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Lissa and Cy Wagner Hall will be dedicated in a public cer-emony Thursday.

The ceremony to dedicate the academic services building will begin at 1:30 p.m. and will fea-ture several OU speakers, includ-ing President David Boren.

“The dedication of this build-ing, which will bring together under one roof many of the aca-demic services available to stu-dents, is an important milestone for the university and a building block for excellence,” Boren said.

The 35,000-square-foot center includes an advising center for all student advisers in University College, student writing and com-puter labs, learning services and tutoring, the Graduation Office and several study areas.

The building is named in honor of the Wagners’ scholar-ship endowment and is located northeast of the business college Price Hall.

-Daily Staff Reports

A visiting lecturer, Liba Chaia Taub, will discuss historical views of natural phenomena in a free session at 4:30 p.m. Tuesday in the Associates Room of the Oklahoma Memorial Union.

Taub, director and curator of the University of Cambridge’s Whipple Museum, will lecture on “The Living Body and the Earth: Analogy or Metaphor in Ancient Physical Explanations?” The event is sponsored by the History of Science Department in the College of Arts and Sciences.

For more information, e-mail Steve Livesey at [email protected] or call 325-2213.


The Oklahoma Blood Institute is looking for volunteers to help recruit and register bone marrow donors before all home football games this season. The drives are held outside of the Oklahoma Memorial Union and volunteers can call OBI Volunteer Services at 419-1328 or e-mail Julie Davis at [email protected].


OU staff member Les Risser received the 2009 Distinguished Service Award from the Oklahoma Foundation for Excellence and was honored for her commitment to public education and contribu-tions to the foundation.

Risser works as a develop-ment director for the university and oversees the Women in Philanthropy initiative.

The foundation is a nonprofi t organization that recognizes and encourages academic excellence in Oklahoma’s public schools.

Risser also serves as a board member of the Sam Noble Oklahoma Museum of Natural History and previously served as director of Academic Outreach.


FIRST-TIME ATTENDEES BASK IN GLORY OF GAME DAY

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Fans stick out the rain to cheer on players at OU’s first home game Saturday. The Sooners finished the game with a 64-0 win over Idaho State.

New and returning students enjoy

the fi rst game of the season

NATASHA GOODELLThe Oklahoma Daily

The constant downpour of rain didn’t stop the OU Sooners from winning against Idaho State Saturday, 64-0, nor did it prevent some OU stu-dents from enjoying their first live OU football game.

“Even though it was raining at this game, it seemed more intense than any other college foot-ball game I have been to,” said Simone Saldanha, University College freshman.

Saldanha said it was really great to be a part of the crowd and the school spirit.

“The excitement was catching,” University College freshman Amanda Niedzwiecki said. “The school spirit here is absolutely amazing.”

Niedzwiecki said the rain made the game more interesting as the crowd cheered despite it.

“It was enough excitement to make me want to get season tickets next year,” she said.

OU’s incoming class of National Merit Scholars, including Saldanha and Niedzwiecki, was honored before the football game, which al-lowed Saldanha and Niedzwiecki to attend the game for free.

“I’ve never seen people crazy about football,” said Boram Kim, exchange student from South

Korea, about Saturday’s game.Kim said soccer is very popular in her country,

but it isn’t as crazy as football at OU.“Every time we scored, my friends and I

crowded around each other and high-fived each other and [were] yelling OU chants,” she said.

Kim said she doesn’t really understand the rules of football yet, but had some help from a friend Saturday at the game and said she feels she is getting used to the game now.

“I didn’t understand the game at first, but one of my friends helped explain it to me,” said Emma Gale, an exchange student from England. “My friend had watched the Super Bowl on television

Contestants chained

to doghouse for animal

rights awareness

KATHLEEN EVANSThe Oklahoma Daily

Eight contestants are compet-ing to see who can stay chained to a doghouse the longest in an effort to win the My Life as a Dog Challenge, which began Saturday in Bricktown, hosted by the Central Oklahoma Humane Society.

“We drove by a chained dog one day that looked miserable and decided to do something to advocate for these poor crea-tures,” said Christy Counts, presi-dent and executive director of the Humane Society.

Katie Hodges, public relations junior, was asked to be a part of the planning committee after she met Counts while lobbying against an animal-related bill at the Oklahoma City Capitol, Hodges said.

Hodges is also president of the Animal Volunteers Alliance at OU. She used this position to encourage club members to vol-unteer at the event.

“Volunteers are there to talk

to the public about dog chain-ing,” Hodges said. “They mainly watch the contestants for rule in-fractions and make sure nothing goes awry.”

Contestants are only provided food, water and shelter because current laws say that owners must only provide those things, no matter the conditions, Hodges said. The ultimate goal of the event is to raise awareness and support to change this legisla-tion, she said.

Other rules include only re-moving the chain to use the bath-room for a reasonable amount of time, no use of personal items unless they are earned through competitions or donations, and

Living life on the leash

Twenty-one reports made

since beginning of month

RICKY MARANONThe Oklahoma Daily

Twelve cars have been vandal-ized and another nine have been broken into both around campus and in off-campus student apart-ment complexes since Sept. 1, ac-cording to Norman and OU police department reports.

Both police departments are

estimating the damage to vehicles combined with the value of the items stolen to be almost $3,000.

“The acts of vandalism we’ve seen on campus appear to be ran-dom acts,” OUPD spokesman Lt. Bruce Chan said. “The reason we’ve seen most cars being broken into is because thieves either see that the car has valuables in it, or the car is unlocked and sometimes the owner has even left the keys inside.”

According to OUPD reports, inci-dents of vandalism on campus have ranged from cars having their paint

scratched by keys to one car hav-ing all four tires slashed in the Elm Avenue parking garage.

Owners of the vehicles that were robbed at Campus Lodge reported a wallet, CDs, DVDs and credit cards among the stolen items, according to Norman police reports.

Other off-campus student apart-ment complexes have also seen acts of vandalism and robbery.

According to Norman police, a black Nissan 350Z convertible’s soft top was cut open Sept. 3 at The Edge apartment complex. Damage is

valued at more than $500. Saturday, a student reported to police that personal items were stolen from the back of his truck at the Commons on Oak Tree.

Students said safety to their cars is not the first thing they think about when they park their cars.

“I lock my car and that is it,” said Rebecca Garcia, University College freshman. “I just park in whichever spot is open and closest to the build-ing and not worry about my car.”

Cars vandalized on campus, in surrounding apartments

Several examinations cut

costs with passing grades

CLAIRE BRANDONThe Oklahoma Daily

In light of an economic down-turn, students at the University of Oklahoma can take advantage of cheaper options to gain course credit.

The Center for Independent and Distance Learning at OU offers Departmental Advanced Standing Examinations and the College-Level Examination Program (CLEP), allowing students enrolled at the university to acquire class credit by passing an exam.

“Pretty much you get credit hours for stuff you already know,” testing administrator Rob Voci said.

Stephanie Nelson, an energy management and finance junior, passed two Advanced Standing Examinations in marketing and management, gaining three hours of credit for each course.

“I am from Texas so usually a three-hour class is around $1,200,” Nelson said. “Taking these two classes also allowed me to take other classes this semester, which put me ahead in my specific major

classes.”It cost Nelson roughly $350 to

gain six credit hours, including the exam fees and price of books to study for the two exams.

Melanie Adams, academic adviser for the Gaylord College of Journalism and Mass Communication, said she has seen a recent growth in perspec-tive students and parents’ interests in taking these exams.

“This year the numbers are up about 30 percent from last year, but it’s hard to say if it’s economic or not,” Voci said. “We’ve not really ever noticed that the economy has much to do with it. It seems that some students have the knowledge to take advantage of it.”

Although there are benefits to taking the exams, Nelson said, she also encountered a disadvantage.

“The downside is that it was hard to actually sit down and study,” Nelson said. “The material was not hard, but there was just so much to learn. I barely passed both tests, but since it is pass/fail, that is all that matters.”

Adams and Chris Borthick, also an academic adviser for the Gaylord College, attended a training work-shop last spring to learn more about

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ELI HULL/THE DAILY

A car sits in the Campus Lodge apartment complex with a deflated back tire. Twelve cases of vandalism, including tire slashing and keying, have been reported at Norman apartments since Sept. 1.

Garcia and her friend Jennifer Carey, University College freshman, said they felt their cars were safe on campus and did not hear of any van-dalism on or around campus.

Some students said they don’t worry about their cars being broken into but still take some precautions.

“I lock my doors, and I don’t leave anything valuable in my car either,” said Erica Frank, zoology sophomore. “If I leave something in my car, I try not to make it visible.”

Frank said she felt her car was safe because her apartment complex, the Commons on Oak Tree, has a lighted parking lot.

Chan said it is easy to take steps to protect your car from thieves and vandals.

“You should not leave valuables, gifts, bags and laptops in your car,” he said. “If you do leave them in your car, do not leave them in plain sight. Cover them up and put them out of sight. The best way to protect your valuables is always to just lock your door.”

