CEDAR FLOYDcampus reporter

A coalition of OU students will petition President David Boren a third time regarding living wage clothing companies today in front of Evans Hall.

The Alta Gracia Coalition will deliver another letter at 3:45 p.m. to Boren asking him to support the goal that 50.1 percent of apparel sold on campus be purchased from companies that pay laborers a living wage by this fall. Alta Gracia, a factory in the Dominican Republic, is one such company , said Clay Burns, economy, finance and energy management senior and member of the OU Alta Gracia Coalition.

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Political science junior Kyuyoung Cho (left) talks with chemical engineering junior Khanh Ho at the English Conversation Cafe on Thursday in Hester Hal.

Students make English exchange

AJINUR SETIWALDIcampus reporter

American students can socialize with international students over cups of coffee to help international stu-dents and their families improve their English every Thursday.

English Conversation Café was de-signed to improve international stu-dents’ English vocabulary and knowl-edge of American culture, according to the OU International Student Services website. The conversation café is also open to students from the Center for English as a Second Language and families of international students.

This semester, students will meet 3:30 to 4:30 p.m. Thursdays in Hester

Hall 170 . The event is held in a lounge area

with sofas that give it a casual feel, in-ternational programs coordinator Janice Levi said.

Attendance fluctuates, Levi said. Sometimes there are five students and

other times as many as 15 attend the conversation café.

Each week, a New International Student Orientation peer leader facil-itates the discussion, Levi said. Peer leaders often prepare a topic in case general discussion isn’t flowing.

Monrada Yamkasikorn , a senior in-ternational student from Thailand, led the first conversation café session this semester. She has been studying inter-national studies and Spanish since she came to America four years ago.

The only way for international stu-dents to improve their English is to talk with more people, Yamkasikorn said. International Student Services espe-cially encourages international fresh-men and exchange students to come to the events.

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English Conversation CaféWhen: 3:30 to 4:30 p.m. thursdays

Where: Hester Hall room 170

Info: For more information contact Janice Levi, international programs coordinator, at jarulevi@ou.edu

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Public to take the plunge to support Oklahoma Special Olympic athletes

despite today’s predicted chilly and rainy weather, more than 30 people plan to dive into a pool of freezing water on Campus Corner to raise money for oklahoma’s special olympics.

polar plunge is a fundraising challenge made to an individual or group to dive into a cold body of water to raise money for special olympics, according to the special olympics oklahoma website.

plungers register with special olympics oklahoma and raise a minimum of $75 each , then jump into the water, said Jennifer Lightle, director of special events of the organization .

this is the second year norman has held a polar plunge, but it is the 12th year statewide, Lightle said.

Last year, norman residents raised $10,000 at the polar plunge, Lightle said. the goal for this year was to beat that total and have 50 participants.

the money raised at this event and others like it across the state will help 9,500 athletes participate in oklahoma’s special olympics, Lightle said.

the pool used for the plunge was donated by pleasant pools and will be on Campus Corner, Lightle said.

students can register to plunge at http://www.sook.org/polar-plunge-norman.html

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BENNETT HALLcampus reporter

OU Startup Weekend will return for its third consecu-tive year today, Saturday and Sunday at a new venue.

This year’s event space will be at the offices of the Center for the Creation of Economic Wealth at OU’s Research Campus, said Reneé Selanders, OU Startup Weekend coordinator.

“This new location, with nine different collaborative work spaces available, will highlight CCEW’s role as the event host and a strong supporter of the weekend’s entrepreneurial activities,” Selanders said.

Over 75 OU undergrad-uates, students from other surrounding universities and

Oklahoma City professionals will be participating in the weekend activities, Selanders said. There will be guest busi-ness speakers, meals and the signature pitch sessions.

Participants use these pitch sessions to bounce ideas off one another and perfect their business plans that can be brought to life in the community, Selanders

said.“People who want to cre-

ate business plans for things like websites, iPhone apps or food trucks can come and participate,” Selanders said.

