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TOBY NEIDYThe Oklahoma Daily

While many fans learned the fate of the battered Big 12 Conference Monday after-noon, the Sooners blasted four home runs over Virginia’s fence that same evening to advance to the Men’s Baseball College World Series beginning this weekend in Omaha, Neb.

The College World Series appearance is OU’s 10th overall and first since 1995. The Sooners, the 1951 and 1994 national champi-ons, are searching for their third NCAA baseball title.

“ T h i s O k l a h o m a club is a dangerous club going to Omaha,” Virginia coach Brian O’Connor said.

And if danger is the team’s mantra, then it’s coming at the right time.

The Sooners’ first opponent in the dou-ble-elimination championship bracket is unranked South Carolina. But OU will have to get past No. 1 Arizona State to reach the championship game.

Only two of the nation’s other top-eight seeds will make the trip to Omaha: No. 3

Florida and No. 6 UCLA. TCU stunned last year’s runner-up and

No. 2 seed Texas to earn a bid, while No. 7 Louisville and No. 8 Georgia Tech failed to make it out of regional action.

The Sooners have a few things going for them:

CODY REINE’S BAT: This Sooner has 10 home runs on the year; five of them have been sent over the walls during the NCAA tournament.

Reine hit four home runs in back-to-back games against Virginia. In the decisive third game, the Sooners jumped to a 3-0 lead cour-tesy of his homer over the right-field fence.

SHORE’S PERFORMANCES: Junior pitcher Bobby Shore was named the Norman Regional Most

Outstanding Player. Shore was also named

the Player of the Game for his performance in the third game against

the Cavaliers. Through eight innings and 99 pitches, Shore allowed only four hits, only two base runners received free passes through walks, while striking out five batters.

In the Norman Regional, Shore struck out six batters while giving up four hits in the 3-2 win to send the OU into the next round.

BUECHELE’S LEADERSHIP: Garrett Buechele has 125 career starts with team following the third game against Virginia. He eclipsed junior Casey Johnson (123) on Sunday after-noon during game two, and doesn’t look to

finding himself on the bench anytime soon. Going into Friday night’s game against

Virginia, Buechele was on an 11-game hit-ting streak.

Although he didn’t get a hit in the first two games, the third baseman returned in the third game with a two-RBI double to limit the hitless streak to two games.

OU’S 49-16 RECORD: While the obvious im-provement is the added wins to this year’s record compared with the previous season, the last time the Sooners lost back-to-back games can be found in April against Texas Tech.

Since then, the Sooners have found a way to bounce back from a loss. In the past 16 games, OU has only posted two losses.

Multiple come-from-behind and one-run victories, both before and during NCAA tour-nament action, are also important consider-ations when looking at this Sooner record.

The will to win definitely will play a factor in the championship series.

The Sooners face off against South Carolina at 1 p.m. Saturday, and the victor advances to play the winner of ASU and Clemson at 8 p.m. Tuesday.

After double elimination rounds in the bracket action, the final two teams will meet for a best-of-three series in the champion-ship series beginning June 28.

All the action from Omaha will air on EPSN3.com.

OU ‘DANGEROUS CLUB’ IN COLLEGE WORLD SERIES

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The OU baseball team celebrates on the pitcher’s mound after defeating North Carolina on June 6 in the NCAA Norman Regional Championship. The Sooners went on to defeat Virginia on Monday in Charlottesville, Va., to clinch the final spot in the NCAA College World Series in Omaha, Neb. OU is searching for its first NCAA baseball title since 1994.

2010 COLLEGE WORLD SERIES

No. 1 Arizona State(52-8)

Clemson (43-23)

No. 3 Florida (47-15)

Oklahoma (49-16)

Texas Christian University (51-12)

Florida State (47-18)

South Carolina (48-15)

No. 6 UCLA (48-14)

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For 40-year-old Tracie Harris, happiness is as simple as being able to see lightning bugs and stars again.

A debilitating eye disease known as retinitis pigmen-tosa has taken away not only her vision, but also her ability to do and enjoy many of the things she always has in her life.