Chan said ways to decrease your car’s vulnerability to vandals is easy too.

“You should always try to park in a lighted area,” he said. “Also, consider where you are parking before you park your car and leave.”

He said if the area does not look like a good place to leave your car then you should take a few minutes to find a safer place.

no talking except to volunteers or staff, accord-ing to the event’s Web site.

“[The contestants] really appreciate the sup-port, so people should really take the time out to let them know what a good job they are doing, but don’t ask prompting questions,” said Taylor Tinsley, a political science and public affairs and administration sophomore. “They can’t respond, and it is not very considerate to tempt them.”

Tinsley is a member of the Animal Volunteers Alliance and volunteered at the event Saturday.

Contestants are also required to write two blog posts a day, according to the Web site. Blogs are then posted by volunteers for the public to read.

Blog topics from the first day varied from com-plaints about the rain to trash talk about the other contestants, but some did take time to blog about

the cause.“I felt a little bit of the loneliness a chained

dog must feel [Saturday],” contestant Leah Rose, nicknamed Princess, wrote in her blog. “Four of my favorite people came to see me, and it was so hard watching them leave.”

The challenge takes place across from the AT&T Bricktown Ballpark. It will last until all but one contestants has quit or until Sept. 19. If there are multiple persons remaining, the person with the most votes will win the car, donated by Chesapeake Energy Corporation.

To vote for contestants, read blogs or learn about dog chaining, visit the event’s Web site at http://www.okhumane.org/chainoff.

in the U.K. before.”Gale said she most enjoyed the Pride of

Oklahoma as they performed at half time.“I’m a musical person, so I really liked the

music they played,” Gale said.Aside from the Pride, Gale said she really en-

joyed the atmosphere of the game because it was exciting, and the people seemed really happy.

“I left at halftime though,” she said. “We were going to stay for the whole thing, but we were too soaked.”

“The atmosphere was great,” said Andrew Ligon, University College freshman. “Everyone was excited more so than high school games.”

Ligon said he had never been to an OU foot-ball game before.

“I was excited about being at the game,” he said. “It’s so different being there at the game

than just watching it on television.”Although not new to OU, Travis Bullard, sci-

ence education junior, attended his very first OU football game Saturday.

“I haven’t really had any interest in football until last year,” Bullard said. “Watching the games on television last year made me really fall in love with OU football.”

Bullard said he decided to buy season tickets this year and said his first game was an amazing experience.

“Even though it was raining, the crowd was excited and really into the game,” Bullard said. “I didn’t even notice I was soaking wet from the rain the first quarter.”

Bullard said he didn’t have any doubts about this game despite last week’s loss last week. He said he knew OU would come back stronger this week.

“Gotta love the ‘stache,” Bullard said, referenc-ing OU quarterback Landry Jones’ facial hair.

the credit exams. They were informed that every class has a $10 study guide avail-able for students, which Adams said she encourages students to buy.

“It increases the chances of passing

more than 50 percent,” Borthick said. The combined success rate for CLEP

and Advanced Standing Examinations is approximately 70 to 75 percent, Voci said.

“I have this theory that any student who is coming in to OU should take at least one test,” he said. “There is at least one test that applies to everyone.”

ADVANCED STANDING EXAMSCLEP EXAMSOffered Monday through Friday between 8:30 a.m. and 1:30 p.m.To schedule: Call the testing center at 325-1921Fee: $72 payable to CLEP and $35 payable to OU; $107 totalCash is not accepted; checks or money orders required

Offered Monday through Friday between 8 a.m. and 5 p.m.Application forms are available at the Center for Independent and Distance Learning, 1600 S. Jenkins, Room 101, Norman, OK 73072, phone 325-1921Fee: $25 per credit hourExams are free for National Merit and OU ScholarsSome exams require departmental approval

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“I felt a little bit of the loneliness a chained dog must feel.”–LEAH ROSE, CONTESTANT

The University of Oklahoma is an Equal Opportunity Institution.For accommodations on the basis of disability, please call 405.325.1974

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JACQUELINE JOHNSRUDThe Oklahoma Daily

When school kicks into gear, many students notice their stress levels revving up and schedules getting out of control. By balancing work and play, students can avoid burnout and begin to manage stress.

“At the beginning of the semester, it is time for students to re-assess and reschedule, because what worked last semes-ter is not necessarily going to work this semester,” said Craig Hofford, health and exercise science professor.

Hofford recommends students fit break times into their schedule and find distractions that will offer a relief from the real work of school.

“It is important to be able to put stress into perspective,” he said. “Pause techniques or any practice that delays our fight-or-flight response will help battle the negative effects of stress.”

He said students will benefit greatly from eating balanced meals, getting enough sleep, staying hydrated and engaging in regular physical activity.

“All good healthy habits are good habits for stress manage-ment,” Hofford said.

Exercise offers students an outlet for their stress while combating anxiety and nervousness, said Malinda Williams, assistant director of Recreational Services.

“Any physical activity that you enjoy is going to help,” she said. “Even just a quick stretch break or walk several times a day can greatly reduce stress and increase concentration.”

Mind-body exercises such as yoga and Pilates are a great defense against stress, Williams said.

She also said it is important for students to have a good social support system.

Students who practice stress management and relaxation techniques on a regular basis will experience greater results, she said.

By finding healthy coping skills against stress, students will not only experience short term relief from anxiety, but will begin to eliminate the long term effects of stress such as dis-ease and illness, Williams said.

“It is important to manage stress, otherwise you won’t get anything accomplished,” psychology senior Nicole Card said.

After taking a stress management course at OU, Card said she feels better prepared to handle stress.

“If you get stressed out over procrastination, make a schedule and write things down in order of their priority,” she said.

Card said she recommends listening to calming music, not putting things off until the last minute, making lists and practicing muscle relaxation.

“A stress management technique that works for one stu-dent isn’t necessarily going to work for another student and greatly depends on personality and what types of stress they’re under,” Card said.

Coping skills can prevent anxiety and stress-related illness

LAUREN HARNED/THE DAILY

Eating balanced meals is one of the recommendations by Craig Hofford, health and exercise science professor, to manage stress.

POLICE REPORTS

The following is a list of arrests

and citations, not convictions.

The information listed is com-

piled from the Norman Police

Department and the OUPD.

All those listed are presumed

innocent until proven guilty.

DRIVING UNDER THE INFLUENCEBridget Brook Begay, 25, 800

Jenkins Ave., Thursday

Landi Jill Latimer, 24, 400

Boyd St., Thursday

Katie Diane Davis, 28, 2000

N. Porter Ave., Wednesday

Joshua Michael Shupe, 20,

Burlington Northern-Santa

Fe Railroad, Saturday

Anthony Jerome Harris, 55,

1916 Fillmore Ave., Friday

DRIVING WITH A SUSPENDED LICENSEHaylee Annette Tucker, 21, Brooks

Street and Elm Avenue, Thursday

POSSESSION OF CONCEALED WEAPONSRussell Orin Barnes, 44, E.

Lindsey Street, Wednesday

Lorenzo Guadalu Martinez-Jurado,

20, 1115 Bloxi Drive, Friday

MUNICIPAL WARRANTKoty Cornelius Batten, 22, 2500

Heatherfi eld Lane, Thursday. also

arrested for a county warrant

Marquise Devonn Porter, 18,

201 W. Gray St., Friday

COUNTY WARRANTMatthew Shane Buff, 36, 1709

E. Lindsey St., Thursday

Jocelyn Kay Cook, 28, 1100

E. Lindsey St., Thursday

MOLESTING PROPERTYUnity Joy James, 23, 4204

Classen Blvd., Wednesday

David Franklin Owen, 20, 4591

Heritage Place Drive, Saturday,

also cited for assault and battery

PUBLIC INTOXICATIONRichard Leslie Schults, 42, 2420

Classen Blvd., Wednesday

John Arthur Williams, 48, 750

De Barr Ave., Thursday

Calvin Dean Crowdes, 21, 755

Asp Ave., Saturday, also arrested

for outraging public decency

John Louis DeGiulio, 20, 1111

Oak Tree Ave., Saturday

Darin Michael Diamond, 23,

700 Asp Ave., Saturday

Java Harris, 58, 1900

Fillmore Ave., Friday

Anthony Pope, 26, 408 E.

Comanche St., Saturday

Brandon Charles Reynolds, 24,

2600 W. Robinson St., Saturday

Kimberly Smith, 39, 3001

Pheasant Run Road, Saturday

Eric Roger Bannister, 32,

450 S. Flood Ave., Friday

Rebecca Ann Guinn, 25, 502

S. University Blvd., Friday

Michael Evan Jett, 27, 1701

E. Lindsey St., Friday

Ryan Lee Morris, 28, W.

Apache Street, Friday

Brad Swift, 37, 901 N.

