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The OU School of Music will be presenting Old Wine, New Bottles: A Gala Weekend Celebration, in honor of pipe organ studies at OU. The event will take place Friday through Sunday in Catlett Music Center.

Performances will

showcase organ,

honor former professor

MATTHEW MOZEKDaily Staff Writer

This weekend, the OU School of Music will celebrate pipe organ studies at OU by teaming up with the American Organ Institute to bring audi-ences Old Wine, New Bottles: A Gala Weekend Celebration.

The celebration will take place in the Catlett Music C e n t e r F r i d ay t h ro u g h Su n d ay , a n d i n c l u d e s a number of events such as a dedication reception on the stage of Paul F. Sharp Concert Hall, followed by a perfor-mance by guest artist Peter Richard Conte, a Philadelphia Wanamaker Grand Court organist.

I t w i l l a l s o f e a t u r e a Saturday morning concert by Jelani Eddington as well as an afternoon concert by current OU students.

The performances will take place using OU’s 1931 M.P.

Möller Opus 5819 theater organ, which the university acquired in 2006 and restored in spring 2009, said John Riester, shop manager for the American Organ Institute.

“We are pleased that several top professional organists will showcase the variety of the Möller Opus 5819 municipal organ, which can perform a myriad of solo and ensemble musical styles,” stated Steve Curtis, director of the OU School of Music, in an e-mail. “We have guests who will ac-company classical selections, sacred and secular choral masterworks, orchestral tran-scriptions, popular tunes and a classic silent film.”

Donald Dumler, an OU alumnus and organist at New York’s St. Patrick’s Cathedral, will present an evening per-formance commemorating the 10th anniversary of the installation of the Mildred Andrews Boggess Memorial Organ, and honor his former professor, Mildred Andrew Boggess, who died in 1987,

School of Music to hold weekend celebration

Residents able to dispose of larger waste free of charge

TROY WEATHERFORDDaily Staff Writer

Gabe Snop, advertising ju-nior, has three unused tables that he doesn’t know what to do with.

“I actually just moved out of my apartment into a new one, and I don’t have room for three or four pieces [of furniture], so I’m trying to figure out what to do with those,” Snop said.

Because Saturday will kick off Norman’s biannual Fall Cleanup, Snop said he is considering leaving them by the side of the road.

City sanitation custom-ers can leave bulky, non-hazardous items that can’t normally be disposed of through the trash service, said Scottie Williams, sanita-tion superintendent.

These items should be left by the curb and not in your city trash cart, he said.

According to Williams, yard waste, demolition de-bris or hazardous waste will not be taken. Hazardous waste includes tires, chemi-cals and batteries, he said.

Residents’ normal trash

day determine the pickup days. Those with Monday trash pickup will have Fall Cleanup Saturday. It will run all five Saturdays in October, Williams said.

Rural customers must call the sanitation department at 329-1023 by today to sched-ule an appointment for pick-up, according to a city press release.

If residents miss their Fall Cleanup day, there are other options to dispose of bulky waste, Williams said.

Also, each Saturday in October, the Transfer Station at 3901 S. Chautauqua Ave. will be open and waiving its usual charge to accept waste. Residents should bring a util-ity bill or driver’s license with a Norman address, Williams said.

Steven Spencer, film and video studies sophomore, doesn’t have any old fur-niture to get rid of because he l ives in a furnished apartment.

“In my apartment, every-thing we pretty much use ourselves,” Spencer said.

Other students prefer to recycle their old furniture.

“I usually just give [old furniture] to Salvation Army … or if a friend needs them,” said Rama Habj-Bik, English literature junior.

Norman sanitation provides service to pick up heavy items

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OU redshirt freshman quarterback Landry Jones has been named the starting quarterback for Saturday’s game against the No. 17 Miami Hurricanes.

“Sam has made daily progress, but we don’t feel like he’s quite where he needs to be yet,” OU head coach Bob Stoops said. “Our team has a lot of confi dence in Landry’s ability, and we’re looking forward to going into the game with him as quarterback.”

Since coming in at halftime against BYU, Jones has thrown for 673 yards while completing 60.5 percent of his passes. He has also thrown nine touchdowns, including six to sophomore wide receiver Ryan Broyles.

The No. 8 Sooners and Miami are set to kick off at 7 p.m. Saturday in Miami. The game will be televised nationally on ABC.