Participants vote on the best pitches Friday evening, Selanders said. This way, only the best ideas are ex-panded throughout the rest of the weekend — just like

the rest of the business world.Tickets for OU Startup

Weekend are $40 and will be available online until the events begin at 6 p.m. Interested individuals can register at the OU Startup Weekend website.

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today around CampusSign a petition to save sasquatch starting at 11:30 a.m. in oklahoma memorial union’s food court.

A how-to session for returned study abroad students will take place from 1:30 to 3:00 p.m. in Hester Hall, room 160.

Men’s tennis will play tulsa at 5:30 p.m. at the Gregg Wadley indoor tennis pavilion.

A free movie: “Wreck-it ralph” will be screened at 6, 9 p.m. and midnight in oklahoma memorial union’s meacham auditorium.

Attend the opening lecture and reception for “into the Void” starting at 6 p.m. at the Fred Jones Jr. museum of art.

Attend a free lecture as part of medieval Fair Lecture series entitled “the dragon ships of oslo: oseberg, Gokstad, and tune” at 6:30 p.m. at the norman public Library.

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Visit the opening of “Into the Void,” an art exhibition that is a modern ode to a few of the founding members of the optical art movement, in the ellen and richard L. sandor photography Gallery.

Attend University Theatre’s “the resistible rise of arturo ui” by Bertolt Brecht, directed by rena Cook examining the rise of nazism, 8 p.m. in the Weitzenhoffer theatre.

Attend the Native Crossroads Film Festival and Symposium 9 a.m. to 9:30 p.m. at sam noble museum of natural History and oklahoma memorial union’s meacham auditorium.

Attend the Pink and Black Ball, benefiting susan G. Komen for the Cure 8 p.m. to midnight in oklahoma memorial union’s molly shi Boren Ballroom.

Men’s basketball will play Kansas at 3 p.m. at Lloyd noble Center.

sunday, FeB. 10Women’s tennis will play minnesota at noon at Headington Family tennis Center.

Women’s basketball will play oklahoma state at 4 p.m. at Lloyd noble Center.

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“ I wa nt to sp rea d my culture to the communi-ty and participate in as many activities as possible,” Yamkasikorn said. “That’s a way to interact more with American students and bet-ter improve my English.”

International students also come to ask questions about campus services and programs, Yamkasikorn said. They feel more com-fortable asking these ques-tions around their peers in-stead of going to ask student services.

But not many American s t u d e n t s a t t e n d p r o -g ra m s l i k e t h e E n g l i s h C o n v e r s a t i o n C a f é , Yamkasikorn said. There was one native English speaker and five interna-tional students at the first session this semester.

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Business junior Kai-Wei Ma (left) talks with political science junior Kyuyoung Cho at the English Conversation Cafe on Thursday in Hester Hall.

The first letter was de-livered Jan. 18, the second Feb. 1, Burns said. It’s been thre e w e e ks, a nd the re hasn’t been any word from Boren in response to the coalition’s attempts to set up a meeting. The coalition did, however, receive an en-couraging let-ter from Boren t h r o u g h O U press secretary, Michael Nash, at the first let-ter drop.

“He seemed interested in t h e i d e a [ o f s u p p o r t i n g l i v i n g w a g e apparel]. We’re just restat-ing what we want, a sim-ple ‘we’d like to talk to you, would you like to talk to us?’” Burns said.

The coalition has had more success communicat-ing with the Follett book-store, which also received a letter Jan. 18. The coalition expects to have a meeting with store manager, Tina Peterson, sometime next

week. It’s important the meet-

ing with Boren happens soon, Burns said, because the bookstores will be placing their apparel or-ders for the fall semester

soon. B o r e n

doesn’t usu-al ly de cide w h a t t h e b o o k s t o re s order, but he has the capa-bility and the responsibili-ty to hold the b o o k s t o r e accountable f o r w h a t i t p u rc h a s e s, Burns said.

“ They need to be in accordance with [OU’s] terms of conduct,” he said. “Supporting sweat-shops shouldn’t be al-lowed by those terms, and if it is, that’s a much bigger problem.”

