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As a result of a 26 percent budget decrease from the City of Norman, CART has changed four of its routes, which include a run origi-nating from the South Oval and its disability service.

The deficit of more than $100,000 in fund-ing will affect the Little Axe Link, West Norman Link, Cleveland County Express and Sooner Express routes, as well as the secondary zone of disability service CARTaccess, according to a press release from CART.

CART Director Doug Myers said the reduc-tion in service was a very difficult process for transit staff as well as city officials.

“It is not easy making decisions that affect the way people get to work, school and medi-cal appointments, but through feedback from the public through two community meetings as well as numerous phone calls and e-mails

from riders, I am confident the changes CART is making will have a minimal impact,” Myers said.

The Sooner Express commuter route that goes from Norman to Oklahoma City seven times a day Monday through Friday will no longer feature its 11:35 a.m. run that departs from the South Oval.

Myers said no changes will be made to the CARTaccess primary zone and only slight adjustments in the second-ary zone.

The CARTaccess primary zone is consid-ered by the Federal Transit Administration to be within a three-quarter mile of any regular bus route and is mandatory for transit agen-cies across the country.

The secondary zone is optional for pub-lic transportation systems to offer, but CART does so on a voluntary basis throughout the

Norman city limits Monday through Friday. CARTaccess will continue to provide sec-

ondary zone rides four days a week from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. Tuesday through Friday.

Benjamin Carter, a student at Oklahoma City Community College, said the changes in CART’s op-eration are a disservice to the community.

Carter said that after he realized he could save more than $100 a month by riding on the bus, he has tried to ride

four or five times a week.“A lot of people depend on the buses,”

Carter said. “Obviously, I’m one of them.”Catherine Vickers, another CART rider, said

the rides are beneficial to people without other means of transportation.

“It is economical for some people who don’t have a car or another way to get around,” Vickers said.

CART cuts bus routes, dismaying riders

CASEY WILSONThe Oklahoma Daily

Going beyond the paintings on the wall, visitors of the Fred Jones Jr. Museum of Art can now experience art in both sight and sound.

The museum offers free iPod tours to all visitors through a collabora-tion with OU IT and Apple, Inc., said Michael Bendure, museum director of communication.

“The museum’s first audio tour uti-lizing iPod Touch technology explores how artists have used paint in innova-tive ways,” Bendure said.

Hosted by museum staff members, the iPod tour tells the stories behind selected works of art and the artists themselves, he said. To pick up an iPod, which comes with headphones and a lanyard, visitors simply leave a valid driver’s license and major credit card at the front desk, he said. Visitors can also download the MP3 to their own digital players in advance.

A print version of the tour also is available at the front desk for the hearing impaired, Bendure said.

The tour focuses on two parts of the museum’s perma-

nent collection: the Weitzenhoffer galleries of French Impressionism and the Hobson Family Gallery of contem-porary art, he said.

“ V i s i t o r s t o the Fred Jones Jr. Museum of Art have always enjoyed the finest in world class art,” said Ghislain d’Humières, muse-um director. “Now, thanks to this col-l a b o r a t i o n w i t h OU’s IT department, visitors can experi-ence even more by

getting a digital tour and learning the history behind many of the most pop-ular works in our fine collections.”

Dennis Aebersold, OU IT CIO and vice president, said he is excited about this partnership.

“The accessibility and flexibility of technology enables us to connect with art in amazing new ways. Creating synergies between art and technology has become critically important for engaging younger generations in the arts,” Aebersold said.

The new iPod tour has been pro-duced through a grant from the Albert and Ethel Herzstein Foundation of Houston, Bendure said.

Audio now accompanies visual at OU art museum

BRYAN DUGANThe Oklahoma Daily

OU was recognized as one of only six universities nationwide in a list of 100 or-ganizations in the 2010 Best Places to Work in Information Technology.

Computerworld, an IT magazine pub-lished twice monthly, complied the list, putting OU IT in the company of Fortune 500 companies.