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JONES NAMED STARTING QUARTERBACK FOR MIAMI GAME

Fall Cleanup day:Oct. 3

Oct. 10Oct. 17Oct. 24Oct. 31

Normal trash day:MondayTuesday

WednesdayThursday

Friday

FALL CLEANUP PICKUP DATES

Program hopes to reapply for endowment

LARA SAAVEDRADaily Staff Writer

An educational institute that al-lows adults ages 50 and over to learn from college professors is able to apply for a $1 million endowment

from the Bernard Osher Foundation, after reaching 500 members at the institute.

Program administrator Chris Elliott has been with the Osher Lifelong Learning Institute, a program that supports higher education and the arts at OU, since its inception three years ago.

Elliott said Osher reached its mem-bership goal through word-of-mouth

promotion of the program.“The folks that come in are really

excited about the program,” Elliott said. “It’s a great outlet for people who are [ages 50 and older] to get out to continue learning.”

The institute received a three-year $100,000 grant that expires this year from the Bernard Osher Foundation.

Alumni still learning with Osher program

FASHION SHOW HELD TO RAISE AIDS AWARENESS

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ALUMNI CONTINUES ON PAGE 2

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Nikki Ajeh, accounting and finance junior and Miss Black Oklahoma 2009, speaks about HIV and AIDS Thursday night in the Molly Shi Boren Ballroom.

A LITTLE MORE CONVERSATION, A LITTLE LESS ACTION

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OU President David Boren and U.S. Supreme Court Associate Justice Anthony Kennedy converse during a fireside chat Thursday evening at the Embassy Suites Hotel and Conference Center, as part of the College of Law’s centennial celebration.HEAD ONLINE TO OUDAILY.COM TO READ THE FULL STORY.

Local businesses help contribute to show

through donations, assistance

LARA SAAVEDRADaily Staff Writer

More than a hundred OU students were tested for HIV this week because the reigning Miss Black OU said her concern for the community is to be aware of the virus that kills one in four black women.

Nikki Ajeh, the reigning Miss Black OU and National Pan-Hellenic Council, hosted a fashion show Thursday night to bring HIV/AIDS awareness to the center stage.

HIV is the number one killer for African American women ages 25 to 34, said Ajeh, accounting and finance junior.

“We don’t get tested,” said Ajeh, who is also the reigning Miss Black Oklahoma. “We don’t know our status. That’s something we want to press.”

Tyler Oakes, education senior and a coordinator of the event, said the fashion show helps create awareness in a way people can both have fun and be informed.

“We wanted to promote something that’s affecting our com-munity,” Oakes said. “At the end, I hope everyone knows their status and that they are aware of virus.”

Donations were taken at the door with the proceeds going to an AIDS foundation. Students who took the eight-minute HIV test were admitted free.

Alisa Tillman, National Pan-Hellenic Council president and advertising senior, said it is important to be aware of the virus and not to take it lightly.

“I know how important it is to know because you think it can’t happen to you,” said Tillman, whose uncle died from AIDS when she was 4 years old. “You think that it can’t happen to somebody you love but it definitely can.”

Attendees of the show came to show support and to learn more about the virus.

“It’s something that’s not always talked about and if it is, it’s very taboo,” said Derek Holmes, civil engineering sophomore.

Blush, a boutique on Campus Corner, donated clothes while the makeup was sponsored by MAC Cosmetics, whose philan-thropic emphasis is HIV/AIDS education and awareness.

AWARENESS CONTINUES ON PAGE 2

Meredith Moriak, managing editordailynews@ou.edu • phone: 325-3666 • fax: 325-6051

2 Friday, October 2, 2009

The Daily has a long-standing commitment to serve readers by providing accurate coverage and analysis. Errors are corrected as they are identified. Readers should bring errors to the attention of the editorial board.

In Thursday’s edition of The Daily, an incorrect

picture was matched with accounting sophomore

Matthew Nicek’s Sooner Sampler quote about

which quarterback should play in Saturday’s

OU-Miami football game.

In Wednesday’s edition of The Daily, it was

incorrectly reported that students will have to

revote on adding “sexual orientation” and also

vote to add “and gender identity” to OU’s non-

discrimination policy. Students will not have to

vote on either phrase. Spencer Pittman, UOSA stu-

dent congress spokesman, said Student Congress

amended the non-discrimination policy bill at

Tuesday night’s meeting.

Pittman said Student Congress saw students

approved of amending the policy last year and

felt it was unnecessary for students to vote on

something they have already approved. Student

Congress put the bill in the hands of OU faculty,

President Boren and the OU Board of Regents, he

said.

The confusion on the bill arose when the origi-

nal language of the bill stated the decision to

amend the non-discrimination policy would be

put before the voters on Nov. 10 and 11, but that

language was amended to streamline the process

of the bill taking effect, Pittman said.

