Andrew Wyatt to create a sort of Scandinavian N*E*R*D*. The result is a record that is unmistakably beautiful and undeniably cool.

Joshua Boydston is a psychology sophomore.

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the moment and the movement and the heat.”

“It isn’t really the end product but the journey to get there that is the most fun,” he said.

Boatman also offers individual glassblowing lessons, since teaching is one of his strengths.He teaches middle school computer classes at Sequoyah Middle School in Edmond before coming to Blue Sage Studios in the evenings.

Fellow glassblower at Blue Sage Richard Bricker, called Sparkey, said that Boatman’s gifts as a teacher benefit his art and the artists around him.

“He has the patience to do this, and seeing others learn something is his light bulb,” Bricker said.

At Blue Sage, there are about eight regular artists who work at the studio and about a dozen more that come in occasionally, Boatman said. He also offers classes through the Oklahoma City Museum of Art. “Folks just seem to show up,” Boatman said.

This weekend marked his fifth year at the Paseo Festival.

“It is a wonderful arts festival,” Boatman said. “The people are great. [There are] so many Oklahoma artists and many have become very good friends.”

The three-day festival showcased the work of about 75 artists from all around Oklahoma, and even some from Texas, Arkansas and other states. Sunny weather over the weekend brought out large crowds to see the many painters, sculptors, jewelers, woodworkers, weavers and glassblowers.

Two stages also provided music that was heard throughout the whole festival.

“This [festival] is always the highlight of the summer and a great way to kick off school getting out,” Boatman said.

Telekinesis stormed through Norman Sunday night.

I came to the show expecting a quaint, intimate evening.

The openers, Justin Rice and Sherree Chamberlain, kept the night on that peaceful path before the headliners decided to crash down with a roar of thunder. And nothing is quite as good as the unexpected.

Seattle’s Telekinesis has been buzzing all over the music scene since early 2009.

The band was the darling of SXSW, and JOSHUA has been supporting acts like Margot and BOYDSTON the Nuclear So and So’s, Ra Ra Riot and Cut Off Your Hands since March. They came to Norman on their own however, and I have a feeling their next time through they’ll be occupying a much bigger stage.

The band’s brand of power-pop is that straightforward, familiar type of music that instantly feels as though you have heard it before. Though it could be easy to write it off as generic with that sort of songwriting, Telekinesis has found a way to keep these down-to-earth melodies fresh, interesting and miles away from boring.

The darling Carly Gwin of The Workweek and a solo performance by Student Film’s frontman Justin Rice opened the show, followed by Sherree Chamberlain. Her set was relaxed and intimate without the full band backing her.

She debuted several new songs and sounded absolutely stellar with her inspirational, folksy ditties.

Then, the storm began.

Telekinesis is basically the one-man-act of Michael Benjamin Lerner, but he is accompanied by three fellow Seattle musicians on tour. Lerner helms the drums on stage, but continues as lead singer without skipping a beat.

The debut record has a very relaxed, gentle feel to it, but performed live, the songs take on a much more vigorous, frantic form.

They launched into the set like a tornado, with a fast paced, frenzied dashing between the songs on the set list.

They are one of those few bands whose songs might actually sound better live. “Look to the East” and “Tokyo” scurried along hysterically with Lerner’s drums thudding dominantly.

They took well-deserved breaths with the sauntering “Plankton” and “Awkward Kisser” and even rendered a cover of The Kinks’ “House in the Country.” The show was at its absolute best with “Calling All Doctors,” which darted around daringly, and the power pop perfection of “Coast of Carolina,” which the band elected to close with.

You would be hard pressed to find anyone that wouldn’t instantly fall in love with the beautiful melody and enchanting lyrics of this song to a distant lover. If your life was a movie, this is the song that would play over all of the happiest moments, and Telekinesis provided me with one of my happiest moments of the summer with their pleasantly unexpected show.

Telekinesis hit me like a ton of bricks, and I was probably happiest buried beneath all the rubble.

These boys must have been saving the best beats for themselves. The songs sound just as poppy as the music they had produced before, but with a much cooler edge. Frost-tinged beats and icy swirls of synths make you feel like you are partying at an Antarctic dance club.

“Black and Blue” glides around at a frantic pace, while “Silvia” sounds like the best OneRepublic song they never wrote. The band is firing on all cylinders with the two leadoffs to the album: “Animal” and “Burial.”

“Animal” blips and hops along with an unforgettable hook. Then the blurry “Burial” whirls around like a blizzard viewed outside an icy window. The song won’t leave your head for days, and you won’t want it to.

Miike Snow’s debut is a testament to how good unpretentious pop songs can be. Just leave it to the Swedes.

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I was almost uncontrollably excited when I heard “1901” a few months ago.

The aspect of a new Phoenix album on the hor izon brightened my day like a ray of sunshine. Sure enough, the album came out, and it is my favorite release of theirs to date.

Their music is the definition of European chic to me.

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But these Frenchies aren’t just style, and they have a heck load of substance. Dubbed as a “European Strokes,” they have proved themselves more reliable than their New York City counterparts, crafting alternative rock as polished as a ‘70s Corvette.

They don’t disappoint with the new stuff either.

The glossy “1901” paces back and forth over a fuzzy disco beat and zigzagging guitar. “Lisztomania,” the leadoff track, is as catchy as a cold, and songs like “Lasso,” “Rome” and “Big Sun” show that the band refuses to ease off the gas as they cruise to a close.

As glitzy and captivating as this record is, you’d be doing yourself a disservice to not pick it up. Who knows? Maybe a little bit of that European cool will rub off.

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Passion Pit’s “Manners” has songs ranging from dance floor burners to full- blown electro-rock anthems. The whole record has the essence of being recorded in the depths of the

ocean, splashing and diving with the glimmer of the moonlight overhead.

The music bounces along like lightning through a thunderstorm and silver shimmers dancing across a gloomy skyline. They kick things off with the remarkable “Make Light” before throwing back to the ‘80s with “Little Secrets.”

Highlights come in the form of “Moth’s Wings” and “The Reeling,” which both uncover a glimpse of what feels like the future of music.

If you feel like dancing, nodding, bouncing, kicking, rocking and hopping, then this is the record for you. It’s got something for everyone, and everything if you want it all.

Joshua Boydston is a psychology sophomore.