Porter Ave., Thursday

HOSTING OR PERMITTING A LOUD PARTYMatthew Aaron Carpenter, 21,

1501 Elm Ave., Saturday

PETTY LARCENYHaylee Krysteen Dolling, 19,

601 12th Ave. NE, Friday

Jayme Ellen Franklin, 38, 333

N. Interstate Drive E., Friday

Amber Nichole Griffi n, 21,

601 12th Ave. NE, Saturday

Bridgett Michelle Kriz, 18, 333


Trista LaDawn Senne, 19, 333


Mary Kersh, 26, 333 N.

Interstate Drive E., Friday

MINOR IN POSSESSION OF ALCOHOLJordan Leigh Douglass, 20,


Evan Kendall Burns, 20,

747 Asp Ave., Friday

Emily Lousie McFall, 20,


ASSAULT AND BATTERYApril Spree Frusher, 29, 1708

W. Lindsey St., Saturday

Bryan Keith Morgan, 34, 4591

Heritage Place Drive, Saturday

DOMESTIC ABUSEBryant Craig Jamison, 24, 3700

12th Ave. S.E., Saturday

OUTRAGING PUBLIC DECENCYJeffrey Scott Stone, 22,


Steven Clifton Duggan, 23,


Chad Gaston Susman, 21,


Mason Stephen Parker, 21,

2031 W. Lindsey St., Friday

ELUDING A POLICE OFFICERRyan Austin Wilson, 18, W.

Lindsey Street, Saturday, also

arrested for failure to stop at

a red light, possession of a

controlled dangerous substance

and driving without a license

UNLAWFUL DELIVERY OF A CONTROLLED DANGEROUS SUBSTANCEAaron Roy Keith, 28, 1491

W. Alameda St., Friday

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Even though the economy is showing signs of life, the resurgence of hiring may lag behind. If we’ve learned anything from this recession, it’s that job security is no guarantee in this new emerging job market.

Fo r t h e c l a s s o f 2010, the future is still uncertain. The time to consider graduate school has come and gone, but for the class of 2011, the door is still wide open.

For some of us, we never considered the possibility of school beyond the four years of undergraduate work,

but for others, it was always planned. For those with the idea of graduating

and instantly getting a job, a backup plan would be frugal. By no means does this imply that everyone should run and take the LSAT.

If anything, juniors should take no-tice of their future and prepare accord-ingly. Each student’s case is different. Some graduates may benefit from going to business school for 18 months, while others might reap the same benefits from picking up another undergradu-ate major more specific to their field of interest.

Whatever the situation is, each junior

must ask, which benefits me more? Graduating, looking for a job with the possibility of being unemployed for up-wards of six months to a year or return-ing to school?

Consider the chance of extended un-employment after graduation. Yes, this means returning home to your parents for several months.

For those of us not fortunate enough to have a trust fund waiting after gradua-tion, accumulated debt is a very serious issue. The pressure to find a job and pay down debt is immense and increasingly difficult.

Economists harp on the opportunity costs of attaining an education versus entering the work force and making money instantly. Such is the case here, except the possibility of extended unem-ployment also enters the picture.

According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, a person with a bachelor’s de-gree will earn about $978, on average, per week. A person with a masters or professional degree earns about $1,228 and $1,522 respectively, per week.

Not only does the pay substantially increase, but unemployment rates also decrease as education level rises. Taking into account both the current job market and the potential for higher earnings, the opportunity costs of not going to gradu-ate school are significantly higher.

W h y e v e n r i s k l o n g - t e r m

unemployment?Furthermore, graduates with basic,

non-specialized bachelor’s degrees run the risk of underemployment, or being employed in a job outside of their majors for less money.

Those underemployed run the risk of losing job mobility and could be stuck in the same menial job for much longer than the recession lasts.

Decades ago, it was the norm for bachelor’s degrees to be the industry standard for entry into the “white collar” workforce. Recently, the workforce has become super saturated with bachelor’s degrees, so employers provide little job security, and turnover rates are high.

Employers drive down costs by de-nying promotions and raises in lieu of constantly hiring someone new out of undergraduate school to replace them.

The rise in unemployment and diffi-culty for grads to attain their first job are all of these factors coming to a boil.

Juniors, take notice of what’s hap-pened to the class of 2009 and could happen to the class of 2010. If nothing else, explore the possibility of education beyond your planned graduation in case the market remains sour.

Think of it as an insurance possibility in case the dream job isn’t waiting at the end of the road.

Ian Fullington is an economics and finance junior.

Dear Sir,You might not remember the encounter

we had the other day, but I do. In case your memory has grown fuzzy, let me refresh it.

I was riding my bike down Main Street, going about 20 mph. Your red truck approached me from behind, slowly get-ting closer, honking all the while, eventually maintain-ing a distance of about six inches from the rear wheel of my bike.

At first I thought you wanted me to get over – but I was over as far as I could get, and we were the only two vehicles on the three-

lane, one-way road, meaning that all you had to do was put on your blinker and turn that steering wheel ever so slightly, pass me and never have to think about it again.

Maybe, I thought to myself, there’s an axe murderer in my back seat and you’re just trying to let me know. Turns out, my bicycle doesn’t have a back seat.

Usually when drivers honk at me, they do it

once and pass me, occasionally yelling some-thing that casts aspersions on my manliness or telling me to get on the sidewalk. I’ve come to accept this as one of those annoyances of everyday life, like dogs crapping in your yard and mosquito bites.

But you didn’t seem to want to just run with the crowd. You kept on tailgating, close enough that I could see the veins bulging on your forehead and your bright red power tie, honking in short, erratic bursts.

Do you remember now? What was it that made you so angry? Since, as I mentioned above, we were the only two people on the road, and I was only going five miles per hour below the speed limit, I doubt I was really causing you much of a delay.

My mere presence on the road seemed to be making you angry. You probably don’t think bicycles belong on roads.

Have you ever taken a good look at the sidewalks in Norman? They range from bad to awful, and I don’t want to have a sidewalk end abruptly on me – or have to risk dealing with pedestrians.

The phrase, “Bikes don’t belong on the road,” is something I have heard more than

once from more than one person. According to whom? According to the city

of Norman, “Every person riding a bicycle upon a street shall be granted all of the rights and shall be subject to all of the duties appli-cable to the driver of a vehicle.”

But it’s more than that. You absolutely could not understand why I was biking down Main Street.

It wasn’t a personal insult to you – I have better reasons for riding my bike than that. I wasn’t trying to obstruct traffic or be a nuisance.

I was trying to do the exact same thing that you were trying to do: I was trying to get home.

Maybe you can’t understand why some-one would want to bike to work instead of drive. That’s fine. I don’t understand why people watch Nascar, and I probably never will.

What you should understand is that I have the same right to ride my bike on the roads as you do to drive your car on the roads. This is one of those cases where, as a member of a civilized society, you have to accept some dif-ference you just don’t get and move on.

If you think that bicycles on the road are annoying, that’s fine too.

I think that people who wear Bluetooth headsets are annoying. I think that people who stand around in stairwells and chat right after class gets out are annoying.

The difference is, I don’t start following people around and yelling at them when I see them doing something that annoys me. I do what any other reasonable human being would do – I complain about it to a friend later, and let it go.

So the next time you see a biker on the road, don’t get angry at him or her. They’re just trying to get from point A to point B, like you. Don’t do something dangerous, like tail-gating, or something obnoxious, like honk-ing. Just accept it as one of the mundane frus-trations of having to live around people who aren’t all the same as you, and move on.

You’ll be happier for it, and so will we.

Sincerely,Chris Dearner

Chris Dearner is a linguistics and English senior.

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An open letter to the man in the red truck

AJ Stafford is a psychology senior.

Class of 2011, your future starts now

Pets a large

responsibility

for studentsThis weekend the “My Life as a Dog Challenge”

began at the Central Oklahoma Humane Society in Oklahoma City (see page 1 for details).

For the challenge, contestants are chained to doghouses to make people more aware of the con-sequences of chaining up dogs.

This got us thinking. In college, many students decide they want to own a pet.

Many students who grew up with pets have moved away from home to go to school, and pur-chasing pets of their own seems like a good way to fill the void their childhood pets once filled.

We are not saying this is a bad thing, but we want to encourage students thinking about getting a pet to fully consider how much of a responsibility tak-ing care of an animal can be.

Pets can be relatively large financial burdens. Pet owners must pay for food, medication and poten-tial visits to the veterinarian, including the costs of spaying and neutering.

And we all know most college students do not have bloated bank accounts.

Pets also can be burdens on the schedules of their owners. They need someone to play with them and show them affection every day, and many cannot be left alone when their owners have to go to class.

An amicable alternative to actually buying a pet is for busy students to volunteer at a local pet shel-ter or participate in a program that allows people to baby sit and play with an animal for a day.

For example, Norman’s Second Chance Animal Sanctuary, Inc., encourages people to volunteer there by spending time with some of the shelter’s animals. For more information on volunteering, visit secondchancenorman.org or call 405-321-1915.

We are not discouraging responsible students from getting pets, but if you adopt or purchase an animal, remember: You have to take care of it, too.