The following is a list of

arrests and citations, not

convictions. The information

is compiled from the Norman

Police Department and the

OU Police Department. All

those listed are presumed

innocent until proven guilty.

MUNICIPAL WARRANTDebra Mae Burleson,

54, 2113 Lafayette

Drive, Wednesday

Kenneth Lloyd Davis, 37, 601

12th Ave. N.E., Wednesday,

also petty larceny

Kenneth M. Heims, 36, 1224

E. Brooks St., Wednesday

Stephanie Ryan Knight, 25,

2824 Dewey Ave., Wednesday

David John Wells, 38, 600

W. Main St., Wednesday

Libbie Ie Jean Young, 40, W.

Boyd Street, Tuesday, also

driving under a suspended

license, improper registra-

tion of a motor vehicle and

no insurance verifi cation

PUBLIC INTOXICATIONRoger Lynn Conley, 59, 1001

E. Robinson St., Tuesday

Rebekah Jo Gepner, 20, 2304

Glen Oaks Drive, Wednesday

PETTY LARCENYAmanda Nichole Halton,

21, 601 12th Ave.

N.E., Wednesday

DOMESTIC ABUSERodney Roneil Smothers, 39,

2801 Dewey Ave., Tuesday

Colleen Kathryn Valliere,

43, 2733 Walnut Road,

Wednesday, also assault

and/or battery

POSSESSION OF DRUG PARAPHERNALIAShelly Dawn Wise, 43,

Candlewood Drive, Tuesday

Music fans accustomed to going to the biannual Groovefest music festival will miss out on the celebration this year. Amnesty International traditionally organizes the event and said they will not host one this fall.

Lack of funds and a new city ordinance were some of the diffi culties that led to this fall’s event being canceled, said Sarah Warmker, OU Amnesty International president.

Groovefest is Norman’s only human rights music festival and has been held every year since 1986, according to the event Web site.

“I think there’ve been a couple of years that there haven’t been two,” said David Slemmons, who has orga-nized the festival for multiple years.

He said when the student group has been inactive, the event was put on by citizens of Norman.

-Troy Weatherford/The Daily

OUR COMMITMENT TO ACCURACY

TODAYCAREER SERVICES

Career Services will be

available for walk-in hours

from 1:30 to 4 p.m. in the

Career Services offi ce in the

Oklahoma Memorial Union.

WOMEN’S OUTREACH CENTER

Registration for the Women’s

Outreach Center’s Susan G.

Komen Race for the Cure

team ends at noon. Register

at komencentralok.org and

search “Walk with the WOC.”

SATURDAYOU IMPROV!

Obviously Unrehearsed

Improv! will present its

fi rst show at 8 p.m. in the

Union’s Scholars room.

POLICE REPORTS

GROOVEFEST CANCELED DUE TO LACK OF FUNDS

CAMPUS NOTES

Curtis said.“Boggess was a professor of organ at the

University of Oklahoma from 1938 to 1976 and taught generations of organists the highest stan-dards of their art,” Curtis said.

The School of Music will also offer a special screening of the science fiction and classic silent film “Metropolis” along with live theater organ accompaniment by organist Clark Wilson on Saturday evening, says John Schwandt, director of the American Organ Institute.

“This will be a rare opportunity to view this newly restored silent masterpiece accompa-nied live by Clark Wilson, one of the finest silent film players of our day,” Schwandt said. “The ‘Metropolis’ presentation is an experience not to be missed and is entertainment at its very best for sci-fi fans and music lovers alike.”

While the School of Music has screened classic silent movies in Gothic Hall in the past, resulting in standing-room-only crowds, this will be the first time OU will be able to showcase the Möller Opus organ in a larger concert hall, Schwandt said.

The American Organ Institute will open its res-toration shop for tours to see the AOI students at work Sunday morning, and later that evening, the weekend celebration will conclude with a concert featuring Jelani Eddington, Clark Wilson, OU pro-fessors John Schwandt and Jeongwon Ham and a performance by the OU Jazz Ensemble.

For more information on the gala weekend and celebration, visit the Web site of the American Organ Institute at aoi.ou.edu/gala or call for more information at 325-7829.