But now, thanks to OU Health Sciences Center

researcher Muna Naash and her team, a non-viral gene therapy utilizing nanoparticle technology is giving Harris and others hope to stop and reverse the damage of the hereditary disease.

Harris, like others, first discovered her ailment during childhood. Her mother also had the disease.

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SHYLA ROBINSONThe Oklahoma Daily

As part of its 30th anniversary, Cleveland Area Rapid Transit is calling for city residents to leave their cars parked at home and to ride the bus today — for free.

The fourth-annual event is part of a nationwide initiative by the American Public Transportation Association to encourage pub-lic transit as an environmentally friendly and cost-effective trans-portation option, according to a press release.

CART spokesman Kris Glenn said a record 2,333 people par-ticipated in 2009, and officials are hoping to set a new record today.

“Everybody and their dog has ridden the bus on ‘Dump the Pump’ day the past three years,” he said. “This year, everybody and their frog needs to ride so CART can break its record.”

Glenn said the event increased CART’s average daily riders by 100 percent in 2008 and by 88 percent in 2009.

Adam Wilkey, microbiology sophomore, said he became a frequent public transit user taking the bus “on a whim” in 2009.

“It happened to be ‘Dump the Pump’ day and I thought it was so

incredible to see all these people trying to be environmentally con-scious,” he said.

Since then, Wilkey tries to plan around the bus schedules.

“I’m pretty much only in Norman so I can get almost every-where really easy,” he said. “Plus, I’m saving about $100 a month in gas money. That’s so awesome to me.”

N o r m a n M a y o r C i n d y Rosenthal said ‘Dump the Pump’ is a great event to build awareness about public transit and to cel-ebrate the partnership between Norman and OU.

“CART is a leader for public transit and customer service in the state of Oklahoma, and I am proud to participate in ‘Dump the Pump,’” Rosenthal said in an e-mail.

Bus rides are free from 7 a.m. to 9 p.m. today. CART will give out free T-shirts and chances to win prizes, Glenn said.

CART also will celebrate its 30 years of service at 6 tonight at Andrews Park. The celebration will feature free snow cones from Eskimo Sno, free cake provided by OU Housing and Food Services and a free concert by Hosty Duo.

For a list of CART routes and schedules, visit cart.ou.edu.

‘Dump the pump’ and get on the bus

SPENCER POPPThe Oklahoma Daily

The record-breaking rainfall and subsequent flooding Monday around Oklahoma City caused mil-lions of dollars in damage to homes and cars.

As many Oklahomans pick up the pieces, knowing how to be flood-protected has never proved more important, said Gary Knight, owner of Knights Insurance in Norman.

But for many financially bur-dened Oklahomans, purchasing flood insurance and knowing where the risk areas are located is not high on the priority list, Knight said.

“A lot of people always try to beat it,” he said. “They don’t want to carry the flood insurance because they’re carrying regular insurance and can’t afford it.”

Flood damage is not covered by homeowners or renters’ insur-ance and must be purchased for an additional premium, with rates

depending on the particular flood plain, Knight said.

The flooding on Monday was a 1-in-500 weather event, with the Oklahoma Mesonet northern Oklahoma City station measuring greater than 9.6 inches of rain in a

12-hour period, according to the Oklahoma Mesonet site.

Flood cleanup complicated by insurance

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Homeowner Jack Lowry pulls a wet rug into a pile of debris in his front yard Tuesday in Edmond., after a flash flood struck the metro Monday.

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30 years ago, a transportation service made its debut to help subdue the complaints of too little parking on OU’s campus and not enough public transportation in Norman.

That service was named the Cleveland Area Rapid Transport, commonly known as CART, and continues to service commuters and students to this day.

In celebration of its 30th anniversary, today marks CART’s yearly “Dump the Pump” initiative to have Normanites thinking green, rather than crimson and cream.

The annual event is part of a national campaign to spotlight environmentally friendly and cost-ef-fective ways to get around town.