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HARTFORD, Conn. — Investigators sifted through garbage at an incinerator Sunday, looking for clues into the disappearance of a Yale University graduate student who was supposed to be celebrating her wedding day.

FBI agent Bill Reiner said Sunday that investigators are “following the trash” that left the university laboratory in New Haven. He declined to comment further on the search at the Connecticut Resources Recovery Authority’s trash-to-energy plant in Hartford.

Annie Le, 24, was last seen Tuesday morn-ing at the lab. More than 100 state, local and federal law enforcement agencies are look-ing for her but have not yet determined if Le’s disappearance is a missing person’s case or an act of foul play.

Authorities say Le, a pharmacology doc-toral student originally from Placerville, Calif., swiped her identification card to enter the lab. But there is no record of her leav-ing despite some 75 surveillance cameras around the complex. Her ID, money, credit cards and purse were found in her office.

Investigators on Saturday said they recov-ered evidence from the building that houses Le’s laboratory, but would not confirm re-ports by media outlets that the items includ-ed bloody clothing.

In a story published Saturday, the Yale Daily News quoted an unnamed New Haven Police Department official as saying the bloody clothes were found in a ceiling at the building.

On Sunday morning, a state police Major Crimes Squad van drove down a ramp into the basement area of the building where the lab is located. Officials had no immediate comment.

Yale is offering a $10,000 reward for infor-mation leading to Le’s whereabouts.

On Sunday, students prayed for Le’s safe return at The University Church.

“It has been a week that has tested many people in many different ways,” the Rev. Ian Buckner Oliver said just before he gave the Sunday morning sermon. “It has brought up a lot of fears for people. It has brought up a lot of worry and concern for her and for all our safety.”

Le’s family arrived in New Haven on Saturday, Oliver said after the service. He said the church doesn’t have any other events or prayer services planned specifically for Le.

“There is nothing else at this point because the university and police have said there is no criminal investigation, there is no proof of a crime. So at this point, we are just praying,” Oliver said.

Le is of Asian descent, stands 4 feet 11 inches and weighs 90 pounds. She was to marry Columbia University graduate student Jonathan Widawsky Sunday at the North Ritz Club in Syosset, N.Y., on the north shore of Long Island.

Police say Widawsky is not a suspect and is assisting with the investigation.

–AP

Police search for clues after the disappearance of Yale student

WASHINGTON — One apology is enough, a digging-in-his heels Rep. Joe Wilson said Sunday, challenging Democratic leaders who want him to say on the House floor that he’s sorry for yelling “You lie!” during President Barack Obama’s health care speech to Congress.

The leadership plans to propose a resolution of disapprov-al this week if the South Carolina Republican doesn’t publicly apologize to Congress. Such a measure would put lawmakers on the record as condemning those two words, uttered dur-ing last Wednesday’s prime-time speech, that have become a fundraising boon for the defiant Wilson and his Democratic challenger.

Wilson said a resolution would show that Democrats sim-ply wanted to play politics and divert attention from a health care overhaul that is lagging in Congress.

“I am not going to apologize again. I apologized to the president on Wednesday night. I was advised then that, ‘Thank you, now let’s get on to a civil discussion of the is-sues,’” Wilson said. “I’ve apologized one time. The apology was accepted by the president, by the vice president, who I know. I am not apologizing again.”

Wilson spoke with White House chief of staff Rahm Emanuel after the outburst that drew immediate rebuke from lawmakers, including some fellow Republicans.

Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., said he wanted to “see this matter end.”

“Joe’s a good man. He made a mistake,” Graham said. “Don’t give up on fighting health care. But what he said was inappropriate. This needs to come to the end for the good of Joe, South Carolina and the country. I’ll leave it up to his good counsel as to what to do next.”

And Sen. John Cornyn, R-Texas, said the shouting was inappropriate.

“Well, there’s a time and a place for everything, and that was not the time or the place for that kind of comment,” he said. “This is not the time to be demonizing anybody, calling anybody names on either side. This is a time to try to work

together to solve a practical problem. And we stand ready to do that if the president will meet us halfway.”

The White House sought to dodge what has become a fiercely partisan reaction and an illustration of the fervor sur-rounding Obama’s agenda.

“Look, I’m going to let the House figure out how to deal with that,” White House spokesman Robert Gibbs said. “The president accepts, as I said, Joe Wilson’s apology.”

Obama, in an interview to air Sunday night on CBS’ “60 Minutes,” described what he said was “a coarsening of our political dialogue” where “the loudest, shrillest voices get the most attention” in a nonstop news cycle.

Democratic leaders decided on Thursday they would move forward with a resolution of disapproval unless Wilson — a conservative who won a 2001 special election to earn a seat in Congress — make a public apology for shouting after Obama said illegal immigrants would not be eligible for low-cost health care.

The Democratic proposals on health explicitly prohibit spending any federal money to help illegal immigrants get health care. Still, Republicans say there aren’t sufficient citi-zenship verification requirements to ensure illegal immi-grants are excluded.

Gov. Tim Pawlenty, a Minnesota Republican who might seek the White House in 2012, said Wilson’s concern is valid.

“Even if you have language that says illegal immigrants will not be a part of this program, unless you have the en-forcement mechanism in place, it doesn’t mean much,” Pawlenty said. “In Minnesota, we have laws that say illegal immigrants won’t get many services, but unless somebody actually checks — guess what — they show up and they get the services.”

A spokesman for House GOP leader John Boehner of Ohio said it’s time to move on.

Wilson said he allowed emotions to get away from him and compared his outburst to the outbursts that dominated coverage of August’s town hall meetings, when members of

Congress were on the receiving end of screaming and shout-ing over the health care proposals.

But he added, “I will not be muzzled. I’m going to be speak-ing on behalf of the American people, but I will be doing it very civilly.”

Wilson said his critics want to use the incident to silence opponents of health care reform.

His Democratic challenger, Rob Miller, raised more than $1 million — more money than the roughly $625,000 he spent for a 2008 race he lost with 46 percent of the vote.

–AP

Controversial shout on House fl oor leaves some unhappy

AP PHOTO

In this Oct. 16, 2008 photo, U.S. Rep. Joe Wilson, R-S.C., shares photos at the Bluffton, S.C., Republican Headquarters. President Barack Obama accepted the Republican’s apology for shouting, “You lie!” during his speech to Congress. House Democratic leaders showed no interest in sanctions against Wilson. Obama said Thursday Wilson apologized “quickly and without equivocation” and the congressman told reporters the shout-out was “spontaneous.”

AP PHOTO

An officer speaks with unidentified people working outside 10 Amistad building at Yale University in New Haven, Conn., Sunday, as the investigation continues into the disappearance of a Yale University graduate student who was supposed to be celebrating her wedding day.

McALESTER — A physicians assistant who played a role in investigating a high-profi le child molestation case is under investigation for alleged prescription drug fraud, which could call evidence in the abuse case into question.

Earlier this month, an Oklahoma grand jury handed up new child molestation charges against a man whose case provoked a national furor after he was sentenced to just

one year in jail for raping a 4-year-old girl.David Harold Earls, 65, was indicted

on three counts of lewd and lascivious or indecent acts with a 5-year-old girl and a 6-year-old boy.

Attorney Tim Mills, who arranged the original plea bargain for Earls, told The Oklahoman if Stacy Scroggins is found to have been under the infl uence while examining the victims, her fi ndings could be challenged.

EVIDENCE QUESTIONED IN CHILD RAPE CASE

TULSA — The Oklahoma Transportation Department is working to obtain economic stimulus money to develop plans for a high-speed rail line between Tulsa and Oklahoma City. The line could one day link to other U.S. cities.

The $2 billion rail line would run north of the Turner Turnpike. The federal government has made $8 billion available in high-speed

rail funding as part of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act.

The Oklahoma Transportation Department has to submit its application for funding by Oct. 2.

Part of the process is to seek public input, and officials have set a Tuesday hearing in Tulsa to hear what residents think of the plan.

HIGH SPEED RAIL HEARING SET TO LINK TULSA AND OKC

OKLAHOMA CITY — Authorities in Oklahoma have been seeing new evidence that methamphetamine users in the state have been using an old and dangerous method to concoct the illegal stimulant.

Police say most of the arrests for using the “shake-and-bake” method have occurred in the Tulsa area.

The method, which uses a single container to make the drug, was popular in the 1980s. It is dangerous because it is likely to cause an explosion.

Police said Tulsa has had 11 meth-related deaths this year, with two of those involving fi res and explosions from the one-pot way of cooking the drug.

POLICE SEE OLD-STYLE METH PRODUCTION METHOD RETURN

TULSA — Several people were injured in fi ghts that forced the suspension of a football game between Booker T. Washington and East Central high schools.

Police Capt. Karen Tipler said gang tensions led to scattered fi ghts throughout the south end of the stadium during the game’s second half Friday night.