Friday, Oct. 2Opening ConcertWhen: 8 p.m.Where: Paul F. Sharp Concert HallHow much: adults $20, students, faculty, staff, seniors $10

Saturday, October 3rdOrgan/Choral WorksWhen: 2 p.m.Where: Paul F. Sharp Concert HallHow much: adults $8, students, faculty, staff, seniors $5

10th ann iversary o f Boggess Memorial OrganWhen: 6 p.m.Where: Grace B. Kerr, Gothic Hall

How much: adults $8, students, faculty, staff, seniors $5

“Metropolis,” silent fi lmWhen: 8 p.m.Where: Paul F. Sharp Concert HallHow much: adults $20, students, faculty, staff, seniors $10

Sunday, October 4thClosing ConcertWhen: 3 p.m.Where: Paul F. Sharp Concert HallHow much: adults $20, students, faculty, staff, seniors $10

Source: OU School of Music Web site

For the program to continue to grow Elliott said he hopes to apply for the endowment soon.

OU alumnus Mike Simmons said he has been an Osher student for two years and has recommend-ed the program to friends and colleagues.

“We talk about things that you normally don’t get to think or dis-cuss,” Simmons said. “I am satis-fied that when I get there, it will be something professionally prepared and interestingly presented.”

Simmons said he has taken classes on global warming and birds of Oklahoma.

There are 125 Osher Lifelong Learning Institutes throughout the United States, Elliott said. Courses range from one-time offerings such as “Mornings with the Professor” to longer, more specific courses like senior seminars.

Kyle Harper, assistant professor of classics, said he learned about the program through colleagues.

“It’s an opportunity to teach people who are interested in the material and who deeply care,” said Harper, who is teaching a

six-week course on the Origins of Christianity this semester.

Elliott said it has not been dif-ficult to recruit professors to teach courses to Osher students because they love to teach and they love the demographic.

“Many professors are involved,” Elliott said. “We sometimes get

the same profes-s o r s t h a t t e a c h semester-in and semester-out be-cause they really love it. It’s a chance for them to see a different side of the OU community. It’s a completely dif-ferent dynamic to

come in and teach adult students.”Harper said he would continue

to teach courses as long as he could because of the gratifying teaching experience he has had.

“Osher students are not wor-ried about their grades and they’re not trying to impress you,” Harper said.

Elliott said he is optimistic about the future of Osher Lifelong Learning Institute at OU.

“I just want to continue,” Elliott said. “I want these classes to grow and participation to continue. We want to get them to love to come to class and feel like they really got a lot based on the amount of time. I want people to take advantages of the classes we offer.”

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WEEKEND CELEBRATION EVENTS

More illness: Even though blacks (including African-Americans) account for about 13 percent of the U.S. population, they account for about half (49 percent) of the people who get HIV and AIDS.

Shorter survival times: Blacks with AIDS often don’t live as long as people of other races and ethnic groups with AIDS.

More deaths: For African Americans and other blacks, HIV/AIDS is a leading cause of death.

Source: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Web site; cdc.gov.

“We were super excited when they asked us,” said Toni Mutteloke, a MAC makeup artist. “We all came on our own time to help out be-cause it is something that we all are really passionate about. It’s

something that the company is most passionate about.”

But Tillman said the event wasn’t all about looks and glamour.

“To see fashion on the runway is a good way to try to bring every-body together for a cause,” Tillman said. “At the end of the day that’s what it’s all about.”

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“It’s an opportunity to teach people who are interested in the material and who deeply care.”

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Sooners and Hurricanes face off this weekendERIC DAMADaily Staff Writer

Game Essentials:What: No. 8 OU (2-1, 0-0 Big 12) vs. No. 17 Miami (2-1,

2-1 ACC)When: Tomorrow, 7 p.m.Location: Miami Gardens, Fla.Venue: Land Shark StadiumTV: ABC

Quick Facts:-- OU and Miami have met six times before, each team

claiming three games against the other. The Hurricanes are 2-1 against the Sooners in Miami.

-- The most recent meeting between the two teams was back on Sept. 8, 2007, when OU won 51-13 in Norman.

-- OU is 28-5 all-time against teams currently in the ACC conference.

Key Matchup: OU defense vs. Miami offense. The Sooners’ defense is

arguably the hottest in the country right now, having shut out its two previous opponents.

On the season, OU’s defense is averaging a stark 4.7 points allowed per game. Miami’s offense, led by standout sophomore quarterback Jacory Harris, averaged 35.5 points per game in its first two games—wins over Florida State and Georgia Tech, who were both ranked at the time.

The Canes had trouble against Virginia Tech last week (31-7 loss), but the terrible weather conditions are partially to blame. Nevertheless, Miami still ranks 24th nationally in passing offense (379.67).