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conversation café for people to actually get to talk to a na-tive speaker,” Yamkasikorn said.

International students should take advantage of op-portunities to improve their English through programs

like the conversation café, and American students should be more proactive hosts, Yamkasikorn said. American students learning other languages can come to the conversation café ses-sions to learn more about

the people who speak those languages, as well.

Ajinur Setiwaldi Ajinur.U.Setiwaldi-1@ou.edu

COAliTiOn: First letter attempts unansweredContinued from page 1

JIM KUHNHENNAssociated Press

LANSDOWNE, Va. (AP) — President Barack Obama is promoting his second-term agenda to House Democrats, eager to keep them uni-fied as a bulwark against a Republican majority on is-sues as diverse as the econo-my, immigration and guns.

O b a m a w a s m e e t i n g w i t h D e m o c r a t i c l a w m a k e r s Thursday during their retreat in Lansdowne, Va., a day after he held a closed-door ses-sion with Senate Democrats at their off-campus confer-ence in Annapolis, Md.

The meetings with leg-islators from his own party come days before Obama’s State of the Union address Tuesday to a joint session of Congress. They have served as something of a preamble for that nationally televised speech.

Obama was to deliver public remarks to the House members and then take questions in private, officials said.

White House officials say Obama’s top priority is job creation and that he will make a case for fiscal poli-cies that encourage econom-

ic growth. Setting up a contrast with Republicans who are insisting on spending cuts, not tax increases, to stanch federal red ink, Obama

told reporters Tuesday, “We can’t just cut our way to prosperity.”

O b a ma m e t p r i vat e l y for more than two hours Wednesday with Senate D e m o c r a t s . T h e W h i t e House said the president spoke briefly, took questions from 10 of the senators as-sembled, then spent an hour chatting with them in small-er groups.

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Change is always tricky. Some love it, and some hate

it. Consider a change on Facebook — the compa-ny makes just one cosmetic change to the appearance of our news feeds and profiles, and many are immediately annoyed and against it. After some time though, we get used to it, start to like it and move on with our lives.

Maybe it’s time to consider changing daylight saving time. Better yet, let’s not change it. Let’s end it. I could definitely get used to not worrying about changing my clocks or wak-ing up an hour earlier each spring; this year it’s on March 10.

The first Daylight Saving Bill was drafted in 1909 but was opposed by many people, farmers in particular. Daylight saving time was first officially adopted on April 30, 1916, to replace artificial lighting in an attempt to save fuel for the war effort in Germany.

Inspired, President Franklin D. Roosevelt launched year-round daylight saving time in the United States on Feb. 9, 1942, with intentions to save additional energy resources during World War II. After World War II ended in 1945, day-light saving time caused a number of problems — some problems that still exist today.

Daylight saving time has been implemented in the U.S. since World War II, but as of 2007, it has been nationally set to begin at 2 a.m. on the second Sunday of March and end at 2 a.m. on the first Sunday of November each year, excluding Hawaii and Arizona.

Daylight saving time may have some minor positive as-pects, but the cons cannot be overlooked. First, daylight sav-ing time is an inconvenience. Clocks need to be adjusted, and software updates can be affected.

As if different time zones are not already a challenge, imagine the simplicity if transportation industries did not have take daylight saving time into account. Confusion is so easily created thanks to different regions of the country and

the world that participate in daylight sav-ing time on different dates of the year.

By changing the time backward or for-ward one hour, sleeping patterns and in-ternal clocks are negatively affected because of the disruption of our natural circadian rhythm. The Monday and Tuesday after ad-justing clocks ahead one hour in March is associated with a 10 percent increase in the risk of having a heart attack, according to University of Alabama at Birmingham associate professor of medicine Dr. Martin Young.

Interestingly enough, Dr. Young, who has a Ph.D. in the division of cardiovascular disease , noted this risk de-creases by about 10 percent when falling back an hour in the fall. The decrease is great, but how can the effects be acceptable if the risks increase in March? We should get rid of daylight saving time altogether.