She said teenagers with a “herd mentality” star ted f ighting and then running as

additional fi ghts broke out.Tipler says officers used pepper spray

to subdue the crowd. Three people were arrested. Multiple ambulances were called, but police had to escort EMSA medics into the crowd.

EMSA spokeswoman Tina Wells said nine patients with minor injuries and anxiety related to the fi ghts were treated at the scene. Three were transported to hospitals.

FIGHTS SUSPEND HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL GAME IN TULSA

STATE BRIEFS

–AP

Rotaract Meeting

Mon., Sept. 14, 2009OU Gaylord College of Journalism

6:30-8:00pm, Gaylord Hall Room 3150

A service organization sponsored bythe Norman Rotary Clubfor university students.

* for more info, contact Dr. Leon Price at [email protected]


PUEBLO, Colo. — There’s nothing subtle about the sales pitch by abortion opponents who are gathering signatures at the Colorado State Fair for a ballot measure that would give legal rights to fertilized embryos.

“Would you like to sign a petition to stop abortion?” asks Keith Mason, head of subur-ban Denver’s Personhood USA. Mason and a corps of volunteers gathered thousands of signatures during the two-week fair to have Colorado’s constitution define people from “the beginning of biological development of a human being.”

Personhood USA is similar to anti-abor-tion campaigns before it, but it’s taking a bolder approach. It wants to end all abor-tions, even in cases of rape or incest, by add-ing fertilized embryos to constitutional and legal definitions of humans.

Colorado last year became the first state where a “personhood” amendment made the ballot — but it was soundly defeated by 73 percent of voters. This year, proposed laws were rejected in the state legislatures of Montana and North Dakota.

Personhood USA says it has chapters in 29 states working to get “personhood” measures on 2010 ballots or before state legislatures. Mason says the approach is catching on with abortion opponents tired of incremental ef-forts against abortion.

As was the case last year in Colorado, the “personhood” attempts will likely fail, Mason says, but at least they get to the point of whether the unborn should have legal rights.

“We’re taking a stand and waiting for the

culture to change around us. Instead of say-ing, ‘What can we get?’ we’re saying, ‘What do we believe and what do we need to do?’”

Some abortion opponents say the “per-sonhood” movement would more effectively ban abortions, and they don’t mind the long odds for success.

“It reorients the debate and gets us to the core of the issue,” said Les Riley of Pontotoc, Miss., a tractor salesman and father of 10 who is gathering signatures to put the amend-ment on Mississippi ballots next year.

Riley says he’s halfway to getting the 90,000 signatures needed. Lt. Gov. Phil Bryant, a Republican, signed the petition in July. Riley says the ballot effort has been a blessing, even if it fails there, too.

Abortion-rights supporters aren’t sure what to make of the “personhood” movement.

They point out that adoption of “person-hood” definitions could affect fertility doc-tors because some treatments use multiple fertilized eggs. They warn of nightmare legal requirements for pregnant woman, such as possible child abuse charges if they fail to seek prenatal care. The criticisms helped sink Colorado’s amendment last year.

And that’s the abortion rights support-ers’ dilemma. With “personhood” propos-als faring so badly so far, how much money and time should they spend defeating these attempts?

“For us, you do scratch your head and say, ‘How often do we need to fight this?” said Emilie Ailts, executive director of NARAL Pro-Choice Colorado.

The Colorado coalition that defeated last year’s “personhood” amendment — called “Protect Families, Protect Choices” — says it will fight again if Personhood USA collects enough signatures. But spokeswoman Crystal Clinkenbeard says abortion-right supporters are still sizing up their opponents.

“They are planning on coming back time and again, and we’ll be there to fight them. But at this point we can’t say how much we’re going to do,” Clinkenbeard said.

–AP

Abortion opponents adopt harder line on banning act

AP PHOTO

Pat Kraus of La Junta, Colo., signs a petition to put a measure on the Colorado ballot during a petition drive at the Colorado State Fair in Pueblo Sept. 2. The measure seeks to end abortion by changing the Colorado constitution to define people from “the beginning of biological development of a human being.” A similar amendment was defeated 3-to-1 by Colorado voters last year.

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — Before the recession hit, Jacksonville’s blood bank would pull its buses up to the Anheuser-Busch brewery and pump 300 units of blood from employees.

Then came buyouts, retirements and layoffs. During the company’s last blood drive, the Blood Alliance only collected about 45 units.

Which is why, on a recent day, the organization’s blood-mobile was parked in a driving rainstorm outside a small law firm. With the smell of latex gloves in the air, donors read the paper and listened to soft rock on the radio as workers pricked their arms with needles.

“We have to do smaller blood drives,” explained John Helgren, a spokesman for the Blood Alliance. “We have to work harder to get blood these days.”

In some hard-hit pockets of the country, from Florida to Michigan to Southern California, blood centers are noticing a pattern: corporate drives are attracting fewer donors, likely because of the economy.

“We are seeing a direct effect of the recession,” said Toni Gould, spokeswoman for Michigan Community Blood

Centers, which has seen a 15 percent to 20 percent drop.While certain areas report a decline in donations, the

American Red Cross says there hasn’t yet been a significant drop overall — but that might be changing.

Many businesses are canceling blood drives, and the Red Cross is starting to see fewer donors than in previous months, said Stephanie Millian, the organization’s director of biomed-ical communication. But she noted that it’s too soon to tell if it’s a seasonal shift, or one caused by the poor economy.

The decline in blood donation in some areas coincides with an overall decline in corporate charity. For example, United Way spokeswoman Sally Fabens said that in 2008, workplace campaigns declined 4.5 percent from the previ-ous year — and corporate gifts to the organization declined 3.9 percent.

Some blood centers say summer donations are always down because of vacations and closed high schools, where drives are often held. Also, the eligible donor population keeps shrinking as people visit exotic, malaria-ridden locales or get tattoos — people who get inked often can’t give blood for a year because of possible infections.

The Red Cross of Southern California saw its corporate do-nations dip earlier in the year, and suspected it was because layoffs. So the group started using a machine that collects twice as many red blood cells from donors and changed how it schedules blood drives.

“I don’t want to say we’re in a fabulous situation,” spokes-man Nick Samaniego said. “We’re not in a crisis situation — but we’re not exactly where we want to be.”

Many locations say the drop in donations correlates with a drop in usage — if people move away it generally means there are fewer people left in the community who might need blood. But in Jacksonville, blood usage is up, said the Blood Alliance’s Helgren.

The Alliance provides blood to hospitals from St. Augustine, Fla., to Beaufort, S.C. — and Helgren says officials are currently struggling to fill a critical shortage of rare O neg-ative blood, which can be transfused into anyone.

“And we can’t always rely on other blood banks to help us out,” he said.

–AP

Layoff s, recession lead to fewer blood donations across country


BOISE, Idaho — When police of-ficer Darryll Dowell is on patrol in the southwestern Idaho city of Nampa, he’ll pull up at a stop-light and usually start casing the vehicle. Nowadays, his eyes will also focus on the driver’s arms, as he tries to search for a plump, bouncy vein.

“I was looking at people’s arms and hands, thinking, ‘I could draw from that,’” Dowell said.

It’s all part of training he and a select cadre of officers in Idaho and Texas have received in recent months to draw blood from those suspected of drunken or drugged driving. The federal program’s aim is to determine if blood draws by cops can be an effective tool against drunk drivers and aid in their prosecution.

I f the results seem prom-ising after a year or two, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration will encourage po-lice nationwide to undergo similar training.

For years, defense attorneys in Idaho advised clients to always refuse breath tests, Ada County Deputy Prosecutor Christine Starr said. When the state toughened the penalties for refusing the tests a few years ago, the problem lessened,

but it’s still the main reason that drunk driving cases go to trial in the Boise region, Starr said.

Idaho had a 20 percent breath

test refusal rate in 2005, compared with 22 percent nationally, accord-ing to an NHTSA study.

Starr hopes the new system will

cut down on the number of drunk-en driving trials. Officers can’t hold down a suspect and force them to breath into a tube, she noted, but

they can forcefully take blood — a practice that’s been upheld by Idaho’s Supreme Court and the U.S. Supreme Court.

The nation’s highest court ruled in 1966 that police could have blood tests forcibly done on a drunk driving suspect without a warrant, as long as the draw was based on a reasonable suspicion that a suspect was intoxicated, that it was done after an arrest and car-ried out in a medically approved manner.

The practice of cops drawing blood, implemented first in 1995 in Arizona, has also raised concerns about safety and the credibility of the evidence.

“I would imagine that a lot of people would be wary of having their blood drawn by an officer on the hood of their police vehicle,” said Steve Oberman, chairman of the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers’ DUI Committee.

The officer phlebotomists are generally trained under the same program as their state’s hospital or clinical phlebotomists, but they do it under a highly compressed schedule, and some of the curricu-lum is cut.—AP

Police say syringes will help stop drunk driving

GALVESTON, Texas — Mymi Freedman’s memories of Hurricane Ike’s immediate af-termath still linger, especially in one sense.