“This honor is a testament to the leader-ship of President David Boren and to our IT employees across the University,” said Dennis Aebersold, CIO and vice president for OU IT. “You can’t have a great work environment without great people. We are blessed with an IT staff that truly cares about OU and its academic and research missions.”

The organizations that made this year’s list sustained a dynamic work environment that gave IT professionals access to the lat-est technologies and to work on projects that were business critical, said Scot Finnie, Computerworld editor-in-chief.

Nick Key, OU IT spokesman, said he credits the inclusion of OU to the relevance and relationships at OU IT.

“This honor has a lot to do with the broader community culture at OU. OU IT reflects the vibrancy, diversity, collabora-tion and academic innovation of the uni-versity,” Key said.

Indiana University, Temple University, George Washington University, the University of Miami and the University of Pennsylvania also were ranked on the list.

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BIZZELL AMONG TOP-25 BEAUTIFUL CAMPUS LIBRARIESBuilt in 1929, Bizzell Memorial Library stands sentry with its Cherokee Gothic architecture as the focal point of the South Oval. The study center was recently

included by website CampusGrotto in its top-25 list of the most beautiful college campus libraries in the nation. Former OU President William Bizzell is to thank for the design of the building and for obtaining the funds to build it, OU President David Boren said in a release.

The library was included among well-known institutions like Princeton, Harvard, Yale, Cornell, Johns Hopkins University, Darmouth and the University of California, Berkeley.

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TYLER METCALFE / THE DAILY

Tables and chairs fill the floor of the Great Reading Room in the Bizzell Memorial Library. INSET: The south entrance to the Bizzell Memorial Library faces the Van Vleet Oval on a sunny afternoon.

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Mark Curtis, engineering junior, takes an iPod-guided tour Wednesday at the Fred Jones Jr. Museum of Art.

SPENCER POPPThe Oklahoma Daily

OU psychology graduate Chris Shilling is the new university spokesman and press secretary to President David Boren, replacing the two-year tenured Jay Doyle last Friday.

As part of his new position, Shilling will relay important information to stu-dents, parents and faculty during times of crisis on the president’s action line, as well as representing the university to media contacts and others.

“I’m just here kind of soaking it up right now,” he said. “I’m excited to see what challenges await me. I want to challenge myself early to get out there and work with different parts of campus I haven’t worked with before.”

“The opportunity to learn and work with [Boren] was something I could not pass up,” he said. “He taught me more than any one individual person at OU and it was an honor to work with him.”

Shilling, who graduated in 2009, was involved in the Campus Activity Council, High School Leadership Conference, the Center for the Creation of Economic Wealth and Crimson Club.

He said one of the first projects on his agenda will be researching about the historical markers on campus and helping Boren craft some of the messages attached to them.

“I just want to represent the university the way it needs to be represented, which is a great institution,” he said. “This is a great place, man.”

2009 grad named new OU spokesman

CART CUTS

• CART will eliminate two of the four cur-rent daily runs on the Little Axe Link route that provides access to the rural east Norman area as well as discontinue stops in Lexington and Noble on the Cleveland County Express that now goes to Lexington, Noble and the Social Security Administration in Moore.

• The West Norman Link route that debuted in late 2009 will no longer operate until 9 p.m. Monday through Friday and will not run at all on Saturday. The new hours and days of service are 8:15 a.m. to 7:15 p.m. Monday through Friday.

Source: City of Norman

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“A lot of people depend on the buses.”

BENJAMIN CARTER, CART RIDER

MORE INFOIf you’re going: Download the audio in advance from ou.edu/fjjma under “About” and “iPod Tours”Cost: Free to all OU students with a current ID; $2 for OU faculty/staff. Hours: 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesday through Thursday and Saturday, 10 a.m. to 9 p.m. Friday and 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. Sunday.

We all know about Arizona’s new law, SB 1070. It’s the state’s anti-immigration law, the one that says cops can ask any suspicious-acting person to see papers identifying them as American (though what suspicious activities they are talking about no one knows). The law has unleashed debates, hate speech and, unfortunately, a hatred of Arizona.