Daylight saving time is so often praised for sav-ing energy, but some studies are showing it is be-ginning to have an adverse effect. Daylight saving time may reduce the demand for household lighting, but depending on the location, it is being discovered that the hour-change increases demand for cooling on summer evenings, as well as heating in early spring and late fall mornings.

OU aerospace engineering senior Matt Smeltzer signed a petition with many others to end daylight saving time.

“I think that daylight savings time is pointless because we use artificial lighting to light up our

cities at night anyways,” Smeltzer said. “We don’t really need to

change the time that the sun is rising because every-one wakes up at different times. There isn’t a set time

that everyone needs to have the sun up.”

Also, do not be fooled with the

old myth that daylight saving time benefits

farmers — most farmers are actually opposed

to it. Like humans, animals, too, have

biological clocks and the one hour change

can have negative effects. Let’s hope the farmers

remember to remind the roosters of the

time change in March.If daylight saving time would be done

away with, most of us would easily be able to get used to living with the same time zone year-round. Our bodies would not even notice the difference. Daylight sav-

ing time is not necessary anymore.If you agree that daylight saving time is a thing of the past,

you can sign the petition and voice your opinion on whitehouse.gov.

Alex Niblett is a journalism junior.

the world that participate in daylight sav-ing time on different dates of the year.

By changing the time backward or for-ward one hour, sleeping patterns and in-ternal clocks are negatively affected because of the disruption of our natural circadian rhythm. The Monday and Tuesday after ad-justing clocks ahead one hour in March is associated with a 10 percent

heart attack, according to University of Alabama at Birmingham associate professor of medicine Dr. Martin Young.

Interestingly enough, Dr. Young, who has a Ph.D. in the division of cardiovascular disease , noted this risk de-creases by about 10 percent when falling back an hour in the fall. The decrease is great, but how can the effects be acceptable if the risks increase in March? We should get rid of daylight saving time altogether.

Daylight saving time is so often praised for sav-ing energy, but some studies are showing it is be-ginning to have an adverse effect. Daylight saving time may

“I think that daylight savings time is pointless because we use artificial lighting to light up our

cities at night anyways,” Smeltzer said. “We don’t really need to

change the time that the sun is rising because every-one wakes up at different times. There isn’t a set time

that everyone needs to have the sun up.”

Also, do not be fooled with the

old myth that daylight saving time benefits

farmers — most farmers are actually opposed

to it. Like humans,

biological clocks and the one hour change

can have negative effects. Let’s hope the farmers

remember to remind the roosters of the

time change in March.If daylight saving time would be done

away with, most of us would easily be able to get used to living with the same time zone year-round. Our bodies would not even notice the difference. Daylight sav-

ing time is not necessary anymore.If you agree that daylight saving time is a thing of the past,

Our View: Grease is good.

Chicken, hamburgers, potatoes, pickles, candy bars, ribs, ice cream — there is nothing that can’t be made better by a long bath in a deep fryer.

Grease — vitamin G — is an essential part of a balanced Southern diet, and Oklahoma is the buckle of the grease belt — our state fair is the epicenter of fried foods. But a new study from the University of Alabama at Birmingham proposes that our favorite foods are a health risk.

Apparently, if you eat around six fried and sugary foods a week, your risk of having a stroke rises 41 percent, according to the study. The study did not look at how delicious fried foods are or how lack of vitamin G would impact people’s happiness.

We love eating Raising Cane’s Chicken Fingers, corn dogs from Cate ala Carte, and pretty much everything from Crossroads restaurant. Whether or not our daily meals at these establish-ments negatively affect our health, they do wonders for our mood. Fried foods are delicious, and we don’t need science telling us what to eat.

It is surprising that a negative report came out of Alabama. If Oklahoma is the belt buckle, Alabama is extra holes you have to drill in the belt after eating so many fried foods. But even though the author of the study, Suzanne Judd, works at the University of Alabama, she got her undergraduate degree in Michigan, according

to the university’s website. We knew that no self-respecting southerner

would jeopardize our love of fried foods, so why is a Northerner telling us what to eat? We can only speculate Judd has not tasted any good fried chicken, chicken-fried steak or fried pickles.