Although CART is offering free bus rides all day, its intent to bring greater awareness to the problem of limited public transportation and the nation’s dependence on fossil fuels should be on the minds of people everywhere.

In light of the constant news feed of the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill, the U.S.’s dependence on foreign oil points to a deeper problem.

Oklahoma has no statewide public transporta-tion system to accommodate travelers who poten-tially want to travel to cities within the state or to neighboring states such as Texas or Missouri.

Just last year, Mayor Cindy Rosenthal and the City of Norman missed out on the opportunity to establish a six-city commuter train service.

The Transportation Infrastructure Generating Economic Recovery grant program had the poten-tial to connect the cities of Norman, Moore, Oklahoma City, Edmond, Del City and Midwest City together.

The TIGER grant required that the proposed project would be shovel-ready by 2012, but the Norman portion of the system needed more time in the planning stages.

As a result, Norman’s share of the plan could not be completed in time for the federal grant’s deadlines and the city missed out on its opportu-nity to establish an intrastate system.

When CART is the only available commuter transportation in the area, something has to be wrong with public transport.

And even though Oklahoma is at a loss for pub-lic transportation, that hasn’t stopped the Sooner state from becoming the ninth-fattest state in America, according to a 2009 report from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

It would seem logical that in a state where public transportation is not widely available, the citizens would be more likely to be healthy and in-shape.

Based on the collected information, that just is not the case anymore.

The problem is not entirely Oklahoma either. The nation as a whole seemingly suffers from an

epidemic of both child and adult obesity.According to a 2007 study published by the

World Health Organization, the U.S. has the ninth-highest percentage of overweight citizens in the world.

Based on the body mass index (BMI), at 74.1 percent of the adult population, the land of the free ranks among poorer countries such as Kuwait, Samoa and Palau in terms of obesity.

The staggering statistics show that nearly three-fourths of American citizens are considered over-weight, a BMI of 25 or higher, or obese (BMI of 30 or higher).

With that in mind, make a decision for the bet-terment of your health or the earth.

Pick up a bike and ride when the locale is near. Carpool with your friends and co-workers when it’s convenient. Take the bus instead of driving the car every day.

But most of all, keep in mind that despite how important convenience seems to be, there’s always a place for getting up and doing what’s best for both your body and the environment.

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As of June 10, the entire world stopped. All eyes turned toward Johannesburg, South Africa with one specific word tak-ing precedent over all: “GOOOOOOOOOALLL!”

Everyone except those in the U.S. that is. The Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA) World Cup only comes every four years, so it’s expected that much anticipation and excite-ment would be in the air this year, right?

Not quite so much for Americans. Soccer, better known as football to those outside of the States, commonly takes a backseat to nearly every other spec-tator sport here.

Granted, you can’t drive more than 10 miles without running into a youth soccer league and almost every high school has some sort of soccer team, but it’s not nearly as appreciated as football or basketball.

It’s not bad to have a dislike for soccer — some people simply don’t like certain sports, but it is a little odd that one of the craziest, most anticipated sporting events in the world can’t seem to garnish enough support in one of the most competitive, sport-obsessed nations.

Many people blame it on the lack of pro-motion and prominence within the United States Soccer Federation and I couldn’t agree more. For most Americans, what goes on off the court is just as important as what’s on it. Take for example, the Shaquille O’Neal and Kobe Bryant feud, many tuned into the Lakers versus Cavaliers games not

just to see great basketball, but how those two superstars would interact. Yes, David Beckham and Mia Hamm have brought some recognition to the sport, but their media was somewhat short-lived considering neither one of those two really have a history of scandal. Case in point, you probably won’t f ind too many people who can name one soccer player, let alone one from the U.S.

While a reported 13 million Americans tuned in for the U.S. versus England game on Saturday, many believe it was just a rare curiosity about the shape of the men’s team against an age-old rival.

The fact of the matter is no one here is actually watching the World Cup. Have we

isolated ourselves so much that we can’t even actively support our team in the big-gest global competition, second only to the

Olympics? If anything, this is a

great excuse to round up your friends, grab a case and act like the crazy hoo-ligans you see on televi-sion, all while showing a little national pride.