Players to Watch: OU: Sophomore wide receiver Ryan Broyles. Coming

off an 11-catch performance against Tulsa, Broyles ranks among the nation’s top 20 in four different categories (22 receptions, 309 yards, seven touchdownse, eight punt re-turns for an 11.5-yard average).

Senior linebacker Ryan Reynolds. Reynolds has been the inspirational leader of the defense for the past three years and recorded a season-high 13 tackles against Tulsa.

Miami: Sophomore quarterback Jacory Harris. Harris was named ACC Player of the Week after each of Miami’s first two games. The sophomore ranks 24th nationally in pass efficiency (152.62) and has recorded 806 yards andsix touchdowns in three games.

Junior runningback Graig Cooper. Cooper ranks eighth nationally as an all-purpose runner, averaging 182.7 all-purpose yards per game. The junior has a team-high 548 yards, leading the team in rushing yards (179) and kick-return yards (312).

OU will win if: The defense can continue its dominant streak and mimic

what Virginia Tech did against the Hurricanes offense last week, virtually shutting Jacory Harris and the offense.

Miami will win if: Its offense plays the way it did in its first two games and its

very average defense can find a way to make stops against the rapidly improving OU offense.

They said it:– Bob Stoops on Miami’s offense: “They run the football

very well, they have excellent backs and physical play-ers up front. But then they do an excellent job throwing it. Everybody has been talking about Jacory Harris, and rightfully so, I think he has done a great job and is a great player.”

– Stoops on the improvements on the offensive line: “I

think it needs to continue to improve and work for improve-ment. We need to be more disciplined in our assignments. It’s been positive in the last couple of games but I still think it can be better. So am I pleased? No. I’m pleased that it is better than that first game but we still have to keep pushing for more.”

–Senior defensive end Auston English on playing a big opponent like Miami: “We want to take that next step against a good opponent. They were the hottest team up until last week, but the weather obviously put a damper on that. They have great skill and execute well. It’s going to take all four quarters to beat them.”

– Junior wide receiver Brandon Caleb on national cham-pionship implications: “Whatever they’ve been saying on ESPN News, I just kind of stay away from that. It would be a big win if we went down there to Miami and won at their field, but it’s going to be a great challenge for us this weekend.”

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Wide receiver Ryan Broyles (85) carries the ball down field during the Sooners against the University of Tulsa Saturday in Norman.

Why do they hate us? It’s the question everyone was asking

during the early years of President George W. Bush’s administration immediately after Sept. 11. Unfortunately, the respons-

es were too often reduced to unintelligent non-an-swers such as “they just do,” or “they’re just hate-ful people.”

To o f e w a s k e d r e a l questions, and too few at-tempted fair analysis.

During Bush’s second term, the question still remained unanswered, but with the war in Iraq b e c o m i n g i n c r e a s -

ingly unpopular, it slowly faded into the background.

Recently, however, there has been a resurgence of this question in news headlines, blogs and other media, this time directed more toward Afghanistan and Pakistan (emphasis on the latter). This is primarily the result of President Barack Obama’s administration shifting focus from the war in Iraq to the war in Afghanistan.

So, why do they hate us? Speaking as a Pakistani American, I can assure the read-er that they don’t hate us. Rather, the issue is that they don’t trust us, and after even a cur-sory reading of history, I don’t think we can blame them.

The United States has truly had a strange, and often hypocriti-cal, relationship with Pakistan. Since Sept. 11, almost every U.S. politician has been keen on repeating the fact that Pakistan is an “asset” and an “indispensable ally.”

In reality though, the alliance with Pakistan has largely been an alliance of convenience; The U.S. is friendly only when it’s in its immediate interests to do so. When said interests no longer exist, the U.S. tosses this “indispensable ally” in the gutter.

Such a superficial relationship can never build trust or establish credibility, and those are exactly the elements the U.S. lacks.

Believe it or not, the U.S. planted the seeds of the region’s militancy and anti-American sentiments. The Taliban of Afghanistan was armed by the U.S. and Saudi Arabia in order to fight the Soviets during the USSR’s invasion of Afghanistan in the 1980s, and they were only able to

come to power though the vacuum that the U.S. created by leaving abruptly after the Soviets withdrew.

The issue of religious extremists existed before U.S. intervention, but the issue of religious extremists with guns and power did not. Is the Pakistani and Afghani skep-ticism toward the U.S. then too farfetched to understand?

The U.S. made the mistake of allowing its self-proclaimed doctrine (containment of communism) to become such an un-questionable priority that it became blind to the negative effects it had upon the pawns of its wars. In doing so, it only cre-ated more problems for the future, which we’re dealing with now.