Surely, as soon as she tries a golden fried pickle dipped in ranch and experiences the incredible sensation that follows, she would immediately retract her study.

We will do our part by shipping a box of Cane’s to Judd immediately. If you want to join in, send The Daily a box of fried pickles, a rack of fried ribs or a chicken-fried steak with sausage gravy, a side of okra and cornbread and we will be sure to

forward them to Judd.

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Let’s make daylight saving time ride slowly into the sunset

With the spark of the current green revolu-

tion taking hold around the world, countless forms of similar inno-vation are bubbling up within the community. Individuals, small groups, big groups and compa-nies — many recognize the best outlets to bring environmental and economic change, but they fail to take the initial action to reach out to the others in the community working on synonymous projects.

A good example of this is community gardening con-cepts. There is much eagerness in Norman to implement this idea, yet the lack of long-term commitment it has been able to build has hindered its success. Not a week goes by I don’t hear of another small group of people or an organization that has been heavily interested in setting up a community garden, but has struggled with funding, participation, popularity, etc.

Why is collaboration so important to community in-novation? Particularly in the environmental movement, people will get eager to attack an issue and it seems as though there is a lot of potential to address countless problems, but they lack the coherent coordination to bring ideas to full fruition.

Rather than there being 50 community gardening ideas in Norman, we need to implement a platform that allows these ideas to easily and conveniently come to-gether so that 50 half-developed community gardens can turn into 6 full-scale, successful gardening concepts.

The ideas that will inherently change the perceptions and actions of a local community will be the ones that incorporate the people in procedures, both in develop-ment and in operation.

In a rapidly-shrinking world, one idea can stimulate community implementation.

Whether this is recycling, gardening or energy use — individual effort only gets you so far. True success in these fields is accomplished collectively.

So to the visionaries within the community who long for their brilliant ideas to be executed, make an effort to find each other — you are not alone. To those without ideas of their own but who want to take action and make a difference — you too are not alone.

Andrew Sartain is an interdisciplinary perspectives on the environment & nonprofit management senior.

The Our View is the majority opinion of The Daily’s nine-member editorial board

COLUMN

Norman gardens could spark local green movement

EDITORIAL

Fried food is essential in a balanced southern diet

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look at how delicious fried foods are or how lack of vitamin G would impact people’s happiness.

We love eating Raising Cane’s Chicken Fingers, corn dogs from Cate ala Carte, and pretty much everything from Crossroads restaurant. Whether or not our daily meals at these establish-ments negatively affect our health, they do wonders for our mood. Fried foods are delicious, and we don’t need science telling us

It is surprising that a negative report came

drill in the belt after eating so many fried foods. But even though the author of the study, Suzanne Judd, works at the University of Alabama, she got

forward them to Judd.

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“I think that daylight savings time is

pointless because we use artificial

lighting to light up our cities at night

anyways.”MATT SMELTZER,

AEROSPACE ENGINEERING SENIOR

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More than a few of your activities in the year ahead are likely to be done on a much grander scale than you’ve tried in the past. This will be true socially as well as commer-cially.

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Emma Hamblen, life & arts editorMegan Deaton, assistant editor

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Get out your nicest duds, gents —the Pink and Black Ball is here. If there’s a bigger, more formal

event for the entire student body, I haven’t heard of it. This, men, is the time to shine. But before you toss on your tie and head out the door, make sure you’re getting this formal wear thing right.

Despite the simplicity of men’s clothing, there are some surprisingly easy pitfalls on the way to dressing debonair. Avoid these, and you’ll stand out, not stick out.

The first problem to avoid must be prefaced by a simple but easily-missed reality of formal events: Women are the center of attention. It’s old fashioned, I know, but it’s the way things are. If you want to subvert tradition, go ahead. But do so with full awareness of this reality.