“The smell — everything was rotten,” she said Sunday, sitting in her garage with her husband Sergio and reflecting on the year that has passed since Ike damaged thou-sands of homes, including her own, on the Texas island city of Galveston.

Residents like Mymi Freedman, 58, re-membered Ike’s destruction but also cel-ebrated rebuilding efforts, saying the storm has brought people closer since it made landfall just outside Galveston in the early morning hours of Sept. 13, 2008.

Sergio Freedman, 62, said he is amazed at Galveston’s progress, describing the city as a “war zone” right after the hurricane.

A year ago, entry into the city was hazard-ous; the only road onto the island was littered with boats tossed onto the pavement like toys by Ike’s powerful storm surge.

Many neighborhoods were inundated with murky, muddy water sometimes contaminat-ed by sewage and chemicals. Galveston’s Seawall Boulevard was covered in rocks, splintered wood and other debris.

The hurricane damaged 75 percent of the working-class city’s houses. Galveston suffered more than $3.2 billion in damage. The city’s largest employer, the University of Texas Medical Branch, temporarily shut down and had to lay off about 3,000 employees.

Ike also destroyed or damaged thousands of other homes from the southeast Texas Gulf Coast into Houston, 50 miles inland. It also submerged farmland and ranches in saltwater, scoured away beaches and ruined thousands of acres of vegetation.

It was the costliest natural disaster in Texas history. Its powerful surge reached as high

as 20 feet and its 110-mph winds caused more than $29 billion in damage. Ike was blamed for at least 72 deaths in the U.S., includ-ing 37 in Texas.

But on Sunday in Galveston, the scene was vastly different. The streets were filled with traffic, re-plenished beaches played host to tourists and residents, and many flooded homes — including the

Freedmans’ — had been repaired.“You can see behind me ... a new day has

dawned on our community,” the Rev. David Green of First Presbyterian Church said in a sun-filled ballroom at the Hotel Galvez dur-ing a sunrise service. About 100 people gath-ered for the service near the beach.

The service was part of nearly a week of events highlighting rebuilding and recovery efforts.

Galveston officials say 75 percent of

businesses are open and tourists have returned.

But residents say the city still has a long way to go. About 3,000 of the city’s 58,000 residents have not returned. Mobile homes from the Federal Emergency Management Agency still dot driveways and front lawns.

Along the Freedmans’ street, sheetrock and other debris are piled in front of homes still under repair.

“The community is still hurting,” said Elizabeth Godbehere, 59, who was born on the island.

Galveston is not alone as other southeast Texas communities also recover from Ike.

In tiny Oak Island to the northeast in Chambers County, Trang Minh Ngo, 43, says it took him more than a decade to build up a life with a three-bedroom home and two fishing boats. Ike destroyed his home and one of his boats.—AP

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Kicking off the Sooner Theatre’s 2009-2010 “Sooner Stage Presents” season Friday night was its produc-

tion of “Bye Bye Birdie,” Michael Stewart’s Tony Award-winning mu-sical satirizing American life in the 1950s.

Director Brandon Adams does a faithful service to Stewart’s original story of adolescence and love, with each component of the production coalescing seamlessly into an en-gaging whole.

Both Adams and the acting team rely on strong performances to make effective use of a generally modest

set design, and the varied and colorful costume de-sign affords the production a greater authenticity.

Sophomore Carl Culley takes on the titular role of widely-coveted music icon Conrad Birdie, combin-ing vain sex appeal with a subtle layer of meathead-edness to aptly portray the Elvis Presley-inspired character.

Kim MacAfee, who is to be the lucky recipient of Conrad Birdie’s farewell kiss before being drafted into the army, is portrayed with endearment and a youth-ful maturity by Norman High junior Caitlin Royse.

It is Norman thespian Emily Ward, however, who through use of raw vocal prowess and an understated

acting talent commands the show’s standout perfor-mance as the likeable Rose Alvarez, a woman seeking love from music agent Albert Peterson (played by OU graduate student Paul Mitchell).

The production would undoubtedly suffer a lack of heart without its collective ensemble of second-ary teen actors, who perpetually verify the magne-tism of Culley’s Conrad by showering the character with fervent jubilation and adoration, and audiences would be remiss to overlook Norman North sopho-more MacKay Whalen’s irresistibly animated turn as Ursula Merkle.

Musical director Keith Adams reminds audiences of why “Birdie” has been a Broadway favorite since its earliest days, with light, always-lively instrumen-tals, as well as the popular numbers immortalized by the musical. Royse warrants audience empathy with “How Lovely to be a Woman,” and Mitchell delivers an enlivened and charming “Put on a Happy Face,” complete with Fred Astaire-worthy choreography.

Continuing its run this Thursday, Sept. 17 through Saturday, Sept. 19, Sooner Theatre’s “Bye Bye Birdie” proves itself to be a pleasurable experience, ensuring that audience members will be humming “We Love You, Conrad!” for days after leaving Main Street’s iconic theatre.

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Conrad Birdie sings “Sincere” for his fans after received the key to the city from the mayor of Sweet Apple, Ohio.

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As the new season creeps in and the temperature gradu-ally decreases, viewers gravi-tate from the silver screens of

the multiplex to the small s c r e e n s o f t h e i r t e l e -v i s i o n s i n t h e c o m -fort of their own homes. Fortunately, the fall televi-sion season provides avid T V v i e w e r s

with a wide range of original new shows and series to follow religiously.

FOX, ABC, and The CW sup-ply viewers with shows entering the lives of self-conscious New York models, side-splittingly funny talk show hosts, and ambitious musically-inclined underdogs.

Television’s FOX presents “Glee,” which premiered last Wednesday and airs Tuesday’s and Friday’s at 9/8c p.m., a hi-larious and heartwarming new series from “Nip/Tuck” creator Ryan Murphy.

The show follows the lives of an eccentric high school show choir attending William McKinley High, also known as the “Glee club,” whose go-get-ting Spanish-teacher-turned-musical-director Will Schuester (Matthew Morrison) will stop at nothing to breathe new life into the talented but underap-preciated organization.

The show is refreshingly upbeat, showcasing an eclectic range of musical hits from both the past and the present.

Audiences are likely to ad-mire the show’s charming and charismatic cast as well as the show’s theme of optimism, diversity, and creativity. “The 40-year-old Virgin’s” Jane Lynch is pitch-perfect as Sue Sylvester, the head coach of the “Cheerios,” McKinley High’s cheerleading squad, who wants nothing more than to see the Glee club fall to its knees. FOX’s “Glee” is “High School Musical” for the intellectual.

Returning to prime time television after retiring as host of “The Tonight Show,” riot-ous comedian Jay Leno is set to send audiences rolling in the aisles in his new “The Jay Leno Show.”

Premiering this evening and airing weeknights at 9 p.m., “The Jay Leno Show” will include Leno’s tradition and hilarious opening monologue,

signature comedy segments such as “Jaywalking ” and “Headlines,” anticipated ce-lebrity interviews, and musical performances. However, the show will also introduce several new segments including Leno’s “Green Car Challenge,” “10 at 10” and “Stories Not Good Enough for Nightly News,” with NBC Nightly News commenta-tor Brian Williams.

Set to guest-star on tonight’s premiere is the always uproari-ous writer and comedian Jerry Seinfeld as well as a musical performance from hip-hop art-ists Rihanna, Jay-Z and Kanye West. Leno is a wonderful tal-ent whose new show will surely remind viewers why he is one of the most profitable comedi-ans in the industry.

In The CW’s edgy, styl-ish, and star-studded “The Beautiful Life,” premiering Wednesday Sept. 16 at 9/8c p.m., viewers follow the lives of a group of fashion-conscious teenage models trying to make a name for themselves in the competitive “Big Apple.”

After receiving much praise for her performance introduc-ing a famous designer’s new line of clothing, Raina Mayer (Sara Paxton of horror remake “The Last House on the Left”) sets the tone for a bunch of ambitious young fashionistas, each unique and flawed, who want nothing more than to be on top as New York’s hottest new supermodel soaring to fame.

Of the sexy and flashy leads there is the mysterious Sonja Stone (“The OC’s” Mischa Barton), the alluring Isaac Taylor (High School Musical’s Corbin Bleu) and the beauti-ful Marissa Delfina (“Secret Diary of a Call Girl’s” Ashley Madekwe). Part “Gossip Girl,” “The OC” and “Sex and the City,” The CW’s “The Beautiful Life” is sure to be honorable departure from the typical teen reality mumbo jumbo to be re-leased this fall.

So when students are not studying for an exam or fin-ishing up on some last minute homework, they should kick back, relax and tune in to what fall shows have to offer. These are just a few of the many in-triguing shows to premiere this season. FOX, NBC and The CW have laid down some highly entertaining new shows to keep audiences’ evenings occupied.

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Arnold Peterson tells the MacAfee family that they willbe appearing on the Ed Sullivan show with Conrad Birdie. Bye Bye Birdie will be showing at Sooner Theatre Sept. 17-19.