I know Major League Baseball is officially America’s favorite pas-time, but is it so much to stop treating soc-cer like the red-headed stepchild of sports?

The fact of the matter is it’s competitive, it’s violent, it’s rewarding and, most of all, it’s fun. What more can you ask for?

—Lauren Abram is a broadcast journalism senior.

Americans should show more pride in World Cup team

LAUREN ABRAM

PETER DAVISThe Oklahoma Daily

In the Kerr-McGee Courtside Club, OU athletic director Joe Castiglione gave his first press confer-ence Tuesday afternoon, explaining the school’s decision to stay in the Big 12 conference.

As the cards fell on the massive conference re-alignment that would have caused a seismic shift across the NCAA sports landscape, OU was at the center and Castiglione was ready to end all the talk.

“We’re pleased the matter of conference mem-bership has now been put to rest,” Castiglione said from the onset.

Castiglione made it clear the relationships within the remaining Big 12 schools were a vital reason, among many others, for staying with the Big 12.

However, he said OU did listen to several pro-posals after Colorado bolted for the Pac-10 and Nebraska joined the Big Ten.

During the course of the last week’s conference-realignment talks, OU’s athletic department was one of the most widely courted in all of college football.

Pac-10 commissioner Larry Scott even made the trip to Oklahoma City on Saturday to solidify the Pac-10’s chances in the Sooner sweepstakes that included interest from the SEC conference.

All the speculation would come to pass, how-ever. The Big 12 was saved from extinction in the final hours.

Leading up to Monday, a new development seemingly revealed itself every hour in a story that continued to build upon itself.

All signs pointed to the fact that eventually the Pac-10 would become the new home of the Sooners.

Along with Big 12 commissioner Dan Beebe, the remaining members worked out plans for a new television package and additional revenue sources for the conference.

On Monday, OU rejected the Pac-10 invitation in a stand of solidarity that would be joined by other members of the Big 12 through a press release is-sued from Castiglione and President David Boren.

“The decision to stay in the Big 12 represents a consensus position which resulted from a col-laborative effort with our colleagues in the con-ference,” Boren said in a press release. “We value the strong working relationship that has been

reaffirmed during this process among the confer-ence members.”

“We intend to work very hard to make the confer-ence as lasting and dynamic as possible. We appre-ciate the respect and interest that has been shown to OU during this process.”

The new deal will also allow for the potential creation of an Oklahoma Sooner sports television network in the future.

Which is why, according to University of Texas President Bill Powers, the Longhorns stayed in the Big 12 and the conference still stands today.

“Certainly one thing we would be giving up is the fact that we currently retain our (television) rights, as does every other school in the Big 12,” Powers said. “That is of value, I believe, to all or at least most of the Big 12 schools.”

“That’s not true in most conferences. So, certain-ly the television network was an issue. It was a cost for us to enter the Pac-10.”

Castiglione noted during his press conference that over $3 million worth of high-definition equip-ment installed throughout several athletic sites on

campus with the potential television network in mind.

Among some of the other changes that Castiglione said is in the works for the conference include moving towards a nine-game Big 12 sched-ule without a conference championship.

The new schedule would force every team to play each other as schools hope to remain undefeated to earn the Big 12’s automatic berth in the BCS.

A tradition that will fall by the wayside, how-ever, is the Sooners’ rivalry with the Nebraska Cornhuskers.

With commitments already from Florida State, LSU, Notre Dame and Ohio State, another matchup with Nebraska seems unlikely for another decade barring a collision in a bowl game.

When Castiglione was asked about the hesitance to make a separate decision and choosing to follow Texas’ lead, he quickly reminded people that “OU needs Texas and Texas needs OU.”

Castiglione said, ”The University of Oklahoma stands on its own ... We make our own decisions. We choose what’s best for us. No one else.”

You probably won’t fi nd too many people who can name one soccer player, let alone one from the U.S.