Don’t be flashy just for the sake of being flashy — it’s tacky and self-centered. I’m sure you remember that guy at senior prom who wore something incred-ibly loud. Every prom has one. He’d rented a white suit, a big bright tie and probably a cane and hat too. Of course, he thought he was absolutely “all that” because he stuck out. At the time, he might have seemed cool, but now that we’re actually adults, such showboating just looks tasteless. You don’t need to scream for attention to look good.

A classic suit speaks for itself. If you want proof, look at George Clooney , Joseph Gordon-Levitt and Ryan Gosling. They’re among the best-dressed on the red carpet, and all three stick with reserved looks. You’ll do so much more for yourself by wearing classic attire.

However, don’t expect to get by just because you happen to have on a suit. That’s only the beginning. You can be in a perfectly good two-piece and still look bland.

Buck Robersonbuckroberson@ou.edu

LIFE & ARTS COLUMNIST

Dance for the cure SaturdayFor just $15 in advance or $20 at the door , you can

help the Women’s Outreach Center raise funds for breast cancer research at its 9th annual Pink and Black Ball on Saturday. All proceeds will bene� t Susan G. Komen for the Cure’s Central and Western Oklahoma Af� liate.

The semi-formal soirée will be held from 8 p.m. to midnight in Oklahoma Memorial Union’s Molly Shi Boren Ballroom. The event is alcohol-free, according to the Pink and Black Ball’s website, but there will be mocktails, hors d’oeuvres, a mashed potato bar serving “potato-tinis” and a chocolate fountain .

K.C. Moore, a Susan G. Komen graduate assistant from the Women’s Outreach Center, has high hopes for this year’s event.

“For this year’s Ball, we hope to raise over $10,500 for Komen and have over 400 attendees,” Moore said.

Last year’s event raised more than $10,000, accord-ing to Daily archives.

There will be a live band playing jazz music for the � rst hour, followed by a disc jockey playing club music for the remainder of the night, according the event’s website.

There also will be a raf� e, Moore said, with one ticket for $1 or eight for $5 . Prizes include a basketball signed by the OU women’s basketball team, personal training sessions at Huston Huffman Fitness Center, gift certi� -cates and a spa day , according to the website

Shannon Borden, Life & Arts Reporter

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(left) Zach Whitman (Arturo Ui), performance sophomore, threatens Connor Konz (Old Dogsborough), performance and dramaturgy junior, during Thursday’s dress rehearsal of “The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui.” (center) Jake Ryan Lozano, performance sophomore, looks on as Ernesto Roma.

Men: Don’t fear formal wear

THEATER

Production uses mobsters to symbolize Nazi Germany

COLLIER MCKINNISLife & Arts Reporter

Starring an ensemble cast of various drama students, University Theatre will pres-ent the play “The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui” to the gen-eral public this weekend.

Written by German play-wright Bertolt Brecht, the play highlights main charac-ter Arturo Ui’s rise to power as a mobster. Ui uses his new-found power to intimidate and murder his way into the role of a mob boss in 1930s Chicago. Along with his var-ious henchmen, Ui then moves on to do the same in other U.S. towns.

“He [Brecht] kind of sheds light on the ridiculousness of Hitler’s rise and the blind-ness of the public in the way that people can be manipu-lated,” acting junior Brooke Reynolds said .

The play is a satirical al-legory for the rise of Adolf Hitler in Nazi Germany. Several characters in the play parallel key figures in that historical time period such as Arturo’s parallel to Hitler. Key characters that parallel real historical figures include Ui’s henchman Ernesto Roma who portrays Ernst Röhm, D ogsborough who rep-resents Paul von Hindenburg and Giuseppe Givola who depicts Joseph Goebbels .

“It has so many different el-ements to it,” Reynolds said. “There’s a lot of spectacle to

the whole production that’s fun to watch.”

Throughout the play, the audience sees Ui transform from a charming, charismat-ic Chicago mobster into a ruthless, murderer that sieg-es the town. The ironic title “The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui” highlights the point that Ui’s inevitable rise to becom-ing a murderer is partly the people’s fault.