But, even though a majority of Arizonans support this law, many do not, and it is not fair to hurt those people by boycotting the state, which many groups are doing. Whole cities, such as Boston and Los Angeles, have called on its citizens to not travel to Arizona. Groups have relocated their events to other cities. Sports organizations are moving championships to other states. Even Hall and Oates canceled a July 3 show. The situation is getting worse and worse.

Recently, a group of musicians have joined together to boycott the state and cancel shows there, calling this the Sound Strike. Organized by Rage Against the Machine frontman Zack de la Rocha, bands such as Nine Inch Nails, Maroon 5 and musician Kanye West have pledged to not perform in the state until SB 1070 is overturned. This causes venues to lose millions in revenue, potentially harming local jobs and citizens.

And now, the United States Department of Justice is suing the state, saying Arizona overstepped Constitutional law by creating its own immigration laws, something the Constitution states the fed-eral government is suppose to do. Now, instead of just Arizona losing money, everyone’s taxpayer money will be going toward this lawsuit.

It’s a lose-lose situation. People should not boycott the state because it’ll hurt jobs and cause more suffering in an already suf-ferable economy. Yet, supporting Arizona feels like supporting this law. It is similar to when the United States invaded Iraq in 2003. We wouldn’t want other countries to boycott us, because polls showed a majority of our citizens did not support the war. Our government’s goals were not ours. But because we voted them into offi ce, we had to live with them.

But to bring this closer to home, we live in what is arguably the most conservative state in the nation (not one of Oklahoma’s 77 counties voted for Obama in the 2008 election). Our representatives, the people we have voted into offi ce, have made us look more racist and close-minded than any other state in the nation. Yet, we don’t

want people to shut us out from jobs and money that we all need to live. We ask that the country sees us, not as one delusional entity, but as a state of people with different points of view that unfortunately, get overshadowed by a few with power and money.

But there is a bright side to all of this: Arizona out “Oklahoma”ed Oklahoma. For once, Oklahoma is not the state the Union is looking down upon for being racist and out of touch with reality. And for that, we thank Arizona.

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BOYCOTT OF ARIZONA’S ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION LAW GOES TOO FAR

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Judy Schulz, center, cheers as her husband Richard Schulz, left, both of Glendale, Ariz., joined hundreds supporting Arizona’s new law on illegal immigration as they listen to speakers June 5 near the capitol in Phoenix.

With strong performances from multiple teams during the 2009-10 season, the OU athletic pro-gram posted its highest finish ever in the Learfield Sports Directors’ Cup.

The Directors’ Cup, an annual award presented to the nation’s best overall collegiate athletic programs, ranked the Sooners at No. 12 following a year where multiple sports reached the pin-nacle of success. By accumulating 921.25 points this year, OU ranked second among all Big 12 schools.

Texas A&M finished sixth with 1070.75 points, leading nine Big 12 teams which finished in the top 50. No. 15 Texas and No. 17 Nebraska also ranked high on the list, while in-state rival Oklahoma State landed at No. 33.

The Sooners’ best finish in pro-gram history was highlighted by the women’s basketball team ad-vancing to its second consecutive Final Four, and the baseball team making a run to the College World Series. Both the women’s and men’s gymnastics team finished in the top-five in the country at No. 2 and No. 3, while the wres-tling team rebounded to finish at No. 5 in the final poll.

“Oklahoma has established itself as one of the top athletics programs nationally from top to bottom,” said OU Athletics

Director Joe Castiglione. “We aspire for even more, but every-one associated with our program should be proud of what we’re accomplishing.”

TRACK AND FIELD MEMBERS NAMED TO NATIONAL TEAM

Three members of the OU Track and Field teams have been named to Team USA, USA Track and Field announced Friday.

Redshirt freshman Karen Shump (shot put), sophomore Brittany Borman (javelin) and

junior Ronnie Ash will com-pete for the Red, White and Blue f r o m F r i d a y through Sunday at the NACAC U n d e r - 2 3 Championships in Miramar, Fla.