It is behooving of us as a nation to not repeat this folly. We must not let our fierce desire to stomp out terrorism lead to ac-tions which will only create more terror in the future.

We are in need of a durable solution to the problems in this quarter of the world, one that does more than simply bolster the military presence and pool together intelligence. A lasting solution must ad-dress the issues which affect the common citizen – economic stagnation, political corruption, education, etc.

If the U.S. encouraged the aforemen-tioned in a similar manner to the way in which it supports its other allies, real progress can and will be made.

It’s refreshing to note that the current administration might actually understand this concept. Cashing i n o n a p r o m i s e

Obama made over six months ago (“aid and trade for Pakistan”), Congress passed a bill last week which will grant $1.5 bil-lion to Pakistan in the way of non-military spending.

It should by no means end there, but it’s a sign which may convince many that the way to solve the region’s problems is through investing in civil society and the economy.

The apparent violence and instability of this region are not permanent. If the Obama administration acts prudently and attempts to better the lot of people who call these turbulent areas home, the appeal of fringe groups and ideologies will plummet and we’ll inherit a safer and more prosperous future.

Nabeel Khan is a political science junior.

So, I am just a little older than a lot of the other students on campus. I mean, I real-

ly, truly, don’t remember high school any longer. I have been in college more than twice as long as I was in high school.

And I say that just to make the point that I have been poor for a really long time now.

Now, college, the sa-cred asylum of higher education has been won-derful. I guess I wouldn’t

have been here so long if it were not. I have been blessed to meet interest-

ingly wonderful people, and I have had a wide range of experiences that I may have otherwise missed out on had I not attend-ed college. And I have also had the joy of contemplating selling my plasma under different aliases and disguises.

Not having much money means I have had to live in some terrible housing dur-ing school.

I have lived in places where birds mys-teriously got into my apartment. I have lived in “mold traps,” and have had to live in places so musty, all of the Febreze in the world couldn’t help.

But as bad as my housing has been in the past, there are millions of people around the world wishing they had those “bad” places.

To call attention to this reality, the UN has designated the first Monday of every October to be World Habitat Day, in order to raise awareness about the necessity of adequate shelter as a basic need for all humans.

Actually, awareness is not even close to enough. Actions and solutions are needed to help solve the housing problem be-cause a vast majority of the world is far from equipped to handle this issue.

We hear it so much when it comes to problems in the world, but Americans are really insulated from a lot of issues that plague the rest of our planet.

For example, we consider a housing crisis as only consisting of foreclosures.

While it’s a serious problem that millions of Americans are too poor to pay their mortgages, and I would be ridiculous not to consider this anything other than that, never having four sturdy walls and a solid roof is the reality for many more families in developing countries. Things that are immediate for some countries are pushed to the periphery of the American collec-tive conscious.

I would be lying severely if I were to say I didn’t do this as well.

While there is an extensive problem in undeveloped countries that should not be thought about only in passing, the theme of this year’s celebration is “Planning Our Urban Future.”

See, cities continue to grow in size and the urban core becomes a larger part of our global land uses. Maintaining and expanding affordable housing becomes a challenge that we should all work to overcome.

Luckily, solving housing problems and the planning of our urban future is some-thing that everyone has a stake in. The

collective exchange of ideas among all the members of a community, whether it is local, statewide or global, makes it possi-ble to address all the existing housing and socioeconomic issues in manners benefi-cial to all members of society.

Come Monday, just take the time to think about housing issues around the world and what you can do about it.

It does not have to be anything elabo-rate or time consuming - every little thing helps.

Some communities are handing out sleeping blankets to homeless people. Some organizations are selling items to make donations to Habitat For Humanity, and others are just campaigning to bring awareness to the issue.

I will definitely do what I can, while counting my blessings that I have a decent place to live. Smell and all.

Christopher Williams is a regional and city

planning graduate student.

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World Habitat Day reminds us to think about those less fortunate

Pakistan needs more than military solution

We are in need of a durable solution to the problems in this quarter of the world, one that does more than simply bolster the military presence and pool together intelligence.

THIS LETTER IS IN RESPONSE TO GERARD KEISER’S COLUMN, WHICH APPEARED ON THE DAILY’S OPINION PAGE MONDAY AS PART OF A POINT/COUNTERPOINT ON CONTEMPORARY ART.

In response to Gerard Keiser’s piece titled, “Contemporary artists don’t create works ordinary people can understand, but focus on conversing among themselves,”

“...What art has in common with logic and mathematics is that it is a tautology; i.e. the ‘art idea’ and art are the same and

can be appreciated as art without going outside the context of art for verifi cation.”