Even though Oklahoma is at a loss for public transportation, that hasn’t stopped the Sooner state from becoming the ninth-fattest state in America.

AP PHOTO/CODY DUTY

Big 12 commissioner Dan Beebe answers questions during a news conference Tuesday in Irving, Texas.

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CART initiative should inspire healthy ‘green’ changeOUR VIEW

Sooner named All-AmericanLeft fielder Max White

was honored Monday by the National Collegiate Baseball Writers’ Association as a first-team Freshman All-American.

The Durant native emerged as one of the Sooners’ long-ball threats this season with 15 home runs in 59 games this year, tied for second on team with teammate Cameron Seitzer and behind Garrett Buechele.

White also was named to the Louisville Slugger Freshmen All-American team after batting .307 and lead-ing the league in homers during Big 12 play with nine this season.

White also was selected as an All-Big 12 honorable mention nominee.

Duo named All-AmericansSenior Andrei Daescu and

freshman Costin Paval were named to the Intercollegiate Tenn is Assoc iat ion A l l -America team on Monday.

The duo reached the Elite Eight of the NCAA Doubles Tennis Championships after upsetting two higher-ranked teams in May.

Daescu ended his career ranked No. 34 in singles, and was the only Sooner to qualify for individual play in the NCAA tournament.

“We are very proud of Andrei and Costin,” head coach John Roddick said. “They had a terrifi c year and really deserve it. I am really happy for Andrei to go out like this.”

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GEMINI (May 21-June 20) - When dealing with others, especially if you are acting in a supervisory role, try not to come on too strong or be too demanding. Speak softy, especially if your job requires you to carry a big stick.

CANCER (June 21-July 22) - In situations where you usually choose your words carefully, in order to restrain yourself from being too critical, your tongue could instead unleash itself and put others in their place. Take care.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22) - Asser-tiveness has its place, but not to the point of being overly rude or aggressive. Make sure that your behavior isn’t too “I”-oriented, or it could cause others to think you’re just plain selfi sh.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) - Let your thinking stand on its own two feet, and allow your listeners to decide for themselves if you are right or wrong. Trying to impose your ideas on others will meet with rejection.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23) - If you have to deal with someone whom you’ve never forgiven for a past matter, be sure not to let the issue ignite itself all over again. More importantly, don’t let it infl uence your dealings.

SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 22) - Expecting others to feel the same as you do about something that has you quite enthusiastic is asking far too much of them. It isn’t likely they’ll be operating on your wavelength.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 23-Dec. 21) - Challenges could arouse your stronger qualities and cause you to want to compete in areas where you formerly merely complied. Use your knowledge and go for it.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) - You’re one who rarely takes a chance because you make sure of what’s up before getting into anything. Yet today you could be looking for a bit more excitement and do just the opposite.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 19) - There’s a situation that you feel needs to be rectifi ed and mustn’t be allowed to drift any longer. You’re more than likely to fi nally fi nd the gumption to do something about it.

PISCES (Feb. 20-March 20) - No matter how energetic you are or how independent you feel, it be-hooves you to work cooperatively with your contemporaries today. It’ll be team effort that offers the greatest possibilities for success.

ARIES (March 21-April 19) - Your focus, stamina and industriousness are all at high points at this time, giving you all that you need to accomplish whatever you choose to do. Select something important that needs tending.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20) - If you don’t have any social plans on the calendar, it behooves you to make some. You could use a change that can only be effected by doing something fun and unde-manding.

HOROSCOPE By Bernice Bede Osol

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More than 200 native artists to display work

HELEN DIRENZO-GRANTThe Oklahoma Daily

The Red Earth Festival highlights the diversity of native cultures with a celebratory parade in downtown Oklahoma City on Friday.

The Red Earth Festival celebrates a variety of native cul-tures and traditions during the three-day event. Celebrating its 24th anniversary, the festival is the largest event of its kind in the world.

“This festival showcases what makes Oklahoma unique,” said Eric Oesch, director of communications for the festival. “There’s no other state in the country that has as many tribal headquarters as Oklahoma.”