All three OU athletes won ti-tles in during the

Big 12 Track and Field Outdoor Championships and each earned All-American honors. Shump was also named the Big 12 Freshman of the Year and finished sec-ond in the shot put at the NCAA Championships. Borman took home second-place showings in the javelin and discus, while

Ash finished third in the 110-meter hurdles as the defending champion.

SOONER GYMNASTS COMPETE IN JAPAN, TAKE HOME BRONZE

Three Sooners competed in the 2010 Japan Cup, helping the U.S. team to the bronze medal on Saturday in Tokyo, Japan.

Japan, led by world champion Kohei Uchimura, won the gold medal at home with a score of 276.100, ahead of Germany which took home the silver with a score of 266.900. The U.S. men’s team finished with a total of 265.400 as sophomore Alex Naddour com-peted alongside former Sooners Chris Brooks and Jonathan Horton. Naddour, the defending NCAA pommel horse champion, posted a 14.750 to place fourth on the apparatus. Brooks (2006-2009) and Horton (2005-2008) were both four-time letter-winners at OU.

Brooks is the 2010 Winter Cup champion, while Horton is a two-time O lympic m e d a l i s t a n d t h e r e i g n i n g U.S. all-around champion. He

currently trains in his hometown of Houston.

In addition to the three who competed in Tokyo, sophomore

Jake Dalton and senior Steven Legendre are also members of the U.S. na-tional team and c o m p e t e d a t the 2009 World Championships in London. With five current and f o r m e r g y m -n a s t s o n t h e

squad, OU bested its previous re-cord of four members on the na-tional team in 1994.

The national team mem-bers are training for the U.S. Championships next month in Hartford, Conn., and the 2010 World Championships, to be held in October in Rotterdam, Netherlands.

FORMER SOONER OLAJUWON WAIVED FROM WNBA ROSTER

Former OU basketball player Abi Olajuwon was waived from the WNBA’s Chicago Sky on Friday, head coach and general manager Steven Key announced.

Olajuwon was the last remain-ing WNBA player with Sooner ties.

Former teammates and fellow 2010 draft picks Nyeshia Stevenson and Amanda Thompson were cut earlier in the season.

Stevenson was dropped from the Phoenix Mercury roster dur-ing the preseason and Thompson was waived from the Tulsa Shock lineup after appearing in seven games, averaging 1.6 points in seven minutes per game.

Olajuwon is the daughter of N B A H a l l o f Famer Hakeem Olajuwon. She w a s s e l e c t e d w ith the 28th pick in the 2010 W N B A D r a f t , becoming the second out of three OU players to be chosen in the draft.

The Los Angeles native played in six games, averaging one point in five minutes of play.

Last season with the help of Olajuwon, who started all 38 games, the Sooners reached their first back-to-back Final Four in program history.

“This was a great learning expe-rience for Abi,” Key said. “Her time with the Sky will benefit her bas-ketball career down the road.”

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LEO (July 23-Aug. 22) - Don’t be so sure of things that you leave yourself open for making a big mistake. When you think you have the upper hand, walk slowly and watch for the unexpected to occur.

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GEMINI (May 21-June 20) - Much to the chagrin of all your compan-ions, you might display a strong infl exibility on your viewpoints and opinions. Try to get back in character as quickly as you can.

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Apple has always had one thing going for it: an army of loyal (brainwashed) fans and consumers. Macs dominate the college land-scape, and I’m at a loss as to why.

The hardware isn’t superior. Apple’s first-party control over their computers make cus-tomization of their machines nearly impos-sible. With a desktop PC, you can exchange various parts and work with certain pieces of equipment and find what’s good for you. A Mac may be good for the casual user, but compatibility with some of the highest-pow-er graphics cards is nearly impossible, un-less somebody wanted to buy the Macbook Pro, which starts at an absurd $2,499. Hell, for that price, one could build a PC with all of the latest parts and have enough money to buy a plasma TV for the monitor. The iMac hardware is almost impossible to upgrade.