-Kosuth “Art After Philosophy” Contemporary art and mathematics are

similar in that they both represent concepts and ideas. I do not study mathematics, but fi nd it beautiful because it can represent some truth in our world. Contemporary art can function in the same vein. If I was going to write an editorial on math, I would certainly have researched the topic before writing a generalized piece explaining how unwilling I am to investigate something beyond its surface level.

Laney MonseyArt history senior

LETTER TO THE EDITOR

OU fans lucky to have LandryAfter weeks of speculation and debate

on who should play, on Thursday OU’s head football coach Bob Stoops finally an-nounced the decision: Landry Jones will lead our Sooners onto the field this week-end in Miami.

Heisman Trophy winner and fan favor-ite Sam Bradford will have to wait at least another week to reassume his spot behind center as OU’s starting quarterback.

While we are not thrilled about this an-nouncement, we are happy OU is fortunate enough to have a worthy backup to step in when the starting quarterback goes down.

But the thing is, Jones is more than a worthy backup, as he’s quickly become a fan favorite in his own right.

The instant he ran onto the field in OU’s opener against Brigham Young University,

fans (many of whom were getting their first gander at the redshirt freshman) fell in love with him, no small thanks to his much-dis-cussed facial hair.

And Jones has not disappointed. Obviously this Saturday’s game against the seventeenth-ranked Hurricanes will be a huge test for Jones, but if he truly is OU’s quarterback of the future, we’re glad he’s getting the chance to experience big-time games now.

We’re also glad OU has a football program that boasts two impressive quarterbacks.

We know football is not the be-all and end-all of college life, and we go to OU to get an education, but we’re glad we get to watch some good football while we’re here.

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Redshirt freshman quarterback Landry Jones (12) throws a pass during the game against the Tulsa Golden Hurricane Sept. 19. OU head football coach Bob Stoops announced Thursday that Jones will lead the No. 8 Sooners against the No. 17 Miami Hurricanes Saturday.

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9 Poem portion

14 Bite in black and white

15 Candidate for rehab

16 “Lend ___” (Listen)

17 Ice cream parlor choice

19 Lulu 20 Ones at

the feeding trough

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23 “The Lion King” sound

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recipient 35 First stage 37 Suffix with

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pitcher 39 Articles on a

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so-slightly 41 Neighbor to

Can. 42 “Catwoman”

actress Berry 43 Mealtime

prayer 44 Don’t change

out of

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knight’s outfit 49 Collection

of miscella-neous pieces

50 Dada collagist Max

52 It rocks when the wind blows

57 Carmen of jazz fame

59 Ice cream parlor choice

62 “The agony of da feet”

63 Aaron’s calf, for one

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Hackman 67 Collar

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11 Ice cream

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lot out of a building?

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27 Tenderfoot 28 Cubic meters 29 Comment

after being insulted

30 Seasickness 31 Ice cream

parlor choice 32 ___ Aviv,

Israel 36 Construction

metal 39 Deck

components 40 Abbr. before

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42 Bring under control

43 Denzel Washington’s 1989 Oscar film

45 In one ___ out the other

47 Picnic side 51 “What’s your

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(Nike slogan) 55 Clark’s

high school squeeze

56 Whirling current

57 Toastmas-ters, for short

58 “Le ___ d’Or” (Rim-sky-Korsa-kov)

60 Com-mendatory composition

61 One kept in the cooler?

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Cassie Rhea Little, L&A editordailyent@ou.edu • phone: 325-5189 • fax: 325-6051

The cinema has been a breeding ground for zombies for quite some time, from

the genre-d e f i n i n g “ W h i t e Z o m b i e ” in the ’30s to George Romero’s c o n s u m -erist satire “Dawn of the Dead” in the ’70s to slightly

less accomplished “Zombie Strippers!” of the ’00s.

Zombie comedy has be-come quite the thriving sub-genre lately, and really, why not? What’s funnier than hordes of brain-dead crea-tures who simply want to feast upon your flesh?

“Zombieland,” helmed by music video director Ruben Fleischer and starring the ingenious odd couple pairing of Jesse Eisenberg (“Adventureland”) and Woody Harrelson (“No Country for Old Men”), is a total riot. It’s got style, heart and plenty of zombie brain-bashing packed around its road-trip comedy sensibility. Oh, and possibly the greatest cameo of any film, ever.

Fleischer kicks things off with a super slow-motion recap of the zombie apoca-lypse set to Metallica’s “For Whom the Bell Tolls,” and it’s just one of the many se-quences that deserves, full-price admission alone.