L O N D O N — L o o k o u t , Madonna and Angelina Jolie — pop star Elton John may be join-ing the ranks of A-list celebrities with adopted children.

John and longtime partner David Furnish are interested in trying to adopt a Ukrainian tod-dler named Lev they met during an orphanage tour there.

The singer told reporters in Ukraine on Saturday that Furnish has long wanted to adopt a child but that he was reluctant until he met Lev at an orphanage where many of the children’s parents have died from AIDS.

“David always wanted to adopt a child and I always said ‘no’ be-cause I am 62 and I think because of the traveling I do and the life I have, maybe it wouldn’t be fair for the child,” John said.

“But having seen Lev today, I would love to adopt him. I don’t know how we do that but he has

stolen my heart. And he has sto-len David’s heart and it would be wonderful if we can have a home. I’ve changed my mind today.”

He acknowledged bureaucrat-ic hurdles may make adoption of a Ukrainian child impossible.

John and Furnish, 46, toured the orphanage — where John performed for the children — as part of his Elton John’s AIDS Foundation work. Ukraine has one of the fastest rising rates of HIV infection in Europe.

John said he was motivated in part by the sudden death last week of one of his closest friends, keyboardist Guy Babylon.

“It broke my heart because he was such a genius and so young and has two wonderful children,” John said. “What better oppor-tunity to replace someone I lost than to replace him with some-one I can give a future to.”-AP

Elton wants to adopt toddler

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Pop singer Elton John visits and performs in the orphanage for HIV-positive children in town of Makeyevka outside Donetsk, Ukraine, Saturday, Sept. 12. The founder of the “ANTIAIDS” Foundation, Elena Franchuk, is seen at right.

SALT L AKE CIT Y — Once the legal dust sett les from the nation’s biggest bust of Southwestern artifact looting, federal officials face another daunting task: deciding what to do with the ancient sandals, pipes, pendants and thousands of other items associated with the investigation.

It could take years to sort through the ancient Native American relics — seven truck-loads have been collected al-ready this summer — and de-termine where each should go, said Emily Palus, the U.S. Bureau of Land Management’s national curator in Washington, D.C.

Most of the items from those found guilty will likely end up in hand-picked public museums in the Four Corners region or with an American Indian tribe.

“Ultimately the people will benefit. Collections will be cu-rated and made available to the public for research and exhibi-tions,” Palus said.

Federal officials have done this kind of work before — viola-tions of national archaeological laws aren’t rare — but Palus can’t remember facing the prospect of finding homes for so many ob-jects related to criminal cases.

For now, the items taken by government agents remain boxed in a secure, climate-con-trolled building in Salt Lake City. Most are carefully wrapped in acid-free paper and surrounded by special foam or other protec-tive material, Palus said.

They range from the very frag-ile, like ancient sandals woven from reeds, to more robust items like boulders used for processing corn.

Federal agents spent more than two years on the investi-gation, building criminal cases based largely on recorded deals between an artifacts dealer se-cretly working for the govern-ment and a variety of buyers, sellers and collectors.

So far, 26 people from Utah, Colorado and New Mexico have been indicted for illegally taking or trafficking in artifacts from public or tribal lands. Two have committed suicide, two pleaded guilty this summer and the rest have pleaded not guilty.

The fate of the artifacts col-lected by the government will first be determined by the out-come of the legal cases. Those found not guilty will get their items back. Artifacts from those found guilty will begin a long process of disposition.

Work on the first batch may begin soon.

Jeanne Redd and her daugh-ter Jerrica are scheduled to be sentenced in Salt Lake City on Wednesday. They pleaded guilty to several felony charges in July. As part of the plea deal, they re-linquished their entire artifact collections, which required two moving trucks to haul away.

Last month, federal agents used five moving trucks to load thousands of artifacts from the Durango, Colo. home of antiq-uities dealer Vern Crites, who surrendered his collection after

being named in federal charges earlier this summer.

Still other items were seized in a series of arrests in June in southern Utah.

If sacred or ceremonial ob-jects are returned to the Navajo Nation, officials there will look for a tribal member who can use them in ceremonies, said Alan Downer, manager of the Navajo Nation’s historic preservation department.

“We don’t want to see them go unused,” Downer said.

Archaeological objects will be dealt with individually. Downer said displaying certain artifacts may not be consistent with Navajo traditions.

Still, they’d be happy to get back any items illegally taken from tribal land.

“The sense around here is that this is a good thing,” Downer said.

Human remains, burial and sacred objects from federal land will be dealt with under the 1990 Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act, which requires that items affiliated with native people be returned to tribes.

Other items from public land will be categorized, researched and placed with museums and other institutions that meet fed-eral guidelines to make sure they are treated well, safely protected and made available to the public or researchers.

There are about 10 museums in the region that might qual-ify for artifacts from the Four Corners cases, Palus said.

“We’d certainly be interested,” said Duncan Metcalfe, chief curator at the Utah Museum of Natural History at the University of Utah.

A l t h o u g h m u c h o f t h e

scientific value has been lost because the items were appar-ently removed from the ground without careful archaeological study, there’s still a benefit for researchers, he said.

“The arsenal of techniques we have for examining indi-vidual items has increased dra-matically over the last 10 years,” Metcalfe said.

Museums, though, will have to temper their enthusiasm for the artifacts with the real-ity of a commitment to make sure they’re stored properly, safeguarded from the elements and handled according to the government’s requirements, he said.

That all requires money and space, which is often in short supply at museums.

Palus said the federal gov-ernment would likely provide some kind of initial payment for institutions to take care of the objects.

Some of the i tems could end up back at the epicenter of this summer’s artifacts raids: Blanding, Utah, the hometown of 17 of those charged. The city’s Edge of the Cedars Museum has taken items from criminal cases in the past and meets federal requirements, said director Teri Paul.

The museum, like others, has limited amounts of exhibit space. But Paul said they try to rotate most items through their exhibits at least once a year.

Providing public access to the objects taken from public land is one upside to cracking artifact trafficking cases, Palus said.

“Otherwise, they would re-main in living room, basements and garages,” she said.

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FILE - In this Wednesday, Aug. 19, 2009 photo, artifacts on the shelves are seen in the background as an unidentified Bureau of Land Management employee walks near an open door at Carl “Vern” Crites home in Durango, Colo. Crites voluntarily turned over his entire collection of ancient artifacts.

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LOS ANGELES — A multimil-lion dollar collection of Andy Warhol portraits of Muhammad Ali and other sports superstars was stolen from a Los Angeles home, police said Friday.

The 11 color screenprints were taken from businessman Richard Weisman’s home sometime be-tween Sept. 2 and 3, said Detective Mark Sommer of the Los Angeles Police Department’s art theft detail.

Ten of the 40-inch-square por-traits feature famous athletes of the 1970s, including golfer Jack Nicklaus, soccer star Pele and fig-ure skater Dorothy Hamill. The other is of Weisman, likely a com-missioned portrait.

A $1 million reward was being offered for information leading to the return of the artwork.

The original prints were on dis-play in Weisman’s dining room, and his house was locked up. It wasn’t clear exactly when the silk screen paintings were taken or how the thieves got into the home.

The theft was discovered by the family’s longtime nanny who ar-rived at the home to find the large prints missing from the walls. She immediately went to a neighbor’s to call police, Sommer said.

“This was a very clean crime,” Sommer said. “[The home] wasn’t ransacked.”

It wasn’t known exactly how much the prints were worth but Weisman tried to sell the collec-tion in 2002 for $3 million.

Weisman’s home contained other valuable artwork but the rest of his collection was untouched.

“The theft of Warhol’s ‘Athlete Series’ represents a profoundly personal loss to me and my fam-ily,” Weisman said in a statement. Weisman, who published a book about his art collection called, “From Picasso to Pop,” declined to comment further, saying he did not want to interfere with the investigation.

A neighbor saw a maroon van in the driveway of Weisman’s

home around the time of the rob-bery, and police are seeking more information about that, Sommer said.

Warhol became internationally famous in the 60s for his iconic image of a Campbell’s soup can, his avant-garde films and his par-ties that mixed celebrities, artists, intellectuals and other beauti-ful people at his New York studio called “The Factory.”

According to a catalog of Warhol’s work, Weisman commis-sioned the artist in 1977 to create portraits of sports figures, includ-ing Chris Evert, Kareem Abdul Jabbar, Nicklaus, Pele, Hamill, and Ali, said Brenda Klippel, the direc-tor of Martin Lawrence Galleries in Los Angeles, which has a large collection of Warhols.

“Warhol was always a portrait-ist and fascinated with anyone of fame or fortune, anyone in the public eye,” Klippel said. “He wanted all of his imagery to be in-stantly recognizable. If Weisman was in his circle and had the money, he could commission what he wanted.”

-AP

Warhol’s sports superstars stolen from LA home

AP PHOTO

Reward poster issued for stolen works of art by Andy Warhol in Los Angeles.