“I hope people get the message of the play,” acting junior Matthew Percival said . “This play shows just how culpable the people are in this situation as well. They let him become Hitler.”

Although the play features serious subject matter, it also has a comedy and a promi-nent circus theme. This ele-ment lends audience mem-bers laughs while still main-taining an air of seriousness, Reynolds said.

The play will feature other entertaining technical ele-ments, such as snare drums

for gun-shots, says Percival. “The subject is such dark

material, but we’re in a circus so it’ll be nice to see how the audience perceives that,” act-ing sophomore Kasey Weir said .

Collier McKinniscollier.j.mckinnis-1@ou.edu

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‘The Resistable Rise of Arturo Ui’ satirizes the rise of Adolf Hitler in Nazi Germany

et out your nicest duds, gents —the Pink and Black Ball is here. If there’s a bigger, more formal

event for the entire student body, I haven’t heard of it. This, men, is the time to shine. But before you toss on your tie and head out the door, make sure you’re getting this

Despite the simplicity of men’s clothing, there are some surprisingly easy pitfalls on the way to dressing debonair. Avoid these, and you’ll stand out, not stick out.

The first problem to avoid must be prefaced by a simple but easily-missed reality of formal events: Women are the center of attention. It’s old fashioned, I know, but it’s the way things are. If you want to subvert tradition, go ahead. But do so with full awareness of this reality.

Don’t be flashy just for the sake of being flashy — it’s tacky and self-centered. I’m sure you remember that guy at senior prom who wore something incred-ibly loud. Every prom has one. He’d rented a white suit, a big bright tie and probably a cane and hat too. Of course, he thought he was absolutely “all that” because he stuck out. At the time, he might have seemed cool, but now that we’re actually adults, such showboating just looks tasteless. You don’t need to scream for attention to look good.

A classic suit speaks for itself. If you want proof, look at George Clooney , Joseph Gordon-Levitt and Ryan Gosling. They’re among the best-dressed on the red carpet, and all three stick with reserved looks. You’ll do so much more for yourself by wearing classic attire.

Buck Robersonbuckroberson@ou.edu

Don’t look bland.Let me share with you a little secret for near-

ly any outfit you put together: It’s all in the details. Choose a good pair of shoes that match your outfit, preferably simple, sleek ones with leather soles. Get a haircut and then do something with it (an old-fashioned part is a good choice). You even could step up your game and get a pocket square or flower for your lapel.

And for crying out loud, tie your own tie. Nothing says “I’m coasting” more than a pre-tied or — worse yet — a clip-on tie. You’re a man now, so stop putting

it off. Buy yourself a real tie and learn to knot it. As I said, this isn’t high school. You’re better than that now, so dress like it.

The last thing you should know about formal wear, and dressing well

in general, is more nuanced. You should not merely wear the clothes — you should inhabit them. Be the man behind the clothes, not the man in the clothes. They may be nice, but they’re still just clothes. As Hardy Amies once quipped, “A man should look as if he has bought his clothes with intelligence, put them on with care and then forgotten all about them.”

As we don’t often wear formal clothes, it can sometimes be difficult to feel nat-ural when wearing them. But if you stop acting like they’re out of the ordinary,

they will stop feeling odd. Wear the full outfit around your room. Carry stuff in your jacket pockets. Wear a tie to school a few times. Whatever you need to forget about the suit, do it.

Now, go put on that suit and get handsome. It’s time to go dance for the cure.

Buck Roberson is a classical languages junior.

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Mathematics education graduate student Jeff Wolford and broadcast journalism senior Lisa Mealer swing dance to live jazz music at the Pink and Black Ball Feb. 11.

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Garrett HoltSports Reporter

The O klahoma men’s basketball team will have a difficult task on its hands as it tries to get back into the win column against Kansas at 3 p.m. Saturday at Lloyd Noble Center.