The pricing itself is a big issue. The cheap-est current Mac computer is the Mac Mini, which doesn’t include a keyboard, mouse or monitor, and it runs for $699. The specs are the following: 2.4 GHz Core Duo processor, 2 GB of RAM, 320 GB of hard drive space, and a graphics card made for a laptop, the NVIDIA GEForce 320M. Meanwhile, I built my desk-top PC with a 3 GHz Core Duo processor, 6 GB of RAM, 500 GB of hard drive space, and an nVidia GEForce 9800 GT, with Windows 7 Pro, along with a 20-inch LG HD monitor, plus the case, keyboard and mouse, all for just over $900.

So, it’s obviously more cost-effective to go with a PC, and PCs offer more hardware modifications, but what about a Mac’s actual

functions? A Mac looks foreign to anyone who’s never used one, and it’s a lot harder to find a specific program if it’s not in the Dock. You’d have to go to the Finder and search for it, rather than just hitting the “start” button and looking through the list of programs.

After years of near-anonymity gaming, Mac is finally getting back into the gaming ring, largely with the expan-sion of Steam-to-Mac platforms and online downloads. It’s nice to see it happen, but Apple has a long way to go to catch up with the PC’s library. Also, with gaming, you may need to change out parts to play the highest end of graphics, and you’re still

barely going to be able to do it on a Mac.With all of these factors in mind, I won-

der why people decide to buy Macs, given the price. It seems to boil down to Apple’s PR campaign, painting PC users as back-wards, inept and old, while Mac users are looked at as hip, young and edgy. So Mac users shell out the unnecessary extra dol-lars to buy their status symbols, and be seen in class typing on them (read: check-ing Facebook and playing FarmVille). People try to use Macs to show how “indi-vidual and unique” they are, just like every other Mac user.- AJ Lansdale is a professional writing senior.

Macs suck, PCs rule“There’s nothing as annoying as Mac

users sitting in coffee shops typing on their overpriced lap warmers.”

These are the usual contemptuous re-marks reserved for Mac users, who, in re-sponse, ignore these Philistines and con-tinue sipping their soy-caramel lattes while experiencing the eupho-ria that is an Apple com-puter. PC lovers need to get used to Mac comput-ers because after years of struggling to find a mar-ket, Apple is here to stay, not just for superficial changes in its software, but also for changing the way we use computers.

Lots of Apple critics always go for the argu-ment that Macs are just pretty computers for hipsters and posers, essentially a Fisher-Price computer for grown-ups. But this isn’t true. Macs do have a very aesthetically pleasing user interface, but it’s not just eye candy — it makes using the computer easier for everyone. Unlike with PCs where, if you don’t know what’s wrong with your computer, you get to have a high school kid from Geek Squad belittle you in front of his nerd friends.

In the eyes of a PC user, if you can’t oper-ate one with ease, you are seen as an idiot who’s better suited rotting in the ninth circle of Dante’s Hell. I hate to break it to these “elitists,” but when things are more

functional and straightforward, it lets ev-eryone use it without feeling insecure about useless skills they think they need in order to operate a computer.

Another thing about the “easy” interface: I’m not one to point fingers but it’s pretty ob-vious that Windows 7 might have “creatively appropriated” some of the features of the Mac’s easy-to-use software.

Oh, yes, and the viruses. I had a Dell XPS laptop a few years ago and it wasn’t fun. I remember visiting the IT lab and taking full advantage of my one-year warranty because I just kept getting viruses. Perhaps it was be-cause I didn’t know how to properly use a laptop and maybe I visited a few unsavory sites, but if I had a Mac that wouldn’t have been the case.

I don’t think I need to mention that Macs provide much-needed competition to the Windows-dominated computer market (sorry Linux, you just don’t count) and un-less I’m wrong, competition is always good for the consumer. Instead of being stuck in a one-sided market, Macs provide users with other options in navigating the technologi-cal world other than simply sticking with the tired PC game.

Macs represent the future of computers while PCs are seen as tubby, old Luddites scared of a future they don’t understand. PCs, why do you hate the future so much?