NEW YORK — Annie Leibovitz has won an extension on a $24 million loan in a financial dispute that threatened her rights to her famous images, the two sides said in a joint statement Friday.

Leibovitz and the compa-ny, Art Capital Group, said the 59-year-old photographer had been given more time to repay the loan. The loan’s deadline passed on Tuesday, but both par-ties had continued to work to try to resolve the dispute. Neither party would specify the length of the extension.

“In these challenging times I am appreciative to Art Capital for all they have done to resolve this matter and for their cooperation

and continued support,” Leibovitz said in the statement.

Her spokesman Matthew Hiltzik declined to comment on specifics of the deal.

Last year, Leibovitz put up as collateral three Manhattan town-houses, an upstate New York property and the copyright to every picture she has ever taken — or will take — to secure the loan.

Leibovitz needed the money, according to Art Capital, to deal with a “dire financial condition” stemming from her mortgage obligations, tax liens and unpaid bills.

The company sued her in July, claiming she had breached an

agreement that authorized it to act as the agent in the sale of her photography and real estate. On Friday, the parties said Art Capital withdrew the lawsuit and sold back the rights to her works.

Leibovitz “purchased from Art Capital its rights to act as exclu-sive agent in the sale of her real property and copyrights,” the joint statement said. “Ms. Leibovitz will therefore retain control of those assets within the context of the loan agreement which shall prevail until satisfied.”

The company declined to say how much Leibovitz paid for the company’s rights to act as agent.-AP

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SATURDAY’S FOOTBALL SLIP-AND-SLIDEJONO GRECOThe Oklahoma Daily

The No. 13 Sooners’ 64-0 water-logged victory over the Idaho State Bengals can mainly be attributed to the successful connection between freshman quarter-back Landry Jones and sophomore wide receiver Ryan Broyles.

The two connected seven times for 155 yards, and Broyles caught all three of Jones’ touchdown passes. Overall, Jones completed 18 of 32 passes for 286 yards, three touchdowns and an inter-ception before exiting the game early in the fourth quarter.

“It’s pretty easy to throw to Ryan, you just kind of have to put it out there and let him run to it,” Jones said. “I feel like we have a really good connection right now.”

The two’s connection was evident in the first drive, even though the offense was not able to put any points on the board.

The first play from scrimmage for the Sooners was a 34-yard screen pass to Broyles that put OU deep into the Bengals’ territory.

Of the three touchdowns, the most impressive came in the second quarter when Jones and Broyles connected in the back-corner of the end zone for an 11-yard score.

“The one in the corner was my favorite [touchdown],” Broyles said. “I knew that I got my foot down, but I didn’t know if I was inbounds. [The throw] was on the money, you couldn’t really get a better throw than that.”

One of the surprising things about Jones’ performance was that he was able to air the ball out despite the heavy rain that drenched the 84,749 fans who showed up to the game.

He said he had never thrown in condi-tions quite as bad as they were Saturday evening.

“[In] New Mexico you get like a driz-zle, you never got something like that out there [Saturday],” Jones said.

Broyles said the team was prepared for the poor conditions, used a soggy field as an advantage over the defenders and did not see a major difference between how well Jones threw a wet ball compared to a dry ball.

“He can throw a dry [ball] or a wet one just as well, so we saw that [Saturday],” Broyles said.

The elements may have been a factor to the other receivers, though, because Jones received little help from anyone on the receiving corps outside of Broyles.

When the ball was not thrown to ei-ther Broyles or one of the running backs, Jones completed just three passes for 23 yards.

The three catches were less than the number of drops the receiving corps committed. Four of Jones’ passes went through his receivers’ hands.

“They need to continue to improve,” head coach Bob Stoops said. “We need more guys to step up and make plays.”

In the end, OU was able to get by the Bengals with the consistent play between Jones and Broyles.

“We all had confidence in [Jones], and he had confidence in himself, so whatev-er was called we had confidence in him and what he could do,” Broyles said. “We kept the game plan simple, and he did what he had to do.”

Sooner soccer follows up last year’s 4-0 loss to LSU with a near identical loss Friday night

TOBI NEIDYThe Oklahoma Daily

The Sooners return to Norman after a 4-0 loss to Louisiana State University Friday in Baton Rouge, La. The Sooners are now 4-2-1 for the season.

The Tigers jumped out to an early lead in the 7th minute of the contest with a goal by Rachel Yepez. LSU scored its second goal off of a penalty kick by Melissa Clarke at the 37th minute mark to put the Tigers up 2-0 at halftime. The Sooners could never get their offense going to respond.

The Tigers continued to pounce in the second half. Clarke found the back of the next for the second time at the 61st minute, and Natalie Leyoub scored the final goal for the Tigers at the 84th minute mark. LSU edged out the Sooners 19-7 in shots taken.

Freshman Dria Hampton led the Sooners with three shots on goal for the night. Both Ashley Farrand and Whitney Palmer added two more shot attempts apiece for the Sooners.

Sooner goalkeeper Kelsey Devonshire gave up four goals and totaled five saves during the contest.

The Sooners return home to face the Lamar Cardinals at 7 p.m. Sept. 18.

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Sophomore wide receiver Ryan Broyles runs past the Idaho State defense during the game Saturday.

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Volleyball victorious SaturdayJAMES CORLEYThe Oklahoma Daily

The OU women’s volleyball team picked up two key victories Saturday at the University of Texas-Arlington Invitational.

OU rebounded from back-to-back losses in last weekend’s tournament to beat Arkansas-Little Rock (5-3) in three sets.

Later that day, the Sooners took UTA (2-7) to five sets and beat the tournament host.

Junior Francie Ekwerekwu, an Arlington native, had a pair of big performances that earned her Most Valuable Player of the tournament.

Ekwerekwu led the Sooners offensively against UALR with 11 kills and added five blocks. She followed up with a season-high 14 kills and career-high five digs against UTA.

Sooners Sarah Freudenrich, Suzy Boulavsky and Bridget Laplante also came up big for OU,

helping the Sooners hit .250 for the first time this season against UALR.

The Sooners (7-2) start conference play Wednesday against Kansas State in Manhattan, Kan.

OU will open its home season at McCasland Field House Saturday against Missouri at 11:30 a.m. Admission to the Missouri match will be free.

Important offensive leader on Sooner football sidelines

VOLLEYBALL

The Sooners are a long way from hav-ing a plausible shot at national title No. 8, but if they do get a chance at the champi-onship, it will be due largely in part to the guy who helped them win No. 7.

In a state full of college football fanatics, almost no one is safe from criti-cism. Offensive coordi-nator Kevin Wilson, who called the plays for the most productive offense in college football histo-ry last season, often gets called out for lack of cre-ativity in the offense.

Defensive coordinator Brent Venables, who con-sistently produces some

of the best linebackers in the country, is the first target of fans when the Sooners have a few lapses defensively.

And there are even some fans, though they are certainly in the minority, that will call for the firing of head coach Bob Stoops after a loss, despite the fact that Stoops has taken his team to the national championship game four times in his ten years at OU.

But there is one coach that has done such a fine job that even the most cyni-cal fan struggles to criticize him: quarter-back coach Josh Heupel.

Saturday night’s game against Idaho State was just another example of why the former Sooner signal caller is one of the best quarterback coaches in the country.

After losing a Heisman trophy winner last week, the Sooners were able to insert a redshirt freshman Saturday and the of-fense barely missed a step.

Obviously, Landry Jones was not per-fect and of course it helped that he was playing against a clearly overmatched Idaho State squad, but the job that

Heupel did preparing Jones for the game was obvious. And if Heupel’s coaching past is any indication, Jones will only get better from here.

In Heupel’s first full season as quarter-back coach in Norman, he transformed Paul Thompson, a guy who lost his start-ing job to a true freshman a season before and was expected to play receiver in 2006, into a quarterback that lead OU to a Big 12 title and a Fiesta Bowl appearance.

Heupel’s follow up project is ongoing in the form of Sam Bradford.

All that Heupel did with Bradford was turn him from a three-star recruit from Oklahoma City that no one expected much from into a Heisman trophy win-ner and arguably the best quarterback in OU history.

Of course, the credit for the success of Thompson, Bradford and now Jones should be spread out. However, there’s a reason that Heupel is always one of the first people Bradford gives credit to when he plays well.

When I spoke with Bradford’s parents last year about their son’s Heisman tro-phy winning season, they consistently praised Heupel as well.

So while the timetable for Bradford’s return is still in question, and OU’s op-ponents appear to be getting increasingly tough, Sooner fans should take solace in the fact that Heupel knows what he is doing.

If OU is going to stay in contention for a national title, Jones is going to have to play at a high level until Bradford returns.

The good news for OU fans is that while Jones is in a situation he’s never been in before, Heupel isn’t.

He’s made a career of producing qual-ity quarterbacks.

Steven Jones is a language arts education senior.

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Sophomore middle blocker Francie Ekwerekwu (11) blocks a volleyball from getting over the net during a game against Baylor Nov. 2, 2008 in the McCasland Field House.

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