Both the Sooners (14-7, 5-4 Big 12) and the Jayhawks (19-3, 7-2 Big 12) come into the game on a two-game losing streak.

“We didn’t respond very well to the Kansas State game,” coach Lon Kruger said. “For the first time all year, we came out of a loss and didn’t respond like you would want to.

“I think that one took a lit-tle something out of us, and we didn’t have much pop [in the next game].”

After that 52-50 loss to Kansas State, OU came out flat against Iowa State and was handed one of this sea-son’s worst defeats, 83-64.

O n t h e o t h e r s i d e o f the matchup, Kansas also picked up one of its worst losses of the season in its last game against TCU.

The Jayhawks shot a dis-mal 29 percent from the field and only managed to score 13 points in the first half of what eventually be-came a 62-55 loss.

“We’ve lost two games, they’ve lost two games,” se-nior forward Romero Osby said. “They’re going to come in here fired up. They’re still the No. 5 team in the nation until that changes.”

Dillon Phillips, sports editorJono Greco, assistant editor

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Freshman guard Isaiah Cousins (11) and senior forward Romero Osby (24) defend Kansas State senior guard Rodney McGruder (left) during OU’s 52-50 loss to the Wildcats on Saturday.

Sooners searching for signature win

Osby and his frontcourt mate, junior forward Amath M’Baye, wil l have their hands full against Kansas’ senior center Jeff Withey.

In the last matchup be-tween the teams, a 67-54 Kansas v ictor y, Withe y dominated the Sooners with 13 points, nine rebounds, four blocks and three steals.

The OU for wards wil l have to limit his effective-ness and also play to their potential if they hope to lead

the Sooners to the upset.In the last game, neither

player had a great game. M’Baye finished with eight points and six rebounds while Osby had six points and six rebounds.

“All we have to do is do our job and things will take care of themselves,” M’Baye said. “I expect a lot of myself and out of this team, so the results have been OK.

“I think that we can all agree that we could have

done better.”The Sooners certainly

hope they will start doing better this Saturday be-cause this is an extremely important game for OU, M’Baye said.

“Every game is a must win,” he said. “We all want to win this game. It’s going to be a fun one.”

Garrett Holt spacetothetree@gmail.com

Sooners start season at Kajikawa Classic

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OU hosts reeling Kansas squad

Joe MussattoSports Reporter

After months of preparation, the nation’s second-ranked team will be back in action against No. 21 Stanford on Friday morning at the Kajikawa Classic in Phoenix.

The excitement is evident within the program, and follow-ing Thursday’s practice, the team was eager to get the season underway. OU will play a sequence of five games in three days at the tournament.

Senior catcher Jessica Shults said the team is primed to begin the season.

“We’ve just been preparing and waiting to get back on the field and start the season,” Shults said. “We are prepared for what we’re going to face out there.”

The Sooners will not be able to ease into the schedule. They will face Stanford on Friday and No. 6 Oregon on Saturday — two highly anticipated matchups.

But difficult early season contests are commonplace for coach Patty Gasso’s teams.

“We’ve always had the philosophy of playing a tough schedule,” Gasso said. “This team loves that competition. They would much rather be in a close ball game than to run-rule a team.”

Sophomore infielder Lauren Chamberlain echoed the thoughts of her coach and teammates.

“We’re ready to be on the diamond with great teams,” she said.

After making it to last season’s title game, the Sooners rec-ognize the importance of facing quality competition during the regular season.

“We’re trying to make a run for the national championship right now,” Chamberlain said. “Playing a stacked schedule is what we need to better prepare us for the end.”

Softball’s national spotlight is on this year’s Oklahoma team, which returns three All-Americans, including USA Softball Collegiate Player of the Year, senior pitcher Keilani Ricketts.

“We talk about staying in the moment, not looking ahead and not looking behind,” Gasso said. “That’s really where our focus has been.”

The Sooners continue play in the Kajikawa Classic on Saturday when they play Oregon and New Mexico followed by one game Sunday against Northwestern.

Joe Mussatto, jmussatto@ou.edu

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