P.S.: You right click by holding the “con-trol” button down and pushing on the mouse button.- Osizimete Aken’ova is a film and video studies senior.

PC users are hatersPOINT-COUNTERPOINT: THE PC VS. THE MAC

AJLANSDALE

OSIZIMETEAKEN’OVA

HELEN DIRENZO-GRANTThe Oklahoma Daily

The Midsummer Night’s Fair brings art and music to Lions Park this weekend.

Artwork for sale includes paintings, ceramics and jewelry by state and regional artists. In addition to art, two stages will be set up at the park with a variety of musi-cal acts.

Jennifer Skinner, public relations coordinator for the Firehouse Art Center, the festival organizer, said the annual event is the center’s way of showing appreciation to Norman residents.

“This is the Firehouse [Art

Center]’s way of giving back to the community,” Skinner said. “We don’t make any money on this event. We are so grateful for the support the city gives us every year and to all the people that come out to all our events and come to take classes with us.”

At the center of the festivi-ties, there will be a large tent where Firehouse Art Center faculty members will host demonstrations.

Faculty members also will provide children with opportunities to create art, like the “Children’s Art Wall.” Children can sign up to paint a panel on the wall, which is visible from Flood Street.

Music, art collide in Lions Park for fair

FRIDAY6 p.m. Brittani Dawn Moon7 p.m. Never Satisfi ed8 p.m. Maggie McClure9 p.m. Dylan Hammett10 p.m. Love Button

SATURDAY6 p.m. Thomas Anderson7 p.m. Lily Guild8 p.m. Bungalouski9 p.m. The Stumblers10 p.m. Mama Sweet

MIDSUMMER MAIN STAGE MUSIC SCHEDULE

MOVIE PREVIEWS: ALIENS, VILLAINS INVADE SILVER SCREEN IN ‘PREDATORS,’ ‘DESPICABLE ME’The summer rages on this

week with two very different mov-ies: “Predators” and “Despicable Me.” While both have the poten-tial to be very good, I only see one being a gem on the screen.

PREDATORS (R)Directed by: Nimród AntalStarring: Adrien Brody, Lawrence Fishburn, Topher Grace

Following Royce (Brody), an abducted mercenary, “Predators” takes place 12 years after the events of “Predator 2.” Royce and seven other humans are dropped onto an alien planet that they soon realize is just one big game reserve. There’s one problem though: They are the game.

After meeting up with a former Navy Seal who has survived in a cave for years, the eight merce-naries decide their only options are fi ght or die (cue dark, omi-nous music).

I really enjoyed “Predator” and “Predator 2,” so I was pretty amped to see that they were making another installment.

However, I don’t feel like the movie will be any good. The cast is great and the plot is solid, but director Nimród Antal doesn’t seem like he could do a job that pays good homage to the “Predator” series. He only has three movies under his belt before this one, and one of them is the terrible movie “Armored.” It makes me sad to say this, but I don’t think “Predators” is worth the money.

Verdict: Good cast, good plot, bad director. Not worth the $50 it takes to go to the movies nowadays. Don’t see it.

DESPICABLE ME (PG)Directed by: Pierre Coffi n, Chris Renaud, Sergio PablosStarring: Steve Carell, Jason Segel, Russell Brand

Gru (Carell), the world’s No. 2 villain, is out to thwart his nemesis, Vector, by stealing the moon.

With his band of minions — actually genetically altered cereal — Gru seems to have his plan in place. That is until he is confronted with his biggest opposition yet: three little girls. Orphans Margo, Edith and Agnes look past his life as a villain and only see him as a potential dad. “Despicable Me” follows Gru as he tries to balance villainy, his minions and fatherhood all while stealing the moon.

Just the fact that he has genetically altered cereal makes me want to go see this movie. It also looks to be a very heart-warming story like most anima-tion fi lms for children.

Verdict: See it. I promise you won’t be dissatisfi ed.

- Woody Toms is a film and video studies junior.

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