Eisenberg enters the pic-ture as our guide to remain-ing alive when the world has become overrun with

the undead. Played with his usual genial awkwardness, he credits his heretofore sur-vival on following a strict set of rules — cardio, cautious-ness toward bathrooms and wearing your seatbelt all top the list — that often show up superimposed on the screen in some clever effects bits.

He’s headed to Columbus to see if by some chance, his family is alive when he encounters a rough-neck (Harrelson) driving an Escalade with a Dale Earnhardt number 3 painted on the side. He lives for kill-ing zombies.

They refer to each other simply by their destination (Columbus and Tallahassee, respectively) and soon meet up with a pair of sis-ters (Emma Stone, “Ghosts of Girlfriends Past” and Abigail Breslin, “My Sister’s Keeper”) known as Wichita

and Little Rock. Together, they decide to

venture to a theme park out-side Los Angeles, where it’s rumored to be a zombie-free zone.

“Zombieland” contains its fair share of gore and zom-bie slayings, which Fleischer shoots with giddy visual flair, but it’s the character interac-tion that provides much of the humor, with Eisenberg getting a chance to show off some physical comedy in a nice contrast with the badass redneck that Harrelson was born to play.

The characters learn to find joy in the simple plea-sures that life has left to offer, and the film explores these in a way missing from a lot of films that take place in an exaggerated world. If you were one of the last humans on earth, why wouldn’t you trash a tourist trap gift shop

filled with cheesy souvenirs? And why wouldn’t you take refuge in a celebrity’s lavish home?

The group does just that, and when they hole up in the home of a prominent actor — at the top of the A-list, Tallahassee says — the film hits true comic gold. The ensuing sequence is far too good to spoil, and merits seeing the film soon before you inevitably hear all about it.

“Zombieland’s” epic battle finish seems like the expected route for the film to take, but it subverts expecta-tions enough as to not result in any sort of a letdown. The film’s a brisk one, clocking in at just over 80 minutes, but that just makes it all the more feasible to watch it twice in a row.

Dusty Somers is a journalism senior.

DUSTYSOMERS

Art fans will get a chance

to explore many mediums

this Saturday at the Plaza

District Arts Festival in

Oklahoma City.

The festival will feature

many local ar tists includ-

ing The Hundredsomethings,

The Pret ty B lack Chains ,

Junebug Spade and New York

Summer.

John Salame of Junebug

Spade is thr i l led for the

opportunity.

“The Plaza District is a

perfect place for an arts fes-

tival,” Salame said. “It is a

growing art community, and

more people should take

advantage of it. We need the

community to support the art

festival because it gives us,

the artist, the perfect oppor-

tunity to showcase our tal-

ent through a wider range of

audiences and age groups.”

Almost no art form will be

left unexplored on Saturday.

Artists will display paint-

ings, fused glass sculptures

and photography. Dance,

drama and music perfor-

mances will take place on the

grand stage all day including

performances from the Lyric

Theatre and Thelma Gaylord

Academy.

For the fashion set, hand-

sewn garments and custom

accessories wil l be show-

cased in the Plaza Fashion

Show featur ing contr ibu-

tions from DNA Galleries and

Collected Thread.

When the evening perfor-

mances start at 7 p.m., The

Hundredsomethings will take

the stage first.

Vocalist Adam Patten said

he loves to have fans at his

shows.

“I think it’s important to

support any type of art, but

especially local art because

i t r e f l e c t s cu l t u r e , and

shows that you don’t have

to compromise your art for

any compensation because

it can be appreciated at a

local level,” Patten said.

F o l l o w i n g T h e

Hundredsometh ings , The

Pretty Black Chains will per-

form, then Junebug Spade

will take the stage with their

self-described “party-rock”

sound that is ideal for live

shows.

“Our sound brings back

the curiosity of ‘60s rock,

but louder,” said Salame.

Closing the evening will

be New York Summer. They,

too, said they are thrilled to

be involved.

“We are a band that truly

believes in keeping the arts

alive in schools and com-

munities with the intent on

letting people express them-

selves in ways they might

not be able to otherwise,”

said vocalist Jared Taber.

The Fes t i va l w i l l take

place from 3 to 11 p.m.,

and from 7 to 11 p.m Oct.

3 at the Plaza District, N.W.

16 S t . be tween Ind iana

and B lackwe lde r Ave . in

Oklahoma City.

-Joshua Boydston/The DailyPHOTO PROVIDED

“Zombieland” will be playing at Hollywood Spotlight 14, Moore Warren and Harkins Bricktown.

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