Osech said the mixture of tribes in Oklahoma stems from historical events like the Trail of Tears, and with many differ-ent native peoples in one place, Oklahoma is one of largest melting pots for native cultures.

“That’s what makes coming to Red Earth unique,” Oesch said. “You come to our festival and you’re going to see art styles from all over the country, but you’re going only com-ing to one place to see it. And we’re one of the few events that has fine arts market and a dance competition.”

Osech said there are more than 200 native artists at this year’s arts market and there is a judged art competition. He said it is considered a prestigious honor for artists to win an award from the distinctive festival.

According to a Red Earth Festival news release, the festi-val has been named Oklahoma’s “Outstanding Event” by the Oklahoma Tourism Department.

Osech said the parade starts at 10 a.m. and features hun-dreds of participants in authentic tribal regalia, drum groups, tribal princesses, floats and bands. At 11 a.m., the Red Earth

Art Market opens in the Cox Convention Center Arena.Over the weekend, there will be children’s art activities,

exhibit halls, dance competitions, a 5K run and a 2K fun walk, grand entry dances and more.

“Red Earth is the biggest powwow in Oklahoma,” said Randy Frazier, dance coordinator. “And people know about it all over the world.”

Frazier said along with the dance competitions, Friday night also features Northern Snake Dances and on Saturday there will be a special dance to honor WWII veterans.

Osech said more than 30,000 people attended the Red Earth Festival last year and it is estimated that half the at-tendees were from out of town.

For more information, visit www.redearth.org.

Red Earth Festival celebrates tribal heritage

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Tribal members ride in the 2009 Red Earth Festival parade in Oklahoma CIty. The festival honoring native culture celebrates its 24th anniversary this weekend.

OSIZIMETE AKEN’OVAThe Oklahoma Daily

After nearly a decade of music, the Summer Breeze Concert Series has reached a new level of recognition.

The concerts have become so popular that this year the Performing Arts Studio de-cided not to advertise in the Norman Transcript to see if they maintain the regular turnout.

“Summer Breeze has be-come enormously popu-lar in Norman”, said Debra Martinelli, executive direc-tor of The Performing Arts Studio, which hosts the con-cert series. “We have usually a minimum of 1,000 people in the park and sometimes as many as 3,000. We think that we have enough mo-mentum and the program is well-enough known, that we may not have to advertise as much.”

At the most recent concert, Lions Park was filled with hundreds of concertgoers from all around Oklahoma.

Musicians say they enjoy playing in Norman because “Norman is one of our fa-vorite markets to play,” said Dango Rose, the upright bass and mandolin player of the Elephant Revival.

“Everybody is very recep-tive and loyal here,” he said. “We’ve developed a really nice fan base here and peo-ple come back and tell their friends.”

Rose also enjoys playing in Norman because of its musi-cal history.

“Norman is historically a music town and for us, from our experience, it really shows,” he said.

The first concert this year was also at Lions Park with Summer Breeze regulars and Norman natives. The Hosty Duo performed to a packed audience that was filled with an eclectic mixture of all kinds of people — from fami-lies with their dogs looking for picnic spots to college stu-dents playing Frisbee around the park.

“We like the way you can bring your own food and bev-erages and everyone cleans up. It’s a nice thing,” said Joan Colley, sitting next to her husband. “Nobody gets wild or out of control or anything, you can just sit and have a wine cooler.”

The next concert is 7:30 p.m. Sunday at Lions Park and will feature the nation-ally known musician Danny O’Keefe.

Summer Breeze sees increased attendance

The summer movie scene is roaring onward this Friday as two blockbusters hit the silver screen.

“Jonah Hex” and “Toy Story 3” are the two headlining movies this weekend, and both promise to be quite pleasing. While on the surface they seem like completely different movies, I, Woody Toms, movie-extraordinaire, can see under the exterior and fi nd many simi-larities.

First off, the main character is a cowboy. Second, there’s major action in both movies, it’s just portrayed differently. Lastly, there’s a hot and heavy sexual relationship brewing between the cowboy and our heroine (Lilah or Jessie). Okay, so maybe there aren’t that many similarities in the show, but it was worth a try. Either way, both movies seem worth seeing, with “Toy Story 3” being the safer bet on being a classic.

TOY STORY 3 (G)Starring: Tom Hanks, Tim Allen, Joan Cusack

After an 11-year sabbatical, Andy’s toys return for their third go around. There’s one problem though: Andy isn’t the young, innocent and lovable kid that he once was. He’s now an 18 year-old kid fresh out of high school and on his way to college. With the toys out of date and without a home, they are given to a daycare center (cue dark and ominous music). Feeling completely out of their element and constantly having their patience tested by new kids and new toys, the group poses a grand escape and rescue of Woody (Hanks), who was taken home by a little girl from the daycare. Will Buzz (Allen) and the gang be able to save their leader? Or will he be lost in the abyss of girly, childhood cynicism forever?

I have been waiting so long for this movie. Over the past 11 years I’ve been anxiously awaiting Woody and Buzz’s triumphant return to the screen. And, just as I had given up hope for a third installment, the fi ne people at Disney and Pixar release “Toy Story 3.” With the vir-

tually the whole cast returning along with perfectly opposing sto-rylines about growing up (Andy) and getting younger (the toys going to daycare), I feel like the movie is set up to be one of the block-buster hits of the summer.

Verdict: You know how I feel about it; you must go see this movie.

JONAH HEX (PG-13)Starring: Josh Brolin, John Malkovich, Megan Fox

Jonah Hex (Brolin) is a harsh and scarred (literally) bounty hunter with history shrouded in darkness and mystery. Legend has it Hex has connections between the real world and the paranormal one, which makes him a very dangerous person/ghost/demon/whatever you want to call him. Having only one real link to his mortal side of life in Lilah (Fox), Jonah has no problem taking a bribe from the U.S. government to hunt and kill his archenemy, Quentin Turnbull (Malkovich), who is a threat to his and her lives. “Jonah Hex” follows Jonah’s epic journey as the lines between supernatural and reality become more and more skewed as he treads on.

Bringing a new twist to the traditional Wild West genre, “Jonah Hex” looks like a perfect example of a “dark-action” fi lm. The com-bination of a nonchalant, no-mercy gunslinger and a hot “damsel in distress” along with a literal dark setting makes the fi lm very intrigu-ing. Co-writers Mark Neveldine and Brian Taylor (Gamer, Crank) guar-antee to bring some high-fl ying and fast moving action to the screen. Also, with an eerie resemblance to the recently-released video game “Red Dead Redemption,” “Jonah Hex” will surely attract a large audi-ence of action lovers and gamers alike.

Verdict: Like the main character, this movie is mysterious. I’m going to see it, but probably during the cheaper matineé showings. See it if you like the Western/gunslinger type movies.

- Woody Toms is a film and video studies junior.

TWO COWBOYS IN TWO FLICKS MAKE SUMMER DEBUT

WEEKEND MOVIE PREVIEW

DISNEY/PIXAR

Woody, Buzz and the toy gang are back for more adventures in “Toy Story 3.”

OU FILMMAKERS WIN JURY PRIZE AT DEADCENTERA trio of OU graduates took home the grand jury prize at the

deadCENTER fi lm festival Sunday in Oklahoma City.Graduate student and Life & Arts editor Mark Potts, and alumna

Brand Rackley and Cole Selix won the award for their independent fi lm, “Simmons on Vinyl.”

The group has made several short and feature-length fi lms for festivals across the nation. Produced for $300, “Simmons” depicts Zeek (Potts) and his pursuit of a vinyl record — and love.

— Luke Atkinson/The Daily

PHOTO PROVIDED BY REX BARRETT

Graduate student Mark Potts (left) and alumna Brand Rackley and Cole Selix accept the deadCENTER Film Festival’s grand jury prize Sunday in Oklahoma City for “Simmons on Vinyl.”